There is a guy promising Nairobians an underground train system aka subway but he can’t fix the potholes on Kenyatta Avenue. This is the shamelessness you need to approach life with in this Country
Amboseli elephant deaths
KWS confirms 15 elephants died from cyanide poisoning
Elephants ingested pesticides sprayed on tomato farms
Preliminary tests reveal traces of highly toxic chemicals
Deaths recorded over the past month in the Amboseli ecosystem
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Some people deliberately missed the point H.E Edwin Sifuna was making on affordable housing in Western Kenya.
His argument was about chickens in a contextual sense. Those fixated on the chicken missed the context. Those who understood the context understood the message. The discourse was about planning development around the realities of the people.
A good leader understands that different parts of Kenya have different social, economic and cultural needs. What works in the centre of Nairobi may not necessarily be the priority in a rural village in Kakamega, Busia, Vihiga, Bungoma or Trans Nzoia.
In many parts of Western Kenya, families have land, build their own homes and rely on small-scale farming including keeping chickens to support their livelihoods. Their greatest concerns may be better roads to markets, water, affordable farm inputs, value addition, healthcare and jobs, not high-rise apartments.
That was the point Sifuna was making.
Development cannot be a one size fits all. Leadership is about listening to people and investing in what improves their lives, not imposing the same flagship project everywhere simply because it makes for a convenient political talking point, while the Kenyan worker is squeezed to the last coin to fund it.
No wonder some people go to church every Sunday yet still struggle to understand the Word. Jesus often spoke in parables, but only the wise understood the message. In our case, the chicken was the parable. The message was about people centred development. Ruto just doesn’t get it.
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For us parents raising children with disabilities, @edwinsifuna called us for a meeting in his office with @CrystalAsige after I tweeted him explaining all the challenges we face. They listened to us
A week later amendments to the PWD bill were done
It's now an Act of Parliament.
KWS officers have turned out in force to stop us doing a court mandated site visit today. I had no idea how dangerous I am. Guys in masks with guns, people. #SaveNNP
When you see such scenes in Mt Kenya just know your goose is cooked. DCP will win in Olkalou, Ruto shouldn't even bother to campaign in Mt Kenya he will just be wasting his time.