By THE WATCHMANPosted Wednesday, January 5 2011 at 18:23
SORT OUT MESS, KWS. Though the Kenya Wildlife Service has stepped up its efforts to get Kenyans to visit national parks in its ‘Twende Tuvinjari’ campaign, it still has a lot of work to do, says Abu Ayman. KWS must work on its communication as reaching them on the phone is a daunting task. “Their landlines and mobile numbers are always busy. Can hardworking KWS chief Julius Kipng’etich sort out this mess, which I believe may be denying them much-needed revenue?” urges Abu, whose contact is Tel 0722803711 or abuayman88@yahoo.com.
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BLEAK CHRISTMAS. With electricity having gone off on December 23 as they were just preparing for the holidays, the people of Nyamira had rather dark Christmas and New Year celebrations, moans Andrew Nyamwaya. The worst affected area, he adds, is Tombe at Anyona’s stage/shopping centre. Despite numerous reports and visits to the KPLC emergency offices in Kisii town, the problem persists. “The Kisii emergency office can do better,” says Andrew, whose contact is Tel 0714634805.
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HARASSED ON THE PHONE. The Communication Commission of Kenya’s requirement that all mobile phone owners register their numbers was expected to curb abuse. However, Beatrice Ogwel says she has been receiving obscene messages and phone calls “at ungodly hours”, and her appeal for help has yielded nothing. She first reported to Embakasi Police Station (OB/No/23/13/2/1) and to the Diplomatic Police Unit in March last year. And on December 12, she informed CID headquarters, Nairobi, but the harassment continues. Her contact is Tel 0722710722.
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BLEAK CHRISTMAS. With electricity having gone off on December 23 as they were just preparing for the holidays, the people of Nyamira had rather dark Christmas and New Year celebrations, moans Andrew Nyamwaya. The worst affected area, he adds, is Tombe at Anyona’s stage/shopping centre. Despite numerous reports and visits to the KPLC emergency offices in Kisii town, the problem persists. “The Kisii emergency office can do better,” says Andrew, whose contact is Tel 0714634805.
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HARASSED ON THE PHONE. The Communication Commission of Kenya’s requirement that all mobile phone owners register their numbers was expected to curb abuse. However, Beatrice Ogwel says she has been receiving obscene messages and phone calls “at ungodly hours”, and her appeal for help has yielded nothing. She first reported to Embakasi Police Station (OB/No/23/13/2/1) and to the Diplomatic Police Unit in March last year. And on December 12, she informed CID headquarters, Nairobi, but the harassment continues. Her contact is Tel 0722710722.
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REVEAL WAKI LIST. The next lot of suspects that Richard Oketch Aoko, hopes will be unveiled soon is the Waki 6. He says the commission that investigated the post-2007 election violence in which over 1,000 Kenyans perished and 600,000 were displaced, handed its “secret envelope” to former UN boss Kofi Annan, which contained the names of 12 people suspected of masterminding the chaos. “The Waki 6 should be revealed to complete the puzzle and begin the year on a fresh note. They should be tried locally,” he proposes.
REVEAL WAKI LIST. The next lot of suspects that Richard Oketch Aoko, hopes will be unveiled soon is the Waki 6. He says the commission that investigated the post-2007 election violence in which over 1,000 Kenyans perished and 600,000 were displaced, handed its “secret envelope” to former UN boss Kofi Annan, which contained the names of 12 people suspected of masterminding the chaos. “The Waki 6 should be revealed to complete the puzzle and begin the year on a fresh note. They should be tried locally,” he proposes.
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OUT OF ORDER. Jmar Safaris landlines, Nos 3870239 and 3875798, have been out of order since March 12, 2010! says spokeswoman Jennifer Ratcliff. “Every week, we would be told ‘service will be restored on Friday’. Nothing happened, but bills kept coming, even after we filled in forms indicating that we didn’t have to pay. We were then told that after January 2011, the landlines would be restored. We now believe Orange Telkom plans to phase out landlines altogether. Our wireless phone doesn’t work as well.” Their contact is info@jmarsafaris.com.
OUT OF ORDER. Jmar Safaris landlines, Nos 3870239 and 3875798, have been out of order since March 12, 2010! says spokeswoman Jennifer Ratcliff. “Every week, we would be told ‘service will be restored on Friday’. Nothing happened, but bills kept coming, even after we filled in forms indicating that we didn’t have to pay. We were then told that after January 2011, the landlines would be restored. We now believe Orange Telkom plans to phase out landlines altogether. Our wireless phone doesn’t work as well.” Their contact is info@jmarsafaris.com.
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DIGITALISE IT. Kenya Broadcasting Corporation radio has the richest collection of recorded music in the country, but its disc jockeys can only play about 15 per cent of it due to technological limitations, claims Criston Maina. He’s thus challenging Information minister Samuel Poghisio to push the board and management to have all the music in the KBC library electronically stored. “The music on vinyl records should be digitised for posterity. This will also enlarge the play-list, eliminating monotony.’”
DIGITALISE IT. Kenya Broadcasting Corporation radio has the richest collection of recorded music in the country, but its disc jockeys can only play about 15 per cent of it due to technological limitations, claims Criston Maina. He’s thus challenging Information minister Samuel Poghisio to push the board and management to have all the music in the KBC library electronically stored. “The music on vinyl records should be digitised for posterity. This will also enlarge the play-list, eliminating monotony.’”
Have a melodious day, won’t you!
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