The Cutting Edge

By THE WATCHMAN
Posted  Monday, August 1  2011 at  19:54

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PAY HIM ON COMMISSION. To get the best out of Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission boss PLO Lumumba is not to pay him a huge fixed monthly salary, says Job Sang. The anti-graft czar, Job adds, should be paid on a commission basis, depending on the number of cases he handles and the amount of loot recovered from corrupt individuals. This way, he will be encouraged to do more to get the corrupt charged in court and what they have looted recovered,” says Job, whose contact is jobcherrysang@gmail.com.

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PROFUSE APOLOGIES. Telkom Kenya sincerely apologises to Hari Shah of Brookside Drive at Westlands, Nairobi, for the inconvenience suffered due to a breakdown of his landlines Nos 4440631 and 4440655. Angela Ng’ang’a-Mumo, the head of corporate communications, says the lines have now been restored. Though dogged by cable vandalism, Angela says this will not deter the company from providing “quality service to our customers”. Efforts are being made to speed up maintenance and repairs.

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REPAIR LANDLINE. For the past seven months, Dr Juzar Hooker, a consulting neurologist, says his landline, No 3742234, has been on and off, and yet it is his vital link with his patients. But even when it is working, he adds, it is hard for him to hear what the person on the other end of the line is saying, as it is too noisy. The line is out of order again and he would appreciate it if Telkom Kenya ensured it works efficiently and permanently. His contact is jhooker@africaonline.co.ke.

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WHAT A SHODDY JOB! Less than six months since the recarpeting of Waiyaki Way, Nairobi, Mwaura Ngugi says potholes have already popped up in some sections of the highway. The affected areas include the junction of Brookside Drive and the section near Kianda School. Compared to Uhuru Highway, which was repaired several years ago, Mwaura says the quality of the work done between Uthiru and Westlands was not as good. The Kenya National Highway Authority should look into the matter, he says.

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THIS IS MARKETING. Singer Suzanne Owiyo has not done anything wrong by promoting “toilet cleaning stuff”, says Duncan Oketch, rejecting Mureithi Kiarie’s criticism of the ‘Kisumu 100’ hit song star. This, he adds, doesn’t mean that she has run out of music. “Celebrity endorsement of products is a common practice in marketing the world over. Michael Jackson promoted Pepsi, and Tiger Woods, the Swiss watch, Tag Heuer. This simply means that Nyanam (Owiyo) is damn good at what she does.”

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DISMANTLE HUTS. Driving along Lower Kabete road, Joan Mbugua says, the beautiful view gives way to an eyesore of round iron sheet huts for police officers that stand in stark contrast to the modern developments around them. “These little huts do not belong to this century. They remind me of what I used to see in my secondary school history textbook on the colonial concentration camps! While we expect the police to watch over our affluent homes, we leave them to contend with cold nights after roasting in the hot sun.”

Have a pleasant day, won’t you!