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Posted  Thursday, August 25  2011 at  20:00
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SHEER INCOMPETENCE. The numerous complaints by motorists about their parked cars being scratched in Kisumu Town clearly point to incompetence, raising questions about driver instruction and licensing, says Cyrill O. Steinar.
“This shows the drivers’ inability to park and pull out of spaces. Are they trained and certified? It’s advisable to take down the numbers of the vehicle parked next to yours. But police should be sceptical about claims by drivers that they forgot their licences at home.”
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RETRIEVE MY CASH. On realising that some £200 UK (Sh29,714.88) he sent from London via Western Union to his M-Pesa account, No. 0705802085, on August 19, had gone astray, Julius Kaberere asked Safaricom to reverse the transaction.
He spoke to Martha, Jacob and Patrick, who assured him the transfer would be blocked. But on Saturday, he received a message, saying the money had been withdrawn.
“Since the recipient’s number is known, the money can be recovered,” says Julius. His contact is nkaberere@btinternet.com.
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STAFF DISGRUNTLED.With more 100 disgruntled officers, all is not well in the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
Over a year since their employment, youth officers and lecturers have been sulking over failure to pay their baggage allowance when they should be thinking about the jobs for which they were hired.
One of them says they have made numerous visits to the ministry’s offices in Kencom House, Nairobi, yielding only empty promises. “Can the PS, please, intervene and sort us out?” he pleads.
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DANGEROUS CROSSING. The increasing number of pedestrians who get killed as they cross the busy Mombasa Road between Bellevue Cinema and the Nairobi South “B” junction is alarming, says Isabella Kwamboka Okindo.
On behalf of the local residents who must cross the busy highway at that point, Isabella is appealing to the authorities, especially the City Council, to consider constructing a footbridge at that spot.
“The situation is really bad,” says Isabella, whose contact is iokindo@yahoo.com.
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PARKING A NIGHTMARE. Parking at the JKIA, Nairobi, is becoming a nightmare for motorists, moans Lewis Mwenda.
He went to meet a visitor and ended up circling around or double parking for almost an hour — longer than the drive from town.
He not only nearly missed his friend, but also got charged Sh50 for his pains, “and yet empty parking slots are all labelled “staff’ ”.
He won’t buy the airport expansion excuse because the authority should have properly planned for it. His contact is aritho@yahoo.com.
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NEMA TO BLAME. Gitau Gachiengo’s worry over what to do about the carcass of a 50-kg dog would never have arisen had the authorities sanctioned a past application to establish a pet cemetery.
John S. Lee of Lee Funeral Services says they had been given approval by the City Council of Nairobi and signed architects’ drawings for a Pets’ Corner as a crematorium.
“Unfortunately, Nema doesn’t seem to appreciate our situation and has, therefore, blocked the licence.”
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