Tuesday, January 3, 2012

The Cutting Edge



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By THE WATCHMAN 
Posted  Monday, January 2  2012 at  19:06
Eastlands neglected. Standard Chartered Bank customer Hillary Cheruiyot has a serious grouse. He cannot understand why the bank has given cold shoulder to Nairobi’s Eastlands. While all the other major banks have branches at the fast-growing Buru Buru shopping centre, conspicuously missing is Stanchart. There is only one ATM in this densely populated area which keeps breaking down. His contact is tergechhill@gmail.com.
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Connect me now!On November 11, Vince Musumba called at the Kenya Power office in Kisumu and paid Sh35,000 for electricity connection to his rural home. Since then, Vince has been back to the office several times to check on  his application, only to be taken round with no plausible explanation. At one point, the excuse was that they were waiting for materials. “How come there are no materials when applicants are expected to pay upfront?” His reference number is E24102010110327 and his contact, vincemusumba@gmail.com.
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Thanks, KRA. On the same day Anakalo Shitandi’s complaint about delays in issuing his wife’s driving licence was published, Kenya Revenue Authority official Joseph Irungu called and requested him to send details of the application and her passport-size photographs. And less than a week later, says an elated Anakalo, his wife received her duplicate driving licence, complete with an apology. “It is nice to know that we still have good people like Mr Irungu around. He made our Christmas good with exemplary service.” His contact is anakalos@gmail.com.
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Funeral a spectacle. The public outpouring of grief by North Koreans following the death of their supreme leader, Kim Jong-Il, is certainly one of the most moving images of the year, notes Ayub Osinde, adding: “Such grief could, indeed, have been unprecedented if the images were not choreographed to make a political statement. If this is not the case, then theirs must be the loss of the year and the spectacle qualifies to be entered in the Guinness Book of Records.”
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Rapid response. Following his recent complaint about police officers at Ngata police post in Nakuru who allegedly cocked their rifles and threatened residents who had gone to report an armed robbery, Bosco Gicheo says he has been humbled by the quick response by local police boss, Johnstone Ipara and his deputy. “They took time to listen to our grievances and acted with courtesy and humility. We need to see more of this, as security concerns us all,” says Bosco, whose contact is bgicheo@yahoo.com. 
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Hire lorries. Those supporting the proliferation of mikokoteni in town centres are missing a critical point, remarks Paul Gikundi. Much as he appreciates the usefulness of handcarts, Paul says order must never be compromised. Having mikokoteni carrying bananas along Uhuru Highway, Nairobi, and creating a traffic jam involving tankers carrying millions of shillings worth of fuel does not make sense, he adds. “Some want to inconvenience others for their own benefit. One who can buy building materials worth millions of shillings can, surely, afford to hire a lorry.”
Have a mechanised day, won’t you
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