By THE WATCHMAN
Posted Saturday, March 3 2012 at 16:38
Posted Saturday, March 3 2012 at 16:38
ROLE OF DCs: The issue of whether or not DCs should be under governors or the central government in the new constitutional dispensation, G. Githaiga says, is not something he had given serious thought to until the flare-up at Muhoroni on the Nyanza and Rift Valley provinces border, in which several people have died. Since then, he adds, he has wondered what would happen if a governor directed a DC to order Administration Police to attack a target across the border. “The government probably has a point in wanting to have control over the provincial administration.”
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EYESORE: Could Embakasi MP Ferdinand Waititu come clean on the graffiti that has lately been plastered on the walls of the bridges of the Thika superhighway, which Wangui Matu was appalled to see the other day? The writings, she says, are not doing any justice to Waititu’s image, thanks to the misspellings. Since the mess has apparently been done for his benefit, Wangui feels he and his supporters should be made to pay for the removal of the eyesore on the slabs of the magnificent highway.
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GRAVE DANGER: While he appreciates the good work the Chinese company constructing the Thika superhighway has done so far, Joe Ichamba has some doubts about the quality of the paint that has been used to mark lanes on the sections that have already been completed. A regular user of the road, Joe claims the paint fades rather quickly and is barely visible, especially at night, within a week. “This poses a grave danger to motorists,” says Joe, whose contact is joe.kabugi@yahoo.com.
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KNEC'S FAILURE: As the celebrations following the release of the KCSE exam results die down, Eldoret resident Henry Yatich is now focusing his attention on the Kenya National Examination Council’s text messaging service. He says he sent several messages to the special number 5052 for the results of some of the candidates, but didn’t get any responses. “Are they going to refund money to those who sent messages but got nothing?” asks Henry, who texted five times seeking his brother’s results. His contact is yatich2002@yahoo.com.
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RENDERED POWERLESS: Reeling under daily power cut at Bombolulu estate in Mombasa, Martin Makundi and his neighbours want Kenya Power to urgently investigate, convinced that there is something fishy going on. For about three months now, he adds, they hardly get 24 hours of uninterrupted power supply. “We get random power failures, lasting between one and three hours. The most curious are power cuts from 2am to 5am. Could someone be deliberately switching off the power to abet crime? Armed robberies and carjackings have increased,” says Martin, whose contact is makundih@yahoo.com.
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A JOKE TOO FAR: The striking employees of the state-owned broadcaster, KBC, have taken the joke too far by shouting slogans in which they corrupt the meaning of the corporation’s acronym into Kazi Bila Chakula (Work Without Food), remarks Silas Nyambok. “I thought they wouldn’t want to ruin their employer’s image, as at the end of the strike, they will go back to the same place to work. Who of them would wish to be introduced to their friends as an employee of Kazi Bila Chakula?” asks Silas, whose contact is ogutawinyo@yahoo.com.
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UNSUITABLE MODELS: What Festus Mbuimwe finds rather amusing is the choice of models to market the new Pima gas cylinder that consumers can top up for a minimum of Sh50, and which is targeted at women in low-income households. “The models we have seen in the newspaper adverts are anything but low income earners. Their smooth skins and expensive clothes give away their middle to upper class statuses. Or have the owners suddenly changed their target?” asks Festus, whose contact is fmbuimwe@gmail.com.
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