By THE WATCHMAN
Posted Sunday, March 27 2011 at 18:21
Posted Sunday, March 27 2011 at 18:21
TOTALLY CONFUSED. The arguments on the fate of the Ocampo Six are rather confusing, remarks John Dixon. He has been following the shouting matches between those for and against taking the prominent suspects to The Hague and says: “I am now very confused. Since ours is an independent nation, and our judicial system is now sufficiently developed to be able to deal with the matter, there is no need to send the suspects to The Netherlands. But why are we hiring foreign lawyers to argue the case before the ICC?”
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ACCIDENT HAUINTING. The sad sight of a young man lying in pain by the roadside as frantic efforts were being made to get a taxi to rush him to Kenyatta National Hospital for the inevitable amputation of his legs after being ran over by a train haunts Joe Kariuki. The man, he adds, had just slipped and fallen off the roof of the commuter train at Dandora. And Joe is seething with anger at those who have failed to enforce the law and avert such accidents. “Someone had better end this madness among commuters?” he pleads.
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STRANGE RUNS. G4S has been in the news for the wrong reasons, but that is not Benedict Omija’s concern now. He is more disturbed by what he has been observing lately concerning the security firm’s guards. Says he: “I have always wondered why managers in Nairobi send the guards on a road run in full uniform very early in the morning along Airport South Road. I can only imagine the discomfiting situation in the offices these guards end up in after the run . . . assuming they do not shower after the exercise.”
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ACCIDENT HAUINTING. The sad sight of a young man lying in pain by the roadside as frantic efforts were being made to get a taxi to rush him to Kenyatta National Hospital for the inevitable amputation of his legs after being ran over by a train haunts Joe Kariuki. The man, he adds, had just slipped and fallen off the roof of the commuter train at Dandora. And Joe is seething with anger at those who have failed to enforce the law and avert such accidents. “Someone had better end this madness among commuters?” he pleads.
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STRANGE RUNS. G4S has been in the news for the wrong reasons, but that is not Benedict Omija’s concern now. He is more disturbed by what he has been observing lately concerning the security firm’s guards. Says he: “I have always wondered why managers in Nairobi send the guards on a road run in full uniform very early in the morning along Airport South Road. I can only imagine the discomfiting situation in the offices these guards end up in after the run . . . assuming they do not shower after the exercise.”
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WAITING FOR ARREARS. Retired teacher Andrew A. Kirui (pension No APC/PC.114930) is still waiting for his salary arrears for January to June 2005. He has written several times to the Director of Pensions in Nairobi but got no reply. “I once visited the office only to be told that my file was missing. I then sent somebody to check for me and he was told the file had been taken to their archives in Industrial Area. Can the director explain what they have done with my money.” His address is P.O. Box 2145, Kericho.
WAITING FOR ARREARS. Retired teacher Andrew A. Kirui (pension No APC/PC.114930) is still waiting for his salary arrears for January to June 2005. He has written several times to the Director of Pensions in Nairobi but got no reply. “I once visited the office only to be told that my file was missing. I then sent somebody to check for me and he was told the file had been taken to their archives in Industrial Area. Can the director explain what they have done with my money.” His address is P.O. Box 2145, Kericho.
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IT’S A NIGHTMARE. The construction of Murang’a Road just after Ngara, Nairobi, is a nightmare for motorists having to compete with matatus and safely reach the Globe Cinema roundabout, says Dipan Shah. The absence of traffic police ushers in anarchy as matatu crews try to do it themselves. And, Dipan adds, some drivers of private cars are these days overdoing the road rogues. “Can we have some officers back here to restore order so we can get to work in peace?”
IT’S A NIGHTMARE. The construction of Murang’a Road just after Ngara, Nairobi, is a nightmare for motorists having to compete with matatus and safely reach the Globe Cinema roundabout, says Dipan Shah. The absence of traffic police ushers in anarchy as matatu crews try to do it themselves. And, Dipan adds, some drivers of private cars are these days overdoing the road rogues. “Can we have some officers back here to restore order so we can get to work in peace?”
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PUT A CAP ON IT. Some practical common sense advice for the woman who complained about her irritatingly alarming loss of fuel caps for her Vitz car to the thieving petrol attendants at filling stations in Nairobi’s Eastlands comes from Nancy N. Wele. Says Nancy: “While I sympathise with you for the loss of several caps; I urge you to always come out of the car when the attendant is fuelling it or use your side mirror to observe what is happening!”
PUT A CAP ON IT. Some practical common sense advice for the woman who complained about her irritatingly alarming loss of fuel caps for her Vitz car to the thieving petrol attendants at filling stations in Nairobi’s Eastlands comes from Nancy N. Wele. Says Nancy: “While I sympathise with you for the loss of several caps; I urge you to always come out of the car when the attendant is fuelling it or use your side mirror to observe what is happening!”
Have a street-smart day, won’t you!
how can a file disappear?why cant kenyans be patriotic and do their jobs without bribery,corruption. Hizi pesa za hongo zitawanyonga, hazitakufaidi. na utazitapika siku moja. jichunge. be honest.
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