@ 11 AM BY BENSON NGAHU
A 4 STOREY BUILDING HAS COLLAPSED IN RUNYENJES, EMBU
COUNTY. THE KENYA RED CROSS SAYS THAT 4 PEOPLE ARE STILL TRAPPED IN THE REBELS,
A SECURITY GUARD IS STILL MISSING AS JOINT SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS
CONTINUE IN THAT AREA. WE’LL GIVE YOU A DETAILED REPORT THROUGH OUR CONSISTENT
BULLETINS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
PRESIDENT UHURU KENYATTA TWO OTHER COUNTERPARTS FROM
NAIROBI REGION ARE THIS MORNING SCHEDULED TO ATTEND THE OFFICIAL CEREMONY
MARKING THE LAYING OF THE EAST AFRICAN STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY IN NAIROBI.
PRESIDENTS PAUL KAGAME OF RWANDA AND YOWERI MUSEVENI
OF UGANDA ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE EVENT AMID COURT CHALLENGES.
THE RAIL PROJECT WHICH IS ARGUABLY THE LARGEST LOCAL
INFRASTRUCTURE IN MANY YEARS, UPON COMPLETION THE RAILWAY WILL STRENGTHEN THE
KENYA POSITION AS A REGIONAL BUSINNESS AND COMMNICATIONS HUB.
IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE RAILWAY WOULD REDUCE THE
COST OF TRANSPORTING CARGO BY UPTO 60%, RESULTING IN LOWER CONSUMER PRICES
& THEREBY BOOSTING CONSUMPTION & ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC GROWTH.
THE RAIL PROJECT WHICH WILL TAKE 3 YEARS TO COMPLETE
WILL REDUCE TRAVELLING HOURS FROM NAIROBI TO MOMBASA FROM 36 TO 8 HOURS AS THE
TRAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE MOVING AT 80KM/HR.
WIPER DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS CAPABLE & WILL RESOLVE
THE MISUNDERSTANDING BETWEEN MACHAKOS GOVERNOR ALFRED MUTUA AND THE SENATOR OF
THE SAME REGION JOHNSTONE MUTHAMA. THIS WERE THE WORDS OF WIPER PARTY LEADER
KALONZO MUSYOKA IN MACHAKOS AFTER A FOUR HOUR CLOSED DOOR MEETING WITH SENATOR
MUTHAMA & WHICH WAS CONVENED BY MACHAKOS CATHOLIC DIOSECE BISHOP MARTIN
KIVUVA, AMONG OTHER CHURCH LEADERS AT HIS OFFICIAL MACHAKOS RESIDENCE. KALONZO
SAYS THE MISUNDERSTANDING HAS BEEN FUELED BY EXTERNAL FORCES BUT THE PARTY
LEADERSHIP IS UP TO THE TASK OF RESOLVING IT AMICABLY.
HE SAYS THE WIPER PARTY HAS STRONG STRUCTURES TO
DEAL WITH EMERGING DIFFERENCES AMONGST LEADERS, THUS HE ENCOURAGED THE PARTY
SUPPORTERS NOT TO BE DETERRED BY WHAT IS HAPPENING AS IT IS A SIGN OF GROWING
DEMOCRACY WITHIN THE PARTY.
A WEEK AFTER PARLIAMENT APPROVED THE NOMINATION OF
JOHN MUTUTHO IN A DRAMATIC SESSION; PRESIDENT UHURU KENYATTA HAS FORMERLY
APPOINTED JOHN MUTUTHO TO CHAIR THE NATIONAL AUTHORITY FOR CAMPAIGNS AGAINST
DRUGS & ALCOHOL. (NACADA)
PRESIDENT
UHURU KENYATTA ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT THROUGH A SPECIAL GAZETTE NOTICE THAT
HAS SEEN MR.MUTUTHO ASSUME THE SAME OFFICE THAT HE HAD INITIALLY TAKEN IN
SEPTEMBER, ONLY TO BE KICKED OUT EARLY THIS MONTH.
MUTUTHO, WHO IS MOST REMEMBERED FOR INTRODUCING
TOUGH LAWS WELL KNOWN AS MUTUTHO LAWS, THAT SHORTENED DRINKING HOURS, WILL HOLD
THE OFFICE FOR A 3 YEAR TERM, WITH THE APPOINTMENT TAKING EFFECT ON NOVEMBER
THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE THAT VETTED HIM FOUND
HIM UNFIT TO HOLD OFFICE BECAUSE HE HAD CRIMINAL CASES PENDING IN COURT, ONLY
FOR THE DECISION TO BE OVERTURNED BY THE WHOLE HOUSE. MUTUTHO, A FORMER
NAIVASHA MP, HAS SWORN TO INTRODUCE STRICT MEASURES TO REGULATE THE ALCOHOLIC
DRINKING MARKET.
HOMES AND BUSINESSES WORTH BILLIONS OF SHILLINGS
NEAR THE WILSON AIRPORT FACE DEMOLITION OVER SECURITY CONCERNS.
ACCORDING TO A RECOMMENDATION BY THE KENYA CIVIL
AVIATION AUTHORITY (KCCA), ABOUT 400 HOUSES A HOTEL & THE UCHUMI
SUPERMARKET, ARE ALL AT RISK OF BEING DEMOLISHED.
THE BUILDINGS ARE DEEMED TOO NEAR TO THE WILSON
AIRPORT, POSING SERIOUS THREAT TO PASSENGERS, CREW & AIRCRAFT.
SECURITY CHIEFS ALSO FEAR THE HOUSES &
COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES COULD BE USED AS LAUNCH PADS ON THE AIRPORT BY
TERRORISTS.
