“My brother and I are focused on leaving a legacy where young people have steady jobs” Uhuru says
President Uhuru Kenyatta today at State House, Nairobi hosted elected Luo Nyanza leaders ahead of his development tour of the region later this week.
The President told the leaders that he was determined to leave a legacy of a strong, united and prosperous country, adding that together with former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, they had resolved to pursue the dreams of Kenya’s founding fathers.
“My brother (Hon Raila Odinga) and I are focused on leaving a legacy where young people have steady jobs, and are able to access basics needs and become a country where all citizens are proud to be Kenyans,” President Kenyatta said.
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UDA candidate Muraya Githaiga at the IEBC tallying centre at Rurii PCEA church in Nyandarua County on May 18, 2021. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]
Deputy President William Ruto s last-minute phone call address to voters in Rurii ward and intense door-to-door campaign by local leaders allied to the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party, played a great part in ensuring victory for Muraya Githaiga in the just concluded by-election.
Two days to the by-election, Ruto s allies led by Nyandarua Woman Representative Faith Gitau rallied the voters behind the hustler s movement with a promise that the political future of the county was in the party whose symbol is the wheelbarrow.
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President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto with Cabinet Secretaries at State House, Nairobi. [Courtesy]
The High Court has declared the position of Chief Administrative Officers (CAS) that was initiated in 2018 unconstitutional, dealing a heavy blow to President Uhuru Kenyatta s administration and political structure.
In the ruling made yesterday, Cabinet secretaries who served under Uhuru in his first term were also supposed to be vetted afresh, for a second term in office.
The ruling by High Court Judge Antony Mrima also directed fresh vetting of 10 Cabinet secretaries who were reappointed by the President after his reelection in 2017 without parliamentary interviews.
New Sewer Lines to Change Face of Nairobi
A file image of the heavily polluted Nairobi River.
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The Nairobi City Regeneration Programme(NCRP) has embarked on improving sever lines in the capital in a project meant to restore the lives of rivers which have been in a bad state.
Most of the sewer lines that exist in Kenya s capital city were constructed 102 years ago, when the capital began taking shape.
Nairobi City has seven rivers, Nairobi, Ruiruaka, kasarani, Ngong, Gitathuru, Kamiti, and Ruiru. All the seven of them are in a bad state with their colours being black, grey, green or earthy due to pollution by solid waste, sewage, and oil.