Govt setting up 5 billion kenya shilling and later turning up to be a scandal

The government has set aside Sh5 billion and put on standby 70,000 National Youth Service members in readiness for the destructive El Nino rains expected from October.

This is part of an emergency plan revealed by Deputy President William Ruto on Tuesday.

The plan brings together all ministries and will help stop loss of lives and massive destruction of property expected during the period.

The money is from the Contingency Fund under the National Treasury.

Further, the government plans to ask Parliament to allocate more funds for the disaster response plan.

The rains are forecast for next month and Mr Ruto on Tuesday held a Cabinet meeting to come up with a national response strategy to be rolled out before, during and after the rains.

The strategy is meant to prevent deaths and property destruction like those reported in the last El Nino rains in 1997.

COUNTY GOVERNMENTS INVOLVED

County governments will be involved as they will also be expected to implement the plan.

“This emergency situation calls for a wholesome intervention by the national and county governments, as well as other stakeholders including the private sector and every Kenyan in order to mitigate the possible negative effects, including the loss of lives and destruction of property,” said Mr Ruto at his residence in Karen after the meeting.

To avoid confusion and competition among the ministries, Interior and National Coordination Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery will coordinate the plan, although each ministry will be expected to play a role to ensure effective response.

The Ministry of Education is responsible for ensuring the safety of all learners during the period while that of Transport and Infrastructure will make sure roads are passable.

The Ministry of Agriculture will provide farmers seeds and fertiliser and help them recover if their crops fail due to the rains.

The meeting was attended by Cabinet secretaries Henry Rotich (National Treasury), Anne Waiguru (Devolution and Planning), Eugene Wamalwa (Water and Irrigation), Raychelle Omamo (Defence) and Chief of Staff Joseph Kinyua. Nyeri Governor Nderitu Gachagua represented the county governments.

River is the Dumping site for industries in Nairobi

The Nairobi river is one of the river that pass in capital city of Kenya.From where it's origin it has very clean water.But when it enters Nairobi it becomes a dumping site for Industrial waste and some resident waste.The  big problem that we have is how can we put policies to prevent this Industries from disposing the dangerous waste chemicals  in the river.

Industry dispose waste to the Nairobi river with dangerous chemicals and then there are some Kenyan who take advantage of the river by using the water for irrigation along side the river.Different farmers  plants different vegetables alongside the river. which are then sold to the local resident of Nairobi.My big question is when the industry dispose the waste into the river and as we know some of those chemicals can be absorbed by the plant e.g Mercury,Asbestos.What will happen when the consumer consume the vegetable.This is what causing many diseases in this 21st century in our Nairobi city.

  Government should help in preserving the river which is the only  river we can call it big  in Nairobi.The population in Nairobi is increasing with a big rate.The resident are disposing different type of waste in the river.People are building rental houses along the river like 5 meters from the river.This is making the river been overcrowded Near these river there are slums.Some of this slums do not have even Toilets.So they dispose all the waste in this river.

Mankind waste is not that harmful but the industrial waste is a big problem we have in the Nairobi river.The UNEP has tried a lot to fight with the disposing of dangerous waste in the river which is a good idea.But i have not heard of any thing from Central  government,County government and local N.g.o's.Trying to fight the vice.
 I do respect former Nobler prize winner  the late Wangari Mathai and former late Minister of environment Honorable Michuki for fighting well the war of preserving the environment.But the current government and leadership i have not heard of any Leader who have rose and fight the war like the two did.we have a gap in leadership in fighting the war in environmental issues.Everything they are just concern with is politics...politics.I have not heard of any Media house standing out and fight the issues in the environment we have all is politics...politics...politics.
  Lets unite and fight against the environmental vice.

Wangari Mathai

poisonous Liquor

a drunk person

We have started the month well.For many years Kenyan from central region so called mt Kenya region had a lot of issues on the poisonous liquor.The campaign is all over the region to stop bad habit of drinking poisonous liquor. President Uhuru Kenyatta  has helped a lot in this war.The campaign of fighting the brew is all over the place.This was a good idea as many young people have rejected there responsibility.You can find young people on Monday morning at 9 am been drunk lying on the ground at the road side.It is highly time that people should change as the current trend that we are moving with is not good for our future country.Owner of this company that are making this liquor are making million of shillings in this business.


Government should come up with rehabilitation center in every county that is affected by the problem of alcohol to help those who are  addicted to the alcohol.They should also introduce Education in High school and primary level to teach the young people the bad effect of alcohol.Also government should come up with a new policies to fight alcohol.