Each family got a 50 by 100 plot, with adequate space for subsistence farming, (Star, July 15, p.10) Well, if those measurements are in feet how is such a piece of land adequate for subsistence farming? Growing what? In which world does this reporter live? PR as journalism.
The 14-person team was formed following the famous May 9, 2018 handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga, (Nation online, July 15). When was the handshake? Public memory is short.
Samburu West MP Naisula Lesuuda has opposed a proposal by a section of legislators to do away with the Women Representative seats (Standard online, July 17). And then: She argued that the position was bespoke just as other elective positions. What is the meaning of bespoke? And it is Woman Representative.
While Balala says the project would destroy Watamu as a beach destination as it would act as a floodgate for such skyscrapers, leaders in the region led by Kilifi North MP Owen Baya claim the CS is acting in the interest of some hoteliers who fear competition (People Daily, July 16, p.18). That allowing the proposed project (a Sh28 billion hotel complex) “would act as a floodgate for such skyscrapers” fails to convey the CS’s intended meaning. Rather, Balala believes allowing construction of the hotel would open the floodgates for similar ones – meaning more hotels would be put up, which would destroy Watamu as a beach destination.
National Assembly speaker Justin Muturi has blaming state agencies mandated to fight corruption for failing the country (KBC online, July 18). This sort of writing is itself a form of corruption!
Is this true? The government will spend Sh40 million to build a police station at the Nyansiongo settlement scheme in Borabu after the Standard newspaper’s pictorial went viral (Standard, July 19, p.12). Sh40 million to build a police station? Lisimam said the allocation was in the current financial year with the Borabu Constituency Development Fund allocating Sh1 million for the construction of the administration block for the station. What will be the rest of Sh39 million used for?
