Waiguru, Kidero tour Kibera two days after Raila's visit

Devolution Cabinet Secretary Ann Waiguru and Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero visited Kibera slums yesterday to assure residents that they were not out to buy political support for the Jubilee administration with the on-going sanitation projects.

Ms Waiguru and Dr Kidero said the national and county governments were keen to empower youth. They said the National Youth Service clean-up of the slums and building of toilets and roads were not tokens for electioneering campaigns.

“The conversation should be: Are we empowering the youths? Are they being paid adequately to do this work? Are we able to start a saving scheme for them to stand up on their own after the project,” the CS stated.

The governor welcomed the development project saying Nairobi county government is ready to work with the national government for the benefit of the people in Kibera and the city.

Kibra MP Ken Okoth urged the government to solve the land issue so that it does not derail development.