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Governor Waithaka refutes ICT ministry's claim on cables

Nyandarua county Governor Daniel Waithaka (center)in his office yesterday where he refuted claims that it has not complied with ICT requirements as claimed by ICT cabinet secretary Joe Mucheru. PHOTO BY JAMES MUNYEKI

Nyandarua, Kenya: The local government has denied claims that it refused to allow the installation of fibre optic cables. According to ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru, Nyandarua, Kwale and Kajiado did not allow the cables to be laid in their territories.

The CS has warned that the counties “will be left behind in technology” as a result. Yesterday, Governor Daniel Waithaka (pictured) said that the county was erroneously mentioned and accused the ICT ministry of not consulting his government for clarification.

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