Sweet moment for pupils as State officials visit with promises and bulldozers

Nairobi, Kenya: The two-day scramble by Government to repair its image after police tear-gassed school children trying to access their playground climaxed yesterday in a flurry of visits and all-day action.

Children at the Lang’ata Road Primary School who had never seen senior State officials up close except, perhaps, on television, were suddenly overwhelmed as Cabinet secretaries descended on their turf in their full might, first with apologies, and then with promises and bulldozers.