How State has made Kenya a nation of super strikers

How State has made Kenya  a nation of super strikers

Nairobi, Kenya: Even before we recover fully from the effects of the recent debilitating workers’ strikes, lecturers and nurses have sounded another warning shot, signalling their intention to return to their now familiar haunts.

They are threatening to hit the streets again in a week’s time  if the government fails to meet its part of the bargain.

Public universities’ teaching and non-teaching staff accuse the Government and the  universities of lacking commitment to implement their new pay packages. They allege that the State and their employers were trying to water down their collective bargain agreement. The nurses, on the other hand, argue that their grievances have not been addressed and want their union issued with a certificate of recognition.

But why would the government renege on its promises? Didn’t it agree to give the university workers and nurses better terms? Why then the procrastination? If the State is not  tired of seeing these strikes, the public is. It is such stance by Government that makes Kenya a nation of hardened strikers.

Denied sleep by loud blasts from Blash

Residents of New Donholm estate in Nairobi are tired of listening to music and particularly  noisy rhythms from Blash Bar, which is situated on Mohazo Centre’s floor floor. They don’t dislike music per se but do like the way it is served to them in a “loud, irritating manner”.

This, they report, happens every week from Thursdays to Saturdays, 8pm to 4am.“This has been ongoing for too long. The loud music from the pub causes annoyance, stress and sleep deprivation,” they claim.And they add: “We have babies and schoolgoing children who can neither concentrate on their homework nor sleep due to the loud music.”

Parents have even been summoned by school administrations to explain why their children do not concentrate in class as “they are either sleepy or dozing off”.On several occasions, they claim to have requested the management of Blash to reduce the level of noise but without no much success.
They want Nema to move in swiftly with its sound meters and help neutralise the noise, before they all die from sleep deprivation. 

Road that makes vegetables stale 

As you enjoy a plateful of potatoes in Nairobi, you should spare a moment and think and about where they come from and how they get to you, according to a farmer G Wanyoike.Wanyoike says there is a high possibility that your vegetables  eat come from South Kinangop. 

He would like you to know that transporting the potatoes and  vegetables to the market has never been an easy task and suspects that sometimes you get your vegetables slightly stale.This is because the 22km Magumu–Njabini stretch of road that leads to this highly productive area has for long been dilapidated; made up of ‘interwoven’ potholes.

Fortunately, however, this might become a thing of the past as Transport minister Amos Kimunya has reportedly said  that Sh120 million has been set aside to repair the road.But Wanyoike, a doubting Thomas, wants a firm commitment from either Kimunya or the Roads ministry that, indeed, the road will be repaired.

“The minister made the announcement in a political environment at Engineer town. Was he speaking as a government representative or a typical politician playing politics?”