Letter to God, creator of peace and warmongers

PointBlank has got wind that Kenyans are writing to God and doesn’t want to be left behind. Here is my  prayer:

Almighty God, (forever omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent) I come before you, again. Thank you   for giving me your direct line. As Jimmy Gait noted in his latest hit, dedicated to you, “I need no appointment to access your office”.

I am back Lord with the same prayer I made yesterday and the day before. I know I’m repetitive and bothersome but I’m happy because I know you always give me a hearing.

Elections here are set for March 4 next year. And as I have told you before, polls have a way of turning people into idiots. Some of our leaders turn into our worst enemies. They preach hatred. They create divisions between us (your children). And because of them, we fight with swords and machetes. It happened in 1992, 1997, 2002 and 2007. Dear Lord, don’t let us shed innocent blood this time.

I know this isn’t for me to decide, but how about setting aside  the hottest corner in hell for such  divisive leaders? It would be good for them to taste pain as well. Thank you Lord. Amen.

Kisii’s fast flowing rivers of sewage   

Kisii town is a vibrant town with a population of over 83,000 people and serves as an economic, commercial and urban centre in the southern Nyanza.

Like most of our urban centres, Kisii University College student Kelvin Magut informs us that Kisii is characteristically untidy and can easily be mistaken for a sprawling dumpsite.

But the town is dirtier than that. Besides littering the town with papers and all manner of waste, the town’s folk have been feeding streams and rivulets with human waste, according to Mr Magut.

This, he notes, not only poses a threat to the lives of residents of the small town, but also threatens the lives of animals that live in water.

“We are urging the National Environment Management Authority together with the Municipal Council of Kisii to take immediate action to save our environment as this is where our future lies,” says Magut.

If the council doesn’t know what it can do to save the situation, Magut does: They should improve the drainage system and garbage collection and also  plant trees to reduce soil erosion. Is this worthy advice, Town Clerk, Kisii council?

Give students more help, Helb

Mr Douglas Ogari has read many comments and suggestions on websites and newspapers and listened to many people ‘singing the song’ about the need for the Higher Education Loans Board to increase the amount of money it loans students.

Although he is convinced that students, indeed, deserve more cash, he is unhappy because Helb is yet to respect the will of the people.

“Maybe the comments given by the likes of Alex Barasa of Kenyatta University have not reached Helb’s ears,” he says and adds: “It is high time Helb  understands that the prices of goods have skyrocketed. Now,  commodities such as sugar have become expensive”.

Ogari wants Helb to do the logical thing and  increase the amount of money it lends university students to enable them lead comfortable lives and engage in study without thinking about ‘stomach issues’.

earn more

The move, he says, will not only be good to the students, but also Helb as it will earn more in terms of interest when the time comes for the students to repay the loans.

Any plans to beef students wallets, Helb?

DON’T YOU FORGET

Any plans Nema to silence political noisemakers?  

Mombasa resident Justin Osey Peter wrote to PointBlank on October 24 pleading with the National Environment Management Authority (Nema) to silence the political din in Mombasa. As the campaign mood sets in, Osey noted that politicians were increasingly “polluting the air” with their noise. “Caravans of vehicles with politicians and their supporters dancing to very loud music and powerful, noisy generators make the earth to tremor in Mombasa,” he said. Osey noted that business in towns and market places usually come to a standstill whenever politicians make a stopover. As the General Election edges closer, he predicted that political caravans would increase and  so would their ear drum-splitting noise. Does Nema have any plans to protect our ear drums from the rising noise from politicians on campaign trail?

By-passed by overpasses

Hardly a month passes without a pedestrians being run over by vehicles while trying to cross the busy Thika superhighway at Githurai, according to Mr Patrick Wanyama. Most of the victims are school-going children.

He wonders why no overpass was put up at Githurai, the most populated area along the killer highway.

“Why have pedestrian overpasses been erected at Kenyatta University, Kahawa, Clay Works, Roysambu and SafariPark but none at Githurai?”

Why was Githurai left out Mr Franklin Bett, Minister for Roads?