Friends,
In our dispatch on the 29th August 2011, we did raise the issue of informal settlements and how we can also create order in those places;
4. We must accept that order can also thrive in the informal settlements. Who says that we cannot plan how we live in the informal settlements?
Today, we have lost many of our colleagues in Kenya at Sinai in the fire tragedy that happened this morning. We want to start by sending our condolences to all those who lost their relatives and property. May the Almighty God rest their souls in eternal peace.
We also want to appreciate the Kenyatta National Hospital for their state of preparedness and how they responded to the disaster. We want to appreciate the many Emergency Service Units who responded quickly as well as our Police Force. You did us proud today.
Having said that, we want to once more impress upon Kenyans that we can indeed create order and live with it in peace for ever after. We do not want to point fingers and apportion blame. However, we want to urge the Town Clerks across all our urban settlements to implement the law without fear or favour.
Please know that we are looking up to you to help create order within our urban space.
You have the powers to realigne our informal settlements. The sad reality is, we have many amongst us who thrive on the disorder that kills our people. Such people must be told in no uncertain terms that order must be created and that Kenyans are willing to live by it. Kenyans must also respond by respecting the law and becoming very proactive in defense of the said laws.
We must stop grabbing land; land that sits by the Pipelines, Railway lines, Power lines and by the rives and water mass.
Let us not procrastinate. Let us open access roads withing the informal settlelments immediately. Let us not wait for another disaster to happen. today it is at Sinai, tomorrow it will be at Kondele, or, it will be at your immediate neighbourhood.
Let us relocate all those families living by the Railway lines. Let us move away from the Power Cables. Let us move away from the Pipelines. Let us respect these open spaces and stop salivating whenever we see such spaces.
Tragedies do occur the world over, but we must create access for emergency responses. It is only through such respect for open spaces will we be able to have some Rapid Response Mechanisms whenever we have such calamities visiting upon us.
Let us respect sound advice we receive from the professionals.
As we mourn our dead today, let us not waste more time discussion such issues in hotels. Let us move to the trenches and create some order. The time is now and the day is today. Let the Town Clerks across the whole country take charge within their jurisdictions and enforce the Building Codes. Let them ensure that we respect the dictates of our Town Planning.
We must create order and enforce the same. And the best placed people to do this are our Town and Council Clerks.
Kazi kweni Jameni. Our hearts grieve with our Mothers, Fathers, Sisters and Brothers who have lost their loved ones today at Sinai Nairobi. Once more, may God rest their souls in eternal peace.
Odhiambo T Oketch.
http://kcdnkomarockswatch.blogspot.com
In our dispatch on the 29th August 2011, we did raise the issue of informal settlements and how we can also create order in those places;
4. We must accept that order can also thrive in the informal settlements. Who says that we cannot plan how we live in the informal settlements?
Today, we have lost many of our colleagues in Kenya at Sinai in the fire tragedy that happened this morning. We want to start by sending our condolences to all those who lost their relatives and property. May the Almighty God rest their souls in eternal peace.
We also want to appreciate the Kenyatta National Hospital for their state of preparedness and how they responded to the disaster. We want to appreciate the many Emergency Service Units who responded quickly as well as our Police Force. You did us proud today.
Having said that, we want to once more impress upon Kenyans that we can indeed create order and live with it in peace for ever after. We do not want to point fingers and apportion blame. However, we want to urge the Town Clerks across all our urban settlements to implement the law without fear or favour.
Please know that we are looking up to you to help create order within our urban space.
You have the powers to realigne our informal settlements. The sad reality is, we have many amongst us who thrive on the disorder that kills our people. Such people must be told in no uncertain terms that order must be created and that Kenyans are willing to live by it. Kenyans must also respond by respecting the law and becoming very proactive in defense of the said laws.
We must stop grabbing land; land that sits by the Pipelines, Railway lines, Power lines and by the rives and water mass.
Let us not procrastinate. Let us open access roads withing the informal settlelments immediately. Let us not wait for another disaster to happen. today it is at Sinai, tomorrow it will be at Kondele, or, it will be at your immediate neighbourhood.
Let us relocate all those families living by the Railway lines. Let us move away from the Power Cables. Let us move away from the Pipelines. Let us respect these open spaces and stop salivating whenever we see such spaces.
Tragedies do occur the world over, but we must create access for emergency responses. It is only through such respect for open spaces will we be able to have some Rapid Response Mechanisms whenever we have such calamities visiting upon us.
Let us respect sound advice we receive from the professionals.
As we mourn our dead today, let us not waste more time discussion such issues in hotels. Let us move to the trenches and create some order. The time is now and the day is today. Let the Town Clerks across the whole country take charge within their jurisdictions and enforce the Building Codes. Let them ensure that we respect the dictates of our Town Planning.
We must create order and enforce the same. And the best placed people to do this are our Town and Council Clerks.
Kazi kweni Jameni. Our hearts grieve with our Mothers, Fathers, Sisters and Brothers who have lost their loved ones today at Sinai Nairobi. Once more, may God rest their souls in eternal peace.
Odhiambo T Oketch.
http://kcdnkomarockswatch.blogspot.com
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