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Njunge
#11 Posted : Monday, February 12, 2018 10:58:54 AM
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hardwood wrote:
newfarer wrote:
saw a video of his work...real development. not cinema


You empower people more when you build roads for them and give them piped water (like Mutua has done), than building a mango and milk factory.


ala!!!.......Are you drunk?Pray
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kawi254
#12 Posted : Monday, February 12, 2018 11:13:31 AM
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From an Eye-witness of Makueni changes post devolution:

1. Water pans every 5 or so Kilometres. It is Feb 12th 2018 and it hasn't rained since Dec 7th 2017 and this water pans still have water. Livestock and domestic water catered for.

2. The Mango factory is having real change in the grassroots. Most farmers are planting grafted mangoes - it is the only cash crop (+mbaazi) that gives even when rains fail.

3. Makueni doesn't have tarmac roads as a result of devolution but the county graders will be there within days of a road being damaged by rain e.t.c. ..roads are motorable thanks to county graders .This is a big contrast from Jubilee areas i visit e.g Ndundori in Nyandarua where you need a 4WD or tractor to get to when it rains.

4. The universal health actually works. Get a card for 500/= and get treated at any country health facility for free. In 2010 took someone to Makindu hospital and i had to buy everything (syringe,gloves,medicine) needed from a chemist in the local trading centre...which basically meant if you are poor you didn't get treated.


5. Sand harvesting in Makueni that was damaging river beds has all but stopped thanks to county Govt support.Most of the sand harvesting has that happened in Makueni now has moved to Kajiado.
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hardwood
#13 Posted : Monday, February 12, 2018 11:13:51 AM
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Njunge wrote:
hardwood wrote:
newfarer wrote:
saw a video of his work...real development. not cinema


You empower people more when you build roads for them and give them piped water (like Mutua has done), than building a mango and milk factory.


ala!!!.......Are you drunk?Pray


Packaging milk is something any tom, dick and harry can do (just take a trip to your local supermarket and see for yourself). The county government should be involved in more important matters eg roads, power, irrigation, extension services, water and sanitation, etc, etc. And once this infrastructure is in place, farmers will produce more and investors will put up the factories.

Kivutha is using a failed development model. Kivutha should learn from the experiences of the national government which set up factories all over eg KCC, panpaper, sugar factories etc only for them to fail or be privatized after becoming financial sinkholes. Business should be run by the private sector. Let the county and national govts focus on infrastructure to facilitate business.
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Swenani
#14 Posted : Monday, February 12, 2018 11:56:23 AM
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Njunge wrote:
hardwood wrote:
newfarer wrote:
saw a video of his work...real development. not cinema


You empower people more when you build roads for them and give them piped water (like Mutua has done), than building a mango and milk factory.


ala!!!.......Are you stupid?Pray


Guka, I know mistyping comes with aging but I have corrected that for you.
If Obiero did it, Who Am I?
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mkenyan
#15 Posted : Monday, February 12, 2018 12:15:46 PM
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Swenani wrote:
Njunge wrote:
hardwood wrote:
newfarer wrote:
saw a video of his work...real development. not cinema


You empower people more when you build roads for them and give them piped water (like Mutua has done), than building a mango and milk factory.


ala!!!.......Are you stupid?Pray


Guka, I know mistyping comes with aging but I have corrected that for you.

i think he was sure about the stupid part being positive. it is the drunk part he now wanted to confirm. Laughing out loudly
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Angelica _ann
#16 Posted : Monday, February 12, 2018 12:22:42 PM
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mkenyan wrote:
Swenani wrote:
Njunge wrote:
hardwood wrote:
newfarer wrote:
saw a video of his work...real development. not cinema


You empower people more when you build roads for them and give them piped water (like Mutua has done), than building a mango and milk factory.


ala!!!.......Are you stupid?Pray


Guka, I know mistyping comes with aging but I have corrected that for you.

i think he was sure about the stupid part being positive. it is the drunk part he now wanted to confirm. Laughing out loudly


drunk stupid/stupid drunk smile
In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins - cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later - H Geneen
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hardwood
#17 Posted : Monday, February 12, 2018 12:34:27 PM
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Angelica _ann wrote:
mkenyan wrote:
Swenani wrote:
Njunge wrote:
hardwood wrote:
newfarer wrote:
saw a video of his work...real development. not cinema


You empower people more when you build roads for them and give them piped water (like Mutua has done), than building a mango and milk factory.


ala!!!.......Are you stupid?Pray


Guka, I know mistyping comes with aging but I have corrected that for you.

i think he was sure about the stupid part being positive. it is the drunk part he now wanted to confirm. Laughing out loudly


drunk stupid/stupid drunk smile


Leteni matusi but the fact remains that govt (county/national) shouldn't be involved in business. They should facilitate business. Economics 101.

Kenya's landscape is littered with failed govt industries and counties shouldn't replicate that model.
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hardwood
#18 Posted : Monday, February 12, 2018 12:47:59 PM
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Why was Kibaki so successful in running the economy? Is it because he build milk and mango factories? Nope. He was successful because he created the right environment for business to thrive - things like roads, power, dams, access to credit etc. Kivutha should learn from Kibaki.
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FRM2011
#19 Posted : Monday, February 12, 2018 12:53:29 PM
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Sycophancy should be treated like any other mental disorder.
Our brother here operates on a very simple programme.

Kivutha = NASA = Bad
Mutua. = Jubilee = Good

In muranga, Mwangi wa iria signs that Hass avocado deal with kakuzi and got himself re-elected. Simply because it transforms people's lives. Makueni doing the same.

Makueni milk is probably why @ hardwood is offended. The god of kirinyaga decreed in his wisdom that only our beloved monarch family should process milk. Thaai thahaiya Ngai thaai.
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Swenani
#20 Posted : Monday, February 12, 2018 1:16:46 PM
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hardwood wrote:
Why was Kibaki so successful in running the economy? Is it because he build milk and mango factories? Nope. He was successful because he created the right environment for business to thrive - things like roads, power, dams, access to credit etc. Kivutha should learn from Kibaki.


Ouru or kibaki

Are you saying that Uhunye has failed? Or can you edit the above statement to advise Kivutha to lear from baks and uhunye
If Obiero did it, Who Am I?
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