ati you call 109 and you say I m hungry...Nice one I think I will call over lunch hour..today if I dont win wazua PIZZA...by the way they are charging that distress call from a hungry kenyan.

They are not charging, the govt will pay kencall kshs 5M to receive the calls and log them in a database!!

Whaaat? that's all they need to feed hundreds for months! Why call to only get one gorogoro ya mahindi when they can put that money into good use... Kwani what is the work of the sub-chiefs and councilors in the area?

So the money simply stays here in Nairobi?

People still want to stick to the old, talk of anti reform. Cant they at the very least have these call centres in or near those areas so that they pay those people they expect to be getting calls from and about?

Typical payuka. this thread is obviously by someone who doesn't grasp the intent on use of emergency lines or is deliberately misrepresenting it!

How do you expect the central govt to manage effort and communication in an emergency situation affecting multiple geographic lcoations where relief agencies, chiefs, volunteers and Kenyans of goodwill are all involved?