Editor--I am glad that someone has finally taken note of the trouble we would have faced in future had Mt Kenya's ecosystem been left in the hands of it’s marauders.
Mt Kenya supports River Tana which in turn is the source of electricity generation.
Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has set aside $9.8m to erect an electric fence around Marsabit National Park.
If River Tana waters are in any way tampered with or should the river's water levels begin to fall, then costs of electricity in the country would be forced to rise.
While we are busy worrying about the scarcity of food, we should remember that we must conserve the environment of which one of the ways is stopping the cutting of trees. I wish governments would join hands this fight.
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Letters
It’s time to protect our environment
Uganda should fight all forms of smoking
Editor––Several countries have taken measures to protect children and teens from tobacco marketing by requiring that tobacco sold in stores be kept out of sight.
This is because large displays of tobacco products placed behind the checkout function as a marketing tool aimed at recruiting new smokers, more than 85 percent of whom start before the age of 18.
Protecting children is the same reason that tobacco advertising is prohibited on television, radio and billboards in this country. Countries like Ireland, England, New Zealand and Thailand, have decided that their kids have seen enough.
The problem is that its not just the cigarettes that our youth smoke, but also marijuana and bang. Should the nation rise up against cigarette smoking, all these other despicable habits will soon be kicked out.
This is because large displays of tobacco products placed behind the checkout function as a marketing tool aimed at recruiting new smokers, more than 85 percent of whom start before the age of 18.
Protecting children is the same reason that tobacco advertising is prohibited on television, radio and billboards in this country. Countries like Ireland, England, New Zealand and Thailand, have decided that their kids have seen enough.
The problem is that its not just the cigarettes that our youth smoke, but also marijuana and bang. Should the nation rise up against cigarette smoking, all these other despicable habits will soon be kicked out.
Harmonised communication policies a must
Editor--East Africa's Communications Organisation (EACO) is rooting for a harmonised user centric communications landscape in the region.
This includes harmonised licensing regime for telecommunications operators, uniform regional roaming charges, regional internet exchange point, Sim card registration, mobile number portability and linking up national backbone fiber infrastructure.
Communication is an integral part of a successful integration. Communication would ease doing business in the region something that could bring benefits to governments, businesses and residents. What needs to be done is simply commitment within the Governments to make communication easier in the region.
This will also push telecommunications operators to commit themselves on the regional plan
This includes harmonised licensing regime for telecommunications operators, uniform regional roaming charges, regional internet exchange point, Sim card registration, mobile number portability and linking up national backbone fiber infrastructure.
Communication is an integral part of a successful integration. Communication would ease doing business in the region something that could bring benefits to governments, businesses and residents. What needs to be done is simply commitment within the Governments to make communication easier in the region.
This will also push telecommunications operators to commit themselves on the regional plan
Kenya can still win the war on graft
Editor––Corruption in Kenya can and will be won, if the war against it is fought on individual levels, no matter their standing in governmnet.
Recently, Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission released an audit of corruption in the public sector, which showed that 30 per cent of public servants were corrupt. For long the political and social discourse has been about eradicating the vice and nurturing a conscious society whose members uphold the public and national good.
The laws have been amended, the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission reconstituted and directors and staff appointed on very hefty perks, but corruption has only become more endemic.
I think, that if prosecution of corrupt individuals continues, soon we shall rid our selves of the scourge.
Recently, Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission released an audit of corruption in the public sector, which showed that 30 per cent of public servants were corrupt. For long the political and social discourse has been about eradicating the vice and nurturing a conscious society whose members uphold the public and national good.
The laws have been amended, the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission reconstituted and directors and staff appointed on very hefty perks, but corruption has only become more endemic.
I think, that if prosecution of corrupt individuals continues, soon we shall rid our selves of the scourge.
Teach farmers good marketing strategies
Editor––There is some form of food shortage in our region, some in more strain than others.
However, the weather is not entirely to blame, we must admit that, farmers have fallen short in the area of marketing their produce and so the common assumption has remined that- there is no food.
By marketing products, areas without food can access the food thus aiding in shooting down the rising prices.
In the different areas in our country, the ministry of Agriculture should put in place marketing systems to help farmers sell off their produce.
Given that the rains are here, markets should be able to have substantial amounts of food this year.
More so, now would be the right time for those in authority to sensitise the famers about food storage.
However, the weather is not entirely to blame, we must admit that, farmers have fallen short in the area of marketing their produce and so the common assumption has remined that- there is no food.
By marketing products, areas without food can access the food thus aiding in shooting down the rising prices.
In the different areas in our country, the ministry of Agriculture should put in place marketing systems to help farmers sell off their produce.
Given that the rains are here, markets should be able to have substantial amounts of food this year.
More so, now would be the right time for those in authority to sensitise the famers about food storage.
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