20 | NEWSFOCUS October 16, 2018 www.mygov.go.ke Children’s cabinet takes over Siaya county affairs BY PHILIP ONYANGO, KNA, SIAYA T he county children’s cabinet today took over the affairs of the Siaya county government briefly as part of the celebrations to mark the international day of the girl child. Siaya governor, Cornel Rasanga flanked by his cabinet and senior county government officials surrendered his seat of power to the children’s governor, Beatrice Atieno who was equally flanked by her cabinet. After a stint at the seat of power, Atieno retired to the boardroom where she addressed her cabinet and members of the media, calling for commitment among stakeholders to the issues affecting children. The children’s governor who is a pupil at Gunda Sigomre primary school in Bondo Sub County urged the government to improve the education sector so as to make learning easy for children. “We need more learning materials and resources,” she said adding that as children, they were still waiting for lap tops and other digital learning materials from the government. Atieno equally called for Police Arrest 2 Veterinary Quacks Vacinating Cows REPUBLIC OF KENYA MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING TENDER No: MTIHUD/HUD/CSHS/03/2018-2019 ADDENDUM NO. 1 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) FOR DESIGN, BUILD AND FINANCE OF THE PROPOSED AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS PARK ROAD, NAIROBI BY DANIEL MUGO KNA, THIKA P olice in Thika East arrested two veterinary quacks who were going round Gatuanyaga village vaccinating cows and goats. They recovered fake identification cards, old thermometer, injectable animal drugs, needles, syringes and 2Kgs of Norlick superlik salt. The two Esther Wambui Nzioka alias Esther Nzioka Syekoyo (39), and Joel Mwangi Karanja alias Naftali Murage Wahome (29) were nabbed as they tried to vaccinate cows and goats at the home of Kamau Kuru claiming they had been dispatched at the area by the government following a disease outbreak on domestic animals. Kamau’s daughter is a veterinary officer and when she saw how they were dressed and the things they carried, she became suspicious and gestured to her father who called the police. The police led by Thika East DAPC Mumina Yusuf responded swiftly and arrested the two who were taken to Ngoliba police station awaiting to be charged with the offence. Salome Wanjira Ngugi who is a victim of the two said the two vaccinated her 3 goats and parted with Ksh 1,000 before vaccinating her neigbour’s goat that eventually died. The suspect Esther Wambui however said the goat she vaccinated was so feeble and was almost dying even before she treated it. She said she was told by the owner that it had been treated by so many Veterinary officers but all in vain. She said she has been doing that job for over 3 years and sometimes she even led her customers. ‘If I was a bad person I could not have operated for those three years, sometimes doing my services and coming for the money at a later day”. Claimed Wambui. Salome Wanjira said they fell into the trap following an earlier announcement in Churches that Veterinary officers would come on last Tuesday at Gatuanyaga cattle dip to treat their animals following an outbreak. But the quacks came a day earlier claiming to have been send from Kabete to start helping the small scale farmers before the D-Day. Thika East OCPD Julius Kyumbule cautioned the area residents to take prior precautions as he said they suspected the suspects were spies who rather than treating the cows had another interior motive. If I was a bad person I could not have operated for those three years, sometimes doing my services and coming for the money at a later day - Esther Wambui Notice is hereby given to all tenderers who wish to tender for the works which appeared in The Daily Nation on Friday, 14th Tuesday, 18th September, 2018 on page 11. Kindly note the following: 1. The tender opening has been extended by 14 days, from 29th November, 2018 at 12 Noon on 6th Road, Boardroom. October 2018 to 12th Floor - Ardhi House, 1st Ngong Avenue off Ngong 2. The commitment fee has been revised from 10% of the value of the bid price to KShs. 50,000,000/= (Kenya Shillings Fifty Million) within 14 days from the date of notification of award by the Employer 3. The Technical Proposal has been revised to allow for bidders to demonstrate use of Alternative Building Technologies (ABT) and or Industrialized Building Systems (IBS) as well as incorporate the use of ABT and or IBS to save on time. Necessary adjustments have been made to the scoring plan on the Technical Evaluation Criteria. 4. The Evaluation Criteria will now include a scoring component for the Financial bids. This has been outlined in the Revised Technical Proposal and in the Revised Financial Proposal. 5. The earlier issued Technical and Financial Request for Proposal has been revised and is reissued. Bidders who have already downloaded the documents are requested to download the Revised Technical and Financial Proposals dated “12th October 2018”. Bidders who have paid and obtained hard copies are requested to download or collect the documents free of charge from our offices on the 6th House Building. All other conditions remain as earlier advertised. Head Supply Chain Management Services For: PRINCIPAL SECRETARY floor of Ardhi September, 2018 on page 27 and The Standard on improvement of classrooms, most of which she said were in pathetic conditions. She called for strengthening of environment clubs and activities in schools as a way of inculcating environmental awareness among children at a tender age. “We need to strengthen 4K clubs and establish tree nurseries in each school to teach our children how to care for the environment at an early age,” she said. Welcoming the children’s cabinet, Rasanga said his government was working closely with other stakeholders to improve the welfare of the children. Between 10-15 percent of the world’s population suffer from depression BY KIMANI TIRUS EMBU A s the world celebrates World Mental Health Day statistics from World Health Organization (WHO) shows that 10- 15 percent of world population, inclusive of all the ages suffer from depression. In Kenya, those suffering from depression stand at 1.8 million, hence one of the countries with highest number of people suffering from the menace. A psychiatrist nurse at the Embu Level Five Hospital Lucy Nyaga, speaking in Embu Stadium Thursday during occasion to mark the World Mental Health Day, said economic instability especially among the youth is one of the leading
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