Robert Alai a very controversial journalist to the eyes of many, once found himself in great trouble for calling the president an adolescent president and now I don’t know if I will also find myself in much greater trouble by calling my county an adolescent county!
There are very many factors that support my say! First let’s start by the meaning of the word adolescent. According to the Wikipedia, Adolescence is defined as “Adolescence (from Latin adolescere, meaning “to grow up”) is a transitional stage of physical and psychological human development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to legal adulthood (age of majority)”
The following are reasons why I say our county is in the process of developing from childhood to puberty. The good thing in my statement is that there is the word ‘developing’ in it.
1. Kajiado County Website [https://www.kajiado.go.ke/]
Did you know that we own a website? Probably no. Our website is pathetic. It is static, contains images not optimized for web, has a pathetic Graphical User Information and is non-responsive and that’s why it takes a century to load. There are is no information at all, no updates on what the county is doing for its people, no projects and plans from the county government nor what to expect from its management. Our Social feeds are not Verified by either Facebook or Twitter and contain very outdated information. To my greatest amazement, they are not even implemented in our website. The connection is not encrypted, this means that an attacker can modify the content of the website while in transit.
Proof:
Kajiado Website SSL Error
I believe we can do much much better on this. You cannot compare it to other county websites. It is a big shame.
Kajiado County Website
Comparisons [Click on the images to visit the website]
Kiambu County Website:
The Kiambu County Website
Machakos County Website
The website of Machakos County
Meru County Website
The Meru County Website
It is evident that our county website compared to others is a shame and it makes us look like toddlers in technology. Are there no web developers in Kajiado? The website itself was developed by Mucroid Digital Solutions Ltd in Westlands Commercial Centre, Along Ring road. Why give the tender to another party? Are there no competent youth in Kajiado who can do a better job? Our Governor’s social feed is outdated and given the fact that in this time and age a large number of county residents are on the social platform, they all would like to see what is happening to their county.
Dr Nkedianye Facebook Page [3,933 likes] (Last Updated July 25, 2014)
Kajiado Governor Dr Nkedianye Facebook Social Page
Dr David Nkedianye Twitter Timeline [55 Followers] (Last Updated Jan 4, 2015)
Dr David Nkedianye Twitter Timeline
I am very unsure if these links are are solely owned by our governor because they are unverified by neither Facebook nor Twitter but the question is, why is there no social interaction between the county governor and its people?
2. When Last Did You See Your MP? Or Government Representative?
This is a good question to ponder. It is weird that the last time I saw my closest government representative was during the campaign season. After that they just vanish. Whenever am watching the government proceedings, I struggle to spot any of them to no avail, they are not voiceless at home, will they be ‘voiceful’ in parliament? The jukwaas at our towns have very weak wooden structures, they are only used by religious groups during crusades but not any government representative telling us of their plans for the area. I mean they are only used once in every 5 years. During the campaign season.
3. When Last Did You See Development in Your Area?
Ahem! Many probably think that I should skip this part. Is your town pulling back? Negatively developing? Let us all analyze them. Rombo, any government development I have seen? Entarara? Illasit? Wow? Let’s not mention about the burning of three-quarter of the town and the government telling the residents not to build any wooden plots. I also heard of a maternity hospital being started in the area which am yet to see. Nkama? In our previous post we featured the Controversy Over Nolturesh Water. Loitokitok? Kimana? Except for the residents efforts to work hard I see no government structure no Government association whatsoever. There are also rumors that the road from Illasit to Rombo will be constructed. I am all eyes.
The list is long. I can write an encyclopedia on this. We as residents sit down and pay taxes, and wait on our county government to no avail. I am tired of seeing articles online that this NGO donated this and that. Am tired to be called a developing and marginalized county. I am tired of seeing those English blogs and websites with posts and pictures of Maasai women and malnourished children feeding them with toys. I am tired of telling someone of my home and the first thing that goes through his/her head is that am poor and should be thanking God I have made this far. But one thing for sure, am not tired of writing, am not tired of exhausting all my talents, all what I can do for my county, for my people and my community as a whole. Leaders, Wake Up and Interact with your people!
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