The Star Weekend
Date: 14.01.2017
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SEVEN NINTHS TO SO
Kidero commissions new projects and inspects old
ones as he urges residents to reelect him in August
undertaken as he appeals to residents for a second
term. With only seven months to the polls, the city
former Nairobi Town Clerk Philip Klsia, running mate
of former Gatanga MP Peter Kenneth in the August
polls, accused Kidero of not addressing garbage and
traffic problems, as well as runaway corruption at
boss has embarkedon commissioning new projects
City Hall.
and inspecting the progress of others launched in
On Thursday, Kidero inspected several projects
In Dagoretti South, the home turf of his fierce rival
Dennis Wa weru. The governor urged residents
to give him another chance to complete ongoing
projects. He visited Waithaka Polytechnic and
pledged to put up a Sh100 million residential hall.
Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero has turned to
the development projects his administration has
2014.
Kidero's critics and challengers for the county's
top job have accused him of failing in development,
despite the high hopes the residents had in him
when he was elected in 2013. On Wednesday,
Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero walks past documents
he and his staff presented as evidence before a Senate
committee on July 29 last year /hezron njoroge
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