H.E. Raila Odinga, the High Representative for Infrastructure Development of the African Union, has completed a three-nation tour of Africa to discuss the Continent’s infrastructure agenda with leaders ahead of the AU Special Summit scheduled for July 2019 in Niger.
Over the weekend, Mr. Odinga held talks with President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo focusing on the Kishasha-Brazaville bridge component of the Tripoli-Cape Town Trans-Africa Highway. The two leaders also discussed progress on construction of the Inga dam on River Congo which, if realized, would be the largest energy infrastructure project in Africa.
From Kinshasa, Mr. Odinga travelled to Niamey, Niger, for talks with the country’s President Mahamadou Issoufou who is the champion of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement signed in 2018. The agreement is set to come in to force with 50 African states having ratified it.
Mr. Odinga briefed the president on the Trans-African Highways program and the overall infrastructure agenda including railways and open skies and their importance in the overall continental trade agenda. The two leaders agreed on the need for side meetings dedicated to infrastructure during the AU Special Summit to be held in Niger in July.
Mr. Odinga wound up his tour with a meeting with President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana in Accra. He briefed the president on the infrastructure agenda and appealed for his support.
DENNIS ONYANGO
MAY 21, 2019.
Anonymous says
he was given nice job meant to get 10% or more kickback from all investment in africa…..satanic way to be rich…..
Anonymous says
what criteria was used to give this old dude job to supervise africa yet we hear his cousin Obama village did not have any development untill Obama became president….and gavament built first road to Obama grandmother..
Jadida says
It is sickening to hate what doesn’t concern you ofuwo kamin.
Anonymous says
Moi+Raila=Land grabbers. Kisumu molasses Plant Land.
In 2001 the commissioner of Lands S.S.K. Mwaita allocated the land to a company known as Spectre International Limited for 3.7 million shillings or KShs 33,000 per hectare.The land measures approximately 112 hectres and comprises of seven blocks the particulars of which are as follows
1. L.R. No 26453 area 26.10 ha user horticultural
2. L.R. No 26454 area 39.00 ha user industrial
3. L.R. No 26455 area 13.40 ha user residential
4. L.R. No 26456 area 21.23 ha ,user residential
5. L.R No 26457 area 3.50ha. user recreational
6. L.R. No 26458 area 2.20 ha , user health clinic
7. L.R. No 26459 area 6.50ha user educational
The direct allocation of alienated Government land to the company by the commissioner of Lands was illegal.It was not clear how the government then intended , if at all , to revive or sell the project having already allocated the seven blocks of land to Spectre International Limited a private company.”
Anonymous says
can roving jeuli help his fred to develop….
Moi clings to idle land for Bomet hospital
Residents say they’ll take over prime CBD plot; county policy demands land be developed or surrendered
In Summary
• The three prime acres next to the Bomet Green stadium have been idle for 20 years.
• In 2013 Governor Isaac Rutto ordered all plot owners in town to develop the land, fence it off and pay accumulated rates – or land will revert to the county.
The three acres in Bomet that residents want repossessed from the Moi family. The land has been idle for more than 20 years.
LAND DISPUTE: The three acres in Bomet that residents want repossessed from the Moi family. The land has been idle for more than 20 years.
Image: FELIX KIPKEMOI:
A storm is brewing between Bomet leaders and the family of former President Daniel Moi over ownership of three prime acres in Bomet’s Central Business District.
Moi was allotted the property and is said to hold the title deed but three other developers say they also hold title deeds.
The land is needed to build a hospital.
Bomet Central MP Ronald Tonui and other leaders have pledged to take over the land and revert it back to the county.
Leading a demonstration on Monday, the legislator urged the county to cancel the allotment letter for the land and turn it over to the national government to build a hospital.
They claim it was acquired illegally.
The land next to Bomet Green Stadium has been idle for 20 years.
The government has taken no action though policy dictates that idle land be used for the public benefit.
In 2013 former Governor Isaac Rutto ordered all plot owners in town to develop, fence off and pay accumulated rates, otherwise, the land will be repossessed.
While other landowners rushed to fence off their plots and pay rates, the owner of the prime CBD land ignored the directive.
The county needs land to put up key facilities and expand others.
Bomet Health Center is also next to the prime land and needs to expand but space is not available.
Tonui has pledged to ensure the land is repossessed and be used to construct Bomet County Referral Hospital.
He said it was wrong for an individual to claim to own the land, while not developing it though residents lack space to expand key facilities.
“We are going to take back this land…we are going to sit with the county officials so that they initiate the process of repossessing it,” Tunoi said.
He said the county assembly should urgently draft a policy preserving the land for public amenities.
The Moi family is said to have been allocated the land in early 1990 by the Bomet councillors as a show of appreciation for giving them a district.
We are going to take back this land…we are going to sit with county officials so they initiate the process of repossessing it
Bomet Central MP Ronald Tonui
The land was used to put up a Kanu Party office.
In 2013, Sh400,000 in accrued rates was paid to Bomet county.
Kanu secretary general Nick Salat confirmed that Moi holds the title deed of the land and warned leaders against attempting to repossess it.
Speaking to the Star, Salat said the MP Tunoi was playing politics.
He said the Moi family was willing to relinquish the land to the public for the benefit of the people – but only if due process is followed not a land grab
“If they are serious about the issue they should follow the due process rather than resorting to mob justice.”
Lands and Urban Planning CEC Daisy Rono promised to follow up on the problem. She said she was not aware Moi has a title deed; she said she only has details of three other individuals with allotment letters.
Rono said the county was conducting a valuation of all idle lands in all towns to determine how they were acquired, with a view to addressing the issue.
(Edited by V. Graham)