Ksh140 million Renal Hospital to be built in Ruiru Town

The Kenya Government in partnership with Kidney Research Kenya, King College of the United Kingdom (UK) and Toledo Medical University of the United States of America (USA) will construct a Ksh140 million renal hospital in Ruiru Town of Kiambu County. Experts in the tourism sector are terming it as ‘Domestic Health Tourism’. The  Kiambu County Government, Kidney Research Kenya and the University of Toledo from the US to construct a renal center in the County
This medical facility to be built in Ruiru town will go a long way incaring for the growing number of Kidney patients. Kenyatta National Hospital, the only referral hospital in Nairobi,which is about 30 kilometres away from Ruiru town, hosts hundreds of the dialysis patients. When the Ruiru Renal Hospital becomes fully operational it will comprise 20 dialysis units capable of serving up to about 80 patients daily. The provision of these machines at the Ruiru health facility is expected to ease demand for dialysis machines at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH).

The Kiambu County Governor Hon. William Kabogo said the establishment of this Kidney health facility in Ruiru town would also serve patients from other Counties in a move that will ease the pressure of Kidney patients crowding the few available health facilities elsewhere in the Country.
He added that many kidney transplant patients would successfully go through post care challenges of Kidney management. Healso urged the National Government to continue conducting Community awareness campaigns effects emanating from Kidney complications.
The Governor announced that the Renal hospital in Ruiru town will be cheaper compared to other kidney facilities in the Country. He explained that one of the purposes of putting up the renal hospital was to make it be part of medical tourism.
He pointed out that the growth of the health sector in the country was greatly being hampered by the high demand of foreign exchange from Kenyans who seek treatment abroad. The Governor believes that patients with kidney challenges can be served more conveniently if they booked for treatment early at KNH or other health facilities in the Country.
Governor Kabogo urged the National Government to help fully equip all Public Hospitals in the Country to forestall the movement of Kenyans to seek health care mostly in the Asian Countries where treatment is considered cheap.The Governor urged for the introduction of strategies that would help attract more donors to set up or sponsor health facilities in the Country with the purpose of contributing to the Country’s Gross Domestic Product.

Dear Kenyan Parents: Are we wrongly Moulding our Youth and Future leaders?

Food for thought
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As you head home after a busy day, please read through this long post. It may be of help to you and me..

Friends,

Let me add the benefit of my time as a student and then resident in the UK-and I  live in Nairobi now. The first thing that I discovered about UK-born,white, English undergraduates was that all of them did holiday or weekend job to support themselves-including the children of millionaires amongst them.  It is the norm over there- regardless how wealthy their parents are. And I soon discovered that virtually all other foreign students did the same-the exception being those of us status-conscious Kenyans.

I also watched Richard Branson (owner of Virgin Airline) speaking on the Biography Channel and, to my amazement, he said that his young children travel in the economy class-even when the parents (he and his wife) are in upper class. Richard Branson is a billionaire in Pound Sterling. A quick survey would show you that only children from Kenya fly business or upper class to commence their studies in the UK.  No other foreign students do this. There is no aircraft attached to the office of the prime minister in the UK-he travels on BA.  And the same goes for the Royals. The Queen does not have an aircraft for her exclusive use.

These practices simply become the culture which the next generation carries forward.  But there's one core difference them and us (generally speaking). They (even the billionaires among them) work for their money, we steal ours!

If we want our children to bring about the desired change we have been praying for on behalf of our dear country, then please, please let's begin now and teach them to work hard so they can stand alone and most importantly be content, and not having to "steal", which seem to be the norm these days.

"30 is the new 18", which seem to be the new age for testing out the world in Kenya now.  That seems to be an unspoken but widely accepted mind set among the last 2 generations of parents in Kenya.

At age 18 years, a typical young adult in the UK leaves the clutches of his/her parents for the University, chances are, that's the last time those parents will ever play "landlord" to their son or daughter except of course the occasional home visits during the academic year.

At 21 years and above or below, the now fully grown and independent minded adult graduates from University, searches for employment, gets a job and shares a flat with other young people on a journey into becoming fully fledged adults.

I can hear the echo of parents saying, well, that is because the UK economy is thriving, safe, well structured and jobs are everywhere? I beg to differ and I ask that you kindly hear me out. I am a UK trained Recruitment Consultant and I have been practicing for the past 10 years in kenya. I have a broad range of experience from recruiting graduates to executive director level of large corporations. In addition, I talk from the point of view of someone with relatively privileged upbringing.

Driven to school every day, had my clothes washed for me, was barred from taking any part-time job during my A-levels so that I could concentrate on studying for my exams?!   BUT, I got the opportunity to live apart from my parents from age 18 and the only time I came back home to stay was for 3 months before I got married!

Am I saying that every parent should wash their hands off their children at age 18?
No, not at all, of course, I enjoyed the savings that I made from living on and off at my parent's house in London - indeed that is the primary reason for my being able to buy myself a 3 bedroom flat in London at age 25 with absolutely no direct financial help from my parents!

For me, pocket money stopped at age 22, not that it was ever enough for my lifestyle to compete with Paris Hilton 's or Victoria Beckham 's. Meanwhile today, we have Kenyan children who have never worked for 5 minutes in their lives insisting on flying "only" first or business class, carrying the latest Louis Vuitton ensemble, Victoria 's Secret underwear and wearing Jimmy Choo's, fully paid for by their "loving" parents.

I often get calls from anxious parents, my son graduated 2 years ago and is still looking for a job, can you please assist! Oh really! So where exactly is this "child" is my usual question.  Why are you the one making this call dad/mum?

I am yet to get a satisfactory answer, but between you and me, chances are that big boy is cruising around Nairobi with a babe dressed to the nines, in his dad's spanking new SUV with enough "pocket money" to put your salary to shame.  It is not at all strange to have a 28 year old who has NEVER worked for a day in his or her life in Kenya but "earns" a six figure "salary" from parents for doing absolutely nothing.

I see them in my office once in a while, 26 years old with absolutely no skills to sell, apart from a shiny CV, written by his dad's secretary in the office. Of course, he has a driver at his beck and call and he is driven to the job interview.

We have a fairly decent conversation and we get to the inevitable question-so, what salary are you looking to earn? Answer comes straight out- Kshs 200,000.
I ask if that is per month or per annum.

Of course it is per month. Oh, why do you think you should be earning that much on your first job?

Well, because my current pocket money is kshs100,000 and I feel that an employer should be able to pay me more than my parents.

I try very hard to compose myself, over parenting is in my opinion the greatest evil handicapping the Kenyan youth. It is at the root of our national malaise.

We have a youth population of tens of millions of who are being "breastfed and diapered" well into their 30s.   Wake up mum! Wake up dad! You are practically loving your children to death! No wonder corruption continues to thrive. We have a society of young people who have been brought up to expect something for nothing, as if it were a birth right.

I want to encourage you to send your young men and women (anyone over 20 can hardly be called a child!) out into the world, maybe even consider reducing or stopping the pocket money to encourage them to think, explore and strive.
Let them know that it is possible for them to succeed without your "help".

Take a moment to think back to your own time as a young man/woman, what if someone had kept spoon feeding you, would you be where you are today?.
No tree grows well under another tree, children that are not exposed to challenges, don't cook well.

That is why you see adults complaining, “my parents didn't buy clothes for me this Christmas", ask him/her how old they are-30+.
Because of the challenges we faced in our youth, we are where and what we are today, this syndrome-my children will not suffer what I suffered is destroying our tomorrow.

Deliberately reduce their allowance or mum-don't cook on Saturday till late afternoon or evening, do as occasion deserve.

Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.-( Henry Ford) .
Hard work does not kill, everything in Kenya is going down, including family settings. It is time to rebrand our children, preparing them for tomorrow. We are approaching the season in Kenya where only the RUGGED, will survive. How will your ward fare?

If the present generation of Kenyan pilots retire, will you fly a plane flown by a young Kenyan pilot, If trained in Kenya? People now fly first class, who cannot spell GRADUATE or read an article without bomb blast! Which Way Kenya? Which Way Kenyans!!

Is this how we will ALL sit and watch this country SINK?
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Pls forward or share to as many  parents as you can.

WELCOME HOME, PRESIDENT OBAMA! KARIBU KENYA!

I wrote a letter to @POTUS @BarackObama, requesting his visit to Ruiru as he delivers my selfie sticks (10 of them for #TeamEnterprise purpose). Last night, i received this restricted number call(note, not Unknown) from White House (Those in Ruiru, i don't mean pale White house where those marutis turn at, au white house the area), Washington Ndizi. Yes. I was informed that my wish will be granted if I make it possible for the leader of the free world to spend his afternoon at courtesy beach and not post our selfie (We both are selfieholics) pics while he's there. I agreed, and now, am looking forward to host the son of Kogelo in Ruiru.

When one of my friends-Vinny Muiru learnt of my special meeting, he suggested some modified Maruti motror chopper which could be used to hover around Wataalam area as I take him on a tour of my home area. But nevertheless, POTUS will have to show interest first before we partake such a tour, considering all the logistics involved. I was instructed to sway away from the Mututho enemy(Ndugugio) designated areas, for POTUS is a teetotaler. So, my earlier request to have Jack Daniels, my favourite American Whiskey was untimely turned down. This is not the tym to refuse a Kiambu man such a necessity, noting that the 3rd generation drinks are nowhere to be found(You Should know my President Uhuru, son of Jomo the lion) Moving on, am glad POTUS granted my wish, and now haters will say that am lying or even hallucinating. Wait till Monday, you'll see my photos with the leader of the Most powerful Country in the world. As i was being instructed on how to behave around The son Of Kogelo, this was the parting shot from whoever was on the other end of the phone, "Just be ready to be swallowed in the Security Bubble". I asked my Kenyan security officers what that could have meant, but am still looking for an answer. I need the phone number of 'Mganga kutoka TZ' or better still, our Finest 'Mutheu', the witch doctor from the land of kamba who's famed for resolving money problems & making cock crow in sinners stomachs. I want them to tell me what that bubble is. Can it be pricked? Well, make haste, time is ticking. 27 hours till the son of the soil comes....

Letter To USA President BARACK OBAMA.

Jambo Your Excellency, Karibu Kenya.
Like most of my countrymen, am equally excited that a sitting USA President, a son of Kenya is visiting my Motherland, the land of his Father. You are finally coming home to a heroes welcome. Well, I noticed Among your motorcade that were flown in prior to your arrival, there was a US Marines tanker. Well. Kenya is not at war your Excellency, President of most powerful country and son of Kogelo. You are only coming home again. Anyway, we still welcome you home. But there are some crybabies I need you to be wary of. The are called CORD triplets or we know them by country slang as 'Cordoo'. There's vitendawili guy, who's Barber wao, there's a watermelon and this guy who ate Tokyo Embassy money and just a few months ago, he was on newspaper headlines for stealing someone's wife(that is none of my business though). Anyway, that's not the reason why am writing you this, your Excellency. See, we welcome you as a Kenyan, and we would like you to be in our shoes on this concern:Most businesses will come to a standstill when you are finally home. The airports, Traffic on major roads within Nairobi and communication systems will be 'suspended'. Reason? You are around. So, on behalf of my fellow Kenyans, and noting you have Kenyan blood running in your veins, kindly let us enjoy at least the latter; communication. In the spirit of brotherhood. Yes I know you can. Let the CCK authorities hear it from you that yo brothers need communication. Well, Flights and vehicles are not my thing yet. They are luxuries. But i own a smartphone and being in the dark especially off Internet during those days you'll be around will be equal to being locked down a hole/cage not knowing what's happening outside. You feel me, right. Well. I also heard you'll speak to thousands of Kenyans at Kasarani stadium or so. If that's true, Kiambu County is in the horizon. Reece Squad train in my home area, Ruiru. You can come and say hi, your security is guaranteed by those commandos. Did you hear what they were about to accomplish at #westgatesiege(KDF came in) or their accomplishment at the #GarissaTerrorAttack?  Our boys are highly trained, maybe not as your own Secret Service, but equal to task. Okay, am not here to compare their skills/expertise. They all do great jobs in line of duty. Your kinsmen from Kogelo asked for new shoes. Cool. I hope you already sent a Ship to deliver the shoes to the port of Mombasa. If you find it possible, bring me a selfie stick. Yes. Jus that. Finally, we are Africans, and we know about Adam & Eve and the story about Sodom & Gomorrah, thank to Wazungus who brought Bibles to our great grandparents. We didn't hear of Adam & Steve. So, let us not speak of that during your visit. I hope you'll enjoy your visit home, and when you visit any Animal Orphanage , kindly adopt an Elephant. Safe flight to Kenya, Wuod Obama! I have seen your amazing Bell Boeing Osprey copters have finally landed at the Kenyatta University main campus grounds.

They have made K.U their temporary base, or so I think. I have also seen one of your official choppers, which means that you'll definitely use Thika Superhighway (but past Kahawa Barracks, don't use the exit to Kahawa sukari. There's always this nasty traffic jam. Instead, just go over the Engen fly over, and immediately after it, you'll find the service Lane joining the highway. Make a U turn there and come back to the service Lane and head to your chopper at K.U) While at K.U grounds before boarding your chopper, come to Ruiru town-it's only 3km-and there, I'll finally meet you, and receive the selfie stick I asked of. I know a couple of my friends who would love to have one for themselves, so please, bring me ten. They'll fetch a good price(See, I have this entrepreneurial mind, aren't you coming for the GES Summit? I'll make a good entrepreneur, right?  #TeamEnterprise) Looking forward to seeing you again.

PS: Bring Jack Daniels with you,my President ordered the total wipe out of those little cheap drinks. Tutakula nyama Choma pale Kamakis.

Signed
Wuod Karuri.

Kibera Burns: WAKE UP KENYAN YOUTH!! The Future Belongs to US!!

Pathetic. Retarded. Sicko. Ingrates. That's how I can describe those villagers in Kibera who burned down NYS projects & a clinic in Kamukunji last night. Anyone who says it not the Pro-RAO hooligans who did that is a political loser, immature moron or just, a sick bastard. Anything that is associated with Rao only ends up destroying. Thanks to those whose minds have stuck to poverished lifestyle when RAO was the MP. How dare they? Was the clinic/toilets benefitting Waiguru or The President? Was the improved livelihoods benefiting the Jubilee govt!?

Anyone who refuses development is supposed to leave our country and go elsewhere. Who destroys what's meant to improve their lives!? Isn't that foolish/stupid?? This is the latest indication that Raila will NEVER and by all means, MUST NOT be the president of this developing nation. This man Raila, will form an own opposition in himself if he becomes the president (God forbid). You can throw your dirty words at me for saying that, but it's the truth. Fact. If anyone means well for their country, he must come out and condemn the violence that took place last night. The destruction of government initiated projects. Look at how pro Raila nincompoops spit tribal hatred venom on Facebook. Using derogatory words that spun hatred on a certain community. If anyone goes against baba, faces unrated wrath. How I wish those developments were brought to North Eastern area or any other part of this country. This is a wake up call to the youth. We need to build our country for the sake of us and our future generations!! If Raila builds a Toilet in Kiambu, no one would dare destroy it. But now, we know best. Foolishness is next to Railaness.... 

STOP KILLING INNOCENT KENYANS. #147ISNOTJUSTANUMBER #RIPGarissaTerrorVictims

#147isnotJustaNumber #terrorincampus #JeSuIsGarissa #AmKenyan

I don't care what you think,  but someone somewhere or a group of idiots are busy hating on President Uhuru's presidency to an extent of sympathizing with Alshabaab while doing everything possible to undermine the Jubilee govt, doing the treacherous killings of innocent unarmed citizens and try to make him look bad. But let them know, as a country, we will not be cowed!! Or else,  how can you explain there being no terror attacks in the previous nusu mkate govt when KDF moved to Somalia??Wasn't then the appropriate time to call for the removal of KDF in Som? There's no amount of explanations forthcoming that can dispute this fact!! Terrorists are and have been bred locally. The enemies are within us. It's not a time to blame the govt, let's start by ourselves. Why allow illegal immigrants live amongst us in the name of sympathy? Have you ever thought of asking that alien amongst you for their proper identification papers? Have you ever passed any info to the police of suspicious characters in your neighborhood or you are too busy minding your own businesses?? I would vouch for the closing down of the whole of Eastleigh biz hub operated by foreigners-at least for now-if that would mean destabilizing the Alshabaab/Local terrorists source of capital! I said, if you are a Kenyan-Somalis and you happen to not speak out of any terrorist masterminds/sympathizers amongst you,  you may as well go down with them when they are finally known & apprehended! We are tired of burying our sons/daughters/wives/husbands/fathers/mothers killed by your kinsmen hiding under political & religious crap!
           

Our country, we love peace. We accepted thousands of South Sudanese & Somalis refugees,  coz we have a heart. Yes,  we are at liberty as a sovereign state to refuse refugees and shut down Kakuma and Daadab camps,  but where will they go? So, please, am not building hate towards you,  am just asking politely, have a humane heart. If you profess to Islam as a religion of peace,  then stand up, name your kinsmen involved in terror activities and earn your future in your newly found country & safe haven for you and your generations!! Religion aside,  be human. Am addressing all Kenyan-Somalis because you have been implicated in the recent terror attack. You got educated in our schools,  universities,  got Kenyan girlfriends, employed in Kenyan firms but stupidly,  bow to terrorism acts. That lame story of getting 72 virgins in heaven is bull crap full of shit! Probably,  the 4 maggots that killed innocent unarmed students of Garissa University are at their 15th virgins, aaight?? No, wait. They got shot dead and their bodies are rotting off!!!! So,  let us all stand with our country, for our country. If anyone has issues with the president, wait till 2017 and square out with him personally. STOP killing innocent unarmed people. Save us the "remove KDF from Somalia" lie! KDF was absorbed under AMISOM whose soldiers are in Somalia. Ethiopia, Uganda, Djibouti, Burundi and other East & Central African countries(all in AMISOM) have their troops there too. But why are we not hearing massive terror attacks in their countries? Let's all face the facts. This is not fully Alshabaab, we have haters amongst us. People who deserve to be dead & buried already.
But for me,  #AmAPatrioticKenyan and I will Stand with my President. He is the Commander in Chief of the Defense Forces and President of the Republic of Kenya.
God Bless Us All. God Bless Our Country, Kenya

GIRLFRIENDS OR EVILMASTERS???

MYTH BUSTER FAKA MADHA!(As Chappie says)

 It has been long, decades ago, faked & practised and we've been forced to believe that ladies are the all time buddies, or in their language, galfriends(bff). Well, I somehow do strongly disagree. I happened to be at this café and two composed & elegantly dressed ladies sat across my table. Suddenly, another lady enters and on seeing the two seated ladies, she screamed! At first, I held my fork and knife tight, thinking an attack was imminent! But Alas! She rushed towards the other equally excited ladies, who stood and hugged her like she had just landed from the moon! On realizing it was a false alarm, i slowly lowered my now already acquired table weapons, breathed a sigh of relief and went ahead to finish my meal. The three musketeers chatted like they were selling their wares in a very busy & noisy market for the better part of my now crowded lunch break-I felt so. Like I was in the middle of a market. The three, I could clearly tell were the best of the best friends in this world. They each took a glass of fresh juice while screaming at each other(read talking), and they spoke of how they last saw each other 3weeks ago.(3 weeks! I wondered and corrected my thinking. I had assumed they last saw 3years ago!!). Anyways, that's not the issue here. The message was already home. The 3 idiots..,no, the 3 musketeers were best friends forever! Point home now...... Their faces lit all through their now public chat.
Now, when the screaming lady who joined the other two stood to leave, that's when my myth(BFF myth) was cut and it burst in my face literally. Yes. Like how a balloon would burst. POP!! It was loud in my ears!! I was taken aback by wat the assumed friends said. While she was leaving, she loudly told the others, "See you later galfies! Kisses!!".. while walking like a baby giraffe on her very high heels(She obviously thought she was walking like Cinderella or Nicki Minaj). No sooner had she left the café door than one of the two Cinderella step sisters uttered something that sounded like the heaviest bomb blast/bang dropped in the al-shabaab H/Q by KDF, again, to my ears!
 "Mmmsschew! See you later my foot bitch! Aki I hate this bitch! Maringo ya panya na vile ana macho kama ya chameleon na miguu za kangaroo!!" (She must be working at KWS, or have recently been in Australia considering her description of Kangaroo legs or so I thought). I almost spit the water in my mouth and choked at the same time! The Waiteress, clearing my table, asked if I was okay while offering me a serviette, to which I nodded in the affirmative. Owly Shiet! That was atomic! Nuclear! Daaaang!!!

 I stopped believing in the 'galfriend' and 'bff' thing ladies shove down our ears and display in public gatherings!! I left the café having busted the myth, free of charge. Didn't pay no one to find out, thanks to their God-Given loud mouths....

Ivory Belongs To Elephants. Hands off Our Elephants

Elephants are being killed for their Ivory. This trade has seen thousands of Elephants killed for their Tusks. Let us all condemn the sale of Ivory made ornaments and other souvenirs, and save lives of the few remaining elephants.
Today, President Uhuru Kenyatta burned Ivory tusks weighing 15tonnes that were found from poachers and as a show that Kenya says NO to Ivory trade.
He said that twenty-five years since ivory trade was banned, new demand from emerging markets threatens Africa's elephants and rhinos. African countries are concerned about the scale and rate of the new threat to endangered wildlife species.
"Many of these tusks belonged to elephants which were wantonly slaughtered by criminals. We want future generations of Kenyans, Africans and the entire world to experience the majesty and beauty of these magnificent beasts. Poachers and their enablers will not have the last word," The President said before setting ablaze an almost 10 feet high pile of huge elephant tusks doused with petrol.
High demand for ivory is leadind to elephant killed by poachers across Africa. Save The Elephants org said that last year, 100,000 elephants were killed in Africa between 2010 and 2012. On Thursday, China imposed a one-year ban on ivory imports after criticism that implicated its citizens' for the huge appetite of ivory threatening the existence of Africa's elephants.

 Let us desist from wishing for or gifting people with Ivory made gifts. Elephants have feelings too. So please, lets all condemn the trade.

Ivory belongs to the Elephants campaign led by Mr. Jim Justus Nyamu, the Director of Elephants Neighbors center, who has walked from Washington to publicize the cry for banning of Ivory trade, has clocked over 5000km walking to save the elephants.