The Great Rift Valley is set to get yet another City if President Uhuru taps Nakuru town to Nakuru City.
With almost less vaible land to expand, Nakuru has been more of a travellers ‘releaving’ town with less economic growth.
Just like the dormant city of Eldoret. The only city in the world with one main street and a referral hospital at the heart of the city, Rift Valley might be getting sour deals in the whole city statuses.
Yesterday, Senators voted to elevate Nakuru town to a City Status. All Senators present voted to support a motion by the House Devolution Committee that approved a petition seeking to elevate Nakuru’s status.
This was despite reservations of the leadership of the county’s decision to dump 40 street children in Chemususu forest in an attempt to gain the new status.
Senators insisted that despite their decision, those involved must be held to account.
“Criminal action must be visited on some people Mr Speaker, and Senate cannot pussy-foot on this, we can’t ignore it, there is blood on the hands of some officers in Nakuru County,” lamented Makueni’s Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.
It is alleged that county officers dumped 40 street kids in the forest and 5 have not been found to date.
“We don’t know whether that act that is evidently criminal was meant to pave for what we are discussing, but it was done, it was inhuman and it was criminal, and there is some culpability that must land on someone,” said Bungoma’s Moses Wetangula.
According to section 7 of the Urban Areas and Cities Act, the President may, on the resolution of the Senate, confer the status of a city on a municipality that meets the criteria set out by granting of a charter.
If the President okays the decision, Nakuru will be the fourth city in the country after Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu.
Will President Uhuru elevate Nakuru town?
