Nairobi 12th July, 2013….The Kuwa Shujaa, Kaa Rada Anti Vandalism Campaign through BTP Proactive will be hosting a media awareness breakfast meeting at the Serena Hotel, Nairobi.
The event will be a platform to engage the media in creating awareness on vandalism. The media plays a crucial role in advocacy in Kenya and therefore bringing aboard the Kenyan media to be engaged in playing a positive role in fighting vandalism.
The media awareness breakfast which is dubbed ‘Kuwa Shujaa, Kaa Rada’ seeks to elicit a response to the problem of andalism that has affected a range of infrastructure developments across various economic sectors from energy, to telecommunication, to construction and roads. The event will be a part of a series of anti vandalism initiatives lined for the year.
The Kenya National Highways Authority company is among service utilities greatly affected by vandalism. Regions greatly affected by vandalism are in Nairobi, Mombasa, Central and areas around Machakos i.e. in the Eastern Province, “We lose close to a billion shillings annually to vandalism. We lose street lights, guard rails, cables and even road signage”, said Eng. Samuel Ogege, the general Manager of Maintenance from the company.
Some of the key issues that will be addressed include examining how best to tackle the issue of vandalism through community involvement, lobbying for tougher penalties, and the tougher regulation of the scrap metal sector.
