From: odhiambo okecth
Friends,
We hosted the final Consultative Forum where the final arrangements for the World Clean-up Day were made.
In attendance with us were the Divisional Environmental Officer Mr. Joseph Nyaga from the City Council of Nairobi, Ms Beatrice Munyao- the Ward Manager Umoja 2, Ms Jane Rose Muthoni- Assistant Chief Umoja, Ms Pamela Odima- KNRC Women Leader Umoja, Mr. Tom Ongoma- Market Master Umoja Market, Mr. Alvin Juma- KMTC Nairobi and a large number of participating organizations.
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The Organizing Team after todays meeting at Umoja- 22nd March 2012
Participants will meet as from 6.30am at the Umoja 1 Council offices, next to the Catholic Church and the Clean-up Campaign will be flagged off at 7.00am by Prof Karega Mutahi- the Permanent Secretary Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Local Government in the presence of all our Guests.
We will assign the participating Teams the various routes and we hope to converge at Busara Primary School immediately we finish, for closing remarks and an official speech from the PS.
The KCDN Team and Women Leaders; Ms Pamela Odima is on the far left, Ms Hellen Wanjoya- in red, Ms Florence Kanyua in the middle and Ms Sylvia Ntambato
We are inviting all the participating Teams to come with their lists of members for ease of registration and giving out of working tools. We are also inviting all those who can come with their tools to do so.
As I am writing this, we are still seeking out support for the following items;
4 Tents
500 Chairs
PA System
2,000 bottles of water.
We are not being provided with these and so, any well wisher may step in and be of support.
Lastly, if you want to be of any financial support to The Monthly Nationwide Clean-up Campaign across Kenya, you can discuss the same with the undersigned and we will post the same online as we have been doing all the times.
The KCDN Team- Hellen Wanjoya- A Friend of KCDN, Oto, Florence Kanyua, Peter Mbol and Sylvia Nyambato.
We are looking forward to meeting for the first time with many bloggers who have been engaging with us on the Clean-up Campaign on Saturday.
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change we seek’- President Barack Obama of the USA.
A Clean, Green and Litter Less Kenya at 50 is possible and achievable.
Odhiambo T Oketch
CEO KCDN Kenya,
National Coordinator- The Monthly Nationwide Clean-up Campaign
Tel; 0724 365 557
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Odhiambo T Oketch is the immediate former Chairman to the City Council of Nairobi Stakeholders Evaluation Team on Performance Contracting and Rapid Results Management. He is also Chair to the Nyamonye Catholic Church Development Fund. He was also the Co-Chair and Coordinator of The Great Nairobi Walk against Corruption that was held in Nairobi on the 22nd October 2010 in partnership with KACC and he is the National Co-ordinator of The Monthly Nationwide Clean-up Campaign in Kenya.
…….Moving From Talking to Tasking……..
We are gearing up in Narok – activities have been planned to clean up parts of Narok Township from Wednesday culminating in a grand clean up on Saturday to be presided by the GOVERNOR OF NAROK COUNTY.