CON MEN SELL WATER FOR DIESEL TO LONG DISTANCE TRUCK STAFF

A truck driver and his turn boy caused a stir on tengecha road in Kericho town when they got stuck on the street after their truck engine went dead after they were coned of money equivalent with twenty litres of diesel and given tap water instead of diesel .The truck developed problems but when they got to the street on their way to the Jua Kali garages at the kenya co-poerative creameries depot of kericho town ,the engine went dead completely and they went nad called mechanics from those garages to go and help them.

The con men filled the vehicles tank to capacity and demanded payment after which they parted peacefull with the trucks staff.The trucks fuel tank hand to be removed and then cleaned thoroughly and dried in the sun to get rid of all the watervapour and then the fuel filters had to be changed plus anything to do with the fuel before it reaches in to the engine,
They spent about twenty hours in the town trying to repair the truck.
There was nothing that they could do about the con men though,because thy were too smart for them that they couldn't even trace them.

SHARP RICE IN CHARCOAL PRICES IN KERICHO ,KENYA

Prices of cahrcoal have reached an all time alrming high in Kericho town.One Big bag now costs between nine hundred and one thousand kenyan shillings while the small bags go for half the price.
When we asked the charcoal dealers in the town they answered that the rise is due to the bad weather and the polices'tight security in the Mau forest.It has been reported that the police has been very harsh at charcoal burners in the forest . They are reported to have interrupted the burning of charcoal in the forest which has led to a servere shortage of charcoal in the town and it's environs.
Kericho has been experiencing heavy rains recently.

RESIDENTS OF KERICHO TOWN COMPLAIN ABOUT THE HOUSE RENTS

Residents of The nyagacho living area of kericho town have complained bitterly about the steep rise in the rents of the houses in these estates .They waid that the quality of the houses is very low yet they pay amounts equal to those of stone house well electrified plus water and all the other services.They said that in the houses in question ,there is nothing more thatn just iron sheets for the walls and the timber frames that hold the iron sheets standing upright .
Mr. Gerald Ochieng who is a resident of the area said that the rent of these houses starts from two thousand shillings and onwards which is very high for houses of that standard and the standards of life in this town in general .He also asked for the authorities to step in and help the poor tenants of those areas to bargain for the amount of the rents to be lowered up to five hundred shillings per month>

SYLVIA LOVE-SUDAN(DAKAR SENEGAL)

VICTORY BEMBA TOMSY-DAKAR, SENEGAL

TINA DESMOND

TINAS DESMOND