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Wikileaks: UK doubts Kenya's capacity to patrol borders

helcoptor United Kingdom's counter-terrorism department does not trust the elite units within the Kenyan military to patrol the porous Somalia border.

The latest secret US Diplomatic cables released last week say the UK was instead keen on equipping the Administration Police department with radio communications network to enable its officers undertake the task of patrols along the border.

"UK CT (Counter Terrorism) efforts in Kenya are focused on two key areas: Establishment of a radio communications network for the Administrative Police in the North East and Coast provinces for border security," the cable reads in part.

Dream come True

For Mercy Wanjiru Weru, the expression “life begins at forty” is more than a cliché.

This weekend a new chapter in the life of the 41-year-old single mother of three begins when she joins Form One at Kenya High School.

Joining the premier national school whose alumni list reads like the who-is-who in Kenya is in itself not a mean achievement, but Ms Weru is set to go a step further by entering the institution’s history books as the oldest Form One student to ever be admitted.

State to take over World Bank project

The government will take over a project aimed at decongesting city roads following the withdrawal of funding by the World Bank.

The World Bank raised integrity issues regarding the concession before withdrawing its support.

Finance permanent secretary Joseph Kinyua said on Friday the government was not part of the collapsed deal.

“The issue had nothing to do with the government in terms of what did not work. It was only at the signing of the concession that the Ministry of Roads was to come in,” Mr Kinyua said.

He was speaking in Othaya at a meeting for local teachers.

Explore other options

The permanent secretary said although the project was to cost Sh80 billion ($1 billion), the government would explore other options to fund it.

“We will now have to look at it as a public sector project because we have the capacity.”

Mr Kinyua said the World Bank did not pull out of the project due to land acquisition issues.

The 106-km elevated highway from the Machakos junction to Limuru was to be undertaken by a consortium, the Nairobi Motorway Group, through a private-public partnership.

The group comprised Austrian and Israeli firms Strabag AG and Shikun-Binui, respectively.

The World Bank was to fund the project and the government was to provide the land.

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