{"id":4191,"date":"2020-03-13T15:29:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T15:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=4191"},"modified":"2020-03-13T15:29:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T15:29:51","slug":"nakuru-bbi-postponed-following-coronavirus-report-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/nakuru-bbi-postponed-following-coronavirus-report-in-kenya","title":{"rendered":"Nakuru BBI postponed following coronavirus report in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: left\">The Nakuru Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) rally has been postponed.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">In a statement on Friday, Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui (<strong>pictured<\/strong>) said the new date will be announced later.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">&#8220;This decision has been made in consultation with Governors from the Rift Valley and the National BBI secretariat.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">The move follows the report by the Ministry of Health of a confirmed COVID-19 case in the country and a directive issued by the Health CS and National Security Council on public gatherings.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">Public institutions and commercial enterprises that serve high populations were ordered to set up preventive measures to avoid further spread.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">&#8220;We also wish to call for caution in the management of information relating to the disease,&#8221; Kinyanjui added.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">He\u00a0 said more effort must be invested in prevention and treatment preparations as opposed to mass panic and fear mongering.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">Nakuru county government has put in place measures to handle any case of the disease, the governor said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">An isolation ward and\u00a0trained medical personnel with full protective gear are on standby.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">The county has two emergency numbers that the public can use in case of a suspected case. The numbers are 0724 320 853\u00a0 and 0722 337 018.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">Postponing the Nakuru BBI rally comes as some MPs in South Rift\u00a0snubbed two\u00a0consultative meetings on it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1498022554617-0\" class=\"mt-3 mb-3\" data-google-query-id=\"CMr51ubgl-gCFYqWdwod4NsHOw\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/24409412\/home_main_inner_middle_advert1_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The legislators, joined by some ward representatives, snubbed the meetings in Kericho and Bomet counties on Monday and Tuesday respectively.MPs representing six constituencies in Kericho failed to honour invites to attend the meeting at Kericho Teachers Training College.The meeting attended by Governor Paul Chepkwony and his deputy Susan Kikwai went on despite the low turnout.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">\nMeanwhile,\u00a0Ford Kenya party leader Moses Wetang\u2019ula\u00a0called upon BBI\u00a0Chairman\u00a0Yusuf Haji and his team to put roadblocks to any politician trying to introduce retrogressive politics during the rallies.<\/p>\n<p>The Bungoma Senator was addressing mourners at Matulo Ward in Webuye West Constituency yesterday during the burial of Mzee Vincent Kinisu.<\/p>\n<p>Wetang&#8217;ula\u00a0said that the divisive politics\u00a0propagated by a\u00a0section of leaders in the BBI meetings across the country is an affront to disaster and conflict that may tear apart the nation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have told Yusuf Haji and his team not to allow BBI to be turned into a contest of who will be who in 2022 politics but have the interests of wananchi at hand,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He\u00a0noted that it was saddening and disappointing to see BBI being turned into a contest of who can be the most eloquent\u00a0orator in the public rallies instead of addressing the noble views that can improve the lives of wananchi.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">&#8220;Kenyans do not want BBI to be a contest between who will be cheered more and clapped better than who in the rallies after attacking others but want the report that will help the country move forward\u2019 he said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">The Ford Kenya leader urged\u00a0Haji and his team to ensure that\u00a0BBI is not used as\u00a0an instrument of dividing Kenyans but maintain its purpose and goal of uniting Kenyans by building bridges to a united country.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nakuru Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) rally has been postponed. 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