State to get families out of streets using 4Rs – Weekly Citizen

The government has initiated a 4Rs (rescue, rehabilitate, reintegrate and resocialise) programme to address the teething issue of street families, the chairperson of the the Street Families Rehabilitation Fund Chebii Kilimo has said.

Speaking during the 6th Thika Institute of Business Studies graduation ceremony held at Blue Post Hotel in Thika, Kiambu county, the former Marakwet East MP said the government had embarked on a serious rescue operation of street families.

She said through the rescue, rehabilitate, reintegrate and re-socialise (4Rs) programme, the issue of Kenya’s street families menace would be addressed. She called on chiefs to ensure that all the street families in their jurisdiction are enrolled in the above program.

She noted that street families were as a result of our decayed society fabric. “We should all of us take steps to rescue our street families since they are resultants of our decayed society fabric,” Kilimo said. She said it was unfortunate that Kenyans watched as the street families languished without food clothing and shelter.

“We should take charge of rescuing the street families and stop waiting for others to rescue them. Let’s be our brother and sister’s keeper,” the former vocal legislator said. She urged youth to help the government in its agenda of wiping out street families by bringing up responsible families devoid of street families.

She said poverty should not be an excuse to having street families. Kilimo said people leaving with disabilities should not be ignored. She hailed the government for setting up the people leaving with disabilities fund. She commended Tibs for particularly admitting students from Marakwet county. She maintained that she is still against FGM.

The Kiambu county education board chairperson Ruth Wanjau commended Tibs for producing all rounded graduates with knowledge and competence that helped national prosperity. She said certificates and diplomas are just papers which the graduates should utilise in pursuing higher professional knowledge and skills.

GOVERNMENT EMBARKS ON RESCUE OPERATION OF STREET FAMILIES Street Families Rehabilitation Trust Fund Chairperson Lina Chebii Kilimo follows proceedings of TIBS graduation in Thika.
Image: John Kamau

The KU Chemistry lecturer said that higher institutes of learning should be catalysts of positive societal change.

Thika Town MP Patrick Wainaina said that the role played by learning private institutions cannot be taken for granted. He said the government uses over 30pc of the GDP fund education. He said that college graduates ought to further their education and be job creators and not job seekers.

Over 160,000 land files have been compiled at the new Ruiru registry office in the last and half years, Ruiru MP Simon King’ara disclosed. He said the files were initially in Thika and Kiambu land registry offices. He commended the ministry of Land for organising a month and half to address land issues in Ruiru sub-county.

He warned Ruiru residents against surrendering their original land ownership documents. He said some unscrupulous land company directors were asking land owners to surrender their original land ownership documents for fraudulent speculative purposes. He promised his electorate that even after the closure on September 26, unresolved cases will be dealt with individuals.

“Land is money and like your child, you should jealously guard it,” King’ara said. He said land belongs to the government and that was why it had organized the clinic to address teething land issues in Ruiru Sub- County. He called on land buying companies to solve small land issues in their outfits. He said plans to establish a Huduma Centre was at an advanced stag