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Thursday 20 September 2012

A MATATU CHAIRMAN’S OPERATORS ASPIRE TO VIE FOR MP IN NAKURU EAST



            

The Kanu Street Travelers Sacco Society LTD (K.S.T.S.S) chairman Mr.Benson Gathogo, asipire to vie for Nakuru east constituency. He is a graduate of Symbiosis Institute of foreign Trade in Pane India, have a degree in business, he has been operating his own business in Nakuru town and the premises of Nakuru county.
During the interview with hivisasa.com, Mr.  Gathogo said he is ready to break the York of tribalism within Nakuru county.”My policy is to eliminate the tribalism which has been circulating all over the country as whole. Many candidature vie for seat basing their politics in tribe, mine is very simple won’t do any thing to please my tribe instead I will do what Nakuru people will be proud of.”He said.
As a transport chairman within Nakuru- Kanu Street area, Mr Gathogo has done a lot which his colleagues are proud of. His deputy Mr. George  Thuo,before him(Gathogo)youth were not organised.There  was  no discipline at all in the sector, but today they even it went to  a point of contributing twenty shillings per day, just incase the driver or conductor is arrested by police and taken to court, they are able to pay the fine.”Under Mr. chairman as he referred to him (Gathogo) the sector has moved to a higher step.That is the arrangement  of vehicles during works hours. He also brought plan of saving  money per day which was not there before for emergency.Our youth discipline has improved since he has organized  a talk to them, to educate them to change the language toward the public, since our sector is playing a major role in transport.”Explained Thuo.
Driver’s believe that Mr.Gathogo  is enough to represent Nakuru east as mp,because changing workers of  matatu sector as they are know from they arrogate language to their customer,was not a simple task. This is according to some drivers whom I managed to speak to.   
On the other hand, Mr.Gathogo was among the people who started a school know as tumaini secondary, which is located at Barut village, past Rhoda. The aim of the group was to see children from needy family have a place to join after they are through with their KCPE (Kenya certificate of Primary Education) .”In the year 2000 I was in a group called Nakuru Youth club. The group had many project among them was to help the needy children, who have performed well and the parent have no money to pay for their secondary fees. We started at menengai social hall, with a small number. After sometime, the number increased leading to establishment of tumaini secondary, in the year 2001.There was no charges to any student, and we managed the school up to 2003 where we handed it to the government. Having done that all am sure if elected life of people of Nakuru east will be no more where they are today.”Explained Mr. Gathogo.
In addition Mr. Gathogo condemned aspirant who go round buying voting card. He said people should be aware of such leader.”There is a group of politician who go round buying voting cards from people, I want to let people know those are not leaders, because once elected they will not do thing in straight forward since they won through corruption.”Said Gathogo.   

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