Nation Reporter
18 February 2005
Nairobi — Without constant pressure, the Government will not act on graft in high places, a leading industrialist has said.
And, Dr Manu Chandaria added, the same pressure should be exerted to ensure Kenyans got all the services they were entitled to, including water and electricity.
Saying the authorities would only act if the people themselves kept them on constant pressure, he attributed President Kibaki's recent Cabinet reshuffle, which came amid allegations of graft within his Government, to pressure.
The fight against the vice, he said, was the responsibility of every Kenyan and not the President alone. It was wrong to just sit and do nothing about it.
Said the industrialist: "If anything has to be done, it is important that Kenyans exert pressure on those who are supposed to do it. This should apply to all services."
Dr Chandaria was speaking after presiding over the launch of this year's Engineering Students' Exhibitions at the Norfolk Hotel in Nairobi yesterday. The exhibition is open to students of electrical engineering, electronics, computer hard and software, and information communication technology.
During the launch of the exhibition organised by Centurion Systems, last year's winners were awarded certificates and cash prizes by the Chandaria Foundation. Second and third winners displayed their winning innovations.
The first prize in last year's event went to Mark Piiker from the Cape Technikon University in South African, who scooped Sh10,000 and a certificate for developing a solar panel tracking system, while Mombasa Polytechnic students won second and third places.
Mr Fredrick Mwachigangi was second, while Mr John Waweru emerged third for developing a multiple alarm system. They got Sh7,500 and Sh5,000 respectively.
Dr Chandaria singled out India as a country that had led the way in economic development as a result of adopting home-grown technologies in information technology.
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