The Star (Nairobi)

Kenya: Face Off Over Security,Health and Education

By Macharia Wamugo, 12 February 2013

In the first ever Kenyan pre- election presidential debate held yesterday the eight presidential candidates promised to invest in security, provide better pay for police and equipment to fight crime. Musalia Mudavadi, Martha Karua and Peter Kenneth promised to step up efforts at community policing and other underlying causes.

SECURITY - DEBATE:

The candidates also focused on education and pledged more funds to ensure more children go to school and teachers are hired.

DEBATE - TEACHERS:

They blamed corruption for the mess in the health sector.

  • Comment

Copyright © 2013 The Star. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections — or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here.

AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 130 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica.

Comments Post a comment