While most of us may struggle to accept our weaknesses,Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu has decided to be on the fore front to beat this types of shyness. He openly accepted that finds it hard to express himself in English.
Addressing mourners at a funeral service in Gatundu South on Saturday, Waitutu, speaking in Kikuyu, said he did not go to nursery school.
“I was a student at Dagoretti High School but as you know, I have difficulty in expressing myself English. This is because I did not go to nursery school. I was one of the children that were being subjected to the test of touching your ear with your hand and if you managed, you were allowed to proceed to Class One. But English is just but a language, of importance is what is in one’s mind,” he said amid cheers and laugher from the crowd.
He thanked his supporters for voting him and assured them he will work to make a difference.
Meanwhile a family in Kamae village, Lari subcounty, is planning to sue Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu over 2.5ha (6.2 acres) they claim to own, but which the county says is public land.
Esther Wangui said neighbours informed her the land had been invaded by hundreds of youths on Saturday.
She does not live on the land.
On arrival at the scene, she found beacons had been erected and the land subdivided into plots.
“We heard from the youths that he (Waititu) is planning to resettle landless people because he is claiming it is public land,” Wangui said on Sunday.
Wangui claims the land belongs to her son Peter Ngigi, who bought the land and used it for farming.
Ngigi said his barbed wire fence, potatoes and a toilet were destroyed by the youths.
The family reported the matter at Kijabe police station and officers led by Lari OCS Waigwa Machomba and his Kijabe counterpart Samuel Sugut visited the farm.
Area OCPD Isaiah Odhiambo said the matter is being investigated.