TRUCE? Handshake fever sweeps Thika Town Constituency
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| Thika Town MP Eng. Patrick Wainaina and his predecessor Alice Wambui Ng’ang’a hug each other at Thika Girls High School Karibaribi during the school’s prize giving day on Friday. |
In a rare show of unity of purpose, the two leaders who have
not been seeing eye to eye promised to support each other’s development agenda
devoid of any political intrigues.
“I have no business stalling development projects started by
my predecessor. Politics come and go but development is continuous. As your
current MP, I promise to complete all the projects started by Hon. Alice during
her tenure in office,” said Wainaina.
He acknowledged the contribution made by Hon. Alice in
laying the foundation that brought forth Thika Girls High School to the current
state where it has about 500 students.
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| A photo grid of the new dormitory and ablution block at Thika Girls High School Karibaribi. At the bottom is the previous condition of the block before completion. |
On her part, Alice recalled the history of the school since
its inception in 2009 under the then area MP the late George Thuo through the
government stimulus programme.
Unfortunately, she said, after the exit from power of the
late legislature, his successor Hon. William Kabogo abandoned the project for
political reasons.
“When I came to power, I took it to myself to revive it and
make it a centre of excellence for girls who hail from Thika Town Constituency.
I reclaimed this land which was so bushy and swampy and started working out the
structures,” said the former MP.
“This school is so dear to me and anytime you have a
harambee to improve on the infrastructure of this school, I will be very ready
to extend my assistance to you,” she added.
Wainaina promised to improve the infrastructure in all
public schools to the level of academies so as to make them attractive to
learners.
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| A photo grid of the new fully furnished modern laboratory at Karibaribi Mixed Secondary School. At the bottom is the facility before it was completed using the Thika NG-CDF under the stewardship of Eng. Patrick Wainaina. |
“I allocated sh. 6 million towards the completion of the dormitory
and the ablution block we are commissioning today among other programmes. My
next mission is to see that you get a borehole and later a dining hall,” said Wainaina.
100% transition
In a bid to ensure that Thika achieved a 100%
primary-secondary learners transition, the MP said that he was targeting to
double capacity of the existing facilities within the school to accommodate 1000
girls.
“I intend also to expand three more secondary schools in the
area to similar levels so as we can be able to accommodate 4,000 students
annually both in Thika East and Thika West. I want Thika to have two main girls’
schools and two for boys,” he explained.
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