U.S Ambassador to Kenya Michael Ranneberger today visits Radio Akicha. The US Ambassador explained to the listeners of Radio Akicha live findings of his tour in the County and the united states Government Assistance in Turkana County as a reason why he came all the way to Turkana county to launch the United States African Foundation Turkana Food security Program .
Michael Ranneberger also said that this marks the beginning of the African Development activities in Kenya. He also said that they opted to come to Turkana because it is the among Marginalized areas in Kenya that has been neglected by the government of Kenya for along time.
Highlighting on the development of the County, Ranneberger challenged the political leaders in the area to play their part in advocating for the developments of the County at higher levels. The Ambassador commented on the state of the poor infrastructure in the county including the poor state of the Kitale -Lodwar Highway. He challenged the young people to elect focused and transparent leaders come 2012, who have the needs of the Turkana people in their hearts. He informed the listeners to be having a list of what the leaders had promised them to do in their campaigns and analyse whether they did all that and also analyse the new aspiring politicians and rate them according to their performances.
Michael Ranneberger emphasized on the essence of groupings and encouraged all the youth to form groups and channel their activities through the National youth Forum.
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