[kictanet] Longonot Erruption

[Collins Areba]

@kivuva, there is prime real estate somewhere between the junction, the
showground and Kenya science. Can we hive off a portion, put up a business
park and use rental income to finance "part" of the operations?


On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:36 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:

> Our geology department is one of the most understaffed and
> under-funded. You can't blame them.
>
> Our special programs ministry cannot settle a handful of IDPs even
> after taxpayer's money was alocated in the budget, five years after
> PEV. Geology is nowhere near their minds.
>
> And finally ... Our top universities concentrate more on "fast moving
> courses as goodies" otherwise called "FMCG", thus there is little or
> no research on such issues.
>
> I'm just wondering where we will lay the blame if an eruption occurs,
> God forbid.
>
> On 18/05/2012, Gilda Odera <godera at skyweb.co.ke> wrote:
> > I think I had read somewhere that they had evacuated people living in the
> > surrounding areas some time last week.
> > What was interesting was the debate- one group said it was not geological
> > movements and that is was simply effects of the heavy rains while another
> > said it was...
> > I wonder how well financed these organs are to handle any
> disasters.....and
> > if they are, how they equip themselves. And how have they adopted the
> use of
> > ICT for disaster preparedness? I really wonder!
> >
> > Gilda
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Dennis Kioko
> >   To: godera at skyweb.co.ke
> >   Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> >   Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 9:03 AM
> >   Subject: [kictanet] Longonot Erruption
> >
> >
> >   There have been reports in media about a looming eruption of Mt.
> Longonot,
> > including localised earthquakes with the ground having huge cracks. Today
> > morning, the Mai Mahiu - Naivasha road has been closed due to huge
> cracks on
> > the road rendering it impassable.
> >
> >
> >   My question is whether the country's disaster organs are prepared to
> > handle the disaster, and what can be expected from the eruption, in
> terms of
> > area affected, and earth movements and their locality?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >   --
> >   with Regards:
> >
> >
> >   blog.denniskioko.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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