The Catholic faithful worldwide marked the Good Friday through rich visual imagery and symbolism, as is the norm in the Roman Catholic Church.
The Church throughout the past centuries, seeks to bring Christians to the foot of the cross of Christ, erected on Golgotha.
At St Joseph the Worker, Mumbi Catholic Church in Murang’a, the faithful in their hundreds revisited the events of the day that Jesus was crucified, by walking solemnly, the ‘Way of the Cross’ from Mukuyu town to the Church’s grounds, by publicly reading selected psalms and singing hymns about Christ’s death.
The Christians led by Rev Fr Robert Ngaruro, the Parish Priest, further participated in the liturgy that consisted of the reading of the Gospel Passion narrative, the adoration of the cross and communion, as Mass is not celebrated on this day
“Through the death of Christ on the cross, we got life eternal, so His death was necessary “ noted Fr Ngaruro
“We observe a solemn mood as we meditate on the love of Christ for us because after the cross there is glory and there is no glory without the cross,” he added
Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and His death at Calvary.
By Florence Kinyua
Kakuma Municipality management has held its first consultative meeting with key partners and stakeholders in Kakuma.
The meeting aimed at understanding the mandate of the various development partners serving the refugees and how their activities can be aligned with the core functions of the municipality.
Turkana County Chief Officer for Urban Areas and Municipalities, Marian Lotieng, reassured partners of the commitment of the Kakuma Municipality to work with them to deliver services in solid waste management, town planning and development control, management of emergencies, and provision of social services such as markets, parks and cemeteries.
Lotieng noted, “To effectively provide these services, the residents will be required to pay rates and charges to increase the municipality revenue base.”
The Chief said a team of technical officers will soon be deployed to join the municipality management to boost the provision of services in Kakuma.
She said the municipality management will closely work with the Turkana West Sub-county administration to fully operationalize the municipality.
The government through the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife has embarked on a plan to map out tourism sites in Busia County.
Speaking to the press at the governor’s office premises, Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Dr Alfred Mutua said that the County had great potentials of attracting tourists that have not been tapped for economic development.
‘Many people pass by this border County and we need to chart a way forward on how to tap these potentials for the benefit of the locals,’ he said.
Dr Mutua cited areas like Kakapel national monument, Samia hills,Kavirondo Series rocks, Namenya hills, Butula cultural centre and hall of fame,
‘We must have a good transport network, favourable environment and hospitality services that can be enjoyed by the potential tourists,” he said.
The CS further said there was a need to establish a trailer park so that long distance truck drivers can park their vehicles as they relax in hotels while awaiting clearance at the One Stop Border Post.
Dr.Mutua further noted that the County had a rich culture whose events need to be supported by the National government.
The CS at the same time encouraged investors to invest in crew ships that allow tourists to tour the entire region of East Africa through Lake Victoria.
The Presidential Advisor on Women’s Rights Harriette Chiggai has affirmed the government’s commitment to end the triple threat of new HIV infections, adolescent pregnancies, and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) among young people.
Speaking during the closing ceremony of the 5th Women in Human Resource convention in Mombasa, Presidential Advisor Chiggai called on sustained multi-sectoral collaboration to step up efforts to end HIV as a public health threat and all forms of SGBV.
The National Syndemic Diseases Control Council estimates that 98 new HIV infections occur weekly among adolescents aged between 10-19 years.
Every single day, the Presidential Advisor revealed that 256 girls get pregnant, and since they cannot deliver naturally the government spends up to Sh6.1 billion to cater for the cesarean births.
Chiggai noted that most SGBV-related cases are societal originated like Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), a cultural practice that the government has committed to end by 2026.
The government has stepped up efforts to repossess and protect all grabbed heritage sites belonging to the National Museums of Kenya (NMK) country-wide.
State Department for Culture, the Arts and Heritage Principal Secretary Ummy Bashir, said the government would not sit back and watch as tycoons use their wealth to illegally acquire land belonging to the NMK.
Ms Bashir, said this during a tour of several NMK heritage sites in Kilifi County that included the Gedi Museum and the Portuguese Chapel in Malindi Sub County as well as the Mtwapa Heritage Site in Kilifi South Sub County.
She said it was foolhardy for individuals to claim to have acquired the NMK land that was gazetted long before they were born.
Speaking at the Mtwapa Heritage Site where the government started demolishing a perimeter wall erected by a local tycoon Wednesday, the visibly agitated PS said she would liaise with the County Government of Kilifi and her counterpart in the Ministry of Lands to ensure all grabbed heritage sites in the area are returned to government.
“We have decided to take serious action in conjunction with the County Government of Kilifi. It is disturbing that some people acquired land through devious means and insist that it belongs to them because they have sale agreements that they got two years ago while this land has been a gazetted heritage site since 1935,” she said.
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