President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday stated that he did not want to see images of television describing Turkana County as a desolate place with periodic incidences of drought and famine.
President Kenyatta told a delegation of Turkana leaders at State House, Nairobi that his administration would be targetting a food and nutrition secure Turkana County during his second and last term in office.
"We must also focus on ensuring that Turkana has an adequate supply of water.
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"It is my goal that by the end of my second term we shall not see television images of Turkana as desolate and hit by lack of food," he conveyed.
He urged Turkana leaders to work together to deliver development and improve lives for the people adding that it would aid in accomplishing his agenda.
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Meanwhile, on Friday, Kenyatta attended the launch of police service Standing Orders, Career Progression Guidelines, Revised Police Basic Training Curriculum at the Kenya School of Government.
After his speech to the delegates present, the Head of State ordered journalists to pack their cameras and leave the room.
This comes after the government, through the Cabinet Secretary of Interior Security Fred Matiang'i, ordered for a media shutdown on Tuesday morning.
Kenyatta had reportedly warned the media against having a live coverage of the swearing-in of the National Super Alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga.
However, State House Director Digital, Innovations & Diaspora Communications, Dennis Itumbi, stated that the President did so as he was to have a closed-door meeting.
"That included Public Service Communication Unit (PSCU) - the officers were getting into a closed-door meeting. Nothing wrong at all," posed Itumbi.
