Marsabit villagers gift Uhuru with heifer for appointing Yatani to Cabinet
Residents of Hurri Hills in North Horr Sub-county during a tree planting ceremony presided over by Environment CS Keriako Tobiko on November 28, 2020. They gifted President Uhuru Kenyatta with a heifer for appointing Ukur Yatani, a local, to the National Treasury docket.
Residents of Hurri Hills in North Horr Sub-County have donated a fat heifer to President Uhuru Kenyatta as an appreciation for appointing Ukur Yatani to the Cabinet.
Speaking during a tree-planting ceremony at Hurri Hills Primary School on Friday that was graced by Environment CS Keriako Tobiko, the villagers heaped praise on President Uhuru Kenyatta for his kind gestures to the county.
They considered appointment of their son Yatani to the National Treasury docket as a superlative honour by the Head of State to the pastoralist community.
Hersi Ibrahim praised President Kenyatta’s administration, which he said has endeared itself to the region that was once marginalised for many years.
National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani.
“We appeal to you CS Tobiko to take both our greetings and this token of appreciation to our beloved President Uhuru Kenyatta for his love for us,’’ Mzee Ibrahim said.
He said the cordial relations between CS Yatani and the President have seen Marsabit County improve economically since the time Yatani served as the county’s first governor.
He also thanked the Head of State for granting North Horr -- one of the biggest constituencies in the country -- two other districts namely Turbi and Dukana.
Further, they thanked the Jubilee administration for the planned tarmacking of more than 196km of roads from Marsabit town to North Horr, then to Loiyangalani.
A group of the residents sang and danced gleefully as they presented the heifer, whose head was garbed in a pretty ribbon, to CS Tobiko, who will present the gift to the President.
Maikona MCA Bukhe Diba praised CS Yatani as a pillar and role model to all pastoralist communities. He praised his hard work, professionalism and selfless love for his community.
He also expressed gratitude for the appointment of another local (Mamo Boru Mamo) as the Director-General of the National Environment Management Authority (Nema).
“We have never felt this honoured by previous regimes,'' Mr Diba said.
