Tuesday, October 9, 19 79.3 Harambee meetings suspended

I From Page 1 the Government is helpiag in the area, President Moi said his Government will not rest until there is water near every home. ]ç4 He appealed to the people of Standard Reporter to plant more tea and coffee adding that more fac i tories were earmarked for the area. PRESIDENT yesterday suspen- President Moi donated Shs. ded all harambee fund-raising meetings 157,465; the Vice-President, Mr. , Shs. 10.000; throughout the country until after the general elec- the Attorney-General. Mr. tions. Charles Njonjo, Shs. 20,000: an Assistant Minister for Lands and Settlement, Mr. G. Speaking at Gatundu Stadium in Kiambu districi G. Kariuki, Shs. 10,000; the where he helped raise Shs. 5,657091 in aid of all M.P. for Gatundu, Mr. Ngengi primary schools in Gatundu constituency, President Muigai, Shs. 354,000; Mama Ngina, Shs. 20,000: Mr. Moi said that "1 want wananchi to have some rest". Njenga Karume, Shs. 15,000; He further announced that and Mr. Zakaria Gakunju over in view of the coming general Shs. 102,000. elections, yesteroay's fund- Earlier, President Moi was raising meeting was the last entertained by school choirs for him to preside over until and traditional dancers. after the election. President Moi disclosed that when the Government took over the Gatundu Self-help Hospital, which had been initiated by the late President Mzee , there was still a balance of Shs. 7,149,298. 15. He directed that the Kiambu district development com- mittee should be convened to decide how best to distribute the money among health cen- tres which have not been com- pleted. He further ordered that Shs. 1,191,451.25 be used for the primary schools in Gatundu constituency only. The President said that since the money had been raised through the efforts of Mzee Kenyatta for that hospital, it was only proper it should remain within the district. He said in the spirit of iivato, he will be working join- tly with wananchi in fostering development projects in the country. The President appealed to all Kenyans to maintain peace and unity during the coming elec- tion. Stating that "1 am not here to divide you", the President told the people of Gatundu to use their wisdom in electing their represen- tatives. He added that he wanted everyone to have a chance to cast his vote and those wishing to stand to do so. Commenting on the four major water projects which . See Page 3