By Watchman

What's going on at Sheria House, Nairobi? screams a disappointed and frustrated lady. She says: "I managed to stop a wedding between my husband and a woman last August, after obtaining a letter from Sheria House. But surprisingly, they were allowed to take their matrimonial vows in January, this year, at Sheria House. How can a wedding still go ahead after an order has been issued stopping it ? Can the Attorney-General explain?"

Stanley Were of Kigali, responding to Faith M's query on a school that carries for a name the equivalent of "stupid" in Luhya blamed missionaries for writing the wrong spellings of some place names. But Eliud Ikunza of Ruaraka, Nairobi, is not impressed. He says: "I understand what he is talking about. However, I can't understand why another school, just under 10km from Eshisiiru (something stupid), is called Ebuchinga. This, in my language, means "the place of stupidity". What is this preoccupation with foolish names?

A Waiyaki Way stretch near the Kangemi flyover, Nairobi, is one major accident waiting to happen, declares Joe Omondi. "Buses and matatus stop on the highway to pick up and drop passengers. It is only by the grace of God that no major accident has occurred yet," he says. Over to traffic boss Samuel Angote!

Well done, City Hall! says Betty Angwenyi, following the repair of a burst water pipe on Rose Avenue she had complained about the other day. She says: "The very day the notice appeared in your column, the pipe was repaired. So, despite City Hall's many faults, it does make good now and again, albeit with the prodding of a mention by Watchman."

The Rev Imbumi Makuku asked for a book or documents on the early history of Nairobi. In response, Maurice Amutabi, a PhD student at the University of Illinois, United States, says: "He should consult an MA dissertation by Osaak Olumullah at the University of Nairobi (Africana section). It's an interesting study on the early history of urbanisation in Nairobi up to 1986".

Telephones in Uriri Division, Migori District, have been out of order since February, when cables were damaged by Sony Sugar Company's tractors, reports Joseph Otieno. Among those affected are the Rapogi Post Office, St Theresa's Girls Boarding School, St Monica Hospital and the Rapogi Parish. How much longer will it take to restore the service? he asks.

Florence Busiega, e-mailing from faraway Switzerland, says: "I travelled all the way to Lausanne from Geneva recently to watch my fellow Kenyans win. They did us proud. No other other country won the first three positions in a single event. But, typical of Kenya's athletes – and the only disappointment – they did not do a lap of honour. We love them, but we need a little PR here, too."

Have a proud day, won't you!

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