Digital chief trains chiefs at Salgaa Rongai

Chief Kariuki trains other Chiefs (From Daily Nation) with his knowledge and expert in Twitter to fight crime,Chief Kariuki of Lanet in Nakuru has become a consultant of technological use to fight crime and is being invited in different places to train other local government workers how to use technology as community policing to...

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Nakuru men circumcision

Nakuru residents have been invited to go for a free medical male circumcision that is going on at Nakuru West Clinic. Chief Francis Kariuki of Nakuru North’s Lanet Umoja last evening told HiviSasa.com that the voluntary exercise started yesterday and is scheduled to run until this Saturday, April 19. Chief Kariuki, recognised worldwide as Kenya’s most digital local administrator, said all males above 12 years will be welcomed at the facility, located near Mama Ngina primary school. He is advising residents to undergo the free cut, saying circumcised men have minimal chances of contracting sexually transmitted diseases, such as HIV and AIDS. “All males of 12 years and above will be circumcised for free to reduce chances of acquiring...

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Lounching free WIFI network in Nakuru town

With Dennis Itumbi and Nakuru Governor  Kinuthia Mbugua  ...

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Kenya Twitter Account Of Chief Francis Kariuki Stops Crime, Finds Lost Sheep

LANET UMOJA, Kenya (AP) — When the chief in a western Kenyan village received an urgent call that thugs were invading a school teacher's home, he sent a message on Twitter. Within minutes residents in this village of stone houses gathered outside the home, and the thugs fled. The tweet from Chief Francis Kariuki was only his latest attempt to improve village life by using the micro-blogging site Twitter. Kariuki regularly sends out tweets about missing children and farm animals, showing that the power of social media has reached even into a dusty African village. He says he recently tweeted about a lost brown and white sheep, and the animal was soon recovered. A recent report said that Twitter is enjoying big growth across Africa....

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How Twitter is fighting crime in Kenya

Twitter is being used as a crime-fighting tool by a tech-savvy village chief in Kenya. Francis Kariuki, the administrative chief of Lanet Umoja, has used the micro-blogging site for everything from tracking down missing sheep to stopping home invasions. Kariuki said that even the thieves in his village follow him on Twitter. Earlier this year, he tweeted about the theft of a cow, and later the cow was found abandoned, tied to a pole.  His Twitter account is so popular that, he says, even the thieves in his village follow him. One night his phone rang at 4am warning him that thieves were invading a school teacher's house. He tweeted the message - and within minutes, villagers had gathered outside the house,...

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About Chief Kariuki

Chief Francis Kariuki is manning a location with population of twenty eight thousand people in Lanet Umoja, Nakuru North District.  A while back I was using texting message   to inform, reach out and stayed connected with the people in my constituency even though texting messaging was serving the purpose I was looking for a more advanced technology platform that would help me connect with people in my constituency in a broader way. Twitter Policing involves using social media technology  to reduce crime , crime prevention tips,  community crime surveillance which involves neighborhood  watch and crime-reporting activities, altering the community of crime or danger, incidents reporting involving loss of...

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