{"id":10877,"date":"2023-06-22T08:06:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T08:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=10877"},"modified":"2023-06-22T08:42:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T08:42:28","slug":"man-builds-a-makeshift-bridge-in-east-igoji-ward-imenti-south-constituency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=10877","title":{"rendered":"Man builds a makeshift bridge in East Igoji Ward, Imenti South Constituency."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Denis Kimathi took it upon himself to build a makeshift bridge in East Igoji Ward, Imenti South Constituency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kimathi said that a student raised concerns about their struggles while crossing River Ncheigi to and from school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having used the same path while studying at Karoe Day Secondary School between 2009 and 2012, he knew it was time to do something for the younger generation. Kimathi\u2019s wife, Caroline Mukami, celebrated her hubby\u2019s efforts, saying he is a blessing to the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He bought wood offcuts and logs and hired five men to assist him in constructing the makeshift bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"890\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-06-22-at-11.01.26-AM-1024x890.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-06-22-at-11.01.26-AM-1024x890.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-06-22-at-11.01.26-AM-980x852.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-06-22-at-11.01.26-AM-480x417.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cKulikuwa kunatereza tu. Wengine wanaanguka ndani ya maji wakiruka. Kukinyesha na maji yawe mengi, inabidi walimu na wanafunzi watafute a long route ndio waweze kwenda shule. Walimu na wanafunzi wa Ncheigi Primary School pia wanatumia hiyo route.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNiliamua nichukue kama responsibility yangu. Hatujarequest leaders watusaidie kuhusu hiyo daraja, but they know. Vitu za siasa ukizingojea, zinaweza take time,\u201d Kimathi added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denis Kimathi took it upon himself to build a makeshift bridge in East Igoji Ward, Imenti South Constituency. Kimathi said that a student raised concerns about their struggles while crossing River Ncheigi to and from school. Having used the same path while studying at Karoe Day Secondary School between 2009 and 2012, he knew it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10877"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10886,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10877\/revisions\/10886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}