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The Opposition is cracking
the whip on dissenters it views as
too friendly to the ruling Jubilee
coalition, and has warned them
that they risk stern disciplinary
action, including losing their se-
ats in Parliament.
Keen to close ranks and speak
with one voice, the Coalition for
Reforms and Democracy (CORD)
put on notice MPs who have been
vocal in opposing the proposed
referendum being spearhea-
ded by its three principals, Raila
Odinga (ODM), Kalonzo Musyo-
ka (Wiper) and Moses Wetangula
(Ford Kenya).
To ensure their referendum
agenda is consultative, CORD
yesterday unveiled a four-mem-
ber committee of experts chaired
Teachers will enjoy a boom next week when
the Government pays out the second and final
tranche of their commuter allowances totalling
Sh5.9 billion. The payout will complete the Sh11.8
billion negotiated perks that were spread out in
two phases, with the first instalment of Sh5.9 billi-
on paid out in July last year.
A circular by Teachers Service Commission
(TSC) Secretary Gabriel Lengoiboni seen by The
Standard says all teachers will get their pay at the
CORD warns its MPs close
to Jubilee they risk losing
their seats in Parliament
Despite the gloom over insecurity and high cost
of living, teachers might just have a reason to
smile with a boom in their commuter allowance
Bill proposes
Sh10m ne for
selling lethal
drinks, p.17
Good news for teachers
Extensive County News coverage
ICC judge
who wrote
dissenting
opinion dies
Kisumu Senator Anyang Nyongo (centre) anked by CORD principals and a section of CORD elected leaders addresses the
Press after a CORD meeting at the Boma Hotel, yesterday. [PHOTO:COLLINS KWEYU/STANDARD]
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Two killed in another attack on
a restaurant in Mombasa, P.3
By JAMESMBAKAandGEOFFREYMOSOKU
By AUGUSTINE ODUOR
COMMUTER ALLOWANCE
S/No JOB RATES AS RATES AS NEWRATE AS
GROUP AT 30.6.2013 AT 1.7.2013 AT 1.7.2014
(KSHS.PM) (KSHS.PM) (KSHS.PM)
1. G 1001 2,501 4,000
2. H 1181 2,591 4,000
3. J 1642 3,321 4,000
4. K 1909 3,455 5,000
5. L 2258 4,129 6,000
6. M 2688 5,344 8,000
7. N 3042 5,521 8,000
8. P 3450 7,725 12,000
9. Q 3910 8,955 14,000
10. R 4410 10,205 16,000
Wednesday
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Page 2 / NATIONAL NEWS Wednesday, July 23, 2014 / The Standard
The Government has set
aside Sh40 million to boost
the campaign against Female
Genital Mutilation and other
gender related ills, Devolution
and Planning Cabinet Secre-
tary Anne Waiguru has said.
High stigma associated wi-
th undergoing female circum-
cision or refusing marriage
proposal regardless of age still
remains a challenge. We must
commit ourselves to the full
implementation of the FGM
Act 2011 and other legislation
governing the fight against the
vice and child and forced mar-
riages, Waiguru said.
She said discriminative cul-
tural beliefs and practices that
deny girls and women their
rights and expose them to gen-
der-based violence remain a
challenge.
Waiguru said that child
marriage is a global problem
that impedes the develop-
ment, well-being and life op-
tions of affected individuals
and their families.
Child marriage is one of
the most harmful cultural
practices as it denies girls op-
portunities, leads to poverty
and economic insecurity and
has a serious negative impact
on their health and decision
making capabilities, she said.
In a speech read on her be-
half by her Principal Secretary,
Peter Mangiti, Waiguru said
that in the past decade, child
marriage was ignored and on-
ly recently began receiving glo-
bal attention.
She said high poverty le-
vels and illiteracy among wo-
men forces them to depend so-
lely on men and to persevere
any form of violence. In some
communities, men decline to
marry uncircumcised women,
forcing the latter to under-
go the cut for fear of lacking a
husband.
Addressing participants at
his residence on the eve of Gi-
rl Summit in London yester-
day, British High Commissio-
ner to Kenya Christian Turner
said the Government must de-
sign and implement effective,
properly funded policies and
laws to end FGM.
He said that where neces-
sary, the Government should
work with neigbouring coun-
tries to implement policies and
legislation.
On average, one out of
four girls will be married be-
fore their 18th birthday in Ke-
nya. FGM prevalence stands at
27 per cent, which, although
down since 1998, is still too
high.
If we fail to take action in
Kenya 824,000 of the young
girls born between 2005 and
2010 will be married before
the age of 18 by 2030, said Dr
Turner.
To deliver Vision 2030 and
unleash inclusive growth, wo-
men must be able to fulfill
their potential free from di-
scrimination and violence.
FGM and early marriages are
two harmful practices which
stand in the way of this visi-
on, he said.
INHUMANE TREATMENT
Article 53 and Section 1 (d)
of the Constitution says that
every child has the right to be
protected from abuse, neglect,
harmful cultural practices, all
forms of violence, inhumane
treatment, punishment and
hazardous or exploitative la-
bour.
Child marriage is a violati-
on of article 16 (2) of the Uni-
versal Declaration of Human
Rights which states that mar-
riage
The Girl Summit charter on
ending FGM, child and forced
marriages has brought to-
gether 29 countries and com-
mitted to making sure that
every girl and woman at risk
of or affected by the cultu-
ral practices must have ac-
cess to appropriate services
such as education, coun-
selling, shelter, reproducti-
ve health and medical care.
y B RAWLINGS OTIENO
A teacher explains a point to students at Kisumu Boys High School. The Government will pay teachers the nal tranche
of the Sh11.8 billion negotiated for commuter allowances end of this month. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]
Government allocates Sh40m to step up ght against female cut
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Joy for teachers as State to pay Sh5b
commuter allowances end month
end of this month. Pursuant to
work agreement between the Go-
vernment ... and the Kenya Union
of Post-Primary Education Teachers
(Kuppet) of July 5, 2013 and Kenya
National Union of Teachers (Knut)
of July 18, 2013 respectively, the final
phase to harmonise commuter allo-
wance is due for implementation wi-
th effect from July 1, 2014, reads the
circular dated July 16, 2014.
We shall be paying teachers their
allowances at the end of the month,
Lengoiboni said yesterday.
The Government and teachers
last year reached a Sh16 billion de-
al, which included a Sh4.2 billion re-
sponsibility allowance to end a 23-
day nationwide strike that paralysed
learning in public schools.
Lengoiboni says in the document
that commuter allowance payable to
teachers will be harmonised with that
of civil servants as contained in Go-
vernment circular of June 27, 2011.
The increments range between
Sh1,500 for the lowest bracket in
job group G to Sh6,000 for the hig-
hest paid teacher in job group R.
According to the latest circular by
Lengoiboni, teachers in job group G
earning Sh2,501 will pocket Sh4,000
at the end of the month.
This category of teachers earned
Sh1,001 before the strike.
The highest paid teacher in job
group R whose current rate is Sh10,
205 will now take home Sh16,000.
They were earning Sh4,410 in 2013
before the new deal.
Those in job group H earning
Sh2,591 will pocket Sh4,000. They
earned Sh1,181 in 2013.
The next category of job group
J who take home Sh3,321 will earn
Sh4,000, up from Sh1,642 before the
negotiated deal.
Teachers in job group K who cur-
rently earn Sh3,455 will take home
Sh5,000 in harmonised allowances.
They were receiving Sh1,909 before
the increment.
Those in job group L earning
Sh4,129 will now pocket Sh6,000, up
from Sh2,588.
The circular also says all teachers
in job group M taking home Sh5,344
will now earn Sh8,000. This catego-
ry of teachers took home Sh2,688 in
2013.
Teachers in job group N earning
Sh5,521 will get Sh8,000 at the end of
the month, increased from Sh3,042 in
2013.
Those in job group P taking ho-
me Sh7,725 will get Sh12,000 from
Sh3,450, while those in job group Q
at Sh8,955 will take home Sh14,000.
They earned Sh3,910 before the tea-
chers strike.
All other allowances shall remain
as per circular of August 2013, reads
the document.
The document is copied to Educa-
tion Cabinet Secretary Prof Jacob Kai-
menyi and his Principal Secretary Dr
Bellio Kipsang.
Others are Labour CS Kazungu
Kambi, Controller of Budget Agnes
We shall be paying
teachers their allowances at
the end of the month. - TSC
Secretary Gabriel Lengoiboni
Odhiambo, Salaries and Remunera-
tion Commission Chairperson Sarah
Serem and the two teachers unions.
The circular is copied to all TSC
county directors, principals of nati-
onal polytechnics, technical training
institutes, diploma teachers colleges
and the Institute of Science and Tech-
nology.
Also copied are primary teachers
training colleges and the directors of
the Centre for Mathematics, Scien-
ce and Technology Education in Af-
rica, and the Kenya Institute of Spe-
cial Education.
The agreement signed by Knut al-
so indicates the union agreed to a 100
per cent increment of the responsibi-
lity allowance with effect from July 1
for teachers in job group K and below.
These include head teachers, their
deputies and senior teachers. That
for teachers in job group L and abo-
ve shall be subject to negotiations in
subsequent agreements.
Knut agreed that teachers deplo-
yed to and teaching in special schools
and units shall with effect from July 1,
2013 be paid a special school allowan-
ce at a flat rate of Sh10,000 per month.
The agreement says TSC shall ha-
ve the sole responsibility to determi-
ne and designate a special school and
unit for this allowance as per its policy.
All visually impaired teachers will
get an all-inclusive readers allowance
of Sh15,000, starting this month.
Education Cabinet Secretary Jo-
seph Kaimenyi has warned illegal in-
stitutions against offering university
education saying they compromised
education standards.
He said the Commission for Uni-
versity Education (CUE) had institu-
ted mechanisms to clamp down on
such providers and would not stop
until the practice is brought to a halt.
Speaking at CUE during the launch
of the Universities Regulations 2014
and the Strategic Plan 2014-2018, Kai-
menyi said there was need for all Ke-
nyans to fight this new brand of cor-
ruption in order to promote Kenyas
economic growth and sustainable de-
velopment.
The Commission for University
Education will not allow corrupt ele-
ments to continue posing a threat to
the development of human resource
able to take up myriad challenges of
a knowledge-based society, he said.
The CS said the commission was
determined to effectively implement
the regulations and ensure quality as-
surance practices in university educa-
tion.
He reiterated CUEs endeavour to
ensure quality university education in
all institutions of higher learning and
that those breaching set minimums
will face dire consequences.
Kaimenyi said more campuses
will be established and online cour-
ses embraced.
There are instances where uni-
versities take a long time to review
their curricula but they must cont-
inuously do that in order to analyse
their strategic progress, he added.
The new regulations are aimed at
providing quality university educati-
on and create a globally competitive
nation with high quality life in line wi-
th Vision 2030.
CUE Chief Executive Officer Prof
David Some said the higher education
sector is in competitive times and in-
stitutions that breach the regulations
will face the full force of the law.
The regulations are vital tools for
keeping all players in the university
education in check to ensure quali-
ty education is guaranteed in Kenyan
universities, said Some.
Kaimenyi
warns bogus
institutions
BY BRIGID CHEMWENO
Page 3 NATIONAL NEWS / Wednesday, July 23, 2014 / The Standard
y B PHILIP MWAKIO
y B WILLIS OKETCH
Onlookers outside Sega Pub in Mom-
basas Majengo where gunmen shot
dead two people in the bar yesterday
morning. [PHOTO: KELVIN KARANI/STAN-
DARD]
Adv.
10x6 col.
Hooded gunmen kill two patrons,
injure others at Mombasa bar
them, said Rachel Mueni, the pubs
cashier.
She said she gave in to the attack-
ers demand and handed over the en-
tire collection.
Overturned furniture and blood
stains were evidence of what had
transpired during the incident.
A night guard at the pub, 35-year-
old Julius Musyoka, attempted to
wrestle one of the intruders when
they stormed the premises but on
sighting a pistol gave in and lay down.
Musyoka, who escaped unhurt,
had held the hand of one of the kill-
ers who were reported to be four in
number during a brief confrontation.
But the police boss told The Stan-
dard two men armed with pistols en-
tered the said pub and demanded the
days cash collection and in the ensu-
ing circumstances two people who re-
sisted were shot and are undergoing
Security officials in Mombasa are
under intense pressure to explain and
combat an upsurge in violence fol-
lowing the shooting of two people at
a bar in Majengo yesterday morning.
A group of hooded attackers killed
two patrons and seriously injured
two bar tenders identified as Victoria
Achieng, 24, and 27-year-old Caroline
Muthoni.
Mombasa OCPD Geofrey Mayiek
said the assailants were robbers inter-
ested in money, adding that only two
men were involved in the attacks. No
one has been arrested over the latest
incident.
Eyewitnesses say hooded gunmen
stormed Sega Pub situated in the
densely populated Majengo along the
busy Jomo Kenyatta Avenue.
They then ordered patrons to lie
down as they went for the bars ca-
shier and demanded the days collec-
tion.
They struck at around 3am when
we were just about to close business
and brandished guns. They shot sev-
erally in the air and in the process
hit two of our colleagues and injured
Police reports indicate
killers were just
robbers who walked
into pub, demanded
for cash and shot those
who resisted
The Director of Public Prose-
cutions has opposed the release
on bail of a man accused of mass
murder in Lamu County, argu-
ing this will enable the suspect
to embark on a fresh slaughter in
Mpeketoni.
Mahadi Swaleh Mahadi alias
Jesus has been accused of killing
60 people in Mpeketoni on June
15 and 16 during a bloody vio-
lence for which Al Shabaab has
claimed responsibility.
The State claims the suspect
participated in the massacre
alongside Diana Suleiman Said
and others, and opposed their re-
lease on bail. On Friday, Dianas
Sh500,000 bond was cancelled by
the High Court in Mombasa.
Yesterday, the DPP, through
Senior Assistant Director of Pub-
lic Prosecutions Edwin Okello,
said Mahadi was part of the gang
which slaughtered the people in
that area like goats.
He told Justice Martin Muya
that Mahadi should not be re-
leased on bond because he was
directly linked to the murder of 60
people at Mpeketoni on June 15
when suspected Al Shabaab mili-
tiamen struck.
Okello was replying to Mahads
lawyer Taib Ali Taibs submission
in which he asked the court to re-
lease his client on bail because it
was his constitutional right.
Taib argued the prosecution
did not give any compelling rea-
sons when it applied for the ac-
cused to be released on bond.
Saying my client is a threat
to security when he is released
on bail is just a mere speculation
which cannot be proved, he sub-
mitted.
He told the court the police
had not shown how or what would
interfere with the interest of the
public if Mahad was released on
bail.
The judge will rule on July 30
whether the suspect would be re-
leased on bond or not.
DPP opposes
bail for Lamu
massacre
suspect
treatment.
On their way out with their loot,
according to witnesses, the attack-
ers shot and killed a bar patron only
identified as Ken Rasta and a tuk tuk
operator who had arrived at the pub
unaware of the robbery. Their bod-
ies were taken to the Coast Provincial
General Hospital (CPGH) mortuary.
At the CPGH emergency ward,
Achiengs right leg was heavily ban-
daged as a bullet was lodged in her
calf while Muthoni had a bullet
around her waistline.
Last evening, security chiefs were
put to task to explain the whereabouts
of eight suspects Mombasa Coun-
ty Commissioner Nelson Marwa and
County police commander Robert Ki-
tur claimed were arrested following
Sundays killings in a slum in Likoni,
during a meeting with top security of-
ficials.
The Independent Policing Over-
sight Authority has announced it is
monitoring police and military oper-
ations in Garissa, Tana River and La-
mu counties.
The authority wants civilians
abused by police during the opera-
tion to report to its officials, who are
on the ground.
In a statement, IPOA said: The
team will monitor the conduct of the
operation with emphasis on human
rights violations as a result of the op-
eration. The team will also inspect po-
lice detention facilities.
IPOA says officials on the ground
have already established dialogue
with local security officials and be-
gan the inspection in a bid to hold
the police to account for their actions
and ensure professionalism. Where
the law is not adhered to, it is the re-
sponsibility of IPOA to take appropri-
ate action in accordance with their re-
spective constitutive legislation, said
IPOA.
Police and the military are con-
ducting major operations in the said
areas following cases of rampant in-
security. In Lamu alone, close to 100
people have been killed and hundreds
displaced in gang attacks. Inspec-
tor General of Police David Kimaiyo
has declared a dusk-to-dawn curfew
in Lamu as part of efforts to contain
the situation.
He warned residents against ven-
turing into forests as they would be
treated as suspects and will be arrest-
ed. Night travel has also been banned
and public service vehicles in Lamu
and Garsen will only be allowed to
move under police escort.
Authority puts police under scrutiny for human rights abuse
y B CYRUS OMBATI
The police have lost the war
against violent crime and they ought
to explain what is happening in Mom-
basa, said Haki Africa Executive Di-
rector Hussein Khalid.
Khalid said Kitur and Marwa
should explain where the suspects
they alleged to have arrested after
Sundays incident were detained af-
ter none was brought to court yester-
day and no family had come forward
over a missing kin.
On Sunday, four people, including
Diana Achieng, 11, were shot dead by
gun-totting men in Likoni, who also
shot 12 other men and women.
Kisumu Senator Prof Anyang Nyongo (second left) and CORD principals Ka-
lonzo Musyoka, Moses Wetangula and Raila Odinga during a Press brieng af-
ter a meeting at the Boma Hotel, yesterday. [PHOTO: COLLINS KWEYU/STANDARD]
Adv.
10x6 col.
CORD warns of stern action on
members opposed to referendum
ident Kenyatta visited Taita Tave-
ta last week. ODM, Ford Kenya and
Wiper held separate parliamenta-
ry group meetings last week. Yester-
days meeting was meant to establish
a common resolution binding CORD
members to pave way for disciplinary
action against the rebels.
DISCIPLINE MEMBERS
According the Political Parties Act,
parties may discipline members for
violating both the Act and their re-
spective party constitutions through
suspension or even expulsion.
At yesterdays meeting, MPs from
Coast, Kisii and parts of Ukamba-
ni region were named and accused
of dismissing the coalitions call for
a referendum. A vocal senator from
by Railas former legal advisor, Paul
Mwangi, to guide the process. Work-
ing with him are lawyer Kethi Kilonzo,
former Labour Permanent Secretary
Beatrice Kituyi and Khelef Khalifa.
The committee of experts is
forthwith charged with the respon-
sibility of crafting and formulating
the referendum issues. This team will
be increased as appropriate with re-
gard to its workload on expertise re-
quirement, Kisumu Senator Anyang
Nyongo said in a statement he read
for CORD.
But even as CORD unveiled the
four, it was forced to confront the el-
ephant in the room in form of the reb-
els in its ranks. Reliable sources who
asked not to be named due to the sen-
sitivity of the matter told The Stan-
dard that during a joint parliamen-
tary group meeting in Nairobi, some
MPs called for the replacement of cer-
tain party members from key parlia-
mentary positions.
support government
Targeted, were a section of Coast
MPs fighting the push for a referen-
dum and who have previously de-
clared they would work closely with
the Jubilee government. Their fellow
legislators who have remained loyal to
the Opposition bitterly attacked their
colleagues who have been attending
functions of President Uhuru Kenyat-
ta and his deputy William Ruto where
they declared their support for the Ju-
bilee.
Some ODM MPs from the region
last week skipped the Iftar (dinner to
break the Muslim fast during Ramad-
han) organised by Mombasa Gover-
nor Ali Hassan Joho, and attended
by Raila as well as Wetangula, Sen-
ator Hassan Omar, Changamwe MP
Omar Mwinyi and his Nyali counter-
part Hezron Awiti. It was reported that
Raila was angered by the snub.
Joho asked local politicians, he
said have a foot in the Government
and another in CORD, to quit and seek
a fresh mandate if they think they are
strong on the ground.
The fallout in CORD started last
month when Ruto visited Kwale
and Kilifi counties to preside over
high-profile meetings before Pres-
A selection panel appointed by
President Uhuru Kenyatta to re-
cruit five senior staff at the Teach-
ers Service Commission (TSC) is
facing a major challenge in bal-
ancing regional and gender re-
quirements for the posts.
The six-member team holds
their first meeting today even as
reports indicate they may have to
seek some of the key recruitment
guidelines from TSC before they
advertise for the positions.
This means the recruitment
process may not commence im-
mediately.
A source familiar with the ex-
ercise told The Standard the pan-
el may limit the positions to only
five regions and lock out the three
that are currently represented at
the TSC.
Commissioners Cleopas Tirop
currently represents Rift Val-
ley, Dr Salome Gichura (Central)
and Saadia Abdi Kontoma (North
Eastern).
This means Central, North
Eastern and Rift Valley will be left
out of the process and only can-
didates from Western, Nyanza,
Coast, Nairobi and Eastern will
apply and this will be the start of
success or failure of the team,
said the source who served under
the previous recruitment pan-
el headed by educationist James
Kamunge.
The source further said other
factors like gender balance and
special groups recognition will
also be key.
The Kenya National Union of
Teachers (Knut) has already en-
dorsed the new team and asked
it to stick to the provisions of the
Constitution.
The President appointed for-
mer Education permanent secre-
taries Karega Mutahi and George
Godia to the selection panel in a
special gazette notice. Others are
John Kipkorir, Esther Muhanji,
Joseph Chirchir and Jean Njeri
Muhoho.
Team in TSC
hiring faces
balance
hurdles
the Coast pushed for Kilifi North MP
Gideon Mungaro, seen as the lead
rebel, to be stripped of the post of Na-
tional Assembly Minority Chief Whip.
The senator said it was unfortu-
nate that Mungaro, who should lob-
by CORD members to fight for the co-
alitions cause, was leading dissenters.
Those pushing for Mungaros remov-
al want him replaced by an MP from
the coalitions Coast Parliamentary
Group. They dared the rebels to re-
sign and seek a fresh mandate out-
side CORD.
But after much haggling, the de-
cision on Mungaro was shelved to
another meeting after others said it
would be in bad faith to replace him
while he was outside the country.
previously vocal
The fate of Mungaro, who is in It-
aly, will be determined later to give
him an opportunity to defend him-
self, they said. The CORD PG that was
attended by about 80 MPs and sena-
tors unreservedly adopted a roadmap
for a national referendum in an event
that saw a number of previously vocal
anti-referendum legislators change
heart and support the process.
Among CORD leaders who have
previously opposed the push for a
national referendum are Nairobi Gov-
ernor Dr Evans Kidero who, like Bu-
dalangi MP Ababu Namwamba, was
present at the meeting held at the Bo-
ma Hotel, and endorsed the calls.
Other leaders who have spoken
against the referendum plan, and
who were also present include Kajia-
do Central MP Joseph Nkaissery, Bo-
rabu MP Ben Momanyi, Wiper Chair-
man David Musila and Mwingi North
MP John Munuve.
Ford Kenya MP Khatib Mwashetani
(Lungalunga) and Kwale Woman Rep-
resentative Zainab Chidzuga said will
work with Jubilee without any re-
grets.
In yesterdays meeting, members,
smarting from the whipping by their
respective parties, appeared con-
vinced with the unveiling of an eight-
arm structure to guide the referen-
dum bid and ensure it is all-inclusive.
Some of the rebels had argued that
the coalitions principals never con-
sulted them on the matter.
BY AUGUSTINE ODUOR
Among CORD leaders who
have previously opposed the
push for a national referen-
dum are Nairobi Governor Dr
Evans Kidero who was present
at the meeting
Other leaders who have spo-
ken against the referendum
plan, and who were also pres-
ent include Kajiado Central MP
Joseph Nkaissery, Borabu MP
Ben Momanyi, Wiper Chair-
man David Musila and Mwingi
North MP John Munuve
THOSE PREVIOUSLY
AGAINST CALLS
Continued from P1
Page 5 Wednesday, July 23, 2014 / The Standard

Labour Cabinet Secretary Kazu-
ngu Kambi now wants the Industri-
al Court to lift orders that reinstat-
ed two National Social Security Fund
(NSSF) trustees.
The CS through lawyer Ahmedna-
sir Abdulahi made an urgent applica-
tion yesterday before Industrial Court
judge Monica Mbaru to set aside the
orders that restored Central Organi-
sation of Trade Unions Francis Atwo-
li and Federation of Kenya Employers
Jacquline Mugo at the NSSF board.
Kambi had issued a gazette notice
that deemed Atwoli and Mugo as re-
tired.
In a spirited battle, he assigned
Ahmednasir to lodge the application,
raising constitutional issues on the ju-
risdiction of the court to reinstate the
two. The CS said the order is unlawful,
illegal and leaves an ugly and gushing
wound on the justice system.
Atwolis position is that Kambi
has no powers to retire him from the
board. But Ahmednasir said the court
has no jurisdiction in the matter as it
relates to the corporate structure of
the fund. He said the best forum was
the Judicial Review Court where an
activist, Charles Omanga had made
an application before judge Weldon
Korir seeking to review Kambis ga-
zette notice. Korir did not issue any
orders.
Judge Mbaru said: The issues
raised in this application are of great
concern and of serious constitutional
interpretation. Serve the parties and
come on July 25 for a hearing of this
application before the main one. She
declined to set aside the orders, pend-
ing the hearing and determination of
the matter when all parties in the case
are present on July 25.
Kambi back
to court over
NSSF row
Curtain falls for former
dissenting ICC judge
One of the top former Interna-
tional Criminal Court (ICC) judges
who was not convinced that President
Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy Presi-
dent William Ruto had committed
crimes against humanity has passed
away after a long illness.
A statement from the ICCs Public
Affairs Unit said that judge Hans-Pe-
ter Kaul passed away on July 21 after
a period of serious illness. The judge
resigned from the court on July 1 for
health reasons. Kauls full term would
have ended on March 11, 2015.
Among his dissenting rulings was
that there was no merit for the then
Chief ICC Prosecutor Luis-Moreno
Ocampo to open investigations in
Kenya regarding the post-election
violence of 2007/2008. He said the
crimes committee did not amount to
crimes against humanity that ICC was
set up to investigate. He had in 2012
during the pre-trial chambers pro-
ceedings maintained that the cases
against President Kenyatta and his
deputy had no merit and should be
sent back to Kenya.
ICC President Judge Sang-Hyun
Song termed Kauls death as an enor-
mous loss for the ICC. He served as
a role model, dedicating his career to
reshaping international justice. We
will long remember him with respect
and admiration on a personal and
Hans-Peter Kaul was
sufering from a long
illness, which led him
to resign from court
early this month
professional level, for his relentless
commitment and extensive contribu-
tions to international justice, he said.
President of the Assembly of States
Parties Ambassador Tiina Intelmann
said the late judge played a vital role
in the establishment of the Rome
Statute system, both as head of the
German delegation during the ne-
gotiations which culminated in the
adoption of the Statute, as well as a
member of the courts bench, where
he leaves an important legacy of con-
tributions to the jurisprudence of the
court. Kaul will be remembered for
his multi-faceted and unrelenting
support to the cause of internation-
al criminal justice, he said.
Judge Kaul, who was from Germany, served as an ICC Judge for 11
years. In the frst elections of ICC judges in February 2003, he was
elected by the States Parties to the Rome Statute for a three-year
term and assumed his duty on 11 March 2003. He was re-elected in
2006 for a further term of nine years
He contributed to important decisions in proceedings regarding
situations in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan,
Kenya, Libya and Cote dIvoire, and the related cases. From 2009 to
2012, he served as the ICCs Second Vice-President
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11 YEARS OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE

The vulnerable elderly persons
have a reason to smile after the
Government released Sh1 billion
towards easing their financial bur-
den. Labour Cabinet Secretary Ka-
zungu Kambi said each beneficiary
would in the first installment re-
ceive Sh10,000 accumulated over
five months.
Kambi was speaking in Mathare
Constituency where 333 residents
from the area and Starehe benefited
from the Cash Transfer Progamme.
The money was increased from the
previous Sh1,500. The beneficiaries
are part of the 105,000 new mem-
bers who will be receiving their
money from tomorrow at their re-
spective pay points at the Postal
Corporation of Kenya. A total of
99,966 verified older persons will
have received their money through-
out the country within 10 working
days from Thursday. The remaining
5,034 will be paid along with ben-
eficiaries targeted earlier, in due
course, once verification is com-
plete, assured Kambi.
The money only targets poor
and vulnerable individuals of 65
years and over, with no source of
income.
The total number of the ben-
eficiaries has now increased to
269,000 and there are plans to en-
roll an additional 46,000 by the next
financial year. Kambi said his min-
istry would propose for an incre-
ment on the monthly payment,
but depending on the state of the
economy. Nairobi, Kiambu and Ka-
kamega counties received the larg-
est share of the fund, each pocket-
ing over Sh40 million.
State releases
Sh1b funds to
assist elderly
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Treasury whose mandate is to implement, operationalize and manage the Kenya National
Electronic Single Window System (also Known as Kenya TradeNet) as well as Trade
Facilitation.
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support implementation of the Kenya TradeNet Project. Part of the Grant will be used for
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along Moi Avenue to procure the following items/services;
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to buy 1,280 acres of land which was
under coffee.
But today, all the founders of the
company are long gone. Dead too are
the once lucrative coffee plantations
the company had invested in. The de-
scendants of those visionary pioneers
have inherited nothing but bad blood.
A number of them have lost their lives
in controversial circumstances after
they questioned the way the land had
been parcelled out.
Our investigations have estab-
lished that the slaying of directors
dates back to August 28, 2000, when
the then companys chairman, Ben-
son Ngumi Job, was slashed to death
as he walked to a meeting he was
to chair. Prior to this killing, there
had been protracted disputes over
the actual number of shareholders.
Since then, members, directors and
administrators opposed to a faction of
the firms leadership have been killed.
A former sub-chief, Newton Chege
Muhoro, who was elected as a direc-
tor, disappeared in mysterious cir-
cumstances on January 10. Three
suspended directors: Henry Ngu-
gi Karuga, Job Mwangi Ngumi and
James Kimaru Macharia vanished late
last year soon after they were publicly
stripped off their jobs.
During the same period, the
family of Wilfred Gichana Mwan-
gi was traumatised after his wife,
Naomi Mwangi was abducted and
held for 10 days before she was re-
leased after a ransom was paid.
We were horrified when Mwangi
was later accosted by a gang and shot
dead in cold blood. We do not know
why they shot him since nothing was
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Good news for school girls as
Sh400m set aside for pads
The Government has allocat-
ed Sh400 million to finance the san-
itary towels programme in primary
schools, Education Cabinet Secretary
Jacob Kaimenyi has said.
Kaimenyi regretted that thousands
of girls are kept away from school be-
cause they cannot afford sanitary
pads. The Government will provide
the support and special pedagogical
assistance as early as possible to pre-
vent the pupils academic failure and
other negative developmental conse-
quences, he said. He challenged girls
to value and pursue education to the
highest levels attainable, saying ear-
ly marriages stunt womens poten-
tial. Kaimenyi said the Government
will establish Special Needs Identifi-
cation Centres throughout the coun-
try to screen children, adding that ex-
perts from the centres will look into
the nature of each childs needs and
make proposals for special support
and provisions.
The CS expressed concern that
parents with children with disabili-
ties hide them from the public, saying
this denies them the chance to access
some of the support programmes the
Government and development part-
ners had established. He also warned
teachers against forcing children to
repeat classes, saying the practice is
outlawed.
Linda Okellos bosses seek softer deal
The case filed by Police Constable
Linda Okello might be settled out of
court if her lawyer and the State agree
before September.
Industrial Court Judge Mary On-
yango directed that the State lawyer
representing the National Police Ser-
vice Commission and Inspector Gen-
eral of Police David Kimaiyo should
approach Ms Okellos lawyers to dis-
cuss how to settle the case out of court.
Justice Onyango gave the orders after
State counsel Paul Ojwang told the
court yesterday that he might move
Okello to drop the charges against
her bosses over the disciplinary ac-
tion taken against her on allegations
that she was scantily dressed while on
duty. The case will be mentioned on
September 22.
Killings rock land company, 43 years later

When a group of Kenyas first Presi-
dent Jomo Kenyattas age mates moot-
ed the idea of forming a land-buying
firm, they had no idea that 43 years
later, their investments would be
worth billions.
The old men did not also have
the slightest idea that the name they
had adopted for their company, Kihi-
umwiri, which loosely translates to a
big knife in the body, or a hot-blood-
ed person, would live up to its true
meaning. Years later, the land has
turned into a killing field in the time
of their descendants.
When the group of prospective in-
vestors started collecting money and
formed Kihiumwiri Farmers Compa-
ny Limited, they only managed to pool
Sh120,000 which was hardly enough
to buy the land owned by a white
farmer. The land is situated in Ga-
tanga district and borders the expan-
sive Delmonte pineapple plantation.
They are reported to have approached
the late President who advised them
to obtain a loan from the Agriculture
Finance Corporation and they got
Sh480,000. The money enabled them
Members and
directors opposed to
a unit of Kihiumwiris
leadership get slayed
BY BONIFACE GIKANDI
RAWLINGS OTIENO
BY KAMAU MUTHONI
stolen from him, a local who did not
want to be named disclosed.
As a result of the killings, a num-
ber of directors are living in fear be-
cause they believe the deaths and
disappearances of their colleagues
are due to persistent squabbles sur-
rounding the land and its sharehold-
ing. Currently, the company has 6,000
registered members, with suspicions
that the membership could have ris-
en to more than 15,000 as 9,000 are
in possession of fake certificates.
The membership is torn between
Mr Peter Kariuki Macharia and Pe-
ter Kimani Kuria, who are both fight-
ing over control of the land pres-
ently valued at a billion shillings.
Kariuki said he was working to-
wards issuing title deeds to the
genuine shareholders to end the
wrangles, although his claim to lead-
ership has been contested by the ri-
val camp. He added that the board has
worked tirelessly towards issuance
of title deeds to the shareholders.
He said a vetting exercise was done to
ensure no members would be left out,
pursuant to a government directive to
have all land-buying companies con-
clude their affairs pending winding up.
But Kuria and his allies have disowned
the purported vetting of the share-
holders where each gave Sh25,500 for
clearance between June and July last
year. At no time did I sit in that vet-
ting committee and we instructed our
lawyer to oppose any move to collect
the money from the public to facili-
tate the process, said Kuria.
Outgoing Gatanga deputy county
commissioner Patrick Mukuria said
the police were investigating inci-
dents of murder and abduction at the
troubled farm. Police are also work-
ing to establish individuals selling
non-existent parcels of land, which
has been identified to be the cause of
the trouble at the farm, he said.
Shareholders of the troubled Kihiumwiri farm in Gatanga district are all ears during a forum convened by their leaders
over the increased insecurity in the area. [PHOTO: BONIFACE GIKANDI/STANDARD]
We were horried
when Mwangi was later
accosted by a gang and shot
dead in cold blood. We do
not know why they shot
him since nothing was
stolen from him
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Team formed to probe graft claims over jobs
nepotism, discrimination and out-
right violation of the applicable pro-
cedures.
Kavuludi said preliminary findings
show there were cases of bribery as he
distanced the commission from the
whole process. Recruitment of 10,000
constables was allocated Sh86 million
and was conducted in all 290 constit-
uencies.
We had delegated the mandate
to conduct the exercise to the local
commanders who include OCPDs,
AP commanders and Sub-Coun-
ty commissioners. We have received
their reports which we are analysing
together with the complaints so far,
said Kavuludi.
He said they have so far received
352 letters, most of which are com-
pliments.
The public has until tomorrow to
lodge their complaints with the com-
mission for action. The multi-agency
team will then analyse the informa-
tion before making recommenda-
tions.
In centres where it is ascertained
that the exercise was not above board,
results will be annulled and will lead
to a repeat of the recruitment in all af-
fected areas, he said.
Matemu said they have to investi-
gate and take action before October 2,
when the recruits are expected to re-
port to their respective colleges.
A multi-agency team has been es-
tablished to analyse evidence gath-
ered on corruption claims in the con-
cluded police recruitment.
The team, drawn from Ethics An-
ti-Corruption Commission (EACC),
National Police Service Commission
(NPSC), National Intelligence Service,
Interior ministyr and CID has until
August 4 to present its findings.
EACC Chairman Matemu Mumo
and Secretary Halakhe Waqo were
yesterday holed up in a meeting with
with NPSC officials, leading to an
agreement on the formation of the
probe team to be headed by commis-
sioner Mohamed Murshid.
They will collect and analyse all
complaints and make recommenda-
tions to the commission for further
action, said NPSC Chairman John-
ston Kavuludi.
Matemu said they cannot call for
the nullification of the entire exercise
at this stage until they get concrete ev-
idence on the allegations of corrup-
tion, adding that there were places
that did not have the said bribery.
He, however said preliminary in-
vestigations indicate the most com-
mon malpractices that featured in-
clude extortion, bribery, favouritsm,
Unsuccessful police
rookies have said a
recent recruitment
drive was marred with
bribery, favouritism
In
centres
where it is
ascertained
that the
exercise
was not
above board,
recruitment
will be
annulled
and will
lead to a
repeat of the
recruitment
in all
afected
areas
Groups oppose sex
pills for children
Court: 13 ousted MCAs to remain in ofce
Childrens rights stakeholders
have expressed fear that
issuing contraceptives to
underage children may
increase sexual immorality,
unwanted pregnancies and
sexually transmitted diseases.
They warned early exposure
to contraceptives could open
a leeway to sexual abuse
on children. Integrating
Development Towards Guided
Parenthood (IDGP) Executive
Director Agnes Mwamburi said
leaders should not emulate Western lifestyle and replicate
them in society without considering the repercussions.
Pastor Samuel Mwai said any Motion or Bill that legalises
minors to be exposed to early sex proclaim a lost and
immoral society and should be blocked.
Thirteen ousted nominated members of the Nyeri
County Assembly will remain in ofce until an appeal they
lodged at the High Court is concluded. The MCAs, drawn
from The National Alliance (TNA) party, were sent home
early June by Nyeri Chief Magistrate Wilbroda Juma,
citing a awed nomination process. But Nyeri High Court
Judge James Wakiaga yesterday extended the order for
stay of Ms Jumas judgement until the appeal before him
is concluded. The assembly members, through senior
counsel Samuel Ndungu and lawyers George Gori and
Patrick Ngunjiri, faulted judge Jumas ruling, claiming she
overstepped her mandate in dismissing them. The case
continues on August 6.
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One student killed, 14 others
injured in dormitory inferno
A student was killed and 14 others
injured after a fire razed a dormitory
in Tala Boys High School in Macha-
kos County.
Six of those injured were admit-
ted to Kangundo Level Four Hospital,
where two are in critical condition.
Eight others were treated and dis-
charged following the Monday night
incident, which police suspect may
be arson.
Sources at the school said the fire
broke out at around 1am at Komaro-
ck House leading to the death of the
Form One student.
I heard a loud explosion from the
dormitory and later clouds of smoke
and fierce fire could be seen from a
distance, said a school worker who
sought anonymity.
Matungulu police boss Joseph
Chesire, who arrived at the school
early yesterday morning accompa-
nied by detectives, told journalists a
water container that police suspect
may have ferried a highly inflamma-
ble liquid was recovered.
So far we have not been able to
make any arrests, but we found a plas-
tic bottle near the scene, whose smell
suggests it contained petrol, said
Chesire, adding that investigations
TSC locks out
governors in
teachers hiring
The Teachers Service Commis-
sion (TSC) has locked out governors
in the upcoming recruitment of 5,000
teachers.
Commission Secretary Gabri-
el Lengoiboni said the teacher hir-
ing process should be depoliticised
by locking out MPs and governors.
This is one of the greatest challeng-
es we face because it brings on board
a lot of vested interests, which com-
plicate a professional exercise, said
Lengoiboni.
He made the remarks in Parlia-
ment yesterday when he appeared
before the Education Committee that
was chaired by Julius Melly. He said
the revised guidelines to be used in
recruiting teachers will have two pan-
Lengoiboni says
blending recruitment
process with politics
will impede exercise
he said.
Governors were represented at
county panels during last years re-
cruitment for primary teachers.
TSC and county governments have
been fighting over control of nursery
school teachers, a matter currently in
court. Lengoiboni said during recruit-
ment, assessment of candidates will
be based on professional or academ-
ic certificates, scores obtained as per
the panel score sheet and age of the
applicant.
The quality of certificates takes 40
per cent, year of graduation takes an-
other 40 per cent and the age of ap-
plicant takes 20 per cent, he said. He
added that some teachers are reject-
ed on faith-based reasons and cited
religious leaders as another challenge
the commission faces during recruit-
ment.
The MPs also heard that a selec-
tion panel for secondary teachers
will comprise chairman of the board
of management, head of the school
and his deputy, subject specialist,
two members of the board and the
TSC county director representative.
Direct Line Assurance Com-
pany has compensated the own-
er of the bus that was destroyed by
a blast on Thika Road, killing three
and injuring many others in May.
Though it did not have a pol-
icy to cover damages caused by
terror attacks, Direct Line, which
specialises in insuring public ser-
vice vehicles (PSV), gave the claim
special treatment and offered to
pay half of the cost of repairing
the wreckage. It becomes the first
insurer to compensate for terror
damages.
The company, according to
Eric Chege, the general manag-
er-sales, is considering tailoring
a policy which will cover PSVs
against damages caused by terror
attacks, a field many insurers have
kept off due to the risks involved.
We do not have such cover
but we had to come up with a spe-
cial product for it because our cli-
ent incurred a huge loss. In case of
any other similar incident to any
of our clients, we would do the
same, Chege said.
Gichini Kagwe approached the
company and asked if they would
compensate him since he had a
comprehensive insurance policy.
Owner of
bus in blast
compensated
are ongoing.
But the schools principal Edward
Kivuva held a different theory about
what could have started the fire, say-
ing it could have been as a result of an
electric fault.
A survey by The Standard indicat-
ed that the dormitorys emergency ex-
it door was permanently locked and
even reinforced with timber, and me-
tallic grills fitted on windows, mak-
ing it impossible for occupants to es-
cape in case of an emergency. It is not
clear if the school will be closed in-
definitely.
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BY ERASTUS MULWA
BY AUGUSTINE ODUOR
els at sub-county and county levels.
He explained that the TSC
sub-county officer will chair the first
panel, with the human resource of-
ficer being the secretary. Two zonal
teacher advisory centres officers will
be members of the sub-county panel.
At county level, Lengoiboni said
the TSC county director will chair the
panel. He said the TSC county staff-
ing officer will be the secretary to the
panel and the county human resource
officer and the entire county staff-
ing officers become members to the
panel. We will not have governors or
even their representatives at any of
these panels, said Lengoiboni.
He said some 2,479 teachers will
be hired for primary schools and an-
other 2,521 for secondary schools.
Statistics from TSC indicate that
primary schools have a deficit of
44,730 teachers.
Mr Lengoiboni said political inter-
ference is experienced where recruit-
ment panels are forced to overlook
requirements of the guidelines. This
results in a lot of complaints from
aggrieved applicants, making the re-
cruitment lose the intended outlook,
MPs asked the TSC to state the
alternative measures it intends
to adopt to minimise teachers
shortage. Lengoiboni said full re-
cruitment of the needed 90,000
teachers is the viable option
but added that employing relief
teachers could also be explored
These teachers will stand in for
those who are sick or have ex-
cusable reasons but this will also
come with a budget, he said
He said sharing of teachers be-
tween schools is another option.
He also recommended that some
schools with low enrollment be
merged
STRATEGY TO REDUCE
TEACHERS SHORTAGE
TSC Secretary Gabriel Lengoiboni ad-
dresses the press after meeting Knut
ofcials at commissions headquar-
ters. [PHOTO: JENIPHER WACHI/STANDARD]
Parents assess the damage caused by
a re that gutted a dormitory in Tala
High School on Monday night. [PHOTO:
ERASTUS MULWA/STANDARD]
Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) in Fafadun township in Somalia. KDFs ofcial Twitter account
has been hacked a second time by a group dubbed Anonymous. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]
KDF Twitter account
hacked yet again
Incident comes
barely two hours
after sites were
restored as questions
raised over hackings
The official Twitter accounts of
the Kenyan Defence Forces (KDF)
and its spokesman Major Eman-
nuel Chirchir were hacked for the
second time late Monday, hours
after they were restored.
Government officials had an-
nounced they had reinstalled
both accounts after contacting
the Twitter company.
But two hours later, the group
dubbed Anonymous claimed
fresh control, raising questions
on the seriousness of the hacking
and alleged restoration.
The group also claimed to have
hacked various State department
websites and continued to post
insults and offensive material on
the sites on Monday night.
The military and Chirchir have
been using the accounts to up-
date the public on progress made
in Somalia where Kenyan soldiers
are fighting Al Shabaab militants.
Experts said the hacking could
have been done intentionally by
security agents who plan a major
clampdown on social media, but
police have denied the claims.
Police, the military and intelli-
gence officials pursuing the mat-
ter said they had failed to estab-
lish if the hacker is in the country
even as experts said the authori-
ties claims were strange.
We are trying to see where
these people are, said Depart-
ment of Defence Spokesman Bo-
gita Ongeri.
The accounts were still in the
hands of the hackers yesterday,
with hundreds of retweets and
new followers on the information
being posted.
The group had on Monday also
defaced the website of the Nation-
al Environment Trust Fund (Net-
fund) of the Environment min-
istry. Curiously, the imposters
seemed to master local politics
given the kind of information
tweeted.
So much poverty in Africa
while you are wasting money in
guns, one of the tweets read on
the verified @kdfinfo account fol-
lowing the breach.
Experts said the incident
should serve as an example to in-
dividuals and institutions on the
need to protect their accounts.
We are
trying to see
where these
people are.
Department
of Defence
Spokesman
Bogita Ongeri
BY CYRUS OMBATI
Lobby says domestic violence Bill altered
A civil society group has expressed concern over the
exclusion of some sections in the proposed Protection
Against Domestic Violence Bill 2013. The group criticised
the National Assemblys Justice and Legal Afairs
Committee for mutilating the draft law, arguing it ofers
little protection to victims of domestic violence in its
current state. Future of Kenya Foundation Director Cyprian
Nyamwamu said MPs had scrapped issues the Bill sought
to address, making it incapable of protecting violence
victims. If certain critical sections are deleted, then we are
not talking about protection from domestic violence. The
Bill was intended to prevent it, he said.
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The National Assembly has reject-
ed a proposal by Devolution Cabinet
Secretary Anne Waiguru that would
have seen the Transition Authority
(TA) replaced with a committee.
Parliament granted TA a lifeline
after members opposed the chang-
es contained in the Statute Law (Mis-
cellaneous Amendments) Bill 2013,
forcing Majority Leader Adan Duale
to withdraw it.
The Bill proposes the deletion of
Section 37 (1) of the Transition to De-
volved Government Act 2012, which
defines the functions and period TA
will be in existence.
Parliament
gives Transition
Authority a lifeline
Delete and substitute therefore
the following new subsection the
(Transition) Authority shall stand dis-
solved upon the establishment of the
Inter-Governmental Relations Com-
mittee under the Inter-Governmental
Relations Act, the bill reads in part.
When the amendment came be-
fore the Committee of the whole
House, it was rejected, with MPs argu-
ing it was part of attempts by the Ex-
ecutive to frustrate devolution. James
Nyikal (Seme) wondered why the Ex-
ecutive was keen on disbanding the
authority, yet it had not achieved its
functions as spelt out in the Consti-
tution.
The greatest aspect of our con-
stitution is devolution. All the func-
tions that were supposed to be done
by the transitional authority such as
assessing the capacity of county gov-
ernments are still pending. We can-
not come at this point and say that
we are doing away with the authori-
ty, he said.
MPs argued that since the role of
the authority is embedded in the Con-
stitution, removing it would render
the Act superfluous.
There is a misplaced belief that
the intergovernmental relations
council can replace it. The council
deals with coordination with vari-
ous levels of Government, said John
Mbadi (Suba).
Lands Minister Charity Ngilu yes-
terday escalated the power tussles
between her ministry and the Mo-
hammed Swazuri-led National Land
Commission (NLC) by seeking the
backing of a House Committee in gaz-
zetting changes that would give her an
upper hand in private land registra-
tion matters.
The minister yesterday told the
Committee on Lands that NLC has
been a stumbling block in the min-
istrys efforts to register over 1,700
grants and leases carried over from
the former commissioner of lands,
and wants the committee to give her
Ngilu seeks to
checkmate Swazuri
with new changes
office the legal teeth to address the is-
sue.
Since January 2014, the minis-
try has been unable to process grants
and leases. Many more requests have
come in since February this year. The
situation is caused by the encroach-
ment of the NLC on registration mat-
ters which is clearly a mandate of the
ministry. The commission on the ba-
sis of the old special conditions on
grants and leases documents seeks
to sign grants and leases. The Consti-
tution does not give them this man-
date at all, Ngilu told the committee.
If granted, this would effectively
checkmate NLC in the power tussle.
against devolution because it tends to
consolidate powers within the NIS Di-
rector Generals office instead of the
spy agencys council.
Yesterday, Gethenji declined to
comment on Omamos presentation,
saying he will not pronounce him-
self on the matter until the commit-
tee reaches a decision.
We are still meeting and on
Thursday (tomorrow), we are meeting
the NIS chief to listen to him before
retreating to write our report. Hope-
fully by next week our report will be
ready, he said.
Departmental Committee on Jus-
tice and Legal Affairs chairman Sam-
uel Chepkonga said some proposals
may not see the light of day.
We are waiting for that Bill so that
we can interrogate it. Parliament is a
House of representatives and we rep-
resent even those soldiers and thus
we will have the final say, Chepkon-
ga said.
The amendment Bill proposes the
deletion of section 36 (2) of the cur-
rent Act, on limitation to right to pri-
vacy as enshrined in article 31 of the
Constitution, that provides for the
courts participation.
This section provides that the right
to privacy may be limited in respect
of a person suspected to have com-
mitted an offence to the extent that
the privacy of a persons communica-
tions may be investigated, monitored
or otherwise interfered with.
This can only be done if and when
NIS prior to taking any action under
this section, obtains a warrant under
section 42 of the same Act that re-
quires the spy agency to apply for the
document to the High Court in writ-
ing stating among others the type of
information, material, record, docu-
ment to be obtained.
MPs oppose Bill over NIS access
to phone calls, KDF deployment
Committee on Foreign
Relations and Defence
is uncomfortable
with the proposals
that appear
unconstitutional
Members of Parliament have op-
posed a proposal to give the National
Intelligence Service (NIS) unrestrict-
ed access to your cellphone messag-
es, calls and emails without a court
warrant.
The MPs are also against another
proposal to give the President pow-
ers to deploy the military locally with-
out approval by the National Assem-
bly, arguing that a rogue President can
misuse the powers.
The Departmental Committee on
Foreign Relations and Defence has
begun deliberations on the Statute
Law Miscellaneous (Amendment) Bill
2014, which contains the controver-
sial clauses.
The committee chaired by Tetu
MP Ndungu Gethenji yesterday met
Defence Cabinet Secretary Raychelle
Omamo and her Principal Secretary
Mary Juma and is scheduled to meet
NIS chief Michael Gichangi tomorrow.
An MP who attended the meeting
at County Hall, told The Standard that
most legislators were uncomfortable
with the proposals that appear un-
constitutional.
What will happen for instance if
the Governor of Turkana and the Na-
tional Government have a conflict
over oil and the President decided to
declare a state of emergency and de-
ploy the military there? We will not ac-
cept, the MP said.
The source said members feel
there is a sinister motive behind the
spy agencys move to bypass the Ju-
diciary in seeking to infringe on the
bill of rights. The MPs say the Bill goes
>>Tomorrows House Diary
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NATIONAL AIDS AUTHORITY
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Tetu MP Ndungu Gethenji NIS boss Michael Gichangi Defence CS Raychelle Oma-
mo
BY GEOFFREY MOSOKU
BY WILFRED AYAGA BY WILFRED AYAGA
NIS MAY SOON HAVE POWERS TO INTERCEPT YOUR EMAILS, MESSAGES
The National Intelligence Service may
soon have powers to eavesdrop on your
phone conversations and intercept your
mails without the Judiciarys green light
if MPs approve the Statute Law Miscella-
neous (Amendment) Bill 2014
The Bill further seeks to amend section
36 (1) of the current Act to give NIS power
to infringe on the privacy of any person
who is subject to investigations
The Bill also proposes to give the Direc-
tor General unilateral powers to hire, fre,
propose, transfer and deploy ofcers in-
cluding appointment of senior ofcers of
the service
Currently, the powers are vested with
the fve-member National Intelligence
Service Council, which is chaired by the
Interior Co-ordination Cabinet Secretary
Joseph ole Lenku
Audit shows irregular
spending by IEBC
MPs in new plot to clip Mining Css powers
Kenya, Rwanda join forces to ght terrorism
A report tabled in Parliament
has painted a depressing
picture of how the Independent
Electoral and Boundaries
Commission (IEBC) spent
monies allocated for the year
ending June 30, 2013. The
Auditor Generals report noted
IEBC acquired several poll
equipment without an approved
procurement plan of the year.
These included biometric voter
registration kits (Sh6.4 billion),
electronic voter identication devices (Sh1.3 billion), universal
polling kits (Sh1.53 billion) and electronic results transmission
system (Sh25.8 million). The report tabled by Leader of
Majority Aden Duale (pictured) yesterday further said the
nancial performance statement shows training expenses of
Sh1.1 billion.
MPs want to limit the powers of Mining Cabinet Secretary in
controlling the granting of mineral rights to potential miners
in the country.
Worried by the sweeping powers granted to the Cabinet
Secretary in the Mining Bill, members are now planning to
introduce amendments that would create a Board to exercise
some of those powers and check against abuse.
With the discretionary powers that we have given the
Cabinet Secretary in this Bill, if we do not curtail them, we
would mainly be replacing the word Commissioner of Mines
with Cabinet Secretary in the current law, said House
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources chairman
Amina Abdallah. The Bill is still at the debate stage.
Kenya and Rwanda have pledged to continue working
closely in the ght against terrorism, saying it poses a serious
threat to the regions peace and stability.
The visiting Rwandan President of the Senate Jean
Damascene Ntawukuriryayo, while addressing the Kenyan
Senate yesterday, said peace and security cannot be achieved
in the region unless there are combined eforts among East
African nations.
It is for this reason that, Kenya and Rwanda are parties
to the defence, peace and security pact signed this year. This
framework of solidarity will primarily put in place mechanisms
to safeguard regional infrastructure that our countries plan to
put in place, in the ght against terrorism, he said.
These pacts are meant to strengthen regional security and
partnership in the ght against terrorism, he added.
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WHAT OTHER MEDIA SAY...
Parliament will this week deliberate on the Statute Law
Miscellaneous Amendment Bill (2014) which seeks to give
the National Intelligence Service carte blanche to monitor
calls and short text messages on an individuals cell phone.
Under the current dispensation, NIS can only monitor
calls with the approval of the courts in order not to infringe
on the right to privacy unless a situation arises that warrants
it.
The National Intelligence Service is mandated to gather
and use intelligence for the express purpose of ensuring the
security and safety of Kenyans. By its very nature, it is secre-
tive unlike the two other security agencies, the Police and
the Kenya Defence Forces.
There has been a spate of criminal and terrorist attacks
across the country on civilian targets to which the intelli-
gence agency had no inkling.
It has largely been unable to monitor the activities of peo-
ple on its suspects list because of legal limitations. Perhaps
this is what informs the need for amendments to make it
more effective.
If Parliament approves the Bill, the right to privacy will
no longer exist. This in itself will be going counter to the con-
stitutional provision on the right to privacy.
Will that inconsistency with the supreme law be permit-
ted to prevail?
The NIS does not have the capacity, either in terms of
equipment or manpower to monitor the more than thirty
million registered phone users in the country.
The passage of the bill will therefore not impact positive-
ly on its efficacy in the short term.
There is, however, the danger that the NIS could misuse
the privilege to invade peoples privacy to victimise innocent
individuals perceived to be anti-establishment.
Past experiences have shown the state to have used its
security apparatus to intimidate individuals and institutions
that were opposed to the excesses of those in authority.
It is in the interest of peace and national cohesion that
Parliament does not pass this Bill into law.
The time is not right considering the prevailing charged
political atmosphere.
The status quo looks a better alternative.
Early this year at a governance conference
in Kwale, governors demanded that the secu-
rity docket be devolved to the counties.
This call has been reiterated by the chair-
man of the governors council, Mr Isaac Ruto.
It defies logic why, with all the limitations
so far experienced by county governments in
the few devolved functions, governors would
want to saddle themselves with the more com-
plex matter of managing security.
The success of the individual, the State, Gov-
ernment policies and systems hinges on pro-
vision of good security without which every-
thing slowly grinds to a halt.
Devolution is a relatively new concept
which calls for a gradual process of decentral-
isation. Why are governors in such haste?
Decentralisation of medical services and the
inability by county governments to manage
this docket efficiently, has since triggered a
massive walk-out of doctors from Government
hospitals, an occurrence that puts the health
of many poor Kenyans in jeopardy.
The managerial and interactive skills of ma-
ny county officers have been, to say the least,
wanting.
The education sector is equally at risk, with
arguments and counterarguments as to who
has the right to control and hire teachers, plus
a host of other issues.
The Kenya National Union of Teachers has
demanded the withdrawal of county directors
of education.
Governors should strive to gain the peoples
trust and confidence through provision of ba-
sic mandatory services such as clean drinking
water, proper housing and a steady supply of
electrical power.
County governments should busy them-
selves with keeping the environment clean.
The amount of litter, especially plastic bags,
plastic bottles and other household remains
are an eyesore.
The stench from growing rubbish heaps is
a health hazard governors should deal with be-
fore demanding to control security organs.
The way governors undertook to impose taxa-
tion was so unrealistic the citizens had to liter-
ally make them reconsider through violent
demonstrations.
The market stalls these devolved units have
put up to control the mushrooming of roadside
kiosks, some of which have gobbled-up a lot of
money, are lying empty and unused because
governors are unable to control hawkers and
to move them to the new stalls without a fight.
The same governors are totally unable to
control touts and matatu crews who terrorise
travellers at bus termini. If controlling such
small groups is a challenge, how can governors,
who are not versed in security matters, hope to
efficiently run the docket?
Governors should strive to make council
askaris more productive and people-friendly.
The Government is unable to fend for ev-
erybody and those fending for themselves
should not be harassed unnecessarily.
Caution is needed when interests clash. In-
sofar as devolution of functions is concerned,
emphasis should be laid on efficiency and ca-
pability. Governors should stop being fascinat-
ed and obsessed with the trappings of power
to demand things that are likely to cause them
distress.
Meanwhile, as we try to find our footing in
the new devolved system of governance, secu-
rity, health, foreign affairs, agriculture and ed-
ucation should remain under the control of the
national government, which retains a bigger
chunk of national revenue.
With the bloodshed in Gaza having
worsened over the weekend, John Kerrys
visit to the Middle East takes on added
signicance. Agreement on the terms of a
ceasere is vital. Conict does not necessarily
beget sense. On the contrary, more often
than not war hardens positions and there will
be plenty in both Israel and Gaza who feel
there is nothing to be lost by ghting on. But
in the Israeli-Palestinian context where in
the end peoples must live side by side, that
makes it all the more important to end the
competing bombardments. Mr Kerry has
been in a similar position before. Indeed,
until the recent escalation of hostilities he
had been groping towards a peace settlement
for a little under a year without success.
If anyone had the illusion that this was
only happening in Ukraine, that it had nothing
to do with our common concerns... Linas
Linkevicius, foreign minister of Lithuania. The
destruction of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was
not a tragedy but a crime, and the aftermath
has compounded wanton slaughter with cruel
delay, confrontation and confusion. Four
days after the crash, some bodies were still
in bags at the crash site in eastern Ukraine,
decomposing in the heat. Their destination was
unresolved, as the pro-Russian separatists who
control the area resisted granting access to
outside investigators and aid workers. Finally,
the rebels agreed to admit forensic experts
from the Netherlands, permit removal of the
corpses and give the planes data recorder to
the Malaysian government.
The violence in eastern Ukraine has now
claimed more innocent victims, with 298 dead
in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines
Flight 17. Children, scientists headed to an Aids
conference, families on vacation their deaths
add to the hundreds of civilian casualties
and tens of thousands of refugees victimized
by the spreading conict, which the Kiev
government is now escalating. The shooting
of a civilian airliner is clearly a tragic mistake
that no one wants to own, but that comes all
too often in war zones. Currently, the Dutch
government 193 of its citizens perished in the
crash said it would hold of assigning blame
as it pursues its top priorities of recovering the
victims bodies and conducting an independent
investigation of the crash site in eastern
Ukraine.
No easy way out for Israel-Gaza conict Is Europe angry now? Downing of Flight 17 should trigger talks
Page 15 OPINION / Wednesday, July 23, 2014 / The Standard
Palaver
Boys will always be boys. Just
when many thought riots and
arson in schools were a thing of
the past, students at Kitondo
High School in Makueni razed the
schools administration block and
store on Friday last week . They
were protesting the principals
order to have a music system
removed from the school bus. Re-
ally? Poor overburdened parents
will have to pick up the bills for
this folly. And to think these are
leaders of tomorrow!
Luhya unity, Luhya unity! Come
on fellas; get a little more serious
in your quest for the elusive uni-
ty. Why do Luhya leaders, those
that seek their tribes unity for
the 2017 national honours, only
come alive at funerals and road-
side meetings to announce their
innite plans? Forward planning
calls for serious brain storming.
You cant do this at funerals! Go
ye forth and meet somewhere,
bury your hatchets and proclaim
the results to the world.
There has been so much death
from imbibing illicit alcohol
that drinkers are getting a little
cautious, though the results are
almost the same. In Narok Coun-
ty, those who had gone to sample
their favourite drink insisted on
the sellers taking a swallow befo-
re anybody else. And so take they
did. Before long, two were dead
and everybody took of. Sad, but
it is good to be cautious! This is a
classical case of taking ones own
medicine.

oped@standardmedia.co.ke
Labour Cabinet Secretary Ka-
zungu Kambi has been misring
on all cylinders ever since taking
over at the Labour Ministry.
Almost all the momentous
decisions he has made have been
challenged and
ruled of side.
With pomp and
fanfare, quoting all
the labour laws he
thought covered
his back, he red
Francis Atwoli from NSSF. Wor-
kers said no! Unions also voiced
an emphatic no and the court
acquiesced. Take it easy and slow
Mr Kambi, the law is an ass.
For the longest time now, the
Teachers Service Commission
has operated with only three
commissioners yet the law
says they should be nine. After
rubbing teachers the wrong way,
the Government had to reckon
with them when they demanded
the other commissioners within
seven days, which
was made last
week, or face a
strike. They meant
business and the
government caved
in. The President
yesterday appointed
a panel to ll in the posts. No
messing with Knut, they won
round one!
On July 28, 2010, the United
Nations General Assembly,
through Resolution 64/292, ex-
plicitly recognised the human
right to water and sanitation and
acknowledged that clean drinking
water and sanitation are essential
for the realisation of all human
rights.
The International Covenant on
Economic and Social Rights pro-
vides for the right of everyone to
an adequate standard of living for
himself and his family, and by ex-
tension adequate water, and to
the continuous improvement of
living conditions.
By virtue of Article 2 of the
Constitution, this convention is
part of the law of Kenya. The Con-
stitution of Kenya under Article 43
(1) (d) provides that every person
has the right to clean and safe wa-
ter in adequate quantities. De-
spite this constitutional provision,
clean and safe water is out of the
reach of a large portion of the
population of this country.
The Water Act, 2002, is outdat-
ed and is not in line with the new
Constitution. It does not recog-
nise the right to clean and safe
water. The Water Resources Man-
agement Authority established
under the Act and charged with
the duty to develop principles,
guidelines and procedures for the
allocation of water resources is
now moribund. One of the local
dailies featured a piece last month
on the plight of women from a
small town in Kisumu who have to
wake up at 2am to queue for wa-
ter at a borehole.
The women have to walk great
distances to get to the borehole,
not to mention the risk of being
attacked and raped. The epitome
of the desperation of the women
in that town is the fact that some
of them are trading their bodies
for water! According to WaterAid
UK, more than 16 million people
in Kenya dont have access to safe
water, over 10,000 Kenyan chil-
dren die every year from diar-
rhoea caused by unsafe water and
poor sanitation, and over 30 mil-
lion people dont have access to
adequate sanitation in Kenya.
The NGO observes that, be-
sides being scarce, water in Kenya
is not distributed fairly. Priority is
given to planned urban areas and
wealthy rural communities that
can pay for services and those in
slums and remote villages often
go without. It is believed that in
most urban centres thousands of
connections are not billed, there
are massive leakages, and the ac-
count systems arbitrary. To cor-
rect the current state of affairs,
there is need to discuss at a na-
tional level and fast-track the Wa-
ter Bill 2014 which is currently
pending in Parliament.
The Water Bill 2014 proposes a
new statutory regime that con-
forms to the Constitution, the In-
ternational Covenant on Eco-
nomic and Social Rights, the
Millennium Development Goals,
and Vision 2030. It makes provi-
sion for the regulation, manage-
ment, conservation, use and de-
velopment of water and sewerage
services by national and county
One hundred years ago, on
June 28, 1914, a 19-year old stu-
dent murdered the heir to the
Austrian-Hungarian throne in Sa-
rajevo. Nobody knew it by then,
but what followed was the first
global catastrophe in the 20th
Century. The First World War.
On 23 July, Austria presented
an ultimatum to Serbia. On July
28, Austria declared war on Ser-
bia. On July 30, Russia called a
general mobilisation. On August
1, Germany, allied to Austria, de-
clared war on Russia. On August
3 and 4, France and Great Britain,
allied to Russia and to each other,
entered the war.
When it ended in 1918, the war
had cost 17 million lives and
caused massive destruction. On
August 15, 1914 the fighting
reached East Africa.
The first shots were fired on
the territory of what is now Tai-
ta-Taveta County. It lasted more
than four years. The German forc-
es gave up only after the capitula-
tion of their armies in Europe.
Looking back, we ask our-
selves: Why? Was there no way to
stop the catastrophe? And: What
lessons can be learnt today, 100
100 years ago: First Sleepwalking, then War
Te lessons
of the po-
litical and
diplomatic
failure 100
years ago
are rele-
vant to us
years later? Looking back, we see
a picture of failure. The failure of
military and political elites. But
also the failure of diplomacy. No-
body tried to calm down the fe-
verish excitement in the weeks
and months before the war. No-
body tried to quell the reckless-
ness. Nobody tried to dispel the
mistrust after years of building
antagonistic alliances.
It should have been the task of
politicians and diplomats to
weigh up level-headed alterna-
tives. It should have been their
task to work out compromises. It
should have been their task to
stop the deadly mechanisms of
mobilisations and declarations of
war.
But they failed, with disas-
trous consequences.
Reading about the chain of events
that led to war in July 1914, one is
still shocked by the inability of
leaders, politicians and diplo-
mats to break the vicious cycle.
Some historians call it the sleep-
walking of European Govern-
ments of the time.
Today, we know what can hap-
pen when countries stop talking
to each other. Without open
channels of communication, the
peaceful resolution of conflicts is
not possible. The foundation of
the United Nations after the Sec-
ond World War was based on the
realisation that countries need a
global forum to resolve disagree-
ments by discussing - rather than
shooting at each other. And de-
spite any criticism about the
complex nature of international
institutions, the UN remains the
single most important piece in
the puzzle to prevent diplomacy
from sleepwalking ever again.
Nowadays, we live in a multi-
polar world with many political
and economic centres of gravity.
The complexity of this new world
order and the increasingly short
lifespan of information make di-
plomacy even more difficult. The
new world calls on all major re-
gions, including Africa, to take
even more global responsibility.
The digital revolution has accel-
erated communication.
The lessons of the political
and diplomatic failure 100 years
ago are relevant to us. Instead of
building blocks opposing each
other, we need to promote a cul-
ture of exchange and mutually
beneficial interaction. We need to
promote regional integration, be
it in Europe or East Africa.
The idea of rivalry between
countries for the biggest slice of
the cake is outdated. In econom-
ics, politics and culture, more
benefits can be realised through
co-operation.
In the post-Cold War era, nu-
merous state and non-govern-
ment actors need to be involved
in decision-making. Communi-
cation is a decisive factor to pre-
vent war and find solutions to
common challenges.
These challenges are many
and most of them are global: cli-
mate change, the eradication of
poverty and the fight against ter-
rorism, just to name a few. No
country will succeed in overcom-
ing these challenges by itself.
Rather than confronting each
other, we need to find common
solutions to common problems.
Rather than allowing our-
selves to sleepwalk and stop
talking, as our ancestors did in
1914, we need to engage in active
dialogue.
It makes
provision
for the ma-
nagement,
conserva-
tion and
use of
water and
sewerage
services by
national
and county
gover-
nments
playing a
part
Right to water needs to be implemented
ANDREAS PESCHKE }
PRAVIN BOWRY }
governments playing a part.
The Bill recognises that every
person in Kenya has the right to
clean and safe water in adequate
quantities and to reasonable stan-
dards of sanitation.
It proposes a duty on the Cab-
inet Secretary to formulate a wa-
ter strategy to provide the govern-
ments plans and programmes for
progressive realisation of the right
of every person in Kenya to water.
The Water Strategy will contain,
among other things, details of ex-
isting water services, the number
and location of persons who are
not provided with basic water
supply and basic sewerage ser-
vices, standards for the progres-
sive realisation of the right to wa-
ter, and a resource mobilisation
strategy for the implementation
of the plans. The Bill will establish
a Water Services Regulatory Au-
thority which will protect the in-
terests and rights of consumers in
the provision of water services.
The Authority will determine
and prescribe national standards
for the provision of water services
and asset development for water
services providers. It will also in-
spect water works and water ser-
vices to ensure that such works
and services meet the prescribed
standards.
A Water Sector Trust Fund is
proposed which will provide con-
ditional and unconditional grants
to counties, to assist in financing
the development and manage-
ment of water services in margin-
alised areas. The proposed fund
will supplement the Equalisation
Fund provided for in Article 204 of
the Constitution.
It is anticipated that there will
be a Water Tribunal which will be
a subordinate court as provided
for in Article 169 (1) (d) of the
Constitution. The Tribunal will
hear and determine appeals at the
instance of any person or institu-
tion directly affected by the deci-
sion or order of the Cabinet Sec-
retary and the Water Services
Regulatory Authority.
Under Article 28 of the Consti-
tution, every person has inherent
dignity and the right to have the
dignity respected and upheld. The
human right to water is indis-
pensable for leading a life in hu-
man dignity. Millions of Kenyans
share their domestic water sourc-
es with animals or rely on unpro-
tected wells that are breeding
grounds for pathogens, and can
hardly be said to be living in dig-
nity.
It is incumbent upon the gov-
ernment to facilitate access by ev-
eryone in Kenya to sufficient, safe,
acceptable and affordable water
for personal and domestic uses.
There is a school of thought
which feels that water harvesting
in all old and new buildings must
be made mandatory with the gov-
ernment removing VAT and grant-
ing tax reliefs on storage tanks
and drainage equipment. Hope-
fully, our parliamentarians will
deal with these grave concerns.
Mr Bowry is an Advocate of the
High Court of Kenya
office@bowrycoadv.com
Mr Peschke is the German
Ambassador to Kenya
SCARCE RESOURCES
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Atwolialleges lost at NSSF:a T
Jubilees fund-raising gear is in full
swing, with eyes trained on 2017.
Kambi has a job to do and if Atwoli
and Mugo are standing in the way
they have to be shoved aside so the
gravy train can move at full throttle.
-Sifu Msari
It is said in the Holy Bible thou
shall not steal if you do then you
have committed a sin. If you steal
from NSSF and you use that money
to put food on the family table then
you have cursed your entire family.
-Charles
Another sad story of
endless corruption in Kenya.
- KinagaUbaga
Ok! So Atwoli has stayed in the board
for 15 years and this is the time he
has realised the board has been
embezzling funds, where he has been
sitting in for the last one and a half
decades. What a wonderful whistle
blower! FowlerD

KDF and spokemans twitter
accounts hacked, used to send
abusive information
Well done. It is good the public is
aware of this. There is a spirited
efort to mar KDFs image and that of
the government and the county as a
whole. stonemk
If KDF can not manage their
twitter account ,can they manage
the security of the country ?
Cozbitinga
Ha! Insecurity of ine and online!
Chris-Leo Ngaruthi
This is embarassing!
Sultan
We wont keep quiet, CORD tells
DP Ruto over urge to wait till
2017
Of course the opposition cant
keep quiet till 2017. Their work is
to make noise. If they keep quiet
they will be irrelevant, forgotten
and gather dust. Yes we have
problems but referendum is
not the solution. CORDs idea of
referendum is the fact that during
the rst term of Kibaki, Raila won
and this made him politically strong
and this is the same idea he is
having. But apart from political
gain, there is nothing to be gained.
Jeannie
Issuance of certicates to
fees defaulters not practical
The arguments of David Musila,
the sponsor of the Bill that sought
to compel schools to release certif-
icates, is not only irrational, but al-
so illogical. His claim that no school
crumbled after releasing the certif-
icates was in bad faith. After his Bill
sailed through, the Government
committed to offset the outstand-
ing fee arrears in schools, to date no
school has received a coin.
Put plainly, schools were being
duped to fall into a populist politi-
cal bait. Mr Musilas justification is
deficient of facts. The truth is that
the few school heads who complied
with the directive ran into serious
financial problems that saw them
either demoted or transferred to
other schools.
We are at it again. The previous
arrears in schools have not been
settled, yet the same directive is be-
ing issued with no commitment of
settling previous bills. Believe me,
no head teacher would glaringly
run into such foreseen financial
trouble in the name of heeding a di-
rective.
To show genuineness to the
plight of students whose certifi-
cates are held, the Government
needs to outsource, maybe, from
the laptop budget the Sh14 billion
that schools require to offset the ar-
rears as proof of the sincerity of its
concern.
The Basic Education Act 2013
stipulates that Government shall
provide free and compulsory basic
education to every Kenyan child.
The current arrangement in schools
is different, with the Government
only subsidising the cost. Worse
still, the subsidy is only released al-
ways after a public uproar. Coupled
with the poor fee collections, head-
ing schools is turning out to be hell.
In fact, most head teachers offices
have two doors - one of which is the
creditors door, which is used as
escape route from creditors.
Schools have been humane enough
to accommodate many students on
credit while accumulating debts
and operating on overdrafts in the
belief that they will settle arrears
later to keep the schools afloat.
Honestly, there is need for seri-
ousness and sincerity on schools
finances. Making, declaring and is-
suing unrealistic directives to ap-
pease the electorate is insincere
and only succeeds in aggravating
the matter in learning institutions.
Whereas most schools are striv-
ing to balance the huge financial
demands against meagre supply of
resources, people in other quarters
are equating the issue of school cer-
tificates to issuance of title deeds.
A bad precedent is being set.
Since the directive was reissued
and reiterated, most parents and
guardians, particularly those in
Form Four, who by the way are the
highest fees defaulters, have
stopped paying fees in anticipation
of obtaining their certificates next
year under the cover of the direc-
tive.
KNUTs change of mind on this
matter is suspect. This is not the
moment to advance personal pur-
suits. The union is aware of the fi-
nancial difficulties schools are un-
dergoing. The union is not being
fair and just to school heads. The
union is trying to appease the au-
thorities by being neutral. To bor-
row from the words of Desmond
Tutu, If you are neutral in situa-
tions of injustice, you are on the
side of the oppressor. If the ele-
phants foot is on the tail of a mouse
and you choose to be neutral, the
mouse would not appreciate your
neutrality.

Why we need to support Beyond Zero
First ladies throughout the
globe are known for their elegance,
their photo moments and for their
fashion statements. Nowhere in the
world has a first lady ever ran 42 km
in over seven hours to support a
course. In fact, just the thought of
a first lady running is an alien con-
cept to Kenyans and to the rest of
the world.
Amidst all the negative stories
surrounding health, this is a bright
course that everybody needs to ral-
ly around and support. Statistics
portray a grim picture of maternal
health in Kenya. Nearly 21 women
die daily from childbirth and preg-
nancy related causes. This is even
more than deaths from terrorist re-
lated causes and traffic carnages.
Yet the same amount of gusto ex-
hibited in fighting such matters is
not replicated in addressing the
deaths for our mothers from a time
that is supposed to be a moment to
look forward.
This is why the Beyond Zero
Campaign by First Lady Margaret
Kenyatta deserves recognition and
support. Somebody is finally say-
ing that mothers should not die
while giving birth from preventable
causes. Studies have shown that in-
cidences of disease are higher in
women as compared to men. This
is mostly because of the demands
of pregnancy and childbearing and
their care giving roles. If not man-
aged properly, Childbirth can leave
permanent scars on a woman. Ob-
stetric fistulas for example are not
very common but they do exist.
They are real, severe and unfor-
giving. Obstetric fistulas are a
childbirth injury that develops be-
cause of prolonged and neglected
labor which becomes obstructed.
The end result is that sometimes
these women cannot control their
calls of nature.
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YOUR SAY
I
was utterly shocked to see
how the safety of vehicles in
our very own Jomo Kenyatta
International Airport is
compromised. Until that time,
I was thinking of leaving my
vehicle at the parking lot
while traveling. Not any more.
Apparently, when accessing
the airport, there is a ticket
dispenser for every vehicle that
should be used by the same
vehicle while exiting.
The problem with the security
is that at the exit some of the
airport staf collecting the
toll fee are so corrupt to the
extent of picking only Sh50 and
releasing vehicles.
The staf are so young, yet they
are misused to make billions for
corrupt individuals.
It is worse at night. The fee
collectors inside JKIA ask
motorists if they can help them
exit at a negotiated price as long
as they dont get receipts. At the
exit, most often the agents are
sleeping and doing very little
to establish who is leaving and
with which vehicle.
The Kenya Airport Authority
director should do something
about the security of travellers
vehicles. The human resource
manager on the other hand
should take full responsibility
of the staf and either improve
their working conditions or
vacate the of ce.
Ruto wrong on
supporting Kuria
Nema, please arrest
the noise!
Are motorbikes a
blessing or curse?
Being a staunch supporter of Jubi-
lee administration, it will be against
my principle to sit back and stare
when the leaders whom we so over-
whelmingly voted to power make
mistakes, which can cost the nation
the dream of unifying the diverse cit-
izens.
The utterances made by Deputy
President William Ruto over the
weekend while on a tour of Gatundu
South constituency to the effect that
he supports the candidature of Moses
Kuria of TNA because of his guts to hit
at the Opposition, was unethical. Ru-
to as the second-in-command and
with all the respect he is accorded,
should have not littered his image of
being a symbol of unity by such a de-
meaning sentiment. Its on record
that Kuria made a very divisive hate
speech against some Opposition lu-
minaries, a remark which landed him
in the police station to record a state-
ment. Therefore, somebody of DPs
calibre ought not to have made what
seemed to be his support for hate
speech.

Reports from the National Envi-
ronment Management Authority
(Nema) are very encouraging espe-
cially to a country like Kenya where
air pollution is taken lightly and re-
spiratory diseases are on the rise. But
noise pollution is another killer!
Sometimes, I feel I do not wish to vis-
it any estate or town. Music is playing
from loud speakers, cars are hooting,
motor bikes have full volume radios,
matatu touts are shouting to outdo
each other, preachers are out with big
horn speakers, mosques as well have
speakers hang out, mitumba and
vegetable sellers are also doing it very
loudly.
Can Nema get up and arrest these
noisemakers?

Journeys used to take hours or
days. The coming of motor bikes re-
duced the time taken on a journey.
But with the emerging trends, motor-
bikes are proving to be a curse not a
blessing. Every hospital has a ward
for motorbike accident injuries, not
to mention deaths.
Lately, anyone who wants to trav-
el on a motorbike is advised to ap-
proach known shopkeepers to get
them reliable operators, or to call one
they are familiar with for security
purposes.
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wanting
Residents of Kiplombe in Uasin Gishu County demonstrate against the area
chief and his assistant for failing to stop the sale of illicit drinks, after 16 peo-
ple who drank alcohol laced with chemicals died in the area. [PHOTO: KEVIN TUNOI/
STANDRD]
Bill proposes Sh10m ne
for selling lethal drinks
New law is suggesting
punitive measures for
suppliers and users of
laced alcoholic drinks
Nandi County Executive,
through the countys legal af-
fairs office, has presented the Al-
coholic Drinks Control Bill (2014)
to the county assembly for debate.
The Bill, which was initiated follow-
ing recent adulterated alcohol related
deaths in Nandi, is proposing stringent
control and penalties for suppliers
and users of the alcoholic drinks.
The highlights include a fine not ex-
ceeding Sh10 million or a 10-year jail
term for dealing in adulterated alco-
hol. If passed to be county law, the Bill
might also see a dealer slapped with
both sentences.
A fine not exceeding Sh2 mil-
lion or a five-year jail term or
both; has been proposed for unli-
censed brewers, while bar owners
will be liable to a fine not exceeding
Sh500,000 for selling alcohol without
a license or one year in jail or both.
The Bill further proposes a total ban
on alcohol in sachets or plastic pack-
ets whereas a drunk and disorderly or
incapable person will face six months
in jail or a fine not exceeding Sh10,000
or be hit with both sentences.
Despite the heavy penalties, the
Bill has special provisions to reha-
bilitate alcoholics and proposes con-
struction of a rehabilitation centre in
every sub-county.
LIQUOR LABORATORY
It proposes that sub-county com-
mittees issue liquor licenses and a
laboratory be set up where all liquor
will undergo tests before they are be-
ing released for sale.
Special provisions have also been
made on making and supplying tradi-
tional alcoholic drinks during cultural
ceremonial events, popularly known
as Tumdo. These include; circumci-
sion and wedding ceremonies among
other cultural events where tradition-
al brew is required.
We have been using traditional
brew during weddings and other cer-
emonies. It is unfortunate that rogue
individuals have now spoiled our cul-
ture with illicit brew. Our traditional
brew never killed anyone; this law
will stop further misuse of provisions
of cultural ceremonies, said Samwel
Sawe, Leader of Majority in the as-
sembly.
Law enforcers also face tough pen-
alties if the county assembly approves
the Bill where any law enforcement
officer found to have taken bribes or
any form of reward instead of enforc-
ing the alcohol related laws, will face
a one year jail term or a fine not ex-
ceeding Sh200,000 or both.
HARSH LEGISLATION
Repeat offenders stand to face
a compulsory admission in al-
cohol rehabilitation facility.
Speaking to The Standard after pre-
senting the Bill to the county assem-
bly for debate, George Tarus, Nandi
County official in charge of legal af-
fairs, said it was drafted to prevent
more loss of lives to illicit drinks.
The legislation may seem too
harsh, but the penalties will give the
judge or magistrates discretion by
setting the ceiling fines. We hope the
county assembly will pass the Bill in-
to law after debate and amendments,
if any, he said.
Nandi County lost 16 people to
adulterated drinks early this month.
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NANDI COUNTY
Monday, March 24, 2014
C
oun
cil locks out public
tran
sport from
city C
B
D
Residents received
the move warmly
as matatu operators
protested, but now
council says all is well
By KEPHER OTIENO
The Municipal Council of Kisumu
in conjunction with the trafc police
department has successfully locked
public transport out of the towns
centre.
Thanks to the combined forces,
no 14-seater matatu and boda boda
operates in the central business
district now.
And residents have praised the
effort, arguing sanity has been
restored in the CBD and trafc ow
was now smooth.
No matatus or boda bodas are
allowed to pick or drop passengers
at the CBD. The ban also applies to
tricycles and it has been in effect for
the past one week, though amid
protests.
Distances shortened
The authorities have also blocked
Oginga Odinga Avenue up to
Standard Chartered Bank junction to
ease trafc ow.
Passengers are now being
dropped at Jomo Kenyatta Highway
and trek to town.
The move follows successful
negotiations between the authority
and matatu operators whose
distances have now been cut short.
We are happy because the plans
have reduced our distance by
one-and-a-half kilometres, said a
matatu operator George Onyango.
According to the town authorities
the plan aims to decongest the city
and will remain in force until 2013.
Thereafter the council will
develop fresh plans to accommodate
the increased number of private cars
in town, a source from the council
said.
Already, the number of private
cars streaming in the town has
peaked and the trafc department
anticipates the gure will rise.
The councils enforcement ofcer
in charge of the trafc order Adrian
Ouma said they would not back
down on the move.
WIN-win situation
Eng Ouma said matatu owners
appreciated the directive because
they still charge the same bus fare
despite the distance being short-
ened.
It is a win-win situation, the
matatu operators have all the
reasons to smile same as the
council, he said, as he asked them
to co-operate.
Kisumu Mayor Sam Okello
thanked the residents for allowing
them to bring sanity within the CBD.
There have been complaints of
matatu disorder within the CBD,
which have been disrupting smooth
operations of businesses.
With the new measures in force
people can now go about their
business easily without disruptions
by blaring sounds.
Nyanza PPO Njue Njagi promised
to support the council to restore
sanity and warned that those who
resist change would be arrested and
charged.
Eng Ouma said matatu owners
appreciated the directive because
they still charge the same bus fare
despite the distance being short-
ened.
It is a win-win situation, the
matatu operators have all the
reasons to smile same as the
Trafc Police ofcer redirects a matatu driver at Kisumu Bus Park entry, yes-
terday. Kisumu Municipal Council has re-routed trafc from the central busi-
ness district to de-congest the town. [PHOTO: TITUS MUNALA/STANDARD]
WHAT WAS AT STAKE
When the Council announced
the plan to re-route public
transport from the CBD, it was
received with mixed reactions
Residents welcomed it, say-
ing it would help in planning
the town and reduce matatu
noise
At frst, the public transport
operators complied for hours
before they re-grouped to
protest the directive
However, yesterday the
council said operators and
Page 23
TANZANIA: Two suspects
ashed out of hotel, killed
Two suspected notorious
criminals who have been
terrorising tourists in Masai Mara
have been lynched by a mob
in Musoma, Tanzania. Nelson
Segeria and his accomplice were
ambushed inside a guesthouse in
the town and attacked by an irate
mob, which had identied them
as known gangsters. According
to Mara Triangle Chief Executive
Ofcer Brian Heath, two other
members of the gang escaped, but
security ofcers recovered one
AK-47 rie with 427 bullets.
CORNERED: Two suspects
ashed out of hotel, killed
mob, which had identied them
as known gangsters. According
to Mara Triangle Chief Executive
Ofcer Brian Heath, two other
members of the gang escaped, but
security ofcers recovered one
AK-47 rie with 427 bullets.
Kisumu County
Kisumu County
Kisumu County
The places
where babies
choose their
own names,
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y B RAEL JELIMO
Vihiga Senator, George Khaniri
wants President Uhuru Kenyatta to
sack the of cers overseeing security
in the country.
The Senator said the spate of
insecurity in the country can be
controlled but only if the President
acts fast.
He spoke when he met Governor
Moses Akaranga and other county
leaders in Mbale to iron out some
county matters.
Many Kenyans are losing lives
t the hands of terror gangs and we
cannot continue living like this. We
want the President to assure us that
we are safe in our own country,
he said.
He said the Inspector General of
Police, David Kimaiyo had failed to
guarantee the people of their safety
and urged him to step down for a
competent person to run the docket.
Khaniri further said the calls for a
referendum by the opposition was
a genuine concern which every
other Kenyan desired, since the
Constitution was not 100 per cent
perfect when it was adopted.
The Rift Valley Council of Elders
has asked President Uhuru Kenyatta
and his deputy, William Ruto to take
charge of security in the country.
In a statement issued in Nakuru,
the council chairman, Gilbert
Kabage said security issues should
not be politicised.
The Constitution has given
everyone the right to speak but
leaders should be careful not
to divide Kenyans by making
statements that cause fear, he said.
He said the council has resolved
to reduce the current ethnic
tension in the county by involving
more elders in peace building and
cohesion eforts. The youth will also
be brought on board.
Sack current security
chiefs, Uhuru told
Rift elders want Uhuru,
Ruto to improve security
NAKURU COUNTY
VIHIGA COUNTY
A ne not exceeding Sh10 mil-
lion or a 10-year jail term for
dealing in adulterated alcohol
A ne not exceeding Sh2 mil-
lion or a ve-year jail term or
both for unlicensed brewers
Bar owners will be liable to a
ne not exceeding Sh500, 000
for selling alcohol without a li-
cense
The Bill further proposes a to-
tal ban on alcohol in sachets or
plastic packets
HIGHLIGHTS OF NEW
COUNTY ALCOHOL LAW
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This man uses a multi purpose phone that has an ariel and earphones for radio and TV to capture the moment by
taking photos and video of Kiambu county goverment awarding winners at a football match in Thika Stadium . [PHOTO.
FIDELIS KABUNYI/ STANDARD]
Not even a
downpour could
prevent these
worshipers at a
crusade in Kisumu
from listening to
the gospel. They
opted to shield
themselves with
plastic chairs.
[PHOTO: COLLINS
ODUOR/ STANDARD]
Embu Speaker Kariuki Mate who
was rescued after an abduction
NYERI COUNTY
NYAMIRA COUNTY
NYANDARUA COUNTY
KAKAMEGA COUNTY
HOMA BAY COUNTY
NYERI COUNTY
KIAMBU COUNTY
KISUMU COUNTY
Court defers Kibaki
property case
Residents claim
roads incomplete
Driver who rescued
Embu speaker dies
Audit exposes fraud
in health sector
TNA hopeful locked
out of by-election
Educate teens to shun
crime, says Kagwe
y B MURIMI MWANGI
y B NAFTAL MAKORI
y B ANTONY GITONGA
y B ALEX WECHULI WAKHISI
y B JAMES OMORO
y B LYDIAH NYAWIRA
A court case on a property dispute
involving retired President Mwai Ki-
baki has been postponed to Novem-
ber.
The dispute pitting Kibaki, his
elder brother Samuel Kibaki and
four other elderly men from Othaya
against a Nyeri-based property firm,
Mathingira Wholesalers, was pushed
to November 20 when two final wit-
nesses for the latter will testify.
Senior counsel Gibson Kamau
Kuria, for Kibaki and the other re-
spondents, concluded cross-examin-
ing plaintiffs witness Sammy Maina.
Maina told Justice Anthony Omb-
wayo of the Nyeri High Court that
there was foul play to deny share-
holders of Mathingira exclusive own-
ership of the contentious building.
Nyamira residents have complained over
deplorable state of roads even after Sh212
million was set aside in the last nancial
year to improve them.
They said most of the projects were
incomplete and some contractors had
abandoned works. The county earmarked 33
county roads for grading and gravelling and.
According to the tender contracts, most of
the roads should be complete by now.
But Kepha Osoro, county executive
committee member in charge of roads,
refuted claims that most projects had been
abandoned and attributed the delay to
heavy rains pounding the area.
Most of these roads are at advanced
stage and some are 60 per cent complete,
he said.
SIAYA COUNTY
HOMA BAY COUNTY
MPs: State in plans
to kill gender rule
Sh3m property lost
as re guts dorm
y B LAWRENCE ALURU
y B JAMES OMORO
A section of Siaya County MPs have
accused the Government of planning to
do away with the one-third gender rule.
Ugunja MP James Wandayi and
Siaya Woman Representative Christine
Ombaka said Jubilee was planning to
sneak into Parliament a Bill to cut the
wage bill.
Wandayi accused Jubilee of being
behind eforts to scrap the one-third
gender rule to cut the wage bill yet that
would undermine devolution.
We strongly oppose the Bill
because if the gender rule is scrapped
as advocated by Jubilee MPs, women
issues will not be addressed adequately
in the Senate, National Assembly
and county assemblies, claimed Dr
Ombaka.
Property worth Sh3 million was lost after
re gutted a dormitory at Homa Bay High
School on Monday night.
More than 100 students lost their
property in the re that started at about
7.30pm when they were attending their
evening remedial classes.
Fire ghters arrived only to nd the
dormitory had been razed down.
School Principal Andrew Buop said no
one was injured in the inferno.
He said the incident was likely to afect
the schools performance in the forthcoming
Kenya Certicate of Secondary Education
exams since a number of candidates lost 95
per cent of their learning materials.
The driver who rescued Embu
Speaker Justus Mate after he went
missing has died, a day after he was
involved in a grisly road accident along
the Nairobi-Nakuru highway.
Peter Ndungu, 32, died while
undergoing treatment at North
Kinangop Catholic Mission Hospital on
Monday evening.
He was involved in an accident near
Marula farm in Naivasha after an Anti-
Stock Theft Unit (ASTU) vehicle rammed
into a canter he was driving.
The driver of the ASTU vehicle and
three other passengers were seriously
injured.
His wife Hannah Wangui conrmed
the death, saying the family was
planning to transfer the body to
Olkalau.
David Wanjohi, who rescued the
driver during the accident, said that
they rst took him to Kijabe Mission
Hospital on Sunday evening but he
could not be admitted as all the wards
were full.
He was treated in Kijabe and later
we transferred him to Kinangop but
unfortunately he died hours later, he
said.
Ndungu hit the headlines two
months ago after he rescued the Embu
speaker who had gone missing for three
days from a Nairobi hotel and took him
to Gigiri Police Station.
MOMBASA COUNTY
Mungatana faults
DWU strike threat
y B BENARD SANGA
Kenya Ports Authority Chairman
Danson Mungatana has dismissed a
strike notice issued by Dock Workers
Union (DWU) on Friday over the
Mombasa Port Community Service
Charter.
Mungatana said the union was
involved in the drafting of the charter
launched by President Uhuru Kenyatta
last month and attributed the strike
threat to politics.
The union claims that the charter
gives the government powers to
privatise key services at the port like
loading and ofoading of cargo.
DWU Secretary General Simon Sang
claimed the charter targets to change
the facility into a landlord port.
An audit report on Kakamega
County has exposed misuse of mil-
lions of shillings allocated to the
health docket.
According to the preliminary re-
port done in all medical centres in
the county, there has been misappro-
priation of funds and theft of drugs.
The report by county auditing of-
ficer Charles Tung a says most health
facilities have been running with-
out facilities and essential drugs.
County Health Executive Elsie Mu-
handa said the full report will re-
leased this week.
She warned that any officer who
will be found guilty of corruption will
be sacked and charged in the court
of law.
Muhanda also revealed that the
county will employ 300 nurses, 80
clinical officers and other medics
this week to curb shortage of med-
ical staff.
The National Alliance may not
participate in the Kibiri Ward by-elec-
tion in Homa Bay County after its
candidate failed to be cleared by the
Independent Electoral and Boundar-
ies Commission.
Jack Babji Owino is one of the six
aspirants who had expressed interest
in the vacant in Karachuonyo Con-
stituency.
Karachuonyo Constituency Re-
turning Officer Joseph Juma declined
to approve Owinos candidature on
grounds that his name could not be
located in any voters register in the
constituency.
It is a requirement that all con-
testants must be registered voters in
this ward, Juma said.
The seat fell vacant following the
murder of its holder Boaz Odhiambo
Ondiek in April this year.
There is need to educate teenag-
ers and influence them positively in
order save them from crime, Nyeri
Senator Mutahi Kagwe has said.
Kagwe called for planned popu-
lation growth in the country to en-
sure a balance between population
growth, education standards and
economic status.
Mr Kagwe was speaking during
the National Council for Population
and Development (NCPD) workshop
held at a Nyeri hotel.
The plight of the boy-child has a
direct impact on security and econo-
my of the country, Kagwe said.
Vane Lumumba, NCPD deputy
director in charge of policy research,
said the council was seeking to edu-
cate Kenyans on the importance of
family planning.
Rarieda MP Nicholas Gumbo
Page 19 COUNTY NEWS / Wednesday, July 23, 2014 / The Standard
Farmers in Chepkorio harvesting potatoes and packaging the produce ready for the market. They want the county
government to enforce law on packaging so that only 50 kilogramme bags are used to avoid being exploited by
middlemen who insist on bigger bags. [PHOTO: KEVIN TUNOI/STANDARD]
MACHAKOS COUNTY SIAYA COUNTY MOMBASA COUNTY
UASIN GISHU COUNTY
Residents complain
over blackouts
Ofcer accused of
sexual advances
County to create an
integrity register
Residents of Machakos town and
its environs have raised concern over
the persistent power blackouts in the
area.
Talking to The Standard, the resi-
dents who included traders said de-
spite having complained severally to
the Kenya Power offices in the town,
nothing has been done.
Currently, our businesses espe-
cially those that majorly depend on
electricity have tremendously been
affected, leading to losses, said the
traders.
They appealed to the county gov-
ernment to intervene.
We believe Governor Alfred Mu-
tua can solve this problem once and
for all as he has demonstrated in oth-
er areas, they said.
A family in Usigu division, Bon-
do Sub-county, has accused a police
officer in the area of making unwar-
ranted sexual advances towards their
daughter.
George Odhiambo Ngodo said
he was fearing for his life after he re-
fused to settle a defilement case be-
tween his daughter, 15, and a man ac-
cused of defiling her out of court.
Police in Usenge Police Station are
said to have arrested the man before
the officer started exchanging writ-
ten communication with the girl,
persuading her to have the case set-
tled out of court
In one of the notes seen by The
Standard, the said police officer
promised to marry the minor.
Bondo police boss Paul Kiarie de-
nied knowledge of the matter.
Mombasa County residents may in
future get an opportunity to inspect
a register to confirm the integrity of
people seeking public office.
The county assembly has received
a notice of Motion seeking to compel
the clerk to maintain a register of con-
flict of interest that will be open to the
public for inspection.
Chairman of the Finance commit-
tee and nominated member of the
county assembly, Mohamed Hatimy,
said the Motion was in line with sec-
tion 16 (10) of the Leadership and In-
tegrity Act of 2012.
The Act provides that for purpos-
es of subsection (9), the clerk of the
senate, the national assembly or a
county assembly shall maintain a reg-
ister of conflict of interest, which shall
be open to the public for inspection.
Hatimy said for the assembly to
achieve its core oversight role, trans-
parency must be at the forefront of all
its administrative actions.
I urge this assembly to resolve
that the clerk of the assembly open
this register as soon as is reasonably
possible, Hatimy said.
PUBLIC SCRUTINY
County Speaker Thadeus Rajwayi
allowed the Motion and Hatimy told
the House that public scrutiny will
promote a culture of transparency.
If this is done, any conflict of in-
terest by anyone holding public office
in this county will be accessible and
open to scrutiny. Doing this observes
the spirit of promoting transparency
which will help create a strong culture
where trust and collaboration are the
norm, he said.
Meanwhile, the committee on Ear-
ly Childhood Education and Voca-
tional Training are to investigate con-
cerns that the county is experiencing
a high school drop out rate.
Mwakirunge Ward Representative
Enock Mwadziwe told the House that
the county has also registered poor
performance in examinations which
can be attributed to lax parents who
allow children to engage in leisure ac-
tivities at the expense of school work.
Mr speaker sir, there have been
cases of school going children drop-
ping out of school right from pre-pri-
mary to secondary school and girls
are the most affected, he said.
TAITA TAVETA COUNTY
NAKURU COUNTY MOYALE COUNTY
Clarication
Court bars rm
from sacking staf
Ethiopian dies as
latrine collapses
y B BOAZ KIPNGENOH
y B LIBAN GOLICHA y B PATRICK BEJA
In yesterdays Standard newspapers
page 21 under the headline County
to host WW1 commemoration we
wrote that the Taita Taveta Governor
John Mruttu had handed over a Sh10
million cheque to the World War 1
Secretariat for the commemoration.
It has, however, come to our attention
that Taita Taveta County pledged Sh10
million for hosting the event but did
not issue any cheque as reported while
Whitesands Hotel donated Sh200,000.
We take this earliest opportunity to
apologise to Governor Mruttu and all
those involved for the mix-up.
A Nakuru court has extended
orders barring a Naivasha ower farm
from dismissing over 100 employees
over allegations of participation in
union activities.
Industrial Court Judge Byram
Ongaya barred Wilham (K)
Limited from termination of contract of
its 100 employees pending the hearing
and determination of a case they have
led.
The company should uphold
employees rights and stop intimidating
them, Justice Ongaya ruled yesterday.
Justice Ongaya issued the orders
following a suit by Kenya Plantations
and Agricultural Workers Union
(KPAWU) petitioning the court to
overturn the companys decision to
terminate the workers employment.
KPAWU is also seeking orders
compelling the rm to allow the
employees freedom of association and
participation in union activities.
Justice Ongaya scheduled the next
hearing date for September 23.
An Ethiopian died while two others
survived after a pit latrine they were
digging collapsed in Moyale town on
Monday evening.
The Ethiopians popularly known as
Konso labourers had been hired by the
county government to dig pit latrines in
Moyale main market.
Residents said the labourers had
been at the site for about a week.
The incident attracted a huge crowd
who helped rescue two people trapped
in the latrine and retrieved the 25-year-
olds body.
Moyale OCS Richard Ngeno
conrmed the incident.
Ethiopian Konsos have been crossing
over to the Kenyan side for casual jobs
for years.
y B VICTOR NZUMA
y B ISAIAH GWENGI
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Page 20 / CENTRAL NEWS Wednesday, July 23, 2014 / The Standard
Three committees at Muranga
County Assembly have tabled reports
on their foreign trips.
The reports outline lessons learnt
by members of the three committees,
and how their knowledge will be ap-
plied in various sectors.
Members of the County Assembly
(MCAs) visited six countries between
last September and July, this year.
They have described the visits as ed-
ucative and out to help Muranga at-
tain Vision 2030.
Yesterday, Assembly Speaker
Nduati Kariuki said there would be
no more trips this year until the les-
sons learnt are implemented.
All the trips undertaken bythe as-
sembly are of much value to the re-
gion as what leaders learned will
be implemented to the latter, said
Nduati during an interview after the
assembly session yesterday.
He said some MCAs were strand-
ed at the Jomo Kenyatta Internation-
al Airport after he cancelled their trip
upon learning there were no adequate
plans for it.
In the last one year, the MCAs have
travelled to Uganda, South African,
Netherlands, Israel and Singapore.
VALUE ADDITION
On Uganda, the MCAs report
calls for collaboration with Agri-Ba-
nanas Products Company to extract
banana wine, juice, crisps, flour and
animal feed, among other products.
MCAs table
reports on
foreign trips
The report recommends that Mu-
ranga coffee co-operatives partner
with local universities to establish ag-
riculture packages.
Policies and Bills, the report rec-
ommends, should enhance value ad-
dition in coffee to help farmers earn
more.
Uganda has a system that en-
courages local consumption of cof-
fee, a trend that should be adopted in
Muranga to help the commodity earn
better returns, says part of the report.
In Tanzania, the team learnt how
to manage co-operative societies in
horticulture. They found that pro-
grammes and exploration of markets
for French beans have seen farmers
earn Sh110 (Tsh2,035) per kilo of the
crop with an acre producing 12,000 ki-
los that matures after three months.

BETTER PRICES
Another report outlines how coffee
farmers are reaping better prices, with
a kilo trading at Sh230 through coop-
erative societies.
On fighting alcoholism, the MCAs
recommend that the county manu-
facture banana wine, which the Tan-
zania Government adopted to reduce
illicit brews in rural areas.
In the Netherlands, the MCAs ob-
served mechanised farming which
they say should be adopted in Mu-
ranga to lower production costs in
feeding livestock.
The reports recommend that dairy
farmers be trained to specialise.
A community in Tharaka Nithi
County that had gone to court to
block a plan to fence Mount Kenya
forest land now says it will allow the
project to proceed on condition that
it is given back its land.
The fencing initiated by Rhino Ark
Company in Embu, Meru and Thara-
ka Nithi is to cost of Sh2.5 million per
kilometre.
The group known as Atiririri Buru-
ri ma Chuka said the fencing must be
done on the original forest border that
is 12km inside Mt Kenya forest.
Speaking to journalists at Kiru-
bia in Chuka/Igambangombe con-
stituency, the group chairman Ngai
Moboro said although land from
River Thuchi to River Nithi was con-
trolled by Kenya Forest Service, it was
not part of the forest.
The 12km stretch into the forest
is our ancestral land, but the bound-
ary was moved. The fence can be es-
tablished but our own land must be
left out, Moboro said.
He said they have been pushing to
reclaim their ancestral land for over
80 years.
Moboro said similar groups in
Embu and Meru had successfully
fought for their land in the forest.
He said community elders should
be used to identify the boundaries
that have been there since indepen-
dence.
What have we done wrong that
we are denied our shambas? The el-
derly people know where the bound-
aries were and should be used to
identify them, he said.
The fencing has been suspended
until the case in Chuka court is de-
termined.
Tharaka Nithi Governor Samuel
Ragwa had earlier pleaded with them
to allow the fencing to curb the risk of
attacks from wildlife.
Community
sets condition
for forest
fencing
y B BONIFACE GIKANDI
MURANGA COUNTY
THARAKA NITHI COUNTY
y B PEACE LOISE MBAE
Beating all the odds
Armless Mary Wanjiku washing her clothes at their home in Gitothua village in
Ruiru. She uses her toes to write and weave mats. [PHOTO: KAMAU MAICHUHIE/Stan-
dard]
Mystery over Nyeri coffee farmers un-
paid dues deepened yesterday after the
County Agriculture Secretary Shadrack
Mubea claimed he cannot quantify the pro-
duce already sold.
Mr Mubea told the Agriculture com-
mittee of the county assembly that only
his Trade counterpart Stanley Miano can
disclose the whereabouts of the coffee.
Mubea told the committee his mandate ends
at the point of handing over the processed
coffee to the millers, and does not include
marketing and payment issues.
Interestingly, Mubea had been sum-
moned by the committee together with
Mr Miano but the latter did not show
up, claiming he was attending a burial.
Each docket has its mandate. We did our
part and I believe these questions are being
directed to the wrong person, said Mubea.
The committee claimed farmers have lost
close to Sh1.7 billion due to blunders made
by the county government under the pool
marketing model adopted for Nyeri coffee.
Mubea claimed he is in darkness as to how
much has been made so far, and that the
soonest he can divulge that information is
early next month.
The committee members led by Chair-
man Kibira Ngunyi warned Mubea risks
losing his job for incompetence if he can-
not answer the farmers over their produce.
You came and asked for a job here and
you are answerable to the farmers on where
you took their coffee. Parents dont even
have money to pay school fees, warned Mr
Ngunyi.
Mubea was accused by commit-
tee members of acting like a messen-
ger of the Trade executive to keep farm-
ers in darkness over their rightful dues.
Since you have chosen to be his messenger
we are also sending you back to tell him this
house is willing to give him a chance to rest
for good, said Ms Regina Macharia, also a
member of the committee.
The farmers recently received Sh10 per
kilo as advance payment with a promise
they would receive the rest of their dues by
June 30, but have not yet received anything.
It is already July, so what miracles will be
done to pay them the Sh130 you promised
them in their factories? posed Mr Ngunyi.
But in a quick rejoinder, Mia-
no refuted allegations of foul play
in the handling of Nyeri coffee.
Miano said the county government will pay
farmers once all the proceeds have been re-
ceived from the sale of the coffee.
He was, however, non-committal on
when payment would be done, adding that
all the coffee from the county has been sold
either through auction or direct marketing.
The status of coffee is that 41 per cent
has been sold through direct marketing,
while 59 per cent has been sold through auc-
tion, he said.
Direct sales require the payment to be
made upon the receipt of shipping docu-
ments by the buyers bank, and once we get
the money we will pay our farmers, he said.
Cofee farmers in deeper darkness over payment as ofcial denies knowledge
y B MURIMI MWANGI AND NDERITU
GICHURE
Nyeris County agriculture executive Shadrack Mubea
(left) and Chairman of the County Assembly committee on
agriculture Kibira Ngunyi after the committee grilled Mr
Mubea over the status of Nyeri cofee.
Page 21 CENTRAL NEWS / Wednesday, July 23, 2014 / The Standard
y B JOSEPH MUCHIRI
EMBU COUNTY
Leaders from the ruling coalition
have stepped up the vote hunt for
the TNA candidate in the forthcom-
ing Gatundu South by-election.
Led by National Assembly Majori-
ty leader Aden Duale, the leaders want
Gatundu South voters to elect polit-
ical activist Moses Kuria, the TNA
flag-bearer in the race.
Mr Duale, who was speak-
ing during a fund-raiser at Wind-
sor Golf Club on Monday in aid of
Kurias candidature rallied Gatundu
South electorate behind him, say-
ing he was the best suited candidate.
Kuria must join us in Parliament,
the Dujis MP, who was the chief guest
during the event, said.
ENJOY TNA SUPPORT
Although Kurias bid for the seat
has not been smooth-sailing in Kiam-
bu, he appears to enjoy the support of
Jubilees top leadership.
Interestingly, most senior politi-
cians affiliated to TNA in the area gave
the function a wide berth, with on-
ly Limuru MP Peter Kiragu attending
the event. Kiambu Governor William
Duale backs
Kurias bid
Kabogo sent his contribution.
Other leaders present were Tetu
MP Ndungu Gethinji, Kabando wa
Kabando (Mukurweini), Yusuf Has-
san (Kamukunji), Kiambu Majority
Leader Simon Komu and Ngewa Ward
Representative Karungo wa Thangwa
among other MCAs and business peo-
ple.
AGAINST CANDIDATURE
MPs from Kiambu and other parts
who are allied to the Jubilee Coalition
have been opposed to Kurias candi-
dature, with some of them publicly
declining to endorse him.
The MPs are said to be silently
supporting city lawyer Kiarie Kamere,
who is contesting the seat on a New
Democrats Party ticket.
Recently, Juja MP Francis Munyua
was heckled when he rooted for
Kurias election during a public func-
tion that was graced by Deputy Presi-
dent William Ruto.
Kuria urged the people of Gatundu
South to vote for him so that he can
help the Jubilee government achieve
its wider dream of transforming Ken-
ya.
The seat fell vacant after the
death of Joseph Ngugi, who collapsed
at his Runda home.
Embu county is among the leading
producers of mangoes in the country
but farmers earn little or nothing from
these fruits since most end up going
to waste due to oversupply.
This scenario is now set to change
after farmers formed Mango Maro
Cooperative Society through which
they hope to raise funds to buy land
and set up a fruit processing plant
to help them reap big from not, just
mangoes, but also bananas and pas-
sion fruit processing.
Newly elected secretary, Mary Nji-
hia, said the farmers decided to team
up after being frustrated by brokers,
who buy their mangoes at a pittance.
The co-operative has 1,500 farm-
ers and targets to reach 3,000 by start
of the next mango season in Decem-
ber.
Most of our mangoes go to waste
because investors shy away from set-
ting up industries for products that
are seasonal. Starting a cooperative
for value addition is the right way to
go, said governor Martin Wambora
during the coops launch.
He pledged to top up the farmers
finances, totalling Sh5 million, with a
similar amount to make sure the fac-
tory is set up.
Embu mango
farmers unite
to grow sector
y B ERIC WAINAINA
KIAMBU COUNTY
Facing terror charges
Sar Guracha Haro at the Milimani Law Courts yesterday where he was charged
with soliciting funds to support a terrorist group. He was released on a bond of
Sh10 million. [PHOTO: FIDELIS KABUNYI/STANDARD]
The National Construction Authority is established under the National Construction
Authority Act CAP 449A Laws of Kenya to oversee the construction industry and co-
ordinate its development. Its mandate extends to the registration and regulation of
contractors.
It has come to the attention of the Authority that some unscrupulous persons are
approaching registered contractors and members of the public through SMS on the
pretext that they have been appointed by the Authority to facilitate access to cash free
bank bid bonds, performance bonds, advance payment guarantees, logbook loans and
letters of credit.
The purpose of this notice is to inform Contractors and the general public that the
Authority has neither contracted nor appointed any person or organisation to facilitate
the issuance of the above mentioned facilities. Members of the public are also advised
not to pay any money in the form of facility fees or share details like bank account
numbers and any other information that may be used to perpetuate fraud. Contractors
are encouraged to seek the services of reputable financial institutions to obtain the
said facilities.
Contractors are advised to always cross check any information that purports to origi-
nate from the Authority through its official contact points which are as follows;
National Construction Authority
Hill Plaza 1
st
Floor Ngong Road
P. O. Box 21046 -00100
Nairobi
Tel (020) 2712096, 2712098
Cell: 0700021222
Email: info@nca.go.ke
Any person who may have been a victim of this scheme is advised to report the same
to the Police for further action.
Arch. Daniel Manduku
Executive Director/Registrar of Contractors
NOTI CE TO THE GENERAL PUBLI C
Page 22 / COUNTY NEWS Wednesday, July 23, 2014 / The Standard
y B BONIFACE GIKANDI
Kinangop MP Stephen Kinyanjui (left) is mobbed by youths and other support-
ers on arrival at Mwendandu shopping centre in Nyandarua County where he
was to hold a rally over a wind power park project, yesterday. He later called it
of. [PHOTO: JOSEPH KIPSANG/STANDARD]
A meeting convened to discuss the
controversial multi-billion shilling
Kinangop Wind Power project ended
in disarray yesterday after area MP
Stephen Kinyanjui clashed with the
organisers.
The event attended by over 2,000
residents turned chaotic after the le-
gilsator, who is opposed to the ini-
tiative, arrived and announced there
was nothing more to discuss with in-
vestors.
Nyandarua Governor Waithaka
Mwangi, County Commissioner Wil-
son Njega and Senator Muriuki Karue
were shocked by the turn of events
and watched in bewilderment.
The meeting had proceeded
smoothly save for occasional shout-
ing by youths as various leaders re-
counted the events leading to the cur-
rent stalemate.
After a few leaders had addressed
the meeting, the MP disregarded pro-
tocol and declared to a charged crowd
MP calls of
talks on mega
wind project
that a past meeting held at the same
venue last month had resolved to kick
out the investors.
We have nothing more to dis-
cuss over this issue as we were here
last month and resolved that we dont
want the project, he said, closing the
meeting.
The meeting at Mwendandu mar-
ket had been called to convince resi-
dents to back the project, which will
add 60 megawatts to the national grid.
Last month, locals led by the lawmak-
er issued an ultimatum to the inves-
tors to move out of the area, leaving
the project hanging in the balance.
RAW DEAL
Residents have accused the wind
power company of giving them a raw
deal, saying they were misled when
they entered into an agreement with
the firm.
The governor condemned the MP
and took great exception to his re-
marks that the county government
had conspired against residents by
allegedly colluding with the investors
to swindle them of their land.
having colluded with the investors to
take away farmers land.
Leaders must speak the truth at
all times and a mature leader should
be prepared to tackle hard questions
facing his people no matter the po-
litical consequences, the governor
added.
He said farmers were suffering as
a result of the MPs decision.
Last month, the MP alleged that
Kinangop Wind Power Park Chief Ex-
ecutive Officer James Wakaba was
spearheading economic interests of
a leader in the county.
The truth of the matter is this
project was started way back in 2004,
some nine years before the county
government was conceived. Nobody
in his right mind would accuse us of
Horticulture farming in Muranga
is set to benefit from a lucrative mar-
ket in Netherlands.
Muranga Governor Mr Mwangi
wa Iria pledged to negotiate a ready
market in the foreign country. The
governor was speaking before he left
for Netherlands for a round table
meeting with prospective exporters.
Addressing leaders from the co-
operative movement sector, Wa Iria
outlined his active participation in
the horticulture sector, noting that
millions of shillings had been allo-
cated to establish giant irrigation
programmes. He spoke as plans to
establish a French beans processing
plant at Kenol market are underway.
Netherlands is among the foreign
countries that buy horticulture pro-
duce including cut flowers. I am fly-
ing to Netherlands to have a meet-
ing with major importers who want
to buy produce from our county, he
said.
Major irrigation programmes esti-
mated at more than Sh2 billion are set
to be established in the county includ-
ing Ithanga and Kakuzi/Mitumbiri ar-
eas to facilitate horticulture farming.
Boost for
horticulture
farmers
y B KARANJA NJOROGE
NYANDARUA COUNTY
MURANGA COUNTY
Phase I 2,000km
Phase II 3,000km
Phase III 5,000km
In line with the strategy for development of Kenyas road infrastructure, the Government is committed to completing ongoing road projects and initiate
new ones in the country. This will enhance opportunities for growth, economic development and employment.
Specifically, the Government intends to roll out development of 10,000km of new roads within the next five (5) years using alternative financing and
delivery strategies in partnership with the Private Sector. The program is divided into three (3) Phases and covers highways, rural and urban roads as
follows:
Phase I of the Program will commence by December 2014.
The Ministry has therefore organized a one-day Road Infrastructure Development Stakeholders Conference on Monday, 28th July, 2014 to sensitize key
stakeholders on available opportunities in the Sub-Sector under the Annuity Model. Participants are invited from the following sectors:
Development Partners
Financial Institutions
Contractors
Members of the National Assembly and the Senate
Interested participants are requested to register via Email: ps@infrastructure.go.ke or call 0700423606, 0722405659 or 0721221826 by Friday 25th July,
2014. Registration Form can be accessed from the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Website: www.transport.go.ke
DATE: 28TH JULY, 2014
VENUE: KICC, TSAVO HALL, NAIROBI
TIME: 8.00 AM TO 2.00 PM
Phase I 2,000km
Phase II

3,000km

Phase III 5,000km
Developing Road Infrastructure Through Partnership
Consulting Engineers, Surveyors and Planners
Equipment and Materials Manufacturers/Distributors
Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT & INFRASTRUCTURE
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT STAKEHOLDERS CONFERENCE
MONDAY 28TH JULY, 2014
follows:
Contractors
Phase I 2,000km
Phase II

3,000km

Phase III 5,000km
follows:
Contractors
Phase I 2,000km
Phase II

3,000km

Phase III 5,000km
follows:
Contractors
Phase I 2,000km
Phase II

3,000km

Phase III 5,000km
follows:
Contractors
Phase I 2,000km
Phase II

3,000km

Phase III 5,000km
In line with the strategy for development of Kenyas road infrastructure, the
Government is committed to completing ongoing road projects and initiate
new ones in the country. This will enhance opportunities for growth, economic
development and employment.
Specically, the Government intends to roll out development of 10,000km of
new roads within the next ve (5) years using alternative nancing and delivery
strategies in partnership with the Private Sector. The program is divided into three
(3) Phases and covers highways, rural and urban roads as follows:

Phase I 2,000km
Phase II 3,000km
Phase III 5,000km
The Ministry has therefore organized a one-day Road Infrastructure Development
Stakeholders Conference on Monday , 28
th
July, 2014 to sensitize key stakeholders
on available opportunities in the Sub-Sector under the Annuity Model. Participants
are invited from the following sectors:
Contractors
Interested participants are requested to register via Email: ps@infrastructure.go.ke
or call 0700423606, 0722405659 or 0721221826 by Friday 25
th
July, 2014 .
Registration Form can be accessed from the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure
Website: www.transport.go.ke
DATE : 28
TH
JULY, 2014
VENUE : KICC, TSAVO HALL, NAIROBI
TIME : 8.00 AM TO 2.00 PM
MONDAY 28
TH
JULY, 2014
DEVELOPING ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH PARTNERSHIP
Page 23 NORTH EASTERN NEWS / Wednesday, July 23, 2014 / The Standard
Wajir County Governor Ahmed
Abdullahi has said he will not be in-
timidated by some local politicians
who want to derail his agenda for de-
velopment.
Abdullahi, who has just returned
from the US where he attended a fo-
rum with other governors, said there
was a systemic campaign by known
politicians to besmirch him and his
administration, a move he vowed will
not cow him.
The governor said recent media re-
ports that he was facing abuse of of-
fice charges were baseless, lies and
pure propaganda by his opponents
who lost in the last General Election.
The story seemed to have indi-
cated that I was facing abuse of office
charges, yet there are no such things,
Abdullahi told The Standard in an in-
terview.
Governor denies
EACC probe reports
In the story, Mr Mohamed Abikar
who claims to be the chairman of an
anti-graft forum in Wajir is reported
to have accused the governor of gross
abuse of office and urged the Presi-
dent to dissolve Wajir County Gov-
ernment.
Abdullahi said the people of Wajir
know who is behind the smear cam-
paign but vowed to continue working
for those who elected him as gover-
nor.
At times in politics, when you
share the platform with some people,
they can be intrinsically evil and they
will always want to disrupt your agen-
da but in the fullness of time, we will
expose them, he added.
He further noted the smear cam-
paign was being funded by a local pol-
itician who is determined to under-
mine his administration.
My allegiance
My opponents are envious of the
development projects we are carrying
out since they are not in charge of the
county affairs. But let me assure them
that I will not be intimidated as my al-
legiance is first to the people of Wa-
jir who overwhelmingly elected me,
he said.
The governor told his opponents
that if they had any grievances against
him, they were free to report to con-
stitutional commissions like the Com-
mission for Revenue Allocation, the
Controller of Budget among others.
He told his detractors to keep off
and give him time to deliver services
to the people of Wajir who for many
years been marginalised by succes-
sive governments.
The people of North Eastern, and
Wajir included, have for years not
known any development but with
devolution, our people have been
rescued from the bondage of having
to beg for development from the Na-
tional Government and this does not
seem to augur well with some peo-
ple, he added.
The governor noted that he will
continue to serve the people of Wajir
County without fear or favour.
He said he will devote his energies
to ensure what had been lost by the
county for the last many years is re-
stored through development projects.
I wont be cowed by
those who want to
derail my development
agenda, he says
WAJIR COUNTY
GARISSA COUNTY
y B MARTIN MUTUA
Tana River has changed its
course thereby cutting off the
lifeline for more than 3,000
families.
Affected farmers in Raya
village of Sankuri division,
Garissa County, said the riv-
er started changing its course
five years ago, thereby affect-
ing four farms namely Nasra,
Qahera, Lagdera and Tawakal.
Rashid Mohamed, one
of the affected farmers, said
the complete diversion has
now left the remaining farms
starved of water.
He said the farms that have
been supplying mangoes, ba-
nanas, passion fruits, water-
melons and vegetables could
become desolate.
During a visit to the affect-
ed farms on Sunday, labourers
were struggling to dig canals to
re-route some of the rivers wa-
ter back to the dry farms.
These farms you see here
now drying due to lack of wa-
ter supply benefits more than
3,000 people who use it as their
daily livelihood and paying
school fees for their children,
said Mr Mohamed.
Farmers said despite mak-
ing several appeals to the
county government to inter-
vene, they have only received
empty promises.
However, County Executive
for Agriculture, Fisheries and
Irrigation Hubi Hussein said
her department had no funds
to address the farmers con-
cerns at the moment.
My ministry got Sh410
million budget allocation this
financial year and the money
has already been committed
to other agricultural projects,
including purchase of 40 en-
gines for irrigation projects,
she said.
Isiolo Governor Godana
Doyo and his Samburu coun-
terpart Moses Lenakulale have
asked the pastoral communi-
ties to shun outdated practic-
es that promote cattle rustling
and banditry.
The leaders said cattle rus-
tling, banditry and highway
robberies that are common
in the area, were major obsta-
cles to development of the two
counties.
They were speaking at
Kom trading centre in Merti,
Isiolo County, at the weekend
during a security meeting that
brought together leaders and
members of security commit-
tees from the two counties.
LIVES LOST
Cattle rustling and bandit-
ry have retarded development
in the region and led to clash-
es where several people have
been killed and property de-
stroyed. This has to stop, said
Doyo.
Lenakulale said the rich
cultural heritage among pas-
toral communities in the area
should be exploited for devel-
opment and not clan feuds and
ethnic clashes.
We should co-exist peace-
fully and use our cultural her-
itage to promote tourism in-
stead of engaging in cattle
rustling and banditry, he said.
Cattle rustling incidents
have been on the rise in the
area.
Lifeline for 3,000 families cut of
as Tana River changes its course
Governors seek to end cattle rustling
y B ADOW JUBAT
y B ALI ABDI
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Five pupils injured
as structures on road
reserves attened
Five pupils were critically injured
when a demolition exercise turned
tragic in Kitengela, Kajiado County.
The St Liliana Academy pupils
were yesterday injured when a Kajia-
do County Government bulldozer at-
tempted to demolish a section of the
school believed to be on a road re-
serve with the children inside.
Five pupils, who included three
boys and two girls, were rushed to
the Kitengela Medical Hospital. The
pupils mostly suffered head injuries.
Shocked parents immediately
rushed to the school to help evacuate
the pupils.
Most of the parents condemned
the incident and urged police to in-
vestigate the matter.
Did the driver operating the trac-
tor know this is a school and there
were pupils in the classrooms? won-
dered Nancy Muthoni, a parent at the
school.
The incident occurred barely a day
after the county government of Kaji-
ado started demolishing structures
built on road reserves in Kitengela
Town.
SIX-MONTH NOTICE
Yesterday, earth movers descend-
ed on the illegal structures after expi-
ry of a six-month notice for owners to
bring them down.
The structures included shops,
workshops, salons, boutiques, kiosks
and residential houses.
A contingent of armed police offi-
cers have also been deployed into the
area to provide security during the ex-
ercise.
Kajiado County Executive Com-
mittee Member for Roads Cabinet
Dickson Ntikoisa told The Standard
that the exercise is aimed at easing
mobility in the town and its expect-
ed to continue until structures built
on public land are demolished.
We decided to take our time in or-
der to involve structure owners in this
exercise. We will do it very well with-
out discrimination, Said Mr Ntikoisa.
The demolitions were greeted with
mixed reaction from residents, with
most of them expressing optimism
that it will help ease mobility in the
town.
We have had situations where
even firefighters cannot access some
part of the town due to encroach-
ments on the road reserves, said Jon-
athan Ole Tumo, a resident.
RECLAIM LAND
More than 50 storey houses have
been earmarked for demolition to
pave way for feeder roads.
Kajiado County Governor Da-
vid Nkidianye told The Standard on
phone that the affected areas include
Kitengela, Ongata Rongai, Kiserian,
Loitokitok, Namanga, Kajiado town,
Sultan Hamud and Isinya.
We are doing this to open up
crowded areas, he said.
He added: My Government shall
also reclaim all fraudulently acquired
land, added Nkidianye.
Mrs Nancy Wangui, who sells fruits
at Kitengela market, said the period
given to them to move was very short
and urged the county government to
extend the notice.
Kitengela/Sholinke Ward Repre-
sentative Daniel Kancholi supported
the exercise.
KAJIADO COUNTY
y B PETERSON GITHAIGA
Teachers, parents and pupils at St Lililana Academy watch as a bulldozer
brings down structures at the institution. Several pupils were injured during
the exercise and were rushed to Kitengela Medical Centre. [PHOTO: PETERSON
GITHAIGA/STANDARD]
Chiefs in Kericho West district, Kericho
County have been warned they must
eliminate illicit brews or face the sack
even as Administration Police ofcers in
Narok South impounded several cartons
of illicit liquor valued at Sh30,000.
In an operation led by Narok South AP
boss Joseph Tum, the liquor was found
in bars after owners reported that they
suspected the drinks were illicit.
Speaking in Borborwet, Belgut
constituency, where one person allegedly
died after consuming changaa, Kericho
West Deputy County Commissioner Jamlek
Mbuba said chiefs who fail to eradicate
illicit brew will be punished.
Mbuba said stern action will be taken
against the area assistant chief who was
arrested for allegedly being drunk while
on duty.
Chiefs warned as police
impound Sh30,000 illicit brew
NAKURU COUNTY
KERICHO COUNTY
Warning over
depletion of
indigenous
forest in Narok
NAROK COUNTY
y B KIPCHUMBA KEMEI
A group of conservationists have
warned that the indigenious Nyakw-
eri forest in Transmara, Narok Coun-
ty, that is home to about 40 elephant
families, is on the verge of depletion
due to logging and charcoal burning.
They said the expansive forest,
which is also the source of various
rivers that drain into the Sondu Mir-
iu River, has been left at the mercy
of loggers and charcoal burners who
they claimed have over the last three
years destroyed more than 100 acres.
Unless something is done now
to halt this ongoing destruction, the
forest will be depleted in the next 10
years with catastrophic consequences
to people and animals that depend on
it, said Peter ole Tompoi, chairman of
Nyakweri-Kimindet Forest Conserva-
tion Trust.
Speaking yesterday in Kilgoris
during the Climate Change Adapta-
tion Project workshop that was spon-
sored by the Indigenous Information
Network and the Kenya Forest Work-
ing Group), the conservationists pro-
posed that the forest be placed under
the Kenya Forest Service for manage-
ment and rehabilitation.
Elgeyo Marakwet County Govern-
ment has allocated Sh100 million for
repair of the famous Kamariny Stadi-
um.
The stadium, which was opened
by the Queen of England in the 1950s,
is famed for its high altitude and of-
fers an ideal training ground for thou-
sands of both international and local
athletes.
It is currently in a dilapidated
state, as left by the defunct local au-
thorities, yet it continues to attract
thousands of athletes who are ex-
posed to possible injury from using
the run-down track.
Governor Alex Tolgos has said his
government is determined to exploit
the stadium and turn it into a sport
tourism hub that will have, among
other things, a three star hotel, facil-
Mr Alex
Tolgos, Elgeyo
Marakwet
Governor
Sh100 million set aside to
revamp Kamariny Stadium
y B FRED KIBOR
ELGEYO MARAKWET
ity for indoor games, modern track,
changing rooms, a gym, toilets, a
medical facility and hostels that can
accommodate up to 200 people.
Mr Tolgos said the funds set aside
by the county government were not
enough for the entire project and they
were looking for investors to partner
with them.
We cannot do this entirely on our
own and we are also looking for po-
tential partners, under the Private
Public Partnership, who will help
make this massive transformation a
reality, the governor said.
He said a comprehensive mas-
ter plan has already been developed
and the money set aside by the coun-
ty government will cater for the proj-
ects first phase hence building works
can begin immediately.
The governor said part of the proj-
ects key plan is to convert the stadi-
um purely into a training ground un-
like the present where it is still being
used to host agricultural fairs.

Ten women who obtained interim
orders stopping the government from
resettling IDPs on their parcel of land
in Subukia three years ago now want
Attorney General Githu Muigai com-
mitted to civil jail.
The women, also referred to as
ten sisters, moved to the High Court
in September 2011 seeking to stop
the Ministry of Lands and the Min-
istry of Special Programmes from re-
settling 226 families, displaced by the
2008 post-election violence, on the
755-acre piece of land and Justice Wil-
liam Ouko granted the order.
They moved to court yesterday
making a contempt of court appli-
cation against the AG before Justice
Roseline Wendoh.
Through their lawyer Steve Biko
Osur, the women claimed the AG has
allowed IDPs to continue occupying
the land known as Ndonga Farm in
spite of the court order.
However, Justice Wendoh said the
applicants need to first serve the AG
requiring him to appear before the
court and ordered that all such appli-
cations be made immediately.
Meanwhile the IDPs made an ap-
plication to be enjoined in the con-
tempt proceedings against the AG,
which Osur opposed, saying they
ought to have obeyed the earlier or-
der and vacated the land.
The women say the governments
decision to acquire the land and set-
tle the IDPs was done without their
knowledge or consent.
They say they learnt of the deal
after they each received a letter dat-
ed August 8, 2011 from Rachier and
Omolo Advocates in Nairobi directing
them to go to the counsels offices to
receive Sh1.65m each as payment for
their individual parcels of land.
They did not go for the money but
moved to court seeking to bar govern-
ment officers from resettling any IDPs
on the disputed land.
The ten sisters accused their broth-
er, Phillip Kamau, who was named as
administrator of their late fathers es-
tate, of colluding with the govern-
ment to sell the land for an unspec-
ified amount without involving them.
They said they inherited the land
after the demise of their parents and
proved it through a grant issued by
the Nakuru High Court in December
1997.
Land owners want AG committed to civil jail
y B BOAZ KIPNGENOH
Page 28 / RIFT VALLEY NEWS Wednesday, July 23, 2014 / The Standard
Uasin Gishu Deputy Governor Daniel Chemno addresses guests at a slaughter house in Eldoret. He cancelled the of -
cial opening of the slaughter house due to shoddy construction work. [PHOTO: PETER OCHIENG/STANDARD]
Chamber of Commerce boss
lauds investment in roads
in the county government to sensi -
tise residents on the various projects
in the ofng in order to avoid miscon -
strued perceptions.
Roads CEC Engineer Gideon Birir,
who is steering the various projects,
thanked the private sector for step -
ping up support in infrastructural de -
velopment.
Birir cited Gosirani for helping re -
Uasin Gishu County National
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
has lauded the county government for
creating a conducive environment for
business investment which is boost -
ing investor confdence.
Executive Ofcer Obed Omwenoh
said he is particularly impressed with
the creation of new pedestrian walk
ways and link roads in and around the
town that have eased transport which
is a key factor in any economy.
Omwenoh also lauded eforts to
de-congest the over-stretched main
market located in Eldorets Central
Business District (CBD).
I like the idea of relocating some
traders to the new jua kali market in
order to create more trading space. I
would, however, request that those af -
fected are provided with information
early enough to avoid clashing with
them, he said.
He called on various stakeholders
County government
has been praised for
creating a conducive
business environment
that is boosting
investor condence
habilitate the Market Tuskeys road
within the CBD and Raiply Compa -
ny Ltd for partnering with the coun -
ty government in construction of the
West Farmers Bridge that will join
Shauri and Kipkaren Estates.
We are doing another bridge at
Fims market between Ol-Donyo Les -
sos milk factory and Langas that is ex -
pected to help ease residents move -
ments, he said.
The engineer said they are also
opening up various missing link roads
within the CBD and its periphery in a
bid to ease residents movements.
We are working on a link road be -
tween Raiply and Kiplombe, another
one between referral hospital and the
main Uganda Highway to help ease
vehicle and human trafc, he said.
BY MICHAEL WESONGA
A police ofcer investigating a
murder case yesterday told a Nakuru
court how he found a girls body bur -
ied in a suspects house.
Tunai Keitany said they received
a report at Naivasha Police Station
that the suspected murderer, Njoroge
Matheri, who was then in custody, had
killed another girl.
Matheri alias Fongo, is facing trial
for the murder of Naomi Wairimu, a
crime he allegedly committed on un -
known dates in August, 2008 in Naiva -
sha.
Matheri was nicknamed vampire
Court told body of girl was found buried in vampires house
y B BOAZ KIPNGENOH
after his victims, mostly female, al -
leged that he had been sucking blood
from their bodies after kidnapping
them.
Keitany, a CID ofcer currently at -
tached to Mwingi Police, said he re -
ceived information that Matheri had
murdered another girl before being
apprehended over an alleged rape.
I received information on Au -
gust 19, 2008 that the suspect had
murdered another girl and upon ar -
rival at his house we found legs of a
girl protruding from a shallow grave
inside his house, Keitany testifed in
the fve-year-old case.
Matheri had earlier been arrested
for alleged rape before the body of the
girl was found in his house.
Keitany testifed before Justice
Anyara Emukule that after receiv -
ing the report, Matheri led him to his
house in Kihoto Estate of Naivasha
where they found the body.
The ofcer said among items re -
covered from Matheris house were
tablet drugs suspected to have been
used to drug his victims before rap -
ing and killing them.
In November 2011, A Naivasha
court found Matheri guilty of kid -
nap and he was handed a four-year
jail term.
But during cross-examination,
the CID ofcer was put to task by
Matheris lawyer Julius Ombati to
explain how and who exhumed the
body of the buried girl which the of -
cer said he cannot clearly remember.
Part of the ofcers testimony was
also not indicated in the statement he
recorded on August 23, 2008 almost
fve years ago.
Do you want the court to be -
lieve what you recorded in the
statement or what you are telling
now, Ombati posed to the ofcer.
The prosecution, led by State Coun -
sel James Nombi, told the court to is -
sue summons to six more witnesses.
Nombi said he can close the case
after the six witnesses testify on De -
cember 9 when the case is scheduled
for another hearing.
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 / The Standard Page 29 RIFT VALLEY NEWS / Wednesday, July 23, 2014 / The Standard
Chamber of Commerce boss
Court told body of girl was found buried in vampires house
framed me, fake
cop now claims
ing revenge because he was sacked by
one Michael Remi Ngugi, Waiganjos
close friend and co-accused.
Through his lawyer Charles Kingori,
Waiganjo produced several documents
including receipts of the hotel he stayed
in between October 6 and 16, 2013, the
time he is alleged to have defrauded the
complainants.
When asked to authenticate the va -
lidity of the hotel receipts, Waiganjo re -
plied that it was not his responsibility
but of the prosecution to prove whether
the receipts were genuine of not.
Among the documents that Waigan -
jo presented before the court was a list
bearing names of senior police ofcers,
his name being third after John Mbijiwe
and one Gerald Maina, who boarded a
fight from Wilson Airport to Baragoi on
October 30, 2012.
He also produced photos of him tak -
en together with high ranking police of -
fcers, and a letter indicating his alleged
appointment as Rift Valleys Assistant
Police Commissioner Reservist by for -
mer Rift Valley PPO Peter Kimanthi.
The letter was dated May 29, 2003
and copied to the then Commissioner
of Police.
Waiganjo also claimed to have been
promoted from a Kenya Police Reserv -
ist to an Inspector by one Alfred Ouma
in 2000.
Suspected Police impostor Joshua
Waiganjo has accused a former ofcer
of framing him with fraud charges for
refusing to facilitate his reinstatement
into the service.
Waiganjo, who appeared before
Nyeri Chief Magistrate Wilbroda Juma,
told the court that Daniel Kago, a former
OCS, became bitter after he was sacked
and could not get his job back.
Since Kago knew I was a senior po -
lice ofcer and close to the Provincial
Police Ofcer, he implored me to infu -
ence his reinstatement. It is after I ex -
pressed my inability to assist him that
he conspired with the complainants
and accused me of obtaining money by
false pretence, he said.
The court heard that Kago was seek -
Joshua Waiganjo told a
court that the former
OCS was on a revenge
mission because he
did not engineer his
reinstatement
BY DENNIS MBAE
A 14-year-old girl in Eldoret is
nursing severe injuries after she was
attacked and bitten by her aunt.
The aunt, who is currently in po -
lice custody, is reported to have been
abusing the girl for the last two years.
The girl claims her aunt has been
coming home in the middle of the
night drunk and forcing her to cook
for her.
She claims that habit has always
ended in a series of beatings.
She revealed that on Sunday, her
aunt came home drunk and without
any solid reason, embarked on beat -
ing and biting her.
She sustained wounds on her
mouth, cheek, hands and ear.
She came home at night
and shut the front door be -
fore starting to beat me claim -
ing I did not respect her, she said.
The Class Eight candidate at Maru -
ra primary school in Eldoret says the
series of beatings have become com -
mon each time her aunt arrives home
drunk.
She would request for food at
night and when served, she would
sleep letting the food become cold
then in the middle of the night she
would wake me up to warm it again,
she said.
The schools headteacher Jacob
Nyabola told The Standard the girl
had earlier reported being inficted
with injuries by her aunt.
He said the pupil came to school
on Monday with wounds evident on
her face that necessitated an action.
The pupil reported the incident
to me and after getting more details,
we informed the area chief, he add -
ed.
Area chief William Sang said they
arrested the suspect and took her to
the police.
He said the girl was taken to the El -
doret district hospital where she was
treated and discharged.
We want to make sure the rights
of every child are respected and up -
held, said Mr Sang.
14-year-old girl nursing injuries after being bitten by guardian
y B SILAH KOS KEI
Horrible mix-up
-
gramme at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) Mortuary, yester -
day. Ms Kipngenys body had to be exhumed after it was mistakenly buried at
West Pokot County following a mix-up by the MTRH. The family has vowed to
sue the hospital. [PHOTO: KEVIN TUNOI/STANDARD]
Page 30 / RIFT VALLEY NEWS Wednesday, July 23, 2014 / The Standard
Nakuru County government has
agreed to engage local MPs before
demolishing informal traders stalls
in the town.
Governor Kinuthia Mbugua said
this after holding day-long deliber-
ations with MPs opposed to the ex-
ercise where it was resolved that an
all-inclusive task force would be set
up to address the matter.
The task force with representatives
from MCAs, MPs, traders and plan-
ners will approve plans to have des-
ignated areas in the town set aside to
cater for the kiosks and stalls.
Mbugua said kiosk operators will
also be given more time to conform
to county planning regulations and
ensure the installation of modern ki-
osks is handled in a more humane and
civil way.
The decision was reached after the
governor met MPs David Gikaria (Na-
kuru Town East) and Samuel Arama
(Nakuru Town West) who had sharp-
ly differed with him on the planned
demolition.
Speaking after the meeting Gikaria
and Arama apologised to the governor
for leading a group of rowdy youths in
destroying beautification landscapes
in the town two weeks ago where
they alleged that the flowers had been
planted in spaces previously occupied
by kiosk operators.
We apologise for the way we be-
haved and acknowledge that it was
not the professional way of handling
issues. We have now resolved to shun
confrontation, Gikaria said.
The MPs also absolved the gover-
nor of blame over mishandling of the
exercise and instead blamed his ju-
niors.
Arama said they had decided to
come together and focus on the coun-
tys development instead of engaging
in unnecessary squabbles.
We are determined to work with
the county government to ensure that
we bring development to our people.
We realise that these differences be-
tween us are not helpful, he said.
Nakuru Governor Kinuthia Mbugua.
Baringo County Woman Representative Grace Kiptui (right) with World Best
Friends chairman, Cha Bo Yang, during the launch of a partnership aimed at
boosting the countys cofee industry. [PHOTO: LEONARD KULEI/STANDARD]
A Korean development agency has
entered into a joint partnership with
the Baringo County government to re-
vive the ailing coffee industry.
World Best Friends (WBF), a Ken-
yan-based Korean development
agency, has donated Sh100 million for
the acquisition and construction of a
milling plant in Baringo County, with
the county government also expected
to give a similar amount.
While launching the partnership
yesterday in Kabarnet, WBF chair-
man Cha Bo Yang said the agency has
secured ready market for the crop in
Korea.
We now have a direct flight from
Nairobi to Seoul and we will use the
opportunity to market and transport
the coffee which is a highly market-
able crop in Korea, he said.
Baringo Woman Representative
Sh100m for cofee sector
Grace Kiptui, who was the chief guest
during the event, said coffee has been
neglected in Baringo, owing to lack of
proper marketing structures which
has given rise to unscrupulous bro-
kers and in turn demoralised farmers.
She urged the county government
to seize the opportunity and ensure
coffee, which is the fourth leading in-
come-earner in the county after live-
stock, tourism and honey, is fully re-
vitalised.
This county has a real future in
coffee if proper structures are put in
place. It is a viable and sustainable
crop, Kiptui said.
County Executive for Agriculture,
Livestock and Fisheries Development,
Luka Rotich, said there are at least 22
coffee co-operative societies in the
county which approximately produce
120 tonnes of coffee annually.
He said lack of markets has led to
low morale among farmers who have
shunned the crop saying it fetches low
prices.
We are hopeful that with this new
partnership, the coffee industry will
stand on its feet and the ministry has
already designated field extension of-
ficers to work with the regions coffee
farmers, he said.
Rotich further revealed that cred-
it facilities for the farmers are already
operational and that the county gov-
ernment will engage experts in capac-
ity building to help revolutionise the
coffee industry.
Baringo Co-operative Union chair-
man John Kiprono said in order for
farmers to realise the products full
potential, they will need to be pro-
vided with fertiliser, receive training
on grade and seedling type and be al-
lowed direct access to coffees direct
markets.
Farmers will begin to view cof-
fee as a sustainable, profitable crop
when they see current coffee growers
given access to credit, a milling plant
set up and middle-men done away
with hence boosting profit margins,
he said.
Task force set up to address kiosks demolition
BARINGO COUNTY
y B LEONARD KULEI
y B KARANJA NJOROGE
NAKURU COUNTY
A Molo trader yesterday escaped
unhurt after gangsters red at his
vehicle.
John Kibe and his wife Susan
Njeri were driving home from work
at around 9:20pm when four armed
men, on a boda boda, attacked
them. Kibe lost control of the vehicle
and landed in a ditch.
We were heading home after
closing our business when the
gangsters attacked us and ordered
my wife to give them all the money
she had collected from the days
sales, Kibe said.
Molo OCPD Jacob Leskinwa
conrmed the incident and said
police have begun investigations
and will soon arrest the suspects
who are still at large.
Area residents have urged police
to intensify patrols at the sub county
saying recent incidents of insecurity
have scared business operators at
the trading centre.
Operations in one of the largest
primary schools in Naivasha were
paralysed after parents joined their
children in protesting against a head
teacher who has allegedly been
molesting his students.
It is alleged that more than 35
students have been abused by the
teacher who would fondle their
breasts and take pictures of their
private parts then threaten them
with dire consequences if they tell.
Parents blamed education
ministry ofcials saying the teacher
has in the past been accused of the
same behaviour yet nothing has
been done. They threatened to lynch
him and it took police intervention
to spirit him to safety.
Eforts to get a comment from the
ministry were fruitless as ofcials
and parents remained locked in a
meeting over the impasse.
Molo trader unhurt after
attack by robbers
Head teacher accused of
molesting students
NAKURU COUNTY NAIVASHA COUNTY
On his part, Mbugua promised
that henceforth, his government will
consult more widely with local lead-
ers while implementing its policies to
avoid unnecessary conflicts.
The meeting was also attended by
Bahati MP Kimani Ngunjiri and depu-
ty majority leader Paul Chebor.
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y B TOBIAS CHANJI
Three days after 50 elders from
Taita-Taveta County invaded the
proposed county headquarters plot
at Mgeno area to conduct rituals, the
county administration yesterday or-
ganised special interdenominational
prayers to cleanse the centre.
The over 50 religious leaders
drawn from Wundanyi, Mwatate, Voi
and Taveta converged at the disput-
ed area to pray for the site in order to
counter would be effects of the rituals.
We have consecrated the site to
God and hence nullified the powers
of witchcraft. The project will now go
on uninterrupted because the site has
been cleansed, declared Bishop Jus-
tine Maganga, the chairman of Tai-
ta-Taveta Pastors Union who led the
dedication prayer service.
The prayers were organised by the
County Executive Committee member
in-charge of Public Works and Roads
Infrastructure, Alexander Mwangeka.
He said the County Govern-
ment decided to hold the prayers
Prayer for
new ofce
to commit the area to God.
The prayers come just days af-
ter a group of elders seeking to in-
voke the supernatural to stop con-
struction of the headquarters failed
after riot police dispersed them.
The elders drawn from Mwatate, Saga-
la and Chawia locations who claimed
the site was a shrine wanted to perform
a ritual to protect it from sacrilege.
The elders had a black goat, tra-
ditional liquor and other para-
phernalia to perform the ritual.
But before they could mount a tent,
armed Administration Police officers
led by Mwatate Chief Inspector, Nich-
olas Mbogho and area Chief, Mwam-
konu Mwanyasi arrived and dispersed
them.
Last month, Governor John Mrut-
tu commissioned the 20-acre plot to
pave way for the county headquarters.
Jasper Ambi, chairman of the Mgeno
grazers, said the Constitution guaran-
tees freedom of expression, movement
and assembly and accused the police
of violating their fundamental rights.
Addressing the press at Kipusi Mlam-
benyi near Mwatate town, the el-
ders criticised the county of fail-
ing to involve them in the issue.
Police in Kwale County yesterday
recovered a hand grenade and three
AK47 magazines loaded with 78 round
of ammunition at Mkwajuni Village,
Mazumalume Sub-location from a
fleeing suspect.
The items, which included a pair
of police shoes, two mobile phones,
a wig, sun glasses and a torch were
found in the house of Hamis Nguta.
Police however later managed to ar-
rest Nguta, who they said will be
charged with harbouring the suspect.
Kwale County Commissioner Evans
Achoki said the terror suspect had been
in the village from Tuesday last week.
The locals said they found the man
suspicious because even though
he was a Muslim, he never ac-
companied them to the mosque
for prayers. He spent most of his
time in the house, Achoki in a
phone interview with The Standard.
Though the county commissioner
did not want to associate the incident
with terror until investigations have
been finalised, said it was a break-
through in the fight against crime in
the area.
A search for the other suspect who
escaped narrowly with a gun has been
launched.
Fleeing
suspect drops
grenade, ries
y B RENSON MNYAMWEZI
TAITA-TAVETA COUNTY
KWALE COUNTY
Enjoying the holiday
Tourists buy curios along the Coastal beaches despite the low season. The high
season is expected to start early next month when direct charter ights from
Europe to Kenya will resume. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]
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Mohammed
Bashirs
brother,
Hussein Bashir
(left), and other
family members
at the Standard
Group ofces in
Mombasa
yesterrday.
They claimed
police arrested
Mohammed
after the Hindi
attack and they
have not seen
him since.
[PHOTO: KEVIN
KARANI/STANDARD]
A family of a man allegedly arrest-
ed by police officers in Hindi Trad-
ing Centre in Lamu in connection
with the July 9 attacks say they can-
not trace him.
They claimed that Mohammed
Hassan Bashir, 40, was arrested by of-
ficers outside Hindi Muslim Mosque
on July 14, nine days after the twin at-
tacks in Gamba and Hindi that left at
least 22 people dead.
Abdi Alme Abdi, who is Basirs
cousin, told The Standard in Mom-
basa yesterday that the father of six
was in the company of three herders
when two plainclothes policemen ap-
proached and roughed him up before
arresting him.
Abdi said Bashir has been travers-
ing Lamu County and Ijara in Garis-
sa County with his cattle for the last
three years in search of water and pas-
ture.
They claimed that Bashirs cell-
phone had since been switched off.
We were informed that Bashir
Lamu family in agony over lost kin
had been arrested as he tried to enter
a mosque, said Abdi.
He had just come from herding
cattle in Kibokoni area and was rush-
ing to Hindi Muslim Mosque with oth-
er herders. While outside the mosque,
two men alighted from a Toyota Land-
Cruiser and approached and beat him
up before he was pushed into the car
and driven off, said Abdi.
Abdi said the two men had earlier
made contact on their phones with a
third party before they went straight
to Bashir.
According to Bashirs brother Hus-
sein Hassan, a former councillor, his
brother was later spotted in a GK ve-
hicle in Witu.
DISOWNED CAR
His kin said they had visited all
police stations in Lamu, Malindi, Kil-
ifi, parts of Tana River and Momba-
sa looking for him, but were unsuc-
cessful.
They also claim that police in the
area have disowned the Government
vehicle registration number GK A
367Y the missing man was allegedly
bundled into.
We have searched for him in Mo-
kowe, Lamu Mpeketoni, Witu and
Gamba, and police officers there say
they dont remember booking any one
by that name. We lodged complaints
with the OCPD in Lamu but we were
later told that police in the area dont
own a vehicle with the said registra-
tion numbers, said Hassan.
Lamu West OCPD Amos Cheboi

Tourism in Lamu archipelago
is nearing collapse following a
month of militia attacks which
has seen close to 100 people
dead with hotels remaining de-
serted even as the sectors high
season dawns.
Most hotels in the island
have closed down, laying off
hundreds of workers. Inter-
national and local seminars
scheduled to take place in the
area have been cancelled.
Romantic Group of Hotels,
which operates Lamu Paradise,
Petleys Inn and Sultan Palace,
has reduced its workforce from
80 to 15 after the closure of two
of the three hotels.
We have closed down Pet-
leys Inn and Sultan Palace be-
cause there are no guests. At
Lamu Palace, we have 15 em-
ployees but we have not had
any international visitor in the
last one month, said.
Romantic Hotels Gener-
al Manager, Ms Keziah Mum-
bi said the three hotels have
a bed capacity of 65 but have
only received one guest in the
last five days. Seminars by the
USAID and Marie Stops sched-
uled to take place in the hotel
this month were cancelled on
security concerns.
At the neighbouring Manda
Island, Majlis Hotel had report-
edly closed for lack of business.
Hotels in the county had in-
vested heavily in facelifts
and staff hiring and train-
ing in anticipation for the
high season after a spell of
low business in May to June.
Lamu County has contin-
ued to experience attacks
from a terrorgant the se-
curity believes is hiding in
the expansive Boni forest.
Between June 15 and 17
June, 65 people were killed in
Mpeketoni and on July 6, twin
attacks left 22 dead.
Brookside Dairy Limited
has partnered with Taita-Tav-
eta County to improve the
standards of education in the
area and support small scale
farmers adopt dairy farming
for employment and income
generation.
The milk processor said
it values education as a long
term investment and believes
that commercial farming is no
longer a preserve of those en-
gaged in industrial crops and
large scale farming.
For a long time, commer-
cial farming has been asso-
ciated with industrial crops
and large scale farms. Howev-
er, our current approach as a
processor is to help our farm-
ers maximise the benefits de-
rived from dairy cows by hav-
ing them shift from viewing it
as a subsistence undertaking
to a profitable commercial en-
terprise, John Gethi, the pro-
cessors General Manager in
charge of milk procurement
and extension services said.
In the new partnership, the
milk processing company has
pledged to inject Sh600,000 to
improve performance in math-
ematics whose performance is
weakest in the area.
Brookside set up opera-
tions in the area with commis-
sioning of Wumingu cooling
plant in 2009. Last year, farm-
ers here earned over Sh50m
from raw milk sales to the
company, said Gethi.
Lamu hotels closing down, laying of
workers after month of violence
Brookside pledges to uplift education
failed to respond to our queries on
the matter, but gave us to a cellphone
number that went unanswered.
County Commissioner Njenga Miiri
also did not pick up our calls.
Bashirs relatives claimed the miss-
ing man might have been set up by
some traders in Hindi after a feud, pri-
or to the attacks.
At least nine people were killed
and several others injured when un-
known gunmen raided Hindi Shop-
ping Centre. Kenya Redcross said they
recovered nine bodies in the Hindi at-
tack.
Ten people were also killed on the
same day in a separate incidentin Ta-
na Delta by unknown gunmen. Police
said heavily armed attackers struck
Gamba police station in Garsen, Tana
Delta County, killing at least 10 peo-
ple before releasing a man believed to
be a ringleader of the recent Mpeketo-
ni attacks who was being held there.
Man is said to have
been arrested by plain
clothes police ofcers
as he went to mosque
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MIGORI COUNTY
MT ELGON COUNTY
BUNGOMA COUNTY
The Bungoma County gov-
ernment is set to introduce a
bamboo-growing in Mt Elgon
region.
Bungoma Deputy Gover-
nor Hillary Chongwony said a
group of investors from Nor-
way have expressed interest to
introduce the crop in the re-
gion.
Speaking on Monday
in Chesikaki Ward after a
tree-planting function along
River Malakisi in the area,
Chongwony said the project is
set to be rolled out soon.
The Norwegian investors
who were in the county three
weeks ago have a new technol-
ogy of making electricity pow-
er poles from bamboo stems.
The plant, which matures very
first, can be used for fencing,
making furniture and even as
firewood. As a county govern-
ment, we are highly interested
in the new venture, he said.
ALTERNATIVE CROP
He revealed that the coun-
ty government will supply
farmers with subsidised seed-
ling to promote cultivation of
bamboo as an alternative cash
crop.
We will also set up a bam-
boo nursery in the region to
ensure there is enough supply
of seedlings to boost farming
of the crop, he added.
He added: We will also
partner with the Kenya Forest
Service (KFS), the National En-
vironmental Management Au-
thority (Nema) and Ministry of
Agriculture and Water Services
to promote bamboo farming
along rivers and streams as a
conservation measure because
of its ability reclaim the wet-
lands, said Chongwony.
The plant, which has a mul-
tiplicity of uses, is cultivated in
other parts of Kenya for com-
mercial purposes.
More than 20 schools in
Migori County will over the
next one month benefit from
a free HIV and Aids awareness
campaign by a Canadian NGO.
The training, to be under-
taken by Queens Health Out-
reach (QHO), an NGO located
within Kingstons Queen Uni-
versity, is aimed at arresting
the continuing rise in HIV in-
fections in the region.
Speaking during the initia-
tives launch in Migori town,
Mitchel Edward, the team
leader of the group, said they
had decided to carry out the
programme in Nyatike Con-
stituency, which they identi-
fied as the hardest hit due to
its proximity to the lake and for
being the home of gold mining
activities in the region.
We are keen to ensure
the infection rate goes down.
We are also concerned that
gold mining activities in the
area have led to many cases
of school dropouts and early
marriages, he said.
He said the group came to
the country through a partner-
ship with a Kenyan organisa-
tion, Rieko Kenya, and would
be offering free VCT services.
Rieko Kenya Executive Di-
rector Kabaka Ochenge said
he was optimistic the ini-
tiative would be a success.
I am sure more youths will be
able to take HIV tests and those
found positive will start taking
drugs, he said.
County, Norwegian traders to roll out
bamboo farming drive in Mt Elgon
HIV/Aids campaign to benet residents
y B DANIEL PSIRMOI
y B NICK OLUOCH
Bungoma County government
has signed memorandums of under-
standing with 11 Spanish agencies to
initiate development projects in the
county.
Area Governor Kenneth Lusaka
signed the deals with the groups when
he led a delegation of 13 county offi-
cers in a ten-day tour of Spain.
Briefing the Press in his office yes-
terday, Lusaka said the partnerships
are expected to accelerate develop-
ment in the region.
Our visit to Spain was very fruitful
and this can be attested by a number
of memorandums we signed, said
Lusaka. The sectors to benefit from
the pacts include agriculture, tour-
ism, health, trade, environment and
solid waste management.
Lusaka said he also asked the re-
gional government of Asturia to sup-
port his administration in capacity
building in various sectors.
The county government also en-
tered into a deal with Grupo San Ra-
monato to develop a breeding centre
for dairy cattle at Sangalo Institute of
Science and Technology.
The MoU will also entail setting up
of a state-of-the-art veterinary labo-
ratory and an extension centre. We
signed a deal with Impulso-IRTA to
establish an industrial park, he said.
Governor,
investors sign
growth deals
y B TITUS OTEBA
The Busia County government has
set aside Sh10 million to support mi-
cro and small enterprises.
Addressing journalists, Governor
Sospeter Ojaamong said the funds,
which will be increased in the next fi-
nancial year, will be lent to jua kali ar-
tisans at very low interest rates.
He also said the artisans claims of
harassment by county officers will be
addressed, and promised flexibility
on licenses issued to them.
The county government will al-
so light up border towns, estates and
sheds used by jua kali artisans, he
said.
Ojaamong was addressing trad-
ers during the Busia County Jua Kali
Conference in Busia town on Monday
where the traders discussed their fu-
ture and relevance of the 2012 Micro
and Small Enterprises Act.
Thank you for the vital role you
play, especially in job creation for the
Sh10m grant
for jua kali
artisans
youth, and in terms of development.
We want to see you grow into bigger
industries, Ojaamong told the arti-
sans.
He cited the need for more cottage
industries to produce more jua ka-
li products, adding that his adminis-
tration will introduce awards for best
small-scale traders to create compe-
tition.
SET UP WEBSITE
The county trade and industri-
alisation executive, Hillary Makhu-
lu, should set up a website for jua kali
artisans to enable them market their
products both locally and interna-
tionally, he said.
The conference was also meant to
select the best county kua kali prod-
uct for the national jua kali confer-
ence scheduled for August 27.
The artisans urged the national
government to devolve jua kali func-
tions and to regulate importation of
their products so as to protect them
from competition.
Also in attendance were Ugandan
micro and small enterprises.
y B JANE CHEROTICH
BUSIA COUNTY
Masters of the craft
Omondi Acrobats entertain the public at Muliro Gardens in Kakamega County.
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- Tuition: KShs. 20,000
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Minimum Requirements: K.C.S.E mean grade C+ with B in Mathematics and B- in Physics
OR B- in Physical Science, C+ in English/Kiswahili OR KCE/and KACE with 2 principals in
Maths and Physics. Those possessing Diplomas in Computing with credits from institutions
recognized by Egerton University may also apply (They must have done and passed in Physics
&Maths at O level or equivalent).
- 4 years Full time
- Ksh. 140,000 Per
Academic year
Bachelor of Science in Applied Computer Science
Minimum Requirements: K.C.S.E mean grade C+ with B in Mathematics and C in Physics
OR C+- in any Science Subject, C+ in any humanities subject OR KCE/and KACE with
2 principals in Maths and Physics. OR Diploma in Computing with credits from institutions
recognized institutions but with pass in Maths at KCSE
- 4 years Full time
- Ksh. 140,000Per
Academic year
Diploma in Computer Science
Minimum Requirements: Mean grade of C in Mathematicsand C in Physics or C in nay
Science subject. Grade C in any humanities subject.
- Fulltime
- Kshs 70, 000/=Per
academic year
Bridging in Computer Science
Minimum Requirements: For students who wish to do a Diploma in Computer Science and
have done Application Packages in an institution recognized by Egerton but performed poorly
in Physics or never did it in O Levels.
- 3 Months Full time
- Kshs. 15,000
Certifcate in Computer Applications and Hardware
Minimum Requirements: Have done KCSE. Those wishing to proceed to Diploma in
Computer Science must have a D+ as mean aggregate and D+ in Maths and Physics.
- 2 Months Full time
- Kshs. 17,000
CISCOProfessional Certifcates
Minimum Requirements: O Level D+
- 2 Months Fulltime
- Kshs. 15,000
FACULTY OF EDUCATI ON AND COMMUNI TY STUDI ES
Diploma in Education (Arts)
Minimum Requirements: Candidates must have must passed the KCSE with minimum mean
grade of C+ and a minimum C+ in the preferred subject combination.Following are the available
subject combinations:-
English/Literature; Kiswahili/Religious Studies; Kiswahili/History; Kiswahili/Geography; History/
Religious Studies; History/Geography; Geography/Religious Studies; Mathematics/Business
studies; Geography/Business Studies; History/Business Studies; Kiswahili/Business Studies;
Mathematics/Geography.
- Full time 3 Academic years
- Ksh. 70,000 Per
Academic year
Bachelor of Education (Arts)
Minimum Requirements: Candidates must have must passed the KCSE with minimum mean
grade of C+ and a minimum C+ in the preferred subject combination. Following are the available
subject combinations:-
English/Literature
Kiswahili/Religious Studies; Kiswahili/History; Kiswahili/Geography; History/
Religious Studies; History/Geography; Geography/Religious Studies; Mathematics/
Business studies; Geography/Business Studies; History/Business Studies;
Kiswahili/Business Studies; Mathematics/Geography.
Alternatively, admission may also be granted to outstanding credit and above for holders of
Diploma/S1 certifcate in Arts education from recognized Colleges and Universities.
- Full time:4 Academic years
- Kshs. 100,000Per
Academic year
- However, the university
has a fexible credit
transfer system which
enable those who
qualify to complete the
programme in less than
4 years depending on
credits transferred.
Bachelor of Psychology
Minimum Requirements: K.C.S.E with a mean grade of C+ with at least C+ in English or
Kiswahili and Mathematics; B- in
Biology or B in Biological Studies and C+in Geography, History & Government or C.R.E.
OR
Higher diploma in Psychological Counseling from a recognized institute.
OR
Diploma in Psychology, Guidance and counseling, Psychological Counseling, Education, Medical
Health Professions, Social Work, Community Development and Early Childhood Education.
- 4 Academic years
- Fulltime
- Ksh. 110,000 Per
Academic year
Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE).
Minimum Requirements: KCSE mean grade C+ and minimum of C+ in the following subject:
English or Kiswahili; and any two of the Humanities: History/CRE/History &Government.
OR
P1 teaching certifcate with KCSE mean grade of C (plain).
OR
Credit diploma in ECDE, Primary Education and Special Education from recognized institutions.
- 4 Academic years
- Fulltime, Evening/weekend
Ksh. 100,000 Per Academic
year
Masters of Arts in Guidance and Counseling
Minimum Requirements: Holder of First degree in Education/Sociology, Theology/Philosophy, or
any other related discipline with at least Upper Second Class honorsor an equivalent qualifcation
from a recognized institution by Egerton University.
OR
Holders of frst degree with lower second class honors and relevant experience in counseling,
research, teaching and work in an institution of higher learning recognized by the Senate.
- 2 Academic years
- Evening/weekend
- Ksh. 120,000 Per
Academic year
Masters of Arts in Guidance and Counseling
Minimum Requirements: Holder of frst degree in Education or any other related discipline with
at least Upper Second Class Honours or an equivalent qualifcation from a recognized institution
by Egerton University.
OR
Holders of Bachelor of Arts with at least Upper Second Class Honours plus a Postgraduate
Diploma in Education for Egerton University or any other recognized University.
- 2 Academic years
- Evening/weekend
- Ksh. 120,000 Per
Academic year
Applicants are invited for the following Self-Sponsored Degree, Diploma and Certifcate programmes to be offered as indicated under each Faculty.
Masters of Education Measurement and Evaluation
Minimum Requirements: Holder of frst degree in Education or any other related discipline with
at least Upper Second Class Honours or an equivalent qualifcation from a recognized institution
by Egerton University.
OR
Holders of Bachelor of Arts with at least Upper Second Class Honours plus a Postgraduate
Diploma in Education for Egerton University or any other recognized University.
- 2 Academic years
- Evening/weekend
- Kshs. 120,000 Per
Academic year
Masters of Educational Foundations
Minimum Requirements: Holders of Bachelor of Education (Science), B. Education (Arts),
B.Science (AGED) or B. Education Agriculture and Home Economics with at least Upper Class
Honoursfrom a recognized institution by Egerton University.
OR
Holders of Lower Class Honours plus a Post Graduate Diploma in Education from Egerton
University or any other recognized University.
- 2 Academic years
- Evening/weekend
- Ksh. 120,000 Per
Academic year
TRANSNATI ONAL (TWI NNI NG) EDUCATI ON PROGRAMME
Egerton University in collaboration with Western Michigan University (WMU), Kalamazoo USA, invites qualifed
applicants for September 2014 admission in the Transnational (twinning) study programme. Thisprogramme provides
an opportunity for the students to obtain a Western Michigan University (WMU) degree by spending the frst two years
of study at Egerton University and the rest 2(or 3 years in case of Engineering ) years at WMU.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering:
Aeronautical Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering00
Civil Engineering
Construction Engineering
Engineering Graphics and Design Technology
Electrical Engineering
Computer Engineering
Paper Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Imaging
Minimum Requirements:KCSE C+ OR two principals in KACE OR EAACE and C in Maths,
Physics, Chemistry, English, any one subject from group IV and V.
- 5 years
- 2 years at Egerton
University and 3 years
at WMU.
Bachelor of Science in Aviation:
Aviation Flight Science
Aviation Science and Administration
Aviation Maintenance Technology
Minimum Requirements: KCSE C+ OR two principals in KACE OR EAACE and C in Maths,
- 4 years
at WMU.
Bachelor of Science in Science in Geochemistry/Chemistry:
Geochemistry
Chemistry
Minimum Requirements: KCSE C+ OR two principals in KACE OR EAACE and C in Maths,
- 4 years
at WMU.
FACULTY OF ENVI RONMENT & RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
Certifcate in Environmental Impact Assessment
Minimum Requirements: Graduates in any discipline or Managers in different
organizations.
- Kshs 16,000 for Kenyans
and Kshs 46,000 for non-
Kenyans.
- 2 weeks; cost of manual
Kshs 3,000; Registration-
Kshs 1,000.
Certifcate in Geographical Information System
Minimum Requirements:Graduates in any discipline and people employed in different
organizations. C grade and relevant experience.
- Kshs 25, 000
- 3 weeks
- Evening classes
Diploma in Eco-Tourism and Hospitality Management
Minimum Requirements: At least a C plain in KCSE with a C in English/Kiswahili,
Geography, Biology and Agriculture
- Kshs 94, 340 Per
Academic Year
- 3 years
- Evening Classes
BSC in Eco-Tourism and Hospitality Management
Minimum Requirements: Minimum of C+ in KCSE and at least B- in Bio, B- in Geog,
C+ in Chem /Phy and C+ in Maths or Agriculture or Diploma in a relevant feld from
recognized institutions
- Kshs 141,840
- 4 years
- Evening Classes
Bsc in Integrated Forest Resources Management
Minimum Requirements: Minimum of C+ in KCSE and at least B- in Bio, B- in Geog, C+
in Chem / Phy and C+ in Maths or Diploma in a relevant feld from recognized institutions
- Kshs 141,840
- 4 years
- Evening Classes
Bsc in Environmental Science
Minimum Requirements: Minimum of C+ in KCSE and at least B- in Bio, B- in Geog, C+
in Chem and C+ in Maths or Diploma in a relevant feld from recognized institutions
- Kshs 141,840
- 4 years
- Evening Classes
Bsc in Geography
Minimum Requirements: Minimum of C+ in KCSE and at least B- in Bio, B- in Geog, C
inany other related science and C in Maths.
- Kshs 141,840
- 4 years
- Evening Classes
Msc in Dry Land Management
Minimum Requirements: Holders of degrees in NARE, GEOG,ENSC or related
disciplines.
- 2 years
- Year 1-Kshs 194,000
- Year 2-Kshs 229,000
- Evening Classes
Msc in Environmental Science
Minimum Requirements:Bsc degree (Upper Second) in Environmental Science or
related discipline or Lower Second with at least two years experience.
- 2 years
- Year 1-Kshs 194,000
- Year 2-Kshs 229,000
- Evening Classes
Msc in Natural Resources Management. (with options in Forestry, Range, Wildlife
and Human Ecology)
Minimum Requirements:Bsc Degree (Upper Second) in Natural Resources
Management or related discipline or Lower two years experience.
- 2 years
- Year 1-Kshs 194,000
- Year 2-Kshs 229,000
- Evening Classes
Msc in Environmental and Occupational Health
Minimum Requirements:Environmental Science or related disciplines with a minimum
of 2
nd
Class honors degree (Upper Division) from Egerton or any other recognized
University.
- 2 years
- Year 1-Kshs 194,000
- Year 2-Kshs 229,000
- Evening Classes
Doctor of Philosophy in Geography
Minimum Requirements: A Masters degree from a recognized institution.
- Year 1- Kshs 248,200/-
- Year 2- Kshs 243,900/-
- Year 3- Kshs 243,900/-
FACULTY OF HEALTH SCI ENCES
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
Minimum Requirements: KCSE B+ in KCSE; Minimum of B+ and above in the following
subjects cluster; Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics /Physics and English/Kiswahili. OR
Diploma from a recognized institution with credit or above with mean grade C in KCSE,
Minimum of C and above in the following subjects cluster; Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics/
Physics and English/Kiswahili.
- Fulltime
- 6 Academic Years
- Year 1 and 2 will be in
Njoro, Year 3, 4, 5&6 will
be in the Faculty of Health
Sciences- Nakuru Town
Opposite Rift Valley PGH.
Bachelor of Science in Clinical Medicine
Minimum Requirements: KCSE B- in KCSE; Minimum of B- and above in the following
subjects cluster; Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics /Physics and English/Kiswahili. OR
Diploma from a recognized institution with credit or above with mean grade C in KCSE,
Minimum of C and above in the following subjects cluster; Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics/
Physics and English/Kiswahili.
- Fulltime
- 4 Academic Years
Njoro, Year 3 and 4 will
be in the Faculty of Health
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Minimum Requirements: KCSE C+; Minimum of C+ and above in the following subjects
cluster; Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics/Physics and English/Kiswahili.
- 4 years Fulltime
Njoro, Year 3&4 will be
in the Faculty of Health
Bachelor of Science in Foods, Nutrition & Dietetics
Minimum Requirements: KCSE C+,; Minimum of C+ and above in the following subjects
cluster; Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics/Physics and Geography or any of the group IV
subjects. Home Science at KCSE and obtained a minimum grade of B- will have added
advantage. Diploma from a recognized institution with credit or above.
- Fulltime
- 4 Academic Years
Master of Science in Nutritional Sciences
Minimum Requirements: Upper second class honors or equivalent in Foods, Nutrition and
Dietetics or related program from Egerton University or any other institution recognized by
Egerton University Senate.
- Coursework and thesis
- 2 Academic Years
Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences
Minimum Requirements: Msc Nutritional Sciences or related programs from Egerton
University or any other institution recognized by Egerton University Senate.
- Coursework and thesis
- 3 Academic Years
JANUARY 2015 I NTAKE
Bachelor of Clinical Medicine (In Service)
Minimum Requirements: Diploma in Clinical Medicine & Surgery with credit pass and
above. Mean Grade C plain.
- Work Based (Friday,
Saturday and Sunday)
- 2 Academic Years
- Faculty of Health Sciences-
Nakuru Town opposite Rift
Valley PGH.
Bachelor of Nursing (In-service)
Minimum Requirements: Duly Registered with Nursing Council of Kenya; A Diploma
in Nursing with credit pass and above; A Kenya Registered Community Health Nursing
(KRCHN) or Kenya Registered Nursing with Kenya Registered Midwifery and Kenya Public
Nursing (KRN/KRM/KPHN); At least 2 Years experience Post Registration; Must have had a
minimum of a C (Plain) in KCSE/Division III in KCE
- Part time (Work based)
- 9 terms equivalent to 3
years)
- Nakuru Town opposite Rift
Valley PGH.
I NSTI TUTE OF WOMEN, GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT STUDI ES
Certifcate Course in Gender, Poverty and Development
Minimum Requirements: (i)Target Group and Entry Requirements: Practitioners in
Community Development, NGO agencies and community focused projects run by religious
organizations and Form four leavers. (ii) KCE (O Level) or KCSE (D+) or their equivalent
Day/Evening/Weekend
Tuition fee: Ksh.15, 000
Duration: 2 weeks
Diploma in Gender, Poverty and Development
Minimum Requirements: K.C.S.E Mean Grade C (plain) with English C and C plain in the
following Maths or any group 2, any group 3, 2
nd
group 3 or any group 4 or 5.Or Certifcate in
Gender, Poverty and Development.
Duration: 3 Years Full
time
Kshs 70,000 Per
Academic
Bachelor of Arts in Gender, Women and Development Studies
Minimum Requirements: K.C.S.E Mean Grade C+ (Plus) with obtained minimumscores as
follows: English or Kiswahili C+, and C+ in the following Math or any group 2, any group 3, 2
nd

group 3 or any group 4 or 5.
4 Academic years
Day/Evening/Weekend
Kshs 100,000 Per
Academic Year
Masters Degree in Gender, Women & Development Studies
Minimum Requirements: Related First degree (Upper Second) or Lower Second with at
least two years experience
2 Academic Years
Kshs 120,000 Per
Academic Year
SHORT /CERTI FI CATE COURSES
Accounting - CPA SEC 1 TO 6
i) Computerized Accounting - CPA SEC 1 TO 6
ii)Certifed Public Secretaries (CPS)
iii)Certifed Security Investment Analysts (CSIA)
iv)Certifed Credit Professional (CCP)
v)Information Communication Technology Technicians (ICTT)
vi)Certifed Information Communication Technologists (CICT)
Examination Body KASNEB
6 Months Each Level
BtwnKsh. 10,000/= -
15,000/=
FRENCH - DELF A1 DELF B2 Examining Body Alliance Francaise ( DELF EXAMS) 4 6 Months
Kshs. 12,000/=
Information Technology Courses
(i)Oracle Certifcation Courses- Examining Body Oracle Corporation
(ii)Computer Applications
(iii)Pre Diploma Computer Science-(Minimum qualifcation; KCSE D+, PHY D+)
(iv) Computer Hardware and Maintenance (Minimum Qualifcation: Cert. in Computer
Applications)
(V) Certifcate in ICT
2 4 Months
Between Kshs. 15,000 and
Ksh. 40,000
Certifcate in Business Administration
Certifcate in Procurement & Logistics
Certifcate in Records Management
Minimum Requirements: KSCE D+
3 Months (Each)
Kshs.24,000 (Each)
SECRETARIAL STAGE
Typewriting I, II, III
Shorthand I, II, III
Business English I, II, III
Commerce I, II
Secretarial Duties II
Offce Management III
Minimum Qualifcations; K.C.S.E. D+
Duration 6 Months Per
Stage
Fees per stage Kshs.
12,000/=
Application forms are available from Admissions Offce Nakuru Town Campus and Njoro Campus for Diploma,
Undergraduate Degree and Post Graduate Programmes. The forms are also available in all our Campuses upon
payment of a non-refundable Application Fee of KSh 2,000 for all Degree & Post Graduate Programmes and Kshs
1,000 for Certifcate & Diploma programmes. All payments
must be banked at any Kenya Commercial Bank Branch A/C No.1101909374 or any branch of Cooperative Bank
A/C No. 0112925576700
Application forms can also be downloaded from the University website, www.egerton.ac.ke, but must be
accompanied by the appropriate fees.
Fully completed forms should be returned to:
The Principal, Nakuru Town Campus College,
P.O Box 13357- 20100
Nakuru
So as to reach us on or before 31
st
July 2014.
Transforming Lives through Quality Education
Egerton University is ISO 9001: 2008 certifed
Page 36 / NYANZA/WESTERN NEWS Wednesday, July 23, 2014 / The Standard
Vihiga deputy governor Caleb Amaswache (right) receives a gift from Prof Ren Junqing, Vice President of Ningbo poly-
technic in China, when he paid him a courtesy call yesterday. The polytechnic has entered into a partnership with the
county to boost vocational training in the area. [PHOTO: ERIC LUNGAI/STANDARD]
Vihiga County government has
entered into partnership with a lead-
ing technical institution in China to
develop a vocational training pro-
gramme.
Ningbo Polytechnic, the second
largest technical institution in China,
has agreed to a deal that will see train-
ing institutions in the county along-
side students and instructors benefit
from the polytechnics programmes.
Ningbo Polytechnics vice pres-
ident, Prof Ren Junqing, while on a
tour of the county yesterday, noted
that the state of vocational training
institutions in the area is a major hin-
drance to delivery of quality techni-
cal training programmes to students.
We are entering into a partner-
ship with the county government in a
bid to boost vocational training. Our
institution is one of the best in the
world and the county is set to benefit
greatly from this deal, he said.
Junqing was speaking at Kaimosi
Partnership for vocational training
Friends Technical Training College af-
ter touring the institution which is the
only one of its kind in the county.
Junqing had earlier led a dele-
gation from the institution to pay a
courtesy call on Vihiga deputy gov-
ernor Caleb Amaswache at his office.
The county executive committee
member for Education, Nixon Amen-
di and chief officer Rodah Mbandu
led the delegation from the county
government.
Junqing said under the pro-
gramme, the institutions infrastruc-
ture and structures will be improved
to enable them deliver quality techni-
cal training services.
I have noticed that most voca-
tional training institutions in the
county are ill-equipped. We will pro-
vide modern equipment to ensure
students get to use up-to-date mate-
rials, he said.
He also said students will be giv-
en scholarships and benefit from ex-
change programmes that will involve
their instructors.
Amendi welcomed the move say-
ing it will turn around the countys vo-
cational training institutions as well
as provide a viable alternative for stu-
dents who finish their secondary edu-
cation but do not qualify to go to uni-
versity.
We are encouraging our youth
to join these technical training insti-
tutions where they will be taught in-
valuable skills that will equip them
with skills needed for their survival,
Amendi said.
Thirty pupils from Soy Pri-
mary School in Kakamega
County are nursing injuries
after being struck by lightning.
The lightning struck 30
pupils at around 4.30pm on
Monday. The students had
just come from parade and
were ready to leave for home
when it started raining heavi-
ly and they had to seek shelter
in their classes, said Deputy
Head teacher Griffers Ochieng.
He says the rain was ac-
companied by loud thunder-
storms and lightning, which
struck the pupils while in class.
The most affected are
Standard Eight and Class Sev-
en pupils and I am worried this
incident might affect their aca-
demic performance since they
are now afraid to attend classes
when it is raining, the teach-
er said.
Ochieng said they took
the injured pupils to Likuy-
ani health Centre and 10, who
are in critical condition, have
been transferred to Moi Teach-
ing Referral Hospital Eldoret.
Some of the students were
complaining of severe head-
ache, chest pains, some said
they could not see while others
had injuries on their legs that
look like burns, Ochieng said.
He said following the inci-
dent, engineers from Eldoret
have visited the school and
are in the process of putting
up lightning arrestors.
A parent identified as Agnes
Simiyu urged the government
to have lighting arrestors put
up in other schools.
Shoddy work done during
construction of our schools
will expose our children to
danger, like what we have wit-
nessed today, or cases where
roofs are blown away by
strong winds. This should be
addressed to avoid such inci-
dents in future, she said.
Anti Female Genital Mutila-
tion (FGM) activists in Migori
County have raised the alarm
over the large number of girls
crossing into Tanzania to un-
dergo the rite.
Speaking in Isebania town,
along the Kenya Tanzania bor-
der, Cess Mugo, Project Man-
ager, Education Centre for Ad-
vancement of Women, said
this is hampering efforts to
stop female circumcision.
We are concerned that de-
spite the reduction in number
of girls undergoing the rite in
the country, there are many
girls crossing into Tanzania to
undergo the cut, she said.
Mugo said Kenyas strin-
gent anti-FGM laws and the
Governments push to appre-
hend those caught violating
the law have made the girls
and circumcisers opt for Tan-
zania, which does not have rig-
id laws against the vice.
We now have to ensure
that we work with organisa-
tions across the border if we
are to win this war. This will
ensure that those who take
part in this exercise have no
place to hide, she said.
Mugo said Ecaw is seeking
to form strong partnerships,
with security personnel and
public administrators from
both countries, that will enable
anti-FGM activists locate and
arrest Kenyans found practic-
ing the vice in the neighbour-
ing country.
30 primary school pupils injured after
being struck by lightning while in class
Kenyans cross border to get the cut
The countys technical
training institutions
infrastructure set to be
revamped
VIHIGA COUNTY
KAKAMEGA COUNTY
MIGORI COUNTY
y B ERIC LUNGAI
y B JACKLINE INYANJI
y B NICK OLUOCH
REPUBLI C OF KENYA
ELEVENTH PARLI AMENT
THE SENATE
In the Matter of Consideration of the Potato Produce and
Marketing Bill, 2014
Article 118 of the Constitution and Standing Order 130 of the
Senate Standing Orders.
PUBLI C HEARI NGS/ RECEI PT OF MEMORANDA
Following the submission to the Senate of the Potato Produce and Marketing Bill, 2014
on 2
nd
July, 2014, the Bill stood committed to the Standing Committee on Agriculture,
Livestock and Fisheries for consideration pursuant to Standing Order 130.
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 118 of the Constitution and Standing Order 130 (4),
the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries now invites interested
members of the public to submit any representations that they may have on the Potato
Produce and Marketing Bill, 2014. The representations may be made orally or by
submission of written memoranda in the following manner-
1. Written Memoranda may be forwarded to the Clerk of the Senate, P.O. Box
41842-00100, Nairobi, hand-delivered to the Office of the Clerk, First Floor,
Main Parliament Building, Nairobi or emailed to csenate@parliament.go.ke,
to be received on or before Monday, 28
th
July, 2014.
2. Public Hearings shall be held on Tuesday 29
th
July, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to
1:00 p.m. at the Shimba Hills, Kenyatta International Conference Centre
(K.I.C.C), Nairobi.
The Bill may be found on the Parliament website at http://www.parliament.go.ke/plone/
senate.
J. M. NYEGENYE, CBS,
CLERK OF THE SENATE.
REPUBLI C OF KENYA
In the Matter of Consideration of the Fertilizer and Animal Foodstuffs
(Amendment) Bill, 2013
Article 118 of the Constitution and Standing Order 130 of the Senate Standing
Orders.
PUBLI C HEARI NGS/ RECEI PT OF MEMORANDA
Following the submission to the Senate of the Fertilizer and Animal Foodstuffs
(Amendment) Bill, 2014 on 8
th
July, 2014, the Bill stood committed to the Standing
Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries for consideration pursuant to Standing
Order 130.
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 118 of the Constitution and standing order 130 (4),
the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries now invites interested
members of the public to submit any representations that they may have on the Fertilizer
and Animal Foodstuffs (Amendment) Bill, 2014. The representations may be made orally
or by submission of written memoranda in the following manner-
1. Written Memoranda may be forwarded to the Clerk of the Senate, P.O. Box
41842-00100, Nairobi, hand-delivered to the Office of the Clerk, First Floor,
Main Parliament Building, Nairobi or emailed to csenate@parliament.go.ke, to
be received on or before Wednesday, 30
th
July, 2014.
2. Public Hearings shall be held on Tuesday 5
th
August, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00
p.m. at the Shimba Hills, Kenyatta International Conference Centre (K.I.C.C),
Nairobi.
The Bill may be found on the Parliament website at http://www.parliament.go.ke/plone/
senate.
J. M. NYEGENYE, CBS,
CLERK OF THE SENATE.
ELEVENTH PARLI AMENT
THE SENATE
REQUEST FOR RECRUITMENT OF A CONSULTANT OR CONSORTIA OF CONSULTANTS TO DEVELOP A
COMMUNICATION PLAN FOR KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION SHARING AND PRODUCE CONTENT FOR
THE INFORMATION PRODUCTS:
Background
Agriculture is the mainstay of Kenyas economy and the growth of the sector is crucial to the countrys overall
economic and social development. Unfortunately climate change and variability threaten to worsen the
performance of the important agricultural sector in Kenya, thereby increasing food insecurity especially among
the very poor. Climate change for Kenya means, inter alia, increased variability and intensity of droughts and
oods, more invasive species, and generally higher temperatures. All of these factors will render domestic
agriculture less efective at meeting the nutrition needs of the nation. The agriculture sector is currently
attempting reform aimed at converting agriculture into a vibrant commercially oriented enterprise. The
planning and execution of this reform will have tremendous impact on the future state of PGRFA.
It is within this background and context that UNDP and its partners seek the services of a National consultant to
review and analyze the existing PGRFA policies and frameworks and develop a Strategy Action Plan and Policy
Paper. The consultant will focus on the existing and drafted agricultural and environmental policies in Kenya.
Overall objectives of the Consultancy
To mainstream the conservation and use of PGRFA into national climate change adaptation policy, programs
and projects for enhanced food security and economic development..
Application Procedure
Interested and qualied candidates should submit their applications which should include the following:
1. UNDP Personal History Form (P11) Template provided
2. Detailed Curriculum Vitae
3. Proposal for implementing the assignment - Template provided
Please quote consultant to develop a communication plan for knowledge and information sharing and produce
content for the information products:
on the subject line.
Applications should be emailed to consultants.ken@undp.org to reach us not later than Wednesday, 6
August 2014 at 12.00 Noon Kenya Time.
Please see the Terms of Reference, the P11 form, the Individual Contract Proposal form and the Terms and
Conditions of Individual Contracts by visiting the UNDP Kenya Website: -
http://www.ke.undp.org/content/kenya/en/home/operations/procurement
INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT
United Nations Development Programme
INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT
United Nations Development Programme
RECRUITMENT OF A CONSULTANT TO REVIEW AND ANALYZE EXISTING PGRFA POLICIES AND
FRAMEWORKS AND DEVELOP A STRATEGY ACTION PLAN AND POLICY PAPER
Background
Agriculture is the mainstay of Kenyas economy and the growth of the sector is crucial to the countrys overall
economic and social development. Unfortunately climate change and variability threaten to worsen the
performance of the important agricultural sector in Kenya, thereby increasing food insecurity especially among
the very poor. Climate change for Kenya means, inter alia, increased variability and intensity of droughts and
oods, more invasive species, and generally higher temperatures. All of these factors will render domestic
agriculture less efective at meeting the nutrition needs of the nation. The agriculture sector is currently
attempting reform aimed at converting agriculture into a vibrant commercially oriented enterprise. The planning
and execution of this reform will have tremendous impact on the future state of PGRFA.
It is within this background and context that UNDP and its partners seek the services of a National consultant to
review and analyze the existing PGRFA policies and frameworks and develop a Strategy Action Plan and Policy
Paper. The consultant will focus on the existing and drafted agricultural and environmental policies in Kenya.
Overall objectives of the Consultancy
To mainstream the conservation and use of PGRFA into national climate change adaptation policy, programs and
projects for enhanced food security and economic development.
Application Procedure
Interested and qualied candidates should submit their applications which should include the following:
1. UNDP Personal History Form (P11) Template provided
2. Detailed Curriculum Vitae
3. Proposal for implementing the assignment - Template provided
Please quote Review and analyze existing PGRFA policies and frameworks and develop a Strategy Action Plan
and Policy Paper on the subject line.
Applications should be emailed to consultants.ken@undp.org to reach us not later than Wednesday, 6 August
2014 at 12.00 Noon Kenya Time.
Please see the Terms of Reference, the P11 form, the Individual Contract Proposal form and the Terms and
Conditions of Individual Contracts by visiting the UNDP Kenya Website: -
http://www.ke.undp.org/content/kenya/en/home/operations/procurement
Page 38 / NYANZA/WESTERN NEWS Wednesday, July 23, 2014 / The Standard
The Nyamira County government
has unveiled assorted medical equip-
ment valued at Sh66 million in a bid
to boost health services.
The equipment included refrig-
erators for immunisation and labo-
ratory services, neonatal incubators,
photo-therapy lights, autoclave and
suction machines, microscopes, de-
livery beds, among others.
Speaking at Nyamira County Hos-
pital yesterday, Governor John Nyaga-
rama said the county has set aside
Sh73 million in the 2014/2015 budget
for the procurement of more medical
equipment.
This equipment will be distribut-
ed to deserving health facilities in all
wards in the county, said Nyagarama,
who was accompanied by the Coun-
ty Executive in charge of Health Ser-
vices Janet Kumenda and Chief Offi-
cer Douglas Bosire among other top
officials.
Mr Nyagarama said the coun-
ty has already acquired three X-Ray
machines that have been distribut-
ed to Ekerenyo, Kijauri and Keroka
sub-county hospitals and were being
installed.
The hospitals will start offering
X-Ray services at the end this finan-
cial years first quarter, said Nyaga-
rama.
The governor announced the
county was set to obtain a dialysis
machine for the hospital to enable
treatment of patients with renal dis-
eases. He said plans were underway
to partner with a local financial insti-
tution to implement the plans.
The county government priori-
tises health services and will contin-
ue to invest heavily in the sector over
the coming years, vowed Nyagarama.
In addition, he said the county had
also procured a 16-Slice Computer-
ised Tomographic Scanners (CT-Scan)
being shipped into the country within
the next three weeks.
The county has allocated Sh1.2 bil-
lion for the health services sector this
financial year.
Members of the County Assembly
earlier in the year adopted a report by
the Public Accounts and Investments
Committee recommending remov-
al of the Speaker Mongare Kingoina
over claims of a Sh30 million medical
tender fraud.
Villagers douse man in petrol, nearly
set him ablaze for stealing cockerel

A man escaped death by a whisker after he
was allegedly found with a stolen cockerel in
Mumabanga village in Butere, yesterday.
The suspect was saved by police
from an agitated mob who had doused
him in petrol, ready to set him ablaze.
The 21-year-old Haggai Odera is said to have sto-
len Sarah Otundos rooster while she was cook-
ing on Monday night. He was said to be on his
way the neighbouring market to dispose of the
cockerel when he was nabbed.
We met this young man with a rooster. On
asking what he was doing with a cock that ear-
ly, he threw the bird into a sugar-cane planta-
tion and tried to escape but we gave chase and
caught him, said Opondo Komolo, a witness.
NOTORIOUS THIEF
We looked for the cockerel, found it and
were taking him to the area assistant chiefs of-
fice when we bumped into other residents who
attacked him claiming he is a notorious petty
thief who vanishes with everything he finds. He
was beaten and was about to be set ablaze when
police on patrol rescued him, added the wit-
ness.
Mutoma Assistant Chief Mary Munyanya
said she alerted the police fearing the suspect
would be lynched.
She said the suspect is a notorious thief but
they had not been arrested him because he has
never been caught in the act.
I have received reports many times from
people claiming the suspect has stolen from
them but because we can only arrest when we
get him in the act or with stolen property, we
have been unable to prove anything until yes-
terday, explained Munyanya.
Confirming the incident, Butere OCPD Jose-
phine Ngetich said the suspect will be arraigned
in court and charged with theft and handling
stolen property.
She warned against lynching suspects, saying
it is only a court of law that is constitutionally al-
lowed to declare someone guilty.
The suspect was beaten and has been tak-
en to Butere Sub County Hospital for treatment.
He will be taken to court once he is well and dis-
charged, said Ngetich.
BUNGOMA COUNTY
y B KENNEDY OKWACH
Equipment to
boost health
y B NAFTAL MAKORI
NYAMIRA COUNTY
This
equipment
will be
distributed
to deserving
health
facilities in
all wards in
the county
and hospitals
will start
ofering
X-ray
services at
the end this
nancial
years rst
quarter
KWALE COUNTY GOVERNMENT
COUNTY ASSEMBLY OF KWALE
TENDERS AND PREQUALIFICATIONS FOR
SUPPLY OF GOODS, WORKS AND SERVICES
FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 2014/2015
The County Assembly of Kwale invites applications from Interested eligible suppliers of goods and services for
the financial year 2014/2015 as per below categories
S/NO TENDER/
PREQUALIFICATION REF.
NUMBER
DESCRIPTION OF GOODS/SERVICE CATEGORY
1 KCA/CGK/01/2014-2015 SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF STATIONERY OPEN
2 KCA/CGK/02/2014-2015 SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF OFFICE FURNITURE &
FITTINGS
OPEN
3 KCA/CGK/10/2014-2015 SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF BUILDING, ELECTRICAL
& HARDWARE ITEMS
OPEN
4 KCA/CGK/03/2014-2015 SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF PAINT YOUTH,WOMEN
AND PWD
5 KCA/CGK/04/2014-2015 SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF TYRES,TUBES AND
BATTERIES
OPEN
6 KCA/CGK/06/2014-2015 PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES OPEN
7 KCA/CGK/05/2014-2015 PROVISION OF HOTELS AND CONFERENCES OPEN
8 KCA/CGK/06/2014-2015 PROVISION OF COMPUTERS ,LAPTOPS AND
COMPUTER ACCESSORIES
OPEN
9 KCA/CGK/07/2014-2015 PROVISION OF CATERING SERVICES OPEN
10 KCA/CGK/08/2014-2015 PROVISION OF AIR CONDITIONING SERVICES OPEN
11 KCA/CGK/11/2014-2015 SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF UNIFORMS OPEN
12 KCA/CGK/12/2014-2015 SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF SANITARY TOWELS
AND SANITARY HANDLING , DISPOSAL SERVICES
,FUMIGATION & PEST CONTROL
YOUTH,WOMEN
AND PWD
13 KCA/CGK/14/2014-2015 PROVISION OF CAR HIRE AND TRANSPORTATION
SERVICES.
OPEN
14 KCA/CGK/15/2014-2015 PROVISION OF CONSOLTANCY SERVICES OPEN
15 KCA/CGK/16/2014-2015 PROVISION OF BRANDING SERVICES, PRINTING
OF DIARIES AND CALENDARS.
YOUTH,WOMEN
AND PWD
16 KCA/CGK/17/2014-2015 PROVISION OF REPAIR AND SERVICE OF OFFICE
EQUIPMENT,COMPUTERS SERVICE AND PRINTERS
OPEN
17 KCA/CGK/18/2014-2015 SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF PHOTOCOPYIN
MACHINE
OPEN
18 KCA/CGK/19/2014-2015 SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF CAMERAS,LCD
PROJECTORS AND AUDIO VISUAL MATERIALS
OPEN
19 KCA/CGK/20/2014-015 SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF BOTTLED WATER OPEN
20 KCA/CGK/21/2014-2015 PROVISION OF TENTS AND CHAIRS YOUTH,WOMEN
AND PWD
21 KCA/CGK/22/2014-2015 SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF FIRE FIGHTING
EQUIPMENTS
OPEN
22 KCA/CGK/23/2014-2015 PROVISION OF CCTVS & SOFTWARES OPEN
23 KCA/CGK/24/2014-2015 PROVISION OF INTERNET SERVICES OPEN
24 KCA/CGK/25/2014-2015 PROVISION OF BUILDING AND CIVIL
ENGINEERING WORKS
OPEN
25 KCA/CGK/26/2014-2015 PROVISION OF ELECTRICAL WORKS YOUTH,WOMEN
AND PWD
26 KCA/CGK/27/2014-2015 PROVISION OF PLUMBING WORKS YOUTH,WOMEN
AND PWD
27 KCA/CGK/29/2014-2015 SUPPLY & DELIVERY OF TONNERS & CARTRIDGES OPEN
28 KCA/CGK/28/2014-2015 PROVISION OF PARTITIONING WORK OPEN
29 KCA/CGK/34/2014-2015 PROVISION OF NETWORKING SERVICES OPEN
TENDER LIST
30 KCA/CGK/32/2014-2015 PROVISION OF PETROL, DIESEL,OIL AND
LUBRICANTS
OPEN
31 KCA/CGK/33/2014-2015 PROVISION OF AIR TICKETING SERVICES OPEN
Tender /Prequalification documents can be obtained from the County Assembly of Kwale procurement office,
upon payment of a non-refundable fee of kes.1, 000.00 per set of document.
So as to reach on or before 11
th
August 2014 at 10.am(East African Time)or be placed in the tender Box
situated at the County Assembly Offices Submitted bids will be opened immediately thereafter in the presence
of Bidders representatives who choose to attend.
The County Assembly reserves the right to reject or accept any tender/prequalification in whole or in part and
it is not bound to give reasons thereof.
The following documents MUST be produced by all bidders:
1. Copy of certificate of registration.
2. Copy of Valid Business permit.
3. Company profile.
4. Tax compliance.
In addition, contractors should together with prequalification documents submit evidence as follows.
1. Certified copies of certificate of registration from the relevant Authority.
2. List of values of all contract works performed in the last 2 years.
3. Major items of construction equipment owned (with the registration documents) and any that can readily
be hired at a short notice.
4. Physical Address.
To qualify for preference and reservation on public procurement, i. e Youth, Women and persons with
Disabilities MUST attach preference certification. Complete tender/prequalification documents in a sealed
plain envelope clearly marked with relevant tender number and description addressed to:-
THE CLERK
COUNTY ASSEMBLY OF KWALE,
PO BOX 231-80403,
KWALE.
REPUBLI C OF KENYA
COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF MI GORI
P.O BOX 365-40400
SUNA
OFFI CE OF THE COUNTY PUBLI C SERVI CE BOARD
VACANCI ES
Migori County Public Service Board wishes to recruit competent and qualifed persons
to fll the following vacant positions as per the Constitution of Kenya 2010 Chapter 11
and section 235 and the County Government Act No. 17 of 2012 Sections 44,45, 50
51, 58 and 63
1. ASSI STANT ENGI NEER (ROADS & TRANSPORT) :
ONE (1) POST. MCPSB /94/2014
(a) Duties and Responsibilities
Reporting to the Director Roads and Transport, the Assistant Engineer (Roads and
Transport) will be responsible for:
Assisting in carrying out planning, design, construction and maintenance of roads
and transport activities to standards and specifcations.
Assisting in the preparation of appropriate tender documentation of road and
transport projects.
Assisting in the preparation of annual road works programme for development;
Performing any other duties assigned from time to time.
(b) Requirements for Appointment.
Be a Kenyan citizen;
Degree in civil engineering or its equivalent from a university recognized in Kenya;
Registered Graduate Engineer with Engineers Registration Board (ERB).
Graduate member with Institution of Engineers of Kenya.
A minimum of two (2) year experience in the road sector.
Good communication and interpersonal skills;
Ability to work under pressure and deliver on schedules;
Satisfy the requirements of Chapter six of the constitution of Kenya 2010.
(C) Terms of Service: Contract/Permanent
2. SUPERI NTENDENT (ROADS):
FI VE(5) POSTS. MCPSB /95/2014
Reporting to the Assistant Engineer (Roads)
To conduct site inspections as directed on roads infrastructure to ensure contracted
works are compliant with the standards set;
To prepare, maintain and organize inspection report for all completed inspections
suffcient to the requirements of the departments;
To provide assistance and information to the public, designers and contractors
concerning requirement of road construction and standards and other applicable
laws and statutes;
Prepare regular and periodic reports
Inspects road maintenance and construction works
Identifes defects and makes report for improvement
Carries out regular road inspections and recommends maintenance activities where
necessary
Carries out annual traffc count
Assists in data collection on tender document preparation
Performs any other duties as assigned.
(b) Requirements for Appointment
Be a Kenyan citizen
Diploma in Civil Engineering
3 years minimum experience in Roads Maintenance
Working computer knowledge
Certifcate in Computer Application Skills from a recognized institution;
Must satisfy the requirements of Chapter six of the constitution of Kenya 2010

(c) Terms of Service: Contract/Permanent
3. ROADS SURVEYOR:
ONE (1) POST MCPSB /96/201

Reporting to Director Roads, the Roads
Carries out survey and mapping work in accordance with standards and specifcation
for the Countys roads;
Prepares survey Annual Roads Inventory Condition Surveys (ARICS) and work
plans;
Undertakes all surveys, mapping and GIS functions required in the design,
implementation/construction and maintenance of road projects
Provides survey data during feasibility studies and fnal designs
Identifes survey requirements and standards for specifc areas
Oversees the accurate mapping of roads, road reserves and related functions in
digital form
Maintains an inventory of roads records
Organizes and prepares survey specifcations and Terms of Reference for survey
work
Carries out evaluation and certifes works submitted by Survey and Mapping
Consultants
Supervises civil works during construction
Liaises with other departments in the County and other Agencies on survey matters;
Supervises work of survey consultants engaged by the County;
Prepares periodic reports for the section;
Undertakes any other duties assigned;
Be a Kenyan citizen
Be in a possession of a degree in Surveying and Photogrammetry or equivalent
from a university recognized in Kenya;
Be a member of the Institute of Surveyors of Kenya;
Have a minimum of three (3) years experience in engineering surveys;
Good Public relations and interpersonal skills;
Computer knowledge for survey management systems;
Must satisfy the requirements of Chapter six of the constitution of Kenya 2010.
4. DEPUTY DI RECTOR, PUBLI C HEALTH:
ONE (1) POST MCPSB /97/201
Monitoring, enforcing and implementing statutory provisions and other relevant
legislations on public health
Setting standards and guidelines in the provision of public health services
Monitoring the implementation if public health projects and programmes
Monitoring the implementation of public health projects and programmes
Enforcing international health regulations and rules
Carrying out research on public health needs
Monitoring the development and management of public and private mortuaries,
cemeteries and crematoria
Preparing proposals for resource mobilization
Organizing forums with relevant partners and agencies in support of public health
programs and projects
Planning and budgeting for departmental resources
Integrating modern information communication technology in the department
Developing strategy/work plans, performance targets and contracts in the department
Coaching and monitoring staff
Be a Kenya Citizen
Be inn possession of a Bachelors Degree in either Environmental Health, or Public
Health from a recognize university in Kenya
Demonstrate professional competence and ability as refected in work performance
and results
Must have a minimum of fve (5) years relevant experience at a senior management
level
Satisfy the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya 2010
5. DEPUTY COUNTY REVENUE OFFI CER:
ONE (1) POST. MCPSB /98/2014
1. Implementation of National, and County policies and statutory regulations on
revenue collection;
2. Supervision of revenue collection in the County;
3. Project revenue trends for planning and decision making;
4. Identifcation of new revenue sources;
5. Design effective, effcient and secure systems for revenue collection;
6. Day to day running of the county revenue collection;
7. Development and implementation of plans to operationalize county revenue
collection to enhance effcient revenue collection and growth;
1. Be a Kenyan citizen;
2. Bachelor of Commerce degree in Business Administration or its equivalent from a
university recognized in Kenya;
3. Be able to demonstrate familiarity with Public Financial management revenue and
accounting systems;
4. Have at least 5 years relevant experience ;
5. Satisfy the requirement of chapter six of the constitution;
6. TOURI SM OFFI CER:
ONE (1) POST. MCPSB /99/2014 (RE-ADVERTI SED)
Development of products for the various tourist destinations Countywide
Provides tourists with detailed options on where, when and how to spend their hard
earned cash and enjoy the much needed vacation;
Arranges for transfers and travel plans for the tourists in their area of choice to
visit or stay;
Creates activities that would ensure a memorable experience for any tourists
visiting any part of the county;
Applies sales and marketing skills to be able to acquire clients/tourists, for various
destinations in order to promote and generate foreign exchange for the county;
Work out the most affordable and attractive budgets for domestic tourism or anyone
hoping to take a vacation anywhere within Migori County;
Market various destinations as tourism sites once they have been discovered and
explored.
Be a Kenyan citizen;
Be in a possession of Bachelors degree in tourism/hospitality or its equivalent from
a university recognized in Kenya;
Five (5) years relevant working experience in a reputable organization,
Good communication and computer skills;
Excellent customer care skills is highly necessary;
Great leadership skills and team building skills an added advantage;
Good negotiation skills;
Satisfy the requirement of chapter six of the constitution.

HOW TO APPLY:
1. All applications should be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked on the top
left side indicating the reference number for position applied for and submitted to:

The Chairman
Migori County Public Service Board
P.O Box 365- 40400,
Suna
2. Hand delivered applications should be dropped at the offces of the County Public
Service Board located at Msomi Teachers College on Migori.
3. All applications should reach the Chairman County Public Service Board on or before
5
th
August, 2014.
4. Shortlisted candidates will be required to produce their original identity cards,
academic and Professional certifcates and testimonials.
5. For candidates to meet the requirements of chapter six of the Constitution of Kenya,
2010.
Applicants must obtain the following clearance:
Tax compliance certifcate from KRA
Clearance certifcate from HELB
Clearance certifcate from Ethics and Anticorruption Commission (EACC)
Certifcate of good conduct from Criminal Investigation Department
NB
Women, Marginalized Group and People With Disabilities are encouraged to apply.
[MIGORI COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
EMPLOYER]
KAKAMEGA TEACHERS SAVI NGS AND
CREDI T CO-OPERATI VE SOCI ETY LTD
KATECO PLAZA, MURULI ROAD, BEHIND POSTA/TELKOM KENYA
P. O. BOX 1150, 50100 KAKAMEGA KENYA TEL /NO. 056 30864, 31357
FAX/NO. 056 - 31515, Mobile 0726340851 OR 0736333334,
Email: Kateco@jambo.co.ke
VACANCI ES
Kakamega Teachers Sacco Society Ltd is based in Kakamega and Vihiga Counties
with branches spread across the Western part of Kenya. Due to increased volume of
business and expansion, the Sacco is seeking qualifed dedicated candidates for the
following positions.
1. OPERATI ONS MANAGER
Reports to the Chief Executive Offcer
Job Summar y
The job-holder shall be responsible for overseeingthe dayto daymanagementof the Saccos
core operations and ensuring effcient and effective service delivery by ensuring proper
attention to all Sacco members, clients andall other stakeholders; administration of staff and
the marketing of the Sacco products and services.
Minimum Qualifcations:
Degree in Marketing or Public Relations or in a related feld.
Masters Degree in Business related areas will be an added advantage.
Professional membership froma relevant marketing Body.
MS Offce Suite
Minimumof FIVE years relevant experience at senior management level
Certifcate of good Conduct.
2. ASSI STANT SYSTEM ADMI NI STRATOR
Reports to the Systems Administrator
Job Summary:
The incumbent will offer systems infrastructure support to the entire Society in liaison with
the systemadministrator.
Qualifcations:
Higher National Diploma in computer science, IT,BIT or related discipline
A+, N+ or similar certifcation in user support and networking.
Skills in database Administration especially MSSQL, MySQL
Basic Programming Skills ( .net, java)
CCNA Qualifcations.
Certifcate in Business Administration or business related area is an added advantage.
TWO years relevant experience in systems administration.
Certifcate of good conduct
3. MARKETI NG AND PUBLI C RELATI ONS OFFI CER
Reports to the OPERATIONS Manager
Job Summary:
The job holder will be responsible for the Marketing and Public Relations function of the
sacco, conducting market research and surveys to facilitate developments on newproducts
and services as well as the review of existing products/services to enhance the Sacco
business development strategy.
Qualifcations:
Diploma in marketing/communication or public relations.
Certifcate in Journalism and advertising will be an added advantage.
MS Offce Suite
Good communication skills.
Two years relevant experience at an equivalent position.
4. HUMAN RESOURCE OFFI CER
Reports to the Operations Manager.
Job Summar y
The Offce holder will be responsible for offering Human Resource Management functions
support to the SACCO by ensuring that the Sacco attracts, motivates and retains the right
human resource that will ensure successful realization of the Societys strategic objectives.
Minimum Qualifcations:
Higher Diploma in Human Resource Management.
MS Offce Suite
Good communication skills.
Two years relevant experience at an equivalent position.
5. ASSI STANT REGI STRY SUPERI TENDENT
Reports to the Registry Superintendent.
Job Summar y
The holder of this position would provide support principally be concerned with information
preservation and the maintenance of the Saccos records and information created in the
course of transacting Sacco business as stipulated in Cap 213A of the laws of Kenya .
Qualifcations:
Diploma in Records Management or related feld.
Archive Management Course will be an added advantage MS offce suite.
Knowledge of computer packages
ONE year relevant work experience in a records and documentation centre.
6. TELLERS
Report to the FOSA/ BRANCH supervisor.
Job Summar y
Custody, disbursement and receipt of cash to/fromcustomers
Qualifcations:
Diploma in a business related feld
KATC Final
Computer literacy
ONE years relevant experience as a Teller.
Certifcate of good conduct.
Interested applicants should send their application letters together with updated CV, copies
of certifcates and testimonials to the below address so as to reach on or before Friday
8
th
August, 2014.
The Chairman,
Kakamega Teachers Sacco Society Ltd.
KATECO PLAZA, MURULI ROAD, BEHIND POSTA/TELEKOM KENYA LTD.
P.O. BOX 1150 50100
KAKAMEGA, KENYA
NB: Kakamega Teachers Sacco Society Limited is an Equal opportunity employer
We are there for you
Kenya Farmers Association (KFA)
is back on its feet after clearing most
of its debts amounting to over Sh1 bil-
lion. The debt owed to creditors had
accumulated over the years.
The Managing Director, Si-
mon Cherogony, admitted yes-
terday that the debts owed to two
commercial banks, state agencies,
workers and suppliers had crip-
pled operations of the organisation.
Mr Cherogony, who took over in 2006,
blamed the huge debt dating back to
the 1990s on poor management. He
credited the turnaround in the finan-
cial health of the organisation to the
current board.
Cherogony said the organisation
has now cleared over Sh700 million
owed to the National Bank of Kenya and
part of the Sh400 million owed to oth-
er creditors, including Barclays Bank.
He said KFA, which is key in supply
of farm inputs to farmers, has man-
aged to settle some of the debts us-
ing proceeds from sale of non-core
assets identified by the board of di-
rectors headed by Richard Mibei.
We came up with a plan on
how to settle the debts and to-
gether with the help of deben-
ture holders (banks), identified
non-core assets that was sold to re-
tire some of the debts, he said.
Cherogony said they have also paid
workers outstanding dues, part of
outstanding dues owed to NSSF,
Government taxes and rates owed
to various county governments.
The KFAs 33 branches that are spread
across the country are now fully oper-
ational and boast of 252 workers.
All our outlets are manned by
qualified staff who advise farmers on
the best prices for seeds, pesticides
and other farm inputs, explained
the MD.
Farmers can greatly benefit
from KFA not only because of our
proximity to them, but because we
stock quality products and offer ad-
vice to the farmers, said Cherogony.
The MD said they are now moving
to the next phase of the revival plan,
which will involve relooking at the le-
gal status of the organisation, updat-
ing members register and holding an
Annual General Meeting.
y B JAMES ANYANZWA
y B STEPHEN MKAWALE
and Ethiopia.
The SGR project will be built by the
China Roads and Bridge Construction
Company. It will connect to the Kam-
pala line and probably extend to Ki-
gali, with the estimated total distance
standing at 2,935km.
The initial phase (Mombasa-Nai-
robi) whose cost is estimated at Sh327
billion will be funded by the Chinese
government (90 per cent) and Kenyan
government will finance the remain-
ing 10 per cent of the cost.
The high- speed railway line is in-
tended to transform the countrys rail-
way transport system from an archa-
The Government plans to out-
source the management of the
planned high-speed Standard Gauge
Railway (SGR) to an international
firm.
The decision, according to Sol-
omon Ouna, project manager in-
charge of the SGR Development, is
informed by the lack of capacity to
run high speed modern system by the
Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC).
He said the multi-billion shillings
railway line will be operating between
Mombasa and Malaba, with a branch
line to Kisumu.
He said the state-owned corpora-
tion lacked the capacity and techni-
cal expertise to operate the new line.
Ouna said a process is already un-
derway to hire a consultant to advise
on the recruitment of reputable man-
agers for the proposed railway line.
There will be an international
tender to identify the best operator as
possible. The whole project is so big
and intricate that we require a consul-
tant who is familiar with the process.
We are in the process of acquiring that
consultant, he explained.
Ouna was speaking during a fo-
rum on Rail Transport Policy in Kenya
held in Nairobi yesterday. The event
was organised by the Institute of Eco-
nomic Affairs (IEA).
The SGR which is expected to con-
nect the Kenyan Indian Ocean sea-
front and the Great Lakes Region with
high capacity standard gauge railway
was commissioned by President Uhu-
ru Kenyatta in November last year.
Construction work on the project
is expected to start in October this
year and the initial phase compris-
ing a 500km stretch from Mombasa
to Nairobi is due to be finished in De-
cember 2017.
The targeted countries include
Uganda, DRC, Rwanda, Burundi,
Southern Sudan, Northern Tanzania
and Ethiopia.
The Mombasa-Nairobi-Malaba/
Kisumu Standard Gauge Railway is
part of a section of the Northern Cor-
ridor a transport artery for Ken-
ya, northern Tanzania, Rwanda, Bu-
rundi, Eastern DRC, Southern Sudan
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KFA on recovery path after settling Sh1b debt
Imara Daima Railway Station along Mombasa Road. Ministry of Transport is seeking for international expertise to run
the planned modern gauge railway line. [PHOTO: FILE]
Process to recruit
reputable managers
for SGR has already
been set into motion
Management
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 / The Standard
TODAY IN
State shops for management
experts to run new rail system
ic and outdated network to a modern
system in line with the aspirations of
Vision 2030.
Its key specifications include oper-
ating speeds of between 80 km/h and
120Km/h for freight and passenger
trains respectively.
The transit time will be eight hours
for freight trains and four hours and
30 minutes for passengers trains.
This project is expected to trans-
fer freight from roads to rail, reducing
rapid damage of the regions roads,
besides providing safe transport sys-
tem.

A Japanese chemical company plans
to set up a subsidiary in Kenya as
part of its strategy to exploit the
emerging East African market.
The company, Sumitomo Chemical,
has already started the plans to
establish a local fertiliser and agro
chemicals plant to service the
growing region market.
Senior ofcials of the company led
by the Executive Vice President
Yoshimara Takao are in the
country on a three-day fact-nding
mission. They will also meet senior
government ofcials and private
sector players.
Takao said they picked Kenya as a
host country, owing to its strategic
location in the region and size of its
economy. He reckons that Kenyas
strong agriculture position in the
region was an added advantage to
their operations.
Our plans is to expand our
business in Kenya to support the
countrys eforts to become food
secure, explained Takao.
The shilling was little changed
against the dollar on Tuesday and
looked likely to remain in a tight
range in the days ahead. Shares
inched down. In early trade,
commercial banks quoted the
shilling at Sh87.80/90 per dollar,
barely moved from Mondays close of
Sh87.75/85. Its going to be range-
bound for now, said Andlip Nazir,
senior trader at I&M Bank. Traders
forecast a range of Sh87.50-Sh88.00
for the next few days. Nazir said
he expected an even tighter range
between 87.60-90 and said the
Central Bank was likely to intervene
if the shilling weakened to more than
Sh88.00 to the dollar.
We dont see the shilling going
above Sh88 as its being protected
by the Central Bank, he said. The
Central Bank has pumped dollars
into the market whenever the
shilling has come under pressure,
prompting traders to conclude it had
drawn a line at Sh88. The shilling
has weakened by about 1.8 per
cent against the dollar this year as
tourism, a major foreign exchange
earner, has been hit by a series
of attacks on the country, mostly
blamed on Islamists. On the bourse,
the main NSE-20 share index, lost
a quarter of a percentage point to
close at 4,882.73 points. Mumias
Sugar, dropped by four per cent to
close at Sh2.40 per share.
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Shilling in tight range, as
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Page 42 / TODAY IN BUSINESS Wednesday, July 23, 2014 / The Standard
New customers
will pay 20 per
cent of connection
fee deposit while
the remaining
Sh28,000 will be
repayable over a
two year period.
Equity Bank is recruiting vendors
to pave way for regional acceptance
of its American Express Cards among
other payment solutions offered by
the bank.
This is through a process known
as merchant acquisition, providing al-
ternative revenue streams for its busi-
ness partners, who will enjoy com-
missions for card transactions.
In a typical card business model,
whether one uses a debit, credit or
prepaid card, a merchant discount is
paid to the card company.
A merchant is where the point
of sale device has been placed by
the card company. The merchant
commission is paid for the conve-
nience of not having to deal with
cash and the risks associated with it.
Equity Bank recently sealed an oper-
ating deal with American Express, the
worlds largest credit card company in
terms of purchased volumes.
The partnership affords Equity the
rare opportunity to serve American
Express Card Members visiting East
Africa from anywhere in the world.
Currently, American Express holds
a portfolio of more than 107.2 million
cards in force worldwide with $33 bil-
lion annual revenues.
At Equity Bank, our commitment
is to best serve and meet the finan-
cial needs of our nearly nine million
customers.
Our association with the worlds
largest credit card companies and
payment solution providers is there-
fore part of this commitment to deliv-
er the best card solutions, explained
Dr James Mwangi, Chief Executive Of-
ficer, Equity Group.
The bank is now a partner for
American Express, Visa, MasterCard,
PayPal, Google, China Union Pay,
SWIFT, JCB, VFX (Equity Direct) and
Diners Club. Whenever one uses an
automated teller machine, a fee is
charged for the transaction.
The fee charged is shared between
the automated teller machine owner,
network and card issuer, just like the
usage of cards at points of sale.
Among the recent merchants re-
tained by Equity Bank to support the
American Express card business in-
clude retailers Nakumatt Holdings,
hospitality outlets ArtCaff, Heritage
Hotels, Best Western Hotel, Imperial
Hotel, Laico Regency, Leopard Beach
Resort and Boma Hotels.
The partnerships are also in line
with Equitys 3.0 business strategy of
becoming a one stop shop for finan-
cial services, and giving its customers
the freedom of modern banking in to-
days fast-paced world.
Equity Bank is currently enjoying
a market leadership slot for diaspora
remittances with approximately 16.8
per cent market share.
Last year,over $185 million from
the Diaspora is estimated to have
been channeled into the country
through the bank.
Kenya Power staf replace wooden electric poles with one made of concrete
along Obote Road in Kisumu County, using the hydraulic power-assisted steer-
ing (HYPAS) mounted on one of their lorries. [PHOTO: FILE]
Equity Bank Chief Executive Ofcer
Dr James Mwangi.
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electricity by more Kenyans in line
with the countrys development vi-
sion, said Dr Chumo.
New customers will be required
to pay 20 per cent of the connection
fee, which translates to Sh7, 000 de-
posit while the remaining Sh28, 000
will be repayable over a two-year pe-
riod. The loan will attract what Kenya
Power terms as an administration fee
of five per cent.
A five per cent administration fee
is charged on the loaned amount. The
period of disbursing subsequent Sti-
ma loan tranche amounting to Sh472
million (4 million Euros) will depend
on the rate of loan uptake, Chumo
explained.
He observed that while Kenya
Power handles the bulk of Stima Loan
applicants, it has partnered with local
banking institutions including Equity
Bank and National Bank of Kenya un-
der different terms for ease of financ-
ing for its customers.
Dr Chumo added that oth-
er prospective financiers under
the new power connection scheme
are currently at different stag-
es of evaluation by the company.
Kenya Power in ambitious plan to
connect 300,000 to national grid
Kenya power will over the next two
months start connecting new cus-
tomers to the national grid on cred-
it and recover connection fees over a
two year-year period through month-
ly bills.
The utility firm said it would con-
nect 300,000 new customers over
the next four years without requir-
ing them to pay an upfront fee of
Sh35,000, which is the cost of getting
a single phase connection at the mo-
ment. Kenya Power said it would use a
Sh3.6 billion loan from the French De-
velopment Agency (AFD) and the Eu-
ropean Union to undertake the proj-
ect.
In addition to loans that will be
processed by Kenya Power, the utili-
ty firm also said it has partnered with
Equity Bank and National Bank in
an arrangement that will see the two
banks finance new customers to get
connected.
The power firm, however, said the
loans advanced by the two banks will
be under different terms, which might
mean that customers might pay high-
er interest rates.
Kenya Power Managing Direc-
tor Dr Ben Chumo said the project
is an upgrade of Stima Loan service
the utility firm has been piloting since
2010, through which 53, 836 new cus-
tomers have been connected at a cost
of Sh1.2 billion.
He also said the first tranche of the
loan facility amounting to Sh480 mil-
lion will be disbursed in the next two
months and will mainly benefit appli-
cants for single phase electricity con-
nections whose quotations do not ex-
ceed Sh35, 000.
Stima Loan is one of the initia-
tives we are spearheading in collabo-
ration with the Government, AFD and
EU to ease the cost of power connec-
tions and help accelerate access to
The new customers
will only pay Sh7,000
as deposit

Jamii Bora Bank Limited and Post-
bank, have launched an agen-
cy banking partnership to reach
more customers across the coun-
try.
It will see Jamii Bora use Post-
banks 99 branches to provide
banking and financial services to
its customers.
Jamii Bora Bank Chief Exec-
utive, Samuel Kimani, said the
launch is a milestone in the banks
quest to expand its reach and
grow its business.
This agency banking relation-
ship will enable our customers to
access their funds and transact
with us through the Postbank in-
frastructure across the country,
said Kimani during the launch.
Mr Kimani said with its wide
network of branches spread
across 47 counties, Kenswitch-en-
abled ATMs and point-of-sale
terminals, Postbank was an ide-
al partner to extend Jamii Boras
reach.
Postbank will facilitate cash
deposits and withdrawals as well
as balance enquiries for our cus-
tomers through its ATMs (auto-
mated teller machines) and point
of sale terminals, he said.
Jamii Bora,
Postbank enter
banking deal
Equity eyes more merchants for card business
Maize prices are expected
to ease in the next one month,
thanks to imports from the neigh-
bouring countries and good har-
vest registered by farmers in the
Rift Valley region.
Market players are now hope-
ful of stable supply of the key
food crop that has a strong bear-
ing on the inflation weight bas-
ket. The Government warned re-
cently of a shortage of between
seven million and 10 million bags
of maize.
Agriculture, Livestock and
Fisheries Cabinet Secretary Fe-
lix Koskei confirmed yesterday
that the country expects huge
consignment from Tanzania and
Uganda within the month.
We expect consumers to start
enjoying reduced prices of the
crop by the end of this month.
There is more maize coming
from the Tanzania and Uganda
and farmers from South Rift re-
gion have started harvesting, ex-
plained Koskei.
Last month, Kenya and Tan-
zania signed an agreement on
maize importation with the first
batch of 50,000 bags expected to
arrive in the country soon.
Koskei said new harvest will
be used to replenish the coun-
trys reserves managed by the Na-
tional Cereals and Produce Board.
Maize prices
set to drop,
says Koskei
Page 43 STOCKS / Wednesday, July 23, 2014 / The Standard
USDOLLAR EURO
BUY SELL MARG BUY SELL MARG
AB C 87.75 87.95 0.20 118.59 118.74 0.15
EQUITY 87.74 87.84 0.10 118.63 118.79 0.16
I & M 87.65 87.85 0.20 118.52 118.82 0.30
DIAMONDTRUST 87.75 87.85 0.10 118.65 118.82 0.17
NI C 87.70 87.90 0.20 118.66 118.81 0.15
ECOBANK 87.70 87.90 0.20 118.58 118.88 0.30
1ST COMMUNITY 87.75 87.85 0.10 118.66 118.82 0.16
PRIME 87.65 87.85 0.20 118.50 118.90 0.40
MIDDLEEAST 87.75 87.85 0.10 118.50 118.90 0.40
CFC STANBIC 87.70 87.90 0.20 118.66 118.97 0.31
CITIBANK 87.80 87.90 0.10 118.73 118.88 0.15
C B A 87.70 87.90 0.20 118.54 118.93 0.39
NB K 87.70 87.90 0.20 118.60 118.88 0.28
BARCLAYS 87.75 87.85 0.10 118.66 118.82 0.16
STANDARD 87.70 87.90 0.20 118.63 118.92 0.29
KC B 87.85 87.95 0.10 118.66 118.82 0.16
BOA 87.60 87.80 0.20 118.44 118.75 0.31
CO-OP 87.70 87.90 0.20 118.59 118.88 0.29
USDOLLAR 87.7994
STGPOUND 149.9598
EURO 118.7281
SARAND 8.2667
KES/ USHS 30.0117
KES/ TSHS 18.9580
KES/ RWF 7.7336
KES/ BIF 17.6540
AEDIRHAM 23.9037
CAN$ 81.7238
SFRANC 97.7264
JPY(100) 86.5241
SW KRONER 12.8165
NOR KRONER 14.1461
DANKRONER 15.9233
IND RUPEE 1.4582
HONGKONGDOLLAR 11.3272
SINGAPOREDOLLAR 70.7775
SAUDI RIYAL 23.4110
CHINESEYUAN 14.1461
AUSTRALIAN$ 82.4305
Source: Central Bank
EXCHANGE RATES
BANK RATES
FOREX BUREAU
LAST12MONTHS SECTOR PRICES PREVIOUS SHARES
MAIN INVESTMENT MARKET
NAIROBI STOCKS
NSE All Share Index. Down 0.30 points to close at 150.77.
NSE 20-share Index. Down 14.04 points to close at 4882.73.
22/07/14
22/07/14
22/07/14
PER US DOLLAR PER EURO
BUY SELL MARG BUY SELL MARG
Alpha Forex BureauLtd 87.60 88.50 0.90 118.00 120.50 2.50
Amana Forex BureauLtd 87.20 88.50 1.30 118.00 119.80 1.80
Aristocrats Forex Bureau 87.00 89.00 2.00 117.00 120.00 3.00
Bamburi Forex BureauLtd 86.00 89.00 3.00 117.00 120.00 3.00
Bay Forex Bureau(NBI) Ltd 87.60 88.30 0.70 118.20 120.00 1.80
Bogani Forex BureauLtd 85.80 89.90 4.10 116.10 121.30 5.20
Capital Hill Forex Bureau 87.40 88.50 1.10 117.80 118.80 1.00
Cashline Forex BureauLtd 86.50 89.00 2.50 117.00 123.00 6.00
Classic Forex BureauLtd 87.20 88.60 1.40 116.70 120.60 3.90
Commercial Forex Bureau 87.50 88.30 0.80 117.80 121.00 3.20
Continental Forex Bureau 87.70 88.10 0.40 118.20 119.50 1.30
Cosmos Forex BureauLtd 87.75 88.20 0.45 118.00 120.00 2.00
Crater Forex BureauLtd 86.70 88.70 2.00 117.50 120.50 3.00
Crossroads Forex Bureau 86.50 89.50 3.00 116.50 120.50 4.00
Crown BureauDe Change 87.00 88.50 1.50 118.00 120.50 2.50
Dalmar Exchange Bureau 87.40 87.90 0.50 116.00 120.00 4.00
Forex BureauAfroLtd 87.80 88.30 0.50 117.50 120.50 3.00
Gateway Forex BureauLtd 87.80 88.10 0.30 118.20 119.70 1.50
Giant Forex Bureau Ltd 86.00 88.50 2.50 114.00 121.00 7.00
Give andTake Forex Bureau 87.40 87.90 0.50 118.00 121.00 3.00
GNK Forex BureauLtd 86.50 88.75 2.25 118.77 119.35 0.58
Hodan Global Forex Bureau 87.60 88.20 0.60 118.30 120.50 2.20
HurlinghamForex Bureau 86.50 88.20 1.70 115.00 120.00 5.00
Industrial Area Forex Ltd 86.00 89.00 3.00 113.00 121.00 8.00
IslandForex BureauLtd 87.60 88.00 0.40 118.50 119.20 0.70
Junction Forex BureauLtd 87.00 88.50 1.50 116.50 120.00 3.50
Kenza Exchange BureauLtd 87.00 89.00 2.00 117.50 120.00 2.50
Lache Forex BureauLtd 87.20 88.50 1.30 116.50 120.00 3.50
LeoForex BureauLtd 87.10 88.40 1.30 117.80 119.50 1.70
Link Forex BureauLtd 87.70 88.50 0.80 117.50 120.00 2.50
Maritime Forex BureauLtd 87.50 88.40 0.90 117.80 119.60 1.80
Metropolitan Bureau 86.00 88.00 2.00 117.00 120.00 3.00
Middletown Forex Bureau 87.70 88.20 0.50 118.20 119.50 1.30
Moneypoint Forex Bureau 87.00 88.50 1.50 115.00 120.00 5.00
Morgan Forex Bureau 87.60 88.00 0.40 119.00 120.00 1.00
Nairobi Forex BureauLtd 87.65 87.85 0.20 118.65 119.00 0.35
Namanga Forex BureauLtd 84.00 88.00 4.00 115.00 125.00 10.00
Net Forex BureauLtd 87.60 88.20 0.60 118.00 119.50 1.50
Ofshore Forex BureauLtd 87.70 88.30 0.60 117.80 120.00 2.20
Pacic Forex BureauLtd 87.50 88.20 0.70 118.20 120.00 1.80
PeakTop Exchange Bureau 87.70 88.10 0.40 118.20 119.50 1.30
Pearl Forex BureauLtd 87.50 87.80 0.30 118.00 118.40 0.40
Pel Forex BureauLtd 87.00 89.00 2.00 118.00 120.00 2.00
Penguin Forex Bureau Ltd 87.50 88.30 0.80 117.50 119.50 2.00
Princess Forex BureauLtd 87.70 88.40 0.70 117.50 120.00 2.50
Pwani Forex BureauLtd 87.00 88.50 1.50 118.00 121.00 3.00
Qadisia Forex BureauLtd 87.40 88.30 0.90 118.00 119.85 1.85
Regional Forex BureauLtd 87.70 88.50 0.80 118.30 121.50 3.20
Rift Valley Forex BureauLtd 87.00 88.00 1.00 118.00 119.50 1.50
UNIT TRUSTS
HIGH LOW AGRICULTURAL
36.75 21.00 Eaagads Ltd Ord 1.25 AIMS 33.00 -
167.00 80.00 Kakuzi Ltd Ord.5.00 154.00 150.00 8,000
167.00 110.00 Kapchorua Tea Co. Ltd Ord Ord 5.00 AIMS 145.00 -
670.00 450.00 The Limuru Tea Co. Ltd Ord 20.00 AIMS 670.00 -
30.00 16.20 Rea Vipingo Plantations Ltd Ord 5.00 27.50 -
19.95 11.25 Sasini Ltd Ord 1.00 15.30 15.30 26,500
350.00 210.00 Williamson Tea Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 AIMS 287.00 289.00 100
AUTOMOBILES&ACCESSORIES
50.00 21.00 Car & General (K) Ltd Ord 5.00 44.25 42.25 500
- - CMC Holdings Ltd Ord 0.50 13.50 -
13.50 8.00 Marshalls (E.A.) Ltd Ord 5.00 8.00 8.50 200
9.40 4.50 Sameer Africa Ltd Ord 5.00 7.95 8.45 26,800
BANKING
19.15 15.00 Barclays Bank of Kenya Ltd Ord 0.50 17.00 17.00 199,100
155.00 62.50 CFC Stanbic of Kenya Holdings Ltd ord.5.00 128.00 129.00 17,900
248.00 141.00 Diamond Trust Bank Kenya Ltd Ord 4.00 239.00 232.00 122,600
50.00 29.50 Equity Bank Ltd Ord 0.50 45.75 45.75 1,775,900
51.00 22.00 Housing Finance Co.Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 46.25 46.50 45,700
147.00 85.00 I&M Holdings Ltd Ord 1.00 138.00 139.00 12,000
55.00 35.50 Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd Ord 1.00 53.50 54.00 3,536,500
39.25 18.50 National Bank of Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 29.00 29.50 29,800
68.00 48.50 NIC Bank Ltd Ord 5.00 59.00 59.50 12,900
340.00 271.00 Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Ord 5.00 306.00 310.00 22,500
25.00 14.50 The Co-operative Bank of Kenya Ord 1.00 19.00 19.05 539,600
COMMERCIALANDSERVICES
8.00 3.40 Express Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 AIMS 7.20 7.20 14,300
- - Hutchings Biemer Ltd Ord 5.00 20.25 -
14.70 8.30 Kenya Airways Ltd Ord 5.00 10.25 10.20 173,800
18.00 5.00 Longhorn Kenya Ltd Ord 1.00 AIMS 15.95 16.00 16,600
400.00 271.00 Nation Media Group Ltd Ord. 2.50 308.00 309.00 51,600
247.00 42.50 Scangroup Ltd Ord 1.00 46.75 47.50 3,600
39.00 24.50 Standard Group Ltd Ord 5.00 35.75 34.25 16,200
56.50 32.00 TPS Eastern Africa Ltd Ord 1.00 40.00 37.75 1,200
24.00 11.60 Uchumi Supermarket Ltd Ord 5.00 12.00 11.95 568,100
CONSTRUCTION&ALLIED
98.50 60.00 ARM Cement Ltd Ord 1.00 80.00 81.50 522,900
225.00 170.00 Bamburi Cement Ltd Ord 5.00 171.00 174.00 4,600
100.00 75.00 Crown Paints Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 98.00 97.00 600
18.00 13.50 E.A.Cables Ltd Ord 0.50 16.45 16.10 165,100
110.00 56.50 E.A.Portland Cement Co. Ltd Ord 5.00 82.00 -
ENERGY&PETROLEUM
17.90 8.70 KenGen Co. Ltd Ord. 2.50 9.80 9.80 43,800
11.80 7.90 KenolKobil Ltd Ord 0.05 8.50 8.55 1,251,300
20.75 12.85 Kenya Power & Lighting Co Ltd Ord 2.50 12.95 12.95 57,300
- - Kenya Power & Lighting Ltd 4% Pref 20.00 8.00
5.50 5.50 Kenya Power & Lighting Ltd 7% Pref 20.00 5.50
28.75 12.65 Total Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 25.00 25.50 5,800
17.25 13.00 Umeme Ltd Ord 0.50 15.70
INSURANCE
24.00 7.30 British-American Investments CoOrd 0.10 21.75 22.00 1,064,000
12.20 4.20 CIC Insurance Group Ltd Ord.1.00 10.25 10.50 466,800
424.00 217.00 Jubilee Holdings Ltd Ord 5.00 390.00 392.00 4,300
21.00 13.10 Kenya Re Insurance CorporationOrd 2.50 18.75 18.75 275,300
23.00 9.20 Liberty Kenya Holdings Ltd Ord.1.00 17.90 18.00 34,300
145.00 51.50 Pan Africa Insurance Holdings Ltd Ord 5.00 129.00 129.00 3,600
INVESTMENT
44.00 17.05 Centum Investment Co Ltd Ord 0.50 43.00 43.00 329,400
6.40 3.50 Olympia Capital Holdings Ltd Ord 5.00 5.30 5.70 2,000
37.75 20.00 Trans-Century Ltd Ord 0.50 AIMS 24.25 25.00 2,800
MANUFACTURING&ALLIED
- - A.Baumann & Co Ltd Ord 5.00 AIMS 11.10 -
190.00 100.00 B.O.C Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 148.00 148.00 3,000
685.00 521.00 British American Tobacco Kenya Ord 10.00 680.00 651.00 210,100
67.50 27.50 Carbacid Investments Ltd Ord 1.00 29.00 28.75 54,600
426.00 212.00 East African Breweries Ltd Ord 2.00 295.00 294.00 543,200
4.00 1.90 Eveready East Africa Ltd Ord.1.00 3.40 3.45 42,800
9.45 4.40 Kenya Orchards Ltd Ord 5.00 AIMS 9.45 -
5.05 2.30 Mumias Sugar Co. Ltd Ord 2.00 2.40 2.50 1,947,300
38.50 14.00 Unga Group Ltd Ord 5.00 34.75 35.00 10,600
TELECOMMUNICATION&TECHNOLOGY
13.40 6.15 Safaricom Ltd Ord 0.05 11.95 12.00 19,815,700
GROWTH ENTERPRISEMARKETSEGMENT(GEMS)
25.00 3.90 Home Afrika Ltd Ord 1.00 4.00 4.05 278,100
21/07/14
MONEY FUNDS Daily Yield E. A. Rate
British-AmericanMoney Market Fund 10.41% 10.97%
CICMoney Market Fund 10.11% 10.60%
ICEAMONEYMARKET FUND 8.21% 8.56%
MadisonAsset Money Market Fund 9.62% 10.05%
Old Mutual Money Market Fund 6.95% 7.17%
Commercial Bank of AfricaMoney Market Fund 6.06% `6.25%
Stanbic Money Market Fund 7.77% 8.06%
OTHER FUNDS Buy Sell
British-AmericanEquity Fund 202.90 209.35
British-AmericanBalanced Fund 191.30 196.89
British-AmericanBond Plus Fund 144.43 147.38
British-AmericanManaged Retirement Fund 133.86 135.00
CICFixed Income Fund 9.05 9.28
CICEquity Fund 13.79 14.52
CICBalanced Fund 13.30 13.92
ICEABOND FUND 95.37 96.34
ICEAEQUITYFUND 143.73 151.29
MadisonAsset Balanced Fund 66.25 69.85
MadisonAsset Equity Fund 52.43 55.65
Old Mutual Equity Fund 381.04 408.28
Old Mutual Balanced Fund/Toboa 155.58 165.67
Old Mutual East AfricaFund 150.85 159.69
Old Mutual Bond Fund 101.61 104.02
Commercial Bank of AfricaEquity Fund 157.33 167.02
CFCSimbaFund 127.37 127.37
Stanbic Equity Fund 170.96 170.96
Stanbic Fixed Income Fund B1 100.84 100.84
Stanbic Fixed Income Fund A 100.57 100.57
21/07/14
Dock workers union was fully involved in crafting of the Mombasa
Port Community service charter despite allegations that it was
sidelined, Kenya Ports Authority Chairman Danson Mungatana has
said. He refuted claims the workers union was not consulted in talks
that resulted in the birth of the rst ever service charter for the
Mombasa Port Community. Speaking at Ngao Village in Tana County
over the weekend, Mungatana said the union ofcials were briefed
right from the start. He said any claims that the union was sidelined
are news to him and to all the players involved in crafting the charter.
The discussions for the formation of this charter were not started
yesterday and all the stakeholders were well involved and the dockers
union as well, said Mungatana.
Mungatana defends port charter crafting process
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Some of the parents of the kidnapped school girls during a meeting in Chibok,
Nigeria. At least 11 parents of the more than 200 schoolgirls will never see
their daughters again. Since the mass abduction by Islamic extremists three
months ago, at least 11 of their parents have died and their hometown, Chibok.
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About a dozen parents of the
more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian
schoolgirls will never see their
daughters again.
Since the mass abduction of the
schoolgirls by Islamic extremists
three months ago, at least 11 of their
parents have died and their home-
town, Chibok, is under siege from
the militants, residents report.
Meanwhile, President Goodluck
Jonathan is meeting with many par-
ents of the 219 kidnapped Nigerian
schoolgirls and some classmates
who managed to escape from Islam-
ic extremists.
Tuesdays meeting comes after
some had refused to meet Nigerias
leader last week. For months, the
parents have been asking to see the
president and he finally agreed to a
request from Pakistani girls-educa-
tion activist Malala Yousafzai.
WENT INTO COMA
A spokesman said there were 177
people in the delegation meeting
Jonathan and an AP reporter count-
ed 51 of the 57 girls who escaped in
the early days after the April 15 ab-
duction. The failure to rescue the
girls is an international embarrass-
ment.
Seven fathers of kidnapped girls
were among 51 bodies brought to
Chibok hospital after an attack on
the nearby village of Kautakari this
At least four have died
of illnesses community
blames on trauma
11 parents of Nigerias
abducted girls pass on
month, said a health worker who in-
sisted on anonymity for fear of repri-
sals by the extremists.
At least four more parents have
died of heart failure, high blood pres-
sure and other illnesses that the
community blames on trauma due
to the mass abduction 100 days ago,
said community leader Pogu Bitrus,
who provided their names.
One father of two of the girls kid-
napped just went into a kind of coma
and kept repeating the names of his
daughters, until life left him, said
Bitrus. On the bright side, some of
the young women who escaped are
recovering, said a health worker, who
insisted on anonymity because he
feared reprisals from Boko Haram.
Girls who had first refused to dis-
cuss their experience, now are
talking about it and taking part in
therapeutic singing and drawing a
few drew homes, some painted flow-
ers and one young woman drew a
picture of a soldier with a gun last
week.
Girls who said they would never
go back to school now are thinking
about how to continue their educa-
tion, he said. Counselling is being of-
fered to families of those abducted.

AP
South Africas main metals em-
ployer body has reluctantly accept-
ed a government proposal to raise
wages by up to 10 per cent, raising
hopes of an end to a strike sapping
the continents most advanced econ-
omy.
The Steel and Engineering Indus-
tries Federation of South Africa
(SEIFSA) said striking unions had
until Friday to accept the offer, which
it warned could lead to heavy job
losses.
More than 200,000 workers affili-
ated to the National Union of Metal-
workers of South Africa (NUMSA)
downed tools on July 2, demanding
12-15 percent wage increases.
The stoppage has disrupted the
supply of car parts and affected con-
struction work at two crucial power
stations for state utility Eskom.
Under the proposal put forward
by Labour Minister Mildred Olipha-
nt, SEIFSA agreed to raise wages by
between 7 per cent and 10 per cent
over the next three years.
This would inevitably lead to
massive job losses as companies
sought to cut costs because they
would not be able to pass on the in-
creases to their customers, SEIFSA
Chief Executive Kaizer Nyatsumba
said in a statement.
The Federation also said it would
not sign the agreement unless parts
of South Africas current wage nego-
tiation guidelines were amended to
scrap two-tier bargaining at the
plant and national level.
PLATINUM SECTOR
It was not immediately clear if
NUMSA and other smaller unions
would accept the deal.
The industrial action has dealt a
further blow to the ailing South Afri-
can economy, coming almost imme-
diately after a five-month strike by
miners in the platinum sector.
World number-one platinum
producer Anglo American Platinum
is to sell a swathe of its most la-
bour-intensive South African mines
after a five-month strike shattered its
hopes of ever making them profit-
able.
The mines account for over half
of the companys workforce but only
a quarter of production and their vi-
ability was dealt a blow when miners
won pay increases of up to 20 per-
cent. Amplats said it would now fo-
cus on its more mechanised mines.
Reuters
S Africas main metals employer body accepts deal to end strike
An Israeli soldier is missing
following a deadly battle in the Gaza
Strip, a defense ofcial said, as Israeli
airstrikes pummeled a wide range of
locations along the coastal area and
diplomatic eforts intensied to end
the two week war that has killed more
than 600 Palestinians and 29 Israelis.
It was not immediately known if the
missing soldier was alive or dead,
the Israeli defense ofcial told The
Associated Press. The disappearance
raised the possibility that he had been
captured by Hamas a nightmare
scenario for Israel. In the past, Israel
has paid a heavy price in lopsided
prisoner swaps to retrieve captured
soldiers or remains held by enemies.
Chinas airlines regulator has
warned travellers to expect ight
delays at 12 airports through mid-
August, and an airport employee said
military exercises are the reason.
The Civil Aviation Administration of
China said airports afected include
the major cities of Shanghai, Nanjing,
Hangzhou, Zhengzhou and Qingdao,
China Central Television said Tuesday
on its website. Disruptions began July
20 and are due to last through August
15, according to CCTV. It said the delays
were due to unspecied exercises
but gave no other details. An airport
employee said the delays were due to
military exercises. We got a verbal
notice from our supervisor that ights
may be delayed, said the man, who
refused to give his name.
Thailand has adopted a temporary
constitution as the country makes its
rst step toward the slow return of
electoral democracy after two months
of military rule. The 48-article charter
was announced Tuesday night after
its posting on the website of the Royal
Gazette, where new laws must be
published. Its enactment is mostly
a formality to carry out previously
announced plans for drafting a
new permanent constitution and
forming a temporary legislature for
parliamentary duties.
The man who built the engine
for Orville and Wilbur Wrights rst
powered aircraft has nally gotten
his due. It was Charles Taylor a
mechanic in the brothers Dayton
bicycle shop who built the engine
for the airplane that rst took ight
at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on
December 17, 1903. The Wright
brothers were inventors and are
recognised for building the worlds
rst power-driven airplane. On
Monday, a bronze bust of Taylor was
unveiled at the National Museum of
the United States Air Force at Wright-
Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton.
The self-taught mechanic hand-built
the rst airplane engine after a slew
of automakers rejected the brothers
request to build one.
Agencies
Israeli soldier missing as
Gaza ghting rages
Military exercises delay
ights throughout China
Thailands junta adopts
interim constitution
US nally honours Wright
brothers mechanic
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LAGOS, WEDNESDAY
JOHANNESBURG, WEDNESDAY
President Goodluck Jonathan
is meeting with many parents
of the 219 kidnapped Nigerian
schoolgirls and some class-
mates who managed to escape
from Islamic extremists
Tuesdays meeting comes af-
ter some had refused to meet
Nigerias leader last week
A spokesman said there were
177 people in the delegation
meeting Jonathan and an AP
reporter counted 51 of the 57
girls who escaped
PRESIDENT MEETING
Page 45 NEWS OF THE WORLD / Wednesday, July 23, 2014 / The Standard
Britains Queen Elizabeth II (right) speaks to Prince William and Kate Duchess
of Cambridge as they arrive with their son Prince George at the Chapel Royal in
St Jamess Palace London. Prince George turned one yesterday. [PHOTO: AP]
The palace is releasing special
pictures, the Royal Mint is striking a
commemorative coin and newspa-
pers are publishing glowing tributes.
Whats all the fuss about? A little
boy who will be king.
Prince George turned one yester-
day. While he may be too young to
appreciate it, the milestone is a na-
tional event.
Editorial writers call him a sym-
bol of hope, newspaper headlines
hail him as Gorgeous George and
one published a 24-page glossy mag-
azine chronicling his first 12 months.
Prince William and his wife Kate,
who plan a small party at Kensington
Palace, have said little in public
about the ups and downs of parent-
ing, but here are some things we
know about the lad:
George has an important new
skill walking:
Official photos taken at the Natu-
ral History Museum in London show
that George can walk perfectly well
on his own, thank you very much.
And George looks awfully proud of
himself as he takes confident steps
and raises his arms in triumph.
The Royal Mint is
striking 7,500 sterling
silver coins for Britain
princes rst birthday
Major step for little prince George
Two passenger trains collided in
South Korea, killing one person and
injuring dozens, a hospital ofcial
and police said, in the latest string
of accidents that have rattled the
country. A commuter train and a
tourist train collided in Taebaek, a
resort area about 200km southeast
of Seoul. A police ofcial said more
than 70 people had been injured, but
declined to conrm any deaths. In
April, a ferry capsized on its way to
the resort island of Jeju, killing over
300 people, most of them children,
a disaster that provoked grief and
outrage. That was followed by a re
at a shopping mall that killed eight
and a re at a hospital for the elderly
that killed 21. Nearly 200 people were
injured in two subway accidents.
Turkish police raided the homes
of colleagues, detaining dozens of
ofcers on suspicion of spying or
of illegally wiretapping government
ofcials, including Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Turkeys
spy chief. Police conducted overnight
raids in 25 provinces, detaining the
police ofcers, including at least one
former senior-ranking anti-terrorism
police ofcer seen being taken away in
handcufs. Reports said some ofcers
were involved in a corruption probe.
Agencies
One killed, dozens hurt in
S Korea train collision
Turkey: police detained
for spying and wiretaps
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LONDON, WEDNESDAY
the Royal Mint is striking 7,500 ster-
ling silver coins. Thats no simple
matter. The design had to be ap-
proved by Queen Elizabeth II why
do you think they call it the Royal
Mint? as well as by his parents and
the Treasury Secretary, George Os-
borne.
George has centre stage for
now: William and Kate have ex-
pressed an interest in having more
children, but have otherwise kept
their plans private. Asked in March
whether they are planning to give
George a sibling, William said: May-
be one day. Ones enough at the mo-
ment.
AP
George plays well with others
up to a point:
Parents know only too well that
an infants moods cannot easily be
controlled, and tantrums can be
long and loud. So it took a certain
amount of courage for William and
Kate to agree to have George play
with other infants at a much-pho-
tographed play date in April
during a royal tour of Australia and
New Zealand.
Instead of going into a family
album, for viewing once every five
or 10 years, the pictures of playful
Prince George and his friends
went around the world in an in-
stant, showing the future genera-
tion in the best possible light.
Some British papers crowed that
the republican movement in Aus-
tralia had been set back decades.
George has fashion clout
even if he doesnt choose his out-
fits: At his christening, which
marked his first public appearance
since leaving the hospital after his
birth, three-month-old George
was dressed in a replica of a chris-
tening gown first used for Queen
Victorias eldest daughter in 1841.
George looks like Winston
Churchill maybe:
Perhaps few others see the re-
semblance, but Prince Harry
thinks that Prince George looks
like a young Winston Churchill.
George is just like you and me
but not really
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Supporters of Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto hold ban-
ners in a protest at a major intersection in Jakarta, Indonesia, yesterday. Re-
sults showed his opponent Jakarta governor Joko Widodo (INSET) won the
election. [PHOTOS: AP]
Jakarta governor Joko Widodo,
who won the hearts of Indonesians
with his common man image, won
Indonesias presidential election
with 53 per cent of the vote, final re-
sults from the Election Commission
showed.
The numbers were released
shortly after his opponent, former
general Prabowo Subianto, declared
he was withdrawing from the con-
test, saying there was massive fraud
during the election and that it was
unfair and undemocratic.
Widodo, a former furniture maker
known widely as Jokowi, had main-
tained a slim lead of about 4 percent-
age points in unofficial quick
counts by polling agencies released
after the July 9 election.
But Subianto, who has declared
assets of $140 million and was on his
third bid for the presidency, repeat-
edly claimed that polling firms with
links to his campaign showed he was
ahead.
CHEATING CLAIMS
We reject the 2014 presidential
election which is unlawful and there-
fore we withdraw from the ongoing
process, he said.
There were no immediate reports
of violence. About 100 Subianto sup-
porters held a peaceful protest about
300 metres from the Election Com-
mission building in downtown Jakar-
ta, chanting Prabowo is the real
president and holding banners say-
ing that the commission should stop
cheating.
The building was surrounded by
thousands of policemen to maintain
security after a particularly nasty
presidential campaign. It was the
first election that pitted two candi-
dates directly against each other
Former furniture
maker had maintained
slim lead of about 4 per
cent in unofcial count
Widodo wins Indonesian poll as
opponent pulls out at last minute
since the Muslim majority country of
240 million emerged from the long
and brutal Suharto dictatorship 16
years ago.
Supporters of both men used so-
cial media for personal attacks, and
Subiantos supporters led a smear
Prime Minister Hun Sen and
Cambodian opposition parties said
they have agreed on a joint solution
to end a political deadlock and the
oppositions yearlong boycott of the
national legislature.
Hun Sen, opposition leader Sam
Rainsy and others met for five hours
behind closed doors in the third
round of talks since lawmakers from
Rainsys Cambodia National Rescue
Party boycotted their parliamentary
seats following last Julys national
elections. The opposition alleged
that the polls were rigged, and de-
manded reforms and new elections.
It was a success. Now you can
applaud, said Hun Sen, who was
seen smiling while walking out of the
meeting room.
Rainsy said the two leaders must
seek audience with King Narodom
Sihamoni to inform the monarch
about the agreement before the 55
lawmakers-elect from his party are
sworn in and join the National As-
sembly.
We have no choice. The only
suitable choice is to end the political
crisis, to end the standoff, Rainsy
told reporters.
BENEFIT OF NATION
A joint statement said the parties
agreed to work together in the Na-
tional Assembly in order to solve im-
portant issues and to reform some
institutions.
Both parties agreed to do a re-
forming and strengthening to some
major state institutions, especially
independent institutions that could
serve the benefit of the nation, the
people and comply with pluralism
democracy, they said in the state-
ment.
In terms of the legislatures lead-
ership, the two sides agreed that the
president and second vice president
of the National Assembly would be
from the ruling Cambodian Peoples
Party, and that the first vice president
would come from the opposition
CNRP.
Each party will chair five out of 10
commissions in the assembly, ac-
cording to the statement.
Both parties also said they agreed
to change the dates of upcoming
elections, but did not say when they
would be held. The next general elec-
tion is scheduled for July 2018.
AP
A deluge of Central American
children pouring into the US threat-
ens to burst the seams of already
overstuffed immigration courts, and
President Barack Obamas steps to
ease the crisis are likely to make mat-
ters worse rather than better for
some.
We are reaching a point of im-
plosion, if we have not already
reached it, said Judge Dana Leigh
Marks of San Francisco, who has
been deciding immigration cases
since 1987 and is president of the Na-
tional Association of Immigration
Judges.
The problem, according to judg-
es, lawyers and immigration groups,
is the sheer number of cases clogging
the courts, due in part to beefed-up
law enforcement at the southwest-
ern US border with Mexico.
US immigration courts have a
backlog of 375,373 cases, almost
50,000 more than they faced two
years ago, according to Justice De-
partment figures.
Marks, one of the 243 judges pre-
siding over 59 immigration courts in
the US, is setting hearing dates as far
off as 2018. It now typically takes
three to five years for cases to clear
the system, judges and lawyers said.

Reuters
Cambodian political rivals say deal reached Wave of migrant children
threatens to swamp US courts
A former Chinese ofcial who
publicly accused Communist Party
investigators of physically abusing
him has been detained, and a second
who complained of brutality said
authorities are investigating him.
The two ofcials were among four
party members who broke with the
ruling partys intense secrecy and
told The Associated Press this year
they sufered months of abuse while
detained in separate cases in 2011-12.
The ruling party, which is in the midst
of its most extensive anti-corruption
campaign to date, is sensitive about
the allegations.
A train carrying the remains of
many of the 298 victims of Malaysia
Airlines ight MH17 arrived at a
Ukrainian government base on the
rst leg of their nal journey home
to be reclaimed by their families.
Five refrigerated wagons containing
200 body bags arrived in the city of
Kharkiv after pro-Russian separatists
agreed to hand over the planes
black boxes to Malaysian authorities
and the bodies to the Netherlands,
where many victims had lived. The
train slowly rolled into the grounds
of an arms industry plant, where the
remains are due to be unloaded and
own to the Netherlands.
Bulgarias central bank governor
Ivan Iskrov is ready to step down
if parliament agrees to appoint a
successor, a spokesman for the bank
said, adding Iskrov has submitted a
letter with this proposal to lawmakers.
In his letter, Iskrov said he did not
want the central bank to be subject
to political attacks prior to an
election due to be held in October,
the spokesman said. Boiko Borisov,
leader of the opposition centre-right
GERB party, has demanded Iskrovs
resignation, saying the governor
has to take responsibility for a crisis
that hit Corporate Commercial Bank
(Corpbank) in June.
Agencies
Ex-ofcials see reprisals
over abuse allegations
Train with MH17 bodies
reaches Ukraine base
Bulgarian central bank
governor ready to resign
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JAKARTA, TUESDAY
PHNOM PENH, WEDNESDAY
WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY
campaign against Widodo, spread-
ing rumors he is not a Muslim.
The commission was to formally
declare the winner later Tuesday
evening.
Final results showed that Widodo
won 70,997,859 votes, or 53.15 per
cent of the nearly 133 million valid
ballots cast, while Subianto won
62,576,444 votes, or 46.85 per cent.
Voter turnout was 70.7 per cent.
A party official said Subianto has
not withdrawn as a presidential can-
didate, but has pulled out of the of-
ficial vote count.
We are not withdrawing from
the election process, but we have
withdrawn from the vote tabulation
process, Aryo Djojohadikusumo, a
lawmaker with Prabowos Gerindra
party and his nephew, told Reuters.
He was clarifying earlier com-
ments to Reuters that his uncle was
withdrawing from the election, leav-
ing his rival, Joko Jokowi Widodo,
as the sole candidate.
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RACING: Champions
feted as season ends
INITIATIVE: Southwest
Airline to make balls
MOTOR RACING: Where
did German fans go?
Customary end of Season Awards
took place in the OBTS Pavilion after
racing on Sunday evening. Naturally,
Patsy Sercombe and her daughter
Lesley, were respective Champions
by a country mile. Gilly Fraser from
Naivasha, was best Private Trainer.
David Miri and Peter Lesengei ,
under tutelage of Julie McCann,
were crowned Champion, plus most
improved apprentices. Amazingly,
Sheikh Hamid Butt and his partner
Doctor Patrick Musimba, toppled
Mim Haynes for leading all round
owner. Rawhide Stud peaked Bruce
Nightingale for coveted breeder
- both being based in Nakuru.
Champion 2-year-old went to Spring
Run, in turn, giving trainer Surat
Mohammed Noor top trainer award
for this category. -The Squirrel
Southwest Airlines have launched
an initiative to up-cycle 43 acres
of used leather-seat covering into
soccer balls. The initiative dubbed
LUV Seat (Repurpose with Purpose)
will see the up-cycled balls donated
to support education programs that
use sports to raise awareness about
HIV/AIDS and malaria prevention.
SOS Childrens Villages Kenya in
Nairobi will pay youths to learn skills
to make the soccer balls at Alive and
Kicking, an African social enterprise
based in Nairobi that manufactures
sports balls to provide balls for
children and create jobs for adults.
-Oscar Pilipili
Where have all the German Formula
One fans gone? The glamour sport
was asking itself that question after
tens of thousands stayed away from
a home grand prix that should have
been box of ce gold in the land of
Mercedes but instead left plenty
of empty seats on Sunday. Some
pointed the nger at the countrys
reigning quadruple world champion
Sebastian Vettel, struggling for form
at a below-par Red Bull this season
and unhappy with the new rules
and engine format. Others blamed
World Cup fatigue, Germanys strict
tax rules on corporate hospitality or
the absence of Michael Schumacher
- the most successful driver of all
time who retired in 2012 and is still
in hospital after a near-fatal ski
accident. -Reuters
forums and more:
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co.ke/feverpitch
Northern Irelands Rory McIlroy
kisses the Claret Jug as his
poses for a photograph after
winning the 2014 British Open
Golf Championship at Royal
Liverpool Golf Course in
Hoylake, north west England on
Sunday. [PHOTO:AFP]
The celebration began long before Ro-
ry McIlroy had a chance to drink out of the
claret jug.
McIlroy was upstairs in the clubhouse at
Royal Liverpool for the traditional toast with
the R&A, unable to ignore the chants below
from club members waiting for a glimpse of
the British Open champion.
Rory! Rory! Rory!
It was a raucous scene for a club that
starts with Royal, but such is the person-
ality of Liverpool. The members booed any-
one who came down the stairs who did not
have curly brown hair, freckles and a claret
jug. And their cheers shook the brick club-
house when Boy Wonder finally descended
with the oldest trophy in golf.
The scene was so much different a year
ago.
McIlroy stood on a podium in a make-
shift tent outside Muirfield, speaking to re-
porters with a vacant look in those brown
eyes. He had just opened with a 79, his worst
start ever in a major in what was shaping up
as a year to forget. He had no idea what was
wrong with him or his game.
Sometimes I feel like Im walking around
out there and Im unconscious, he said that
day. I just need to try to think more. Im try-
ing to focus and trying to concentrate but,
yeah, I cant really fathom it at the minute.
Im definitely under thinking on the golf
course. Maybe overthinking off it.
He looked lost.
Now he looks like the best player in golf.
And odds are, the worst of times might lead
to the best.
If he felt unconscious on the golf course
a year ago, he looked unconscious at times
at Royal Liverpool. His golf was simply ex-
plosive on Friday afternoon with two bursts
of birdies, and plenty of chances in between,
on his way to a 66. The defining moment
of this championship was Saturday, when
McIlroy went from a share of the lead to six
shots clear in just over an hour. He made ea-
gle on two of the last three holes with two
mammoth drives, two pretty swings and two
perfect putts.
Nothing came easily to McIlroy over the
last 18 months.
He was criticised for swapping out
equipment when he signed a megadeal
with Nike. He showed his age when he quit
in the middle of the Honda Classic and ini-
tially blamed it on a sore wisdom tooth. He
changed agents for the second time, and
lawsuits followed that are still to be decid-
ed in court. He got engaged to tennis play-
er Caroline Wozniacki to start the new year,
then broke it off with a telephone call in
May.
And there he was on Sunday, introduced
as the champion golfer of the year, his
name etched in silver, his eyes gazing at all
the names on that claret jug.
Asked for a low point during his strug-
gles, McIlroy didnt hesitate.
This time last year, he said.
Through it all, the 25-year-old from
Northern Ireland never doubted he could
return. He won the US Open and the PGA
Championship by eight shots. That wasnt
an accident. He won the money title on both
sides of the Atlantic. There was never a ques-
tion of his skill.
It was just trying to find a way to make
it come out again, McIlroy said. But yeah,
definitely, missing the cut at Muirfield last
year was a very low point. I never missed
a cut at The Open before. I said to myself,
Ill try to never make that happen again. Its
been huge what a difference a year makes.
But its turned into a great year.
And the tough times should only lead to
better times. Tom Watson knows that as well
as anyone. He flopped badly in his first cou-
ple of shots at a major until he won the Open
at Carnoustie in 1975, the first of eight ma-
jors and a career that ranks among the best.
-AP
HOYLAKE
McIlroy tipped to emerge
even stronger than ever
RORY
ROARS
AGAIN
RORY
ROARS
AGAIN
Page 51 FEVER PITCH / Wednesday, July 23, 2014 / The Standard
Kitale Youth and Kitale
Young Starlets, all from Trans
Nzoia, will represent Rift Val-
ley region in the Copa Cola
National Championships after
winning their matches at Ua-
sin Gishu Primary School in El-
doret. Kitale Youth beat Bomet
8-1 to lift the regional crown in
the boys final.
Maxwell Kibet became
the player of the day after he
scored the fastest goal of the
tournament and had five-as-
sists.
His first fast goal in the 40th
second of the first half sig-
nalled the Trans-Nzoia-based
team was on the rampage from
the start.
In the semi-final, Kitale
Youth beat Boca Juniors from
Nakuru 3-1 with goals scored
by Erick Wafula in the 15th and
18th minutes and Issa Rashi in
the 49th while Moses Gathon-
go struck a consolation in the
35th minute. The journey to
semis was well executed when
they beat Ujuzi from Kericho
2 - in preliminaries with goals
from Erick wafula (21) and Ely
Saeng (34).
It was a sweep for Trans-
Nzoia-based teams in girls fi-
nal where Kitale Young Starlets
won slimly against their neigh-
bours Cherangany Startlets.
Cynthia Barasas solitary goal
in the 8th minute was enough
to propel her team to play at
national level.
Meanwhile, Kwale Gov-
ernor Salim Mvurya has said
awarding of tenders for con-
struction of a world-class sta-
dium in the county were at an
advanced stage and the work
would start immediately the
tendering process is complet-
ed.
At the same time, Mvurya
pledged to kit the Mombasa re-
gion team before they travel for
the nationals set for Kakamega
next month.
In another related devel-
opment, Mvurya has said the
county will support Shimba
Hills Secondary School as they
prepare to defend the East
and Central Africa Second-
ary Schools netball title next
month to be held in Dar-es-
salaam, Tanzania.
The governor said the
school has been flying the
countys flag high in sports and
pledged to support the schools
netball and basketball girls
teams ahead of the regional
championships.
Coach Philip Onyango,
who handles both netball and
basketball teams thanked the
governor for the gesture and
vowed to bring both region-
al trophies back to the county.
y B BY EMMANUEL SABUNI AND
ERNEST NDUNDA
MATUU OUT TO
PROVE POINT
Matuu Memorial High coach Der-
rick Shitiabayi has a point to prove
when he takes the Metropolitan re-
gion queens to 2014 Airtel Rising
Stars National Secondary School
Championships in Kakamega on Au-
gust 5-11. Shitiabayi is credited with
guiding Tartar to silver position both
in the 2011 editions of National and
East African Games.
Fans are now watching with keen
interest to see if the tactician can im-
prove his curriculum vitae on this
occasion, but with a different team
Matuu which he joined last
February.
His first score is taking Matuu to
the Nationals after a two-year hiatus
that was characterised with various
reasons, including a ban.
He achieved the feat after Matuu
defeated Olympic 4-2 on post-match
penalties after 2-2 tie in Metro final.
Shitiabayi said: Matuu have set their
goals and were not turning back.
Our focus is on winning both Na-
tionals and East African Games tro-
phies. But to achieve the target, Shi-
tiabayi will have to overcome the
challenge of his former team Tartar-
at group stage.
The two teams are drawn togeth-
er in Pool A alongside Ntunene of
Northern and Nakuru champions
Kapcherop. About the pools compo-
sition he said: I understand Tartar
very well because I have been there
before. I have seen Kapcherop play
Coach seeks to
turn tables on
former team
Tartar
Rose Wakio (left) of Olympic High and Esther Mwanzia of Matuu Memorial contend during Metropolitan Region
Secondary School in Kimana Primary School, Kajiado County last Saturday. RIGHT: Matuu Memorials Shila Rono (left)
and Regina Kapei of Ilbissil Girls tussle for the ball. [PHOTOS: JONAH ONYANGO/STANDARD]

LAKE: Sega Girls ready to
pull surprise in Nationals
NYAMIRA: Omosa and
Momanyi win Moseti Race
Lake Region volleyball
representatives Sega Girls from Siaya
County hope to turn tables in the
national championships of the Airtel
Rising Stars secondary school Term
Two B games. According to their
coach, Alice Otieno, the girls who will
be participating for the rst time, are
optimistic they will win against Malava,
Kosirai and Msambweni Girls whom
they have been drawn against in Pool
B. Otieno said her team was drawn
against strong opponents whom she
said her girls will take head-on in their
quest for the glory. We are very keen
on sharpening the girls skills in cover-
ups, blocking and and stamina ahead of
the competition, said Atieno.
Stanley Ongwae
Teresa Omosa of Kenyerere
Secondary clocked 22:49.39 to emerge
the best in the girls 6km race, while
David Momanyi had 23:39.68 to win the
boys 8km stretch during the Nelson
Moseti Memorial race held on Friday
at Tombe Mixed Secondary in Nyamira
County. Though the two categories
were only open to high school students
from Manga and Masaba sub-counties,
guest athletes also pulled major
surprises. The race aimed promotes
talents among students. In the girls
category, Doris Manoti of Tombe Mixed
emerged second (23:20.34) while
Polycarp Okero came second in the
boys category (23:49.68).Secretary
of Athletics Kenya, Nyamira branch,
David Ogechi said: This is a welcome
initiative as it promotes talents in our
students. Stanley Ongwae
FastTrack
BY OSCAR PILIPILI
and I know their tactics but I dont
know much about Ntunene.
Shitiabayi strongly believes that
he has a stellar line-up that is capa-
ble of neutralising any opposition in
Kakamega. Elizabeth Katungwa is
up there in my team. She is a talent-
ed and dependable striker with the
knack to score crucial goals. She is a
cial goal in final against Olympic, he
said.
He added that strikers Grace
Achieng and Cynthia Awuor are oth-
er players he is banking on to achieve
his target this year.
Matuu captain Everline Juma said
they are not stopping until they
reach their destiny.
Form One student, but has proved to
be one of the best strikers in school
game, he said.
The player who turned out to be
the biblical stone that builders re-
jected was Apolonia Odera.
When we travelled to Loitoktok,
I had no prior plans of using Odera
in any match, but she scored a cru-
Kitale teams set for Copa Cola national contest
MOMBASA: Kwale sets aside
Sh79m to develop sports
Kwale County is in the process of
partnering with well-established sports
centres in the UK and Ghana to develop
sports in the region.The county has
set aside Sh79 million to kick-start the
project. County Governor Salim Mvurya
said the county has identied four
primary and secondary schools, which
will act as talent centres. The governor
spoke during the Mombasa region
secondary schools Second-term B
games, which wound up at the weekend
at Kwale High. During our foreign
familiarisation trips, we discussed with
several academies who have shown
interest in partnering with our county
to improve sports at the grass-roots
level, he said.
Ernest Ndunda
Juniors compete in Copa Cola contest. [PHOTO: COURTESY]
Page 52 / FEVER PITCH Wednesday, July 23, 2014 / The Standard
BATTLE LINES DRAWN
y B ELIZABETH MBURUGU
Kenya to host IHF World Hockey League in September
The Kenya Hockey Union
(KHU) will host the first round
of the International Hockey
Federation (FIH) World Hock-
ey League between September
2 and 7 at the City Park Stadi-
um.
The event, which was ini-
tially to be hosted by Zimba-
bwe was switched to Kenya as
Harare does not have facilities
to host an even of such a mag-
nitude.
The event will see five men
and four womens teams battle
it out for a spot in the round
two to be held in Uruguay in
July 2015. Five nations will take
part in the event with the final-
ists of the world league series
earning an automatic entry to
the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Hosts Kenya, Ghana, Ni-
geria, and Tanzania will field
both men and womens teams
while Egypt will have a mens
team. KHU chairman Nashon
Randiek said preparations for
the tournament are ongoing
and the union is working hard
to ensure the national team
qualifies for the second round.
We are preparing well for
the event as it is a great hon-
our to be the hosts. We want
to ensure our team qualifies at
home for the second round,
Randiek said. In regard to the
national teams poor perfor-
mance in last years Africa Cup
of Nations, Randiek said they
have since rectified their mis-
takes.
We have worked on our
weaknesses after doing an
evaluation on the teams per-
formance after the tourna-
ment, he added.
The world league round
one is open to all nations.
Winners from all regions pro-
ceed to league two where they
join nations ranked from 12-
19 on the FIH world ranking.
The winners of round two ad-
vance to the semi-finals where
they will meet the worlds best
in hockey who are ranked 1-11.
Meanwhile, the nation-
al men and womens hockey
teams, which have been train-
ing at City Park, are looking
forward to earning the sole
ticket to South America. Mens
national team manager God-
frey
Bila told FeverPitch: All
players are in high spirits and
gearing up for the big task
ahead. We look forward to
registering good results as we
learnt from our mistakes at the
Africa Cup of Nations.
He said with the absence
of the continents number one
South Africa, Kenya has a bet-
ter chance of winning at home.
South Africa have been a force
to reckon wit but with them
out of the way, we dont have
a reason not to win at home.
South Africa men, ranked
12, will play in round two,
while their women, who are
seeded 11, will play in the
semi-finals.
-emburugu@standardme-
dia.co.ke
Telkom Oranges Sharon Odinga (left) and Vikings Charity
Miller ght for ball in Vaiskhi 2013 Cup tournament nals
at City Park Stadium. [PHOTO:FILE]

Kenyan Premier League (KPL)
champions Gor Mahia will kick-off
their 2014 Council of East and Cen-
tral Africa Football Association (Ceca-
fa) Kagame Cup Clubs Championship
campaign with a clash against Ugan-
das Kampala City Capital Authority
(KCCA) on August 8 at the Amahoro
Stadium, Rwanda.
The five times champions are
looking forward to starting their cam-
paign on good footing against KCCA
who won the tournament in 1978,
then as Kampala City Council.
Gor Mahia, who are currently
training at the Nairobi City Stadium,
are hopeful their star will shine this
season, having won the regional title
in 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981 and 1985.
In fixtures released yesterday by
Cecafa Secretary General Nicholas
Musonye, defending champions Vital
O of Burundi will face Somalis Ba-
nadir in Group C opener on Saturday
August 9 at the same venue as host
and last years runners up APR battle
it out with Flambeau of Burundi in a
Group B encounter.
Musonye said the championships,
which will also be used to commemo-
rate the 20th anniversary of Rwandan
Genocide, has so far received Sh17.4
million (USD200,000) sponsorship
from the Government of Rwanda and
a further Sh5.2m (USD60,000) from
Rwandas President Paul Kagame.
As Cecafa, we are injecting Sh8.7
million (USD100,000) in the champi-
onships. We will hold a corporate din-
ner in Kigali on July 31 where we in-
tend to raise half a million dollars,
Musonye said in a press conference
in Nairobi yesterday.
Musonye further added: We also
have sponsors on board like Rwanda
Air and many others who will soon be
announcing their sponsorship for the
event.
According to Musonye, fitness test
will be done to all match referees and
their assistants two days before kick-
off.
Cecafa officials said Gor Mahia
and other participating teams will re-
ceive their air tickets in the course of
this week.
The matches will be played in two
venues - the Amahoro and Nyami-
rambo stadiums. The venue for the
official kick off will be arrived at after
a meeting between Cecafa, Rwandas
football federation Ferwafa and pay
television station SuperSport who will
be broadcasting the tournament live.
Amahoro stadium will host the tour-
nament finals on August 24.
Musonye revealed that Cecafa is
currently on course to start a Clubs
Championships League in the next
two years but this will depend on the
availability of sponsorship, infrastruc-
tures and other resources.
Joseph Karioki of Gor Mahia FC and Lenny Ombetsa of GFE from Eldoret during their GOTV Shield knock out match at
Moi Stadium, Kisumu at the weekend. INSET: Cecafa Secretary General Nicholas Musonye. [PHOTOS: TITUS MUNALA AND
DENNIS OKEYO /STANDARD]
Gor begin
Cecafa Clubs
Championship
campaign
against
Ugandas KCCA
y B ERICK OCHIENG
Swamibapa beat Stray Lions A
Team by six wickets in the Nairobi
province Cricket Association (NPCA)
league match at Peponi School off
Thika Road last Sunday.
Steve Tikolo, captain of Stray Li-
ons won the toss and elected to bat
first.
Stray Lions put up a respectable
score of 239 all out in 48.4 overs.
Emmanuel Bundi steady 85 runs,
Nelson Odhiambo resilient 41, Kavi
Dosaja 37 and Tanzeel Ahmed 20
steered Stray Lions to the target in
the first innings .
Nehemiah Odhiambo starred in
Swamipaba bowling with 4-46,
Mitesh Sangani was 2-35 and Mike
Abwamba 2-46.
In reply, Swamibapa scored the
required runs - 241 for the loss of 4
wickets.
The highlight of the Swamibapas
innings was the first wicket match
winning partnership of 147 runs be-
tween Alex Obandas 95 runs and
Francis Otieno 38.
Later on, former national team
captain and wicket keeper Maurice
Ouma also played a pivotal and
classy knock of unbeaten 54 runs
and Ashish Bhatt contributed valu-
able 20 runs as Swamibapa cruised
to the winning target.
Tanzeen Ahmed bowled well to
capture 4 wickets for 42 runs.
The match was umpired by Nar-
endra Dave and Subhash Modi while
the scorers were Margaret Banja and
Mercyline Adhiambo.
-opilipili@standardmedia.co.ke
Swamibapa
hit Stray Lions
y B OSCAR PILIPILI
THE DRAWS
GROUP A: Yanga, (Tanzania) Cofee (Ethiopia),
Rayon Sports (Rwanda), Atlabara (South Sudan),
and KMKM (Zanzibar).
GROUP B: APR [Rwanda), KCCA [Uganda),
Flambeau De Lest (Burundi) Telecom (Djibouti) and
Gor Mahia (Kenya)
GROUP C: Vital O (Burundi), El Merreikh [Sudan],
Police (Rwanda) and Benadir (Somalia). Congo Nets of Mombasa are
perched at the summit as the Mom-
basa region basketball league en-
tered into homestretch at the week-
end at the High Level grounds.
Nets needed half basket to stop
Buxton Hawks 65-64 at the weekend.
However, the league leaders had
their good run checked after they
lost 61-52 to Coastal Kings in anoth-
er match.
Defending champions Malindi
Nets were beaten 55-39 by Buxton
Hawks before they recovered to beat
Mtopanga Finest 37-22.
In other matches, Wundanyi
Stingers beat Kaya Tiwi Secondary
School 56-38, while Bravehearts
clobbered Maweni Hornets 70-41.
Former champions Kiembeni
Heats were stunned by Kisauni Kings
who beat them 55-50 as Makupa
Lakers fell 49-42 to Changamwe Roll-
ers. Oceanears needed half basket to
beat Gorofani Raptors 57-56, Mom-
basa Aviation stopped Kaya Tiwi 49-
46, while Buxton Hawks registered
their second weekend win when they
defeated Tumaini Takers 56-48.
Mjetts edged Wundanyi Stingers
50-45, Buxton Hawks hit Mtopanga
Finest 72-55, Changamwe Rollers si-
lenced Oceanears 82-50 while Mom-
basa Aviation recovered to beat
Bravehearts 55-31. Tumaini Takers
upset Kiembeni Heats 68-63, Coastal
Kings hit Gorofani Raptors 70-29, Ki-
sauni Kings hit Makupa Lakers 56-
38, Mjetts lost 35-38 to Maweni Hor-
nets. -enzioka@standardmedia.co.ke
y B ERNEST NDUNDA
Congo Nets top
Coast League
y B RODGERS ESHITEMI
Fans debate Amrouches ban
Harambee Stars head coach
Adel Amrouches one year ban
has sparked a storm of debate
on social media.
The Algerian-born Belgian,
who replaced Henri Michel in
February 2013, was suspend-
ed by the Confederation of Af-
rican Football (CAF) after find-
ing him guilty of spitting at a
match official during Kenyas
1-1 draw with Comoros Islands
in Moroni.
The offence saw the 46-year-
old tactician red-carded with
the CAF handing him a two-
match suspension pending the
submission of the matter to the
CAF disciplinary board.
A section of fans took to
Facebook to support CAFs rul-
ing while others were against
the ban.
So am waking up to the
news that Harambee Stars
coach Adel Amrouche may af-
ter all not be the man in charge
again after landing a one year
ban from CAF. He allegedly spat
on a match official in Comoros
#SikuYaNyani, read a post on
Mulemi Gregorys Facebook ac-
count.
Akwende kabisa! wrote
Jeff Kinyanjui. Harambee Stars
head coach Adel Amrouche
handed a one year ban by CAF...
Will he still stay on as #Kenya
head coach with the ban?
Francis Ngira Kimathi re-
member what the CAF rep-
resentative told us while we
were in #Khartoum that Adel
will be handed a serious ban?
quipped Michelle Dee Katami.
ADEL AMROUCHE is the
BEST coach FOR KENYA Truth
is CAF MUST FIX POOR match
OFFICIATING and stop intim-
idation through bans; wen-
gi wetu wanasherekea coz like
Antoine Hey na Bernad La-
ma ALIKAUSHA culture ya
KUINGIA CAMP OVYO OVYO
kuongelesha wachezaji, post-
ed Francis Okello.
Ngira Kimathi Kenyans
are very ungrateful am not
shocked, I expected such! #Adel
you were the best! read a post
from Kiprono Caiphas.
That is too hash. Nyam-
weya should flex his muscle at
CAF, wrote Proff Kadima.
But majority of sports
journos will rub hands in glee
to bash the coach but bend to
lick shoes of his employer...
Oops!, Victor Milimu com-
mented.
Others suggested the names
of their preferred candidates to
replace Amrouche.
Harambee Stars fans follow the action during Kenyas
match against Comoros at the Nyayo National Stadium in
May. [PHOTO: DENNIS OKEYO/STANDARD]
Harambee Stars coach Adel
Amrouche will be left out to
hang and dry until he clears his
one year ban.
Football Kenya Federation
(FKF) President Sam Nyamweya
confirmed yesterday the coun-
try will not be held at ransom,
even as they plan to appeal the
lengthy ban imposed on the
Belgian coach by the Confeder-
ation of African Football (CAF)
We are in the middle of a
serious Africa Cup of Nations
Cup qualifier campaign and
need a substantive coach to
handle the team. In case our
appeal is rejected, we will have
to look for another alternative,
he revealed.
Nyamweya, however, ex-
pressed shock over the one year
ban.
We are shocked at the se-
verity of the ban. It is very harsh
and we will certainly appeal. We
dont think he deserves such a
ban, said Nyamweya.
Nyamweya was, however,
quick to confirm that in case
their appeal is not successful
and the ban stands, then the
federation will have no choice
but to look for an option. Nyam-
weya said they are disappoint-
ed by CAFs decision on a coach,
who he said had done a lot for
the country.
FIFA RANKING
He has turned around our
football and helped us rise in
the Fifa rankings. We have a lot
in the pipeline with him and
his ban is therefore a major set-
back for us. We hope it will be
resolved in a positive way, he
said.
Amrouche himself said the
ban is not justified and harsh.
This is unbelievable. It is
very harsh. I did not do what
they are accusing me of doing
and I intend to appeal against
the ban, he said.
On Monday, the Con-
federation of African Football
(CAF) announced it had sus-
pended Amrouche for one year
escalating a two match ban it
had slapped on the coach.
THE VERDICT
The CAF Disciplinary Board
under the chairmanship of Ray-
mond Hack from South Afri-
ca had its sitting last Thursday
at CAF headquarters in Cairo
and it is here that the decision
to suspend Amrouche was rat-
ified after finding him guilty of
spitting at a match official.
Amrouche was accused of
spitting at the fourth official
during Kenyas match against
Comoros last month. The of-
fence saw him get sent off.
In its ruling, the board found
Amrouche guilty of breaching
article 129 (c) of its rules which
provides for a 12 match ban to
anyone spitting at a match of-
ficial.
Amrouche, however, es-
caped without any fine as the
offence he is alleged to have
committed can attract a huge
penalty.
The suspension is effective
from the first day of the noti-
fication namely July 20,2014,
said a letter from CAF secretar-
iat to FKF.
The letter further states that
this decision will be forward-
ed to world governing body Fi-
fa, which may extend the sanc-
tion internationally meaning
that Amrouche cannot coach
any team anywhere in the world
during the period of suspen-
sion.
The decision can be con-
tested before CAF appeal board.
The party intending to appeal
shall announce this intention in
writing within three days of no-
tification of the decision, add-
ed the letter from CAF. gwan-
dera@standardmedia.co.ke
KENYA WILL APPEAL
Harambee Stars head coach Adel Amrouche at the City Stadium conducting training. The
coach has been slapped with a one year ban by CAF. [PHOTO: BONIFACE OKENDO/STANDARD]
Nyamweya says the ban was
harsh, to search for new coach
y B GILBERT WANDERA
Ulinzi Stars Coach Robert Mata-
nos (pictured) past record has been
impressive against some of the giant
clubs. However, he faces a new test
against minnows Mathare United to-
day in Machakos in one of the Ken-
yan Premier League matches.
We have done some good work
but there is still a lot to be done. We
are not where we want to be, but are
moving towards it, he said.
One of the best results registered
by the soldiers during Matanos short
tenure has been ending AFC Leop-
ards three year unbeaten run at the
Afraha Stadium.
When the two sides meet two
weeks ago, Ulinzi won 2-1 and it is a
result that is likely to inspire the sol-
diers on in the upcoming fixture.
The 2012 KPL top goal scorer, Ste-
ven Waruru is one of the players who
have rediscovered their form in the
current resurgence by Ulinzi, and re-
mains Matanos hope for goals as
they travel to Machakos this after-
noon.
Just like Ulinzi, Mathare United
too have been on a winning streak
and going into this match they are
capable of spoiling the party for their
opponents.
Mathare United are currently in
eighth position on the log, which is
very impressive given their perfor-
mance in the last three seasons.
This is something that should
motivate their performance against
Ulinzi Stars.
Troubled AFC Leopards face off
against bogey team Nairobi City
Stars at Nyayo Stadium in another
match today. Leopards are in the un-
familiar 13th position on the log and
desperately in need of a win to lift
their spirits.
With one of the most expensively
assembled players, Leopards have
nothing to show for the millions
spent on the squad. Another loss will
likely send them into the relegation
zone. They face an inspired City Stars
side that has won their last two
matches.
There will be two other matches
at Ruaraka Stadium. Troubled KCB
face off against former champions
Tusker with Thika United taking on
Western Stima. KCB are desperate for
another win after a 3-1 shock victory
over Thika United two weeks ago, in
order to escape relegation.
Mathare
United test
for coach
Matano
y B GILBERT WANDERA
Mathare United v Ulinzi Stars,
Sofapaka v Chemelil Sugar (Macha-
kos), Thika United v Western Stima,
Tusker v KCB (Ruaraka) and Nairobi
City Stars v AFC Leopards (Nyayo).
Fixtures:
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AYUNI MISSES TARGET
Shooting
champion
withdrawn
after jacket
goes missing
Commonwealth Games
shooting gold medallist
Nur Ayuni Farhana Abdul
Halim has been left devas-
tated after being ruled out
of competing in Glasgow
because her competition
jacket was lost en route to
Scotland.
Malaysian Ayuni, who won
the gold medal with Nur Sury-
ani Taibi in the 10 metre air rifle
pairs in New Delhi four years
ago, was due to compete in the
10 metre air rifle and 50m rifle
events.
Team manager Musa Omar
said he was left with no choice
but to withdraw Ayuni from
competition after the missing
luggage, believed to be in Lon-
don, failed to show up in time
for Mondays registration ahead
of Thursdays start of competi-
tion.
She was a gold medallist
last time and now she wont
even get a chance to compete.
It is really painful for her. I just
feel so sorry for her, Musa was
quoted as saying by Malaysian
media on Tuesday.
We made a report when her
bag did not arrive with the oth-
er luggage. We waited for three
days... today is the last day for
us to confirm the names.
The rules clearly state that
a rifle shooter must wear a jack-
et.
We tried to borrow one but
it did not fit her. We tried to
make a new one but she said
Sevens team launch gold
hunt against Cook Islands
The National Sevens Rugby Team open
their Commonwealth Games campaign
against Cook Islands on Saturday.
The team will play three matches on the
same day in Pool B that also has Trinidad
and Tobago and South Africa. The match
against Cook Islands will kick off at 1.16pm
Kenyan time.
Kenya will take on Trinidad and Tobago
at 9.52pm, almost nine hours after the first
match, with the last preliminary encounter
against South Africa coming at 12.10am on
Sunday.
The Sevens team are bound to meet the
same sides they compete against at the In-
ternational Rugby Board (IRB) World Series
at the Commonwealth Games and it would
test their strength ahead of the 2014/2015
season that kicks off in November.
This is why Head Coach Paul Treu will
take the games seriously, with the hope of
winning the cup or dropping at respect-
able stages ahead of the HSBC Sevens Se-
ries in order to improve on the IRB ratings
in the coming season.
The team left for Glasgow on Sunday
and will be making their debut in the com-
petition. The players have been training at
Rugby Football Union of East Africa
Grounds and the Brookhouse School for
the last two weeks.
Meanwhile, Kenyan coaches Kevin
Wambua and Michael Owino have left for
South Africa to attend a seven-day work-
shop on Talent Optimisation Programme
(TOP) sponsored by the International Rug-
by Board in Stellenbosch, according to the
Kenya Rugby Union website.
Wambua coaches the National Women
Sevens Team, The Lionesses, while Owino
is attached to the Kenya Sevens squad.
The course is designed as an elite-level
coaching clinic aimed at supplementing
the IRBs coaching development pro-
gramme and participants will not only cov-
er top level coaching education material
but also instruction on the business side of
the modern game of rugby.
Shooting champion Nur Ayuni of Malaysia during a past Asian Games championship. Ayuni has
been withdrawn from the Commonwealth Games after her jacket went missing. [PHOTO: AGENCY]
she would need two months to
get used to it.
Musa said Ayuni had been
unable to stop crying and want-
ed to fly home immediately up-
on being told she would not be
able to compete.
However, Musa said she
would have to stay with the
team in Scotland and watch
Muslifah Zulkifli take her place
in the 10m air rifle and Suryani,
who competed in the 2012 Lon-
don Olympics while 30 weeks
pregnant, take over for the 50m
prone.
The licence for all her fire-
arms is under her name. We
cannot send her back immedi-
ately, Musa said.
This is all so unfortunate.
Shes taking it badly. She is sad,
we are all sad.
Meanwhile, Olympic cycling
champion Bradley Wiggins
plans to concentrate on the
team pursuit event in the velo-
drome and will not ride in any
road races at the Common-
wealth Games starting in
Glasgow on Thursday.
The 34-year-old, winner of
the 2012 Tour de France weeks
before taking gold in the Lon-
don Olympic time trial, said on
Monday he was tempted to take
part in a wider range of races
but wanted to focus on the
track in preparation for the
2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
All the preparation has
been for the team pursuit and
that has been the focus during
training, the Englishman told
reporters. Ive put all my eggs
in the one basket.
The team pursuit takes
place on Thursday, following
Wednesdays opening ceremo-
ny.
In another announcement
on Monday, Englands Katarina
Johnson-Thompson, 21, one of
the favourites for the heptath-
lon, confirmed she will miss the
Games because of a foot injury.
Reuters
y B BEN AHENDA
Humphrey Kayange beats Frances Julien
Candelon to the ball during the 2013 Rugby
World Cup Sevens in Moscow. [PHOTO:AFP]
GLASGOW
Kenya v Cook Islands 1.16 pm
Kenya v Trinidad & Tobago 9.52 pm
Kenya v South Africa 12.10 am
Saturday
y B JONATHAN KOMEN
THE WAIT IS OVER
Kenya parade among the
worlds best nations in as
Club Games begin today
stage for the games, re-
mains the fulcrum upon
which the valves of colonial-
ism unite the 71 participating
nations.
And Kenya returned to the
United Kingdom here after
Manchester in 2002; picking it
up from Edinburgh 1986 and
1970.
Incidentally, legends Kip-
choge Keino and Ben Jipcho,
who stamped Kenyas author-
ity in the games in 1970, are
here to inspire the team, who
are as young as their grand-
children.
Jipcho, a triple track gold
medalist in Christchurch in
New Zealand in 1974, said: I
was here in Scotland (Edin-
burgh) in 1970, laid the
ground and went out to shine.
And I hope this team will
do the same and win more
medals at the Olympics in
2016.
Kenyas performance in
Commonwealth Games has
been commendable as the
East Africans rank among the
top nations within the Com-
monwealth of Nations, unlike
the World Championships
where they compete against
giantss like United States, Ja-
pan and Arab nations.
It is Kenyas another tour to
United Kingdom where they
have an Herculean task to
improve on sixth place in New
Delhi in 2010 and break new
grounds in field events,
sprints and rugby sevens
competing against 4500 ath-
letes from the 71 territories.
It is also about the En-
glands double Olympic
champion Mo Farah, who will
act as the fulcrum upon which
the mens 5,000m race will re-
volve even as the world awaits
to see how return-from-injury
world 800m record holder Da-
vid Rudisha will perform.
The rugby sevens squad
are expected to salvage hopes
after Kenya dramatically lost
to Namibia in the qualifica-
tion to the Rugby World Cup
2015 in Antananarivo, Mada-
gascar, recently.
Dr Wilfred Emonyi Injera,
the medical laboratory scien-
tist at Moi Universitys School
of Medicine, based at Moi
Teaching and Referral Hospi-
tal (MTRH) in Eldoret, will be
keen to watch the action that
starts on Saturday at Ibrox
Stadium in Central Glasgow.
Dr Injera has his three sons
in the national team here
centre man Humprey Kayange
and wingers Michael Agevi
and Collins Injera.
The sevens team have a
mountain to climb against
Rugby bigwigs Fiji, Canada
and South Africas Springboks.
Stephen arap Soi, the chef
de mission, said: These boys
can pull a surprise.
Commonwealth Games
50m butterfly gold medalist
Jason Dunford, who was pre-
dominantly a freestyle sprint-
er, is expected to lead Kenyan
assault in the pool.
Cycling, boxing, paralym-
pics and weightlifting as well
as Commonwealth Games
new entrants judo and triath-
lon are other Kenyan medal
prospects.
The last batch of officials
are scheduled to leave today
morning aboard KLM flight.
The marathon team will
remain in kenya for a while as
they prefer to prepare for the
race at altitude in Kenya.
However, they suffered a
major blow when former Ber-
lin Half-Marathon champion,
Philes Ongori, pulled out of
the team due to sickness. (See
another story on this page)
Philes Moraa Ongori has been ruled
out of the Glasgow Commonwealth
Games that start today in the Scottish
capital city due to a Hemorrhoid con-
dition.
This emerged as while at least 18
athletes are yet to arrive here, most of
them track athletes. Notable absentees
include mens 3,00m steeplechase,
5,000m, 10,000m and marathon.
Most of the athletes were in the Di-
amond League meetings in Monaco,
among them David Rudisha and Jairus
Kipchoge
Also expected are two cyclists and a
para sportsperson. National Olympic
Committee are yet to replace Ongori.
Ongori said she has had pain of an
intensity she has never felt before. For-
mer Berlin half marathon winner said
she was in a good shape but her condi-
tion has made her lose an opportunity
of a lifetime.
I have never felt such pain in my
life. I was well prepared for the Games
and my aim was to get gold which I was
confident I would win, said Moraa in
Nakuru where she is recovering after
undergoing an operation.
She is suffering from Hemorrhoid, a
condition that attacks sensitive parts.
She went to Valley Hospital where her
surgery was successfully done by Dr
Okech, Wachira, Ogindo and Kabochi.
The operation was successful and she
is now at her home in Nakuru. Her con-
dition was communicated to Athletics
Kenya and National Olympics Com-
mittee - Kenya (NOC-K) together with
their management - Adidas.
Her husband John Ondari explained
that Hemorrhoid is a condition caused
by lack of water in the body when
sports people train and dehydrate in
the process. This causes stiffness in
stool excretion that blocks the entire
system or causes increased pressure on
the veins in the pelvic and rectal area,
causing blood pools to swell.
The athlete had the best time
among her female team-mates who
were set to run on July 27.
We have been competing together
(with Philemena Cheyech and Agnes
Barsosio) and they had not beaten me,
added Ongori.
Illness knocks Ongori out of Glasgow
Fasttrack
WELCOME: Scots very
hospitable people
SECURITY: Everybody
frisked and checked
BATON: Embodiment
of Scottish culture
The railway system is the
easiest means of transport here
in the United Kingdom. The
Scottish are some of the most
friendly people and are known
to be the most hospitable in the
entire United Kingdom.
Unlike Moscow, Russia, where
I covered the IAAF World
Athletics Championships last
year, which has an equally
efcient railway system,
understanding of English
language here is quite helpful.
You dont need direction and,
if need be, the Scottish are too
willing to extend help from the
hotel to all competition areas.
Real Friendly Games, these.
Superiority and class matter
a lot when people go through
security checks in Kenya which
culminated in the resignation
of former deputy chief justice
Nancy Baraza, who allegedly
threatened a security guard at
Village Market in Nairobi.
The trend is diferent here.
People, including senior
ofcials, are willing to be
frisked by the police and
security personnel stationed in
most parts of the competition
venues. They volunteer to be
checked as a safety precaution
and respect security ofcers.
The Games baton embodies
Glasgow and Scotlands culture,
history and innovation in its
design and construction. At
the heart of the baton is the
Queens Message, inscribed
on a parchment handmade
in Glasgow using linen and
plant bre. The message
will be scrolled and held in a
transparent cylinder within
a pure titanium latticework
frame. For the rst time, the
message forms the visual
core of the baton design
illuminated from within by LED
lights, yet unreadable until the
Opening Ceremony.
Pakistani wrestler Mohammad Inam (right) takes part during training session at a sports complex
in Islamabad. Pakistans Midas-touched wrestlers Azhar Hussain and Muhammad Inam have
played down their chances in the forthcoming Commonwealth Games, saying a lack of interna-
tional match practice had hurt their chances of repeating their golden performances. [PHOTO: AFP]
THE XX COMMONWEALTH GAMES
GLASGOW,SCOTLAND
J ULY 2 3 AUGUST 3, 2 014
REPORTS BY JONATHAN KOMEN
Continued From P56
Philes Ongori in Keelu Resort in Iten.
[PHOTO: COURTESY]
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Expectations high as Kenya parade
among the worlds best in Glasgow
Rory McIlroy to emerge stronger after at British Open triumph, P.54
FKF to appeal against Adel Amrouches Caf ban, P53
Finally, the long wait is over. Expectations are
high and the planets in the sporting universe
have aligned and the stars are about to clash in
the most spectacular fashion.
The Commonwealth Games, in which Kenya
makes its 60-year-old stab without signs of
fatigue, promises a cocktail of hope and exciting
intrigue, as it always does.
Kenya made her debut in the major internation-
al competition at the 1954 Commonwealth
Games in Vancouver, Canada, where Nyandika
Maiyoro finished fourth in the three-mile event,
Lazaro Chepkwony in seventh place in the
six-mile race and the Kenyan team was fourth in
the 4x400m relay.
With such memories playing up, Kenyas
195-member team, which tops entry lists
alongside economic superpowers Canada and
former colonial master Britain, will certainly
produce tongue-wagging shows in the 15 sports
disciplines entered.
The queens baton relay, which usually sets the
JONATHAN KOMEN
CONTINUED ON PAGE 55
Sprinter Stephen
Baraza during the
Commonwealth
Games training at
Safaricom Kasarani
Stadium on early
this month. [PHOTO:
DENNIS OKEYO]
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Lost without a
trace: Awaiting
sons return
Two years ago, Elias Mwirigu
Muguna was abducted by
strangers, P3
More girls and women go for clandestine
abortions as laws are on hold
SEE STORY PAGE 8-9
Legal hurdles stie options
for women in anguish
Wednesday Life
Crime of ourtime
With Standard Correspondent
Although he cheated
the hangmans noose,
his freedom came 27
years later
PAGE 7
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PAGE 16
W
hen a gang raided the
home of one of the most
prosperous men in Gath-
anji village in Oljororok,
Nyandarua County, and stole some
valuables, the police knew exactly
who to go for and by nightfall, they
had arrested the main suspect.
Apparently the police were con-
vinced that a local logger, Samuel
Gachara Gichuki, was involved in the
robbery and were determined to
teach him a lesson. They pounced on
him just after he returned home
from a hard days work in the nearby
forest.
One evening, I arrived home on-
ly to be greeted with news that police
were hunting for me. They had al-
ready conducted a search in my
house and wanted to arrest me, re-
calls Gichuki.
Although Samuel vehemently de-
nied his involvement, he was ar-
raigned in court, marking the begin-
ning of what would be a torturous
journey through some of Kenyas
most dreaded prisons
According to the police, Gichuki
was a member of the gang that stole
electronic goods and a car belonging
to the businessman, David Wanjohi
Kariuki. The car was later found
abandoned along Gilgil-Nakuru
road.
Since he was facing robbery with
violence charges, which attracted
What you say
Banie Ki Moon: The school manage-
ment is to blame for failing to adopt
strict measures to regulate students
freedom. Nowdays, schools have
become dens of prostitution, drug
traf cking and mugging. Very sad.
Titus Chemon: That is not news. It is
especially rampant in boys schools.
Judy Stacy: Am so afraid of what will
happen to my son when he goes to
high school.
Benjamin Maritim: God have mercy
on us.
Alfy Otieno: It is a silent epidemic in
our schools. Too bad because even
well brought up children get
inuenced.
Bill Wangira: Teachers should do a
thorough search on opening day.
High school students
readily access weed
cookies, drugs and alcohol
When Mungiki unleashed
terror on village
Getting the thorny
sexuality education into
the classroom
Ex-prisoners painful experiences
serve as lessons to youth
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capital punishment whose sentence
was death by hanging, his case was
referred to the High Court in Nyeri.
As the case was being heard, he was
remanded at Kingongo Prison.
Kingongo became my home for the
next seven years from 1990 to 1996.
After the lengthy trial, on May 1996,
I was found guilty and sentenced to
hang.
Life took a dramatic turn the mo-
ment he was condemned for he
ceased to be a suspect and became a
convicted criminal, who was just
waiting for the hangmans noose. In
the meantime, he was moved from
Kingongo Prison to Kamiti where he
underwent some traumatising expe-
riences.
One day in late 1990s, I encoun-
tered Koigi Wa Wamwere who was
being held at Kamiti in solitary con-
finement. He was under heavy escort
and I do not know where they were
taking him. I had heard so much
about him and decided to wave at
him from a distance.
The prison warders took this
show of familiarity as insolence and
devised what they perceived as a
perfect punishment for such way-
w a r d n e s s .
I was given a piece of ugali without
vegetables for a week and con-
demned to a waterlogged cell.
This is one of the many nasty expe-
riences Gichuki went through and he
now counts himself lucky for he not
only cheated death, but regained his
freedom. This was after he success-
fully appealed against his conviction
and was ultimately released on No-
vember 11, 2014.
When we caught up with him in
his homestead, Gichuki narrated
how his life had changed while in
prison. He says although he was
once strong and energetic, his health
is now deteriorating, as he suffers
from a heart disease.
Although he once harboured a lot
of bitterness towards the society, he
now dedicates his time to preaching
to the youth on the futility of crime
and encourages wayward youth to
shun crime.
His wife, Naomi Wanjiru, as well
said life took a new twist when her
husband who was the sole bread
winner in the family was impris-
oned. She was left with the burden of
taking care of their five children.
Life was unbearable. I was not able
to educate the children alone since I
was jobless. I struggled to provide for
them, she said.
Naomi says she worked hard to
provide food for his family.
Thankfully, Gichuki was accepted
back in the society and was elected
by his people as their village elder.
Harrison Obams I thought we had
come out of that. What is happening
again?
Everlyne Amkoa Sad story there rip
to those who died protecting the
innocent.
Roselida Upendo The mungiki
commander is above the law.
Dennis Okelo The worst implications
of joblessness.
Millie Paris: Bad wealth distribution.
The rich get richer while the poor get
poorer. Well, what can she do? There
are no jobs and she has to do
something to provide for her family.
She is not out there stealing from the
Kenyan citizens like the Government!!!
Power to you sister and God bless
you.
Oyier Oluga: We live to eat and eat to
live. It is also true and cleanliness is
next to Godliness.
Theodore Mwamburi: I respect the
fact that she works hard to put food
on the table for her family.
Roseline Manyasi Mukoya: I also did
that and was able to pay rent and
take care of my children until God
opened a better doors for me. One
cannot aford to be choosy when you
have no options.
Anto Manu: Very few parents have
the courage to talk about sex with
their children and only do so when it is
too late and their children are already
Nancy Chebet: I believe it all goes down
to upbringing. Many parents are busy
and dont know what their children are
upto.
Mwalimu Joshua Oyengo Onyino: May
God help us young people to stay away
from these drugs.
sexually active.
Paula Dee: Teachers are better
placed to talk about it.
Shallom Njeri: I am yet to gather
courage to discuss with my children.
Washing clothes provides
food for her family
Wednesday Life
Crime Hot spots
One of the worst nightmares that can happen
to anyone while away on daily duties is to receive a
call that your house is on re.
Its worse if one has left children alone without
anyone around to watch over them hence the need
to put up some measures to keep re emergencies
at bay.
For the safety of your home and children
ensure to keep matchboxes, lighters and even
candles away from the reach of underage children.
Keep re extinguishers in the house, preferably
one in every room, but particularly in the kitchen
where most of re incidences start.
Teach all family members including older
children how to use re extinguishers just in case
of emergency when you are away on other duties.
Warn family members who smoke to be careful
about their habit including dropping butts
carelessly, it is also not advisable to smoke in
bedrooms.
Be checking faulty electrical wiring, overloaded
circuits, faulty equipment including cooking and
heating appliances; leaking tanks and ammable
liquids that can cause re in the house.
Dont place barbecue grills or other open
ames on the balcony or near the house, open
ames and other sparks could be very dangerous.
Ensure your house has re exits and teach your
family members how to exit from every room
during re emergencies. Designate a meeting
place outside your home.
Invest in smoke detectors and install them in
the kitchen and other rooms and do not forget to
regularly check them if still functional at any given
time.
When leaving your home ensure to switch of
all the electric sockets from the main point and
unplug all appliances to avoid spoiling them or
others like iron boxes which could easily cause re
if left plugged in.
After using gas cylinders in the kitchen ensure
to leave them tightly closed and conrm regularly
if there is any leakage to prevent re tragedies
which is mostly caused by electric
sparks or once you strike a
matchstick unaware of
leakage.
y B PKEMOI NGENOH
When the deal is too good
We unanimously agreed that
we needed to sell our chama
house. Money was in the buying
and selling of land, we resolved at
one of our monthly meetings.
It was left to each member to look
for a buyer and the group agreed
that the selling price would be
Sh5 million, out of which five per
cent was payable to whoever got
a buyer.
One of the members had a
broker in mind who would do this
for us. The member did not doubt
the broker, an aggressive go-get-
ter. So the process of getting a
buyer started, with the broker as-
sured of a handsome commis-
sion.
A few days later, the broker in-
formed the member that he had
got a serious buyer; an American
couple. He said that they had
seen the building in the suburbs
of Nairobi and liked it.
The estate managers had been
given the go-ahead to allow the
broker in, together with any po-
tential buyers. At one point, our
tenant complained that he was
getting uncomfortable with the
broker who was frequently taking
different people to see the house.
Our tenant threatened to leave
and alas, before we could say
sale, the tenant that had paid us
rent for the last four years without
delay moved out.
We were to wait for four
months before we could get an-
other tenant.
At the next monthly meetings,
the matter of the sale happened
to be relegated. Every member
could read that as a hard sale and
inwardly concluded that the bro-
ker definitely was not sure of
what he was saying.
Soon after, the secretary sent
short text messages to all mem-
bers saying that the broker had
entered into an agreement with a
prospective buyer that he was go-
ing to sell the house for Sh3 mil-
lion. The prospective buyers were
told we were in need of money ur-
gently so that we could complete
a land transaction in which it was
said that we stood to reap in a big
way because it was a good buy.
The broker had also managed
to convince the buyer that he was
part of the group and that we had
given him the authority to sell on
our behalf. He had convinced
them that we were busy people
and it was only he who had time.
There was finally a hitch when
the stage of going to the lawyer
came. The buyer insisted on vis-
iting the lawyer to complete the
transaction when he got the final
balance, which was slightly more
than Sh1.5 million.
The broker from that moment
cut contact with the buyer. In
desperation, the potential buyer
visited the estate agent and asked
for contacts of the group.
We were shocked to hear what
had transpired.
He asked the buyer to be calm
as he tried to locate the broker.
One evening he arranged to meet
with the broker who he told there
was a land deal at Kajiado. They
met at a hotel in Thika. Within no
time, the couple that was conned
together with the police trooped
in, as per prior plan,and the bro-
ker was nabbed.
y B GITHUKU MUNGAI
Rogue broker nearly rips off chama
Fire safety
at home
Lost Without a Trace
With Nanjinia Wamuswa
E
lias Mwirigu Muguna is yet
to return home after he
was abducted by strangers
two years ago. However,
his parents, wife and siblings still
prayerfully await his return.
Mwirigi, 27, was abducted on
March 21, 2012 alongside his two
friends at Githogo market, al-
most 5km from his home, in Me-
ru County. A neighbour who was
at the market came and informed
Mwirigis family how a strange
car stopped where the three were
sitting, and four people came out
and pushed them inside. Being a
surprise attack, none of them re-
sisted.
It then sped off towards Meru
town. But no one knows exactly
where the three were taken. The
incident shocked our family. We
kept wondering the motive be-
hind it, begins Mercy Kanyiri,
his elder sister.
The family started looking for
him. They reported the matter to
various police stations in Meru,
Maua, Isiolo and Nanyuki. The
police promised to share with
them any information concern-
ing their lost kin. So far, they ha-
vent received any report from
the police.
Lost without a trace: Elias Mwirigu Muguna. [PHOTO:FILE]
Elias Mugunas abduction happened so fast
that those who witnessed it did not think to
note the cars registration number, which
would have been crucial in tracing him
Family prayerfully awaits their
sons return two years later
At the time of his abduction,
Muguna, the last born in a fami-
ly of five siblings - three girls and
two boys, was farming and also
planning to go to college. He had
attended Kioru Primary School
and later Kithirune Mixed Sec-
ondary School.
Muguna was also in a three-
year-old marriage with Gladys
Nkatha. Their son, who was a
month old when he disappeared,
is now two years and four months
old.
Nkatha explains that it has
been challenging coping with life
alone after he left. Besides being
the breadwinner, he left at a crit-
ical time when our baby wanted
our combined attention, espe-
cially at night when he could not
sleep, says Nkatha.
Nkatha is, however, hopeful
her husband will one day walk
back home and meet his son. She
prays, I hope nothing bad hap-
pened to him, and he will return
to us. It is the reason, two years
after his disappearance, l am still
in his house waiting for his re-
turn.
His parents, Mmuguna MNt-
wakure and mother Grace Mu-
gune are yet to come to terms
with their sons abduction. They
say he was a disciplined ardent
Christian.
Until l get to know the rea-
son he was abducted, l still be-
lieve my son is innocent, and
perhaps abducted accidentally,
says his father.
His mother has been in in-
cessant prayers. We are always
praying to God to intervene and
bring back our son alive, says
Mugunas mother.
Unfortunately, those who
were at the market did not iden-
tify the cars registration num-
ber, which would have been
crucial in tracing his where-
abouts.

Wednesday Life
Your Environment
Nakuru County says
shing ban is lifted
while the Government
says it is still in force
In a Minute
CONSERVATION:
Britain gives funds
CLIMATE: More
research needed
WASTE: Hospital
disposal concerns
The British Government has
pledged Sh1.3 billion towards
wildlife conservation. During
the launch of the social
campaign for wildlife conserva-
tion at the National Museums of
Kenya, the British High
Commissioner, Dr Christian
Turner, revealed that with the
money, Kenya wildlife of cials
and the Judiciary will be
trained on the best methods of
putting into efect rules that
curb poaching. Turner said
poaching is a huge problem in
Kenya and if it continues
unabated, animals such as
elephants will soon be extinct,
which will hugely afect the
countrys revenue.
Scholars have been asked
to do serious research on
climatic change and its efects
to help farmers and the
Government prepare well for
possible weather disasters.
Speaking recently at a Climatic
Change, Disaster Risk
Reduction and Social Protec-
tion for Sustainable Develop-
ment forum at the Maasai Mara
University, the Narok North
Deputy County Commissioner,
Ronald Mwiwawi said many
farmers incur huge losses due
to the erratic weather
conditions.
If farmers had information
that the rains will fail, they
would have planted crops that
can withstand the dry
weather, he said.
Kitui County residents living
near Tseikuru Sub-District
Hospital recently complained
about the improper disposal of
medical waste products by the
hospital. According to the
residents, the hospital gets rid
of its waste by burning and in
turn exposing the people and
institutions such as a nearby
primary school to smoke that is
detrimental to their health.
Children and adults sufering
from asthmatic and cough
related conditions are the most
afected. The residents have
called upon the county
government to take control of
the matter; otherwise, they will
be forced to sue the hospital
management.
Environment Disasters
A few weeks ago, news surfaced that Nairobi
County is likely to pass a Bill that might eventually do
away with polythene bags, known to many as juala,
that are a menace to the environment.
If the Bill becomes law, plastic bags will be banned
and manufacturers will have to produce environ-
ment-friendly bags, which are more expensive. Nairobi
will, however, not be the rst city to pass such a Bill.
Plastic bags are considered an environmental disaster
all over the world and several governments have
banned or restricted the use of such bags. For
instance, Ireland has placed a fee on plastic bags to
dissuade shoppers and this has seen a 90 per cent
reduction in usage. Such measures are a right step
towards a plastic-free environment and people should
start taking seriously the harmful efects of the non-
biodegradable polythene bags.
Plastic bags cause the most damage to the environ-
ment because they are non biodegradable. It takes
hundreds of years for these bags to decompose and
when they do, they get into the soil and discharge
harmful toxic chemicals into our environment. Plastic
bags also pose a threat to animals, both on land and in
the sea. Hundreds of thousands of animals are choked,
strangled and killed annually by disposed plastic bag
litter as most of them end up mistaking these bags for
food, especially those with food residues. Once an
animal dies, its body decomposes and the plastic is
released back into the environment. Also, a lot of
petroleum is used in the production of plastic bags and
this increases the rate of carbon dioxide emissions in
the atmosphere.
Recent reports show that each year, nearly one trillion
plastic bags are used worldwide and only three to ve
per cent are recycled, with most of them ending up in
landlls and the oceans. Another study, by the Kenya
Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis
reveals that every month, about 4,000 tonnes of thin
plastic bags (imsies) are produced in Kenya.
Because of these concerns, some companies that
package goods in plastics are now encouraging
consumers to return plastic bags for recycling.
Nakumatt, for example, has constructed a big
reception point at its Uhuru Highway branch and
encourages customers to deposit plastics every
Wednesday. If more companies follow this initiative,
Kenya might just solve the polythene problem.
O
n the vast but naked beach,
several activities are going
on long after the early suns
rays hit the water mass that
is Lake Naivasha. On one end, a
group of women and some youths
are immersed in the not-so-clean
lake fetching water either for com-
mercial or home use.
In another end, a group of stark
naked men bathe in the open, un-
perturbed by the rising numbers,
which include minors.
The naked men are joined by a
herd of livestock driven in by a Maa-
sai moran, leaving behind a wave of
dust.
At the beach, some fishermen are
busy, either repairing their boats or
nets as an old transistor radio belts
out an old benga song.
It is, however, a group of men dressed
only in inner-wears that stands out
as they move in a line, pulling a fish-
ing net from the lake towards the
shores.
The poachers are openly armed
with machetes, which are held by a
piece of clothe around their waist
while others carry gunny bags al-
ready half filled with illegally har-
vested fish.
The passing of an engine boat
carrying tourists metres away tem-
porarily disrupts the poachers before
they resume their work a few min-
utes later in what is a breeding zone.
The undersize nets literally trap
anything from a 5kg species of com-
mon carp to fingerlings introduced a
few weeks ago.
This is currently the situation in
the troubled lake, which has always
been in the news for all the wrong
reasons. There is supposed to be a
three-month fishing ban in force
running from July to September but
Nakuru County government has
shelved this.
However, in a report written to
the Nakuru County Government and
by the Naivasha Sub-County fisher-
ies office, the department paints a
grim picture on the status of the lake.
The current situation of the Lake
Naivasha Fishery report notes that
the number of illegal, unregulated
fishing boats and illegal fishers has
increased tremendously in the last
couple of months. Unless urgent ac-
tion is taken, the fisheries resources
in the lake may be depleted before
the end of this financial year, reads
the report in part.
The chairman of Lake Naivasha
fisheries management committee
David Mbau Ndirangu has con-
firmed receiving a copy of the report,
which he describes as disturbing. He
says an earlier attempt by some fish-
ermen and fisheries officers to deal
with the poachers had been met with
armed resistance, leading to injuries.
The worrying thing is the high
number of illegal fishermen who are
using undersize nets and fishing in
the breeding zones, he says.
Naivasha Sub-County fisheries offi-
cer Mathew Ngila admits that poach-
ing is a serious threat to the lake,
adding that this poses a risk to pre-
vious efforts to restock the lake.
Ngila says that the department
wants fines imposed on poachers in-
creased from the current maximum
of Sh20,000 to Sh100,000.
We arrest at least seven poachers
per week in Lake Naivasha but many
return to the lake after paying fines,
he says.
The issue is further worsened by
the differences between the national
and county government on the sta-
tus of the fishing ban.
According to Fisheries Principal
Secretary Japhet Ntiba, its only the
ministry that can lift or suspend the
annual fishing ban.
As far as I know the issuing of
fishing ban in Lake Naivasha is still
in place and the fishermen should
respect this as its meant to restock
the water body, says Prof Ntiba.
However, Nakuru County Execu-
tive for Agriculture Dr Stanley
Chepkwony says that the county has
lifted the annual fishing ban as fish
production has increased sharply.
Poachers have eld day as leaders
disagree over 3-month shing ban
Unsightly plastic bags suffocate environment
A legal sherman in Lake Naiva-
sha shows part of his days catch
which is threatened by the high
number of poachers. [PHOTO:
ANTONY GITONGA/STANDARD]
with Antony Gitonga
with Jerry Odumbe
compiled by Jerry Odumbe
Doctors desk
Compiled by Dr Kizito Lubano
It is the second most
common among
women in Kenya
after breast cancer
Secret lives of doctors uncovered
Your Health
with Ally Jamah
Recently, when my extended
family came for a visit, our
conversations led me to realise
that despite my being a doctor for
more than 20 years, they have no
idea what my daily life is like. This
means my patients have no idea
either.
This is our life:
We cancel root canals, change
vacation schedules, oil changes,
and skip our childrens soccer
games when we know our patients
need us.
We motor through clinic,
surgery, and hospital rounds with
a full bladder, an empty tummy,
and a dry mouth because we
consume no uids for hours. We
feel guilty when we take a
moment to ourselves when
patients are waiting.
We worry about you: We pray,
Please, Lord, let them heal well
despite the fact that they are
diabetic and still smoking a pack a
day. . . And when a specimen
looks worrisome, we hope that it
will all be ne. When a doctor
picks a call, do not assume he or
she is talking to his broker; he
could be listening to an uncle
trying to describe their aunts
bad prognosis or to a spouse
explaining why they cannot
attend the birthday party that
evening because patients are
waiting.
When your medical news is good,
the doctor is grateful some-
times more so. A pathology
report that is benign, lab results
that are now within normal limits,
or an X-ray that shows improve-
ment, make us your cheerleader.
We dont act like it because we
dont want you to be freaked out
by our level of concern. We are
W
omen and medical
practitioners are
alarmed over the in-
creasing cases of cer-
vical cancer in Kenya as the killer
disease continues affecting
thousands of women every year.
Medical specialists say too many
women are developing the can-
cer unnecessarily and facing the
pain and hassle of expensive
treatments when there are effec-
tive and relatively inexpensive
techniques of preventing the dis-
ease or catching it early.
According to the World
Health Organisation, the disease
is nearly six times more preva-
lent in Kenya than in Western
Europe, and ten times higher
than in the United States.
The National Guidelines for
Cancer Management Kenya in-
dicates that 2,454 women are di-
agnosed with the disease every
year in the country with annual
number of deaths estimated at
1,676 women.
Globally, about 300,000 wom-
en die from the disease every
year. Cancer of the cervix is the
second most common cancer
among women in the country af-
ter breast cancer.
Dr Jean Kaggia, a senior gy-
naecologist in private practice in
Nairobi, says most women in
Kenya, especially those in rural
Killer cervical cancer
ravages countrys women
areas, are unaware of cervical
cancer and its risks.
The acute lack of awareness
about this cancer is partly re-
sponsible for the high number of
women who dont go for regular
screening and those that get the
disease end up presenting too
late when it is very advanced.
This hampers the fight against
the disease, she says.
Indeed, a study done last year
in Kisumu and published in the
International Journal of Gynae-
cological Cancer established that
very few women (six per cent)
had ever been screened for cer-
vical cancer while many of them
had not heard of the disease
This is despite the fact that
Eastern Africa has the highest in-
cidence and mortality rates from
cervical cancer worldwide.
On his part, Dr Ahmed Kalebi,
a consultant pathologist and
managing director of Patholo-
gists Lancet Kenya, the largest
network of private laboratories in
the country, says women can
easily be screened for cervical
cancer and treated quickly be-
fore the disease takes root.
He says through simple and
effective procedures such as pap-
smear, visual examination and
PCR test for Human Papilloma
Virus (HPV) DNA, the doctors
can determine if the cancer is
about to develop and cure it be-
fore it establishes itself.
Cervical cancer screening is
crucial as it detects cell changes
in the cervix before cancer even
develops. The changes can be
treated and cancer prevented
thus, he says.
He adds: Instead of suffering
DISEASES: Respiratory
infections on the rise
DEWORMING: The ght
against tropical diseases
VACCINATION: Infants to be
protected against Rotavirus
Due to the cold season in Trans Nzoia Coun-
ty, upper respiratory diseases have been on
the rise. This is according to Dr Sammy Misiko,
a senior doctor at Mt Elgon private hospital in
Kitale town. The doctor revealed that cases of
respiratory diseases such as pneumonia,
bronchitis and asthma have risen in the recent
past, and advised residents to be putting on
warm clothing during cold periods to protect
themselves from diseases. Dr Misiko says
about 30 per cent of people in Trans Nzoia
County develop a respiratory disease during
the cold or rainy season. He also told people to
avoid common triggers of respiratory
conditions like dust and smoke and those with
symptoms such as chest pains and heavy
breathing to seek medical attention as soon as
possible.
With the aim of ghting against rising
cases of tropical diseases in Bungoma County,
Deworm the World Initiative with the help of
the ministries of Education and Health has
started a deworming programme. County
health of cials say infections that arise as a
result of jiggers, helminths, lice and bedbugs
have been disregarded and unless more
attention is given to these infections, many
children in the area risk developing diseases
which will in turn afect their school perfor-
mance. The County Director of Education, Mr
Charles Anyika, advised parents to take the
deworming programme positively to protect
their children. The County Director of Health in
the County, Kubasu Wekesa, assured county
residents that more toilets will be built in the
area to improve the health conditions of
children and reduce cases of tropical diseases.
Mothers in Lamu County with children under
the age of ve have been urged to protect
their children against rotavirus by observing
proper hygiene and ensuring a clean environ-
ment for their children. Rotavirus is a
contagious virus that causes severe diarrhoea
among infants and young children and is easily
transferred through consumption of contami-
nated food and water and at times handling of
human and animal waste. The virus today
immensely contributes to the high infant
mortality rates in the country. While speaking
during a meeting in Lamu, the county
reproductive health co-ordinator Rachel
Mwangi said the virus can be best prevented
through immunisation and during this nancial
year, the Ministry of Health will make the
Rotavirus vaccine a mandatory vaccine to
protect children from the virus.
Wednesday Life
Health Briefs
with Jerry Odumbe
the pain and trauma as well as
expense of treating fully-blown
cervical cancer through surgery
and radiotherapy, the easier and
cheaper option is to prevent it
through regular screening.
A study by researchers at the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill suggests that training
women to self-collect genital
samples to test for the presence
of the virus that causes the can-
cer, will boost screening and in-
crease detection rates of the dis-
ease and treatment, especially
among women who are uncom-
fortable with invasive pelvic ex-
aminations.
The study, published online
by the journal Sexually Transmit-
ted Diseases, collected data from
350 female sex workers in the
Korogocho slum area of Nairobi
from August 2009 to March 2011.
It found that samples collected
by trained individuals were as
good as those collected by med-
ical specialists.
Kalebi explains that with visu-
al exams, the cervix is checked
for any abnormalities that may
point to the cancer while in pap
smear, cell samples are scraped
from the cervix for microscopic
examination to check for abnor-
malities. A new test, which looks
for the DNA of HPV, is set to rev-
olutionise and simplify cervical
cancer screening as it is simple
and effective.
Dr Kaggia says regular tests
for cervical cancer are also too
expensive for most women to af-
ford, with most choosing to un-
dergo only visual examination of
the cervix rather than pap smear
and HPV tests.
taught by our superiors and encouraged
by our colleagues to act tough and we
think thats what you want, too. But now
you know: Deep inside, we are marsh-
mallows.
We are grateful when the day ends
well. We long to tell you, dear patient,
how much we care. We hope you know.
Wednesday Life
Personal Finance
with Peter Kamuri
People often get into debt because they want
to keep up with the Joneses and live lifestyles
they cannot aford
How I make it with Benjamin Obegi
Every weekday morning, Edward
Kioko, 23, invests Sh400 and by early
evening, he with a lot of satisfaction
counts up to Sh1,000 as prot. Kioko
who lives in Kariokor slums starts his
day by 6am when he makes his way to
Wakulima market. At the market, he
selects bunches of ripe bananas worth
Sh400.
This is what Kioko, a Standard Eight
leaver, has done for the past one and
half years and he says nothing will
stop him from earning a decent living.
After my mother was unable to
raise fees for my secondary education,
I decided to visit my cousin in the city.
After three weeks, I realised that I
needed to earn a living. You cant live
on other peoples hard gains. I rst
worked in construction sites, he says.
It is while working at a construction
site in the Central Business District
that the dream to sell bananas struck
him.
Says Kioko: I used to see others
move from site to site selling
bananas. I got interested in the
business and how one easily counted a
huge prot by as early as 2pm.
Early last year, he gave the idea a try
and has never looked back or
regretted his decision. Since then, he
has marked his territory well.
My major customers are garage
mechanics and taxi drivers in town. I
have developed a close working
relationship with them such that they
know my time. We have built trust that
others can buy my bananas on credit
and settle the bill in the morning,
says Kioko.
The only hurdle he has to face is
the constant questions by city
authorities.
In his business, Kioko has learnt one
vital lesson.
I know times change and so are
business ideas. This is why I spend
sparingly and ensure that every
evening I drop something into my bank
account. I plan to venture into a
diferent business and also establish
my family from the money. I feel happy
when I support my mother from my
business despite the challenges, he
says.
What inspires Kioko is his growing
bank account and a clear prospect of
establishing a bigger business.
Investing Sh400 a day earns him more than double prot
Quick Wins
Taking control of your
money
Always have a budget to guide
your expenditure and savings.
Buy only what you need.
Make enough to cover your
necessities - food, shelter and
clothing.
Look for ways of increasing your
income and reducing your
expenditure.
Once you get out of debt, ensure
you do not go down that path
again.
Only use a credit card for items
that you know you have the cash
for in the rst place.
Start saving now for a major
investment you are thinking
about.
Learn how to do tasks that you
would normally pay a contractor
or professional to do.
In case you are forced to get a
loan, make sure you are aware
of how much interest you are
being charged and the penalties
for a late payment.
E
verybody wants to have
control of his or her fi-
nances. However, as we
continue to live in these
lean times, keeping a tab on our
expenses and control runaway
debts can frustrate your every ef-
fort to have financial indepen-
dence that you crave.
Although having a debt is a
way of life for all of us, getting
soaked into too much of it can
have a backlash. We need money
to pay our childrens school fees,
pay house rent and other utility
bills. Sometimes, the option is to
go for money lenders to bail you
out, which is a good idea when
avenues are limited.
The problem comes when we
cannot control our debts. For in-
stance, you may find yourself us-
ing your credit cards each month
but fail to pay off the balance in
full. When this happens, it is un-
healthy for you as you are making
your financial situation get out of
hand.
If you want to have financial
independence, it is important for
you to take control of your debt
so as to ensure that your finan-
cial future is transformed into a
positive one. But how can you
have control of debts that are
weighing you down?
The first good thing you
need to know is that it is possible
to get out of a debilitating debt
trap and regain control of your fi-
nances. However, this requires
some effort and commitment,
says Christopher Maloba, a fi-
nancial adviser working in the
city.
Maloba advises, The first
thing you need to do is to make
sure that you always have a bud-
get. One main reason why you
constantly find yourself wonder-
ing where all the money you have
at the end of the month goes is
because you do not have a bud-
get.
Financial experts advise that
when making a budget, you are
unlikely to incur debts as you
have a guideline on how much to
spend and when. Start by deter-
mining the monthly take-home
income against your expenses.
For you to have a successful
budget that will keep you out of
debt, you need to ensure that you
spend less than you make.
Creating a list of your in-
come, and your expenses should
not be an uphill task. What you
have to do is to ensure that you
are making enough to cover your
necessities. Among these include
your clothing, food, shelter and
other utilities, adds Maloba.
In circumstances that you do
not make enough to cover these
basic expenses, you have to get a
way of increasing your income.
At the same time, you should
look into ways of bringing down
your expenses to avoid running
into debts, warns Maloba.
Maloba advises further, Peo-
ple get into debts because they
want to sustain their lifestyle
habits that gobble up their earn-
ings and in the end dent their
pockets. Identify these areas and
craft a way of reducing expenses
on them.
It is also important to under-
stand your financial situation.
This is a good way of having an
idea as to where you stand and
this will help to be in control of
your finances. Many people get
into debt since they do not track
their income and expenses.
The moment you are out of
debt, it is important to ensure
that you do not get back to it. It
is a good idea to start saving now
if you plan to buy major items
that can cost you substantial
amount of money otherwise you
will go into debt for them, Malo-
ba concludes.
However, remember discipline
is essential if you will be able to
take control of your finances and
avoid debt. When this is not pos-
sible, it may be advisable to seek
financial advice to help you sort
out your problems.
How to apply brakes on your runaway debts
Wednesday Life
Personal Finance
with John Kariuki
Race to riches: Are you a tortoise or hare?
The super rich do not
waste time around; they
nd a way to make a
short cut
I
n Aesops fable of the tortoise and
the hare, hare challenges the tor-
toise to a race, which the tortoise
accepts. The race begins and the
hare lazes around (because he
knows he can outrun the tortoise
any day) while the tortoise begins
his slow progress to the finish line.
When the tortoise is close to win-
ning the race, the hare begins run-
ning but he realises that he has
grossly miscalculated. Tortoise is far
way ahead and he wins the race in
what is often described as a slow
and steady wins the race.
For many years this is how the fi-
nancial advice industry has charac-
terised the race to riches: start early,
invest for the long term and so on.
You are probably familiar with these
terms which we can call the tortoise
approach.
The tortoises are people who
follow the counsel of slow but sure
investment. They are meticulous
and plan their investment me-
thodically so that they will be
ready to cross the finish line.
However, the many
hares in our midst neglect
to prepare adequately. They
may be at a point in life
where the financial experts
have told them that they
could be running out of luck
unless they come up with
millions of shillings to invest
quickly and regularly.
Essentially, they are being
told that they need to run with
all their might to catch up. Well,
there is some good news for the
hares. Aesops fable has been re-

Quick Wins
Approaches to
nancial freedom
Seven Ps for scaling to the top
with Gardy Chacha
Fridah Owinga left the American dream and
returned to Kenya despite holding a steady job and en-
joying a relatively good life. She set out with her vision
to start a business that was purposefully designed to
change other peoples dreams and progress in life.
She is the CEO of PassionProts, a company that
provides skills to entrepreneurs and nurtures talent.
Here are her seven Ps to achieving success:
Programming: Every person trains their mind to
think in a certain way. While at times the society has
strong inuence as to how one views specic aspects
of life, Fridah thinks that individuals can do better by
determining the direction their trains of thought take.
Purpose: This adds to the drive of wanting to
accomplish something. But even before that, without
purpose, no one can make clear progress as they seek
to achieve success in their businesses and lives.
Performance: Do something, she bellows, and
do it to your best.
Playing eld: Whatever you want to venture into,
make sure it appeals to who you are and your talents,
to avoid straining doing it.
Prot engine: While it is prudent that you consider
your playing eld, Fridah adds that you may need to
carefully balance it out with prot engine where
the money is.
People: No man is an island. Fridahs thoughts
rhymes with this adage. She says that as a business
person you have to network with people who can
assist your business grow or formidable clientele.
Passion: If you have a purpose, she points out,
allow passion (a strong drive to accomplish some-
thing) to ow through your purpose.
Frida Owinga speaking at a past function organ-
ised by PassionProt.
The tortoise approach: Traditional
slow and steady way of creating
wealth
*Involves years of planning and
investing in stock, land and other
xed assets
*Diversify and spread their
investments across what they
think are low and medium risk
opportunities
The hare approach: Wastes no
time but nds a way to make a
shortcut
Invests where money is: Real
estate, business development,
internet/information services and
stocks
written and in the modern version,
both the tortoise and hare can win.
Both can achieve financial freedom
using different approaches.
According to personal banking
experts, most people can be de-
scribed as using the tortoise ap-
proach. This approach is the tradi-
tional slow and steady way of
creating wealth. It involves years of
planning and investing in stock,
land and other fixed assets. In the
end, the market often heads in the
right direction and they retire with
a comfortable and steady income.
But are the risks always low ? Well,
the tortoises seem to think so; after
all, this is what the financial experts
tell them. But safe and fixed assets
like buildings can go up in smoke in
m i n u t e s .
Tortoises often diversify
and spread their invest-
ments across
what they
t h i n k
a r e
low and medium risk opportunities
like land and the stock market. They
appear to uphold the maxim: Sacri-
fice now and reap the benefits later.
Incidentally, for many of us, this is
the best approach.
However, the super-wealthy real-
ise that the tortoise approach is the
riskiest form of investment that
there is. That no matter how much
diversified that tortoise think
they are in their investment vehicle
of choice, their eggs are essentially
all in one or two baskets - the service
sector, farming and stock market.
These areas are all prone to up-
heavals, frus- t r a -
tions and failures.
This is why the ultra-wealthy use
the hare approach. In the modern
version of Aesops fable, the hare
does not waste time around; he finds
a way to make a shortcut. He even
beats the tortoise to the finish line,
even when there is little time left.
The super rich know that there
are essentially four fast tracks to
wealth: Real estate, business devel-
opment, internet/information ser-
vices and stocks. They invest in
learning the skills and tactics that
lower their risk.
Understanding how these areas
function brings greater rewards and
ever-increasing wealth to them.
But arent these ventures too risky?
Tolerance for risk is directly pro-
portional to ones fear. And
fear has its roots in
ignorance.
Knowledge expels that fear. To the
ultra-wealthy the hare approach is
less risky because knowledge
backs their investment deci-
sions, unlike most tortoises
that may not understand or
comprehend what they are
investing in.
The hares prefer to
take the bull by the
horns, rather than by
circumventing it and at-
tempting to grab its tail.
People are drawn to the
hare approach by their
impatience of sacrificing
now and reaping the
benefits later. They want
to learn how to get it now
and still have it later. They
choose freedom, to go for high-
er learning and to travel the
world on work assignments, over
security. They become the masters
of residual and not saved income.
Indeed, an example of two grad-
uate teachers may suffice here. The
two left college a decade ago. One
taught for only a year, took a long
and hard look at his career future
and quit. He enrolled for a masters
course in business administration
and would do odd jobs here and
abroad before hitting on the perfect
investment formula.
A car importer now, this hare
has vast interest in real estate and
has bought shares in several ICT
firms that are quoted at the stock
exchange.
Meanwhile, his tortoise friend
who is still teaching has acquired
his first house and has several
stocks besides running a matatu.
While your path to wealth is as
individual as you are, get educated
to become a hare.
There is abundant information
at your fingertips in websites,
books, financial magazines, e-zines
and financial newsletters on the
hottest areas to invest in.
CEOS take
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Special Feature
As the Ministry of Health seeks consensus with stakeholders on
new laws, more women and girls continue to procure backstreet
abortions that greatly risk their lives
S
eventeen-year-old Risper,
a Standard Seven pupil in
Mpeketoni, Lamu County,
got pregnant late last year.
Since she wanted to continue
with her schooling, she opted for
an abortion. She sought counsel
from her friends who gave her
diferent options, including us-
ing tablets and tealeaves, which
did not work because she was
still pregnant a month later.
Many teens and even older
women around the country pro-
cure abortions regularly despite
it being illegal unless a medical
practitioner deems that the
mothers life is in danger.
The efects of unsafe abortion
or attempts to abort can be dire,
as was in Rispers case.
A friend told me quinine
would be efective. I bought the
drugs from a chemist and swal-
lowed them, says Risper.
The failed abortion attempt
saw her admitted to the Mpeke-
toni Sub-District Hospital for
post-abortion care.
Risper says the man respon-
sible for the pregnancy threat-
ened to commit suicide if she did
not do away with the foetus, say-
ing it would be a shame to his
parents.
To help women such as Risper
deal with pregnancy issues and
align medical services to the
Constitution, the Ministry of
Health in 2010 developed na-
tional Standards and Guidelines
for Reducing Mobility and Mor-
tality from Unsafe Abortions in
Kenya for use in all health facili-
ties.
The document, however, gen-
erated a lot of hostility among
pro-life groups who argued that
the guidelines were making it too
easy to abort in Kenya, suspend-
ing its implementation.
Supporting the churchs stand
on the debate, Rev Canon Rose-
mary Mbogo, chair of the Na-
tional Churches Council of Ke-
nya says that the church believes
in the sanctity of life.
Life begins at conception and
there is no way we can allow for
the legislation of evil just be-
cause people support it, even if
we be on the minority; just be-
cause many people are doing it
does not make it right, argues
Mbogo.
The canon says the church is
the conscience of the society and
has a duty to teach morality, add-
ing that they were working hard
to ensure that they cater to those
with unplanned pregnancies.
The Ministry of Health with-
drew the guidelines in Decem-
ber, promising to hold more con-
sultations with various groups
and re-draft a more acceptable
document.
The frst part of the document
addresses prevention of unin-
tended, risky and unplanned
pregnancies while the second
part deals with management of
such pregnancies.
The guidelines call for access
to health information and servic-
es as well as availability of youth-
friendly services.
The document also calls for
provision of contraceptive ser-
vices. This is where the problem
arises because the pro-life group
argues that this is opening a win-
dow for blanket abortion.
Prof Joseph Karanja of the
University of Nairobi also a
council member of the Kenya
Obstetrical and Gynaecological
Society says that the standof
stems from a group that does not
want abortion services to be of-
fered under any circumstances.
Those opposed are mainly
made of religious groups who are
very vocal and do not want abor-
tion ofered regardless of the sit-
uation, says Prof Karanja.
But medical practitioners
agree when women cannot ac-
cess these services, what remains
after they get unwanted preg-
nancies is to abort, and the num-
bers keep rising.
But whether it is ofered legal-
ly or not, cases of abortion are
still on the rise, putting the coun-
trys conscience between a rock
and a hard place.
If we allow for guidelines that are not tight enough, we
will end up exposing women and girls to all manner of
complications; if abortion is to be procured, then it has to
be safe and there have to be very good reasons for it
Health CS James Macharia
Raymond Yator.
Clandestine abortions
shoot up as practitioners
suspend guidelines
y B JECKONIA OTIENO
A report by the Ministry of Health
dubbed the Incidence and Compli-
cations of Unsafe Abortion in Kenya:
Key fndings of a National Study, re-
leased in August 2013, showed that
there were 465,000 abortions carried
out in Kenya in 2012.
About only 120,000 women aged
between 15 and 49 years received
care for unsafe abortions, according
to the report; this means just one in
fve women who aborted received
care within the study year.
The study found that about one in
every 28 women opt for unsafe and
clandestine abortions, which expose
them to risks like bleeding, blood
poisoning, organ failure and shock.
Most of these end up in public facili-
ties for care.
Currently, Kenya has 2,838 health
facilities that ofer post-abortion
care; out of these 1,917 are public fa-
cilities, 480 are proft-making private
facilities while the remaining 441 are
non-proft making health facilities.
These hospitals treat complications
arising from abortions.
The guidelines further address
management of unintended risky
and unplanned pregnancies by seek-
ing for provision of psychosocial
support for women and girls with
such pregnancies.
Among the interventions in the
guidelines include provision of social
security to persons unable to support
James Macharia Cabinet Secretary of
Health
Wednesday Life
Special Feature
themselves and their dependents
and adoption services as an op-
tion for women who cannot care
for the babies.
On termination of pregnan-
cies, the document states that
termination of a pregnancy can
only be provided in facilities that
meet minimum standards while
a trained health professional is
defned as a registered medical
practitioner, registered clinical
ofcer, registered nurse and reg-
istered midwife who has ac-
quired the relevant skills for de-
cision making and provision of
the service.
Apart from pressure from
faith groups, it is still unclear
what actually led to the suspen-
sion of the document, as senior
health ofcials skirt around the
issue without giving any clear an-
swers.
Health Cabinet Secretary
James Macharia attributes the
suspension of the document not
being tight enough to ensure that
abortions were safe and when
they were necessary.
If we allow for guidelines
that are not tight enough, we will
end up exposing women and
girls to all manner of complica-
tions; if abortion is to be pro-
cured, then it has to be safe and
there have to be very good rea-
sons for it, says Macharia.
The secretary also says con-
sultations are ongoing and there
will be new guidelines on abor-
tion.
The document covers areas
ranging from reasons that might
lead to women seeking abortion
services like sexual violence to
post-abortion care.
Contacted for comment, Di-
rector of Medical Services Dr
Francis Kimani said further dis-
cussion should be put on hold for
the time being because there is
a team working on the guidelines
and discussions outside the team
will only lead to more polarisa-
tion.
The various stakeholders met
on Wednesday at a Nairobi hotel
on the invitation of Dr Kimani to
review the now contentious doc-
ument.
In the meeting, a team was
formed and mandated to come
up with new guidelines in two
months.
Daniel Yumbya, CEO of the
Kenya Medical Practitioners and
Dentists Board lauds eforts by
the Health ministry to bring to-
gether stakeholders to thrash out
pertinent issues.
Could lack of guidelines have
caused more problems regarding
abortion?
Reacting on the suspension of
the guidelines, Saoyo Grifth, a
reproductive health programme
ofcer at Federation of Women
Lawyers said, Their withdrawal
creates a gap that is fuelling
questions of how to safely termi-
nate a pregnancy, who qualifes
for safe termination, where safe
termination should be procured,
and when a doctor can lodge ob-
jection.
Even with guidelines, doctors
still fnd themselves in difcult
situations as women and girls
still seek illegal abortion services.
Dr Abdulaziz Dhukifuli, the med-
ical superintendent of the King
Fahd Memorial Hospital in Lamu
says cases of clandestine abor-
tions continue to rise because
women and girls have nowhere
to turn and are forced to turn to
quacks and other devices.
The doctor narrates a case of
one girl who swallowed a coat
hanger to do away with her preg-
nancy and the results were disas-
trous. Her uterus had to be re-
moved.
The fact that there are difer-
ent forms of abortions -- threat-
ened abortions, missed abor-
tions, inevitable abortions and
clandestine abortions -- further
complicates the debate.
A threatened abortion occurs
when a woman, usually less than
28 weeks pregnant, shows signs
of losing the baby due to various
reasons like heavy work. This
means that they have to be treat-
ed, usually by asking them to rest
so that they do not lose the preg-
nancy. Missed abortion means
the woman has lost the baby but
without knowing it, and it is only
the doctor who fnds out. Inevi-
table abortion occurs when for
one reason or another, the wom-
an loses the baby anyway while
clandestine abortions are pro-
cured illegally.
Dhukifuli says, We fnd it dif-
fcult to classify clandestine
abortions because of the varied
nature of procuring. Most of the
time these women do not tell you
Rift Valley still leads in the number of women seeking
post-abortion care. Health Facility Survey and Prospective
Data Survey, Kenya 2012 shows that 46,912 women sought
treatment after abortion in Rift Valley. Nyanza and Western
regions follow closely with 45,027 cases while Nairobi and
Central come in third. Coast and North Eastern follow with
21,974 while Eastern recorded the least cases of post abortion
care.
Eastern Region also had the least number of women
treated for complications arising from induced abortions at
7,057. Coast and North Eastern region had 16,649 while Rift
Valley, Western and Nyanza had the highest cases.
The largest group of women seeking post-abortion care,
according to the report Incidence and Complications of Unsafe
Abortion in Kenya, are aged 25 years and above.
Women aged between 20 and 24 make up 31 per cent while
those aged between ten and 19 years are the least with only
four out of 25 women treated being in this group.
Rural areas account for more cases of post abortion care
compared to urban areas with about six out of every ten
women seeking care living in rural areas.
Notable is the fact that Muslims have some of the lowest
cases of post-abortion care at eight per cent while Catholics
make 24 per cent. The rest 64 per cent comprise other
Christians and other categories.
There were 465,000 abortions carried out
in Kenya in 2012
post-abortion care
Data shows that there has been a drastic
drop in the number of women seeking
post-abortion care in the Coast region.
There was a drop of 13 per cent in 2013
from the 30,742 cases recorded in 2010.
The drop could be due to various reasons,
including increased use of contraception.
Allowing women and girls to decide what
they want with pregnancies within the
connes of the law will avoid dangerous
consequences of abortions
There should be regulations to ensure it is
done professionally.
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Raymond Yator.
Numbers dont lie
y B JECKONIA OTIENO
they did it in the backstreet, so a
doctor in a public facility just fn-
ishes a procedure that they did not
start.
For instance, at the Mpeketoni
Sub District Hospital, there was
post-abortion care for fve incom-
plete abortions in January this
year. February saw ten cases cared
for; March eight while in April, ten
cases of post abortion care were
reported.
One of the most common and
safest ways of treating an incom-
plete abortion is vacuum aspira-
tion, which on average costs
Sh1,500. If the complications are
heavy, more money will be re-
quired.
Lamu County has reported in-
creasing cases of post abortion
care over the past four years. In
2010, there were 784 cases, which
rose to 858 in 2013.
While he does not call for blan-
ket legalisation, Dhukifuli says the
current state of afairs has put
practitioners and women in a tight
corner.
As it stands now, practitioners
fnd themselves in a dire state
where the question is whether to
do or not to do. If a woman walks
into a facility and requests for the
service, the law forbids outright
provision but the same woman
will go to a quack who attempt to
abort and after a few days, she is
back with complications for the
same doctor who sent her away to
treat her in short, to complete
the work, says Dhukifuli.
Wednesday Life
Parents should allow children to
pursue what they are passionate
about instead of forcing them to t
into their own dream careers
O
ne of the most recurring de-
bates on education is the ca-
reer path that students take.
In the past, it was a straight
affair with students getting what
they wanted and later going into
conventional employment. Howev-
er, times have changed and so have
career trajectories of many.
Okwiri Oduor, the new winner
of the 2014 Caine Prize for African
Writing, has excelled in a subject
she pursued with passion.
Speaking to Amka na BBC
morning news show, she said she
chose to venture into writing after
experiences at the Nakuru Law
Courts where she served as an
intern.
After spending years training as
a lawyer and perhaps to satisfy her
parents wishes, she has finally
settled on what her heart treasures
most: A passion for pen and paper,
and not legal robes.
And this passion has shot her to
international recognition. The
monetary bounty attached to the
prize may not be her peak, but the
passion to excel may drive her to
greater heights.
There are other Kenyans who
have ventured into different fields
and gained national and interna-
tional recognition.
Hilary Ngweno, a Harvard
University trained physicist, is one
of the many Kenyans who have
defied the straight-career path.
Further afield, in Nigeria, Elechi
Amadi was a physics and mathe-
matics teacher who wrote a literary
masterpiece, The Concubine.
The text was a literary set book
in Kenya for many seasons. Cyprian
Ekwensi, another Nigerian, was a
career civil servant when he wrote
Burning Grass. In Guinea, William
Conton was also in the civil service
when he wrote a literary gem, The
African.
Dr James Michira, a senior
Communication lecturer at the
University of Nairobi, says passion
is churning out successful careers
in many students at different levels.
It is no longer easy to say that a
trained teacher will end up
teaching. It is only easy to say that
passion is driving thousands into
new careers. Those who are driven
by passion are likely to do better in
the new fields and generate high
levels of career satisfaction. In fact,
one of the fundamentals in
education in developed economies
is that careers are determined and
solely driven by passion, says
Michira.
Elkanah Sifuna, a banker, finds
creativity and satisfaction in his
new career path. Though a trained
teacher from Kenyatta University,
Sifuna had always wanted to work
in a bank.
I developed a strong passion
for working in a bank while in
Standard Six. Even when I joined
university, I was convinced that my
office was in the bank and not in
the classroom, says Sifuna.
After attending interviews, he
finally got a job at the bank and is
happy at his career progress. The
career switch did not , however, go
down well with his parents who
believed Sifuna was better off in a
high school classroom. However,
his parents are now supportive of
him.
Carol Gitonga, a career expert in
Nairobi, says passion is the single
most determinant of success in
careers.
Unless we breathe passion
into what we do, sitting in our
offices may just be a painful
ritual to earn a salary. A teacher
who wakes up daily to teach but
does so with dry passion is just
that. The passion in any subject
is equal to the depth of career
success and satisfaction, she
says.
Her challenge to parents is that
they should sit with their
children and listen to their
passion.
Parents who usually
dictate career choices to
their children ought to
allow them to express
passion. Children
should be given space
to determine careers
based on their
strong liking.
Evidence
continues to
show that career
productivity and
rise is at peak
when passion
into any
subject takes
the first seat,
she says.
Top School
With Samuel Ochieng
With Benjamin Obegi
Magnet School in Nambale, Busia
County, has set itself apart as a model
for orphans, the disadvantaged and
vulnerable children. Through its
programmes, specically designed to
take care of children with special needs,
the school creates a conducive
environment for children to develop
psychologically and intellectually to
pursue their dreams.
The schools director Rev Evalyne
Wakhusama says their mission is to
provide quality education where every
child can harness their potential.
My dream was to ofer change as a
way to give back to the society and give
hope to these children, and education
was the best way to equip them, avers
Wakhusama.
While growing up, she experienced
extreme poverty and vowed to provide
education to vulnerable children as it
was the only way to positively contrib-
ute to society.
I grew up in this county and I have seen
how poverty has reduced families to
nothing. Girls were disillusioned as a
result of early pregnancy while HIV and
Aids epidemic worsened the situation. I
knew education would make a difer-
ence to all this challenges, she says.
She got a scholarship to the US ten
years ago to study theology and that
availed an opportunity for her to share
the problems orphaned children
underwent in her village. She got
friends who have supported her quest
to ofer education to the community.
The school was established six years
ago and has a population of 242 pupils.
Well wishers fully support the educa-
tion, meals and medication of over 100
pupils. Recently the school was position
three in the Nambale Sub-County
examinations.
Magnet school also got an award for the
best maintained school in Nambale
Sub-County.
The school that stands on six hectares
of land has a nursery and primary
school section up to Standard Six, with a
grade being added each year. It has ten
teachers.
To supplement income and save the
school the cost of purchasing supplies,
the school does dairy, poultry, pigs, sh,
vegetable and tomato farming.
Perhaps what keeps the directors
dreams alive is the positive change she
sees in the children after they have
been admitted to the school.
I am inspired when I see children who
came here malnourished, traumatised
and stressed back on their feet, very
condent and perform well in class.
That gives me hope to press on amidst
the challenges we face daily, she adds.
The school also has a library and a
computer laboratory. Once a teacher is
employed at the school, he must sign a
child abuse awareness form as a way of
them protecting childrens rights.
Finances to expand the school,
especially classrooms and dormitories
for female pupils, continue to pose a
challenge. Additionally, the school lacks
a health facility.
Plans are underway for us to construct
our own health facility but for now,
pupils go to government hospitals. At
times we lack drugs there, forcing us to
buy, she stated.
Last weekend, the school hosted its
annual sports day, an event aimed at
promoting teamwork between students,
teachers and the members of the local
community.
We dont want to excel in the outlook
and academics alone but also in sports.
Sports enables us to identify talent and
nurture it, she says.
Top Issue
Passion counts in ones career success
Passion counts in ones career success
Nambales magnetic touch gives hope to the disabled
Unless we breathe passion into
what we do, sitting in our of ces
may just be a painful ritual to earn a
salary Carol Gitonga, career expert
Wednesday Life
The two boys swim against the tide of societal
expectations in their desire to drink from the pot of
education
Tome Nelson (left) and Eric Patisauti leave their dormitory for breakfast
and classes. [PHOTO: BENJAMIN OBEGI/STANDARD]
Education
E
ric Patisauti, 14, and Tome
Nelson, 17, are all former Mo-
rans who have now made a de-
cision to break from the Maa-
sai culture of moranism. Instead of
having their heads painted in red
ochre and learning how to raise a
spear and defend the community,
they have decided to have them in
academic caps.
And nothing will stand in their way
to their chosen path to the future.
Their story, told with beaming
eyes and innocence of budding
scholars, tells of a struggle against
strong cultural beliefs. It is a tale of
going against parents wish that they
put down the pen and look after an-
imals.
Eric had tasted school education
up to Standard Four before he was
prevailed upon by his father to join
moranism, the only way to become
a man in his community. Only mo-
rans defend the community from ex-
ternal aggression.
I was not happy because I saw
others go to school and learn Kiswa-
hili. I wanted to be like them. I decid-
ed to run away from the bush, says
Eric.
Even as he convinced his father
that he wanted to go back to school,
his parents did not see need to invest
in his education. Thus, they would
not sell a single cow to pay his school
fees nor that of his siblings.
Determined to quench his thirst,
Eric moved to Kitengela where he
sought to convince his sister to enrol
him in school and pay fees. In
Kitengela, Eric had the first contact
with the fluent Kiswahili he had all
along yearned for.
I began to learn Kiswahili from
the other boys in the estate. Most of
them were younger, but I was not
discouraged. I wanted to learn
more.
Tired of staying home, Er-
ic took a bold step to find education.
He approached teachers at Nanana
Rescue Centre, a girls only school,
on the outskirts of Kajiado town.
Eric did not shy away from mix-
ing with girls in class. Most of the
girls have been rescued from Female
Genital Mutilation.
I told the teachers that I wanted
to learn like the girls. I was happy
when they allowed me. My dream is
to become a government accoun-
tant. Since then, Eric who is now in
TOP Mark
With Grace Kirigha
I know many students who start answering
exam questions the minute the examiner puts
the exam paper on their desk. They simply scan
the question paper and do not give themselves
ample time to understand the question. The
best way to be comfortable in answering essay
questions is practice. Here is how:
A few days before the exam you should:
Anticipate questions: This is where past
papers come in handy. What kind of questions
did it have? Wear the shoes of an examiner and
set the questions. It is highly unlikely that a
question that was asked in the last exam would
recur in the same format, if it does.
Write: Summary notes of theories,
formulae, among other things will be of great
help. Focus, for example, on the diferences
between the various theories.
Memorise important events, facts, and
names. Essay questions always require you to
support your answers with evidence. Memoris-
ing names, theories and important events is
thus necessary.
Ideas organisation: Spend some time
thinking of how you will organise your ideas. If
the question asks you to, for example, compare
and contrast two theories, your answer should
include: Dening the theories, a brief descrip-
tion of the issue, and a comparison of the
theories and a clear contrasting of the theories.
Always read through the entire question
paper carefully so that you plan an answering
strategy. If you just answer each question as
you come across it, you may give certain
answers to one question yet it is more suitable
for another.
Time schedule: If you have to answer three
questions in 45 minutes, allow yourself only ten
minutes for each. When time runs out for one
question, move to the next one. You will have
15 minutes left when you complete the last
question; you can use this time to complete the
incomplete questions. Three incomplete
answers will get more marks than one
complete question. If one question earns more
marks than the rest, give it more time.
Go through each question and identify the
key words used. The answers will immediately
come to mind for some questions. Note down
the key words when they are still fresh in your
mind.
Always organise the points that support
your answer in an essay by outlining them
before writing.
As you jot down the points, ensure you are
answering all parts of the question. Note down
the points you want to use in your answer. This
involves writing, in point form, all the
information you memorised. An organised
essay is the examiners best friend.
A good essay has all its answers put down
coherently. Your answer should start by
echoing the question asked. Your introduction
should include the main point you are making;
a summary, which simply paraphrases the
introduction.
Always time yourself in such a way that
just before the exam ends, you have some ten
minutes to review the question and answers.
This is the time to also correct any grammatical
mistakes and conrm that you have answered
all parts of the question.
with Benjamin Obegi
Going against the tide
for brighter future
Answering essay questions in an exam
Standard Six has embraced this op-
portunity and is dedicated. This year,
he was appointed the school bell
ringer.
On his part, Tome from Oloy-
iankalani area in Kajiado County
joined moranism at 12 years. He was
then in Standard Six.
Later, I ran away. I got a job as a
herds boy and my wage was Sh3,000
per month. But I was not happy be-
cause I wanted to be educated and
work in a big town.
In 2012, Tome joined Nanana
Rescue Centre and, just like Eric, he
was comfortable being in a girls
class. I will never stop schooling. I
want to join Olekejuado High School
and later become a lawyer. Unless I
am educated, I cant assist myself or
my family. My parents are now hap-
py for me. I visit them every year,
says Tome, who is in Standard Eight
now.
There is more to their determina-
tion. Eric and Tome share a tiny sin-
gle room as their dormitory. The
room was built to hoist a water tank.
The two are like brothers. Every
morning they wake up early knowing
that one day they will make it aca-
demically and inspire thousands of
others, who are walking the path they
walked before getting a chance to go
back to school.
Says Eric, Every night we keep on
encouraging each other that the only
way to succeed is through education.
We appreciate getting this opportu-
nity to learn. Even if we are older, we
are not discouraged by our young
classmates. We are happy that our
parents have now accepted that we
are in school. Sometimes they visit
us. When they come they bring us
presents. Other boys in the village are
now going to school and their par-
ents are willing to sell their cows to
pay school fees.
According to Nanana Rescue Cen-
tre Deputy Head teacher John Mwan-
za, the two boys have become a
source of inspiration to many boys in
Kajiado town.
Since Eric and Tome joined us,
other boys now want to come to the
school. It is encouraging that others
are willing to sit with girls in class
and chart a future for themselves.
Though the centre was started in or-
der to offer refuge to girls escaping
Female Genital Mutilation and early
marriage, we are willing to take boys.
We also need to invest in their future.
We have since realised that by incor-
porating the boys in the school, we
are able to train boys in appreciating
girls education. Both are now break-
ing the traditional barriers which un-
fortunately hold back their future.
Every night we keep on encouraging each other that
the only way to succeed is through education
Eric Patisauti
Innovator
With Kamuzu Banda
Innovation has
won him numerous
awards and he sold
500 jikos during the
pilot project in Kili
M
any years of working in
the NGO sector, and es-
pecially with local com-
munities, has got Ken-
neth Ndua passionate about the
most basic of things, which have
a huge impact in the lives of or-
dinary people in low income ar-
eas. One such thing is fuel and
power for cooking.
Three years ago, Ndua devel-
oped an Energy Conserving Stove
(ECO Stove) using gas cylinder
welded into shape for the outer
part and then clay on the inside.
Rather than have a section on the
top where you put the wood or
charcoal and then the cooking
pot on top, Kenneth, came up
with a hollow cylinder for water
and a lower compartment for the
fuel.
The idea at the time was a
jiko that would cook and enable
the user to boil water at the same
time. It meant that the user could
save energy and have boiled wa-
ter for drinking that would save
them from waterborne diseases,
explains Ndua, a social entrepre-
ECOS-Charcoal,
briquetes and
pellets. INSET: Ken-
neth Ndua, the jiko
innovator. [PHOTOS:
KAMUZU BANDA/
STANDARD]
Tech World
Self-guiding bullets for
accuracy
In an attempt to polish the
accuracy of US military snipers, DARPA
(Defence Advanced Research Projects
Agency), an advanced research sector
in the US Department of Defence has
created special self-guiding bullets
which are capable of literally redirect-
ing themselves when in mid-air to
ensure that a target is hit, even when
the snipers aim is off. Normally a snip-
Using thoughts to control
Google glass
Usually to capture images with
Googles hi-tech specs, Google glass,
users are required to either push a
button on the specs or use voice
commands for the action to be
performed. A UK based startup, This
Place, has however taken Google
glass to another level. The team of
developers recently came up with an
app dubbed MindRDR, that enables
one to take photos using Google
glass and share them on social
media platforms by simply staring
and concentrating on an image of in-
terest. With the help of a brain
monitor known as Neurosky EEG
biosensor, the MindRDR measures
ones brainwaves and uses the brain
activities to provide instructions for
the glasses. The app also provides
Google glass wearers with a visual
Ritot uses your hand to
display time
Just like most smartwatches the
Ritot smartwatch shows the time,
incoming caller IDs, text messages,
social media updates and more
when connected to a smartphone.
However, while the ordinary
smartwatches display such
information on a small screen,
Ritot projects the information to
the back of your hand. By shaking
your wrist gently or pressing a
ers accuracy is determined by factors
such as strength of wind, movements
of the target and other factors. To
prevent these factors from interfering
with a snipers accuracy, the rifles
used to fire these bullets work with op-
tical sighting technology and real-time
guidance system which the bullets use
to direct themselves towards the
intended target.
feedback to demonstrate informa-
tion such as the distance between
the image and the wearer.
button on the device, a ten second
projection of the current time is
activated and projected on the hand by
a pico projector, also installed on the
gear. The device has vibration support
which is used to alert the wearer on
incoming calls, messages and so on.
The unique timepiece also comes with
a special base for charging purposes
and also to serves as an alarm clock.
neur.
His innovation, that saw him
sell more than 500 of the eco-jik-
os during the pilot project in Kil-
ifi alone, has won him numerous
recognitions.
Last year, Grand Challenges
awarded his organisation Stem
Africa a seed grant that came
with a monetary grant (Sh8.5
million) to fully develop and fur-
ther the project and establish a
manufacturing facility.
Having established a fully
functional manufacturing facil-
ity, Kenneth and his team went
back to the drawing board and
have come up with an even bet-
ter and more fuel-saving jiko at
a cost that is affordable to many.
The new jiko is made up of
galvanised steel on the outside
and aluminum coated pot on
the inside where the
water is boiled.
There is no clay
coating on the in-
side of the fire
chamber as is the
case with normal jik-
os making it very light. T h e
jiko can use brickets made up of
charcoal dust mixed with gum
and soil; pellets, which are made
of carbonised crushed pieces of
firewood and ordinary charcoal.
We designed a new jiko in
which we improved the control
of the airflow, which is responsi-
ble for how fast the jiko burns.
Thanks to the design, it uses 65
per cent less energy when com-
pared to the ordinary jiko, adds
Kenneth.
Having tried and tested
it, Kenneth is confident
that one can finish cook-
ing a meal of ugali and
sukuma wiki in just
ten minutes
d u r i n g
w h i c h
t i m e ;
they will
have also
boiled three litres
of water. The mechanism
captures the waste heat that
would normally escape and
transmit it to the water jacket
meaning you can cook with
hotter heat while at the same
time the water boils faster.
The new stove costs Sh2,000,
which is affordable to most
families in Kenya. With a design
that reduces the heat consumed
in cooking, it means that families
can save on the amount of mon-
ey they use in purchasing char-
coal and other fuels.
Kamuzu_b@yahoo. com
@TKB101
Jiko that cooks and boils
water at the same time
with Jerry Odumbe Otieno
Wednesday Life
We designed a new
jiko in which we im-
proved the control of
the airow, which is
responsible for how
fast the jiko burns.
Thanks to the design,
it uses 65 per cent less
energy compared to
ordinary Kenneth Ndua
In April, my kid is a superstar featured
many talents. This August we take it to
the next level and only the short listed
will move to the next stage.
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Using all the letters of the alphabet,
ll in the grid. To help you, there are
three cryptic crossword-style clues:
Top line: Substitute husband-to-be
has nowhere to sit! (8, 4)
Middle line: For a dime I mob Liz and
somehow stopped her moving. (11)
Bottom line: He missed start of real
comets movement. (3, 9)
To start you of, here is one of the
letters.
By Rosy Russell
YESTERDAYS SOLUTIONS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
L I E
M
A O F
B Y X
H P K S M T Q R C D
U
J
W
V
G
Z
N
ACROSS
1 The only job for which a
person is absent (3-3)
7 Im right in saying its
wrong (8)
8 For fear of being in a
humble state (4)
10 Islands having a full
range of minerals? (6)
11 Expand the use of de-
tail (6)
14 Swear like a nun! (3)
16 Possibly early cov-
er (5)
17 Still, its regular (4)
19 Having eaten too
many dates? (5)
21 In a weird way, more
comprehensive (5)
22 Great he may be, but
he gets some quantities
wrong (5)
23 Got rid of a female
deadhead (4)
26 Give everyone a
share of the vote (5)
28 Court an N.C.O. with
love (3)
29 Moderately shrewd
about the broadcasting
medium (6)
30 Be tall suitably for
dancing (6)
31 Like those old Johnnies
in the stage door? (4)
32 Showing what the pho-
tographers doing? (8)
33 Fixed starting place in
furniture production (6)
DOWN
1 Only an eighth of a mu-
sical interval? (6)
2 Order Ronald to be
king, one imagines (6)
3 Is apt to make out-
bursts! (4)
4 That which follows
when a retrial is or-
dered? (7)
5 A little squirt, per-
haps (5)
6 The judge of an essay-
ist? (5)
8 Not all benevolence
may be affectionate! (4)
9 Unite at three points
(3)
12 Left notes for a young
man (3)
13 Strained at present?
(5)
15 Means of locating a girl
in a car (5)
18 De Havillands house?
(5)
ACROSS: 1, Opera 6, Sandy 9, Unco-uth 10, Admi-t 11, Roach 12, D-el-ay 13, Tuneful 15, Top 17, A-M-id 18, Before 19, Wane-d
20, Threes 22, Mesa 24, Sue 25, Mini-Mal 26, El-gin 27, Bon-Di 28, Big-ot 29, Gent-Ian 30, Fries 31, A-go-ny.
DOWN: 2, Podium 3, Ruined 4, Ant 5, H-ovel 6, St.-rafed 7, Ah-oy 8, Do-Ct.-or 12, D-um-as 13, Tarts 14, Nitre 15, Totem 16,
Pedal 18, Be-GI-n 19, Well-i.e.-s 21, Humour 22, Mimi-NG 23, S-a-L-oon 25, Mints 26, Edge 28, Ba-a.
YESTERDAYS CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS
Cryptic Puzzle
19 What MPs do in opposition (3)
20 How many are able to be defen-
sible? (3)
21 Too empty-headed even to
make a joke? (7)
22 A hill in Estoril (3)
23 Stolen water? (6)
24 Keep making a hotel out of
date (4)
25 A state Dorothy takes years to
get into (6)
26 In search of the sound of some
laughter (5)
27 Goes slowly, like a number of
politicians (5)
28 The joker wants a wage cut! (3)
30 Possibly paper trousers? (4)
Codeword Puzzle
Across
1 Large prawns (6)
7 Hallway or passage 8)
8 Grain store (4)
10 Heavy and inert (6)
11 Turkish capital (6)
14 Obtain (3)
16 Lubricated (5)
17 Anon (4)
19 Players rst game (5)
21 Pigmeat (5)
22 Arm joint (5)
23 Harsh grating noise(4)
26 Love deeply (5)
28 Container (3)
29 Serious, glum (6)
30 Choose (6)
31 Foot part (4)
32 Visualise (8)
33 Cleaning cloth (6)
33 Brochette (6)
ACROSS: 1, Daubs 6, Beano 9,
Round up 10, Trait 11, Rests
12, Gunge 13, Gallant 15, Peg
17, Ogle 18, Damage 19, Am-
ber 20, Sample 22, Aide 24,
Era 25, Tiptoes 26, Besom 27,
Maa 28, Pilot 29, Tractor 30,
Cedes 31, Deems.
YESTERDAYS EASY SOLUTIONS
Easy Puzzle
Down
1 Walking poles (6)
2 First ever (6)
3 Religious image (4)
4 Part of speech (7)
5 Perfect (5)
6 Staf of life (5)
8 Pudding ingredient (4)
9 Permit (3)
12 Equipment (3)
13 Harvests (5)
15 Lure (5)
18 Surpass (5)
19 Flatsh (3)
20 Bend (3)
21 Stain (7)
22 Before (3)
23 Measuring sticks (6)
24 Biblical murder victim (4)
25 Golf club (6)
26 Fire remains (5)
27 Oily fruit (5)
28 Golf peg (3)
30 Cast of (4)
Pisces (Feb 20 - Mar
20)
Self-discipline and a sense of
self-worth are what you hold
in high esteem in your life
now. A fear of asserting your-
self can hold you backas can
coming on too strong.
Taurus (April 21 - May
20)
You are fair-minded and abo-
veboard, always direct and
honest in thought. Guiding
others today, you are able to
keep the flow of energy wi-
thout too many stops.
Aries (Mar 21 - May 20)
In-depth discussions and pro-
bing conversations find you
at your mental best this af-
ternoon. There are subjects
you love to talk about and
you finally have found a new
friend who loves to listen.
Gemini (May 21 - June 21)
Gathering and exchanging
information becomes an im-
portant part of your life just
now. There could be research
today that will find you in a
library or bookstore.
Cancer (June 22 - July 23)
Working at a ea market is fun
and protable. During the noon
break you may see an old friend.
Talking and keeping a nger on
the pulse of all thats happening
make this is a time of social as
well as intellectual growth.
Virgo (Aug 23 - Sept 23)
There is an instinctive push to
lend your energies to productive,
healing and constructive situa-
tions. You could be involved in
nishing touches of redecorating
or completing class lectures or
teaching young people.
Libra (Sept 24 - Oct 23)
Financial ties to other people are
highlighted today. You may have
borrowed money and are now
ready to return the favour, or the
other way around. Connections
with people on a grand scale
would be easy to nd.
Scorpio (Oct 24 - Nov 22)
Early this morning a family mem-
ber may have to come and look
for you in the garden. Later today
you may nd yourself in charge,
or partly in charge, of the purcha-
se of some business equipment.
Sagittarius (Nov23-Dec21)
The exchange of ideas becomes a
focal point in a family gathering
today. This may be the way your
family runs a meeting when so-
meone is making decisions that
touch others. By teaching these
considerations, everyone gains.
Courtesy: dailyhoroscopes.com
Horoscopes
(July 23 - August 22)
You are more than ready
for any task put in front of
you todayothers just stand
and watch. Gut level is the
way you think, speak and
perceive in the cycle you
have just begun.
Leo
Capricorn (Dec 22 - Jan
20)
This is a good time to share your
dreams with others, all of them
taking a little time to talk about
just where they want their lives
to take them.
Aquarius(Jan 21 - Feb
19)
Personal issues are solved easily
today. Taking care of family is a
major theme where your emotio-
nal orientation is concerned. You
crave organisation and practica-
lity and you want to get things
accomplished.
DOWN: 2, Air bag 3, Bridle 4, Sot 5, Input 6, Bur-
glar 7, Epee 8, Nutmeg 12, Gnome 13, Gorse 14,
Llama 15, Patio 16, Genes 18, Denim 19, All ears
21, Arcane 22, Attire 23, Deform 25, Torch 26,
Bite 28, Pod.
Solution

No. 1888

8 4 2 9 6 5 1 7 3
1 6 9 3 7 2 8 5 4
7 5 3 1 8 4 2 9 6
5 2 1 7 9 6 4 3 8
6 8 4 2 5 3 7 1 9
3 9 7 4 1 8 6 2 5
4 1 6 5 3 7 9 8 2
2 7 5 8 4 9 3 6 1
9 3 8 6 2 1 5 4 7

YESTERDAYS SOLUTION

STANDOKU

Imejin 1889 COFFEE BREAK

6 8 2 5 7

2 5

7 8 9 1 2

4 6

8 3 9

9 4 6 8 3 5

5 7 2 9 4 3

9 5 7

8 1 6

All rows, columns and 3 by 3 grids (dened
by bold lines ) have the numbers 1 to 9 ap-
pearing only once.
Some of the numbers have been entered.
Complete the whole table by inserting the
correct numbers.
Sudoku

J A G D 29
E J H G 20
C C F E 12
17 22 19 21
F H B A 18 DIFFICULT
The letters have a distinct val-
ue between 1 to 9. The totals
vertically and horizontally
have been given. Solve all the
values.
NO 5277
NO 5276
A B C D E F G H J
1 9 2 7 3 8 5 4 6
YESTERDAYS SOLUTIONS
Wednesday Life
FOX CINEPLEX SARIT CENT RE,
WESTLANDS
SCREEN I HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
2 IN 3D (PG) At 11.00am, 1.45pm, 4pm,
HUMSHAKALS (TBA) At 6.15pm, 9.00pm
SCREEN II FAULT IN OUR STARS (U16) At
11.00am, 4.25pm, 9.10pm, X-MEN: DAYS
OF FUTURE PAST IN 3D(U16) At 1.45pm,
WORLD CUP (PORTUGAL VS GHANA) At
7.00pm.
PLANET MEDIA CINEMAS - KISUMU
SCREEN I RIO 2 (GE) At 1.20pm &
5.30pm, GODZILLA (16) At 3.20pm &
8.30pm
SCREEN II HUMSHAKALS (TBA) At
8.40pm, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
2 (GE) At 11.40am & 1.40pm, BLENDED
fka THE FAMILY MOON (GE) At 6pm THE
FAULT IN OUR STARS (16) At 3.40pm
NYALI CINEMAX MOMBASA
SCREEN I FAULT IN OUR STARS At 6.45pm,
BLENDED At 6.45pm, HUMSHAKALS At
9.15, HOLIDAY At 9.15pm
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18: 00 Forever Yours
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19: 35 Don t Mess
wi t h Kansi i me
20: 05 Wi l d at Hear t
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Center
22: 00 The Tempest
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1. 00 Af rosi nema
4:30 BBC
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5:30 Damka
8:00 Good Morning Kenya
9:00 Parliament Live
11:00 Daytime Movie
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1:30 Moving The Masses
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4:30 Spider Riders
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7:00 Darubini Live
7:30 Road To Success
8:05 The Platform Live
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9:45 National Cohesion
Live
10:30 Bold & Beautiful
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5:00 Password Rpt
6:00 AM Live
9:00 La Patrona
10.00 Maid In
Manhattan
11:15 The Young & The
Restless
12:00 Rhythm City
12:30 Scandal
1:00 NTV at 1
1:30 Backstage
2:00 Together Again
3.00 Password
4:00 NTV at 4
4:15 Tanbihi
4.30 Password
Reloaded
5:00 The Beat
6:00 Destiny River
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7:30 Looks and Essence
8:30 Pranksters
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10:00 Movie: Armored
12:00 Tanbihi
12:15 CNN
5.00 Command Your
Morning
6:00 Morning Express
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12.00 Tomorrow Today
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1.30 Kick Of
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4.10 Batman of the
Future
4.30 Avengers
Assemble
5.00 Baseline
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7:30 Real Househelps
of Kawangware
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Wedding
9.00 KTN PRIME
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16.10 TeamRaha
17.30 BeatBox
18.30 K24Mashinani
19.00 K24SaaMoja
19.35 Almasi
20.05 TheCouplesShow
21.00 K24EveningEdition
22.00 KikwetuSuperChef Rpt
23.00 Naijasinema:TheDeceit
1.00 AlJazeera
In this weeks episode: In this exciting new reality TV series, newlywed couples chronicle their
big day in their own words; their love story, the dream dress, the dreamy moments and catastro-
phes in their dream wedding experience!
Nairobi 102.7 I Nyeri 105.7
Meru 105.1 I Kericho 90.5
Kisumu 105.3 I Mombasa 105.1
Nakuru 104.5 I Eldoret 91.1 Kitui:
93.8 I Kisii: 91.3
4:00AM Safari na Antony Ndiema
6:00AM Maisha Asubuhi na Alex and Jalas
10:00AM Staarabika na Ann Njogu
1:00PM Konnect na Mwende and Clemo
4:00PM Maisha Jioni na Tina and Zuleka
7:00PM Rhumba Attencion na Mwashumbe
10:00PM Maji Makuu na Ali Hassan and Babu
12:00AM Hakuna Kulala
A local reman has his life turned up-
side down when he witnesses a brutal
murder. Put into witness protection,
he falls in love with his FBI escort and
things take a turn for the worse when
the escort is almost killed protecting
him. Vowing to avenge the attack, he
begins to hunt down his attacker and
end his reign of terror once and for all.
YESTERDAYS TRIVIA: The ap-
parition
TV Quiz
Page 16 / WEDNESDAY LIFE Wednesday, July 23, 2014 / The Standard
Social Media
with Kenny Kaburu @kennytoonz
How fans reacted after Harambee Stars 1-0
loss to Lesotho in the Africa Cup of Nations
qualier
The rst Mandela Day was marked on
Friday July 18. Here are what KOT said
under #MandelaDay
@ValerieAmos: On #MandelaDay, I see the horror
facing so many people in the world and think about his
wisdom, compassion and leadership. We need it now.
@WhiteHouse: Nelson Mandela was one of the most
inuential, courageous, and profoundly decent human
beings to grace the earth. President Obama.
@Melindagates: It is what diference we have made
to the lives of others that will determine the signicance
of the life we lead.
@Unicef: #Mandela: Sport speaks to youth in a
language they understand.
@Pharrell: It always seems impossible until its
done. Nelson Mandela
@Flotus: Lets draw inspiration from Madibas
example and recommit ourselves to leaving our kids a
better world.
@JJoshgroban: On #MandelaDay, we are reminded
that the world needs to live by his example: Power
through peace and respect commanded with love and
tolerance.
@Sarahbessey: For to be free is not merely to cast
of ones chains, but to live in a way that respects and
enhances the freedom of others.
@1silkyjones: I dont know a single person who
wasnt inspired by Nelson Mandela.
@Richardbranson: Best way to honour Madiba is to
live life to the full, follow his example and inspire
positive change.
@WPSProject: As long as the nation refuses to
acknowledge the equal role of more than half of itself, it
is doomed to failure.
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HIGH AND DIRTY: Angry mechanics in Nyeri could no longer take the stench from
this drunkard and decided it was time to give him a memorable bath.
Wachira Steve: Harambee Stars is the only team in
the world that went to Brazil 2014 World Cup and didnt
play, win or lose any match.
Ron Grant: That was really nice of you guys!
Congratulations! Feeling so patriotic right now, team
Kenya till I die.
Yang Erico: Harambee Stars, you dominated but you
were not lucky. Welcome to Nakuru; you will win.
Kenneth Njagi: I know you can do better. Keep it up
home boys.
Vincent Vynnae Osumo: I wonder what would have
happened if they were not taken to Brazil to get some
skills.
Charles McAkumu: Why dont we apply the principle
of comparative advantage and put our money in things
that matter instead of spending it on what we can
hardly sustain?
For nearly a decade now,
Kenyans have enjoyed the
freedoms of expression provided
for by the social media platforms.
While its inception was totally a
diferent ball game for convention-
al public relations agencies, its
presence has helped many users to
learn the ropes fast through trial
and error.
Indeed, the role of social media
gurus as hired professionals is
quickly diminishing as many
average users are now social
media procient, meaning they
can easily manoeuvre their way
through most platforms.
Whether your marketing
assignments require assistance
from social media experts or it is a
do-it-yourself, there are some
common mistakes that should be
avoided for maximum online
impact.
Starting a tweet with a
username means only the sender,
the person mentioned and anyone
who follows them both will see it.
Unless this is your intention, this
mistake usually restricts your post
to a handful of the audience. In
order to get your post on your
followers timeline, it is advisable
to start your post with a full stop.
For example, .@Kennytoonz has
posted on my timeline.
The other common mistake is
the urge to buy followers through
various social media inuencers
who promise numbers. You need
real people as potential customers.
The best way is by creating and
posting content that is attractive to
the audience. Real followers are
most likely to engage on your
prole.
Marketing is all about well
thought out interaction of diferent
channels, well placed content,
connecting and communicating
(with the right people) and
eventually building relationships
with potential customers.
Some people take
ages to realise what
they are doing is an
exercise in futility.
This man is waiting
for water to ll his
holed laundry basket
and is perhaps
wondering why it is
taking forever. Who
will explain to him
that buckets fetch
water and laundry
baskets are for
placing dry clothes?
Flooded walkways may be a menace to some but for
this young man, it was time to make a kill. His back became
a human bridge, never mind the stifness of the passenger.
[Sourced from Twitter and Facebook]
Common mistakes that
limit your benets
FUTILE VENTURE
Making the most of every opportunity
Nothing more to add
Chrysantos Wanyonyi: Home advantage to
Lesotho but they are welcome to Nairobi. That is
when well know they are tough.
Ngeno David: I dont care because I am not a fan
of the Stars. Who is the latest signing in Chelsea?
Changechir Hoseah: Oh! We were supposed to
win? I look forward to the day the Stars will win two
games in a row.

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