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Sh384 million rosewood


timber recovered at port K\S conh rms vith Malagasy authorities that the hard-vood consignment is indeed an illegal export
By PHILIP MWAKIO Three months of tracking traf ckers, exchange of intelligence
between conservation authorities in
Kenya, Madagascar and across the world led to the weekend bust of a multi-million shilling illegal trade in
endangered rosewood species, native to Madagascar. Reports indicate that the vessel which brought the cargo, valued at Sh584 million, to Kenya was initially
expected to dock at the Port of Mombasa in March but suddenly changed route. Furthermore, three other ships, which were being tracked on suspicion of ferrying the timber species, also failed to dock at the port, as scheduled, in April without
explanation. The Standard has established that the collaboration, which led to
recovery of the cargo, involved working with a network of interna- tional intelligence sources who monitor illegal trade in ora and fauna. After the cargo was recovered, Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said it
had con rmed with authorities that
the rosewood consignment inter- cepted at the Port is indeed an illegal
export.
TRAILING CARGO We have con rmation from the
Cites (Convention on International Trade on Endangered Species) of ce
in Madagascar that there are no quota allocations for the export of rosewood since a ban on its exploitation is still in place, said KWS Assistant Director, Coast Conservation Area Arthur Tuda. Tuda said the consignment was found in 34 containers which were off loaded at the port from a vessel that had arrived from, Zanzibar for transhipment to a consignee based in Hong Kong. He said each of the 20 feet
containers were packed with rosewood and the street value of the
cargo in each container would be Sh17 million. The containers are now under 24-hour guard at the Port. Tuda explained that his team of intelligence of cers, working in close
collaboration with international sources, had been trailing the illegal
cargo after getting a tip on March 20,
2014. When we rst started tracking the illegal cargo, we were keen on a
vessel that was scheduled to call at the Port of Mombasa around March
but it never got here, he said. Tuda said they later learnt that three other ships, on the radar for illegal rosewood consignment, were
expected to dock at the port on April
11, 2014.
EVENTS SEQUENCE The vessels changed their entry
dates to April 17 but they did not show up. We, however, did not give up and asked rms, tasked with ship
movement in and out of the Port for
assistance, said the KWS of cial. Tuda said failure by the vessels to
call at the port created suspicion and
they kept vigil. They were later informed that another vessel was heading toward the port and would
be docking by May 19. He said once the vessel got to Mombasa, they scrutinised its cargo
manifest and found it had been listed as transhipment, to be
of oaded into another vessel. This was meant to hoodwink us.
In fact, the manifest indicated that the cargo onboard was ordinary wood, he said. Tuda said this further con rmed
their suspicions since there is nothing like ordinary wood. Each piece of wood is from a certain specie and the exporters are required to be speci c. With all these factors in place, we opened the containers and con rmed our suspicions. We are now awaiting further communica- tion from our Malagasy counterparts
before we agree on the mode of disposal for the illegal consign- ments, he said. The expos by KWS comes at a time when Environmentalists and the international community are trying to nd ways of limiting damage caused by an increase in illegal logging of precious hard- woods in Madagascar.
A KWS ranger views Malagasy rosewood timber seized at the Port of Mombasa
on transit to Hong-Kong from Zanzibar. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU / STANDARD]
WHAT HAPPENED Pecovery of the cargo was as a result of three months tracking and exchange of intelligence with various sources
1he consignment was discovered in 34, 20 feet containers marked for transhipment" to hong Kong from 2anzibar
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LEARNING: Boarding primary schools to combat illiteracy Mombasa County Education Director Abdulkadir Kike has said the national Government intends to build boarding primary schools in various sub-counties as a strategy to combat illiteracy in the area. Speaking yesterday during the launch of the Jitegemee Project by Kenya Red Cross society, Kike said the Government has already built two schools, Jomvu Girls Secondary School and Bububu Secondary School and seeks to establish another. He said Sh25 million had been released for development of schools and added that the two schools will be equipped to ultra-modern status. Kike said there is concern over the low transition rate from primary to secondary schools to tertiary level. I do not know where the children are. Most have not reported to school for second term. We need to analyse how many students are in class and map the way forward, he said.
ACCUSED: Kaguthi says leaders are to blame for travel advisories The National Chairman of the Task Force on Community Policing, famously known as Nyumba Kumi, Joseph Kaguthi has accused some political leaders of supporting terrorist organisations and orchestrating Western travel advisories that have wrecked Kenyas tourism sector. Speaking at Tiwi market in Kwale County yesterday, Kaguthi (pictured above) said some leaders have been giving Kenya a bad image, making many foreigners afraid of visiting the country. The hotel I slept in had less than 30 guests yet it can accommodate around 300 guests. There is a possibility that the leaders are telling foreigners bad things about our country, he said. Kaguthi said the leaders doing this do not have the countrys interest at heart.
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MOMBASA COUNTY
MOMBASA COUNTY
TAITA TAVETA COUNTY
Council locks out public
transport lrom city CBD
Beginning Today...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Counties
FROM THE
Coast & Eastern News
Scores injured as locals
protest animal attacks
Demonstrators
accuse Kenya \ildlile
Services ol lailing to
end human-vildlile
conh ict in Iaikipia
By JOB WERU
Several demonstrators protesting
the incessant wildlife attacks in
Laikipia North Sub-County were
yesterday injured after police moved
in to bar them from accessing
Laikipia Governor Joshua Irungus
of ces in Nanyuki town.
The demonstrators, decked out
in Maasai shukas, engaged police in
running battles for several hours
disrupting business in the town.
Transport was also paralysed along
Nairobi-Isiolo highway for hours.
The protestors, who had
travelled from various parts of
Laikipia North Sub-County, accused
Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) of
failing to end animal attacks in the
area.
They claimed that about 20
people have in the last one year
been killed by rogue elephants, with
tens of others left nursing serious
injuries.
Mr Peter Kilesi, a community
leader, said a child is still admitted
to Cottage Hospital in Nanyuki after
he was attacked by an elephant.
WOMAN KILLED
The boy suffered limb fractures
and KWS claims they cannot kill a
cal ng elephant while the same
elephants do not spare our mothers
and children, said Kilesi.
Last week, the mother-in-law of
County Executive for Trade and
Investment Executive Jane Putunoi,
was killed by an elephant.
The protestors marched from
Thingithu area to Nanyuki town and
forced their way into the county
headquarters and demanded to be
addressed by County Commissioner
Wycliffe Ogallo.
However, Laikipia East AP
Commander John Tarus prevailed
upon them to wait for the adminis-
trator outside his of ce.
The group then marched
towards the governors of ce before
police, led by area OCPD Kegode
Kidiavai, blocked them.
The protestors, led by Lekorere,
engaged the law enforcers in a
heated exchange before Kiadiavai
ordered anti-riot police to disperse
them.
The of cers were forced to re in
the air after some protestors
declined to disperse despite the
heavy cloud of tear gas.
I will not budge. Why are you
ring bullets at peaceful demonstra-
tors? We are ready die because if we
go back home without a solution,
we are still going to be killed by your
elephants, protested Lekorere, as
the rest of the group threatened to
go and kill the elephants.
They were later joined by their
Ward Representatives Paul Leb-
eneiyo and Jacob Edung, who
accused police of harassing peaceful
demonstrators.
The group staged another
attempt to raid the governors
of ces, but a contingent of APs
lobbed teargas canisters at them,
forcing them to disperse.
Business in the upper section of
Nanyuki town was disrupted for at
least two hours as the demonstra-
tors faced off with the police.
Later, the County Commissioner
and the Governor met their
representatives at his boardroom
where they apologised for polices
use of force against them.
We are sorry for what has just
happened. We know you came
peacefully to present your griev-
ances, said Ogallo.
Irungu urged them to be calm as
they seek a solution to the crisis.
By the time of going to Press, the
of cials were still holed up in a
meeting.
Lebeneiyo and a former a
councillor, Eric Kasana, demanded
immediate disciplinary action
against Kidiavai, saying he ordered
his of cers to clobber the protestors.
I am ready to resign if no action
will be taken against him, said
Lebeneiyo.

Demonstrators protesting increased cases of wildlife attacks in Laikipia North
Sub-County face off with police in Nanyuki town. The of cers had blocked
them from presenting their petition to area Governor Joshua Irungu. [PHOTO:
JOB WERU / STANDARD]
ENDURING CRISIS
Hore than 70 elephants
have been identif ed as fence
breakers in Laikipia
Lfforts to address the fence
breaking problem have not
borne much fruit
1he farms are exposed to
continuous destruction by
elephants and other wild
animals
Pesidents claim that about
20 people have in the last
one year been killed by rogue
elephants, with tens of others
left nursing serious injuries
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ARSON?: Woman sets mothers
house on re after son drowns
Shock and grief engulfed Itabua
in Embu West Sub-county on Sunday
after a woman allegedly torched
her mothers house after her son
drowned.
Dorothy Karimi, 20, is believed to
have been extremely traumatised by
the death of her son, making her to
set the house on re.
The boy is said to have slipped
into River Kapingazi in Mbeti
North location and was washed
downstream.
Karimi had left the toddler in
her mothers care and the incident
happened as the latter was washing
clothes at the river.
Area acting OCPD Terry Muchemi
said the woman allegedly set the
wooden house on re on Sunday,
a day after her sons body was
recovered. Police have arrested
her but she appears to be mentally
unstable, Muchemi said.
TRANSITION: Body here to
stay, TA chairman says
Transition Authority (TA) Chairman
Mr Kinuthia Wamwangi has said he
has a 10-year tenure and dismissed
calls to disband the authority.
Wamwangi said demands by
politicians, mostly governors, that
the authority be disbanded are
misplaced. He said the shortest time
such a body has ever been in of ce
worldwide is 10 years.
The TA boss made the remarks at
the Thika School for the Blind during
a hair dressing and beauty therapy
exercise for the blind students
sponsored by Black and Gold Hair
Republic Salon.
Those thinking we are going
anywhere are in for a rude shock
since the child called devolution has
just been born and we have to be
there to ensure he does not catch
a disease as he grows, Wamwangi
said.
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LAIKIPIA COUNTY
EMBU COUNTY
KIAMBU COUNTY
Council locks out public
transport lrom city CBD
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Counties FROM THE
Nairobi & Central News
BATTLELINES DRAWN
Kimaiyo bans Railas welcome rally ostensibly on security grounds
Kalonzo, Wetangula, Orengo and Muthama vow the rallies will go on
Despite banning CORD rally, the IG said Madaraka Day fete will go on
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Over 20 hotels at the Coast have been shut
after recent terrorist attacks and Western travel
advisories.
This is according to the latest report by the
Kenya Association of Hotel Keepers and Caterers
(KAHC) released in Mombasa yesterday.
KAHC says up to 20 hotels may have been
closed down in the north coast, while ve are
now shut in the southern coast, adding that
the closures which began in April this year are
unprecedented even during the low tourist
season. However, not all the hotels affected are
members of KAHC, which now says the advisories
and insecurity have scared tourists away and led
to loss of hundreds of jobs in the sector since last
month.
We have never seen such a big number of
hotels closing down, especially on the north
coast. We have had hotels closing in the south for
repairs but not in the north, said Mike Macharia,
the KAHC CEO.
Yesterday, the association described the
By WILFREDAYAGA
A fresh rift could have opened up between
Opposition leader Raila Odinga and President
Uhuru Kenyatta following a police ban on a rally to
welcome the CORD leader home on Saturday.
The new confrontation, which could reopen
differences from last years presidential election
CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
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By PATRICK BEJA
Construction of the Sh327 billion
Standard Gauge Railway from Mombasa
to Nairobi begins in August after the
Government acquired 11,000 acres of
land along its proposed route, ofcials
have announced.
China Roads and Bridges Corporation
(CRBC) has set up camps in Mtito Andei
and the Nairobi South station.
China starts work on SGR line
THE KIDNAP:
Embu Speaker says
he was captured
and drugged, P.7
This
order is
issued
against
the backdrop
of various
aspects of
insecurity
which we are
currently
addressing
Kimaiyo
Raila teams fury over
bid to stop rally
I am not
aware the
Constitution
has been
suspendedIGs
order is therefore
accordingly
null and void
Kalonzo
CORD leaders from left
George Aladwa, Farah
Maalim, Steven Kariuki,
Moses Wetangula and
James Orengo, address the
Press ouside the ofces of
the Inspector General of
Police David Kimaiyo.
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
Page 2 / NATIONAL NEWS
CORD vows to defy Kimaiyos ban on rallies
to security reasons, said Kimaiyo in
the statement. He cited the pro-
visions of the Public Order Act,
CAP 56 as the law that allowed
him to ban the meetings.
The section gives the police
powers to, among other things,
cancel pubic meetings in cases of
insecurity or to enforce curfews.
Kimaiyo, however, went on to
say the Madaraka Day (June 1) na-
tional celebrations to be presided
over by President Uhuru and Ruto
would go on.
This order is issued against the
backdrop of various aspects of inse-
curity which we are currently address-
ing, he said.
He explained he would meet the
Opposition leaders to explain the rea-
sons for banning the meetings and
processions.
Kimaiyo asked Kenyans to desist
from participating in the meetings and
processions, arguing the country has
been faced with incidents of insecurity
where criminals and other elements of
terror have caused death and injury.
The IG told Kenyans to under-
stand that the activities have the effect
of destroying the countrys economic
growth and even potential of hurting
innocent people.
But CORD leaders led by Senate Mi-
nority Leader Moses Wetangula ex-
pressed fury at the ban immediately af-
ter Kimaiyos statement.
The leaders explained they had laid
down a plan of action that would see
results, was triggered by the ban an-
nounced by Inspector General of Police
David Kimaiyo.
Curiously, the ban came after Jubi-
lees pointman in Parliament Aden Du-
ale, announced that the Presidents
team would hold a parallel rally in Nai-
robi, reportedly to try and deect or di-
lute the attention Railas would get.
Duale said Jubilee was not aware
why Kimaiyo banned the rallies and
would issue a statement on the same
today.
Yesterday, in what could reignite the
bitter memories of pro-reform protests
broken up by police in the 1990s, Railas
team announced they would defy the
IG and turn up not just for one rally, but
also hold warm-up rallies in ad-
vance.
CORD leaders had made elaborate
arrangements to welcome Raila, who
has been in the US for the last two
months, capping the day with a rally
that would allow him to address Ke-
nyans on the weighty issues facing the
country at Uhuru Park.
The coalition claimed its initial
plans to use the open grounds at Ke-
nyatta International Convention Cen-
tre were scuttled by the State.
CORD which has been holding
warm-up rallies at various parts of the
city in readiness for Railas arrival with
a grand one scheduled for Nairobis
Uhuru Park on Saturday vowed to ig-
nore Kimaiyos directive, setting the
stage for a possible clash between po-
lice and its supporters.
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
CORD co-principal and former Vice
President Kalonzo Musyoka scoffed at
the police ban, saying gatherings and
political rallies are rights and not fa-
vours. The Right to Assemble is a Con-
stitutional Right and not a favour from
Government. I am not aware that the
Constitution has been suspended.
Therefore the order by the IG is uncon-
stitutional and is accordingly null and
void. The country is not in any emer-
gency, or is it? Kalonzo posed.
Yesterday, Kimaiyo, in a brief state-
ment declaring the ban on political ral-
lies, cited insecurity as the cause of the
cancellation, adding that they had in-
formation that criminal elements might
take advantage of the rallies to cause
mayhem. I have cancelled all political
parties rallies until further notice due
CORD hold rallies
every weekend starting from Friday
in Dagoretti and ending up with the
major rally on Saturday, and that the
ban would not deter them from their
planned activities.
As CORD, we have a programme to
receive our leader. We will have a pro-
cession from the airport, followed by a
rally at Uhuru Park. The decision to ban
political rallies is a cowardly act and we
have no doubt that this is meant to de-
rail the constitutional activities of our
coalition, said Wetangula.
As a build-up to
the Saturday rally, CORD announced
it would hold another rally on Friday at
Dagoretti and dismissed claims by the
police that terrorists planned to inl-
trate their meetings.
What the Inspector General is tell-
ing Kenyans and the world is that ter-
rorists are winning. We shall not live in
fear and we shall not fear to live. We
shall not fear to act or act in fear,
Wetangula declared.
Senator James Orengo dared the se-
curity forces to break up the Saturday
rally and warned the coalition will not
allow the country to be dragged back to
James Orengo: We have seen this
before and we know what to do in this
kind of situation. We will not be cowed.
Moses Wetangula: We will have a
procession from the airport, followed
by a rally at Uhuru Park.
David Kimaiyo: I have cancelled all
political rallies until further notice
due to security reasons.
the days of one-party rule. We have
seen this before and we know what to
do in this kind of situation. We will not
be cowed. By banning political rallies,
the government is telling us that nor-
mal life cannot continue as normal, he
added.
Orengo further stated: The Inspec-
tor General of police cannot act unilat-
erally. The powers that exist today can-
not be stronger than those that we
fought against. The current govern-
ment is a mere paper tiger that cannot
match the power of the people.
Earlier in the day, an attempt by
CORD leaders to seek security guaran-
tees from the police aborted.
Perhaps in anticipation of the police
statement, the CORD leaders pitched
camp at Jogoo House waiting to react
to the police statement. They also dis-
closed that the Government had frus-
trated efforts to book KICC grounds
where they had initially planned to
hold the rally.
NOT SCARED
Machakos Senator Johnstone Muth-
ama maintained they would not be
scared by the order and announced
they would pitch tent in Mathare today
and on Saturday at KICC.
These are rights guaranteed in the
Constitution. The problem is that Ju-
bilee is not ready to be challenged.
True democracies must accept chal-
lenges, he said, adding that nobody
under the 2010 Constitution can be
prohibited from holding rallies.
Former National Assembly Dep-
uty Speaker Farah Maalim warned
the police would be held responsi-
ble should the CORD leaders be
harmed in any way. If anything
happens to CORD leadership we
will hold the government respon-
sible. We take this to mean that any-
thing can happen to us, added Maa-
lim.
Suna East MP Junet Mohamed ac-
cused Kimaiyo of taking Kenya back to
the era where a police chief would
make unilateral decisions.
What Kimaiyo is doing is uncon-
stitutional and we as members of
CORD will go to the airport to receive
the former Prime Minister. The Consti-
tution states that there is freedom of as-
sociation and assembly, said Mo-
hamed.
Additional reporting by Geoffrey
Mosoku, Rawlings Otieno and Felix Ol-
ick
Continued from P1
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 / The Standard
NATIONAL NEWS / Page 3 Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
By WAHOME THUKU
A conict in the strategies applied
by the Government in ghting terror-
ism is now the subject of debate be-
tween top security organs and the Ju-
diciary.
In focus is the manner in which
terror-related cases are investigated
and suspects prosecuted by security
agencies and how they are handled by
the courts.
The concerns have prompted the
Judiciary to call for round-table meet-
ings between its top ofcers and the
heads of all security organs to delib-
erate on how to deal with terrorism
within the connes of the law.
Top offcials meet over terrorism
CJ holds talks with
Interior, Defence
Cabinet secretaries
and other security
bosses on how to deal
with suspects
The dispute has been brought
about by the fact that police have
tended to prefer extra-judicial short-
cuts in dealing with terror suspects,
while the courts insist on following
the law.
And although this controversy has
existed over the past months, it shot
to the fore following the terror attack
on two commuter buses along Thika
Highway on May 4 this year, during
which three people were killed and
others critically maimed.
Soon after, Deputy President Wil-
liam accused the Judiciary of frustrat-
ing the war on terror by releasing sus-
pects on bail. The Judiciary defended
itself insisting that it was only follow-
ing the law.
Ruto spoke only days after Mom-
basa County Commissioner Nelson
Marwa gave security ofcers a clear-
ance to shoot dead all terror suspects
arguing that taking them to court
would be an exercise in futility.
Marwa said that it is practically
impossible to gather evidence against
someone who has already killed his
victims, adding that he or she should
be gunned down.
The rst meeting between Chief
Justice Willy Mutunga and heads of
security agencies was held on Mon-
day at the Supreme Court. It was at-
tended by Interior and Coordination
of National Government Cabinet Sec-
retary Joseph ole Lenku, his Defence
counterpart Rachael Omamo, Chief of
Defence Forces Julius Karangi, In-
spector General David Kimaiyo, CID
boss Ndegwa Muhoro and his Nation-
al Intelligence counterpart Michael
Gichangi among other security of-
cials.
Also in attendance was Chief Reg-
istrar of the Judiciary Anne Amadi and
several senior judges.
UNCONSTITUTIONAL WAY
A follow-up meeting between se-
curity chiefs and judges will be held
tomorrow to discuss counter-terror-
ism measures within the context of
the Constitution and international
human rights law.
On Friday, the National Council on
Administration of Justice will also
meet to discuss the same issue.
According to the Director of Public
Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko, the war
on terrorism can be jeopardised by
the kind of investigations applied to
suspects by law enforcers. If the evi-
dence against terror suspects is ob-
tained in an unlawful and unconsti-
tutional way, it cannot be admissible
in court, Tobiko told journalists at a
recent meeting of State Counsels.
The same sentiments were echoed
by the Law Society of Kenya chairman
Eric Mutua who said the war on terror
could be lost due to unconstitutional
modes of conducting it.
The specic question being dis-
cussed therefore is how to conduct in-
vestigations and how to treat arrested
suspects without violating their con-
stitutional rights.
One area of concern is the right to
bail granted by the Constitution to all
criminal suspects unless in situations
where there are compelling reasons to
deny them.
Some leaders have proposed that
the Bill of Rights in the Constitution
be amended specically to remove
the right to bail for terror suspects.
Such an amendment however can
only be approved by the whole coun-
try through a referendum.
Vice-President William Ruto shakes hands with Keroche Breweries founder Tabitha Karanja (left) after they ofcially
launched Keroche Foundation at Laico Regency hotel yesterday. [PHOTO: PHOTO:JENIPHER WACHIE/STANDARD]
By JAMES ANYANZWA
The National Treasury will ta-
ble before Parliament a supple-
mentary budget that it has fac-
tored into the controversial
payment of Sh1.4 billion to Anglo
Leasing rms.
National Treasury Cabinet Sec-
retary Henry Rotich yesterday said
the payment to Anura Perera was
effected through reallocation of
funds from projects that never
took off during the current nan-
cial year (2013/2014) such as the
Sh53.2 billion laptop project.
Mr Rotich said the expenditure
would be regularised through the
second supplementary budget.
We had to provide for that
payment given that it was an es-
sential expenditure for us to do in
terms of going forward. We had to
reallocate other resources from
some projects which had not yet
been implemented such as the
laptop project and others, Rotich
told reporters in Nairobi yester-
day.
He added: We are going to reg-
ularise that expenditure in the
supplementary budget 2. We have
already nished supplementary
budget 1. I think it was prudent for
us to pay now and avoid interests
and penalties of Sh260,000 per
day.
REVERSE TREND
Rotich however said the Gov-
ernment would not pay the Sh3.05
billion additional claims by Pere-
ra.
No we are not paying any oth-
er, he said.
Rotich was elding questions
from reporters after ofcially
opening a Leasing Convention in
Nairobi yesterday.
Last week, the National Trea-
sury disregarded Parliament and
went ahead to pay the Sh1.4 billion
owed to two rms for Anglo Leas-
ing-type contracts.
Acting on an email communi-
cation from the Head of the Presi-
dential Strategic Communication
Unit, Manoah Esipisu the National
Treasury wired the money to Anu-
ra Pereras agents through a
NatWest Bank account in the Unit-
ed Kingdom under the account
name Traverse Smith LLP number
00859185.
This happened after President
Uhuru Kenyatta instructed the
Treasury Cabinet Secretary to set-
tle the payments. The payment has
met intense resistance from the of-
cial opposition CORD and the
Law Society of Kenya.
Laptops cash
used to pay
Anglo Leasing
By DPPS
The Government has launched
mentorship programmes for students
across the country to help in the ght
against negative ethnicity, Deputy
President William Ruto has said.
Ruto said the Government will
partner with the private sector in the
programme which aims to bring to-
gether students from all ethnic com-
munities to visit different parts of the
country and preach peace and recon-
ciliation among Kenyans.
The Deputy President said the rst
group under the volunteer mentor-
ship involving more than 5,000 stu-
dents will start its peace mission in
September this year for a period of six
to nine months.
We want Kenyans to move away
from the culture of my tribe to that of
my country, said Mr Ruto Aggrey
Sande, during the launch of Keroche
Foundation at a Nairobi hotel.
The Deputy President called on
leaders to unite all communities, not-
ing that development will be elusive if
the country is not united.
NATIONAL PROSPERITY
Ruto further said that the Jubilee
administration was committed to the
establishment of Technical Training
Institutes (TTIs) to promote a knowl-
edge-based economy to improve na-
tional prosperity and global competi-
tiveness.
The Deputy President commend-
Students set to become peace ambassadors
ed Keroche for supporting young en-
trepreneurs by building condence
and skills to lead effective transforma-
tion in their communities.
Chief Executive Ofcer and found-
er of Keroche Foundation Tabitha
Karanja and Managing Director John
Nyongesa said the foundation aims to
positively impact the face of Kenya
entrepreneurship by working with
young businesses and watershed
ideas. Nakuru Governor Kinuthia
Mbugua, Kajiado Senator Peter ole
Mositet, Molo MP John Macharia and
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agricul-
ture and Technology Vice Chancellor
Prof Mabel Imbuga, among others, at-
tended the function.
The Deputy President said this will
go a long way in ensuring quality, eq-
uity and reliability in delivery of post-
secondary education.
He said the institutions will help
develop youth expertise and skills
necessary for the envisioned double
digit economic growth.
We want to develop youth exper-
tise and skills necessary for the
achievement of the Vision 2030. We
want to have manpower skills and
competence to tap the talent of the
young people to drive the economy,
said Ruto.
Page 4 / NATIONAL NEWS Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
Education offcials row
for control in counties
Under this arrangement, the min-
istry CDEs are secretaries to the coun-
ty boards. We want clear manage-
ment structures at the county that
create clear linkages between the Na-
tional Education Board (NEB), the
CEBs and the CDEs, said James Kan-
ya, the deputy vice chair of the CEB
chairpersons caucus.
The chairpersons also want the
ministry to conduct a thorough in-
duction for county government exec-
utive secretaries of education.
They are largely inuenced by the
Senate. They are reluctant to read the
education Act and so they come with
the monies, their ofces and the po-
litical will. This must be addressed,
said one of the chairpersons.
Section 18 (2) of the basic educa-
tion Act reads: The CEB may in con-
By AUGUSTINE ODUOR
The Education ministry is dealing
with supremacy battles that now
threaten implementation of policies
at the county level.
Adding to the troubles of the min-
istry are the newly appointed County
Education Boards (CEBs) chairper-
sons who now want a clear seniority
line drawn between them and the
County Directors of Education
(CDEs).
At a charged stakeholders meeting
presided over by Education Cabinet
Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi, the over 40
chairpersons said they want to know
who is the boss in the county manage-
ment of education. This comes hot on
the heels of the simmering sour rela-
tions between the Teachers Service
Commission (TSC) county directors
and those of the ministry.
But the CS made it clear that the
CEB chairpersons are the bosses at
the county. The CDEs are secretaries
in the board and you are the chair-
man. So clearly you are the boss, said
Kaimenyi.
Section 18 of the Basic Education
Act 2013 establishes the CEBs, which
are mandated to among other things,
co-ordinate and monitor education
and training in the county on behalf
of the national and the county gov-
ernments.
The boards are also expected to
coordinate with all relevant agencies
to ensure that all the barriers to qual-
ity education are removed and also
work with national government to fa-
cilitate realisation of the right to edu-
cation within the counties.
Education Cabinet Secretary Prof Jacob Kaimenyi and PS Bellio Kipsang (inset)
address chairpersons of the County Education Boards at the Kenya Institute of
Curriculum Development, Nairobi, yesterday. [PHOTO: DAVID NJAAGA/STANDARD]
In bid to end controversy,
Prof Kaimenyi clarifes
that chairpersons of newly
appointed boards are in charge
of counties as directors are
board secretaries
By GEOFFREY MOSOKU
A lunch meeting between Pres-
ident Uhuru Kenyatta and MPs
from the Mt Kenya region has
been cancelled.
The MPs, under the auspices
of Central Kenya leaders, were set
to meet Uhuru to discuss various
issues, key among them the im-
pending censure Motion against
Devolution Cabinet Secretary
Anne Waiguru.
Uhuru is seeking to marshal
his troops to forestall squabbles
that have seen a member of TNA
party, Mithika Linturi, sponsor a
Motion to eject Waiguru.
Sources say initially, only a se-
lected group of MPs from the re-
gion, who are perceived to be in-
uential, were invited but it was
insisted the meeting should in-
corporate all the MPs and sena-
tors from the region.
However, shortly before mid-
day when the meeting was sched-
uled to start, the legislators re-
ceived short text messages
informing them of the postpone-
ment of the meeting to Thursday.
We have been told the meet-
ing has been pushed to Thursday.
No reason has been given, Molo
MP Jacob Macharia said.
But, State House Spokesman
Manoah Esipisu said Uhuru had a
tight schedule thus the postpone-
ment.
He (President) could still have
met them but for only 30 minutes
which was not sufcient and thus
we have now xed it in the diary
for Thursday so that they have
sufcient time to discuss, he
said.
The decision to host only a
section of Jubilee MPs was also
raising eyebrows with some coali-
tion leaders asking why they were
not included.
However, State House defend-
ed the Presidents meeting saying
this particular one was requested
by the Central Kenya MPs.
MPs meeting
with President
cancelled
ROLE OF CEBs
Some of the functions of the
CEBs are to plan, promote, de-
velop, and co-ordinate educa-
tion, training and research in
the county
They are also expected to reg-
ister and maintain a data bank
of all education and training in-
stitutions within the county and
monitor curriculum implemen-
tation in basic education
Most importantly, the boards
are expected to monitor con-
duct in examinations and as-
sessments in the county
sultation with the NEB and relevant
stakeholders appoint a sub-county
education ofce with clear functions
and powers.
Dr Kanya, who is also the chair-
man of Embu County said: There is
ambiguity here what is their role
and how shall we deal with them?
In a candid and elaborate demand
list presented yesterday, the chairper-
sons said they are ill equipped to serve
in their new stations.
On top of the list of their demand
are working spaces complete with re-
source persons in addition to a raft of
allowances they want factored in the
budget for the next nancial year.
TRANSPORT ALLOWANCES
We need monthly allowances,
meeting allowances, airtime allow-
ances and transport allowances, said
Kanya who made the presentation on
behalf of the chairpersons adding that
they want to be given iPads or tablets
for ease of communication.
Kanya said the demands were a re-
sult of a consultative meeting held last
month.
Also present was the Principal Sec-
retary for Science and Technology,
Prof Colletta Suda.
Education PS Bellio Kipsang said
the ministry has requested for some
money be allocated to them in the
next nancial year. We have request-
ed for monies for ofce space and we
are also aware of the allowances, said
Dr Kipsang.
Kaimenyi however said the Sala-
ries and Remuneration Commission
(SRC) must address some of the re-
quests made by the chairpersons. We
ask you to be patient as we also follow
the set procedures in addressing these
issues, he said.
Kipsang said SRC has responded
to their letter and noted that more de-
tails are needed by the Sarah Serem
team to enable them make certain
decisions.
At the same time, the chairpersons
also want resource persons who will
assist them at the county ofces and
noted that the nature of their work re-
quires a separate space from where
they are currently hosted. The 47
chairpersons are currently hosted at
the CDE ofces.
When I look around I see men
and women who are well placed in the
society and capable. You cannot run
away from these challenges; you must
look for solutions, said Kaimenyi.
Last week, TSC Secretary Gabriel
Lengoiboni said the roles of TSC
county directors are clearly spelt out
in their appointment letters.
Page 5
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
situation in the outlook for the hospi-
tality industry as gloomy, warning
that the layoffs currently being wit-
nessed will to continue with more
international conferences cancelled
or postponed.
Unconrmed gures put the
number of employees laid off by the
hotels in Coast region at over 7,000,
but the tourism experts say the
knock-on effects of the sectors slump
may be higher.
KAHC said it could not conrm
the number of employees laid off so
far until it carries out a research but
warned that those affected might stay
jobless until October unless the advi-
sories are lifted. Traditionally, the
high season starts in June.
The hotel operators now want
President Uhuru Kenyatta to give the
Tourism ministry a substantive Cabi-
net Secretary and Permanent Secre-
tary to deal with the problem.
KAHC said security experts they
invited from Switzerland to advise
operators on security matters during
a tourism symposium scheduled for
the end of the year have also turned
them down citing security fears.
The situation has escalated from
bad to worse. We have never seen
such big numbers of hotels close
down in the history of this country
and the raft of measures announced
by the Head of State may not work if
the issue of insecurity is not dealt
with, said Macharia.
He said it was surprising that de-
spite the terror attacks witnessed
across the globe, the West singled out
Kenya for advisories. He warned that
the best intervention lies in making
the international community to trust
the Kenyan security system.
The hoteliers said that they will
identify a specialist to carry out a re-
search on the impact of the advisories
on the sector, but noted that Kenya
may not recover in time for the start
of the high season in mid-June.
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Fri-
day last week unveiled nine key mea-
sures to save tourism, but some will
require parliamentary approval.
Yesterday it emerged that the hotel
owners plan to hold workshops for
MPs to brief them fully on the scale of
the problem.
We have established a fund and
we want to raise between Sh14 mil-
lion to Sh20 million to sensitise the
MPs so they can understand why the
measures announced by the Head of
State, including the issue of VAT, are
absolutely necessary, said Mr Mach-
aria.
KAHC said they plan to meet the
parliamentary committee on Trade
and Tourism in two weeks time be-
fore meeting the security committee
over the proposed measures an-
nounced by President Kenyatta.
Mr Kenyatta ordered the scrap-
ping of VAT on air tickets and park
entrance fee, which were introduced
under the VAT Act 2013.
Also, employers who pay for a
weeks holiday for their staff would
get the costs deducted from their
taxes.
Yesterday, Kwale and Mombasa
counties also announced some mea-
sures to ease the pressure on the sec-
tor.
Kwale County will waive the bed
levy it had included in this years s-
cal estimates that was expected to
bring in revenues of over Sh73 million
for the county annually.
REVERSE TREND
According to the County Secretary
for Tourism Adam Shee, the county
has also banned Boda bodas from
operating at night in Diani to curb
insecurity.
Boda bodas have been used by
gunmen to kill people in the area in
the past and we have decided to ban
them as from 6pm. We have also set
aside enough money to light up the
5.5km stretch from Diani, said Mr
Shee.
The county has also set aside a
budget for beach management pro-
gramme and streamlining beach op-
erators. It plans to construct stalls on
one of the beach access roads where
operators will sell their wares.
Mombasa County, on the other
hand, is planning an international
culture day in August to showcase the
regions culture.
Other than holiday tourism we
also want to diversify and we have
organised an international culture
day that we hope will be a spring
board for the sector. The function will
be held between 21 to 23 August,
said Mombasa County Secretary for
Tourism Joab Tumbo.
The sector players also want the
Government to have an open skies
programme for Moi International
Airport in Mombasa. This would see
the liberalisation of commercial air-
line regulations to bring in more tour-
ists.
WHAT COUNTIES PLAN TO
DO TO BOOST TOURISM
Kwale County will waive the
bed levy it had included in this
years scal estimates that was
expected to bring in revenues
of over Sh73 million for the
county annually
The county has also banned
boda bodas from operating at
night in Diani to curb insecurity
Mombasa County, on the other
hand, is planning an interna-
tional culture day in August to
showcase the regions culture
Record number
of hotels close
doors in Coast
Continued from P1
FROM LEFT: Serena Beach Hotel General Manager Tuva Mwahunga, Baobab
Beach Resort General Manager Silvester Mbandi, Travellers Beach Hotel
General Manager Fredrick Kihuru and Ashnil Hotels Sales and Marketing Man-
ager for Coast Paul Kurgat when they met yesterday to chart the way forward
for the troubled tourism industry. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]
NATIONAL NEWS / Page 6
The situation has
escalated from bad to
worse. We have never seen
such big numbers of hotels
close down in the history of
this country Mike Macharia,
KAHC CEO
NATIONAL NEWS / Page 7 Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
Mate recounts events before ordeal
He says he was to
present complaints to
JSC over magistrate
who was to be bribed
to teach him a lesson
Mate on Sunday. The two later sched-
uled another meeting on Monday.
The CID ofcer had allegedly
called the Speaker to inform him that
they (police) were monitoring all his
calls and were aware he had made a
call to Garissa and another one to
Kerugoya.
This is after it emerged that the
Speaker and his clerk were drafting a
complaint letter to the Judicial Service
Commission (JSC) to report alleged
bribery of some ofcers, with the in-
tention of locking them up for defying
a court order. The Standard has ob-
tained a copy of the complaint Mate
meant to send to JSC before he disap-
peared.
Mate and his clerk Jim Kauma had
been summoned by the High Court in
Kerugoya following contempt of court
proceedings for defying the court and
presiding over the session that im-
By GEOFFREY MOSOKU
and CYRUS OMBATI
Two High Court judges and a mag-
istrate are among people likely to be
questioned as police seek to unravel
the mystery behind the disappear-
ance of Embu County Assembly
Speaker Kariuki Mate (pictured) last
week.
This emerged even as Mate, who
resurfaced on Thursday after he was
dumped in Limuru, recounted to The
Standard the events that preceded his
disappearance.
Of particular interest to police is a
Garissa-based magistrate whose
phone records given to investigators
indicate he was in constant commu-
nication with a police ofcer based in
Pangani, Nairobi. Investigators say
there were 56 calls in ve days be-
tween the numbers of the magistrate,
the policeman, Mate and some judi-
cial ofcers based in Kerugoya and
Embu courts.
The mobile phone signal commu-
nication also indicates that the ofcer
spent Saturday night in Garissa before
travelling to Nairobi where he met
peached Embu Governor Martin
Wambora.
Among the complaints was that
one of the judges on the bench was a
distant relative of the embattled gov-
ernor while another one had alleged-
ly received a bribe through an agent
with an assurance that he would teach
Mate a tough lesson.
It was when the ofcer called
Mate and offered to bring to him
printed records of telephone conver-
sations and bank accounts of the of-
cer who received the bribe to back
his complaint letter to JSC that the
two agreed to meet, an ofcer in-
volved in the probe said.
The broker was allegedly going to
deliver the bribe to a member of the
bench as an inducement to nail Mate
and his clerk for disobeying the court
order.
Yesterday, Nairobi Head of CID
Nicholas Kamwende conrmed that
the three had been mentioned ad-
versely but were yet to record a state-
ment.
In as much as they have been
mentioned here and there, none of
them has recorded a statement,
Kamwende said without indicating if
police would summon the ofcers.
Yesterday, Mate told The Standard
that on the fateful day, he was at Utalii
Hotel when he walked out of a meet-
ing with some of the county assembly
staff to consult.
He realised it was 4pm, which was
when he had agreed to meet police of-
cer Nicholas Muriuki Kangangi. He
walked to the parking lot to check if
Kangangi was parked there but did
not spot his car, whose registration
number he only remembers as KBK.
I walked towards the gate and
asked the guards if they had seen the
car but they said no. As I walked out
of the gate to check if he was parked
outside, two men hurriedly ap-
proached me and asked me to follow
them to a car that pulled up next to
where they were standing, he said.
After entering the car, the two men
in caps withdrew pistols and asked
him to drink something from a white
bottle.
I protested, saying I was not
thirsty but the man pointed a gun at
me and insisted that I should drink.
By this time, the car had ap-
proached La Mada Hotel on Thika
Road where it stopped and they bun-
dled him into the boot of a different
car. He fell unconscious.
SPEAKERS ACCOUNT
Mate said on fateful day he
was at Utalii Hotel with county
staff. He was to meet a police
ofcer at the same venue
Mate looked for the ofcer
outside the hotel premises and
was approached by two men
who led him to a waiting car
They forced him to drink
something from a white bot-
tle and he slipped out of con-
sciousness
By LUCIANNE LIMO
Two judges have moved to court to
challenge the age set for their retire-
ment.
Supreme Court judge Philip Tunoi
and his High Court counterpart David
Onyancha want a declaration that the
retirement age for all judges is 74
years instead of the current 70.
The judges want the court to pro-
hibit the Judicial Service Commission
or the Judiciary from removing them
from ofce.
The judges argued in court that
there are two circulars, one dated May
24, 2011, from the JSC, informing all
judges that their retirement age was
74.
Through their lawyer Fred Ngatia,
the two further said another circular
dated March 27 informed judges that
a meeting of the JSC determined that
the retirement age of all judges is 70.
The judges told Justice George
Odunga that when the second circu-
lar was released, the previous circular
was not annulled.
No effort was made to revoke the
rst circular and so the two are con-
tradictory and impossible to recon-
cile, said the lawyer for the judges.
Ngatia added that such conicting
decisions made it necessary for the
court to adjudicate on which of the
two ages reected the law.
Two judges
challenge set
retirement age
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By FELIX OLICK
Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero
yesterday unveiled an integrated ur-
ban development master plan, which
could change the face of the city if
implemented.
The new plan proposes the devel-
opment of a railway city, new bus and
matatu termini and wider roads as
well as construction of a new landll
site.
According to the master plan, the
railway city will be part of Industrial
Area and will have a yover into the
Central Business District (CBD).
And to ease trafc congestion in
the northern part of the station, the
plan proposes the removal of the bus
and matatu termini from the pro-
posed railway city.
It also proposes the removal of
unnecessary functions from the
CBD into the railway city to spur its
development.
The master plan also proposes
expansion of the existing road net-
work within the CBD, with Waiyaki
Way envisioned to have up to eight
lanes.
According to the plan, once the
Kidero unveils city master plan
Blueprint proposes
development of a
railway city, new bus
termini and wider
roads to ease jams
Southern bypass is completed, heavy
vehicles would be restricted from
entering the CBD.
It also proposes redevelopment of
Eastlands area by upgrading the exist-
ing dilapidated infrastructure.
According to the master plan, clo-
sure of the existing dumpsites, in-
cluding Dandora, is identied as a
priority area for solid waste manage-
ment sector.
The Dandora dump site has been
used for the last 30 years despite hav-
ing reached its maximum capacity in
2001.
CITIZEN VALIDATION
Speaking during the launch in
Nairobi, Kidero said that the plan will
rst be subjected to citizen validation
to reach a consensus.
After the validation exercise, the
plan will have to be approved by the
county executive committee and the
county assembly for the implementa-
tion process to begin.
I will personally be in the fore-
front to see the legislative, legal and
institutional capacity building re-
quirements are met, the governor
said.
He asked the national government
and State corporations to accord his
team the necessary support to ensure
the realisation and attainment of the
agship projects.
Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero (left) shows the Nairobi Integrated Urban Development Master Plan to Koji Noda, a se-
nior representative from Japan International Cooperation Agency. Looking on is Tom Odongo, the county executive
member for Lands, Housing and Physical Planning. [PHOTO: MOSES OMUSULA/STANDARD]
Page 8 / NATIONAL NEWS Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
By RAWLINGS OTIENO
A teachers union has opposed the
push to revise the code of regulations
without involvement of teachers.
Instead, the Kenya Union of Post
Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet)
has advised that the Teachers Service
Commission (TSC) to consider views
from teachers to make the nal docu-
ment acceptable to all parties.
Kuppet chair Omboko Milemba
said the proposed code by TSC should
therefore be suspended to allow for
dialogue.
The union said the Code of Regula-
tions was the most important opera-
tional document for teachers dening
the relationship between the em-
ployee and the employer and was rst
drafted in 1972, revised in 1976, 1985
and 2005 and has since become out-
dated.
In a statement, Mr Milemba said
teachers should not be barred from
organising fund raisers and should
also be allowed to participate in poli-
tics.
We shall object to any attempt to
bar teachers from actively participat-
ing in politics and other developments
in the community since it contravenes
the constitutional rights of the teach-
ers, said Milemba.
He said teachers must be allowed
to participate in private businesses if
such ventures do not interfere with
their school work.
Kuppet opposes
bid to revise
code of ethics
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
The Mandera County Government, established by the constitution of Kenya 2010, Article 176 wishes to
execute its development plan on construction of Markets/stalls and Jua Kali sector for the people of
Mandera. The County Government, In order to carry out the above assignments wishes to purchase parcels
of land from willing citizens for the above projects in Mandera town.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
i. The parcels of land shall be within the Central Business District and must be a minimum of one acre
and those parcels of land on the outskirts of CBD shall be at least 20 acres.
ii. The ideal parcels of land must be well accessible.
iii. There must be proof of ownership
iv. The said parcel of land must be without any encumbrance.
v. There must be a quotation on each parcel of land.
All interested sellers must attach to their applications the following Documents:
i. A copy of title deed
ii. Copy of national ID
iii. Copy of search certicate
iv. Part Development Plan
All expressions must be submitted before Tuesday 17
th
June, 2014 at 10.00 am. Each EOI should
include 3 hard copies, quote the reference number and marked EXPRESSION OF INTEREST TO SELL
DEVELOPMENT LAND IN MANDERA TOWN TO MANDERA COUNTY GOVERNMENT must be put in
the Tender Box at the ofce of the County Government Headquarter in Mandera town and to be
addressed to:
The Director Supply Chain Management,
Mandera County Government,
P.O Box 13-70300,
Mandera
The Mandera County Government reserves the right to accept or reject any application and not obliged to
give any reasons thereof.
NOTE: All applicants must attach a quoted price which will remain valid up to 90 days after the opening date.
Chief Ofcer,
Land, Housing & Physical Planning
MANDERA COUNTY GOVERNMENT
P.O. BOX 13-70300 MANDERA
MINISTRY OF LANDS, HOUSING AND PHYSICAL PLANNING
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST TO SELL DEVELOPMENT LAND IN
MANDERA TOWN TO MANDERA COUNTY GOVERNMENT
REF NO:MCG/EOI/259/2013-14
NATIONAL NEWS / Page 9 Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
Ex-soldiers in Supreme Court over bail
Court of Appeal
reversed decision by
High Court granting
the 26 former
servicemen bail
However, the militarys lawyers say
the suspects, who have been in deten-
tion at the Mtongwe navy base for al-
most 100 days, are still soldiers and
By WILLIS OKETCH
and PAUL GITAU
Some 26 former naval servicemen
facing desertion charges will now
move to the Supreme Court to try and
secure bail after the Court of Appeal
in Malindi yesterday reversed a High
Court order issued on April 30 in
Mombasa freeing them pending trial
by a court martial.
The State has put them on trial al-
leging they deserted the Kenyan De-
fence Forces (KDF) to work for a US
security rm in Kuwait, Afghanistan
and Iraq between 2007 and 2008.
The ruling made in Malindi yester-
day was initially slated for Thursday.
They suffered a setback yesterday
when the Court of Appeal suspended
the High Court order allowing bail
pending an appeal by the state seek-
ing to quash it completely.
On April 30 the Mombasa High
Court suspended the courts martial
for 60 days to hear the defences con-
tention that the ex-servicemen were
being charged illegally by military tri-
bunals yet they were civilians, after
leaving the military between 2007 and
2008.
hence subject to court martial. De-
spite the High Courts order to free
them on a Sh500,000 bail with one
surety for each, military authorities
refused to enforce the release orders
and proceeded to the Court of Appeal
to challenge the decision.
Yesterday the Court of Appeal al-
lowed the Kenya Defence Forces to
continue holding the soldiers at the
base until the appeal is heard and de-
termined.
The defence lawyers immediately
applied for certied copies of the
Court of Appeal proceedings to move
to the Supreme Court. Justices Han-
nah Okwengu, Milton Asige Makhan-
dia and Fatuma Sichale halted the re-
lease of the ex-soldiers after nding
KDF had an arguable appeal against
the orders, which the High Court gave
on April 30 and May 2.
The judges ordered chief of de-
fence forces General Julius Karangi to
le his appeal within 30 days after he
and others sued by the soldiers were
granted stay of execution of the High
orders to have the soldiers released
pending hearing and determination
of their case.
But after the judgment was given,
lawyer Daniel Kamunda applied for
court proceedings to move to the Su-
preme Court because he had instruc-
tion appeal against the decision.
My clients are disappointed by
the ruling and have decided to move
to the Supreme Court to challenge the
Court of Appeal decision, said Ka-
munda.
By virtue that KDF is claiming
these people are still service members
there is presumption they are service
members subject to court martial
proceedings, said the judges.
The judges said in the light of the
prevailing security situation in Kenya
these people should remain in custo-
dy until the appeal has been heard.
During the hearing in the Court of
Appeal last week, KDFs lawyer Alex
Muteti said the ex-servicemen were
still subject to military disciplinary
action.
OFFICIALLY DISCHARGED
He said according to the KDF Act,
the accused were still subject to KDF
laws because they have not been of-
cially discharged from duty.
Muteti pleaded with the judges to
stop execution of the High Court or-
der, which had stopped proceedings
at the martial court.
However Kamunda opposed the
application arguing that the court
should not entertain KDFs applica-
tion because they had not complied
with the orders of releasing the for-
mer soldiers.
In an afdavit Lieutenant Colonel
Evans Oguga claims the servicemen
should be punished because they did
not get clearance from the Principal
Secretary in the Ministry of defence to
go and work in foreign countries.
FORMER KDF NOT OUT
OF THE WOODS YET
Some 26 former naval ser-
vicemen quit the defence
forces to work for a US se-
curity company in in Kuwait,
Afghanistan and Iraq between
2007 and 2008
They are being detained at
Mtongwe navy base
The High Court had granted
them bail but the Court of Ap-
peal quashed the decision
The former servicemen say
they should not be tried in a
marshal court because they
quit the force between 2007
and 2008
Relatives of the former Kenya Defence Forces soldiers at the Court of Appeal
yesterday, where the former servicemen were denied bail. [PHOTO: PAUL GITAU/
STANDARD]
Page 10 / NATIONAL NEWS Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
African countries meet to
discuss digital migration
trum shall support other services like
advanced mobile services, broadcast
mobile television, commercial wire-
less broadband services.
International Telecommunication
Union Director of Radio Communica-
tions Bureau Francis Rancy said the
digital migration June 2015 deadline
cannot be revised to t those coun-
tries that have not made any progress
so far.
It emerged that Kenya is the only
African country that has not subsi-
dised the cost of set top boxes for con-
sumers.
By KURIAN MUSA
Representatives from over 30
countries are gathered in Nairobi for
a summit on digital migration.
Cabinet Secretaries from Kenya,
Burundi, Gabon, Niger, Zambia and
Burkina Faso presented their coun-
tries progress on the migration dur-
ing the three-day African Digital Mi-
gration and Spectrum Policy summit
yesterday.
Information Cabinet Secretary
Fred Matiangi said court cases are
dragging the roll out of digital migra-
tion in Kenya, even as the country
seeks to beat the June 2015 interna-
tional deadline.
Matiangi was addressing the dis-
cussants, who shared the challenges
and experiences in the process.
The digital spectrum is an impor-
tant resource that must be managed
well so as to ensure maximum bene-
ts from the dividends of the digital
platform, said the CS, adding that the
forum is the best opportunity for me-
dia stakeholders to strike a compro-
mise.
In an interview on the sidelines of
the conference, Matiangi denied that
the Government had no guidelines on
release of spectrum to telecommuni-
cation rms.
So far, there is no country in Africa
that has fully migrated from the ana-
logue to digital platform amid pro-
curement, legal and technical chal-
lenges.
Director General of the Communi-
cations Commission of Kenya (CCK)
Francis Wangusi said: It is important
to recognise that the released spec-
Information Cabinet Secretary Fred
Matiangi during the African Digital
Migration summit at the Hilton Ho-
tel, yesterday. [PHOTO: MBUGUA KIBERA/
STANDARD]
States share on their
challenges as Matiangi
tells delegates court
battles dragging
Kenyas move from
analogue broadcasting
By KURIAN MUSA
The digital migration case before
the Supreme Court will proceed after
lawyers for three media rms le and
serve their responses to the Govern-
ments appeal.
It emerged yesterday that the three
media rms: the Standard Group, Na-
tion Media Group, and Royal Media
Services had not led and served re-
sponses as required.
Lawyers Issa Mansur and Paul
Muite, for the media rms, were di-
rected to within 10 days le the re-
sponses and take a mention date to
conrm compliance.
Supreme Court judges Smokin
Wanjala and Jackton Ojwang main-
tained their orders that Communica-
tions Commission of Kenya (CCK)
should not switch off their frequen-
cies, broadcast spectrums or broad-
casting services pending the hearing
and determination of the appeal.
The Supreme Court also barred
Broadcast Signal Distributors Signet
Kenya Limited and Pan Africa Net-
work Group Kenya Limited and Pay
TV providers: Star Times Media Lim-
ited, and GOtv Kenya Limited from
broadcasting any content from the
three media rms without their con-
sent, pending the hearing and deter-
mination of the appeal.
THIRD LICENCE
The Government appealed the de-
cision of the Court of Appeal judges
Roselyne Nambuye, Daniel Musinga
and David Maraga on the grounds
that it could not issue a third licence
as directed by the court to a consor-
tium of the media rms.
The Constitution provides that the
ofcials of the Communication Au-
thority of Kenya be independent,
however, the team that awarded digi-
tal licences, CCK, was appointed by
the Executive.
Information Cabinet Secretary
Fred Matiangi has described the legal
duel as a hitch to the process.
The Communication Authority of
Kenya is in place, said Matiangi.
Media rms
given 10 days to
le responses
CONTINENTS PROGRESS
So far, there is no country
in Africa that has fully mi-
grated from the analogue to
digital platform amid pro-
curement, legal and techni-
cal challenges
Some African countries like
Zambia have just put up the
institutional framework and
constituted a task force to
oversee the process
It emerged that Kenya is
the only African country that
has not subsidised the cost of
set top boxes for consumers
ITU director said the dead-
line cannot be extended
By CYRUS OMBATI
Four suspects were arrested with
six elephant tusks valued at Sh4.3 mil-
lion along the Thika Superhighway,
Nairobi.
Two of the men were arrested on
Monday night near Clay Works while
travelling in a saloon car from Nyeri
to the city, police said adding that af-
ter their arrest, they led them to an-
other house in Kayole where two more
were nabbed.
Those arrested in Kayole are said
to have been the brokers who were to
take the Nyeri sellers to a buyer in
Eastleigh.
Head of Special Crimes Prevention
Unit Noah Katumo said the tusks
looked fresh, an indication the ani-
mals had been killed recently.
The suspects wanted to sell the
tusks to a buyer in Eastleigh when we
were informed of their plans, said
Katumo.
Katumo said the tusks were found
hidden in a sack of charcoal in the
boot of a car.
TRIED TO FLY OUT
He added that the suspects would
appear in court this morning to face
charges of ivory trafcking.
The arrests come at a time when
there is spirited campaign to stop the
outlawed trade on ivory.
Two weeks ago, a Chinese national
was arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta In-
ternational Airport while trying to y
out with ivory valued at Sh170,000.
Police said the 30-year-old man
had originated from Kinshasa, DRC,
and was headed for China.
Earlier on, two pilots had been
found with 17kg of ivory in their car in
Karen and arrested. They have since
been charged in court and remanded.
The men were driving a Toyota Probox
along Mbogani Road when they were
intercepted by police from Special
Crimes Prevention Unit.
Last month, police in Nairobi im-
pounded 131 pieces of ivory at a ga-
rage near T-Mall area along Langata
road.
Police arrest
suspects with
Sh4.3m tusks
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Sonko, Shebesh quizzed
over gun incident
By CYRUS OMBATI
Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko Mbu-
vi (pictured) and Woman Representa-
tive Rachael Shebesh were grilled by
police over gun drama at a Nairobi
club.
Sonko rst met detectives from
Kilimani Police Station on Monday
night in his ofce at the Kenyatta In-
ternational Convention Centre before
they scheduled for his statement re-
cording yesterday morning at the
Criminal Investigations Department
ofces.
He turned up at 6.30am where he
recorded his statement before leav-
ing. Shebesh arrived at about 8am
and left an hour later but refused to
talk to journalists.
Sonko denied claims he and his
supporters had tried to pull Shebeshs
hair in the fracas that happened at the
Caribea Club on Wood Avenue.
The woman representative claimed
the group tried to pull her hair,
prompting one of her supporters to
shoot in the air to disperse the attack-
ers. Kilimani Head of CID George Oju-
ka said ofcers are looking for the
man who shot in the air damaging a
roof at the club.
We intend to disarm him and take
further action, including taking him
By CYRUS OMBATI
The body of a police ofcer was
yesterday morning found hanging on
a tree at the Central Park in Nairobi.
The deceased, a constable of po-
lice, was attached to the Anti-Stock
Theft Unit at Garbatula in Isiolo.
Records found on his body indi-
cated he was supposed to be at his
workstation.
He was identied as Samuel Mach-
aria Maina of D Company ASTU in
Garbatula in Merti, Isiolo.
It is not clear if the ofcer commit-
ted suicide or was killed and hanged
there, police said. Central OCPD Paul
Wanjama said they recovered docu-
ments from the deceased, conrming
he was a police ofcer.
They included a certicate of ap-
pointment and an ATM card.
Wanjama, accompanied by DCIO
Richard Bitok, said investigations into
the incident had been launched.
We do not know where he was
from or what led to this. All I can con-
rm is that the deceased is a police of-
cer, said Wanjama.
He said that pedestrians called to
inform them that the body was hang-
ing there. Other ofcers suspect he
had gone to seek a loan at their Sacco
near the park and when he was in-
formed he could not get it he commit-
ted suicide.
Body of ofcer
found hanging
on a tree
Dr Charles Otieno, a consultant with the Usalama Reforms Forum, speaks at a
Nairobi hotel yesterday when the organisation released a report on police re-
forms. [PHOTO: COLLINS KWEYU/STANDARD]
to court for misusing his gun. The in-
vestigations are ongoing and we will
take further action with time, includ-
ing charging the individuals involved
in this fracas, said Ojuka.
Sonko said in his statement the
drama erupted over a Sh8.5 million
Range Rover he allegedly bought for
Shebesh awhile back.
Police had summoned Sonko, She-
besh and their bodyguards for grilling
following the confrontation.
There are claims Shebeshs body-
guard was forced to shoot in the air
twice to scatter what he called an an-
gry mob that wanted to attack his
boss at the club.
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By CYRUS OMBATI
There is growing anxiety among
the more than 165 senior ofcers, vet-
ted in March, as they wait to know
their fate today.
The National Police Service Com-
mission (NPSC) has summoned the
ofcers of the ranks of assistant com-
missioner of police and senior
assistant commissioner of police to
inform them of their performance at
the CID Training School in South C,
Nairobi.
Other inside sources said the com-
mission is likely to ask almost 20 of-
cers who have attained the age of 55
and above to take early retirement
and those who operate public service
vehicles to leave.
The development comes as a sur-
vey revealed few Kenyans are con-
vinced police vetting would improve
competencies within the service.
The survey by Usalama Reform Fo-
rum indicated over 27 per cent of
community members were fairly sat-
ised that police vetting would im-
Inside sources say
NPSC is likely to send
20 olhcers aged 33 and
above on retirement
prove competencies within the ser-
vice compared to 39 per cent of police
ofcers interviewed.
Conversely, 73 per cent of commu-
nity members respondents and 61
per cent of police ofcers interviewed
were fairly dissatised that police vet-
ting would improve competencies
within the force. The vast majority of
community members (56 per cent)
and police ofcers (80 per cent) knew
about the vetting process.
TELEPHONE SURVEY
The survey was conducted from
January to April on the vetting process
through a comprehensive telephone
survey among a random sample of
1,531 community residents and 660
police ofcers where the forum oper-
ates.
Just over 38 per cent of the respon-
dents thought the vetting will restore
public condence in the service while
less than 27 per cent of police ofcers
responded that the exercise will re-
store public condence.
When asked if they were convinced
that police vetting would improve ser-
vice across the country, only 34 per
cent of community members thought
it would while less than 23 per cent of
police ofcers reported it would. The
report showed less than 27 per cent of
community respondents believed the
process would result in more suitable
police ofcers.
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Page 12 / NATIONAL NEWS Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
State, counties end
impasse on roads
management
By RAWLINGS OTIENO
and IMMACULATE AKELLO
The national and county gov-
ernments have agreed to transfer
the management of roads to each
other to end the wrangles between
them and improve infrastructure
in the country.
The two levels of Government
have agreed to re-classify roads
across the 47 counties to facilitate
smooth management of construc-
tion and maintenance of county
roads.
Transport Cabinet Secretary
Michael Kamau said that once the
Transition Authority (TA) gazettes
the re-classied roads, the Roads
Bill would be fast-tracked to lega-
lise the transfer of the roads.
Eng Kamau noted that in the
new arrangement, county execu-
tive committee members (CECs)
in charge transport and infrastruc-
ture from the counties, TA and the
ministry ofcials have been direct-
They agree to
transfer roles to each
other to improve
infrastructure
ed to compile a report on the number
of roads the national Government will
be in charge of.
We have agreed through consen-
sus that we are re-classifying the roads
so that those roads that pass through
at least two counties are transferred to
the national Government while those
within the counties to remain and be
managed by the individual counties,
explained Kamau.
Addressing CECs and the Council
of Governors at the Kenya School of
Government in Nairobi yesterday, Ka-
mau explained that roads classied as
Class A, B and C will remain under the
supervision of the national Govern-
ment while roads classied as Class D,
E and unclassied will be constructed
and maintained by governors.
EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION
National trunk roads are the main
roads linking Kenya to her neigh-
bours, directly connecting various
county headquarters and intercon-
necting the entire country in an equi-
table and well-distributed manner.
According to Kamau, county roads
are public roads running primarily
within the county, including primary
roads linking all sub-county head-
quarters, secondary and minor roads
linking markets, administrative cen-
tres and locally important centres.
In addition, both the two levels of
government agreed that primary pub-
lic roads linking two higher-class
roads and running majorly within the
county boundaries be classied as
Class C roads.
Council of Governors Chairman in
charge of Transport and Infrastruc-
ture Jackson Mandago concurred that
all Class A, B Class C roads be consid-
ered as national trunk roads and be
managed exclusively by the State.
County governments shall in con-
sultation with each other agree on
those Class D or E roads that need to
be upgraded to Class C and surren-
dered to the national government as
to manage, said Mandago.
DECISION ON ROADS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Roads classifed as Class A,
B and C will remain under the
supervision of the national
Government
Class D, E and unclassifed
will be constructed and main-
tained by governors
Class B roads will include na-
tional trunk roads linking na-
tionally important centres and
county headquarters
International trunk roads
linking centres of international
importance and crossing inter-
national boundaries or termi-
nating at international ports
will be categorised as Class A
Transport Cabinet Secretary Michael
Kamau and Uasin Gishu Governor
Jackson Mandago at the Kenya School
of Government, yesterday. [PHOTO:
JEFF OCHIENG/STANDARD]
By KAMAU MUTHONI
Separate cases led by two mining
rms against the Government will be
heard together after the High Court
ordered they will be determined by a
single judge and allocated three hear-
ing dates.
Before High Court judge John Mu-
tungi, Cortec Mining Company and
Basu Mining Company held different
grounds against a prayer by Basu to
have the two matters consolidated.
Basu had made an application to
have the two cases consolidated but
Cortec, through their lawyer Nelson
Havi, held a contrary stand saying
their case was the primary suit and
thus ought to be heard and deter-
mined separately.
The matter I led (Cortec case)
was the primary one and they came in
later orally asking the court to enjoin
them. We cannot have them put to-
gether as one. The term consolidated
is long gone but we can hear them to-
gether and have a single judge deter-
mining the same, said Havi.
Fred Ngatia, appearing for Mining
Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala in the
case, was opposed to having the mat-
ters dealt with on different dates and
by different judges, arguing this would
result to repetition of the judicial pro-
cess.
Court to jointly
hear cases by two
mining rms
Governor lauds
tourism tax waiver
By JACOB NGETICH
Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua
has lauded the move by President Uh-
uru Kenyatta to waive tourism tax,
terming it as good and timely.
Dr Mutua said the Governments
directive was an excellent shift from
squeezing taxes out of poor Kenyans
to enabling wealth creation.
To generate employment, we
need more of such incentives that en-
able different sectors to grow, make
money and hence pay more taxes,
said the governor.
He pointed out that in the United
Arab Emirates, income tax is zero and
that businesses invest in Dubai, UAE,
because the tax rate for businesses is
at a maximum ve per cent.
Chief Whip warns CORD against public rallies
By JACOB NGETICH
Senate Majority Chief Whip Bea-
trice Elachi has asked the Coalition
for Reforms and Democracy (CORD)
to rethink its decision to hold public
rallies, saying they were likely to cause
tension in the country.
Ms Elachi said Kenya had a num-
ber of challenges that needed solu-
tions and rallies and inammatory
political statements would not help
the situation.
CORD has embarked on rallies
and will unnecessarily heighten polit-
ical temperature without even at-
tempting to give solutions to the prob-
lems. It is very disappointing to have
such an Opposition, which plans to
thrive on problems like terrorism fac-
ing Kenyans, she said.
Elachi accused the Opposition of
trying to foment unrest in Kenyan
rather than engage the Government
objectively.
The unrest in 2007 started in 2005
when the Opposition went round pro-
voking tension. We later saw what
happened. Now they have started.
They want to put Kenyans in an elec-
tion mood four years to the General
Election, she said.
She accused former National As-
sembly Speaker Farah Maalim who
she said claimed on a local TV station
that the shilling had dipped because
Somalis were leaving to other coun-
tries after incarceration in Kenya.
The solution to Somali nationals
is to have stability in their country. So
for someone to tell us they are re-
ceived with open arms in other coun-
tries is to show that there are those
who do not wish for a lasting answer
to the nations challenges, she said.
By DANN OKOTH
Uasin Gishu Senator Isaac Melly
(pictured) has distanced himself from
disgruntled Rift Valley MPs calling for
the impeachment of Devolution Cab-
inet Secretary Anne Waiguru.
Melly said he could not hold a di-
vergent view from that of Deputy
President William Ruto, adding he
was satised with the way President
Uhuru Kenyatta and the DP had han-
dled the Kiplimo Rugut affair.
I do not belong to the group of so-
called disgruntled Rift Valley MPs. I do
not share their views in this matter
and I cannot be seen to hold a differ-
ent opinion on any matter with the
DP who I represent in the Senate,
Melly said in an interview.
The senator was reacting to a story
appearing in yesterdays The Standard
apparently linking him with a group
of Rift Valley MPs who castigated the
DP and Majority Leader Aden Duale
over their stand over the Rugut affair.
In the story, we erroneously used
Mellys picture in place of that of Tin-
deret MP Julius Melly.
A section of Rift Valley MPs have
been calling for the sacking of Waigu-
ru after she replaced Rugut who was
at the helm of the National Youth Ser-
vice (NYS).
Consequently, Igembe South MP
Mithika Linturi crafted a Motion seek-
ing to impeach the CS, for allegedly
harassing public servants.
The Motion has received support
from Jubilee MPs, a majority of who
are from the Rift Valley.
RESOLVED INTERNALLY
To put the record straight, Melly
said yesterday he was not part of the
group seeking to remove the minister
from ofce, adding that such issues
can be resolved internally with the
ruling coalition.
I do not see why our leaders
should squabble over such matters
because the President and his deputy
are capable of handling such matters.
They are trying to create an impres-
sion that the Jubilee boat is rocking,
which is not true because the party
will remain united, he said.
He observed that sharing of Gov-
ernment positions between The Na-
tional Alliance and United Republican
Party was a delicate matter, adding
that MPs should give the leaders time
to sort out issues.
We must recognise that Govern-
ment appointments are guided by the
law and the President and his deputy
cannot disregard the same without
consequences, he said.
Senator distances himself from calls to impeach Waiguru
Beatrice Elachi
Page 13
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
Frequent power outages
not good for economy
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L
ast Monday the country experienced a black-
out that lasted for over three hours. A reported
system malfunction at the Coast region
triggered the power outage across the country.
Industries, and indeed all aspects of our lives are
heavily dependent on electricity. The cost of power fail-
ures is therefore too high.
During the period of inactivity as power supply fails,
industrial production goes down thus occasioning
great financial loses to companies who must still pay
salaries and other overheads at the end of the day.
Often, there is damage to machines due to power
surges from unregulated voltages. In hospitals not
fitted with generators, patients connected to life
support machinery have lost their lives due to power
failures. Crime also thrives in the dark. And the
environment is polluted because of fumes from
generators. These are loses that prudent management
of our natural resources can preclude.
Policy makers should lay emphasis on alternative
energy sources, especially clean energy. Our sunny
weather is well suited for solar energy.
The use of solar panels should be encouraged
through the provision and supply of panels that are
affordable to many. Because maintenance costs are not
a factor, this will go a long way in powering homes that
would otherwise have no access to electrical supply
from the national power grid. The wind turbines would
also come in very handy once sensitisation on their
effectiveness is done. Already, Kenya is leading in the
region in harnessing geothermal energy.
Tapping geothermal energy available in great
quantities in the Rift Valley can ensure a steady supply
while keeping our environment clean. Within the
changing climatic conditions, the gradual death of
rivers, hydropower is becoming increasingly erratic
and unreliable.
And that calls for diversification to other sources of
power that are cleaner and cheap.

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T
he Democrats, said P.J. ORourke,
are the party that says govern-
ment will make you smarter,
taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on
your lawn. The Republicans are the party
that says government doesnt work and
then they get elected and prove it.
Nothing captures the Kenyan scenario
better than this quip from one of Ameri-
cas top journalists.
All we need do is substitute the Demo-
crats and Republicans with the Orange
Democratic Movement and JUBILEE and
you have the true picture.
Charles de Gaulle, the French general
and statesman further contextualizes the
situation by commenting; I have come to
the conclusion that politics is too serious a
matter to be left to the politicians.
Teams allied to President Uhuru
Kenyatta of Jubilee and Raila Odinga of
Cord planned to hold parallel rallies in
Nairobi on Saturday 30 May to flex their
muscles and determine who between them
is mightier.
The police have since cancelled these
rallies citing security reasons.
It would have been foolhardy to stage
rallies in a period of heightened insecurity
from terror threats from the Al Shabaab
militia.
Yet more than ever before, the country
is calling out for leadership: Kenya faces
an economic meltdown as tourism and
agriculture, two of the key economic
pillars, face a downside.
If the terror threats and an impending
drought are not handled carefully, the
gains under former President Mwai Kabaki
will be wiped out.
Marshalling political support therefore,
should be the least of worries least of all,
for the Jubilee coalition who have four
years before their contract runs out.
But if what has gone before is anything
to go by, then Kenyans have cause for
worry.
Our leaders have not provided solutions
to lifes basic problems. The high-minded
campaign rhetoric has been replaced by
scoring-off against each other at every
turn.
Mere anarchy has been loosed upon
the country to allude to poet WB Yates
poem.
A sluggish economy, paying off Anglo
Leasings Sh1.4 billion and the delay in
issuing laptops to primary schools is
drawing away Jubilees goodwill reservoir.
The Opposition on the other hand, has
failed to build bridges and put national
interest first.
All we see from them is the feeling that
they and not Jubilee, should be governing
without demonstrating what they would
do differently.
There is growing disquiet and helpless-
ness as the two protagonists lock horns.
In truth, the methods of our leaders far
from addressing the issues at hand, is
increasingly grinding down the country.
The manner in which the Jubilee
coalition has run Government so far
portrays a team that is all at sea earning
the moniker Bungling Jubilee.
The Opposition Cord has looked
somewhat befuddled and seems to have
resigned to its fate as backbenchers
without alternatives.
Cord, while banking on the shortcom-
ings of Jubilee to upstage it, will promise
to make us smarter, taller and richer.
Jubilee wanted to prove how to smartly
run government.
Yet something seems eerily amiss with
the country.
And that is leadership.
Making Chicago a chess mecca
The game of chess has many assets.
Hundreds of millions of players and growing
worldwide. An unrivaled intellectual cachet.
A history that stretches back 15 centuries.
What the game of chess doesnt have is a
worldwide, instantly recognizable home, a
global Cooperstown of chess. As it happens,
chess also doesnt have a host city for its
2014 world championship. The application
deadline passed recently and ... no one ponied
up the estimated $5 million to stage the
tournament. So the championship rematch
between reigning champ Magnus Carlsen, a
charismatic, 23-year-old Norwegian phenom,
and Indias Viswanathan Anand is up for grabs.
Proposition: Quick, before Vladimir Putin snags
this tournament for the greater glory of Russia,
lets turn Chicago into the worlds chess mecca.
First step: Host the 2014 world championship.
Hillary Clinton encourages people to
think shes hiding something
Karl Rove spoke here recently. Id like to tell
you what he said, but the session was off the
record. This was a pity because I wanted him to
expound on his statement that Hillary Clinton
was possibly hiding a serious medical condition.
In this case, no news is not good news. Its
merely no news. You will recall that this month
Rove suggested off the cuff, it seems that
Clinton had likely suffered a serious brain injury
from a fall in December 2012. He said that the
then-secretary of state had to be hospitalized
for 30 days and, when she emerged, she was
wearing glasses that are only for people who
have traumatic brain injury. There were a
couple of things wrong with Roves assertions.
Clinton had been hospitalized for three days, not
30 and her injury had not...
Bye-bye Pzer
Few will weep as Pzer departs our shores.
The American giant sailed into Britain far too
heavy-handedly, failing to pay adequate attention
to those with an interest in AstraZenecas future
be that the science community, the company
and its shareholders, or Westminster. That Pzer
should have been so remiss, given the repeated
backlashes against it in previous job-and
research-cutting takeovers, was one of the most
remarkable aspects of this tax-driven merger
attempt. Despite all its talk of investment and
speeding drugs to market, in Pzers eyes this
was always a transaction motivated largely by a
desire to avoid US taxes, and take advantage of
Britains rising status as an offshore haven. That
desire is not going to go away.
OPINION / Page 15
MOSES WETANGULA}
ELECTI ONS
Palaver
The story of Africa, shambolic
elections! Countries go trumpet-
ing about digitizing operations
and at the critical moment,
something breaks. That is the
story, after Kenya, now in Ma-
lawi. These systems must really
love rattling the opposition who
yell STOLEN ELECTIONS! Just
as the incumbent President was
trailing the Opposition, the elec-
tronic system crashed and they
had to use email to relay results.
If any one cried foul, would you
blame them, really?
Mambo
ya kufuata
mtu mdogo
wacheni
kabisa. These
are words
attributed to
Deputy Presi-
dent William Ruto in relation
to the intended impeachment
of Anne Waiguru by Jubilee
MPs. Really, Mr Deputy Presi-
dent? Is Waiguru small fry,
going by the power she wields?
Your implied message is that
you and prezzo are the coolest
dudes on the block! Others
may not think so.
The Anglo Leasing morti-
cian refuses to let it go. Trust
Githu Muigai aka Undertaker
(remember WWF character?) to
delve into the legal books to tell
Kenyans he isnt going nowhere
because the law says so. The
message is clear, let the Law So-
ciety of Kenya rant and rave, he
has a shield to hide behind as the
AG. But the question is; can those
laws save him from erasure from
the role of honour? Who doubts
that the law is an ass?
Nicholas
Biwott the
self-styled
Total Man
has sur-
faced, having
kept a low
prole for
a long time.
Apparently, the divisions
that are emerging amongst
legislators from his community
pain him! They are divided by
petty differences and the Total
Man cannot stand such petty
nonsense. Nicolas Biwott, the
once powerful Cabinet Minister
wants Kalenjins to speak with
one voice and support the
Government, Donge?
The government is studiously
mum over the ravages of hunger
in Baringo County. The matter
is being handled low key, no
urgency as people, especially the
elderly continue to succumb. This
is shameful! This is a sovereign
state, indeed? The country rus-
tled up billions of shillings in a
jiff recently to clear the shame of
a scam. How about food for the
dying? Please mobilize Kenyans
to rescue their countrymen. Yes,
we can!
oped@standardmedia.co.ke
pendence? Kenyans are watch-
ing.
What is left for Kenyans who
want to see our democracy grow
and mature in free, fair, democrat-
ic and open electoral contest will
inevitably rise and rout those who
stand in the way of this democrat-
ic march.
And if I may offer unsolicited
advice to the IEBC, the honour-
able cause for the undistinguished
commissioners is to borrow from
the Roman soldier and fall on the
sword. For failure to do so lends
credit to now the discredited
phrases like LETS MOVE ON,
LESSONS LEARNT, KENYA IS BIG-
GER AND IMPORTANT THAN ALL
OF US phrases that ring hollow
because those using them inter-
changeably to suit and sanitise
their mischief have done so to cov-
er tracks of dishonesty, corruption
and incompetence. For how long
shall Kenyans be told and encour-
aged to forget and move on when
masters if impunity ad grand cor-
ruption have hijacked our country
and with it? We in CORD shall use
all available legitimate, legal and
constitutional means to restore
dignity, sanity and genuine de-
mocracy to our country.
Mr Wetangula is the Opposition
CORD Co-Principal, Senate
Minority Leader & FORD-Kenya
Leader.
Twitter @wetangulamoses
A
fter the Samuel Kivuitu
(RIP) led Electoral Com-
mission of Kenya (ECK)
mishandled, mismanaged and
bungled the 2007 Presidential
Election, a conduct that send our
country to the brink of a civil war
resulting in massive destruction of
property and loss of lives, one
would have thought that any suc-
cessor in title to the discredited
ECK would foot the bill to be de-
scribed as beyond Caesars wife.
The current composition of the
Independent Electoral and Bound-
aries Commission (IEBC) are not
martians, they are men and wom-
en who witnessed our country get
engulfed in ugly orgies of violent
destruction and death, all because
of the unsatisfactory conduct of a
constitutional institution in the
name of ECK.
These lessons however seem
hard to learn as we have seen the
IEBC spiritedly struggling to outdo
the Kivuitu-led ECK in ineptitude,
incompetent and outright reckless
and unpatriotic behaviour that
can easily take the country back to
the dark days of 2007/08 where
Kenyans who felt aggrieved by the
mishandling of the elections, cou-
pled with the loss of faith in the Ju-
diciary as an impartial and inde-
pendent arbiter, took the law in
their own hands. The rest remains
history.
Last years General Election
was marred with many intrigues
and uncertainties that to date re-
main a mystery to many Kenyans.
We all saw the unsatisfactory man-
ner of the entire exercise; starting
with the voter registration exer-
cise, the management of the voter
rolls and the subsequent election.
The feeling is that the electoral
process was manipulated by some
powerful invisible hands that took
control of IEBC. Kenyans are not
about to forget this.
The disputes that followed in
the Supreme Court of Kenya, the
High Court and the Magistrates
Courts were all predicated on in-
competence typied by the cava-
lier and the disorganized manner
in which IEBC managed the elec-
tions. Indeed the courts have re-
peatedly and in very strong lan-
guage said very unkind words
about the electoral body.
And as the good old saying
goes, old habits die hard, the IEBC
is at it again. This time around lay-
ing grounds and sowing the seeds
of discord and preparing the coun-
try for a future probably more ex-
plosive electoral process. This
begs the question, can the country
live with the IEBC as is currently
constituted? Can the peace loving
Kenyans from now and in the fu-
ture watch helplessly as the IEBC
continues with total impunity, ar-
rogance and with shroud secrecy
keep manipulating the electoral
process for the 2017 General Elec-
tion or whichever date it will be
held through mischievous con-
duct that is currently designed to
disadvantage the Coalition for Re-
forms and Democracy (CORD) or
opposition to Jubilee for that mat-
ter?
They have shamelessly em-
barked on unpublicised, secretive
registration of voters and conse-
quent alteration of the voter regis-
ter will follow. One wonders how
for instance in a vast constituency
like North Horr in Marsabit Coun-
ty, how the IEBC can carry out an
honest, impartial and positive vot-
er registration by putting a regis-
tration centre in one point and ex-
pect people to walk thousands of
kilometers to register. This is im-
possible. The same question can
be asked of a large number of con-
stituencies in the country.
The inevitable conclusion is
that the IEBC and their opaque
behaviour appear to be hatching
a scheme and a grand conspiracy
to undermine the democratic
growth in the country by manipu-
lating the electoral process start-
ing with the all important voter
registration exercise and the man-
agement of the register.
One may ask whether it is in
furtherance of the execution of the
outcome of the meetings they
have been holding with the Execu-
tive despite their perceived inde-
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
IEBC a complete letdown to Kenyans
The honour-
able cause
for the un-
distinguished
commission-
ers is to bor-
row from
the Roman
soldier and
fall on the
sword
T
hose who enjoy hip-hop
will remember that vir-
tually every group of
note in that genre has a member
whose job it is to stand in the
background and do not much
more than loudly reafrm what
the lead singer is saying.
So, picture the scene. Stephen
Kalonzo Musyoka is singing an
ethnic lyric at a journalist.
Among the senior politicians
nodding along in solidarity with
this display of bigotry, are Sena-
tors Moses Wetangula and Peter
Anyang Nyongo Senator
Wetangula, distinguishing him-
self by responding absolutely to
Kalonzos song.
In a reversal of all decorum,
however, the man in the back-
ground has now become the face
of CORDs campaign of bigotry
and lies.
The Moses Wetangula who
was censured by Parliament, the
Senator Wetangula who had to
leave his position as Minister of
Foreign Affairs in the last govern-
ment, over the transaction involv-
ing our embassy in Japan; the
very same Moses Wetangula who
was found guilty of bribing voters
during the 2013 elections.
This is the man tasked with
presenting CORDs vision of a just
and fair society. The difculty, as
should be clear after even the
briefest glance at his record in
public life, is that he lacks the
credibility for the role.
For, remember, it is Moses
Wetangula who was the Minister
of Foreign Affairs when it was vot-
ed the worst performing minis-
try.
And, more sinisterly, he was
the Minister in charge of Foreign
Affairs when questions were
raised regarding the disposal of
missions and Government prop-
erty in foreign lands.
So loud were the questions,
and so copious was the evidence
of wrongdoing, that the Depart-
mental Committee on Defence
and Foreign Relations investigat-
ed the matter, and especially the
most prominent transaction,
which involved Kenyas mission
in Japan.
The committee found that the
transaction was fraught with ir-
regularities, and damaged the in-
terests of the nation.
In its report, the committee
made several other ndings and
recommendations regarding Sen-
ator Wetangula.
In particular, it recommended
that the Minister for Foreign Af-
fairs, as Senator Wetangula then
was, should step aside for investi-
gations to take place.
It found that the appointing
authority (President Kibaki at the
time) should be advised that Mr
Wetangulas conduct was incom-
patible with ministerial ofce.
It also recommended that if
found guilty by a court of law, Mr
Wetangula should be barred from
holding State ofce in the Repub-
lic.
In the event, no conviction
was secured, so the recommen-
dation that Mr Wetangula should
be barred from holding State of-
ce went by the board.
Still, in its nal nding, the
Parliamentary Committee found
that Mr Wetangula was worthy of
severe reprimand, and also that
he had deliberately misled the
Committee.
This pattern of bad conduct
and open hypocrisy in serious
public affairs appears to persist.
Fast forward a few months,
during which an election petition
was launched against Senator
Wetangulas election to the Sen-
ate.
It emerged, during the peti-
tion, that Senator Wetangulas
campaign had done exactly what
he accused others of doing: he
was found to have bribed voters,
indeed he was found to have
bribed clergymen an unusual-
ly incorruptible part of the elec-
torate, one would have thought.
On the basis of this nding,
and others, the High Court in
Kisumu ordered a re-run of the
election.
This, then, is the man who
would present the CORD vision of
society to us.
This is the man who would
teach us that the Jubilee govern-
ment is given to lies, when he has
himself been censured by Parlia-
ment for deliberately misleading
it in its investigation.
This is the man who tells us
that the Jubilee government is
ethnically biased, when he pub-
licly delights in the ethnic bigotry
of his party.
This is the man who accused
others of corruption in January
2013, and was then found to have
openly bribed clergymen in Kan-
duyi in February 2013.
It is this blatant hypocrisy, and
this pattern of deceit, which ex-
plains why CORDs campaign
against the government lacks all
credibility.
Ms Lesuuda is a Nominated
Senator
He was
the Minister
in charge of
Foreign Af-
fairs when
questions
were raised
regarding
the dispos-
al of missions
and Govern-
ment proper-
ty in foreign
lands
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Insist on background check before
you settle for a domestic worker
How well do you know your domestic
workers? Cases of domestic workers
doing the unthinkable are happening at
an alarming rate! Surprisingly, majority
of those who come to seek employment
in homes work in cahoots with robbers,
while others are out to look for children
to steal. Unfortunately, most parents
are too busy to do a background check
on their workers. Before settling on a
domestic worker, insist on contacting
their former employers to conrm
their details. You might also need a
certicate of good conduct to ascertain
whether they have a criminal record.
Winnie Wanyoike, Nairobi
Universities must strive to equip
students with practical skills
Higher leaning institutions are
supposed to equip students with skills
to perform specic tasks. But some
graduates nd themselves stranded in
the eld as they lack the practical part
of the job. Yet, universities have given
practicals a wide berth, leaving a huge
gap in learners eld performance.
Lack of resources and equipment
are usually blamed, but even the
universities with enough resources
have ignored practical sessions.
Mutai Leonard
CORD should postpone hyped rally
for the sake of Madaraka
CORD has organised a hyped
homecoming showdown on Saturday,
the eve of Madaraka Day. This is a very
important day and no other celebration
should coil around it. Any other major
gathering will be an attempt to dwarf
one of the three days Kenyans honour
as national holidays. CORD, kindly
cancel the hyped Saturday rally, it is
unwarranted and doesnt augur well with
the day ahead of it. Justin Nkaranga
Allow teachers to engage in other
income generating activities
Its absurd that teachers are barred from
engaging in other businesses. What is
the difference between teachers and
other professionals. Teachers also need
extra income as long as the businesses
dont interfere with their working
schedule. We know teachers are not paid
very well so they should be allowed to
engage in alternative business to keep
up with the rising cost of living. Does it
mean that our teachers suffer because
theyve been warned about engaging in
income generating activity? If not, the
Government should increase teachers
salaries if they are to stay focused
and concentrate on teaching. Risper
Kwamboka, Nakuru
State should deal with extremist
agenda set in houses of worship
Kenya has been in the fore-
front in fighting terrorism. Ter-
rorism is a world challenge that
should be fought collectively. It
is shocking and embarrassing to
learn that places of worship are
fast becoming centres of radical-
isation. It is through radicalisa-
tion that the youth find them-
selves members of terror
groups.
The coastal mosques are sus-
pected to be training and re-
cruitment grounds for Al-Sha-
baab. Masjid Musa has been in
the limelight for radicalisation.
This is a huge shame because
radicalisation renders it a breed-
ing ground for doom instead of
good morals, an absolute hypoc-
risy in religion.
EXTREMIST AGENDA
The Government should deal
squarely with the extremist
agenda propagated in mosques
without leniency. This should be
done by establishing the root
cause of radicalisation. I strong-
ly believe that unemployment
and poverty among the youth are
the driving force behind joining
terror groups.
The Government should em-
brace dialogue with the Muslim
community urgently. The top
management of mosques that
propagate extremist agenda
should face the law and account
for the wrong-doings.
Muslim leaders have a collec-
tive responsibility to propagate
unity, harmony and patriotism
as opposed to radicalisation.
They should report the moles
amidst them to help the Govern-
ment restore sanity in the reli-
gion.
I know the Government is not
infringing on the freedom of
worship which should always be
exercised with utmost respect
and law-abiding manner. It is in-
deed true that some Muslim
leaders are playing a pivotal role
in spreading radicalisation. The
Government should not be le-
nient on them. They should be
dealt with in accordance with
the law. The Government should
wedge a full-scale fight against
radicalisation and bring to book
the perpetrators.
UNITED PEOPLE
In a nutshell, Christians and
Muslims have a patriotic and re-
ligious duty to cease radicalisa-
tion. They should synergistically
or collectively encourage the
youth to engage in peace-mak-
ing, patriotism and legal eco-
nomic activities.
Additionally, its a patriotic
commitment for all Kenyans to
work hand in hand with the Gov-
ernment to fight extremism.
They should do what is legal in
order to achieve economic
growth and development. We
must remain a united people
and get rid of religious demarca-
tions.
{Obwin Owen Benjamin, Nairobi}
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
Some proposals by the Teachers
Service Commission (TSC) to be
part of the Teachers Code of Regu-
lations borders on the archaic.
Some cannot be practically im-
plemented. TSC proposes that
teachers must not engage in busi-
ness neither voice political views
nor take part in harambees! Cant a
teacher augment his small pay by
starting a business and employing
someone to run it?
Agri-business is currently the
in-thing among Kenyans. Will a
teacher keeping cows and chickens
for commercial purposes be
deemed to have crossed the line? If
the rule were to pass, then joining
the teaching profession would be
tantamount to entering an eco-
nomic cul-de-sac considering what
teachers earn. It would make teach-
ers paupers.
While it is hard to keep track of
businesses that teachers are en-
gaged in, it will prove more daunt-
ing to ensure that teachers remain
tight-lipped on political affairs.
While the rule on politics is well in-
tentioned, it should not be stretched
to cases where it is punishable for a
teacher to call for better gover-
nance. Politics is a generalised term
and its clear meaning according to
TSC must come out .Teachers cant
be stopped from voicing discontent
through forums like this column.
However, the rider that teachers
must be modest in their speech, es-
pecially considering their infulence
on children, applies.
Professionals have always been
accused of being aloof towards po-
litical discourse in the country,
leaving it to the riffraff of society. It
is thus puzzling for TSC to alienate
teachers from politics. In the run-
up to the referendum on the then
proposed Constitution, teachers
rightly clamoured for retention of
TSC. They succeeded, while medics
saw the need for such body after
the Constitution was adopted.
{Nicgolas Cheruiyot, Bomet}
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State must ght terror
to lift tourism sector
The Government should improve
security to bring the tourism
sector back on its feet. They
should combat the decline of
tourism due to insecurity.
Huge chunks of money come
from international tourists
compared to local ones hence
uttering irresponsible comments
will only land our economy in
more trouble.
And putting on a brave face
will not save the situation. If
only the Government could work
hand in hand with international
communities to minimise
terrorist attacks, then can we
expect the sector to stabilise.
Grenade attacks have become
too frequent resulting, in fear
by the international community
who are discouraging their
citizens from visiting our
country. Our Government should
embrace the culture of concern
for citizens lives and take
necessary measures to offer
security around the country.
Insecurity has also lowered
the living standards of locals,
especially those depending on
tourism.
The question of unsafe grounds
is leading to depreciation
of our economy as Western
nations issue travel advisories
to their nationals against
visiting the southern coast of
Kenya. This is a drawback to a
considerable number of coast
residents about 31,500 of the
regions residents have been
rendered jobless.
As much as maintaining
security is a collective
responsibility, the Government
should actively combat
insecurity countrywide.
{Shadrack Olieng, Maseno}
Impeachment agenda
derailing development
Since the Embu governors im-
peachment by Members of the County
Assembly and the Senate, many other
MCAs have threatened their governors
to the extent that all eyes are xed on
court battles at the expense of devel-
opment, the very essence of devolu-
tion.
Many governors today are dancing
to MCAs tunes, taking care not to act
in a way that may anger the small
MPs.
We are so engulfed in impeach-
ment that some political leaders are
now abusing it. We have heard CORD
leaders saying they will impeach the
President after accusing him of failing
to provide security and strengthen the
economy.
Currently, Kericho Governor Paul
Chepkwony is awaiting his fate from
the Senate after MCAs impeached him.
Also on the radar is Machakos Gover-
nor Alfred Mutua who recently
slammed his deputy for working with
some MCAs to oust him.
Away from governors, MPs are on
Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne
Waigurus case for transferring former
NYS boss Kiplimo Rugut to the Sports
ministry.
Threatening the President and gov-
ernors with impeachment may end up
affecting only the common man, who
would lose as leaders spend time and
county resources defending them-
selves in court instead of delivering on
their manifestos.
{Julius Otieno, Nairobi}
Display of prejudice
against our own race
Kenyas reputation for racial har-
mony is under threat, thanks to a bi-
zarre statement uttered by a nurse in
a hospital in Rongo, Homa Bay Coun-
ty. An injured person rushed to the
hospital by good Samaritans at night
was abandoned by the nurses. A war
of words ensued between the Samar-
itans, who demanded that the victim
be attended to immediately, and the
nurses who showed no interest. The-
bitter exchange prompted a nurse to
make a statement that left observers
bafed: Even White people die
here!
Her words may have accorded her
newsmaker status for the wrong rea-
sons at the expense of destabilising
a country considered a bastion of ra-
cial tolerance.
It is foolhardy for anyone to imply
that if White people die at the hospi-
tal, then the death of a Black person
in the same facility does not matter!
Does the nurse consider the life of a
White person superior to that of a
Black one? I hope not.
This kind of thinking reeks of in-
tolerance and is the highest level of
racism demonstrated by our very own
race against a son of our land. Noth-
ing hurts more.
Allow me to add my voice to the
chorus of dissonance against this bra-
zen display of prejudice against ones
own race. It is pathetic, to say the
least.
{Okora Abnery, Narok}
Proposed teachers rules border on archaic
Molo sub-county
continues to license
miners despite risk
posed by quarry
activities
Key river faces extinction due to
uncontrolled stone harvesting
OVER 200 MINERS LICENSED
More than 200 quarry miners have
been operating on the banks of Mu-
nyo River since 1989
They are licensed by the National
Environment Management Authority
and the County Government of Na-
kuru
But Nakuru County Executive for
Environment, Water and Natural Re-
sources Richard Rop termed the fee
as suspicious but was quick to as-
sure that an investigation would be
launched to establish the truth
By VINCENT MABATUK
A river in Molo within Nakuru
County is facing extinction due
to uncontrolled stone harvest-
ing, which is ironically licensed.
Several sections of the river
have been heavily eroded. The
river banks have been broken by
aggressive miners, thereby af-
fecting its course.
This has led to a general de-
crease in water levels and in-
creased soil erosion.
And despite this, Molo sub-
county continues to license the
miners, according to documents
in our possession.
Quarry activities pose a great
risk as the mined rocks slide
down the slopes into the river-
bed, blocking its course or forc-
ing the water to seep under-
ground.
These activities also pollute
the river as heavy metals ow in-
to the water during heavy rains.
More than 200 quarry miners
descend into Munyo River every
sunrise armed with all manner
of tools, having been licensed by
the National Environment Man-
agement Authority (Nema) and
the County Government of Nak-
uru.
The locals, who seem oblivi-
ous of the danger they are facing,
said the activities are genuine
and supported by the Govern-
ment as the mining has been go-
ing on since 1989.
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
The vegetation along the riv-
erbank has been cleared by min-
ers in order to access the rocks as
they search for more stones
needed for the development of
rapidly growing construction in-
dustry, particularly around the
urban centres such as Molo, Na-
kuru, Keringet, Olenguruone
and Kericho.
Layers of soil protecting rocks
are scooped and thrown into the
slow and meandering river as
miners create enough room to
chop and prepare construction
stones.
As these activities takes place,
potential clients laugh their
hearts out above the river wait-
ing to pay for their orders with
disregard to the impending di-
saster.
The presence of heavy trac-
tors and lorries lined up along
Molo-Keringet road is a clear in-
dication of an ever-increasing
stone mining activity.
In January last year, 18 people
perished after a 14-seater matatu
lost control and plunged into
one of the several quarries
spread along the Olenguruone-
Molo road.
The driver of the ill-fated
matatu allegedly swerved to-
wards a forested area after losing
control, unaware of the 20m
deep abandoned quarry situated
a short distance from the road.
The huge crater, in which 11
lives were cut short on the spot,
still lies open.
From a distance, loud noises
as men cut stone blocks ll the
air throughout the day. Some
people, including women, make
ballast from waste stones, which
they also sell.
The lling of old quarries
along the section of the river
stretching over 500m has been
abandoned by those responsi-
ble.
This year, Phillip Makini
Akeya paid Sh30,000 to the
County Government to allow
him operate a quarry in Kiambu
along the same river.
A business registration/re-
newal form in our possession in-
dicates that a Margaret Etyang
conrmed having received the
money by appending her signa-
ture on behalf of Molo sub-coun-
ty licensing ofcer on March 31,
this year.
And customers buying stones
part with Sh500 per trailer and
Sh300 for ballast to the county,
whose ofcials have erected a
barrier about a kilometre from
the site.
But Nakuru Countys Execu-
tive for Environment, Water and
Natural Resources Richard Rop
termed the fee as suspicious but
was quick to assure that an in-
vestigation would be launched
to establish the truth.
Mr Rop said the stone min-
ing, apart from exposing the riv-
er to environmental hazards,
was also endangering lives of in-
nocent motorist given that in is
conducted beside the road and
should be suspended.
We will dispatch a team of
experts to the site to compile a
comprehensive report. It is sad
to witness vegetation cover along
the river destroyed in broad day-
light. We want to establish who
authorised this mining, said
Rop.
Nemas Nakuru County Di-
rector Wilfred Osumo conrmed
his ofce was aware about the
mining but said he would inves-
tigate why it was licensed in the
rst instance.
We will tour the place to un-
derstand more on what you are
talking about. Concerned callers
informed us about the illegal
quarry activities which have
been going on along the river,
said Osumo.
Flowing down from the Mau
Complex, Munyo River is a ma-
jor distributary of Molo River
which has served citizens for
hundreds of years. Over the ap-
proximately 100km length that
the river covers from the Mau
Forest to Lake Baringo, this wa-
terway is a primary source of
livelihood to the communities it
ows through.
ABOVE: Stone miners operating
on the banks of Munyo River in
Molo. Sections of the river have
been eroded.
LEFT: Nakuru County Executive
for Environment Richard Rop
(crouching) assesses the dam-
age caused by stone miners on
Munyo River. [PHOTO: BONIFACE
THUKU/STANDARD]
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard NATIONAL NEWS / Page 17
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ties where the railway line will be con-
structed.
We have involved NLC to ensure
land is acquired in accordance with
the law, Muli said.
KR Managing Director Atanas Mai-
na said the contractor was set to begin
in August, when 60 per cent of the re-
quired land should have been pur-
chased.
The contractor is waiting for the
land to be acquired, Maina said.
Also present were NLC Chief Exec-
utive Ofcer Tom Aziz Chivangi,
Chairman of the Land Acquisition and
Taxation Committee Tom Konyimbih,
who is also an NLC commissioner,
and top ofcials from the ministries of
Transport and Lands.
Dr Konyimbih assured land own-
ers that they would be compensated.
Plans underway to begin
SGR project in August
By PATRICK BEJA
Construction of the Sh327 billion
Standard Gauge Railway from Mom-
basa to Nairobi is set to begin in Au-
gust after the acquisition of 11,000
acres along its proposed route, of-
cials have said.
Construction is being delayed by
the land-buying process, a team from
the Transport ministry, Kenya Railway
Corporation (KR) and National Land
Commission (NLC) said at a strategy
meeting in Mombasa yesterday.
Ofcials said China Roads and
Bridges Corporation, the contractor,
has moved to the ground after setting
up the main campsite in Mtito Andei
town and another at the Nairobi South
station.
Transport Principal Secretary Ndu-
va Muli said NLC has been brought on
board to help fast track the land pur-
chase.
Speaking at the meeting at Voyager
Hotel, Mr Muli said the Government
has set aside the initial Sh9 billion to
compensate land owners, adding that
more funds would be made available
from the railway development levy.
The project strategists are set to
assess the route mapped for the rail-
way track from Mombasa to Nairobi
today. Ministry ofcials are also
scheduled to meet governors in coun-
SH327 BILLION SCHEME
Offcials said China Roads
and Bridges Corporation, the
contractor, has moved to the
ground after setting up the
main campsite in Mtito Andei
town and another at the Nairo-
bi South station
Transport PS said the Govern-
ment has set aside the initial
Sh9 billion to compensate land
owners
Transport PS Nduva Muli (left), Kenya
Railways Managing Director Atanas
Maina (centre) and NLC commissioner
Tom Konyimbih at the Voyager Beach
Hotel in Mombasa yesterday. [PHOTO:
MAARUFU MOHAMED/STANDARD]
By ISAIAH LUCHELI
Businessmen in Eldoret town
have protested against alleged ha-
rassment and illegal levies by in-
dividuals claiming to be employ-
ees of Kenya Association of Music
Producers (Kamp).
In a letter written by their law-
yer, the businessmen claimed that
they had received demands from
people allegedly working under a
licence issued by Kamp and who
have been going around harassing
them and collecting unspecied
levies.
Lawyer JM Kimani said traders
had incurred losses as a result and
had been embarrassed despite
having Public Performance Li-
cences from the Music Copyright
Society of Kenya.
The people allegedly acting
on behalf of the said organisation
have visited the business premis-
es in the presence of police of-
cers from Eldoret and harassed
them, the letter addressed to the
copyright director read in part.
The businessmen want Kamp
to furnish them with the names of
its representatives in North Rift,
specically Uasin Gishu County,
and also conrm whether the in-
dividuals harassing them worked
for the organisation.
The traders include Kenya
Credit Traders, Ukwala Supermar-
ket, Cool Joint Electronic, Multi
Vision, North Rift Tourism Asso-
ciation, Panna Music Centre and
Transmatt among other hotels
and electronics outlets.
They also want to know what
formula was used to come up with
payment rates.
Protests over
illegal levies
for copyrights
RoundUp
NAIROBI: Pastor charged
with assaulting congregant
A city pastor has been charged in a
Nairobi court for allegedly assaulting
one of his church members who
reportedly turned down his sexual
advances. David Maina Karuru of
Yaweh Revival Ministry, who appeared
before Chief Magistrate Hannah
Ndungu, was charged with assaulting
Beth Mwende Imaana, resulting in
bodily harm. The court was told the
offences took place on April 29 when
Karuru was accused of assaulting the
victim inside the church.
NAIROBI: Suspect in court
for robbery with violence
A 60-year-old man has been
charged with violent robbery. Joseph
Omurwa, with others not before court,
were accused of being armed with
pistols and robbing Michael Omolo
of Sh272,000, ATM cards, national
identity cards and a mobile phone.
The robbery occurred on May 25 along
Outer Ring Road in Ruaraka. Omurwa
was also charged with another count
of violently robbing James Nduati
of Sh5,000 and a mobile phone, all
valued at Sh60,000, on the same date.
The suspect denied the charges before
Senior Principal Magistrate Victor
Wakumile.
Offcials in process of
acquiring 11,000 acres
for construction, say
land owners will
be compensated
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Pursuant to the Constitution of Kenya Article 201(a), Article 222(1) (d) and Public Finance Management Act 2012, the Budget and Appropriation Committee
of the County Assembly of Migori hereby publish to the general public that the public participation forum on the Budget Estimates for the FY 2014/2015 shall
be conducted as shown below:
DATE SUB-COUNTY WARD TIME VENUE
28
th
May, 2014
Rongo Central Kamagambo
North Kamagambo
9.00 a.m. Rongo Town Hall
Rongo East Kamagambo
South Kamagambo
2.30 p.m. Rongo Town Hall
29
th
May, 2014
Awendo South Sakwa
Central Sakwa
9.00 a.m. Awendo
Awendo North Sakwa
West Sakwa
2.30 p.m. Dede
30
th
May, 2014
Uriri North Kanyamkago
Central Kanyamkago
West Kanyamkago
9.00 a.m. Uriri C. D. F. Ofce
Uriri East Kanyamkago
South Kanyamkago
2.30 p.m. Bware
2
nd
June, 2014
Kuria West Cekoharaka
Isibania
Makerero
Central
ukura East
9.00 a.m. Ikerege
Kuria West Masaba
Tagare
Komosoko/Nyamosesnse
2.30 p.m. Nyankore
3
rd
June, 2014
Nyatike Macalder/Kanyarwanda
North Kadem
9.00 a.m. Akala
Nyatike Kachieng
Kanyasa
2.30 p.m. Sori
4
th
June, 2014 Nyatike Cot Kachola
Muhuru
Kaler
9.00 a.m. Muhuru
5
th
June, 2014
Kuria East Ntimaru East
Ntimaru West
9.00 a.m. Ntimaru
Kuria East Nyabasi East
Nyabasi West
2.30 p.m. Kegonga
6
th
June, 2014
Suna West Wasimbete
Wiga
9.00 a.m.
Ciribe Market
Maranatha Hall
Suna West Wasweta II
Cruba/Ragana
2.30 p.m.
7
th
June, 2014
Suna East Kakrao
Suna Central
9.00 a.m. Migori Stadium
Suna East Kwa
Cod !ope
2.00 p.m. Ayego
Members of the Public i.e. Civil Societies, Professional Croups, Youths, Women Croups, Persons with Disabilities and Faith ased Crganization are hereby
invited and encouraged to participate.
Members of the committee are:
Hon. William Mwita Abed Maroa - Chair 1.
Hon. Titus Wilson Cnyango - vice /Chair 2.
Hon. Ceorge Ckinyi Cmamba - Member 3.
Hon. Nicholas Rioba Nyabiya - " 4.
Hon. !ohn Tibaya Muniko - " 5.
Hon. Phillip Cdera - " 6.
Hon. Hillary Cchola Maeri - " 7.
Hon. Roland Asiga - " 8.
Hon. oaz C. Ckoth - " 9.
(Patrick C. Wakine)
CLERK TO THE COUNTY ASSEMBLY
COUNTY ASSEMBLY OF MIGORI
BUDGET HEARINGS
MIGORI COUNTY ASSEMBLY
Page 20 / NATIONAL NEWS
93 per cent of Kenyans dont know
mandate of land commission
By NGARI GICHUKI
Majority of Kenyans do not know
the functions of the National Land
Commission (NLC), a survey released
by the Land Development and Gover-
nance Institute (LDGI) in Nairobi has
revealed.
The survey, carried out in 27 coun-
ties from April 22 to May 9 indicates
that 93 per cent of Kenyans have
never interacted with NLC nor do they
have knowledge of its mandate over
land governance in the country.
LDGI Executive Director Mwenda
Makathamo said the research estab-
lished that there was a large knowl-
edge gap on the progress of land re-
President
Uhuru Kenyatta
is briefed by
the National
Youth Council
who met him at
State House
Nairobi
yesterday.
[PHOTO: PSCU]
Study carried out in 27
counties also revealed
that Kenyans want
functions of NLC
clearly stated
By KAMAU MUTHONI
Separate cases led by two mining
companies against the Government
will be heard together after the High
Court ordered that they should be
determined by a single judge and al-
located three hearing dates.
Appearing before Justice John Mu-
tungi, Cortec Mining Company and
Basu Mining Company seemed to be
reading from different scripts.
Basu had made an application to
have the two cases consolidated but
Cortec, through lawyer Nelson Havi,
said their case was the primary suit
and therefore ought to be heard and
determined separately.
The matter I led (Cortec case)
was the primary one and they (Basu)
came in later orally asking the court
to enjoin them. We cannot have them
put together as one; the term con-
solidated is long gone but we can hear
them together and have a single judge
determining them, said Havi.
Fred Ngatia, representing Mining
Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala, want-
ed the cases heard together, saying
having them dealt with on different
dates and by different judges would
result in repetition of the judicial pro-
cess.
SQUARE ONE
Your honour, I do not want to win
the case against Cortec and then be
taken back to square one by the sec-
ond case. Let us hear the matters to-
gether and when the judgement is
made then we will have a winner tak-
ing it all, said Ngatia.
Basus lawyer Taib Ali Taib told the
court that there was no need to hear
the matters separately, saying the
three-day allocation was a waste of
the courts time.
He said the lawyers in both cases
would argue similarly and place facts
that were likely to be exactly the same
in both cases.
I am sure that whatever facts will
be put before you will be the same in
both cases. The lawyers will be the
same and thus, your honour, let us
have the matter put together, said
Taib.
Cortec is challenging the decision
by Balala to revoke a mining licence
whereas Basu is challenging the deci-
sion by the mining commisioner to
grant a mining licence to Cortec.
Cases against
State to be
heard together
By PAMELA CHEPKEMEI
The Directorate of Criminal In-
vestigations has written to the chief
public prosecutor seeking to with-
draw intended criminal charges
against lawyer Kamotho Waiganjo
over the irregular sale of Malili
Ranch.
The detectives had recommend-
ed that the lawyer and eight others
should be charged with fraud. The
directorate wrote to the Director of
Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko
on May 21 explaining why they had
decided to seek intervention in
Waiganjos case.
The DPP conrmed receiving the
letter, saying: I received the letter
and forwarded it to Senior Counsel
Paul Muite who is handling the mat-
ter.
In the letter seen by The Stan-
dard, the detectives say Waiganjo
had given the CID crucial informa-
tion they did not have during the
investigations. The investigators last
month recommended to the DPP to
have Waiganjo and eight other peo-
ple charged over irregularities in the
land transaction.
The detectives say Waiganjo
made a representation to the Direc-
tor of CID to consider evidence used
to arrive at the decision to charge
him.
Mr Waiganjo has raised ve fun-
damental issues which he would like
to be considered and subjected to a
further evaluation before you direct
otherwise, the letter reads in part.
SOBERING SURVEY
A survey, carried out in 27
counties from April 22 to May
9, indicates that 93 per cent
of Kenyans have never inter-
acted with the National Land
Commission nor do they have
knowledge of its mandate over
land governance
The study indicated that Ke-
nyans want the differences
between NLC and the Lands
ministry resolved quickly
By SOPHIAH MUTHONI
Constituency Development Fund
(CDF) committee members in all 290
constituencies are training in prudent
administration of the fund thanks to
a partnership between the Ministry of
Devolution and the Constituencies
Development Fund board.
Eldama Ravine MP Moses Lesso-
net, who is also the chairman of the
Parliamentary Select Committee on
CDF, ofciated the opening of the
training. He said the training was es-
sential for CDF committee members.
This training brings together key
stakeholders in the management of
CDF. It is an opportunity for us to
know each other, said Lessonet. He
pointed out that the committee mem-
bers would be taken through Vision
2030, the ve-year medium-term
plans, County Integrated Develop-
ment Plan and their connection with
CDF and the Millennium Develop-
ment Goals.
Acting CDF board chairman John
Wamakonjio echoed Lessonets senti-
ments, saying the training would spell
out the roles of the committees.
CDF teams get training
in administration of fund
Cops withdraw case against city lawyer
DPP Keriako Tobiko
Land Development and Governance
Institute chairman Ibrahim
Mwathane. [PHOTO: BEVERLYNE MUSILI/
STANDARD]
Centre of power...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
forms in the country because
majority of Kenyans do not under-
stand the functions of either the NLC
or the Ministry of Lands, leading to
frustration for those seeking land
services.
Respondents interviewed had
the view that there should be a clear
separation of roles and functions
between the Commission and the
Lands ministry to enable the two
institutions effectively administer and
manage land, said Mr Makathamo.
In summation, the citizens were
dissatised with the services provided
by the institutions and demanded ap-
propriate interventions.
The study indicated that Kenyans
want the differences between NLC
and the Lands ministry resolved
quickly despite being unaware of the
underlying causes. Makathamo said
most Kenyans feel there should be
clear conict resolution mecha-
nisms.
Kenyans are not keen on the
tussle between the ministry and NLC
but are mainly concerned with im-
provement of service delivery, he
said.
He said citizens feel the ministry
and the commission should work
together to provide better services,
adding that they called for a clear
separation of roles and mandates of
new land institutions to ensure clar-
ity on the functions and hence coher-
ence and complementarity in serving
Kenyans.
INEFFECTIVE WAYS
He called for attitude change at
Ardhi House to win back public con-
dence, adding that the audit re-
cently carried out by the Cabinet
Secretary will be meaningless if min-
istry ofcials continue with old, cor-
rupt and ineffective ways.
Poor services have always been
synonymous with the Ministry of
Lands. Without attitude change, the
audit ordered by the Lands Cabinet
Secretary will be a waste of time and
resources, said Mwathane.
NATIONAL NEWS/ Page 21
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
By PHARES MUTEMBEI
Meru Countys strategy to weed
out unscrupulous brokers and in-
crease coffee earnings seems to have
nally paid off.
Yesterday, Governor Peter Munya
announced that after having their
berries processed by the Meru Coun-
ty Coffee Farmers Milling plant, the
rst crop was sold to Switzerland and
Germany at a cost of Sh19.4 million.
The coffee that we are paying for
now is from the low harvest from Oc-
tober to December. This money has
already been sent to the respective
coffee societies for payment to the
farmers, he said.
The next is the high harvest of be-
tween April and June which is antici-
pated to be 16 million kilogrammes,
and at the current rates, it will fetch
about Sh1 billion.
Munya said the impressive returns
are an indication coffee farmers in
Meru can rake in huge prots from
their labour if all coffee is sold under
one roof.
This initiative has paid dividends
for it is reclaiming the past glory of
coffee. It has brought improved earn-
ings to farmers, he said.
Farmers allied to Katheri Coopera-
tive Society will be paid Sh138 per ki-
logramme while those who are mem-
Coffee farmers
in Meru make
Sh19.4 million
Governor Peter Munya
says in the season
running from April to
June, 16 million kilos
will be milled to rake
in Sh1 billion
bers of Njue Cooperative Society will
be paid 97 per kilogramme.
Munya urged farmers to avoid cof-
fee brokers who often exploit them.
I appeal to our coffee farmers to
make use of their central milling
plant. We are warning the cartels that
exploit our farmers to keep off. Those
hawking coffee will also be caught be-
cause it is illegal. They will be arrested
and prosecuted, he said.
LICENSED MILLERS
He said coffee is supposed to be
handled by licensed millers only, add-
ing that the milling and marketing of
the crop has not been received well by
cartels who he said are out to sabo-
tage the initiative.
My government also intends to
replicate this initiative to other sec-
tors like bananas, macadamia, fruits,
potatoes and Miraa. We urge all pro-
ducer groups to support our initiative
so that we uplift the socio-economic
status of our people through value ad-
dition, said Munya.
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FROM LEFT: Meru County Secretary Julius Kimathi with Deputy Governor Raphael Muriungi, Gover-
nor Peter Munya and Executive member in charge of Cooperatives Ntoitha Mtomithiaru address
the Press yesterday, when Munya announced the rst earnings from sale of coffee to Switzer-
land and Germany. [PHOTO: PATRICK MUTHURI/STANDARD]
REVITALISED SECTOR
Governor Peter Munya
commissioned the Meru
County Coffee Farmers Mill-
ing plant in February
First batch to be milled in
the facility was sold to Swit-
zerland and Germany and
farmers made Sh19.4 million
Farmers allied to Katheri
Cooperative Society will be
paid Sh138 per kilogramme
while those who are mem-
bers of Njue Cooperative So-
ciety will be paid 97 per kilo-
gramme
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www.aca.go.ke
The Anti-Counterfeit Act, 2008 established the Anti-Counterfeit Agency (ACA), which of cially started to operate from June
2010. ACA is the lead Government Agency in the protection of Intellectual Property (IP) and the fght against counterfeits in
Kenya.
We must protect Our Economy, Health and Safety of Kenyans towards realization of Vision 2030
Currently, Kenya is experiencing moderate economic growth and has the potential to become the next frontier emerging mar-
ket for trade and investment. The scourges of counterfeiting and piracy are major impediments to increased trade and invest-
ment, and therefore to economic growth. Additionally, counterfeit consumer goods, including pharmaceuticals, are often of
substandard quality and pose an unacceptable risk to the health and safety of the Kenyan consumers.
Success in todays global economy is increasingly dependent upon efective identifcation, protection, and enforcement of
intellectual property (IP) assets. In fact, IP-based businesses and entrepreneurs today drive more economic growth globally
than any other single sector. Protection against counterfeiters provides the incentives for the worlds most innovative minds to
develop cures for deadly diseases, productivity-enhancing softwares, safe and plentiful food supplies, and clean energy tech-
nologies. IP rights also enhance our cultural life.
Given the signifcant threat of IP theft to both the success of individual companies and the economy as a whole, protection of
IP assets is critical whether you are a major multinational frm, a single-person, or a Jua Kali-based business. It is the diference
between a businesss continued existence and its closing! We protect all IP owners including the SMEs who are the business
incubators and the back-bone to our economy towards realization of Vision 2030.
Intellectual Property (IP) is under attack around the world. By buying counterfeit goods, you are helping the trader to break
the law and many fraudsters use the proceeds from selling counterfeit goods to fund drug dealing or other types of organised
crime. Buying fake goods contributes to job losses because genuine manufacturers are unable to match prices charged by
rogue traders. You are also depriving the genuine manufacturers of any proft.
IP is also under threat by some activists and a handful of organizations that promote the view that IP rights are an obstacle,
rather than a catalyst to economic development and growth.
What is Counterfeiting or IP Infringement?
Intellectual Property (IP) is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive
rights are recognized by law. A common type of IP is the trademark. This is a sign which distinguishes your products and services
from those of other traders. Examples of trademarks are Nokia, Omo, Colgate, Pembe and Tusker.
IP infringement (or counterfeiting) occurs when an unscrupulous business person manufactures goods and sells them under
a brand name without the brand owners authorization. In other words, counterfeiting is abuse of intellectual property rights.
It should be noted that not all counterfeit goods are sub-standard, and not all sub-standard goods are counterfeit. ACA does
not enforce standards.
The following are some of the common features of counterfeit goods: it is too cheap to be true, has unfamiliar features, it is
poorly made, has spelling/grammatical errors and missing details on the packaging, etc,
How Can You Protect Your Goods From Counterfeiting?
1) Register your intellectual property (e.g. trademark) with Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI) and obtain a registration
certifcate
2) In case of infringement of your IP (which has been protected), the IPR owner or his agent should report the infringement
to ACA and provide the following:-
Duly flled Form ACA 8 (laying a complaint)
Samples of the genuine (protected) and counterfeit goods
Duly flled Form ACA 9 to indemnify the Agency against wrongful seizure of any alleged counterfeit goods
Duly flled Form ACA 12 (submission of particulars of your intellectual property right)
Duly flled Form ACA 15 (power of attorney) if the complainant is an agent. The agent is required to pay a fee of Kshs
1,000
A complaint fee of Kshs 10,000
3) The Agency (in liaison with the complainant and other enforcement agencies) will carry out seizures and arrest and pros-
ecute the suspects
4) The complainant should fully cooperate with the Agency during the prosecution process
It should be noted that the Agency is legally mandated to act on formal complaints by IPR holders (including agents) on pro-
tected goods only (i.e. goods whose IP have been registered with KIPI).
Our Collaboration with the British High Commission and the Judiciary
We have partnered with the British High Commission, Nairobi in capacity building of ACA staf through benchmarking visits to
the United Kingdom as well as funding in specialized training in criminology, forensic investigations and intelligence gathering.
Notably, we have also held Intellectual property rights sensitization workshops for more than 100 of cers from the Judiciary and
the of ce of the Directorate of Public Prosecution through our collaboration.
Other Milestones in the war against counterfeiting:
We have
Enforced the Anti-Counterfeit Act 2008 and inculcated an appreciation of the IP laws. In this we have received over 195
complaints in the last four years and successfully prosecuted and won 35 cases of counterfeit goods worth over KShs 620
million.
Educated the consumer public and private sectors on intellectual property protections. A notable achievement in this front
is the Fagia Bandianationwide campaigns (Kiswahili word for clean or brush away). These campaigns are in a partnership
with the US Embassy and other stakeholders in countrywide awareness forums targeting learning institutions, Media,
consumers, enforcement agencies and community leaders at the grass root level through road shows and seminars.
WAY FORWARD
Collaborate: We urge all players including IPR holders, government agencies and consumers to collaborate with the
Agency in enforcing the law and educating the public on the dangers of counterfeits.
Register: The business fraternity including SMEs must ensure their trademarks are registered for protection.
Report IP infringement cases to ACA. The consumers need to be more vigilant on the products they use. They need to
report to ACA or the trademark owners on suspicious counterfeiting.
Executive Director
Anti-Counterfeit Agency
Kenyatta Avenue,
Telposta Towers, 4th Floor,
P.O. Box, 47771-00100,
Nairobi, Kenya.
Hotline: 020 2280111
SMS NO :21210
NOTHING LESS THAN OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY,
THE ECONOMY OF KENYANS ARE AT STAKE!
Kideros plan on city commuter buses opposed
By ISAAC MESO
Matatu Welfare Association (MWA) and
Matatu Owners Association (MOA) have jointly
opposed plans by Nairobi County government
to buy commuter buses to operate within the
Central Business District (CBD).
Led by MOA Chairman Simon Kimutai, the
groups argued that the move would drive some
of their members out of business.
We are warning the Nairobi County govern-
ment to stop intimidating matatu owners. We
have suffered enough and if the county govern-
ment has a plan to disrupt our operations and
push us out of business in the CBD, we will coun-
ter it, he said.
Kimutai urged Nairobi Governor Evans Kide-
ro to suspend the importation of the buses and
allow room for dialogue between his govern-
ment and matatu owners.
FIRST BATCH
Recently, Nairobi County Executive for Pub-
lic Works, Roads and Transport Evans Ondieki
announced that the county would receive the
rst batch of buses for the Bus Rapid Transit sys-
tem by June.
Ondieki said the project, which targets to ac-
quire 2,000 buses, will rst receive some 200 bus-
es in a move aimed at easing commuting within
the county.
Page 22 / NATIONAL NEWS Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
By ISAAC MESO and
ELEANOR NANDWA
In two months, passengers
will be paying with cards not
cash to ride in matatus.
Players in the matatu indus-
try yesterday revealed that they
were at an advanced stage on
the road to introducing a cash-
less payment system ahead of
the July 1 deadline set by the
Government.
The Government, through
Legal Notice No. 219 of the Na-
tional Transport Safety Author-
ity Act that was gazetted on De-
cember 17 last year, required all
matatu owners to introduce a
cashless payment system be-
fore July.
The Chairman of Matatu
Cards set to replace
cash in matatus
Passengers
expected to use
cashless system to
pay their fares as
early as July
Owners Association (MOA)
Simon Kimutai said they had
partnered with a local com-
pany, Fibre Space Limited, to
introduce prepaid cards for
passengers and point-of-sale
terminals for owners of
matatu saccos.
The company is also ex-
pected to install black box-
es in all matatus which will
keep a video record of all the
activities in the vehicles to re-
duce the insecurity brought
about by terrorism.
IMPROVE BUSINESS
It is time for us in the
matatu industry to embrace
technology and use it to im-
prove our business. This is
why we have partnered with
this technology company to
come up with a cashless pay-
ment system that will boost
revenue by 30 per cent for
matatu owners, he said.
Kimutai said this when he
met members and ofcials of
matatu Saccos from various
parts of the country in Nairo-
bi. He was accompanied by
ofcials from MOA and
Simon Kimutai, chairman Matatu Owners Association (left), Senator Mike Mbuvi (centre) and Mpu-
ru Aburi, MP Tigania East Constituency, during the launch of a card, that will be used by travellers
to pay their fares. [PHOTO: WILBERFORCE OKWIRI/STANDARD]
Matatu Welfare Association.
Mwakio Ngale, General
Manager, Fibre Space Limited,
said that the new cards, which
go by the name 1963 cards, will
be used by commuters to pay
fares on all 1963-compliant
matatus and buses.
Commuters will access this
cards for free by registering with
a 1963 agent. However, for their
card to be activated they will be
required to top it up with a min-
imum of Sh50, said Ngale.
The use of the cards will also
curb the menace of hiking of
fares during peak hours as it
will allow a fair pricing system
with no issuance of change.
The card also has a redeem-
able points system that pro-
vides a loan of up to 10 per cent.
Ngale noted that the use of new
technology will create jobs es-
pecially for the youths.
It will also create staff disci-
pline and stem loss of millions
of shillings to cartels, thieving
crews and corrupt police of-
cers, according to Kimutai.
Divers and touts will be on
monthly salaries, said
Kimutai.
23
RD
GRADUATION CEREMONY
Sh584 million rosewood
timber recovered at port
KWS conrms with
Malagasy authorities
that the hard-wood
consignment is indeed
an illegal export
By PHILIP MWAKIO
Three months of tracking
trafckers, exchange of intelligence
between conservation authorities in
Kenya, Madagascar and across the
world led to the weekend bust of a
multi-million shilling illegal trade in
endangered rosewood species,
native to Madagascar.
Reports indicate that the vessel
which brought the cargo, valued at
Sh584 million, to Kenya was initially
expected to dock at the Port of
Mombasa in March but suddenly
changed route.
Furthermore, three other ships,
which were being tracked on
suspicion of ferrying the timber
species, also failed to dock at the
port, as scheduled, in April without
explanation.
The Standard has established
that the collaboration, which led to
recovery of the cargo, involved
working with a network of interna-
tional intelligence sources who
monitor illegal trade in ora and
fauna.
After the cargo was recovered,
Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said it
had conrmed with authorities that
the rosewood consignment inter-
cepted at the Port is indeed an illegal
export.
TRAILING CARGO
We have conrmation from the
Cites (Convention on International
Trade on Endangered Species) ofce
in Madagascar that there are no
quota allocations for the export of
rosewood since a ban on its
exploitation is still in place, said
KWS Assistant Director, Coast
Conservation Area Arthur Tuda.
Tuda said the consignment was
found in 34 containers which were
off loaded at the port from a vessel
that had arrived from, Zanzibar for
transhipment to a consignee based
in Hong Kong.
He said each of the 20 feet
containers were packed with
rosewood and the street value of the
cargo in each container would be
Sh17 million. The containers are
now under 24-hour guard at the
Port.
Tuda explained that his team of
intelligence ofcers, working in close
collaboration with international
sources, had been trailing the illegal
cargo after getting a tip on March 20,
2014.
When we rst started tracking
the illegal cargo, we were keen on a
vessel that was scheduled to call at
the Port of Mombasa around March
but it never got here, he said.
Tuda said they later learnt that
three other ships, on the radar for
illegal rosewood consignment, were
expected to dock at the port on April
11, 2014.
EVENTS SEQUENCE
The vessels changed their entry
dates to April 17 but they did not
show up. We, however, did not give
up and asked rms, tasked with ship
movement in and out of the Port for
assistance, said the KWS ofcial.
Tuda said failure by the vessels to
call at the port created suspicion and
they kept vigil. They were later
informed that another vessel was
heading toward the port and would
be docking by May 19.
He said once the vessel got to
Mombasa, they scrutinised its cargo
manifest and found it had been
listed as transhipment, to be
ofoaded into another vessel.
This was meant to hoodwink us.
In fact, the manifest indicated that
the cargo onboard was ordinary
wood, he said.
Tuda said this further conrmed
their suspicions since there is
nothing like ordinary wood. Each
piece of wood is from a certain
specie and the exporters are
required to be specic.
With all these factors in place,
we opened the containers and
conrmed our suspicions. We are
now awaiting further communica-
tion from our Malagasy counterparts
before we agree on the mode of
disposal for the illegal consign-
ments, he said.
The expos by KWS comes at a
time when Environmentalists and
the international community are
trying to nd ways of limiting
damage caused by an increase in
illegal logging of precious hard-
woods in Madagascar.
A KWS ranger views Malagasy rosewood timber seized at the Port of Mombasa
on transit to Hong-Kong from Zanzibar. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU / STANDARD]
WHAT HAPPENED
Recovery of the cargo was
as a result of three months
tracking and exchange of
intelligence with various
sources
The consignment was
discovered in 34, 20 feet
containers marked for
transhipment to Hong-
Kong from Zanzibar
Page 23
LEARNING: Boarding primary
schools to combat illiteracy
Mombasa County Education
Director Abdulkadir Kike has said the
national Government intends to build
boarding primary schools in various
sub-counties as a strategy to combat
illiteracy in the area.
Speaking yesterday during the
launch of the Jitegemee Project by
Kenya Red Cross society, Kike said
the Government has already built two
schools, Jomvu Girls Secondary School
and Bububu Secondary School and
seeks to establish another.
He said Sh25 million had been
released for development of schools
and added that the two schools will be
equipped to ultra-modern status.
Kike said there is concern over the
low transition rate from primary to
secondary schools to tertiary level.
I do not know where the children
are. Most have not reported to school
for second term. We need to analyse
how many students are in class and
map the way forward, he said.
ACCUSED: Kaguthi says
leaders are to blame for
travel advisories
The National Chairman of the
Task Force on Community Policing,
famously known as Nyumba Kumi,
Joseph Kaguthi has accused some
political leaders of supporting terrorist
organisations and orchestrating
Western travel advisories that have
wrecked Kenyas tourism sector.
Speaking at Tiwi market in Kwale
County yesterday, Kaguthi (pictured
above) said some leaders have been
giving Kenya a bad image, making
many foreigners afraid of visiting the
country.
The hotel I slept in had less than
30 guests yet it can accommodate
around 300 guests. There is a
possibility that the leaders are telling
foreigners bad things about our
country, he said.
Kaguthi said the leaders doing this
do not have the countrys interest at
heart.
Page 23
MOMBASA COUNTY
MOMBASA COUNTY
TAITA TAVETA COUNTY
Monday, March 24, 2014
C
oun
cil locks out public
tran
sport from
city C
B
D
Residents received
the move varmly
as matatu operators
protested, but nov
council says all is vell
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 reroute public
transport from the C8u, it was
received with mixed reactions
Pesidents 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 regrouped to
protest the directive
however, yesterday the
council said operators and
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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.
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
CORNERED: 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.
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
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard Page 24 / COAST NEWS
Taita Taveta
County
Assembly
Speaker
Maganga
Meshack
Maghanga
(front) and
Governor John
Mruttu leave
the county
assembly
chambers in
Wundanyi town
yesterday after
the governor ad-
dressed MCAs
during a special
sitting.
[PHOTO: RENSON
MNYAMWEZI/
STANDARD]
By RENSON MNYAMWEZI
Taita Taveta Governor John
Mruttu has acknowledged that
economic development and social
transformation in his county is slow
and attributed it partly to an
unpredictable ow of funding from
the national government.
Mr Mruttu was addressing a
special sitting of the county
assembly.
The governor conrmed that
Taita Taveta County still faces slow
growth, poor education standards,
unacceptably high levels of unem-
ployment and absolute poverty,
adding that key sectors like agricul-
ture, livestock, tourism and mining
were under performing.
He said an unpredictable ow of
funds from the National Treasury
was a source of concern for his
administration as it made planning
development projects difcult.
The governor said the other
major challenge has been low
capacity in nance and procure-
ment.
Mruttu: Development pace too slow
We are hopeful that this pattern
will not repeat itself in the next
nancial year, the governor said.
Mruttu said the countys
economic growth would be affected
by a delayed release of Sh300 million
equalisation funds from Treasury.
His sentiments come after
residents and leaders expressed
concern over the regions slow
development pace despite being
allocated billions of shillings by the
national government.
The county government has also
been criticised for not drafting or
passing crucial bills such as the
County Investment Authority Bill,
Alcohol Drinks and Control Bill, and
Economic and Social Bill.
While I agree that we must take
criticism positively, I would like us to
reect on the amount of time the
national government and Parliament
have taken to prepare and pass
bills, he said.
NEW MEASURES
Mruttu, who was accompanied
by Speaker of the County Assembly
Maganga Meshack Maghanga and
his deputy Mary Ndiga, said that to
date, the county has received only
Sh2.2 billion from Treasury and a
further Sh781 million was in the
bank.
We expect to receive one last
disbursement of Sh200 million in
July, he said.
The governor also announced
measures aimed at facilitating
economic growth in a county where
By TOBIAS CHANJI
Construction of a new
bus park in Kwale town will
begin at the end of June and
cost Sh28 million, the local
County Executive Committee
Member in charge of
Devolution and Planning
Hemed Mwabudzo an-
nounced yesterday.
Mr Mwabudzo said a
notice had already been
issued to business owners
operating at the Kwale
market to leave by June 20.
The project will include
the construction of parking
sheds, pathways, stalls and
drainage, Mwabudzo told
journalists in his ofce.
NEW LOOK
He said the bus park and
market stalls would have a
modern look that would
enhance the towns overall
appearance.
We will start construc-
tion next month once traders
have been moved. By next
week, their new grounds will
be ready for them to move,
he said.
The CEC said Sh20
million would be spent on
construction of the bus park
and Sh8 million would be
used to put up new business
stalls.
He was however unsure of
the number of traders who
would be affected by the
move.
We do not yet know the
number of traders who will
be affected but they are less
than 200. We are currently
compiling their details to
ascertain their exact
numbers, he said.
Sh28m bus park construction starts in June
at least 60 per cent of the total
population lives below the poverty
line.
He said his administration would
provide farmers with tractors and
subsidised fertilisers for improved
agricultural production.
Noting that the county has
consistently been dependent on
food aid from the national govern-
ment and donors, Mruttu said his
government had embarked on
advising local farmers to diversify
their farming activities by planting
drought-resistant crops such as
sorghum.
The governor said in this farming
season, more than 100 acres of land
have been put under sorghum and
the results have been encouraging.
In his speech to the MCAs, the
governor said: We must strive to
create a business climate that will
propel our county to the next level in
terms of prosperity and poverty
alleviation among residents.
For this to succeed, we must
have a culture that supports free
enterprise, industrialisation, training
and research, new marketing
strategies for goods and services,
encourages innovation and creates
jobs in the service industry.
Governor said this is
due to unpredictable
fow of funding from
national government
TAITA TAVETA COUNTY
KWALE COUNTY
The county Government of Kili wishes to purchase land within the precincts of Mtwapa
Township for the purpose of construction of Market and Bus Park. Ideal land should meet the
following conditions:-
Should have an acreage of a minimum of ve (5) acres
Should be located along or near the main Mombasa Malindi road (Not more than
100M away from the road)
Should be free from any encumbrances
Should not be the subject to any litigation
Should have an authentic title deed
Should have sufcient roads of access
The tender documents are available at the procurement ofce (Ground Floor) situated at
the Deputy Governors ofce, Kili Upon payment of a non-refundable fee of KSH. 1,000.
The fee shall be paid in cash to the receiving cash ofce situated at the ofce of the Deputy
Governor Kili.
Completed tender documents shall be sealed and marked with the tender number and de-
scription only and should be deposited in the TENDER BOX located at the ofce of the
Deputy Governor or be addressed to:
County Secretary
Kili County Government
P.O. Box 519 80108, Kili
Tenders will be opened on or before 11
th
June, 2014 at 10.30 am late bids will be returned
un-opened.
Tenders will be opened immediately in the presence of the tenderers or their representatives
who choose to attend at the Boardroom located at the ofce of the Deputy Governor.
OWEN YAA BAYA
COUNTY SECRETARY
TENDER FOR PURCHASE OF LAND
KILIFI COUNTY GOVERNMENT
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard COAST NEWS / Page 25
Kili Governor Amason Kingi.
[PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]
By JOSEPH MASHA
Kili Governor Amason
Kingi has predicted an
economic boom for his
county if ongoing exploration
of petroleum off the Malindi
Coast bears fruit.
Kingi said Dominion
Petroleum Kenya Limited, a
Kenya subsidiary of Ophir
Energy Group of Companies
from the United Kingdom,
has launched oil exploration
in parts of Kili County.
He said these same areas
also have minerals like
manganese and iron ore
whose exploitation will
change the countys fortunes
tremendously.
The governor made the
remarks at Rima Rapera
Primary School in Ganze
District yesterday when he
presided over a ground
breaking ceremony for the
construction of modern
classrooms, an administra-
tion block and toilets using
funds donated by the oil and
gas exploration company.
IMPROVED ECONOMY
Kingi said the schools
upgrade is part of the oil
companys corporate social
responsibility.
Kili County is endowed
with mineral deposits such as
manganese, iron ore and now
with oil exploration, our
countys economy is set to
benet tremendously if oil is
discovered, he said.
The governor thanked the
oil company for donating
funds to put up the modern
classrooms.
He said lack of proper
Uproar after two suspects shot dead
Governor hopeful
oil exploration
will yield fruits
learning infrastructure in the
county is to blame for schools
poor performance in national
examinations.
FGHFHGF HGFGHFGH
It is unfortunate that
some of our children are
forced to sit under trees due
to lack of classrooms. This has
made our students perform
very poorly, he said.
Kingi challenged the
national Government to give
counties powers to look at
development of school
infrastructure.
He said as things stand,
county governments are only
allowed to look at the
infrastructural work of
nursery schools while that of
primary and secondary
schools is left to the national
Government.
School infrastructural
funds should be transferred
from the Government to the
counties so that we can tackle
problems encountered by our
students, he said.
By BENARD SANGA
A 16-year-old is among
two suspected muggers shot
dead yesterday morning at
Zamzam area in Kisauni,
Mombasa, sparking fresh
claims of extra-judicial killing
by police.
However, Kisauni Deputy
OCPD Walter Abondo
defended the killing, saying
the two are among a gang of
robbers that has been
terrorising residents.
Their killing has sparked
protests from human rights
activists and a section of
politicians, saying it is proof
of sustained extra-judicial
killings specically targeting
MOMBASA COUNTY
KILIFI COUNTY
Muslim youth.
Abondo said Ali Rashid,
whose relatives say was aged
only 16 and Ali Babaso, 22,
were shot after they resisted a
police order to surrender.
However, family members
and witnesses have refuted
the claims, saying police shot
the suspects outside a house
under construction that they
were guarding.
INCREASED TENSION
We received information
at about 5am that there was a
group of young men terroris-
ing people. Police arrived and
found three youths mugging a
person. As we approached,
they pointed, what we later
found out was a toy gun, at us
and police opened re, killing
the two, he said.
The incident has fuelled tension in
the area with youth saying they will
avenge the killings.
Human Rights groups led by Haki
Africa termed the killings an act of
provocation, saying such killings are
what is pushing youths to radicalisa-
tion.
People have been asking why there is
radicalisation in Mombasa. This is the
answer, when youth are killed this way
and the Government does not apprehend
the ofcers behind the killings, the
youths are left with no option but to ght
back, said Haki Africa Executive Ofcer
Hussein Khalid.
He said the Government should inves-
tigate and arrest the ofcer who killed
the two young men, saying even if they
were criminals they should have been
arrested and taken to court.
Mombasa nominated senator Emma
Mbura (TNA) said: Its about time the
President took a tough stance against
police ofcers who sow seeds of discord
in the region. Too many young men are
being killed by police with impunity and
we are not seeing any efforts being mad
to address this.
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Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology PS Joseph Tiampati Ole
Musuni (left) confers with ISACA President Nancy Onyango at the ISACA
Conference at Nyali Beach Hotel, Mombasa. [PHOTO: KELVIN KARANI/STANDARD]
By BENARD SANGA
Experts in Internet crime have
warned that terrorists are using the
countrys cyberspace to coordinate
their attacks due to lack of neces-
sary laws and capacity to deal with
thriving cybercrimes.
Information Communication
Technology (ICT) experts meeting in
Mombasa have also said that the
countrys criminal justice system
lacks skills to deal with cybercrime
and this is also contributing to its
rampant increase.
The ICT professionals afliated
to the Systems Audit and Control
Association (ISACA), are in Mom-
basa to deliberate on ICT and
security in light of increased terror
attacks in the country.
LEGISLATION NEEDED
The country is lagging behind
on ICT legislation and the ght
against cybercrime. The rise in
terrorism and fraud committed
through the countrys cyberspace is
costing this country alot, said
ISACA Kenya Chapter President
Nancy Onyango.
Addressing the press at Nyali
Beach Hotel, after opening the
annual conference which will
deliberate on security and cyber-
crimes in the country, Onyango
urged the government to fast track
enactment of relevant legislation.
She said this will enable the
country effectively deal with
cybercrime which has been found to
ICT experts
want laws to
protect Kenyas
cyberspace
be costing the country billions of
shillings
Last year, estimates by Informa-
tion, Communication and Technol-
ogy Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred
Matiangi showed that the country
may have lost up to Sh2 billion
through fraud conducted by ICT
savvy criminals.
However, Onyango said monies
lost could be more than this
estimated amounts given that most
nancial institutions shy away from
giving correct data of the amount of
money lost.
Banks, especially, would not be
willing to share exact amounts lost
because they fear losing clients.
Kenya is one of the country that is
witnessing a robust growth in the
ICT sector but legislation is lagging
behind. This must be rectied for
attacks using cyber space have
become a worrying trend.
Recent cases of terrorist attacks
on Kenya is a wake-up call on the
need for enhanced cyberspace
security, he said.
Tiampati warned that the
government will take action against
mobile operators whose unregis-
tered SIM cards are found to have
been used to commit crimes.
The PS said ICT use has also
brought inherent threats such as
nancial fraud or deliberate damage
of critical information infrastructure.
better cyberspace security, she said.
In 2010, the government issued a
directive requiring mobile operators
to register all Subscriber Identica-
tion Module (SIM) cards failure to
which the companys chief executive
ofcers would be held responsible
for crime committed with unregis-
tered SIM cards.
WAKE-UP CALL
Yesterday, Information, Commu-
nication and Technology Ministry
Principal Secretary, Joseph Tiampati
ole Musuni, said cases of terrorist
By TOBIAS CHANJI
The Transition Authority (TA) has
said Counties should be allowed to
employ Early Childhood Education
(ECD) teachers.
The authority said early child
hood education is a constitutional
mandate of county governments and
wondered why there is a debate on
who should employ these teachers.
Teachers unions and the Teachers
Service Commission (TSC) has
opposed the move by counties to
hire these teachers arguing that only
the national government and TSC
have been mandated to do so.
However, speaking in Kwale
County on Monday, TA Ofcer
Simeon Pkiyach said there should be
no controversy over this employ-
ment issue because the law is very
clear on who between the counties
and TSC is supposed to employ ECD
teachers.
QUALIFIED TEACHERS
Teachers Service Commission
has only been given the mandate to
register ECD teachers and not
employ them, he said.
Pkiyach said the counties
however have to work with the
commission in ensuring they
employ qualied individuals.
Kenya National Union of
Teachers (Knut) Executive Secretary
Kinango branch Simeon Nyundo has
persistently insisted that the move
by counties to employ ECD teachers
is unwarranted since they (counties)
lack capacity to do so.
The ofcial said even if counties
are allowed to employ nursery
school teachers, there will be
inequality across the country
because some counties get more
money than others.
Only TSC can appoint teachers
such that each region is adequately
covered, he said.
However, county assembly
education committee chair, Anthony
Yama, said they will go all out and
employ ECD teachers.
Counties can
employ ECD
tutors, says TA
By PASCAL MWANDAMBO
Taxi operators in Taita-Taveta
County have not been able to
realise good gains from their
businesses due to lack of a sound
cooperative base.
This has given matatu owners an
edge over them and now they want
to change this state of affairs.
Addressing taxi operators at the
Dawida Hall in Mwatate town, the
Taita-Taveta taxi operators chair-
man, Dickson Babu, said their main
competitors in the matatu sector
are already operating through
Saccos which is giving them greater
bargaining power unlike taxi
operators.
NOT UNITED
The only way to fend off stiff
competition from our rivals is to
form a strong co-operative base so
that we can consolidate our gains
in business Babu said.
He said taxi operators, especially
those using Probox vehicles for
long distance routes, have been
unfairly vilied by matatu owners
not because they are breaking the
law but because they are perceived
as bringing undue competition.
Since we do not have a united
front, we also do not have a good
capital base. If we hope to be a
formidable business force, we must
unite and pool our resources, he
said.
Taxi operators urged to form Saccos
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Airline to increase
its fights into Kenya
By PHILIP MWAKIO
Two airplanes laden with
close to 300 tourists from
western Europe landed at the
Moi International Airport
(MIA) early yesterday, a
gesture hailed by stakeholders
as a sign of undying faith in
Kenya as a tourism destina-
tion.
One of the worlds leading
leisure airlines, Condor, has
announced that it will
increase its ight rotations to
Moi International Airport
Mombasa beginning end of
July to four ights a week.
The airline announced this
when one of its planes landed
at the airport early yesterday
with 200 tourists, mainly
Germans, who were en route
to Zanzibar at a time when
Kenyas tourism sector at the
coast has taken a beating due
to terrorism fears.
MORE FLIGHTS
Condor has an annual
transportation capacity of
more than 6.7 million and
covers over 75 destinations in
Europe, Africa, Asia and the
Americas.
According to Tim Rem-
berg, TUIs Resident Manager
in charge of the German and
Polish markets in Mombasa,
the current two ights per
week on Monday and
Saturday will, starting next
month, increase to three
weekly ights.
TUI is Europes leading
travel group and speaking to
The Standard at MIA
yesterday, Remberg said
starting end of June, a fourth
Condor will now
make three weekly
trips to Mombasa
up from two
MOMBASA COUNTY
charter ight will be ying
into Mombasa direct from
Frankfurt, Germany.
The Condor ight from
Frankfurt touched down at
MIA at 5.45am.
Speaking to The Standard
after alighting from the ight,
German tourist, Sebastian
Glau and his partner Eileen
Grossmaur said this was their
rst visit to Kenya.
We are looking forward to
an eight-day Safari where we
hope to sample Kenyas idyllic
wildlife and scenery which we
have only heard of. We will
then go to Zanzibar after this
for a beach holiday, Glau
said.
TRAVEL ADVISORIES
Earlier on, a Turkish
Airlines operated ight with
50 tourists on board touched
down at 3am from Istanbul
via Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.
Recent travel advisories
issued by the United King-
dom, France and the United
States of America followed by
evacuation of tourists created
a dent in Kenyas travel and
tourism industry.
The UK-based, all-inclu-
sive tour company, First
Choice, and Thomson
Airways cancelled all ights
and vacations to Kenya.
A statement posted on the
Thompson Tours website
indicated that it has cancelled
all ights to Mombasa until
October 31, 2014.
Thomson and First Choice
Resort Team Manager Racheal
Day said they were directed to
repatriate 447 British
nationals in Mombasa.
The latest British advisory
issued extended to areas
located ve kilometres off the
Coast from Mtwapa Creek in
North Coast Mombasa, and
Tiwi in South Coast, but did
not include Diani or Moi
International Airport.
Most of the tourists
expressed disappointment
over the evacuation and were
not pleased about having to
cut short their vacation.
Some of the more than 100 German tourists, who arrived at the
Moi International Airport aboard a Condor ight from Frankfurt.
[PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]
By PASCAL MWANDAMBO
Investigations into a land ownership
dispute between a giant sisal farm in Mwatate
constituency, Taita Taveta County, and the
local communities is about to be brought to an
end.
Fresh evidence now indicates that locals
were deprived of thousands of acres of their
land by the sisal farm. The proof dates back to
a Kenya Gazette notice issued in 1973 indicat-
ing that the sisal farm land did not exceed
30,000 acres.
SURVEY LAND
The evidence, which is now being analysed
by members of the Parliamentary Lands
Committee, the National Land Commission
and National Intelligence will be used to
determine how much land should be reverted
to the locals.
Addressing wananchi at Mwatunge grounds
over the weekend, area MP Andrew Mwadime
said the squatter problem might be a thing of
the past once survey is undertaken to ascertain
how much land the sisal farm owns.
The top management of Teita Sisal Estate
recently admitted to the media that their land
only measures about 30,000 acres. We are now
asking surveyors to move in and establish the
estates actual land size so that excess land is
reverted to wananchi who continue to live in
abject poverty as squatters, he said.
The legislator said even though a piece of
land had been set aside at Mgeno Ranch for
the county headquarters, it would have been
better if the headquarters was built on the yet
to be reclaimed land from the giant sisal farm
because of its central location.
Teita Sisal Estate, which sits on 108,000
acres, has been at loggerheads with the local
communities, who claim the farm encroached
on their ancestral land and planted sisal right
up to our doorsteps.
New evidence could resolve land dispute
TAITA TAVETA COUNTY
TENDER NOTICE
INVITATION FOR PREQUALIFICATION (IFQ)
TENDER NO: TENDER NO: KURA/HQS/220/2013-2014
PREQUALIFICATION OF SUPPLIERS FOR SUPPLY OF GOODS AND SERVICES FOR
PERIOD ENDING 30TH JUNE 2015
The Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) is a State Corporation established under the Kenya Roads Act, 2007, with the core mandate of
the management, development and maintenance of urban roads within municipalities in Kenya except where those roads are national
roads. As a leading Government Agency with the above mandate, the Authority hereby invites interested and eligible bidders for
prequalication as suppliers for supply of goods and services. Categorization of items for prequalication shall be as detailed in the
prequalication document and in KURA website: www.kura.go.ke/tenders.
Interested eligible candidates may obtain further information and inspect the pre-qualication documents from the collection centers
detailed below during normal working hours.
Pre-qualication documents will be obtained free of charge.
Completed Pre-qualication documents enclosed in plain sealed envelopes clearly marked Prequalication of Suppliers for goods
and services for Period ending 30
th
June 2015 indicating the respective pre-qualication item no. and category without disclosing
name of the applicant, must be delivered to the respective submission centers detailed below and be deposited in the respective Tender
box provided so as to be received on or before dates and time provided in the table below.
The following are the collection and submission centers as well as closing dates and time referred to above;-
REGION Collection/Submission Centre Address Date and Time of Closing/opening
NAIROBI REGION
Nairobi Region KURA Regional Ofce in Nairobi Regional Manager
Kenya Urban Roads Authority
Nairobi Region
P.O. Box 17956-00500
NAIROBI
Telephone No: 020-2515967
10
th
June 2014 at 10.00 A.M
UPPER EASTERN REGION
Upper Eastern KURA Regional Ofce in Meru Regional Manager
Kenya Urban Roads Authority
Upper Eastern Region
P.O. Box 17956-00500
MERU
Telephone No: 020-262-5473
10
th
June 2014 at 10.00 A.M
LOWER EASTERN REGION
Lower Eastern KURA Regional Ofce in Machakos Regional Manager
Kenya Urban Roads Authority
Lower Eastern Region
P.O. Box 2605-1010
MACHAKOS
Telephone No: 020-262-5424
10
th
June 2014 at 10.00 A.M
NORTH RIFT REGION
North Rift KURA Regional Ofce in Eldoret Regional Manager
Kenya Urban Roads Authority
North Rift Region
P.O. Box 5585-30100
ELDORET
Telephone No: 020-262-5453
10
th
June 2014 at 10.00 A.M
SOUTH RIFT REGION
South Rift KURA Regional ofce in Nakuru Regional Manager
Kenya Urban Roads Authority
South Rift Region
P.O. Box 1373-20100
NAKURU
Telephone No: 020-262-5397
10
th
June 2014 at 10.00 A.M
WESTERN REGION
Western KURA Regional Ofce in
Kakamega
Regional Manager
Kenya Urban Roads Authority
Western Region
P.O. Box 2665
KAKAMEGA
Telephone No: 020-262-5380
10
th
June 2014 at 10.00 A.M
NYANZA REGION
Nyanza KURA Regional Ofce in Kisumu Regional Manager
Kenya Urban Roads Authority
Nyanza Region
P.O. Box 2699-40100
KISUMU
Telephone No: 020-262-537
10
th
June 2014 at 10.00 A.M
COAST REGION
Coast KURA Regional Ofce in Mombasa Regional Manager
Kenya Urban Roads Authority
Coast Region
P.O. Box 90663-80100
MOMBASA
Telephone No: 020-262-5475
10
th
June 2014 at 10.00 A.M
NORTH EASTERN REGION
North Eastern KURA Regional Ofce in Garissa Regional Manager
Kenya Urban Roads Authority
N/Eastern Region
P.O. Box 1451
GARISSA
Telephone No: 020-262-5498
10
th
June 2014 at 10.00 A.M
CENTRAL REGION
Central KURA Regional Ofce in Nyeri Regional Manager
Kenya Urban Roads Authority
Central Region
P.O. Box 1994-10100
NYERI
Telephone No: 020-262-549
10
th
June 2014 at 10.00 A.M

Opening of the pre-qualication documents will take place on the date, time and at the venue indicated in the table above in the
presence of the bidders or their representatives who choose to attend.
All candidates whose applications will have been received before the closing date and time indicated above will be notied of the results
of their applications.
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FOR: DIRECTOR GENERAL
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APPOINTMENT / Page 29
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Nakuru Senator James Mungai wants the county government to
account for money it was allocated in the 2013/2014 nancial year.
[PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]
By KARANJA NJOROGE
Some members of the County
Assembly of Nakuru have accused
area Senator James Mungai of
inciting residents to stop paying
taxes to the administration.
The MCAs accused the senator
of unnecessarily provoking
Governor Kinuthia Mbugua instead
of using the right channels to
present his grievances on the
management of county affairs.
Led by Heze Kariuki and Newton
Kabuu, the MCAs defended the
governor saying the senator has
never made any attempt to meet
MCAs to explain his role in the
county government.
While other senators have been
meeting with MCAs and delivering
speeches in county assemblies, our
senator has been spending most of
his time in Nairobi, Mr Kariuki
said.
Senators stand
on county funds
angers MCAs
In an uncharacteristic move, the
senator who usually shies away
from controversy, took a swipe at
the county government over the use
of devolved funds.
Mr Mungai said he has serious
reservations on exactly how the
county used the last Sh6.9 billion
allocation from the Commission on
Revenue Allocation (CRA) as he lob-
bies for Sh7.2 billion to be allo-
cated to the county in the
2014/2015 nancial year.
WARRANT ALLOCATION
We were, for example, made to
understand that over 1,000
kilometres of roads have been
done but we would like the
information to be made public on
exactly where those roads are and
of what type they are to warrant
more allocation, the senator said.
But Kariuki claimed the senator
was misleading the residents on
Mbuguas leadership as he is
interested in the governors position
in the 2017 elections.
touch with the residents after
spending most of his time in
Nairobi.
But Njoro MP Joseph Kiuna
said the exchange of words between
the leaders was unhealthy and
should end for the sake of develop-
ment.
It portrays the county in a
negative light and is of no benet
to residents who expect service
from the county government,
Kiuna said.
Residents have realised that
they made a big mistake to elect an
outsider as a senator and have
resolved not to repeat the same
mistake again (sic), Kariuki added.
Mr Kabuu said residents were
yearning for better representation
in the Senate and accused Mungai
of failing to articulate county
interests in the House.
The governor has dismissed the
attacks directed at him by the sena-
tor and accused Mungai of losing
By WILBERFORCE NETYA
The Independent Electoral and
Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has
expressed fears that inadequate
resources could derail voter
registration in hardship areas.
Semi-arid regions including West
Pokot and Turkana counties could
be the most affected due to poor
state of roads that could hinder
accessing potential voters in the
remote areas.
Kacheliba Constituency IEBC
coordinator Norbert Kimutai said
the commission has limited
resources for the exercise that is
already ongoing in most parts of the
country.
GENERAL ELECTIONS
Speaking yesterday at Losem in
Kapchok ward where he launched
the registration exercise in the
constituency, Kimutai said the
commission targets to register about
40,000 voters in Kacheliba constitu-
ency in readiness for the 2017
general elections.
According to data from the IEBC,
the constituency had 22,404 voters
in last years general elections and
the number is anticipated to double
by 2017.
IEBC short of
cash for voter
registration
NAKURU COUNTY
WEST POKOT COUNTY
APPOINTMENTS / Page 31
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF KWALE
COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD
VACANCIES
The Kwale County Public Service Board wishes to recruit competent and qualied personnel to ll the following vacant position.
1. CLINICAL OFFICER II - JG J {ANAESTHETIST} TWO (2) POSTS.
Required qualications
Minimum K.C.S.E. mean grade C plain.
Diploma in clinical medicine and surgery and a higher diploma in anesthesia from a
recognized institution.
Registered with the Clinical Ofcers Council.
Have a valid practice license.
Minimum of 3 years working experience in job group H.
Duties and responsibilities
This will involve planning and management of theatre services.
Assessing patients for administration of anesthesia.
Clerking and treatment of patients in the outpatient department.
Maintenance of information and records of patients.
Training and mentoring staff under him/her.
Performing other clinical services.
2. PROGRAMME AND PROJECT LIAISON OFFICER - JG H ONE (1) POST
Reporting to the County Secretary
Required qualications
Minimum diploma in social sciences from a recognized college/university.
Knowledge of projects cycle management.
Relevant experience in monitoring and evaluation of projects with reputable
organization in public or private sector.
Hands on experience in documentation and report writing.
At least ve years proven experience at senior/management level.
Duties and responsibilities
Monitoring Departmental Programmes and reporting progress.
Providing liaison to inter-departmental collaboration on cross cutting projects.
Provide linkage between departments and other non governmental bodies working on
complementary programmes.
Any other duties that may be assigned to the ofcer.
3. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SERVICES
JG P ONE (1) POST
Required qualications
Served in the grade of Principal Supply Chain Management Ofcer JG N, for a minimum
period of three (3) years or 10 years experience in the private sector.
A postgraduate Diploma in Supplies Management or Public Sector Materials Management
Programme or their equivalent and relevant eld from a recognized Institution.
A Masters Degree in any of the following:- Procurement and Supplies Management,
Business Administration, Commerce, or any other relevant eld from a recognized
Institution.
Show merit and ability as reected in work performance and results.
Duties and responsibilities
Planning, organising, administration and control of activities in supply Chain
Management units.
Guiding ofcers under him/her, initiating, and formulation of supply Chain Management
policies for issue to the service in liaison with the Senior Assistant Director, assisting in
the preparation of the divisions strategic action plans.
Representing the Directorate in meetings relating to Supply Chain Management
Policies.
4. PRINCIPAL SUPPLIES CHAIN MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT -
JG N ONE (1) POST
Required qualications
Served in the grade of Chief Supply Chain Management Assistant JG, M, for a minimun
period of three (3) years; OR seven years experience in the private sector
Show merit and ability as reected in work performance and results.
Duties and responsibilities
Preparation of procurement plans, marketing survey and research, overseeing and
coordinating warehousing distribution, inventory, eet management and stocktaking
Supervise ofcers under him/her
5. SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT IV JG G ONE (1) POST
Required qualications
KCSE mean grade C- or its approved equivalent.
Certicate in Supplies Management or Public Sector Materials Management Programme
or their equivalent from a recognized institution.
Duties and responsibilities
Handle simple tasks such as issuing and receiving stores.
Preparation and maintainance of records under the supervision of a more experienced
ofcer.
6. ADMINISTRATION OFFICER III JG H ONE (1) POST
Required qualications
At least a diploma in administration or social sciences from a recognised college/
university.
Good communication and writing skills.
Vast knowledge of government operations.
Computer skills.
At least ve years experience in public sector.
Knowledge and experience in public relations will be an added advantage.
Duties and responsibilities
Receive and document all complaints.
Receive and direct correspondences to relevant departments for action and follow up
deadlines.
Document and follow directives issued to departments.
Supervise records management.
Any other duties that may be assigned to the ofcer.

All applications should be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked on the left side,
the category in which they fall and addressed to;
The Secretary
County Public Service Board, Kwale County
P.O.BOX 4-80403 KWALE
Or hand delivered at the Kwale County Public Service Board ofce near Kwale District
Hospital.
Important information to all candidates.
- The applications should reach the County Public Service Board on or before Wednesday
11
th
June, 2014, 4.00 pm
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
INTERVIEWS FOR THE POST OF ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS POSITION
The recruitment of the earlier advertised positions of Enforcement Ofcers will be
conducted on Tuesday 3
rd
June 2014 at 8:00 am. All candidates who applied, are to report
to their respective Sub-County Head Quarters as indicated below:
Kinango Sub-County - Kinango Secondary School
Msambweni Sub-County - Jomo Kenyatta Primary School
Matuga Sub-County - Kwale Primary School
Lunga Lunga Sub-County - Lunga Lunga Primary School
Applicants from outside the County are to report at Kwale Primary school.
All applicants shall be required to avail:
1. Relevant academic certicates (original)
2. National identication card
3. Certicate of good conduct
The Secretary
County Public Service Board, Kwale County
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A. SENIOR ACPs AND ACPs (TO BE VETTED IN NAIROBI)
NO: NAME P/NO: RANK STATION
1. STEPHEN K. ARAP SOI 213565 S/ACP GSU H/Q
2. PAUL JIMMIE NDAMBUKI 218247 ACP FRANCE
3. JOHNSON KORIR KIBOR 214803 ACP KAPU
4. JOHN GACHUNGU GACHOMO 219052 ACP LIBERIA
B. SSPs & SPs FOR RIFT VALLEY REGION
S/NO: NAME P/NO: RANK STATION
1. ABAGARO BAGAYO GUYO 219032 SSP OCPD SAMBURU CENTRAL
2. ABDALLAH K. MWATSEFU 218153 SSP CCIO LAIKIPIA
3. ADAN K. ABDULLAHI 85003368 SSP BOMET COUNTY
4. APOLLO B. ABUNYA 85002087 SSP TURKANA WEST
5. AUGUSTUS M. MUTIA 79019505 SSP ELDORET WEST
6. BENJAMIN CHEBON 87016870 SSP WEST POKOT COUNTY
7. BENJAMIN KIPROTICH MARITIM 219143 SSP OCPD LAIKIPIA NORTH (DOLDOL)
8. BENSON MAINA 80120706 SSP TINDERET
9. BENSON N WASIKE 204465 SSP SAMBURU
10. BENSON N. WASIKE 79106491 SSP SAMBURU COUNTY
11. BERNARD KIOKO MUINDI, HSC 218271 SSP OCPD NAKURU
12. BERNARD M. MBURU 86009155 SSP ELDORET WEST
13. BERNARD MUCHIRI KIBE 216768 SSP OCPD KOIBATEK
14. BERNARD O. NYAKWAKA 219087 SSP OCPD TURKANA NORTH (LOKITAUNG)
15. CHARLES M. KORTOK 219758 SSP OCPD NAIVASHA
16. CHARLES OKECH 82206634 SSP NANDI COUNTY
17. CHARLES OKWEYA OWINO 217770 SSP OCPD MOI AIRPORT
18. CHARLES OMONDI MUSEWE 212392 SSP OCPD BARINGO
19. CHARLES SIFUNA WASIKE 214462 SSP COUNTY COMMANDER WEST POKOT
20. DANIAL M. HESBON 86007349 SSP NYAHURURU
21. DANSON DIRU OSOTSI 218957 SSP CCIO KERICHO
22. DAVID K. MBUGUA 79108299 SSP NAROK NORTH
23. DAVID WAMBUA MBALUKA 215495 SSP OCPD KURESOI
24. DEVIS O. KABOGA 82050590 SSP KOIBATEK
25. ELISHA Y. ODHIAMBO 85003562 SSP BARINGO COUNTY
26. EMMANUEL MWARINGA KARISA 219224 SSP COUNTY COMMANDER TURKANA
27. ERIC K. YEGO 93054771 SSP TRANSMARA EAST
28. ERNEST A. AMUKOYE 81131965 SSP BURETI
29. EZEKIEL M. MUTAI 82046684 SSP CHEPALUNGU
30. FRANCIS W. NGANGA 86009202 SSP KEIYO NORTH
31. FREDRICK MUTHAMA LAI 219536 SSP OCPD NJORO
32. FREDRICK ODHIAMBO OCHING 230341 SSP OCPD KEIYO NORTH
33. GASPER KILONZO MAKAU 215629 SSP OCPED BARINGO NORTH
34. HASSAN RASHID BARUA 230139 SSP COUNTY COMMANDER BARINGO
35. HENRIETTA M. WANYAMA 219844 SSP OCPD BOMET
36. HENRY K. NYARANGA 87082350 SSP BARINGO NORTH
37. HENRY MITUNGA KOIMBI 218784 SSP SOTIK POLICE STATION
38. HERBERT KHAEMBA WAFULA 216103 SSP OCPD LOITOKTOK
39. IKONYA JOHN NDUNGU 215742 SSP ELDORET WEST
40. ISAAC KEGODE KIDIAVAI 217374 SSP OCPD LAIKIPIA EAST
41. ISAAC KIRAGU 81058152 SSP TRANSZOIA WEST
42. JACINTA W ODHIAMBO, OGW 219080 SSP COUNTY COMMANDER NANDI
43. JACKSON MWENGA 218464 SSP OCPD POKOT NORTH
44. JAMES KIMANI MITUGO 215979 SSP OCPD KITALE
45. JAMES KIMANI MITUGO 215979 SSP KITALE
46. JOB LESKINWA LENENGIRO 217074 SSP OCPD MOLO
47. JOEL K LANGAT 215007 SSP D/CONC. KAJIADO
48. JOHN K. TARUS 88066412 SSP LAIKIPIA EAST
49. JOHN KEMBOI 80075302 SSP TURKANA COUNTY
50. JOHN MWAKA KOKI, OGW 215587 SSP COUNTY COMMANDER NAKURU
51. JOHN OSONGO NGARE 218202 SSP OCPD POKOT CENTRAL
52. JOHN WACHIRA 78069670 SSP NAKURU
53. JOHNSTONE KOLA MUDAMBI 217200 SSP NAKURU RAILWAYS
54. JONATHAN K. NGALA 219073 SSP OSPD SOTIK
55. JONNES M. NZIOKA 83014460 SSP NAKURU COUNTY
56. JOSEAH K. NGENO 84052102 SSP MARAKWET WEST
57. JOSEPH GATHOGO NGANGA 217813 SSP CCIO NANDI
58. JOSEPH M. MWANGI 78069793 SSP MOLO
59. JOSEPH M. RUKU 218422 SSP OCPD WEST POKOT
60. JOSEPH MWANIKI IRERI 219054 SSP OCPD EAST POKOT
61. JOSEPH TUM 84052495 SSP NAROK SOUTH
62. JUSTUS BURUDI 217921 SSP DCIO KERICHO
63. JUSTUS KUCHA 85002312 SSP KIPKELION
64. KIKPEMBOI ROP 230201 SSP OCPD KERICHO
65. KIPSIELE T GEORGE 218171 SSP ASTU
66. LAWRENCE M NJOROGE 219035 SSP TURKANA CENTRAL
67. LEAH KITHEI NGUTU 218943 SSP COUNTY COMMANDER BOMET
68. LEONARD MATETE 83016022 SSP CHEPALUNGU
69. LILIAN AKOTH OKEMBO 217977 SSP COUNTY COMMANDER TRANSZOIA
70. LPELEWAN LERUBAT 82005442 SSP RONGAI
71. LYDIA ADAMBA LIGAMI 230205 SSP CCIO NAROK
72. MARY WANGUI OMARI 217924 SSP PTEO RIFT VALLEY
73. MATHEWS O. MANGIRA 218374 SSP OCPD MARAKWET WEST
74. MESHACK WANGA 83012133 SSP NANDI SOUTH
75. MICHAEL KIRAGU MUGO 218114 SSP CCIO SAMBURU
76. MICHAEL WAMBUA 81061241 SSP LAIKIPIA COUNTY
77. MOHAMMED FARAH MAALIM 219084 SSP OCPD KAJIADO NORTH
78. MOSES M LUBISIA 214998 SSP TURKANA DIVISION
79. MOSES MARTIM 84002482 SSP ISINYA
80. MOSES S. LEKAKENY 89122847 SSP NAKURU NORTH
81. MUREITHI A. NDIRANGU 84051994 SSP MOGOTIO
82. MUSILU NICHOLAS JAIRUS 219174 SSP POKOT CENTRAL
83. MWANGI ELIJAH MAINA 217561 SSP MARAKWET EAST
84. NATHAN MZURI NYANGE 218036 SSP OCPD POKOT NORTH (ALALE)
85. NELSON SHILUNJI DALITI 230654 SSP OCPD ELDORET EAST
86. NICHOLAS OYOKO AWUOR 81061673 SSP TRANZOIA COUNTY
87. NYAGA MICHAEL MUCHIRI 230060 SSP LOIMA DIVISION
88. NYAMATARI FRANCIO NYAKERI 215498 SSP LAIKIPIA WEST
89. ODUOR MAJON JARED 215416 SSP ASTU HQS GILGIL
90. PATRICK K MACHARIA 219368 SSP OCPD NANDI EAST
91. PATRICK KYENGO 79108061 SSP KERICHO COUNTY
92. PATRICK L. OMBURA 82050162 SSP KERICHO COUNTY
93. PATRICK M. WAFULA 81062679 SSP SAMBURU EAST
94. PATRICK MAUNDU 82030617 SSP NANDI CENTRAL
95. PATRICK MWAKIO 217348 SSP COUNTY.C. ELGEYO MARAKWET
96. PATRICK NYAMBAGA OKERI 219982 SSP OCPD LAIKIPIA WEST
97. PATRICK OGUTU WAMBANI 217836 SSP COUNTY COMMANDER SAMBURU
98. PAUL KIPCHUMBA LETING 217338 SSP OCPD NAROK
99. PETER MALAKWEN 74041785 SSP TRANZOIA EAST
100. PETER ONGORE OLALO 215938 SSP SSP (P) CID RIFT VALLEY
101. PETERSON MAELO NYONGESA 214881 SSP NAROK
102. PETTER N. GITHINJI 86006872 SSP LAIKIPIA WEST
103. PHILLIP ACHOLA OPIYO 218056 SSP MARAKWET WEST DIV
104. RINGERA SILAS UTIGA 219704 SSP ONGATA RONGAI
105. ROBINSON E. NDIEMA 81058816 SSP APSSPU
106. ROSE OCHINGWA MUCHUMA 218735 SSP COUNTY COMMANDER KERICHO
107. SAMMY K. CHANDAGO 81014765 SSP ELGEYO MARAKWET COUNTY
108. SAMMY MUSYOKI MUKEKU 214743 SSP CCIO TRANS NZOIA
109. SAMSON GATHUKU 82049365 SSP BOMET COUNTY
110. SAMUEL K. ANAMPIU 219128 SSP OCPD KIPKELION
111. SAMUEL K. KOSKEI 87086312 SSP SOTIK
112. SAMUEL KATHIA MUKINDIA 217911 SSP COUNTY COMMANDER NAROK
THE NATIONAL POLICE SERVICE COMMISSION
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON VETTING OF NATIONAL POLICE SERVICE OFFICERS
The National Police Service Commission (NPSC) is a body corporate established under Article 246 of the Constitution of Kenya and enacted through an Act of Parliament No.30 of 2011.
In exercising its mandate as provided under Section 7 (2) and (3) of the National Police Service Act, 2011, the Commission intends to conduct vetting of all ofcers to assess their suitability and com-
petence and to discontinue the service of any police ofcer who fails in the vetting.
The Commission requests members of public and institutions to participate in this process by submitting any relevant information which may assist in the determination of suitability and compe-
tence of the National Police Service Ofcers listed below:-
VETTING EXERCISE COHORT IV (2)
S/NO: NAME P/NO: RANK STATION
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113. SAMWEL MUTHAMIA 217840 SSP OCPD SAMBURU EAST
114. SHABAAN MUHMOUD MOHAMED 218694 SSP CCIO WEST POKOT
115. SIMON KIPKEU ROTICH 218079 SSP OCPD LOYANGALANI
116. SLESTINO NYAGA 230961 SSP COUNTY COMMADER UASIN GISHU
117. SMOLLETS N. MUNYIANZI 217739 SSP OCPD ELDORET WEST
118. THOMAS L. TUKEI 87014022 SSP NANDI NORTH
119. TIMOTHY MAKAU KIVUVA 215759 SSP ELDORET AIRPORT DIV
120. TITUS K. RENIEL 79193820 SSP KAJIADO COUNTY
121. TUM MARIUS KIPKORIR 217867 SSP NANYUKI
122. VITALIS ANDEGE OTIENO 216852 SSP GIGIRI
123. WAHONGO CHARLES OWINO 230242 SSP NJORO
124. WILSON MAKLAP 89121516 SSP WARENG
125. WILSON NDUATI 85002079 SSP TURKANS CENTRAL
126. WILSON O. MAGATI 77011933 SSP NANDI EAST
127. AGNES AMOJONG 232623 SP D/OCPD NAIVASHA
128. AHAMED DAHIR 230692 SP OCPD KIBISH
129. ALEX K. NGANGA 217931 SP OCPD SUBUKIA
130. ALFRED CHEGE MUTHUA 217852 SP TRANSMARA WEST DIV
131. ALFRED NJIRU NTHIGA 231084 SP OCPD NANDI NORTH
132. ALFRED ODHIAMBO OUKO 230846 SP DCIO TRASMARA
133. ALPHONCE LWAMBI MUNGA 216275 SP OCPD KONOIN
134. ANTHNY MURIUKI 231314 SP D/OCPD MARAKWET EAST
135. BEN MOSES CHANGULO 219576 SP OCPD LAIKIPIA CENTRAL
136. BENJAMIN KIOKO NYAMAI 216956 SP OCPD LOIMA
137. BENSON MOINDI MAKORI 230443 SP OCPD POKOT SOUTH
138. BIRGEN STEVEN KIPSANG 218011 SP KAPSOKWONY CID
139. CATHRINE K RINGERA 231116 SP NAKURU RAILWAYS
140. CHANGACH EDWARD KIPSANG 230926 SP TURKANA SOUTH
141. CHARLES JAMANDA 218303 SP D/OCPD SOTIK
142. CHARLES KIPCHUMBA KIPSANG 219000 SP SAMBURU CENTRAL
143. CHARLES MWANZO MWAIZINGA 231425 SP PROV CRIME RVP OFFICE
144. CHARLES OUMA 231501 SP D/OCPD KURESOI
145. CHARLES S. MUGANDA 219213 SP OCPD NANDI CENTRAL
146. COLLIS WEKESA NGAVO 218755 SP CCIO NAKURU
147. DAVID NYABUTO OGETII 230673 SP OCPD TURKANA WEST (KAKUMA)
148. DUNCAN KIMATIA NGUTHU 219144 SP OCPD NAKURU NORTH
149. EBBY MBAIRA MUTALI 231099 SP ELDORET
150. EDWARD MASIBO WAFULA 219289 SP ISINYA DISTRICT
151. ELIUD NJERU 230399 SP D/OCPD POKOT EAST
152. ELSHAM OTULIA 218934 SP OCPD MARIGAT
153. EMMANUEL KIPLIMO RONO 231032 SP OCPD MARAKWET EAST
154. ESAU OCHOROKODI 230661 SP OCPD KAJIADO CENTRAL
155. ESTHER NDUTA MUHORO 231796 SP D/OCPD ELDORET EAST
156. EZEKIEL K SINGOEI 232001 SP ASTU
157. EZEKIEL KICHE ONYANGO 230598 SP OCPD CHEPTAIS
158. FRANCIS C OKWACH 218071 SP DCIO MARAKWET WEST
159. FRANCIS NGUGI KAMAU 230869 SP ASTU J COY
160. FRANCIS WARUI GACII 219028 SP OCPD NANDI SOUTH
161. FURAHA ADAMSON SAMUEL 219961 SP KAJIADO NORTH
162. GENNARO MWANGI 219385 SP D/OCPD NJORO
163. GERALD MBAE MRUGIRI 219111 SP OCPD BELGUT
164. GERALD WANYONYI BARASA 219009 SP D/OCPD KERICHO
165. GREGORY M. MAGOMERE 217096 SP OCPD MASHURU
166. HABEL O. OGUL 230205 SP OCPD TRANSNZOIA EAST
167. HARRIS A ONDEGO 219196 SP DCIO WEST POKOT
168. HENRY KIEBT CHEBII 215497 SP DCIO TURUKA CENTRAL
169. HENRY KWAME MALOVA 214790 SP D/OCPD LOKIRI
170. HUSSEIN BAKARI 230846 SP DCIO KAJINDO NORTH
171. ISAAC CHEMROKOK 231639 SP PROV DOG MASTER PVP
172. ISAAC JUSTUS ODUMBE 218470 SP D/OCPD ELDORET SOUTH
173. ISAAC MUSYOKI 218506 SP CCIO UASIN GIGHU
174. ISAAC MWENDA MEME 230413 SP OCPD NAROK SOUTH
175. JACKSON MAKAU KIETI 217920 SP DCIO MOLO
176. JACOB P. AKOKO 79107057 SP KAJIADO NORTH
177. JANE GAKII WAHOME 230094 SP OCPD LONDIANI
178. JANET JEBT SANG 219083 SP SP (P) RIFT VALLEY
179. JOEL KIRUI 231210 SP OCPD TURKANA CENTRAL (LODWAR)
180. JOEL ONGANYI OTII 217257 SP SO (C) RVP
181. JOHN MURU GITHINJI 216007 SP D/OCPD BARINGO
182. JOHN MUSAU KIVINDYO 232187 SP OCPD TURKANA EAST
183. JOHNSON BARASA S. SAYIA 219242 SP SOB MARAKWET
184. JONATHAN WAFULA 230544 SP D/OCPD KOIBATEK
185. JOSEPH K. MBOGO 79107227 SP LONDIANI
186. JOSEPH LORIA 231332 SP D/OCPD LAIKIPIA WEST
187. JOSEPH MWALASHA MWAMBURI 215944 SP OCPD RONGAI
188. JOSEPH NJUGUNA 78008852 SP SAMBURU CENTRAL
189. JOSEPH ONGERA KEMUMA 219767 SP PROV CRIME RVP OFFICE
190. JOSEPH ONYANGO ONGAYA 230537 SP D/OCPD SAMBURU EAST
191. JOSEPH OWITI 231645 SP GILGIL CID
192. JOSHUA ASETO 218405 SP D/OCPD TURKANA SOUTH
193. JULIANA NDUKU MUTHINI 231150 SP ELDORET AIRPORT
194. JULIUS MUSYOKA KYUMBULE 218118 SP OCPD MARAKWET EAST
195. KASYOKI BENSON MBISI 230254 SP ONGATA RONGAI
196. KEMBOI MESHACK KIPTUM 218143 SP LIKUYUN DIVISION
197. KHAMIS IDDI SHEBAN 231634 SP TODONYANG G.C.U
198. KINGSFORD N NYAGA 231057 SP KAPU ELDORET
199. KIPKEMOI FRANCIS SIROR 230450 SP ONGATA RONGAI
200. LANET LANGAT SILI 219219 SP OCPD SAMBURU NORTH
201. LAZARUS MBONDO WAMBUA 217131 SP D/OCPD ELDORET WEST
202. LILLIAN NJERI GICHUHI 231347 SP KITALE
203. LINAS OUMA OFWARE 231555 SP D/OCPD POKOT CENTRAL
204. LINUS OWANGO 231196 SP DIV CRIME KITALE
205. MARGARET MUTHONI MURIITHI 231444 SP ELDORET
206. MARTIN MUURU MBAYA 218311 SP DCIO NAIVASHA
207. MATHIAS AMIMA ONDIEK 213169 SP NAKURU REGION HQS
208. MICHAEL MBAI MWENZE 218705 SP KERICHO
209. MOHERAI MERENGO KIBWABWA 219232 SP T/MARA EAST
210. MOSES CHERUIYOT 219569 SP TURKANA
211. MOSES M. KOSKEI 78069719 SP ELDORET EAST
212. MOSES O. OWITI 230704 SP D/OCPD ANDI SOUTH
213. MUSYOKI ISAACK MUTUA 218506 SP CCIO UASIN GISHU
214. NICHOLAS R. MAINA 230159 SP OCPD ELDORET SOUTH
215. NZOLE JEFA MWERO 230083 SP D/OCPD BOMET
216. OGOLA JOHN OMONDI 230864 SP ASTU INDIA COY
217. ONESMUS K CHANGA 230266 SP D/OCPD KAJINDO CENTRAL
218. ONYONGE PETER OMONDI 231978 SP MOUNTED COY
219. PATRICK KITAVI MUSYIMI 217320 SP OCPD CHEPALUNGU
220. PATRICK NANDI OLONYI 219108 SP OCPD BURET
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard Page 34 / RIFT VALLEY NEWS
Uasin Gishu County ICT
Executive Barnabas Sang
By SILAH KOSKEI
Uasin Gishu County
government has announced
plans to install CCTV cameras
in key areas in Eldoret town to
ght crime.
Speaking during a courtesy
visit made to his ofce by the
national ICT board secretary
Katherine Getao last Friday,
County Executive for ICT
Barnabas Sang said they have
set aside Sh8 million to jump
start the process deemed key
in ensuring safety of resi-
dents.
He said in order to achieve
the goal, the county will
partner with institutions in
town that have already
installed CCTV cameras.
NETWORK CONNECTIVITY
Our key priority is the
safety of the public. Through
the establishment of CCTVs,
we shall make strides in the
ght against insecurity in the
region, he said.
He said their focus will be
installing the cameras around
the Central Business District,
re ghting ofces, courts
among other places.
Mr Sang said the funds will
facilitate the establishment of
servers at the county
headquarters as well as
improving network connec-
tivity in most of public ofces.
The installation will be a
landmark in combating
insecurity. The public should
be ready to work with us in
ensuring that the dream is
realised, he added.
Sang maintained that the
exercise set to commence in
July will assist security
Policewoman gets a month in jail
County sets aside Sh8
million for CCTVs in
Eldoret town
ofcials to bolster security.
He revealed that a portion
of the funds will be used to
set up an automation system
at major hospitals to improve
efciency.
Ms Getao said all county
governments should maxi-
mise use of technology
through automation of its
services.
AUTOMATED SERVICES
She insisted that the
public have a right to access
the much needed services
without being subjected to
long queues.
Getao said counties ought
to have an edge over their
counterparts by opting for
fully automated services.
The use of manual
systems in service delivery at
county ofces should be
shelved. Counties should
adopt electronic use, she
said.
Getao noted most counties
have not understood the
importance of ICT.
By VINCENT MABATUK
A female police ofcer in Nakuru
has been sentenced to 30 days in jail
for defying a court order directing
her to appear in court.
However, Senior Resident
Magistrate Judicaster Nthuku gave
Diana Kaemba an option of
NAKURU COUNTY
UASIN GISHU COUNTY
depositing a personal bond of
Sh50,000 cash to avoid languishing
at Nakuru GK prison for the next one
month.
The magistrate said Ms Kaemba,
an investigating ofcer in a dele-
ment case, failed to appear in court
to produce a police le on May 26.
According to the magistrate, the
ofcer also failed to appear before
her on May 22 claiming she was
preparing for police athletic
competition that was to be held in
Nairobi.
NO GODFATHERS
On April 7, the magistrate said,
she issued summons directing the
ofcer to appear in court, but it was
not until a warrant of arrest was
issued that she turned up only to
disappear again.
You cannot dictate to this court
how to conduct its business. It
should remain clear that no time will
sports come before court matters,
said the magistrate.
The Bondeni Police Station-
based ofcer is investigating a dele-
ment case involving Solomon
Mbugua, 19, and a former Form
Three girl at a Nakuru school.
A six-month-old baby is the
outcome of the relationship
between the 17-year-old girl and
Mbugua that the troubled ofcer
was required to investigate and
establish the exact age of the
accused as of August last year.
The magistrate asked the ofcer
to stop using godfathers and proxies
to negotiate the matter.
It should remain clear in your
mind that I do not work through
proxies or godfathers, never ever. Tell
them to stop calling me forthwith,
the magistrate said.
There was panic among three
senior police ofcers, including two
OCSs, who had accompanied her to
court, after the magistrate ordered
that she be locked in cells until the
money was paid.
She should pay the whole
amount to be allowed to discharge
her duties as the investigation ofcer
as well a witness in this matter,
ordered the magistrate.
The accused is out on bond and
says the ofcer has not spoken to
him in a long time.
EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES AUTHORITY
TENDER NOTICE
Export Processing Zones Authority (EPZA) is a statutory body established in 1990 through an Act of Parliament (The EPZA Act Cap 517, Laws of Kenya) with
the main objective of promoting and facilitating export oriented investments and to develop an enabling environment for such investments. It is responsible
for facilitating the implementation of new investment projects, providing after care services for new and existing investments.
The Athi River Export Processing Zone is Kenyas largest and leading industrial park, designed to offer your export-oriented project an ideal location. The Zone
offers the best of both worlds: world class infrastructure and services; generous tax incentives and a supportive, business friendly operating system; all within
a spacious, green, well maintained park environment.
EPZA invites applications from interested and competent contractors possessing the requisite skills, resources and experience for the supply of the under
listed works and services as per specications detailed in the Tender Document.
No. Tender No. Tender Description Cost of tender
document (Kshs)
Non- refundable
Pre Site Visit Date Closing Date and
Time
Applicants
1. EPZA Tender No. 11 / 2013 2014 Tender for the Proposed
Grading of Roads for
Phase II
Kshs 1,000.00 12
th
June 2014
at 11:00am local
time
20
th
June 2014 at
11:00am local time
Open to the
General Public
2. EPZA Tender No. 12/ 2013 2014 Tender for the Proposed
Water Reticulation for
Phase II
Kshs 1,000.00 12
th
June 2014
at 11:00am local
time
20
th
June 2014 at
11:00am local time
Open to the
General Public
3. EPZA Tender No. 13 / 2013 2014 Tender for the Proposed
Drilling of Borehole at
Ponds
Kshs. 1,000.00 11
th
June 2014
at 11:00am local
time
19
th
June 2014 at
11:00am local time
Open to the
General Public
4. EPZA Tender No. 14 / 2013 2014 Tender for the Proposed
Construction of Water
Chambers
Kshs 1,000.00 10
th
June 2014
at 11:00am local
time
18
th
June 2014 at
11:00am local time
Open to the
General Public
5. EPZA Tender No. 15 / 2013 2014 Tender for the Proposed
Construction of Police
Post
Kshs 1,000.00 - 17
th
June 2014 at
11:00am local time
Open to the
General Public
6. EPZA Tender No. 16 / 2013 2014 Tender for the Proposed
Leasing of Police Houses
within Kitengela and Athi
River Locations
Kshs 1,000.00 - 16
th
June 2014 at
11:00am local time
Open to the
General Public
7. EPZA Tender No. 17 / 2013 2014 Provision of Medical
Insurance Cover
Kshs 1,000.00 - 13
th
June 2014 at
11:00am local time
Open to the
General Public
Interested, eligible and competent rms may obtain further information and inspect the Tender Documents detailing the requirements from EPZA Procurement
Offices on 01
st
Floor, Administration Building ,Viwandani Road, off Nairobi Namanga Highway, during normal working hours and upon payment of a
non-refundable fee of Kshs.1,000.00 for each of the above referenced tenders in bankers cheque or cash payable to the cashier on second oor, at the
Export Processing Zones Authority Ofces, Administration Building, located on Viwandani Road, off Nairobi Namanga Highway Kitengela.
The applicant or his / her agent will pick tender document at the procurement ofce, 01
st
oor of the same building upon production of a payment receipt.
Completed Tender Documents in plain sealed outer envelope enclosing separately sealed and clearly marked inner envelopes (in Original and two
copies properly bound) ALL clearly marked with respective TENDER NO: ./2013-2014 AND TENDER NAME as per instructions in the tender
documents should be addressed to:-
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
EXORT PROCESSING ZONES AUTHORITY
P O BOX 50563-00200
NAIROBI
Should be deposited in the Tender Box on Ground Floor, Administration Building, Viwandani Road, off Nairobi Namanga Highway on or before the
respective stated date and time. Tender documents will be opened immediately thereafter in the Conference Room on Ground floor, of the same buiding
in the presence of bidder representatives who choose to attend.
Mandatory site visits will take place on the respective dates and time for each tender. Tenderers or their representatives are advised to assemble on Ground
Floor, Administration Building, Viwandani Road, off Nairobi Namanga Highway by 10:00 a.m so as to be taken around the site by EPZA representatives.
Tenderers are expected to make their own travel arrangements to and from the site. Tenderers are also expected to sign the pre- site visit register.
Prices quoted should be net inclusive of all taxes and must be in Kenya Shillings, and shall remain valid for 120 days from the closing date of the
tender.
EPZA reserves the right to accept or reject any application either in whole or in part without giving reasons for either rejection or acceptance.
Youth, Women and Persons with Disabilities are encouraged to apply
DISCONNECTION FROM EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES
AUTHORITY (EPZA) TRUNK SEWER
The public is notied that EPZ Sewerage waste treatment plant was designed to handle
EPZ waste water treatment. However, over the years, and due to rapid expansion of
industrial, commercial and residential entities along Mombasa Road, Mlolongo, Athi River
and the environs, many other entities have connected themselves to the facility. Some of
these have done so without the authorization of EPZ Authority. As a result, there has been
overwhelming volumes of waste water and pollution loads discharged to the treatment
ponds, which have overstretched the capacity of the facility. The end result is pollution of
River Athi.
Due to the reduced capacity of the facility to handle all the pollution loads being
discharged, EPZA in consultation with Water Resource Management Authority(WRMA),
wish to inform the affected public that all connections to the EPZ trunk sewer that have
not been authorized by EPZA will be disconnected in fourteen (14) days of this Notice.
During the 14 days of this Notice, EPZA, in liaison with WRMA, NEMA and other agencies
will carry out an inventory of all entities that are discharging directly or indirectly through
private sewer lines, to EPZ trunk sewer. These include connections through Mavoko Water
Company as it is ultimately discharged into EPZ sewer treatment plant. Meanwhile, all
entities connected to the EPZ trunk sewer without authorization from EPZ Authority
are invited to submit application for controlled connection. Those who will not have
responded by the Notice date should have made alternative arrangement for their waste
water disposal as they will be disconnected.
Any enquiries should be directed to the Chief Executive, EPZ Authority, or Regional
Manager, Water Resources Management Authority (WRMA) Athi Water Catchment area
through the following email contacts; info@epzakenya.com or athiwrma@jambo.co.ke,
athi@wrma.or.ke
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HEALTH: Ofcials net Sh0.5
m worth expired goods
Public health ofcials yesterday
netted expired goods worth more
than Sh500, 000 from various
shops in Sotik town.
Sotik Public health ofcer Benson
Sigei said they have now sought
a court order to destroy the
goods which were being sold to
unsuspecting members of the
public. Sigei said the goods ranging
from medicines to consumable
stuff expired more than two years
ago and were still on display in
shops. The public health ofcer
said the whole-day crackdown was
prompted by several concerns from
members of public.
We received several complaints
and decided to carry out an
impromptu inspection, said Sigei.
MURDER: Girl held for
killing child to get husband
A Form Two student is being held at
Kuresoi Police Station for allegedly
killing her eleven-month-old baby
in Kibirika village.
Michael Tonui, a village elder said
the 19-year-old suspect and a
student of Mutukanio Secondary
school is suspected to have killed
the baby after her lover promised
to marry her on condition that she
gets rid of it.
To win her lovers heart and
marriage plans she decided to
poison the child, said Tanui.
After learning about the killing
plot, her relatives and villagers
rushed to rescue the baby but she
succumbed to poison before getting
to hospital.
Tanui said angry villagers gathered
at the homestead to lynch the
student but she was rescued by
village elders who took her to the
police station.
Area OCPD David Wambua said
investigation are ongoing.
By FRED KIBOR
Elgeyo Marakwet County held its
maiden cultural extravaganza to
showcase traditional heritage in the
region.
The extravaganza was aimed at
opening the area for visitors thus
making it a tourist destination.
The residents showcased diverse
cultural practices from dressing,
meals, songs and dances and tradi-
tional artefacts which have been
abandoned for long.
FOUR REGIONS
The fete, a culmination of compe-
titions held in the countys four re-
gions (Marakwet East, Marakwet West,
Keiyo North and Keiyo South), served
as a rare chance for the locals to blend
and connect with the culture of their
forefathers through display of cul-
tural performances.
Governor Alex Tolgos, who pre-
sided over the colourful event, donned
in a complete traditional Kalenjin el-
Colour and nostalgia as
county hosts cultural gala
It is in Elgeyo Marakwet that you
will nd raw culture of our people
which has not been manipulated and
we want our rich cultural diversity to
attract both local and foreign tour-
ists, he said.
Greenhouse technology to boost crop yields for farmers
By MERCY KAHENDA
The Ministry of Agriculture is
encouraging farmers to practice
greenhouse farming for better yields
to curb food insecurity linked to cli-
mate change.
Nakuru agricultural ofcer Ste-
phen Muriithi says greenhouse farm-
ing requires minimal space and agri-
cultural production is continuous as
compared to open eld farming.
Speaking at his ofce in Nakuru
yesterday, Mureithi said variability in
rainfall currently experienced in Rift
Valley region may highly affect pro-
duction of plants in open elds.
Farmers should embrace green-
house farming because it requires
little space and is best suited for pro-
duction of tomatoes, beans, horti-
culture among other crops. This will
curb the impact of climate change
that is affecting agricultural produc-
tion in Rift Valley region, said Mure-
ithi.
He pointed out that control of
pest and diseases in greenhouse is
also easier.
To ensure there is adequate water
supply for irrigation in the green-
houses, he called on farmers to prac-
tice rain water harvesting to save on
expenses of pumping water from
water sources.
CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION
Rain water can be channeled
into drips that minimise use of water
for continuous production, he
said.
The ofcer reiterated that it is
worrying majority of farmers con-
tinue to depend on rain fed agricul-
ture that makes it challenging for
continuous production during dry
seasons.
The world is experiencing the
impact of climate change that has
affected rain patterns and dry sea-
sons making it difcult to determine
planting seasons. Harvesting of wa-
ter will enhance supply despite sea-
sons.
Farmers can construct simple
water pans to harvest run off water
using locally available material to cut
costs of setting up modern storage
facilities that are expensive during
rainy season, he said.
NAKURU COUNTY
NANDI COUNTY
NAKURU COUNTY
Elgeyo Marakwet governor Alex Tolgos (centre) joins traditional dancers from
Tot at Iten grounds in Marakwet East during the county cultural festival. [PHO-
TO: FRED KIBOR/STANDARD]
Tolgos said his county also planned
to ensure that locals reap from their
well preserved culture through festi-
vals that tourists will pay to attend.
We want a replica of Bomas of
Kenya in Elgeyo Marakwet and here
you will nd a cross section of our
culture touching on virtually every
sphere of our lives as Keiyo and
Marakwet people, he said.
CHAMPIONS COUNTY
Winners during the festival were
awarded with trophies and cash
prizes courtesy of the county govern-
ment and sponsors that included
Orange Telcom, CIC Insurance, Keel
Resort, Kentia Supermarket and
Sweetland Company.
The governor said the county is
taking advantage of its high altitude
climate in developing the area for
sports tourism.
As you may be aware, we have
called Elgeyo Marakwet the County of
Champions because majority of Ke-
nyas international athletes hail from
here. Thus we want tourists to come
and see where they train and live,
said Tolgos adding that the county
was reviving Rimoi Game Reserve.
ders attire (A head gear made of colo-
bus skin, a monkey skin cloth, whisk,
a stick, belt and a calabash), said the
county intends to market itself as
tourism hub for culture, sports, wild-
life and spectacular environment.
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TERRITORY: MP faults
colleagues for sneaking
Bureti MP Leonard Sang has lashed
out at legislators Alfred Keter
(Nandi Hills, above), Elijah Lagat
(Chesumei), Zakayo Cheruiyot
(Kuresoi South), Bomet governor
Isaac Ruto, and Narok deputy
governor Evalyn Aruasaor for
sneaking into his constituency to
hurl insults at Deputy President
William Ruto.
Sang faulted the leaders for
not having common courtesy to
notify him of their presence in his
constituency last Sunday.
I was accompanying the Deputy
President during his visit to Kericho
county only to be told that the
group of politicians had landed in
my constituency and were doing
nothing but unfairly criticising the
DP, said Sang.
He accused the group of ignoring
pressing development agendas for
the love of political tours.
By ROBERT KIPLAGAT
and KARANJA NJOROGE
A Chinese contractor has nally
moved to start re-carpeting the di-
lapidated Kasoiyo-Tenges road in
Baringo Central, Baringo County two
years after the project stalled.
Kasoiyo-Tenges-Saos-Society was
allocated Sh820 million in 2012 but
the road project was yet to com-
mence.
In the new development, the
Bridgestone Company will now do
half of the road while Chinese Road
Construction Company Guangxi
(GHBC) will do the other half follow-
ing an agreement with Kenya Rural
Roads Authority (KERRA).
Speaking when he led a team of
engineers to inspect a section of the
road, area MP Sammy Mwaita said the
coming of the Chinese was a reprieve
and called on the contractor to take
the shortest time possible.
We have had lengthy negotiations
for the last six months between the
main contractor M/S Bridgestone
construction Ltd, Director General
KERRA, Regional Manager KERRA
who agreed to award the Chinese the
tender, said Mwaita.
MOI RETIREMENT
The road has been synonymous
with demonstrations by residents
complaining over its poor state and
delayed construction.
The infrastructure in the county is
dilapidated with the road, which is
the main tarmac road, completely
worn out, never having been repaired
since former president Daniel Moi
Chinese frm begins work on
stalled Kasoiyo-Tenges road
retired. In 2012, during the Grand
Coalition government, the then Roads
Minister Franklin Bett toured the area
and declared that the road would be
repaired at a cost of over Sh800 mil-
lion. He said the works would com-
mence after 10 days, but little has
been done since then,.
Mr Bett also asked the Govern-
ment to increase budgetary allocation
on the area roads and ensure that
contractors nish the work in the
shortest time possible but nothing
changed as the road remained
stalled.
DISRESPECT SHOW
Recently, leaders in Baringo Coun-
ty have been calling on the National
Government to fast-track construc-
tion of the multi-million road that
connects Baringo Central and Eldama
Ravine constituencies, but in vain.
Led by Governor Benjamin Cheboi,
Sacho MCA Zachariah Kipkuto and
Ewalel/Chapchap ward rep Richard
Kitilit, the leaders said the road, which
was commissioned by the Govern-
ment in 2012, was in a sorry state.
The leaders said the delay by the
Government through Kenya National
Highways Authority to release money
to complete the road was disrespect-
ful in view of the development initi-
ated by retired President Moi.
Meanwhile stakeholders in the
matatu sector have been told to take
full responsibility for the safety of
their passengers in view of terror at-
tacks and road carnage.
The National Transport and Safety
Authority (NTSA) Chairman Lee Kin-
yanjui said stakeholders in the sector
should supplement government ef-
forts in the ght against terrorism.
By ANTHONY GITONGA
There was drama in Naivasha
after area residents clashed with
MCAs from Nakuru County over a
forum called to address Bills.
The meeting at that intended to
seek public views on the pending
Bills degenerated into a push and
shove game.
At one point, county askaris had
to be called in to kick out members
of the Naivasha Professional
Association and Youth leaders who
were opposed to the meeting.
The group argued that they had
not been given the Bills in advance
and that they would not be party to
endorsing awed documents. The
MCAs are seeking public views on
Agricultural development, Gaming
and lotteries, Village polytechnics,
ECD, Public entertainment, Rating
and Nuisance Bills.
The associations chairman
Absolom Mukuusi, said they had
been ambushed with the Bills.
He said that all those who
attended the meeting did not have
copies of the proposed bills and
had no idea of what the documents
contained.
MCAs Peter Pallanga, Eunice
Mureithi, Simon Wanyoike and
Jonathan Warothe had to apologize
to members of the public before
the forum continued.
Eldoret Prison blames death
of remandee on hospital
Drama at MCAs
meeting with
public on Bills
By MICHAEL OLLINGA
The administration of Eldoret GK Prison
has accused Moi Teaching and Referral
Hospital (MTRH) of sloppiness in service
delivery after one of its remandees passed
away at the facility.
The correctional facility ofcials said
the middle-aged remandee, who was re-
ferred to MTRH from Uasin Gishu District
Hospital, died after the nurses at the casu-
alty section allegedly failed to offer any
attention on claims that Eldoret GK Prison
has a huge pending debt.
Stephen Kabiro, the Ofcer in Charge at
the GK prison, said the remandee had been
taken for emergency therapy by wardens
who were told by medics on duty that the
patient could not be attended to since they
did not have money to pay hospital bills.
My wardens were told that the hospital
no longer handles cases pertinent to re-
mandees from GK Prison due to accumu-
lated arrears amounting to millions of
shillings, he said.
Kabiro admitted that the prison depart-
ment owes the hospital Sh31 million in
hospital bills which they were strategising
to pay but questioned if that was reason
enough to deny a Kenyan the right to ac-
cess medication.
It is unfortunate that we have lost a
remandee after nurses refused to keep him
in hospital due to lack of money, he said.
But MTRHs management said that they
had not come across any report related to
the issue and sought to assure that inves-
tigations in the allegations have been
launched.
NOTICE BOARDS
Sellah Plapan, a communication ofcer
at the second largest referral facility in the
country, said if the allegations are proven ,
stern action would be taken against the
culprits because the actions are contrary
to the hospitals service delivery charter.
If that is the case then it is very unfor-
tunate because it is clear that every Kenyan
is entitled to the right of accessing medical
care. If this is true, those involved will face
the law without discrimination, she said,
adding that the hospital has a circular
pinned strategically on its notice boards
that directs medical staff to attend to all
because health care is paramount.
UASIN GISHU COUNTY
NAKURU COUNTY
BOMET COUNTY
Residents protest at a section of the Kasoiyo-Tenges road that has been in a
poor state for two years. [PHOTO: BONIFACE THUKU/STANDARD]
Addressing industry stakeholders
in Nakuru yesterday, Kinyanjui said
the responsibility of ensuring that
passengers do not board Public Ser-
vice Vehicles (PSVs) without being
subjected to security checks belongs
to them.
FRISKING RESPONSIBILITY
The responsibility of ensuring
that none of the passengers boards
the vehicle without being frisked is
entirely yours, he said.
He said NTSA has embarked on a
campaign to sensitise stakeholders
on safety measures in view of the
terror attacks targeting PSVs.
Our intention is to educate you
on what to look out for and equip you
with skills that you require to con-
duct the security operation to ensure
the safety of your passengers, Kin-
yanjui said
He said matatu Saccos and com-
panies would be required to screen
passengers before the start of any
journey to ensure they do not carry
explosives.
NTSA Director General Francis
Meja said police, investors and the
public should collaborate to stamp
out acts of terrorism in the sector by
understanding security measures.
BARINGO COUNTY
NOTICES / Page 39
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
The County Government of Nyamira established by the constitution of Kenya 2010, Article 176 wishes to automate
its revenue collection by installing a fully online integrated electronic system which is compatible with all electronic
payment and cash transfers in various platforms. The county occupies an area of approximately 899.45 Square
kilometers.
Problem statement: The County Government of Nyamira wishes to implement a revenue collection system that stops
revenue leakages, ensures adequate information to the county customers, maximizes on revenue collection to support
the Governments development agenda and service delivery to her citizens.
The proposed solution should ensure transparency of the revenue collection processes, embedded control mechanism
data security and reliability.
OBJECTIVES OF THE REVENUE COLLECTION SYSTEM
The specic objective of the assignment will be to deploy a revenue collection solution that meets the following
minimal features.
Support collection from multiple revenue streams including single business permits, building plan approvals, land
rates, royalties etc.
Must be an all in one enterprise revenue collection and management system with a single secure database.
Must be parameter driven to allow the county to add additional revenue sources without customization or
development.
Must have a built in ticketing system.
Must have a licensing management system.
Works within existing communication infrastructure and does not contravene any existing laws.
Provides real time transaction reports on a secure central server that must be accessible on web and mobile
platforms.
Must be able to provide remote/mobile capacities: light weight device with attached printer can enable collection
on a handheld computer and have receipts printed at the scene that are legible, durable, water proof and most
importantly accurate.
Integrates with key existing systems including IFMS, IPPD.
Maps county revenue sources including single business permits, building plan approvals, land rates, royalties etc.
Supports both cash and cashless options including mobile money, credit cards etc.
Works in both online and ofine modes as safeguard from network failures.
Facilitate supervision, monitoring and enforcement.
Provide adequate information to payers (customers)
Must be able to perform bank reconciliation
Must have a customer portal to allow citizens to interact with the county and pay for services online.
Must have a complete auditing capability to facilitate sound public nance management by automating the entire
process from collection to integration with IFMS to bank account reconciliations.
Must provide information system security.
SCOPE OF WORK
The scope of work for the successful service provider will include
Implementation of Revenue Collection System.
Provide an electronic platform for collection of revenue in the entire county.
Must demonstrate various methods of mapping up revenue for the county electronically.
Must have a branch network that is well spread in all the sub counties.
Must demonstrate that they have helped other institutions in the past to achieve revenue targets.
Must clearly show the ability of having the right security levels in revenue collection systems.
Carry out appropriate system integration.
Training of County revenue staff and system administrators.
Clearly indicate timeliness in rolling out the operations.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
In order to carry out this assignment Nyamira County Government wishes to engage a professional rm to implement
the revenue collection system
THE FIRM MUST
Meet statutory requirements including, tax compliance, VAT certicate and certicates of incorporation/
registration.
Comply with all Central Bank of Kenya CBK, regarding mobile transactions as regulatory framework, as well as
commission on revenue allocation guidelines.
Comply with communications commission of Kenya (CCK) regulations regarding communications such as mobile
communication, wireless communication etc.
Demonstrate evidence of history and capability to handle revenue collection and a large number of transactions
both locally and internationally.
Demonstrate evidence of the capacity to manage risks associated with projects of this nature.
Demonstrate capacity to nancially support the task to the end.
Attach Company prole
Attach copy of proposed methodology, plan and schedule of implementation of the Revenue Collection System
Attach original and copy of the expression of Interest
Expression of interest should be submitted in plain (two envelope system) sealed envelope containing both Technical
and nancial bids sealed separately and clearly marked EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR
IMPLEMENTATION OF REVENUE COLLECTION SYSTEM and be deposited in the tender box located in the county
Government of Nyamira Building, Ground Floor or sent to the address below
County Secretary
County Government of Nyamira
P.O Box 434 40500
Nyamira
So as to reach us not later than 13
th
June 2014 noon (12:00) at which time the bid documents will be publicly opened
in the presence of bidders or their representatives who choose to attend.
Successful Technically responsive bidders shall be invited to attend opening of their nancial bids. Financial bids that
are technically unresponsive shall be returned unopened.
The County Government reserves the right to accept or reject any bid either in part or whole, and is not obligated to
give any reasons thereof.
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF NYAMIRA
COUNTY TREASURY
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF REVENUE
COLLECTION SYSTEM
INTRODUCTION
every thursday...
Page 40 / COUNTY FEATURE
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
the moment, there is no aviation law to regulate
unmanned objects.
In August last year, Chris Ghalily, an aviation
student with a dream to y the rst Kenyan
made drone faced a myriad of challenges
especially with the Kenya Civil Aviation
Authority (KCAA), who refused to license his
innovation.
This is a great innovation that can open
doors for a lot of research. Should this be taken
up by institutions of research, it can be a great
breakthrough in this eld of study, observes
Veronica Kiluva, a researcher at Masinde Muliro
University of Science and Technology
(MMUST).
MMUST Deputy Vice Chancellor in charge
of Research, Extension and Innovation Egara
Kabaji says the main predicament facing
research in Kenya is lack of funding.
This country has a lot of potential with
great minds but limited funds have always
hampered meaningful research, said Prof
Kabaji.
Kabaji added that local universities have
failed to take their rightful place in research to
incubate brilliant ideas among youth.
Unlike in developed countries, we lack
structures and mechanisms to assist talents.
Worse still, the assumption that nothing good
can come from this part of the continent
appears to have been augmented and with this
kind of environment, it explains why we are
witnessing exodus of talent to the West, he
said.
Indeed, even neighbours are fascinated by
the two young lads innovation and those who
have been watching them are rooting for their
success.
I have been watching them every morning
make their aircraft and it gives me pleasure that
these young men are chasing a dream. If they
can get someone to help them expand on their
endeavours perhaps through training, these are
stars in the making, observed Mama Anyanga,
a neighbour.
In order to sustain their lives, Ndunga works
as a taxi driver in Kakamega town and it is from
the meagre proceeds that they buy materials to
improve their plane.
I earn roughly between Sh300 and Sh1,000
a day. This is all we have to survive from but we
always nd ways to save a little for buying
materials, it is not easy, asserts Ndunga.
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEER
Youngster Ambani is yet to nish primary
school but nds Physics textbooks used at
secondary level very useful.
My favourite subject is Science. I love
machines and sometime I nd myself borrow-
ing books from friends to study Physics. I want
to end as an aeronautical engineer, which is
where my heart lies, says Ambani.
Charles Nyambuga, a communications
expert at Maseno University
offers that the real intentions
of the 8-4-4 system went
down the pan the moment technical
institutions were upgraded into
universities.
None of the 8-4-4 goals
have been effectively tackled.
When the system was
introduced, it was supposed
to advance innovation,
entrepreneurship among
other goals but this has not
been achieved, said Dr
Nyambuga.
And as jobs become
increasingly elusive in
Kenya, the hope of
Ndunga and Ambani is
that their innovation will
play a role in making their
lives betters.
Innovative brothers y chopper
metres above ground
By FRANCIS ONTOMWA

They move up and down, passion written all
over their faces, their energy and determination
quite something to be behold. Their working
chemistry bafes many. In the small village of
Jamindas, Kakamega town, they are popularly
referred to as the pilots of Kakamega. Never
mind none of them has ever boarded a plane.
From cheap improvised materials, the duo
has managed to make a battery-powered
aircraft, which is radar-controlled and pro-
pelled by an electric mortar.
The inspirational story of Christopher
Ndunga and Richard Ambani is one lled with
sheer determination and a thirst for excellence.
The two orphaned brothers found their bond in
a common passion.
I have always had a passion to become a
pilot. Whenever I see airplanes in the skies, my
dream of one day ying them becomes even
clearer and that is where I have drawn the moti-
vation behind this innovation, said 28-year-old
Ndunga, a former student at Kaimosi Second-
ary School.
His younger brother, Ambani, 17, is
currently a Class Seven pupil at Matungu
Primary School.
Their education levels aside, they are
passionately pursuing their dream.
VALID DREAM
We used to talk about aeroplanes at home
and everyone would boast of owning one
whenever it ew above us. Slowly we found the
connection and we decided to chase the
dream, narrates Ambani of their humble
beginning.
The aircraft is made from plastic material,
metal sheets and pieces of paper. The metals
are well shaped and pieced together, ensuring
measurements are clearly taken into context.
Since they are yet to come up with a
mechanism to control movement in the air,
they are careful not to trigger a take-off.
We requested the authorities at the
Kakamega Airstrip and we even tried to y our
aircraft. We used their runway and the plane
gathered momentum, it ew about three
metres high and since then, we are careful not
to y it here at home for safety reasons, notes
Ndunga.
In Kenya, it is
required that any
object ying into airspace
must be licensed but at
Richard Ambani (right) with his elder brother Christopher Ndunga assemble the home-made
plane at their home in Shibiriri Village, Kakamega County, recently. [PHOTO: CHRISPEN SECHERE/
STANDARD]
The aircraft is made from
plastic material, metal sheets
and pieces of paper that are
well shaped and carefully
pieced together
KAKAMEGA COUNTY
ABOUT AMBANI, NDUNGA
Ambani is yet to complete
primary schooling but nds
Physics textbooks used at sec-
ondary level very useful
Ndunga works as a taxi driv-
er in Kakamega town and it is
from the meagre proceeds that
they buy materials to improve
on their plane
The duo has managed to
make a battery-powered air-
craft
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TH
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NOTICES / Page 41
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
LAIKIPIA COUNTY GOVERNMENT
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
Its been 14 months since the inception of Laikipia County
Government and we are happy to say that we have taken some
long strides since then. One of the areas in which we have had
great achievements is the area of legislation.
Legislation is one of the most important instruments of
government in organizing society and protecting citizens. It
determines, amongst others, the rights and responsibilities of
individuals to whom the legislation applies. It is also through
legislation that the government is able to lay down structures
and systems through which it carries out its functions. In this
regard, we are glad to announce that His Excellency Laikipia
County Government has enacted the following 11 laws to date:
1. Laikipia County Appropriation Act, 2013
2. Laikipia County Supplementary appropriation Act, 2014
3. Laikipia County Finance Act, 2014
4. Laikipia County wards development fund Bill, 2014
5. Laikipia County Education bursary fund bill, 2014
6. Laikipia County enterprise fund bill, 2014
7. Laikipia County revenue board bill, 2014
8. Laikipia County development Authority bill, 2014
9. Laikipia County petition to County Assembly (procedure)
bill, 2014
10. Laikipia County public appointments (County Assembly)
approval bill, 2014
11. Laikipia County Assembly (powers, privileges and
immunities) bill, 2014
These laws, we believe will go a long way in ensuring maximum
service delivery to the people of Laikipia.
It is however not lost on us that with these laws now being
in place, a great task lies ahead. These laws would be totally
meaningless if enforcement was not properly and effectively
carried out. We would like to assure each one of you that we are
equal to the task. Be that as it may, every Journey begins with
one step. This is certainly a big step towards a bright future for
the people of Laikipia and therefore, a cause for celebration.
We urge all the people of Laikipia and all members of the public
to familiarize themselves with these laws. These laws will be
uploaded on our website at www.assembly.laikipiacounty.go.ke
as well as www.laikipiacounty.go.ke. Copies of the bills will also
be kept at the county headquarter ofces in Nanyuki, sub-county
ofces, Members of County Assemblys ward ofces as well as
the ward administrators ofces. Members of the public can visit
these ofces to make copies of the legislations.
We thank the members of the public for their continued
support.
God bless Laikipia. God bless Kenya.
LAWS ENACTED AND ASSENTED TO IN
LAIKIPIA COUNTY
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard Page 42 / COUNTY FEATURE
Strange insects keep
pupils out of school,
as locals relocate
A pupil in one of the schools in Kajiado County scoops ashes to relieve the itching caused
by the stinging caterpillar. [PHOTO: PONCIANO ODONGO/STANDARD] BY PONCIANO ODONGO
More than ve primary schools in
Kajiado Central risk closure due to a
strange stinging caterpillar that has
wrecked havoc in homes, schools,
elds and farms.
The insects, locally known as
Kunchu, cause skin irritation and
itching and has forced some locals
to relocate to safer places.
The outbreak of the little known
insect has affected Ndalalakutu and
Olobelibel locations.
According to Veronicah Njuguna,
the head teacher of Lelei Primary
School, the tiny insects effect is so
bad that for the last three weeks
learning has been disrupted, as
pupils and teachers nd it difcult
to concentrate.
We do not have a proper
solution to this tiny insect whose
effect is so grave at larva and pupa
stages. It emits some invisible
chemicals or structures that would
leave those it lands on scratching the
affected part of the body for hours,
said Ms Njuguna.
She adds that the painful
irritations make teachers and pupils
scratch themselves in any part of the
body leading to embarassments.
The tiny hairy caterpillar is about
two centimetres in length and feeds
on different types of plant leaves
ranging from maize, weeds, acacia
tree and some owers among other
plants.
It is yet to be established whether
it uses the hairy structures or a
certain chemical to attack human
beings. We think this animal uses
some form of chemical or its hairy
structures that are left in air, dust
and other wall surfaces that later
affect humans, said the teacher.
When it matures, the caterpillar
undergoes a metamorphosis to
become an adult. In the ve schools
that we visited yesterday including
Emanyat, Esilale, Olchurai and
Oloomunyi primary schools, locals
have come up with temporary
solutions to reduce the effect.
They use wood ash, methylated
spirit, parafn and other chemicals
to sprinkle on wall surfaces.
Those affected and taken to
hospital for medication said medics
could not nd a remedy for the
insect assaults.
Yesterday, Kajiado County
Commissioner Albert Kobia led
experts from Public Health, Ministry
of Agriculture, Ministry of Education
and Kenya Agricultural Research
Institute and ICIPE among others to
visit the schools and establish the
real problem.
We are working hand in hand to
solve this problem, said Mr Kobia.
Boniface Ndevi of Kari said they
have collected the samples to
establish what the strange insects
are. For the many years I have been
a researcher, I have not seen this
kind of species and we are working
out to establish its nature, said Mr
Ndevi. Kajiado County education
director Mrs Lucy Kachu said the
problem might interfere with the
performance in end of year exams.
The tiny hairy caterpillar is about two centimetres in length
and feeds on different types of plant leaves ranging from
maize, weeds, acacia tree and some fowers
KAJIADO COUNTY
County Government of Kitui
invites ALL for the inaugural
RUGBY 2014 TOURNAMENT
Date: Sat 31st May - Sun 1st June 2014
Venue: Kitui Showgrounds, Ithookwe
Organized by
Promoting Sports and Cohesion in Our County
County Ministry of
Culture, Youth, Sports
and Social Services
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
COUNTY FEATURE / Page 43
Counties go
for bamboo
farming
BY ERIC ABUGA

With less than half an acre, they
have perfected the art of digging pits
and planting Eucalyptus trees on the
wetland to make bricks as a source of
living.
This is what most families in Kisii
and Nyamira counties depend on
regardless of the dangers posed to the
environment.
John Momanyi started digging pits
on an eighth he inherited from his
father for brick ring. This was after his
maize crop failed after it was attacked
by disease, something that saw him
lose Sh15,000 he had spent on the
farm.
Today, Momanyi says three-quarters
of his farm bears open pits and kilns on
the side used to burn the bricks.
I cannot grow any crop in this area
and thats why you can only see
Eucalyptus trees in some of the areas
we tried lling with some soil, he says.
In Nyamira County, a piece of ready
brick is sold at Sh7 and some business-
men make as much as Sh28,000 per
kiln. They also use rewood from the
eucalyptus trees grown on parts of
their farms to burn the bricks for a
week.
In the two counties, 10,000 hectares
of fertile land is lost annually due to
brick making and this has also affected
the climate and subsequently food
security.
Kisii County has begun a bamboo-
growing programme that aims at
replacing Eucalyptus trees planted
along all rivers.
RECLAIM WETLANDS
The county has partnered with the
Forestry department, the National
Environmental Management Authority
(Nema), Ministry of Agriculture and
Water Services to reclaim the wetlands.
Nyamira County government has
already set aside funds that will
facilitate preparation of two bamboo
nurseries in each of the 20 wards.
In spite of the awareness created by
a number of international organisa-
tions and county governments,
wetland conversion continues in most
parts of the counties because of a
strong combination of demographic
and economic factors.
Kisii County Executive for Energy,
Water and Mineral Resources, Sikitte
Oncharo says effective conservation of
water and riparian resources is best
achieved by a combination of law
enforcement and engagement of local
communities.
It is important to note that access
to adequate and reliable supply of
water is a key input to poverty
reduction and an important element
for social stability and economic
growth as well as meeting the Millen-
nium Development Goals (MDGs) and
Vision 2030, says Mr Oncharo.
With reduced fertile land, locals have
turned to brick making and eucalyptus
trees as means of earning a living
KISII/NYAMIRA COUNTIES
It is
important
to note
that
access to
adequate
and
reliable
supply of
water is a
key input
to poverty
reduction
Kisii County
Executive for
Energy Sikitte
Oncharo
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
APPOINTMENTS / Page 45
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
Page 46
computers and laptops. In the cur-
rent nancial year (2013/2014), the
National Treasury leased 1,200 vehi-
cles at a cost of Sh3 billion for the Na-
tional Police Service Transport.
The leasing arrangement includes
insurance, scheduled and unsched-
uled maintenance, replacement of
non-functioning vehicles, implants
in Government ofces to monitor the
eet and capacity building for eet
management personnel.
We nd that there is still a lot of
leasing space in the next nancial
year (2014/2015), he said.
ByJAMES ANYANZWA
The Government plans to enter
full throttle into the leasing business
in a move expected to save it over 30
per cent of procurement costs.
This comes after what appears to
be a successful pilot project through
which the National Treasury leased
1,200 vehicles for the police depart-
ment. This is part of the Govern-
ments efforts to curb what it consid-
ers to be massive wastage in the
procurement and maintenance of
motor vehicles, helicopters, medical
and ICT-related equipment.
National Treasury Cabinet Secre-
tary Henry Rotich yesterday said un-
der the new plan, the Government
would save over 30 per cent of pro-
curement costs on these items.
In the long run, there will be
massive savings and uninterruption
of services. The problem is that main-
tenance of Government vehicles
costs us three times the actual cost to
do a single repair, he said. The Gov-
ernment is endeavouring to entrench
leasing in Kenya.
Mr Rotich said the leasing plan,
which is critical because of the cur-
rent budgetary constraints, would
help reduce wastage of public re-
sources, spur economic growth and
expand the tax base.
He said a total of Sh6 billion has
been factored into this years budget
This is part of efforts to
curb massive wastage
in procurement and
maintenance of motor
vehicles and helicopters
(2014/2015) to nance this pro-
gramme. He said from the amount,
Sh3 billion would be used to lease
choppers and 1,500 motor vehicles
for the police to boost security in the
country.
ALL COUNTIES
Another Sh3 billion would be used
to lease medical equipment for 94
hospitals across all counties. Rotich
said plans are also underway to ex-
pand the leasing plan to include
plants, machinery and ICT-related
equipment such as photocopiers,
Curbing wastage
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
QuickStop
Brookside unveils plan
to work with farmers
Brookside Dairy has unveiled a
strategy to work with farmers
co-operative societies as it
seeks to consolidate its raw milk
market share, currently nearing
the 50 per cent mark. John Gethi,
the processors general manager
in charge of milk procurement
and extension services, says
dairy groups are critical in the
rms strategy for bulk supply
of raw milk. We intend to
empower dairy co-operative
societies to play a greater role in
the bulking of raw milk even as
we continue receiving supplies
from individual farmers, Gethi
said in Nyahururu where he was
inspecting Brooksides raw milk
collection activities in Laikipia
County. He gave the example of
Nyandarua and Laikipia Multi-
Purpose Dairy Co-operative
Society (Nyala), which he said,
had empowered dairy farmers in
the region. There are immense
benets in farmers joining dairy
co-operative societies to bulk
their milk, which is in turn sold
to processors. Thrift leads to
better economies of scale for the
farmers and improved returns,
Gethi said. He said regular
payment to the dairy saccos was
a key deliverable pursued by the
processor.
Start-ups to compete in
Pivot 2014 competition

Twenty-ve exceptional mobile
start-ups from across the region
will compete to win market
recognition and investor interest
during the Pivot East 2014
pitching conference to be held
on June 24 and 25 in Nairobi.
The start-ups were unveiled
yesterday after an intense
evaluation process by a panel
involving over 20 investors.
The 25 nalists, ve from each
category, were selected from
the 50 semi-nalists announced
three weeks ago. Speaking on
the list of nalists, Chase Bank
Head of Brand and Corporate
Affairs Magdalene Mulandi
said the bank was pleased be
part of the innovative initiative.
As the gold sponsors of the
competition, we are happy to
see the contestants present
innovative and creative ideas
that could transform the socio-
economic development of the
East African region, she said.
Ms Mulandi added that tech
entrepreneurship is a global
trend and as an SME bank,
Chase Bank would continue
supporting such initiatives in
efforts to serve the growing
market.
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TODAY IN
By JAMES ANYANZWA
National Bank posted 16 per cent
growth in pre-tax prot for the three
months ended March 31.
The banks prot before tax rose to
Sh588 million from Sh508 million record-
ed in a similar period last year.
In a statement yesterday, Managing
Director Munir Sheikh Ahmed said the
bank recorded positive developments in
most of its key operating areas.
Mr Ahmed said the improved perfor-
mance was a demonstration that the
banks transformation strategy has al-
ready started bearing fruits. He said the
banks transformation programme entails
a number of projects that broadly include
organisational structure changes, innova-
tion and development of products and
customer value propositions.
Others are developing an effective
sales model, expansion of the distribution
network, centralisation and automation
of service delivery, enhancing the banks
risk management capabilities, diversify-
ing the banks portfolios and businesses
and introducing a rigorous performance
management framework,
We successfully rebranded the bank
in May 2013 as part of the transformation
programme, created new divisions cor-
porate, institutional, retail and business
units to drive the business and rationa-
lised support divisions and departments,
he said.
We have also leveraged investments
in technology to centralise and automate
service delivery.
The bank, Ahmed said, has also ex-
panded distribution networks across the
country by opening more branches.
By MACHARIA KAMAU
Rift Valley Railways (RVR) is still
underperforming eight years after it
was given the concession to manage
the Kenya-Uganda Railway.
As a result, Kenyas and Ugandas
transport ministries want to keep a
close watch on the activities of the
concessionaire.
The ministers have instructed the
railway management bodies Kenya
Railways and Uganda Railways to
keep track of RVRs activities and
make frequent reports to the two min-
istries.
While the performance trend
since April 1, 2013 has improved, the
expectations of both governments
have not been met, said a joint state-
ment by Transport Cabinet Secretary
Michael Kamau and his Ugandan
counterpart John Byabagambi.
Kenya Railways and Uganda Rail-
ways have been directed to reinvigo-
rate the monitoring of the perfor-
mance of concession quarterly and
report to the governments according-
ly.
RVR won a 25-year concession in
2006 to provide freight and passenger
services on the Kenya-Uganda Rail-
way. The RVR concession has in the
past been accused of failure to invest
in the railway, which would amount
to reneging on the concession agree-
ment that requires it to make some
investments over the concession pe-
riod.
The relationship between Kenya
Railways and RVR has always been icy
and Kenya Railways which owns the
railway tracks and locomotives has
in the past made attempts to termi-
nate the concession agreement.
There has also been inghting
among RVR shareholders, with the
numbesr reducing to two from six.
National Bank posts 16 pc rise in first-quarter profit
RVR activities
placed under
close scrutiny
Government to go big
on leasing to cut costs
National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich says the new plan will
enable the Government save over 30pc of procurement costs.
862.00
as at 30
th
April 2014
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
TODAY IN BUSINESS/Page 47
The company said it arrived at
its decision to exit from KPRL fol-
lowing an extensive series of studies
by international consultants into
the technical, economic and fund-
ing elements of an upgrade of the
renery.
Oil products from Mombasa-
based renery serves customers in
Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi,
Tanzania and parts of the Demo-
cratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
But international traders are
looking to gain market share, and
also are interested in a range of new
renery projects in the region.
Under the agreement oil market-
ers are required by law to buy at
least 40 per cent of all their fuel
from the petroleum renery.
State to decide on future of
Mombasa oil refnery today
By JAMES ANYANZWA
The fate of the moribund Kenya
Petroleum Reneries Ltd (KPRL) will
be known today.
This comes seven months after
India-focused rm Essar Energy an-
nounced plans to quit its partner-
ship with the Government in the re-
nery.
The renery, which stopped op-
erations on September 4 last year,
could be converted into a storage fa-
cility but the Government is also
considering other options.
A highly placed source in Govern-
ment told The Standard that a meet-
ing has been set for today to forma-
lise the planned separation between
Essar Energy and the Government,
the co-shareholders in the Momba-
sa-based renery.
There is a meeting scheduled for
Wednesday under the auspices of
the National Treasury to resolve the
outstanding issues and agree on the
way forward, a senior Government
ofcial who did not want to be
named said.
According to the source, the high-
powered shareholders meeting
would comprise State law ofce,
Treasury, lawyers representing Essar
Energy, lawyers representing KPRL
and the KPRL ofcials.
The latest development comes
after it emerged that delayed conclu-
sion of the deal in which Essar Ener-
gy is selling its 50 per cent stake in
KPRL to the Government has dealt a
big blow to the renerys nances.
This has triggered intervention
by the National Treasury to bail out
A meeting has been
called to formalise exit
of Essar Energy after
selling its stake in the
facility it co-owns
with the Government
NAIROBI, TUESDAY
The Kenyan shilling tested the
psychologically important Sh88 per
US dollar level in early trading yes-
terday, turning market attention to
the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK).
The banking sector regulator had
a day earlier said it was ready to de-
fend the under-pressure currency
against volatility.
Traders said persistent demand
for dollars from corporate clients
paying dividends to foreign share-
holders and making routine month-
end payments were weighing on the
shilling.
On top of that, the recent spate
of bombings in the country has
shaken condence in the local cur-
rency.
A convincing breach of the 88
level would likely herald further
weakening, said Duncan Kinuthia,
head of trading at Commercial Bank
of Africa.
REFINERYS FINANCES
Central Bank signalled its intent
to stem the shillings steady weaken-
ing by selling dollars on Friday and
then saying it had sufcient foreign
reserves to cushion the currency
against shocks.
They may come in and come in
aggressively if they see further weak-
All eyes on Central Bank as shilling nears Sh88 mark
the struggling renery whose opera-
tions have faced intense resistance
from oil marketers.
We have been giving them loans
to operate. They will repay once the
facility becomes operational, said
the source.
Essar have indicated they want
to exit and the Government really
doesnt mind Essar exiting because
it will now get the opportunity to run
the renery.
Essar Energy, through its subsid-
iary Essar Energy Overseas Limited
has already exercised a put option
under the shareholders agreement
to sell its 50 per cent stake in Kenya
Petroleum Reneries to the Govern-
ment at $5 million (Sh440m).
SHAREHOLDING
The Government has 50 per cent
shareholding in the Kenya Petro-
leum Reneries Ltd.
Operations at KPRL were
stopped in September last year and
since then the plant has been idling,
as a decision on the way forward for
the renery is determined.
Essar Energy had committed to
undertake a $450 million upgrade
of the facility before announcing
plans to exit from the renery.
It explained that the facility was
not economically viable in the cur-
rent rening environment.
Essar have
indicated they want
to exit and the
Government really
doesnt mind Essar
exiting because it will
now get the opportunity
to run the refnery,
A senior Government ofcial.
Operations at the
Mombasa-based
renery were
stopped in
September last
year. [PHOTO: FILE /
STANDARD]
Prof Ndugu. [PHOTO: FILE /STANDARD]
BY MARGARET KANINI
Jamii Bora Bank has invested
Sh250 million to upgrade its core
banking system (CBS) into a modern
integrated technology platform to
streamline its operations.
The upgrade will graduate the
banks customers from the current
Bankers Realm (BR) system to the
new bankers.net (BR.net), which the
bank says is the most competent core
banking solution, which has the ca-
pability to handle its current and fu-
ture business ventures.
The new project dubbed project
duma is expected to update the busi-
ness operations by aligning business,
operations and technology.
Over 300,000 of the banks cus-
tomers across the country will now
experience improved back ofce op-
erations through automation follow-
ing the upgrade.
Jamii Bora Chief Executive Ofcer
Samuel Kimani said the bank would
also increase its banking channels to
meet growing customers needs. He
reckons that the customers are al-
ready able to bank from their mobile
phones and very soon they will be
able to bank using the Internet.
Our customers can look forward
to exciting opportunities as we gear
up to deliver more efciency, exibil-
ity and new exciting business solu-
tions for them, Kimani said.
Phillip Muriuki, the banks chief
operating ofcer revealed that the
bank has completed the seven
months project circle and expects to
go live on October this year.
Speaking to media yesterday in
Nairobi, Muriuki expressed that this
move is one of the banks strategies to
grow its presence and customer base.
This is a very important project for
the bank, which once completed will
greatly enhance our ability to com-
pete and grow in the nancial mar-
ket, said Muriuki.
The bank plans to become EMV-
compliant by July this year. It will in-
crease branch network to stregthen
its market foothold.
Jamii Bora
Bank to invest
Sh250m in
system upgrade
But the renery has come under
sharp criticism from fuel distribu-
tors over the quality of its prod-
ucts.
They want it shut down so that
they can buy cheaper and better
imports from suppliers of their
choice.
Essar Energy acquired its 50 per
cent stake in KPRL in July 2009 for a
total consideration of ShSh609 mil-
lion ($7 million) from BP, Chevron
and Royal Dutch Shell.
The Indian enegy giant was ex-
pected to inject cash in the facility
to improve quality of its products
and enhance efciency, which are
two key factors that informed its
strategic parnership with the Gov-
ernment.
commercial banks priced the shilling
at 87.85/88.05, barely moved from
Mondays close. The Central Banks
Governor, Njuguna Ndungu, blamed
seasonal factors including the for-
eign dividend payments for volatility
in the currency market over the past
two weeks.
He did not mention the security
challenges facing the country.
Prof Ndungu said CBK has ade-
quate foreign exchange reserves to
cushion the shilling against tempo-
rary shocks that have left the local
currency weakened.
He said the current level of for-
eign exchange reserves of $6.24 bil-
lion (Sh547b) is equivalent to 4.4
months of import cover, adding that
the proceeds from the planned Euro-
bond will boost the reserves.
The bonds value is estimated at
$2 billion (Sh174 billion). The cur-
rent foreign exchange reserves are
sufcient to provide adequate cush-
ion against temporary shocks,
Ndungu said in a statement on Mon-
day.
Majority of or all listed compa-
nies have announced dividend pay-
outs for the 2013 nancial year. Bar-
clays Bank Kenya held an Annual
General Meeting last Friday and
Standard Chartered Bank the previ-
ous day, with all announcing divi-
dends. Reuters
ness, Kinuthia said. I expect them
to be concerned if they see us ap-
proaching the 88.50 level.
In the early morning trading,
USDOLLAR EURO
BUY SELL MARG BUY SELL MARG
AB C 87.75 87.95 0.20 119.83 120.11 0.28
EQUITY 87.80 87.90 0.10 119.60 119.76 0.16
I & M 87.70 87.90 0.20 119.44 119.73 0.29
DIAMONDTRUST 87.90 88.00 0.10 120.04 120.20 0.16
NI C 87.75 87.95 0.20 119.83 120.11 0.28
ECOBANK 87.80 87.95 0.15 119.95 120.11 0.16
1ST COMMUNITY 87.80 87.90 0.10 119.65 119.80 0.15
PRIME 87.70 87.90 0.20 119.44 119.73 0.29
MIDDLEEAST 87.75 87.95 0.20 119.44 119.73 0.29
CFC STANBIC 87.70 87.90 0.20 119.75 120.05 0.30
CITIBANK 87.70 87.90 0.20 119.55 119.85 0.30
C B A 87.80 88.00 0.20 119.75 120.13 0.38
NB K 87.80 88.00 0.20 119.75 120.13 0.38
BARCLAYS 87.75 87.95 0.20 119.83 120.12 0.29
STANDARD 87.75 87.95 0.20 119.88 120.17 0.29
KC B 87.85 87.95 0.10 119.96 120.11 0.15
BOA 87.80 88.00 0.20 119.90 120.18 0.28
CO-OP 87.75 87.95 0.20 119.83 120.11 0.28
USDOLLAR 87.8569
STGPOUND 148.0068
EURO 119.8978
SARAND 8.4838
KES/ USHS 28.8197
KES/ TSHS 18.9400
KES/ RWF 7.7285
KES/ BIF 17.6424
AEDIRHAM 23.9200
CAN$ 80.9014
SFRANC 98.2278
JPY(100) 86.1493
SW KRONER 13.3761
NOR KRONER 14.7131
DANKRONER 16.0713
IND RUPEE 1.4887
HONGKONGDOLLAR 11.3318
SINGAPOREDOLLAR 70.0028
SAUDI RIYAL 23.4251
CHINESEYUAN 14.0696
AUSTRALIAN$ 81.4478
Source: Central Bank
EXCHANGE RATES
BANK RATES
FOREX BUREAU
LAST12MONTHS SECTOR PRICES PREVIOUS SHARES
MAIN INVESTMENT MARKET
NAIROBI STOCKS
NSE All Share Index. Down 0.17 points to close at 149.24.
NSE 20-share Index. Down 11.56 points to close at 4888.36
27/05/14
27/05/14
27/05/14
PER US DOLLAR PER EURO
BUY SELL MARG BUY SELL MARG
Alpha Forex BureauLtd 87.80 89.00 1.20 118.80 121.50 2.70
Amal Express Forex Bureau 87.60 88.10 0.50 116.00 121.00 5.00
Amana Forex BureauLtd 87.00 88.40 1.40 118.00 120.60 2.60
Arcade Forex BureauLtd 87.60 88.80 1.20 119.00 122.00 3.00
Aristocrats Forex Bureau 86.00 89.00 3.00 118.00 121.00 3.00
Bamburi Forex BureauLtd 87.00 89.00 2.00 118.00 121.00 3.00
Bogani Forex BureauLtd 85.90 90.00 4.10 117.00 122.20 5.20
Capital Hill Forex Bureau 87.45 88.60 1.15 118.20 120.20 2.00
Cashline Forex BureauLtd 87.00 89.50 2.50 118.00 123.00 5.00
Central Forex BureauLtd 87.80 89.00 1.20 118.60 120.00 1.40
City Centre Forex Bureau 87.70 88.80 1.10 118.20 122.00 3.80
Classic Forex BureauLtd 87.40 88.80 1.40 118.20 121.30 3.10
Commercial Forex Bureau 87.50 88.60 1.10 119.50 122.00 2.50
Continental Forex Bureau 87.90 88.30 0.40 119.10 121.00 1.90
Cosmos Forex BureauLtd 87.80 88.40 0.60 119.10 121.00 1.90
Crater Forex BureauLtd 86.80 88.80 2.00 118.60 121.60 3.00
Dalmar Exchange Bureau 87.50 88.00 0.50 117.00 121.00 4.00
Forex BureauAfroLtd 87.80 88.80 1.00 118.50 121.50 3.00
Gateway Forex BureauLtd 87.90 88.50 0.60 147.00 149.00 2.00
Giant Forex BureauLtd 86.00 88.50 2.50 142.00 149.00 7.00
Global Forex BureauLtd 87.50 88.40 0.90 118.50 120.40 1.90
Glory Forex BureauLtd 87.90 89.00 1.10 119.10 121.00 1.90
GNK Forex BureauLtd 86.00 87.50 1.50 120.30 122.00 1.70
Hodan Global Forex Ltd 87.80 88.40 0.60 119.00 121.00 2.00
HurlinghamForex Bureau 86.40 88.30 1.90 116.00 121.00 5.00
Industrial Area Forex Ltd 86.00 90.00 4.00 114.00 122.00 8.00
IslandForex BureauLtd8 7.70 88.10 0.40 119.40 120.00 0.60
Junction Forex BureauLtd 87.00 88.50 1.50 118.00 121.50 3.50
Kaah Forex BureauLtd 87.60 88.20 0.60 115.00 120.00 5.00
Kenza Exchange Bureau 87.00 89.00 2.00 118.50 121.00 2.50
Lache Forex BureauLtd 87.00 89.00 2.00 117.50 120.50 3.00
LeoForex BureauLtd 87.30 88.50 1.20 118.65 120.30 1.65
Maritime Forex BureauLtd 87.40 88.30 0.90 118.40 120.30 1.90
Metropolitan BureauLtd 87.00 89.00 2.00 118.00 124.00 6.00
Middletown Forex Bureau 87.50 88.50 1.00 119.00 121.50 2.50
Mona BureauDe Change 87.50 88.50 1.00 118.00 121.50 3.50
Moneypoint Forex Bureau 87.00 88.00 1.00 116.00 122.00 6.00
Morgan Forex Bureau 87.70 88.20 0.50 120.00 120.50 0.50
Mustaqbal Forex Bureau 87.60 88.50 0.90 119.20 122.50 3.30
Nairobi BureauDe Change 86.00 88.00 2.00 118.00 121.00 3.00
Namanga Forex Bureau 84.00 88.00 4.00 115.00 125.00 10.00
Nawal Forex BureauLtd 87.50 89.00 1.50 118.50 122.00 3.50
UNIT TRUSTS 26/05/14
Low cost carrier Fastjet reports improved results
Low Cost Carrier Fastjet has just released their April results for the
operation in Tanzania and recorded an 11 per cent rise in passenger
numbers on a year by year comparison, with an added 1 per cent increase in
load factor to 66 per cent for the month. Passenger numbers on an annual
basis, however, increased by a signicant 170 per cent, largely as a result
of the introduction of new domestic and international destinations over
the past 12 months. A recently concluded special sales activity generated
a reported 23,000 advance bookings with travellers taking advantage of
special terms and conditions at the time. Chief Operating Ofcer Richard
Bodin said from a sales and distribution perspective, the sale saw the
most successful time in Fastjets history, with record-breaking ticket sales,
conversion rates and mobile payment transactions. PHILIP MWAKIO
HIGH LOW AGRICULTURAL
31.00 21.00 Eaagads Ltd Ord 1.25 AIMS 30.00 30.00 1,000
145.00 80.00 Kakuzi Ltd Ord.5.00 144.00 144.00 3,100
167.00 110.00 Kapchorua Tea Co. Ltd Ord Ord 5.00 AIMS 156.00 -
670.00 450.00 The Limuru Tea Co. Ltd Ord 20.00 AIMS 670.00 -
30.00 19.40 Rea Vipingo Plantations Ltd Ord 5.00 27.50 -
19.95 11.25 Sasini Ltd Ord 1.00 16.35 16.85 24,300
350.00 210.00 Williamson Tea Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 AIMS 275.00 272.00 500
AUTOMOBILES&ACCESSORIES
50.00 21.00 Car & General (K) Ltd Ord 5.00 35.00 -
- - CMC Holdings Ltd Ord 0.50 13.50 -
13.50 9.00 Marshalls (E.A.) Ltd Ord 5.00 9.55 9.40 500
9.40 4.50 Sameer Africa Ltd Ord 5.00 7.80 8.30 198,300
BANKING
19.15 15.00 Barclays Bank of Kenya Ltd Ord 0.50 16.60 16.65 130,400
155.00 54.00 CFC Stanbic of Kenya Holdings Ltd ord.5.00 139.00 142.00 2,700
248.00 141.00 Diamond Trust Bank Kenya Ltd Ord 4.00 238.00 237.00 253,600
42.25 29.50 Equity Bank Ltd Ord 0.50 40.25 40.25 977,500
42.50 22.00 Housing Finance Co.Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 36.75 37.50 306,900
145.00 85.00 I&M Holdings Ltd Ord 1.00 129.00 130.00 42,000
51.00 35.50 Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd Ord 1.00 47.75 47.50 715,100
39.25 18.50 National Bank of Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 30.25 31.75 22,100
68.00 48.50 NIC Bank Ltd Ord 5.00 59.50 60.00 171,700
340.00 271.00 Standard Chartered Bank (K) Ord 5.00 309.00 306.00 108,400
25.00 14.50 The Co-operative Bank of Kenya Ord 1.00 21.75 21.75 626,600
COMMERCIALANDSERVICES
6.60 3.40 Express Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 AIMS 5.90 6.25 149,700
- - Hutchings Biemer Ltd Ord 5.00 20.25 -
14.70 8.30 Kenya Airways Ltd Ord 5.00 11.80 11.70 88,300
16.50 5.00 Longhorn Kenya Ltd Ord 1.00 AIMS 14.00 14.00 400
400.00 271.00 Nation Media Group Ltd Ord. 2.50 314.00 315.00 44,000
247.00 44.00 Scangroup Ltd Ord 1.00 48.00 48.50 1,301,700
39.00 24.50 Standard Group Ltd Ord 5.00 34.00 33.00 1,000
56.50 39.25 TPS Eastern Africa Ltd Ord 1.00 38.75 39.75 28,500
24.00 13.00 Uchumi Supermarket Ltd Ord 5.00 13.00 13.00 32,300
CONSTRUCTION&ALLIED
98.50 60.00 ARM Cement Ltd Ord 1.00 81.50 81.00 340,400
225.00 170.00 Bamburi Cement Ltd Ord 5.00 173.00 172.00 14,100
98.00 75.00 Crown Paints Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 93.50 93.50 2,600
18.00 13.80 E.A.Cables Ltd Ord 0.50 14.60 14.75 11,800
110.00 56.50 E.A.Portland Cement Co. Ltd Ord 5.00 92.50 -
ENERGY&PETROLEUM
17.90 10.00 KenGen Co. Ltd Ord. 2.50 10.55 10.65 161,000
11.80 7.90 KenolKobil Ltd Ord 0.05 9.00 9.10 1,216,600
20.75 13.50 Kenya Power & Lighting Co Ltd Ord 2.50 14.30 14.50 2,188,500
- - 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 27.25 26.00 165,700
13.00 13.00 Umeme Ltd Ord 0.50 13.00
INSURANCE
20.00 7.30 British-American Investments Co. Ord 0.10 17.55 17.50 965,800
12.20 4.20 CIC Insurance Group Ltd Ord.1.00 9.95 9.90 1,147,400
340.00 217.00 Jubilee Holdings Ltd Ord 5.00 338.00 334.00 10,400
21.00 13.10 Kenya Re Insurance Corporation Ord 2.50 18.70 19.00 171,200
23.00 9.20 Liberty Kenya Holdings Ltd Ord.1.00 18.10 19.10 92,300
145.00 51.50 Pan Africa Insurance Holdings Ord 5.00 126.00 122.00 34,000
INVESTMENT
41.00 17.05 Centum Investment Co Ltd Ord 0.50 38.75 39.00 780,000
6.00 3.50 Olympia Capital Holdings Ltd Ord 5.00 4.70 4.70 9,800
37.75 20.00 Trans-Century Ltd Ord 0.50 AIMS 23.75 23.75 2,000
MANUFACTURING&ALLIED
- - A.Baumann & Co Ltd Ord 5.00 AIMS 11.10 -
190.00 100.00 B.O.C Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 142.00 147.00 100
635.00 521.00 British American Tobacco (K) Ord 10.00 600.00 601.00 2,700
67.50 30.50 Carbacid Investments Ltd Ord 1.00 30.75 32.75 45,400
426.00 212.00 East African Breweries Ltd Ord 2.00 271.00 271.00 105,100
4.00 1.90 Eveready East Africa Ltd Ord.1.00 3.55 3.55 16,700
8.60 4.40 Kenya Orchards Ltd Ord 5.00 AIMS 8.60 -
5.05 2.85 Mumias Sugar Co. Ltd Ord 2.00 3.00 3.00 433,100
32.25 14.00 Unga Group Ltd Ord 5.00 30.50 32.00 26,700
TELECOMMUNICATION&TECHNOLOGY
13.40 6.15 Safaricom Ltd Ord 0.05 13.00 13.00 17,520,800
GROWTH ENTERPRISEMARKETSEGMENT(GEMS)
25.00 4.40 Home Afrika Ltd Ord 1.00 5.05 5.10 160,300
26/05/14
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
MONEY FUNDS Daily Yield E. A. Rate
British-American MoneyMarket Fund 9.38% 9.84%
CIC MoneyMarket Fund 9.63% 10.06%
GenCapHela Fund 11.05% 11.52%
ICEA MONEY MARKETFUND 9.05% 9.05%
Madison Asset MoneyMarket Fund 9.02% 9.41%
STANLIB MoneyMarket Fund 7.38% 7.63%
OTHER FUNDS Buy Sell
British-American EquityFund 198.92 205.24
British-American Balanced Fund 190.63 196.20
British-American Bond Plus Fund 145.17 148.13
British-American Managed Retirement Fund 133.49 134.62
CIC Fixed Income Fund 9.23 9.46
CIC EquityFund 13.21 13.91
CIC Balanced Fund 12.88 13.48
GenCapEneza Fund 124.19 119.85
GenCapIman Fund 115.88 110.09
GenCapHazina Fund 119.08 114.92
GenCapHisa Fund 126.85 122.41
ICEA BONDFUND 98.83 99.83
ICEA EQUITY FUND 138.98 146.29
ICEA GROWTH FUND 139.90 147.27
Madison Asset Balanced Fund 69.02 72.83
Madison Asset EquityFund 56.19 59.65
STANLIB Balanced fund 129.38 129.38
STANLIB EquityFund 167.45 167.45
STANLIB Bond Fund B1 105.73 105.73
STANLIB Bond Fund A 105.25 105.25
No Tender No. Description Category or Group
1 CAK/001/14-15 Supply and delivery of Ofce stationery and consumables Reserved
2 CAK/002/14-15 Supply and Delivery of Tyres, Tubes and Batteries Open
3 CAK/003/14-15 Supply and Delivery of Petroleum ,oils and Lubricants Open
4 CAK/004/14-15 Supply and Delivery of Electrical and hardware items Open
5 CAK/005/14-15 Supply and Delivery of Computers, Laptops, Scanners, ups and Computer
accessories.
Open
6 CAK/006/14-15 Supply and Delivery of Tonners and cartridges. Reserved
7 CAK/007/14-15 Supply and Delivery of Fireproof cabinets, Paper Shredder and other
equipments.
Open
8 CAK/008/14-15 Supply and Delivery of photocopier Machines. Open
9 CAK/009/14-15 Supply and Delivery of Cameras, LCD Projectors, and Audio Visual Materials. Open
10 CAK/010/14-15 Supply and Delivery of Bottled water. Reserved
11 CAK/011/14-15 Supply and Delivery of Air-condition, Fridges and water Dispensers Open
12 CAK/012/14-15 Supply, Delivery and Installation of Fireghting Equipment and First Aid
Items.
Open
13 CAK/013/14-15 Supply and Delivery of Cleaning Materials Reserved
14 CAK/014/14-15 Provision of staf Medical Cover Open
15 CAK/015/14-15 Provision of Hotel Accommodation and seminar services Open
16 CAK/016/14-15 Provision of Private Security services Open
17 CAK/017/14-15 Hiring of tents, chairs and PA Systems Reserved
18 CAK/018/14-15 Supply, Delivery and Installation of walk through Metal Detectors. Open
19 CAK/019/14-15 Provision of Medical cover for Members of county assembly Open
20 CAK/020/14/15 Provision of Group personal accident and Group life assurance for the MCA. Open
No. Tender No. Description Preference
21 CAK/021/14-15 Provision of Legal Services Open
22 CAK/022/14-15 Supply and Delivery of staf uniform, Promotional materials, Curtains
and sports items
Open
23 CAK/023/14-15 Supply and Delivery of ofce furniture and ttings. Open
24 CAK/024/14-15 Supply and Delivery of tree seedlings Reserved
25 CAK/025/14-15 Supply and delivery of UPVC,GI pipes and ttings Open
26 CAK/026/14-15 Maintenance and servicing of motor vehicles, power generator Open
27 CAK/027/14-15 Provision of transport Hire services Open
28 CAK/028/14-15 Provision of Air Ticketing and travel services Open
29 CAK/029/14-15 Supply and installation of CCTV Equipment and software. Open
30 CAK/030/14-15 Provision of consultancy services Open
31 CAK/031/14-15 Provision of printing and publishing services Rerseved
32 CAK/032/14-15 Provision of internet services Open
33 CAK/033/14-15 Provision of fumigation and pest control services Reserved
34 CAK/034/14-15 Provision of valuation services Open
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T
he business world and society
have changed very much due to
the information technology and
the impact of internet. Using ICT
mediums has become essential for every business
activity placing the heart of business to just a
click of button.
At the beginning no one thought that internet
will be a source for conducting business but this
has become a way of making the world a global
village especially in terms of daily transactions.
E-commerce has a great effect on the
development of global economy in developing
countries. Small rms are gaining more prots
by using e-commerce for making transactions
with the clients.
More than 280 billion transactions have been
completed using the internet, Africa contributing
8.3 per cent in the grid.
According to a report by United Nations
conference trade and development, e commerce
continue to be a driving force behind future
economic growth worldwide, and may be
especially important for developing countries.
The major indicators in this is the adoption
of technological innovations in the growing
countries and the large number of young people
who are well versed with ICT. The young people
contribute to at least 90 percent internet use
and are the major target of high end goods like
clothing and ICT gadgets.
However, the UN group, made up of
representatives of private and government
agencies, also placed a red ag that the divide
between technologically advanced countries
and others could continue to widen.
The leader of worldwide e-commerce class
as projected will be business-to-business (B
to B) services, the report said, adding that
this will positively benet agriculture, oil and
manufacturing industries.
Within B to B, nancial transactions will lead
the way with double-digit growth for online
finance transactions in the whole world in
the coming years. However, many developing
countries are said to lack the capacity to utilize
the efciencies and potentialities of internet
marketing.
B to B e-commerce is cited to give greater
returns to the few rms in developing countries
than other trading channels. It offers two major
advantages for these country rms.
First, e-commerce related transaction costs
are less sensitive to distance than traditional
marketing channels, so the access to global
markets is made easier.
Moreover, by simplifying and making market
channels more efcient, B to B e-commerce will
enable developing countries rms to retain
a larger share of the nal consumer price of
products. It particularly helps smaller rms to
enter global markets.
In this, the reduction in the costs of accessing
global markets is very important for the small
rms because they cant afford more money for
the global market.
Electronic trading in essence has created
channels for developing producer rms to enter
new markets and to strengthen their position
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E-commerce changing the way business
is done here and abroad
E-commerce has a great effect on
the development of global economy
in developing countries. Small rms
are gaining more prots by using
e-commerce for making transactions
with the clients
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international trade. It opens new commercial
opportunities for small and medium rms
to participate in the international markets .It
also improves the source production with less
input and improves the economy as it eliminate
intermediaries or middlemen and its own
supply and export distribution reduces the
business transaction costs.
Closer home, e commerce has been gaining
momentum though the major worry is that most
of the players in the market do not know how
use the same as an instrument for trade.
This, as cited has brought a lot of scare and
transactions becoming a nightmare when the
consumer lose their money to fraudsters.
Growth area too poses risks as developing
countries may lack the e-nance preparedness
needed to be able to move large volumes of
nancial transactions onto the Web, the group
said.
According to Bardo Chief Executive Ofcer
Laurent Alonzo, Kenya is estimated to do better
than any other African nations citing that it
might become the major mover and shaker of
African market.
Currently there are more than 20 getaway
companies in the country and the number is
expected to rise in the coming years.
With close to 13 Million bank card holders,
17 million mobile money active users and more
than 21 million Internet users and more than
80 per cent of the population under the age of
30, online payments in Kenya are expected to
grow exponentially in the years to come from
its current position.
Mobile Internet adoption is also becoming
increasingly accessible and popular in Kenya,
contributing to a surge of start-ups in the past
few years as more businesses try to capture
online customers.
The major challenge then is to mitigate the
risks that come with this mode of transaction.
Alonzo says that for the market to thrive
especially in the country, there is the need to
mitigate online fraud.
Majorly online market is veiled by Card
fraud, the man-in-the-middle attack, hacking
and Malicious Code.
Card Fraud is probably the most common of
online scams. Essentially a thief gets their hands
on someones card details and uses those to pay
for goods on the Internet.
Fortunately, schemes such as 3D Secure
(Verified by Visa or MasterCard Secure
Code) most consumers have set up a special
password to protect themselves from such
occurrences. On the other hand, a business can
help by monitoring
sales and using
advanced fraud
t ool s t o s pot
s u s p i c i o u s
transactions.
Alonzo says
that if you feel that
the person using a
card is potentially
a thief, you can
s i mpl y r ef us e
to authorise the
purchase.
Man- i n- t he-
middle attack is where a cyber-criminal spies
on a session between your shop and the
customer and records the cardholder data being
exchanged. The best way to stop such attempts is
by using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certicate.
All payment service providers will use such
protection on their payment gateways and you
will also need to obtain one for your website.
This should eradicate most attacks.
The third menace is hacking. This is a very
bad scenario where a fraudster gains access to
the control tools of your website. It gives them
unlimited access to all of the pages, including
the payment page. One can minimise the
damage from such an attack by allowing your
payments provider to host your payments page
on their server.
From your end you should always ensure
your website and that the hosting is secure.
Regularly one is also recommended to change
website passwords and make sure that any third
party software and plugins in use are also secure
and trustworthy.
The last threat is malicious Code. There are
different types of malware used by criminals.
The most common include key loggers or
spyware (captures data as the user enters it),
backdoor (gives the hacker remote access
to your computer),
command and control
(looks for and executes
commands).
The best way of
protect from such
attacks is to keep
any software in the
comput er up t o
date, use an anti-
virus programme and
perform regular scans
on your machine.
According to a
report by Verizon,
the most breaches reported by companies
around the world were hacking attacks which
contributed to 30 per cent of threats followed
by backdoor attacks at 18 per cent.
At the same time, one potential drawback
for e-commerce is the lack of a cohesive set of
regulations and a recognized governing body
for the Internet. Issues of dispute resolution,
jurisdiction and taxation all have the potential
to slow growth.
For example, governments around the world
could stand to lose 8 billion dollars annually
that would have been culled from e-commerce
transactions except for uncertainty over tariffs
and taxes.
E-commerce currently operates in a tax- and
duty-free environment, in an unclear legal and
regulatory framework -- a situation calling for
urgent intergovernmental cooperation to clarify
the situation, the UN report stated.
This sentiments were reiterate by Alonzo
saying that Communication Authority of Kenya
does not have regulations governing the same
in the country. He says that majorly they are
regulated by international bodies involved in
the market.
It is critical to note that finding solid
measurements of worldwide e-commerce
is difcult but Banks and nancial services
companies in the developing countries will need
to adopt online payment systems and practices
that will meet their clients new needs arising
from a shift to e-commerce.
Developing nations have a better opportunity
of sharing in e-commerces benets earlier than
in previous technological revolutions, the report
said. Adding that If these countries manage to
trend with the others that are developed the
benets will be even greater stretching far
beyond economic output and exports to such
areas as health care delivery, distance learning,
public sector administration such as electronic
voting and employment.
Other recommendations are that Government
should give its support for the development of
ecommerce in the country and that it should
give priority to ensuring that the conditions for
participating of their businesses are met.
It should also reduce tariffs to support trade in
ICT hardware and software and it also maintain
taxation, security and privacy protection at
compatible level so that the small rms can
improve their trading much more exibly in to
the global market.
< continued from page 49
Mobile Internet adoption is also
becoming increasingly accessible
and popular in Kenya, contributing
to a surge of start-ups in the past
few years as more businesses try to
capture online customers
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declined, is listed in real time in the back ofce
with detailed information about the products or
services purchased, customer information, etc.
Reconciliation with the merchants accounting
records is made easily.
For merchants to better understand the online
payment system including the different risks
associated and how to overcome potential issues,
we also offer personalized and group training.
Any challenges experienced so far?
Online payment is still associated with a lot
of suspicion as most people do not understand
the process. Furthermore, customers need to
be protected from unsafe transactions which
could lead to a loss of their money. We would
therefore call for tighter regulatory controls
to ensure that companies offering the
service acquire PCIDSS (Payment Card
Industry Data Security Standard); the
recommended and highest security
standard in the world in online
payment which was developed
by the worlds largest credit and
debit card providers including
VISA and MasterCard.
Within the region, we are
the only company with
this level of certication
and are audited on an
annual basis to ensure
compliance.
Where do you
expect your business
to be in 2 years?
The African Internet market is
growing faster than anywhere in the world. We
therefore plan to solidly establish ourselves as the
number one IPSP in Kenya and indeed Africa.
Any plans to expand into the entire continent?
We are already in contact with major companies
based in different African Countries who want to
advertise and distribute our services. I believe in
the next two years we will be able to provide our
services in most African countries if not all.
How is doing business in Mauritius compared
to Nairobi?
The business is more mature in Mauritius. But,
Mauritius is a small island (approx 1.5M habitants)
and Internet business has less potential compared
to Kenya. Most of internet sale in Mauritius is
mainly from foreign based websites. In Kenya this
is not the same, local websites and companies
have big potential from both the international and
local customers.

What would you tell upcoming entrepreneurs,
especially the youth?
Never think that you wont be able to make it
and be ready to change your mind if the market is
not responding. If you have a good idea the market
will recognize it.
In our high tech industry, a good idea has more
strength than money. And if it does not work out
the rst time, try again in another way. We are
a good example, we started 18 years ago with a
business model that didnt work out, and we then
changed our model and became an IPSP. This
model has been accepted by the market and now
we are an international company and a leader in
online payment security.
Excerpts taken from an interview done by
Sam Wakoba of Techmoran
B
ardo
Group recently
launched its
operations into
the Kenyan market in the
online payment arena.
The company enables its
clients to process debit and
credit card in Non-Present
environment (Internet,
MOTO, etc.).
The rm was founded
by Laurent Alonzo with three
other partners who have
since retired but are still on
the Board of Directors of the
Group.
The following is an interview
with Bardo Founder, Laurent
Alonzo.
Tell us more about yourself
I am French. I created my
rst internet based company
back in France in 1996. In 1999
we started online payments
with the same business model
as PayPal as a Trusted Third
Party. Unfortunately, the business
model did not work and Paypal
was acquired by ebay. I then
moved to the Internet Payment
Service Provider (IPSP) industry
and created Bardo in 2001.
What inspired you to launch it at rst?
In France an auction website called ibazar
(same model as ebay) had been facing difculties
as buyers and sellers did not trust each other. We
were at that time acting as the trusted third party
(like Paypal in its origin). After the economic model
of the trusted third party became inefcient, ebay
acquired Paypal and ibazar effectively kicking us
out of the equation.
We then became an IPSP, to provide payment
solution to web merchants. I am happy to say we
are now an international company with our head
ofce in Mauritius and also incorporated in Hong
Kong, Panama and UK.
What moved you to launch in Africa?
Predictions for Africa by economists are very
positive. We also know that the internet plays a
vital role in the development of Africa. We started
in 2008 with the move to Mauritius which gave
us an opportunity to explore the African market,
understand the needs and enable us to build the
right solution for the African market.
Why Kenya?
Because Kenya is the business leader in East
Africa and many economists forecast that in the
near future it will be a leader in the continent.
Kenya was also the rst country in East Africa
to have an ecommerce acquiring bank and the
best offering in terms of e-commerce transaction
processing.
Internet penetration in the country is also
impressive with over 19 million local users. With
a growing middle class who have greater access to
debit and credit cards as well as higher purchasing
power and looking for convenience in their day to
day operations. Further, the government, banks
and local companies are also encouraging people
to embrace cashless transactions through use
of cards as well as online payment services, we
therefore see great potential for Bardo in Kenya
and indeed the region.
Are you afraid of all the terrorism and
poverty?
The issue of terrorism is not peculiar to Kenya;
unfortunately it is present everywhere in the world
and no place is 100% safe. This has therefore not
deterred us from setting up shop in Kenya.
And while it is true that Kenya faces high levels
of poverty, it also has a rapidly emerging middle
class. Looking back at Europe in 1980, Portugal
was close to Kenya, in a span of 10 years, they it has
now become a developed nation like Spain, France
or Italy. Looking at the economic indicators, the
development of Africa and especially Kenya is
surely on the right path.

Do you have any afliations or partnerships?
We have also partnered with Visa and
MasterCard and are in negotiation with other
card brands.
What has the feedback been so far?
We are getting very positive feedback from
Kenyan based merchants.
Bardo difference!
First and foremost, we offer security! We are
the only company in the African continent to
offer such a high level of security. Im saying this
based on our experience and expertise of over 13
years, the PCIDSS compliance and our secured
gateway. We became PCIDSS complaint only after
different controls of quality and security (online
and ofine) had been successfully completed by
the assessor. These include online penetration
tests which are done frequently to ensure that
the gateway is constantly secure. The assessor
also physically veries and certies that our
ofces and data centre have the required security
systems in place.
With an increasing number of transactions
over the internet in Africa, Bardo Group has
specically developed a Risk Control Software
for the African market which ensures the highest
level of security for internet payment users. The
objective of the Risk Control Software is to analyse
any transaction in real time based on various
parameters. If any transaction is suspected to
be fraudulent, it is stopped before money is
debited from the card holder. Therefore, we are
protecting both our merchants and card holders
by eliminating the possibility of fraudulent or
unsafe transactions.
Real time transaction is an important factor
when we talk about ecommerce. Through Bardo,
we verify any transaction in real time and we
promise to our merchants and our merchants
client fast and safe processing solutions.
Processed transactions have time response within
few seconds.
To note that all merchant accounts have their
own unique descriptor, which helps the card
holder to easily identify payment that they have
made.
We also offer to our merchants a user friendly
and secure online platform which supports
them in their day to day running of their online
business. The Bardo back-ofce provides
reporting and online tracking of any payments.
All transaction processed, either approved or
Bardo boosts Kenyas online payment platforms
Laurent Alonzo
Bardos founder and Chief Executive Ofcer in the country
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NEWS OF THE
Egypt urges voters to cast
ballots as Sisi nears presidency
A woman shows off her inked thumb outside a polling station in Cairo May 26, 2014. Egyptians voted on Monday in a
presidential election expected to sweep former army chief Abdel Fatah al-Sisi into ofce. [PHOTO: REUTERS]
CAIRO, Tuesday
Former army chief Abdel Fattah al-
Sisi is expected to emerge from a sec-
ond and nal day of voting on Tues-
day as Egypts next president, with the
military-backed government seeking
to boost turnout by declaring a holi-
day and extending voting hours.
With victory for Sisi a foregone
conclusion, turnout will be seen as an
important measure of the level of
popular support for the eld marshal
who toppled Egypts rst freely elect-
ed leader, the Muslim Brotherhoods
Mohamed Morsi.
Local media loyal to the govern-
ment chided voters for not turning
out in large enough numbers, and
Egyptians received text messages re-
minding them that not voting was an
offence punishable by a ne. A prom-
inent TV commentator said people
who did not vote were traitors, trai-
tors, traitors.
DECADES OF AUTOCRACY
After polls opened at 9am, lines
outside polling stations in Cairo were
short, and in some cases no voters
could be seen. The polls close at
10pm, an hour later than planned.
There is only one other candidate:
the leftist politician candidate Ham-
deen Sabahi, whose campaign de-
scribed turnout on day one as mod-
erate, or below in some cases.
Though Sisi enjoys wide support
among Egyptians who see him as a
strong leader able to end three years
of turmoil, some said they had stayed
away because neither candidate met
aspirations that had been awakened
by the 2011 Arab Spring revolt against
decades of autocracy.
The Muslim Brotherhood and its
ACCRA, Tuesday
Relatives of an Ebola fever patient
in Sierra Leone took her home from
a community health centre despite
protests from medical staff, risking
spreading the deadly and highly in-
fectious disease, a senior health of-
cial said.
The family said they did not trust
the medical system and feared she
would die if a transfer to the general
hospital in the town of Kenema went
ahead, Amara Jambai, the Health
ministrys director of disease preven-
tion and control, said.
Lawmakers and community lead-
ers would try to talk to family mem-
bers and persuade them to return
her to hospital, he said.
There has been no news of the
woman, whose identity has been
kept secret, since she was taken from
Koindu to her village nearby, Jambai
said from the capital Freetown.
Koindu shares a border with what
the World Health Organisation
(WHO) says is the Ebola virus dis-
ease epicentre in Guinea.
Asked about the risk posed by her
removal from hospital, Jambai said:
She can infect others, her family
members and also those in the com-
munity. There is no news of her con-
dition because she has been taken
away so we need to search and nd
her and make sure that it (Ebola)
doesnt spread.
CLINICAL CASES
Five people have died in Sierra
Leones rst conrmed outbreak of
the Ebola virus, WHO said on Mon-
day, signalling a new spreading of
the disease that regional ofcials had
said was under control.
Ebola, a haemorrhagic fever with
a fatality rate of up to 90 per cent, is
believed to have killed some 185
people in Guinea and Liberia since
March in the rst deadly appearance
of the disease in West Africa.
The West African outbreak spread
from a sparsely inhabited corner of
Guinea to the capital, Conakry, and
into Liberia, causing panic across a
region struggling with weak health-
care systems and porous borders.
A total of 258 clinical cases have
been recorded in Guinea since the
outbreak was identied as Ebola, in-
cluding 174 deaths 95 conrmed,
57 probable and 57 suspected.
Reuters
Relatives drag Ebola patient from local health centre
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Abdel al-Sisi has
the huge task of
weathering a campaign
of Islamist violence
Islamist allies, who view Sisi as the
mastermind of a coup against Mursi,
boycotted an election that is set to re-
instate a military man in the presi-
dency of a country dominated by the
army since 1952.
Backed by the all-powerful State,
Sisi is winning the votes of Egyptians
seeking stability and who were glad to
see the end of Mursis divisive year in
ofce, terminated by the army after
mass protests against his rule.
Sisi has been lionised by State and
privately-owned media, which have
helped build a personality cult around
the former intelligence chief about
whom little was known until last year:
his face now appears on chocolates,
posters and key-rings.
On Sisis Facebook page, admirers
posted hundreds of pictures of them-
selves wearing Egyptian ags or patri-
otic T-shirts, with ink on their ngers
showing they had voted for him. Oth-
ers had banners saying Long live
Egypt, Sisis slogan.
At some polling stations, Sisi sup-
porters sang and danced to a patriot-
ic song composed for the election. But
young Egyptians the generation that
drove the 2011 uprising were some-
times hard to nd in the voting lines.
Sisi, 59, enjoys the backing of many
Egyptian Muslims attracted by his pi-
ous demeanour he has presented
himself as a defender of Islam and
Coptic Christians whose churches
were attacked after Mursis downfall
and who see him as a protector.
I am voting for Sisi because we
need to get rid of the Muslim Brother-
hood. He stood behind the people to
overthrow this garbage. He will im-
prove security and the economy, said
Adnan al-Gindi, a 54-year old dentist,
as he waited to vote for Sisi in the af-
uent Cairo area of Zamalek.
The Brotherhood, which came rst
in both parliamentary and presiden-
tial polls held after Mubaraks down-
fall, has been driven underground in
a campaign of repression that has
killed hundreds of its followers and
landed thousands more in prison.
In a move that has alienated some
liberal Egyptians who backed Mursis
overthrow, secular dissidents have al-
so been jailed, often for breaking a
new protest law criticised as a threat
to free assembly.
PHYSICAL ASSAULTS
Sabahi came third in the 2012 elec-
tion won by Morsi. Other candidates
who contested the election won by
Mursi did not run, saying the climate
was not conducive to democracy fol-
lowing a crackdown on Islamist and
other opposition groups.
Sabahis campaign complained of
many violations, including physical
assaults on Sabahi representatives,
and intervention by police and ar-
my, on the rst day of voting.
Reuters
RoundUp
PRETORIA: Zuma appoints
rst lesbian to Cabinet
South African President Jacob Zuma has
appointed the countrys rst openly gay
Cabinet minister, a move thought also to
be a rst in Africa and a symbolic step
on a continent enduring a homophobic
backlash. Lynne Brown becomes the
Public Enterprises minister in a Cabinet
that includes South Africas rst black
Minister of Finance. Brown, 52, of mixed
race ancestry, was born in Cape Town
and was premier of Western Cape until
the African National Congress lost
control of the province to the opposition
Democratic Alliance in 2009. She began
her career as a teacher and gained
a certicate in gender planning at
University College London.
ABUJA: Nigerian army locates
missing girls but wont rescue
The Nigerian military says it knows
where the girls kidnapped by Boko
Haram are but will not attempt a rescue.
Nigerias Chief of Defence Staff said
it was good news for the parents
although he admitted the military
would not risk going there with force.
More than 200 girls were abducted by
Boko Haram gunmen from their school
in northern Nigeria in April. Earlier,
the BBC learned that a deal to release
some of the girls was close but was
called off by the government. The BBCs
Will Ross in the capital, Abuja, says an
intermediary met leaders of the Islamist
group and visited the place where they
were being held. He says an agreement
was almost reached to release 50 of the
girls in exchange for the release of 100
Boko Haram prisoners. But the Nigerian
government pulled out of the deal.
BLANTYRE: Chaotic Malawi
election sparks legal battle
A week after Malawians went to the polls
to elect a new president, the result is
still not known and erce legal wrangling
has raised the prospect of a protracted
political crisis. With at least 90 per cent
of the votes counted over the weekend,
it was unclear if election watchdogs
would release the results, and if the
outcome would be recognised. Amid
reports of irregularities, the electoral
commission, the countrys incumbent
president and opposition parties are
embroiled in lawsuits and counter-suits
over the count. President Joyce Banda
said the vote was marred by serious
irregularities and declared it null and
void, calling for a do-over within 90
days.
JUBA: South Sudan denies
assaulting UN Staff
The South Sudan army denied its
soldiers were involved in an attack
against UN employees in Juba, and
rejected accusations that it was blocking
the movement of UN peacekeepers
and relief supplies. Sudan Peoples
Liberation Army (SPLA) spokesman,
Colonel Philip Aguer, said the army has
not received any formal complaints
from anyone who claims to have been
assaulted and detained by members
of the army. The victim would have
come to the SPLA general headquarters
to bring the complaint, he said. UN
Mission in South Sudan ofcials last
week issued a statement accusing South
Sudan security forces of being behind
the assault and detention of two staff
members.
Agencies
BANGKOK, Tuesday
Thai military settled down to work
at their Bangkok headquarters, rmly
in charge with royal endorsement
while rounding up critics and search-
ing for weapons they fear could still
be used to ght their takeover.
Soldiers burst into a journalists
club in Bangkok and detained a for-
mer minister after he denounced the
coup saying it would bring disaster.
A protest in Bangkok passed off
without incident with fewer people
coming out to chant their opposition
to the coup.
Army chief General Prayuth Chan-
ocha seized power on Thursday, say-
ing the army had to restore order after
nearly seven months of sometimes
deadly demonstrations.
He said he had been formally rec-
ognised by King Bhumibol Adulyadej
as head of the ruling military council,
a crucial seal of legitimacy in a coun-
try where the monarchy is the most
important institution.
The junta has moved quickly to
stamp out dissent and tackle econom-
ic problems, notably preparing pay-
ments for hundreds of thousands of
rice farmers that the ousted govern-
ment was unable to make.
The military has detained scores of
politicians and activists and anyone
defying a summons could be jailed for
up to two years. It has censored the
media and imposed a nightly curfew.
We are very rm on our strategy,
deputy army spokesman Winthai Su-
varee said of the protests. If they
break the law, we have to detain them.
If they dont go home by 10pm curfew
time, we must take them in.
Thai army gets down to work on
economy, detains ex-minister
The junta has moved
quickly to stamp out
dissent and tackling
the economy like
paying rice farmers
He said the army had found weap-
ons in raids around the country.
Most of these appear to belong to
those linked to the red shirt move-
ment, Winthai said, referring to sup-
porters of ousted Prime Minister Yin-
gluck Shinawatra and her brother,
former premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
Thaksin was deposed by the mili-
tary in 2006 and has lived abroad
since 2008 to avoid a graft charges.
But he remains Thailands most in-
uential politician, hugely popular
among the rural poor in the north and
northeast but loathed by the royalist
establishment and Bangkok middle
class who see him as an upstart chal-
lenger to the old order.
Some Thaksin loyalists had vowed
to resist any takeover and the army
and police are hunting for weapons.
Anyone holding weapons without
explicit permission will be considered
a criminal, central region army com-
mander General Thirachai Nakwan-
ich told reporters.
DENOUCED COUP
General Preecha Chan-ocha, a
younger brother of army chief Pr-
ayuth, told Reuters the army was
monitoring underground move-
ments of red shirt activists.
We believe activities are still be-
ing organised that could cause politi-
cal upheaval, he said.
An army ranger was killed on Mon-
day in a raid on suspected pro-Thak-
sin activists. Last week, authorities
seized weapons and detained several
suspects in the northeast. Raids have
also been conducted in the north.
Former Education Minister
Chaturon Chaisang, on the run after
refusing to turn himself in after the
coup, was detained by soldiers who
burst in to the Foreign Correspon-
dents Club of Thailand where he had
just nished speaking.
Chaturon said the coup would ex-
acerbate conict. From now on there
will be more and more arrests, the
economy will be worse, he said.
Reuters
Thai soldiers receive roses from a pro-army group outside the 1st Division,
Kings Guard in Bangkok yesterday. [PHOTO: REUTERS]
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard NEWS OF THE WORLD / Page 53
NEW DELHI, Tuesday
New Indian Prime Minister Naren-
dra Modi met with Pakistans leader
and asked he prevents its territory
from being used in terrorism against
India and speed up investigations in-
to the 2008 attack in Mumbai.
Modi was meeting with Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif and the leaders
of Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Af-
ghanistan, Mauritius, Bangladesh and
Maldives, a day after they attended his
inauguration. But all eyes were watch-
ing the meeting between Modi and
Sharif for signs of a thaw in the rela-
tions between the often-hostile, nu-
clear-armed neighbors.
Sharif also addressed reporters,
saying the meeting was a historic op-
portunity for both our countries.
Sharif said as leaders, they could
succeed in turning a new page in the
often-hostile relations between their
countries.
AP
Modi meets
with leader of
rival Pakistan
RoundUp
BAGHDAD: Suicide attack kills at least
17 in lawless Baghdad
A suicide bomber set off his explosives-laden belt in a
mosque in busy commercial area in central Baghdad,
killing at least 17 people, as the country remains
without a new government following last months
national elections. The bomber entered the Shiite
mosque in the Shorja market in downtown Baghdad
as worshippers were heading inside to attend noon
prayers, a police ofcer said. The explosion wounded
29 other people, he added. Also in Baghdad, a bomb
went off in an outdoor vegetable market in the
eastern Shiite neighbourhood of Sadr City, killing two
civilians and wounding ve others, police said.
VIENNA: Iran readies plant needed to
fulll nuclear pact with powers
After months of delays, Iran appears to be nalising
a plant to convert a large amount of low-enriched
uranium gas into an oxide form that would be less
suitable for processing into nuclear bomb material,
a UN watchdog report shows. Under last years
landmark accord with six world powers to curb Irans
nuclear programme, it needs to take action by late
July to limit its stockpile of uranium gas rened to a
ssile concentration of up to 5 per cent. It was one of
the terms of the interim deal that won Tehran some
sanctions easing. To be able to do that, it has been
building a facility near the central city of Isfahan for
turning the gas into powder.
MOSCOW: Russia seeks life sentences
for men who killed Anna Politkovskaya
Russian prosecutors asked a judge on Tuesday for
life sentences for two men convicted of the 2006
murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, whose
killing deepened Western concerns about the rule of
law under President Vladimir Putin. Life became the
maximum sentence for murder in the 1990s when the
country imposed a moratorium on the death penalty.
A jury convicted ve men of the murder and asked
sentences ranging from 15 to 22 years for three other
men who were found guilty of a murder that drew
global attention to the risks faced by Kremlin critics.
Elsewhere...
The eastern city of Donetsk was in turmoil a day
after government forces used ghter jets to stop
pro-Russia separatists from taking over the airport.
Dozens were reported killed and the mayor went on
television to urge residents to stay indoors.
The city of 1 million was engulfed by ghting Monday
when rebels moved to seize the airport, Ukraines
second largest. They were repelled by government
forces using combat jets and helicopter gunships.
Agencies
Tenders are invited for term contracts and prequalication of suppliers for supply/provision of goods, services and works to
Government Departments/Institutions within the twelve (12) Kakamega County Sub-Counties as and when required for the period
ending 30
th
June, 2015.
Tender documents giving detailed specications and conditions for tendering may be obtained from all the Sub-County Supply Chain
Management Ofces Kakamega County upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Kshs. 1,000/= per set of tender documents for
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Tenderers MUST:
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Attach a copy of current Tax Compliance Certicate where applicable
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Adhere to any other requirements as specied in the tender documents
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and bearing no indication of the Tenderer(s) name should be deposited in the Tender Box situated at the
entrance of all Deputy County Commissioners Ofces or sent by post to:
1. Deputy County Commissioner Kakamega Central, Box 43-50100, Kakamega
2. Deputy County Commissioner Kakamega East, Box 104-50107, Shinyalu
3. Deputy County Commissioner Kakamega South, Box 600-50104, Khayega
4. Deputy County Commissioner Kakamega North, Box 52-50103, Malava
5. Deputy County Commissioner Likuyani, Box 12, Matunda
6. Deputy County Commissioner Lugari, Box 367, Turbo
7. Deputy County Commissioner Matete, Box 1, Matete
8. Deputy County Commissioner Navakholo, Box 97, Nambacha
9. Deputy County Commissioner Matungu, Box 901, Mumias
10. Deputy County Commissioner Mumias, Box 160, Mumias
11. Deputy County Commissioner Butere, Box 50-50101, Butere
12. Deputy County Commissioner Khwisero, Box 60-50135, Khwisero

So as to be received on or before 18
th
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bidders or their representatives who choose to attend.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
KAKAMEGA COUNTY.
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR & COORDINATION OF NATIONAL
GOVERNMENT
KAKAMEGA COUNTY
DEPUTY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
(KAKAMEGA CENTRAL, KAKAMEGA EAST, KAKAMEGA SOUTH,
KAKAMEGA NORTH, LIKUYANI, LUGARI, MATETE, NAVAKHOLO,
MATUNGU, MUMIAS, BUTERE AND KHWISERO)
TENDER NOTICE
The two countries have
long sparred over who
owns what in the oil-
and gas-rich waters
A Chinese ship (left) shoots water cannon at a Vietnamese vessel while a Chi-
nese Coast Guard ship centre, sails alongside in the South China Sea, off Viet-
nams coast, last week. [PHOTO: AP]
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there were no injuries.
In Beijing, the government said
that a Vietnamese shing boat had
forced its way into the area around the
oil rig and rammed into a Chinese
shing boat. The fact that this inci-
dent happened shows that Vietnams
illegitimate and illegal harassment
and sabotage against Chinas regular
operations are futile and will only
hurt their own interests, said Foreign
Ministry spokesman Qin Gang.
Since May 1, Vietnam has accused
China of ramming into or ring water
cannons at Vietnamese vessels trying
to get close to the rig, damaging sev-
eral boats and injuring sheries sur-
veillance ofcers.
They have shown video footage of
some of the incidents. China accuses
Vietnam of doing the same.
China claims nearly all of the
South China Sea as its own, bringing
it into conict with far smaller neigh-
bors like Vietnam and the Philippines.
In recent years it has been more asser-
tive in pressing its claims in the waters
and resisting attempts to negotiate.
Philippine President Benigno
Aquino III said Tuesday his country
was watching developments in the
Vietnam-China standoff.
Were trying to learn the right les-
sons and our armed forces and coast
guard and other concerned agencies
are looking at the possible scenarios
and what should be our appropriate
response, he said.
He spoke from a western Philip-
pine naval base he said had been
equipped with surveillance and bet-
ter communications to better guard
against territorial intrusions.
The United States, which shares
the concerns of the smaller claimant
states about Chinas rising military
might, called Chinas deployment of
the rig provocative. Vietnam is try-
ing to rally regional and international
support against Beijing, but its op-
tions are limited because China is the
countrys largest trading partner.
AP
Vietnam accuses China of sinking boat
Beijing said the Vietnamese boat was
trying to get close to the oil rig,
rammed into one of its vessels, and
then sank. The crew was rescued.
The clash occurred around 30km
south-southwest of the large oil rig
that China deployed on May 1 in wa-
ters both nations claim.
The rig deployment infuriated Ha-
noi and set off violent anti-China
protests that further soured ties be-
tween the neighbouring communist
countries with close economic rela-
tions. Vietnam sent patrol ships to
confront the rig, and China has de-
ployed scores of vessels to protect it.
The two sides have been involved in
a tense standoff, occasionally collid-
ing with each other.
China and Vietnam have long
sparred over who owns what in the
oil- and gas-rich waters. Incidents
between shing crews are quite com-
mon, but Mondays incident was the
rst time a Vietnamese boat had been
sunk, said Tran Van Linh, president of
the Fisheries Association in the cen-
tral port city of Danang.
I call this an act of attempted
murder because the Chinese sank a
Vietnamese shing boat and then ran
away, Linh said. We vehemently
protest this perverse, brutal and in-
humane action by Chinese side.
ILLEGAL HARASSMENT
Linh said about 40 Chinese steel
vessels surrounded a group of small-
er, wooden Vietnamese shing ships
on Monday. He said one then rammed
into the Vietnamese ship, tossing 10
shermen into the water and sinking
the boat. The shermen were picked
by the other Vietnamese boats and
LAHORE: Pakistan woman stoned to death for marrying lover
A 25-year-old woman was stoned to death by her family outside one of Pakistans top
courts in a so-called honour killing for marrying the man she loved. Farzana Iqbal
was waiting for the High Court in Lahore to open when a group of around dozen men
began attacking her with bricks. Her father, two brothers and former ance were
among the attackers. Iqbal suffered severe head injuries and was pronounced dead in
hospital. All the suspects except her father escaped. He admitted killing his daughter,
saying it was a matter of honour. Many Pakistani families think a woman marrying
her own choice of man brings dishonour on the family. Iqbal had been engaged to her
cousin but married another man. Her family reported her kidnapped but Iqbal had
come to court to argue that she had married of her own free will.
PESHAWAR: Police say 16 killed in Pakistani truck accident
A truck fell into the Swat River in northwestern Pakistan killing 16 members of an
extended family. Local police ofcer Khursheed Khan said ve women and 10 children
are among the dead. Khan says some people are still missing and that a search is
being carried out. Khan says all the dead belonged to an extended family and they
were going to the northwestern valley of Kalam from eastern Punjab province.
Pakistan has one of the worlds worst trafc accident records.
TEHRAN: Iran judge summons Facebook CEO to court
A judge in southern Iran has ordered Facebook founder and chief executive Mark
Zuckerberg to appear court to answer complaints by individuals who say Facebook-
owned applications Instagram and Whatsapp violate their privacy. The judge
also ordered the two apps blocked. Another Iranian court last week had ordered
Instagram blocked over privacy concerns. However, users in Tehran, still could access
both applications around yesterday. In Iran, websites and Internet applications have
sometimes been reported blocked but remained operational. Facebook is already
banned in the country, along with other social websites like Twitter and YouTube.
MANILA: Philippines defends military deal with US
The Philippine government said its new accord letting the US expand its military
presence in the country is legal. Two court petitions say the accord violates the
constitutional ban on foreign military bases because it allows US forces to establish
facilities inside Philippine bases where the Americans can preposition troops and
materiel indenitely. The accord follows the announced US pivot to Asia where
China is displaying increasing aggressiveness in its territorial conict with its
neighbours in the South China Sea, including the Philippines and Vietnam. Agencies
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
HANOI, Tuesday
Vietnam and China traded accu-
sations Tuesday over who was the ag-
gressor in a clash that led to the sink-
ing of a Vietnamese shing boat in
the South China Sea, sharpening ten-
sions already dangerously high after
China moved an oil rig into the dis-
puted waters.
Hanoi accused a Chinese vessel of
ramming the wooden Vietnamese
boat Monday then eeing the scene.
EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES AUTHORITY
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Export Processing Zones Authority has been notied of the imminent
closure of its water treatment works located at Kinanie due to the high
pollution levels; (Refer to notice by Water Resource Management Authority
appearing in the Standard Newspaper of Thursday May 15, 2014 page 13 and
the Daily Nation of Friday November 22, 2013)
In order to contain the situation and prevent further damage to the
environment, the EPZA has decided to close the facility for maintenance,
desludging and repair of Electro-Mechanical facilities at the site with effect
from Wednesday June 11, 2014.
ALL ENTERPRISES and PERSONS who are connected to the EPZA sewer line
are therefore notied to make alternative arrangements for the disposal of
their wastewater during the maintenance period which is expected to take
Six (6) months. EPZA shall disconnect all the connections to the trunk sewer
effective Wednesday June 11, 2014.
THIS NOTICE serves to inform the exhauster services, that discharge of
wastewater into the EPZA trunk sewer will also be stopped.
The services at the wastewater treatment plant will resume once the
whole process of maintenance, desludging and electro-mechanical repair
of installations has been completed and, for which communication for all
affected will be through PUBLIC NOTICE.
TAKE NOTICE that the Authority shall not be responsible for any spill over
of raw wastewater into the environment due to none adherence to this
NOTICE.
We regret any inconvenience this may cause.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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CLOSURE OF EPZA SEWERAGE TREATMENT WORKS
FOR MAINTENANCE, DESLUDGING AND ELECTRO-
MECHANICAL INSTALLATION REPAIRS
DISCONNECTION FROM EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES
AUTHORITY (EPZA) TRUNK SEWER
The public is notied that EPZ Sewerage waste treatment plant was designed to handle
EPZ waste water treatment. However, over the years, and due to rapid expansion of
industrial, commercial and residential entities along Mombasa Road, Mlolongo, Athi River
and the environs, many other entities have connected themselves to the facility. Some of
these have done so without the authorization of EPZ Authority. As a result, there has been
overwhelming volumes of waste water and pollution loads discharged to the treatment
ponds, which have overstretched the capacity of the facility. The end result is pollution of
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discharged, EPZA in consultation with Water Resource Management Authority(WRMA),
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Company as it is ultimately discharged into EPZ sewer treatment plant. Meanwhile, all
entities connected to the EPZ trunk sewer without authorization from EPZ Authority
are invited to submit application for controlled connection. Those who will not have
responded by the Notice date should have made alternative arrangement for their waste
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F1: Hamilton-Rosberg
feud sparked in Monaco
The feud between two Mercedes
team-mates, which exploded
publicly in Monaco, had been
brewing since Lewis Hamilton
used an unauthorised engine
mode to hold off Nico Rosberg
in the Spanish Grand Prix, it has
emerged. But the row predates
the falling out in Monaco.
Protecting a narrow lead in the
closing stages of the Spanish
Grand Prix, Hamilton turned
up his engine performance
to maximum without the
permission of bosses on the pit
wall. The 29-year-old was forced
to apologise to his Mercedes
team. AFP
NBA: Heat scorch Pacers
to reach brink of Finals
LeBron James scored 32 points
as two-time defending champion
Miami ripped Indiana 102-90
Monday, pushing the Heat to the
brink of a fourth consecutive trip
to the NBA Finals. Chris Bosh
scored 25 points and James added
10 rebounds and ve assists as the
Heat seized a 3-1 lead in the best-
of-seven Eastern Conference nal.
Miami can clinch another berth
in the championship series with a
victory in game ve Wednesday at
Indianapolis. Its going to take a
better game than we had tonight,
James said. We have to get better
every game. Miami or Indiana
will face either San Antonio or
Oklahoma in next months NBA
Finals.
AFP
HANDBALL: Kenyan refs
oversee ties in Congo
Kenya handball referee pair
of George Ondeko and Dennis
Ayieko are ying the Kenyan
ag AT the ongoing 30th edition
of Africa Championship for
the winners Cup for men and
women at the Oyo complex,
in Brazzaville. This has been
a good season for the pair
after they were nominated
by Confederation of African
handball governing body (CAHB)
to take part in the African Youth
Championship that was hosted in
Nairobi in March this year. This
shows that the sport is growing
in the country imparting the
experience from high-prole
matches to the local league.
Rebecca Gichana
PROBLEM-HIT
LI STUNNED AT
FRENCH OPEN
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
PARIS
Chinese second seed Li Na admitted
she wasnt ready mentally after crashing
out in the French Open rst round at the
hands of world number 103 Kristina
Mladenovic of France.
Following mens third seed Stan
Wawrinkas exit on Monday, fellow Aus-
tralian Open champion Li became the
biggest early victim in the womens draw
as 21-year-old Mladenovic stormed
through 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 on a windswept Su-
zanne Lenglen court.
Nobody says if youre number two in
the world you have to win all the match-
es. I mean, this is tennis, said Li, the
2011 Roland Garros champion.
I think it doesnt matter who plays
today against me, I always lose because
I dont think I put pressure on her, she
said about Mladenovic, who reaches the
last 64 for just the second time in six ap-
pearances in Paris.
Li came into the tournament in good
form having reached the quarter-nals
at Rome and Madrid as well as the Miami
Masters nal where she lost to Serena
Williams.
However, her results in Paris since be-
coming the rst Asian player to win a
Grand Slam three years ago have been
disappointing.
She was knocked out in the second
round last year and hasnt been past the
fourth round in any of her seven other
appearances in the French capital.
I think today I gave away the match,
said the dejected 32-year-old double
Grand Slam winner.
I think today is not about tennis, so
many thing are wrong.
On Tuesday, she committed 37 un-
forced errors.
I dont think Im doing well. If Im do-
ing well, I believe I still can win the
match if its not my best day.
But I dont think today I tried a lot.
Like I said before, doesnt matter who
plays today against me. I already lose the
match already.
Mladenovic next meets Alison Riske
of the United States.
Its just incredible, I dont have the
words to describe what happened, a
tearful Mladenovic said.
To beat the world number two in the
rst round at Roland Garros is incredi-
ble. Without you, I couldnt have done
it, the 2009 French Open junior cham-
pion told the crowd.
The 21-year-old dug deep to steal the
rst set from under Lis nose when she
saved two set points at 5-4 before going
on to close out the opening frame 7-5.
The second set was a different story
as the 32-year-old from Wuhan picked
up an early break to race into a 3-0 lead
which she protected the rest of the way
to level the match 6-3. Then came the Li
collapse. AFP
Chinese second seed fall to number 103 in
Paris, admits many things wrong with her
Chinas Li Na reacts during her French tennis
Open rst round match against Frances
Kristina Mladenovic at the Roland Garros
stadium in Paris, yesterday [PHOTO: AFP]
...as Chadha stars at Great
Rift Society tourney in Kericho
By ERICK OCHIENG
Betty Mutua produced a
stunning round of golf to win
the overall award of the Ke-
nya Forest Service Golf Day
tournament at Thika Sports-
Club on Saturday.
Playing off handicap 24 ,
Mutua posted 20 points in
the rst nine and another 24
points in the second nine for
an impressive score of 44
points during the event that
attacted 184 golfers.
Mutua, who could not
hide her joy of being the
overall winner, attributed
her impressive performance
to lots of practice and play-
ing in a great team that mo-
tivated her to play well.
Antony Kabucho, playing
off handicap 16, was the
mens winner scoring 43
points (21+22).
Losing on count back to
Kibucho to win the mens
runner up prize was handi-
cap one Patrick Kingori with
a total of 41 points.
The third mens prize
went to handicap 26 Dr
Isaack Chirugu who returned
a score of 40 points.
The ladies prize was won
by handicap 36 Dorcas Njogu
who scored 20 points on the
rst nine and 22 points in
the 2nd nine for a total of 42
points.
RUNNER UP
She was followed in sec-
ond place by Eunice Mwangi
who also scored 42 points
but lost on count back to
Njogu.
The guest prize was won
by handicap 16 D Makau
who scored 35 points, while
the guest runner up was
handicap 10 D. Muthungu
with 24 points.
The junior award was
won by handicap 11 Simon
Ngugi who returned a score
of 35 points.
The Senior Deputy Secre-
tary Natural Resources, Min-
istry of Environment, Water
and Natural Resources
Onesmus F Kibuna won the
Sponsors prize with 30 points
(20+10) while Chief Commu-
nication Ofcer Charles
Ngunjiri who is also the cap-
tain of Thika Sports Club was
the runner up with 28
points.
TREE COVER
Other winners were Da-
vid Matano who won the
nearest to the pin. Betty
Ndenderu won the Longest
drive ladies while Wainaina
Njoroge won the longest
drive men. The second nine
prize was won by Handicap
20 Peter Ruku on 22 points
while the rst nine was
handicap 28 Wayne Cook on
24 points during the event
graced by Senior Deputy
Secretary, Ministry of Envi-
ronment, Water and Natural
Resources Onesmus Kibuna,
Deputy Director Forest Ex-
tension Services Patrick Kar-
iuki and Head Corporate
Communications Anne
Kaari.
Kibuna empasised the
governments efforts to in-
crease national tree cover to
ten per cent by 2030 and
praised Thika Sports Club for
its efforts to plant more
trees.
The next KFS Golf day will
be played at Nyanza Golf
Club on June 7.
At the Kericho golf course
on Saturday, handicap eight
Virenda Chadha posted 16-
MUTUA REIGNS IN THIKA
ABOVE: Kenya Forest Service Chief Corporate Communications
Ofcer Charles Ngunjiri (left) receives the sponsors runner up
prize from Club Chairman Dr Edward Ndungu during the Kenya
Forest Service Golf Day at Thika Sports Club. BELOW: Anoop
Sahota in action during the Nakuru Chairman KFS-sponsored
tournament. PHOTOS: COURTESY]
FEVERPITCH / Page 59 Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
Pedro
labour to
beat Asel
of Congo
By REBECCA GICHANA
IN BRAZZAVILLE
Africa Handball Club
Champions Pedro Athletico
of Anglola laboured beat
hosts Asel of Congo Braza-
ville 34-27 in the quarter -
nal match during the 30th
edition of Africa Champion-
ship Winners Cup at the Oyo
complex, Brazzaville.
The titghtly contested
match started on a high note
with both teams making
clinical scores. The home
team, supported by a parti-
san crowd, registered a 14-13
lead but failed to tame the
continental giants at the end
of the match.
The rst semi-nal duel
will be an all-Angola affair
when Athletico play Progres-
so.
In another one sided en-
counter, Tunisias Esperance
won 43-25 against Aspac
from Benin.
BETTER SIDE
The North Africans, who-
seemed the better side, made
quick scores in the rst ve
minutes of the match to re-
cord a 4-1 lead.
Esperance then asked for
the rst technical time out in
the ninth minute as they
were leading 7-1 with their
opponents making a change
between the posts, an idea
that never worked for them
after all.
Aspac recovered in the
13th minute making two
more scores but time was
not on their side owing to
many weak passes that their
opponents utilised to con-
tinue with the lead.
In the rst quarter of the
match, the Tunisian giants
who were leading 15-7, ex-
tended their lead to 21-11 at
half time.
UNNECESSARY FOULS
Both teams had their
share of mistakes with three
Esperance players going out
for two minutes because of
unnecessary fouls.
On resumption, Esper-
ance coach made changes
giving his second team a
chance to proove their
worth.
Aspac looked composed
after the breather but their
opponents recorded 33-18
lead. By the third quarter, Es-
perance were leading 35-20.
This is the second con-
secutive match Aspac has
lost in a span of 24 hours af-
ter they went down 34-26
against Salinas.
Esperance had earlier
won 24-22 against Volcan of
Cameroon while Al Haly of
Egypt defeated Patronage
34-23 in another encounter
in the mens category.
rgichana@standard-
17 in both nines for a total
of 37 stableford points to
emerge the overall winner of
the Great Rift Golng Soci-
ety tournament.
Fred Koech, playing off
handicap 24, was the rst
runner up on 36 points (23-
13) while handicap six Paul
Ichango from Royal Nairobi
Club Nairobi settled for the
second runners up on a score
of 35 points (16-19).
Mens winner prize was
won by handicap 8 William
kirui on 37 points (20-17)
and the Lady winner was
handicap 17 Rukiya Awan
who had a score of 37 points
(20-17).
Erastus Orina playing off
handicap 15 was the rst
nine winner on 35 points (
18-17) and the same for the
second nine was won by
handicap 13 Peter Serem on
28 points (9-19).
Kericho County amassed
a total of 111 points to claim
the County Shield in the
event sponsored by Safari-
com and Kaisugu Limited.
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co.ke
Doyle takes cricket to Homa Bay County schools
By ERICK OCHIENG
Former Australian cricket
ace Floyd Doyle is the man
behind the popularisation of
cricket in Homa Bay County.
The former Windsor and
Hawkesbury player intro-
duced the game to the less
fortunate children in the
county last week.
Doyle carried a week-long
programme with the help of
Obuya Cricket Academy, the
Australia Aid and Australia
Red Cross, who donated kit
in ten schools in the county.
The programme saw pu-
pils from Koboo, Kanam,
Angonga, Homa Bay, Pundo,
Homa Hills and Nya wi Omu-
ga primary schools learn the
basics in cricket. Secondary
schools that beneted were
Kanam, St. Alfred Alara and
Homa Bay.
With the help of Kenyan
international David Obuya,
Josphat Agunga (Obuya Crick-
et Academy Operational Man-
ager) and Sam Otieno (Homa
Bay County Cricket coach),
Doyle was able to impart var-
ious techniques including
batting, elding, catching,
bowling to enthusiastic up-
coming players.
The county has great po-
tential in cricket, it only needs
sponsors and interest of the
local government for this to
be realised, said Doyle, who
also introduced the game in
schools in Oyugis and Asum-
bi.
VOLUNTEER PROGRAMME
Doyle, who is on a one-
year cricket volunteer pro-
gramme to Kenya, is also
helping the country build vi-
tal cricket programmes touch-
ing on sponsorships, child de-
velopment, child protection,
business plan proposals, HIV
and Aids awareness and so-
cial inclusions among others.
Kanam Primary School
captain Titus Okode said: I
dont know this game (crick-
et), I have never played it be-
fore, but it is now what I want
to concentrate on for my fu-
ture.
Otieno promised to do ev-
erything to ensure the likes of
Okode grow up to become
world beaters in the future.
Agunga is optimistic that
with the help of Obuya Crick-
et Academy, the game will be
expanded from Homa Bay to
other areas including Kaka-
mega which is Doyles the next
target.
Obuya was optimistic that
Homa Bay County will make a
great step when they do a fol-
low up programme in the next
three months.
Yesterday, Doyle intro-
duced the game to Ayany Pri-
mary in Kibera, Nairobi, with
the help of former Nairobi
Mayor Joe Aketch.
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dia.co.ke
Former Australia cricket ace Floyd Doyle presents kit, donated by
Australia Aid and Australia Red cross, to Homa Bay Countys Kanam
Primary School cricket captain Titus Okode at the weekend.
Page 60 / FEVERPITCH Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
Russia edge out Slovakia
in World Cup warm-up
MOSCOW
Russia started its World
Cup preparations with a 1-0
win over Slovakia in St Pe-
tersburg on Monday.
The match was a largely
drab affair before Zenit St Pe-
tersburg striker Alexander
Kerzhakov nodded in debu-
tant Maxim Kannunikovs
cross on 82 minutes as the
Slovakian defence failed to re-
act.
Russia coach Fabio
Capello picked a relatively
conservative team in which
the main absentee was in-
jured captain Roman Shi-
rokov, replaced in the start-
ing line-up by playmaker
Alan Dzagoev.
Besides winger Kan-
nunikov, uncapped mid-
elder Pavel Mogilevets was
a late substitute.
Playing at the World Cup
for the rst time in 12 years,
Russia will take on South
Korea, Belgium and Algeria
in the group stage.
Russias other warm-ups
are against Norway Saturday
and Morocco on June 5.
In Sydney, Australia was
held to a 1-1 draw by an un-
derstrength South Africa on
Monday in its last interna-
tional friendly on home soil
before the World Cup.
More than 50,000 specta-
tors were at Sydneys Olym-
pic stadium expecting to
send the Socceroos off with
what should have been a
straightforward win.
Instead, it was Ayanda
Patosi who opened the scor-
ing for South Africa against
the run of play in the 13th
minute. New York Red Bulls
star Tim Cahill scored the
equaliser a minute later, ex-
tending his record as Aus-
tralias all-time leading scor-
er to 32 goals. AP
MOSES WANTS SUPER EAGLES
Nigerias John Obi Mikel
(left) runs with the ball past
Ethiopias Behaslu Assefa in
October last year during
their World Cup qualifying
match in Addis Ababa.
[PHOTO: AFP]
LONDON
Victor Moses is targeting a
World Cup semi-nal spot
ahead of Nigerias internation-
al friendly with Scotland in
London on Wednesday.
Moses and his team-mates
will step up their preparations
for Brazil against Gordon Stra-
chans improving side at Cra-
ven Cottage, the home of Ful-
ham, recently relegated from
the Premier League.
And the winger, on the
books at nearby Chelsea, is
condent Nigeria can make a
major impression on next
months global showpiece.
I believe we can reach the
semi-nals. But togetherness
of the team under the coach is
key.
There is always a good
vibe among the lads when we
come together and well need
that at the World Cup.
Moses has endured a disap-
pointing season on loan at Liv-
erpool where he found himself
overlooked for long periods as
the Merseysiders nished run-
ners-up in the Premier League
behind champions Man-
chester City, but he believes
his frustrations can help re
his World Cup campaign.
I think playing at the World
Cup will be good for a lot of the
players, and not just me, he
said.
TEAM PROGRAMME
After the Scotland clash,
Nigeria will y out to the Unit-
ed States where coach Stephen
Keshi will decide on his nal
23-man squad before interna-
tional football governing body
Fifas June 2 deadline.
Scotland failed to qualify
for the nals they havent
reached the latter stages of a
major tournament since ap-
pearing at the 1998 World Cup
in France but their improved
performances under Strachan
have boosted condence
ahead of next seasons Euro
2016 qualiers.
Hull striker George Boyd
returns to the Scotland
squad after a 12-month
absence following his de-
cision to pull out of last
years trip to Croatia be-
cause it clashed with his
wedding.
Ive been on the fring-
es of things, said Boyd. I
had a game in Serbia but
then got married and had to
miss the next squad, which
probably killed me a bit.
My wedding clashed with
the June date when Scotland
won in Croatia. That was really
unfortunate and obviously
wasnt great from a football
perspective.
It was a great performance
by the boys in that game and
its hard to change when the
team is winning. So really Im
just happy to be back in. I
think we have that winning
mentality with Scotland now.
The past months have
been really good in terms of re-
sults and performances so
hopefully we can take that all
the way into the Euro 2016
qualifying campaign.
Meanwhile, Argentina
started its World Cup prepara-
tions behind closed doors on
Monday with physical exams
expected to ll the day.
Argentine football ofcials
said only Real Madrid winger
Angel Di Maria was missing
from the 26 players called up
by coach Alejandro Sabella for
training in the Buenos Aires
suburb of Ezeiza. The South
Americans have two warm-up
games against Trinidad and
Tobago on June 4 and Slovenia
on June 7 before traveling to
Brazil.
Lionel Messis Argentina
will face Bosnia-Herzegovina
in Rio de Janeiro on June 15 in
Group F, which also has Iran
and Nigeria. AFP
Nigeria to play Scotland
in London friendly today
15
DAYS TO GO
Russias Dmitri
Kombarov (left) and
Slovakias Robert
Mak vie for the ball
during their friendly
match in St Peters-
burg, Russia on
Monday. [PHOTO: AP]
FEVERPITCH / Page 61 Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
Cameroons forward Eric Maxim Choupo-
Moting (right) and defender Henri Bedimo
play the ball during a friendly match
against Macedonia. [PHOTO: AFP]
KUFSTEIN, AUSTRIA

Samuel Etoo and Camer-
oons other World Cup stars are
locked in a battle with their fed-
eration over bonuses for the
tournament.
The African team, who will
be playing in their seventh -
nals in Brazil, beat Macedonia
2-0 in a warm-up match in Aus-
tria on Monday. But back home
the players face mounting press
criticism over their demands.
The Cameroon government
last week offered 61,000 euros,
which the players rejected, and
then increased it to 68,000 eu-
ros, which was also turned
down, Cameroon daily Le Jour
reported.
Le Jour said the players were
demanding more than 120 mil-
lion CFA francs (182,000 euros)
each. The daily blasted the de-
mand as indecent.
The Nouvelle Expression
Daily said there is tension
over the bonuses, which have
been a regular problems be-
tween the players and their
bosses. At the 2010 World Cup
in South Africa, when Camer-
oon failed to get a point and
slumped out after the rst
round, the players received a
reported 65,000 euros.
BEST CAMPAIGN
The team reached the quar-
ter nals in 1990 but have oth-
erwise failed to get past the rst
round. Their record has been
picked up by critics in the latest
money dispute.
It is urgent to question the
unfettered mercantilism of the
soldiers of another kind for
whom we are still waiting for
the rst prizes on the battle
eld, said Le Jour.
Etoo watched from the sub-
stitutes bench as Cameroon,
who start the World Cup in
Group A against Brazil, Croatia
and Mexico, condently beat
Macedonia in Kufstein.
Cameroon coach Volker
Finke suffered a shock however
when Pierre Webo performed a
spectacular scissors kick for the
rst goal in the 52nd minute
but fell on his shoulder and had
to be helped off the eld.
Finke played down the grav-
ity of the injury to the Fener-
bahce striker saying: I dont
think its too serious.
NEXT OPPONENTS
Choupo Moting, who plays
in Germany, scored the second
goal. Cameroons rst match is
against Mexico on June 13, be-
fore Croatia on June 18 and Bra-
zil on June 23.
Finke did not talk about the
bonus dispute. He said it is a
difcult group, but we are not
going their for a holiday.
The team have a second
warmup game against Paraguay
in Austria on Thursday.
Elsewhere in Hartberg, Aus-
tria, Iran was held to 0-0 by
Montenegro in a friendly on
Monday, a second straight goal-
less draw in the buildup to the
World Cup. Iran, which played
Belarus eight days ago, lost
Hashem Beikzadeh early in the
match. The defender limped off
the eld with an apparent right
leg injury after 15 minutes.
Midelder Ashkan Dejagah
came closest for Iran with a
curling free kick that forced
Montenegro keeper Mladen
Bozovic to a diving safe in
the 28th minute, while
captain Javad Nekou-
nam saw his header go
just wide in the 40th.
Iran plays Angola
at the same venue in
Austria on Friday and
has a nal warmup
game against Trinidad
and Tobago in Sao
Paulo on June 8.
Iran is in group F
with Nigeria, Argentina
and Bosnia-Hercegovi-
na. AFP
Forward Torres gets foothold in Spain squad

FastTrack
PORTUGAL: Decos ban
over doping lifted
Brazilian-born Portugal
player Deco has been cleared
of doping because of faulty
testing by a Rio de Janeiro
laboratory which has since
been suspended from World
Cup duty. The Court of
Arbitration for Sport said
Tuesday that a settlement
between Deco, the Brazilian
football federation and FIFA
annulled his one-year ban
which was imposed last
September. It could not be
established that (Deco) has
committed an anti-doping rule
violation, the CASs published
ruling said. The lab, known as
LADETEC, was suspended by
the WADA last August. AP
ENGLAND: Wilshere to
be t for World Cup
Arsenal midelder Jack
Wilshere, who missed the last
two months of the season after
fracturing his foot, says he
will be t to play for England
at the World Cup. The 22-year-
old, who has won 15 caps, told
Sky Sports that he had been
training for the last six weeks
and was over the injury he
sustained playing for Arsenal
against Stoke City on March 1.
Asked if he was close to peak
tness, he replied: I am... I
have been training for a long
time. I am yet to play a game,
but I have been training for
six weeks and I probably need
a few games, but I am feeling
good. Reuters
SPAIN: Costa hamstring
injury review in 15 days
A doctor treating Diego Costa
for a hamstring injury says
the striker has a muscle tear
that needs to be reassessed in
15 days, raising doubts about
his chances of making Spains
World Cup squad. Pedro Guillen
of the Cemtro clinic said that
the 25-year-old Brazil-born
player had a grade one tear to
the femoral biceps of his right
leg, and would need 15 days
convalescence before his injury
could be re-evaluated. Spains
opener in Brazil is June 13
against the Netherlands. Coach
Vicente del Bosque said players
in his 23-man squad would
need to be t by June 2. AP
TO SOAR AT WORLD CUP
Spains Fernando Torres holds
the golden boot award as best
scorer of the 2013 Fifa Confed-
erations Cup.
15
DAYS TO GO
Indomitable Lions in bonus
dispute ahead of Brazil trip
MADRID
Chelsea striker Fernando
Torres considers it a spectac-
ular prize just to get back into
Spains squad for a World Cup
friendly, but has vowed to ght
to secure a ticket on the plane
to Brazil.
The 30-year-old last played
for Spain almost a year ago at
the Confederations Cup in
Brazil. He made coach Vicente
del Bosque squad for a war-
mup game against Bolivia on
Friday.
The announcement gave a
sliver of hope to the 50 million
pound ($84 million) striker,
who suffered an alarming
slump after becoming one of
the worlds most feared goal-
scorers at his peak.
I am delighted to be here
after almost a year since the
Confederations Cup. Delight-
ed. Keen to get started, Torres
told reporters at the squads
Madrid training ground on
Monday.
Del Bosque has put off
naming the full World Cup
squad until at least May 31 to
check on the tness of key
players at Real and Atletico
Madrid after their Champions
League nal clash.
Team doctors are particu-
larly worried about Atleticos
Brazilian-born striker Diego
Costa, who left the pitch after
just nine minutes because of a
hamstring problem.
Team doctors say Costa will
have to rest for at least two
weeks, taking him perilously
close to the opening Group B
match against the Netherlands
on June 13.
But Torres knows he has
only made the list for Fridays
Bolivia friendly, so far.
I am going to take advan-
tage of this week and enjoy it,
he said. For Brazil, being here
is a big step but not deni-
tive.
Del Bosque brought in Tor-
res for the friendly while omit-
ting rivals Manchester Citys
Alvaro Negredo and Juventuss
Fernando Llorente.
Torres, known as El Nino
The Kid said the past year
had been strange with lots of
changes at Chelsea.
Its been a disappointing
year because we did not win
anything after many years in a
row of achieving titles. On a
personal level, too, Torres
said. AFP
BY ERICK WAINAINA
Several teams have
booked tickets to the nal
round of the ongoing Kiam-
bu County football tourna-
ment after winning respec-
tive matches over the
weekend.
The second round match-
es were played at different
venues across the county.
Mangu and Nyama-
thumbi will represent Ga-
tundu North after they de-
feated respective opponents
to advance to the nal
round.
Mangu overcame Kam-
wangi 4-2 while Nyama-
thumbi outclassed Kianwe
2-0 in hotly contested
matches played at Mangu
Primary School.
At Mundoro, Muthurum-
bi beat Karembu 2-1 while
Mutomo recorded 4-2 vic-
tory against Ngenda to sail
through to the nal round.
In Kabete sub-county,
Mwimuto Wailers and Muth-
ure Seniors both made nal
round. Mwimuto thumped
Uthiru 4-1 at Kamuguga
ground.
Rironi and Kenchic carry
Limuru sub-county ag after
they convincingly won re-
spective matches. They de-
feated Fairplay Flowers to
earn ticket to next round
In Lari, Kagwe Wazee pro-
gressed to the next round af-
ter ousting Kamburu Juven-
ters 5-4, while Super Striker
blanked Kijabe Wanderers
4-3 on post-match penalties
at Kirenga Stadium.
In Kiambaa, Lucky Boys
beat Gathanga United 1-0,
while Karuri Thunder hit
Water Works 3-0 to sail
through to the third round.
Gachie Sportif fell 0-2
against Karura United in an-
other match.
In other encounters, Mtaa
1 from Thika sub-county
progressed after they pre-
vailed over Jungle 1-0 in a
match held at St Patricks
grounds.
Umma also from Thika
beat Maveterans 4-3 in a
seven goals thriller to storm
last round while Mandela
had its hopes shattered after
it lost 0-2 to Arsenal.
Jujacomm and Sparks
from Thika sub-county are
other teams that have bagged
the tickets to the nal
round.
County Sports and Youth
Affairs Secretary Machel
Waikenda said nals for the
event will be held next
month.
Waikenda said that be-
sides offering the youth a
platform to showcase their
talents, the tournament is
tailored towards selecting a
strong county team.
The contest, he said, was
also aimed at reviving sports
activities in the county.
Waikenda said that re-
maining sub-counties will
continue with third round
qualiers xtures this week-
end and 24 more teams will
advance to the nal round.
Page 62 / FEVERPITCH Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
Teams romp into nal round in Kiambu Cup
ORIGI BOOST FOR
STARS IN COMOROS
FKF President Sam Nyamweya (left)
chats with Stars coach Adel Amrouche
when Fly540 presented tickets to the
team, which departs today for Comoros
to play return leg of their Africa Cup of
Nations qualier match on Friday.
[PHOTO: DENNIS OKEYO/ STANDARD]
Kiambu County Executive for
Sports Machel Waikenda dribbles
the ball. The event is his brain
child. [PHOTO: ERICK WAINAINA]
By GILBERT WANDERA
Harambee Stars camp has
been boosted by the arrival of
top goalkeeper Arnold Origi
ahead of Fridays return Africa
Cup of Nations qualier
against Comoros.
The team departs for Mo-
roni, the capital of Comoros,
this afternoon aboard a special
ight by Fly540.
Origi missed the rst leg
which Kenya won 1-0 due to
club engagements and his
presence is expected to be a
major boost to the side that is
desperate for a win to make it
to the next round.
Apart from Origi, South Af-
rica-based defender Brian
Mandela has also joined the
camp but is unlikely to travel
to Comoros as he is still nurs-
ing a knee injury.
Mandela said he hopes to
be fully t soon and has
wished the team well ahead of
their match in Moroni.
I have been out of action
for ve months but I am get-
ting better and hope to be
available for the next round. In
the meantime, I think we have
a good team capable of doing
well in Comoros and even at
the next stage of the quali-
ers, he said.
Fly540 yesterday donated
15 air tickets to the team be-
ginning a partnership with
Football Kenya Federation
(FKF).
Speaking when he received
the tickets, FKF chairman Sam
Nyamweya said the partner-
ship is testament of the faith
that local companies have in
the federation.
I want to assure Fly540
and all other friends that we
are committed to fullling our
end of bargain through sound
governance and accountability
structures, he said.
He said the airline compa-
ny has come at the right time
to support Stars.
The longer term opportu-
nity and leverage of this unique
partnership is anchored in our
hosting of the 2018 Africa Na-
tions Championships
(CHAN).
SPECIAL FLIGHT
Fly 540 Operations Director
Nixon Ooro said they were
happy with the partnership
and that is why they scheduled
a special ight for Stars.
Normally, we y to Co-
moros on Fridays but we have
rescheduled the ight to
Wednesday because of the spe-
cial status we accord our na-
tional team, he said.
Elsewhere, Divock Origi
son of former Kenyan interna-
tional Mike Okoth played his
rst international match for
his country Belgium during a
5-1 win over Luxembourg in a
World Cup warm up match
played on Monday night, ac-
cording to Goal.com.
Origi came on as a second
half substitute after he was
brought on in the 53rd minute
replacing Romelu Lukaku.
The Kenyan bloods en-
trance to the eld is an indica-
tion of trust and condence of
head coach Marc Wilmots to-
wards the player.
He will represent Kenya in
a special manner in the up-
coming World Cup tourna-
ment t scheduled to start June
12 in Brazil.
Top goalkeeper arrives for
qualier match in Moroni

FEVERPITCH / Page 63
Continued From P 64
Merritt of US spoils Bahamians party
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard

led his team to Olympic vic-
tory in London two years ago,
set the pace of his third leg to
a safer enough distance after
taking the baton from Dem-
etrius Pinder and starter
LaToy Williams.
But the bearded Merrit,
who seemed to have more
cylinders and bigger fuel
tank, brought gloom inside
the packed Thomas A. Robin-
son National Stadium as he
approached 200m bend. The
hitherto ecstatic crowd of
home fans were reduced to
tears when he overtook Mi-
chael Mathieu to give US the
gold medal, bringing the
two-day event to a sad end-
ing for the hospitable Baha-
mians while the winners
brought a glimmer of hope
for a renaissance of the re-
lays, which they dominated
in the past decade until Ja-
maica happened around.
USA won in 2:57.25, Baha-
mas took silver in 2:57.59 and
Trinidad and Tobago bronze
in 2:58.34.
This time Jamaica were
eighth in 3:10.23 beaten by
Britain (3:00.32), Cuba
(3:00.61), Venezuela (3:01.44)
and Brazil (3:03.87).
United States womens
4x200m team also won the
gold as Britain and Jamaica
followed in second and third
positions respectively.
The US seem to have
emerged as a strong middle
distance running nation af-
ter they upset Kenya in the
4x800m nal to win the gold.
I am really happy with the
gold. You are only as strong
as your weakest link and we
were all strong today, said
Chanele Price. Geena
Lara weighed in: We all
came with the same goal in
mind. We just focused on
what that was and made it
happen. It is my rst time
visiting Bahamas and I am
enjoying every moment.
But Agatha Jeruto Kimas-
wai, who started for Kenya
was very positive and gra-
cious in second position.
I am only 20 and this is a
great experience running
with Janet (Jepkosgei), Eu-
nice (Sum) and Sylvia
(Chemutai Chesebe). It really
motivates me a lot, she
said.
Janet added: We knew it
would not be an easy game.
The US team was very strong.
We are happy with silver and
we will come back for gold
next year. I am happy to run
as part of a team with Eunice
and young athletes. I am
proud of what our team
members have achieved in
these championships, she
said.
Chesebe said: I am happy
with our performance. The
music and the crowd gave us
a lot of motivation.
Sum, a world 800 cham-
pion, said: Silver is not what
I expected, but we will be
back to improve our perfor-
mance next year. I am really
happy to be part of this team
and with our effort.
iomulo@standardme-
dia.co.ke
IOC boss
Bach to
tour Kenya
Hellen Obiri
By GILBERT KOECH
International Olympics
Committee (IOC) President
Thomas Bach is set to arrive
in Kenya on Sunday.
Dr Bach, who was elected
last September to replace
Jacques Rogge, will land in
the country for the rst time
since stepping into the inu-
ential global sports ofce.
He is making his second
visit to the country after his
last visit alongside Rogge in
2009 as IOC vice-president.
The German national is
set to arrive in Botswana on
Friday for the closing cere-
mony of the second edition
of Africa Youth Games that
ends on Saturday in Gabo-
rone.
Bach is to visit Kenya
courtesy of an invite by IOC
honorary member Dr Kip-
choge Keino. He is set to open
the Kip Keino Secondary
School dormitory.
Bach is coming to Kenya
and it is a great honour to
have accepted this invitation.
I will accompany him to
Eldoret to preside over the
opening of a school for or-
phans that I started in 2009,
said NOC-Kenya chairman
Dr Keino.
Keino, in a communiqu
from Botswana, where he is
leading the Kenyan delega-
tion in Gaborone, said Bachs
visit is a sign that Kenya is ac-
tive in Olympic movements
besides being one of the top-
spot renery for best ath-
letes.
Bachs coming is key in
boosting motivation among
the students, athletes and
other sporting stakeholders.
His visit conrms the Olym-
pic movements dedication
to projects not only in sports
but also education, Keino
said. gkoech@standardme-
da.co.ke
By GILBERT WANDERA
Musa Mudde and Paul
Were scored a goal each as
AFC Leopards edged out
Mbeya of Tanzania 2-1 in the
on-going Nile Basin tourna-
ment in Sudan.
This was the second win
for Leopards who now top
Group B in the competition
to make it to the quarter--
nals.
Mudde opened the scores
for Leopards in the 10th min-
ute before Were added an-
other in the 40th minute.
Leopards were boosted by
the arrival of team doctor
Patrick Ngusale who arrived
in the Sudanese capital on
Sunday. The Kenyan side had
played the rst match with-
out a team doctor and were
forced to borrow one from
Police of Zanzibar.
In another match, Al-Mer-
reikh fans shouted at their
players shortly after the last
whistle to express dissatis-
faction over what they termed
as an embarrassing result
in a goalless draw against
Victoria University during on
Sunday evening.
Both the Sudanese fans
and the players seem to have
under estimated their oppo-
nents from Uganda who of-
fered the best efforts to deny
the home side a win. But Al-
Merreikhs elderly tactician
Martin Otto Pster, 76 con-
fessed having played a strong
and tactical side.
They (Victoria Universi-
ty) tactically good, they de-
nied us playing spaces and
made our movements very
limited, said the German
coach who has worked in Af-
rica since early 90s.
The goalless draw regis-
tered Victoria University
among the cup contenders as
both clubs sailed into the
knock out stages but still
with a game at hand.
The tension packed match
ofciated by Kenyas Andrew
Otieno saw both clubs waste
several chances. A total of
nine yellow cards were
given out in the 90 min-
utes of the game.
Malaki of South Su-
dan blanked Police of
Zanzibar 3-0 to conrm their
presence into the quarter -
nals. The Islanders, who lost
their rst game against Al-
Merreikhby with the same
margin, seem to have no op-
tion other than returning
home after their last group
stage match on Tuesday af-
ternoon. At Shandi ground,
Djiboutis Dkhill FC lost their
second consecutive game
2-1 to Ethiopias Defence.
AFC LEOPARDS ROAR
Mude, Were strikes steer Ingwe into
Nile Basin tournament quarter-nals
AFC Leopards
Paul Were in
action. [PHOTO:
DENNIS OKEYO/
STANDARD]
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Life
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Wednesday
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THE STANDARD
Lost without
a trace
Parents agony as eight-year
search for Jackson Kipyegon
Koima has turned up only
emptiness and frustration, P.3
From keeping livestock in the main
house to watching over githeri as it
cooks, read about how villagers are
dealing with insecurity,
SEE STORY PAGES 8-9
Rural folks ingenious
ways to stop thieves
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Page 2
Wednesday, May 28, 2014/ The Standard
Crime of ourtime
How anger power cost him inheritance
He now lives in makeshift structure
after selling the only land he had to
reward the person he fought
By MURIMI MWANGI
B
efore you raise your st
against a disagreeable
neighbour, think twice! It
could cost you your inheri-
tance.
Today, 70-year-old George Wa-
chira Kirira, a father of nine and a
grandfather of 28, rues the day he
raised his st to vent his mon-
strous anger and engage in a bar
brawl that rendered him a pau-
per.
March 3, 1982 was the fateful
day when Kirira and his drinking
buddy, Joe Ruthuthi, went to Kia-
mariga Bar in Mathira, Nyeri
County, for a drink.
As Kirira bitterly remembers,
the drinks owed and the revel-
lers spirits were high as they drank
and engaged in boisterous banter
that somehow sparked an argu-
ment that degenerated into a ght
involving the two drinking mates.
Little did Kirira know that Ruthuthi,
who lost the physical ght, would
seek legal redress that would haunt
him for the rest of his life.
Ruthuthi led a criminal case
against Kirira at the Nyeri resident
magistrates court in 1982. In 1983,
at the conclusion of the trial, Kiri-
ra, then aged 35, was convicted
and jailed for 20 months. The court
dismissed his appeal against the
sentence, marking the beginning
of his woes.
While Kirira was cooling his
heels behind bars, Ruthuthi led a
civil suit seeking nancial com-
pensation for the injuries he sus-
tained in the bar brawl.
Ruthuthi wanted to be awarded
costs to cover the medical expens-
es he had incurred as a result of
the injuries sustained in the ght,
the ve months salary he forfeit-
ed while recuperating in hospital
and general damages.
He told the court that the beat-
ing had rendered him physically
incapacitated, causing him to de-
pendent on crutches.
Ruthuthi won the case and the
court ordered Kirira to pay him
Sh80,000 for general damages and
Sh22,825 for special damages.
Kirira had not paid a cent by 1998
and was faced with a sum of
Sh240,000, as the cash award had
started earning interest immedi-
ately. Ruthuthi then sued Kirira for
disobeying the court order.
PUBLIC AUCTION
Ruthuthi made an application
to have land, which Kirira had in-
herited from his father, auctioned.
On September 3, 1998, the land lo-
cated along the busy Sagana State
Lodge-Karatina highway was sold
in a public auction for Sh240,439.
Ruthuthi became the new owner
after bidding the highest. Kirira
believes it was valued at well over
Sh4million.
The title to the land was trans-
ferred to Ruthuthi and the execu-
tive ofcer of the High Court. Kiri-
ra refused to surrender his
property to Ruthuthi and delayed
his eviction by lling various ap-
plications seeking a review of the
courts decision.
In one of the applications,
which was dismissed by Justice Vi-
talis Juma on November 21, 2001,
then a judge of the Nyeri High
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What you say
Why dreaded
Pilipili had to die
twice
Timothy Lekishon
Lasiti: Pole, may he rest
in eternal ames.
Robert Muriuki: This
man was real pepper
as the name suggests;
he terrorised people
in Karatina town.
He deserved what
happened.
Kenyatexas Chamber:
When terrorist groups
have the protection of powerful people in Government,
they operate with impunity like the Taliban.
Jeff Adam Bombolea: A point well put across. Other
Mungiki members should learn from this. To the people of
Kirinyaga, you make me very proud.
Lake gives vehicles a sparkle, chokes
sh with harmful oil
Mutiga Jonah: Fish is a good source of a number
of minerals; our children need more to make them
brighter.
Micah
Wambugu:
And after
all this,
when there
is reduced
sh in the
lake, they
start the cry,
Tunaomba
serikali
itusaidie. Shameful. And what are the
environment ofcers in the area doing?
They should go home if they are aware
of what is happening.
Patrick Ngure Muiruri: Kumbe ndio
Court, Kirira contended
that he was never served
with any notice of the auc-
tion.
He said Ruthuthi had
led the suit while he (Kiri-
ra) was still in prison and
that a substantial part of
the proceedings were con-
ducted while he was still
behind bars.
He added that the pur-
ported public auction hap-
pened nearly a month be-
fore the publication of a
newspaper advert meant
to publicise the event.
Justice Juma, while en-
forcing the transfer of Kiri-
ras land to Ruthuthi, ruled:
On the evaluation of the
matter before me, I hold
that the applicant failed to
advance sufcient reasons
to warrant the setting aside
of the sale.
On May 12, 2008, Justice
Milton Makhandia, sitting
at the Nyeri High Court, is-
sued an eviction order
against Kirira. His houses
were attened and he was
condemned to live in a
makeshift structure by the
road, which has for six
years served as his home. It
also accommodates his
two cows.
maana nilikula samaki Dunga beach nikasikia harufu ya petrol.
Frank Muga : Hawa watu wanatumalizia samaki...
Leprosy subjects Kisumu woman to torture
Margaret Githu: What a horrible disease! I wouldnt wish it on
anyone.
Mildred Onyango Katty Da. Yes leprosy does exist. Come to
Mombasa and you will see some very severe cases.
Kimm Chamberlain Chege: May the good Lord
heal her. Imagine if it was your mum?
How to reduce car thefts, break-ins
Ngira Wa Ngira: Tell us how to ght food insecurity
and how to create jobs. That way, nobody will be
interested in breaking into your car. We can even
sleep with our doors open.
Sweet talking pastor conned me of
Sh100,000
Jc Githaiga: Ignorant followers think that pastors
went to school with God.
Beatrice Mati: Signs of end times.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014/ The Standard
Crime of ourtime
With Standardreporter
Why dreaded Pilipili had to die twice
Disatisedvigilantesreducedhis
remainstoashesontheroadside
beforehisfamilycouldget themhome
for burial
T
hose who live by the
sword, decrees the Bible,
should be prepared to die
by it. This injunction has,
however, been amended in Kir-
inyaga, where suspected crimi-
nals who escape punishment
should not expect to rest in
peace, even after death.
About ve years ago, Philip
Mwangi, popularly known as
Pilipili (pepper) onaccount of his
capacity toinict painonpeople,
was declared persona non grata
in Kabonge village, Kirinyaga
County.
At the height of his notoriety,
Pilipili was a member of the
dreaded Mungiki sect that had
patented violence and bloodlet-
ting in Central Kenya. During
that time, Mungiki was the un-
seen guest in many homesteads
whose owners were supposed to
remit a monthly protection fee.
Family gatherings, weddings
and marriage negotiations were
targeted by the Mungiki thugs
who even demanded a special
levy from parents whenever their
children who worked in distant
towns such as Nairobi came vis-
iting.
Residents nally took matters
into their own hands and formed
a vigilante group that started
ushing out and lynching all
Mungiki adherents.
The roles were reversed and
the hunter became the hunted.
Sect adherents became the cow-
ards of Kirinyaga County and
they were on the run.
The bullies who had terror-
ised mothers, grandmothers and
school children were now re-
duced to sneaking into their
homes in the dead of the night.
Like them, Pilipili had no
choice but to ee a few days after
a 2009 Good Friday incident for
fear of being brutally murdered,
like other Mungiki members had
been, by the merciless vigilan-
tes.
He cheated death twice as he
bolted out of his house with
hordes of machete-wielding vig-
ilantes hot on his heels and bay-
ing for his blood. He was hit by a
vehicle as he tried to cross a road
in Kagumo town.
NARROWESCAPE
After his narrow escape, fam-
ily members now reveal that
Pilipili sought refuge in Karatina
town in Nyeri County, where he
was allegedly hosted by other
members of the outlawed sect.
A number of locals described
Pilipili as the Mungiki point
man in Kabonge town where he
collected daily levies from boda
boda operators and business
people.
Boda boda riders remem-
bered him for his cruelty and
bitterness that earned him the
Pilipili nickname and made him
the most feared Mungiki enforc-
er.
After he ran away from home
in 2009, the vigilantes raided and
The cofn
bearing the
remains of
suspected
Mungiki
adherent
Philip Mwangi
alias Pilipili.
The body was
set ablaze by
Kenda Kenda
vigilante
members.
INSET: His
mother Jane
Nyawira at
their home in
Kibonge,
Kirinyaga.
[PHOTOS: SAMMY
MOSE/STANDARD]
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What you say
Rastaswidow: MylifeislonelyandI
misshim
Amity: Kenyahastoenact alawthat canensure
repossessionof stolenpropertywhether through
robbery, theft, corruptionor anyother illegal means.
Otherwisetokill Rastawhileheretainsthepurported
stolenwealthisacontradiction.
MohamedAbdullahi Siraji: Inthedevelopedworld,
thegainsof criminal activitiesareforfeited.
Polyticks: Goodriddance. Heshouldnot rest in
peace.
MkenyaHalisi: Actually, weshouldnot onlykill these
thugsbut repossessall their property. Crimemust
never pay. Suchpropertycanbesoldoff andheldas
afund.
WanjiroansahMuitungu: Rastawasareal man, he
knewhowtotakecareof hisfamily.
DennisDenno: Loveisreallyblind.
MargaretMuchue: Polemama, hewastheloveof
your life.
EdithMasingila: Peopledont understandwhat she
isgoingthrough.
riding onmotorbikes waylaidthe
convoy of mourners inKiaragana
village, two kilometres from
where Pilipili was to be laid to
rest.
They demanded to view the
body to verify that it was indeed
Pilipili who had died so that they
could have peace at last. The
mourners were accompanied by
a contingent of armed police of-
cers.
But as soon as the police gave
way, the youths opened the
hearse, dragged the cofn out,
opened it and doused it in petrol
before setting the body ablaze.
We heard them say they
wanted to ensure that we were
not transporting a banana stem.
But the next thing we saw was
smoke as they torched the body
using petrol, recounted Pilipilis
aunt, Jane Nyaguthii.
His family and the other
mourners took off fromthe scene
onrealising that the burial would
not take place after all. Police of-
cers couldonly stare indisbelief
as hundreds of youths left the
scene on their bikes, leaving the
corpse burning behind them.
The family was too shocked
and scared to even contemplate
taking the body home for burial.
Ultimately, both the police and
the mourners left it on the road-
side.
The vigilantes took advantage
of this androde back to the scene
and nished what they had start-
ed they put more petrol on the
body and burned it to ashes.
TheunlledgravewherePilip-
ilis body was to be interred re-
mains and is an open wound
evenas his family hope that grass
will eventually grow and cover
it.
torched his house just to ensure
that he didnot return. The home-
stead was closely monitored to
ensure that he did not even visit
his family.
Apparently, even as he lay low
in exile, Pilipili lived up to his
name for he was reputed to be a
notorious carjacker.
And so when news reached the
village that he had disappeared
from his hideout in Karatina on
April 26 this year, his family
feared the vigilantes had nally
caught up with him.
We were later informed that
his body was found oating in
River Sagana near Muranga and
that was when we started plan-
ning his funeral, recounted his
father, John Muthii.
EVOKED ELATION
The father said his son had
been shot in the head. Some rel-
atives suspect he was killed by
police and his body thrown into
the river although some people
believe he was targeted by his ac-
complices after a deal went
sour.
The news of his death evoked
elation in his home village in
Kagumo town and its environs,
especially among the boda boda
operators whom he had terror-
ised as he demanded the unlaw-
ful levies.
There was tension as the vigi-
lante members insisted that
Pilipili would not be buried at
home. Nevertheless, the family
set the burial date for Friday last
week.
The group, dubbed the Kenda
Kenda Squad, which had gone
underground since its bloody
confrontations withtheoutlawed
sect in2009, regroupedandstart-
ed planning how to derail the
ceremony.
Onthe burial day, hundreds of
youths armedwithmachetes and
GicheruMburu: Lifeismorepeaceful without him.
StellaNdenge: Howmanytimesdidhestaywith
you, aguywhowasalwaysontherun?Anyway, take
it easy.
Habibti Mayner: Lifeisdenitelylonelywithout the
oneyoulovebyyour side.
MoslinAchieng: Someof thepeopleseeRastaasa
robber; heisnot. Robbersare still alive. Adeceased
oneisaninnocent creature. Whoisherobbingin
death, anyway?
Yourattitudetowardsmoneycan
makeyourichorpoor
AnnMarie: Attitudeisall weneed.
StephenWamusoro: Not true. Wealthisthe
investment, but moneyisonlyamodeof exchangeof
goodsandservices.
MartinBuziba: What doyoudoif unemployed?
MosesWash: You cansaythat againandagain
MiriamKamau: Moneyisthesourceof all evil; if not
handledproperlyit canleadtodeath. Pastorsandthe
rest, watchout.
A distraught George Wachira
during the interview. INSET:
From grazing his cattle, he
returns to the ramshackle
that he now lives in. It is on
the edge of six acres that he
once owned. [PHOTOS: SAMMY
MOSE/STANDARD]
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014 / The Standard
Your Environment
with KevineOmolloAndDomnick Mitiro
Oldoil andpeeling
carpaint ndtheir
wayintothelake,
poisoningwaterlife
IMPUNITY: Car washers onthe lake shores work hardto shine this tanker as the crewhave their meal, which
includes shcaught fromthe lake, nearby. [PHOTO: COLLINS ODUOR / STANDARD]
In a Minute
ENVIRONMENT: A
face lift forNairobi
TheNairobi CityCountys
environment is set tobe
revampedthroughcollaboration
betweentheNational
Environment Management
Authorityandthecounty
government. This follows avisit
byDeputyGovernor Jonathan
MueketoNemas chief executive
ofcer toidentifyenvironmental
functions that overlapthetwo
bodies withaviewtoaddressing
themsothat Nairobi residents
canenjoytheir right toaclean
andhealthyenvironment.
CONSERVATION: Dam
forNyandarua
TheTanaandAthi River
Development Authority(Tarda)
will buildadamintheAberdares
tosupport water supplyindrier
parts of thecounty. Thedam
will supplywater inNdaragwa
Sub-countyandafewareas of
LaikipiaCounty, as stipulatedin
anagreement betweenTardaand
NyandaruaGovernor Waithaka
Mwangi. Tardawill workwiththe
Nyandaruagovernment not only
todevelopwater projects but also
torehabilitatewater catchment
areas toensuretheprotectionof
theenvironment, Abdul Ali, the
chairmanof Tardasaid.
WILDLIFE: KWS
expandsorphanage
KenyaWildlifeServicehas begun
plans tofenceoff asectionof the
Nairobi National Parkinamove
that is aimedat accommodating
anincreasingnumber of
orphanedanimals andincrease
business fromtourism.
Thelandtobeencompassedwill
beabout 15acres of thepark.
Dutchchildren, throughthe
WildlifeFund, theRockefeller
Foundationandanumber
of Nairobi rms, fundedthe
expansion.
DespiteKWSdefendingthe
initiativeas noble, themovehas
attractedcriticismfromdifferent
conservationgroups whosaythat
somespecies inthelandwill be
endangered.
CompiledbyGardyChacha
Environment Disasters
Effects of oil spill that killed birds still felt today
On March 24, 1989, Exxon Valdez, an oil
tanker bound for Long Beach in California,
struck Prince William Sounds Bligh Reef,
spilling millions of gallons of oil.
Four years after the disaster, the water
surface was largely oil-free. However,
patches of asphalt-like deposits remained on
area beaches and pockets of relatively
fresh oil could be found below the surface.
Lingering oil poses risks to animal species
and can slow recovery, either through direct
re-exposure or indirectly through ingestion
of contaminated prey. To this day, lingering
Exxon Valdez oil is monitored on sheltered
beaches in the Gulf of Alaska, USA.
An estimated 250,000 birds were killed
by the Exxon Valdez disaster. Several
populations of birds, including bald eagles,
had recovered by 1994, but many of those in
oiled areas had not. Harbour seals may have
declined by as much as 300 following the
disaster.
Two pods of killer whales occurring in
waters exposed to Exxon Valdez oil lost a
combined 22 animals between 1989 and
1994, and neither pod had recovered by
1994. Many of these species have been the
focus of oil spill impact studies dating back
to 1989, with surveys continuing today
because populations have not fully recov-
ered.
In 2006, a study done by the National Ma-
rine Fisheries Service in Juneau found that
about 9.6km of shoreline around Prince
William Sound was still affected by the spill,
with 101.6 tonnes of oil remaining in the
area.
Compiled by Gardy Chacha
C
ar washinginKenyas lakes
is said to deposit consid-
erably harmful amounts
of used oil into the water
bodies. In Kisumu County, car
washers have been operating
along the shores of Lake Victoria
for several years despite numer-
ous attempts to stop them by en-
vironmental conservationbodies
and the county government.
At Lwangni Beach, oil trucks,
buses, cars, tuk tuk taxis and
boda boda motorcycles are
driven into the lake where they
are washed. The oil and old
paint fromthe vehicles nd their
way into the lake.
Michael Otieno has been
engaged in the business for ten
years nowalthough he often
ghts with the county govern-
ment over evacuation fromthe
shores. The car wash business is
lucrative. Otieno and his group
charge Sh700 to wash a bus or
lorry while a saloon car costs
owners up to Sh200.
It also depends on the driv-
ers status and the car. The more
expensive a car is, the more we
charge, he says.
Despite being given designat-
ed car wash sites within town,
the men in the business prefer
the lake for its free water and the
untaxed site.
All the car washes along the
lakeshore in Kisumu were to be
moved to ve established sites
in Kondele, Kaloleni and Moi
Stadium.
We knowwashing cars here
may be harmful to some types of
sh but some also like the waste
fromthe vehicles, argued one
of the car wash men at Lwangni.
Otieno argues that the oil
spills keep away fromthe shores
deadly snakes that would other-
wise cause harmto other users
of the lake.
Activities towards the protec-
tion of the lake and its inlets
have been in existence for a
while but little seems to have
been achieved. Some active
stakeholders in the protection of
the lake include Water Resources
Management Authority (WRMA)
and Lake Victoria Environmen-
tal Management Project.
WRMA Governing Board
chair Peter Kiilu noted that wa-
ter resources in the country are
at risk of depletion due to inva-
sion and pollution by people.
In March, WRMA launched
a programme to restore pol-
luted water resources across the
county to save water sources.
This was to involve an inte-
grated approach of managing
water resources by providing
a clear roadmap for assessing,
maintaining, enhancing, devel-
oping and managing the limited
resources on a sustainable basis.
According toWRMA, the cur-
rent water Act 2002 has created
structures that allowfor public
participation in water resource
management through formation
of water resource users asso-
ciations at the grassroots and
catchment area advisory com-
mittees at regional levels.
The Lake Victoria Environ-
mental Management Project,
through community-driven
conservation projects, has over
the years fought environmental
degradation along the lake.
Kisumu County is nowwork-
ing on a permanent solution to
end pollution in Lake Victoria.
The authorities claimlack of
strong legislations on the pro-
tection of the water bodies has
been a major hindrance.
Through the Ministry of
Environment, the county has
nowcome up with a Bill to
criminalise activities that lead
to environmental degradation,
with heavy penalties slapped on
those found polluting the lake.
The Bill has been approved
by the county cabinet and will
be discussed in the county as-
sembly soon.
Lake gives vehicles a sparkle,
chokes sh with harmful oil
Some 250,000birds were killedby the ExxonValdez oil spill.
PAGE 3
Wednesday Life
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
Parents agony as eight-year
search for son unearths nothing
Crime Hot spots
Lost and Found
Security tips for
your children
AGONY: Kabon Koima and Samuel Kipngok, the parents of Jackson
Kipyegon Koima (inset). [PHOTOS: JOSEPH KIPSANG/STANDARD]
By PKEMOI NGENOH
One of the worst things that can happen to any
parent is to nd out that a child left playing with
others is missing.
To add insult to injury, the parent then receives a
call from someone unknown saying that the child is
in the hands of kidnappers demanding a huge
ransom!
Such cases have become increasingly common
around the country and there is need for parents to
make their childrens security a top priority.
If you own a spacious compound where your
young ones play with other children without an adult
to watch over them, tell them not to allow a stranger
to join them. Teach them to say no to strangers
temptations such as snacks and sweets.
Also show them how to make phone calls in case
of an emergency and have them memorise crucial
phone numbers and physical addresses. This could
help them in case they get lost within the neighbour-
hood.
Although it is not easy to prevent teenagers from
meeting strangers, now there is an even more
serious challenge for parents as social sites such as
Facebook and Twitter have made this easier. Advise
them about prudence in the use of these online
platorms. Warn them against meeting strangers on
blind dates as the strangers could turn out to be
dangerous thugs.
Teach them not to share family information with
strangers, such as what the family owns.
Parents should also ensure that children left
alone have enough food, and come home as soon as
they can. Let them also know about all exit routes in
the home and compound and how to use re
extinguishers in case of re.
Jackson Koima went
shopping in Kabarnet
town in 2006 and
never returned
When the deal is too good
How a mans dream to own a
home ended up in smoke
By PAUL KARIUKI
W
henever I walk along vil-
lage paths or peri-urban
areas and see signs on
fenced off plots with the
words Property not for sale written
in bold screaming letters, Im remind-
ed of one man who fell victim to a con-
man in my village.

The unfortunate man joins a growing
list of many who buy land and put up
houses hastily. Some of these ven-
tures may not be nancially sound or
are ill-thought out and may have di-
sastrous costs on the owners.
The man, Andrew, now in his mid-40s,
had a well-paying job, and he and his
young family had been tenants for a
long time. The dream of one day be-
ing a proud homeowner and deriving
the satisfaction of living in a house
built to his specications was close to
being realised. That was after he had
saved enough to buy land and build a
house.

Andrew started looking for land in a
good, secure place. It didnt take long
before he was referred to a seller
willing to negotiate the price down-
wards.
Without establishing who the true
land owner was, Andrew jumped at
the offer. He did not even visit the
Lands ofce to establish whether the
land had a clean title deed. instead, he
trusted this seller and the prospects
of losing to another potential buyer in-
formed Andrews quick decision.
You see, the land was in a well developed area for
which serious real estate developers would pay an ex-
tra shilling. After paying the seller Sh250,000, which
was way below market value, Andrew con-
gratulated himself for being a wily nego-
tiator who had landed a good deal.

Soon, lorry loads of building materials
made their way to the site and the con-
struction crew embarked on building An-
drews dream house.
As the building took shape, speculation
had it that Andrew was putting up a grand
mansion. Villagers started looking at him
with new respect.
But something happened to put a damper
on the whole project.
A local resident who did not know An-
drews role in the deal made a call to the
real land owner to congratulate him on his
development.
This call surprised the owner who imme-
diately visited the site to inspect the prog-
ress of his mansion. He found the build-
ers busy while the ghost owner supervised
the work.
Not wishing to create a scene that could
cost him his life, the owner decided to
leave and hatch a plan on the best way to
handle the situation.
That very night, a gang of highly in-
toxicated village youths armed with
crowbars and other metal implements
came and brought down the growing
house. Not even a brick was left stand-
ing.
The next day, the builder, his fundi and
hired hands were in for a rude shock.
The entire investment had been re-
duced to nothing! Andrew had already
spent Sh400,000 on labour and ma-
terials when the house came tumbling
down.
It took a Nakuru court two years to ar-
bitrate the matter involving the dupli-
cate plot owners. Andrew was found
to have trespassed and occupied an-
other mans property without con-
sent.
In addition, Andrew was unable to
produce the seller in court as he had
simply vanished into thin air after the
transaction. His title deed was a clev-
erly crafted forgery. He learnt the
hard way that when the deal is too
good, it is vital to think twice.
A
visit to his girlfriend that
turned sour after her
brothers beat him up
was the last time anyone
heard of Jackson Kipyegon
Koima, a resident of Chepronge
village in Ngetmoi, Baringo
County. That was January 6,
2006, when Jackson headed for
Kabarnet town, some 15km from
his home.
He told his parents he was going
to buy items for sale in their
small kiosk but never returned,
leaving his family in agony as
eight years on, they have yet to
hear from him.
His parents, Samuel Kipngok
and Kabon Koima, who are in
their 60s, say they later heard
that he never went shopping but
headed for his girlfriends home.
They had a child together.
That Saturday, we didnt sense
anything wrong. But he didnt
return on Sunday and when we
realised his phone was off, we
were prompted to start looking
for him on Monday, says
Kipngok.
He says in Kabarnet, they were
directed to the supermarket
where their son had gone to
shop and even found the goods
he had purchased, which he had
left with the attendant after as-
suring her that he would be
back.
On inquiring more, Kipngok was
told that Jackson had gone to vis-
it his girlfriend in a village near
the town that Saturday evening
and the girls brothers had beaten
him up because they were un-
happy with the relationship as
Jackson was married with a
daughter.
We heard that while he was
waiting to see his girlfriend near
her home, her brothers, who were
drunk, attacked him. In self-de-
fence, he pushed one of them on-
to a rock and ed, narrated
Kipngok.
The family reported Jacksons
disappearance at Kabarnet Police
Station, where the two men were
being held, but they denied kill-
ing him and hiding his body.
The suspects acquittal marked
the beginning of an endless
search for their son.
His father says: We dont know if
he was killed by the girls broth-
ers and his body hidden or
whether he escaped after he
pushed and injured one of the
men, probably thinking he had
killed him. We are in agony.
Since then, the family has trav-
elled to different places, includ-
ing neighbouring Elgeyo/Marak-
wet and further to Bomet in vain.
They have even consulted witch
doctors who assured them that
their son was still alive.
Jacksons younger brother, Ed-
ward Koima, 32, says he is opti-
mistic that his brother is alive
somewhere and that they will see
him some day.
I was working in Nyeri at the
time when I learnt that my broth-
er had gone missing.
I took leave from work immedi-
ately and came home. We looked
everywhere; all the lodgings, all
the cliffs and the mortuary in
Kabarnet, but we didnt nd him,
says Edward.
He adds that his brother might
have taken off fearing arrest for
injuring his girlfriends brother.
Edward had visited the scene of
the incident but found nothing
to indicate that there was a fatal
ght.
Jacksons mother says her desire
is to see her son, dead or alive.
If he is dead, where is the body?
And if he is alive, where is he? I
hope he will come home some-
day even though we stopped
looking for him, says Kabon.
Eventually, Jacksons wife went
away, leaving their ten-year-old
daughter behind.
The family appeals to anyone
who might have information
about their son to contact them.
By ROBERT KIPLAGAT
Wednesday Life
Wednesday, May 28, 2014/ The Standard
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Your Environment
Overgrazing, wild forest res, soil erosion, deforestation and
cultivation along rivers are factors of environmental degradation
TOP RIGHT: A
victim of
conict over
pasture in
Tana. INSET:
Garissa
township MP
Aden Duale is
handed a tree
seedling to
plant during
Garissa
University
College Open
Week.
[PHOTOS:
DENNIS
OCHIENG /
STANDARD]
In a Minute
WEATHER: E. Africa to
face harsh climate
A study published in the journal,
Global Change Biology, indicates
Africa is likely to be affected by
the overlapping climate change.
According to the study, which
was led by Christoph Muller from
the Potsdam Institute for Climate
Impact Research, some of the
countries that are considered
climate change overlap hotspots
include those surrounding Lake
Victoria, sections of Sudan and
Ethiopia and Africas southern
regions such as South Africa and
Zimbabwe. Such regions are
likely to experience dry seasons
and reduced plant growth and
ooding. These regions are
the ones in sub-Saharan Africa
where, by the end of the century,
severe climate change impacts
hits territories with relatively
high populations and high
poverty rates, said Muller in the
report.
SECURITY: State to
curb poaching
Poaching ranks among the
greatest problems faced by
Kenyas wildlife sector today. In
an attempt to curb the menace,
Government plans to revamp
the Kenya Wildlife Service
(KWS). Environment Water and
Natural Resources, Cabinet
Secretary Judy Wakhungu said
the Government would recruit
more personnel to boost the
task force on wildlife to tame
poaching. An ofcial report on
the task force is due for release
by the end of next month. Prof
Wakhungu also announced that
the Government has created
a committee to assess KWS
operations to address any
challenges.
CLIMATE: Landmarks
in US risk destruction
A report from the Union of
Concerned Scientists (UCS) has
predicted that by the end of the
century, a number of historical
and cultural global landmarks
such as the Statue of Liberty will
be damaged or even disappear
as a result of climate change.
The report, titled National
Landmarks at Risk, shows that
the effects of climate change
such as ooding, rising sea
levels, heavy rainfalls as well
as wild res threaten a huge
number of landmarks mainly
in the United States. The UCS
urged nations to also reduce
emission of carbon dioxide into
the atmosphere.
Environment Disasters
Balkan oods expose families to landmines, diseases
Just recently, a large region of south-eastern
and central Europe (Balkan region) experienced
the worst disaster since Bosnias civil war, which
occurred in the early 1990s. Earlier this month,
a number of European countries located within
the Balkan region were hit by a massive storm
that cast record rainfalls on the countries,
resulting in multiple severe oods. The Balkan
states severely affected included Bosnia, Serbia
and parts of Croatia. According to reports, the
oods affected millions of residents in the
Balkan countries. An estimated 100,000 houses
were destroyed, leaving hundreds of thousands
of people homeless and without electricity,
mostly in Serbia. The oods also triggered
hundreds of massive landslides that led to the
death of about 50 people. Hundreds more were
displaced.
Health ofcials from the countries released
reports warning that thousands of drowned
livestock posed a health hazard. Due to the
contamination of water and drowned animals,
the ofcials predict that there may be a possible
outbreak of diseases such as typhoid and
hepatitis, as temperatures rise and the rainfall
reduces. They advise that proper measures
should be taken to dispose of the dead animals
to prevent an outbreak of diseases.
The oods also exposed the Balkan regions
to dislodged landmines. During Bosnias civil
war, nearly two million landmines were planted.
Bosnias mine action centre got rid of most of
them. However, thousands of others left behind
during the war still remain undetected. The
Balkan oods have now caused the landmines to
resurface, which adds danger to the problems
being faced by the Balkan regions residents.
There have also been reports that muddy
waters pushed some of the landmines into
neighbouring European countries.
Compiled by Jerry Odumbe
By DENNIS OCHIENG
K
een habitat protec-
tion is the key to
wildlife conserva-
tion in remote re-
gions, says environmentalist
Farhia Hajir of Pastoralist Girls
Initiative (PGI). She states the
greatest factor inuencing the
decline of wildlife is habitat de-
struction in the arid North-East-
ern (NEP) region .
She cites overgrazing, wild
forest res, soil, wind and water
erosion, deforestation and cul-
tivation along rivers as major
environmental degradation
causes in NEP covering over
126,000 square kilometres.
Obviously, agriculture is of
great importance to humanity
and there is no way we can do
away with it, but at what cost?
Can we control it? asks Hassan
Sheikh of Hirola Home Range in
Garissa.
Hassan says in arid areas like
Garissa, where agriculture hasnt
been exploited fully due to poor
rainfall and infertile soils, the
fragile natural habitat ought to
be preserved.
However, that isnt the case
as residents are busy destroying
the forest through logging and
burning charcoal, says Farhia.
She regrets that habitat loss and
climate change have led to hu-
man-human and human-ani-
mal conicts.
She points out that when do-
mestic animals are brought to
these decimated areas, they
have difculty coping with par-
asites like ticks and mites, but
wildlife have natural ways of
dealing with such pests.
While some animals like
buffaloes wallow in mud, others
roll around in the dust to clean
themselves and get rid of the
parasites or are pecked clean by
birds.
Fortunately, while all ani-
mals can be cleaned by birds,
not all domestic livestock roll in
the dust or mud to get rid of
their new-found dependents.
Farhia says the bottom line
of conservation lies in residents
not destroying the forest.
Ironically, these same resi-
dents rely on ora as their eco-
nomic mainstay in charcoal
burning and logging and as a
forest pharmacy since the dis-
pensaries are few and far be-
tween, she says .
That being the case, we have
started preserving the natural
habitat by establishing indige-
nous and exotic tree nurseries in
the remote and marginalised
NEP, which has a fragile ecosys-
tem, says Hassan.
He refers to deforestation as
forest general mutilation and
the culprits behind this as eco-
terrorists biting the hand that
feeds them.
We shouldnt destroy the
forest that serves as a source of
food, medicine and pasture. We
must make more efforts to re-
plenish it, Farhia says.
Forest conservation
to protect life in dry NEP
Wednesday, May 28, 2014/ The Standard
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Wednesday Life
Doctors desk with Dr Kizito Lubano
Health Briefs
with Jerry Odumbe
Excessive bleeding
after birth is the
number one killer of
women giving birth
in Kenya
Balance between work and life a process
RESEARCH: New study to better
maternal and child health in Kenya
It is expected that by the year 2015, new child HIV
infections will have reduced signicantly and that
HIV-related maternal deaths will have been lowered
by 50 per cent all over the world. This is one of the
global goals that were set to help reduce the spread
of HIV and Aids, especially in regions within sub-
Saharan Africa. Past studies have shown that 50
per cent of children with HIV worldwide come from
Eastern and Southern Africa. One of the strategies
used to achieve the objective was to improve
prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT)
services. Just recently, Janet Turan, a professor from
the University of Birmingham, was provided with a
generous grant to conducta study on the issue of HIV-
related stigma among pregnant Kenyan women. The
three-year study will be done in collaboration with
the Kenya Medical Research Institute.
HEALTH: Persistent family feuds
could lead to early death
A group of researchers from Denmark have found
that frequent feuds with family and close friends
increase the risk of dying early. Argumentative
men, especially those that are unemployed, are
the ones who were found to be most vulnerable to
stress as a result of constant arguments with family
members and friends. The study, published in the
journal Epidemiology and Community Health,
which involved about 10,000 participants, found
that people who constantly argue with spouses,
relatives and close friends are three times likely
to die in middle age from any cause, compared to
those who do not argue.
RESEARCH: Study establishes
that urine is not sterile
Recent research has crushed the long belief
that human urine is sterile. The study, in the US,
found that urine has bacteria and other living
micro-organisms. The researchers examined
urine samples from 90 female volunteers. It
was discovered that bacteria was present in
urine samples belonging to both healthy women
and those with an over-active bladder. Further
research is, however, needed to establish if the
bacteria found is benecial or harmful.
Your Health
Iron supplements
could end deaths at
birth, defects
By GEOFFREY KAMADI
F
orty years have gone by
since the Iron Folic Acid
Supplementation (Ifas)
was incorporated into
what is known as the Focus An-
tenatal Care (Fanc) in the coun-
trys health system. But the long
period has not changed peoples
lifestyle as supplementation in-
take remains low.
Ifas reduces anaemia by
boosting haemoglobin levels in
the blood. This is critical espe-
cially for pregnant women, who
are most affected by the condi-
tion, explains Esther Kariuki of
the Micronutrient Initiative.
Anaemia is caused by iron de-
ciency. Iron is important in car-
rying oxygen in the blood in the
form haemoglobin.
If a pregnant woman is anae-
mic, explains Dr Kariuki, she is at
an increased risk of death from
excessive bleeding in childbirth.
In addition, says Kariuki, post-
partum haemorrhage (excessive
bleeding at birth), linked to anae-
mia, is the number one killer of
women giving birth in Kenya.
A woman need only take a
tablet of Ifas a day for the dura-
tion of her pregnancy. But up to
30 per cent of pregnant women
do not take the supplementation,
according to the Kenya Demo-
graphic Health Survey (KDHS) of
2008-09.
We had challenges in the
supply of supplements, some-
thing the Government has since
moved to regularise, notes Terry
Wefwafwa, the deputy chief nu-
trition ofcer in the Ministry of
Health.
Low intake of iron and folic
has previously been attributed to
regimen formulation, which re-
quired three iron tablets and one
folic acid tablet to be taken daily,
making adherence an issue. In
addition, the medication was un-
palatable given the high concen-
tration of iron (200mg) in the
tablet. It also made stool dark.
To encourage intake, the iron
levels have since been brought
down to 60mg, in accordance
with World Health Organisation
(WHO) recommendations.
In Kenya, pregnant women
have the highest prevalence of
anaemia 41.6 per cent of all
women visiting the hospital, ac-
cording to the KDHS. Anaemia
prevalence of more than 40 per
cent in any cohort, observes Kar-
iuki, is considered severe.
Maternal anaemia is associat-
ed with low birth weight (baby
weighing less than 2.5kg). This
puts newborns at risk of peri-na-
tal (inside the womb) and neo-
natal (within the rst 28 days of
birth) deaths.
Whats more, only 36 per cent
of health facilities have the ca-
pacity to test for anaemia.
The lack of supplementation
could lead to spina bida a
neuro-tube defect and hydro-
cephalus, which is characterised
by the accumulation of serous
uid inside the infants head due
to obstruction of the movement
of cerebrospinal uid.
Spina bida may consign an
individual to a wheelchair for
life. A single uncomplicated op-
eration is estimated to cost
Sh40,000 according to Anne Mul-
wa, a paediatric nurse and the
administrative director of Beth-
anyKids Africa at the Kijabe Mis-
sions Hospital. Complicated cas-
es can cost up to half a million
shillings. An individual may re-
quire several operations.
On the other hand, hydro-
cephalus can be rectied by
shunting the inserting of a tube
inside the childs head to drain
the uid.
Improper fusion of the spinal
cord during foetus development
could lead to the condition.
Even though the exact cause
of the defect is unknown, folic
acid deciency and a family with
a history of the condition could
be a predisposing factor, she ex-
plains.
Most of the 9,300 spina bida
operations conducted at Beth-
anyKids in 2013 came from Coast
and Nyanza regions. It is yet to be
established why the two regions
lead with these cases.
Emily Mbori, a 34-year-old
mother of two knows only too
Work-life balance is about ensuring that
work doesnt take up more of your life than it
should or you want it to.
How often do you get the chance to think
about you? Do you know where you are in your
life and career, and where you would like to be
in the future?
At this point in my career, I do not feel that
things are exactly in balance. The hours in my
day are not evenly split between my two
main vocations. Like my profession, my
needs for balance are never in complete
equilibrium so I have to be exible in address-
ing my work and home life priorities.
Telemedicine is championed as a great way
to extend the range of some physicians, yet
this is not possible for most critical life-saving
procedures like Caesarean section deliveries.
Even when I work as a physician, I do not
completely step out of that role when I step out
of the ofce door. When at work, I am wholly
and always a father and a husband. Leaving my
children at home (or at school) does not mean
family is out of mind. The essence of the
medical profession is more who I am than
what I do.
Similarly, my roles as father and husband
are part of how I dene myself as a person.
Over the years, I have learned the importance
of spousal support. My wife supports me,
particularly with duties once deemed tradition-
ally male. I always say I married late for a
reason: I was waiting for the woman who would
willingly partner with me in parenting and
support me both at home and professionally.
From the time our rst child was born, I
have been striving to achieve the goal of a
balanced life. I now realise that this is more a
process than a completed task.
The elusive work-life balance is harder for
doctors to attain if their spouse or partner is
also a doctor.
As someone once said, nobody on their
deathbed ever declared, I wish Id spent more
time at the ofce (surgery, clinic or lab).
well what it means to raise a child
with hydrocephalus as a single
parent. Her husband kicked her
out of their matrimonial home
following the birth of their sec-
ond child in July 2005.
As a result, Mbori, who makes
a living selling cereals alongside
her mother in Kibuye Market,
was compelled to move from the
Mukoroshoni area of Mombasa
to live with her mother and sis-
ters in Mountain View Estate in
Kisumu.
The boy is a slow learner and
has also been diagnosed with ep-
ilepsy. Raising children with
these conditions is difcult, es-
pecially if the parents do not
have a source of income. In addi-
tion, they are traumatised by the
communitys misguided beliefs
and myths.
Spina bida, hydrocephalus
and clubfoot, among other con-
ditions have been associated
with iron and folic acid decien-
cy.
Esther Onana, the secretary of
the Association for the Physically
Disabled of Kenya at Jaramogi
Oginga Odinga Teaching and Re-
ferral Hospital says they attend to
an average of 100 cases every
month.
Supplements and foods that can help unborn babies from conditions
such as spina bida and hydrocephalus. [PHOTOS: FILE/STANDARD]
Wednesday Life
Wednesday, May 28, 2014/ The Standard
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Personal Finance
Make it simple
Appraisal fee: The charge for estimating the value of
property offered as security.
Foreclosure: A legal term applied to any of the various
methods of enforcing payment of the debt secured by
a mortgage, or deed of trust, by taking and selling the
mortgaged property, and depriving the mortgagor of
possession. Under a deed of trust, foreclosure is by
public auction after appropriate advertisement.
Futures: A term used to designate all contracts
covering the sale of nancial instruments or physical
commodities for future delivery on a commodity
exchange.
Futures Contract: Agreement to buy or sell a set
number of shares of a specic stock in a designated
future month at a price agreed upon by the buyer and
seller. The contracts themselves are often traded on the
futures market.
A futures contract differs from an option because an
option is the right to buy or sell, whereas a futures
contract is the promise to actually make a transaction.
A future is part of a class of securities called derivatives,
so named because such securities derive their value
from the worth of an underlying investment.
Premium: The price of an options contract; also, in
futures trading, the amount the futures price exceeds
the price of the spot commodity. Related: inverted
market premium payback period, also called break-
even time, the time it takes to recover the premium per
share of a convertible security.
Acid-test ratio: Also called the quick ratio, the ratio of
current assets minus inventories, accruals, and prepaid
items to current liabilities.
Nominal price: Price quotations on futures for a period
in which no actual trading took place.
Capital gains: Prot earned from a sale of real estate.
Demystifying a futures contract
Quick Wins
SAVINGS: How much
is enough for kitty?
Its best to split your savings
keep some on hand for
emergencies and put the rest
where it can work for you.
Keep to what you can afford
and make sure to save regularly.
Just like you would save for a
new car, work out how much you
need to put aside, and set up a
savings standing order for the
right amount.
Once youve met your target
amount for the emergency
fund, you may want to continue
with the regular savings amount
to fund other goals you may
well be used to this level of
outgoings by then.
By PETER KAMURI
F
or the last ve years, Pat-
rick Muiru, a city-based
secondary school teacher,
has been driving to work
daily. Over this time, he has had
an uneventful drive save for the
usual hassles occasioned by the
snarl-ups that characterise ma-
jor city roads.
However, towards the end of
last month, the unexpected hap-
pened. It was mid-morning and
there was a thick mist. As he ap-
proached the trafc lights near
the Nyayo Stadium roundabout,
the car ahead of him slowed
down without any warning.
Muiru rammed into the rear
of the car. Thankfully, the dam-
age to the other car was not ex-
tensive and the driver said they
could settle the matter amica-
bly, away from the glare of the
hawk-eyed trafc police. They
agreed that Muiru would pay
Sh25,000 to repair the damaged
car.
Although the deal was ac-
ceptable to him, he was stuck.
He did not have that kind of
money and had nobody in mind
who could lend him the cash.
Luckily, a colleague offered to
bail him out.
Muirus predicament is not
isolated. Many people get jolted
when the unexpected happens
and there is no fallback. These
situations call for an emergency
fund.
Unforeseen events can range
from illness, accident or litiga-
tion to job loss. Are you prepared
for such eventualities? If not,
stop worrying and start an emer-
gency fund.
Such a fund is a form of sav-
ing that can take care of essen-
tial needs, mostly your living ex-
penses, for a given time. This is
different from a loan, which you
must refund whether with inter-
est or not.
Although nancial experts
may not agree on how much is
enough for an emergency fund,
many contend that it should be
equivalent to at least three to six
months of your living expenses.
However, the most realistic
amount is that which would give
you a sense of peace and securi-
ty.
How do you set up an emer-
gency fund? The rst step en-
tails deciding how much you
specic amount is sent to this
account automatically.
Using this method, you will
be surprised to see how your
savings can grow to form a for-
midable emergency fund.
After some time, it is impor-
tant to evaluate how you have
been performing. This will en-
able you to decide whether to re-
think your strategy or continue
saving in the same say, offers
Obura.
As you start building your
emergency fund, bear in mind
that you must choose wisely
where you keep your money. It
should be accessible and offer
banking exibility like that of-
fered by mobile phone banking
services.
Although it may take time to
build up your fund, you must get
started. Evaluate your nances
and determine how much you
can afford to put away each day,
week or month, she says.
The idea is to start building
your emergency fund today.
Saving Sh100 a day can add up
to over Sh100,000 in less than
three years. Do not wait for to-
morrow, observes Obura.
want to save. This should be
pegged on the amount that
would make you feel secure.
However, if you have not been
saving, you should start with
small manageable amounts,
advises Millicent Obura, a -
Building your
emergency fund
today entails
saving even
Sh100 daily,
which could add
up to over
Sh100,000 in
less than three
years. Do not
wait for
tomorrow.
[PHOTO: FILE/
STANDARD]
The kitty, which should be about three to six
months worth of expenses, acts as a buffer in the
event of illness, accident, litigation or job loss
Build an emergency
fund to safeguard
a steady future
nancial expert working with a
Nairobi rm.
She adds, Then ensure that
you have a bank account. It is
advisable to open up a new sav-
ings account different from your
salary or other accounts. Do not
forget to shop around for a prod-
uct that will attract less month-
ly charges and earn you inter-
est.
Experts advise that if you are
not disciplined enough, you can
have a standing order where a
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Wednesday Life
Personal Finance
with Misheck Mwangi
Teacher rakes in
Sh40,000 monthly
from dairy farming
But Simon Mukunu hopes to
reap big from breeding and
sale of exotic heifers that fetch
as much as Sh50,000 per cow

W
ithin a decade, Simon
Mukunu has bred and
then reared a herd of
seven Friesian cows.
They bring him an average of 100
litres of milk daily but his dreams
and aspirations go further than
this.
Ultimately, my aim is to be-
come a dairy cow breeder because
there is more money in breeding
than in milk production, says Mr
Mukunu, the head teacher of a
primary school in Kahuro sub-
county, Muranga County. His
dairy enterprise has become the
darling of many local farmers.
In the meantime, however,
Mukunu is making good prots
from the sale of milk to the New
Kenya Creameries Co-operative
(KCC).
Monthly, I can make a prot
of Sh40,000 from the sale of 3,000
litres. With an average monthly
overheads cost of Sh50,000, the
returns are good although my aim
is to get 14 milking cows to be able
to produce 200 litres daily, says
Mukunu, who is also the vice
chairman of the 700-member Ka-
huro Breeders Co-operative Soci-
ety. The society currently sells
3,200 litres of milk to New KCC.
The Muranga County govern-
ment is providing every ward with
a 5,000-litre milk cooler and a pas-
teuriser to boost milk production.
The society members expect to
benet from this initiative.
Members also have access to
articial insemination services,
credit facilities and farm inputs
such as feeds at subsidised rates.
To reach his current production
level, Mukunu has invested huge-
ly in breeding stock, a zero-grazing
unit, a milking machine, a chaff
cutter, fodder production and la-
bour. The modern zero-grazing
unit, constructed in two phases,
cost Sh550,000.
START-UP COSTS
Another Sh120,000 was used to
buy a Friesian cow part of the
parent stock from Sasini Farm in
Naro Moru. Installing a milking
machine cost him Sh152,000.
Breeding is the key to good
milk production. I have consis-
tently used sexed semen main-
ly imported to upgrade my herd
and get per cow daily production
levels of 20-30 litres, he says.
He adds that the sexed semen
was sourced from America Breed-
ers Service and World Wide Sires at
an average of Sh6,500 per insemi-
nation. In Central Kenya, where
land has been shrinking over the
years, fodder production has pre-
sented a major challenge for many
dairy farmers, with the majority
relying on napier grass. For Muku-
nu, however, use of sludge ob-
tained from the biogas unit fed by
the dairy herd has presented a
boon.
I have kept my fodder costs as
low as possible by growing napier
grass and Boma Rhodes on my
two-and-a-quarter acres. Con-
stant application of manure has
ensured a napier supply through-
out the year, he says.
Supplementation with com-
mercial feeds such as dairy meal
and a locally formulated ferment-
ed extract has also boosted milk
production.
This local formulation con-
sists of 40kg of bran, 20kg of maize
germ, 4kg of cotton seed cake, 3kg
of mineral salt, 4kg soya, 4kg sun-
ower cake and 4kg of molasses.
The feeds are thoroughly mixed
with 10 litres of warm water and
allowed to ferment for four days
before being fed to the cows.
The total monthly cost of con-
centrates averages Sh42,000 at
Sh1,400 per day. Other costs in-
clude water and electricity at
Sh2,500 and Sh1,000 respectively.
The enterprise has one caretaker,
who is paid Sh6,000 monthly.
Beyond the milk production,
Mukunu and his family are reap-
ing big from other additional ben-
ets, notably biogas, which is the
main source of fuel, and slurry a
biogas digester by-product that is
used as manure.
Biogas has enabled huge sav-
ings in fuel costs in the home-
stead. It is also cleaner than re-
wood and charcoal.
Quick Wins
Side hustle rewards
Mukunu makes a gross proft
of about Sh90,000 monthly
and a net proft of Sh40,000
from the sale of 3,000 litres of
milk.
With an average monthly
overheads cost of Sh50,000,
he aims to get 14 milking cows
to be able to produce 200
litres daily.
He has also targeted
breeding more cows from
sexed semen to sell at huge
profts thus supplementing his
income.
Achieving great vision lies in inspiring staff
CEOS take Eric Wamanji
Silas Simiyu is among the few executives
credited with Kenyas economic boom that started
in 2002. The chief executive of the Geothermal
Development Company (GDC) has crafted a
geothermal development blueprint that will see
Kenyas energy index rising while costs drop,
aimed at increasing industrial production and
making Kenya more competitive.
This did not begin at GDC but at the then Kenya
Power and Lighting Company now Kenya Power,
where he joined as a scientist. He then moved to
KenGen. At KenGen, he was credited for the
development of the 35MW Olkaria II Power Project
and the drilling of about 59 high productive wells.
Today, fve years later, GDC has opened the
Menengai Geothermal Project, which will tilt the
countrys energy fortunes.
Dr Simiyu is also the author of Refections: A
CEOs Treatise, one of the instruments that has
helped him in his management. To achieve all this,
a few secrets have helped the scholar-cum-manag-
er to remain at the top.
Good communication: A great vision that is
not communicated is like a lantern hidden under
the bed. Great leadership calls for clear communi-
cation of the aspirations and dreams of the
organisation. Communication helps your team to
understand their roles and their place in contribut-
ing to the big picture.
Inspiration: People want to be inspired; to be
charmed towards a course. Just like the orchestra
that once sang for soldiers during the World Wars
to raise their spirits for the battlefeld, a leader
needs to play the tune that will get his team
working. This involves constructing the right
mental images for your team, by encouraging and
recognising them. That way, they will support you.
Never be vengeful: The truism of never
revenge is real and powerful. As a leader, avoid
grudges and revenging every sin against you. Not
everyone will stand up and cheer you on. Instead
of revenge, just forgive, ignore and get focused.
Transcend the petty: As a leader, it is easy to
be drawn into personal and petty issues such as
tribalism, ethnicity or even just petty offce politics
and gossip. Be blind to stereotypes and ignore
machinations.
Give it your best: When you pick on a project,
be devoted to it. There is no success that comes to
a job attended to halfheartedly. When committed,
you will pay attention to detail.
Dr Silas Simiyu, Geothermal Development
Company chief executive.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014/ The Standard
Simon Mukunu looking after his
Friesian cows. INSET: Mukunu milks
one of the cows that supplement
his income
But it is the heifers that are of par-
ticularly value to the farmer. A good
heifer can sell for over Sh50,000, which
is why I plan to become a breeder in
the next few years. The demand for
heifers across the country is big, he
observes.
Wednesday Life
Wednesday, May 28, 2014/ The Standard
Page 8
ANIMAL ROOM:
These sheep
sleep in the
main house in
Nakuru
County to
protect them
from being
pinched from
sheds.
[PHOTOS:
BONIFACE
THUKU/
STANDARD]
Rural folks come up
with ingenious ways
to tackle insecurity
While some have rooms for
livestock in their houses, others
watch over githeri as it cooks to
scare away thieves
A
bout a week ago, a dep-
uty chief was brutally at-
tacked and injured by
unknown assailants in
Kasarani, Elburgon, Nakuru
County. It was not the rst such
attack in the village but the fact
that a chief, the symbol of Gov-
ernment at the grassroots, was
the victim has left residents wor-
ried.
They are spending sleepless
nights because the chiefs at-
tackers are still at large.
Elburgon Location chief
Johnson Kamau Mungai says he
too longer sleeps well at home
and that he has received several
threats from strangers. He says
the attack on his deputy was
meant to intimidate villagers.
We chiefs were warned to
either slow slow down on secu-
rity measures or surrender our
sleep outside to provide security
for their animals.
A local administrator, Joseph
Korkimur, attributed the re-
newed trend of keeping animals
in the house to frequent raids as
well as ordinary theft.
Korkimur said he has han-
dled cases where hides and skins
of missing animals have been
found in local butcheries where
thieves sell the animals to un-
suspecting butchers.
stock theft.
Says Talau Location chief Da-
vid Biwott: People feel their an-
imals are safer close to them.
They erect beds using poles on
which they sleep while the sheep
and goats sleep underneath.
Traditionally, some commu-
nities kept their animals in the
house as a way to protect them
from attacks by leopards and
hyenas, says James Plapan, a
resident of Kodich.
This worked, and still does,
for those with small herds. Those
with larger herds were forced to
lives. These people have made
lots of money from theft and
that is why they are intimidating
the local administration, says
Mungai.
In light of this threat, Molo
residents have come up with-
ways to lock out the thieves,
who target livestock, by setting
aside rooms within their houses
for their animals.
Mercy Gitari, a resident of
Turi Farm in Molo, says maraud-
ing thieves roam the area at
night stealing animals.
SHEDS ABANDONED
We no longer leave our cows
in the sheds the way we used to.
Thieves are on the increase and
so to be safe, we lock them in-
side our houses, conrms
Gitari.
Affected areas include Kure-
soi, Michatha, Valley Farm, Kip-
tororo, Casino and Kibunja, all
within Molo. A number of fami-
lies living along the borders of
West Pokot and Trans Nzoia
counties sleep under the same
roof as their goats and sheep at
night due to the fear of rampant
Special Feature
By Leonard Kulei and
Wilberforce Netya
I
n villages across Nyeri County, the tradi-
tional way of cooking githeri, where it was
left boiling while people went about weed-
ing or pruning, is no longer safe. If you try
it, you will no doubt come home from the farm
hungry, only to nd an empty replace, the
githeri and sufuria long gone!
As the thieves target the food, their eyes
are on the bigger picture the pots and
other metal utensils that can be turned into
scrap instantly.
And while they are in the homestead,
they are also likely to help themselves to
other items that could fetch them a quick
shilling at the local market.
Not even wet clothes hung out to dry are
safe. The aggressive thieves have led
tenants in residential estates to either stay
home and watch their laundry dry or hire
hawk-eyed teenagers to do it.
One victim of the clothes thieves is a
Nyeri man who recently lost four pairs of
trousers, three pots, an axe and a knife to a
long-armed neighbour whom he would
later have charged in court.
Daniel Muriuki had left the items in his
rickety timber house, which he unfortunate-
ly forgot to lock on that day.
A young man from the neighbourhood
sneaked into the house and took off with the
loot, which the court valued at Sh10,450.
Muriuki reportedly spotted the youngster
prancing around the neighbourhood wearing
a pair of his jeans and reported him to the
local police station. The young man was
arraigned in court and accused of breaking
and entering, and stealing.
However, Muriuki later asked the court to
drop the charges against the young suspect
as they had agreed to settle the matter out
of court.
By Murimi Mwangi
Residents watch as
food cooks, clothes dry
MEAL TIME: A woman prepares a meal at her Ruringu home in Nyeri County. [PHOTO: MOSE SAMMY]
Wednesday, May 28, 2014/ The Standard
PAGE 9
Wednesday Life
Special Feature
A boy gets his animals into their room in Kuria. Houses have been redesigned to accommodate livestock.
[PHOTO: COLLINS ODUOR/STANDARD]
Chicken coops in the
house in Kakamega
In Kakamega County, poultry
farmers now keep their birds in their
houses rather than in coops outside
the way it used to be. Most farmers
say there have been increased inci-
dents of poultry theft, which has
prompted them to come up with their
own security measures.
The most common one is to con-
struct a poultry unit inside the main
house despite the noise the chickens
cause.
I decide to keep my chickens in-
side the house because they were be-
ing stolen almost every day, causing
me huge losses. Even though they are
very noisy, I have no other option of
securing them from thieves, says
Rose Nakhumwa, a poultry farmer in
Namakoye village in Navakholo Sub-
county.
As people fear for their lives so do
they fear for their animals, which
have been targeted by thieves and
wild animals.
But large-scale poultry farmer
Herbert Ligaya has too many birds to
accommodate in his house. Instead,
he has built a poultry unit on his farm
that accommodates more than 1,000
birds he has more than 100 chick-
ens as well as Japanese and Chinese
quails.
To keep his birds safe, Ligaya has
to go the extra mile and dig deeper
into his pockets.
His latest security measures in-
clude two strong men, barbed wire
and dogs to guard his poultry unit.
I have fenced my compound and
have two men who guard my farm
with support from my dogs. This has
enhanced security even though it is
still not enough says Ligaya.
Most residents in the county have
appealed to the central government
and security agencies to boost their
security by patrolling and also arrest-
ing suspects who have continued to
threaten their lives and cause them
to live in fear.
They have also urged the central
and county government to launch the
security campaign not only in big
towns but also across the country as
all Kenyans need security from thieves
and terrorists alike.
By Alex Wakhisi and
Jackline Inyanji
F
or generations, Kuria re-
gion of Migori County has
been known as the hotbed
of cattle rustling.
Unlike their neighbours in
Migori and Nyatike regions,
where cattle have always been
stolen peacefully at night, in
Kuria, rustling is a violent affair
with armed rustlers attacking
homes with guns, sometimes
even killing people before driv-
ing the cattle away.
The situation has been made
worse by the porous expansive
border between Kenya and Tan-
zania.
This has forced the Kuria peo-
ple to redesign their homes. The
houses are built in a circle, with
an enclosed centre that is used
as a cattle kraal at night.
Before, we would wake up in
the morning and nd all the cat-
tle gone. It was then that we de-
cided to try this new way to en-
Houses redesigned to keep
livestock safe in Kuria
sure that at least someone is
awoken when rustlers come,
Thomas Rioba, a resident from
Kegonga, says.
For the rustlers to reach the
cows, they must go through one
of the houses, which is a bit dis-
couraging.
However, according to Kuria
East Ofcer Commanding Police
Station Gladys Ogonda, cattle
rustling in the region has gone
down considerably due to police
changing their manner of deal-
ing with rustlers.
We decided to stop forcing
the rustlers to compensate the
cattle owners and take them to
court instead. This made the rus-
tlers stop their thieving ways,
she said.
For most Nyakach residents,
continuous rustling led them to
reduce the number of livestock
they own so they could accom-
modate the fewer animals in
their houses.
But this is not safe as rustlers
are said to be visiting their cli-
ents in groups and violently rob-
bing them. Victims of the rus-
tlers wrath have either sold their
livestock or taken them to rela-
tives in safer areas.
Former Nyakach Member of
Parliament Polyns Ochieng
Daima last week had ve of his
cattle stolen from his home in
the same village.
Quick response by residents
scared the thieves into abandon-
ing the cattle on the river bank
before escaping.
County Administration Police
Commandant Gradius Atinda
has established two AP stations
in the area to beef up the ght
against cattle rustling.
We dont want to be called
when rustlers attack. We want to
prevent the attacks from hap-
pening altogether, said Atinda.
By Nick Oluoch
and Kevine Omollo
The use of granaries to store cereals was common in Gusii region in the 1990s but
many homesteads no longer have this important ad-
dition to the homestead. The grass-thatched grana-
ries were normally raised a few feet above the
ground and had round walls perfectly weaved to-
gether.
But today, diminishing land sizes and rising cas-
es of people who want to pinch where they have not
sown have pushed granaries to extinction.
Samwel Gesora, a farmer in Nyaigwa village of
Nyamira County, says,We store our food in the
house. Harvested cereals last barely a month and
you dont want the little you have to be snatched
while you sleep.
He adds, In the past, stealing food from a gra-
nary was rare because every family had enough but
as food production declined, cases of theft in-
creased, forcing most farmers to prefer house stor-
age where security is guaranteed.
By Naftali Makori
Kisiis extinct granaries
Oliver Shikuku feeds his chickens indoors. [PHOTO: BENJAMIN SAKWA]
DOUBLE SURE: Locks enhanced for protection. [PHOTO: BONIFACE THUKU]
Wednesday Life
Page 10
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
Innovator
IT brains develop rst African anti-virus software
The anti-virus will
help users recover
infected les safely
I
t all started three years ago as
a small technology centre to
nurture Form Four leavers
with an interest in Informa-
tion Technology by university
students in a remote village in
Baringo County. That small cen-
tre has now grabbed world atten-
tion by producing the rst-ever
African-made computer anti-vi-
rus software.
Bunifu Technologies has sudden-
ly found itself in the limelight af-
ter a breakthrough that birthed
Bunifu Sniper Malware, a home-
made anti-virus device.
The young team of 12 innovators
launched the software during a
colourful ceremony at the Kenya
School of Government in Kabar-
net.
We are a nexus of engineering
and programming and since in-
ception we have developed more
than 50 products such as mobile,
desktop, web and engineering
solutions and tools, says Keith
Korir ,the founder of Bunifu Tech-
nologies.
The anti-virus has an in-built
console panel that will help users
recover infected les safely, adds
Korir.
The Sniper anti-virus, which took
the group more than a year and a
half to develop, also features a
CREATIVITY: Innovative youths from Baringo
County at work and (inset) their Bunifu
Sniper anti-virus. [PHOTOS: BONIFACE THUKU]
Tech World
with Jerry Odumbe Otieno
Scientists use electrical
currents to control dreams
Imagine having the ability to
exert some sort of control over
your dreams, making them more
fun and exciting. A group of
neuroscientists from Germany say
they have come up with a novel
technique that makes this possible.
The technique, they say, enables
sleepers to take control of their
lucid dreams by use of electrical
currents. Lucid dreams are those
dreams in which one is aware they are
dreaming and usually occur during
REM sleep during night sleep when
dreams are most memorable. The
scientists found that passing short
shocks through a persons frontal lobe
of the brain enables the person to be
aware that they are dreaming and
gives them the ability to control the
outcome of their dreams. During the
experiments, 27 men and women were
asked to spend a few nights sleeping in
a lab. During this period, the scientists
stimulated the participants brains
with electrical currents and discovered
that when the electrical current
frequency was between 20 and 40Hz,
70 per cent of the participants
experienced lucid dreams and
reported to have some sense of
control of their dreams.
Lightning speed robotic
arm invented
A research team from Ecole
Polytechnic Federale De Lausanne
(EPFL) in Switzerland has come up
with what is said to be the most
sensitive and fastest robotic arm in
the world. According to a report
documented in the journal IEEE
Transaction on Robotics, the
four-fingered robotic arm features
super-fast reflexes and is capable of
catching all sorts of irregular shaped
objects thrown in its direction in less
than five hundredths of a second.
The arm is 1.5 metres long, has three
joints, has sensors and cameras
which are used to detect and track
projectile objects. The mechanised
arm remains immobile; however,
upon detecting objects in mid-air
thrown in its direction, the arm, at
lightning speed, catches the items on
the fly with high accuracy. The
developers believe that the robotic
arm could in the future be used on
individuals who have lost their arms
as a result of accidents or injuries.
Facebook to create
Snapchat rival
After an attempt to purchase the
popular Snapchat messaging app
late last year failed, Facebook has
decided to come up with a new and
almost similar application rumoured
to be called Slingshot. This is according
to a report released by the British
newspaper Financial Times.
Just like Snapchat, it is also rumoured
that Slingshot will feature limited
lifespan photos as well as message and
video sharing capabilities.
According to the report, Facebook
has been working on the app for a
while now under Mark Zuckerbergs
supervision and could be released
as soon as next month. The report,
however, cautioned that the Slingshot
app may fail to be launched.
wireless and Local Area Network
(LAN) scanner that can scan de-
vices within your Wi-Fi range or
over your LAN, a document, le
and folder repair and restore, le
and folder unlock sensor, wire-
less and LAN sensor as well as pi-
racy protection.
The anti-virus, which Korir says
is a software too tough for even
hackers to crack, is better than
The Malware specialist says Buni-
fu Technologies has provided
technology-based services and
products that range from An-
droid mobile apps, desktop ap-
plications, web applications and
engineering solutions.
Other products that have been
developed by the rm include ac-
counting software that provides
real-time analyses and record
keeping of day to day transac-
tions and Light Bolt SMS a mass
message sending utility that has
the ability to send customised
personalised messages to many
from a single message.
Bunifus other product is an exam
management system that pro-
vides an easy interface for exams
processing and analysis as well as
the Bunifu mini-commander, a
handy automated software that
can process and respond to SMS
commands and also process
more than one command at a
time.
The Sniper anti-virus product
has dominant features such as
fast engine, over 17 million virus
database denitions, heuristic
engine, shared protection, direc-
tory navigation guard (watchdog)
and proactive real-time surveil-
lance.
Other features include document
recovery ability, integrated folder
and lock ability, safe mode pro-
tection capabilities, clipboard
paste protection and zipped
scan.
As opposed to other anti-virus or
malwares, Bunifu Sniper has
unique ability to recover virus-af-
fected documents and also al-
lows scanning of les over a net-
work apart from the obvious
cleaning of the document, says
lead developer Kimutai Kipnget-
ich.
Kipngetich says they initiated the
project in March 2012 and com-
pleted the development of its
rst version almost a year later.
For efcient and productive share
of responsibilities, the youths de-
veloped specialist departments
where each played a role for the
success of the project.
The other team members are El-
isha Kiptukyo (business develop-
ment) and Winston Chemjor
(web developer).
Others are Philip Koimet, Solo-
mon Komen, Collins Kiboino,
Isaac Kiplagat and Amos Chep-
chieng.
Doreen Ngetuny is the only fe-
male member of the crew and the
team leader is Wilberforce
Seguton. Emmanuel Yatich is in
charge of user experience and us-
er interface.
Kiptukyo says the product, which
is now on sale after the launch
and will be available in selected
stores in Nairobi and Kabarnet,
will compete with other common
anti-virus softwares such as
Kaspersky, McAfee, Symantec,
AVIRA and Bit Defender, among
other Western-developed anti-vi-
rus products.
Bunifu Sniper is already on sale
and will be available on an e-
commerce driven website that is
safe and secure to use for trans-
actions.
It retails at Sh2,999 for a single li-
cence.
others available in the market.
He says there will be continuous on-
line upgrades of the antivirus software
although the company is also working
on ways to enable ofine upgrades.
By ROBERT KIPLAGAT
PAGE 11
Wednesday Life
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / The Standard
The teacher holds key to students future
A teacher affects eternity, he can never
tell where his inuence will stop
Henry Brooks Adams
By BENJAMIN OBEGI
I
ndeed Henry Brooks Adams
was spot on: A teachers inu-
ce follows his students all the
days of their lives, like a large
shadow that shapes thoughts and
actions. Adams quote is often re-
ferred to by teachers, especially
when they feel let down by sys-
tems that dont compensate them
well for work well done.
Every successful person you see
in the public domain went
through a teachers hands. We are
the moulders, the potters and
shapers of destinies, says a
teacher in Nairobi.
Teachers such as Mosota Atunga,
who teaches English in Kisii
County, also owe their success to
their moulders other teachers.
Atunga says his former high
school principals words follow
him everywhere. The principal,
Casper Maina Momanyi, who
currently heads the top perform-
ing Kisii High School, encour-
Kiswahili teacher.
He had a knack for self-disci-
pline and insisted that we should
be able to supervise ourselves in
all we did. For him, a successful
person is one who can cultivate
the highest sense of direction
and purpose, which are greatly
guided by self-discipline. The les-
son I learnt from him has really
gone a long way in shaping the
way I execute my duties as a dis-
ciplined ofcer. As ofcers, disci-
pline holds that crucial key in de-
termining your rise through the
ranks. My teacher is still playing
a role in that, says Mwadime.
Education
aged him to be the best he could
be.
He remains a key pillar in my
professional life. Growing up in a
rural village limited the number
of role models I had. When I
joined high school, I regarded
him as my role model. He made
sure that in addition to imparting
academic knowledge, we were
exposed to the real world after
school. He made us believe that
no matter what career we chose,
what dened our success was
how we did it. Because of him, I
strive daily to be a teacher with a
difference.
Just two years into the profes-
sion, Atunga has already made an
impact in his school, which he
has helped turn into a formidable
athletics giant in the county.
Some of his students are current-
ly plying their trade in Japan and
the US.
Captain Eric Mwadime of the Ke-
nya Defence Forces speaks in
glowing terms of his former
ROLE MODELS:
A teacher has
great
inuence on
the students
future
because they
tend to copy
the best or
worst in him
or her.
[PHOTOS: FILE/
STANDARD]
By LYDIAH NYAWIRA
It is easy to dismiss a rural day
schools ability to succeed in
national examinations. However,
District Education Board (DEB)
Karaguririo Primary School in
Mukurweini, Nyeri County, has
slowly clawed its way to the height
of academic excellence.
In last years Kenya Certicate
of Primary Education (KCPE) exam
results, 15 out of the 63 candidates
secured places in national schools
while 56 had 349 marks and above,
out of a possible 500 marks. The
school was ranked the top public
day school in Nyeri County and third
overall.
Now everyone wants to enrol
their children in the school, which
has minimal facilities compared to
private schools. In 2008, the school
managed to get only two students
into a county school and was
ranked 68 out of 70 in Mukurweini
Sub-county.
This poor performance changed
when Charles Mwangi Waweru was
posted to head the school that year.
We brought the parents on
board and counselled them to take
a keen interest in their childrens
education. We set targets and
Head teacher Charles Waweru with his pupils during a
prize giving day recently. [PHOTO: LYDIAH NYAWIRA]
School Spot
According to James Michira, a se-
nior communication lecturer at
the University of Nairobi, teach-
ers form the bedrock in the lives
of students at any level.
They open the window into the
future world of students. Stu-
dents trust the pictures of suc-
cess or failure their teachers cre-
ate. Most students credit their
teachers for good performance,
which illustrates the space teach-
ers occupy in their lives. Even
when professional role models
may be lacking, a student will
trust the teacher, copying the
best or worst in him or her. Most
insisted on punctuality for the
students. In a day school, time
management is important, Mr
Waweru says. However, he soon
noted that the pupils mind-set was
wrong. So the school management
team organised for them to visit
national schools in the county as
well as the Dedan Kimathi
University of Technology just to
open up their minds and allow them
to dream of possibilities.
Interacting with the students in
these facilities opened up the
pupils minds and fuelled their
ambition to succeed, says Waweru.
The teachers also starting
paying attention to individual
students needs. It has now become
a tradition that former students of
the school admitted to national and
county schools return to the school
during the holidays to mentor and
tutor national exam candidates,
motivating them to succeed and join
them in secondary schools of
choice.
Its not hard to help a child
succeed once they are motivated
and ambitious, each seeking their
own goals to attain in the national
exams, explains Waweru.
As the school ies to higher
heights, there are various challeng-
es pulling it down.
The number of students
enrolled has signicantly increased
since our academic standards
improved from 230 students in
2008 to the current 503 and an
additional 133 in our early
childhood centre.
Waweru says this has strained
facilities as the sanitation and
classes cannot accommodate that
many students and the number of
teachers has remained at only nine.
Parents we talked to were
optimistic that the school would
excel this year, and perform even
better than last year.
Head teachers approach
awoke sleeping rural school
of us rose because of our former
teachers and professors.
Dr Michira believes society
should invest in teachers ade-
quately. You take your child to
school in the belief that the
teacher will turn him or her into
a professional. What happens if
the teacher is not equal to the
task? There is evidence that a
teachers hand can transform and
impact the lives of students now
and in the future.
Unfortunately, there are other
teachers who crush their stu-
dents dreams and kill budding
creativity.

C G B A 20
E J G H 22
A E C J 21
16 26 14 28
H D F D 21
YESTERDAYS SOLUTION
Using all the letters
of the alphabet,
ll in the grid. To
help you, there are
three cryptic cross-
word-style clues:
Top line: Hesi-
tate twice after an
grown-up is sin-
ner!.(2, 9)
Middle line: The
animal led but is
stubborn.(2, 3-6)
Bottom line: Some-
how Jude, a cat, did
make a judgement.
(11)
To start you off,
here is one of the
letters.
By Rosy Russell
All rows, columns and 3 by 3 grids
(dened by bold lines ) have the
numbers 1 to 9 appearing only once.
Some of the numbers have been en-
tered. Complete the whole table by
inserting the correct numbers.
Capricorn (Dec 22 - Jan 20)
Work flows in an uneventful way today.
The most beneficial item that your com-
pany sells, produces or helps to produce
may be in the process of improvement.
Aquarius (Jan 21 - Feb 19)
Taking care of business is a major theme
this wednesday. You crave organisation
and want to get things accomplished.
You may also want scream and stomp
your feet about a financial injustice.
Pisces (Feb 20 - Mar 20)
You may be sought after as just the per-
son for a particular job today. Self-disci-
pline and a sense of self-worth radiate
from your personality. You may be called
upon to persuade some co-workers to
work on a difficult project.
Taurus (April 21 - May 20)
There Career gains are available now
because you have done the work and
have gained the experience. When it is
time for an employee review, let your
light shine. You have an eye for what you
need to eliminate that may slow your
progress.
Aries (Mar 21 - May 20)
You may find that your personal and ca-
reer growth depends on how you handle
the very sensitive psychological material
coming up. You will benefit from analyti-
cal insights and getting to the heart of
things.
Cancer
(June 22 - July 22)
This is a time to pursue a more lasting
set of valuesbe they religious or philo-
sophical. Everything external and busi-
ness-oriented should prosper, provided
that honesty and truth are your guides.
Courtesy: dailyhoroscopes.com
YESTERDAYS SOLUTIONS
Horoscopes
Sudoku
Codeword Puzzle
(May 21 - June 21)
There are optimism and fore-
sight. Your career may be tied
more to your appearance and
how you come across to others
than to what you do just now.
DIFFICULT
The letters have a distinct
value between 1 to 9. The to-
tals vertically and horizontally
have been given. Solve all the
values.
NO 5201
NO 5200
A B C D E F G H J
6 2 5 1 7 9 4 3 8
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 26
D
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
E B I G A T
Y N H X
U J V K Q M F W Z S
L
P
R
C
O
D
Leo (July 23 - Aug 22)
This day has the possibility of being an easy,
calm day that should ow along in a smooth
manner. Ideas and interaction with authority
gures or older people may be in the fore-
cast. Working with rather than against the
ow of energy should be easy to manage.
Virgo
(Aug 23 - Sept 23)
Positive energies are stirring with regard to
your career or life path now. Success de-
pends upon your own ambition and drive,
which are strong. You are able to use good
common sense and can feel the trends in
order to make the right moves.
Libra
(Sept 24 - Oct 23)
Your work is productive and your kind nature
wins friends and inuences people. This is a
good day for increased business that results
from your hard work. Your creativeness is
expressed this afernoon in your problem-
solving abilities.
Scorpio
(Oct 24 - Nov 22)
This is a great day to gain positive results
from your hard work. You may nd ways in
which to secure a promotion or new job to-
day. You crave organization and practicality
and you want to get things accomplished.
Sagittarius
(Nov 23 - Dec 21)
You may nd yourself planning a garage sale
for this upcoming weekend to put a little
cash in your pocket. In the workplace, co-
workers as well as higher-ups seek you out
for your psychological insight.
Gemini
Wednesday Life
Wednesday, May 28, 2014/ The Standard
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Across
1 Foreign language (6)
7 Eastern (8)
8 Pith helmet (4)
10 Defeated (6)
11 Sullen (6)
14 Agent (3)
16 Manservant (5)
17 Hereditary unit (4)
19 Golf term (5)
21 Instruct (5)
22 Destined (5)
23 Nuisance (4)
26 Scornful expression
(5)
28 Small amount (3)
29 Arrival, coming (6)
30 Martial art (6)
31 School test (4)
32 Without charge, slang
(8)
33 Stylus (6)
Down
1 Car safety device (3,3)
2 Babys sof shoe (6)
3 Metal money (4)
4 Get better (7)
5 Backless seat (5)
6 Precipitation (5)
8 Mountain lake (4)
9 High spirits, vital-
ity (3)
12 Beam of light (3)
13 Dispatches (5)
15 Tribal badge (5)
18 Antelope (5)
19 However (3)
20 Deity (3)
21 Discolour (7)
22 Charge (3)
23 Exhibit or aunt (6)
24 Dutch cheese (4)
25 From that time (6)
26 Brazilian dance (5)
27 Turn out, expel (5)
28 Levy (3)
30 Eager (4)
ACROSS: 1, Baker 6, Limbo 9, Launder 10, Tulip 11, Aisle 12, Seats 13, Deliver 15, Pro 17,
Unit 18, Meteor 19, Cedar 20, Editor 22, Scut 24, Sad 25, Compete 26, Foyer 27, Salon
28, Graph 29, Reveres 30, Beret 31, Legal.
DOWN: 2, Acumen 3, Elicit 4, Rap 5, Inter 6, Leather 7, Iris 8, Bolero 12, Sever 13, Dukes
14, Livid 15, Peace 16, Orate 18, Major 19, Coronet 21, Damage 22, Sparse 23, Utopia 25,
Cedes 26, Fore 28, Gel.
YESTERDAYS EASY SOLUTIONS
Easy Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Fail to counterfeit a letter (6)
7 In credit, in a roundabout way
(8)
8 British animal? (4)
10 Hurtfully forming one gure in
moulded clay (6)
11 Outcome sure to upset an of-
cer (6)
14 Like the coloured end (3)
16 Miss Lee, the tea girl (5)
17 Were in jug (4)
19 She may take one in hand (5)
21 Like a slab forming a founda-
tion (5)
22 Birdlike eldsman? (5)
23 A possible entrapment in time
share? (4)
26 Show pride in conscientious
truthfulness (5)
28 Arrange to get information on
location (3)
29 Opportunity to get a Chinese
with some rice? (6)
30 One of a handy bunch? (6)
31 Was it split in great ominous-
ness? (4)
32 How to cry over spilt beer (8)
33 Bird with only one little sister for
relatives! (6)
DOWN
1 Something grand to nish with
(6)
2 Snakelike aircraf? (6)
3 A nameless fate meaning very
little (4)
4 Free with ones political views?
(7)
5 Like Aphrodite, shell have a bit
of love before sunrise (5)
6 Lay down a condition (5)
8 You may have spent them in
Italy (4)
9 Like some far-off schooldays
(3)
12 Alias Sol, note (3)
13 There are 54 ways to live them!
(5)
15 A passage from Paisley (5)
18 The value of an Isle on the
Thames (5)
19 Lad brought up on Indian food
(3)
20 Any way thats negative (3)
21 Is his hook worth a look? (7)
22 One anticipates jumping it (3)
23 Little ones may have no rims
(6)
24 A chance to pass on what
youve learned (4)
25 Whence to come down to earth
in port (6)
26 South Island style of diving! (5)
27 Bright boy put out of the race,
so peevish (5)
28 Overweight and maybe apt to
splutter? (3)
30 As for loading horses? (4)
ACROSS: 1, Froth 6, Do-ugh 9, Rub-icon 10, St.-out 11, CL-ear 12, Deity 13, Heckles 15, (kind)Red 17, Errs 18,
Bruise 19, Dukes 20, Driver 22, Beta 24, Sag 25, Scooter 26, Ditch 27, Ski-Ed 28, Hip-Po 29, Men-ti-on 30,
Staid 31, Penny.
DOWN: 2, R-ather 3, Trunks 4, Hut 5, Miles 6, Doctors 7, Only 8, G-raves 12, De-m-ur 13, Heads 14, Craig 15, R-
Ive-t. 16, Deb-ar 18, Beach 19, De-CID-ed 21, Racket 22, B-ovine 23, Ten-pin 25, Scots 26, Demi 28, H-Op.
YESTERDAYS CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS
Cryptic Puzzle
WEIRD NEWS
Let others laugh when you
sacrice desire to duty, if they
will. You have time and eternity
to rejoice in.
Theodore Parker
Success is more than
skindeep for two daredevils
who tried to claim one of the
worlds most bizarre records.
Mariya Gafitsa, 23, and
24-year-old Pavlo Klets have
scooped the title for the
longest rope crossing using
clamps pierced into their own
backs.
Their uncomfortable
challenge took place in the
Ukranian capital of Kiev,
where the pair attempted to
cross the Dnipro River using
the excruciating piercing.
The perilous 550 metre cross-
ing - using Tyrolean traversing
techniques pioneered on
Swiss mountains - would be
difficult at the best of times.
But rather than supporting
their weight from a harness,
the pair put their trust in
clamps pierced into their own
backs.
It meant they were forced to
carry their entire whole body
weights on their skin.
Mirror Online
Couple beat pain to scoop world record
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Wednesday, May 28, 2014/ The Standard
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Wednesday Life
FOX CINEPLEX SARIT CENT RE,
WESTLANDS
SCREEN I THE OTHER WOMAN (U16) At
11.00am, 2 STATES (U16) At 2.30pm,
9.00pm, NON STOP (PG) 6.45PM,
SCREEN II AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2 IN
3D (PG) At 11.00am, 1.45pm, 6.40pm,
9.15pm, THE OTHER WOMAN (U16) At
4.30pm.
PLANET MEDIA CINEMAS - KISUMU
SCREEN I RIO 2 (GE) At 11.30am,
1.30pm. NON STOP (PG 13) At 3.30pm,
THE OTHER WOMAN (16) At 6.00pm,
SCREEN II THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER
MITTY (PG) At 3.00pm, 6.00pm,
8.30pm
NYALI CINEMAX MOMBASA
SCREEN I THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN
2 3D At 6.30pm, THE OTHER WOMAN
At 6.45pm, NON STOP At 9.00pm, THE
AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2 2D At 9.15pm.
Cinema Guide
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
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w

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h
o
w
i
n
g
DISCOVERY CHANNEL
07:00 Diamond Divers
07:50 Fast N Loud
08:40 Car Vs Wild
09:30 Storage Hunters
09:55 Auction Kings
10:25 Baggage Battles
10:50 How Do They Do It?
11:20 How Its Made
11:45 Gold Rush
12:40 Gold Fever
01:35 Ice Cold Gold
The show was following the Jetsons family liv-
ing in a futuristic utopia of elaborate robotic
contraptions, aliens, holograms, and whimsi-
cal inventions. Well, looks like this is a live-ac-
tion movie adaptation of the Jetsons.
YESTERDAYS TRIVIA: Indiana
Jones 5
TV Quiz
02:30 Storage Hunters
03:00 Auction Kings
03:25 Baggage Battles
03:55 Diamond Divers
04:50 The Big Brain Theory
05:45 Fast N Loud
06:40 How Do They Do It?
07:05 How Its Made
07:35 Sons Of Guns
08:30 Baggage Battles
09:00 Auction Kings
09:30 Manhunt
DStv Highlights
Todays Schedule
5:00 Pambazuka
6:00 Powerbreakfast
9:00 Afrosinema
11;30 Naswa
12:00 Gabriela
13:00 Live at 1
14:00 Cheche Rpt
15:00 Afro-Sinema
16:00 Citizen Alasiri
16:10 Mseto East Africa
17:00 Pavitra Rishta
18:00 Un Refugio
19:00 Citizen Nipashe
19:35 Kansiime
20:05 Wild at Heart
21:00 Citizen Business
Centre
22:00 The Tempest
23:00 Afro-Sinema
0.00 Citizen Late Night
News
1:00 Afro-Sinema
4:30 BBC
4:55 Morning Prayer
5:00 Aerobics
5:30 Damka
8:00 Good Morning Kenya
9:00 Parliament Live
11:00 Daytime Movie
11:00 KBCc Lunch Time
News
1:30 Moving The Masses
1:30 Grapevine
2:30 Parliament Live
4:30 Spider Riders
5:00 Club 1
6:00 Spiders
7:00 Darubini Live
7:30 Road To Success
8:05 The Platform Live
9:00 Channel 1 News
9:45 National Cohesion
Live
10:30 Bold & Beautiful
11:30 You Are The One
12:00 Club 1
12:45 BBC
5:00 Password Rpt
6:00 AM Live
9:00 Irrational Heart
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 Golden Heart
3.00 Password
4:00 NTV at 4
4:15 Password
Reloaded
5:00 The Beat
6:00 Dyesebel
7:00 NTV Jioni
7:30 La Patrona
8:30 Baileys Wedding
Show
9:00 NTV Tonight
10:00 Movie
12:00 NTV Late Night
12:15 CNN
5.00 Command Your
Morning
6:00 Morning Express
9.00 Tendereza
10:00 My Eternal
11.00 National Geographic
12.00 Tomorrow Today
12.30 Ideal Space
1.00 Newsdesk
1.30 Road to Brasil
2:00 Afri-Screen
4.00 Mbiu Ya KTN
4.10 Batman Of The Future
4.30 Avengers Assemble
5.00 Baseline
6.00 Deal or No Deal
7:00 KTN LEO
7:30 Real Househelps of
Kawangware
8.00 Los Rey
9.00 KTN PRIME
10.05 Jeff Koinange Live
11.00 The Diary
12:00 Road to Brasil
12.30 CNN
Pick Of The Day 7.30PM
5.00 Praiz
6.00 K24Alfajiri
9.00 LadyoftheRose Rpt
10.00 Naijasinema
12.00 AljazeeraNews
13.00 K24Newscut
13.30 GumbaruSchoolRpt
15.00 TheCouplesShow
Rpt
16.00 MchipukowaAlasiri
16.10 TeamRaha
17.30 TheLoop
18.30 K24Mashinani
19.00 K24SaaMoja
19.35 GumbaruSkool
20.05 TheCouplesShow
21.00 K24EveningEdition
21.50 KikwetuSuperChef
Rpt
22.50 AlfajiriSocialHour
Rpt
11.00 Naijasinema Rpt
1.30 Aljazeera
In this weeks episode: Awitis plans start to go really wrong. In a matter of days, shell be on the
verge of being charged with two heinous crimes. Meanwhile, Tsipixi decides to make a comeback
on Kalekye.
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
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Social Media
with Kenny Kaburu @Kennytoonz
It is a sensitive and highly emotive topic.
Do safe abortions really exist? The
discussion was on Facebook and Kenyans
had their say
How can we as Kenyan citizens assist in
the war against terrorism? KTN has been
airing a very sober debate on this very
pertinent topic and the show continues to
elicit very interesting feedback under the
hashtag #KTNBottomline
@Shaminage: Strong discussion on @ktnkenya,
#KTNBottomline. Totally loved the raw emotion. Now
when do we stop talking and start acting?
@KKipsat: Blame game is major problem. We are
blaming Government yet we are living with terrorists
in our neighbourhoods.
@FerdyOmondi: #KTNBottomLine is an honest,
open, non-partisan conversation on terrorism. It is a
discussion we must have. This is our country.
@Karanimutonga: Mothers have a greater role to
keep track of their children and keep them away from
Social Media
Light Side
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POWER OF TINTING: As people continue to heed Inspector General David Kimaiyos
directive to peel the tint off their car windows, this lady removes the tint from her face!
radicalisation. Otherwise no tears for them.
@IfeomaKhalayi: Shared values need to be
topics of discussions and teachings to defeat
terrorism.
@KResearcher: Great work on #KTNBottomLine.
Discussions on security and terrorism are needed in
Kenya, especially the role of citizens.
@AlfredFreez: All the problems in this country
can be traced down to one thing, CORRUPTION, which
should be curbed without fear or favour.
@langarua: Senator @HassanOmarH brought up
the philosophy of using an ideology to neutralise
radicalism and that is a valid long term one.
@SingoeiJoylene: I am hoping our security heads
have been following #KTNBottomLine because there
are a lot of thoughtful ideas for the ght against
terrorism.
@Nurpride_KE: Through such debates we will be
able to get to the root cause of radicalisation and the
best approach to handling it.
@Faroukali1990: Muslim clerics should sit and
come to conclusion on making others understand the
principles and concept of Jihadism.
@Thewamani: A divided nation is a fallen
nation...Unity is what we need to ght terrorism.
Naomy Kamau: There is no such thing as safe
abortion. When you do it you no longer possess a
womb but a tomb.
Mumo Robin: Abortion is very controversial
and most people have done it. Safe abortion is
whether the procedure can be done medically well
without posing danger to the patient and the
answer is YES.
Njagi Linus: The two words dont fit in one
sentence. Abortion is murder. The baby suffers, the
mother suffers and the society suffers. What is
safe about that?
Redempter Kasia: It is a crime but men push
ladies to do it! Because guys will tell you that they
are not ready to take the responsibility so men you
are contributors of abortion!
Lillian Bachmann: Freedom of choice. Let the
ladies have the biggest
say here (never said
that guys cant
beseech their partners
not to). These are very
murky waters and you
got to be careful how
you go about it. NEVER
SAY DIE.
Jasmine Nakamu-
ra: So you believe a
woman who is
pregnant because of
rape or incest cannot
have an abortion? Or a
woman whose life is in
danger because of a pregnancy should die?
Naum Kalumu: Safe abortion means the
procedure where hygiene is observed. Usually done
in hospitals rather than back streets hence safe.
Mary Amukoya: It should be legalised in
Kenya. Ladies should have a choice in their
reproductive health. If I was a girl again and
conceived outside marriage, I would definitely have
an abortion. Men dont marry ladies with babies
and if they do, no respect. One told me he would
rather marry a prostitute with no child than a good
girl with a child.
Chips are stupid, but with
Aromaat!.. Goes a now popular
advert running on television that
has suddenly been picked up on
social media in Kenya. The advert
has given birth to funny memes
and Aromat jokes that have taken
social media by storm.
Clearly, the advert has proved
that you dont really need to
invest in expensive adverts to
market your products; make
them annoying! When the advert
debuted on television a few
months ago, guys took to social
media to complain about a new,
very simple but annoying advert
that was running on their screen.
This, however, created interest
and conversations around the
product. Whether this trick was
accidental or intentional, we
should give it up to creativity
behind the advert for winning
free airtime worth millions of
shillings on social media and
giving the product celebrity
status. Whether this hype is
translating into actual sales,
one cannot tell in the absence of
independent market research.
We had Makmende the hero, by
Just-a-Band, arguably Kenyas
best viral export. Though
copied from the Chuck Norris
super hero jokes, Makmende
was Kenyanised and became
a canvas on which Kenyans
on social media could paint
their super hero fantasies and
larger than life attributes. This
helped to popularise the album
then released by Just-a-Band.
Makmende was made popular by
creative suspense.
Makmende is back! Who was
Makmende? Very few knew he
was a fictional superhero. Mass
interest was created. This caused
Makmende to go viral.
Why crafty campaigns
go viral on social media
South Africas Sonko
sworn in as MP
South Africa held elections
this month and those who won
various parliamentary seats
have already been sworn in.
For leader of Economic
Freedom Fighters party, Julius
Malema (right), the swearing in
of the new parliamentarians last
Wednesday was an opportune
moment to make a statement.
Malema wore his partys
bright red overalls and said that
his parliament members would
dress this way to show they
represent the workers of RSA.
In Kenya, this image was
trending. And @TrendKE said:
Malema getting sworn into South
African parliament. And you
thought Sonko was crazy?
Transformation
If a woman gets a call while having a
meal from her sufuria for a date, she
will quickly freshen up and change to
take up the lady look.
@Royzain captured this: Women
have a unique ability to transform
themselves in seconds!
In Kenya elephants do read
Ever wondered who some notices and instructions are
written for? Wonder no more for in Kenya, elephants know
how to read. How on earth did the person who wrote this ex-
pect elephants to read and obey the instructions that
elephants should cross two at a time?

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