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MPs grill Matiangi as

outrage rises over TVs
CORD cancels launch of referendum bill as Senate suspends business to discuss digital migration
You appear
flippant and
bullish. You look
so angry as if
you are going
to war. Whom
are you going to
war against?
We will see if
we can have
a tripartite
meeting to
deliberate over
this matter so
we can find a
way forward
Nicholas Gumbo (Rarieda MP)
SGR cash gives former

landowners new lifestyle
Winds of change are blowing across
some villages in Coast region where impoverished peasants have been transformed into overnight millionaires with
astounding results.
The millionaires are being created along the route where the Standard
Gauge Railway is being constructed,
and Kenya Railways has already paid
out over Sh5 billion to farmers whose
land will be alienated for the railway
line.
The village skyline in some areas has
By WILFRED AYAGA and ROSELYN OBALA

MPs are unhappy with the Government over its hardline stance four days
after a regulator cut off transmission
signals for three independent television stations.
The action by Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has also forced the
Coalition for Reforms and Democracy
(CORD) to postpone the launch of the
draft bill for its referendum bid.
Yesterday, members of the National Assemblys Energy, Communication
Shakeel Shabbir (Kisumu East MP)
Jamleck Kamau (Kigumo MP)
Overnight millionaires
By PHILIP MWAKIO
This is not
politics. No one
is refusing to
migrate. It is
not a matter of
this coalition or
the other
Extreme
makeover
CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
Forty-year-old Hamadi Kavuu Wambua in front of his new

home in Mariakani, Kwale County, on Sunday. He is among
the people compensated for their land, which was taken
over by the State to build the Standard Gauge Railway
project. [PHOTO/KELVIN KARANI/STANDARD]
been transformed dramatically, with

mud-walled shacks being pulled down
to pave the way for fashionable houses
fit for the new millionaires.
However, tales abound of some recipients who have frittered away their
riches by living in the lap of luxury even
as their relatives wallow in poverty.
Some areas like Mariakani have become classic case studies of what happens when a person who has never operated a bank account is propelled into
the millionaires club.
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How new SGR millionaires are
Hundreds of residents
living along the
upcoming rail line have
received huge amounts
of cash in exchange for
the land. Some have
spent it wisely, some
have not
BBy Philip Mwakio
The bizarre story of a man who

allegedly chewed two Sh1,000 notes
with miraa recently is still on the lips
of residents of Mariakani in Mombasa.
According to the grapevine, the
man got extremely excited after he
received a windfall from the Government that turned him into an instant
millionaire and he decided to celebrate in style.
And although some say his action
is indefensible, others likeHamadi
Kavuu Wambua defend him.
His was a case of mental instability and we have since spoken with
him, says Wambua.
Mr Wambua, another newly-minted millionaire, is ecstatic and full of
praise for those behind the Standard
Gauge Railway. Unlike majority of Kenyans who have to wait for years to
reap dividends from the multi-billion
shillings project, Wambua and hundreds of landowners who have ceded
land for the project are already in celebration.
I am a very happy man together with my family. This project has
helped fulfil my life-long dream of
owning a modest house, says Wambua, his eyes trained on his newly
built stone house.
Those relocated to pave way for
the railway will share out a Sh8 billion
payout. Out of this, Wambua received
Sh2.8 million which he used to buy an
acre and build the house.
On Friday, Kenya Railways paid
out Sh475 million, bringing the total
compensation paid out so far to Sh5.6
billion. Another Sh2.1 billion is yet to
be disbursed, added Kenya Railways
in a press advertisement on Monday.
It is not hard to see the life-changing effect of the millions of shillings
dished out so far. Villages that have
since the beginning of times been
dominated by mud-walled houses
have suddenly sprung to life with artistically designed bungalows with coloured roofs cropping up.
According to Wambua, even the
mentally unstable man who chewed
cash has not been left behind and
now also boasts of a modern house.
Wambuas three-bedroom modern
house has a kitchen, toilet, bathroom,
dining room, sitting room and a room
for a standby electric generator.
The electrician, who has rented a
two bed-room house not far from his
original home to await completion
of his new house has also erected a
3,000-litrewater tank and connected
power to his house.
He defends recipients of the SGR
compensation from the rampant
claims that they are spendthrifts.
We have invested mostly in building decent houses to replace the mudwalled and makuti structures which
Joshua Maingi Kithome, 41, inspects

his upcoming home in Mariakani,
Kwale County, after receiving
compensation from the Government.
LEFT: His mud-walled house. [PhotoS:
Kelvin Karani/standard]
TOTAL COMPENSATION
8 Billion
5.6 Billion
AMOUNT PAID SO FAR
we lived in for a long time, he said.

Wambua, who is the chairman of
Mkilo Welfare Group, that brings together 62 homesteads affected by the
SGR project in Mariakani, however, is
yet to understand how the land compensation was computed.
Mariakani is an urban dwelling
and so plots fetch much higher prices than what was put on offer to us,
he says. But he says he was satisfied
with the compensation for physical
property like structures and or buildings they had put up.
Not far away from where Wambua
used to own a house lives a retail trad-
Residents will be paid Sh50,000 to move remains of the departed relatives

to new sites. [Photo: Kelvin Karani/standard]
er, Joshua Maingi Kathome, 41, who
inherited his land from his late father
Kithome Munuphe.
He is about to move into a modern home constructed at a cost of over
Sh1 million, part of which came from
the compensation he got from the
SGR project.
Maingis new four bedroom
house is a stone-throw away from
the planned new Mariakani Railway
Station.
Besides his rusty mabati-roofed
structure, in his family compound
which has served as his home for

over two decades also stands a four
bed-roomed home that belonged to
his father.
We are yet to get compensation
for my late fathers house where my
mother still lives after they asked for
more clarification, said Maingi who
got his compensation last December.
Maingi said he is still awaiting to
be compensated for three graves to
enable him transfer the remains to
another site. He said he had been
informed that each grave will fetch
Sh50,000.
We have graves for my grandfather, father and elder brother, all of
which are clearly marked, he said.
But as is expected of windfalls
there are those who were quick to
squander their riches. Community
leaders told The Standard that a man
blew up his Sh1.2 million in under two
months in pubs.
Most of the so-called PAPs (Project
Affected Persons) received their monies in December last year and January this year.
But even as residents bask in their
new-found wealth, they still have fond
memories of their original homes that
were close to a market, shopping centre or school, which they have now left
behind.
We now have to walk for over a
kilometre to get to Mariakani trading
centre for our daily purchases and
there are no good access roads here,
Wambua said.
Apart from homes, Mariakani Roman Catholic Primary School, with a
pupil population of over 1,000, stands
in the way of the modern rail track
and will also go.
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spending compensation cash

Hamadi Kavuu Wambua outside his
new house in Mariakani, Kwale
County. [photo: Kelvin Karani/
standard]
Martha Kwasa (left) outside her house

which is being constructed in Mariakani,
Kwale County. RIGHT: The house where
Kwasa is currently living in.[PhotoS: Kelvin
Karani/standard]
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Ruling on Sh5.6b medical scheme today
Teachers Service
Commission says
tender winner, Aon
had prior inside
information
in some selected centres whereas all

the medical services except the exclusions were to be availed to members
in all parts of the country. This variation negates the intended access of
the medical services to the members
as per the tender specifications, the
tender termination letter partly reads.
And in their response document
presented to the review board, TSC
says on that premise, the procuring
entity could not proceed with the execution of the contract with Aon.
The formulation and variation
of tender specifications are matters
within the exclusive domain of procuring entity. Most importantly, the
procuring entity, its commissioners
and teachers unions did not raise any
issue of variation of specifications
during the negotiation. Such as issue
cannot just pop up from nowhere and
at the penultimate stage after the conclusion of the procurement process,
said Aon in their request of review.
BBy Augustine Oduor

Over 288,000 teachers are anxiously waiting to know the fate of the Sh5.6
billion medical cover tender award
that was terminated by their employer last month.
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) revoked the tender award
to Aon Kenya Insurance Brokers citing conflict of interest, failure to meet
tender specifications and variation of
specifications.
This meant that teachers would
wait longer to benefit from the ambitious inpatient service of up to Sh1
million and other services including
dental, optical and maternity.
Documents filed by Aon and TSC,
however, reveal a protracted effort
by each side to defend their position in the tender process as the matter moved to the Public Procurement
Administrative Review Board (PPARB)
last week.
And after listening to presentations from both sides last week, the
review board is today expected to
make a major decision that would
give direction on the implementation
of the robust medical scheme.
In tough submissions seen by The
Standard, the insurance firm accused
TSC Commissioners and teachers
unions of meddling in a process that
was beyond their intervention.
It also cited various sections of the
Public Procurement and Disposal Act
breached by TSC, and asked the review board to nullify the decision
and compel the teachers employer
Kuppet Chairman Omboko Milemba (right) with his Vice Julius Korir address the Press in Nakuru. They said the
Teachers Service Commission should guarantee proper procurement in providing Medical cover for tutors. [PHOTO:
BONIFACE THUKU/Standard]
to bear the costs.

But TSC argued it reserves the
right to terminate any contract when
it comes to its knowledge of any irregularity or breach of regulation committed during the tender process.
TSC also cleared its commissioners of any wrong doing and explained
that they provide strategic direction,
leadership and oversight to the secretariat.
In a blow-by-blow account, the tutors employer accused Aon of having
had prior inside information - constituting conflict of interest.
Aon had inside information in respect of the substance of the procurement proceeding and in fact was the
party that had conceived among other aspects that would coincidentally or by design constitute the funda-
mental specifications attendant to the

tender and the model contemplated
under the tendering process, reads
the TSC document.
The commission says Aon had accessed critical information relating to
the levels of budgetary allocation designed for the medical scheme.
UNDUE ADVANTAGE
The information enabled Aon
to quote as its bid price, the precise amount constituting the annual
teachers medical allowance. The budget for the financial year was approximately Sh5.6 billion while their bid
price was Sh5.59 billion, TSC said.
This information was not available
to the other bidders and it gaveAon
undue advantage, the commission
added.
The insurance firm, however, argued that any issues of conflict of interest ought to have been raised and
determined during the tender evaluation process, not after the award and
acceptance.
The applicants (Aon) bid complied with each and all the requirements set out in section 43 of the
Act (PPDA), Aons document partly reads.
TSC also claimed that Aon varied specifications of maternity, optical and dental components from
free-for-service to capitation. The
commission argued that changing
the model would amount to varying
tender specifications contrary to the
procurement Act.
You indicated that dental, optical
and maternity services will be availed
capitation model
Aon said that on December 15,
2014 it explained the key features
of the medical scheme to the two
the Kenya Union of Teachers, Kenya Union of Post Primary Education
Teachers and TSC. The firm claims
TSC commissioners were also present at the meeting.
As is evident from the minutes of
the meeting, the procuring entity and
the teachers unions were briefed and
did not raise any issues with regard to
capitation model for outpatient cover
yet it uses this as a basis for purporting to terminate the tender, said Aon.
The firm also cites a follow up
meeting held on December 18, 2014,
saying the capitation model for outpatient cover and theexecution of the
contract were approved.
But the teachers employer said
Aon did not demonstrate and provide a biometric infrastructure with
a member identification solution that
identifies members through finger
capture as required.
RVR files suit, wants Sh1b

in refunds from State
BBy Caroline Rwenji
The Rift Valley Railways
(Kenya) Ltd now wants the
Government to refund over
Sh1 billion that has been paid
as Road Maintenance Levy.
The company asserts that
the Road Maintenance Levy
Fund Act should not apply to
them as they use tracks and
not roads.
Imposition of the roads
levy violates cardinal principles of equity, equality and
fairness, lawyer Njoroge Regeru said in the suit filed on
Tuesday.
They now want the Government to refund a total of Sh
1,349,357,042 within 14 days
after the court issues its judgement, with interest as will be
directed.
Regeru stated that through
a concession awarded by the
Kenya and Uganda governments in 2005, the Rift Valley
Railways in Kenya and their
counterpart the Rift Valley
Railways took over operations
and some of the assets of the

Kenya Railways and the Uganda Railways corporations respectively.
He further explained that
under the terms ensuing, the
concession agreement entered into in January 23, 2005,
which is still in force, is to ensure there is uninterrupted
railway service between Kenya and Uganda.
Maintenance Levy
The lawyer pointed out
that the Road Maintenance
Levy Fund Act which came into force in 1993, provides for
the imposition of levies on petroleum fuels including diesel
and is payable by motorists as
part of their fuel costs.
He said the railway corporation tried to engage the
Cabinet Secretaries in charge
of finance and transport, but
they have failed to come up
with remedial action. The
two and their ministries have
been listed as respondents.
Page 5
DIGITAL MIGRATION
House team grills Matiangi, Wangusi as
Continued from P1
and Information Committee pressed
Information Cabinet Secretary Fred
Matiangi and the Director General of
the Communication Authority of Kenya (CA) Francis Wangusi for a logical explanation on why the migration
to digital television broadcasting has
become a do-or-die affair for Kenya.
Contrary to claims by the Government, it was the industry regulator that sent technicians to switch off
the analogue transmitters belonging
to the countrys independent television stations KTN, NTV and Citizen
TV. The three have been off air since
Saturday.
The stations have steadfastly resisted attempts to force them, in defiance of copyright laws, to hand over
content that they generate at great
cost to foreign-owned television firms
for free, who would then have charged
the public a fee to watch the same.
The three stations had asked the
regulator for more time to import
their transmitters and digital set-top
boxes in line with the self provisioning licence granted to them.
The media owners representatives
are to appear before the committee to
explain their concerns with the regulator.
We will see if we can have a tripartite meeting to deliberate on this
matter so that we can get a way forward, said the Committee chairman
Jamleck Kamau, MP for Kigumo.
The matter also featured in the
Senate, where Siaya Senator James
Orengo gave notice for adjournment
of House business to discuss the digital migration row.
But while Opposition senators
rose to support the adjournment, on
the Government side, only Senator
Steven ole Ntutu (Narok) rose to back
the motion.
Speaker Ekwee Ethuro ruled that
the House adjourn at 5.30pm to discuss the matter, after dispensing with
other pending bills.
After 5pm, Senator Kipchumba
Murkomen (Elgeyo/Marakwet) said
there wasnt adequate time to discuss
the motion yet it had attracted immense interest. The Senate will therefore debate the motion today.
Earlier in Parliament, Kamau
asked the Government officials why
it was difficult to grant the three media houses an extension to prepare for
the switchover considering the international deadline is in June.
What is the status of the digital
migration? Kenyans are concerned.
Why are we where we are and what is
WHAT THE THREE

INDEPENDENT MEDIA
HOUSES WANT
Independent television stations KTN, NTV and Citizen have
resisted attempts to force them,
in defiance of copyright laws, to
hand over content that they generate at great cost to foreignowned television firms for free,
who would then have charged the
public a fee to watch the same
The three stations had asked
the regulator for more time to
import their transmitters and digital set-top boxes in line with the
self provisioning licence granted
to them
The media owners representatives are to appear before a
House committee to explain their
concerns with the regulator
Industry regulator sent technicians to switch off the analogue
transmitters belonging to the
countrys independent television
stations on Saturday
Information Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi (right) and his Principal Secretary Joseph Tiampati consult when they
appeared yesterday before the National Assembly Committee on Energy, Communication and Information.
[PHOTO: MBUGUA KIBERA/STANDARD]
being done to ensure normal broadcasting resumes? Why dont we give

the media houses up to March 30 so
that by that time, there is no excuse?
Kamau posed.
Roba Duba (Moyale) asked: We
are in a crisis and we must get full
information to be able to make decisions. No one is against digital
migration but questions must be answered.
Nicholas
Gumbo
(Rarieda)
claimed that the regulator had adopted an adversarial stance that is
unhelpful in addressing the concerns
raised by the media houses.
Gumbo also took issue with Wangusis condescending public attitude
while articulating the Governments
position on the matter.
Your attitude appears to be in line
with flippancy and bullishness. That
is the attitude that we are displeased
with and which will not help in breaking the current crisis. You look so angry as if you are going to war. Whom
are you going to war with, Gumbo
challenged Wangusi.
Junet Mohammed (Suna East)
asked the regulator: Have you tak-
en into consideration the economic

impact of these wrangles? The media houses have already invested
millions of shillings in their business.
Other than enforcing law, it is also
your duty to nurture that same law.
Kanini Kega (Kieni) said it was unfortunate that the Government had
adopted grossly punitive measures
in dealing with the media houses.
Im wondering if we are not using
a sledge hammer to kill a mosquito,
Kega remarked.
Muthomi
Njuki
(Chuka/
Igambangombe) asked the CS to explain the rationale of having the media houses produce their own content and then surrender it to third
parties for distribution.
The three media houses carry
90 per cent of the content. The most
important thing is not the migration,
but who carries their content. If they
produce or buy content and give it
to another distributor, what is their
role in this? There must be a way of
bringing them on board. The fact of
the matter is that the loyalty of Kenyans is with the three media hous-
es, Njuki observed.

Other MPs called for sobriety in resolving the impasse that could have a
ripple effect on the countrys media
environment and the economy.
If you dont agree on the way forward, what are Kenyans going to do?
This issue should not be politicised.
People in my own constituency are
complaining about the cost of decoders, and some are even bringing their
television sets to my office telling me
they no longer have any use for them,
said Nyambura Gathogo (Ruiru).
This is not a political matter. We
are in a digital world and no one is refusing to migrate. It is not a matter of
this coalition or the other, but what
affects majority of Kenyans, advised
Shakeel Shabbir (Kisumu East).
But it emerged Kenyans will continue staring at blank television
screens for a little longer as Matiangi
and Wangusi were adamant that the
Government would not cede any
ground.
They repeated the Governments
earlier stand that it would not allow
media houses to carry their own con-
tent and that it will instead be distributed through government-owned Signet and Chinese entity, Pang.
This position, which the media
houses largely blame for the current
standoff, also appeared to agitate
committee members who accused the
Government of seeking to bully independent media houses into acceding
to its demands.
Currently, only two State-aligned
broadcasters are on air. They are
State-owned KBC and K24, which is
linked to the Kenyatta family.
Junet was ruled out of order when
he claimed that KBC was dead and
non-functional, and could not be
trusted to be neutral.
Committee members raised issue
with the manner in which the digital signal distribution licences were
awarded to KBC and the Chinese entity.
The Government was also challenged to explain the steps it was taking to resolve the crisis, with MPs
warning against politicising the issue.
Wamatangi calls for dialogue to end switch-off as residents struggle to cope

BBy WAINAINA NDUNGU
Kiambu Senator Kimani Wamatangi has called for negotiations to end
the three-day television blackout over
a disagreement on digital migration.
Speaking in Mukurweini, Nyeri
County, at the burial of slain Kabete
MP George Muchais driver, the senator said the switch-off that affected
three media houses was an affront to
Kenyans as it hampered their access
to information.
We want to urge for dialogue to
end the impasse because everyone
needs those channels to reach out to
Kenyans, said Wamatangi. Even political leaders need to publicise their

projects and proposals if they are to
be seen to be working.
Wamatangi said the switched off
stations were some of the most popular in the country and their absence
had left an unfortunate vacuum.
Dont be deceived - the truth is
when we dont get across to the people, we get sick, said the senator
much to the amusement of mourners.
Wamatangi was initially amused
that at least four television cameramen were covering the funeral, and
he wondered whether the story would
really appear on television.

Meanwhile, residents of Rongo,
Migori County, are dealing with the
cost of pay television stations following the switch-off.
POOR SIGNALS
While some grappled with poor
signals, others said they had no
clue what kind of set-top boxes they
should buy.
Some residents who had purchased decoders from a pay television operator said they had problems
receiving digital signals due to either
poor equipment or poor signal distri-
bution.
Some of the decoders in the market include Zuku, Multichoice and
StarTimes, the least costing Sh4,000
besides the monthly viewing charges, which range from Sh500 to Sh850.
Daniel Mboya, 45, who bought a
decoder from Rongo, complained he
was yet to view a television channel
on acquisition because the signal was
either very poor or not available.
All along I have been watching
television on the analogue signal but
now that the Communications Authority has switched off my favourite
station on the analogue platform,
there is nothing I could do with the

decoder. I bought it for Sh4,200 but it
doesnt receive any signal here, said
Mr Mboya.
Set-top box prices have remained
high and most people interviewed by
The Standard said they were looking
for affordable ones.
Residents asked distributors
whether the cheap digital receivers
being imported by the African Digital Network consortium comprising
Standard Group, Royal Media Services
and Nation Media Group were available in the market.
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DIGITAL MIGRATION
public outrage rises over TV shutdown

CORD postpones launch of Okoa
Kenya bill over TV blackout
BBy Geoffrey Mosoku
The shutdown of three independent television stations has disrupted the much-publicised launch of
the oppositions referendum campaign that was scheduled for today
in Nairobi.
Consequently, the Coalition for
Reforms and Democracy (CORD) yesterday put off indefinitely the unveiling of Okoa Kenya Draft Referendum
Bill which proposes amendment to
the Constitution.
Proponents of the bill said they
were compelled to cancel the event
which was planned to take place
at the Bomas of Kenya because the
three major television stations were
not available to broadcast the proceedings.
Okoa Kenya had issued invitations
to all elected representatives in Kenya
and other interested parties to attend
the launch of the draft bill that proposes for the amendment of the Constitution through popular initiative
under Article 257 of the Constitution.
The secretariat yesterday said
there can be no amendment of the
Constitution without the people and

there can be no people without the
media.
Yesterday, former Prime Minister
Raila Odinga regretted that the event
could not go on sincemajority of Kenyans will not be reached without the
coverage by KTN, NTV, QTV and Citizen TV.
We have agreed as a team that we
need to postpone this launch since
most Kenyans have no access to information and there is a need for them to
understand the content of this bill,
he said.
These main TV stations covers 90
per cent of the countrys viewership
while the other two, KBC and K24,
have been giving us a blackout. It then
beats logic for us to proceed with the
launch, Raila said.
The former PM cited Mondays return of nomination papers by ODM
candidate for Kajiado Central by-election Kanchory Memusi, where KBC
and K24 gave the opposition minimal coverage.
CORD is also perturbed that on
Sunday, the Okoa Kenya Committee
of Experts convened a press confer-
CORD leader Raila Odinga, flanked by Okoa Kenya Committee of Experts Paul
Mwangi and Mary Mutuku, addresses the Press yesterday in Nairobi. [Photo:
WILLIS AWANDU/STANDARD]
ence which was covered by the two

stations but ended up getting a blackout during news time.
We are warning Jubilee that Kenyans are getting impatient. I can understand their frustrations with the
blackout and that they may be forced
to go to the streets. I hope this can be
solved before we get there, he said.
The decision to call off the event
was arrived following a series of meetings between the committee of experts and the CORD principals Raila, Kalonzo Musyoka and Moses
Wetangula.
The opposition chiefs had lined
up several public rallies and meetings to publicise the draft bill but felt
with minimal TV coverage, they wont
achieve much.
We have therefore had to evaluate
whether it is feasible to hold such an
event without the participation of the
news organisations that carry 90 per
cent of the countrys television content. We have come to the conclusion
that it is not, Committee of Experts
Chair Paul Mwangi said.
For that reason, we have come

to the unfortunate decision to postpone the launch of the draft bill intended for the February 18 until such
time that the people of Kenya can participate through the media in all the
proceedings leading to its promulgation, he added.
The opposition further claimed
that some top Government officials
were behind foreign companies that
have been given rights for digital distribution frequencies hence the highhandedness being witnessed from the
State.
When you see the whole country
in a blackout, obviously it cannot be a
junior clerk in Government but someone high there, Raila said.
He was supported by Mwangi who
said the Government was not being a
sincere on the issue of licences.
There are vested interests the
Government is trying to protect that
are at variance with public good. What
we are witnessing is not regulation. It
is harassment and punishing of local
businesses because Government officials are themselves competing for
the same business they are supposed
to be regulating the other players on,
he said.
CORD argues that the Constitution guarantees the freedom of expression for all Kenyans and defines
this freedom to include the freedom
to seek, receive or impart information
and ideas.
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Alarm as Aids wipes teens out

State says scourge is
leading cause of death
among adolescents on
African continent
BBy Ally Jamah
President Uhuru Kenyatta has
launched a campaign to scale up the
fight against HIV and Aids among adolescents as infections and deaths
among this group record a dramatic
increase.
Worrying statistics show that one
adolescent is infected with HIV every two minutes, with almost a third
of new infections of HIV in Kenya occurring among adolescents.
We can no longer afford to ignore
the high rate of HIV infections among
our adolescents. We need to work together to protect them, said the President at the launch of the All in Campaign to End Adolescent Aids at the
Kenyatta International Convention
Centre in Nairobi yesterday.
The President promised to commit more funding from the Treasury
to fight HIV and Aids among teens.
We need to address the issues that
make teens vulnerable to HIV and
Aids. Those already living with the
condition need treatment and support, he said.
He called on the ministries of
Health and Education to ensure that
school children living with the disease
received treatment and were protected from stigma from fellow students
and teachers.
This came after the President
heard that almost half of the 141,608
adolescents living with Aids in Kenya do not have access to anti-retroviral treatment.
Eleven-year-old Elijah Zachary,
who was born with the virus, captured
the attention of the audience with a
moving story of how he has faced discrimination from his peers in school
as well as from teachers.
Children and teens living with
HIV and Aids need maximum support and care from parents and teachers for them to live quality and happy
lives, he said.
Health Cabinet Secretary James
Macharia said without tackling HIV
and Aids among adolescents, it would
be difficult to defeat the scourge. Mr
Macharia called for more funding
from the Government and development partners to empower adolescents in terms of prevention, screening, education and treatment.
Director of Medical Services Nicholas Muraguri said Aids was the leading cause of death among adolescents
in Africa and the second highest killer globally in the same demographic.
The campaign brings together governments, United Nations organisations and civil society groups
in Kenya and across the country. US
Ambassador Robert Godec said his
country was ready to offer financial
and technical support to enhance the
fight against Aids among adolescents.
Fresh wrangles as
Ngilu, PS clash over
report on truce
BBy Moses Njagih
President Uhuru Kenyatta chats with Nyawai Academy pupil Elijah Zachary at
KICC during the official launch of the global All in Campaign to End Adolescent Aids yesterday. Uhuru called for the protection of learners living with
HIV and Aids from stigma. [PHOTO: GOVEDI ASUTSA/STANDARD]
Lands Cabinet Secretary Charity Ngilu has explained why she disowned a report prepared by a joint
committee of the ministry and the
National Lands Commission (NLC)
designed to end persistent wrangles
between the two parties.
MsNgilu yesterday told the National Assemblys Constitution Implementation Oversight Committee that
she could not accept the report because the officers, who are purported
to have represented the ministry, did
not have her blessings and mandate.
The report was to ensure that recommendations contained in an accord signed by Ngilu and NLC Chairman Muhammad Swazuri, in the
presence of President Uhuru Kenyatta, were implemented to end the
stalemate.
Ngilu shocked the committee
when she insisted that she could not
honour the report, despite admission
by her Principal Secretary Mariam El
Maawy that she is the one who nominated the three officers who sat in the
joint committee that prepared the report. El Maawy said only officers appointed by Ngilu could have represented the ministry because she was
the one who signed the accord.
I needed to guide the process but
I never got to do it, Ngilu told the
committee.
Bribery claims, doctored reports rock

Namwamba-led watchdog committee
BBy Alphonce Shiundu
Claims of bribery, and doctored and leaked reports yesterday dominated a tense
meeting of the Public Accounts
Committee (PAC) at Parliament Buildings in Nairobi.
The MPs put aside their
agenda after one of the MPs
ambushed PAC chairman Ababu Namwamba (pictured) with
a request to discuss his conduct and that of vice chairperson Cecily Mbarire. They also
discussed a report in the Nairobi Law Monthly magazine
that claimed to have evidence
of how the MPs took millions
of shillings in bribes in order to
change the recommendations
of a certain report.
The Opposition-led watchdog committee, with a majority of members from Jubilee,
is divided over the content of
some of the investigatory reports that are yet to be concluded, among them the ones
involving the Judiciary, procurement of a luxury jet for the
Deputy President and the Biometric Voter Registration kits.
The Standard has pieced
together details of the meeting following a series of offthe-record interviews with
multiple MPs who attended
the meeting. The MPs verdict
was that they had lost faith in
their chairman and some of
their colleagues; some for taking bribes, others for refusing
to execute the deal as per the

bribes and others for speaking
to outsiders about the bribery
within the committee.
Some MPs are also under
siege because they admitted to
have carried bribes from some
of those adversely mentioned
to PAC.
We know one MP gave out
at least Sh4 million to have a
report altered. Another one
brought Sh10 million to have
another report that is already
in the House changed in favour
of some of those who were adversely mentioned. Those are
some of the things that came
up, said an MP who sought
anonymity because he did not
want to antagonise his colleagues.
All the MPs who sit on
the committee attended the
closed-door
meeting
but
vowed to remain tight-lipped
about the face-off. The alle-
gations were so serious and

shameful to the MPs that at one
point, they kicked the committee clerks out and remained inside to slug it out.
Another MP is said to have
taken money from the Office of
the President to have some of
the reports that have been tabled altered. But because the
bribe money was taken and no
alteration was made to the report, the MPs are now targeting their colleagues who shortchanged them.
Mbarire felt aggrieved. She
brought the matter in the Nairobi Law Monthly to the attention of the committee because the matter brought into
disrepute the leadership of the
whole committee, said an MP.
The MPs decided to summon Nairobi Law Monthly
publisher Ahmednassir Abdullahi to shed light on the allegations.
NATIONAL NEWS / Page 9
Treasury
seeks to divert
unspent funds
Rotich wants all the money unlikely
to be spent in the next four months
channelled to other urgent projects
BBy Alphonce Shiundu
The National Treasury has
ordered all Cabinet secretaries
to give an audit of their spending so far in order to free all the
money that is unlikely to be
spent in the next four months
and divert it to urgent projects.
The order came even as
Treasury revealed that it had
rejected a Sh60 billion additional funds request from ministries.
Treasury Cabinet Secretary
Henry Rotich told a parliamentary committee that the memo
to the ministries targeted projects that were yet to begin but
whose ground-breaking was
expected in the current financial year.
They have to give us the
status of the expenditure so
we can see what to rationalise.
Clearly, there are some projects that have not taken off,
said Mr Rotich at a meeting
with the Budget and Appropriations Committee in Nairobis
County Hall yesterday.
The deadline for the ministries is end of this month so
the National Treasury can prepare the Supplementary Appropriations Act to legalise the
planned re-allocations.
Rotich said the ministries
had asked for a total of Sh118
billion in the supplementary budget, but he had rejected
the requests that appeared to
be impulsive.
But the committee members sought to know why
the National Treasury had

changed the format of the documents to make it difficult for
scrutiny.
With this format, which is
different from the one of the
budget, it is difficult for us to
track the programmes that are
being affected with the additional funds. Please dont bring
things to the committee that
do not conform to the agreed
formula, said Mutava Musyimi, the chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee.
Mr Musyimi also sought
to know why it was necessary to send Sh2.6 billion to
parastatals at a time when
there was an on-going process to merge some or abolish
non-performing ones.
When you say we do
the transfers to these parastatals, the message you are
sending to us is that you are
back-tracking on the reform
agenda, said Musyimi, alluding to the task force that recommended drastic reforms on
parastatals.
The Treasury said it needed Sh1.87 for Level 5 hospitals;
Sh2.95 billion for emergencies;
Sh7.5billion for pending bills
in the electoral commission,
Ministry of Defence, the National Treasury and the Ministry of Transport; Sh9 billion
for security; Sh8.9 billion for
operations and maintenance
in Parliament and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Anglican Church sued by

tenant over lack of water
BBy Caroline Rwenji
A father of two minors has sued the Anglican Church of Kenya, St James Cathedral in Kiambu, over the discontinued supply
of water in their premises owned by the church.
George Wanjohi told the court that his two children have been
cut off from accessing water by the church through their agency
the Paragon Property Consultants.
Wanjohi said in his suit that his children were being discriminated against as the rest of the tenants have been supplied with
running water.
The father of two wants the court to compel the respondents
to connect the premise in question with running water and provide a receptacle for the disposal of garbage produced from the
rental houses in Kiambu.
He also wants the court to issue orders stopping the house
owners from charging parking fees on motor vehicles parked
by the tenants citing that they are entitled to the facility.
Justice Aburili ordered the church and their agents to resume the
water supply in the petitioners house. He further directed the petitioner file and serve respondents before hearing on March 18.
UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI
LEADERSHIP FOR SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE
DECLARATION OF VACANCIES FOR POSITIONS IN THE DIRECTORATE

OF UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT
Over the last ten years, the University has undergone purposeful, decisive, and aggressive transformational change. This has enabled the University to
ensure that the physical capacities, quality and availability of staff and relevance of academic programs are in sync with the ever increasing demand for
access to higher education.
The University of Nairobi has in the past relied on traditional sources of funding. The University wishes to invest in other funding models through the newly
established Directorate of University Advancement (DUA). The University Advancement is a shared enterprise aligned with the vision, mission and key
priorities of top leadership and integrated across institutional sectors, to maximise efficiency and benefits over a sustained period of time within a context
of constrained resources yet boundless opportunities.
The University of Nairobi is now seeking to appoint eminent individuals with an outstanding track record in fundraising and resources mobilisation capability to serve in the Directorate of University Advancement (DUA) under the Office of the Vice Chancellor.
DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE OF UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT

(PROFESSOR LEVEL)-1 POST- AC/2/30/2015
The Director of Advancement will be in charge of the fund-raising, marketing
and strategic partnerships and Corporate Social Responsibility functions of
the University. The Director of Advancement will be a partner to the ViceChancellor, University governance and Academic leaders in delivering the
fund raising, marketing and strategic partnerships and Corporate Social
Responsibility functions of the University. He/she will be responsible for
partnerships with donors, partners and likeminded agencies in order to grow
the universitys resource base, research capabilities and strategic assets to
guarantee the sustainability of the University of Nairobi. The Director of
Advancement will report to the Vice Chancellor of the University.
Key Requirements

A Masters Degree in Business or a related relevant qualification; Ph.D.
will be an added advantage

Minimum of five years of demonstrable experience in Advancement

Thorough understanding of operations and strategic direction
Universities of the future.

Demonstrated technical capacity to engage different partners

Knowledge and training in University Advancement locally and
internationally

Understanding of public and private sector operations, international
relations and collaboration

Energy and capacity to meet and surpass set targets.

Passionate for excellence and teamwork
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE OF UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT
(FUNDRAISING, DONOR RELATIONS AND PARTNERSHIP)- (ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR LEVEL)-1 POST- AC/2/31/15
The Deputy Director, Advancement (Fundraising, Donor Relations and
Partnership) will co-ordinate various fundraising strategies through sound
partnerships and donor relation strategies and policies; identify quality
potential donors and economic niches to be exploited for creation of new
surpluses; facilitate a conducive environment that is attractive to both
current and potential stakeholders; arrangement of visits to partners
to discuss resourcing of identified university projects and prospective
partnership avenues; facilitate founding of endowment funds; and
promoting external linkages with stakeholders and industry and also
enhancing the image of the institution. He/she will report to the Director
Advancement.
Key Requirements

Masters Degree or a Bachelor degree with practical, proven, verifiable
fundraised amounts for institutional development.

Proof of already existing fundraising network locally and
internationally; government, embassies, private sector, NGOs, trusts
and foundations

Minimum of five years of demonstrable experience in resource
mobilization and partnership building.

Demonstrated technical capacity to engage different partners e.g.
donors, alumni and friends.

Thorough understanding of operations and strategic direction
universities of the future.

Knowledge and training in University Advancement locally and
internationally.
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE OF UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT
(MARKETING AND CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS) (ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR LEVEL)-1 POST- AC/2/32/15
The Deputy Director Advancement (Marketing and Corporate
Communications) He/she will lead the strategic approach aimed at
raising the profile of the universitys brand and positioning as the premier
institution in the region as well as well as a world-class university; develop
the institutional marketing and branding strategy; enhance the brand as
well as public image of the university and identified resource mobilization
ambassadors; coordinate the universitys media relations as well as
visibility; and develop and execute a top notch digital marketing strategy
for the university, online and social media. He/she will report to the Director
Advancement.
Key Requirements

Demonstrated skills, knowledge and experience in the design and
execution of marketing, communications and public relations
activities

Minimum of 5 years experience in marketing, communications
or public relations with demonstrated success, preferably in the
University sector

Proven understanding and track record in brand management

Masters degree in journalism, marketing, public relations preferred

Membership of MSK, PRSK or any other

Strong creative, strategic, analytical, organizational and personal
sales skills

Demonstrated successful experience writing press releases, making
presentations and negotiating with media

Experience overseeing the design and production of print materials
and publications

Commitment to working with shared leadership and in crossfunctional teams

Ability to manage multiple projects at a time
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, DIRECTORATE OF UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT

(ASSISTANT REGISTRAR LEVEL)-1 POST- AC/2/33/15
The Executive Assistant will be responsible for a variety of executive
support and coordination activities for the University Advancement office.
The Executive Assistant in the Directorate of Advancement will design,
organize and implement administrative systems and procedures and
performs all necessary support duties in the advancement office. He/she
will be responsible for scheduling meetings and conferences between the
advancement office and donors or advancement and university departments,
as well as writing and distributing minutes of various meetings.
Key Requirements

A Masters Degree in Business Management or a related relevant
qualification.

Minimum of 3 years of demonstrable experience in working in a
resource mobilization and partnership-building environment.

Must be a professional, ethical, honest, and reliable.

Must have an even disposition with a poised confidence and have
the ability to deal effectively and politely with people from different
backgrounds, experience levels and in all types of situations. Must
have definite capability to evaluate problems accurately and display
good judgment therefore providing reasonable solutions.

Demonstrated high levels of organization, detail oriented, and have
the ability to work competently and efficiently under pressure.

Ability to prioritize work in a fast-paced environment with multiple
and often conflicting interests.
NOTES
1.
Applicants should forward ten (10) copies of their application letters

accompanied by similar number of certified copies of certificates and
C.Vs giving details of their qualifications, experience, advancement
activities and testimonials.
2.
Applications and related documents should be forwarded through the

applicants heads of departments and applicants should state their
current designations and salaries and other benefits attached to those
designations. They should quote post reference code as shown in the
advertisement.
Applications should be addressed to :- The Vice- Chancellor, P.O Box
30197-00100 Nairobi
3.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI IS AN EQUAL

OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. ONLY SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE
CONTACTED.
CLOSING DATE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2015

For more details, please visit our website at http://jobs.uonbi.ac.ke.
Knut demands release

of free education cash
Sossion accuses State of failing to live

up to its promise to deposit the funds in
school accounts before schools open
BBy Kennedy Okwach
The national government
is on the spot for failing to release free primary and secondary schools educationfunds, a
month after public schools reopened.
This has forced many
schools to send learners home,
with school heads complaining that it is becoming impossible to keep them in school.
As a result, a teachers
union has threatened to call
for mass action to force the
Ministry of Education to release the funds and ensure
smooth running of education
in the country.
Kenya National Union of
Teachers (Knut) Secretary
General Wilson Sossion accused the Government of failing to live up to its promise to
deposit free education funds
in school accounts before
schools opened.
The Government issued
a directive that free educa-
tion funds would be released

to school accounts before
schools reopened but oneand-a-half months down the
line, its still a directive. This
shows that the Government is
giving the education sector a
raw deal and they are not committed to solving issues ailing
the sector, said Mr Sossion.
The Knut boss wondered
why the Government was
keen to regulate fees charged
by schools yet failed to release
funds to boost service delivery
in the same institutions.
poor leadership
There is under-staffing in
public schools, forcing them
to hire additional teachers.
Schools are running out of
supplies and this can only be
solved by charging extra levies on parents. The education
sector is suffering due to poor
leadership, he said.
Deputy President William
Ruto recently directed the
Education ministry to issue
guidelines on fees charged by
schools to ensure parents were

not exploited.
He said action would be
taken against schools heads
found disregarding the rules
and
charging
exorbitant
fees.Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers
Chairman Omboko Milemba
said secondary schools had
already received 50 per cent of
the funds allocated and were
waiting for the remainder in
subsequent terms.
Thats
the
required
amount for schools in the first
term. The schools will receive
30 per cent in second term and
20 per cent in the last term.
For primary schools, I am not
so sure about that, said Mr
Milemba.
Kenya National Association of Parents Secretary General Musau Ndunda asked the
Government to comply with
the law and release the funds
to ease school functions but
urged school heads to be accountable.
Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang, who spoke
to The Standard by phone,
promised to call back on the
matter but by the time of going
to press, he had not returned
follow up calls.
Terrorism case
LSK opposes
order on
deductions
BBy Isaiah Lucheli
Terror suspect Jermaine Grant (left) confers with his lawyer

Chacha Mwita at Shanzu Law Courts in Mombasa County
yesterday, during the hearing of his case in which he is facing
terrorism charges. His case was adjourned until March 19.
[Photo: Kelvin Karani/standard]
The dispute between the

Law Society of Kenya (LSK)
and its members over construction of Sh1.2 billion arbitration centre has moved to the
Court of Appeal.
LSK wants the court to vacate orders issued by a lower
court that had barred it from
pegging the Sh39,000 and
Sh50,000, intended to be deducted from each of its members, to the practising certificate.
The society told judges William Ouko, Roseline Nambuye
and Erastus Githinji that the
High Court erred in stopping it
from effecting the deductions.
Through lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi, LSK said that orders issued by the lower court
could make some advocates,
who were willing to pay to
back down. The judge had issued orders giving lee way for
those unwilling to pay to have
their way.
Ahmednassir
submitted
that the ruling by the High
Court would scuttle the body
as it means that a small section
of lawyers have powers against
the majority members.
NATIONAL NEWS / Page 11
Breakthrough as new technique cancels need for open heart surgery

BBy Standard Reporter
Heart specialistshave performed

the first heart valve replacement in
the region using a technique that
requires only two punctures in the
groin.
This is a breakthrough for the
health sector because it eliminates
the need for an open heart surgery.
The new technique of trans-catheter aortic valve implantation (Tavi) is
only available in a few specialist centres around the world and requires
a comprehensive team with experts
who have internationally recognised
experience in open surgery and minimally invasive interventional techniques.
The Aga Khan University Hospital
Heart and Cancer Centre is the only
facility in sub-Saharan Africa (outside
South Africa) that has earned interna-
tional approval for this technology to

be made available.
Mohamed Jeilan, who led the
team that performed the procedure,
emphasised the importance of an integrated and highly skilled team of
specialists comprising cardiologists,
heart anesthetists, cardiac surgeons
and specialist nurses.
This technique was approved for
use in the US in 2013. Many leading
risk of an open operation, Dr Jeilan

said.
The operation, like most heart operations, carries some risks. These include damage to the vessels in the leg.
As a result, a surgeon who is an expert
in complications relating to leg arteries is usually on stand-by. In a few cases, a new heart pacemaker is needed
because of the hearts natural pacemaker is very near the heart valve.
Board roots for tough rules on

importation of X-ray machines
Governors
summit set
for next week
Official says shoddy

X-ray and other
radiation diagnostic
apparatus could be
exposing both workers
and patients to cancer
BBy ROSELYNE OBALA

Governors are scheduled to
hold their second summit next
week in Naivasha to review counties performance for the previous
year.
Former Ghanaian President
John Kufuor will be the chief guest
at the event dubbed Governance
through inclusivity at Enashipai
Restore.
The second Governors Summit will take place on February 26
and 27, reads part of the invite to
governors through the Council of
Governors (CoG).
County chiefs who are unable
to attend the meeting have been
advised to send their deputies to
represent them.
Apart from reviewing resolutions made at the first Summit,
the governors are expected to
deliberate on a myriad of issues
touching on financial management and development.
CoG Chairman Isaac Ruto
(Bomet) will seek to asses the development and growth of counties, best management practices
and review past performance indicators.
We are going to discuss many issues affecting counties. This
includes evaluating the achievements and challenges encountered so far in the running of
county governments, said Ruto.
The two-day meeting will set
off the countdown to the Devolution Conference to be held in
April
world experts have described it as the

most important breakthrough in cardiology in the last 20 years.
The main advantage of this technique is that it is less invasive and is
associated with a faster recovery in
most cases with patients able to get
back to normal functioning much
earlier. It is currently recommended for patients who, after review by a
heart surgeon, are considered at high
Kenyatta National Hospital Chief Medical Radiologist Dr Wambani Sidika

addresses a delegation on Radiology in Nairobi yesterday. [PHOTO: DAVID
NJAAGA/STANDARD]
BBy GATONYE GATHURA
Koteng said from the study, they

will make tough recommendations
that will be the basis for a policy that
will totally change the way current
radiation premises are designed and
machines are procured.
In some units, the board has found
radiation escaping to adjacent rooms,
thus affecting other workers, who may
totally be unaware of the dangers they
are in. The board will also recommend
that workers and patients be put on
protective clothing that meet international standards.
The Radiation Protection Board

wants the Government to publish
strict standards for the importation
of x-ray machines to protect Kenyans
against obsolete and dangerous technologies.
A senior official with the board, Arthur Koteng, yesterday said the entry
of sub-standard X-ray and other radiation diagnostic machines could be
adding to the already increasing burden of cancer.
Mr Koteng was presenting preliminary findings of a national safety
study on radiology that the board is
currently carrying out. The presentation was made yesterday at an ongoing Pan African Congress for Radiographers in Nairobi.
The study is reviewing the safety
status of workers at radiation units
and patients and according to Koteng,
it was initiated following complaints
of recurrent headaches by radiographers working at a busy hospital
in Nairobi. Interim calculations indicate that many radiographers are
receiving doses much way above
the maximum dose limits, he told
the meeting, which will be officially
opened this morning.
New applicants wanting to put up

radiation facilities such as x-rays and
CT-Scans will have to construct their
offices in a manner that no radiation
is emitted outside operation rooms to
the neighbourhood. Those already in
operation will be required to renovate
their premises to attain the same safety standards, he said.
Chief Medical Radiologist at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) Wambani Sidika said the high demand for
these services is putting a lot of strain
on medical workers, which in the long
run could pile up into many costly
health mistakes. We have three radiologists for every one million people, with a single person performing
325,000 examinations per year, said
Dr Sidika.
Sidika said while the radiologists
and doctors welcome the new medical facility programme launched by
the Government recently, it mush be
accompanied by a comprehensive
personnel upgrade programme.
As it is, already a lot of clinicians
handling such facilities even at KNH
lack the basic knowledge of the harmful effects of radiation.
RENOVATE PREMISES
DPP wants Gatundu South MP bail cancelled over incitement

BBy Fred Makana
Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko
now wants a court to cancel a Member of Parliaments (MP) bail for continuing to incite the public
through social media.
Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria risks being remanded pending hearing and determination of a
case in which he is charged with incitement to violence.
Yesterday, the DPP through State Counsel Nicodemus Maingi told the magistrates court the out of
court negotiations between the MP and the complainants in the case, National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) and Law Society of
Kenya (LSK), collapsed.
Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Enock
Cherono directed Kurias defence lawyers to file a
replying affidavit to the prosecutions application
within 14 days after the prosecution requested the
case to proceed to trial and the MPs bail terms be
cancelled.
The nature of the prosecutions application in
view of the weight of the allegations made, I direct
the defence to file a replying affidavit within 14 days
with corresponding leave to the application if need
be, Cherono ruled.
He directed the matter to be heard on March 12.
In the application,Tobiko alleges that despite a
court order on November 26 last year barring Kuria
from posting inciting statements on his social media accounts, he has continued to perpetuate the
offence.
ethnic contempt
Several meetings have been held on the status
of reconciliation between NCIC, LSK and the accused to try and resolve the matter but unfortunately the negotiations have collapsed since immediately after one of the meetings in January, the accused
posted content on his Facebook account which according to NCIC, amounted to ethnic contempt,
Maingi yesterday told the court.

Kuria has been battling previous charges leveled
against him after he posted what was considered
provocative comments on social media.
The DPP ordered the prosecution of Kuria in
June last year following recommendations by the
NCIC over his remarks on Gikomba Market terror
attacks which according to the commission bordered on incitement to violence.
He was later charged in a Milimani court but
denied three different counts of incitement to violence. He was released on a cash bail of Sh2 million and an alternative surety bond of Sh5 million.
On November 26, Kuria was gagged by a court
from making comments on the Mandera massacre.
The order was issued after Kuria appeared in
court for the mention of a case in which he was facing previous incitement charges.
The magistrate issued a stern warning following
the latest information the MP posted over insecurity in Kenyas northern frontier.
Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria at

the Milimani Law Court.
Page 12 / EDITORIAL
Matatu operators ought to pass fuel benefit to consumers

The Energy Regulatory Commission announced further cuts in fuel prices last week.
Low crude oil prices at the international
market have precipitated further drops in fuel
prices across the world.
The latest drop by Sh8 per litre of petrol
brought the current pump price to within the
range of prices in 2011 when a litre of petrol retailed at Sh82.
As opposed to the trend in the past when
fuel would be lowered by Sh2 only to shoot up
by Sh4 the following month, the energy regulator has lowered the price for four consecutive
months yet the benefits of the drop have not
trickled down to consumers who bear the
brunt whenever fuel prices are adjusted upwards. Realistically, the drop in prices represents 40 per cent which should by now have
translated into a relatively lower cost of living
as commodity prices fall in line with the re-
duced cost of production, which many manufacturers have blamed for soaring commodity
prices.
A few months ago, President Uhuru Kenyatta commissioned an additional 140 megawatts
which was expected to lower the cost of electricity by 40 per cent towards the end of 2014.
However, there has been little or no change
in power bills and the fuel levy has remained
constant despite the significant drop in fuel
prices.
These costs are usually passed on to the
consumer who often has no recourse for help.
The only reduction that has benefited the
common man is the lowering of the price of
kerosene which shed off almost Sh14 per litre.
While the drop is welcome, extensive use of
paraffin contributes greatly to greenhouse
emissions that impact negatively on the climate. So one gain is offset by another.
The unfortunate thing is that most households in Kenya cannot afford to use gas hence
the heavy reliance on paraffin and wanton felling of trees. The cost of living remains high.
The prices of essential commodities like
flour, milk, bread and sugar remain high despite industries operating on a lower budget in
terms of energy usage.
Of great concern, however, is the fact that
the area in which the ordinary Kenyan expected relief was in the lowering of fares by public
service vehicle operators. This has not happened.
In the past, whenever fuel prices went up,
fares would shoot up almost immediately. It is
worth noting that despite four consecutive
drops; fares have remained the same.
Industry operators have been reluctant to
let citizens enjoy the drop in fuel prices.
At some point, officials of the Matatu Own-
ers Association tried to justify their refusal to

lower fares by claiming the cost of spares and
maintenance was still high.
This observation does not hold water because there is a marked improvement in the
quality of roads which contributed to breakdowns. In truth, most of the Public Service Vehicles are poorly maintained and are a safety
risk and environmental hazard, thus the excuse
that spares and service are expensive is not
convincing.
The chairman of the National Transport and
Safety Authority, Lee Kinyanjui, has threatened
to compel operators to lower prices.
Considering that we operate under a liberalised market economy, it will be hard to enforce that threat. As we demand that fares
come down, it is necessary that mechanisms
are put in place to protect the ordinary citizen
from exploitation.
For cholera, prevention

always better than cure
Last week, a cholera outbreak was reported in Homa Bay
and Migori Counties where at least nine people have been
reported dead while over 80 have been hospitalised with
acute diarrhoea.
In total, the reported cases of cholera are 166, but many
more people could be infected.
Without proper measures in place, there is danger of the
outbreak spreading out to nearby Kisii and Kisumu Counties.
Kisii county health officials have reacted by banning
roadside food hawking and feasting at funerals.
As a temporal measure, this could halt the spread of the
infectious disease but emphasis must be laid on proper sanitation and hygiene. Like all waterborne diseases, prevention is always better than the cure.
The Public Health Society of Kenya has expressed its concerns at the spread and the inability of the counties affected
to tame the spread, terming it shameful that at this stage,
cholera should be ravaging populations.
If cholera broke out at a refugee camp where there is congestion and a lack of basic facilities like toilets and water, it
can be understood, but not in Counties that have budgets
which can be put into good use to ensure diseases like cholera do not disrupt social and economic activities.
This shifts focus to county governments ability and commitment to providing safe drinking water and keeping the
environment clean.
Often, a visit to many of the urban centres would reveal
heaps of uncollected garbage where flies buzz, open sewers
and a shortage of piped water.
The shortage of public toilets in many towns leads people to relieve themselves in the bushes, which aids in the
spread of the disease.
Hawking of food in towns and centres of Migori and Homa Bay Counties is a common occurrence yet one cannot
miss the fact that most of the areas experience water shortages.
Across the country, many of the food hawkers and small
food kiosks operators are not licensed and do not meet the
health requirements and standards to sell prepared food.
By cracking on them and ensuring a steady supply of
clean water and regular garbage collection, it is possible to
tame cholera.
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Pravin Bowry}
LEGAL VIEW
The place of the Solicitor General in law

The fused legal profession in
Kenya has never drawn a distinction between solicitors and barristers as in England but we do
have a Solicitor General in Kenya,
perhaps the least appreciated legal office in the republic.
Most interestingly, since independence we have always had a
Solicitor General despite there being no mention of the office in the
1962 or the 2010 Constitution.
The usefulness or otherwise of
the Solicitor General can be
gauged from Commonwealth
countries and our African neighbours. In England, the Solicitor
General must be an elected Member of Parliament. The US, Australia, New Zealand and India are
some other countries with Solicitors General.
Closer home, Uganda, Malawi
and Gambia are some of the African countries with Solicitor Generals with South Africa debating
recently on the merits of having a
Solicitor General and Tanzania
abolishing the office.
Kenyas first Solicitor General
was Ben Lutta who later became a
judge of the Court of Appeal. Other names that mirror the importance of the office are former
Chief Justice the late Kitili Mwendwa, advocate A.S.T. Aswani, retired Justices Kubo and Ringera,
and now Njee Muturi.
The office has always been a
stepping stone for higher aspirations in the legal hierarchy. In
Kenya the office of the Solicitor
General and that of the deputies
is provided for under the Office of
the Attorney General Act No. 49 of
2012, Laws of Kenya.
Section 9 of the Act establishes

the position of the Solicitor General while section 13 underscores
formation of the position of deputy and deputies.
By law the Solicitor General assists the Attorney General in the
performance of the duties of the
Attorney General. It must be noted that the Attorney Generals
docket carries perhaps the most
onerous basket of duties even after the new constitution took the
prosecutorial duty away from the
office.
To appreciate the role of a Solicitor General it is first important
to briefly highlight the duties of
the Attorney General.
The Attorney General is the
principal legal adviser to the Government and represents the national government in court or in
any other legal proceedings to
which the national government is
a party, other than criminal proceedings.
Other duties include co-ordinating reporting obligations to international human rights treaty
bodies; drafting legislative proposals for the government; and reviewing and overseeing legal matters pertaining to registration of
business names, companies, partnerships, societies, marriages,
adoptions, and charities
Aside from assisting the Attorney General the Solicitor General
has several other duties among
them to conduct, or assign and
supervise all court cases, including appeals or petitions on behalf
of the Attorney-General and subject to Article 234 of the Constitution, be responsible for the disci-
The office
has always
been a
stepping
stone for
higher
aspirations
in the legal
hierarchy
pline of state counsels and other

members of staff of the office.
The Office of the Attorney
General Act also gives the Solicitor General power to formulate
and ensure implementation of
development strategies for government legal services, co-ordinating the attachment of candidates for pupilage in the office
and performing such other duties
as may be conferred by law or otherwise assigned to the Solicitor-General by the Attorney-General.
In addition to undertaking the
duties of chairperson of the Advocates Disciplinary Tribunal, the
Solicitor General performs duties
of alternate chairperson of the
College of Arms.
The Solicitor General is appointed by the President with the
approval of the National Assembly. It is also a perquisite for appointment that that the holder of
the office must be qualified to
hold office of judge of superior
court under the Constitution and
meets the requirements threshold
of Chapter Six of the Constitution.
As a state officer, the Solicitor
General is not allowed to engage
in any other gainful employment.
The job requires the Solicitor-General to strike a sometimes
delicate balance between serving
the legal interests of his superiors
(the President and Attorney General), the long-term interests of
Kenya and his responsibility as a
special officer of the court itself.
The Solicitor Generals influence is felt even in private parties
suits that involve matters that are
of interest to the government. He
defends the laws enacted by Parliament as is currently being witnessed in the Security Laws
(Amendment) Act, 2014.
It is the Solicitor General who
must also decide whether to appeal or to accept the loss in cases
involving the Government.
No Government lawyer wants
to be told that a lost case is over
and will not be appealed, so the
Solicitor-Generals decisions not
to go forward may leave disgruntled feelings in other legal offices.
Resignation of a Solicitor General is only possible by way of a
letter addressed to the President.
The President may however,
remove from office the Solicitor
General on ground of serious violation of the Constitution or any
other law, gross misconduct, incompetency, physical incapacitation or bankruptcy.
In the event of the Attorney
General becoming incapacitated
or otherwise unable to perform
his constitutional duties, for
whatever reason, can the Solicitor
General take over?
The answer to that question is
a moot point. In Kenya the roles
of the Solicitor Generals office,
which is presently occupied by
Njee Muturi and his Deputy Muthoni Kimani, are vital in assisting
the State legal agencies.
In times to come the contribution of Solicitor Generals will undoubtedly manifest positively and
hopefully legal services in their
docket will improve for the better.
Mr Bowry is an Advocate of the
High Court of Kenya
bowryp@hotmail.com
Duncan Omanga Why writer needs more lessons on media

I wish to reply to an article by
Adhere Calvince which was published in this paper on February
4, 2015.
Frankly, although Calvince
was one of my best journalism
students, but the more I read his
piece (a reply to an earlier article
penned in The Nairobian), the
more I get convinced that he
promptly needs to come back to
class for graduate studies.
In the paper, he highlights
three key issues on the media environment in Kenya that need to
be fleshed out and further interrogated.
First, Calvince is right to argue
that the social media has vastly
disrupted the media scene. In actual fact, if the definition of who
and what constitutes journalism
as a profession was difficult to
nail in the past, the situation is
even more difficult today.
Any individual with a smart
phone is a potential journalist.
Any rabble-rouser out there, with
a Twitter following of tens of
thousands is a microcosm of a
fully functional media house able
to set agenda as does any media
outfit.
Calvince
laments
about the
surplus of
sleaze and
obscenities
coming off
our FM radio stations
While I do agree that the attributes that make any vocation a

profession are present in journalism, we must with humility accept that the profession is in danger of dying. Or is it simply
evolving? In the west, jobs for
journalists are rapidly shrinking.
Since we have so many other
fast, online, mobile methods of
delivering news, it is difficult to
see how someone will get paid in
future to deliver that news. The
field itself is growing and evolving
more than journalists are able to
accept and adapt to the change.
There are now more opportunities for sharing content than
anyone can imagine and the troubling thing is that anyone can
share news. So why pay someone
to do it? I hold the view that the
field is evolving rather than dying
but feel few journalists are alive
to the grim reality that their world
has been fundamentally disrupted by the social media.
That is why my good student
Calvince should be more humble
rather than dismiss this phenomenon as comprising of a hodgepodge of amateurs who believe
that having a social media ac-
count and a newsroom email address is all one needs to be a journalist. Truth is they cannot be
ignored.
The second issue Calvince
laments about is the surplus of
sleaze and obscenities coming off
our FM radio stations. On this
point I agree. But as much as I
agree with him, there are some
painful realities that we must accept as Kenyans.
First, no one ever held a gun at
someones head to listen to a particular station or read a particular
webpage or news report.
There is always the element of
choice enabled through consumer agency: the dial button on radio or the remote control on TV.
The choice of what to read and
what not to read are all within the
readers discretion, it is never coerced.
Second, just as a people deserve their leaders however myopic or infantile their manners are,
a people too deserve their media.
Our media reflects our sensibilities and our identities.
Our media is truly us, a mirror
of ourselves, our values, fears and
aspirations. That is the truth.
Finally, Calvince argues that

the mere fact that Hillary Ngwenos opinion was sought on the
suitability of one Mwai Kibaki becoming Mois vice president is
tantamount to media complicity.
According to him, such rendezvous undermine highly regarded journalistic tenets of objectivity and distance. I disagree.
First, journalists are human beings and live on earth, not space.
Their opinion, just like that of
the cobbler, the florist, or the
dentist can be sought by anyone
who believes they possess competence in their area of expertise.
Calvince cannot expect journalists to drop calls or deliberately avoid invitations simply because it will compromise
journalistic objectivity.
More important, the relationship between wielders of power
and journalists is one of symbiotic sense
Dr. Omanga is the Head of
Department of Publishing and
Media Studies, School of
Information Sciences at Moi
University, Eldoret. (ankodani@yahoo.com)
Palaver
The wrangles that beset both athletics and soccer in Kenya are likely
to continue because of rules set
by the international organisations
that govern how we manage our
sports. Our Cabinet
Secretary for Sports
Hassan Wario
cannot therefore
take sides in the KPL
and FKL wrangling,
and if the Government acts tough, the
country gets banned from international matches. Well, that means our
soccer standards can only move in
one direction; backwards.
Can we trust government functionaries when they not only
deny citizens the right to access
information, but also deliberately mislead the public? Did we
not hear the Cabinet Secretary
for Lands Charity Ngilu and the
National Land Commission assure
squatters on the Waitiki farm in
Likoni, Mombasa County that they
would be given title deeds after
the owner surrendered the land
in question to the Government?
It turns out that that was not the
true position because Evanson
Waitiki says he is not party to any
such deal!
What did the MzalendoTrust
hope accomplish by publishing
the list of Members of Parliament
who least participated in house
debates? Okay, they are supposed
to contribute to debates in the
house, but if they agree with what
others say, why repeat it anyway?
Compared with some loud mouthed
MPs notorious for bad language
and incitement, its better to have
the watchful, silent ones; they are
thinkers and doers, we suppose.
After all silence is golden, dont you
think so?
We often hear the mantra of;
forwards ever backwards never.
Others opine that evil will never
triumph over good and while
unaumia kuwa mkenya, take
heart even as you realise the
Government you elected does not
give a damn about you. You are
likely to be staring
at a blank TV screen
tonight again.
Palavers advise
is that since the
so-called digital
leadership cannot
strike a balance
between laws and public need,
pray for them like you have never
done before that they may have a
revelation and do something.
Palaver reader Joseph Kefa of

Kakamega wonders if the law
applies equally across the board or
favours some individuals. His case
is quite simple; he says his brother
was recently arrested for marrying
an underage girl. He contends he
is yet to see any of the women who
move around with underage boys
arrested and charged. Someone
please help Kefa.
oped@standardmedia.co.ke
Page 14 / READERS DIALOGUE
End league row for

soccer to thrive
There has been a frosty relationship between Football Kenya Federation (FKF) and Kenya Premier League
(KPL), the latter being a subsidiary
body formed by participating teams
to run the league.
The unease has been caused by
a conglomeration of issues, the fundamental ones being the number of
teams to participate in the league and
broadcasting sponsorship deals.
FKF wants the number of teams
participating in the league to be increased from the current 16 teams
to 18 while KPL is adamant that they
have only budgeted for a 16-team
league. This has caused misunderstanding and confusion among
clubs, with some vowing to play in
FKF league and others opting to stick
with KPL.
The only fear is that if we have two
parallel leagues, then the standards
of our soccer will be highly compromised.
Early last week, FKF President
Sam Nyamweya was in Zurich, Switzerland, where he met with Fifa boss
Sepp Blatter to find a solution to the
current crisis. But Blatter threw the
ball back to stakeholders at local level to iron out issues concerning football league.
{Raphael Mbwaya, Maseno}
Give the Auditor Generals

office powers to prosecute
The Public Audit Bill, 2014,
sponsored by Majority Leader Adan
Duale is an elaborate scheme to loot
the country.
The Bill is an intimidation directed at Auditor General in order
to gloss over the ills perpetrated by
fraudsters, scammers, grabbers and
the rest of the thieving community
close to power.
The Bill says that action will be
taken against Auditor General, including being sent to jail, for finding out about fraudulent schemes
that would unfairly prejudice the
commercial interests of anybody or
person supplying the armed forces
with goods or services.
The Bill also prohibits the Kenya National Audit Office (KeNAO)
from auditing KDF, police and the
National Intelligence Service (NIS).
Additionally, staff working at KeNAO will be interdicted by the Public Service Commission if they report fraud that the Executive is not
happy about.
KeNAO is also requesting a budget of Sh5 billion to recruit professionals who will audit all 47 counties comfortably but Parliament
plans to cut the budget by half.
The National Treasury also
wants KeNAO to rely wholly on its
Kenya 7s rugby team

Feedback
did us proud
Keep politics out of
The Kenya 7s rugby team posted
exemplary performance in Las Vegas.
Ours boys started the tournament
on a low by narrowly beating Canada and losing to both Argentina and
England.
This, however, did not dampen
their spirits as they went on to beat
Portugal at the bowl quarters, Samoa
at the semis and Argentina to clinch
the bowl.
The resurgence of the 7s team is
welcome news for all and sundry.
Following the heroics of the team,
we can only dare dream of better results as their resilience and team effort has demonstrated that they will
go places.
Kudos to the team for bringing
smiles on our faces.
{Acadius Khamisi, via email}
{Ochieng Odongo, via email}
Unblock drainage
systems now
For the few months the country
has gone without rains, the drainage
systems in towns and shopping centres could be blocked.
Concerned authorities should realise that long rains could start any
time and therefore there is urgent
need to unblock drainage systems.
We should not wait for the rains
to wreak havoc before swinging into action.
Those who have encroached on
road reserves and any public land
should also be evicted and prosecuted.
Farmers should also use this time
to dig terraces to control soil erosion.
{Onyiego Felix, Kisii}
chicken scam probe
It is said that corruption acts

like nicotine it is addictive. The
prosecution of Smith & Ousman
(S&Q) directors Nicholas Charles
Smith and his father Christopher
John Smith by a UK court last
Thursday is a good case in point.
Although this chicken scandal
involved top officials of the
defunct IIEC and retired Knec
vote instead of being allocated its

own budget so that audit work is done at the pleasure of the Executive.
Parliamentary Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade headed
by Benjamin Langat is behind this
elaborate drive to take back Kenya
to the dark days of Kanu looting.
The year-opener speech by President Uhuru Kenyatta was about
fighting corruption. But from the
look of things, this was empty rhetoric.
The President should instead
have instructed Duale to have
the Leadership and Integrity Act
amended to reflect Chapter 6 of the
Constitution. Kenya is operating
with a law that is not only damaging the integrity of this country but
is also unconstitutional.
The law allowed criminals to run
for political office and the consequences are now manifested in various concerted efforts to loot Kenya, including land grabbing. The
law does not even allow the EACC to
prosecute cases of breach of Chapter 6.
The hindrance to fighting corruption starts at the very top of Kenyan leadership.
The Langat committee has invited the public to make input on the
top brass Paul Wesonga, local

politicians have commenced
their perpetual and traditional
way of defending their own
even before EACC has finalised
carrying out its investigation.
The political tragedy of modern
Kenya is that our politicians
have become Jacks of all trade.
In fact, they seems to know it all.
Politicisation of corruption and
political charlatanism have
profoundly made corruption and
embezzlement of public funds to
thrive in this country.
Public Audit Bill, 2014.

The above problems must first of
all be rectified. Then, together with
staff of KRA, KeNAO officials must
publicly declare wealth biannually
for scrutiny to avoid being bribed
by the Executive, Parliament, governors and MCAs.
Secondly, the KeNAO should be
given prosecutorial powers.
Additionally, the office should
be able to access bank statements
of suspects without any hindrance.
Recruitment of staff should never be done by Public Service Commission but by KeNAO itself.
Corruption in Kenya can be
eradicated easily but there is conflict of interest by the Executive.
When you read how they are doing police vetting, you notice that
the police have no tax returns to
support their claims of how they
made their millions.
The Treasury, which controls
KRA, does not care to collect the
unpaid taxes. The whole exercise is
shambolic.
A State attains a failed state status when institutions fail and become impotent. The KRA has failed
to collect taxes making Kenya to
borrow unnecessarily.
{Kariuki Muiri, Karatina}
investigation into chicken

scandal without listening to
distractions from politicians.
Corruption and other economic
crimes have wreaked havoc on
the economy of this country
for donkey years. There should
therefore be no sacred cows
when it comes to fighting it.
Wasteful spending of taxpayers
money by State and county
officials should be a thing of the
past. Over to you EACC.
It is imperative EACC does its
{Joseph G.Muthama, Thika}
Government biased on digital migration

In his inaugural speech on December 31, 2002, former President
Mwai Kibaki said the Government
is not supposed to be a burden on
the people, it is not supposed to
intrude on every aspect of life, and
it is not supposed to mount roadblocks in every direction we turn
to in life.
It is nave for someone to say the
media is inciting the public against
the Government with regard to the
digital migration stand-off.
Does the Jubilee government
care how it is governing? Why is the
Government forcing the public to
switch to pay TV stations ahead of
the global deadline? Why is the Government mounting roadblocks everywhere we turn?
Since the Communications
Authority of Kenya withdrew fre-
quencies from local media houses,

which in effect paralysed all their
migration preparations, it beats
logic why at the time of returning
the frequencies last week, the Supreme Court did not find it prudent
to give the media houses more time
to prepare for the migration. If 90
per cent of the public cannot get
justice in our courts, where shall
we go for justice?
Surprisingly though, the deadline for the migration to a digital
platform is still far off June 2015.
Why cant the Government let each
media house work at its own pace
toward getting compliant and only
come in when the deadline is not
met?
What is happening is absurd
and a big shame. Could it be that
the Government has some hidden
interests in this whole migration

process?
There are some parts of this
country where one cannot go without being escorted by security
agents. In other parts, maize farmers are crying for the Government
to give them better prices for their
produce, but who cares?
Teachers, doctors and other workers who are critical in the
growth of the economy are also
crying for better terms of service
in vain. And some parents are crying for a level playing ground in the
Form One selection exercise, while
those who were fortunate to be
placed are crying because of unaffordable school fees.
Despite all these issues, the Government seems unconcerned.
YOUR SAY
Jubilee MPs accuse Raila of
unfairly targeting electoral
officials: Why will Jubilee not have
confidence in IEBC? They are bedfellows.

It would have been news if they said
otherwise. eddie
These Jubilee MPs should know that

they are the ones who were lucky to win
the March 2013 presidential elections,
now that we know the IEBC officials ate
chicken. joseph ndanyi
Unfairly targeting IEBC officials? Get a
grip Jubilee, corruption is your second
name, land-grabbing being the first and
you have escalated corruption never
seen in this country hence your bile
against anyone who raises a finger on
it. Lipo
The only time Beth Mugo comes out to
make a public statement is when she is
firing salvos at Raila. Just what is it with
her? TruthDoesNotRot
The DPP can charge the IEBC officials,
and subsequently ask Raila to testify.
He can then take the stand and produce
newspaper articles about some jailed
fellows from another country. The
Kenyan courts, in deference to the
former PM will have no option but to
convict. And in this way, justice will have
been rendered. Gathuru
Kenyan police will only find evidence
against non-Jubilee affiliated leaders.
I can imagine what these same MPs
would be saying if the former PMs aides
or officers had been the recipient of
the chicken! This nation has the most
shameless amoral leaders in the world!
jambamich
The legislators do not even show

sympathy to the loss of taxpayers
money, loss of integrity by the election
commission and the shame Kenya
suffered through these officers. The
legislators fail to understand that if
it were not the UK court, Kenyans
would have hardly come to know about
the corruption. To blame Raila is like
sweeping the dirty under the carpet and
denying the outcome of the UK court
findings. Tshombe
Let the Jubilee family know that they
are not only under the watchful eye of
the opposition but the entire electorate
community of Kenya. Ptcguru
Construction of Sh10b Mombasa

International University starts:
This is a good initiative that will benefit

all of us, especially in courses that
are not currently available in Kenyan
institutions, such as Marine Science.
Mzitolivondo
Very good news for the residents of

Utange and Mtwapa. At least we are
getting universities in coastal strip. Feroz
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KAKAMEGA COUNTY
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towns image as well as
protect tenants
By WILKISTER ALAO
Efforts to improve the face of Kakamega town have gone a notch higher following a decision to demolish all
mud houses.
This follows a mushrooming of
mud walled houses in a number of
estates including Amalemba, Lurambi, Shikhambi and others situated in
the town Centre.
Speaking to The Standard, Housing Executive Suleiman Sumba said
the houses will be demolished because they do not meet housing standards set out in the Urban and Cities
Act 2011.
BAD LIGHT
Not only do these houses portray

the town in bad light, they also put the
lives of those who live in them at risk.
The problem can be attributed to lack
of a policy which guides planning in
the county, he said.
The executive said the county government is putting together a town
management committee which will
establish a housing policy document
to guide on acceptable construction
standards.
lines.
He also said the county government has drafted a bill, soon to be
tabled at the assembly, to enable it
establish housing procedures and
standards to put an end to cases of
buildings collapsing because they do
not conform to set standards.
MIXED REACTIONS
However, some house owners who

spoke to The Standard expressed their
reservations to the new directive saying they are the legitimate land owners and if they are to be evicted, they
must first be compensated.
No one believes the county government will compensate them if they
demolish their houses, said Mercy
Nyangweso, a resident.
Others welcomed the move saying some of these houses are old and
need to be demolished since they are
a potential safety risk.
Nyagarama creates two new offices in his first reshuffle

A new executive department has
been created in Governor John Nyagaramas first cabinet mini shuffle.
The new department, titled Public administration and co-ordination
of devolved units, will be headed by
Gladys Momanyi, who has been in
charge of Education as the county executive member and Alice Manoti as
chief officer.
The reorganisation saw a few ministers and chief executive officers reshuffled with Mr Nyagarama saying
the new officials will fully implement
performance contracts in their respec-
TURKANA COUNTY
IDPs come back home

from Trans Nzoia
Over 50 internally displaced

persons (IDPs) from Trans Nzoia
County have returned to their
ancestral homes in Turkana County.
Turkanas Disaster Management
Chief Executive Charles Lokiyoto
said more than 400 others were
expected to arrive in the county
soon.
Mr Lokiyoto said the IDPs had
returned home peacefully and
clarified that they had not been
harassed by anyone.
So far, 51 of the expected 470
have returned home, said Lokiyoto
as he welcomed the IDPs back
home.
The IDPs chairman, David
Edonga, said they had lived as
IDPs for a long time and it was now
time to head back to where they
belonged.
Some of the mud rental houses at Lurambi estate in Kakamega town. The county government plans to demolish all houses that do not meet set housing standards. [PHOTO: BENJAMIN SAKWA/STANDARD]
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We will then issue notices to all

those with houses within the town
that do not conform to our standards. Those who will be unable to
build new standardised houses will
be evicted from the town to pave way
for other developers, he said.
Mr Sumba said the Urban and
Cities Act 2011 already stipulates the
kind of houses to be built in urban
settings and the town management
committee will observe these guide-
tive departments signed late last year.

The governor also created another
section, known as County Results Office, in his office which will be responsible for evaluation of the countys development agenda.
Speaking during a media briefing in his office, Nyagarama said the
county results office will be responsible for co-ordination of all county government projects undertaken by various entities under the county.
It will also work closely with other chief officers and bring to the attention of the county secretary the
implementation of policies and development plans.
The governor said the results office

will also develop and implement the
county integrated strategic plan in liaison with all stakeholders by facilitating effective public participation.
CO-ORDINATE MATTERS
The public administration and

co-ordination of devolved units department will handle human resource
issues and coordinate all county administrative matters.
Town management boards and
administrators and infrastructural
provision of all market amenities will
now be handled by the department of
lands and urban management.
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855 pupils who excelled

in exam get bursaries
About 855 pupils admitted to
national schools yesterday received
cheques worth Sh17.5 million from
the county government.
County Assembly Scholarship
and Vocational Training Committee
Chairperson Getrude Mbeyu said
the money will support their Form
One education.
Ms Mbeyu, who is also Kibarani
ward representative, said Governor
Amason Kingi was committed to
ensuring that all needy students
are assisted to continue with their
education.
She said the assembly is working
on a law that will ensure each
ward gets Sh5 million every year
to support bright pupils from
disadvantaged backgrounds.
The county assembly is
in a process of amending the
Scholarship and Vocational Training
law to ensure each wards gets
Sh5 million to pay school fees for
pupils who are admitted to national
schools, said Mbeyu.
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UASIN GISHU COUNTY
Two in custody for

stealing car in Nairobi
BBy Peter ochieng
Police in Eldoret are holding two
suspects who allegedly stole a car in
Nairobi.
John Maina Kariuki and Francis
Karanja are alleged to have stolen
the Toyota Hilux Pickup from a parking site at Kasarani area of the capital city but were nabbed by Eldoret
traffic police.
The two suspects sustained injuries after the traffic police officer shot
at them as they tried to escape.
Eldoret West OCPD Smolletts Munyianzi said the suspects
were driving along Nakuru-Uganda highway before they were intercepted by his officers at dawn.
A traffic police officer who was reporting to work received information
from our colleagues in Nairobi that
there was a car stolen at night, said
Munyianzi.
KAJIADO COUNTY
BUNGOMA COUNTY
IPOA probes
womans murder
LAIKIPIA COUNTY
County to spend Sh1.5b

on projects by June
BBy TITUS OTEBA
BBy Job Weru
The Independent Policing Oversight

Authority (IPOA) has launched
investigations into a case where
Bungoma-based police officers have
been accused of beating a woman
brewer to death.
Speaking to The Standard, IPOA
Chief Executive Officer Joel Mabonga
said for the past two weeks, four
investigators have been camping at the
town recording statements from key
witnesses.
The CEO said the decision to conduct
the investigation was made after
questions were raised of the police
ability to independently probe itself.
Police cannot pretend to investigate
themselves. From what we have
gathered, there is a lot of foul play that
must be probed further, he said.
Governor Joshua Irungu has assented to a Sh1.5 billion development fund that has to be spent in the
next four months.
Targeted projects include the purchase of medical supplies at Sh60
million, construction of 10 police
postsalong Laikipias volatile borders
with Baringo and Samburu counties
and the purchase of graders for road
construction.
I have signed into law the Appropriations Bill passed by the Assembly
two weeks ago. The law will allow the
government to spend Sh1.5 billion on
various project before the end of the
financial year in June, said Irungu.
The bill was passed during a special sitting, where the MCAs passed
the bill as they rushed to beat a deadline drawn by the Commission on
Revenue Allocation.
NAKURU COUNTY
Man charged for

stealing decoder
BBy Mercy Opande
A man was yesterday charged in
court for stealing a digital decoder
from his neighbour house at Jawatho
estate in Njoro town.
A court in Nakuru heard that Salim
Oduor Oyoo broke into the house of
Samuel Kagwuongo on February 13,
2015 and carried away the decoder
alongside other electronics, which
included a Tousda DVD player machine
and an Ampex sub-woofer.
The court was told the accused took
away the Star Times decoder and a
smart card, all valued at Sh9,000.
Chief Magistrate Samuel Mungai
released the accused on a bond of
Sh30,000, and an alternative cash bail
of Sh15,000.
The case will be mentioned on
February 26, this year.
MIGORI COUNTY
Concern over bad meat

in Rongo
BBy Stanley Ongwae
Residents of Rongo may be consuming uncertified meat after it was
discovered that veterinary officers in
the area were leaving butchers to certify meat on their own.
The revelation was made after
a butcher was busted transporting
carcass of a cow suspected to have
died from an unknown disease to a
slaughterhouse in the area.
The 37-year-old butcher was also found with a veterinary inspection stamp.
He had purchased the carcass
from a villager before he was spotted
by a curious public transporting it towards Rongo.
Law enforcers nabbed him just
before he could begin preparing the
meat for sale, although veterinary officers certified the meat as good.
MIGORI COUNTY
BUSIA COUNTY
Police go after man

in brothers killing
Kin of man killed by

jumbo to get Sh5m
BBy Peterson Githaiga
BBy Kassim Adinasi
The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) will

pay Sh5 million as compensation to the
family of a man who was killed by an
elephant in Enkaroni recently.
The announcement was made after
talks involving the county government,
KWS and the Ministry of Environment,
Water and Natural Resources.
Speaking to the Press after the
meeting, Environment Permanent
Secretary Richard Lesiyampe said
the Government was committed to
ensuring the families of those killed by
elephants were compensated.
He said Samburu, Isiolo and Maasai
Mara were other areas that had been
affected by human-wildlife conflicts.
KWS has also undertaken to repair five
boreholes, water tanks and a fence
destroyed by elephants during the
invasion.
Police in Nyatike are looking for

of a 22-year-old man who allegedly
murdered his brother and stabbed his
sister-in-law after a family dispute.
Nyatike Police Boss Dishon Chebaka
said the suspected assailant identified
as Otieno Olambo repeatedly stabbed
the deceased Benard Olambo in the
chest before attacking his wife.
We have established that Olambo
died from excessive bleeding after the
assailant attacked them at their house.
The wife to the deceased is, however,
recuperating at a hospital in Nyatike,
said Mr Chebaka.
An eye witness, who sought
anonymity, told The Standard that the
deceased and his brother had been
embroiled in a longstanding dispute
over a piece of land.
The body was taken to Migori Level 4
Hospital mortuary.
KISII COUNTY
Driver of killer matatu

charged, denied bail
BBy Erick Abuga
The driver of the matatu involved
in an accident in which 10 people
perished in Kisii has been charged
with 11 counts, including causing
their deaths.
Edward Onchwari Moranga, 28,
appeared before Chief Magistrate
John Njoroge following the February
14 accident on Kisii-Keroka road, Kisii County. Mr Moranga was charged
with killing nine people among them
three juvenile, Diana Momanyi 17,
Fabiani Birika 14 and Davis Omwoyo
two and half years. The charge sheet
also stated he drove the motor vehicle registration number KBJ 636S
Toyota matatu on a public road without a road service licence. He pleaded not guilty and will be remanded at
the Kisii GK Prison until February 20
when a ruling over his bond request
will be made.
Busia governors wife Judith Ojaamong seen here on her preferred mode of transport to her workplace just a kilometer away. She says her passion is to promote the riders and make them feel appreciated. To the riders Judith is a true
mheshimiwa. [PHOTO: JANE CHEROTICH/STANDARD]
NAKURU COUNTY
KIRINYAGA COUNTY
State: Dismiss
compensation case
Sossion accused of
meddling in education
BBy Patrick Kibet Rono
BBy Kamau Munene
The Attorney Generals office wants

the High Court in Nakuru to dismiss a
petition filed by over 23,000 victims
of 1992 Enoosupukiaclashes seeking
compensation and resettlement.
In a preliminary objection, the State
argues that the petition by the families
is defective and should be thrown out.
The petitioners through Francis
Karomba Mutura had asked the court
in a petition filed 2012 to compel the
Government to resettle them alongside
the 2007 post-election violence victims.
In the objection, the Government
says the victims have not provided
documentary evidence to proof that
they were evicted from their homes or
lost property during the clashes.
The petition is incurably defective,
the State notes.
Gichugu MP Njogu Barua has accused the Kenya Union of Teachers

(Knut) of opposing government proposals to improve education in the
country.
He claimed Knut Secretary General Wilson Sossion has some hidden
agenda going by his recent public utterances and pronouncements.
Mr Sossion should keep off the
work of teachers, especially when it
comes to academic programmes. He
should also stop opposing everything
the Head of State and his deputy say
on matters of education, he said.
Recently, National Assembly Majority Leader Adan Duale reprimanded Sossion for his hard stance on
teachers working in north eastern
Kenya. Sossion was accused of being
selfish by encouraging workers not to
report to school.
NAIROBI COUNTY
EMBU COUNTY
Woman kills three

kids in Korogocho
EU pledges Sh84m to
fight malnutrition
BBy Cyrus Ombati
BBy Joseph Muchiri
Police are holding Catherine

Muthoni, 20, who allegedly went
berserk and killed three children at
Korogocho slums.
Muthoni is said to have first stabbed
her 10-year-old son to death before
turning on her neighbours four-yearold and 14-day-old sons.
Witnesses said Muthoni overpowered
the childrens mother, who was still
recovering from a caesarean section
procedure, by hitting her on the wound
causing it to start bleeding.
Deputy county police boss Joseph
Limo said they rushed her to hospital
for medical attention and are now
holding the suspect.
Her mental status will have to
first be checked before she appears in
court, he said.
The European Union has pledged

to contribute Sh84 million to fight
malnutrition in 12 counties in Kenya.
The amount will be spent in scaling up nutrition programmes in
counties with highest malnutrition
rates for 18 to 24 months.
The 12 counties identified as having the highest stunting prevalence
rate include: Kilifi, Kitui, Makueni,
West Pokot, Migori, Meru, Embu,
Lamu, Mombasa, Siaya, Laikipia and
Homa Bay.
According to James Adede, the
programme manager for Grace Africa, which is a member of Scaling Up
Nutrition Civil Society Alliance (SUN
CSA), Kenya, the fund will be used in
direct intervention programmes such
as promoting exclusive breastfeeding
for first six months of life.
NAIROBI/CENTRAL NEWS / Page 17
Traders feel the pinch of Ruiru market neglect

KIAMBU COUNTY
BBy Kamau Maichuhie
Despite its crucial role in the economy of Kiambu County, Ruiru market
still remains as dilapidated as it was
before the devolved system.
Every Wednesday and Saturday,
more than 800 traders converge at
the market to sell their wares to the
more than 3,000 customers from all
over the region.
Resident say traders and customers travel from as far as Lari, Githunguri and Juja constituencies to sell or
buy goods each market day.
It is estimated that millions of shillings exchange hands on each of th
two days.
But a visit to the sub-county market reveals a different story.
The market has neither a gate nor
a perimetre wall, making it easy for
thieves and muggers to easily access

the facility.
Since a lot of money changes hands during market days, trader and customers are easy targets of
thieves.Each market day, we must
hear reports that someone was
mugged, or even killed, said Irene
Wangui, a trader.
She says the market has only two
toilets, which are expected to serve
Each market
day, we must
hear reports that
someone was
mugged, or even
killed- Ms Irene
Wangui
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Ruiru
sub-county
market on
a typical
market
day. The
market
attracts
over 3,000
customers.
[PHOTO:
KAMAU
MAICHUHIE]
MURANGA COUNTY
Drive to improve health

services to be rolled out
BBy Boniface Gikandi
A new concept aimed at improving health services in public hospitals is set to be piloted
in three counties.
The project to be facilitated
by Danish government and
Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution
(CIC) will entail ensuring
health services in public hospitals are at par with those offered in private hospitals.
Among counties targeted in
the pilot phase of the initiative
include Bungoma, Kitui and
Nyeri.
The project programme
comes at the time public health
institutions are faced with
challenges that include lack of
enough facilities, inadequate
funds and shortage of health
workers.
technical support
Yesterday, CIC chairman

Charles Nyachae said governors must ensure services provided at health facilities under
their jurisdiction meet the required standards.
The county governments
need to set up systems to ensure effective delivery of services in the devolved sectors,
said Mr Nyachae.
The CIC boss, who spoke
during the launch of the initia-
tive at a Muranga hotel, also

called on the national government provide technical support to the counties in the implementation
of
health
programmes.
Bungoma Governor Kenneth Lusaka, who spoke during
the function, said the Government should allocate enough
funds to support programmes
aimed at improving provision
of health services.
Lusaka said some of the
hospitals have remained abandoned and need to be renovated to help provide services.
He said his administration
plans to allocate the health sector Sh17 billion in the next financial year, with Sh1.29 billion expected to cater for
salaries.
The health initiative is
geared towards introducing
quality services in public-run
facilities, said Mr Lusaka.
The governor reiterated the
need for a change of attitude
among employees in the health
sector to restore public trust in
county government-run health
facilities.
We came up with the concept to improve care in health
institutions after a nurse was
caught on camera beating up
an expectant mother in Bungoma in 2013, said Lusaka.
hundreds of people.
There is also a serious problem of
water.
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Water is rarely available and

when it does, traders have to part with
Sh5 for a 20-litre container, says Ms
Wangui.
Because the county government
does not provide security, traders
have been forced to employ day and

night guards to protect their wares.
This, however, leaves them Sh50
poorer as they are required to come
up with the amount every end month
to cater for the guards services.
Scenes of garbage heaps greet the
eyes of visitors to the facility. Traders
say it normally takes weeks before the
county government can collect them,
which they say has become a serious
health hazard.
Of greater concern are scores of
food hawkers who sell their commodities despite the garbage eyesore.
The markets chairman James
Mwaura says they have petitioned the
county government countless times
on the issue of toilets, water, garbage
and a gate. Ruiru sub-county administrator Mohammed Abdi say the
county was aware of the problems.
Page 18 / NAIROBI/CENTRAL NEWS
Stop speculating about

Muchai killing, MPs say
Nyandarua
Governor
Daniel
Waithaka.
NYERI COUNTY
BBy WAINAINA NDUNGU
Central Kenya leaders appeared to
have toned down their political rhetoric about the murder of Kabete MP
George Muchai and his three aides.
At the burial of the last aide,Stephen Wambugu, who was Muchais
driver, four legislators - Kiambu Senator Kimani Wamatangi and MPs
Paul Koinange (Kiambu), John Kiragu
(Limuru) and Kabando wa Kabando
(Mukurweini), asked Kenyans to let
police and the courts handle the matter without undue speculation.
The ball was set rolling by Kihara
Warui, the late MPs personal assistant, when he asked people to stop
speculating about the deaths following confessions by suspects in custody that they killed the MP and his
aides to avoid being shot by the bodyguards after a normal carjacking.
Committees to regulate alcoholic

drinks sector launched
NYANDARUA COUNTY
BBy James Munyeki
TRUTH SOUGHT
Mr Warui, who said he was usually the fifth passenger in the MPs
car, said he parted company with the
ill-fated party at 4pm, at the end of
their workday, only for the MP to die
12 hours later.
MPs Kabando and Koinange also
cautioned against speculation, with
the latter saying it could jeopardise
investigations into the incident.
What we want to say is that if
anyone paid for the MPs elimination, God would punish him even if
he was not arrested by human detectives, Koinange said.
Kiragu said MPs, just like other
Kenyans, wanted to know the truth
behind the killings.
We are happy because arrests
Kiambu Senator Kimani Wamatangi addresses mourners at the funeral

service of Stephen Wambugu held in Gikondi, Mukurweini, yesterday. [PHOTO:
MOSE SAMMY/STANDARD]
have been made. Whether the killers

were ordinary gangsters or carjackers, no Kenyan deserves to die in that
manner, he said.
Susan, Muchais widow, described
Wambugu as a loyal, dedicated and
hard working servant who loved his
family.
MORE ARRESTS
Nairobi County Police Commander Benson Kibue said more arrests could be made in relation to the
deaths.
Meanwhile, Senator Wamatangi

said he had brought personal donations for the bereaved families from
President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto.
The senator also promised a Government job to the deceaseds widow
or his brother while the Mukurweini CDF pledged to sponsor Wambugus 11-year-old daughter to a primary school in the county.
The MPs also promised to push for
inclusion of MPs aides in the parliamentary insurance schemes.
The county has been losing over

Sh40 million each year in revenue
collected from the alcohol industry
due to lack of proper regulations and
guidelines.
Governor Daniel Waithaka said
this in a speech read on his behalf
by Finance Executive Nderi Ndiani
during launch of sub-county drinks
regulatory committees at Olkalou
Town yesterday.
The governor said the county government has lost more than Sh80
million in the last two years noting
that bar operators have been operating without paying licenses since the
county government had to enact its
own law and establish boards to regulate the sector.
Mr Waithaka reminded the selected sub-county committee members
of the heavy task ahead of them and
said they are expected to regulate production, sale, distribution, promotion, and use of alcoholic drinks in
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the county.
You have to be strict, decisive and
fair in exercising your new responsibilities, he said.
The governor said emergence of
harmful brews in the market have
brought untold misery in homes.
Every village in this county is a
witness to the dangers posed by proliferation of harmful brews resulting
in loss of lives, broken homes, and an
increase in poverty, he said.
REHAB CENTRES
Waithaka said his administration

will not sit back and watch young people go down the drain due to alcohol
abuse.
Let us re-organise the whole system by ensuring we have minimal
number of drinking outlets in market
centres which must strictly observe
opening and closing hours, he said.
The county boss said they are
working closely with National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol
and Drug Abuse to set up professionally run rehabilitation centres.
NAIROBI COUNTY
Concerns raised over

Kahawa sewer delay
BBy Rawlings Otieno
Delays in the construction of a sewer pump station
at Kahawa Sukari is putting
millions of Nairobi residents
at risk of contracting water-borne diseases.
The delay in constructing
the sewerage system has put
in jeopardy the Sh400 million
Ruai waste water treatment
plant projected to ease pollution of Nairobi River.
The situation has now aggravated pollution of Nairobi
river posing a hazard to the
lives of over 4.5 million Nairobians.
The county government
and the Ministry of Environment are already spending
millions in disinfection and
cleanup of the river.
But Deputy Director of
Water Services at the national government Samuel Alima
says the construction of the
water treatment plant has
been done pending the completion of the sewer lines in
March.
Mr Alima said there are
some sewer lines that have al-
ready been done and promised his department will complete the construction next
month.
The construction of the
water sewerage system in Ruai is Sh400 million. The plant
was completed and is now
up and running. We hope to
complete the construction
of the sewer lines in March,
said Alima.
white elephant
The Sh150 million station

was to pump effluent from
the Gatharaini trunk sewers
to Ruai treatment plant but
the project is lagging behind
by two years.
The project is being undertaken by Nairobi Water
and Sewerage Company and
there are fears it may turn into a white elephant due to
concerns that the national
energy grid cannot sustain
its operation.
This is a costly venture.
There will be a lot of energy required, said Francis
Kinyua, an energy expert.
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Mruttu sued over headquarters transfer

Petitioners argue the
governor decided
to move to Mgeno
without consultation
TAITA TAVETA COUNTY
BBy RENSON MNYAMWEZI
The controversy surrounding a
proposal to transfer Taita-Taveta
County headquarters has taken a new
twist after a group of activists and politicians moved to court to stop the implementation of the project.
The petitioners claim Governor
John Mruttu decided unilaterally to
move the headquarters.
In a case filed in Mombasa High
Court on Monday, the petitioners
mainly from Mwatate sued the county
government for allegedly contravening the Constitution and the County Government Act regarding public participation before making the
decision to move the headquarters
from Wundanyi to Mgeno in Mwatate
sub-county.
The petitioners, represented by
lawyer Timothy Njeru, claim that a
meeting held in the area in March
2011, unanimously agreed that the
headquarters of the anticipated county government be in Mwatate and not
Mgeno.
Mr Mruttu and Speaker of the
County Assembly Maghanga Meshack
Maghanga have been served with the
petition and listed as first and second
respondents.
Speaker
Maghanga
Meshack (in
front) and
Governor John
Mruttu leave
the assemblys
chambers in
Wundanyi after
a sitting in the
past. [PHOTO:FILE]
Few individuals
The petitioners claim the governor

unilaterally or with few individuals
decided to move the proposed county headquarters to Mgeno contrary to
the wishes of the majority and without ensuring adequate public participation.
They further claim Mruttu attempted to validate his unlawful and
unconstitutional actions by purporting to appoint a task force to identify an alternative site for the proposed
county government headquarters on
the false promise that there was no
adequate land in Mwatate.
The petitioners say the appointment of the task force was in itself
flawed and unilateral.
The decision to move the proposed county headquarters to Mgeno was unconstitutional and in contravention of their right to fair administrative action as stipulated in Article 47 of
the constitution, said the petitioners.
The petitioners are urging the court to re-
verse the proposed transfer of the headquarters.

Yesterday, Deputy Governor Mary Ndiga Kibuka and the county governments Legal Officer
Mwabili Mliwa confirmed that the county administration had been served.
The county government has received the
court order and will deal with it, said Mr Mliwa.
MACHAKOS COUNTY
Mutua: Some leaders are

determined to end my reign
BBy Daniel Nzia
Governor Alfred Mutua has
said some leaders are working
round the clock to undermine
the county.
He said the county was
conceived when retired President Mwai Kibaki signed the
instruments of the Constitution during its promulgation
at Uhuru Park, but some leaders were working day and night
to strangle the baby.
The sad reality is that as
some of us are working day
and night to take care of the
county, some leaders are also determined to kill this baby

so our people are relegated to
eternal poverty and suffering,
said the governor.
stern warning
Dr Mutua, who was addressing a special sitting of

the county assembly, however
warned he would not condone
such leaders.
Let me say we will not let
a few people slow down development. Our people were not
born to suffer and to remain
wretched, warned the tough-
talking governor.
Mutua said his detractors
were envious of his development record, which was giving
them sleepless nights.
He however reiterated that
he was ready to work with all
leaders from Ukambani and
beyond.
He also admitted that
things had not gone as well
as he would have wanted as
the county governor, adding
some of his government officials had performed below par
while others were engaged in
unscrupulous activities.
KWALE COUNTY
Youths trained to fight drug abuse

BBy Tobias Chanji
Twenty-four youths from
Kwale and Mombasa counties have been trained to combat drug abuse and fight stigma associated with addiction.
Recovered drug users also
took part in the training, which
ended at Kaskazi Beach Resort
in Diani, yesterday. The training was a joint initiative between Reach Out Centre Trust
lobby group and HAKI Africa
rights agency. The organisa-
tions will also equip the trainees with skills to offer paralegal
advice to drug users.
This is one of our intervention measures to help those
who use drugs. The team,
which has 15 field officers from
Mombasa and five from Kwale,
seeks to engage these users directly, said Taib Abdurrhman,
the Reach Out Centre director.
He added that some addicts
have been left on their own resulting to them being violent.
On his part, HAKI Africa Ex-
ecutive Director Husein Khalid

said this will address insecurity. Look at these two counties
in the last two months. Crime
among the youth is too high
and we can mostly associate
this with the drug menace,
said Khalid.
After training the officers from the two counties, the team will then move
to four other coastal counties; Kilifi, Tana River, Taita Taveta and Lamu under
the Swift Action programme.
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Page 22 / NYANZA/WESTERN NEWS
Ten murder suspects denied bail

KAKAMEGA COUNTY
BBy Robert Amalemba
More than 10 men suspected to
have robbed, killed and maimed residents of Shibuli and Makunga villages
last week were arrested and arraigned
in a Kakamega Court.
The 10 were arraigned before Kakamega Senior Principal Magistrate
Pamela Achieng on Monday, where
they were charged with four counts
of robbery with violence.
Ms Achieng directed that Peter
Mutimba, Amos Shisia, Kennedy Eshihanda, Musa Were, Stephen Musita,
Charles Manyasia, Hannington Shisia, Dismus Alaka, Peter Khalima and
Kennedy Akwaba remain in remand
for 10 days to allow further investigations.
They were first accused of robbing
James Olutete of his Samsung phone
worth Sh6,000 and sports shoes worth
Sh2,000 before killing him.
In the second and third counts,
they were accused of violently robbing Maurice Okwamba of a Sh7,000
mobile phone, and Justus Anyonje of two Samsung phones valued at
Sh15,000 and Sh19,000 cash money

respectively.
The prosecution argued that the
10-day period during investigation
was adequate to allow the autopsy
report on the body of Olutete, who is
lying at the Moi Eldoret Teaching and
Referral Hospital be tabled.
DRINKING PROBLEM
It will also enable police gather

statements and more evidence from
key witnesses some of whom are still
nursing serious injuries, said the
prosecution.
The accused will appear in court
on 26th this month for mentioning.
Meanwhile, Kakamega Senior
Principal MagistratesPamela Achieng
expressed alarm at the high number
of drunk and disorderly pleas the
court handled on Monday.
Two pleas were of secondary
school students arrested last Sunday
for being drunk and disorderly.
The two, a form three student and
a 17-year-old schoolboy caught the
attention of the Senior Principal magistrate, who wondered why they were
taking alcohol at such a tender age.
Why are you, a small girl engaged
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in alcohol drinking? What will become

of you at 30 or 40? she asked the girl.
The court ordered that the minors
be taken to preliminary remand and
a probation report on them be tabled
before the court before judgement.
There were over 10 counts of
drunk and disorderly pleas, where
most of the accused accepted charges
and were fined Sh500, or be jailed for
four days.
Two assault cases suspects were also released on bond of Sh20,000 each.
Francis Wesonga who was accused
of assaulting Jeff Juma on January 30
this year in Lusumu, while Augustine
Obicha was accused of beating up
Caroline Maumo on February 8.
They denied the charges and were
released on Sh20,000 bond each with
an option of a Sh10,000 cash bail.
LIGHT MOMENT
Almost half of the pleas today

are on drunk and disorderly counts.
What picture are adults painting to
your children by drinking? posed the
magistrate.
There was light moment in the
same court when an accused claimed
he did not understand the charges
read to him in Swahili.
I dont understand Swahili, he
told the magistrate in Swahili.
How then do you answer so fluently in Swahili? she asked the accused who proceeded to plead with
the court to set him free, promising
never to repeat the offence in eloquent Swahili.
Another accused, Joseph Andanje
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from Navakholo denied being in possession of changaa, and was released

on a bond of Sh2,000.
The same court released Cosmus
Shilabo on a bond of Sh30,000 with an
option of Sh15,000 cash bail for being
in possession of stolen property (a
Techno E3 Phone and assorted Sim
cards) at Khayega market. His case
will be heard on March 23 this year.
Ten suspects facing four counts of robbery with violence at a Kakamega Law
Courts. They were remanded at the Kakamega prison for 10 days to enable
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HOMA BAY COUNTY
122 admitted, three dead following

widespread cholera outbreak
BBy James Omoro
Three people died and 122
others admitted in various
health facilities due to a cholera outbreak.
Speaking to the Press,
Health Executive Lawrence
Oteng said one passed on at
Ndhiwa sub-county hospital,
the other at Oridi dispensary
and the third at Oridi village
before being taken to hospital.
It is true we have a cholera outbreak in the county and
there are currently 122 patients
admitted in various health facilities, he said.
The outbreak is thought
to have found its way into the
county from neighbouring

Migori where it killed more
than six people.
The executive said they
have put in place measures to
ensure spread of the disease is
curbed.
HEALTH CONCERN
We have formed cholera management committees

dealing with surveillance, case
management, contact tracing,
health promotion and public
protection, he said.
Mr Oteng said they are also
partnering with NGOs, such as
Plan International, to ensure
cholera is eradicated as well
as addressing health issues af-
fecting the county.

Speaking at Governor Cyprian Awitis office, Director
Carol Sherman said her organisation is committed to
enhancing the countys living
standards.
We are undertaking many health related programmes
and are also sponsoring bright
needy children to further their
education, she said.
The governor assured residents that measures have
been put in place to help curb
spread of the disease.
We are ready to work with
any organisation that is ready
to transform residents lives,
he said.
KISUMU COUNTY
Drive seeks to improve ECDE centres

BBy Rushdie Oudia
The county administration
and a non-governmental organisation have partnered to
improve Early Childhood Development Education in the
region.
Plan International Country
Director Carol Sherman said
the project will focus on establishment of ECDE centres.
Plans early childhood care
and development work focuses on supporting childrens
development during this vi-
tal period ensuring they are

physically healthy, cognitively stimulated and emotionally resilient, said Sherman at
Governor Jack Rangumas office yesterday.
safety risks
A study carried out late last

year on the status of education
in Kisumu County established
that the physical environment
in many ECDE centres does
not support learning.
According to the study, the
centres lack perimeter fences,
foot paths and sanitary facilities, exposing the children to

health and safety risks.
The survey also established
that structures in most ECDE
centres are dilapidated and
that only 36.9 per cent of the
schools sampled had a feeding
programme.
Youth, Education and
Sports County Executive Jennifer Kerre said they will also
train ECDE centres administrators and parents on their
obligations towards improvement of childrens education.
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Ranguma, Odinga feud escalates

KISUMU COUNTY
BBy DENNIS ONYANGO

AND RUSHDIE OUDIA
Kisumu Assembly Acting Speaker Gabriel Ochieng (right) leaves the chamber
with Governor Jack Ranguma after the re-opening of the house yesterday. [PHO-
TO: TITUS MUNALA/STANDARD]
The differences between Kisumu

Governor Jack Ranguma and his deputy Ruth Odinga played out yesterday during the official opening of the
county assembly.
Last week, Ms Odinga attended the
opening of the assembly that never
took off due to lack of a quorum, an
event that was skipped by the governor and 37 area ward representatives.
But yesterday, she snubbed the
event which was officially opened by
Ranguma and attended by members
of the county assembly (MCAs), residents and the clergy.
Security remained tight during the
event, with the administration police
deployed to assist the county askaris
following earlier reports that a group
of people had planned to disrupt the
function.
In the assembly, there was no end
Residents boycott TV after channels switch off

KAKAMEGA COUNTY
BBy Robert Amalemba
Majority of Kakamega residents are
adamant that they will stay without
watching TV until KTN, NTV and Citizen are returned on air by the Communications Authority.
A survey by The Standard in the
town revealed unpreparedness to invest in the set top boxes required to
receive the digital signal and a reluctance to buy news are among the
factors that are contributing to the TV
boycott.
David Shikala, a business man in
Lurambi said he reads mischief into
the move by the Government to compel Kenyans to watch certain channels.
I fear that we could be returning to the dark ages where Government-friendly stations were allowed
on air and assertive ones which command a wide viewership are shunned.
We all watched the Supreme Court
rule to grant broadcast rights to KTN,
Citizen and NTV. Why is someone de-
fying that? he posed.

Moses Mulimi, the owner of Oasis
Hotel, said he has already incurred
huge losses after clients who used to
watch news at his hotel vanished.
He said although he is a pay TV
subscriber, most residents prefer Kenyan channels which air local news.
I used to have a lot of customers
who used to come to this hotel especially to watch news, but I dont see
them any more. Yes, I access some stations, but they are not satisfying my
clients, he said.
no interest
He added: Today people come, eat

and go without even caring to check if
my TV is on.
Charles Atsulu, a driver in the town,
said he now relies radio and newspaper for news following the switch off.
I cant watch something that
doesnt please me. I have decided that
henceforth, I will only be using my TV
set to watch movies until the standoff
is resolved, he said.
Geoffrey Khasiani, a boda boda op-
A man reads a CA message on his TV

screen.
erator, said he would rather not comment about the switch off because he
had other more important matters to
worry about.
Majority of residents said they will
stay put until the three stations unveil
their boxes.
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to the differences that has now spilled

to the executive as the deputy speaker Pamela Jossy, who was to chair the
session in the absence of the speaker, was blocked from accessing the
speakers gallery.
Speaker Anne Adul was last week
barred, albeit temporarily, from running her office by the industrial court
following a petition challenging her
reinstatement by the county assembly.
time limits
This follows two applications filed

by both Ms Adul and the county assembly which were later consolidated so as to be heard together due to
time limits.
Yesterdays session was instead
chaired by Acting Speaker Gabriel Ochieng who urged the legislative
and the executive arms of the county
government to put aside their differences and work together for growth.
At the beginning of the event, tension reigned in the assembly as the
BUNGOMA COUNTY
deputy speaker tried to forcefully enter the speakers gallery but she was
stopped by the sergeant at arms.
North Seme Ward Representative
James Dianga said whatever transpired in the house was an illegality
and against the court order.
The person who should preside
over the session should be from the
speakers panel and not any other as
ruled by the court, said Mr Dianga,
warning that the opening of the assembly for the second time was itself
against the law.
key reforms
Governor Ranguma took the opportunity to issue the countys development status report, coming in the
wake of a report released by the World
Bank indicating the county government only spent one per cent of its
funding on development.
Although Odinga had supported
the report, Ranguma said his administration has made key reforms in many sectors of the countys economy.
KISUMU COUNTY
Locals demand relocation of

mini leather processing unit
Appellate court frees man

convicted of robbery
Residents of Khalaba Ward are

demanding the relocation of a mini
leather processing unit planned to be
built in the area.
Led by County Assembly Majority
Leader Okumu Majimbo they said the
intended facility would have health
implications, owing to its closeness to the
town centre. They also claimed residues
from the plant would be washed into
River Khalaba, which serves the large
population.
Mr Majimbo, who has written several
protest letters to the Agriculture,
Livestock, Co-operative and Fisheries
Department in the county, said the
project would not fit due to scarcity of
land and environmental degradation.
The facility is located on a windward
side of Bungoma and will cause air
pollution in the town. The land is also
very small thus it does not create room
for buffer zone to be able to mitigate the
impacts of the project on the residents,
reads part of the letter.
A man who was sentenced to death

over robbery with violence charges has
found reprieve after an Appellate court
in Kisumu set him free.
Justices David Maraga, Festus
Azangalala and Sankale Ole Kantai said
the evidence given against Kennedy
Okombo was insufficient and one of
important witness failed to appear
before court so as to give a link of how
a stolen phone changed hands.
Okombo had been charged with
robbery with violence on which it
was alleged he had stolen properties
totaling Sh183,750 on the same night.
It was misdirection for the courts to
hold that people with similar scars as
the one carried by the appellant could
not be found. The identification parade
was not properly conducted, Justice
maraga said.
In his appeal, Okombo had faulted
the High Court for relying on the
doctrine of recent possession of the
phone.
RIFT VALLEY / Page 25
Sh10m used to sponsor 102 students

BOMET COUNTY
BBy Gilbert Kimutai
Bursaries worth Sh10 million have
been distributed to 102 needy students joining form one in various secondary schools.
Governor Isaac Ruto said the money will cover the students yearly fees
adding that the county will sponsor
them until they complete their secondary education.
Beneficiaries of these bursaries
were picked by school committees
in the 25 wards and forwarded to the
county government. The requirement
was that they had to be candidates
who performed well but their parents were unable to pay school fees
for them, he said.
MORE FUNDS
The governor said the county government will in future sponsor more
students if the Government increases
funds allocated to counties.
TRANS NZOIA COUNTY

Sh500m to be used for
semen production centre
The national government will
use Sh500 million to construct the
second semen production centre to
address the shortages of heifers.
Construction works is set to
start next month at Agricultural
Development Corporation (ADC)
near Kitale at the corporations
Sabwani farm.
ADC Managing Director Andrew
Tuimur who handed over the 100
acres of land for the project said the
bull station will help dairy farmers
improve their breeds by ensuring
access to low cost semen.
The centre will produce 1
million doses of semen per year,
and will serve farmers in North and
south Rift region. We also plan to
export the product to neighbouring
countries like South Sudan, Uganda,
Rwanda and Burundi, said Dr
Turmur.
Despite the fact that we get only Sh42 million from Treasury for the
education sector which is partially devolved, the county government has allocated in its yearly budget Sh700 million to the sector, Ruto said.
The governor said his administration has employed 1,000 Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) teachers to teach in nursery
schools.
We are spending Sh54 million to
put up 154 ECDE centres across the
county, he said.
At the same time, the county government has built several day schools
to accommodate the rising number of
students joining form one and also to
help raise learning institutions retention rate.
The governor was speaking at the
county headquarters when he distributed cheques to the benefiting
students.
The function was attended by
Deputy Governor Stephen Mutai, Executive members Rachel Ngeno (Ed-
ucation), David Cheruiyot (Finance),

Eddah Biegon (Roads) and Patricia
Lasoi (Urban Planning).
Ruto criticised the Government
for allocating Sh14 million to polytechnics per county saying the money
was too little and should be increased
tenfold for meaningful infrastructural development to be realised in these
learning institutions.
We should be realistic in handing out budgetary allocations to key
sectors in the country that will have
a direct impact on development and
well-being of the people, he said.
MORE SPONSORS
Apart from the students sponsored

by the county government, another 32
candidates from the county benefited
from the Wings to Fly scholarships by
Equity Bank.
Another six were beneficiaries of
the Cooperative Bank of Kenya while
another five secured full sponsorship
from the Kenya Commercial Bank
Foundation.
Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto who has said increased allocations from the
Government will make it possible to cater for more needy, bright students.
[PHOTO: FILE]
Kemsa strikes partnership with counties

Nakuru county
deputy Governor Joseph
Ruto, Kemsa
CEO John Munyu
and Board
chairman
Solomon
Karanja at a
Nakuru
meeting. [PHOTO:
NAKURU COUNTY
BBy Karanja Njoroge
The Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (Kemsa) has entered in a partnership with county governments to
manage medical supplies in county
hospitals.
Governor Kinuthia Mbugua lauded the agency for embracing devolution and adopting a new business
model that partners with the counties.
Mr Mbugua said achieving integrated healthcare services is a key
objective of devolved governance and
will fill gaps that existed in the previous centralised system.
The Kemsa supermarket model has proved very useful in availing
quality and affordable medical supplies to the counties of which all Rift
Valley counties are beneficiaries, he
said.
In a speech read on his behalf by
deputy Governor Joseph Ruto during
the regions Kemsa stakeholders forum in Nakuru, the governor said suc-
JOSEPH KIPSANG]
cess in the devolved healthcare services can only be realised through

collaboration.
NEW CHALLENGES
Mbugua noted that Kemsa distributed commodities worth over Sh1.2

billion free-of-charge in September
2013, when devolution of health care
was taking root.
Kemsa Chief Executive Officer

John Munyu said in the last financial quarter, Nakuru had spent Sh245
million on drugs, followed by Baringo (Sh158 million) and Turkana (Sh96
million).
Our aim is to look to challenges the counties go through, then see
how we can improve health services
to the public, he said.
BOMET COUNTY
No shoddy work, MP tells
road contractors
Road contractors whose output
is sub-standard will be blacklisted
and possibly forfeit their payment,
Bomet Central MP Ronald Tonui has
warned.
Speaking when he toured his
constituency yesterday to monitor
ongoing grading and murraming
of roads, Tonui said contractors
are expected to deliver results that
match residents expectations.
I have gone round and seen
that some contractors have done
their level best while others have
just done substandard work. This is
a wake up call to those who do not
perform, we shall bar them from
future works and even stop their
pay, he said.
WEST POKOT COUNTY
ELGEYO MARAKWET COUNTY

Parents urged to monitor
education of children
Residents in the semi-arid Kerio
Valley of Elgeyo Marakwet County
have been challenged to supervise
the education of their children.
This comes after a consortium
of professionals from the area
discovered that the learners were left
to their teachers with no supervision
from parents.
The professionals raised concern
about parents not closely monitoring
the performance and conduct of
their children leading to a decline in
educational standards.
Parents should closely monitor
the performance of their children
in schools. They should know what
they are being taught, said Thomas
Kasigane, one of the professionals
from the area.
Granny, 70, arrested for killing infant

grandson after drinking spree
NAKURU COUNTY
BBy Mercy Kahenda
A 70-year-old woman is being held
at Bondeni police station for allegedly strangling her three-month-old
grandson in Langa Langa estate of
Nakuru town.
The babys mother Mary Logoru
claimed the suspect had gone on a
drinking spree in one of the pubs located along Kanu Street in the estate
before returning home drunk.
The 31-year-old mother of two
said the suspect came to the house
and strangled her son while she had
gone to a nearby shop to buy paraffin.
But Ms Lugoru was also later ar-
rested for allegedly being the accomplice to the heinous act.

Area Chief George Nganga said
he received information from Nyumba Kumi initiative leader that the two
had gone to take alcohol and returned
home at 9.30pm on Sunday night before the infant was killed.
unfortunate scene
I received information from Langa Langa Nyumba Kumi cluster leader

saying the two left home on a drinking spree and on coming back, the
granny strangled the infant, said Mr
Nganga.
According to Nganga, the suspect had earlier threatened to kill the
minor, allegations confirmed by her

mother.
We interrogated the mother who
confirmed the suspect has been making threats that she would kill one of
the children, he said.
During the arrest, another minor
was also found drunk in the house
with severe injuries suspected to have
been inflicted by the accused.
The grandmother had tried to
send away the three-year-old grandson who was also in the house before
she strangled the minor. The boy was
totally imbibed and it was an unfortunate scene, the chief said.
The body of the infant was taken
to Nakuru County Mortuary.
Revise revenue sharing

formula, commission told
Governor Simon Kachapin wants
the formula to allocate counties
revenue reviewed.
The governor said the Sh4.2
billion that the semi-arid region was
allocated in the current financial year
cant meet its development needs.
Some regions that are already
developed receive more funds than
those that were marginalised for a
long time, he said, adding that the
less developed counties will continue
lagging behind if the formula is not
reviewed.
Page 26 / RIFT VALLEY
Concern over married

women undergoing FGM
ELGEYO MARAKWET COUNTY
BBy Fred Kibor
There is an emerging trend that is
seeing an increase in the number of
married women undergoing Female
Genital Mutilation (FGM).
Woman Rep Dr Susan Chebet said
perpetrators have devised ingenious
ways of circumcising these women
with the cut often being administered
during childbirth so as not to arouse
suspicion.
This is a worrying new trend
where newly married women are coerced to undergo FGM by older married women who still value the retrogressive practise, she said.
The woman rep was speaking at
Bugar trading centre during the an-
WEST POKOT COUNTY

Governors want school
infrastructure devolved
Two governors in the North Rift have
challenged the national government
to devolve education infrastructure
development function as the county
bosses were well versed with pressing
needs at the grassroots.
Speaking separately, governors
Patrick Khaemba (Trans Nzoia) and
Simon Kachapin (West Pokot) said most
schools lacked adequate infrastructure.
They attributed the poor schools
infrastructure development to
centralised management system and
argued that leaders at the national
level do not focus much on grassroots
matters.
Mr Khaemba regretted that for
50 years since the country attained
independence, the national government
had played a little role to improve
infrastructure in schools.
He said county governments
were better placed to handle the
development of essential structures.
nual zero tolerance to FGM campaign

organised by World Vision.
She said in the past two years, over
20 married women have been subjected to the cut adding that in Bugar, Keiyo North, seven women were rounded
up and circumcised.
MORE EFFORT
The experience is traumatising

and does not add value to the women.
We therefore need to empower them
on enriching the mind and not causing bodily harm, the legislator said.
Dr Chebet noted that despite the
area recording a significant drop in
FGM cases, more still needs to be
done so as to eliminate the vice and
warned that perpetrators face arrest
and prosecution.
Whenever a girl undergoes circumcision in Keiyo, her father holds
a special feast in her honour and this

makes other girls also want to experience the same hence opt for the cut,
she said.
Compared to other regions Elgeyo Marakwet stands at less than
30 per cent FGM prevalence rate due
to increased sensitisation by lobby
groups and my Tumdo nee Lel initiative meaning Alternative rite of passage which champions for abandonment of the practice, she said
The woman rep said her alternative rite of passage curriculum has
trained more 6,000 girls on empowerment, highlighting issues to do with
health care and moral ethics as well as
progressing their careers.
Our target is young girls between
the ages of 9-20 and so far we have
been successful in rescuing many
who run away from the cut, she said.
Woman Rep Dr Susan Chebet said more married woman are getting the cut
especially during childbirth. [PHOTO: ELIUD KOSGEY/STANDARD]
Tribunal to hear majority leader post row

NAKURU COUNTY
BBy Karanja Njoroge
The dispute over the sacking of
leader of majority will now be handled by the political parties tribunal.
The tribunal is expected to hear
submissions from the various parties
in the dispute, with former Majority
Leader Mwaura Njenga expected to
appear before it on February 24.
Mr Mwaura claims his removal from office was unprocedural and
had earlier challenged it at the High
Court before the matter was referred
to the tribunal.
Justice Abigael Mshila, who heard
the case, ruled that according to the
Political Parties Act, the matter should
be resolved by the Political Parties Tribunal as the dispute was between a
political party and a member.
The majority leader was represented by Nakuru-based advocate John
Githui.
Naivasha East Ward Ward Rep
Samuel Waithuki, who was appointed
to replace Mwaura, promised to respect the tribunals decision.

I will not contest the ruling of
the tribunal after making submissions and I am comfortable to continue serving the people of Naivasha
East ward as their elected leader, Mr
Waithuki said.
poor leadership
MCAs allied to Mwaura led by Florence Njoroge (Elburgon) and Gitau

Kamau (Visoi) welcomed the decision
to refer the matter to the political parties tribunal and expressed optimism
that justice will be done.
Mwaura was ousted in June last
year by Jubilee Coalition MCAs who
accused him of poor leadership.
The decision to sack him and
his deputy Leah Serem was reached
during a meeting of TNA and URP
MCAs.
The decision to replace Mwaura came as a surprise as he had appeared to be enjoying a cordial relationship with majority of the MCAs
and the speaker.
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Leader of Majority Samuel Waithuki.

His predecessor, Mwaura Njenga,
has challenged his sacking.
Yesterday, the MCAs said the tussle should not be create enmity between them as each person had a
right to support whichever side he or
she wished.
NAKURU COUNTY
Court refers former
workers to conciliation
More than 100 former workers
at the Naivasha-based Karuturi
Ltd have been directed by the
Industrial Court in Nakuru to appear
before Naivasha Labour office for
conciliation.
Justice Stephen Radido also
stopped the flower farm from
evicting the former employees from
the companys houses pending the
hearing of the case.
Bernard Mukolwe and 122 others
had moved to Industrial Court after
Karuturi management issued notices
for them to vacate company houses
in July 17, last year.
The Kenya Plantation and
Agricultural Workers Union told the
court the claimants were entitled
to stay in the companys houses
three months after declaration of
their redundancy and a further 30
days on transfer of ownership of
the farm.
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Kenyas sweet petrodollar dream
Weak prices directly
affect oil sector as
exploration firms reevaluate their budgets
in light of falling
crude prices
$200m
$50
Fit for $50 oil in Africa $35.01
Stocks trade in seven-day
winning streak
By FRANKLINE SUNDAY
London-based Tullow Oil, for example,

has reduced its global 2015
exploration budget to $200 million
At about $50 a barrel, crude oil prices
are down by more than half from their
June 2014 peak of $107
Africa has one of the highest average
finding costs in the world at a massive
$35.01 per barrel in 2009
Will the
boom go bust?
Kenyas hopes of earning massive
Kenyas share market gained

ground for the seventh-straight
session with the all share index
closing at a new record high
yesterday. The all share index
closed at a fresh record high of
172.90 points, led higher by gains
in mid- and small-cap companies.
Agriculture firm Kakuzi Ltd surged
nearly 10 per cent to close at
Sh291 per share. This shows
the rally is really broadening out
to the intermediate and small
cap companies, said Aly Khan
Satchu, an independent trader and
analyst. This years rally has been
driven by foreign funds looking for
investments elsewhere in Africa
after Nigerian markets tumbled, in
a rout triggered by weak oil prices.
Benign economic fundamentals
like lower inflation due to the drop
in the price of crude oil have also
enhanced the appeal of Kenyan
equities this year. Reuters
SA aims to boost gas

import facilities
South Africa plans to improve its
pipelines and ports to allow for
more gas imports for use in power
generation, the acting director
general of the Department of
Energy said yesterday. Africas
most advanced economy is
dependent on coal for power and
also uses relatively expensive
diesel for turbines. State-run
power utility Eskom, which is
implementing controlled power
blackouts in a bid to keep the lights
on as demand threatens to outstrip
supply, plans to replace diesel with
gas to run its generators within
the next three years to save on
costs. Cash-strapped Eskoms
woes are spurring the search
for other sources of energy for
power generation such as gas.
Infrastructure in landing gas
is lacking. We want it as quick
as possible, in the next 24 to 30
months, Wolsey Barnard told
Reuters on the sidelines of an
Africa energy conference.
revenue from new oil discoveries

have been put on ice as the adverse
effects of falling global oil prices continue to cascade on oil producing
economies.
This comes following reports that
oil and gas prospecting companies in
Africa might have to reduce their exploration and production activities
in light of falling international crude
oil prices.
According to a report by consulting firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers dubbed Fit for $50 oil in Africa; Will the boom go bust, Kenya is
one of the countries that stands to
be adversely affected as oil and gas
explorers in Africa re-evaluate their
budgets.
February 2015
Reduced Budgets
Oil and gas explorers will be

scrutinising (and likely reducing)
their budgets and deciding where to
allocate their limited capital spend
given the new price environment,
stated Chris Bredenhann, PwC Africa Oil and Gas Advisory Leader.
The emerging position will directly affect Kenyan personnel and
companies that provide services to
exploring companies like Britains
Tullow Oil as companies mull over
terest from global oil and gas investors in the last three years.
PwC findings now states that as
global oil prices continue to fall,
oil producing countries will bear
the full brunt of price shocks with
new producers like Kenya following suit, albeit to a lesser degree.
For countries in West Africa, which
are already highly dependent on oil
exports, it means potential austerity
measures and budget reviews, read
in part the report.
Potential risks
Explorers will
be scrutinising
their budgets and
deciding where
to allocate their
limited capital
spend.
www.pwc.co.za
scaling down operations and possible job-cuts to save on costs.

Kenya has been bullish about the
prospects of becoming an exporter of
oil ever since Tullow Oil and partner,
Africa Oil Corporation, announced
discoveries of an estimated 600 million barrels of oil in the South Lokichar Basin back in 2012.
Since then, there have been other
significant finds that have more than
doubled the countrys estimated production capacity with the Government mulling construction of an an
oil pipeline for export to the region.
At the same time, Kenyas relative political stability, advanced infrastructure and an affordable prospecting
licence regime relevant to other oil
producing countries has fuelled in-
According to PwC, oil and gas

players expected to be most likely at risk from the drop in the oil
price including frontier areas, host
governments, major gas projects
and oilfield service companies.
In Kenya, several companies including Tullow Oil and Swala Energy have
all announced cuts in their exploration budgets.
Logistics company, Atlas Development and Support Services, which offers drilling support to oil companies
has since indicated a shift towards
geothermal drilling in a move aimed
at widening its business portfolio to
grow its revenue base.
PwC is quick to caution that oil
companies do not make their investment decisions based on short-term,
cyclical price changes but rather on
wider price trends given the longterm nature of their investments.
Canadian exploration company, Africa Oil Corporation, has on
the other hand stated that it will be
putting in Sh11 billion into on-going appraisal and per-development
works at its Turkana exploration sites.
Oil and gas companies now need
to plan for the upturn that is sure to
follow to ensure that the potential
boom does not go bust, states Bredenhann.
NSSF, KRA agree to resolve Sh2.1b tax row out of court

By KAMAU MUTHONI
The Sh2.1 billion tax dispute between National Social Security Fund
(NSSF) and Kenya Revenue Authority
might be settled out of court.
The decision to have the dispute
resolved out of the corridors of justice was arrived at after the two parties requested the High Court judge
Fred Ochieng to give them a month
to resolve their differences.
We are seeking to have 30 days to
record a settlement, the court heard.
The tax man was demanding Sh2.1
billion from the NSSF for income tax
arrears related to valuation of assets
of the workers retirement fund.
However, NSSF, while disputing
the claim by the tax authority filed
Justice Fred Ochieng

a case in the High Court citing that
it was exempted by law from paying
taxes.
The workers retirement fund fur-
ther termed the decision to impose

the tax on its income from 2004 to
2006, as discriminatory adding that
KRA was mum about tax charges between 2002 and 2003.
NSSF claimed that the tax assessment for the years 2004 and 2005 was
done in 2013 after lapse of the seven-year window and should therefore be rejected.
On the other hand, KRA argued
that the exempt status could have
only been attained upon compliance
with the exemption rules, failure to
which tax on their income becomes
applicable.
The taxman told the court that the
exempt status had been withdrawn,
but NSSF failed to comply with the
conditions that were set.
KRA said the clause in the Income

Tax Act makes it mandatory for NSSF to comply with the prescribed condition so as to qualify for exemption.
NSSF in documents filed in the
court argued that in June last year,
it lodged a claim for tax refund of
Sh904.9 million for the year 1996 and
1997 in which the taxman instead demanded a Sh2.1 billion income tax arrears.
KRA in its demand note indicated that total credit in favour of NSSF
stood at Sh425.5 million and that NSSF ought to pay Sh953.9 million as a
penalty for non-compliance, bringing
the total to Sh2.1 billion.
Mention shall be on March 25, to
record a settlement, justice Ochieng
directed.
TODAY IN BUSINESS / Page 29
State assures investors,

promises stable policies
TENDER NOTICE
INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)
Tender No. KCDP/02/2014-2015:
FOR Procurement of Motor Vehicle
Project Name: Kenya Coastal Development Project
Project ID No: P094692.
Purchaser: Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute
CREDIT No: 4801-KE
Invitation for Bids (IFB)
Name of Borrower: THE GOVERNMENT OF KENYA
Name of Project: KENYA COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
(KCDP)
CREDIT No. 4801-KE
BBy Nicholas Waitathu

The Government has conceded that a number companies have closed shop in recent
times due to harsh business environment in
the country.
Industrialisation and Enterprise Development Cabinet Secretary Adan Mohamed
agreed that in the last 20 years, working environment for companies has not been conducive and thus led to low production. This has
led to loss of jobs, revenue to the Government
and low production.
We know there has been very little focus in
manufacturing sector for the last two decades
leading to some firms closing down. This has
denied the country substantial revenue as well
as contributed to massive job losses, he said.
production line
The flight from Kenya has equally affected the size of the Gross Domestic Product
(GDP),Mohamed said during the launch of
Associated Battery Manufacturers (ABM) East
Africa Ltds Sh600 million maintenance-free
battery production line in Nairobis Industrial Area yesterday.
ABM Managing Director Guy Jack said the
new Sh600 million investment would boost local production. With exports throughout East
Central and Southern Africa, ABM has become
a significant contributor to Kenyans essential
foreign exchange earners, and our products,
ambassadors to Kenyas manufacturing potential, he added.
Mohamedwho was accompanied by Prin-
From left: Industrialisation CS Adan Mohamed, ABM Production Manager Stanley

Nganga and Managing Director Guy Jack
during a tour of the firms plant in Nairobi.
[PHOTO: MURAGE WAWERU/STANDARD]
cipal Secretary Wilson Songa observed that

for a long time inadequate energy production has continued to deny the country the
chance to enhance its competitiveness.
The move has seen some investors flee
the country to take advantage of cheaper
production costs elsewhere. This is despite
Kenya being the gateway to East Africa.
The number of multinational companies
the country has lost in the recent past include
Procter & Gamble, Mecer, Colgate Palmolive,
Castle Breweries and Tesco Supermarket.
Last year, Cadbury Kenya and Eveready
Ltd closed down their production lines complaining of high cost of production.
According to the Economic Survey 2014,
the countrys manufacturing sector registered 3.4 per cent growth in 2011, but declined to 3.2 per cent in 2012. The decline is
blamed on high cost of production and stiff
competition from imports.
However, in 2013 the growth increased to
4.8 per cent thus contributing 8.9 per cent of
the GDP and provided 12.4 per cent of employment in the formal sector.
We know that the contribution of the
manufacturing sector to the GDP is wanting. Our concern is how to reverse the trend
and thus accommodate more investors in the
local market, said Mr Songa.
AoN Kenya, UAP unveil

post-retirement health cover
BBy James Wanzala
AON Kenya Insurance Brokers Ltd and UAP
Insurance Company have unveiled a new product that allows someone to save towards funding health costs after retirement.
The product dubbed Afya Akiba will allow
someone save as low as Sh1,000, which can be
remitted monthly, quarterly, or annually with
members contributions also divided into savings and life assurance portions. The contributions can be used as collateral for mortgages.
Speaking during the launch yesterday, National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich
described the introduction of Afya Akiba product in the market as timely. He said the move
resonates with three key policy priorities that
the Government is implementing under Vision
2030.
He regretted that medical insurance provid-
ers often discriminate against elderly persons

either through prohibitive premiums or outright denial of service.
The level of insurance penetration and
coverage in Kenya has remained low but it is
the expectation that the introduction of new
and innovative products will boost penetration
and coverage rates, added Rotich.
young people
AON Kenya Insurance Brokers Ltd Chief Operating Officer Sammy Muthui said, There is
need to address savings and financial literacy
among young people since if these people get
to old age without savings, it will be a crisis.
Apart from securing members future medical costs, the plan will allow them to receive returns from the Afya Akiba fund and can withdraw up to 30 per cent from the accrued savings
and the balance utilised in annuity, income
draw-down and fund administration options.
IFB Title:SUPPLY & DELIVERY OF MOTOR VEHICLE

IFB Number:TENDER NO. KCDP/02/2014-2015
1.
This Invitation for Bids follows the General Procurement Notice for this Project that appeared in
Development Business, issue no of 26th July 2011.
2. The Government of Kenya has received credit from the International Development Association
toward the cost of Kenya Coastal Development Project and it intends to apply part of the
proceeds of this credit to payments under the Contract for Motor Vehicles.
3. The Kenya Marine & Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) now invites sealed bids from eligible
and qualified bidders for Supply and delivery of Motor Vehicles.
Item No. Description
1
Heavy Duty, Hard Top Field Utility Vehicle, 4 X 4,
4.
Quantity
1
Bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive Bidding (NCB) procedures specified
in the World Banks Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, and is open to
all bidders from Eligible Source Countries as defined in the Guidelines.
5. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from The Director, Kenya Marine &
Fisheries Research Institute, (Attention: Chief Supplies Officer) procurement@kmfri.co.ke
and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given in paragraph 10 below:
6.
Qualifications requirements include:

i. Audited Statements of accounts for financial year 2011, 2012 and 2013
ii. Certificate(s) of incorporation.
iii. Proof of similar contracts in scope and value during the last three years
iv. Documentary evidence to demonstrate that the models/brands offered have been in
use in the Kenyan market for the past 5 years.
v. To submit a written confirmation for provision of after sales service(s)
7.
A complete set of Bidding Documents in ENGLISH may be purchased by interested bidders

upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Kenya Shillings 1,000.00 or equivalent in a freely
Convertible currency. The method of payment will be in Cash or Bankers Cheque in favour
of: Director/KMFRI - Kenya Coastal Development Project. Bidding Documents may be sent by
courier at the Bidders expense.
8. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 20th March, 2015 at 12.00 NOON.
Electronic bidding will NOT be permitted. Late bids will be rejected. Tenders shall be dropped
into the Tender Box situated outside the Chief Supplies Officers office, Kenya Marine &
Fisheries Research Institute, Mombasa. Bulky bid documents that cannot go through the
slot of the Tender Box, shall be submitted directly to the office of Chief Supplies Officer
KMFRI ground floor of conference building Room number (CB03). Bids will be opened in
the presence of the bidders representatives who choose to attend in person on 20th March,
2015 at 12.00 NOON
9.
All bids must be accompanied by bid security as follows:

Lot Description
1 Heavy duty, hard top field utility vehicle, 4 x 4
Bid Security amount in KES.

150,000.00
10. The address referred to in paragraph 5 above is:

THE DIRECTOR
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute
East African Time: 0900 to 1500 hours.
SILOS ROAD, ENGLISH POINT - MKOMANI
MOMBASA. Email: procurement@kmfri.co.ke / info@kcdp.co.ke
Telephone: +254-20-2353904 or +254-20-8041560/1/ +254 020 8021560/1
www.kcdp.co.ke, FBkeycdp, twitter@keycdp
Tel: +254 41 475154 or +25420 8041560/1, +254 020 8021560/1
Dated: 18th February, 2015
Page 30 / STOCKS
Kenya Ferry projects

passenger numbers
to top 180m by 2018
The company is witnessing

an unprecedented surge in
vehicular and human traffic
along the Likoni channel
Nairobi Stocks
MAIN INVESTMENT MARKET
Last 12 Months Sector
Prices Previous shares
AGRICULTURAL
100.00 25.00
Eaagads Ltd Ord 1.25 AIMS
291.00 98.00
Kakuzi Ltd Ord.5.00
41.75
39.50
200
291.00
265.00
2,500
180.00 120.00
Kapchorua Tea Co. Ltd Ord Ord 5.00 AIMS
141.00
1,185.00 570.00
The Limuru Tea Co. Ltd Ord 20.00 AIMS
1,017.00
Rea Vipingo Plantations Ltd Ord 5.00
27.50
Sasini Ltd Ord 1.00
14.40
13.50
77,200
300.00
19.95
-
11.50
320.00 240.00
Williamson Tea Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 AIMS
AUTOMOBILES & ACCESSORIES
62.00
30.00
Car & General (K) Ltd Ord 5.00
52.00
51.50
600
13.60
8.00
Marshalls (E.A.) Ltd Ord 5.00
11.90
11.90
8,900
9.40
5.50
Sameer Africa Ltd Ord 5.00
6.45
6.55
5,800
19.15
five vessels
The two ferries will replace M.V. Mvita and

M.V. Pwani, which were decommissioned in
late 2012. The decommissioning has left Kenya
Ferry with five vessels in operations which include M.V. Nyayo, M.V Kilindini, M.V. Harambee, M.V. Likoni, and M.V. Kwale.
Since decommissioning of two ferries,
Mtongwe residents have had to use the Likoni
ferry crossing, putting more pressure on the
Likoni channel, Musa noted.
Kenya Ferry Services was established in 1989
by the Government and has played a pivotal role
in linking the island to the mainland south of
Mombasa. Unlike the northern side of Mombasa that is linked by bridges at Nyali, Mtwapa
Kilifi and Sabaki, the south coast depends solely on the ferries.
The service is operated freely for passengers
as a government social obligation and motorists
pay a minimal charge.
works, which will improve level of service, security and controlled access to meet international standards and thus position it as the premier
aviation hub of Africa. Ms Mbugua added.
The recognition of JKIA comes after the opening of the new Terminal 1A. The terminal, which
has three floors and includes duty free shops,
a food court, customer lounges, a mini market
among other facilities, has a capacity to handle
one-way peak hour traffic of 1,500 passengers.
The terminal has improved customer experience at JKIA, besides guaranteeing operational
efficiency, boosting security and improved quality of service to airport users.
On-going works at the airport include construction of Terminal 2, expected to be opened
at the end of this month. The new prefab terminal has a capacity to handle 2.5 million passengers annually and will cater for both international and domestic departures and arrivals.
The capacity injected by the new terminal
brings the capacity of JKIA to 7.5 million passengers annually. At the moment it handles an
estimated 6.5 million passengers annually.
Barclays Bank of Kenya Ltd Ord 0.50
16.85
16.75
385,900
CFC Stanbic of Kenya Holdings Ltd ord.5.00 133.00
132.00
15,900
280.00 202.00
Diamond Trust Bank Kenya Ltd Ord 4.00
244.00
48,300
63.00
29.50
Equity Group Holdings Ltd Ord 0.50
55.00
29.50
Housing Finance Co.Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00
147.00 120.00
I&M Holdings Ltd Ord 1.00
64.00
247.00
53.50
53.50 643,800
40.75
40.50
115,100
123.00
122.00
15,400
42.25
Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd Ord 1.00
39.25
22.25
National Bank of Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00
26.25
25.50
25,500
85.00
54.50
NIC Bank Ltd Ord 5.00
63.00
62.50
59.00
59.00 7,091,900
126,000
350.00 285.00
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Ord 5.00
347.00
344.00
4,300
25.00
The Co-operative Bank of Kenya Ord 1.00
20.50
20.25
921,700
8.50
have already been awarded..

We have already awarded tender to a Turkish shipyard company, Ozata Tersanececik Ltd
for design, build and commission basis, which
is expected to deliver the new ferries by Mid2016, said Musa.
15.30
155.00 85.00
JKIA scoops international award, rated

among top five best airports in Africa
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA)
has been recognised by Airports Council International (ACI) - a global trade representative of
airports - for its excellence in customer service.
The airport, currently the biggest in East and
Central Africa has been named the 5th best in Africa in the prestigious 2014 Airports Council International Airport Service Quality Awards.
The top four airports are Seewaasagoo Ramgoolam International Airport in Mauritius,
King Shaka, Cape Town and Oliver Tambo (all
of South Africa).
Kenya Airports Authority Managing Director
Lucy Mbugua described the recognition comes
at a time the airport is undergoing a major upgrades - a development that helps the facility
stamp its position as a regional hub. She noted
that the stature of JKIA has grown significantly in
recent years with the increased passengers and
cargo traffic into and out of the facility.
We expect even further growth going forward as more capacity is unlocked by on-going
17/02/15
HIGH LOW
17.00
COMMERCIAL AND SERVICES

3.80
Express Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 AIMS
6.30
6.25
Hutchings Biemer Ltd Ord 5.00
20.25
13.50
7.60
Kenya Airways Ltd Ord 5.00
10.00
10.20
241,400
30.75
8.00
Longhorn Kenya Ltd Ord 1.00 AIMS
9.30
9.30
11,800
27,700
345.00 230.00
Nation Media Group Ltd Ord. 2.50
262.00
265.00
3,700
78.00
40.00
Scangroup Ltd Ord 1.00
44.50
44.00
6,500
42.00
25.25
Standard Group Ltd Ord 5.00
43.00
41.25
900
50.00
32.00
TPS Eastern Africa Ltd Ord 1.00
36.00
37.00
39,000
19.50
8.00
Uchumi Supermarket Ltd Ord 5.00
10.95
11.50
39,900

CONSTRUCTION & ALLIED
96.50
88.00
88.00
129,800
214.00 135.00
Bamburi Cement Ltd Ord 5.00
154.00
152.00
58,700
165.00 76.00
Crown Paints Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00
165.00
159.00
100
76.00
15.75
17,000
66.00
70.00
17.00
13.50
110.00
51.00
ARM Cement Ltd Ord 1.00
E.A.Cables Ltd Ord 0.50 15.70

E.A.Portland Cement Co. Ltd Ord 5.00
1,200
ENERGY & PETROLEUM
14.20
8.70
KenGen Co. Ltd Ord. 2.50
10.50
7.90
KenolKobil Ltd Ord 0.05
18.00
12.85
7.50
5.30
-
Kenya Power & Lighting Ltd 7% Pref 20.00
10.70
10.35
10.25
10.20
66,600
16.95
16.65
425,500
Kenya Power & Lighting Ltd 4% Pref 20.00
5.30
Kenya Power & Lighting Co Ltd Ord 2.50
165,500
5.50
32.00
20.00
Total Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00
27.00
26.75
45,400
23.00
13.00
Umeme Ltd Ord 0.50
18.50
20.25
104,300
INSURANCE
40.00
16.40
British-American Investments Co. Ord 0.10
12.40
5.80
29.25 1,163,300
11.25
11.20
Jubilee Holdings Ltd Ord 5.00
540.00
539.00
15,700
21.00
16.00
Kenya Re Insurance Corporation Ltd Ord 2.50 18.35
18.45
59,700
26.00
14.75
23.25
24.50
30,000
Pan Africa Insurance Holdings Ltd Ord 5.00 118.00
118.00
1,100
145.00 87.00
CIC Insurance Group Ltd Ord.1.00
29.75
540.00 300.00
Liberty Kenya Holdings Ltd Ord. 1.00

INVESTMENT
84.50
34.25
10.85
2.50
31.00
18.00

28.00
BBy philip mwakio
unit trusts

BANKING
BBy Stanley Mwahanga

Kenya Ferry Services (KFS) projects daily
passenger numbers crossing Likoni Channel to
reach 500,000 in the next three years if the current trend continues.
Managing Director Musa Hassan said the
channel has been witnessing an unprecedented surge in vehicular and human traffic, indicating growing economic activity on both sides
of the waterway.
He said the company has seen a huge surge
in passenger numbers, with a two-fold growth
in the past five years, adding that in 2011, the
firm handled on average 150,000 passengers daily. He said the number has doubled within the
last three to four years.
We currently deal directly with more than
300,000 passengers and over 6,000 vehicles
crossing the Likoni channel between the island
and the South Coast mainland every day and
these numbers are likely to double if the same
pattern recorded in the past four years is replayed. Mr Musa (pictured) said in Mombasa yesterday.
Last year, around 108,000,000 passengers and
close to 2,000,000 motorists crossed the channel from the island to mainland and vice versa.
These included tourists and those who cross to
either side for work or business.
Increased economic activities on the mainland side, for instance expansion of operations
by Kwale Sugar and Base Titanium, coupled with
increased effort to promote tourism at the coast,
means more people will be crossing the channel
and this could easily double to daily passenger
numbers, said Musa.
He explained that the two new ferries procured by Kenya Ferry Services would help address commuter traffic when they arrive mid
next year, noting that the tenders for the ferries
15.00
331,700
Centum Investment Co Ltd Ord 0.50

Olympia Capital Holdings Ltd Ord 5.00
Trans-Century Ltd Ord 0.50 AIMS
62.50
62.50
305,200
6.15
6.40
11,700
19.60
19.60
2,300
INVESTMENT SERVICES
Nairobi Securities Exchange Ltd Ord 4.00
19.90
19.95
16,000
MANUFACTURING & ALLIED
A.Baumann & Co Ltd Ord 5.00 AIMS
11.10
200
190.00 123.00
B.O.C Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00
159.00
148.00
1,050.00 521.00
British American Tobacco Kenya Ltd Ord 10.00
46.75
Carbacid Investments Ltd Ord 1.00
19.60
345.00 212.00
East African Breweries Ltd Ord 2.00
5.35
2.65
Eveready East Africa Ltd Ord.1.00
192.00
4.40
Kenya Orchards Ltd Ord 5.00 AIMS
4.20
1.35
Mumias Sugar Co. Ltd Ord 2.00
56.50
18.00

15.15
10.60
Unga Group Ltd Ord 5.00
890.00
24.75
24.75
23,700
336.00
334.00
16,300
4.90
4.75
35,800
115.00
110.00
100
2.85
2.85 1,823,100
45.00
42.00
8,400
TELECOMMUNICATION & TECHNOLOGY

Safaricom Ltd Ord 0.05
14.85
14.85 3,230,000
GROWTH ENTERPRISE MARKET SEGMENT (GEMS)
13.75
11.50
Atlas Development & Support Services Ltd
11.60
11.90
14.00
8.00
Flame Tree Group Holdings Ltd Ord 0.825
8.95
8.70
13,000
6.50
3.20
Home Afrika Ltd Ord 1.00
3.80
3.80
395,600
1,500.00 1,500.00 Kurwitu Ventures Ltd Ord 100.00
1,500.00
23,800
NSE All Share Index. Up 0.45 points to close at 172.90

NSE 20-share Index. Up 46.03 points to close at 5403.72
Kenyan shilling firms on slack dollar demand, inflows
The shilling inched up in early trade yesterday, supported by lack

of dollar demand from importers as firms held onto the local
currency to meet their monthly tax obligations. At the opening
of trade, commercial banks posted the shilling at Sh91.40/50 per
dollar, slightly up from Mondays close of Sh91.50/60. There is
subdued dollar demand as we come to the tax payment period
and this is why we are seeing most importers staying aside as
they look to pay their tax obligations, said a trader at a commercial bank. Traders said the shilling, which is down 1.16 per
cent against the dollar this year, has also been buoyed by dollar
inflows targeting the sale today of a two-year and re-opened 10year Treasury bonds worth a total Sh25 billion.
Reuters
16/02/15
MONEY FUNDS
Amana Shilling Fund
British-American Money Market Fund
CBA Money Market Fund
GenCap Hela Fund
ICEA MONEY MARKET FUND
Madison Asset Money Market Fund
Old Mutual Money Market Fund
Pan Africa Pesa+ fund
UAP Money Market Fund
OTHER FUNDS
Amana Growth Fund
Amana Balanced Fund
British-American Equity Fund
British-American Balanced Fund
British-American Bond Plus Fund
British-American Managed Retirement Fund
CBA Equity Fund
GenCap Eneza Fund
GenCap Iman Fund
GenCap Hazina Fund
GenCap Hisa Fund
ICEA BOND FUND
ICEA EQUITY FUND
ICEA GROWTH FUND
Madison Asset Balanced Fund
Madison Asset Equity Fund
Old Mutual Equity Fund
Old Mutual Balanced Fund/Toboa
Old Mutual East Africa Fund
Old Mutual Bond Fund
Pan Africa Pata+ Fund
Pan Africa Chama+ Fund
UAP High Yield Bond Fund
UAP Enhanced Income Fund
UAP Dividend Maximizer Fund
Daily Yield
10.77%
10.78%
8.44%
11.99%
8.88%
10.46%
7.13%
10.93%
11.00%
Buy
120.82
121.40
216.26
196.49
139.01
134.96
170.68
131.24
119.04
113.27
138.99
92.28
158.62
147.51
68.62
53.04
415.34
165.01
161.35
100.66
10.50
10.78
10.65
10.95
10.76
exchange rates
E. A. Rate
11.32%
11.38%
8.75%
12.54%
9.28%
10.98%
7.37%
11.55%
11.63%
Sell
120.82
121.40
223.13
202.23
141.85
136.10
170.68
126.64
113.09
109.30
134.13
96.32
166.38
156.63
72.40
56.31
445.02
175.71
170.76
103.05
10.82
11.11
10.65
11.50
11.29
17/02/15
US DOLLAR
91.5367
STG POUND
140.7875
EURO 104.0181
SA RAND
7.8633
KES / USHS
31.2662
KES / TSHS
19.9920
KES / RWF
7.5162
KES / BIF
17.0938
AE DIRHAM
24.9212
CAN $
73.5678
S FRANC
98.2101
JPY (100)
77.2494
SW KRONER
10.8947
NOR KRONER
12.1076
DAN KRONER
13.9755
IND RUPEE
1.4703
HONGKONG DOLLAR
11.7999
SINGAPORE DOLLAR
67.5423
SAUDI RIYAL
24.3997
CHINESE YUAN
14.6363
AUSTRALIAN $
71.3529
bank rates
17/02/15
US DOLLAR
EURO

BUY SELL MARG BUY SELL MARG
A B C
91.46
EQUITY
91.53
I & M
91.50
DIAMOND TRUST 91.50
N I C
91.45
ECOBANK
91.40
1ST COMMUNITY 91.45
PRIME
91.45
MIDDLE EAST 91.50
CFC STANBIC 91.45
CITIBANK
91.50
C B A
91.40
N B K
91.50
BARCLAYS
91.40
STANDARD
91.42
K C B
91.55
BOA
91.50
CO-OP
91.40
91.56
91.63
91.60
91.60
91.65
91.60
91.55
91.65
91.60
91.65
91.60
91.60
91.60
91.60
91.62
91.65
91.60
91.60
0.10 103.93
0.10 104.02
0.10 103.93
0.10 103.90
0.20 103.93
0.20 103.88
0.10 103.92
0.20 103.92
0.10 103.98
0.20 103.92
0.10 103.92
0.20 103.87
0.10 103.98
0.20 103.87
0.20 103.90
0.10 103.87
0.10 103.98
0.20 103.87
104.05
104.16
104.05
104.14
104.18
104.11
104.06
104.17
104.11
104.17
104.06
104.11
104.11
104.11
104.14
104.11
104.11
104.11
0.12
0.14
0.12
0.24
0.25
0.23
0.14
0.25
0.13
0.25
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City Centre Forex Bureau 91.50 93.60 2.10 102.00 106.00 4.00
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Crown Bureau De Change 91.00 92.50 1.50 103.00 106.00 3.00
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Island Forex Bureau Ltd 91.50 91.80 0.30 104.20 104.80 0.60
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Kenza Exchange Bureau 90.50 92.50 2.00 103.00 105.50 2.50
Lache Forex Bureau Ltd 90.50 92.50 2.00 101.50 105.50 4.00
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Opposition outrage roils
South African parliament
The South African parliament
is supposed to be a sanctuary for
decorum. These days, it is anything
but. Yesterday, an opposition party
complained in parliament that their
chief had been called a cockroach
by the assembly speaker. A top
member of another opposition group
described President Jacob Zuma, who
was in the chamber at the time, as
a broken man who will eventually
be swept from power. Last week,
security guards entered parliament
to remove opposition lawmakers who
disrupted an annual address by Zuma
to demand that he answer questions
about a scandal. The ruling party has
dominated politics since 1994.
Judge stalls Obamas

action on immigration
A federal judge in Texas has
temporarily blocked President
Barack Obamas executive action on
immigration, giving a coalition of 26
states time to pursue a lawsuit that
aims to permanently stop the orders.
US District Judge Andrew Hanens
decision on Monday puts on hold
Obamas orders that could spare as
many as five million people who are
in the US illegally from deportation.
The decision does not judge the
merits of the case, but it is a blow to
a key Obama initiative that infuriated
Republicans. The Justice Department
planned to appeal the ruling after
Obama took the sweeping measures.
Proposed SA ban not on

residential land: Minister
A South African government
proposal to ban foreign nationals
from owning land will apply to
farms, not residential property, a
government minister was quoted as
saying yesterday. In his State of the
Nation address last week, President
Jacob Zuma said foreigners would be
barred from owning land and South
African citizens would not be able
to own more than 12,000 hectares,
or the equivalent of two farms. The
land the president is referring to
is productive land not residential,
Gugile Nkwinti, the minister for Rural
Development and Land Reform, was
quoted as saying on the website of
State broadcaster SABC.
Chinese regulator shuts

obscene dating websites
Chinas Internet regulator has
shut 65 dating and other matchmaking websites after accusing
them of spreading obscene content
and allowing registration with false
names, Xinhua state news agency
said yesterday. Sites closed included
ones with names like Get a one-night
stand and Playing with you net,
Xinhua said, citing the Cyberspace
Administration of China. These
websites allowed the use of false
identities at will to register ... or spread
obscene and lascivious content, the
report said. The circumstances were
serious and the effects terrible. State
media said last week the regulator
would target fraud on dating websites
and other online match-making sites.
Agencies
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www.standardmedia.
co.ke
US army pledges help in

fight against militants
America says it will
provide technology
that allows states to
swap information
NDJAMENA, Tuesday
The US military will provide communications equipment and intelligence to help African nations in the
fight against Nigerian Islamist group
Boko Haram, the commander of US
Special Forces operations in Africa
said.
West African military commanders have long complained that
cross-border operations against Islamist groups, from Al-Qaeda in the
Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in Mali to
Boko Haram in Nigeria, have been
obstructed by lack of compatible
communications equipment, making it hard to swap information and
co-ordinate.
Brigadier General James Linder
said as part of the annual US-backed
Flintlock counter-terrorism exercises this year in Chad, the US would
provide technology allowing African
partners to communicate between
cellphones, radios and computers.
FOUR NATIONS
The system also incorporates a

translation function that would allow commanders in francophone
countries like Chad to communicate
by message with English-speaking
officers in Nigeria, a US military officer said.
Boko Haram killed an estimated
Chadian special forces soldiers participate in the opening ceremony of Flintlock 2015, a military exercise organised by
the US military in Ndjamena on Monday. [PHOTO: REUTERS]
10,000 people last year in its campaign to carve an Islamist emirate
from northern Nigeria. Amid growing international alarm, the four nations of the Lake Chad region - Chad,
Niger, Cameroon and Nigeria - plus
neighbouring Benin are preparing a
joint task force of 8,700 men to take
on the Sunni jihadist group.
Chads military, which played a
leading role in a French-led campaign that ousted Islamist groups
from northern Mali in 2013, has al-
ready led attacks against Boko Haram positions in Nigerias border.

The Lake Chad nations are battling Boko Haram and we have a
vested interest in that group of nations collective success ... What
Boko Haram is doing is a murderous
rampage, about brutality, intolerance and subjugation, Linder said
in an interview late on Monday.
In the Flintlock exercises, the US
military will also be introducing a
Cloud-based technology to allows
African allies to quickly share intelligence across borders, such as mapping information on the location of
potential targets, Linder said.
The ninth edition of Flintlock,
grouping 1,300 soldiers from 28 African and Western nations, will emphasise the importance of troops
fostering strong relations with local
communities to gain intelligence on
insurgent groups.
Reuters
Blow to President Jonathan as Obasanjo quits ruling party

LAGOS, Tuesday
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has quit the ruling
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that
he helped found six weeks before an
election.
Obasanjo, a heavyweight in regional politics and godfather of many a Nigerian politician, had long expressed dismay over President
Goodluck Jonathans handling of the
Boko Haram Islamist insurgency and
corruption scandals in the oil sector.
Henceforth I will only be a Nigerian. I am ready to work with anybody regardless of his or her political
affiliation, he said in a statement

printed in the local press yesterday.
He tore up his party membership
card at his home in Abeokuta, southwest Nigeria, late on Monday, local
media reported.
Without Nigeria there will be no
PDP anymore ... What some of us
should be concerned about is how to
make Nigeria stronger, Obasanjo,
77, a former mentor of Jonathan,
said.
PDP spokesman Olisa Metuh said
the party was deeply saddened that
Chief Obasanjo, whom the PDP offered the platform to rule our nation
for eight years, could decide to aban-
don this party at this critical point in

time.
Obasanjos decision to dump the
party that helped smooth Nigerias
transition from decades of military
dictatorship to democracy when he
took power as a civilian president in
1999 was no great surprise.
In an interview with the Financial
Times last week, Obasanjo endorsed
Jonathans rival Muhammadu Buhari
of the opposition All Progressives
Congress (APC), a former military
ruler in the 1980s seen as tough on
security and corruption.
In 2013, Obasanjo wrote an open
letter to Jonathan urging him not to
seek a second elected term, likening

his tenure to that of General Sani
Abacha, whose five years of military
rule in the 1990s were marred by human rights abuses and the looting of
funds from Africas biggest oil producer.
He is also critical of Jonathan in
his autobiography launched this
month, which has been banned in
Nigeria.
The military on its website accused Obasanjo of indulging in
politicisation of serious national security or military affairs.
Reuters
NEWS OF THE WORLD / Page 33
Egypt wants UN-backed coalition on Libya

President says militants
must give up their arms
and work in a civil
context to end chaos
CAIRO, Tuesday
Egypts president said in a radio interview that creating a UN-backed coalition was the best course of action to
rid Libya of Islamic extremists.
Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, speaking to
Frances Europe 1 Radio, said Egyptian
airstrikes against Islamic State (IS)
group positions in Libya on Monday
were in self-defence.
The airstrikes were in retaliation for
the mass beheading on a beach of a
group of Egyptian Coptic Christians. A
video of the killings was release late
Sunday by a faction calling itself the
Tripoli Province of the IS.
We will not allow them to cut off the
heads of our children, he said yesterday. Asked whether he wanted to see a
UN-backed coalition for Libya, he said:
I think there is no choice.
DRAWS CRITICISM
We have abandoned the Libyan

people as prisoners of the militias ...
The militias have to give up their arms
and must work in a civil context. We
have to disarm and prevent arms from
falling into the hands of extremists, Sisi, a general-turned-politician, told the
French station in his first public comments after his countrys US-made
F-16s staged at least two rounds of airstrikes in Libya on Monday.
What happened is a crime, a monstrous terrorist crime that our children
have their throats cut in Libya and not
to react. Its a kind of self-defence accepted by the international community.
We will not allow them to cut off the
heads of our children, he said.
The Egyptian attacks drew harsh
criticism from Omar al-Hassi, the militia-supported prime minister in the capital, Tripoli.
Libyas elected and internationally recognised
parliament and government were forced to convene outside Tripoli when the capital was overrun
by Islamic and tribal militias last year.
An older parliament, supported by the militias, declared itself legitimate and formed a rival
government with al-Hassi at the head.
This treacherous aggression and the terror-
ism carried out by the Egyptian air force is a violation of Libyan sovereignty and a scandalous violation of the UN charter and international law,
said al-Hassi.
He accused the Egyptians of attacking Libya
without any solid proof that they were actually
striking the militants responsible for killing the
Egyptian Christians.
Sisi spoke with Frances president and Italys
prime minister about Libya on Monday, and sent
his foreign minister, Sameh Shukri, to New York

to consult at the UN ahead of a terrorism conference opening today in Washington.
France, a lead player in the campaign to oust
Libyas dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, has
campaigned for months for some kind of international action in Libya, and announced a deal
Monday to sell 24 advanced fighter jets to Egypt.
AP
THE JUDICIARY
What
happened
is a crime,
that our
children
have their
throats
cut in
Libya
and not
to react.
We will
not allow
it - Egypts
President
Sisi
QuickReads
Taliban kill 28 in attacks on security forces
Four suicide attackers yesterday stormed a provincial
police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan, killing 22 police,
an official said. Taliban insurgents immediately claimed
responsibility. The attack in Logar province outside the capital,
Kabul, was the latest to target Afghan security forces following
the withdrawal of most foreign combat troops at the end of
last year. In neighbouring Pakistan, another Taliban suicide
attack on a provincial police headquarters killed at least seven
people in the eastern city of Lahore, in what militants called
a revenge bid for the recent hangings of their colleagues.
The Afghan and Pakistani Taliban are separate groups that
share the goal of establishing hard-line Islamic rule. In the
Afghan assault, the four attackers rushed to the gates of the
police compound in early afternoon, with one detonating
his explosives-filled vest at the main gate and killing one
policeman, a state official said.
Over 30,000 Myanmar refugees flee to China

Tens of thousands of refugees from Myanmars ethnic
region of Kokang have fled into the neighbouring Chinese
province of Yunnan over the past week amid fighting between
militant rebels and government troops. Citing government
officials, the state-owned news site Yunnan.cn reported there
have been 30,000 border crossings by Myanmar nationals,
and that Chinese authorities had offered them food and
medical care. Lin Sen, a volunteer helping refugees, said by
phone yesterday he estimated 30,000 to 50,000 refugees had
escaped the conflict region of Kokang over the past week.
Agencies
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Ukraine sides
fail to honour
arms deal
Fighting rages as
Kiev says it will not
withdraw its guns
until the truce holds
DONETSK, TUESDAY
Government forces and pro-Russian separatists said they would not

carry out an agreement to pull back
heavy guns in east Ukraine, pushing
a shaky peace deal closer to collapse.
Fighting has eased in many areas
since a ceasefire came into force on
Sunday, but the rebels have refused
to halt attacks on a town where
Ukrainian forces are encircled and
Kiev says it will not pull back its big
guns until the truce holds.
Monitors from the OSCE security
group were expected to try to reach
the besieged town, Debaltseve, after
Germany said it had agreed steps
with the leaders of Russia and
Ukraine to ensure the observers had
free access in the east.
But a call by Berlin for the withdrawal of heavy weaponry to start
seemed to have fallen on deaf ears,
though officials from Russia,
Ukraine, the OSCE and the rebels
were expected to discuss implementation of the peace deal by phone.
We do not have the right (to stop
fighting for Debaltseve). Its even a
moral thing, Denis Pushilin, a se-
nior separatist representative, told

Reuters in the rebel stronghold of
Donetsk.
We have to respond to fire, to
work on destroying the enemys
fighting positions.
Asked about plans to carry out
the agreement to withdraw big guns,
he said: We are ready at any time, we
have everything ready for a mutual
withdrawal. We will not do anything
unilaterally. That would make our
soldiers targets.
Ukraines military reiterated that
its forces could also not start withdrawing big weapons such as heavy
artillery, as set out in the deal reached
at marathon talks brokered by France
and Germany in the Belarussian capital Minsk last Thursday.
The pull-back can happen only
on fulfilment of the first point of the
Minsk agreements - the ceasefire.
In the last 24 hours there has been
firing so there is no ceasefire and so
there is no precondition for a pullback of heavy weapons either, military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said.
Asked by Reuters whether the
pull-back could start without a
ceasefire at Debaltseve, a strategic
railway junction, he said: The Minsk
agreements talk about a general
ceasefire. So my answer is No, not
possible.
Hopes that Thursdays deal would
end a conflict have been dampened
by the collapse of an earlier truce.
Reuters
Celebration in the air
RUSSIA
Kiev
UKRAINE
Detail
area
The Ukrainian government and Russian-backed rebels are accusing each

other of violating a ceasefire aimed at ending the 10-month conflict in
eastern Ukraine which has already claimed more than 5,300 lives
Crimea
WITHDRAWAL LINES
140km: Heavy
multiple rocket
70km: Regular
launchers like
multiple rocket
Tornado-S, Uragan, systems
Smerch, Tochka
Sloviansk
Kramatorsk:
Ukraine
military HQ
Under rebel control

as of February 16
Fighting reported since
ceasefire started Feb 15
Length:
Weight:
Range:
Fire-and-forget
FGM-148 Javelin
50km: Artillery
systems over
100mm calibre
Warhead: 8.4kg
shaped charge
Armour penetration:
Up to 800mm
Lysychansk
Propulsion:
Two-stage
solid-fuelled
rocket motor
Disposable
launch
tube
Luhansk
Artemivsk
Horlivka
Krasnoarmiisk
Command
Launch Unit:
Day and infrared
night vision sight
Debaltseve
DONETSK
REGION
1.76m
28kg
75m-2km
LUHANSK
REGION
Donetsk
UKRAINE
Under current ceasefire rebels

must withdraw forces from
front line of Sep 19, 2014
Mariupol
SEA
OF AZOV
RUSSIA
Shyrokine:
Five Ukrainian
soldiers killed
TOW 2B Aero: Optically

tracked, wire-guided
anti-tank missile
Propulsion
50km
30 miles
Length:
1.22m
Weight:
22kg
Range: 65m-4.5km
Tandem of Magnetic
warheads
target
Armour sensor
penetration:
+800mm
T-72B3
tank
After firing gunner

must keep cross
hairs of sight
centered on target
to ensure hit
Humvee: TOW can be fired by crew using
tripod, and from vehicles and helicopters
At point above target, missile fires two downward-directed,

explosively formed penetrator warheads into tank turret
Sources: National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, Raytheon/Lockheed Martin, Stratfor, FAS, wire agencies
GRAPHIC NEWS
5 plaintiffs drop pimping accusations against

former IMF boss Strauss-Kahn in France
LILLE, TUESDAY
Children take part in the parade of young Gilles during the carnival event in
Binche, Belgium, yesterday. The Binche carnival, a Unesco World Heritage
event, is the biggest and the liveliest annual event in Belgium. [PHOTO: REUTERS]
POSSIBLE U.S. ANTI-TANK DELIVERIES

White House waiting to see if ceasefire holds
before deciding whether to grant Kievs
long-standing request for lethal military aid
A high-profile pimping case

against Dominique Strauss-Kahn
nearly unravelled Monday, as five of
six plaintiffs in a French prostitution
trial dropped their accusations
against him, saying theres no proof
the former International Monetary
Fund chief violated the law.
As the trial in northern France
entered its third and final week
Monday, it looked increasingly likely that the one-time presidential
contender would walk away with a
clean criminal record.
Strauss-Kahn is accused of aggravated pimping over a series of sex
parties in France, Washington and
Brussels, while he was leading the
IMF, and was married. Hes one of 14
people accused of involvement in a
prostitution ring run out of the Hotel Carlton in Lille.
He insists he did not know the
women involved were prostitutes.
Two of his co-defendants say they
recruited and paid the women
themselves, and built a wall of silence to ensure that Strauss-Kahn
was not aware.
Lawyers for four prostitutes and
an association that had filed suit announced Monday that they are
abandoning their pursuit of StraussKahn, court officials said.
The plaintiffs maintained accusations against other defendants,
but the prostitutes are seeking only
a euro in symbolic damages from
the others, the officials said.
Only one association, a group
pushing to abolish prostitution
called Nid or nest, maintained its
accusations against Strauss-Kahn
and his 13 co-defendants.
FRENCH LAW
That could still be enough to persuade the three-judge panel to hand

down convictions.
But even the prosecutor did not
think there was enough of a case
against Strauss-Kahn, and argued in
2013 against including him in the
trial. Under French law, investigating judges can override prosecutors
recommendations and send someone to trial anyway, which they did
with Strauss-Kahn.
He faces up to 10 years in prison
and fines if convicted. But Prosecutor Frederic Fevre was to argue for
acquittal for Strauss-Kahn during

closing arguments yesterday, focusing instead on getting convictions
for other defendants.
During three days of surrealistic
testimony by Strauss-Kahn about
the orgies, the prosecutor and his
assistant remained largely silent.
Sometimes in tears, two prostitutes described beast-like scenes.
The testimony showed what one
lawyer called the sordid and dark
reality of the sex business. But the
prostitutes said they had participated of their own accord and were
never paid directly by Strauss-Kahn,
and never told him they were paid
sex workers.
Even a plaintiffs lawyer acknowledged the case is not black
and white. I have the absolute certainty that Mr Strauss-Kahn knew
that there were some prostitutes in
this international ring. Is that sufficient to establish a pimping offence?
We will debate about that, lawyer
David Lepidi said.
Strauss-Kahns IMF job and presidential chances collapsed in 2011.
AP
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NOTIFICATION OF VETTING BY THE DEPARTMENTAL
COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION & NATIONAL SECURITY OF
THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND STANDING COMMITTEE ON
NATIONAL SECURITY & FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE SENATE
PARLIAMENT OF KENYA
In the Matter of the Approval by Parliament of the person
nominated for appointment to the position of InspectorGeneral of Police
SUBMISSION OF MEMORANDA
Pursuant to Section 6(4) of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act,

2011, Parliament hereby informs Members of the public that the Departmental
Committee on Administration & National Security of the National Assembly and
Standing Committee on National Security & Foreign Relations of the Senate will be
vetting Mr. Joseph Kipchirchir Boinett who has been nominated for appointment
to the position of Inspector-General of Police on Thursday 26th February, 2015
in the Mini Chamber, County Hall, Parliament Buildings at 10.00 a.m. This
meeting shall be open to the public.
Article 24(2)(a) of the Constitution provides that:- the Inspector-General is appointed by

the President with the approval of Parliament. Further, Section 12 of the National Police
Act (No. 11A of 2011) provides that the Inspector-General of the Service shall be appointed by
the President with the approval of Parliament. Pursuant to the said Article of the Constitution
and the provisions of the Act, Mr. Joseph Kipchirchir Boinett has been nominated for
appointment to the position of Inspector-General of Police.
The nominee should bring with him his original academic and professional
certificates, National Identity Card and other relevant documents and testimonials.
In addition, the nominee should bring letters/certificates of clearance/compliance
from: -
(i)
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission;

The Kenya Revenue Authority Tax compliance Certificate;
The Higher Education Loans Board;
The Criminal Investigations Department; and
Any of the Credit Reference Bureaus.
JUSTIN BUNDI, CBS

CLERK OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
JEREMIAH NYEGENYE, CBS

CLERK OF THE SENATE
Following the receipt of the nomination from H.E the President, the following two committees
of Parliament are mandated to jointly vet, consider his suitability for appointment and submit
their Joint report to the respective Houses for approval.
Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security of the National
Assembly.
(ii) Standing Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations of the Senate.
Pursuant to Section 6(9) of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, 2011, the
said Committees now invite interested members of the public to submit any representations
by written statement on oath (affidavit), that they may have on the suitability or otherwise of
the nominee for appointment to the position of Inspector-General. The representations may be
forwarded to the Clerk of the National Assembly or Clerk of the Senate, P.O. Box 4184200100, Nairobi; hand-delivered to the Offices of the Clerks, Main Parliament Buildings,
Nairobi; or emailed to clerk@parliament.go.ke or csenate@parlaiment.go.ke; to be received on
or before Tuesday 24th February, 2015 at 5.00 pm.
JUSTIN BUNDI, CBS

CLERK OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
JEREMIAH NYEGENYE, CBS

CLERK OF THE SENATE
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The owner(s) of plot L.R. No. Kjd/KaputieiNorth/25236, off Namanga Road, Kitengela
Town proposes to change use of the
plot from Agricultural to Single-Family
Dwelling Units (Maisonettes) subject to
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The owners of plot LR 36/111/1034
Eastleigh along Mwende street Nairobi
wish to change its use from residential
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in Nakuru East Sub-county, Nakuru
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Death & Funeral Announcement

It is with humble acceptance of Gods will
that we announce the sudden passing
on of our beloved sister-in-Christ
Mrs. Dinah J. Kosgei, a Teacher
at Koinange Primary School,
Nakuru.
Beloved wife of Mr. Robert K. Yego
of Pyrethrum Board of Kenya,
Nakuru. Mother to Cornellius
Kisang (Technical University of
Kenya), Collins Kiptoo (Nairobi
Technical Training Institute),Beryl
Cherotich and Noel Chelimo (AIC
Morop Girls).
She was the daughter of Mr. &
Mrs. Simion Lochemei and Eunice
Mrs. Dinah J. Kosgei
Lochemei of Suwerwa.
Daughter in-law of Late John C.
Yego and Josephine Yego (Ka-Krelkutt Family) of Suwerwa Farm.
Sister to Benjamin, Nelson, Edward, Moses, Peris and Emily.
Sister in-law to Willy, Dickson, Brenda, Jacob, Mathew, Raymond, Judy
Yego Kimitei (Standard Group), Bernard, Jacky, Sarah, Levy, Salome,
Nelly, Lilian and Gladys.
Relatives and Friends are meeting daily at their residence at Pyrethrum
Estate, Nakuru starting 5:00 PM.
The cortege leaves War Memorial Hospital mortuary
on Wednesday, 18/02/2015 at 10:00 AM for an
overnight stay at home Suwerwa, Cherangany and
thereafter burial on Thursday, 19/02/2015 at the
same place.
May her soul rest in peace

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ATHLETICS: Scandal-hit
Russia coach promoted
Russia has reappointed a scandalhit athletics coach to a senior
position less than a month after
he resigned amid several doping
scandals. Valentin Maslakov served
as head coach of the Russian
national team from 2007 until
last month, when he stepped
down shortly after doping bans
were handed to three Russian
Olympic champion race-walkers.
The Russian athletics federation
said Maslakov has now been
named the senior coach for
sprinting. Valentin Balakhnichev
said he would resign as athletics
federation president following the
doping scandals.
AP
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Pakistans batsman Haris

Sohail is bowled out by New
Zealand bowler Mitchell
McClenaghan during the fifth
and final day-night international match between
Pakistan and New Zealand.
[PHOTO: AFP]
TENNIS: Venus beats

player half her age in Dubai
Defending champion Venus
Williams beat an opponent half her
age on Monday, winning 6-1, 6-2
against 17-year-old Belinda Bencic
of Switzerland in the first round of
the Dubai Tennis Championships.
Despite the age difference, the
34-year-old Williams looked
physically fitter than her opponent
and dominated throughout to earn
her 16th straight win in Dubai. She
won the tournament in 2009, 2010
and 2014, skipping the event the
other three years. At 34, I mean,
Im hitting a little bit harder than
most people and playing some
offense on the run and hitting the
ball just as hard, Williams said.
BOXING: Pacquiao agrees

to drugs tests, fight near
Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao
said a much-anticipated fight
with unbeaten American Floyd
Mayweather was near after he
agreed to a key demand to undergo
drug testing. The eight-division
world champion said negotiations
were nearly complete after he
dropped his opposition to drugs
screening - and even suggested a $5
million fine if he tests positive. (The
fight) is near. The negotiations are
nearly finished, said Pacquiao. We
agreed that this fight has to happen.
We are ironing out the kinks. He
(Mayweather) said he wants the
fight to push through. Fans have
for years clamoured for a showdown
between the two best pound-forpound fighters of their generation.
AP
Hosts stun
Scotland
MELBOURNE
New Zealand unconvincingly
beat second-tier Scotland by three
wickets in a low-scoring Pool A
match at the World Cup on Tuesday.
Chasing Scotlands modest total of 142, New Zealand needed only half its allotted overs to reach the
target but lost wickets at regular intervals in an undisciplined run chase
and finished on 146-7 in Dunedin,
New Zealand.
Afghanistan will be looking go a
step better than Scotland when it
makes its much-anticipated World
Cup debut against Bangladesh in
the Australian capital Canberra on
Wednesday.
New Zealands simple chase became a struggle, either through complacency or haste. The tournament
co-host had looked comfortable at
63-2 when the late innings break
was taken but bled wickets on the
resumption.
New Zealand win, Afghanistan

ready for World Cup debut
Kane Williamson made 38 and
Grant Elliott 29 for New Zealand,
which took an unbeaten side into the match after an opening win
against Sri Lanka.
Matt Machan earlier made a pugnacious 56 for Scotland and Richie
Berrington 50 in a 97-run partnership that rescued Scotland from a
potentially embarrassing total.
Machan, the England-born Sussex batsman, seemed impervious to
his teams position when he came to
the wicket with two batsmen out and
only nine balls bowled, and played
his shots.
Credit to Scotland for the way
they hung in there, New Zealand
captain Brendon McCullum said.
Lesser teams would have rolled

over there and credit to them for the
way they hung in and managed to
post a total which was always going
to be a bit difficult on that surface.
Really good performance with
the ball and in the field, but we need
to improve on our batting.
hold advantage
Afghanistan may be the World
Cup newcomer, but is regarded as
a strong chance to beat Pool A rival Bangladesh on Wednesday after
winning the only one-day match between the two counties at last years
Asia Cup.
Afghanistan captain Mohammad
Nabi, who whiled away his hours
playing cricket in the refugee camps of

central Asia, will carry the expectation
of a war-torn homeland on his shoulders
when his team makes its tournament debut.
The pressure is not on Afghanistan,
Nabi said. Weve already beaten (Bangladesh) in the Asia Cup. We respect Bangladesh because they are a test playing team,
but hopefully well do our best against
them.
Former Warwickshire opener Andy
Moles, now Afghanistan coach, said the
national team is something a fractured
nation can share.
Its a unifying sport, its a well-received sport among the population in
Afghanistan and the players know that
through good performances it will be a
massive uplift in just the general wellbeing of the country, Moles said.
Australia will soon find out whether its
captain Michael Clarke will join the World
Cup squad.
Paceman Mitchell Johnson had little
doubt Clarke will return to the team for
the match against Bangladesh on Saturday at Brisbanes Gabba ground.
Clarke was set a deadline of this match
to prove his fitness after hamstring surgery or be ruled out of the tournament.
Johnson insisted he did not know
what the weekend plan was for Clarke,
but said his captain is ready to go and
doing what he needs to do.
Should Clarke make his expected return, it will likely be at the expense of
stand-in skipper George Bailey, who
made a half century while leading Australia to an emphatic 111-run win over
England in their tournament opener last
Saturday.
AP
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Chemelil beat Sony

Goalkeeper
Adira loses on
his debut as
teams focus on
KPL starting
this weekend
By BOSCO MAGARE
Chemelil Sugar beat archrival Sony Sugar 1-0 during a build-up
match at Chemelil Sports Complex
on Sunday.
The win left Chemelils former
custodian Jairus Adira, voted 2014
Kenyan Premier League (KPL) goalkeeper of the year, humiliated having moved to the opponents side in
January.
The 2015 KPL build-up between
the two sister sugar milling premier
clubs started on a low note with play
concentration in the mid-field area
with occasional goal-bound moves
by Chemelil Sugar striker Meshack
Karani, who latched on superb
crosses by indefatigable Antony
Nganga.
Chemelil Sugar head coach Mike
Mururi made a few substitutions on
resumption, a move that increased
the tempo of the game as the hosts
poured forward in search of the
opener.
However, Sony Sugars manager
Zedekiah Zico Otieno benched and
replaced three players at ago to reinforce his stable and check-mate the
opposition.
But it was the decision by Mururi
that turned the game as Chemelil
Sugar held possession longer leaving
their rivals to play defensively.
Chemelil Sugar players piled
pressure on visiting Sony Sugar with
new signing Jackson Oketch notching the all-important goal for the
hosts in the 71st minute.
Oketch pounced on a left flank
cross by Tony Opondo to rifle the
ball past former Chemelil Sugar custodian Adira.
FeverBriefs
OUT: Russia athletics

boss resigns over doping
Russian Athletics Federation chief
Valentin Balakhnichev confirmed
his resignation from the post
on Tuesday following a string of
doping scandals. The 65-year-old
Balakhnichev, who has presided
over athletics in the country since
1991, announced earlier this
month that he would step down
and confirmed his resignation at
the federations executive board
meeting. I decided to resign,
Balakhnichev said. I failed
to confront in full the rise of
doping problems in Russia. And I
understand that as the (athletics)
federation president Im personally
responsible for it. That was the
reason of my decision. I hand the
federation into my followers hands
in good condition, free of debts.
TRAGEDY: KCB rugby

player Amiani passes on
Chemelil Sugars defender Kevin Migunde vies for the ball with Muhoroni Youth player Elvis Rupia during their build-up
match in Muhoroni last Friday. [PHOTO: BOSCO MAGARE/STANDARD]
Oketchs goal elicited applause
from the fans who turned up in large
numbers.
This forced Sony Sugar tactician
Zico to substitute Adira with newly
signed custodian Lucas Indeche.
Speaking to Feverpitch after the
build-up Chemelil Sugar team manager Rajab Saidi said the match against
Sony Sugar was their last as they focus
on their first 2015 Kenyan Premier
League (KPL) match against AFC
Leopards this weekend.
In England, Stoke Citys Glenn
Whelan says their performance in the
4-1 FA Cup fifth-round exit at Blackburn was the worst he has seen in seven years at the club.
Mark Hughes side have conceded
eight goals in their last two matches.

To the fans I apologise, because
thats not the Stoke City that I know,
said the 31-year-old midfielder.
The players didnt want to be out
there. You could see that after the first
10 minutes. Thats the worst Ive ever
seen, he told BBC Radio Stoke.
Were not prepared to work hard
enough, he added. Weve got good
players, but maybe we havent got
enough in the dressing room and
hopefully the manager has seen that.
Following Wednesday nights 4-1
home defeat by Manchester City, Peter
Crouch fired Stoke into the lead at
Ewood Park before it started to go
wrong in the final 10 minutes of the
first half.
Josh King equalised then went

down in the penalty area, resulting in
a straight red card for Geoff Cameron
and a penalty that Rudy Gestede converted.
Norway-born former Manchester
United trainee King then twice outpaced the Stoke defence within five
minutes to earn Blackburn their place
in Monday nights quarter-final draw.
Fair play to Blackburn, said Potters vice-captain Whelan, who picked
up his fifth yellow card of the season.
They thoroughly deserved to win.
Stokes next game is against Aston
Villa, who did make it through to the
Cup quarter-finals and are now under
new management following Saturdays
appointment of Tim Sherwood.
Former KCB rugby player Franklin

Amiani (holding trophy) has
passed on. Amiani, died on Sunday
in Mombasa. He played in Kenya 15s
international and KCB. Amiani was
an affable, easy going player off the
pitch but an aggressive star on the
pitch. He helped KCB achieve success
as part of the side that won three
Kenya Cup titles between 2005 and
2007. He also tasted success in the
Enterprise Cup and Impala Floodlit
as well as the Rugby Super Series
as part of the Lions franchise in the
2008 edition. Nick named Stooge,
Amiani played for Kenya between
2004 and 2008.
Kenya scoop 14 medals in regional judo contest

By ERICK OCHIENG
Kenyan team players display their trophies after

returning from the East and Central Africa Judo
Championship in Moshi. [PHOTO: ERICK OCHIENG]
Kenya won two gold, five silver and eight bronze at the East
and Central Africa Judo Championships, which ended Monday in
Moshi, Tanzania to finish second
overall.
The two gold medals came
from female exponents Cecilia
Wangeci and Diana Kana. The
duo waded through the contest
to floor their rivals from the other East African countries, who
took part in the championships.
Wangeci, who had shown
great intent to lift the hotly contested womens 78kgs, had no
match as she floored her opponents at will in the category.
At first I was doubtful of the
calibre of opposition to expect.
However, I gained confidence after the first match. I realised I
was better off than my opponents. The belief carried me to
win the gold, said Wangeci.

Kana was outstanding in the
womens 70kgs contest. She said
better preparations and diet
played a role in her winning.
I was very dedicated in training. My advice to upcoming players is train hard to win easy, said
Kana, who now has her eyes on
the forthcoming All Africa Games
in Congo and global championships.
Esther Akinyi gave the country silver in the womens over
78kgs category. Akinyi noted that
she realised her weak areas,
which she would work on in due
course to be better her performance in the category.
Irene Akinyi won bronze in
the womens under 48kgs as Esther Ikungu did the same in the
womens under 70kgs.
Four men managed to bag silver for the country. They are
Amos Aori (U-81kgs), Elvis Nato
(U-90kgs),
Patrick
Wakaba
(U-100kgs) and George Kimani
(Over 100kgs).
Those who won bronze in the
mens categories were Isaak Kinyanjui (U-73kgs), Tobias Yungu
(U-81kgs) and Samson Wambi
(U-90kgs).
The 14 medals saw the country maintain a second position,
which they clinched in last years
edition.
Its a great way to start the
year. This is a great encouragement as we now shift focus to the
continental championship and
other global event, said Kenya
Judo Association Communication Director Duncan Chemiryo.
We thank the government for
facilitating the 18 players to travel to Moshi out of which 14 were
able to win medals in the contest.
eoyugi@standardmedia.
co.ke
TOURNEY: Strathmore
trounce MMU in hockey
Strathmore University hockey team
mauled Multi Media University
(MMU) 4-0 during the Kenya
University Sports Association
Nairobi conference at the University
of Nairobi (UoN) grounds on the
weekend. Strathmore went ahead
to rout the hosts, UoN 4-1 before
drawing with Kenyatta University
0-0 in their third and final
encounter. MMU recovered to defeat
UON 2-0 before registering a slim
1-0 win against Co-op Bank. MMU
then got a 1-1 draw against Technical
University of Kenya. The home team
also got a 2-0 win over Co-op Bank.
Daystar University lost 2-1 against
Kenyatta University.
Rebecca Gichana
Page 40 / FEVER PITCH
FeverBriefs
Onkar Rai leads 37 drivers in KCB Kisumu Rally
FKF: Mombasa Olympics

win in women football
BY FEVERPITCH REPORTER
Nakuru-based Kabras Sugar rally driver
Onkar Rai will be the first off the ramp in KCB
Kisumu Rally, which raves off this Saturday in
Chemelil and Chemase.
Onkar, a former KNRC Division 2 Champion, will be navigated by Zimbabwean Gareth Dawe in a Mitsubishi Lancer EVOX.
Dawe has navigated former Africa Champion
Essa Mohammed of Zambia in the continental series, ARC and said he is excited with his
driving skills and will be going for an all-out
attack on the cane field stages in the lake side.
The essence is to attack 100 per cent, but
also drive sensibly to avoid mishaps, said
Onkar. Second off the ramp will be Onkars
teammate and defending KNRC champion
Baldev Chager in a similar car.
Third on the list is former Finland and British
Rally Champion Tapio Laukkanen in a Subaru GVB13. Laukkanen needs no introduction
to rally fans having trained locals and competed in the 2012 Guru Nanak Rally, which he
retired while in the lead.
Mombasa Olympics thrashed Home

Guards of Thika 8-0 in a Football Kenya
Federation nationwide women football
league at Lasco grounds, Mombasa.
Diana Akinyi and Mwanahalima
Adams scored a hat-trick each before
Gelada Akinyi added two more. In
another match, Olympics capped their
successful weekend with a 2-1 victory
over Gaspo of Muranga. Mwanahalima
and Happy Christine scored a goal each
for the winners, while Ann Wambui
netted the consolation for Gaspo.
Ernest Ndunda
Rally driver Ian Duncan in action

with his Nissan Patrol Pickup.
SCHOOLS: St. Georges

clinch double in games
Saint Georges of Kilifi County
clinched a double during Mombasa
Open schools sports championships at
Shanzu Teachers Training College. They
won both boys handball and basketball
titles in the games that involved 61
schools from Kilifi, Kwale, Mombasa
and Taita Taveta counties. In boys
basketball, St Georges, who are also the
reigning Mombasa Region secondary
schools champions, hit Kaya Tiwi of
Kwale 52-22 in the final. They then
completed their twin assault when they
lifted boys handball title after a narrow
18-16 win over Kaya Tiwi High School.
Technical University of Mombasa
defeated Shanzu Teachers Training
College 21-18 to win the senior men
handball title. Mtwapa Primary School
of Kilifi edged out New Era 8-7 in the
final of boys junior category.
Ernest Ndunda
Manvir Baryan, in a Ford Fiesta R5, has

been seeded fourth followed by home-boy
Jassi Chatthe (EvoX) and Rajbir Rai in the second R5 Ford Fiesta. Ian Duncan will compete
in a Nissan Patrol, Carl Tundo in a Proton
S2000 and Alastair Cavenagh also in a Proton.
Raaji Bharij has acquired an EvoX and is seeded 10th ahead of former Ugandan Champion
Jas Mangat. Mangat is competing in the 2015
KNRC on a Kenyan competition licence. Raaji was all smiles after his Delights-sponsored
EvoX arrived in the country well in time for
Kisumu race.
I am very proud, and happy to be part of
the Delights Motorsports Team! It has been a
long struggle over many years to reach this
point in my career and I intend to give it my
all to bring success to the team. We received
the car mid last week and spent many late
nights and evenings going through it to ensure it is ready for the season opener in Kisumu, he said. The EvoX is definitely a superior car to the Evo 9, however, it will take time
to learn it. We hope to see many fans at the
rally, said Raaji.
KENYAS
MISSED
CHANCE
Womens national hockey
teams woes follow them to
World League in Uruguay
BY ELIZABETH MBURUGU
BOXING: Kaloleni to host

national youth boxing event
National Intermediate Boxing
championships will get underway
tomorrow at Kaloleni Social Hall in
Nairobi. According to Boxing Association
of Kenya Vice President Albert Matito,
all teams in the National Boxing
League are expected to send their
young players to the tournament that
is normally used to nurture talents.
Expected teams are league champions
Kenya Defence Forces, Kenya Police,
Kenya Prisons, Administration
Police, Kenyatta National Hospital,
Nakuru ABC, Nyanza Combined, Coast
Combined, Nairobi Metropolitan,
Nairobi County and Central Combined.
The teams must be punctual and
adhere to all rules governing the
tournament because it is a pacesetter
ahead of the league, Matito said.
Ben Ahenda
The national womens hockey

team is in despair in the on-going International Hockey Federation (FIH)
World League Two in Montevideo,
Uruguay. This follows FIHs decision
to award their opponents walkovers
as they failed to make it to the South
American country in good time to
honour their matches.
They are yet to play a match as
the competition entered day four
and are still hopeful FIH will allow
them to play Azerbaijan. They arrived in Montevideo late for their tie
against Trinidad and Tobago, which
prompted FIH to award the latter
five goals and three points.
In what Kenya Hockey Union
(KHU) chairman Nashon Randiek
described as unclear circumstances,
Kenya were denied a chance to play
against France despite making it to
the pitch, which also resulted in a
walkover.
Randiek said FIH was yet to communicate to the union to shed light
on their decision to award France
the points.
The coaches informed me of the
development and I immediately
wrote to FIH to find out what was going, but they are yet to respond.
He added that the team had logistical problems that saw them leave
Sao Paulo on two different flights,
making it impossible to honour their
match. Prior to their departure, KHU
had blamed the Government for not
releasing funds in good time.
Tanzanian Mary Sempinda (left) and Kenyas

Anita Agunda in the
World League round one
match at City Park, Nairobi.
Kenya won 22-0. [PHOTO: JENIPHER WA-
CHIE]
K H U had
earlier
written to FIH seeking a
possible rescheduling of
their
opening
match
against France, which the
world body granted.
This saw their tie
against
France
moved to Monday
evening, but their problems began when they
did not play Trinidad
and Tobago on Sunday.
Now the teams participation hangs in the
balance and there are
fears their trip to Uruguay might have been
in vain. The FIH World
League series is part
of the road to the Rio
2016 Olympics and
the teams that excel
will
automatically
qualify for the quadrennial event. The Kenyan girls qualified for League
Two after they defeated Ghana 1-0 and Tanzania 17-0 in
the League One competition that the country hosted in September last year.
Meanwhile, hosts Uruguay hammered the Dominican Republic 5-1 to remain unbeaten in their pool A
encounter. Italy thrashed Mexico 5-0
in another group A match to secure
their first victory of the tournament.
Kenya are at the bottom of group
B without a point, while Azerbaijan
are at the top with six.
WARIOS
OPTIONS
Cabinet Secretary must unlock legal
complications to act on FKF and KPL
By GILBERT WANDERA
The Football Kenya Federation (FKF) and Kenyan
Premier League (KPL) factions meet today to end the
impasse of running the 2015 top tier league, as ordered
by Sports Cabinet Secretary Hassan Wario on Monday.
But even so, authorities, who include the Cabinet
Secretary himself, face a legal conundrum which must
be unlocked and interpreted soberly to find a way of
dealing with the matter effectively.
FKF has not applied for registration as required under the Sports Act 2013. Article 49 (3) says: An existing
sports organisation that does not apply for registration
within the time prescribed in subsection (1), shall not
be recognised as a sports organisation for the purposes of this Act.
KPL has already applied to be registered under the
Act, but FKF insists on remaining under the Societies
Act, according to what the Vice President Robert Asembo said in a recent interview with The Standard.
This could force the Sports Registrar under article
49 (1) to withdraw recognition of FKF as a sports organisation.
KPL, on the other hand, could easily fall under the
Act, if section 3 of Article 49 is applied: Provided that
an existing sports organisation in respect of which
(a) an application for registration has been made by it
under subsection (1) and has not been rejected; or (b)
an appeal has been lawfully made under this Act and
remains undetermined, shall continue to be recognised as a sports organisation for the purposes of
this Act.
If the Cabinet Secretary wants to act on FKF and
KPL if they fail to agree on the way forward, as is widely speculated, he will first of all want to deal with this
matter of registration. Does FKF fall under his jurisdiction to enable him to deal with it?
RETAINING 16 CLUBS
Among the sticky issues in this impasse is the composition of the KPL, with FKF preferring 18 teams and
their nemesis insisting on retaining 16 clubs as recommended by a Fifa expert consultant.
The other issues causing differences between the
FKF and KPL are extension of contract with SuperSport
for five years and promotion of three teams - Shabana,
Homeboyz and Nakumatt - to the top league.
Article 54 (1) of the Act will also cause problems for
Wario. It says he can only intervene where a sports associations fails to comply with the recommendations
of an inspection.
The Kenya Sand Stars beach

football team before playing
Tanzania in the first leg of the
African Beach Soccer Championship at the Jomo Kenyatta
Public Beach, on Sunday. [PHO-
Such an
inspection
should have
been ordered by
the Sports Registrar at
any time or at the direction of the Cabinet
Secretary and focuses
on the books, accounts
and records of an organisation.
TO:GIDEON MAUNDU]
Kenya to
assemble
strong team
against
Tanzania
BID TO END STALEMATE
Article 54 (1) titled Intervention by Cabinet

Secretary in management says: Where a
sports organisation fails to comply with
the recommendations of an inspection, the Cabinet Secretary may appoint any person or committee to
assume the management and
control of the affairs of a sports
organisation, to exercise the
powers and functions of the
organisation.
The article also gives the
Cabinet Secretary powers to remove any official of a sports organisation who, in his opinion,
has caused or contributed to any
contravention of the Sports Act.
The Cabinet Secretary also has
power to appoint a person or committee to take over the running of an organisation whose officials have been removed,
but this shall be for a period not exceeding
six months.
Todays meeting comes two days after Wario
met KPL and FKF officials in his office in a bid to
end the stalemate, but after a two-hour meeting no
decision was reached.
Despite warning by FKF, KPL went ahead and organised their season opener pitting Gor Mahia
against Sofapaka. FKF, on the other hand, has also
started their own league where Shabana beat Nakumatt 1-0 on Sunday at Machakos Municipal
Stadium.
Previous meetings between the two bodies
have always ended in a stalemate and it is not
known whether todays meeting will end with
a solution.
By ERNEST NDUNDA
Cabinet
Secretary
for Sports,
Culture
and Arts Dr
Hassan
Wario tries
his football
skills
during the
launch of
the Kenya
Academy of
Sports at
Kasarani
on January
23, 2015.
[PHOTO:JONAH
ONYANGO/
STANDARD]
Long layoff affecting local clubs on big stage

BY ROBIN TOSKIN
Gor Mahia players against

CNaPS from Madagascar
during their CAF Champions
League at Nyayo Stadium on
Saturday. [PHOTO: BONIFACE
OKENDO]
Another season, the same

results at the continental
stage. In what has become
clearly a humdrum debate,
Kenya football clubs face early elimination from continental competitions.
Gor Mahia take a slim 1-0
lead to Madagascar on February 27 in the CAF Champions
League while Confederation
Cup representatives, Sofapaka, carry a 2-1 deficit to Zimbabwe to face FC Platinum
the same weekend.
Club chairman Elly Kalekwa admits the long pre-season lay off could have affected
their game plan.
It is one of the reasons we
got this poor result. Our op-
ponents looked more competitive because they have

been playing in the league
and this is something we
lacked, Kalekwa told FeverPitch.
Football Kenya Federation
and its subordinate, Kenyan
Premier League, are locked in
a battle over the expansion of
the top tier league.
In the Fifa report, rejected
in toto by FKF for digressing
from composition of the
league, KPL wants a 16-team
format retained arguing its
expansion would dilute its
competitiveness.
KPL further contends, a
possible increase to 18 teams
would lower revenues per
club (Broadcast and Title
rights money) which would
increase the risk of financial

instability.
In the report, FKF has submitted that, The increase up
to 18 teams would be for the
benefit of the clubs and players because they would have
more exposure in football and
more motivation to perform.
In its Strategic Plan from
which FKF pitched its case for
the leagues expansion, it said:
Start of the season should be
adjusted to the European
model: from July to March.
The Kenyan league runs from
February to first week of November.
After Gor Mahia and Sofapakas performance over the
weekend, the football chiefs
may be forced to have a sober
look at the state of affairs in
the local game.

Weighing in on the debate,
radio commentator Fred Arocho said he is not surprised by
the results.
It shows what we have all
along suspected. That the KPL
is not where we have always
assumed it to be. It is unfortunate that we run the league
like a corner shop such that at
the end of the season everyone goes home and no effort
is made to analyse the season.
We only come back in February to start another annual
season without looking back
at where we have gone wrong
so as to correct the same. With
this attitude, we will continue
to post poor results year in
year out, Mr Arocho told FeverPitch.
Football Kenya Federation

(FKF) is keen to present a
strong squad for the African
Beach Football qualifier return leg against Tanzania on
Sunday at the Coco Beach,
Dar es Salaam.
Chairman of the Beach
Football Committee Tom Alila
said Kenyas first team lacked
valid passports and did not
play in the first leg of the continental championships last
Sunday in Mombasa where
Harambee Sands Stars lost 5-3
to Tanzania.
Alila said the federation is
working closely with the Immigration Department to ensure selected players are legible to play this Sunday.
We fielded our second
string team on Sunday but
this will be sorted out before
the team leaves for the return
match,
said
Alila.
The rules of beach football
are clear that a player must
hold a valid passport before
he is allowed to play in any international match, he added.
However, all was not well
in the Kenyan camp after
coach Rajabu Babu failed to
turn up, leaving Team Manager Oliver Bango to take charge.
The players who were
locked out of the match due to
lack of passports included Rajab Chai, Daido Manase, Madi
Hassan, Farid Mbwana, Fesal
Yusuf, Saddam Nassoro, Steven Malau, Mudhafar Swaleh,
Twalib Kibwana, Nabil Abud,
Ahmed Ali and Fahad Nassoro.
Kenyan needs to beat Tanzania 3-0 on Sunday to advance to the next round. The
winner between Kenya and
Tanzania will face Egypt between March 13 and 15 and
the return leg in Egypt two
weeks later.
Nineteen countries are
participating in the championship organised by Confederation of African Football.
The finals will be staged in
Seychelles in April 2015.
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Van Gaal relishes Arsenal showdown

LONDON
Louis van Gaal says he is relishing the chance to face Arsenal at
Old Trafford after Manchester United earned a showdown with the
holders in the FA Cup quarter-finals.
Goals from Ander Herrera, Marouane Fellaini and Wayne Rooney
booked Uniteds place in the last
eight with a 3-1 win at Preston
North End in the fifth round on
Monday.
The third tier team took the lead
early in the second half through
Scott Laird but van Gaals side ultimately
proved
too
strong.
Their reward is a potentially classic
home tie against Arsenal on the
weekend of March 7 and 8 after
three successive away ties against
lower-league opponents.
We have a draw at home, which
is important in FA Cup matches,
van Gaal said. I am pleased we can
play against Arsenal and at home.
Every game in the FA Cup is

difficult to win because every
team is giving everything.
You have seen it also in this
round, how many better situated
teams have lost so I dont think that
of course when you play against a
lower team then the chance to win
is always bigger.
I am very happy we can play
now against Arsenal and for the
first time we play at home.
United and Arsenal have both
won the FA Cup on 11 occasions,
with their last meeting in the tournament won by United in the last
eight in 2011.
Arsenals most recent triumph
came last season against Hull City,
while United have not lifted the trophy since 2004.
Van Gaal admitted he feared for
his sides place in this seasons competition when Simon Graysons
men went ahead through Laird.
Van Gaals response was to introduce Ashley Young and switch
formation and it paid off.

Of course, when we conceded a goal, we
have to fight
again for the
v i c t o r y,
h
e
said.
In
the first
half we
didnt create
ourselves
many
chances so that is why I
changed the shape. That
was why I think we made
the goals.
I have to give to all the
credit to the players because they have done
again everything and the
spirit in the team is unbelievable.
AFP
Manchester United
boss Louis Van Gaal.
REAL HOPING
BBC WILL CLICK
Bale, Benzema and
Cristiano expected
to down Schalke
Real Madrids Cristiano Ronaldo

(right) shields the ball from Deportivo
defender Manuel Pablo during a
Spanish league tie at the Santiago
Bernabeu stadium on Saturday.
TODAYS FIXTURES
FC Basel v FC Porto 10:45pm
Schalke 04 v Real Madrid 10:45pm
[PHOTO:AFP]
BERLIN
Holders Real Madrid do not expect another goal bonanza at Schalke 04 in todays Champions League Round of 16 first
leg after their big win last season, with
midfielder Toni Kroos warning not to underestimate the Germans.
Coach Carlo Ancelotti will be hoping
his normally formidable attacking trident
of Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and
Karim Benzema, known collectively in
Spain as BBC, return to top form in time
for the trip to Germany.
The trio each scored twice in the 6-1
victory at Schalke in last terms Round of
16 first leg but Ronaldo, in particular, has
been off colour since winning a third Fifa
Ballon dOr award last month.
The Portugal captain again failed to
score in Saturdays unconvincing 2-0 win

at home to promoted Deportivo La Coruna in La Liga and has managed only four
goals this year.
In that time, Real have been knocked
out of the Kings Cup by Atletico Madrid
while a 4-0 drubbing at their city rivals in
La Liga this month cut their lead over second-placed Barcelona to a point.
We are top of La Liga and the reigning
champions in Europe, Ancelloti said on
Saturday. Its true that we have not been
brilliant in 2015, but I hope the return of
the Champions League will bring out the
best in us again.
Another reason for Reals stumble has
been injuries to regular centre backs Pepe
and Sergio Ramos.
Pepe should be available but Ramos is
not due to return for about a month and

their replacements, Raphael Varane and
Nacho, have looked far from convincing.
What was important was picking up
confidence, and now we have to focus on
Schalke. This win (Deportivo) is really
good for our morale, Real fullback Alvaro
Arbeloa said.
Improving Schalke, fourth in the
Bundesliga, are desperate to make
amends for last seasons drubbing and
hope Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar,
who missed training last week with a virus, will be fit.
He is an ice cold striker and I am happy if we have him as an option against Real, team mate Tranquillo Barnetta told
reporters.
Reuters
Steeplechaser
Justus Kipkorir
warms up before
the start of the African Junior Trials at
Nyayo National
Stadium, yesterday.
AIR TIGHT
VETTING
[PHOTO: DENNIS OKEYO]
...as selection for African

Junior Championships
starts at Nyayo
By FEVERPITCH REPORTER
Sports Secretary Japhter Rugut
was yesterday appointed to lead mediation between Kenya Rugby Union
(KRU) factions.
Some 30 clubs met last week
(Tuesday) and resolved to send the
entire KRU board packing, and have
a former vice chairman, Sasha Mutai, named to lead an interim committee to run the sport for a year and
organise elections.
But the Government took charge
of the sport yesterday and appointed Rugut to spearhead mediation
between Mutais side and the one
led by acting chairman Gabriel
Ouko.
Yes we met both boards today - the KRU board and the one
which purportedly came into office. A decision was made that we
should set a date next week to try
and bring them together, Rugut told
FeverPitch.
I was appointed to lead the mediation process and we hope for the
best. The decision to agree on the
way forward will have to come from
them, he said. The meeting was
chaired by Sports Cabinet Secretary
Hassan Wario.
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and fourth respectively as Robert Kiprop (14:13.0)
of Nairobi and Mike Mwanthi (14:14.1) of Southern followed.
In heat two, Daniel Kipkemoi topped in 14:07.0
ahead of Fredrick Kosgei (14:08.7), Fredrick Koech
(14:17.1) and Hosea Kiplagat (14:17.4). John Kirui
(14:26.5) and Ends Kales (14:28.1) followed.
Fireworks are, however, expected in mens 400m
when Alex Sampao, fourth at the IAAF World Juniors
in Eugene last year, lock horns with Raymond Kibet,
world junior 800m champion Alfred Kipketer and silver medalist Joshua Masikonde this morning.
Kipketer and Masikonde are targeting slots in
Kenyas squad to the second IAAF World Relays set
for Nassau, Bahamas, in May and will be out to test
their form before taking on top guns in Aprils trials at the Nyayo National Stadium.
We want to make the team and we must ensure that we have the speed to challenge the experienced athletes like world 800m record holder David Rudisha and Ferguson Rotich, said Masikonde.
World junior 3,000m champion Mercy Chebwogen and Africa Youth 800m champion Robert Biwott are other highlights of the day.
Maureen Thomas (200m) and Ian Mutuku
(400m) will lead a legion of stars that flew the national flag at the inaugural All Africa Youth Games in
Gaborone, Botswana, in May last year.
Maureen, a student at Nyota Secondary School in
Kisii County and who is ranked fourth in 200m youth
category globally, will be the star attraction.
Chebwogen, who finished outside medal bracket
at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Ukraine in
2013, is keen to make amends in the track before graduating to seniors.
She will square it out with world junior 3,000m silver medallist Daisy Chepkemei, the Form Three Student at Mokwo Girls Secondary School in Keiyo South.
Chepkemei, who won gold medal in 2,000m steeplechase at the inaugural Africa Youth Championships
in Warri, Nigeria, in 2013, needs to be at her best at the
Nyayo National Stadium today. She will take on Africa Youth silver medallist Stella Ruto and cross-country
runner Jackline Chebwogen.
WEEKS OF TENSION
Ngetich crawls on hands and knees to finish line

By FOX NEWS
Hyvon Ngetich crawls on her hands and knees

towards the finish line at the Austin Marathon.
Rugut leads
mediation
in rugby as
government
moves in
She scrambled forward on all

fours, her crooked body wracked
with pain as saliva drooled freely
but Hyvon Ngetichs gaze never wavered from her target: the finish line.
For more than 50 metres, the
Kenyan runner was urged on by
medical staff, one of whom tailed
behind while pushing a wheelchair
in case her body quit even if her
heart never would.
Ngetich had been leading the
Austin Marathon at the 37-kilometre mark before she gradually fell
behind and then down.
But her sheer bloody-minded
persistence in crawling over the line
earned her third place just three
seconds behind runner-up Hannah
Steffan, who passed her only two

metres from the finish.
Her courage inspired race director John Conley to adjust Ngetichs
prize money so that she received the
same amount as Steffan.
You ran the bravest race and
crawled the bravest crawl I have ever seen in my life, Conley told Ngetich. You have earned much honour.
What we saw was a champion.
The toughest person on the planet.
The race over, Ngetich accepted
a seat in the wheelchair and said she
didnt remember anything from the
last two kilometres. Still, she had no
regrets.
Running, always, you have to
keep going, going. You have to die
running, she said.
The special general meeting was

the culmination of weeks of tension
in KRU during which four leading officials, including chairman Mwangi
Muthee, resigned. The Patrons Society also raised issues regarding the
management of the sport and
blamed certain officials of conducting themselves inappropriately.
Meanwhile, the Kenyan team that
took part in the Las Vegas Sevens is
expected to return this morning. The
team will arrive at 6am and head to
Ole Sereni Hotel for breakfast, officials said.
The team maintained their 12th
position in the IRB World Series after
bagging eight points. Kenya won the
Bowl competition after beating Argentina 24-21, taking the tally to 29
with four legs remaining.
Bush Mwale (left) outruns Ramiro

Finco of Argentina to score a try
during the USA Sevens Rugby tournament at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las
Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday. Kenya
won 24-21. [PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES]
Hosts New Zealand stun

Scotland in W Cup, P.38
Warring football factions meet

today to agree on terms, P.41
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selection trials for African
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Vetting delayed the Athletics Kenya team
selections for the 12th African Junior Athletics
Championships at the Nyayo National Stadium yesterday.
Officials spent the better part of the morning and afternoon verifying athletes birth certificates for the biennial showpiece, which is restricted to boys and girls aged 18 and 19 years.
Athletics Kenya will use the two-day showpiece to pick a team to the 12th African Junior
Athletics Championships that runs in Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia, from March 3-8.
The spectacle, which started at 4pm, lived
up to its billing with favourite Julius Tanki securing a place in todays 5,000m final.
Tanki, who was dominant in the AK cross
country meetings but could not make the team
to next months gala in Guiyang, China, won
heat one in 14:01.5.
Victor Kipketer (14:01.8) of Central Rift, Meshak Leitim (14:02.7) of Nairobi and Westerns
Peter Kipserem (14:03.8) came second, third
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Creating a brighter
future for people
with albinism
Dr Prabha Choksey has been working
towards changing the societys
perception towards albinos, P3
Passion in adversity
Children displaced by violence in South Sudan have found a haven in Kakuma in northern Kenya from
where they can look forward to a better tomorrow, SEE STORY PAGE 6-7
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Lostand Found
With Leonard Kulei
PAGE 4
Husband left in a huff 15 years

ago, never to be seen again
Every time she hears that someone has been found
abandoned in the bush either dead or alive, she
makes frantic efforts to ascertain the identity
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or 15 years now, Esther Chebet, 51, has been staring at her

gate, hoping that her husband
of 18 years would one day reappear and assist her with the burden of raising their five children.
Her numerous visits to various
police stations and morgues across
Baringo and Uasin Gishu counties
bore no fruit. Every time she hears
that someone has been found abandoned in the bush either dead or
alive, she makes frantic efforts to ascertain the identity of the person.
His disappearance is the reason
I am suffering. You, see when your
man gets lost, the community
blames you. It is even worse what
your mother-in-law thinks about
you, she told Wednesday Life during
an interview at her home in Siginwo
village, about four kilometres from
Tenges trading centre in Baringo
South, Baringo County.
It all started in January 2003 when
the family received good news that
their first-born son, who had sat for
high school, one of the best schools
in the county.
Chebet says that differences
emerged during a family meeting
when her husband suggested that
their son would not proceed to secondary school but would join him in
subsistence farming so as to raise
money to pay school fees for his
younger siblings.
It was just dramatic to hear of a
father who was ready to sacrifice the
future of his own first-born child in
the name of savings. That was im-
possible by all means, said Chebet

as she held her mobile phone perhaps hoping the next call would
beckon her to his hideout.
That morning, she recalled, Jonathan stormed out of their matrimonial home angry that his suggestions
were not being respected.
I remember it was daybreak....
He was still furious. He said that he
would leave us to suffer forever and
left without looking back. It is so devastating, she said.
He just ran away from responsibility, she said.
More puzzling, according to
Chebet, is that Jonathan, just a week
before he walked away from his family, had received an unspecified
amount of money as a golden handshake from his employer the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) after he
applied for an early retirement.
He had a lot of money which he
never wanted me or any other person to be privy to. He would tell me
the money would go into a family
business that he did not specify, she
recalled in bitterness. He worked at
KFS from 1985-1997.
Chebet said since they married,her husband lived a secretive
life. Since we met and had children,
he took only two photographs with
us and when he left, I realised he
went with them. Even issues with his
money and mobile phone were
shrouded in mystery, she said.
For now, the mother of five depends on well-wishers and does odd
jobs to raise the Sh300,000 needed
Esther Chebet at her home at Siginwo village in Tenges. She says her husband left after they disagreed on family responsibilities. [PHOTO: KIPSANG
JOSEPH/STANDARD]
annually for her three children in
college and another one poised to
join Baringo high school in Eldama
Ravine.
When he left, my son who is to
join Form One this week, was barely
two-weeks-old. I wish he was there
to assist me in raising the family and
shouldering some of the responsibilities, she said.
Every year, for five consecutive
years now, the local administration,
through the chief, organises two
fundraisers to assist her cater for
school fees.
In December last year, she visited
Chemasusu in Lembus Forest, Eldama Ravine after she got wind that her
husband was living there. But it
turned out to be a hoax from people
who took advantage of her desperation. We need our father back now.
It has been 15 years of anguish. I
have been wearing big shoes, it is really difficult raising children without
a father when you know very well
that he may be alive somewhere,
she said.
You, see when your

man gets lost, the
community blames
you. It is even worse
what your mother-inlaw thinks about you
Esther Chebet
Crime of ourtime
With Murimi Mwangi
Gruesome murder that dashed a familys wedding plans

They had all dressed colourfully to
welcome their wedding guests but
instead they received grieving
neighbours arriving to view a badly
mutilated body.
Yellow police tape instead of
colourful wedding ribbons mapped
out a crime scene in what would have
been the reception area.
Inside the semi-permanent house
lay the lifeless body of Paul Maina; his
skull blown off and his brains spattered
all over the floor.
The gruesome scene at the
homestead in Micha village, Nyeri
County, was evidence of the terror
meted out on Maina the previous day.
The village had been warming up for
the wedding of Mainas younger brother
when gunshots rent the air at around

midnight, the night before.
Mainas wife was a police officer
and robbers would be least expected
to strike at such a homestead. But
they did.
When we visited the now
deserted homestead, eleven
years after the robbery, Mainas
brother Simon Njiri recounted
the painful ordeal that night.
Maina had arrived home
only hours earlier to attend his
brothers wedding when the
pistols and AK47 totting robbers
struck.
But unlike most Kenyans who give
in to robbers demands at the sight of a
gun, Maina did the unthinkable.
As soon as they broke into the

house, he went after them with a
panga, and cut off the arm of one of the
robbers, narrated Njiri.
One of the robbers shot him in the
forehead, killing him in the presence
of his wife who had all along been
begging for mercy from the
robbers.
There was ample forensic
evidence to at least find the
robber whose arm was slashed off.
But a mistake in the collection
and labelling of the blood samples
coupled with a broken chain of
evidence would four years later, serve
as the loophole that earned a prime
suspect freedom.
Most conspicuous was the failure by
the detectives to note that the scene of

crime had blood from two sources the
suspect whose arm was chopped off,
and the late Maina.
As the case commenced, crucial
exhibits mysteriously disappeared,
including spent bullet cartridges, the
bullet removed from Mainas head and a
bloody panga collected at the scene.
Justices James Wakiaga and Joseph
Serrgon dropped the death sentence
the suspect - identified as Anthony
Murage - had been handed by the
Magistrates Court.
However, Mainas family still
believes justice will be served one day.
I believe there is a God, even if they
are not punished here on earth, one day
they will get their sentence, says Njiri.
WEDNESDAY LIFE / Page 3
My story
David Njaaga
Creating a
brighter future
for people living
with albinism
Doctor Prabha Choksey (right) with a patient. She says her calling is to help society accept people
with albinism. [PHOTOS: DAVID NJAAGA/standard]
She has been working towards changing societys

perception towards albinos
race Nzomo, an international relations student at

the United States International
University
(USIU), sits for a routine eye
check-up at Dr Prabha Chokseys
clinic in Nairobi.
It is something she has been
doing for years now, with the
hope that one day,she will be
healthier. For Dr Choksey, it isa
job she does with passion to help
people with albinism access
quality healthcare.
It is a crucial exercise intended for people with albinism, a
defect of melanin production
that results in little or no colour
pigment in the skin, hair and
eyes.
Having studied ophthalmology, she understands the pain
people with albinism often go
through in their quest for better care. She never wants to see
anybody suffer if she can help.
I give eye check-ups for
people with albinism, especially young people, for free. I rarely worry about expenses, she
says.
Through Chokseys Albinism Foundation, she has managed to help many young albinos
access
sunscreen,
eyeglasses and an education.
By helping young albinos,
Im taking pleasure in seeing
them happy, and that becomes
my happiness, she says.
Through the foundation, a
number of albinos have accessed
scholarships to pursue their
dream courses at local and international learning institutions,
and today they are happy.
She regrets that the society
has over the years had a negative
attitude toward people with albinism and often associates them
with witchcraft. She has been
working towards changing societys perception towards albinos.
Not anymore should people
misjudge their contributions in
life. Their position in life can

never be belittled, says Dr
Choksey.
She says it is her calling is to
lessen the burden borne by persons living with albinism and to
help them deal with the challenges they face in their daily
lives.
According to her, more than
80 per cent of people with albinism end up enrolling in schools
for the blind and others join special schools.
Albinism is a genetically inherited condition and affects
about one in 20,000 people
worldwide.
Not anymore should

people misjudge
the contributions of
albinos in life. Their
position in life can
never be belittled
Dr Prabha Choksey
She notes that persons
with albinism in Kenya suffer
from incessant teasing and
bullying, even by teachers and
others in authority, causing demoralisation and psycho-social
issues, especially among young
people.
She observes that although
Kenya has made tremendous
progress in changing peoples
perceptions about albinism,
more needs to be done.
It is shameful to see the Government watch as albinos suffer
in poverty while they are well

aware of their problems, she
says.
Choksey urges the Government to increase efforts
aimed at ending various
forms of crime against people with disability, and to
strengthen investigations
into those cases so that
the perpetrators can be
brought to book.
Over 60 per cent of
Kenyan children with albinism are from single parent homes or live with their
grandparents.
In
Tanzania,
people with albinism represent
one in
ev-
ery 1,429 births, a much higher rate

than in any other African nation.
There is a need for collaboration
between well-wishers and the Government to help those affected by
the disease, Dr Choksey says, noting that most children with albinism
rarely get help and most of them end
up leading deplorable lives, something that makes them lose hope in
life.
live a good life

She is optimistic that people with
albinism can excel in various fields
like medicine, law, teaching, engineering, and business.
With good management of their
welfare by the society and the State,
Choksey says, albinos can live a
good life.
She has provided many children,
especially those with shortsightedness, with special eyeglasses to
boost their sight so that they can
read.
For now, her work and passion to
help people with albinism will continue, notwithstanding the challenges she faces in the pursuit of their
happiness.
Challenges will come and go
but with God I believe everything is possible. In the end, a
Good Samaritan will look at
my work and join me in
helping them, she says
Dr Choksey says that if
she raises enough money,
she will initiate more programmes targeting people with albinism so as to
prevent early deaths due
to skin cancer by ensuring that the sunscreen
programme is effective.
She will also facilitate
free skin cancer treatments and provide free
or low-cost visual aids
so that people with albinism can be accommodated in regular classrooms.
Innovator
With Boaz Kipngenoh
Novel mobile alarm for securing homes

Mwangi has been able to secure his house with the
device, which sends a mobile alert as soon as the
door is touched
hen he was in Standard

Two, David Mwangi figured out how to manipulate power circuits. Today,
40-year-old Mwangi, a Nakuru-based fruit vendor, is basking in
glory after inventing a security alert
alarm connected to a mobile phone
that could curb burglary.
Through the innovation, built on
a mobile phone alarm system,
Mwangi has been able to secure his
house. The device will send him a
mobile call alert should his home be
breached by burglars.
With a Sh40 circuit practical
board and electronic discrete components which include transistors,
resistors, capacitors and a simple
mobile phone, Mwangis innovative
device can alert you if thieves break
into your house while you are away.
Mwangis device also requires two
battery cells and a mobile phone ear
piece so that you can receive a call if
someone attempts to break into your
house.
Mwangi made a disturbance
sensing device from the earpiece
amplifier and the integrated circuit
(IC). He calls his invention a mobile
calling alarm circuit.
The amplifier, which also acts as
a microphone, picks up disturbances and transmits them to the electronic integrated circuit.
Mwangi, a resident of Lake View
in Nakuru, showed Wednesday Life
how a 10 second delay is created before the disturbance is reported via
an alert.
Through extension of the accessory earpiece connected to the mobile phone earpiece port, a digital
signal is transferred to the phone on
which the homeowners contact is
programmed.
Any disturbance at the amplifying
end, which acts as a sensor, is transmitted through the IC and triggers
the cell phone to dial the programmed contact, alerting the owner of the house that someone may be
trying to enter the house.
The device, according to Mwangi,
is fixed inside the door of the house.
Having supplied decoration lights to
matatus for several years, the innovator says that did not satisfy his
urge to create.
It was like a waste of time to me.
Even after moving to Nyahururu to
repair radios, I was not satisfied because I would find myself just doing
my own things, he says.
SENSE SOUND
The fruit vendor in Nakuru says
he currently spends his free time
making electronic systems. Other innovations using the sensing technique are light bulbs, which sense
sound frequency to switch themselves on.
He says the light bulbs can replace wall switches and reduce the
hustle of waking up to find a switch
in a dark room.
This helps mothers with babies
because if the baby cries, the system
detects the sound and switches itself
on. You may choose to put it off or
to let it go off after sometime,
Mwangi told Wednesday Life during
a demonstration in his house in Nakuru.
Mwangi says he is working on an
automatic sensor to perform various
tasks at his house.
The sensor will detect the temperatures in an oven or a jiko and will
be able to regulate the heat and
David Mwangi
shows how his
mobile alarm
calling system
works inside
his house in
Nakuru. Once
the alarm senses any form of
disturbance
the fitted
sensor calls the
mobile phone
contact set in
the dial mode
thus alerting
the owner.
[PHOTO: BOAZ
KIPNGENOH/
STANDARD]
hence conserve charcoal consumption.
Mwangi has produced a simple
bronchure that help jua kali electricians understand how the gadget
works.
The electronics wizard who
scored a D+ in 1993 at a Kangui Secondary School in Muranga blames
the 1992 clashes for affecting his education in Kericho, which would
have seen him compete with renowned international innovators.
He says his passion for electronics started while he was in Standard
Two when he started with simple
torch circuits. I also made an electronic bell in Standard Six as well as
a mortar while in Standard Eight, he
says.
In Form Two, he improvised a piano and a broadcasting system
which earned him a certificate at the
Secondary Schools Science Congress
held at Litein High School.
I am mistaken for a genius and I
hate being called one. But I want to
show people that the digital era is real and can take root even here, he
says.
I am mistaken for a
genius and I hate
being called one.
But I want to show
people that the digital
era is real and can take
root even here
David Mwangi
Your Environment
With Gardy Chacha
Rare rhino species faces imminent extinction

We are going to witness the demise of this
species; thats the reality of what we face. They
are going to die here, reads a statement issued by
Richard Vigne, CEO of Ol Pejeta Conservancy.
Vigne was lamenting the sad state that northern
white rhinos have found themselves in. The
species is on the verge of extinction as there are
only five of them alive in the whole world today.
In 2009, Najin, Fatu, Sudan and Suni, four of the
worlds last remaining northern white rhinos, were
moved across continents from Dvur Kralove Zoo in
the Czech Republic.
Suni, one of the males brought to Kenya in 2009,
died of natural causes in October of 2014. Another
male, Angalifu, died in captivity in the San Diego
Zoo in the United States in December of the same
year barely two months after the demise of Suni.
Angalifu was 44 at the time.

Currently, the only surviving
northern white rhinos
include a female in the
San Diego Zoo,
another in the
Czech
Republic, and
two females and
a male at Ol
Pejeta, who are
part of a
last-ditch
effort to
breed
the
extremely
rare subspecies. Sudan, the last living male,

is 43.
By rhino standards, vets say his
sperm is low quality. Nola in San
Diego is also beyond reproductive
age while Nabire in the Dvur
Kralove Zoo is 31, but suffers from
ovarian cysts. In Kenya, Najin, 25,
cannot mate because of her weak
hind legs, while her daughter Fatu,
14, is infertile.
It is an indictment of what the human
race is doing to planet earth and its not
just happening to rhinos. Its happening to
all sorts of species - big and small - across
the planet, Vigne added.
Being home to 96 black rhinos and 11 southern
white rhinos, Ol Pejeta, East Africas largest black

rhino sanctuary was found to have the best
possible ecology for the northern white rhinos
breeding project aimed at giving the species a
lifeline. But now, even with successful trans-location from Czech to Kenya, it seems the writing is
on the wall for the northern white rhino.
According to Vigne, the northern whites geographic range was Central Africa. He says that
war, strife, lawlessness and human greed opened
the door for poachers to kill them at will. People
are absolutely to blame, he says.
Mohammed Doyo, the park ranger at Ol Pejeta
who looks after Sudan, Najin and Fatu, believes
that there is hope. To deter poachers, the
northern whites are escorted by armed wardens at
night and their horns are trimmed.
Your Health
Nutrition
With Geoffrey Kamadi
With Vantigita Bosibori
Forgotten group in contraceptive reach

Countrys strategy is to increase family planning services from 46 to 58 per cent by end year
enyas push for universal family planning services to women and girls appear to be
bearing fruits. The uptake of
modern contraceptive by women in
the country is on the rise, with Nairobis rate climbing to 53 per cent
from 44 per cent.
Regions like Kisumu have already
hit the targeted 56 per cent in line
with the Governments 2012-2016
National Family Planning Implementation Plan.
Among other objectives, the plan
outlines the countrys strategy for increasing modern contraceptive from
46 per cent to 56 per cent by end of
this year.
A report released early November
by a global partnership known as
Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) has
shown that Kenya has made significant gains in access to family planning services and information.
According to the report, the country has added 290,000 new family
planning users since 2012. It also
shows that the use of modern contraceptives helped avert more than
one million unintended pregnancies and nearly 3,600 maternal
deaths in Kenya.
All this goes to show that Kenya is
on the right track in improving the
life of the woman. At least this is the
impression one gets from a distance.
But, it is only when one zooms in to
take a close-up look at what this really means, especially for communities that appear to have been left behind or forgotten in this effort, does
one begin to get a clearer picture.
A case in point is the isolated
community found in the Internally
Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps of
Majani Mingi, Lomolo A and Lomolo B, located in Rongai constituency,
Makongeni sub-location of Nakuru
County.
These camps are home

Annelie Danielson of Dandelion
to at least 345 families,
Africa distributes sanitary pads
who were evicted from the
to girls of Kimugul PrimaryMau Forest Complex. AlSchool in Lomolo, an IDP camp.
most every woman here
[photo: Boaz kipngenoh/
has never known what a
standard]
health facility looks like,
yet they are mothers with
an average of six children.
Girls here become parents
when they are barely 15.
Discussion about family planning or reproductive health in these camps
is a taboo.
Catherine Kisia of the
Ministry of Health in Rongai Constituency explains
that the main challenge
facing the people here, especially women, is their
relative distance from the
nearest health facility.
The only health facility in the vicinity is the
Mogotio Health Centre,
nearly 10 kilometres away, says KiJuliana Koskei is a 63-year-old
mother of eleven children, aged besia, adding that it can only be accessed by means of a motorbike taxi
tween 27 and nine.
at a cost of Sh400 round trip.
A labourer on one of the sisal
farms around, she says that her husMedical costs
band is against family planning.
Kisia explains that they rely on
Most people here are poor and
non-governmental organisations for
cannot afford medical costs, leave
family planning and reproductive
alone antenatal care (ANC) for preghealth services in the area.
nant women.
Dandelion Africa is one such orIt is little wonder, therefore, that
the majority of births take place in
ganisations, whose family planning
the confines of the mud huts on the
component is supported by the
parched landscape.
Community Health and Sustainable
And what complicates matters
Environment (CHASE) Africa.
for womens health in particular is
We realised there are many rethe fact that family planning is still
productive health issues in these
an issue which the community does
camps. You can even come across a
not talk about, not to mention the
nine-month-old baby who has never
fact that these IDP camps do not
received a BCG vaccination, exhave a stable health follow-up proplains Wendo Aszed, project coordigramme, says Kisia.
nator of Dandelion Africa.
What complicates
matters for womens
health in particular
is the fact that family planning is still an
issue which the community does not talk
about
A poor diet
can cause
anxiety
Everyone experiences spells of worry
and dread at some time or another. But
when anxiety is chronic, it becomes a
medical problem and a doctor should be
consulted. Though it is a psychological
state, anxiety manifests itself in physical
symptoms, and a growing body of
medical opinion argues that diet can help
to ease, and may even eliminate some of
it.
Physical symptoms include a dry
mouth, sweating, breathlessness, a
thudding heart, dizziness, chest pains, diarrhoea and fatigue. Anxiety may also
undermine the immune system.
A loss of appetite may disrupt normal
eating patterns. As a result, low food
intake can lead to loss of weight as well
as inadequate nutrition.
There is evidence that lack of
magnesium and vitamin B6 is associated
with anxiety and, when under stress, the
body rapidly uses up reserves of vitamin
C; those suffering from chronic anxiety
will often benefit from increased intake.
Avoiding food can lead not only to
increased anxiety, but to the risk of other
problems developing such as heartburn.
Caffeine - found in coffee, tea and
some cola drinks, as well as in plain dark
chocolate - is a stimulant. In small doses,
it can enhance both mental and physical
performance, but in larger amounts, it
can lead to agitation, particularly among
people who are sensitive to caffeine.
People suffering from anxiety often
reach for a drink, but this is likely to
make them feel worse, not better. During
the withdrawal phase, which occurs six to
12 hours after drinking, when blood

Catherine Kisia
Doctors desk
With Kizito Lubano
Time to transform health systems for women in Africa

The African Union has declared 2015 the year of
womens empowerment, and development
towards Africas Agenda 2063. So Will 2015 be a
year of transformation for African women? 2015
marks the end of the millennium development goals
and the launch of the post-2015 development
agenda.
A World Health Organisations Expert Commission report argues that womens health is the
foundation for social and economic development in
Africa.
While life expectancy is higher for women than
men in most countries, a number of health and
social factors combine to create a lower quality of
life for women. Unequal access to information, care
and basic health practices further increase the
health risks for women.
Discrimination on the basis of their gender leads
to many health hazards for women, including
physical and sexual violence, sexually-transmitted
infections, HIV and Aids, malaria and chronic

obstructive pulmonary disease. Tobacco use is a
growing threat among young women, and mortality
rates during pregnancy and childbirth remain high
in many countries.
Health systems are key to the sustainable and
equitable delivery interventions.
The African Federation of Obstetrics and
Gynecology (AFOG) in partnership with the Kenya
Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society (KOGS) is
having its first congress in Nairobi Kenya from
February 16-20 2015, during the 39th KOGS Annual
Scientific Conference whose theme is Beyond
Millennium Development Goals 2015: Lessons
Learnt, Challenges and Way Forward.
Among invited guests will be The First Lady of
Kenya, Margaret Kenyatta, who has emerged as a
true champion for womens health through the
Beyond Zero Campaign to raise awareness about
the link between good health and a strong nation,
specifically, demonstrating the importance of

maternal, newborn and childrens health.
As part of the campaign, she ran both half and
full marathons to galvanise support and mobilise
resources. And her clarion call, No Woman Should
Die Giving Life has resonated across the country
and globally, now even transformed by a Kenyan
band into a theme song titled, It Has to be Now.
Other leading lights will be the current president
of KOGS Dr Anne Kihara: Provision of reproductive,
maternal, neonatal and child health require
innovation, investment, commitment, partnerships
and leadership to form the cornerstone for
accelerating progress to meet the needs of African
women and children.
On a continent where maternal mortality and
morbidity is a top priority, the importance of a
continent-wide organisation like AFOG is immense
and all member associations need to advance the
maternal and newborn health agenda.
sugar levels are low, people are

particularly susceptible to anxiety
attacks.
Sweet milk can help people overcome
anxiety. It contains an amino acid called
tryptophan, and carbohydrates in the
form of sugar. Tryptophan stimulates the
production of another chemical - serotonin - which calms the mind and helps to
induce sleep.
Other food stuffs, which can assist in
reduction of anxiety, include meat, eggs,
cheese and green leafy vegetables (such
as kunde), which are a good source of
vitamin B. Citrus fruits like pineapples
are also good because they also have
vitamin B.
Special Feature
MANGOA MOSOTA
Learning and dreaming in a foreign

Thousands of child refugees from South Sudan
recent civil war to study in Kakuma refugee camp,
proving that war does not kill the desire to excel
he 16-year-old girl with piercing eyes lost her father a year

ago. Nyaruot Top Diangs father, a soldier, was killed in
last years South Sudanese conflict.
My mother lives at home, but I
am not sure she is alive. I was brought
to Kakuma refugee camp by my uncle, the Standard Eight pupil says in
almost fluent English.
She says many children escaped
the strife, some of them without their
parents.
Nyaruot would like to be a medical doctor and says resolutely that
the conflict in her country will not
deter her from achieving her dream.
She is among more than 300 pupils who will sit the Kenya Certificate
of Primary Education (KCPE) exam
in the school this year.
She hails from Akoba, in Jonglei
State, South Sudan.
Nyaruots classmate, Nyageinh
Khot, 17, also lost her father, a soldier, in the conflict that erupted in
December 2013.
Most learners at Hope primary
school are orphans whose parents
were killed in the civil war. Some of
them have one parent.
BOUNDLESS HOPE
Many are incredibly cheerful, and
talk of their future with boundless
hope and anticipation. They are eager to acquire education. They talk of
the various careers they want to pursue.
Barely a year since the school was
established, its population has shot
up to 7,433 pupils who learn in 25
crowded classrooms.
The walls and roofs are made of
iron sheets. The learners squeeze
themselves in with up to six sharing
a desk meant for three.
Many of the younger pupils share
desks, while others are forced to sit
on the floor.
A standard classroom is supposed
to have 45 pupils, but most classrooms here have more than 150.
When the school was started in
February last year with only 100 pupils, it was housed in tents for five
months.
Later, the tents were replaced
with iron sheet structures. The institution is situated a few metres from
Kakuma refugee camp, in Turkana
County.
The school has refugees from five
nations, but over 70 per cent of them
are South Sudanese who have escaped civil war in their country that
has claimed close to 10,000 lives in
less than two years.

More than one million people are
estimated to have fled their homes
since fighting broke out.
There are 19 primary schools in
Kakuma refugee camp, with nine
Early Childhood Education centres.
The 19 schools have close to 50,000
learners. Hope primary school is the
biggest school in the refugee camp.
The schools headteacher Simon
Poth is hopeful that the learners determination to acquire education
will prove to the world that war does
not take away a childs passion to
learn.
They (learners) are going
through the normal Kenyan primary
school curriculum, with English being the language of instruction. I admire their resoluteness, he says,
adding: I have never heard or come
across such a big school in my life.
Imagine a child who has lost both
parents to war making an effort to
acquire formal education.
He reveals that the lower primary
section pupils take shifts in which
some children are taught in the
morning, while others learn in the
afternoon.
But for the upper school, teaching is done all day. Each of the classrooms has an average of 150 pupils,
with two streams each, he says.
Currently, the school has 36
teachers instead of the expected 100.
Over 30 of the teachers are not
trained, including the deputy headteacher. Standard Eight has two
streams with 374 pupils, with one
English teacher, Poth.
I take about a week to mark one
assignment, he says, as he points to
the learners exercise books. Poth
came to Kenya in 1992, when he was
20.
BACK TO SOUTH SUDAN

He went back to South Sudan in
2005 after secession of hostility between the North and South, but returned to Kenya last year due to conflict pitting the government against
rebels.
He says that the teachers are not
paid a salary, but get an incentive.
The number of new pupils joining the school does not seem to ebb.
In just one week recently, the school
admitted 300 new pupils.
If the war persists, we will have
more refugees in Kakuma, Poth says
of South Sudan that has a population
of close to 12 million people.
The school is facing financial
constraints, leading to a shortage of
EAGER TO
LEARN: Despite
the deplorable
conditions at
the camp, these
childrens focus
in on a bright
future.
[PHOTOS: MANGOA
MOSOTA/STANDARD]
learning materials and facilities. It

currently has only 1,112 books for
the entire school.
Its miniature library doubles up
as the head teachers office.
The school was established by the
Lutheran World Federation, with
World Vision Kenya funding 16 of the
25 classrooms.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is
the main donor.
A report released recently reveals
that South Sudans conflict could
cost countries in the region Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania a combined $53 billion
(Sh4.77 trillion) if the conflict lasts
another five years.
The costs will arise from increased refugee upheaval, security
needs and other factors.
The report, prepared by Frontier
Economics, a London-based consultancy, estimated that the countrys
economy shrank by 15 per cent last
year as a result of the civil conflict.
The war has not only killed an estimated 10,000 people, but has cut
off oil output from the county.
South Sudan is one of the worlds
poorest nations, with adult illiteracy

levels at 73 per cent. The report was
prepared in collaboration with South
Sudans Centre for Peace and Development Studies and Ugandas Centre
for Conflict Resolution.
It urged the Intergovernmental
Authority for Development (Igad), to
put pressure on the South Sudanese
government and rebels to cease hostilities. Igad is a regional grouping of
eight African nations: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South
Sudan, Sudan and Uganda.
According to UNHCR, there were
90,192 South Sudanese refugees (registered and awaiting registration) in
Kakuma at the beginning of this
month.
ORCHESTRATING COUP
Fighting began in the countys
capital Juba in December 2013, after
President Salva Kiir accused his former vice-president Riek Machar of
orchestrating a coup.
The conflict quickly spread to different parts of the country. Both
sides have broken six ceasefire agreements in the last one year.
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Special Feature
land
Where learning
is pain
By MANGOA MOSOTA
The pupils dream of a bright future

burns on.
British journalist Deborah Scroggins,

in her book Emmas War, chronicles the
conflict in the larger Sudan, detailing
how two million South Sudanese lost
their lives.
She details how ethnicity, a contest
for political power and greed for the
countys natural resources such as oil,
have led to Sudans civil war that turned
out to be the longest-running in Africa.
Furthermore, the writer illustrates
how peace agreements in the past were
never implemented, leading to recurrence of conflict, resulting in wanton destruction of property, displacement of
people and loss of life.
I have never heard or come

across such a big school
in my life. Imagine a child
who has lost both parents
to war making an effort to
acquire formal education
Simon Poth
Simon Poth.
The six-year-old child lies face down on the

sandy floor of her classroom, before crying out
loudly suddenly. A teacher carries her to the
head teachers office.
The Standard Two pupil is hungry and only
stops crying after eating a biscuit given to her by
a visitor. Soon, another crying girl is brought to
the office.
The walls of the three classrooms of Kabokorit primary school, which was started four
years ago, are made of mathenge reeds. Strong
winds swirl and the teachers instructions to pupils are almost inaudible.
Most of these walls are made of dry branches of the tree, while other sections are made of
the greener bits.
Stones are used as desks for the pupils, but
not all the learners are fortunate enough to have
a stone to sit on. Those who are not sit on the
thick layer of sand.
Blackboards in the three classrooms have
been ripped apart by the wind.
These boards are tied by strings. Sackcloth is
used to make reading charts.
Because there are not enough classrooms,
teachers combine different classes.
For instance, Standard Three and Five share
a classroom, Standard One shares with Two.
Standard Four is on its own.
Two teachers are sometimes forced to teach
simultaneously, says Alice Tiya, the headteacher of the school with two teachers.
The learners books are strewn on the floor.
The school was started by the local community,
and is situated about four kilometres from Kakuma township, in Turkana County. Tiya says a
church donated iron sheets.
Education
With Grace Kirigha
Are boarding schools really

good for children?
Spend quality time with them in their childhood before you
release them to the world. You will be proud of what you did
because your child will not depart from your wisdom and
teaching
ur society is characterised by
competition.
Everyone
wants the best for themselves and their children. The
job market is flooded, the political
arena is flooded, the business market
is flooded and one can only make it
if they have an outstanding idea or
know the right people.
It is as a result of this competition
that most parents take their children
to boarding primary schools.
Apart from the fact that they are
busy and hardly have time to be at
home with their children, the main
reason is that the children will perform better when they are in a boarding environment.
THE RIGHT AGE

Others take their children to
boarding schools because they have
difficulties with their spouses and do
not want their children exposed to
their differences. Which begs the
question: What is the right age to
take a child to boarding school?
Traditionally, children joined a
boarding school at Form One. Their
primary years were spent in a day
school. Classes for lower primary pupils were half-day, while the upper
classes stayed on until 4 pm, not 6
pm.
Saturday was a day to help at
home and play, while Sunday was for
church and more play.
Today, however, parents take children as young as seven-years-old to

boarding schools.
I dont agree with this school of
thought because a child needs to be
a child. Life in boarding school, at
that age, denies the child an opportunity to be childish.
First, you spend very little time
with them because nine out of 12
months in a year are spent in school.
(That is without considering holiday
tuition). Secondly, you deny your
child an opportunity to play like a
child would. Play time in boarding
school is limited, and most of the
time
is
spent
in
class.
Once the child completes Standard
Eight, he or she joins Form One in yet
another boarding school. From
there, they go to campus or college
for another four years or more, before they move out of home. When do
you spend time with your child?
Some parents claim that taking
their children to boarding school
while still in primary allows them to
become independent and responsible. But I say no. My child can still be
responsible and independent in my
house. At age seven, a child is able to
do dishes, wash some light clothes
and even clean the house. You should
be able to supervise your child while
they do this; they will learn to do it
your way and in future, there will be
no conflict of thoughts or ideas be-
Bongebo Boarding Primary School in Migoro-lake Region pupils perform a Kuria folk song in
Mombasa last year. There is a debate about taking children to boarding school at an early age.
[PHOTO: MAARUFU MOHAMED/STANDARD]
tween you and your child.
I am not quite sure they will get the
same guidance in the chores while in
boarding school.
Teachers who have myriad other responsibilities and want the work completed fast so that they can move on to
other chores. Will the teacher guide your
child as they do these chores the way you
would, with parental love? Havent you
heard of children who hate household
chores because they overdid it in primary through to high school?
KNOWING REAL CHARACTER

If you are one of the parents I am
talking about, when will you ever spend
time with your child? Do you really know
your child and does your child know
you? The age between nine to 13 is the
most critical in knowing the real character of your child and moulding them into what you would want them to be.
If they spend all this time in boarding
school, then you are bound to lose them
because you do not know their character, their likes and dislikes.
They do not know what you like or
dislike. All that they know is from their
teachers.
When crap hits the fan and a child becomes a truant, whom do you blame?
Society has many dynamics and you
cannot leave the responsibility of your
childs upbringing to teachers. A teacher
can only do so much. When I was a
teacher, I witnessed situations where
parents would request me to speak to
their daughters, who were my students,
since they had become difficult at home
and would never listen to their parents.
I always wondered why a child would revolt against their parents.
Your child is your responsibility.
Spend quality time with them in their
childhood before you release them to the
world. You will be proud of what you did
because your child will make you proud.
Top Marks
With Grace Kirigha
How to make the most of your night studies

We are well into first term and it is time to
seriously focus on books as we head towards the
end of this term. This means you have to start
making use of your revision timetable. Success in
school calls for many hours put into study.
Different people prefer different reading times
when they can concentrate and absorb more.
Some prefer to wake up as early as 4am, while
others would rather stay up till 2am.
Many believe that brains performs better at
night and studies seem to concur. But some
people are not comfortable with late night
studying because they believe it makes the
student not concentrate in class; they spend
most of the time drowsy and lack concentration.
Science has shown that the amount of sleep you

get affects your academic performance. The less
it is, the worse your performance.
Not everyone can, however, stay up late. Science
has also shown that sleep preferences for most
people are genetic. It shows that teen brains
perform better at night and parents and
teachers should know this and allow their
children to study at that hour.
So how do you maximise your night study
time to avoid trouble in class? You need to
establish whether you are a morning or night
person. You could test both to see which
works best for you.
Find a study area where there are minimal
distractions from radio, TV, roommates or pets.

Set short-term goals of what you want to achieve
and by what time of the night. This helps you
accomplish your mission for the night. Decide on
the absolute start time if you plan to study late.
Turn off the TV or music that may distract your
reading. You should also decide on a deadline
when you close your books and go to bed. It
should be a routine.
Keep your cellphone off, otherwise you will find
yourself wasting time on texts, social media or
games.
Eat healthy food. Cookies and crisps will give you
instant energy but you will feel sluggish almost
immediately after. Ensure you drink a lot of
water to stay hydrated.

If you can, take a nap during the day; even if it is
just 10 to 15 minutes. This will help recharge
your system and keep you awake at night.
There are some downsides, however, to staying
up late into the night. According to studies,
late-nighters are unreliable and emotionally unstable. It has been claimed that they are also
likely to get into eating disorders and addictions
compared to early risers.
Early risers, it is said, tend to be more conscientious, persistent, and cooperative. They are also
more likely to cope with academic expectations
and get better grades.
Personal Finance
With John Kariuki
Money myths to evade during hard times

With the cost of living rising, many people have
enough excuses to defend their failure to save
ecently, I overheard a discussion in a matatu in which

some people perpetuated a
modern-day money myth
that it is not possible to save in these
hard times. Apparently, all their incomes were going to basic needs and
they would wait until things improved to start saving seriously.
Everybody seemed to agree that
things are tough and that only super-earners can save something.
When people rationalise their
failure to save under one set of circumstances, they will certainly find
it easy to justify not putting aside any
money in other conditions.
And with the cost of living rising,
many people have enough excuses
to defend their failure to save or
make other substantial financial decisions in their lives.
In effect, they fail to see opportunities that abound in such times and
merely perpetuate the myth that
economic hardships cause people
not to plan.
But personal finance experts say
that one must save regardless of their
circumstances. The triumphant feeling that one gets after saving in the
face of adversity puts one on the
path to financial freedom. And the
tougher ones circumstances, the
greater the money lessons that one
learns from saving and investing.
And in any case, it is ones savings
that turn things around by virtue of
the power of compound interest, regardless of how they accumulated.
The current money hardships
have unleashed other money myths,
which stand in peoples paths to financial freedom. The often quoted
principle that one should aim at saving 10 per cent of ones regular income can be misleading when
looked at critically.
As individuals, we pursue different financial goals by making the
best out of our different circumstances. Scores of people may not be
saving now while others could be
deep in debt after paying school fees
for their children.
Yet, there are others who may
comfortably save up to 80 per cent or
more of their regular incomes to fast
track their financing ambitions.
Weston Maina, a banker, says that
there is no one-size-fits-all saving
formula that makes sense for everybody.
This idea of saving ten per cent
of ones income is largely responsible
for the common perception of saving
as a formulaic thing like an insurance premium designed somewhere, says Maina.
One should compare the gains
accruing from saving with his or her
immediate expenses and come up
with the appropriate figure to allocate to saving.
adjustable savings
When deciding on the amount
to save, the time-frame of ones envisioned financial goals is important to
consider.
And the good thing is that this figure can be adjusted, depending on
circumstances instead of following
inflexible myths, adds Maina.
Cathleen Nyaga, a banker at a microfinance institution, says that showing people that we love them by buying them gifts is a modern money
myth that can ruin peoples finances.
Some gift receivers often feel annoyed by all the attention devoted to
them but of course nobody wants to
hurt the feelings of the gift givers,
she says.
Quick Wins
Be your biggest money
advocate and shun all
money myths.
She has analysed the amount of
money that goes into her clients annual gift giving frenzy and came to a
shocking conclusion: Some investment groups spend as much as
Sh500,000 of their savings per year
on gifts to their members.
She says that this myth affects
people at the
an individual
level since they
equate
their
love for others
to needless and
costly gifts. It
is now fashionable for people
withdraw
to
their savings or
borrow money
to shower others with gifts
when visiting
them. Yet all
that our loved Weston Maina
ones need is
How I make it
our time, she says.

Some single people with steady
incomes are perpetuating the myth
that getting married and raising children is untenable because they think
it is expensive. The reality, though, is
that there are some time-tested and
cheaper options for establishing a
family.
When deciding on the

amount to save, the
time-frame of ones envisioned financial goals
is important to consider
With Geoffrey Arich
Female mechanic sweats it out with men

As most of her friends went into hair
dressing, tailoring and myriad female-related jobs, 25-year-oldMaureen Akoth
decided to break into the male-dominated
field of mechanics.
Most ladies shun technical jobs but
seeing my sister doing well in electrical
engineering, I embraced mechanics, said
Akoth, who didnt manage to go on with
education after finishing her Form Four.
Akoth left her rural home in Oyugis in
2009 after years of being idle to join her
brother in the lakeside city of Kisumu
where he owned a garage.

And since it was unusual to see a lady
carrying spanners and wearing overalls
covered with grease, the work was a little
hard for her initially.
At first, it was tough because most
customers shunned me, doubting my
ability to fix the problem with their motor
vehicles. Interestingly, they look for me
these days to fix their cars where before
they did not trust me at all, she said.
With the keenness and dedication that
is associated with females, Akoth has
been able to attract several customers,

with some being specific that they want
her services.
I dont care what critics say, at times
some hurl insults at me, others try to take
advantage of my gender but with
self-respect, I focus on my job, she said.
Akoth however, is happy that at the
end of the day, she can pay her bills and
make sure her son lives a comfortable
life. The single mother urges all ladies to
avoid choosing jobs.
wake up
But the most
costly and dangerous money myth is
that
retirement
means never doing
anything productive. Retiring simply means you will
necessarily
not
have to wake up every morning to go
to work, but you
can still be economically
and
gainfully engaged.
Your choices in life

determine how much you
spend or save.
Where you are right now
is the sum total of the
decisions that you made
in the past, so set the
stage for the future
today.
The major hurdle to
getting rich is not the
size of your pay slip but
the way in which you
were taught to use
money.
People should work just
as hard in retirement as
they did in their years of
formal employment to
cushion themselves and
their kin from financial
ruin.
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Gemini (May 21 - June 21)
A business-related talk will go
much better than expected. All
sorts of weird feelings and emotions may be gurgling up from
your subconscious today. These
feelings may be obscuring your
view of what is going around you.
Aquarius
(Jan 20 - Feb 18)
The company for which you

work may agree to help you Cancer (June 22 - July 22)
with further education or may You have an increase in personal
offer to send you to lectures magnetism that makes it a good
in order to study and learn time for business dealings. This is
of those great days when you
new techniques or styles of one
will be able to accomplish just
working.
about anything you set out to do.
Scorpio (Oct 24 - Nov 21)

Mental stimulation from others
is key for you right now. It is a
good idea to make every effort to
cooperate and compromise when
needed. A project today should
gain a great deal of progress.
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day. Others need guidance and just automatical- to effectively communicate your
ly flock to your side. Although you can be very ideas to co-workers and those
influential, you may choose to turn a few people who work around you. Your creative intellect and communication
away this afternoon.
skills are enhanced.
Aries (Mar 21 - April 19)
This is a day where much can be accomplished. Virgo (August 23 - Sep 22)
Progressive people and concepts

play a more important role in
your life, as a new cycle begins.
This is a time when your powers
of creativity are great. A couple
of different situations put you in
a place to meet new people.
Your instinctive orientation at this time is towardOConcern yourself with health

getting down to the basics. An important clue matters, not because you are ill,
into new investments may be worth your review. but to keep your mind and body
in the best working condition for
your life enjoyment. This time
Taurus (April 20 - May 20)
may forecast the successful end
This is a good time to lead the way on a project,
to an ambitious project.
for your originality is unusually heightened. Your
attitude may be that you would rather switch
than fighta pushover. Ego, energy and self-as- Libra (Sept 23 - Oct 23)
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Business dealings may be

particularly fruitful now. There could be an opportunity for
a round-table discussion in the
workplace today. Your viewpoint
will be heardpatience. Expect
a sense of support and goodwill
from those around you.
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Problems in the workplace can

be solved easilylook at the
technical side. Outside interest
in a current project of yours can
bring you some extra funds. Try
to relax, anxiety can be paralyzing.
By Rosy Russell
Using all the letters of the alphabet,

fill in the grid. To help you, there are
three cryptic crossword-style clues:
Top line: End of the bread, a top card
and a lobster. (3, 10)
Middle line: Journalists find supports
first. (3,10)
Bottom line: With a Zen peach, he,
Tim, struggled like an ape. (3 ,10)
To start you off, here is one of the
letters.
4
C
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
10
D
11
X
12
S
13
O
23
24
Z
25
W
26
F
YESTERDAYS SOLUTIONS
2
C
3
R
4
A
5
B
14
15
Q
16
T
17
K
18
G
6
N
19
Y
7
U
20
V
8
L
21
P
E
22
H
Across
1 Desert (6)
7 Brawny (8)
8 Similar (4)
10 Judgement (6)
11 Wards off (6)
14 Insulate (3)
16 Store (3,2)
17 Childs toy (4)
19 Stoneworker (5)
21 Truncheon (5)
22 Carried chair (5)
23 Plant (4)
26 Nobleman (5)
28 Cleaning utensil (3)
29 Adequate (6)
30 Progenitor (6)
31 Impulse (4)
32 Stupid (8)
33 Boastful talk (3,3)
Down
1 Run aground (6)
2 Creature (6)
3 Prayer ending (4)
4 Rank (7)
5 Narrow way (5)
6 Brittle (5)
8 Quiet spell (4)
9 Barrel (3)
12 Cooking vessel (3)
13 Of the moon (5)
15 Devil (5)
18 Sea (5)
19 Frenzied (3)
20 Male offspring (3)
21 Asian language (7)
22 Old French coin (3)
23 Overlook (6)
24 Fencing sword (4)
25 Chatter (6)
26 Light brown (5)
27 Bellows (5)
28 Spoil (3)
30 Shove (4)
ACROSS
1 Worker producing oil for
a company to the East
(6)
7 She can dish out a stew,
sir (8)
8 Halting meal production
(4)
10 Darkens certain colours
(6)
11 Rabbit, goat, or duck
taken in by a useless
artist (6)
14 Could he treat you like a
dog? (3)
16 Would he generously give way in the entrance? (5)
17 Night-light (4)
19 Its socially acceptable
to be in debt at the
1
J
Horoscope to
22840
Easy Puzzle
YESTERDAYS EASY SOLUTIONS
ACROSS:
1. Panic; 6. Study; 9. Novices; 10. Grabs; 11. Cable; 12. Demur; 13. Farrier; 15. Bar;
17. Eden; 18. Camera; 19. Boxer; 20. Season; 22. Ants; 24. Tay; 25. Fatigue; 26. Otter;
27. Stare; 28. Pious; 29. Erected; 30. Brass; 31. North.
DOWN:
2. Abroad; 3. Inborn; 4. Cos; 5. Miser; 6. Secular; 7. Tsar; 8. Dollar; 12. Devon;
13.Feast; 14. Relay; 15. Being; 16. Raise; 18. Cedar; 19. Boaters; 21. Easter; 22. Aikido;
23. Tumult; 25. Fence; 26. Ores; 28. Pen.
start (5)
21 Summarise briefly (5)
22 Name for a church seat
(5)
23 Loud, riotous game? (4)
26 Footwear parts, though
only small (5)
28 Keep the eggs warm (3)
29 Move in the manner of
a jackass joining a companion (6)
30 Speed around Los Angeles, that grand place (6)
31 In Malaya, hopefully, one
can find a nursemaid (4)
32 Match that takes a day
to finish, suitably concluded (8)
33 The bird is returning to
cover (6)
DOWN
1 Brings us into a complicated case (6)
2 Article obtainable from a dealer (6)
3 Key points from sheepish females (4)
4 Bear examination as a comic? (5,2)
5 Fiendish source of many a bad omen (5)
6 Mark gets nothing as an award (5)
8 Heated outburst from mother nature? (4)
9 Joined a passenger line (3)
12 Obtained leave, starting tomorrow (3)
13 Like the Circle Line, its part of the Underground (5)
15 Where many visitors came gathering round
the city head? (5)
Cryptic Puzzle
18 Chuck? He gets an article from the airport (5)

19 Studys a bit of a burden (3)
20 Its out of habit, possibly, that one exclaims
thus (3)
21 Nullify the effect of scattered cinders (7)
22 Risky thing to do in a tube train (3)
23 Those gathered by wartime singers? (6)
24 State the upstart has a battered hat (4)
25 No Boer could possibly be a king! (6)
26 What taxidermists do with almost anything (5)
27 Figures the end of the streets as far as one
can go (5)
28 Sadly robbed of five hundred pounds, about
(3)
30 Hires a spy, possibly (4)
YESTERDAYS CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS
ACROSS: 1, Knots 6, Spo-R-t 9,
Augusta 10, Stake 11, Ritzy

12, Bla-ir 13, Ba-lone-y 15,
Tip 17, O-din 18, Meteor 19,
Elder 20, T-Rudge 22, Rome
24, Ho-p 25, Cove-red 26,
Fee-L-s 27, F-etid 28, TimId29, Joe s-OAP 30, Stein
31, Della (Street).
DOWN: 2, Not bad 3, Take on
4, S-U-E 5, Gully 6, Striker
7, P-air 8, R-izz-io 12, Belle
13, Bo-O-th 14, LI-t up 15,
T-ENO-r 16, Pried 18, Me-los
19, E-GG-ed on 21, Ro-den-t
22, Rec.-ipe 23, Menial 25,
Close 26, Fiji 28, Tad.
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dead and medically a vegetable, his doctor and nurses use his body for painful
and barbaric experiments. When a new nurse, joins his medical team, the man
finds his opportunity for bloody revenge.
YESTERDAYS TRIVIA: Bad Country
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:
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
93.8 I Kisii: 91.3
12:00AM Hakuna Kulala
DStvHighlights
NO 5449
DIFFICULT
4:00 Wakilisha
5:00 Lucky Me
6:00 Loving You Is All
I Want
7:00 Kona
7:30 Kanuni
8:00 The Lady From
Vendaval
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:30
The Wild
Noose of Gold
Jane And Abel
Prem
Sumu la Penzi
Beyond The
Beat
STANDOKU
21
The letters have a distinct value between 1 to 9. The totals vertically and
horizontally have been given. Solve all
the values.
22
25
13
NO 5448
25 22
18
16
YESTERDAYS SOLUTIONS
A B
C D
E F
G H J
2 8
6 9
4 3 5
8
5
MEDIUM
6
7
8
6
1
1
###
3
7
5
YESTERDAYS SOLUTION
Imejin
All rows, columns and 3 by 3 grids (defined by bold lines ) have the numbers 1 to 9 appearing only once. Some of the numbers have been entered. Complete the whole table by inserting the correct numbers.
Sudoku
2
Solution
1
7
8
6
4
3
5
2
9
9
3
2
8
7
5
6
4
1
4
5
6
9
2
1
7
8
3
No.
###
8
6
3
2
9
7
4
1
5
2
4
9
5
1
8
3
7
6
7
1
5
3
6
4
2
9
8
6
8
7
4
5
9
1
3
2
3
2
1
7
8
6
9
5
4
5
9
4
1
3
2
8
6
7
Social Media
With Jerry Odumbe
Reactions following news about

42-year-old Naivasha man who
committed suicide after failing to
raise daughters fees
Antony M Gaitho: Too much love is punitive. He
should have consulted around or sought help from
friends.
Yobra Apidi: So sad that some Kenyans are now
resorting to suicide due to unprecedented levels of
poverty in the country.
Ann Gitonga: This wasnt a good solution. Parents
should let their children know their financial situation
early. Prepare them for every outcome and probability
to avoid disappointment
Paul Wainaina: The worst poverty is mental. If you
are mentally stable you are not poor.
Felix Wasonga: I can only imagine what he was
going through. There is nothing but pressures in this
world. You have to take the good with the bad; and take
it in stride. Pressure can make you commit suicide. It is
worse when it is applied on a man who cannot provide.
Kevin Abuta Machuki: Theres light at the end of every tunnel. I wish this man knew how to pick himself up
and move towards achieving. So sad.
Mark Gannon: Very sad! We all want a better world
and future for our children. Education should be free.
Sadly, the fathers action will haunt this poor girl
forever. Unfortunately, nothing will change by his death.
Brian Otieno: This shows the extent to which
frustration is now pushing Kenyans. Poverty can easily
reduce a man to this. This is what we call betrayal.
Iprince Franc: This man had true love for his
daughter; he only lacked a fighting spirit.
Winnie Carlos: What leads to these suicidal cases?
When you share your problem with someone you get
relieved. But I know how painful men feel when they fail
in such responsibilities.
SHARING: The people who have the least usually share the most
because they know what it is like to live with nothing.
TRENDING PHOTO
Trending
#KOT react to the abrupt shut down of top local TV stations

@MacOtani: Ironically, the middle class tweeps
shouting the loudest about digital migration seem to
know the least about it.
@Oleitumbi: The media has always called on
Government to obey court rulings, Nothing less can be
demanded of them.
@SaddiqueShaban: No
one is benefiting from the
current impasse. Commercial
losses and viewers right to
information is biting hard.
Government losing face on this.
@ItsBuddhaBlaze: TV
stations need to be leading in the
improvement of peoples thought
processes, lifestyles and general
humanity.
@ Dr_chitayi: Take it from me, people are only
feigning indifference. Deep down KTN, NTV and CITIZEN
are part of our daily lives.
@KResearcher: The people who stand to gain from

#DigitalMigration way outnumber those who stand to
lose.
@C_NyaKundiH: You must use force for Kenyans to
embrace change.
@HeshdeSilva: I am pro-digital
migration. I am against forcing everyone
to have to pay to watch basic TV. Theres
something inherently wrong about that.
@Roomthinker: Interesting how
media has tried and failed to shape this
#DigitalMigration narrative in their
favour.
@Donsarigo: The MUD the Kenyan
MEDIA has been dragged through by the
government can build the Berlin Wall.
@OsmanMOsman_: Ati KTN/NTV/CITIZEN should
call us to Uhuru Park and read news to us live.
@Nyamwanda: Kenyan media houses abdicated
their watchdog role and now want our support?
Light Side
New Facebook updates

for celebrities
Last year, Facebook launched
the Mentions application only for
verified public figures such as
musicians, athletes and actors.
This app helps celebrities to easily
keep track of interactions and
share content with their fans.
Recently, it introduced an
updated version of the app and
added new features to make it
easier for high profiled individuals
to share information and engage
with their fans.
People who post to Facebook
via Mentions now have the ability
to share those posts on other
social media platforms such as
Instagram and Twitter, enabling
celebrities to share information
with a broader scope of fans.
The change makes it easier for
people with substantial followings
on other social platforms to reach
them all through one app, a move
that has been reportedly
appreciated by very many social
media specialists.
Facebook also recently added
topics to a persons Mentions
feed. This permits public figures
to follow the discussions around a
hashtag for a trending topic or a
specific Facebook page.
The feature allows people to
see public posts about that topic
in their feed, in addition to seeing
posts that mention you.
The largest social media
platform reports more than two
billion interactions between
celebrities and fans every week.
The novel application is,
however, only available to those
with verified Facebook pages.
So until further notice,
ordinary Facebook users will need
to trust that their most loved
celebrity has the application, and
keeps close tabs on current
happenings.
[Sourced from Twitter and Facebook}
Empty pockets?
After a spending
spree this past Valentines weekend, this man
must be trying to balance
his books of account by
figuring out how much he
spent treating his better
half. Fact of the matter is,
his liabilities will certainly
outweigh his assets. Hes
only got himself to blame,
anyway.
Its no longer a lifestyle, its a

responsibility
Our Luo brothers and sisters clearly know no
limits. This Range Rover is being shipped to one
of the villages. It is not a matter of how it gets
there as long as it gets there. They rather live in a
grass thatched house as long as they drive a top
notch automobile. As they say, ujaluo ni gharama.
Faith over fear

It seems like it is not only the Son of God
who walked on water. This man was
courageous enough to the extent that he
disobeyed the laws of physics and floated
on water. Someone give him a medal,
please.

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