Suspended Deputy Chief Justice Nancy Baraza on Thursday lost the first round of a legal fight to stop a tribunal

appointed by President Kibaki from inquiring into her conduct. The case will be heard on Monday in the presence of all parties. Another case was lodged at the High Court in Malindi by a prisoner challenging the decision by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to petition the President to suspend Ms Baraza. The case was filed by Emmanuel Boki Kibagendi, now serving term at Malindi Prison. In Nairobi, Justice Mohammed Warsame declined to issue temporary orders stopping the tribunal from investigating accusation against the DCJ of assaulting a security guard at Village Market shopping mall on New Years eve. Justice Warsame said he could not issue the orders at first instance because the matter was a weighty one, where both parties in the case needed to be heard. Ms Baraza has named JSC and the Attorney General as respondents. The lawyer faulted a decision by the Commission to petition the President to constitute a tribunal over a simple dispute between Ms Baraza and security guard Rebecca Kerubo. All that we are told is of a misunderstanding between two women at a market place and you ask the President to form a tribunal? asked Dr Khaminwa, who accused JSC of breaching the law while handling Ms Barazas case. He said JSC should have acted only after receiving a petition from outsiders, which was not the case. Dr Khaminwa faulted the decision by the JSC to rely on statements given by police officers handling the case. Relying on police statements was a breach of the principle of separation of powers because the force was part of the Executive, said Dr Khaminwa, adding: The Chief Justice, the judges, the Attorney General and lawyers who sit in that Commission have breached the law and the Constitution. He accused JSC of acting in a highly biased and prejudicial manner against Ms Baraza, who is also the vice-president of the Supreme Court.

Shabaab desperate, Kenyan forces say . January 21, 2012

NAIROBI, Kenya, January 21 The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) on Saturday said that the Al Shabaab militia had resorted to using women wearing bras fitted with explosives to further their cause. Speaking during a press briefing, military spokesman Cyrus Oguna said that the militia was getting desperate and had started using unconventional means to strike back at the Kenyan army. He added that the outlawed group was also using the spread of propaganda, such as killing civilians and claiming they are KDF officials, as their new weapon. We are all aware that Al-Shabaab for a long time prohibited women from wearing bras. The phenomenon that is emerging now is that Al-Shabaab is using these women who are in their ranks and supplying them with bras that are fitted with explosives and this is something that is critical even to homeland security, he explained. He said that they were also dressing up as civilians in a bid to fool both the Somali people and the Kenya Defense Forces. They now dress like herders and in one incident, they fired at our troops and our troops fired back and they complained that we were firing at civilians, he observed. They are trying to make us look bad by trying to engage non combatants. However, Al Shabaab dressing like me at one minute does not make him a civilian when he dresses otherwise the next minute, he pointed out. He however expressed confidence that the surveillance of the Kenya Army was fool proof and could not be defeated by the tactics. Later on Al Shabaab did claim that they killed four KDF soldiers and they burnt a vehicle. Logic would prevail that Al Shabaab would not burn a vehicle because they will need to use it and therefore, that explained the cheap propaganda that they are trying to use, he said. He said that Kenyas battle to crush the al Qaeda-linked insurgency had reached the halfway mark and said its forces struck several command centers and logistic facilities operated by the Al Shabaab group. The war is almost half lost; Al Shabaab is now facing serious challenges as far as command and control is concerned and logistical support, he said. It will not take a very long time before Al Shabaab is completely buried. Oguna said that in the past week, Kenyan forces had destroyed four of Al Shabaabs organisational camps, some in the areas of Jilib and Bibi. January 21,2012
Students who have been selected to join Form One this year may lose places in their admission schools if they do not report in time. Education Secretary George Godia asked parents to take their children to schools they have been selected to or lose the slots. Mr Godia issued the warning On Thursday, as it emerged that school principals have been asked to open registers for students who have expressed interest to enroll in those institutions if the selected ones fail to take up their

slots.The selected students are expected to report to school between January 30 and February 6. However, Godia said students would lose their places if they fail to report to schools they have been admitted to by February 9. "If you fail to report to your admission school, someone may take up the place when schools make their returns to Jogoo House," he said. This means that a student selected to join State House Girls may place a request to be considered at Kenya High School, if there is a chance."Parents who feel that they want to change schools for their children can go to heads of the schools they want and place a request," he said. Godia, however, clarified that admission to these schools will depend on failure by the selected candidates to take up their places and the set cut off points of the school."The request window will be closed on February 9. Any candidate who fails to report by the time schools file their returns will miss the place," he said. He said parents are free to visit the schools, see the cut off points, availability of places and decide to place a request or not. He revealed that school heads have respective dates to submit returns after which other candidates will be given the chance. File returns National schools will file their returns on February 14 followed by county schools two days after. District schools will submit their returns on February 20."The final date for all the returns will be on February 27. This means that by March 30 all schools will have submitted their final and complete returns to the headquarters," said Godia.He said there will be no second selection at Jogoo House. "It is all done in schools," he added. The development came as it emerged that parents are reluctant to take their children to the schools they have been offered places."We expanded national schools to 48 up from 18. Selection of the candidates was done on merit and their choices. But some parents do not want to take their children there," said Godia. "To enhance national cohesion any child is expected to report to any school from any region where he/she is admitted. This is the only way we can deal a blow to ethnicity," he said.

January 21st 2012 SPORTS

African Nations League

Cup of Premier

Arsenal Marouane Chamakh (Morocco) 1-2 v Tunisia - Played 78 minutes (7) He may have had a distinctly ineffectual season with his club but the Arsenal striker was liberated in the colours of Morocco. A constant handful, Chamakh utilised his physical attributes to hold the ball up well and attract a string of fouls. He could have had two penalties and was only denied a deserved goal by a fantastic save after a cute one-two in the first half. Gervinho (Ivory Coast) 1-0 v Sudan - Played 89 minutes (6) Along with Salomon Kalou he flanked central striker Didier Drogba, but it was the Arsenal man who was the blunt prong of Ivory Coast's attacking trident as he proved somewhat wasteful. A succession of shots were sent over the bar and Gervinho's passing in the final third often left something to be desired: a not unfamiliar scenario for a talented yet inconsistent forward. 2-0 v Burkina Faso - Played 90 minutes (5) More profligacy from the Arsenal man as he missed three presentable chances and displayed a general lack of end product. Not his best game in an orange shirt. Chelsea Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast) 1-0 v Sudan - Played 90 minutes, scored (8) The striker did what he does best with his 52nd international goal proved decisive in his country's opening game. After 39 minutes he met a fine cross from Chelsea colleague Salomon Kalou with a typically accomplished header. His link-up play was also effective and he should have made it 2-0 when volleying over the bar in the second half.