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By FELIX OLICK and ISAIAH LUCHELI
The International Criminal Court is jour-
nalist Walter Barasas next stop after the High
Court cleared the way for his arrest and extra-
dition to The Hague yesterday. Barasa is ac-
Ruto returns
to Hague as
court orders
Barasa arrest
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By ISAAC MESO
Constituencies in Northern Kenya and the Coast are
among the biggest beneciaries of the Sh5 billion Uwezo
Fund.
Of the Sh5.3 billion to be allocated to all constituencies,
Mandera South, with high poverty levels, will receive the
How constituencies will share Uwezo Funds Sh5 billion
1 Changamwe 132,695 15,585,359
2 Jomvu 117,490 15,288,618
3 Kisauni 194,068 16,686,755
4 Nyali 185,995 16,232,655
5 Likoni 166,012 15,953,475
6 Mvita 143,131 15,520,231
7 Msambweni 135,042 19,539,503
8 Lunga Lunga 153,357 23,638,699
9 Matuga 151,981 20,708,977
10 Kinango 209,565 27,805,205
CONSTITUENCY
NAME
CONSTITUENCY
NAME
CONSTITUENCY
POPULATION
CONSTITUENCY
POPULATION
CONSTITUENCY
ALLOCATION (KSH)
CONSTITUENCY
ALLOCATION (KSH)
Kidero back as another
Governor is impeached
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Supreme Court temporarily
retains Kidero as Kericho
MCAs vote their governor out,
bringing to 12 the number of
regional heads in trouble
By NIKKO TANUI and VINCENT MABATUK
Members of the County Assembly of Kericho vot-
ed out Governor Paul Chepkwony as his Nairobi
counterpart, Evans Kidero, joined the list of region-
al heads temporarily reinstated by the Supreme
Court.
Chepkwony lost the impeachment war when 47
Deputy President
William Ruto, Kenyan
Ambassador to the
Netherlands Makena
Macharia (centre) and
National Assembly
Majority Leader Aden
Duale (left) arrive at
Schiphol Airport in
Amsterdam. Mr Ruto is
in the Netherlands to
attend his ICC trial in
The Hague. [PHOTO:
DPPS]
Evans Kidero Paul Chepkwony
Code Name of Constituency Total Uwezo Funds
No Constituency Population (used in Allocated to
Col 1 Col 2 Analysis) Col 14 Constituency Col 3
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Poor constituencies receive lions share
lions share of Sh31.8 million, followed
by Turkana West (Sh29.4 million) and
Mandera North (Sh25. 5 million).
Kinango and Magarini constituen-
cies will receive Sh27.8 million and
Sh25.6 million respectively, Mande-
ra West Sh24.8 million, Banissa Sh24.6
million, Turkana North Sh24.3 million
and Kili North Sh22.7 million.
Those with the least allocations
are Lamu East (Sh14.2 million) and
Makadara (Sh14.8 million each).
Lamu East has about 4,638 poor
people, accounting for 0.03 per cent
of the National Poverty Index, accord-
ing to a report released by the Minis-
try of Devolution and Planning.
Other constituencies with lower
allocations include Changamwe
(Sh15.5 million), Jomvu (Sh15.3 mil-
lion), Likoni (Sh15.9 million), Mvita
(Sh15.5 million) and Nyali (Sh16.6
million).
In Nairobi, Embakasi West has the
highest allocation of Sh14.4 million.
Langata has Sh15 million, Kasarani
Sh15.2 million and Dagoretti South
Sh15.3 million, Dagoretti North and
Westlands will each receive Sh15.5
million, Kitui West Sh16 million and
Kathiani and Mavoko Sh16.4 million
each.
Speaking from his ofce in Nairo-
bi, Wilfred Buyuma, the Uwezo Fund
acting chief executive ofcer, said
about 90 of the 290 constituencies will
by the end of this week receive the
rst tranche of the Sh5.3 billion fund.
We are embarking on the rst phase
of the fund disbursement and hope to
release the rst tranche by the end of
this week, thereafter work on releas-
ing the rest in the coming weeks, he
said.
Some of the factors that were con-
sidered in allocation of the funds in-
cluded constituency population, pov-
erty headcount, and number of poor,
among others.
CRITERIA FOR DISTRIBUTION
Buyuma said they were also guid-
ed by Section 18 of the Public Finance
Management (Uwezo Fund) Regula-
tion, 2014 that lays out the criteria for
distribution of the cash.
Part of Section 18 allows a one-off
three per cent administration fee to
be charged on the total funds allocat-
ed, to be retained by the board to fa-
cilitate both national and constituen-
cy level administrative functions.
The section also allows an addi-
tional eight per cent of the fund to be
set aside for capacity building of ben-
eciaries and target groups
He explained that 75 per cent of
the funds were allocated equally
across all the constituencies, and the
remaining 25 per cent was disbursed
on the basis of the National Poverty
Index, for equalisation purposes.
He also noted that once disbursed
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to the constituencies, the funds would
be administered through the Constit-
uency Uwezo Fund Management
Committees, modelled along the Con-
stituency Development Fund (CDF).
He urged the youth, women and
persons with disabilities to access
funds in their respective constituen-
cies through registered groups.
Its hard to dream big at rst, and
if the youth take small steps rst.,
eventually they realise that forming
groups increases their capacity to har-
ness their businesses as opposed to
individualism, he said.
He noted that Uwezo Funds over-
sight board is currently conducting
training in all 47 counties to boost
knowledge among the youth and
women on the Fund, and encourag-
ing them to form groups to ease their
access to the cash.
The Government has set up fa-
vourable self-employment policies al-
lowing the SMEs (small and medium-
sized enterprises) owned by the youth,
women and persons with disabilities
to grow and ourish. There can be no
excuse to access the funds and im-
prove their lives, he added.
The Public Procurement Act re-
quires that 30 per cent of all public
tenders be set aside for the youth,
women and persons with disabilities.
Under the new rules, any SME or dis-
advantaged group wishing to partici-
pate in public procurement is re-
quired to register with the National
Treasury or their respective county
treasury ofces.
11 Kili North 207,592 22,757,533
12 Kili South 171,611 19,164,014
13 Kaloleni 155,742 20,633,295
14 Rabai 97,187 16,853,850
15 Ganze 137,667 22,833,040
16 Malindi 162,716 20,276 616
17 Magarini 177,245 25,692,577
18 Garsen 96,666 19,681,249
19 Gable 60,867 17,433,524
20 Bura 82,547 18,782,381
21 Lamu East 18,841 14,214,417
22 Lamu West 82,700 16,073,145
23 Taveta 67,667 16,959,612
24 Wundanyi 58,601 16,278,362
25 Mwatate 69,637 16,608,758
26 Voi 88,759 16,867,231
27 Garissa Township 116,956 15,699,039
28 Balambala 73,111 17,940,091
29 Lagdera 92,638 18,843,000
30 Dadaab 152,490 21,143,109
31 Fa 95,214 18,332,051
32 Ijara 92,665 18,259,085
33 Wajir North 135,508 23,156,921
34 Wajir East 112,575 20,810,284
35 Tarbaj 111,849 21,360,879
36 Wajir West 91,145 20,003,415
37 Eldas 80,807 19,494,277
38 Wajir South 130,073 21,908,536
39 Mandera West 161,705 24,838,046
40 Banissa 158,078 24,661,127
41 Mandera North 169,679 25,589,527
42 Mandera South 247,625 31,795,213
43 Mandera East 135,544 21,170,713
44 Lafey 153,149 24,255,564
45 Moyale 103,801 20,258,795
46 North Horr 75,198 18,480,596
47 Saku 46,503 16,008,188
48 Laisamis 65,670 18,085,412
49 Isiolo North 100,178 18,679,916
50 Isiolo South 43,119 16,576,255
51 Igembe South 134,553 17,843,869
52 Igembe Central 193,396 18,928,043
53 Igembe North 154,817 19,947,416
54 Tigania West 135,983 16,639,558
55 Tigania East 157,250 18,735,795
56 North Imenti 149,147 16,147,014
57 Buuri 134,656 16,777,659
58 Central Imenti 116,921 16,023,333
59 South Imenti 179,608 16,823,594
60 Maara 107,127 15,817,499
61 Chuka
/Igambangombe 128,110 16,999,705
62 Tharaka 130,101 20,549,698
63 Manyatta 154,635 16,621,415
64 Runyenjes 142,363 16,727,623
65 Mbeere South 130,188 18,719,057
66 Mbeere North 89,037 17,722,137
67 Mwingi North 139,970 22,843,232
68 Mwingi West 122,623 17,828,331
69 Mwingi Central 122,364 20,938,487
70 Kitui West 102,316 15,994,119
71 Kitui Rural 104,445 18,008,894
72 Kitui Central 131,718 18,721,415
73 Kitui East 123,242 20,997,940
74 Kitui South 166,054 23,592,250
75 Masinga 125,943 19,954,300
76 Yatta 147,582 20,149,325
77 Kangundo 94,369 17,463,067
78 Matungulu 124,739 18,763,446
79 Kathiani 104,219 16,377,007
80 Mavoko 139,505 16,365,914
81 Machakos Town 199,215 19,282,647
82 Mwala 163,036 19,427,972
83 Mbooni 184,628 21,562,598
84 Kilome 87,866 16,826,137
85 Kaiti 120,119 18,411,859
86 Makueni 193,802 24,679,172
87 Kibwezi West 165,933 22,281,852
88 Kibwezi East 132,199 21,730,100
89 Kinangop 192,383 19,787,901
90 Kipipiri 95,340 17,322,522
91 01 Kalou 120,285 17,697,494
92 01 Jorok 95,645 16,465,823
93 Ndaragwa 92,628 16,283,310
94 Tetu 78,322 15,491,537
95 Kieni 175,816 17,634,310
96 Mathira 148,850 16,821,547
97 Othaya 87,376 15,787,004
98 Mukurwe-Ini 83,934 16,130,667
99 Nyeri Town 119,276 15,029,773
100 Mwea 190,516 18,237,102
101 Gichugu 124,675 16,120,604
102 Ndia 99,517 15,874,147
103 Kirinyaga Cent 113,358 15,993,754
104 Kangema 76,990 15,429,462
105 Mathioya 88,221 15,736,592
106 Kiharu 181,080 18,574,654
107 Kigumo 123,769 17,162,769
108 Maragwa 152,275 18,596,931
109 Kandara 156,667 18,087,511
110 Gatanga 163,601 18,124,190
111 Gatundu South 114,183 16,227,319
112 Gatundu North 100,613 16,345,833
113 Juja 118,796 15,774,628
114 Thika Town 165,346 17,168,599
115 Ruiru 201,991 17,095,071
116 Githunguri 147,766 15,986,625
117 Kiambu 108,700 15,744,759
118 Kiambaa 145,056 16,091,370
119 Kabete 140,430 16,168,996
120 Kikuyu 125,405 16,516,857
121 Limuru 131,135 17,368,810
122 Lad 123,898 16,773,491
123 Turkana North 144,578 24,334,336
124 Turkana West 229,844 29,449,686
125 Turkana Central 134,677 22,106,980
126 Loima 119,935 22,512,599
127 Turkana South 135,916 23,276,377
128 Turkana East 90,468 20,510,234
129 Kapenguria 139,503 20,239,878
130 Sigor 85,081 18,406,912
131 Kacheliba 156,014 23,407,762
132 Pokot South 132,103 20,410,685
133 Samburu West 83,500 18,539,264
134 Samburu North 81,357 18,438,749
135 Samburu East 59,095 17,202,175
136 Kwanza 166,528 19,954,775
137 Endebess 91,194 17,204,397
138 Saboti 174,960 18,369,359
139 Kiminini 190,916 19,875,833
140 Cherangany 195,177 20,473,579
141 Soy 162,636 19,386,230
142 Turbo 210,409 18,898,634
143 Moiben 157,032 18,024,992
144 Ainabkoi 103,044 16,829,264
145 Kapseret 132,624 16,288,069
146 Kesses 128,455 17,590,567
147 Marakwet East 78,751 17,826,810
148 Marakwet West 108,376 18,923,865
149 Keiyo North 73,717 15,813,866
150 Keiyo South 109,162 18,238,316
151 Tinderet 100,693 18,506,056
152 Aldai 149,259 18,961,366
153 Nandi Hills 107,536 16,908,425
154 Chesumei 130,755 17,170,633
155 Emgwen 130,087 17,022,977
156 Mosop 134,651 18,294,127
157 Tiaty 133,192 21,525,161
158 Baringo North 93,791 18,257,533
159 Baringo Central 81,482 16,876,151
160 Baringo South 80,873 17,151,961
161 Mogotio 60,960 15,952,908
162 Eldama Ravine 105,275 16,262,085
163 Laikipia West 203,464 21,447,541
164 Laikipia East 116,565 17,319,267
165 Laikipia North 79,208 17,842,582
166 Molo 124,441 16,409,136
167 Njoro 184,863 19,403,075
168 Naivasha 224,146 19,538,277
169 Gilgit 152,105 17,852,071
170 Kuresoi South 115,438 18,156,303
171 Kuresoi North 124,053 18,045,095
172 Subukia 94,480 17,031,588
173 Rongai 130,135 17,686,648
174 Bahati 144,269 17,597,036
175 NakuruTownWest 152,883 15,019,594
176 NakuruTownEast 156,548 15,167,036
177 Kilgoris 180,421 19,936,086
178 Emurua Dikirr 94,117 17,546,912
179 Narok North 175,592 17,900,152
180 Narok East 82,958 16,368,977
181 Narok South 181,909 20,202,136
182 Narok West 135,942 18,716,368
183 Kajiado North 193,574 16,648,789
184 Kajiado Central 104,155 18,128,173
185 Kajiado East 135,984 16,949,592
186 Kajiado West 116,115 18,848,193
187 Kajiado South 137,499 19,333,821
188 Kipkelion East 104,230 17,501,536
189 Kipkelion West 102,364 17,586,884
190 Ainamoi 144,316 16,831,728
191 Bureti 167,653 19,549,448
192 Belgut 128,723 17,311,592
193 Sigowet/Soin 105,126 17,641,790
194 Sotik 167,293 20,593,957
195 Chepalungu 163,837 21,693,703
196 Bomet East 126,927 19,169,094
197 Bomet Central 127,029 18,572,152
198 Konoin 145,060 18,839,509
199 Lugari 167,018 20,784,654
200 Likuyani 125,140 19,046,829
201 Malaya 205,171 21,858,995
202 Lurambi 160,233 17,592,456
203 Navakholo 137,168 19,386,887
204 Mumias West 111,865 17,083,405
205 Mumias East 100,958 17,785,850
206 Matungu 146,566 19,925,455
207 Butere 139,783 19,566,765
208 Khwisero 102,637 18,703,899
209 Shinyalu 159,479 20,734,590
210 Ikolomani 104,671 18,275,016
211 Vihiga 91,618 16,087,400
212 Sabatia 129,681 16,148,226
213 Hamisi 148,262 19,802,233
214 Luanda 95,924 16,725,357
215 Emuhaya 89,149 17,516,392
216 Mt Elgon 172,381 21,747,664
217 Sirisia 102,424 18,187,354
218 Kabuchai 141,116 19,457,211
219 Bumula 178,901 20,988,662
220 Kanduyi 229,706 22,431,749
221 Webuye East 101,476 17,311,760
222 Webuye West 128,782 18,843,869
223 Kimilili 132,825 16,333,493
224 Tongaren 187,482 20,745,861
225 Teso North 117,950 19,187,883
226 Teso South 137,063 20,245,124
227 Nambale 94,639 18,283,663
228 Matayos 111,347 18,830,574
229 Butula 121,873 20,110,939
230 Funyula 93,502 18,461,092
231 Budalangi 66,724 17,276,071
232 Ugenya 108,936 17,362,775
233 Ugunja 93,374 16,730,544
234 Alego Usonga 187,247 19,744,378
235 Gem 160,679 19,436,970
236 Bondo 157,526 18,063,411
237 Rarieda 134,561 17,190,468
238 Kisumu East 150,127 18,539,660
239 Kisumu West 131,249 18,608,650
240 Kisumu Central 168,896 15,018,651
241 Seme 98,807 17,256,619
242 Nyando 141,040 19,127,332
243 Muhoroni 145,767 18,850,526
244 Nyakach 133,044 18,727,702
245 Kasipul 113,120 18,269,116
246 Kabondo Kasipul 107,551 18,230,665
247 Karachuonyo 162,049 19,696,615
248 Rangwe 99,750 17,588,017
249 Homa Bay Town 94,662 17,437,127
250 Ndhiwa 172,216 20,795,606
251 Suba North 111,411 17,518,869
252 Suba South 103,056 18,152,241
253 Rongo 100,549 16,943,338
254 Awendo 108,915 17,235,686
255 Suna East 97,123 18,025,488
256 Suna West 94,129 17,806,012
257 Uriri 115,754 18,733,111
258 Nyatike 144,628 18,823,374
259 Kuria West 174,257 21,503,217
260 Kuria East 81,835 17,704,709
261 Bonchari 114,618 18,217,244
262 South Mugirango 159,053 20,451,381
263 Bomachoge
Borabu 107,201 18,642,898
264 Bobasi 190,078 21,947,705
265 Bomachoge
Chache 93,532 17,628,751
266 Nyaribari Masaba 122,073 18,845,922
267 Nyaribari Chache 129,748 18,782,170
268 Kitutu Chache
North 103,871 19,048,578
269 Kitutu Chache
South 132,134 17,904,625
270 Kitutu Masaba 199,140 21,734,276
271 West Mugirango 159,677 20,427,919
272 North Mugirango 122,356 18,752,386
273 Borabu 117,093 18,487,738
274 Westlands 176,782 15,528,150
275 Dagoreti North 183,614 15,520,673
276 Dagoreti South 180,940 15,276,839
277 Langata 185,114 15,021,301
278 Kibra 205,438 16,310,116
279 Roysambu 191,694 15,647,203
280 Kasarani 170,960 15,235,891
281 Ruaraka 194,124 16,238,530
282 Embakasi South 201,046 15,741,229
283 Embakasi North 181,392 15,419,732
284 Embakasi Central 190,883 14,625,395
285 Embakasi East 163,862 14,818,267
286 Embakasi West 157,470 14,453,584
287 Makadara 183,656 14,620,215
288 Kamukunji 211,997 15,039,574
289 Starehe 166,048 14,861,472
290 Mathare 193,420 16,478,007
Total 38,610,097 5,354,400,000
Brutal police attack leaves family in agony
NATIONAL NEWS / Page 3 Thursday, May 15, 2014 / The Standard
By ALI ABDI
Events surrounding funeral rites
for her father last Saturday, in a re-
mote village in Merti District, Isiolo
County, will forever be etched in her
mind.
Abdia Galgalo and her husband,
Ali Gababa, had travelled to the village
located about 200km north of Isiolo
town on Friday.
They had come from Maua in
Meru County where Mr Gababa works
as a clinical ofcer.
The couple rode in a Land Cruiser
belonging to a family member to at-
tend a ceremony to mark the 40th day
following the death of Abdias father,
Galgalo Habale.
They were in the company of Fayo
Galgalo, Abdias older brother, who is
the chief ofcer in charge of water and
irrigation in the Isiolo County govern-
ment.
Gababa was also with a colleague
and was carrying medicine for an ail-
ing Guyo Duba, Fayos in-law.
We arrived safely on Friday night
and immediately started making ar-
rangements for Saturdays ceremony,
which was to mark 40 days after the
old mans death according to our cus-
toms, said Abdia.
Everything went well throughout
the day and as family members gath-
ered for the nal crucial meeting set
for that evening, all hell broke loose.
A contingent of armed police of-
cers from Merti Police Station, about
20km from the village of about 200
people arrived and, without talking to
anyone, headed for the parked Land
Cruiser.
From where I was seated in the
compound, I saw a speeding police
vehicle screech to a halt near our gate.
Armed ofcers alighted and went
straight for our vehicle, said Gababa
in Isiolo town yesterday.
The ofcers got reinforcements
from Kom Police Post, bringing more
Abdia Galgalo sus-
tained serious injuries
after more than 10
police ofcers raided
a village at Awarsitu
in Merti District,
Isiolo County, on
Saturday evening.
She had joined
family members
for her fathers
funeral rites.
[PHOTOS: ALI ABDI/
STANDARD]
under medical treatment, died on
Monday night. The family claims he
might have died from shock and in-
tends to sue the police for the death.
Guyo Duba was very sick and un-
der medication. He was very dis-
tressed by what happened in the
homestead; in addition, everyone
ed, leaving him on his own, said
Gababa.
Isiolo County Commander Nelson
Okioga said the matter was under
probe but blamed residents for pro-
voking the police by throwing
stones.
He said the family had exaggerated
the extent of their injuries.
Fayo, who has taken up the mat-
LIFE
TODAY
Woman suffers severe
chest injury while
kin dies after armed
ofcers raid village
than 10 additional armed ofcers.
The family says the vehicle was
unoccupied and there were only chil-
dren around. In the car were two spare
tyres and two empty jerrycans.
I approached the man who was
giving orders to ask what was going on
but he shoved me aside. He wanted
the vehicles driver and logbook, add-
ed the medic. Before the driver could
identify himself, the ofcers had de-
scended on the homestead, beating
everyone in sight.
DEAF EARS
They demanded to see the people
who had been in the vehicle.
We did not know what was going
on and my plea for the ofcers to
spare the innocent villagers fell on
deaf ears as I was also beaten up, re-
called Gababa.
When Abdia came out, she was al-
so beaten up. An ofcer using a rie
barrel hit her on the chest, cutting off
half of the nipple on her left breast.
I have injuries all over but the
most severe one is on my left breast. I
have been asked to go for further
medical care in Meru, she told The
Standard en route to Meru town.
Rashid Galgalo, Abdias youngest
brother, was also beaten up and ar-
rested while the driver was asked to
drive the vehicle to Merti Police Sta-
tion.
The 18-year-old spent the night in
a police cell and was released on bond
on Sunday night. The vehicle was im-
pounded but given back to the owner
a day later.
Abdia and two others who were se-
riously injured were treated at Merti
Health Centre and referred to Isio-
lo.
Abdia reported her ordeal at
the Merti police station. It was
recorded as assault case
number OB
2/11/5/2014.
The whole ordeal
ended up being a
double tragedy
for the family as
the sickly Du-
ba, who was
PAST INCIDENTS
Police in Merti have been ac-
cused in the past of outing
the law with impunity, taking
advantage of the remoteness
of the village and ignorance of
locals
One senior ofcer, described
as notorious, is alleged to have
recently locked a teacher in a
cell for ve days after the man
accused him of having an affair
with his wife
I have injuries
all over but the
most severe one is
on my left breast.
I have been asked
to go for further
medical care in
Meru.
Abdia Galgalo, victim
of police brutality
ter with senior police ofcers, includ-
ing Merti OCPD Charles Barasa, de-
scribed what he saw as the highest
form of police brutality.
The police broke the law and we
demand that action be taken against
them. We also want to know what they
were doing in the village, said Fayo.
The family, he said, will sue ve of-
cers from the station, including OCS
Robert Wambwere. Mr Barasa could
not be reached to comment on the in-
cident as he was said to be out of the
ofce. Efforts to reach him by phone
were equally unsuccessful and he did
not respond to text messages.
However, a source from Merti Po-
lice Station revealed that the of-
cers were on a wild goose chase
as they mistook the familys ve-
hicle for one belonging to peo-
ple involved in smuggling Ethi-
opian aliens into the country.
The Merti/Kom road is
one of the major routes used
by cartels involved in human
trafcking but they are hard-
ly arrested once they part
with hefty bribes.
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Page 4 / NATIONAL NEWS Thursday, May 15, 2014 / The Standard
High Court okays Barasa extradition
accused by ICC Prosecutor Fatou Ben-
souda of offering bribes to witnesses
in the case against Deputy President
William Ruto and radio journalist
Joshua Sang.
Following the ruling by High Court
judge Richard Mwongo, the way is
now clear for the police to arrest Ba-
rasa.
Deputy President Rutos trial,
which resumed yesterday, continues
today with the testimony of the 17th
prosecution witness.
Barasa lost his ght to block his ex-
tradition to The Hague-based court,
to face charges of corruptly inuenc-
ing witnesses by allegedly offering
bribes of between Sh1 million and
Sh1.5 million.
Justice Mwongo ruled that enough
evidence had been adduced in court
and Barasa has a case to answer. Jus-
tice Mwongo said the court has the
power to issue warrants of arrest.
ADDITIONAL FACTS
Once the court has received the
notice from the ICC it had two choic-
es: to issue the warrant or decline, he
said.
From the information available
on the record and from the additional
facts that the petitioner (Barasa) ap-
peared in court I am satised there
are reasonable grounds to believe Ba-
rasa is the person being sought and he
is in the country, said Mwongo.
I hereby order that a warrant of
arrest for Walter Osapiri Barasa be is-
sued, he concluded.
The ICC wants Barasa transferred
to The Hague to face two counts of
corruptly inuencing witnesses and
another of attempting to corruptly in-
uence a third witness.
ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Ben-
souda said investigations showed that
Barasa should be arrested urgently.
ICC Pre-Trial Chamber II judge Cuno
Tarfusser publicly issued the arrest
warrant in August, last year.
By JOSEPH MUCHIRI
Embattled Embu Governor Martin
Wambora now supports a drive by a
section of voters to dissolve the Coun-
ty Government of Embu.
Mr Wambora said the way to end
the leadership stalemate facing the
county is to dissolve the county gov-
ernment and hold fresh elections.
Speaking at a local TV show cheche
yesterday, Wambora said he under-
stands the anger and frustrations of
the Embu residents who voted for de-
volution but are yet to see its fruits to
the extent they decided to collect sig-
natures en masse.
The Wanjikus have submitted sig-
natures to dissolve the county govern-
ment as constitutionally provided.
What is paining them is that the
pledges made by investors during the
Investors Forum last year cant be im-
plemented now. I will support it if it
will end the stalemate facing the
county, he said.
Wambora further said he had led
a petition at the Court of Appeal seek-
ing legal recourse saying his impeach-
ment was not fair.
He accused the Senate of refusing
to peruse his 69-page document
where he had detailed evidence an-
swering the charges the Embu County
Assembly has accused him of.
Wambora had refused to appear
before the special Senate committee
investigating him. He said part of the
reason he did not honour the sum-
mon was that three months had not
lapsed since his rst impeachment,
which the High Court declared null
and void. He said the electorate were
unhappy with the Senate and mem-
bers of Embu County Assembly who
were trying to oust him without con-
sulting them.
Dissolve county
government,
says Wambora
The prosecution accuses Barasa
of criminally being responsible for
corruptly inuencing witness P336 by
offering to pay him between Sh1 mil-
lion and Sh1.5 million to withdraw as
a prosecution witness. The offence is
said to have been committed be-
tween May 20 and July 21 in Uganda
last year.
Witness 336 is among seven oth-
ers who have abandoned the prose-
cution, but Bensouda successfully
sought orders to force the Kenya Gov-
ernment to surrender them to ICC or
arrange for their testimony in Ke-
nya.
Attorney General Githu Muigai
has joined the defence to contest the
order, which he termed as a set up
to have Kenya referred to the Assem-
bly of State Parties for failure to coop-
erate with the ICC.
Barasas fate was sealed yesterday
afternoon after the judge declined to
certify an application led by his law-
yer, Kibe Mungai, which had sought
that Mwongo disqualify himself from
the suit.
Barasa wanted Mwango to disqual-
ify himself citing rules of natural jus-
tice as he had handled the matter pre-
viously. After the judge struck out the
application the suit seeking to have
Barasa arrested and extradited over
the crimes was heard and orders is-
sued without Barasas participation.
In The Hague, judges ruled the tes-
timony today of the 17th prosecution
witness in the case against Ruto and
his co-accused journalist Joshua Sang
will be heard entirely in camera.
The decision came amid height-
ened speculation that the witness a
victim of the 2008 post election vio-
lence had initially declined to travel
to The Hague even after arriving at the
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
(JKIA).
Sources indicated that the witness
only identied by the pseudonym,
OTP 673, prompted the postponement
of the trial by two days after she failed
to travel as scheduled. Yesterday, Pre-
siding Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji only
indicated that the witness had secu-
rity concerns and would only testify
in private session.
We have granted protective mea-
sures for this witness. What this
means for the public is that the testi-
mony of this witness will be done in
private session, Osuji ruled.
The trial of Ruto and Sang was
scheduled to start on Monday before
being pushed to yesterday. Another
witness is also said to have disap-
peared from the prosecution in a su-
permarket in Eldoret town.
The witness was being taken to
The Hague to testify. He, however,
told the prosecution ofcials that he
wanted to get something from a su-
permarket and vanished, a source
familiar with the International Crim-
inal Court (ICC) trials said.
Contacted for a comment, ICC
Outreach Coordinator Maria Kumara
declined to comment terming wit-
ness issues as very condential.
Witness issues are condential
issues. I wouldnt know about such,
she said.
NO MERIT
In the High Court in Nairobi, the
Director of Public Prosecution (DPP)
counsel Kioko Kamula and Attorney
General state counsel Stella Munyi
opposed the attempt by Barasa to
have the application certied as ur-
gent. Kamula argued that the reasons
Barasa had provided had no merit.
The application has been led
late and its main purpose is just to
stop the hearing of the suit which has
been slated for today. It should be re-
jected because it has been led in bad
faith, said Kamula. The judge upheld
the argument by the DPP and the AG
and gave allowed the suit to continue
without Barasa being a party to it.
Nearly a half of the witnesses the
prosecution lined up in the two Ke-
nyan cases have withdrawn from the
ICC trials.
Continued from P1
OFF TO THE HAGUE
Journalist Walter Barasa lost
his fght to block his extradition
to The Hague-based court, to
face charges of corruptly infu-
encing witnesses by allegedly
offering bribes of between Sh1
million and Sh1.5 million
Barasa is suspected of offer-
ing bribes to prosecution wit-
nesses in the trial against Dep-
uty President William Ruto
2014/15. The budget cuts in the allo-
cations for the police services has
members of the House team on Na-
tional Security worried about the Gov-
ernments commitment in the ght
against and insecurity.
FINAL PROPOSALS
Mr Alois Lentoimaga (Samburu
North), the vice-chairman of the
House team, told The Standard yes-
terday that the committee was con-
cerned about the cuts, but it will go to
the details of the allocations from the
National Treasury before making the
nal proposals on the allocations.
The committee will next week
meet top ofcials from the Interior
Ministry, the National Police Service
Commission, and the Inspector Gen-
eral to get details about where the
money for ghting terror is in the
Sh78 billion budget for the State De-
partment of Interior.
Lentoimaga spoke to The Standard
just moments after his committee had
had a meeting with economists and
scal analysts from the Parliamentary
Budget Ofce.
We just got a brief today about the
Budget estimates, but we did not get
a breakdown. I will not comment on
the specics before I get the details
the only problem is that what we rec-
ommended has been slashed, said
Lentoimaga.
The other queries that will surface,
Lentoimaga said, is the role of chiefs
and assistant chiefs in handling crime
in their locations and sub-locations
respectively.
Today, the Budget and Appropria-
tions Committee will also have a
meeting with the Parliamentary Bud-
get Ofce to get an overall feel of the
budget.
Questions over Sh28m anti-terror cash
Meagre allocation to
anti-terrorism unit
raises eyebrows over
the Governments
priorities
By ALPHONCE SHIUNDU
The ght against terrorism is likely
to take a hit in the next nancial year
unless the National Treasury shores
up the budget for the Anti-Terrorism
Police Unit (ATPU).
The whole unit, which is based at
Nairobi Area, just a stone throw away
from the Seat of Power has been allo-
cated Sh28 million.
The meagre allocation for the cru-
cial unit, which is supposed to spear-
head the ght against terrorism, more
so now that the Somalia-based Al-
Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab militia has
vowed to strike targets in Kenya, is
telling about Government priorities.
A scrutiny of the gures by The
Standard shows the bulk of the mon-
ey will be used in operations (Sh8.8
million), vehicle maintenance (Sh3.8
million), rent of assets (Sh8.3 million),
and domestic travel (Sh4 million).
The allocation to the ATPU is less
than the hospitality budget for the Of-
ce of the First Lady Margaret Kenyat-
ta, whose budget for hospitality sup-
plies and services money for
owers, tea, drinks, cakes, and gifts
is Sh40 million for the nancial year
By BOAZ KIPNGENO
A house help accused of deling a
minor yesterday had her case ad-
journed after she failed to show up on
time for the hearing.
Diana Auma Salome is facing a de-
lement charge and an alternative
charge of indecent act contrary to sex-
ual offenses act.
Auma is accused of deling a
three-year-old boy at Koinange Estate
within Nakuru Town on January 9.
The minors mother told the Nak-
uru court that on the particular day,
her son informed her that Auma called
him to her bedroom, undressed and
molested him after coming from
school.
The mother said she rushed the
boy to a nearby private hospital where
he was given medication.
Resident Magistrate Judicaster
Nthuku adjourned the hearing and
will resume on July 16.
Meanwhile, a Nakuru court has
likened a man who deled a primary
school girl to a wild animal on heat
before sentencing him to 60 years in
jail.
Nakuru Childrens Court Acting
Resident Magistrate Judicaster Nthu-
ku said after listening to evidence, she
had no option but pass stiff penalty
for the beastly act by the accused Da-
vid Karanja Ndungu.
House help in
abuse case fails
to show up
Moi: His total retirement package is
Sh66.9 million.
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has
been allocated Sh114 million, while
the Deputy Presidents wife Rachel
Ruto has been allocated Sh72 mil-
lion.
Queries are bound to arise about
the allocations more so in the Presi-
dency, where theres a huge discrep-
ancy between the retirement benets
between former President Mwai Kiba-
ki and Kenyas second President Dan-
iel arap Moi.
The two retired Presidents will cost
the taxpayer Sh149 million. Mois to-
tal package his benets, plus pay-
ment to staff, maintenance of vehi-
cles, foreign and domestic travel, plus
other perks is Sh66.9 million. While
the total package for Kibaki is Sh82.9
million.
The Standard can reveal that un-
der Kibakis budget, theres a budget
item for insurance costs of Sh13.1
million, but under Mois budget, that
line is missing.
The queries are that, if the benets
for the two presidents are handled un-
der the same law the Presidential
Retirement Benets Act why the dis-
crepancy? Why would Moi who served
the country for 24 years, earn less
than Kibaki who served the country
for a decade?
The answers to these questions
will come when top ofcials of the Na-
tional Treasury appear before the
Budget and Appropriations Commit-
tee. Deputy President William Ruto
has been allocated Sh50 million for
refurbishment of buildings, and Sh200
million for construction and civil
works.
Kibaki: His retirement benets
amount to Sh82.9 million.
Kericho MCAs impeach governor
MCAs voted for his ouster, against the
32 who voted against.
Prof Chepkwonys fate now lies
with the Senate, which on Tuesday
sacked Martin Wambora as Embu
Governor for the second time after the
High Court reversed his rst impeach-
ment.
The Supreme Court is already
hearing appeals by Governors Peter
Munya (Meru), Okoth Obado (Migori)
and Nathif Jama (Garissa).
Kericho County Assembly Speaker
Japheth Mutai declared Chepkwony
impeached at exactly 4:49pm after a
heated debate, during which majority
of the members were not persuaded
by the governors ardent plea.
His deputy, Susan Kikwai, will take
over in acting capacity pending the
outcome of the Senate proceedings.
The law requires that once the
County Speaker furnishes the Senate
Speaker with the verdict, the Senate
should establish a committee to in-
vestigate the claims against the gover-
nor and a decision made within 10
days.
Some 15 MCAs were absent during
the heated debate and did not vote on
the motion sponsored by nominated
MCA Albert Kipkoech.
The 15 members were in a hotel
along the Kericho-Litein Road.
Kipkoech accused Chepkwony of
gross violation of the Public Private
Partnership Act (2013), Public Finance
Management Act (2012) and Public
procurement and Disposal Act
(2005).
EMPTY RHETORIC
The governor from the beginning
was never honest. Time has come for
him to go home, kusema na kusema
(empty rhetoric) is no more, the pro-
fessor must go home, said Koech as
he concluded moving the motion at
2.52pm.
Yesterdays events were sparked off
on April 30 when the embattled gov-
ernor moved to court and led a con-
stitutional petition seeking an inter-
pretation on the distinction between
the roles of the County Executive and
those of the County Assembly.
While the matter was still before a
Kericho magistrate court, the MCAs,
through Albert Kipkoech, led a no-
tice of motion to impeach the gover-
nor citing ve grounds.
And on May 4, the governor bowed
to pressure and withdrew his suit in a
bid to pave way for mediation talks
spearheaded by the Myoot Kipsigis
Council of Elders and a section of
church leaders.
Yesterday, the MCAs accused the
governor of violating the County Gov-
ernment Act (2012) and the Constitu-
tion.
Kipkelion ward MCA Edward San-
tos Ruto seconded the motion.
Chepseon Ward representative An-
drew Laigon said the governor had ex-
posed the county to the risk of losing
millions by signing an agreement to
hire ambulances from the Red Cross
Society and with Bluetecs (UK), which
was to set up a solar generation proj-
BY WAHOME THUKU
and KAMAU MUTHONI
The Supreme Court has given Nai-
robi Governor Evans Kidero a reprieve
after suspending the Court of Appeal
decision to remove him from ofce.
Kidero and technically, his deputy
Jonathan Mueke were temporarily re-
instated yesterday after Justice Mo-
hamed Ibrahim suspended the earlier
Court of Appeal decision that nullied
their election.
The court restrained the Indepen-
dent Electoral and Boundaries Com-
mission from certifying the seat as va-
cant, pending the hearing and
determination of the application by
Dr Kidero to challenge his removal.
Further, Justice Ibrahim restrained
the Nairobi County Assembly Speaker
Alex ole Magelo from assuming ofce
as acting governor as provided by the
Constitution. The case will be heard
on May 23.
It emerged that following the nul-
lication of his election, Kideros legal
team worked overnight to prepare the
paperwork for the appeal. His lawyer,
Tom Ojienda, led a notice of appeal
minutes after the Court of Appeal
judgment had been delivered and
served it on the other parties.
According to the Article 182(4) of
the Constitution, a County Assembly
Speaker is required to take over ofce
when both the governor and deputy
governors seats are vacant.
There is no timeframe within
which a Speaker should be sworn in
after the seats have fallen vacant.
However, a by-election must be held
within 60 days after the seat has been
declared vacant.
On Tuesday, two Court of Appeal
judges; GBM Kariuki and Patrick Ki-
age allowed an appeal led by Kideros
challenger Ferdinand Waititu and nul-
lied Kideros election, but the third
judge, Mohamed Warsame, who pre-
sided the hearing dissented holding
that the Governor had been validly
elected.
Supreme Court
temporarily
reinstates Kidero
Kericho Governor Paul Chepkwony (left) was yesterday impeached by the county assembly for alleged gross violation of
the Constitution. [PHOTO: JOSEPH KIPSANG/STANDARD]
ect at the cost of Sh17 billion.
When the speaker announced his
impeachment, the governor left in a
convoy to Sunshine Hotel where he
held close-door discussions with
members of the Myoot Kipsigis Coun-
cil of Elders.
Addressing the assembly before
the MCAs took the vote, the governor
mounted an impassioned defence in
which he pleaded his innocence.
He explained that he had not been
summoned by the Ethics and Anti-
Corruption Commission, or the Con-
troller of Budget.
The Controller of Budget gave me
a clean bill of health, therefore the al-
legations levelled against me are un-
founded and untrue, Chepkwony
told the assembly.
LEADERSHIP STYLE
Earlier in the day, the governor sat
patiently as the MCAs questioned his
leadership style exactly a year after he
was sworn into ofce.
In the particulars of the impeach-
ment motion contained in a docu-
ment seen by The Standard, the gov-
ernor was accused of allegedly
recruiting personnel and creating of-
ces in the county contrary to the pro-
visions of the County Government
Act.
The MCAs slapped Chepkwony
with a second count of unlawfully
procuring or permitting procurement
of goods and services without follow-
ing due process.
Those leading his onslaught fur-
ther faulted the county boss for alleg-
edly violating the provisions of the
County Government Act and the Pro-
curement Act on grants and dona-
tions received and for failing to follow
due process regarding public and pri-
vate partnership.
The embattled governor is also ac-
cused of allegedly violating the provi-
sions of Article 226(5),220(2)and 73(2)
(c)(1) of the Constitution.
In the fth reason, Chepkwony is
accused of allegedly exposing the
county to risk and liability or loss by
entering into agreements without fol-
lowing due process of law and with
full knowledge that funds were not
available.
The mover said he swore to defend
the Constitution and his conscience
could not allow him to see the gover-
nor continue to misuse the powers
granted to him by the Constitution.
On Tuesday night, the governor is
said to have made frantic attempts to
appease the MCAs through the as-
semblys minority leader, Mr Living-
stone Kipkoech.
By WAHOME THUKU
Court of Appeal Judge Mo-
hammed Warsame may have
given the best graphical de-
scription of the political con-
test between embattled Nairo-
bi Governor Evans Kidero and
his challenger Ferdinand Wait-
itu.
In his dissenting judgment,
which failed to retain Kidero in
ofce, Justice Wasame de-
scribed the contest as being
between two men who had
stormed Nairobi from oppo-
site directions.
Both are genius for their
self-creation. One is a good
friend of enthusiastic journal-
ists and newscasters for his
propensity to make headline
news. The other is a conserva-
tive, dignied, image con-
scious man of the old school of
politics, he said of the two
politicians.
He added: One is per-
ceived as an unrestrained pop-
ulist, best known for
taking no prisoners
in pursuit of his po-
litical goals. The oth-
er is an outsider or
wild card in the polit-
ical equation of this
county. He is here
purely at the invita-
tion of his hard work
and credentials. He has
no political experience. He is a
scholarly and persuasive blue
chip manager.
The judge described Mr
Waititu as a man who speaks
English with a lot of difculty,
and a heavy and prodding
tribal accent. He is formida-
ble and aggressive and pays
scant attention to civil liber-
ties in the process of achieving
his goals. Kidero on the other
hand, the judge said, is laid
back and hooded in his ap-
proach.
One thing that is clear is
that Hon Waititu is the darling
of the common man, with
whom he seems to
resonate, Warsame
observed.
He said during the
elections, Waititu was
in the same camps
with Nairobi Senator
Mike Sonko and Wom-
en Representative Ra-
chel Shebesh.
He is lost for words
and breath. It is difcult to
imagine Nairobi politics with-
out Hon Waititu and his ilk.
Nonetheless, he was over-
whelmingly defeated by Evans
Kidero, a perceived outsider to
the throne. Maybe Waititu was
deluded by his belief that he is
the most popular man in Nai-
robi, said Warsame.
He went ahead to describe
Waititu as a man well-ground-
ed in Nairobi politics, saying it
would be difcult and even
dangerous to try to steal his
votes.
A contest with the appel-
lant, in any form, is not a walk
in the park. The appellant en-
joys massive grassroots sup-
port, with the necessary and
the attendant consequences if
any person violated his rights,
he said.
Warsame added that Wait-
utu was a heavy weight in Nai-
robi County politics whose
rights could not be easily vio-
lated.
Warsame then upheld the
High Court decision that Kide-
ro had been validly elected but
two other two judges; GBM
Kariuki and Patrick Kiage ruled
to the contrary.
Acknowledging that his
dissenting decision could not
save Kidero, Warsame con-
cluded his 93-page judgment
saying; By dint of the majority
decision, the fruits of success
today belong to the enigmatic,
energetic, endearing and
sometimes overzealous son
from Eastlands; a man who
symbolises hard work, poverty
and resilience.
Baba yao against politically inexperienced Kidero
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NATIONAL NEWS / Page 7
By WILFRED AYAGA
and JOSPHAT THIONGO
MPs from Meru will press for the
seizure of land owned by British farm-
ers countrywide if the UK government
does not rescind a ban on miraa ex-
ports into its markets.
In a Press conference at Parliament
buildings, the lawmakers called on
the Government to compulsorily re-
possess farms occupied by British
farmers.
As a rst step, the legislators led by
Mithika Linturi (Igembe South) have
introduced a Motion in the House
that would compel the Government
to invoke sections of the supreme law
that allow such acquisitions.
This House resolves that the Gov-
ernment invokes Articles 40 and 65 of
the Constitution by budgeting for and
compulsorily acquiring all land owned
or acquired by the British, reads the
Motion.
The MPs accused British farmers
of exploiting Kenyan land while their
government had refused the entry of
miraa into Britain.
The British are bent on colonising
MPs want UK to rescind miraa ban
They have introduced
Motion to compel the
State to repossess land
acquired by British
farmers in Kenya
the Meru people again and impover-
ishing them. We are persuaded that
the problem of miraa cannot be le-
gally solved and should be solved
politically, Linturi said.
Others who addressed the Press
conference were Kubai Kiringo (Ig-
embe Central) and Meru Woman
Representative Florence Kajuju.
The MPs lashed out at the British
House of Lords for passing a Motion
that classies miraa as a narcotic sub-
stance, saying the action was the last
straw in the former colonial powers
drive to deny Meru people a source of
livelihood.
BAD FAITH
The House of Lords ignored a re-
port that claried that miraa is harm-
less. The passing of the Motion was in
bad faith and as representatives of the
Meru people we want to ensure that
the President takes action.
It is either Uhuru buys off the
British farms or we seek other alterna-
tives to drive the farmers out, Linturi
said.
The Motion, which was passed
yesterday, is a follow up to another
one that was adopted by the House of
Commons.
The Motion by the lawmakers cites
the British army training camps in
Isiolo, wheat and barley farms in Ti-
mau, Meru, and ranches owned by
British nationals in and around Lai-
kipia and Samburu, as some of the
land that should revert to indigenous
Kenyans.
Meru Woman Representative Florence Kajuju and Igembe South MP Mithika
Linturi after addressing a Press conference yesterday following the House of
Lords passing of a resolution to ban miraa in the UK. [PHOTO: BONIFACE OKENDO/
STANDARD]
By NDERITU GICHURE
Kenya is losing more than Sh70
billion to counterfeit goods annually,
the Anti-counterfeit Agency (ACA) has
revealed.
ACA research and awareness act-
ing Director Agnes Karingu said the
manufacturing industry is the worst
hit, losing an estimated Sh50 billion
annually.
Importation of counterfeits results
in the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)
losing at least Sh20 billion to tax eva-
sion annually.
Speaking during the launch of a
campaigned dubbed Fagia Bandia
(weed out counterfeits) Campaign in
Nyeri yesterday, Karingu said the pro-
liferation of counterfeit goods is re-
sponsible for the woes facing local
industries.
Most of our local industries are
dying a slow death as a result of an
inux of counterfeit goods, which
continue to deny our country some
much-needed revenue, she said.
As a result, Karingu said, most
youths remain jobless and others lose
their jobs when local industries are
forced to close down.
All consumers should be vigilant
when it comes to issues of identifying
counterfeit goods, as most of them
pose a health hazard to users, said
Karingu.
Kenya loses
Sh70bn to fake
goods annually
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Britain issues travel advisory
against Mombasa Island
By STANDARD REPORTER
The British Government has now
told more than 5,000 of its nationals
in Mombasa to leave because of the
high threat of a terror attack.
The Foreign and Commonwealth
Ofce (FCO) issued an advisory yes-
terday and advised against all but es-
sential travel to Mombasa Island and
the surrounding area following recent
terrorist attacks and the continuing
threat in the area.
If you are currently in an area to
which we now advise against all but
essential travel, you should consider
whether you have an important rea-
son to remain. If not, you should leave
the area. You can still access the Moi
International Airport but we advise
against travelling through Mombasa
Island, read part of the advisory.
FCO advised against all but essen-
tial travel to Mombasa Island and
within ve kilometres off the coast
from Mtwapa Creek in the north to Ti-
wi in the south.
This area does not include Diani
or Moi International Airport, the ad-
visory said, adding: To counter the
shared threat of terrorism, the UK is
committed to working with the Ke-
nyan authorities to strengthen their
capacity to investigate, prosecute and
detain terrorists in line with interna-
tional human rights standards.
Other ofcials said the threat is
unacceptably high amid claims that
terrorists have planned to strike Mom-
basa.
Mombasa is a favourite destina-
tion for many Britons and Europeans
and such an advisory will denitely
affect the tourism sector at large.
New digital system set to ght crime
By PSCU
The Kenya Police Service will soon
have a modern integrated security
system that will revolutionise how it
ghts crime.
The Integrated Public Safety Com-
munication and Surveillance System
being implemented by Safaricom will
cost Sh12.3 billion and will be com-
pleted within the next four months.
It will take another two months for
the police ofcers to be trained in us-
ing the sophisticated equipment.
President Uhuru Kenyatta yester-
day watched a demonstration of the
system by a Safaricom team led by the
companys CEO Bob Collymore at his
Harambee House ofce.
I want this done as soon as pos-
sible because it is necessary for the
safety of our country, said the Presi-
dent, who expressed his desire to see
the project completed in the shortest
time possible.
The state of the art system comes
with video surveillance, digital radios
that would replace the walkie-talkies
currently used by the police, video
conferencing system, a central com-
mand for the communication system
and a mapping system.
Police snub Oburu over murder plot claims
By CYRUS OMBATI
Police in Nairobi have declined to record a
statement from nominated MP Oburu Odinga re-
garding assassination claims against his younger
brother, former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
Instead, ofcers at CID headquarters told Ob-
uru, who has sensationally accused some East Af-
rican Community (EAC) leaders of plotting to as-
sassinate Raila for undermining them, to go and
make the statement at his Bondo home.
Oburu had arrived at CID headquarters yes-
terday ready to give what he termed crucial infor-
mation when the director in charge of investiga-
tions, Samuel Nyabengi, told him they would not
take it.
This is the kind of attitude police and the
Government have towards such serious issues. I
am frustrated. How can they tell me to go to a
small CID ofce to make such a sensitive state-
ment there? posed Oburu.
Nyabengi is said to have informed ofcers that
he was instructed by CID boss Ndegwa Muhoro
to refer Oburu to either Siaya or Bondo CID of-
ces.
Oburu was accompanied by his lawyers Har-
un Ndubi and Anthony Oluoch. They argued in
Nyabengis ofce for a long time but the investi-
gations boss refused to accept the volunteered
information.
Also present were Homa Bay Senator Otieno
Kajwang, Siayas James Orengo and MPs Tom Ka-
jwang, Peter Kaluma, Timothy Bosire and David
Ochieng.
Orengo castigated the ofcers for refusing to
around.
I am reliably informed that a Pres-
ident of a neighbouring country al-
leges the many problems Kenya cur-
rently faces are caused by Raila, said
Oburu, adding that the allegations
could not be taken lightly. He said the
plan was to assassinate the former PM
on his return from the US.
But State House spokesman Mano-
ah Esipisu later termed the claims
cheap, unfounded and demeaning to
the integrity and agenda of EAC lead-
ers.
Police have not talked about the
issue since the allegations were
made.
EAC leaders who were present at
the said meeting were presidents Uh-
uru Kenyatta, Yoweri Museveni (Ugan-
da), Paul Kagame (Rwanda) and Salva
Kiir (South Sudan).
Some of the leaders have demand-
ed that Railas security be enhanced in
the wake of the claims.
It is the second time in two years
that an ODM MP has alleged a plot to
assassinate the former PM. In 2012,
Gem MP Jakoyo Midiwo claimed
some senior ofcials in Government
at the time planned to kill Raila, alle-
gations that were denied by the Gov-
ernment. He was later questioned,
and nothing happened.
Nominated MP
Oburu Odinga
accompanied by
Otieno Kajwang
when he went to
CID headquarters
to record a
statement on an
alleged assasina-
tion plot against
his brother Raila
Odinga. [PHOTO:
GEORGE NJUNGE/
STANDARD]
take the statement, saying it was their respon-
sibility to record the information because it
was sensitive and involved someones life.
Imagine if they are treating us this way,
what of any common man with crucial infor-
mation? It is unfortunate but we still have a
long way to go, he said.
Ndubi said security matters are not de-
volved and so there was no rationale for the
ofcers to turn down the statement.
Police are obliged to take a statement from
anyone with crucial information. They are
politicising very serious matters but we are not
going to be intimidated, said Ndubi.
He said they read mischief in the develop-
ment of the threats to the former PM and
urged Muhoro to stop playing politics and take
issues seriously.
Ndubi said they would not relent and
would wait to be summoned to give what he
termed very crucial information on the assas-
sination claims.
VALID CLAIMS
Nyabengi declined to explain the reasons
for failing to take the statement, saying it was
beyond him.
Oburu insisted his claims were valid and
demanded that Railas security be enhanced.
They should rst investigate the claims I am
making and if they think they are hogwash,
they can rest the case. I am being a good citi-
zen by offering information that would be use-
ful to their investigations, he said.
Raila is currently on a two-month tour of
the US. Oburu said he had informed Raila on
the developments.
Last Friday, Oburu claimed without men-
tioning names that some of the presidents of
the EAC countries had a personal agenda in
the region, which they feared could not be
achieved with his brother, the ODM leader,
Nairobi CID offcers refer
Railas brother to Bondo over
alleged assassination plan
By GEOFFREY MOSOKU
Non-performing public ofcers
will be sacked and those serving Ke-
nyans diligently will be rewarded as
per the new scheme of service, which
will be launched today at the Kenya
School of Government, President
Uhuru Kenyatta has said.
The President said those who de-
liver will be rewarded by promotion
and career progression.
For far too long we have focused
on the few negative elements who
gave public service delivery in Kenya
a bad name. But those, I guarantee
you, shall be weeded out as we con-
tinue to reward those who have cho-
sen to serve their nation with dedica-
tion, said the President.
The head of state was speaking
yesterday at the Kenyatta Interna-
tional Convention Centre where he
presided over the inauguration of
Huduma Ombudsman Awards. Five
public institutions and six individuals
were feted for exemplary service to
the country.
A police ofcer who lost his life
during a terrorist attack in Nairobi last
year got a posthumous award for his
seless service to the nation. The late
Constable Martin Munene Githinji,30,
who died while saving Kenyans dur-
ing the terror attack at Westgate Shop-
ping Mall received the Ombudsman
Valour Award for his bravery and
commitment to duty.
Others were Hellen Machuka the
Principal of Kombeni Girls Secondary
Top performers in
public service feted
President Uhuru
Kenyatta says lazy
workers will be fred to
create room for those
who are ready to serve
School, Rabai in Kili who emerged
the winner in the individual category
followed by Assistant County Com-
missioner Peter Mbugua of Marsabit,
Chief Andrew Kipkurgat of Kimalel,
Baringo County, Chief Josphat Mu-
rungi of Kendani in Maua and Chief
Daniel Omondi of Lambwe West.
In the institutional category,
Othaya Boys High School took the top
position followed by Kenya School of
Government -Baringo, Shimo Borstol
Institution, Kenya School of Govern-
ment Nairobi and Kaptech Dispen-
sary in Kaimosi.
President Kenyatta urged other
public servants to emulate the top
performers and ensure Kenyans enjoy
the services they deserved. He said
the government plans to open the
ombudsman desk in all Huduma cen-
tres.
Kenyas success depends not just
on those who have their pictures
taken by the journalists, but also on
those public servants who work dili-
gently and quietly outside the lime-
light, whether protecting the nation,
advancing education, or helping the
weakest in society, the President
said.
18,000 COMPLAINTS
Commission on Administrative
Justice chairman Otiende Amolo said
that in 2013, the Commission received
more than 18,000 complaints, out of
which more than 11,000 were re-
solved, accounting for 62 per cent
success. United Nations Resident Co-
ordinator and UNDP Resident Repre-
sentative Nardos Bekele-Thomas
pledged her organisations support to
the State as it enhances efciency and
effectiveness in service delivery.
Devolution Cabinet Secretary
Anne Waiguru assured Kenyans that
the one-stop-shop Huduma centres
the Government initiated in Nairobi
and Machakos would be rolled out to
all counties to entrench the delivery
of prompt and quality services.
President Uhuru Kenyatta (centre) with Commission on Administrative Justice chairman Otiende
Amollo (right) and Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru during the Huduma Ombudsman
Awards ceremony at Kenyatta International Convention Centre yesterday. [PHOTO: JOHN MUCHUCHA]

Kenyas
success
depends
not just on
those who
have their
pictures
taken
by the
journalists,
but also
on those
public
servants
who work
diligently
and quietly
outside the
limelight
By JAMES MBAKA
The Government is committed to
freedom of the media despite intense
scrutiny by the Fourth Estate, Infor-
mation Cabinet Secretary Fred
Matiangi has said.
The Cabinet Secretary said the
Government was keen on forging a
closer working relationship with the
media as mutual consultation and co-
operation are critical to national de-
velopment.
Dr Matiangi said the Government
had no business muzzling the Press
and welcomed constructive criticism
from the media.
CRITICISE GOVERNMENT
All Government agencies, he add-
ed, had been directed to ensure that
they support the thriving media free-
dom in the country.
No amount of disagreement will
cause us to encroach on freedom of
the Press. No matter how much they
criticise the Government, that will not
stop us from supporting freedom of
the media, he said.
Matiangi spoke at the Standard
CS assures media of State support
Matiangi says they will
back Press freedom
as Shollei challenges
Government to make
information accessible
Group headquarters when he visited
Group CEO Sam Shollei and ad-
dressed top editors.
He said the Government appreci-
ates the role the media plays as the
public watchdog and called on the
Fourth Estate to engage the Govern-
ment in constructive dialogue to
boost relations between the two,
hitherto characterised by acrimony
and disagreement.
There is need to raise the level of
engagement between Government
and the media to move away from a
confrontational approach to embrac-
ing consultation and candid co-oper-
ation in the interests of national de-
velopment, he said.
Mr Shollei, who is the chairman of
the Media Owners Association, asked
the Jubilee government to change the
history of media and Government
relations, which are often negative.
There is need to rewrite the nar-
rative of media and Government rela-
tions through close partnership to
ensure economic development and
help advance Kenyan aspirations,
Shollei said.
He challenged the Government to
make information available to the
Press and avoid frustrating the pur-
suit of balanced reporting.
Sometimes media houses end up
running stories without views from
the Government because most State
agencies are not co-operative, mak-
ing it hard to access information, he
said.
Standard Group CEO Sam Shollei (left) with Information Cabinet Secretary Fred Mathiangi at the Radio Maisha studios
in Nairobi, yesterday. Looking on are senior Information ministry and Standard ofcials. [PHOTO: TABITHA OTWORI/STAN-
DARD]
By MOSES NJAGIH
Information Cabinet Secretary
Fred Matiangi has allayed fears over
delayed renewal of Safaricoms opera-
tional licence, indicating that it would
be renewed.
However, while disclosing that
Safaricoms licence expires at the end
of June, Matiangi said the countrys
largest mobile telephone operator
must rst meet the requirements set
for it by the sector regulator, the Com-
munication Authority of Kenya (CAK),
before it can be allowed to continue
operating.
But when he appeared before the
Senate Committee on Information,
Communication and Technology,
Matiangi expressed optimism that
the issues standing in the way of the
licence renewal would be addressed
before the expiry date.
He claimed there were forces incit-
ing Kenyans over the delays, saying
Safaricom only needed to meet the
conditions set by CAK and everything
else would be settled.
The renewal of a licence is a pro-
cess, but it is not a right. The regulator
has requested the service provider to
meet some requirements and full
certain conditions and everything will
be sorted, said the Cabinet Secre-
tary.
He added: Someone has been
alarming the public for no reason.
Safaricom will
get licence,
says Matiangi
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Woman charged
with child neglect
BY FAITH KARANJA
A woman was yesterday charged at
the Kibera Law Courts with neglecting
her one-and-half-year old child.
Rehema Musa was accused that on
May 12, at Kiberas Makina area, as a
mother to the toddler, she knowingly
abandoned the child.
She pleaded guilty to the charges
before the acting Senior Principal
Magistrate Bernard Ochoi.
The child was found by a Good Sa-
maritan, who also happened to know
Ms Musa, who is well known to be a
drunkard and is said to have not been
taking good care of the baby.
Thursday, May 15, 2014 / The Standard Page 12 / NATIONAL: COURTS
BY PKEMOI NGENOH
The Shauri Moyo OCS has
been summoned to appear in
court to respond to allegations
that his ofcers hire out their guns
to criminals.
Makadara Law Courts Chief
Magistrate Emily Ominde sum-
moned the senior ofcer after two
minors on robbery with violence
charges claimed that police have
been using them to ferry the arms
to criminals.
The two are charged alongside
James Kagai with violently rob-
bing Harrison Kimani of a mobile
phone, cash and assorted cards
including the National Hospital
Insurance Fund and the National
Social Security Fund, all valued at
Sh4,500 at Majengo in Nairobi on
May 9.
State counsel Simon Muriuki
accused the three, jointly with
others still at large, of attacking
Mr Kimani at around 9pm while
armed with metal rods and knives
and threatening him before rob-
bing him.
Members of public who wit-
nessed the incident, according to
Muriuki, called the police and led
them to a house where the three
were allegedly arrested with some
of the items stolen.
They all denied the charges
and were released on a bond of
Sh50,000 each with a surety of the
same amount.
BY FRED MAKANA
Public Service Vehicle (PSV) oper-
ators can now resume night travel af-
ter the High Court yesterday declared
the two legal notices that had im-
posed a conditional ban null and
void.
High Court Judge George Odunga
said the notices, which had set rules
regulating the transport industry are
extinct. Justice Odunga made the rul-
Judge says Transport
CS failed to table
in court rules to be
enacted by Parliament
to regulate the sector
LONG DISTANCE BUS OWNERS STAND
They said the ban would not curb road car-
nage but serve to cause unnecessary losses
to them and to passengers, especially traders
who rely on night travel to ferry their goods.
They had faulted the decision to impose the
ban without engaging stakeholders to nd
the cause of rising cases of accidents espe-
cially during holiday season like Christmas
and New Year.
That the over 200 Associations members
have been losing 50 per cent of earnings daily
from each of their buses since the Govern-
ment introduced the ban on night travel
ing before the transporters represen-
tatives who had sought clarication
on the orders he gave on April 14 de-
claring null and void the regulations
pronounced by Transport Cabinet
Secretary Michael Kamau.
Odunga said night travel will re-
sume because the 60-day window has
elapsed and the Transport CS had not
tabled in court the rules supposed to
be enacted by Parliament to regulate
the Transport industry.
Odunga had required Eng Kamau
to produce before him the rules,
which were enacted by Parliament
and the Senate. However, Kamau did
not comply with the orders within the
stipulated time. He told the transport-
ers to resume night travel and whoev-
er arrests them will face the full force
of the law.
Under the Trafc Act, transport-
ers are allowed to travel by night and
BY VINCENT MABATUK
The widow of former Cabinet Min-
ister Mbiyu Koinage will on June 19
know if she has a case to answer or not
over the murder charges against her.
Eddah Wanjiru was in October 10,
2011 charged with the murder of a vo-
cal land rights crusader Moses Ole
Mpoe and Narok farmer Parsaaiyia
Ole Kitu.
Mpoe was on December 3, 2010 at
Soilo junction on the Nakuru-Eldoret
highway shot seven times in the head,
chest and arms while Kitu was report-
edly shot three times.
Ms Wanjiru is charged alongside
her stepson David Koinange, Nicholas
Ngetich, Johnstone Sigei, Stephen
Mwanga, Sanaga Mbukoi and Kiragu
Macharia.
A gunman riding on a motorcycle
at a trafc jam shot the late Mpoe and
the fellow passenger dead inside his
Ford Ranger vehicle.
At the time of the killing, Mpoe
was leading a campaign seeking to re-
possess thousands of acres of land al-
legedly taken away from the Maasai
community by the colonialists and
the subsequent Kenyan govern-
ments.
Those charged include a former
farm manager at the controversial
4,923-acre Muthera farm in Mau
Narok owned by the Koinange family.
Wanjiru is a co-administrator of the
expansive farm in Mau Narok, which
was owned by her late husband.
Other co-administrators include
her stepson Njuno, David and Marga-
ret Njeri Mbiyu. The late Mpoe was at
one point a senior employee at the
farm but was allegedly suspended fol-
lowing disagreements with the fami-
ly.
The activists murder sparked an-
gry reactions from members of the
Maa community who staged numer-
ous demonstrations at Ole Tipis trad-
ing Centre in Mau Narok for months.
In January 2011, Wanjiru moved to
Court seeking orders to bar the police
from arresting her over the killings.
However, the then Nakuru High Court
Judge William Ouko declined to ex-
tend the orders saying it would be
akin to an abuse of the Courts pow-
ers. Justice Ouko noted that it was im-
possible for the Court to determine
whether police had any evidence
against the late ministers widow until
she had formally been charged with
any offence.
Any action by this court to the
contrary would amount to a prema-
ture trial where there is no accused
person, he said in his ruling.
Ouko said the petitioner had failed
to show that investigations into the
murders would infringe on her con-
stitutional rights and freedoms.
Koinange widows murder case ruling next month
Three rms want NLC to buy
private land at market rates
BY LUCIANNE LIMO
Three companies have moved to
court seeking orders to direct the Na-
tional Lands Commission (NLC) to
purchase private property at prevail-
ing market rates.
Huelands Limited, Afrison Export
and Imports and Aqua Limited argued
that NLCs compulsory acquisition of
private land at Government value or
negotiated purchase is unconstitu-
tional.
They said such compulsory acqui-
sition should be governed by Article
40 of the Constitution and that pur-
chase of private property by Govern-
ment should be at the sellers evalua-
tion or at the prevailing market
price.
They pointed out that the commis-
sions continued acquisition of land in
the country at gross under value
would occasion nancial losses to Ke-
nyans and further violate their consti-
tutional rights.
They told the court that unless
stopped, NLC would proceed with
compulsory acquisition of privately
held property at government value,
which they said, is always below the
market rates.
They want the court to declare that
compulsory acquisition of land
should be prompt, fair, and reason-
able and should be guided by the
principles of willing buyer and willing
seller.
The applicants want the Govern-
ment to adhere to the prevailing mar-
ket rates before acquiring the land by
force.
Eddah Koinange
National Land Commission Chairman Muhammad Swazuri (right), lawyer Che-
bet Rono, Director Legal Affairs Kaptuiya Cheboiwa and lawyer Waweru
Gatonye at the Milimani Law Courts last week. [PHOTO: FIDELIS KABUYI/STANDARD]
OCS called
over misuse
of guns
erect racks on their vehicles for pas-
sengers goods.
Earlier, the CS and the National
Transport and Safety Authority (NT-
SA) through their lawyers, Charles Ag-
wara and Emanuel Bitta, sought to
have Justice Odunga disqualify him-
self from the case.
The two argued that Odunga had
already made a determination on the
matter by issuing a judgment on April
14 and he should therefore allow an-
other judge to take over the case.
Your lordship, it will be hard for
one to believe that you will arrive at a
different decision from the one you
made on April 14. Therefore, my client
feels that he may not get a fair hear-
ing and if this matter proceeds, there
is nothing new in the matter other
than reproduction of the earlier regu-
lations, Mr Agwara argued.
They said the apprehension raised
by the third respondent NTSA in
the case was substantive and it would
be fair that Odunga allows another ju-
dicial ofcer to hear the case.
However, defence lawyers Harri-
son Kinyanjui and Steven Nzaku
asked Odunga to press on and deter-
mine the case saying the CS and NTSA
are beneciaries of his orders.
For 60 days, the respondents have
enjoyed the orders you gave and I see
no reasonable grounds that will deter
you from rendering a just decision
since the respondents in this case
have failed to indicate whether you
have a personal interest in the out-
come of this case, Kinyanjui argued.
He further told the court that NT-
SA failed to comment on the courts
objectivity at the beginning of the
case, only to reverse its decision lat-
er.
Court lifts ban on
night travel for
long distance PSVs Lawyer Harrison Kin-
yanjui.
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Untreated efuent in the last pond with solid waste and red/
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Washing vehicles on shores of rivers and lakes leads to water
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The Water Resources Management Authority (WRMA) as the Lead
Agency in water resources management regulates and protects water
resources quality from adverse impacts by:
Issuing Efuent Discharge Permits to efuent dischargers
Ensuring compliance to Efuent Discharge Control Plans
Monitoring and enforcing conditions attached to water
allocation permits
Managing and protecting water catchment areas in collaboration
with legally recognized local community groups called Water
Resources Users Association (WRUAs) and stakeholders.
Kenya is water scarce country and the available water resources are
majorly under intense pressure from the threats of pollution, over
abstraction and unsustainable consumption.
In line with the Water Act 2002 Section 94(1)(b), as read with
Section 105 and the Water Resources Management Rules 2007
Part V Sections 81 88, WRMA provides for regulatory measures
on control of water pollution and efuent discharge record into water
bodies as well as on land.
It has been noted that most rivers that pass through urban centers and
cities are severely polluted and has impacted the water quality in our
water resources.
The main sources of pollution include:
Industrial and municipal raw efuent discharges,
Poor solid waste disposal,
Poor sanitation facilities,
Blocked manholes,
Low sanitation coverage,
Mushrooming of slums,
Market centres with no proper solid waste disposal,
Encroachment of wetlands,
Car wash and
Local brew distillation of changaa along rivers that increase
temperature in water bodies.
The Authority has been on a mission to crack down all facilities that are
not compliant with the Efuent Discharge Thresholds and Standards
that protect water resources from pollution, that further improve the raw
water quality discharged.
The Authority would like to commend 3 facilities namely Muranga
Water and Sewerage Company, Nyeri Water and Sewerage
Company and Kibos Sugar Company for complying with the required
standards and thus contributing to the protection of water resources.
The major polluters include Water & Sewerage Companies and Service
Boards across the country that have made little or no efforts in investing
in wastewater treatment plants. Out of the 17 Plants visited; only these
three are compliant to the standards.

The following actions have been undertaken for non-compliant water
facilities:
1. The Water supplied by Naivasha and Mathira Water and
Sewerage Companies were closed down until further notice.
2. Warning letters have been issued to non-compliant facilities
with specic timelines for them to act and stop wanton
pollution. These facilities include:
Agro-chemical Food Company
Homabay Water and Sewerage Company
Kiambu Water and Sewerage Company
Machakos Water and Sewerage Company
Export Processing Zone(EPZ)
Mavoko Water and Sewerage Company
Njoro Water and Sewerage Company
Rift Valley Water services Board
Limuru Water and Sewerage Company
Nakuru Water and Sewerage Company
Thika Water and Sewerage Company
Leather Industries of Kenya (LIK)
WRMA is also directing any car washing activity and
distillation of changaa near rivers and lakes to STOP
with immediate effect. Legal action will be taken against
those who fail to comply. Car owners who encourage
car washing will not be spared.
It is mandatory that all efuent discharging facilities
should have valid efuent discharge permits issued by
WRMA and should comply with the conditions attached to
them failure to which necessary action will be taken against
them.
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Pond covered with solid waste and sludge
Limuru Water and Sewerage Company
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WHAT OTHER MEDIA SAY...
B
arely 24 hours after his election was nullified,
Dr Evans Kidero was back in office yesterday.
The Supreme Court had stayed the Court of
Appeals decision to annul his election as the Governor
of Nairobi.
Well, this might look confusing to many with
climaxes quickly turning into anti-climaxes. Three
other governors have their cases pending in the
Supreme Court, after earning reprieve to continue in
office while the court arbitrates in the matter. These
are Okoth Obado (Migori), Nathif Jama (Garissa)and
Peter Munya (Meru).
While the finer nuances of the judicial processes
might not be apparent to many people, there is
tangible evidence that the Kenyan Judiciary is exerting
its authority and independence. Seeking court recourse
might look labyrinthine, but we made the bed, so we
should lie on it. The essence of introducing what many
might view as a convoluted process was to weed out
the apparent cases of injustice, where the laws and
rules were bent and at the same time make those keen
to rush to court over frivolous matters, think twice.
There are those who will view it as justice delayed,
and justice denied. Far from it. The wheels of justice
are moving inexorably, though we must remember
some may opt to view the glass as half-empty. That is
unavoidable.
It is gratifying that our courts have recently been
involved in high profile cases that involve the political
and ruling class, hitherto viewed at as the untouch-
ables. The 2010 Constitution has enabled the Judiciary
assert its authority and independence by effecting
positive reforms to which previous Benches only gave
lip service. It is this independence that has seen the
Executive gradually lose its stranglehold over the
Judiciary.
It is only when the Judiciary is allowed to do its work
guided by the law that justice can be seen to have been
delivered.
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O
ne year and two months after
conducting elections under the
2010 Constitution, the Indepen-
dent Electoral and Boundaries Commis-
sion (IEBC) meets in Mombasa this week
to conduct a postmortem on the way it
conducted the 2013 General Election.
Though the commission has received a lot
of flak for the manner in which it conduct-
ed the elections, chairman Isaack Hassan
still puts a brave face over the electoral
bodys performance.
The number of petitions filed for a
single election, 188 in total, indicates the
level of disaffection with the manner in
which the elections were conducted.
In his speech to the participants at the
National Post-Election Evaluation Work-
shop, Mr Hassan appears to draw strength
from the approbation he says neighbour-
ing countries have given the IEBC for its
conduct in the elections and names
Nigeria, Uganda, South Sudan and
Tanzania. These countries, with the
exception of Tanzania, do not espouse the
principles of democracy we hold dear in
Kenya. The accolades that the IEBC should
be seeking or basking in are those of
Kenyans who participated in the elections
and witnessed what happened.
Whereas some observers like the EU
and the Carter Foundation may have given
the thumbs-up, praise and adulation has
been less forthcoming.
In fact, it should worry the IEBC that it
is mainly those who won who are praising
it the loudest. For the election, no doubt,
left a bitter taste in the mouths of many
considering that the winners constitute 51
per cent of the votes cast. The other 49 is
still grumbling.
When all is said and done, the work-
shop should endeavour to address the
issues raised by the Opposition and other
parties instead of sweeping them under
the carpet. Notably, the issue of openness
must be placed into perspective. The
secrecy with which IEBC handles election
material, even failing to produce some in
court leaves a lot to conjecture, a fact that
feeds into the many wild allegations of
impropriety on the part of the IEBC.
Elections, like any other competition,
are held under an aura of suspicion and
time is a crucial factor. When the IEBC
takes a whole year to announce the official
results of an election, it sets itself up for
condemnation because people will always
believe that the outcome was doctored.
Kenyans will never know whether the
elections were compromised or not,
following the failure of the EVIDs, but they
will always entertain some doubt from the
way issues featured prominently.
Granted, holding six elections in a
single day was not an easy thing and the
prevailing uncertainty on the election date
did not help matters. In future, IEBC must
endeavour to procure equipment much
earlier and subject them to at least six
months of extensive tests. Procured items
must have been tested and proven
effective before to preclude high incidence
of failure at the most critical time. Further,
the IEBC should embrace openness in the
manner iut does business.
Whenever records and other docu-
ments, especially the voter register are
needed, they should be produced on
demand to allay fears of unfair play. Mr
Hassans observation that they were not
perfect and they could always learn from
their past experiences offers hope that
serious remedial measures have been
considered and will be actualised soon. By
the time the next electoral cycle comes
around, IEBCs state of preparedness must
be fail-proof.
Birth of a scandal blaming Hillary
Clinton for Ni ger ian kidnappings
Conservatives have concluded Hillary
Clinton is to blame for the Nigerian schoolgirls
kidnapped by the Boko Haram, 14 months after
she left ofce. All they have to do now is ll in
the details. On Fox News last week, Elisabeth
Hasselbeck attributed the attack to Clintons
failure to put the group on a list of foreign
terrorist organizations when she was secretary
of state. That perhaps could have saved
these girls earlier, Hasselbeck declared. Rush
Limbaugh, on his radio show, suggested that
Clinton didnt designate the group as terrorist
because its members are black. Foxs Megyn
Kelly oated the idea that Clinton didnt put the
group on the list because doing so would have
angered them.
Pzer CEO failed to dispel the impression
that tax, and tax alone, brought him here
George Osborne, the Chancellor, has changed
his tune. When it was rst reported that Pzer
wanted to launch one of the worlds biggest
takeover bids for AstraZeneca, a British-based
pharmaceutical company, he thought it a great
vindication of his corporate low-tax policy.
But Chuka Umunna, Labours astute shadow
Business Secretary, stung the Government by
branding it the cheerleader for a merger
that was being pursued for many of the wrong
reasons. Since then Mr Osborne and the Prime
Minister have emphasised the assurances they
have secured from Pzer to preserve British
research and development and British jobs.
Today, the two companies had the chance to
make their cases in Parliament...
Quinn should be livid about Illinois
incidents
The boast rotates at the top of his campaign
website: Gov. Pat Quinn restored integrity
to Illinois government. Aides say that after
taking ofce in 2009 he vanquished a climate
of corruption, the legacy of his criminal
predecessors. Did he? Today the publics trust
in Quinn is strained as never before. Federal
and Cook County prosecutors are exploring a
botched anti-violence program on which Quinn
spent $54.5 million. The bipartisan Legislative
Audit Commission has voted 10-1 to seek
subpoena powers to investigate how that money
was doled out. Separately, Chicago attorney
Michael Shakman alleges in court that Quinns
Department of Transportation broke anti-
patronage rules to put cronies in state jobs.

Palaver
It was a good ght, a
ght for honour, accep-
tance and recognition by
Mr Martin Wambora. But he
lost. The odds were stacked
heavily against him. The
MCAs who started throwing
the stones that nally fell
the Embu Governor must
be preening. The senators
are now awed with the life
and death power they hold
over the governors. There
are no friends or enemies
in politics, only political
expediency until your time
comes up!
This is what the terrorists
have done to us; we have
become overly suspicious of
bags that are unaccompanied
by their owners. It should be
that way. Yet it is so bad if you
left a bag with a million shil-
lings in it at the centre of the
town in Nairobi, chances are
you will pick it up intact after
hours or have it bombed by
the bomb squad!
There is no end to what
the Governors want.
Specically. They want
to y the National ag on
their vehicles. They want
huge motorcades, personal
security, and all functions
to be devolved to counties
immediately. They also
want to be addressed as
Your Excellency. As if that
is not enough, they are
agitating for a union. And
the weirdest of them all is
the demand for ofces in
Nairobi. What was the es-
sence of devolution?
To you Kenyans of good-
will, Palaver says kudos!
Your reaction to appeals for
help for victims of family
violence, ailments and other
causes is simply amazing
and overwhelming. You have
always been there for many,
the latest being the little girl
from Mwingi who was raped
by her mothers lover. Thanks
to your magnanimity, she may
walk again. And thanks to the
media for highlighting these
incidences.
And nally...
President Obama of
America is determined to
light up the Dark Conti-
nent. Perhaps, while still
a young-
ster and
on a visit to
Kogelo, the
home of his
ancestors,
this koroboi
business
did not amuse him. Now,
legislators in the USA have
approved the Electricity
Africa Act and millions in
Africa, Kenya included,
stand to benet. Didnt God
say let there be light?
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OPINION / Page 15 Thursday, May 15, 2014 / The Standard
Bail should only be curbed under the law
self or herself to trial
b) The likelihood of the ac-
cused interfering with witnesses
or suppressing evidence that may
incriminate him or her
c) Detention for the pro-
tection of the accused
d) The nature of the
charge
e) The nature of the evi-
dence in support of the charge
f) The severity of the pun-
ishment which conviction would
entail
g) Strength of the evidence
against the accused person
There is yet another dilemma
that the Judiciary is facing which
favours the accused being granted
bail.
Even in petty offences where
the accused has pleaded not
guilty the trial drags on for
months and sometimes years; de-
lays by the prosecution, magistra-
lial challenges such as leave, Judi-
ciary calendar and inadequate
facilities, granting bail mid-stream
a trial is now becoming common.
The Judiciary cannot and
should not be dictated on how to
grant bail or otherwise blamed.
The prosecutorial authorities
must legally have material to op-
pose bail in serious cases on gen-
uine and sustainable grounds.
The bottom line remains that
bail is a right in all criminal cases
and it should not be taken lightly
or curbed lightly over public out-
cry.
Mr Bowry is an Adovocate of
the High Court of Kenya
bowryp@hotmail.com
I
n the wake of the recent
bomb blasts, Deputy-Pres-
ident William Ruto publicly
commented that at least two sus-
pects had been released on bail by
the courts and implied that the
courts should be pro-active in the
prevention of terrorism related
crimes.
It appeared that the Deputy-
President was hinting that an ac-
cused in a terrorist related offence
should not be granted bail.
The Constitution enshrines the
right to bail in Article 49(1) (h) in
the following terms: An arrested
person has to be released on bond
or bail, on reasonable conditions,
pending a charge or trial, unless
there are compelling reasons not
to be released.
The High Court in its decision
delivered in 2012, in the case of R
vs. Joktan Mayende & three others
held that compelling reasons re-
ferred to in the Constitution de-
note reasons that are forceful and
convincing as to make the court
feel very strongly that the accused
should not be released on bond.
Bail should not therefore be de-
nied on imsy grounds but on real
and cogent grounds that meet the
high standard set by the Constitu-
tion
The high standards referred to
by the Court as it stated are the
stringent constitutional require-
ments in Article 24 of the Consti-
tution on Limitation of Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms.
The law then is that bail is not
an absolute right and it can be lim-
ited by virtue of Article 24 and can
only be limited under legislation
to that effect and on clear and spe-
cic grounds that are reasonable,
justiable and in conformity with
constitutional limitations.
Releasing an accused on bail or
detaining him during trial in the
post-independence period rightly
generated great amount conten-
tious feelings especially where the
prosecution used the detention of
an accused in politically motivat-
ed prosecution of politicians or
activists not in favour with the re-
gime of the day.
Indeed, past Attorney Generals
were well known to use their posi-
tions to directly and indirectly in-
uence the Judiciary on matters of
the accused at the whims of the
high and mighty.
Magistrates and Judges who
aspired for promotions and green-
er pastures more often than not,
aligned themselves with the pros-
ecutions views and bail was re-
fused.
Hundreds of documented cas-
es can be referred to where ac-
cused were arrested and held in
remand custody, not ever tried
and nolle prosequi (we shall no
longer prosecute) entered all in
the name of State security or na-
tional interests.
The law relating to the granting
and not granting bail is now cast
in stone in the Constitutional pro-
tections and not even the Preven-
tion of Terrorism Act, 2012 or the
Prevention of Organised Crime
Act, 2010 bars a court from grant-
ing bail to a person accused of ter-
rorism related crimes.
Every offence under the law is
now bailable. The days when mur-
der and treason suspects were by
law not eligible to bail are long
gone and suspects are now being
routinely granted bail for serious
offences.
The Courts at both the subor-
dinate and High Court level are
empowered to use their discretion
to grant or not to grant bail based
on each specic case and genera-
lised rules can be formulated.
It is true to state that, in terms
of modern Kenyan legal thinking
the courts tilt backwards to make
orders granting bail giving an im-
pression of constitutional compli-
ance, but judicial ofcers have
found a way of imposing extreme-
ly unrealistic and unreasonable
terms and conditions effectively
making bail a right only for the
very rich and privileged.
The burden is upon the prose-
cution to establish on facts and
not speculation that the liberty of
the accused must be curtailed
during the trial.
Sometimes the prosecution is
privy to facts about the accused
which it cannot reveal to the court
based on rules of evidence and on
grounds that it will prejudice the
trial.
Perhaps in exceptional circum-
stances courts should be permit-
ted under rules of evidence to be
privy to facts which militate
against granting bail.
The established principles of
law in considering whether or not
to grant bail have been set down
in law and can be summarised as
follows:
a) The probability that the
accused might not surrender him-
PRAVIN BOWRY }
LEGAL VI EW
T
he kidnapping of more
than 200 schoolgirls in
northern Nigeria by the
Islamist terrorist group Boko
Haram is beyond outrageous. Sad-
ly, it is just the latest battle in a sav-
age war being waged against the
fundamental right of all children
to an education. That war is glob-
al, as similarly horrifying incidents
in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and So-
malia attest.
Around the world, there have
been 10,000 violent attacks on
schools and universities in the
past four years, according to a re-
port by the Global Coalition to
Protect Education from Attack.
The evidence is as ample as it is
harrowing, from the 29 schoolboys
killed by suspected Boko Haram
militants in the Nigerian state of
Yobe earlier this year and Somali
schoolchildren forced to become
soldiers to Muslim boys attacked
by ethnic Burmese/Buddhist na-
tionalists in Myanmar and school-
girls in Afghanistan and Pakistan
who have been rebombed, shot,
or poisoned by the Taliban for dar-
ing to seek an education.
These are not isolated exam-
ples of children caught in the
GORDON BROWN } Boko Haram raid shows education not only about books, curricula
Schools
around the
world, from
North Amer-
ica to north-
ern Nigeria,
now need se-
curity plans
to ensure
the safety of
their pupils
and provide
condence to
parents and
their commu-
nities
crossre; this is what happens
when classrooms become the ac-
tual targets of terrorists who see
education as a threat. (Indeed,
Boko Haram is literally translated
to mean that false or Western
education is forbidden.) In at
least 30 countries, there is a con-
certed pattern of attacks by armed
groups, with Afghanistan, Colom-
bia, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, and
Syria the worst affected.
Such attacks reveal with stark
clarity that providing education is
not only about blackboards,
books, and curricula. Schools
around the world, from North
America to northern Nigeria, now
need security plans to ensure the
safety of their pupils and provide
condence to parents and their
communities.
At the World Economic Forum
in Abuja, Nigerias capital, this
week, together with partners from
business and civil society, I
launched a programme to ensure
the personal safety of children in
areas where the threats to them
are real and immediate. The Safe
Schools Initiative will combine
school and community-based
plans with special measures to
protect children attending some
5,000 primary and secondary
schools in the most vulnerable ar-
eas.
For individual schools, the
measures will include reinforcing
security infrastructure, planning
and response, training for staff,
and counseling for students and
community members. At the com-
munity level, education commit-
tees comprising parents, teachers,
and volunteers will be formed,
along with specially developed
teacher-student-parent defense
units for rapid response to
threats.
Other countries experience
grappling with similar threats has
shown that it is crucial to engage
religious leaders formally in pro-
moting and safeguarding educa-
tion. In Afghanistan, in collabora-
tion with community shuras and
protection committees, respected
imams sometimes use their Friday
sermons to raise awareness about
the importance of education in Is-
lam.
In Peshawar, Pakistan, in a pro-
gram supported by UNICEF,
prominent Muslims leaders have
spoken out about the importance
of education and of sending stu-
dents back to school. In Somalia,
religious leaders have gone on
public radio in government-con-
trolled areas and visited schools to
advocate against the recruitment
of child soldiers.
In countries such as Nepal and
the Philippines, community-led
negotiations have helped to im-
prove security and take politics
out of the classroom. In some
communities, diverse political
and ethnic groups have come to-
gether and agreed to develop Safe
School Zones. Millions of chil-
dren remain locked out of school
around the world. This not just a
moral crisis; it is also a wasted eco-
nomic opportunity. In Africa, for
example, education is particularly
crucial as the continents econo-
mies increasingly shift from re-
source extraction to knowledge-
driven industry. Providing a safe
environment for learning is the
most fundamental and urgent rst
step in solving the global educa-
tion crisis.
Mr Brown, former UK PM is UN
Special Envoy for Education.
(c) Project Syndicate 2014
The
Courts at
both the sub-
ordinate and
High Court
level are em-
powered to
use their dis-
cretion to
grant or not
to grant bail
based on
each specic
case and gen-
eralised rules
can be for-
mulated
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Do PSV crews searching passengers
really know what they are doing?
Following attacks targeted at PSVs, a
directive was given to have passengers
frisked and matatu crews have been
conducting the exercise on most Nairobi
routes. My concern, though, is, do these
people know what they are doing?
Recently, as I was boarding a matatu I
noticed that one of the guys conducting
the search did not look like he knew what
he was doing as he frisked the men. This
made me wonder; is our security really
assured as we use PSVs? I highly doubt
it, unless matatu crews take the directive
seriously. - Linah Wachairow
Let Government take charge of
resources present in the country
I am concerned that oil discovered in
Uasin Gishu County will end up harming
residents more than benetting them.
At the moment, some 30 families living
in Burnt Forest have their boreholes
contaminated with oil, which means
they do not have access to clean water.
Residents are sitting on a gold mine but
the Government is proving complacent
in taking advantage of the resources
to uplift the areas economy. It is high
time the Government woke up and took
charge of natural resources present in
the country. - Caroline Wangechi
Ngilu should now make impromptu
visits to county land ofces
It is a fact that the state of our Lands
ofces is a national disgrace that should
be addressed expeditiously. Many land
ofces have been inltrated by cartels
who engage in lucrative business in
collaboration with unscrupulous Lands
ofcials. Lands Cabinet Secretary Charity
Ngilu should continue with what she
is doing to bring order to the ministry.
Her next step, after cleaning up Ardhi
House, should be to make impromptu
visits to county land ofces. This is where
corruption and bureaucratic bottlenecks
are deeply embedded. - Joseph Muthama
Initiatives needed to transform
counties into tourist destinations
In order to transform counties into
tourist destinations, proling various
tourist attractions in counties followed
by aggressive marketing should be
prioritised. Kenya has been blessed with
diverse tourist products and each county
must identify visitor attractions within its
jurisdiction and package them with the
aim of luring tourists. This will broaden
the product base offered by Kenya to
holiday makers visiting the country.
Counties should establish Destination
Management Organisations that will
drive their tourism development agenda.
- Benard Amaya
Increased varsity admissions
will lead to economic growth
Our universities are about to ex-
perience magnicent growth in
student admissions if the recent
plan to lower entry grades is any-
thing to go by. This is a big win for
parents and prospective students.
The creation of the Kenya Uni-
versities and Colleges Placement
Services, a central agency to over-
see synchronisation of student ad-
missions at both degree and diplo-
ma levels, will be pivotal in ensuring
that this move is actualised.
This means that in future, more
than 50 per cent of candidates who
sit for their KCSE examinations will
have a chance to join either public
or private universities and colleg-
es.
So what does increased univer-
sity admissions have to do with a
stronger national economy?
To start with, a good economy
can never run under poor gover-
nance.
The essence of intellectual ex-
posure is to enhance leadership
skills in an individual. By granting
more young people access to insti-
tutions of higher learning, they will
be equipped with knowledge and
skills that will give birth to innova-
tive ideas and professional exper-
tise.
Today, the global economy is
becoming increasingly knowledge-
based and proper implementation
of the Universities Act will give all
prospective students an equal op-
portunity to consider areas in which
they are inclined to excel.
NINTH BEST
In addition, our universities
rank well globally. The University of
Nairobi, for example, was ranked
the ninth best university in Africa.
This means that the quality of
education in Kenya meets global
thresholds. In the same breath, uni-
versities today hold open days to
dispel contentions that Kenyan
universities are producing a theory-
based yet unskilled labour force.
Such events make a statement
about the quality of services our in-
stitutions offer to the public and al-
so show their readiness to expose
themselves to public scrutiny.
Lowering entry grades in our
universities creates numerous op-
portunities for students and en-
ables them enjoy quality educa-
tion.
Producing many graduates
trained in diverse elds will provide
a dependable human resource base
of young people skilled to under-
take professional careers or be-
come entreprenuers.
These will be people capable of
making proper use of the Uwezo
Funds, for example, as well as pro-
vide mentorship opportunities.
The result will be a nation that
inculcates the spirit of inventive-
ness, innovation and self-depen-
dency.
An educated nation is one that
will conduct research to establish
home-grown solutions to any prob-
lem it faces. Such a nation can gen-
erate solutions geared toward im-
proving the peoples economic
status.
This means that growth of Ke-
nyas academic sector will have a
denite impact on the nations eco-
nomic status in years to come.
{Abook Brian, via email}
Page 16 / READERS DIALOGUE
Konza City: Too much noise over nothing
The issue of the exact location of
Konza Metropolis has, in the past
few days, raised tension and undue
suspicion between Lands Cabinet
Secretary Charity Ngilu and Makue-
ni County leaders.
This happened after the CS clar-
ied that the city sits in Machakos
County.
Following the remarks, an un-
healthy war of words began, with
claims and counter-claims being
exchanged in good measure.
While I believe there is room for
further deliberations that will see
the issue sorted out in a more ami-
cable manner, I must say leaders,
especially from Makueni County
have taken the whole thing too far.
Kilome MP Regina Ndambuki
made very disturbing remarks, al-
leging that Ngilus statement would
cause tension between residents of
the two counties. This is a careless
claim that has no basis at all.
Fact is, Machakos and Makueni
residents are not strangers to each
other to the extent that they will
start to plot against one another be-
cause of a city that does not even
exist in the rst place.
Residents from these two re-
gions have lived as one big family
with relatives spread out across the
two regions. They are too smart to
let this matter cause division.
Ndambuki must speak in a more
responsible manner.
I come from Machakos County
and have relatives in Makueni
County. I would not mind if the me-
tropolis was declared to be in
Makueni because I have nothing to
lose. I am sure many from my coun-
ty share the same view.
A city that still on paper cannot
be used to divide peaceful Kenyans.
Instead of this hullabaloo, leaders
from both counties and relevant
Government departments ought to
engage further on this issue and
sort it out in peace. I am sure it can
be done.
{Dave Muema, Machakos}
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YOUR SAY
Feedback
MCAs are the real
enemies of devolution
The action by Members of
County Assemblies is now
taking a rather dangerous route
as these previously ordinary
wananchi are fast becoming like
greedy hyenas.
They have changed so fast one
would be forgiven for thinking
they have been taken for
seminars on corruption and
arm-twisting.
Using threats of impeachment,
the MCAs have governors so
scared that it is they (ward
representatives) who now call
the shots in their respective
counties.
The case of Embu Governor
Martin Wambora (pictured),
which has oscillated between
the MCAs, Senate and courts,
seems to have emboldened
MCAs all over the country.
The ward representatives now
issue demands, including money
for retreats and excursions for
which the governors have no
option but to provide against
their better judgment.
Their actions have made childs
play of MPs incessant demand
for increased pay, especially
because it is felt at the lowest
level.
Is it that we have a greedy
society or is there something
fundamentally wrong with
these people?
We thought different county
assemblies would do things
differently but members are
now conrming that the more
things change the more they
remain the same.
The organisation they formed
nationally was, in my opinion,
supposed to co-ordinate
exchange programmes and
development ideas. Instead, it
now seems to be a conduit for
their collective greed.
{Titus Pala -Kisumu}
Heads must roll
at Ardhi House
The ongoing 10-day audit at the
Ministry of Lands headquarters could
not have come at a better time.
It has unravelled the possibility of
fraudulent schemes that have been go-
ing at the ministry and exposed the
magnitude of the rot there.
This is a testimony that things are
not right at the ministry and explains
why Kenyans go through tedious pro-
cesses to register land, apply for sub-
division of land and get land adjudica-
tion among other services.
It is now incumbent upon Cabinet
Secretary Charity Ngilu with whom
the buck stops to set heads rolling
and break up the corruption cartels
that have been frustrating Kenyans.
The evidence is there and unless
people face the sack, nothing is likely
to change even with digitisation. These
cartels will simply invent new ways to
eece Kenyans.
First to be questioned should be
those in charge of the 10,000 missing
les then the woman found sneaking
les out of her ofce. In fact, it would
be expected that this employee has al-
ready been red and is possibly facing
criminal charges.
Once such tough measures are in-
stituted, those charged with responsi-
bilities, even in other sectors, will take
their work seriously.
{Vincent Ogaya, Nairobi}
Let us salute
our authors
Ngugi wa Thiongo deserves acco-
lades for his literary works that have
been grounded in the preservation of
African culture and languages.
His most recent award, an honor-
ary doctorate in Germany, should be a
pointer that we need to appreciate our
writers.
It is disturbing that as a country we
have failed to recognise and award au-
thors like Ngugi, Grace Ogot, Meja
Mwangi and others.
It is also unfortunate that many of
our authors are not honoured until
they die; neither are is work taken se-
riously until it hits the limelight.
A case in point is the recent death
of Mwangi Gacheru, author of the cel-
ebrated book, Across The Bridge, which
made a huge impact on Kenyan litera-
ture. Yet the author remained largely
unknown until he died.
Francis Imbuga, also deceased, on-
ly received praise on his death yet
while he lived, his work, such as Be-
trayal in the City was criticised by
many including the then ruling Kanu
regime.
We must as a society begin to ac-
knowledge and appreciate our au-
thors. Let us not wait to do so after they
have received accolades from outside
or worse still, when they die.
In the same vein, we need to en-
courage budding authors and guide
them through the publishing process.
To avoid a literary gap, Government
must not force writers to live in exile
because their own nation has been
hostile towards them. Literature re-
mains societys mirror.
{Fredrick Omondi, Eldoret}
A mothers daily
struggle in the face
of disability
NATIONAL: FEATURE / Page 17 Thursday, May 15, 2014 / The Standard
The events around this
family have left Anyango with
only two daughters, who are
not aficted. Her daughters
are married, leaving her as the
sole breadwinner and caregiv-
er of her sons who cannot go
to school one of them un-
able to do anything.
For Ogweno, being fed,
clothed, washed and carried
to relieve himself like a baby,
brings him much anguish. He
wishes he could take care of
himself.
I wanted to be a pilot but
now that cannot be because I
have wasted many years and
there is not much hope. Im
tormented by my situation
and every day I see my mother
struggling with my brother
and I, and Im heart broken,
says Ogweno who loves listen-
ing to Osogo Winyos music.
But how does Anyango
take care of such a family?
I do casual jobs for people
in their farms to get some
money to feed these children.
I leave them at home with
their aged grandmother who
cannot do much, she says.
In case they are unwell,
getting them to hospital is a
struggle because Ogweno can-
not sit on a motorbike.
GOVERNMENT HELP
Ogweno sends out a plea to
the Government to come to
his familys aid and ensure
they receive medical care be-
cause the situation as he sees
it is bleak.
If they (the Government)
can even provide wheelchairs
for my brother and I though
I know my brother needs it
more than I do it would save
our mother from having to
carry us around. Also, if the
progression of the disease in
my brothers case can be
stopped, we would really be
grateful.
Anyango also wonders
whether the Kenya social pro-
tection programme is func-
tioning and to whom it applies
because she has never re-
ceived anything from the
fund. She also sends out spe-
cial request to area MP James
Rege to nd a way of helping
the family as their representa-
tive.
As the wait continues, An-
yango has to contend with the
delicate balancing act be-
tween work and taking care of
the boys.
I wanted to be
a pilot but now that
cannot be because I
have wasted many
years and there is not
much hope Samuel
Ogweno
Life has been devastating for Anyango; she lost her rst son after
paralysis struck him and now has two other sons with same condition
Zilpa Anyango
carries her son
from her house in
Rachuonyo, Homa
Bay County.
[PHOTOS: JECKONIA
OTIENO/STANDARD]
GENETIC PROBLEM
Anyango lives with physical
disability and doctors have
told her the problem is genetic
The afiction only strikes her
sons with one already having
succumbed to it
Her two remaining sons were
not born with disability but it
struck later
One of her sons is totally pa-
ralysed and cannot take care
of himself
started when he was in nursery
school. His limbs started failing
and before long he could not
walk; then they started wither-
ing. Since then he has remained
in this state, says Anyango of
her son.
This was the beginning of a
tedious routine that continuous-
ly tests the patience of a widow
who day after day has lived true
to the calling of a mother. An-
yango was prepared for the long
haul despite having lost her rst
son to a similar fate when he was
only ve.
SOLE BREADWINNER
Thinking that her woes would
end there, another of her sons
who was born in 2003 would
start off well but develop disabil-
ity while in Class Two. David
Ochieng can sit upright but his
mother says it is part of the pro-
gression of the disease and is
afraid he might end up like his
elder brother.
When Anyango sought medi-
cal help at Homa Bay Hospital,
she was informed that her prob-
lem is genetic and was being
transferred to her sons.
Anyango has partial disabil-
ity and walks with a limp as one
of her legs is bent, making it
hard for her to walk quickly.
She says, The doctors told
me that the problem is genetic
and that is why it has affected
my sons. None of my daughters
has been aficted.
By JECKONIA OTIENO
Nothing explains
pain and the caring
love of a mother
better than 52-year-
old Zilpa Anyangos
predicament as she
strives to take care of two
physically challenged children
while also living with physical
disability.
What makes Anyangos story
unique is that the problem
seems to strike only her sons,
and it happens only a few years
after birth.
She lost her rst son after pa-
ralysis struck him some years af-
ter birth. Now her second and
third sons, born with strong
limbs and were able to walk, can
no longer walk. She has to carry
them around and feed them.
NURSERY SCHOOL
When we visit Anyangos
home in Pala village in Ra-
chuonyo North, we nd Samuel
Ogweno lying on a mat, some-
thing he constantly does. Beside
him is a small transistor radio,
which he listens to, a hobby he
has fast adapted to, because
there is absolutely nothing else
he can do; he cannot even turn.
But the glitter in his eyes is
evident when he sees visitors;
his voice is clear and he says he
is 16.
However, Ogweno was not
born paralysed. His problem
CIC: Pay gaps hurting State workers
By WILBERFORCE NETYA
Salary disparities between ofcers
of the same level serving in the na-
tional and county governments are
undermining service delivery, new
ndings suggest.
The Commission on the Imple-
mentation of the Constitution (CIC)
said its ndings showed most nation-
al government ofcers are underpaid
compared to those of a similar level
working for the counties.
CIC Commissioner Kamotho
Waiganjo noted that the differences in
pay had led to the exit of ofcers in the
national government to seek county
jobs.
Waiganjo also pointed out that
workers from the national govern-
ment who were underpaid felt de-
spised.
There are disparities in remuner-
ation among ofcers of the national
and county governments working in
the same level and this makes those
underpaid to feel neglected, he ob-
served.
MORE FUNDS
He challenged the national gov-
ernment to pay better salaries in or-
der to boost service delivery among
its employees, adding that the dispar-
ities should be checked with urgen-
cy.
Waiganjo further urged the State to
allocate more funding for its func-
tions at the county level to avoid the
huge disparities in functioning of the
departments in the two levels of gov-
ernment.
He also asked county governments
Agency fndings reveal
county workers earn
more than national
government staff thus
affecting performance
to allocate funding for key functions
such as security even though the
docket falls under the national gov-
ernment.
Disclosing that the government
was now checking on the discrepan-
cies, Waiganjo said CIC advocates for
intergovernmental committees to co-
ordinate and help the two levels of
government to work harmoniously.
He said the Constitution stipulates
they are part of one government and
it was important that each arm under-
stands its own mandates as well as
those of the others.
The commission has been engag-
ing with the West Pokot County gov-
ernor, members of the county assem-
bly, executive ofcers, departmental
heads, the speaker, county commis-
sioner and members of the public in
a three-day consultative forum that
ends today.
Members of the commission will
then proceed to Elgeyo/Marakwet
County tomorrow as they continue
with their visits to the 47 counties to
give advice on the Constitution.
By LYDIAH NYAWIRA
The National Police Service Com-
mission (NPSC) has assured ofcers
at the grassroots that they will not be
ambushed during the vetting process
at the county level.
NPSC Chairman Johnstone Kavu-
ludi said the commission was carrying
out a nationwide campaign to sensi-
tise police ofcers on what is expect-
ed of them in the exercise, which is set
to take place in the next two weeks.
We want to demystify the vetting
process and give police ofcers a
chance to ask questions and under-
stand what the process is about at the
county level, Kavuludi said.
He noted that NPSC had moved
away from calling ofcers to the head-
quarters for vetting.
We intend to vet 1,103 senior of-
cers countrywide and 110 ofcers in
Nyeri County in two weeks time, Ka-
vuludi said.
He said he would meet 110 ofcers
in the ranks of senior superintendent
of police and superintendent of police
at the Ruringu Police Training Centre
to sensitise them today.
He said the commissions mandate
is to ensure human capital in the po-
lice service is taken care of in terms of
working and living conditions.
The housing conditions for some
ofcers in Nyeri are poor, depressing
and border on dehumanising, he
noted.
He said the vetting process will be
conducted by all NPSC commission-
ers and would take two days for all of-
cers in the SSP and SP rank in the
county to be vetted.
The commissioners will work in
two teams, each team vetting about
40 ofcers each, per day and the re-
sults of the vetting process will be re-
leased almost immediately, he said.
Kavuludi
assures ofcers
on vetting
benet from devolved funds.
Wanjau said the team was working
with district ofcers and chiefs to sen-
sitise locals at barazas.
He said they had also partnered
with the Social Services Department
to register former illicit brewers into
groups for the purposes of starting al-
ternative sources of income.
We have declared total war on il-
licit liquor and second-generation al-
cohol, wines and spirits packaged in
the banned plastic containers, he ex-
plained.
Fight against illicit brews
moves to supermarkets
By MICHAEL WESONGA
Authorities in Eldoret have taken
the ght against illicit liquor to super-
markets and major retail outlets.
Sub-County Commissioner Chris-
topher Wanjau said the second-gen-
eration brews netted have been sur-
rendered to the Kenya Bureau of
Standards for tests.
We cannot assume that super-
markets are not selling them, he ar-
gued.
He insisted that no one will be
spared in the ght regardless of their
social standing.
Over 300 people have been appre-
hended and prosecuted for engaging
in the production of illicit liquor or
drinking outside stipulated hours.
We are not badly hit by the men-
ace because the operation has been
ongoing. We want to completely erad-
icate production and sale of illicit
brews, he noted.
Eldoret West Sub-County Security
Committee has urged illicit brewers to
quit the trade and form groups to
The ofcer noted that more than
20,000 litres of milk do not reach the
market as a result of the distance.
The county produces over 100,000
litres of milk daily but most of it does
not reach the factories as they are lo-
cated very far from the farmers. That
is why we found it wise to set up these
coolers to store milk before it is deliv-
ered to factories, said Mwariri.
He expressed condence that ex-
ploitation of farmers by dishonest
middlemen would be a thing of the
past.
By JAMES MUNYEKI
Dairy farmers in Laikipia have a
reason to smile after the county gov-
ernment nalised plans to buy milk
coolers to cater for the region.
Farmers will now deliver their milk
to four central points where the cool-
ers will be set up, instead of transport-
ing it to either Nyahururu or Nyeri
New Kenya Cooperative Creameries
factories as happened in the past.
The project will cost the county
government Sh28 million.
According to executive member in
charge of Agriculture, Mwariri Wan-
jiru, four milk coolers are waiting to
be delivered to the county.
He said they would be set up at
Marmanet, Githiga, Tigithi and Gobit
wards, which are areas that produce
the highest amount of milk.
Cases of milk going to waste and
failing to reach the factories will be a
thing of the past in the next one
month. Already, we have done the
procurement process and the coolers
will arrive any time soon, he said.
Farmers set to benet from
Sh28m milk coolers project
By CHARLES NGENO
Police in Narok are investi-
gating the death of a bishops
wife who is alleged to have
been raped and killed while
fetching rewood.
Seyinik Leduda Koina, wife
to Bishop John Koina of a Bap-
tist church is said to have left
home only for her lifeless body
to be discovered in a thicket
where she was collecting re-
wood in Inklonkos village in
Suswa.
John Kaleke, a neighbour,
said two panicky men told
him a woman had fainted in
the bushes. The body was
moved to Kijabe Mission Hos-
pital mortuary where it is await-
ing postmortem.
Police are holding two men
to help in the investigations.
Narok North Deputy County
Commissioner Ronal Fumba
conrmed the incident.
Police probe
bizarre death of
bishops wife
CIC Chairman Charles Nyachae addresses journalists on the health workers
strike at his Parklands Plaza ofce in Nairobi, last year. The commission has
said salary disparities between national and county governments workers are
undermining service delivery. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]
COMMISSIONS
FINDINGS
Pay disparities between of-
fcers of the same level serv-
ing in the national and county
governments are undermin-
ing service delivery
CIC said its fndings showed
most national government
offcers are underpaid com-
pared to those working for
the counties
Commissioner Kamotho
Waiganjo said the disparities
had led to the exit of national
government offcers
He said workers from the
national government who
were underpaid felt despised
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Amarios Sherry
Poolers Fortified Wine
Choices Fortified Wine
Klassic Brandy
Suki Fortified Wine
Azure Potable Spirit
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22. Telleny Beverages Limited Golden Queen (Opaque Beer).
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Melasun Extra Potable Spirit with Brandy flavour
Melasun Spirit Based Ready to drink Alcoholic Beverage.
Total = 03 brands
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Mountain Potable Spirit with Gin flavour.
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25. Eagle Classic Eagle Classic Potable Spirit with Brandy flavour
Eagle Classic Potable Spirit with Gin flavour
Romance Moments Potable Spirit with Vodka flavour.
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26. Mashwa Breweries Masters Potable Spirit with Brandy flavour
Masters Potable Spirit with Vodka flavour
Santana Fortified Wine
Santana Ice
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Royal King Potable Spirit with Gin flavour
Santa King Ice Spirit Based ready to drink Alcoholic Beverage
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28. Roskin Agencies Kibuga Opaque Beer
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29. Stesodor Company Limited
(former Inter-Global Products
Enterprises)
Lion King Potable Spirit with Gin flavour
Pine Potable Spirit with Gin flavour
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ALVA Potable Spirit with Brandy flavour
ALVA Potable Spirit with Gin flavour
Golden Drops ALVA Potable Spirit with Brandy flavour
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31. Vinepack Limited Fiesta Special Ice-Alcapop (Ice)
Mfalme Original Opaque Beer
Potable Spirit Fiesta Extra (Brandy)
Potable Spirit Fiesta Extra (Gin).
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32 Lakers East Africa Limited lvory Polao|e 3p|r|l W|lr 0|r lavour
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The above companies are allowed to continue doing business in the verified products/brands.
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________________________ _______________________
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Chairman, NACADA Board Ag. CEO, NACADA
Dated at Nairobi this 14
th
day of May 2014
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Jebel Special
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Uganda Waragi
Senator Dark Extra
Richot Brandy
Popov Vodka
Gilbeys Gin
Bond 7 Whisky
Kenya Kane
Guinness Stout
Pilsner Lager
Jebel Gold
Chelsea Gin
Whitecap Lager
Liberty Spirit
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Captain Morgan Black
Captain Morgan Spiced Gold
Gordons Dry Gin
J&B Rare
Johnnie Walker Red Label
Johnnie Walker Black Label
Johnnie Walker Green Label
Johnnie Walker Blue Label
Myers Rum
Pimms No.1 Cup
VAT 69
CIROC Vodka
CAOL ILA 12YO Scotch Whisky
Talisker 12YO Scotch Whisky
Bushmills 10YO Whiskey
Bushmills Whiskey
Tanqueray London Dry Gin
Cragganmore 12YO Whisky
Dalwhinnie 15YO Whisky
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Ketel One Vodka
Johnnie Walker King George V
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Baringo County loses Sh5 billion
revenue in bee keeping sector
School of Government in Kabarnet
brought together development part-
ners, key players in the honey value
chain development and key stake
holders in the county. It is expected to
culminate in a major three-day Na-
tional Honey Conference to be held at
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute,
Marigat, in June.
During the June event, Governor
Cheboi said his government would
fete exemplary bee farmers alongside
rebranding of the Baringo Honey in
an attempt to bring it to the level of
the much-acclaimed annual historic
Baringo Goat Auction.
By LEONARD KULEI
Baringo County loses an estimated
Sh5 billion uncollected revenue an-
nually from bee keeping due to lack of
established tax collection mecha-
nisms, Baringo Governor Benjamin
Cheboi has revealed.
The county has also seen its econ-
omy grow at a snail pace as over 10,000
tonnes of honey produced by a sizable
62 per cent of the countys entire
population end up in the hands of
unscrupulous middle-men who take
advantage of the untamed market.
We have 135,000 bee hives in the
county but the challenge is that most
of the bee keepers sell their honey to
middle-men, said Cheboi.
Cheboi was speaking yesterday
From left seated:
Standard Group
Human Resource
Director Pauline
Kiraithe, Nation
Media Group
Human Resource
Director David
Kiambi and Kenya
Union of Journal-
ists Chairman
Oscar Obonyo when
they signed the
Collective Bargain-
ing Agreement for
Nation and
Standard Group at
The Stanley hotel
yesterday.
Journalists from
the two media
houses were
awarded a 23 per
cent salary
increment spread
over two years.
[PHOTO: MOSES
OMUSULA/STANDARD]
Governor Cheboi
says the challenge is
that most of the bee
keepers sell their
honey to middle-men
By MAUREEN ABWAO
and BRIGID CHEMWENO
Unemployment, maternal health
and women inheritance are among
challenges yet to be addressed as the
deadline for attaining Millennium
Development Goals lapses next year.
In a bid to address such issues,
members of G77 Team, an alliance of
civil society organisations in Kenya
working on areas of population and
sexual reproductive health has called
on the Government to take necessary
measures before the lapse. The lobby
has urged the Government to prior-
itise key services such as family plan-
ning, pre and post natal care, treat-
ment of sexually transmitted
infections including HIV and provi-
sion of quality services for the man-
agement of complications arising
from abortion.
The Commission on Population
and Development has stressed the
importance of integrating population
and development into the Post 2015
Development Agenda.
HEALTH SERVICES
The agenda was discussed during
the International Conference on
Population and Development (ICPD)
that was adopted by consensus by the
UN member states.
It pointed out that there was need
of inclusion of certain fundamental
issues like equitable and universal
access to quality integrated and com-
prehensive sexual and reproductive
health services by including the rights
of young people to get comprehensive
education on human sexuality.
Addressing journalists yesterday
during a media brieng on the ICPD
in Nairobi, programme ofcer at Afri-
can Woman and Child Features Ser-
vices Jane Godia said the media
should play its role of creating aware-
ness on population and develop-
ment.
We need to address issues such as
sexual reproduction among the youth
as most of them engage in sexual ac-
tivities, putting them at risk of un-
wanted pregnancies and sexually
transmitted infections. This impends
on development as they fail to be re-
productive in terms of economic
growth, said Godia.
She also emphasised on the need
to assess if the MGD goals have been
able to yield results.
Calls on State
to act as MDGs
deadline nears
By CYRUS OMBATI

A Chinese national was arrested
on Tuesday night at the Jomo Ke-
nyatta International Airport (JKIA)
with ivory valued at Sh170, 000.
Police say the 30-year-old man
had come from Kinshasa, DRC
Congo, and was headed to Guang-
zhou, in China when he was arrest-
ed.
He was expected in court yester-
day to face charges of trafcking
ivory.
JKIA CID boss Joseph Ngisa said
they have increased surveillance at
the airport to tame the vice as well as
other crimes.
The world needs to know that
we will not allow the airport to be
used to pass such goods, said Ngisa.
At the weekend, two pilots were
found with 17kg of ivory in their car
in Karen area and arrested. They
have since been charged in court
and remanded.
The men were driving in a Toyota
Probox along Mbogani Road in Karen
area when they were intercepted by
police from Special Crimes Preven-
tion Unit.
The seizure is the latest in a se-
ries that have signalled continued
killing of elephants.
This is despite the campaign to
stop the crime. The seizure came as
China pledged Sh850 million for Af-
rican nations to help in ghting
poaching.
KEY DETERRENT TO
BREEDING OF BEES
Baringo Governor Benjamin
Cheboi issued a stern warn-
ing to charcoal burners in the
county, terming the illegal
business -currently blossom-
ing in Marigat and parts of
Koibatek sub-counties- as a
major deterrent to the repro-
duction of bees
Cheboi, however, intimated
that his government was in
the process of developing a
legislation that would curb
charcoal burning
Senior military ofcers from the
National Defence College in India are
in Kenya on a one-week international
study tour.
The 27 ofcers from Indian, Sri
lankan, Brunei and Bangladeshi na-
tionalities, hold the rank of Major
General and Brigadier in their respec-
tive countries. During their stay in the
country, they will visit government
institutions and exchange ideas with
their Kenyan counterparts on various
strategic issues including security,
peace and governance. The delega-
tion led by Prof Sihiabhay Triphtrip-
athi visited the Ministry of Devolution
and held discussions with Planning
Principal Secretary Eng Peter Mangiti
at his ofce yesterday on areas of mu-
tual cooperation with their respective
countries.
Mr Mangiti, who engaged them on
the challenges being faced by devolu-
tion, said India and Kenya have had a
long standing relationship distin-
guished by the development of the
rst railway line that has served for
over 100 years.
27 senior soldiers from India
military college tour Kenya
Chinese nabbed with ivory at airport
Recovered ivory.
We are in the process of mak-
ing bee keeping a major industry
in view of exporting the product to
foreign markets. We will also re-
brand it and make it one of Kenyas
foreign exchange earners, said
Cheboi.
The governor also directed the
county executive for Agriculture,
Livestock and Fisheries to immedi-
ately prole bee keeping as a key
sub-sector in the ministry.
He also asked the ministry to
assign eld extension ofcers to
educate bee keepers on how to
modernise their hives.
Bado representative Felix Kip-
tum said the multi-billion bee in-
dustry should be revitalised, urging
the county government to stop
selling unprocessed honey which
fetched little prot. He maintained
foreign markets and farmer co-
operatives should be established to
enable bee farmers access key
markets and credit.
To achieve this, he unveiled a
new website which he sid was the
only link to save farmers from
shady middlemen.
Governor Benjamin Cheboi.
CBA agreement
during the ofcial launch of a collabo-
ration between the county govern-
ment and Baringo Advocacy and De-
velopment Organisation (Bado), a
Nairobi-based Non-Governmental
organisation with vast interests in the
honey industry.
The event dubbed Baringo Honey
Conference 2014 held at the Kenya
NOTICES / Page 23 Thursday, May 15, 2014 / The Standard

UNAUDITED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND OTHER DISCLOSURES
Bank of Baroda (Kenya) Ltd is regulated by Central Bank of Kenya.
31st Mar, 2013 31st Dec, 2013 31st Mar, 2014
Unaudited Audited Unaudited
I STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT
A ASSETS
1 Cash (both Local & Foreign) 207,585 265,970 288,749
2 Balances due from Central Bank of Kenya 2,060,212 2,131,439 2,705,465
3 Kenya Government and other securities held for dealing purposes - - -
4 Financial Assets at fair value through prot and loss - - -
5 Investment Securities: - - -
a) Held to Maturity: 9,612,513 14,515,658 14,861,826
a. Kenya Government securities 9,612,513 14,515,658 14,861,826
b. Other securities - - -
b) Available for sale: 11,338,311 10,000,187 10,470,662
a. Kenya Government securities 11,029,019 9,735,494 10,204,771
b. Other securities 309,292 264,693 265,891
6 Deposits and balances due from local banking institutions 12,929 564,216 285,785
7 Deposits and balances due from banking institutions abroad 1,281,093 460,175 300,095
8 Tax recoverable 118,109 - -
9 Loans and advances to customers (net) 21,095,988 23,578,560 24,322,077
10 Balances due from banking institutions in the group - - -
11 Investments in associates - - -
12 Investments in subsidiary companies - - -
13 Investments in joint ventures - - -
14 Investment properties 24,760 24,141 24,141
15 Property and equipment 160,529 132,638 136,645
16 Prepaid lease rentals - - -
17 Intangible assets 5,192 3,759 3,759
18 Deferred tax asset 65,767 73,445 73,445
19 Retirement benet asset - - -
20 Other assets 267,768 271,336 476,875
21 TOTAL ASSETS 46,250,756 52,021,524 53,949,524
B LIABILITIES - - -
22 Balances due to Central Bank of Kenya - - -
23 Customer deposits 37,770,774 41,876,522 42,986,609
24 Deposits and balances due to local banking institutions 660,000 - -
25 Deposits and balances due to foreign banking institutions 1,417,245 2,112,076 2,282,287
26 Other money market deposits - - -
27 Borrowed funds - - -
28 Balances due to banking institutions in the group - - -
29 Tax payable 173,468 99,901 295,460
30 Dividends payable - - -
31 Deferred tax liability - - -
32 Retirement benet liability - - -
33 Other liabilities 380,667 363,910 358,959
34 TOTAL LIABILITIES 40,402,154 44,452,409 45,923,315
C SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS
35 Paid up /Assigned capital 989,717 989,717 989,717
36 Share premium/(discount) - - -
37 Revaluation reserves - - -
38 Retained earnings/Accumulated losses 5,051,638 6,497,900 6,949,245
39 Statutory loan loss reserves 238,793 249,293 254,293
40 Other Reserves (599,798) (345,944) (345,195)
41 Proposed dividends 168,252 178,149 178,149
42 Capital grants - - -
43 TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS 5,848,602 7,569,115 8,026,209
44 Minority Interest - - -
45 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS 46,250,756 52,021,524 53,949,524
II STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31st Mar, 2013 31st Dec, 2013 31st Mar, 2014
1.0 INTEREST INCOME
1.1 Loans and advances 945,928 3,754,528 956,332
1.2 Government securities 515,003 2,247,822 624,278
1.3 Deposits and placements with banking institutions 3,208 51,348 6,600
1.4 Other Interest Income 9,117 32,225 7,491
1.5 Total interest income 1,473,255 6,085,923 1,594,700
2.0 INTEREST EXPENSE
2.1 Customer deposits 761,122 3,007,726 771,436
2.2 Deposits and placement from banking institutions 10,166 27,210 8,034
2.3 Other interest expenses - 6,603 -
2.4 Total interest expenses 771,289 3,041,539 779,470
3.0 NET INTEREST INCOME/(LOSS) 701,966 3,044,384 815,229
4.0 NON-INTEREST INCOME
4.1 Fees and commissions on loans and advances - - -
4.2 Other fees and commissions 37,542 163,334 35,809
4.3 Foreign exchange trading income/(Loss) 15,292 77,635 18,211
4.4 Dividend Income 43 425 4
4.5 Other income 9,032 34,175 7,455
4.6 Total Non-interest income 61,909 275,570 61,479
5.0 TOTAL OPERATING INCOME 763,876 3,319,953 876,708
6.0 OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES
6.1 Loan loss provision 1,227 71,511 -
6.2 Staff costs 91,812 378,313 100,577
6.3 Directors emoluments 3,176 11,438 2,420
6.4 Rental charges 16,458 89,036 28,070
6.5 Depreciation charge on property and equipment 7,262 36,147 6,460
6.6 Amortisation charges 1,653 1,659 1,659
6.7 Other operating expenses 64,059 226,822 85,657
6.8 Total Other Operating Expenses 185,648 814,926 224,842
7.0 Prot/(loss) before tax and exceptional items 578,228 2,505,027 651,866
8 Exceptional items - - -
9.0 Prot/(loss) after exceptional items 578,228 2,505,027 651,866
10 Current tax 173,468 473,010 195,560
11 Deferred tax - (7,679) -
12.0 Prot/(loss) after tax and exceptional items 404,760 2,039,696 456,306
13.0 Minority Interest - - -
14.0 Prot/(loss) after tax, exceptional items and Minority Interest 404,760 2,039,696 456,306
15.0 Other Comprehensive Income - - -
15.1 Gains/(Losses) from translating the nancial statements of foreign operations - - -
15.2 Fair value changes in available for sale nancial assets (314,619) (60,765) 749
15.3 Revaluation surplus on Property,plant and equipment - - -
15.4 Share of other comprehensive income of associates - - -
15.5 Income tax relating to components of other comprehensive income - - -
16.0 Other Comprehensive Income for the year net of tax (314,619) (60,765) 749
17.0 Total comprehensive income for the year 90,141 1,978,931 457,055
18.0 EARNINGS PER SHARE- BASIC & DILUTED 8.18 41.22 9.22
19.0 DIVIDEND PER SHARE -DECLARED - 3.60 -
III OTHER DISCLOSURES
1.0 NON-PERFORMING LOANS AND ADVANCES
(a) Gross Non-performing loans and advances 605,468 598,364 596,415
(b) Less: Interest in Suspense 72,846 73,204 73,205
(c)Total Non-Performing Loans and Advances (a-b) 532,622 525,160 523,210
(d) Less: Loan Loss Provision 355,206 415,909 415,909
(e) Net Non-Performing Loans and Advances(c-d) 177,416 109,251 107,301
(f) Discounted Value of Securities 177,416 109,251 107,301
(g) Net NPLs Exposure (e-f) - - -
2.0 INSIDER LOANS AND ADVANCES
(a) Directors, Shareholders and Associates 23,242 18,106 17,150
(b) Employees 142,175 141,924 139,475
(c)Total Insider Loans and Advances and other facilities 165,417 160,030 156,625
3.0 OFF-BALANCE SHEET ITEMS
(a)Letters of credit,guarantees, acceptances 6,529,430 6,293,452 6,113,190
(b) Forwards, swaps and options 1,027,636 117,015 95,778
(c)Other contingent liabilities 636,045 965,746 705,410
(d)Total Contingent Liabilities 8,193,111 7,376,213 6,914,378
4.0 CAPITAL STRENGTH
(a)Core capital 5,773,209 7,414,171 7,637,364
(b) Minimum Statutory Capital 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000
(c)Excess/(Diciency)(a-b) 4,773,209 6,414,171 6,637,364
(d) Supplementary Capital 238,793 249,293 254,293
(e) Total Capital (a+d) 6,012,002 7,663,464 7,891,657
(f)Total risk weighted assets 36,570,929 35,458,332 35,988,848
(g) Core Capital/Total deposits Liabilities 15.3% 17.7% 17.8%
(h) Minimum statutory Ratio 10.5% 10.5% 10.5%
(I) Excess/(Deciency) (g-h) 4.8% 7.2% 7.3%
(j) Core Capital / total risk weighted assets 15.8% 20.9% 21.2%
(k) Minimum Statutory Ratio 10.5% 10.5% 10.5%
(l) Excess (Deciency) (j-k) 5.3% 10.4% 10.7%
(m) Total Capital/total risk weighted assets 16.4% 21.6% 21.9%
(n) Minimum statutory Ratio 14.5% 14.5% 14.5%
(o) Excess/(Deciency) (m-n) 1.9% 7.1% 7.4%
14 LIQUIDITY
14.1 (a) Liquidity Ratio 58.3% 60.6% 61.0%
14.2 (b) Minimum Statutory Ratio 20.0% 20.0% 20.0%
14.3 (c) Excess (Deciency) (a-b) 38.3% 40.6% 41.0%
These nancial statements are extracts from the books of the institution. The complete set of quarterly nancial statements, statutory and
qualitative disclosures can be assessed on the institutions website: www.bankofbarodakenya.com
They may be also be accessed at the institutions Head Ofce located at; Baroda House, 29 Koinange Street, Nairobi.
(Philip Burh) (Yatish C. Tewari)
Director Managing Director
Thursday, May 15, 2014 / The Standard Page 24 / NATIONAL NEWS
The Government plans to lower
the cost of electricity for domestic
customers by 47 per cent to about
10.43 US cents per kilowatt hour. In-
dustrial customers on the other hand
will enjoy a 37 per cent reduction to
about 7 US cents per kilowatt hour.
You may soon pay 47pc less for power
Ongoing generation
projects will also see
the industrial user part
with 7 US cents per
kilowatt hour
Energy Cabinet Secretary Davies
Chirchir said the initiative is on course
with the on-going 5,000MW new gen-
eration capacity project, which he
said will help make Kenya an attrac-
tive and competitive investment des-
tination in Africa.
We want to progressively lower
the cost of electricity by 37 per cent
for industrial customers from the cur-
rent level in order to make existing
manufacturers competitive on the lo-
cal and international markets, and
secondly to attract new investors with
price as the incentive, he said.
Mr Chirchir spoke during a break-
fast meeting with 100 top industrial
executives in Nairobi organised by
Kenya Association of Manufacturers
(Kam).
Present were Energy Principal Sec-
retary Joseph Njoroge, Kenya Power
Managing Director Ben Chumo, his
KenGen counterpart Albert Mugo and
Kam Chief Executive Ofcer Betty
Maina.
He told the executives that the new
investment in generation capacity is
focused on the cheaper geothermal
resource, adding that the country has
an estimated reserve of 10,000MW.
Already, 280MW is at an advanced
combined capacity of 140MW becom-
ing available in June. The other two
machines with equivalent capacity
will commence operations in August
and September.
Currently, he said, power gener-
ated from hydro capacity is being
used as the base (main) load, forming
about 55 per cent of total power gen-
erated. However, he noted that this
form of power is severely affected by
the vagaries of weather, adding that
the Government plans to make geo-
thermal the base load as it is not af-
fected by weather patterns, thus
guaranteeing continuous power sup-
ply to the economy.
Power generation from the more
expensive thermal sources has been
enhanced recently due to failure of
the long rains, he said. With assured
increase in more cost effective gen-
eration capacity and improved trans-
mission and distribution network,
Chirchir urged industrialists to initi-
ate expansion plans to take up the
additional power in the next 32
months as well as create jobs.
Students Organisation of Nairobi University (Sonu) chairman Babu Owino ad-
dresses the Press at Bruce House, Nairobi, where he said university students
will begin a countrywide strike on Tuesday to protest a fees increment.
[PHOTO:MBUGUA KIBERA/STANDARD]
By ISAAC MESO
Nairobi Universitys College of
Health Sciences has been named
the best performing college in the
institutions recent performance
results released by Deputy Vice
Chancellor, Administration and
Finance Peter Mbithi.
College of Education and Ex-
ternal Studies and the College of
Humanities and Social Sciences
scooped positions two and three
respectively. College of Agricul-
ture and Veterinary Sciences was
rated the most improved.
In the central administration
departments, Information, Com-
munication and Technology (ICT)
Centre took rst position followed
by nance and administration
departments in positions two and
three respectively.
Speaking during the event held
at Taifa Hall at the main campus,
Vice Chancellor George Magoha
said the universitys overall im-
provement was reected in many
areas among them student enrol-
ment.
UoN self
evaluation
results out
The United States Interna-
tional University (USIU) will un-
veil a new look this afternoon.
The rebranding ceremony will
mark the institutions 45-year con-
tribution to global understanding
and multiculturalism. USIU Exter-
nal Communications Co-ordina-
tor Jane Muriithi Thomas said the
institution will celebrate its past
and unveil its future.
The event will also mark our
contribution to universal under-
standing; a tradition that contin-
ues through the 67 nationalities
represented at USIU, she said.
By ELEANOR NANDWA
Student leaders have threatened
to paralyse learning in all public uni-
versities come Tuesday if the decision
to increase university fees is not re-
scinded.
Backed by Kiharu MP Irungu
Kangata a former student leader at
the University of Nairobi the leaders
vowed to stage the mother of all
strikes to compel the Government to
address their plight.
We shall be joined by all the
other MPs who were student leaders,
said Kangata.
He spoke during a Press confer-
ence with student leaders in Nairobi
yesterday. The leaders criticised Edu-
cation Cabinet Secretary Jacob
Kaimenyi for failing to meet them to
unlock the fees impasse, saying their
only option now was picketing.
Kaimenyi has declined to meet
us even after we issued a 14-day ulti-
matum. Life in campus has become
difcult over the years and we want
the fees reduced by 50 per cent, said
Students Organisation of Nairobi
University (Sonu) chairman Babu
Varsity students promise
mother of all strikes
USIU unveiling
new look today
Kaimenyi has
declined to meet us. Life
in campus has become
diffcult over the years and
we want fees reduced by
50 per cent
Owino.
The student leaders had given
the Education CS 14 days to estab-
lish a task force to review university
fees, insisting they were not con-
sulted. According to the leaders, the
Government is planning to double
the fee for regular students, which
currently stands at Sh28,000, while
allocation from the Higher Educa-
tion Loans Board (Helb) remains the
same.
Kangata said Helb is being mis-
managed, citing the increased num-
ber of students who are not benet-
ing from the fund. He promised to
push for the disbandment of the
funds leadership in Parliament.
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Fate of former soldiers to
be known in two weeks
Court of Appeal sets
May 29 for ruling on
suspension of court
martial trials against
26 former servicemen
By WILLIS OKETCH
The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF)
will wait for two weeks for the Court
of Appeal to determine the fate and
direction of three martial courts
trying 26 former naval servicemen
accused of deserting the armed
forces eight years ago.
Three Court of Appeal judges
sitting in Malindi will rule on May 29
on a Government application
seeking to reinstate military trials
suspended by the High Court in
Mombasa on April 30.
On Tuesday, the Appellate judges
declined to issue new orders for the
immediate quashing of the High
Court orders and set a new date for
the ruling.
Justices Hannah Okwengu,
Justice Milton Asige Makhandia and
Justice Fatuma Sichale set the date
after hearing an application by KDF
through lawyer Alex Muteti who
want the execution of the High Court
orders stopped.
DISCIPLINARY ACTION
Muteti argued that KDF consid-
ers the ex-servicemen, in detention
at the Mtongwe naval base since this
February, to be subject to KDF
disciplinary action for alleged
desertion. The soldiers left to seek
jobs in Kuwait, Afghanistan and Iraq
in 2007 and 2008.
Defence lawyers argue that their
clients were lawfully discharged
from the forces and later tricked
back to be detained.
On Tuesday, Muteti pleaded with
the judges to stop execution of the
High Court order.
However, the ex-servicemens
lawyers Daniel Kamunda and Henry
Kurauka opposed the application
arguing the court should not
entertain KDFs application because
the military had not complied with a
High Court order releasing the
ex-soldiers on bail.
We are opposing this applica-
tion by KDF because they have not
complied with the High Court orders
to release our clients from their
custody said Mr Kamunda.
The other lawyers representing
the ex-soldiers are Michael Mwany-
ale and Charles Mwalimu, who
concurred with Kamundas submis-
sion that KDF application should
not be entertained.
Kamunda said KDF ofcers have
been frustrating defence lawyers
efforts to serve the military ofcers
with court release orders they
obtained from the court on April 30.
But Mwangi Njoroge, who is also
representing the KDF and Cabinet
Secretary, Defence Rachel Omamo,
who have been sued by the ex- ser-
vice men, claimed the servicemen in
question had committed other
disciplinary offences, which
contravenes section 77 of Kenyas
constitution.
Mr Njoroge told the court that
they wanted a stay of execution of
the court orders to allow them
appeal against the ruling in favour
of the ex-servicemen because there
were high chances of having the
ruling overturned .
We have high chances of
overturning the ruling when the
execution of the court orders is
stayed to enable us to appeal as
there are triable issues in this
matter said Njoroge.
In a sworn afdavit to support
the application to stop execution of
the court order on April 30, Lieuten-
ant Colonel Evans Oguna claims the
servicemen should be punished
because they did not get clearance
from the Principal Secretary in the
Ministry of defence to go and work
in foreign countries.
Lft Col Oguna claimed the
soldiers in question have been to
conict prone areas in the Middle
East which was known to have
intense terrorists network activities.
Some of the 27 former Kenya Navy soldiers before a martial court at the navy
barracks in Mtongwe recently. [PHOTO: GIDEON MUANDU/STANDARD]
NOT GUILTY PLEA
The ex-soldiers argued they
were no longer in military
services and as such they
should not be subjected to
court martial trial
KDF ofcial admitted the sol-
diers had been released but
they were not ofcially dis-
charged in line with what KDF
Act says.
It emerged the former sol-
diers have been charged un-
der the old KDF Act which was
not in operation
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CARNAGE: Three die, 20
injured in morning crash
Three passengers were killed
and more than 20 others sustained
multiple bodily injures after the
bus they were travelling in was
involved in an accident near Elwak
town, Mandera county.
The bus, which left Nairobi
on Tuesday morning heading
to Mandera, crashed at Udoley
junction at 8am, after veering off
the bumpy road killing the three.
Mandera CountyPolice
Commander Noah Mwivanda said
one person died at the scene while
two others died on their way to
hospital.
He said the cause of the
accident could not be immediately
established but hinted that it could
have been due to speeding.
It was a grisly accident and the
rescue operation is underway,
he said.
PROPERTY: Maendeleo
leaders want truth on land
Ofcials of the Maendeleo Ya
Wanawake Organisation (MYWO)
in Kili County want past ofce
holders to account for two pieces
of land they claim were allocated
to the organisation by the
Government several years ago.
Ephie Chari, a local women
rights activist, claimed the two
pieces of land were allocated to
the local MYWO but there are no
records to back this ownership. I
am sure the plots could not have
been lost if the former ofcials had
been holding regular meetings,
said Chari.
The issue was raised during a
meeting at the Kili CDF nursery
compound yesterday.
Former MYWO, Kili County
chairperson Sarah Chitavi
conrmed that they were allocated
the land but private developers
took them over.
KILIFI COUNTY
MANDERA COUNTY
MOMBASA COUNTY
Monday, March 24, 2014
C
oun
cil locks out public
tran
sport from
city C
B
D
Residents received
the move varmly
as matatu operators
protested, but nov
council says all is vell
By KEPHER OTIENO
The Municipal Council of Kisumu
in conjunction with the trafc police
department has successfully locked
public transport out of the towns
centre.
Thanks to the combined forces,
no 14-seater matatu and boda boda
operates in the central business
district now.
And residents have praised the
effort, arguing sanity has been
restored in the CBD and trafc ow
was now smooth.
No matatus or boda bodas are
allowed to pick or drop passengers
at the CBD. The ban also applies to
tricycles and it has been in effect for
the past one week, though amid
protests.
Distances shortened
The authorities have also blocked
Oginga Odinga Avenue up to
Standard Chartered Bank junction to
ease trafc ow.
Passengers are now being
dropped at Jomo Kenyatta Highway
and trek to town.
The move follows successful
negotiations between the authority
and matatu operators whose
distances have now been cut short.
We are happy because the plans
have reduced our distance by
one-and-a-half kilometres, said a
matatu operator George Onyango.
According to the town authorities
the plan aims to decongest the city
and will remain in force until 2013.
Thereafter the council will
develop fresh plans to accommodate
the increased number of private cars
in town, a source from the council
said.
Already, the number of private
cars streaming in the town has
peaked and the trafc department
anticipates the gure will rise.
The councils enforcement ofcer
in charge of the trafc order Adrian
Ouma said they would not back
down on the move.
WIN-win situation
Eng Ouma said matatu owners
appreciated the directive because
they still charge the same bus fare
despite the distance being short-
ened.
It is a win-win situation, the
matatu operators have all the
reasons to smile same as the
council, he said, as he asked them
to co-operate.
Kisumu Mayor Sam Okello
thanked the residents for allowing
them to bring sanity within the CBD.
There have been complaints of
matatu disorder within the CBD,
which have been disrupting smooth
operations of businesses.
With the new measures in force
people can now go about their
business easily without disruptions
by blaring sounds.
Nyanza PPO Njue Njagi promised
to support the council to restore
sanity and warned that those who
resist change would be arrested and
charged.
Eng Ouma said matatu owners
appreciated the directive because
they still charge the same bus fare
despite the distance being short-
ened.
It is a win-win situation, the
matatu operators have all the
reasons to smile same as the
Trafc Police ofcer redirects a matatu driver at Kisumu Bus Park entry, yes-
terday. Kisumu Municipal Council has re-routed trafc from the central busi-
ness district to de-congest the town. [PHOTO: TITUS MUNALA/STANDARD]
WHAT WAS AT STAKE
when the Council announced
the plan to reroute public
transport from the C8u, it was
received with mixed reactions
Pesidents welcomed it, say
ing it would help in planning
the town and reduce matatu
noise
At frst, the public transport
operators complied for hours
before they regrouped to
protest the directive
however, yesterday the
council said operators and
Page 23
TANZANIA: Two suspects
ashed out of hotel, killed
Two suspected notorious
criminals who have been
terrorising tourists in Masai Mara
have been lynched by a mob
in Musoma, Tanzania. Nelson
Segeria and his accomplice were
ambushed inside a guesthouse in
the town and attacked by an irate
mob, which had identied them
as known gangsters. According
to Mara Triangle Chief Executive
Ofcer Brian Heath, two other
members of the gang escaped, but
security ofcers recovered one
AK-47 rie with 427 bullets.
CORNERED: Two suspects
ashed out of hotel, killed
mob, which had identied them
as known gangsters. According
to Mara Triangle Chief Executive
Ofcer Brian Heath, two other
members of the gang escaped, but
security ofcers recovered one
AK-47 rie with 427 bullets.
Kisumu County
Kisumu County
Kisumu County
The places
vhere babies
choose their
ovn names,
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Flooded Bamburis Timboni village. Residents cannot get access to their
homes following heavy rains. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU / STANDARD]
By PATRICK BEJA
The civil society, experts and lead-
ers at the Coast have prepared a mem-
orandum to Parliament seeking radi-
cal amendments to the Mining Bill
2014 due for the second reading.
Following a recent meeting with 25
Coast MPs and stakeholders in min-
ing, Human Rights Agenda (Huria)
seeks to trim the powers of the Min-
ing Cabinet Secretary. They want an
independent mining committee and
a tribunal.
The memorandum will be sent to
the Parliamentary committee on En-
vironment and Natural Resources.
The stakeholders have noted
there is overconcentration of power in
one ofce, that of the Cabinet Secre-
tary. Attempts have been made to
spread some powers to other organs
in order to provide checks and bal-
ances, said the report.
The stakeholders have called for
the establishment of a statutory com-
mittee with members drawn from rel-
evant government ministries, county
governments, the National Treasury,
the National Land Commission, Na-
tional Environment Management Au-
thority (Nema) and Kenya Wildlife
Service (KWS), Kenya Forest Service,
community representatives and min-
ing industry representatives.
The memorandum also said stake-
holders recommended an indepen-
dent tribunal to settle disputes in the
mining industry as opposed to an ad
hoc outt to be appointed by the Cab-
inet Secretary.
The report wants the Bill to set
lower and upper limits within which
the Cabinet Secretary may prescribe
Leaders, experts want
Mining Bill altered
rates of royalties. Stakeholders pro-
posed a range of 3 per cent to 10 per-
cent.
The report recommends involve-
ment of county governments in shar-
ing of revenues from mining.
According to the report, the ben-
ets accruing from mining should be
shared equitably in the ratio of 70 per
cent to national government, 20 per
cent to county governments and 10
per cent to the community.
It said Mining Bill 2014 has left out
the sharing of benets accruing from
mining.
This was a source of concern for
the leaders and community represen-
tatives at the stakeholder consulta-
tions on the said Bill, said the re-
port.
It said the introduction of the rev-
enue sharing proposal will not be set-
ting a precedent since the Energy Bill
had captured similar experiences at
the Coast and other parts of Kenya
with proven potential for minerals, oil
and gas already indicate that county
governments and communities in ar-
eas endowed with mining and oil
wealth feel left out of decision making
and participation in major issues of
natural resources development.
Msambweni MP and a member of
the Parliamentary committee on Min-
ing and Natural Resource, Mr Khatib
Mwashetani, said his team has pro-
posed amendment to the Mining
Bill.
He said the parliamentary com-
mittee has proposed that the Nation-
al Government gets 75 per cent, coun-
ty government 20 per cent and
community 5 per cent of royalties
from mining.
Mwasheteni said the Parliamenta-
ry team was seeking to have all min-
ing agreements reviewed in line with
the Bill.
Mr Arthur Ndegwa, lecturer at the
Taita Taveta University College, said
proposals to the Mining Bill were
aimed at aligning it with the Energy
Bill, which provides for revenue shar-
ing to address fears of stakeholders.
There is fear across the world of
resource nationalism wave where
communities demand benets from
projects. This can slow down mining
projects, Ndegwa warned.
Another expert, Ms Roselyn Odede,
said communities should be enabled
by law to lease out their land for min-
ing instead of selling it so that they
can return to the land after the min-
ing. According to her, the Government
should facilitate parallel Environmen-
tal Impact Assessment (EIA).
She claimed some EIA reports in
the coast region were suspected to
have been falsied in favour of inves-
tors.
By JOSEPH MASHA
Hundreds of families living along-
side Sabaki River in Magarini district,
Kili County have been asked to va-
cate after the river broke its banks.
Kili County government ofcials
yesterday conrmed the threat and
said houses built alongside the river
risk being submerged by ood wa-
ters.
According to the Executive Com-
mittee Member in charge of agricul-
ture and livestock, Mwalimu Menza,
the most affected area was Bate in
Magarini where the swollen river has
ooded human settlement and farm-
lands.
He cautioned parents against al-
lowing their children to cross ooded
rivers as they risked losing their lives.
At the same time, area county com-
missioner Erastus Ekidor has advised
people living on low zones to move to
higher levels to avoid being marooned
by the oods.
So far, no destruction of proper-
ties due to the ongoing heavy rains
has been reported but we are apealing
to the people living on low grounds to
take precautionary measures of mov-
ing to high grounds, said Ekidor.
Mr Menza announced that the
county government will vaccinate
livestock against possible outbreak of
diseases.
He said veterinary doctors have
been put on alert to attend to livestock
that could show signs of suffering
from any type of livestock diseases
like Foot and Mouth.
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
He said enough drugs have been
purchased for the said purpose.
The ofcial also noted that the
county government disaster manage-
ment unit in collaboration with that
of Kenya Red Cross Society have been
put on high alert to offer services once
disaster caused by the heavy rains is
detected.
By NGUMBAO KITHI
The Haki Africa, a lobby group in
Mombasa has joined hundreds of
families of kidnapped Nigerian girls
and leaders from all over the world in
calling for the return of the over 200
girls kidnapped in Nigeria several
weeks ago.
The groups executive ofcer, Hus-
sein Khalid, said in Mombasa yester-
day that Islam, which Boko Haram
professes, does not allow attacking or
capturing of women, children and the
aged.
He said the kidnapping was not
only causing the girls untold suffer-
ing, but also raising unnecessary ten-
sion in the region, Africa and the
whole world.
UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE
He said Haki Africa therefore hum-
bly appeals for the unconditional re-
lease of all the girls to ensure they re-
join their loved ones and bring to an
end the current impasse.
We urge all who are currently
ghting wars of whatever kind to re-
member to spare women, children
and the aged from suffering and vio-
lations, he said.
Mr Khalid said it was unfortunate
that whenever a war breaks out any-
where in the world, it is the women
and children who suffer the worst
treatment.
This should not be the case and
we call for sanity to prevail to save the
girls from the suffering from Boko
Haram, he said.
Khalid said Haki Africa would con-
tinue to agitate for peaceful co-exis-
tence of all persons in Africa and the
world. He called on all leaders of gov-
ernments, armies, militias and war-
lords to put down their weapons and
embrace dialogue.
He said man has been bestowed
with reason and a mind to differenti-
ate good from bad and should nd
peaceful means of addressing their
problems.
Let us all shun violence and give
tolerance a chance, he said in a
signed statement.
Families living near ooded Sabaki
River told to move to higher grounds
By RENSON MNYAMWEZI
Wundanyi MP Thomas Mwade-
ghu wants Taita Taveta Governor
John Mruttu to sack procurement of-
cers he claims are incompetent and
were hired illegally.
The ODM legislator said yester-
day the procurement ofcers were
inept and corrupt and should be
sacked to save the face of the county
government.
He claimed the ofcers were not
qualied to manage the procure-
ment department, adding some of
them did not pass through the Coun-
ty Public Service Board before they
were hired.
The MP warned that if the gover-
nor fails to take action against the of-
cers, he would mobilise residents to
remove him from ofce for perpetu-
ating corruption.
The ofcers have been harassing
the residents with impunity. I have
given the governor three months to
remove them or else face the wrath
of the local community, Mwadeghu
warned.
The governor however told off the
legislator, saying he should stop cre-
ating animosity in the region.
Mruttu said the MP was playing
politics at the expense of develop-
ment.
WASTE OF RESOURCES
I do not know what Mwadeghu
holds against me but I know I am
holding a public ofce until 2017
when it will be declared vacant for
everyone to contest, said the gover-
nor.
Speaking to The Standard at his
Wundanyi ofce yesterday, Mruttu
said his focus now is on implement-
ing projects geared towards uplifting
the living standards of the local com-
munity.
Addressing a public rally in Wun-
danyi town yesterday, Mwadeghu ac-
cused the county administration of
not involving other development
partners like the Constituency De-
velopment Fund (CDF) in project
implementation.
He particularly took issue with
the County Executive Committee
members who he accused of not en-
gaging in public participation in im-
plementing development projects.
It is a waste of resources for the
county government to undertake
projects already being done by CDF.
There is need for the county admin-
istration and CDF committees to
agree on what projects to be imple-
mented to avoid duplication, added
Mwadeghu.
A resident, Livingstone Mwanyo-
ta, challenged the MP to work with
the county administration for faster
development. He said incessant
wrangles among elected leaders
would adversely affect development
in the region and must be stopped.
Haki Africa calls for release of
kidnapped Nigerian girls
MP wants procurement ofcers sacked
TAITA-TAVETA COUNTY
KILIFI COUNTY
MOMBASA COUNTY
KAJIADO COUNTY
NO ONE-MAN SHOW
MPs and mining experts
have proposed radical amend-
ments to the Mining Bill
They want to trim the pow-
ers of the Mining Cabinet Sec-
retary
They argued one-man show
could breed grand corruption
in the sector
They have called for estab-
lishment of an independent
mining committee and a tri-
bunal to hear disputes in the
sector
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The Kenya Airports Authority invites sealed tenders from eligible rms for the following tenders:-
REFERENCE NUMBER TENDER DESCRIPTION PRE-BID MEETING/SITE
VISIT
CLOSING/
OPENING DATE
KAA/ES/JKIA/930/ENV Procurement of Consultancy Services for an
Initial Environmental Audit for Expansion/
Upgrading of JKIA (Package 1) and
Expansion of Sewerage Facilities at JKIA
N/A 30-05-2014
KAA/ES/MIA/937/C Supply and Installation of Porcelain Floor
Tiles at Terminal 2 Moi International
Airports. (Eligible for local rms
registered with National Construction
Authority in Category NCA 1 to 7)
22
nd
May 2014 Starting at
10.00 am Local Time. Bidders
to Congregate at JKIA above
the parking garage.
30-05-2014
KAA/ES/MIA/936/C Proposed Painting of Terminal 1 and
Terminal 2 at Moi International Airport
(Eligible for Duly Registered Youth,
Women and People with Disability
owned Enterprises) registered with
National Construction Authority in
Category NCA 1 to 7)
22
nd
May 2014 Starting
at 2.00 pm Local Time.
Bidders to Congregate at
Airport Managers Of ce Moi
International Airport
30-05-2014
KAA/ES/JKIA/929/ENV Procurement of a NEMA Approved
Laboratory to Carry out Noise Monitoring
Services at JKIA
N/A 30-05-2014
KAA/HQS/ICT/934/E Supply and Installation of Access Control
System for Fire Exit at Jomo Kenyatta
International Airport.
26
th
May 2014 Starting at
to Congregate at JKIA above
the parking garage.
3-06-2014
KAA/ES/KSM/841/B Proposed Relocation of Usoma School
Phase II- at Kisumu. (Eligible for Duly
Registered Youth, Women and People
with Disability owned Enterprises)
registered with National Construction
Authority in Category NCA 1 to 7)
)-Re-Tender
26
th
May 2014 starting at
to congregate at Airport
Managers Of ce Kisumu
3-06-2014
KAA/ES/WAP/916/C Proposed Construction of Elevated
Steel Water Tank and Borehole Water
Reticulation at Wilson Airport (Eligible
for Duly Registered Youth, Women
and People with Disability owned
Enterprises) registered with National
Construction Authority in Category NCA
1 to 7)- Re-Tender
26
th
to congregate at Airport
Managers Of ce Wilson
Airport
3-06-2014
KAA/ES/MIA/935/M Replacement of Passenger Lift at Moi
28
th
May 2014 Starting
at 10.00 am Local Time.
4-06-2014
KAA/ES/MIA/924/M Rehabilitation of Baggage Handling
Systems Terminal 2 at Moi International
Airport
26
th
May 2014 Starting
at 2.00 pm Local Time.
4-06-2014
KAA/HQS/ICT/935/E Supply, Installation and Conguration
of Unied Computing System at Kenya
Airports Authority
28
th
to congregate at Conference
room 5
th
oor KAA Hqs
4-06-2014
KAA/ES/JKIA/827/ENV Supply and Installation of an Electrical
Incinerator for JKIA.
27
th
May 2014 Starting
at 10.00 am Local Time.
JKIA above the parking
garage
4-06-2014
KAA/229/2013-2014
Provision for the Installation, Operation and
Management of a Carparking & Revenue
Management System at;
1. Eldoret international Airport
2. Malindi Airport and
3. Wilson Airport
Wilson 26
th
May 2014, Eldoret
28
th
May 2014 and Malindi
30
th
10.00 am local Time. Bidders
to congregate at the Airport
Managers Of ce respectively.
13-06-2014
Interested eligible rms may obtain further information and inspect the tender documents at the Kenya Airports Authority
Headquarters at JKIA, 2nd Floor, of ce of the GM (Procurement & Logistics) from 8.00 am to 5.00 pm local time, Monday
to Friday except lunch time between 1.00 pm and 2.00 pm and on public holidays.
Tender documents may be purchased at Kenya Airports Authority Headquarters at JKIA Nairobi for non-refundable
fee of Kshs. 1,000.00 for each document. Payment will be made to the cashier on 1st oor at KAA HQS by cash or
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Duly completed tender documents in plain sealed envelopes with TENDER NUMBER AND TITLE OF THE TENDER clearly
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AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013
ICEA LION LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
The above Statement of Financial Position and Statement of Comprehensive Income are extracts from the groups nancial statements which were audited by Deloitte & Touche and received an unqualied opinion.
The nancial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on 18th March, 2014 and signed on its behalf by:
J.P.M. Ndegwa Chairman S.O. Oluoch Director J.M.Mutiga Chief Executive Ofcer
GENERAL LONG TERM TOTAL TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS LONG TERM TOTAL TOTAL
INSURANCE ASSURANCE 2013 2012 FUND ASSURANCE 2013 2012
BUSINESS BUSINESS BUSINESS
Kshs 000 Kshs 000 Kshs 000 Kshs 000 Kshs 000 Kshs 000 Kshs 000 Kshs 000
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE PERIOD 31 DECEMBER 2013

INCOME
Gross written premium 590,155 2,347,054 2,937,209 2,616,817 - 2,097,397 2,097,397 1,850,827
Outward reinsurance premium 240,954 255,096 496,050 548,977 - 234,755 234,755 265,384
Net Written premium 349,201 2,091,958 2,441,159 2,067,840 - 1,862,642 1,862,642 1,585,443
Gross Earned premium 590,155 2,347,054 2,937,209 2,616,817 - 2,097,397 2,097,397 1,850,827
Net Earned premium 349,201 2,091,958 2,441,159 2,067,840 - 1,862,642 1,862,642 1,585,443
Investment income 244,423 5,696,803 5,941,226 4,760,014 207,401 5,598,390 5,805,791 4,635,436
Commission Earned 226,430 88,377 314,807 325,197 - 74,852 74,852 119,025
Other income 84,416 46,842 131,258 658,582 9,570 52,835 62,405 558,383
Total Income 904,470 7,923,980 8,828,450 7,811,633 216,971 7,588,719 7,805,690 6,898,287
OUTGO
Claims & Policyholder benets 268,077 4,524,838 4,792,915 4,046,422 - 4,364,335 4,364,335 3,776,004
Less: Reinsurers share of claims 117,896 111,701 229,597 116,908 - 111,701 111,701 24,898
Net claims and policyholders benets 150,181 4,413,137 4,563,318 3,929,514 - 4,252,634 4,252,634 3,751,106
Commission payable 85,098 402,209 487,307 437,972 - 338,911 338,911 290,883
Operating & other expenses 343,152 654,630 997,782 935,616 37,906 539,052 576,958 603,812
Total outgo 578,431 5,469,976 6,048,407 5,303,102 37,906 5,130,597 5,168,503 4,645,801
Prot/ (Loss) before tax 326,039 2,454,004 2,780,043 2,508,531 179,065 2,458,122 2,637,187 2,252,486
Income Tax Expense 29,213 116,820 146,033 222,818 7,458 90,000 97,458 192,967
Prot for the year after Tax 296,826 2,337,184 2,634,010 2,285,713 171,607 2,368,122 2,539,729 2,059,519
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Fair value gain on available for sale nancial assets, net of Tax 259 8,008 8,267 (6,200) -
Fair value gain on property & Equipment, Net of Tax -
Other comprehensive income net of tax (5,971) 79,982 74,011 (39,705) -
Total other comprehensive income for the period (5,712) 87,990 82,278 (45,905) - -
Total prot & other comprehensive income 291,114 2,425,174 2,716,288 2,239,808 171,607 2,368,122 2,539,729 2,059,519
Dividends:
Interim Dividend 500,000 - -
Proposed Final Dividend 180,000
Earning per share 117.07 101.59

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2013
1. SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS
1.1 Share capital 300,000 150,000 450,000 450,000 300,000 150,000 450,000 450,000
1.2 Statutory Reserve - 5,057,285 5,057,285 2,930,101 - 4,864,886 4,864,886 2,706,764
1.3 Revaluation Reserve 1,444 10,535 11,979 3,712 - - - -
1.4 Equity Component of Discorectionary participation feature - - - -
1.5 Retained earnings 1,949,458 21,857 1,971,315 2,144,489 1,651,541 - 1,651,541 1,949,934
1.6 Proposed Dividends - -
1.7 Other Reserves (35,394) (33,146) (68,540) (142,551) - - -

TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS 2,215,508 5,206,531 7,422,039 5,385,751 1,951,541 5,014,886 6,966,427 5,106,698
2. ASSETS
2.1 property & Equipment 30,827 222,177 253,004 52,380 - 222,177 222,177 23,074
2.2 Intangible Assets 2,072 29 2,101 4,761 - 29 29 214
2.3 Prepaid Operating Lease Rentals - - - - - -
2.4 Investment Property 989,000 8,098,000 9,087,000 7,232,600 989,000 8,098,000 9,087,000 7,232,600
2.5 Investment in Equity 2,554 4,675,452 4,678,006 3,293,226 - 4,633,571 4,633,571 3,272,518
2.6 Investment in unit trusts - - - - - -
2.7 Others Investments 496,058 - 496,058 419,047 528,647 9,823 538,470 538,470
2.8 Loans Receivable 526,596 526,596 435,357 - 500,557 500,557 413,996
2.9 Receivables arising out of reinsurance arrangements 144,668 363 145,031 85,323 7,408 - 7,408 24,214
2.10 Receivables arising out of direct insurance arrangements 264,021 264,021 242,316 - - - 4,097
2.11 Reinsurers share of insurance contract liabilities. 141,329 49,735 191,064 182,689 - 49,735 49,735 41,308
2.12 Deferred acquisition costs 39,374 - 39,374 23,738 - - - -
2.13 Deferred tax asset 56,767 - 56,767 1,908 - - -
2.14 Other receivables 394,366 328,461 722,827 892,759 272,521 182,788 455,309 678,575
2.15 Tax recoverable 13,720 4,371 18,091 12,005 12,671 4,368 17,039 5,737
2.16 Government Securities 236,993 22,255,236 22,492,229 18,029,144 38,141 21,894,944 21,933,085 17,584,439
2.17 Deposits in nancial institutions 416,247 2,071,034 2,487,281 2,464,314 282,866 1,614,381 1,897,247 1,999,707
2.18 Cash & Bank Balances 42,179 198,331 240,510 317,631 16,371 188,956 205,327 271,094
TOTAL ASSETS 3,270,175 38,429,785 41,699,960 33,689,198 2,147,625 37,399,329 39,546,954 32,090,043
3. LIABILITIES
3.1 Insurance Contract Liabilities 234,117 8,785,331 9,019,448 7,679,956 - 8,390,750 8,390,750 7,217,275
3.2 Payable under deposit administration contracts - 23,968,958 23,968,958 19,329,468 - 23,480,022 23,480,022 18,997,389
3.3 Provision for unearned premium 141,944 - 141,944 134,852 - - - -
3.4 Payables arising out of reinsurance arrangements 44,757 - 44,757 80,363 9,525 - 9,525 -
3.5 Payable to bodies engaged in insurance business 87,033 - 87,033 60,774 - - - -
3.6 Loans payables 200,117 200,117 264,548 - 200,117 200,117 264,548
3.7 Deferred tax liability 181,069 - 181,069 156,218 134,405 - 134,405 154,643
3.8 Tax payable 13,400 - 13,400 30,607 - - - 27,979
3.9 Other payables 352,347 268,848 621,195 566,661 52,154 313,554 365,708 321,511
Total Liabilities 1,054,667 33,223,254 34,277,921 28,303,447 196,084 32,384,443 32,580,527 26,983,345
Net assets 2,215,508 5,206,531 7,422,039 5,385,751 1,951,541 5,014,886 6,966,427 5,106,698
STATEMENT OF MOVEMENT IN DEPOSIT ADMINISTRATION & INVESTMENT CONTRACT LIABILITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDING..
AMOUNTS PAYABLE UNDER DEPOSIT ADMINISTRATION CONTRACT
2013 2012 2013 2012
Kshs 000 Kshs 000 Kshs 000 Kshs 000
At 1 January 19,329,468 16,402,332 18,997,389 16,102,534
pension Fund deposits received 4,435,093 3,192,730 4,275,101 3,071,078
Surrenders & annuities paid (2,194,249) (2,151,230) (2,111,094) (2,074,232)
Interest payable to policyholders 2,439,780 1,935,378 2,341,333 1,923,133
Others (41,134) (49,742) (22,707) (25,124)
As at 31 December 23,968,958 19,329,468 23,480,022 18,997,389
Investment contract liabilities Kshs 000 Kshs 000 Kshs 000 Kshs 000
At 1 January 7,679,956 6,049,339 7,217,275 5,967,880
Deposits received 2,597,431 2,499,181 2,347,774 2,058,679
Maturities/payments to policyholders (2,437,489) (1,881,371) (2,353,849) (1,822,090)
Interest payable to policyholders. 386,334 181,158 386,334 181,157
Others 793,216 831,649 793,216 831,649
9,019,448 7,679,956 8,390,750 7,217,275
KEY RATIOS (%)
Capital Adequacy Ratio 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Claim Ratio 45% 41% 41% 28% - 31% 31% 35%
Expense Ratio (Inclusive of Commission Expenses) 34% 28% 29% 36% - 14% 14% 19%
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Head Ofce:
ICEA LION Centre, Riverside Park,
Chiromo Road, Westlands
Tel: 020 2750 000, 254 719071000 Fax: 244258
P.O. Box 46143, 00100, Nairobi. Kenya
Email: info@icealion.com;
Website: www.icealion.co.ke
S.O. Oluoch Chief Executive Ofcer
J.K. Kimeu Director
J.K. Muiruri Director
ICEA LION GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013
TOTAL 2013 TOTAL 2012 TOTAL 2013 TOTAL 2012
KSHS 000 KSHS 000 KSHS 000 KSHS 000
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

INCOME
Gross written premium 5,352,154 4,897,345 4,563,514 4,014,690
Outward reinsurance premium 2,408,078 2,452,950 1,779,678 1,695,076
Net written premium 2,944,076 2,444,395 2,783,836 2,319,614
Gross earned premium 5,035,797 4,670,828 4,329,987 3,919,901
Net earned premium 2,671,080 2,458,980 2,523,336 2,317,961
Investment income 568,052 658,938 539,240 530,426
Commission earned 348,861 362,718 295,596 317,602
Reclassication on disposal of available for sale investment to prot & loss 116,035
Other income 1,215 962 17,046 2,164
Total Income 3,589,208 3,481,598 3,491,253 3,168,153

OUTGO
Claims & policyholder benets 1,936,541 1,441,724 1,877,537 1,318,885
Less: Reinsurers share of claims 680,769 307,601 656,137 263,341
Net claims 1,255,772 1,134,123 1,221,400 1,055,544
Commission payable 526,320 535,777 487,599 503,573
Operating & other expenses 1,039,649 1,087,740 909,696 975,652
Total outgo 2,821,741 2,757,640 2,618,695 2,534,769
Prot before tax 767,467 723,958 872,558 633,384
Income tax expense 241,728 82,994 232,890 219,768
Prot for the year from continuing operations 525,739 640,964 639,668 413,616
Discontinued operations:

Prot for the year from discontinued operations 25,490
Prot for the year 551,229 640,964 639,668 413,616
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Fair value gain on available for sale nancial assets 167,651 123,456 113,733 112,547
Gain on revaluation of nancial assets 116,035
Fair value gain on property & equipment 8,837 8,837
Reclassication of available for sale investment to prot & loss (116,035)
Other comprehensive income (5,614) (2,469) (2,651)
Total other comprehensive income for the period 162,037 129,824 (2,302) 234,768
Total prot & other comprehensive income 713,266 770,788 637,366 648,384

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2013

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS
Share capital 600,000 600,000 600,000 600,000
Revaluation reserve 381,589 241,249 341,840 344,142
Contingency reserve 42,106 36,536
Currency translation reserve (39,883) (36,704)
Retained earnings 2,183,598 1,831,382 2,050,556 1,590,888
Non controlling interest 115,749 78,325
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS 3,283,159 2,750,788 2,992,396 2,535,030

ASSETS
Property & equipment 83,995 152,664 79,904 143,397
Intangible assets 9,175 3,592 9,175 3,592
Prepaid operating lease rentals 1,828 1,828
Investment property 2,167,500 3,148,571 2,167,500 1,988,571
Investment in equity instruments available for sale 567,363 340,530 459,199 286,589
Investment in subsidiary at cost 50,147 50,147
Investment in subsidiary at fair value 1,160,000
Receivables arising out of reinsurance arrangements 478,904 419,194 432,642 365,378
Receivables arising out of direct insurance arrangements 567,540 493,994 542,023 487,449
Reinsurers share of technical provisions and reserves 2,312,789 2,043,924 1,902,907 1,671,375
Deferred acquisition costs 337,490 282,671 247,389 208,509
Deferred merger acquisition costs 277,500 370,000 277,500 370,000
Deferred tax asset 13,171 35,214
Other receivables 145,466 269,565 149,543 150,859
Tax recoverable 619 5,984
Government securities held to maturity 2,715,297 1,594,125 2,537,322 1,553,159
Corporate bonds held to maturity 291,576 331,474 291,576 331,474
Deposits with nancial institutions held to maturity 622,123 379,501 441,276 154,405
Cash & bank balances 128,292 55,245 100,504 24,241

TOTAL ASSETS 10,718,800 9,928,076 9,688,607 8,950,973

LIABILITIES
Insurance contract liabilities 3,946,663 3,781,148 3,810,118 3,604,039
Provision for unearned premium 2,268,282 1,955,059 1,817,776 1,584,249
Payables arising out of reinsurance arrangements 595,430 588,760 471,389 466,214
Deferred tax liability 426,449 365,819 426,449 385,536
Tax payable 9,816 32,978 9,816 12,979
Due to related parties 18,493 157,013 18,493 157,013
Other payables 170,508 296,511 142,170 205,913
Total liabilities 7,435,641 7,177,288 6,696,211 6,415,943
Net assets 3,283,159 2,750,788 2,992,396 2,535,030

KEY RATIOS
Capital adequacy ratio 200% 200% 200% 200%
Solvency ratio 575% 729%
Claims ratio 47% 46% 48% 46%
Expense ratio 39% 39% 37% 38%
Head Ofce:
ICEA LION Centre, Riverside Park, Chiromo Road, Westlands
Tel: 020 2750 000, 254 719071000 Fax: 244258
P.O. Box 30190, 00100, Nairobi. Kenya
Email: info@icealion.com; Website: www.icealion.co.ke
The above Statement of Financial Position and Statement of Comprehensive Income are extracts from the Groups nancial statements which were
audited by Deloitte & Touche and received an unqualied opinion.
The nancial statements were approved by the board of directors on 21 March 2014 and signed on its behalf by:
GROUP COMPANY
Groups Comprehensive Pre-tax prot grew by 12% to close at Kshs 955 million on the back of
strong and effective claims, cost, and investment income management strategies.
Total assets grew by 8%. The company is therefore uniquely positioned to offer better and supe-
rior insurance services in Africa.
Shareholders funds increased by 19%, supported by consistent growth in assets value and
corporate protability
Gross Written Premium Kshs Millions
Comprehensive Income Before Tax - Kshs Millions
Total Assets - Kshs Million
Shareholders Funds - Kshs Million
Groups gross written premium grew by 9% (Company 14%) over 2012 to stand at Kshs 5.4
billion. The 92% growth in year 2012 over 2011 was mainly occasioned by the merged books of
Lion of Kenya and Insurance Company East Africa that took place on 1st January 2012.
ICEA LION GROUP BRANCH OFFICES
ICEA Building Branch, Kenyatta Avenue
P.O. Box 30190, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: 020 2750 000
Williamson House Branch,
Williamson House, 7
th
Floor, 4
th
Ngong Avenue
P.O. Box 30190, 00100, Nairobi,
Tel: 020 2710400
Karen Branch: Karen Ofce Park,
Langata Road
P.O. Box 30190, 00100, Nairobi,
Tel: 0715567368
Mombasa Road Branch: Tulip House
P.O. Box 30190, 00100, Nairobi,
Tel: 020 2492437/8/9
Westlands Branch: Unga House
P.O. Box 30190, 00100, Nairobi,
Tel: 020 3742094
Ambank House Branch: University Way
P.O. Box 46143, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: 020 2226921
Mombasa Branch: 2
nd
Floor,
Standard Chartered Building, Moi Avenue
P.O. Box 90101 80100, Mombasa
Tel: 041 2224646-8
Email: icea_msa@icealion.com
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P.O. Box 90101 80100, Mombasa
Tel: 0701752748/ 0701753715
Kisumu Branch: Al Imran Plaza,
Oginga Odinga Street,
P.O. Box 3122 40100, Kisumu
Tel: 057 20202599
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P.O. Box 3066-20100, Nakuru
Tel: 051 2211158
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P.O. Box 4807 30100, Eldoret
Tel: 053 2033237
Nyeri Branch: Konahauthi Building,
Kimathi Way,
P.O. Box 1803 10100, Nyeri
Tel: 061 2032106
Page 30 / COAST NEWS Thursday, May 15, 2014 / The Standard
Suffering as 2,000
evicted from forest
By PAUL GITAU
More than 2,000 landless
people who were recently
evicted from Kipini Forest in
Lamu have accused Kenya
Forest Service (KFS) ofcers
of failing to obey a court
order suspending their
eviction.
They claimed KFS
disobeyed the court order
issued in Mombasa on April
25, and threw them out of the
forest and pillaged their
property.
Through their spokesman
Antony Chomba, the land
victims also claimed yester-
day that forest rangers have
set their houses on re
despite the court order.
DISPLACEMENT CAMP
Mr Chomba said the court
order suspended the eviction
pending the determination of
the dispute.
We served the KFS
ofcers but to my surprise,
they said they would not
honour the court directive
and even threatened to lock
us up, he said from a
displacement camp near a
primary school in Kipini.
The evictees claim about
40 people thrown out of the
forest have been arrested and
charged with trespassing in a
Malindi court.
The Standard learnt that
about six people are nursing
serious injuries after they
were allegedly attacked by the
Victims accuse KFS
of disregarding
court order,
burning houses and
torturing them
LAMU COUNTY forest guards carrying out the
eviction.
Over the weekend, The
Standard toured Kipini and
witnessed the evictees living
conditions.
Heavily armed forest
guards were on patrol in the
area.
Two evictees showed a
letter from Kipini Police Post
where they reported alleged
assault by the KFS ofcers
and claimed that police at
Witu Police Station had
denied them P3 forms.
KFS ofcers have also
destroyed hundreds of acres
of farm crops.
NO SETTLEMENT
Those evicted are from
Mkoma Moja, Mabondeni,
Mwingi Raha, Kisuliani and
Marafa Raha and are
currently staying in tempo-
rary camps at Shauri Moyo
Catholic Church and
Kisuliani IDP camps.
The evictees appealed to
the Government to urgently
intervene as they did not
have an alternative place to
live.
The KFS ofcer in charge
of the evictions, Samuel
Lendilo, declined to com-
ment on the matter, saying he
was not allowed to speak to
the Press.
Mr Lendilo referred The
Standard to the director of
the Kenya Forest Service.
Tana Delta County
Commissioner Mike Kimoko
said the forest had been
gazetted and no human
settlement will be allowed
there.
He said KFS had issued a
notice for those who had
invaded the forest to leave
but they had failed to honour
it.
The evictees, however,
said they had been issued
with a two-week ultimatum
that had lapsed by the time
they were being informed.
The evictions began immedi-
ately and most did not
manage to salvage even their
personal belongings.
Two year ago, a colourful
State ceremony to ofcially
launch the gazettement of the
forest was halted at the last
minute after the local people
opposed the move, saying
they were never consulted.
Tension ran high as
thousands of locals, led by
the then area MP Danson
Mungatana, vowed to resist
any attempts by KFS to
gazzette the forest, saying
such a move would see more
than 2,000 families displaced.
The event, which was to
have been presided over by
the Forestry Assistant
Minister at the time, Joseph
Nanok, and Permanent
Secretary Mohamed wa
Mwachai, was delayed for
more than four hours.
The assistant minister and
delegation from the Forestry
ministry pleaded in vain with
the area MP and locals to
allow them to continue with
the launch, promising to
address their grievances.
PRIVATE RANCH
Mungatana questioned
how a private ranch in the
area had changed ownership
and ended up as a gazetted
forest.
Last month, Tana River
Governor Hussein Dado
toured the area and asked
KFS to suspend the impend-
ing evictions to allow his
government to look for an
alternative area to settle those
who would be affected.
The governor, however,
asked the locals to stop
invading forests.
Kipini Forest covers 100
square kilometres stretching
from Witu and is the home of
various species of wildlife
including elephants, zebras,
cheetahs, wild dogs, buffa-
loes, hippopotamus and
more than 400 bird species.
Miriam Matei in a dilapidated make-shift IDP camp at Shauri Moyo Catholic Church. She is among
more than 2,000 people evicted from Kipini Forest by Kenya Forest Service guards. They claim to
have a court order stopping the eviction but the guards ignored it. [PHOTO: PAUL GITAU/STANDARD]
Friday October 21, 2008 / The Standard Friday October 21, 2008 / The Standard
Page 21 / COUNTY NEWS COAST NEWS / Page 31
Tana Delta clash
survivors hold prayers
to remember the dead
Tana River Governor Hussein Dado (in blue shirt) leads residents of Riketa in
prayers outside a mass grave where 53 people who were killed during tribal
clashes in Tana Delta were buried. [PHOTO: PAUL GITAU/STANDARD]
By PAUL GITAU
Hundreds of villagers in Riketa
village in Tana Delta district
yesterday held special prayers for 53
villagers killed during tribal clashes
in the area two years ago.
Most were returning to a village
they abandoned in late 2012, when
armed raiders attacked and killed
dozens and set 86 homes on re in
one of the most gruesome episodes
of tribal violence between the ethnic
Pokomo and Orma communities.
A judicial inquest found that
political leaders, including some
holding power in the Tana River
County government, and security
forces planned, nanced and
inspired the violence using tribal
and foreign militia and guns
imported from outside the county.
Led by Tana River Governor
Hussein Dado, the survivors
convened at a mass grave yesterday
and held prayers for more than an
hour.
PAID TRIBUTE
Emotions ran high as relatives
and friends paid tribute to their kin
slain by suspected Pokomo raiders.
Omar Bocha, a villager, said they
were still traumatised and had
unanimously resolved not to return
to their ancestral homes.
We saw Riketa as a cursed place
and no one was willing to return, he
said.
The survivors have, for the last
two years, sought refuge among
relatives in various parts of the Tana
Delta while others constructed
temporary homes at Dide Waride.
After the prayers, Mr Dado laid a
foundation stone for a monument to
be constructed at the site in honour
of those who died.
Dado asked the villagers to bury
the hatchet and forgive those behind
the killings.
NO RETURN
We must forgive, forget and
move on with our lives, he said, and
asked the locals to maintain peace.
The governor had a rough time
convincing the villagers to return to
their deserted villages without any
security guarantees.
Dado said he would disburse
money next week to construct a
police post in the area and buy a
speed boat for the police to use in
patrolling the Tana River.
Last year, Kenya Red Cross
Society had embarked on the
construction of houses for the clash
victims in Riketa.
The co-ordinator for the
reconstruction programme, Hassan
Musa, said they put up 20 houses
but the villagers refused to return.
Riketa villagers come back to area for the frst
time since the incident that happened two
years ago as governor pursues forgiveness
BITTER MEMORIES
The survivors have for the
last two years sought refuge
in other parts of the Tana
Delta
After the prayers, Governor
Dado laid a foundation stone
for a monument in remem-
brance of those who died
The governor asked the vil-
lagers to bury the hatchet
and forgive those behind the
killings
TANA RIVER COUNTY
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Friday October 21, 2008 / The Standard Friday October 21, 2008 / The Standard Thursday, May 15, 2014 / The Standard
COAST NEWS / Page 33
Wildlife activists hail
new anti-poaching
law as deterrent
Members of the Kenya Association of Women in Policing and tourism stakeholders from Mombasa
County in a conservation walk organised by the KWS and the Elephant Neighbours Centre. [PHOTO:
GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]
By PHILIP MWAKIO
Activists on an elephant and
rhino conservation walk across
Coast counties have hailed the
recently passed Wildlife Conserva-
tion Act.
They described it as a boost for
the protection of endangered
species.
Jim Nyamu, a wildlife activist and
scientist, said in Mombasa yesterday
the country is almost winning the
war against poaching of precious
wildlife species.
The highly punitive measures in
place, backed by strong security
surveillance involving an expanded
Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS),
General Service Unit (GSU) and the
regular police will only be successful
if the public also plays a part,
Nyamu, the executive director of
Elephant Neighbours Centre said.
Nyamu made the remarks during
the ongoing walk in aid of elephant
conservation, which started in Kwale
County on Sunday and is expected
to traverse the entire coastal belt,
passing through Mombasa, Kili,
Tana River and ending in Lamu.
PHOTO SESSION
Participants in the walk, who had
arrived from Kwale, made a brief
stopover at the KWS headquarters at
Nguva House, took a symbolic
march through the streets of
Mombasa for a photo session at the
Historic Elephant Tusks on Moi
Avenue, before proceeding with their
walk.
KWS, Nakumatt Holdings,
Elephant Neighbours Centre, Kenya
Police Service, Mombasa County
government, Inspectorate Depart-
ment and Kenya Association of Tour
Operators (Kato) are among the
rms participating in the walk.
KWS Assistant Director Coast
Conservation Area, Arthur Tuda said
the walk is aimed at sensitising the
public on the need to conserve
wildlife for posterity.
Under the new law, offenders
now face a ne of Sh20 million and a
life sentence.
Speaking at the function, Terry
Mtai, a representative of the Kenya
Association of Women in Policing,
which brings together women
working in the police and prison
services, said the world is dealing
with an unprecedented rise in illegal
wildlife trade, threatening to
overturn decades of conservation
and development gains.
Participants in a rhino conservation walk say
Wildlife Conservation Act is just what the
doctor prescribed for the expensive menace
RHINO IS IN DANGER
Reports indicate that Asian
demand for rhino horn has
set a historic price for rhino
horn powder at more than
Sh2.5m ($30,000) per pound,
making it more valuable than
gold and cocaine
Rhino poaching rates in Afri-
ca have risen more than 1,000
per cent since the beginning
of the decade
About 500 rhinos poached
every year in South Africa
alone, despite more surveil-
lance efforts in reserves
MOMBASA COUNTY
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Floor, Kenya Airports Authority Complex Building, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport or be addressed to:
The Director General,
Kenya Civil Aviation Authority,
P.O Box 30163-00100, Nairobi
So as to be received on or before the stated dates and time against respective tender. Late bids will be rejected.
Tenders will be opened immediately thereafter in the presence of the Candidates or their representatives who choose to attend at KCAA
Boardroom on 1
st
Floor, KAA Complex, JKIA, Nairobi.
KCAA reserves the right to accept or reject any or all tenders without giving reasons for the rejection and does not bind itself to accept the
lowest or any tender.
DIRECTOR GENERAL
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT
AND INFRASTRUCTURE
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority nvites Sealed Bids from interested registered and eligible frms
for the following tenders:
NO. TENDER NUMBER TITLE OF TENDER
1. KCAA/056/2013-2014 Refurbishment works for KCAA staff houses at Nyali, Mombasa.
2. KCAA/057/2013-2014 Supply, nstallation, Confguration, Commissioning of ATC Consoles for
Eldoret Approach Position
3. KCAA/058/2013-2014 Provision of Cleaning Services at East African School of Aviation (EASA).
4. KCAA/059/2013-2014 Provision of Environmental Management Services for East African
School of Aviation (EASA).
Interested eligible candidates may obtain further information from and inspect the tender documents at
KCAA Procurement Ofce on ground oor, Kenya Airports Authority CompIex BuiIding, Jomo
Kenyatta InternationaI Airport during normal offce working hours (8.00am-1.00pm, 2.00pm 5.00pm).
Bidders may also view and download the bidding document from KCAA website: www.kcaa.or.ke and
immediately forward their particulars for records and for the purposes of receiving any further tender
clarifcations and/or addendums to info@kcaa.or.ke or procurement@kcaa.or.ke.
A complete set of tender documents may be obtained by interested candidates upon payment of a non-
refundable fee of one thousand Kenya shillings (Ksh 1,000.00) in cash or bankers cheque payable to
Director General, Kenya Civil Aviation Authority. Bidders who download the tender document will not be
required to pay.
Completed tender documents are to be enclosed in plain sealed envelopes marked with tender reference
number and be deposited in the Tender Box at 1
st
FIoor, Kenya Airports Authority CompIex BuiIding,
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport or be addressed to:
The Director GeneraI,
Kenya CiviI Aviation Authority,
P.O. Box 30163-00100, Nairobi
So as to be received on or before 29
th
May 2014 at 11:00 am. Late bids will be rejected.
Tenders will be opened immediately thereafter in the presence of the Candidates or their representatives
who choose to attend at KCAA Boardroom on 1
st
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DIRECTOR GENERAL
Page 34 / COAST NEWS Friday October 21, 2008 / The Standard Friday October 21, 2008 / The Standard
Page 21 / COUNTY NEWS
By PAUL MUTUA
A man has moved to the High
Court to appeal against a judgement
restraining him permanently from
interfering with or occupying his
mothers land in Kitui County.
Fredrick Mikate Mutinda wants
the court to set aside the judgement
entered by a lower court in favour of
his 90-year-old mother, Grace Katuti
Mutinda.
The appellant cites a number of
errors he claims the Kitui acting
Chief Magistrate, Alfred Kibiru,
committed by ordering him off his
mothers land without considering
his acquired interests on the farm.
Through his counsel Kinyua
Musyoki, Mikate says in his memo-
randum of the appeal that the trial
court failed to take proceedings at
the site yet the magistrate relied on
observations on the ground in
arriving at his decision.
The Civil Appeal No 70 of 2014 is
pending admission at the Machakos
High Court.
The appellant argues that Kibiru
erred in law by abdicating his
judicial responsibility that led him to
refuse to exercise his power and
jurisdiction, which led him to arrive
at an unjust decision.
The learned trial magistrate
erred in law when he ordered the
removal of the appellant even when
there was no prayer for the same,
the memorandum read in part.
Mikate further claims that the
magistrate erred when he failed to
determine material issues of law and
usage having the force of law, which
were directly raised by him.
He says the magistrate also
blundered when he arrived at a
decision that is contrary to the law
and when he entered judgement in
favour of the respondent when the
evidence on record did not support
the decision.
The memorandum was received
by the mothers counsel Morris
Kimuli.
On April 22, the magistrate
consented to the old womans wish
and placed a permanent restraining
orders against Mikate.
The judge said the plaintiff in her
evidence remained categorical that
her son entered her land against her
and his late fathers wishes.
Man appeals against judgement to keep off mothers land
KITUI COUNTY
Mombasa MCAs address the Press at County Hall where they warned KPA chairman Danson Mungatana over the
ownership of the port and the Kenya Ferry Services. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]
Ninety-year-old Grace Mutinda with some of her children outside the Kitui
law courts. [PHOTO: PAUL MUTUA/STANDARD]
MCAs tell Mungatana
off, demand KPA
By NGUMBAO KITHII
Mombasa County Assembly has
joined demands to have the Kenya
Ferries and Harbours devolved to
the county government.
In a Press statement read by
Tononoka MCA Saad Faraj Ahmed
and signed by most MCAs, they
claimed it was an undisputed fact
that the port of Mombasa was an im-
portant asset for Kenya and
Mombasa County.
The MCAs said the port has never
beneted the local people despite
being located in the area.
manage their own resources.
The Mombasa MCAs support
the county leadership in its recent
remarks regarding the proposed
takeover of KPA and would, if
necessary, create the legislative
framework to facilitate such a bid,
the MCAs said.
REVENUE COLLECTED
The MCAs have challenged
Mungatana to state what the
institution has done in the last four
years for the people of Mombasa
despite earning a whopping Sh94
billion over the period.
He said the MCAs would like to
assure the people of Mombasa that
once the port was under manage-
ment by the county government,
they would stand to benet from
revenue generated.
Leading the 22 MCAs in the
committee room, Mr Faraj said the
rights of the people of Mombasa to
the resource was enshrined in the
Constitution under Schedule 4, Part
2, which expressly gives the
Mombasa County government the
mandate to manage the countys
transport systems, including the
ferries and harbours, so Kenya Ports
Authority was not an exemption.
SAD REMARKS
Faraj said the MCAs in Mombasa
were saddened by the remarks
attributed to KPA chairman Danson
Mungatana on Tuesday in which the
former Garsen MP disputed the
countys demand to manage the port
and KPA institution.
He said Mr Mungatanas notion
negates the spirit of devolution that
gives local people the mandate to
By DANIEL NZIA
Twenty people who died in
Makueni County after drinking
lethal brews will be laid to rest today.
There will be a requiem mass at
Kithuki Primary School in Kithuki
Ward, Kathonzweni district, for the
Countryman brew victims before
their burial at their respective
homes.
The victims, most of them
relatives, died after they drank the
killer brew on Sunday.
According to the ofce of the
Makueni governor, the bodies of the
victims, who included 19 men and a
woman, will be removed from the
Makueni Level Four Hospital
mortuary at 9am.
Local leaders, led by Makueni
Governor Kivutha Kibwana and
Members of Parliament, are
expected to attend the event.
BURIAL SITES
Makueni MP Daniel Maanzo,
who has been involved in the burial
preparation for the victims, said
arrangements are complete.
He said relatives of the victims
will be allowed to take their kin for
burial at the respective homes after
the prayers at the school.
Maanzo regretted the deaths of
his constituents and urged the
authorities to ensure no illegal
drinks found their way into drinking
outlets.
Authorities have since launched a
massive campaign to mop up the
killer brews from local bars to avert
further deaths
The county government has so
far spent more than Sh9m on burial
preparations and medical treatment
of over 310 victims of the lethal
brews.
According to the county Health
Executive Committee Member
Andrew Mulwa, the government has
met the cost of the caskets and will
provide transport for the bodies to
their respective burial sites.
By JOACKIM BWANA
and KELVIN KARANI
A magistrate has denied two
terrorism suspects bail, saying they
pose a threat to Kenyas security.
But the Mombasa magistrate
disallowed a prosecution request to
hold Ahmed Abdalla Ali Skanda and
Nassir Abdalla Ali Skanda for 90 days
without charge and ordered police to
complete their investigation in 20
days to enable formal indictment
and charges.
The two suspects were arrested
in Mombasa last Friday and police
have linked them to the May 3
detonation of an Improvised
Explosive Device (IED) behind Reef
Hotel in Mombasa.
With their arrest, anti-terrorism
police are now holding 23 terror
suspects, many linked to Al-Qaeda
and Al-Shabaab.
COMPELLING REASONS
These include Briton Jermaine
Grant and Jamaldin Thabit Yahya,
the latter who is accused of throwing
a grenade into a crowded nightclub
in Mombasa on May 15, 2012.
Only two terror suspects are free
on bail following the April 1 killing of
radical Islamist Sheikh Sharif
Abubakar alias Makaburi. Warda
Breik and Fuad Abubakar Manswab,
who are charged jointly with Grant,
were bailed out in 2012 but Fuad
absconded and ed to Somalia.
Yesterday, Mombasa Chief
Magistrate Maxwell Gicheru said the
prosecution side and the State
counsel had given compelling
reasons to extend the detention of
the two whom the defence wanted
set free on bond.
Gicheru said the two suspects are
being linked to high prole terror
group Al-Shabaab and releasing
them on bond would pose a security
threat to the country.
Lawyer Dennis Mabeya for the
two suspects, however, said they had
a right to be given bond as their
charge was bailable.
Killer brew
victims to be
buried today
Terror suspects
denied bail as
police seek time
MAKUENI COUNTY MOMBASA COUNTY
MOMBASA COUNTY
They cite Constitution,
which gives counties
control of resources
NEWS FEATURE / Page 35
By BRIGID CHEMWENO
When butchers think of throwing
bones away to clear their slaughter
houses, Jack Nyawanga, the founder
of Victorious Bones Craft in Kibera,
is ready to receive them. According
to him, the ugly and smelly discards
can be turned into a treasure that
has created employment for dozens
of youths in Kibera.
Nyawanga uses the cast-offs to
make a living. He makes kitchen-
ware, bottle openers, salt and
pepper shakers, pestles and mortars
and jewellery for export.
The team designs, creates and
distributes the beautiful items
made from bones and wood.
The noble idea has earned
Nyawanga and his group recogni-
tion. During the YouWin Awards
gala held on March 17 in Nairobi,
Victorious Bones Craft beat many
other entrants to emerge second
runners-up.
ENDORSED IT
The products, which are
processed in an iron-sheet structure
in Kiberas Soweto West area, are
exported to Finland and Canada.
The task of collecting foul-
smelling bones from slaughter
houses might sound pointless, but
the waste has opened up opportu-
nities for youths who would
otherwise have been idle. The
project has also trained hundreds of
others who have been able to nd
employment with various organisa-
tions in Nairobi.
In 2006, Nyawanga and 10
friends formed a group that
launched the venture that has
created livelihoods for several
youths in the slums.
The idea of starting a bone craft
centre struck me and I presented it
to the group who endorsed it. We
started putting aside some money
from 2006, contributing Sh100 every
week. We saved enough to purchase

Beautiful ornaments made from bones
a bench grinder that cost Sh30,000.
The machine is used to cut the
bones, drill and also smoothen the
sculptures, Nyawanga told The
Standard from his workshop in
Kibera.
He says they get the bones from
slaughter houses in
Kiserian, Dagoretti and
Eastleigh among other
areas. They also
collect bones from
garbage heaps with the
aim of promoting a
clean environment
besides improving their
livelihoods. The group plays a big
role in waste management by
collecting and recycling bones.
We keep the environment clean
by removing bones that could have
piled up. And bones from the
slaughter houses cost anything
Victorious Bone Craft team collects foul-
smelling bones from slaughter houses to create
employment for jobless youths in Kibera slums
NAIROBI COUNTY
from Sh30 all the way to Sh250 for a
big one from a camel. We also use
sheep and goat hooves, which we
buy for Sh10 each, he adds.
Victorious Bone Craft have
partnered with Bienzau Youth
Group, which supplies the wood.
Workers earn a monthly salary
of not less than Sh20,000. At the
moment, the workshop has 16
bench grinders and accommodates
25 artisans.
Most of the trained youths have
managed to buy their own ma-
chines and have employed others.
We trained ve youths, mostly
orphans, in three months. We used
to give them breakfast and lunch so
that they could stay on, Nyawanga
adds.
He says most of the youths are
school leavers who could not nd
jobs or go on with their education
while others are street children who
have been pushed to the streets by
a harsh life.
STREET LIFE
He says the workshop has been
of great help to youths in the slum,
many of whom would have engaged
in criminal activities.
Six street boys who trained at
the workshop are doing well. They
have abandoned street life and are
employed as artisans in the city,
says Jack.
The workshop has also become
a destination for tourists who
appreciate his work. Besides
exporting their nal products, the
group also sells the products at the
Maasai Market in Yaya Centre and
shops in the city.
The entrepreneur says the group
is planning to buy land and start a
big company to employ and train
more people. He sharpened his
entrepreneurial skills through
training programmes offered by
local NGOs and leadership work-
shops he has attended.
Nyawanga calls on youths not to
wait for jobs to come their way but
to create employment instead. He
says many young people have good
ideas but lack the patience required
in their haste to make quick money.
Our aim is to impact peoples
lives by empowering the poor who
can then improve their standards of
living, he concludes.
TOP: Some of the
items made by
artisans at
Victorious Bone
Craft. RIGHT:
Gerald Otieno
works with a
grinder to create
the items. BELOW:
Founder of the
group, Jack
Nyawanga,
displays a
runners-up trophy
they won last
year. [PHOTO:
JENIPHER
WACHIE/
STANDARD]
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C A H E 18
G E H J 26
J F D A 19
27 19 14 25
D G B C 22
Solution No. 1829
9 3 1 2 4 8 5 6 7
5 4 7 9 1 6 2 3 8
6 2 8 5 7 3 9 4 1
8 5 6 4 3 1 7 9 2
4 9 2 8 5 7 3 1 6
1 7 3 6 9 2 4 8 5
7 8 9 1 2 4 6 5 3
2 6 4 3 8 5 1 7 9
3 1 5 7 6 9 8 2 4
YESTERDAYS SOLUTION
STANDOKU Imejin
1830 MEDIUM
6 3
7
2
8 4
1 4 7
6 1
4 9
3 8
6 4 9
2 8 5
9 6 8 5
8 7
puzzling
38
Using all the letters
of the alphabet,
ll in the grid. To
help you, there are
three cryptic cross-
word-style clues:
Top line: Is this bird
a cowardly hitter?.
(1, 6, 6)
Middle line: Mad
to nag this famous
American Indian.
(2, 1, 5, 5)
Bottom line: Will
this actor pinch
part of the play? (1,
5- 7)
To start you off,
here is one of the
letters.
By Rosy Russell
All rows, columns and 3 by 3 grids
(dened by bold lines ) have the
numbers 1 to 9 appearing only once.
Some of the numbers have been en-
tered. Complete the whole table by
inserting the correct numbers.
Capricorn (Dec 22 - Jan 20)
This is a very good day for job-related
events. You may shine in your particular
job or find that a promotion is within
reach. You could represent your compa-
ny or communicate about your skills.
Aquarius (Jan 21 - Feb 19)
You could be teaching or in class today,
particularly regarding a new project or
style of working. The day is charged
with lots of energy and new beginnings.
Pisces (Feb 20 - Mar 20)
You have a quick thinking mind, which
is beneficial for investigative work. You
are able to sway others to your way of
thinking. Establishing a balance in your
life just now can be quite stressful.
Taurus (April 21 - May 20)
Channel your energies into your work
there is plenty of energy available for
accomplishing whatever you set out to
do today. Others may challenge some
of your ideas and it would be a good
time to discuss them .
Gemini (May 21 - June 21)
You like a conventional career. The
well-trodden path is where one can
find you. You may go out of your way to
conform and avoid the new, novel and
unconventional with great vigor.
Cancer
(June 22 - July 22)
You love to communicate and will pur-
sue a variety of conversations today.
The mental world appeals to you and
you are very discriminating, but ap-
preciative, when it comes to ideas and
thoughts, etc. You value good research.
In-depth discussions and probing con-
versations find you at your mental best.
Courtesy: dailyhoroscopes.com
YESTERDAYS SOLUTIONS
Horoscopes
Sudoku
Codeword Puzzle
(Mar 21 - April 20)
You could have the inclination
to engage in new projects. Care
should be taken when undertak-
ing anything new at this timeit
is best to act in a practical man-
ner.
DIFFICULT
The letters have a distinct
value between 1 to 9. The to-
tals vertically and horizontally
have been given. Solve all the
values.
NO 5190
NO 5189
A B C D E F G H J
9 7 1 6 8 2 3 5 4
YESTERDAYS SOLUTIONS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
H
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Q R E B O S
I H U C
Z N G A L M F X J K
V
P
Y
W
T
D
Leo (July 23 - Aug 22)
Things are happening in your career that will
become quite positive . . . A path will open
up and present some good opportunities for
you. This may mean a total change or a sim-
ple raise. It would be advisable to give your
future goals a lot of thought.
Virgo
(Aug 23 - Sept 23)
There is condence now to succeed at any
project you attempt. There could be a sud-
den loss in business but this is no fault of
your own. Oddly enough this is a time in
which you may increase nances through
some unexpected avenue.
Libra
(Sept 24 - Oct 23)
Circumstances may appear to bring some
very sensitive issues to your attention.
Changes you want to make may be chal-
lenged by someone close to you or by events.
Scorpio
(Oct 24 - Nov 22)
A co-worker condes in you this morning.
You seem to be able to calm others and pass
on some of your philosophy to those who
may have lost their way. You are expressive
today. You should enjoy great success and
attention through your profession.
Sagittarius
(Nov 23 - Dec 21)
Fortunately, this day is not as challenging
as others this week. However, because you
are mentally in high gear most of the time, a
slack or slowdown in work can result in neg-
ative thinking.
Aries
39
puzzling
Across
4 Entry (6)
7 Forsakes (8)
8 Frightens (6)
10 Colour (5)
13 Have on as clothing (4)
14 Croon (4)
15 Snake sound (4)
16 Male swan (3)
17 Surprise attack (4)
19 Religious image (4)
21 Staff (9)
23 Roster (4)
24 Knit with this (4)
26 Wager (3)
27 Make beer (4)
29 Aircraf manoeuvre
(4)
32 Pronounce indistinctly
(4)
33 Not drunk (5)
34 Hand tool (6)
35 Sanctions (8)
36 Dazed state (6)
Down
1 1 Suspends (5)
2 Shelter (5)
3 Middle East port (4)
4 Donkeys (5)
5 Tea, slang (4)
6 Behave harshly towards
(4,2)
9 Gambling place (6)
11 Rend (3)
12 Wading bird (5)
13 Bereaved husband (7)
15 Belonging to him (3)
16 Mountain pass (3)
18 Suitable for crops (6)
20 Musical instrument
(5)
21 Container (3)
22 At present (3)
23 Rue (6)
25 Enemy (3)
28 Measuring stick (5)
30 Very fat (5)
31 Iron (5)
32 Exchange (4)
33 Present to view, ex-
hibit (4)
ACROSS: 1, Rubber 7, Airliner 8, Zinc 10, Soiree 11, Subtle 14, Put 16, Mason 17, Most 19,
Rider 21, Raven 22, Genie 23, Cost 26, Susan 28, Sad 29, Arises 30, Famine 31, Amen
32, Bulletin 33, Goatee.
DOWN: 1, Ransom 2, Beirut 3, Race 4, Albumen 5, Gnats 6, Preen 8, Zips 9, Net 12, Bar
13, Lotus 15, Livid 18, Occur 19, Ran 20, Dee 21, Reneges 22, Gas 23, Camera 24, Odin
25, Treble 26, Samba 27, Silly 28, Sam 30, Fang.
YESTERDAYS EASY SOLUTIONS
Easy Puzzle
ACROSS
1 A prince at bridge? (6)
7 The cost can include 50 notes,
one gathers (8)
8 Frank is no bber (6)
10 Nominally, it could be mislead-
ing (5)
13 You can do this for yourself (4)
14 Water in a cup on demand (4)
15 Hold it for the photographer (4)
16 Some part of Germany (3)
17 Less than average state (4)
19 The desire of a woolly-headed
six-footer (4)
21 Prepared papers on art, being
extra useful (5,4)
23 New cast for a show (4)
24 In Ireland, time for love (4)
26 Fix with something sticky (3)
27 Tread a measure? (4)
29 It may well be a piece of cake
(4)
32 On some days, sailors do their
mending (4)
33 See about getting in the wa-
ter (5)
34 Putting current into a line is no
problem (6)
35 Foreigner of a socially superior
strain, possibly (8)
36 Little hole a viewer is allowed to
use? (6)
DOWN
1 1 In the book for a punch-up?
(5)
2 Clear line in drawing (5)
3 Are there eleven at bingo? (4)
4 A females cricket trophy? (5)
5 Get friendly with James (4)
6 Dislike being made to go again
(6)
9 Dissipate any woe in unique style
(3,3)
11 Sleepy wood? (3)
12 Make tting to a gure? (5)
13 To the listener, a commanding
quartet (7)
15 By receiving a service when
youre a reader (3)
16 Little creature very hard on
Adam (3)
18 A Slavs possibly a humble fel-
low (6)
20 A ruddy girl got promoted! (5)
21 Someone like Tom or Remus (3)
22 Dad has sof food (3)
23 Bird able to wreck any car (6)
25 All for a deity (3)
28 Specially nice mashed tater?
(5)
30 Angry girl hiding in cover (5)
31 Make a feast of a bone (5)
32 Face being laid up (4)
33 Oversupply in an artists ate-
lier (4)
ACROSS: 1, 1, Des-pot 7, AD-option 8, Nu-LL 10, Ace-tic 11, In form 14, Red 16, Cathy 17, Thor 19, Da-t-ed 21, B
one-r 22, Argo-N 23, Good 26, Tessa 28, Pu-g 29, Hyphen 30, Aisl-E-s 31, Pet-e 32, Mendable 33, D-edu-Ct.
DOWN: 2, 1, Depart 2, Pouter 3, Talc 4, Spencer 5, Pivot 6, Enemy 8, Nero 9, LID 12, F-ad. 13, Rh-I-no 15, Ma
or 18, Honey 19, Do-g 20, Ten 21, Braemar 22, Ash 23, Gus-Ted 24, O-gle 25, D-esert 26, Thyme 27, Spend 28,
Pie 30, A-p-Ed.
YESTERDAYS CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS
Cryptic Puzzle
WEIRD NEWS
Some people are always
grumbling because roses have
thorns; I am thankful that
thorns have roses.
Alphonse Karr
Pet shops in China are selling
out adorable Panda Dogs as
the country goes crazy for
the fluffy black-and-white
canines.
Despite their appearance, the
dogs are not new breed - but
common Chows which have
undergone a clever cosmetic
makeover.
In Chengdu city in southwest
Chinas Sichuan province, pet
shop owner Hsin Chen cannot
satisfy demand among the
countrys new middle class
who want the cute dogs as
pets.
Ten years ago the natural
instinct of a Chinese person
was to eat a dog. Now we are
like westerners and want one
as a companion, he said.
Hsin Chen said he had
perfected the technique of
making a Chow resemble a
panda - which is taking China
by storm.
A bit of careful grooming and
colouring a chow turns it into
a panda dog in about two
hours.
Mirror Online
Pet shops sell out panda dogs as China goes crazy
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
FOX CINEPLEX SARIT CENT RE,
WESTLANDS
SCREEN I NON STOP (PG) At 11.00am, THE
OTHER WOMAN (U16) At 1.45pm, 6.45pm,
AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2 IN 3D (PG) At
4.00pm, 2 STATES (U16) At 9.00pm
SCREEN II AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2 IN
3D (PG) At 11.00am, 1.45pm, 6.40pm,
9.15pm, THE OTHER WOMAN (U16) At
4.30pm.
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SCREEN I RIO 2 (GE) At 11.30am,
1.30pm. NON STOP (PG 13) At 3.30pm, THE
OTHER WOMAN (16) At 6.00pm,
SCREEN II THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER
MITTY (PG) At 3.00pm, 6.00pm, 8.30pm
NYALI CINEMAX MOMBASA
SCREEN I THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2 3D
At 6.30pm, THE OTHER WOMAN At 6.45pm,
NON STOP At 9.00pm, THE AMAZING
SPIDERMAN 2 2D At 9.15pm.
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North Rift regionKenyas grain bas-
ket and rising incidents of terrorist
attacks could further dampen eco-
nomic prospects this year.
Cowan argues that though eco-
nomic growth appears to have picked
up marginally during the rst half of
2014, infrastructure constraints re-
main amongst the major issues of
concern in the country.
In the recent years we have had
a strong on-going basis of service
sector driven growth. With steady
support from manufacturing sector
our basic assumptions is that this re-
By JAMES ANYANZWA
Citibank expects Kenyan econo-
my to grow by 5.5 per cent this year
supported by growth in the manufac-
turing and services sector.
This is compared to a growth rate
of 4.7 per cent last year.
But the Governments plan to re-
vise its calculations of the gross do-
mestic product (GDP) could see the
total value of all goods and services
produced in the country rise by an
estimated 15-20 per cent this year,
according to the US-based nancial
conglomerate.
The provisional indications are
that the revision will be around 15 to
20 per cent. This would increase GDP
in 2013 to around $50-53 billion
(Sh4.35 trillion to Sh4.611 trillion)
from our estimate of its current level
of around $44.1 billion Sh3.84 trillion
in 2013, says David Cowan, the
banks Head Economist for Africa.
According to Citi, the economy is
unlikely to grow at 5.8 per cent as
projected by the National Treasury.
The bank says the economy is
grappling with serious challenges in-
cluding drought, infrastructure con-
straints and insecurity, which have a
negative impact on tourism and the
wider corporate investments.
Mr Cowan says the rebound in
economic activities after last years
general elections has been weaker
Citibank, however,
warns that infrastructure
constraint is still very
much an issue holding a
growth pick up
than expected. He says the economic
growth prospects could also be un-
dermined by food price ination,
which is potentially picking up.
CONSTRAINT
We at Citibank forecast a growth
of 5.5 per cent in 2014 rising to 6.1 per
cent in 2015 but infrastructure con-
straint is still very much an issue
holding a growth pick up, he said.
This comes amid fears that poor
rainfall which has hit most of the
countrys agricultural areas during
this crucial planting, including the
Growth
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Wyndham Hotel Group
to expand into Kenya
Wyndham Hotel Group, the
worlds largest hotel company
with about 7,500 hotels and
part of Wyndham Worldwide
Corporation, has announced
plans to expand into Kenya
after signing a franchise
agreement for Ramada
Nairobi, the rst Wyndham
Hotel Group property in the
country. Ramada Nairobi will
be owned and managed by
Global Hotels Management
Africa Ltd, an afliate of Global
Hotels Management, which
already operates the Ramada
Hotel & Suites Ras Al Khaimah
in the United Arab Emirates.
Wyndham Hotel Groups Senior
Vice President and Managing
Director for Europe, Middle
East, Africa and Indian Ocean
Rui Barros said that the group
continually seeks to expand
its portfolio of hotel brands
in high-demand markets like
Kenya, where the oil and gas
industries are growing rapidly.
Emirates to increase
ights to Seychelles
Dubai-based Emirates Airline
plans to increase its service
to the Seychelles through its
hub in Dubai, starting October
28. Senior Vice President,
Commercial Operations,
Latin America, Central and
Southern Africa Orhan Abbas,
said the airlines decision
to commit two additional
scheduled ights a week is a
clear indication of customer
demand, both for its award-
winning product and the
wealth of attractions that
the popular destination has
to offer. Emirates expanded
schedule provides better
connectivity and a wider
choice for our customers
connecting through Dubai.
These additional seats every
week are central to helping us
meet the growing demand and
support the Seychelles tourism
industry, he added.
Kenya coffee prices fall
at latest auction
Kenyan coffee prices fell at an
auction yesterday as buyers
have enough stockpiles. The
average price fell 5.2 per
cent to $178.08 for a 50-
kilogramme (110-pound) bag
from $187.80 a week earlier,
the Nairobi Coffee Exchange
said. The benchmark AA
grade fell 12 per cent to an
average of $268.61 a bag,
it said. There wasnt much
demand as people already
have stocks, Mansukh Shah, a
coffee trader at Alanwood Ltd.
said by phone from Nairobi.
The quality was quite good.
Sales fell 59 per cent to 1,740
bags worth $378,901, the
exchange said. Supplies at the
auction rose 0.9 percent to
22,941 bags from 22,731 bags,
it said.
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mains broadly unchanged, Cowan
told The Standard in an interview.
So we think the key to forecast-
ing growth is have a rm view on the
more variable growth factors around
this, he added.
TARGETED GROWTH
It is argued that Kenyans are reap-
ing the gains of a smooth political
dispensation and sound macroeco-
nomic conditions, but much more
remains to be done to achieve the
targeted growth rate of 10 per cent
envisaged in Vision 2030.
Kenyas economic performance
last year fell below expectations with
the level of economic activities in the
country staggering at an average
growth rate of 4.6 per cent.
Apparently, East Africas largest
economy is now trailing its counter-
parts in the region, growing at a pace,
which is slower than that of Uganda
(5.6pc), Tanzania (7pc) and Rwanda
7.5 per cent.
By MARGARET KANINI
Kenya is grappling with severe
skilled manpower shortage that puts
the country at risk of failing to meet
growth prospects as envisaged under
Vision 2030.
The scarcity of skilled manpower
in the various economic sectors has
seen companies import skills, which
they pay a premium rate compared to
what it would cost them to hire a lo-
cal expertise.
According to a survey released by
auditing rm, Ernst and Young, the
blame lies on an ineffective education
system, which has not imparted the
requisite skills as per demands of the
job market.
The report launched yesterday
says that the costs incurred are un-
bearable and eat into the companies
protability.
The report titled Realising Poten-
tial is based on a survey of talent
trends and practices in 224 organisa-
tions spanning 23 Sub-Saharan Afri-
can countries.
It warns that the skills limitation is
a threat to the growth of local talents
since the expatriates cannot spot and
develop local talent, a situation that
is likely to create cultural dissonance
and reduced employee engagements
among other vices.
Approximately one in three expats
in the executive positions and one in
ve of expats in other categories can
earn a premium three times more
than what their local counterparts
earn. Speaking during the launch of
the survey in Nairobi, yesterday, Da-
vid Storey, said there is therefore a
very low pool of potential talent to
take up management positions.
Besides, the shortage leads to
lack of a pool of intensive profession-
al and technical roles in Kenya and
the region, he explained who is a
partner with the audit rm.
He cited weak managerial and skill
transfers in Kenya and the region to
the current scarcity of talented man-
power. This has in turn increased the
need for expatriate services in the job
markets, he said.
Survey blames weak education system for shortage of skilled manpower
Kenyas economy projected
to expand by 5.5pc this year
Citibanks Head economist for Africa David Cowan says infrastructure
constraints remain amongst the major issues of concern in the country.
Kenyans are
reaping the gains of
a smooth political
dispensation
and sound
macroeconomic
conditions, but more
remains to done.
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environment, Mr Chirchir ex-
plained.
Ms Betty Maina, chief executive
officer of Kam, pointed out that
economic growth was being ham-
pered by expensive power.
She noted that manufacturing
has been contributing to Gross Do-
mestic Product growth at around
13 per cent but in recent times this
has gone down to 8.9 per cent and
the absence of expansion in the
sector has been constrained by en-
ergy.
No country has experienced
rapid industrialisation and pover-
ty eradication without energy.
The retail sector on the other
hand has grown due to informal
jobs, which we know are precari-
ous, so we need a backbone for this
industrialisation, which is manu-
facturing, she said.
Kenya Power Ltd Chief Execu-
tive Officer, Ben Chumo said they
were working to enhance the Nai-
robi South Region, which compris-
es of many industrial consumers.
We have specific areas of focus
that we are currently rehabilitat-
ing our existing network starting
with where we get the most of our
revenue and where the economy
would hurt most if energy were to
fail. That is why we started with
the Nairobi South Region, he
said
He disclosed that the network
serving this area would have one
more shutdown before the end of
the month to finish the rehabilita-
tion plans. Dr Chumo also out-
lined ongoing developments
around the country, adding that in
Nairobi the company has 14 new
substations.
MAJOR INVESTMENTS
Nairobi is the hub of the econ-
omy and your major investments
are based here, nine are in western
Kenya, six in mount Kenya region
and two in the coastal region, he
said.
Other developments include the
move to smart grids, which will
help Kenya Power staff identify
problem spots and solve problems
faster and two-way transmission
meter to help detect tampering.
Top consumers
to get dedicated
electricity lines
Cabinet Secretary for Energy
and Petroleum, Davis Chirchir has
outlined a new energy expansion
plan for the countrys biggest in-
dustrial power consumers.
He promised the top 200 indus-
trial consumers dedicated power
lines that would be exclusively for
their use. Mr Chirchir also prom-
ised more reliable power with geo-
thermal power coming into the
grid soon.
We want to give you better base
load power power which is avail-
able at all times like now there
have been failed rains, he said at
a forum organised in Nairobi by
Kenya Association of Manufactur-
ers (Kam) for the top 100 consum-
ers.
Chirchir observed that expen-
sive energy was running down the
countrys industrial sector. The
meeting is part of a series of road
shows held by Kenya Power Ltd
around the country in the last few
months on upcoming energy
plans.
The event comes at a time when
Nairobi is preparing to host the
first conference and exhibition
that seeks to stir debate on local
content in the upstream oil and gas
industry in the Eastern Africa re-
gion next month.
Organised by Oil and Energy
Services, the Oil and Energy Ser-
vices Local Content Convention
(OES LCC), the three-day event
slated for June 25 to 27 will bring
together over 400 local, regional
By MACHARIAKAMAU
The Energy Regulatory Com-
mission has marginally changed
the retail price of petroleum
products this month. The mar-
ginal increase prompted by a
weak shilling saw this months
price for diesel increased by
Sh0.89 a litre, with petrol and
kerosene rising by Sh0.57 and
Sh0.35 per litre respectively, ac-
cording to ERCs monthly guide
that dictate maximum retail
prices for commonly used pe-
troleum products.
The energy industry regula-
tor forecast that prices would
largely remain stable due to a
relatively steady import prices
over the month of April.
Following the latest adjust-
ment, it means that super petrol
will retail at Sh114.73 per litre in
Nairobi compared to last
months Sh114.16. Diesel will
now retail at Sh104.71 while
kerosene will retail at Sh82.81.
During April, average price
of crude was $107.95 per barrel,
a slight reduction from $108.30
per barrel in March. The local
currency held steady against
world major currencies, trading
at an average of Sh86.75 against
the dollar on average in April,
which is comparable to Sh86.51
in March to reect a modest
drop. Petroleum products are
among the largest imports by
the country.
According to the Kenya Na-
tional Bureau of Statistics, Ke-
nya last year spent Sh23.7 bil-
lion on average a month on fuel
products.
According to the release, the
international price of murban
crude for the month of April
dropped by 0.32 per cent, while
the shilling exchange rate to the
dollar weakened by slightly over
0.28 per cent during the review
period.
Chirchir says the plan
is to ensure power is
available to top 200
industrial consumers
at all times
and international industry partic-
ipants.
They will discuss ways of devel-
oping the capabilities and compet-
itiveness of indigenous businesses
and workforce in the sector.
Its a very exciting time for the
local industry and we are looking
forward to the exchange of new
and fresh ideas that will enable the
country to harness the many op-
portunities that abound, Oil and
Energy Services Chief Executive
Officer Mwendia Nyaga said.
It is estimated that industrial-
ists consume 60 per cent of elec-
tricity generated in the country.
TOP TEN CONSUMERS
Average consumption ranges
from Sh200 million and the top ten
consumers use 10 per cent of the
power generated every day in the
country.
The CS said a matrix had been
developed to ensure that the two
upcoming coal plants which will
produce 960 MW each in Lamu and
Kitui would not be a threat to the
environment.
Because of our geothermal ad-
vantage in Kenya we are fairly
green with 61 per cent renewable
energy. We deliver fairly clean
power without endangering the
Because of
our geothermal
advantage in Kenya
we are fairly green
with 61 per cent
renewable energy,
Cabinet Secretary for Energy
and Petroleum, Davis Chirchir.

Kenya Airports Authority (KAA)
has signed a deal with global airline
caterer LSG Sky Chefs Consortium to
provide in-ight catering at Jomo Ke-
nyatta International Airport (JKIA).
The rm becomes the second in-
ight caterer for airlines operating
from the facility after NAS, which has
solely operated at JKIA for many
years.
Speaking during the signing of the
lease, building and concessional
agreements with LSG Sky Chefs Con-
sortium, KAA Managing Director Lu-
cy Mbugua said that besides offering
catering services to airlines operating
from JKIA, the move also has signi-
cant importance to the authority and
economy.
It will enable KAA to generate ad-
ditional income from concession fees
and land rental to the second in-ight
caterer, which will boost the propor-
tion of the authoritys income from
non-aeronautical streams.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Economy will also benet from
the investment of over Sh435 million
($5m) and generating many job op-
portunities, Ms Mbugua added.
With the naming of a second in-
ight caterer, JKIA joins other facili-
ties in the continent of comparable
size that have more than one airline
catering unit.
This includes O.R. Tambo Interna-
tional Airport in Johannesburg and
Cape Town International Airport,
both in South Africa, and Cairo Inter-
national Airport in Egypt.
The anticipated competition is ex-
pected to translate into improved
quality of service.
LSG Sky Chefs Consortium is one
of the in-ight caterers at the O.R.
Tambo International Airport in Jo-
hannesburg and Cape Town Interna-
tional Airport in Cape Town, both in
South Africa.
The rm is also a service provider
at Murtala Muhammed International
Airport in Lagos, Nigeria.
JKIA inks in-flight
catering deal with
global company
Weak shilling helps push
up retail pump prices
Energy and Petroleum Cabinet secretary Davis Chirchir says that expensive
power risks running down the industrial sector. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]
USDOLLAR EURO
BUY SELL MARG BUY SELL MARG
AB C 87.10 87.30 0.20 119.33 119.76 0.43
EQUITY 87.20 87.30 0.10 119.60 119.76 0.16
I & M 87.10 87.30 0.20 119.47 119.76 0.29
DIAMONDTRUST 87.15 87.25 0.10 119.54 119.69 0.15
NI C 87.10 87.30 0.20 119.33 119.76 0.43
ECOBANK 87.10 87.35 0.25 119.53 119.82 0.29
1ST COMMUNITY 87.20 87.30 0.10 119.60 119.76 0.16
PRIME 87.15 87.35 0.20 119.53 119.82 0.29
MIDDLEEAST 87.10 87.35 0.25 119.53 119.82 0.29
CFC STANBIC 87.15 87.35 0.20 119.41 119.70 0.29
CITIBANK 87.10 87.35 0.25 119.53 119.83 0.30
C B A 87.15 87.35 0.20 119.49 119.86 0.37
NB K 87.15 87.35 0.20 119.49 119.86 0.37
BARCLAYS 87.15 87.35 0.20 119.53 119.83 0.30
STANDARD 87.05 87.25 0.20 119.56 119.85 0.29
KC B 87.10 87.30 0.20 119.47 119.77 0.30
BOA 87.15 87.35 0.20 119.40 119.55 0.15
CO-OP 87.05 87.25 0.20 119.40 119.69 0.29
USDOLLAR 87.2208
STGPOUND 146.9647
EURO 119.6219
SARAND 8.4635
KES/ USHS 28.8693
KES/ TSHS 18.9176
KES/ RWF 7.7734
KES/ BIF 17.7713
AEDIRHAM 23.7468
CAN$ 79.9666
SFRANC 98.0992
JPY(100) 85.3327
SW KRONER 13.3696
NOR KRONER 14.6939
DANKRONER 16.0284
IND RUPEE 1.4663
HONGKONGDOLLAR 11.2523
SINGAPOREDOLLAR 69.8074
SAUDI RIYAL 23.2561
CHINESEYUAN 14.0036
AUSTRALIAN$ 82.0269
Source: Central Bank
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Alpha Forex BureauLtd 86.80 88.00 1.20 119.00 121.50 2.50
Amal Express Forex Bureau 86.80 87.50 0.70 115.00 120.00 5.00
Amana Forex BureauLtd 86.50 87.70 1.20 119.00 120.90 1.90
Arcade Forex BureauLtd 86.50 87.50 1.00 118.00 120.00 2.00
Aristocrats Forex Bureau 86.00 88.00 2.00 118.00 121.00 3.00
Bamburi Forex BureauLtd 86.00 88.00 2.00 118.00 122.00 4.00
Bay Forex Bureau(NBI) Ltd 87.00 87.40 0.40 119.60 122.00 2.40
Bogani Forex BureauLtd 85.10 89.20 4.10 117.10 122.30 5.20
Cashline Forex BureauLtd 86.50 88.50 2.00 118.00 123.00 5.00
Central Forex BureauLtd 86.90 88.10 1.20 118.80 120.50 1.70
Classic Forex BureauLtd 86.30 87.80 1.50 117.80 120.70 2.90
Commercial Forex Bureau 87.00 87.70 0.70 119.00 122.00 3.00
Continental Forex Bureau 87.10 87.40 0.30 119.60 121.00 1.40
Cosmos Forex BureauLtd 87.10 87.70 0.60 119.00 121.00 2.00
Crater Forex BureauLtd 86.15 88.15 2.00 118.90 121.90 3.00
Crown BureauDe Change 86.30 88.00 1.70 118.50 121.00 2.50
Dalmar Exchange Bureau 86.80 87.30 0.50 118.00 122.00 4.00
Forex BureauAfroLtd 87.00 87.80 0.80 118.50 120.50 2.00
Gateway Forex BureauLtd 87.10 87.50 0.40 119.40 122.00 2.60
Giant Forex BureauLtd 85.75 87.60 1.85 115.00 122.00 7.00
Give andTake Forex Ltd 86.70 87.20 0.50 119.00 121.00 2.00
Glory Forex BureauLtd 87.10 87.50 0.40 119.60 123.50 3.90
GNK Forex BureauLtd 85.50 88.00 2.50 117.00 121.00 4.00
Hodan Global Forex Bureau 87.00 87.50 0.50 119.00 120.00 1.00
HurlinghamForex Bureau 85.90 87.40 1.50 116.50 120.50 4.00
Industrial Area Forex Ltd 85.00 88.00 3.00 114.00 122.00 8.00
IslandForex BureauLtd 86.90 87.30 0.40 119.20 119.80 0.60
Junction Forex BureauLtd 86.00 87.50 1.50 118.00 121.50 3.50
Kaah Forex BureauLtd 86.60 87.20 0.60 115.00 120.00 5.00
Kenza Exchange BureauLtd 86.00 88.00 2.00 119.00 121.00 2.00
Lache Forex BureauLtd 86.50 88.00 1.50 118.00 120.50 2.50
LeoForex BureauLtd 86.50 87.50 1.00 118.70 120.20 1.50
Link Forex BureauLtd 87.00 87.80 0.80 119.00 121.50 2.50
Maritime Forex BureauLtd 86.80 87.70 0.90 118.40 120.20 1.80
Metropolitan BureauLtd 85.50 89.00 3.50 117.00 123.00 6.00
Middletown Forex Bureau 87.00 87.50 0.50 119.00 121.00 2.00
Moneypoint Forex Bureau 86.00 87.00 1.00 116.00 122.00 6.00
Morgan Forex BureauLtd 87.00 87.50 0.50 119.50 120.50 1.00
Nairobi BureauLtd 86.00 88.00 2.00 119.00 123.00 4.00
Namanga Forex BureauLtd 83.00 88.00 5.00 115.00 125.00 10.00
Nawal Forex BureauLtd 86.00 87.50 1.50 118.50 122.00 3.50
Net Forex BureauLtd 86.80 87.40 0.60 119.00 120.50 1.50
Offshore Forex BureauLtd 86.90 87.50 0.60 119.00 121.00 2.00
Pacic Forex BureauLtd 87.00 87.60 0.60 119.40 121.50 2.10
Pearl Forex BureauLtd 86.50 87.30 0.80 118.40 119.80 1.40
Pel Forex BureauLtd 86.50 88.00 1.50 119.00 121.00 2.00
Penguin Forex Bureau Ltd 86.80 87.50 0.70 118.00 121.00 3.00
UNIT TRUSTS 13/05/14
More students to join KCAU entrepreneurship centre
KCA University has enhanced capacity of its Centre for Entrepreneurship
and Leadership so as to cater for more learners. The centre, located at
KCAUs main Thika Road campus, serves as a central resource for business
incubation and development for its students, most of whom have grown
into independent entrepreneurs. It has mentored several students into
developing their enterprises in new and innovative ways, says Vice
Chancellor Prof Noah Midamba. The main objective of the centre is to
create leaders through entrepreneurial thinking, he adds. The centre
also helps improve management abilities of business leaders, who enroll,
through building new business relationship and expanding their networks.
The co-ordinator Joshua Nyagidi, explained that the centre brings together
graduates of KCAU to mentor current students.
HIGH LOW AGRICULTURAL
31.00 21.00 Eaagads Ltd Ord 1.25 AIMS 29.50 29.75 1,600
124.00 80.00 Kakuzi Ltd Ord.5.00 116.00 -
167.00 110.00 Kapchorua Tea Co. Ltd Ord Ord 5.00 AIMS 143.00 -
625.00 450.00 The Limuru Tea Co. Ltd Ord 20.00 AIMS 620.00 -
30.00 19.40 Rea Vipingo Plantations Ltd Ord 5.00 27.50 -
19.95 11.25 Sasini Ltd Ord 1.00 16.75 16.85 10,300
350.00 210.00 Williamson Tea Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 AIMS 287.00 288.00 2,100
AUTOMOBILES&ACCESSORIES
50.00 21.00 Car & General (K) Ltd Ord 5.00 33.25 33.25 700
- - CMC Holdings Ltd Ord 0.50 13.50 -
13.50 9.00 Marshalls (E.A.) Ltd Ord 5.00 9.20 -
8.90 4.50 Sameer Africa Ltd Ord 5.00 9.00 8.55 112,300
BANKING
19.15 15.00 Barclays Bank of Kenya Ltd Ord 0.50 17.00 17.00 753,000
140.00 54.00 CFC Stanbic of Kenya Holdings Ltd ord.5.00 138.00 135.00 64,700
248.00 141.00 Diamond Trust Bank Kenya Ltd Ord 4.00 233.00 235.00 9,300
42.25 29.50 Equity Bank Ltd Ord 0.50 40.75 41.00 2,989,700
39.00 22.00 Housing Finance Co.Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 36.50 38.00 86,700
145.00 85.00 I&M Holdings Ltd Ord 1.00 128.00 -
51.00 35.50 Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd Ord 1.00 49.00 48.75 4,047,700
39.25 18.50 National Bank of Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 30.25 31.25 30,100
68.00 48.50 NIC Bank Ltd Ord 5.00 59.50 59.50 11,500
340.00 271.00 Standard Chartered Bank (K) Ord 5.00 306.00 305.00 1,000
25.00 14.50 The Co-operative Bank of Kenya Ord 1.00 24.00 23.25 355,900
COMMERCIALANDSERVICES
5.10 3.40 Express Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 AIMS 4.95 4.75 4,800
- - Hutchings Biemer Ltd Ord 5.00 20.25 -
14.70 8.30 Kenya Airways Ltd Ord 5.00 12.40 12.35 149,600
16.50 5.00 Longhorn Kenya Ltd Ord 1.00 AIMS 12.85 -
400.00 271.00 Nation Media Group Ltd Ord. 2.50 316.00 310.00 2,100
247.00 44.00 Scangroup Ltd Ord 1.00 47.00 46.75 4,900
39.00 24.50 Standard Group Ltd Ord 5.00 34.75 33.25 13,800
56.50 40.00 TPS Eastern Africa Ltd Ord 1.00 40.75 40.75 10,300
24.00 14.00 Uchumi Supermarket Ltd Ord 5.00 14.00 14.20 118,300
CONSTRUCTION&ALLIED
98.50 60.00 ARM Cement Ltd Ord 1.00 84.50 85.00 59,100
225.00 170.00 Bamburi Cement Ltd Ord 5.00 175.00 175.00 68,100
96.00 75.00 Crown Paints Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 95.50 93.00 1,100
18.00 13.80 E.A.Cables Ltd Ord 0.50 14.95 15.80 41,700
110.00 56.50 E.A.Portland Cement Co. Ltd Ord 5.00 95.50 -
ENERGY&PETROLEUM
17.90 10.00 KenGen Co. Ltd Ord. 2.50 11.35 11.30 215,300
11.80 7.90 KenolKobil Ltd Ord 0.05 8.90 8.90 531,300
20.75 13.50 Kenya Power & Lighting Co Ltd Ord 2.50 14.80 14.80 143,700
- - Kenya Power & Lighting Ltd 4% Pref 20.00 8.00
5.50 5.50 Kenya Power & Lighting Ltd 7% Pref 20.00 5.50
28.75 12.65 Total Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 25.50 27.00 3,300
13.00 13.00 Umeme Ltd Ord 0.50 13.00
INSURANCE
20.00 7.30 British-American Investments Co.Ord 0.10 17.70 17.75 587,600
12.20 4.20 CIC Insurance Group Ltd Ord.1.00 11.40 11.10 1,354,800
325.00 217.00 Jubilee Holdings Ltd Ord 5.00 312.00 311.00 11,500
21.00 13.10 Kenya Re Insurance Corporation Ord 2.50 20.00 20.00 2,115,200
23.00 9.20 Liberty Kenya Holdings Ltd Ord.1.00 21.75 22.00 90,300
145.00 51.50 Pan Africa Insurance Holdings Ord 5.00 134.00 133.00 6,500
INVESTMENT
41.00 17.05 Centum Investment Co Ltd Ord 0.50 38.50 38.50 103,600
6.00 3.50 Olympia Capital Holdings Ltd Ord 5.00 4.70 4.75 24,600
37.75 20.00 Trans-Century Ltd Ord 0.50 AIMS 24.25 24.50 109,700
MANUFACTURING&ALLIED
- - A.Baumann & Co Ltd Ord 5.00 AIMS 11.10 -
190.00 100.00 B.O.C Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 140.00 139.00 105,700
635.00 521.00 British American Tobacco (K) Ord 10.00 600.00 600.00 200
67.50 30.50 Carbacid Investments Ltd Ord 1.00 33.00 33.25 44,100
426.00 212.00 East African Breweries Ltd Ord 2.00 303.00 299.00 39,000
3.90 1.90 Eveready East Africa Ltd Ord.1.00 3.60 3.55 24,300
7.90 4.40 Kenya Orchards Ltd Ord 5.00 AIMS 7.90 -
5.05 2.85 Mumias Sugar Co. Ltd Ord 2.00 3.15 3.15 846,900
27.50 14.00 Unga Group Ltd Ord 5.00 26.00 26.00 5,500
TELECOMMUNICATION&TECHNOLOGY
13.40 6.15 Safaricom Ltd Ord 0.05 12.90 12.85 4,138,900
GROWTH ENTERPRISEMARKETSEGMENT(GEMS)
25.00 4.40 Home Afrika Ltd Ord 1.00 5.15 5.15 820,200
13/05/14
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MONEY FUNDS Daily Yield E. A. Rate
British-American MoneyMarket Fund 8.04% 8.37%
ICEA MONEY MARKETFUND 8.32% 8.68%
Madison Asset MoneyMarket Fund 9.16% 9.56%
Old Mutual MoneyMarket Fund 6.37% 6.56%
CBA MoneyMarket Fund 5.88% 6.05%
OTHER FUNDS Buy Sell
British-American EquityFund 202.52 208.96
British-American Balanced Fund 192.29 197.91
British-American Bond Plus Fund 145.34 148.31
British-American Managed Retirement Fund 134.36 135.50
ICEA BONDFUND 99.58 100.58
ICEA EQUITY FUND 140.63 148.04
ICEA GROWTH FUND 140.66 148.06
Madison Asset Balanced Fund 70.42 74.31
Madison Asset EquityFund 56.50 60.30
Old Mutual EquityFund 379.76 406.90
Old Mutual Balanced Fund/Toboa 155.49 165.57
Old Mutual East Africa Fund 150.82 159.62
Old Mutual Bond Fund 102.37 104.80
Commercial Bank of Africa EquityFund 156.17 165.78
Shilling weakens
on forex demand
Kenyan frms, who have many
foreigners among their
shareholders, usually buy dollars
mid-year to pay annual dividends
NAIROBI, WEDNESDAY
The shilling weakened on Tuesday due to de-
mand for dollars from corporate clients, while
shares fell as investors booked prots.
It closed at 87.25/35 against the dollar, weak-
er than Mondays close of 87.05/15.
Traders said the currency could weaken to-
wards 87.50/70 in the next few days, barring any
aggressive action by the central bank to curb vol-
atility in the exchange rate.
The bank has frequently mopped up excess
liquidity from the market using repurchase
agreements in recent months, helping to main-
tain stability in the exchange rate.
Kenyan rms, who have many foreigners
among their shareholders, usually buy dollars
mid-year to pay annual dividends, adding to the
demand for dollars from importers in the energy
and manufacturing sectors.
The mop-ups help for a while, but the shil-
ling still has a weak bias in the coming days be-
cause of renewed corporate demand, said
Sheikh Mehran, senior trader at Kenya Commer-
cial Bank (KCB).
Mehran said the demand for dollars was from
companies seeking to pay dividends to their par-
ent companies abroad, importers as well as from
government suppliers who have been paid for
rendering an assorted range of services.
The government is paying various contrac-
tors, and this is happening as we head to the end
of the scal year in June, and some of the con-
tractors are buying dollars, Mehran said.
The benchmark NSE 20 Share Index shed
2.82 points to stand at 4,975.39 with turnover
doubling from Mondays trading, driven partly
by stronger foreign investor participation.
BOOKED PROFIT
KCB led shares lower, falling 4 per cent to
Sh47 after investors booked prot following a
rally in the stock triggered by a 31 per cent rise
in rst-quarter pretax prot reported in April.
The countrys biggest telecoms operator and
index-heavyweight Safaricom also fell to
Sh12.85 from Sh12.90. The share has been an
investor favourite in recent weeks leading up to
its results published on Monday, when it report-
ed a 23.8 per cent rise in annual core prots.
There was a lot of expectation on Safari-
com, but investors are now locking in gains and
are exiting the counter, said Moses Waireri,
head of research at Sterling Investment Bank.
KCB has had a good run and appears fully-
valued at Sh50, and it fell on the day. The move-
ment of the two had a big impact on the mar-
ket.
Reuters
By NICHOLAS WAITATHU
Remittances from Kenyans in the Diaspora
increased by 16 per cent to Sh10.2 billion
($119.6 million) in March compared to Sh8.8
billion the same period last year.
Data released by the Central Bank of Kenya
(CBK) yesterday indicates the 12 month cumu-
lative remittance inows also increased by 12.2
per cent from Sh101.4 billion ($1.18 billion) in
March 2013 to Sh113.7 billion ($1.3 billion) in
March 2014.
The 12 month cumulative average remit-
tance ows have sustained an upward trend
reaching Sh9.4 billion ($110.3 million) from an
average of Sh8.4 billion ($98.3 million) in March
2013, states the CBK remittance report.
In the review period CBK states that remit-
tance inows by source market remittances re-
mained resilient, with North America Account-
ing for 51.4 per cent of total inows accounting
to Sh5.2 billion ($61.42 million) in March
2014.
Inows from Europe accounted for 25 per
cent and amounted to Sh2.5 billion ($29.95 mil-
lion), while inows from the rest of the world
amounted to Sh2.4 billion ($28.22 million), with
a share of 23.6 per cent. Diaspora remittances,
along with tourism, tea and horticulture are
among Kenyas leading foreign exchange earn-
ers.
Most of the money sent by Kenyans in the
Diaspora is now being used to fund investment
projects, a move that has attracted local com-
panies, especially in the banking sector. World
Bank estimates Kenyans in the Diaspora to be
approximately 500,000.
Local banks like Kenya Commercial Bank,
Equity, Chase and Cooperative banks already
offer their banking services to the diaspora
community. Huge percentage of the remittanc-
es are invested in the property market and in
Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE).
Diaspora remittances have maintained an
upward trend in the country over the recent
past thus contributing signicantly to the coun-
trys foreign exchange inows.
However, concerns over remittances made
through informal channels have arisen due to
the global challenges of money laundering and
terrorism nancing. Central Bank of Kenya Act
was amended in October 2012 to make provi-
sion for the licensing and supervision of stand-
alone money remittance provider
Diaspora remittances in relative
increase, hit Sh10.2b in March
The mop-ups help for
a while, but the shilling still
has a weak bias in the coming
days because of renewed
corporate demand,
Sheikh Mehran, senior trader at KCB
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NEWS OF THE
Nigeria signals readiness to
talk with Boko Haram rebels
Nigerians take part in a protest demanding for the release of secondary school girls abducted from the remote village
of Chibok, in Abuja. [PHOTO: REUTERS]
ABUJA, Wednesday
Nigeria signalled a willingness to
negotiate with Islamist militants
holding more than 200 schoolgirls, a
month after the kidnapping that has
provoked global outrage.
The window of negotiation is
still open, Minister of Special Duties
Tanimu Turaki told Reuters.
He was speaking a day after Boko
Haram leader Abubakar Shekau
posted a video offering to release the
girls in exchange for prisoners held
by the government.
Senior ofcials say the govern-
ment is exploring options and has
made no commitment to negotia-
tions for the release of the girls.
Turaki declined to comment on
possible talks over the kidnapping it-
self. Instead, he referred to an am-
nesty committee he heads, set up by
President Goodluck Jonathan to talk
to the Boko Haram militants behind
a ve-year-old insurgency.
GLOBAL OUTRAGE
The committees initial six-month
mandate expired without holding di-
rect talks with the rebels, though it
has spoken to them through proxies.
It has since been replaced by a stand-
ing committee empowered to con-
duct talks, ofcials said.
Boko Haram has killed thousands
of people since 2009 and destabi-
lised parts of northeast Nigeria, the
country with Africas largest popula-
tion and biggest economy.
The abductions have triggered a
worldwide social media campaign
under the Twitter hashtag #Bring-
BackOurGirls, and prompted the US,
PRETORIA, Wednesday
A South African court ordered
Olympic and Paralympic track star
Oscar Pistorius to undergo evaluation
for mental illness a move which
could determine whether he lacked
criminal capacity when he shot dead
his girlfriend.
The prosecution had asked for the
evaluation after a psychiatrist told the
court on Monday that Pistorius, who
is on trial for the murder of Reeva
Steenkamp on February 14 last year,
suffered from an anxiety disorder.
Prosecutor Gerrie Nel has argued
he wanted to prevent the 27-year-old
sprinter, who faces life in prison if
convicted, from later appealing on the
basis of a disturbed mental condi-
tion.
Defence lawyer Barry Roux had ar-
gued against the motion, saying it was
premature to have the evaluation be-
fore he called other witnesses.
But Judge Thokozile Masipa ruled
that a mental assessment would en-
sure Pistorius gets a fair trial, adding
that she thought it strange that the
defence had opposed the motion.
Masipa said the court would hand
down the details of the assessment on
Tuesday. It would be preferable for
Pistorius to undergo the evaluation as
an outpatient, she said.
Pistorius, who has frequently vom-
ited into a bucket and broken down
sobbing during the trial, showed no
emotion as he stood in the dock lis-
tening to Masipas ruling.
CRIMINAL CAPACITY
As a family we are comforted by
the thoroughness and detail of this
judgment, his uncle Arnold Pistorius
said outside the courthouse.
The evaluation is expected to take
around 30 days and will prolong the
trial which began on March 3.
The court will likely use the evalu-
ation to determine whether Pistorius
lacked criminal capacity at the time
of the shooting due to his mental dis-
order, South African lawyer and legal
expert John Welch said.
In that case, Pistorius could be
sent to a mental institution for the rest
of his life, Welch said.
If Pistorius is judged to have a di-
minished criminal capacity the trial
would continue, although the track
star could receive a lesser sentence if
convicted.
Reuters
South African court orders Pistorius to undergo mental check
The move comes a
month after more than
200 girls were abducted
from boarding school by
the terrorist group
RoundUp
CAIRO: Egypt Brotherhood
leader clear of insulting judges
An Egyptian court on Wednesday
acquitted the former leader of the Muslim
Brotherhood of insulting the judiciary in
comments he made to the press. The 85-
year old Mahdi Akef was arrested as part
of the government crackdown against
the Islamist group following the military
ouster of President Mohammed Morsi,
himself a member of the Brotherhood.
Akef faces other trials on charges of
inciting violence, and will not be released
following the acquittal. The government
has branded the Brotherhood a terrorist
organisation and accused it of inciting
violence, a charge the group denies. The
case against Akef stems from an interview
he gave to a Kuwaiti newspaper in which
he called the judiciary corrupt.
CAIRO: Egypt seizes tonnes of
bomb-making material
Fifteen tonnes of a material used to make
explosives have been seized in a town
straddling the Suez Canal, the Egyptian
army said, one of the biggest such hauls
since the start of a campaign against
Islamist militants in the nearby Sinai. Five
tonnes of the material were seized in a
truck in Al Qantara East on the eastern
bank of the canal, leading to a second
seizure of 10 tonnes of the same material
held in storage at an undisclosed location
in Al Qantara West, on the opposite bank.
The army said the truck was being driven
by two men from the town of El-Arish,
which borders the Palestinian Gaza
Strip at the eastern edge of the Sinai
Peninsula. Attacks by Islamist militants
have spiralled since Morsis overthrow.
Bombings and shootings have killed
several hundred soldiers and policemen
in North Sinai and the densely populated
areas in the Nile Delta and Nile Valley.
KAMPALA: Ugandas president
urged to veto awed HIV law
Rights groups are urging Ugandas
president to veto a new measure that
they say hurts the ght against HIV/Aids.
Human Rights Watch described Ugandas
HIV law as deeply awed in part
because it is based on what the group
called stigma and discrimination. The
bill, passed by lawmakers, criminalises
intentional transmission as well as
attempted transmission of HIV. It also
includes mandatory HIV testing for
pregnant women and their partners.
Ugandan lawmakers say the measure is
necessary to stem the growing rate of HIV
in the country, despite concerns it could
be used to violate the rights of people
living with HIV. About 1.5 out of 35 million
Ugandans live with HIV.
JEDDAH: US urges divided Gulf
to unite against Iran
The US urged Saudi Arabia and its Gulf
neighbours to unite in confronting
common threats such as Iran, even as
the Arab states struggle to overcome
divisions over Qatars support for the
Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. The most
pressing security challenges threaten
this region as a whole - and they demand
a collective response, US Defense
Secretary Chuck Hagel said at the meeting
of defence ministers from the Gulf
Cooperation Council (GCC). Most of the
GCCs six members - Saudi Arabia, Kuwait,
Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates
and Oman - are wary of Iranian inuence
in the Middle East, but their responses
vary from barely concealed hostility to
diplomatic engagement. Agencies
Britain, France and Israel to offer
help or send experts to Nigeria.
The US has sent military, law-en-
forcement and development special-
ists. Two US ofcials said on Tuesday
a mix of manned and unmanned
American surveillance aircraft were
being used to aid the search for the
missing girls. One of the drones is a
Global Hawk, which is a high-alti-
tude, unmanned spy plane manufac-
tured by Northrop Grumman Corp.
The Boko Haram video showed
more than 110 girls sitting on the
ground in a rural location, the rst
time they have been seen in captiv-
ity. Although at least some of them
are Christian, and Shekau described
them as indels, they were wearing
full Islamic veils and singing and
chanting Muslim prayers.
It was not clear when or where
the video was lmed or whether
Shekau, who sat in front of a green
backdrop holding an AK-47 during
part of the video, was in the same lo-
cation as the girls.
Those shown were among 276 ab-
ducted on April 14 from a secondary
school in the village of Chibok, Bor-
no state, on the borders with Camer-
oon, Niger and Chad. Some escaped
but about 200 are still missing. The
group initially threatened to sell
them into slavery.
Jonathan returned to Abuja on
Tuesday from the Congo Republic,
where he held talks with President
Denis Sassou ahead of a regional
summit in Paris on Saturday.
He asked parliament for a six-
month extension of a state of emer-
gency in the northeastern states of
Adamawa, Borno and Yobe due to
persistent attacks by Boko Haram.
The emergency was declared last
May and extended in November.
Yobe state Governor Ibrahim Gai-
dam rejected the proposal on the
grounds that local people had suf-
fered under the emergency and this
harmed the governments counter-
insurgency strategy.
After being accused of a sluggish
response to the kidnapping, the gov-
ernment has sent thousands of
troops to the region, while the US
and Britain also have teams on the
ground to help with the search.
Reuters
Thursday, May 15, 2014 / The Standard NEWS OF THE WORLD / Page 49
RoundUp
SEOUL: Samsung apologises
to cancer-stricken workers
Samsung Electronics Co has
apologised to chip factory workers
who suffered from leukemia and
other cancers and is promising
compensation. Samsung vice
chairman Kwon Oh-hyun said
Samsung will compensate the workers
and their families. Kwons remarks
come after an opposition party
lawmaker, Sim Sang-jeung, urged
the government and Samsung to
apologise to the 243 semiconductor
factory workers who developed
rare cancers or died from them.
The resolution proposed by Sim in
April said 114 of them were former
Samsung employees. Samsung has
resisted calls to apologise for years.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan orders
Indian journalists out
Pakistan has ordered Indian
journalists stationed in Islamabad to
leave within a week. The move came
amid simmering tensions between
Pakistan and archrival India, where
Hindu nationalist opposition leader
Narendra Modi appears set to win a
general election. Snehesh Alex Philip
of The Press Trust of India and Meena
Menon of The Hindu received letters
telling them their visas would not be
renewed. No reason was given. Both
had been in Pakistan for a year.
BEIJING: China jails gang
selling poisoned dog meat
A Chinese court jailed 11 members
of a gang for selling meat from dogs
they had hunted with crossbows using
bolts dipped in poison. The gang
killed 1,000 dogs last year using bolts
dipped in a highly poisonous chemical,
called succinylcholine chloride, and
stored their meat in a freezer, Xinhua
reported, citing a court in Hunan
province. Police busted the ring in
December, and seized 12 tonnes of
frozen dog meat, but the meat from
about 10 dogs had already been sold.
The defendants were convicted for the
sale of toxic and hazardous food, and
received prison sentences of one to
seven years, along with nes ranging
from $480 to $56,200. Agencies
232 dead, many trapped in
Turkish coal mine accident
SOMA, Wednesday
Rescuers desperately raced
against time to reach more than 230
miners trapped underground after
an explosion and re at a coal mine
in western Turkey killed at least 201
workers, in one of the worst mining
disasters in Turkish history.
Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said
787 people were inside the coal mine
in Soma, some 250km south of Istan-
bul, at the time of the explosion and
363 had been rescued so far.
Regarding the rescue operation,
I can say that our hopes are dimin-
ishing, Yildiz said.
Turkeys worst mining disaster
was a 1992 gas explosion that killed
263 workers near the Black Sea port
of Zonguldak.
At least 80 miners were injured,
including four who were in serious
condition, Yildiz told reporters in So-
ma, were he was overseeing opera-
tions by more than 400 rescuers.
The explosion tore through the
mine as workers were preparing for
a shift change, ofcials said, which
likely raised the casualty toll because
there were more miners inside the
mine than usual.
MONOXIDE POISONING
The minister said the re was still
blazing inside the mine, 18 hours af-
ter the blast. The air around the mine
was still smoky. The deaths were
caused by carbon monoxide poison-
ing, Yildiz said.
An injured rescue worker who
emerged alive was whisked away on
a stretcher to the cheers of onlook-
ers. Yildiz said rescue operations
were hindered because the mine had
not completely been cleared of gas.
Authorities say the disaster fol-
The Eastern European
country suffered another
disaster in 1992 in which
263 people died
WASHINGTON, Wednesday
In an unprecedented move, the
Pentagon is trying to transfer convict-
ed national security leaker Private
Chelsea Manning to a civilian prison
so she can get treatment for her gen-
der disorder, defence ofcials said.
Manning, formerly named Brad-
ley, was convicted of sending classi-
ed documents to anti-secrecy web-
site WikiLeaks. The soldier has asked
for hormone therapy and to be able to
live as a woman.
The request was the rst ever made
by a transgender military inmate and
set up a dilemma for the Defence De-
partment: How to treat a soldier for a
diagnosed disorder without violating
long-standing military policy. Trans-
genders are not allowed to serve in the
US military and the Defence Depart-
ment does not provide such treat-
ment, but Manning cant be dis-
charged from the service while serving
his 35-year prison sentence.
Some ofcials have said privately
that keeping the soldier in a military
prison and unable to have treatment
could amount to cruel and unusual
punishment.
Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel
last month gave the army approval to
try to work out a transfer plan with the
Federal Bureau of Prisons, which does
provide such treatment, two Penta-
gon ofcials said on condition of ano-
nymity because they were not autho-
rised to speak on the record.
No decision to transfer Private
Manning to a civilian detention facil-
ity has been made, and any such de-
cision will, of course, properly bal-
ance the soldiers medical needs with
our obligation to ensure she remains
behind bars, Pentagon press secre-
tary Rear Adm John Kirby said.
The two agencies are just starting
discussions about prospects for a
transfer, the two ofcials said. AP
BANGKOK, Wednesday
A meeting between Thailands in-
terim prime minister and the Elec-
tion Commission to x a date for
polls that will hopefuly break a stale-
mate was postponed due to security
concerns over the venue.
The State sees the polls as the
best way out of a protracted crisis
that has brought sporadic violence
to the streets of Bangkok, threatened
to tip the economy into recession
and even raised fears of civil war.
But the governments opponents
oppose a general election in the be-
lief the ruling party would win it.
They want reforms to end the inu-
ence of ousted former premier Thak-
sin Shinawatra before another vote.
The government has asked to
delay the meeting due to security
concerns over the venue location,
Election Commissioner Somchai
Srisutthiyakorn told reporters. We
will meet with the government to-
morrow at a different venue.
Somchai did not elaborate but
the talks were planned at a govern-
ment complex in north Bangkok
near an anti-government protest site
occupied by radical demonstrators.
ABUSE OF POWER
The turmoil that began with the
eruption of anti-government protest
six months ago is the latest phase in
nearly 10 years of hostility between
the royalist establishment and Thak-
sin, a telecos billionaire who won
huge support among the rural and
urban poor but angered the Bang-
kok-based elite. He was deposed by
the military in a 2006 coup.
Last week, the Constitutional
Court threw Prime Minister Yingluck
Shinawatra, Thaksins younger sister,
and nine of her cabinet ministers out
of ofce for abuse of power.
But the remaining ministers se-
lected a new premier and the care-
taker government is hoping to sur-
vive until a new election can be held
that Yinglucks Puea Thai Party would
probably win, given the enduring
popularity of her brother.
The Election Commission, which
has been accused of sympathising
with the protest movement, said ear-
lier it was unsure whether polls could
go ahead on July 20, as tentatively
agreed with Yingluck, given the short
time and instability.
AP
Pentagon okeys Mannings
transfer for gender treatment
Thai stability
at risk amid
security scare
lowed an explosion and re caused
by a power distribution unit.
Nurettin Akcul, a mining trade
union leader, told HaberTurk televi-
sion that Turkey was likely facing its
worst mining accident ever.
Yildiz said earlier that some of the
workers were 420m deep inside the
mine. News reports said the workers
could not use lifts to escape because
the explosion had cut off power.
Workers from nearby mines were
brought in to join the rescue opera-
tion. One 30-year-old man, who de-
clined to give his name, said he
rushed to the scene to try to help nd
his brother who was still missing
Wednesday. He said he was able to
make it about 150m inside before
gasses forced him to retreat.
There is no hope, he said with
tears in his eyes.
During the night, people cheered
and applauded as some trapped
workers emerged, their faces and
hard-hats covered in soot. Dozens of
ambulances drove back and forth to
carry the rising number of bodies as
well as injured workers.
Emine Gulsen, part of a group of
women who sat wailing near the en-
trance to the mine, chanted in song,
My son is gone, my Mehmet. Her
son, Mehmet Gulsen, 31, has been
working in the mine for ve years.
Mehmet Gulsens aunt, Makbule
Dag, held out hope. Inshallah (God
willing), she said.
Police set up fences and stood
guard around Soma hospital to keep
the crowds away. Prime Minister Re-
cep Tayyip Erdogan postponed a
one-day visit to Albania and planned
to visit Soma instead. AP
Two miners look around after being rescued hours after an explosion and re
at a coal mine killed at least 200 miners and left up to 300 workers trapped
underground, in Soma, Turkey. [PHOTO: AP]
Independence battle tightens as
Scots chide negative pro-UK push
LONDON, Wednesday
More Scottish voters are favour-
ing independence as criticism grows
that the campaign to keep them in
the United Kingdom is too negative,
according to an opinion poll.
A TNS poll found support for
Scotland to vote to leave the United
Kingdom after more than 300 years
in a September 18 referendum
nudged up one percentage point to
30 per cent while opposition rose
one point to 42 per cent, leaving 28
per cent undecided.
NEGATIVE DRIVE
But although the headline gure
showed little change, the poll found
that among those certain to vote, 35
per cent would opt for independence
against 44 per cent opposition, nar-
rowing the gap between the two
sides to nine points, its lowest since
the TNS poll began last September
when the gap was 22 points.
Poll shows support to
secede from UK after
more than 300 years
up one per cent
50 / NEWS OF THE WORLD Thursday, May 15, 2014 / The Standard
The Union Jack has been the symbol of British power but a Scottish secession
now spells doom for the red-white-and-blue ag. [PHOTO: REUTERS]
As the electorate usually claims
to dislike negative campaigning, this
poll suggests that Better Together
may need to consider adopting a
more positive tone to its campaign-
ing in the run-up to Sept. 18, Cost-
ley said in a statement.
The poll comes as Better Together
had started to draft more people into
its campaign to help bolster support
and woo the large number of unde-
cided voters away from the pro-in-
dependence stance of the ruling
Scottish National Party (SNP).
LOGICAL ARGUMENT
Former Labour Prime Minister
Gordon Brown, who is respected in
Scotland, has started to take a more
active role in ghting against inde-
pendence and Labours foreign af-
fairs spokesman Douglas Alexander
was in Scotland on Monday.
As we approach the nal stages
of the campaign, Alistair Darling is
bringing more people into the team.
This is just what you would expect,
said a Better Together spokesman.
The Scottish National Party will
be throwing everything at breaking
up Britain. We must make sure that
we have our best people involved so
that we can win the arguments.
Reuters
The poll also found a marked dif-
ference in how the two sides were
seen to be handling the debate.
Over half of 996 respondents, or
53 per cent, said the pro-UK Better
Together campaign was negative
while only 29 per cent described the
independence Yes Scotland cam-
paign as such.
Better Together, led by former
British Finance minister Alistair Dar-
ling, has been accused by its critics
and even by some supporters of be-
ing too negative over North Sea oil,
banks and currency, rather than
pushing the unions strengths.
This has prompted calls for a
change in approach by Better To-
gether while independence lobbysts
have used the criticism to accuse ri-
vals of being in disarray.
Tom Costley, head of TNS Scot-
land, said even among Scots who in-
tended to vote against indepen-
dence, more agreed that the
campaign had been negative.
RoundUp
MANILA: Italian envoy denies
child abuse in Philippines
An Italian diplomat facing human
trafcking and child abuse allegations in
the Philippines denied any wrongdoing.
Daniele Bosio, who has been suspended
as Italys ambassador to Turkmenistan,
submitted an afdavit denying the
criminal complaints while vacationing
in the Philippines. Prosecutors will
review the evidence against Bosio and
determine if there is enough to charge
him in court. I did not do anything
wrong and I hope this will be cleared,
he told reporters. He has been detained
in a municipal jail in Laguna province
south of Manila since being arrested in
the company of three boys aged 9-12
at a local resort. Child rights activists
who saw him at the resort with the boys
reported it to police in Binan Township.
OHIO: Court okays order that
US dad cant have more kids
An Ohio appeals court has upheld a
judges order that a father cant have
more kids until he pays his back child
support. The decision this week by the
appeals court didnt provide an opinion
about whether the judges order was
appropriate. Instead, the appeals court
said it didnt have enough information to
decide the merits of the case without a
copy of the pre-sentence report detailing
Asim Taylors background. In January
2013, Judge James Walther said Taylor
couldnt have more children while he is
on probation for ve years. The order
would be lifted if Taylor pays $100,000 in
overdue child support. Agencies
KENYA PIPELINE COMPANY LIMITED
KENPIPE PLAZA,
OFF NANYUKI ROAD,
INDUSTRIAL AREA,
P.O. BOX 73442
TELEPHONE: 254 20 260650-4
MOBILE: 254 722 207682/6768
254 734 333219/215/217
NAIROBI, KENYA
INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION OF MEDICAL
SERVICES PROVIDERS TO KPC STAFF AND DEPENDANTS
The Kenya Pipeline Company Limited invites sealed applications from eligible candidates for
the purposes of pre-qualifying Medical services providers to KPC Staf and Dependants. The
prequalication is for the period July 2014- June 2016 under the following categories.
CATEGORY NO. CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
1 Hospitals
2 Pharmacies
3 Doctors
4 Dentists
5 X-ray/Imaging
6 Laboratories
7 Physical Therapy Services
8 Optical services
Mandatory Requirements
The Tenderers must provide the following minimum requirements:-

a) Certicate of Incorporation/Registration of a business name.
b) License to practice
c) A copy of a valid KRA Tax Compliance Certicate.
d) Certicates from afliated boards /association.
All prospective applicants may inspect and obtain the Prequalication document at the ofce of
the Procurement Manager, Kenya Pipeline Company Ltd, Nairobi Terminal, Nanyuki Road,
Industrial Area, during normal working hours at no cost. The prequalication document can also
be viewed and downloaded from the website www.kpc.co.ke at no cost. All prospective bidders
who download the prequalication document from the website will be required to email their
detailed contact information to opentender@kpc.co.ke for recording, further clarications and
addenda. In addition, all addenda will also be posted on the website as they become available. No
other email addresses shall be used and KPC shall not be liable if applicants choose to send
their information and/or queries to other email addresses
Applicants must paginate all their documents and initial each page.
KPC reserves the right to conrm the authenticity of all documents submitted by
applicants. Any attempt by applicants to misrepresent themselves by submitting
documents that are not genuine will amount to disqualication.
Prequalication applications in plain sealed envelopes marked CATEGORY NO-
PRE-QUALIFICATION OF MEDICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS TO KPC STAFF AND DEPENDANTS,
SU/QT/044N/14. DO NOT OPEN BEFORE 10.00A.M. 5
th
June, 2014. should be addressed to: -
The Managing Director
Kenya Pipeline Company Limited
P. O. Box 73442 00200
NAIROBI

AND MUST be deposited in the Tender Box situated at the reception area of KENPIPE PLAZA on
Sekondi Road, Industrial Area on or before 5
th
June 2014 at 10.00 a.m. Prequalication applicants
submitted later than this date and time shall automatically be disqualied. Opening of the
applications will take place immediately thereafter in the presence of the Service providers or their
representatives who choose to attend. Prequalication documents are not transferable.
Kenya Pipeline Company Limited is not bound to accept any applications either in whole or in part.
PROCUREMENT MANAGER
FOR: MANAGING DIRECTOR
Career Opportunities
ASSIGNMENT EDITOR
The Standard Group comprises, The Standard Newspapers, Game Yetu, The Counties, The Nairobian,
KTN, Radio Maisha, PDS, Standard Digital and Think Outdoor Services. The Group is looking for
highly motivated, qualied, experienced and reputable team players in house, to ll the following
position:
Please note that ONLY shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
The Standard Group is an equal opportunity employer and as such, canvassing of any form
will lead to automatic disqualication.
The incumbent will co-ordinate news gathering operations, obtain well researched and most up to date
news on daily events both locally & internationally
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Take charge of news desk operations, overall administration of the news desk and enriching the
daily news bulletins with relevant features;
Assign duties to reporters, brief reporters and advise on story angles and liaise with Bureau Chiefs
for stories from the regions. Ensure that the station is not scooped and maintain an up to date dairy
of news contacts;
Draw up news plans include story idea, synopsis and proposed mode of execution and determine
running order in consultation with other TV Editors;
Assess political, social and economic climate and anticipate likely developments for coverage
Convene and chair editorial meetings in order to share plans for the day;
Sub-edit scripts to ensure that they conform to journalistic ethics, editorial objectives and house
style and rehearse the bulletins with news anchors to ensure proper pronunciations of words and
names of people and places,
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
Basic University Degree
Diploma in Journalism / Mass Communication
5-7 years work experience
Ability to work long odd hours
Editing & people management skills.
Good command of the English language
The job holder will oversee the production of the Kiswahili news bulletin
Assign stories to reporters and advise on story angles;
Liaise with the news editor and regional editors;
Supervise and train reporters on reports, intros, graphics and captions in Kiswahili;
Sub-edit Kiswahili scripts to ensure that they conform to journalistic ethics, editorial objectives and
house style;
Rehearse the bulletins with anchors to ensure proper pronunciations of words and names of people
and places.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
Basic University Degree
Diploma in Journalism/Mass Communication
3-5 years work experience
Reporting & presentation skills
Ability to lead a team of reporters & work long hours
Reporting to Radio Programs Controller, candidate will work with presenters, DJs, on line and IT staff to
ensure the production of a 4 hour program daily.
Managing presenters for both live on-air and pre-recorded output;
Generating and researching ideas for programs and pitching concepts for commissioning;
Arranging and overseeing guest visits and maintaining up-to-date contact lists;
Liaising with Marketing department about program trailers and competition prizes;
Updating the program or station website and ensuring that the on-air and online content are
well aligned;
Checking that copyrights are cleared and understanding media law;
Undertaking editing, interviewing and reporting duties as necessary;
Converting text, graphics, video and audio les into other formats.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
University Degree;
Diploma in Radio Production;
Systematic planner, team player and good organizer;
3 years experience in a busy broadcasting station.
If you possess the above qualications and have the drive to meet the challenges, visit our website
www.standardmedia.co.ke/recruitment to browse through the current openings/vacancies and apply
not later than 28
th
May 2014.
HEAD OF SWAHILI DESK
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A9/LOST
KAJIADO Kitengela 34121. Call Hel-
len on 0723-253628.
LOST t/deed No. Kajiado/Kitenge-
la/1761, Magdalene Waithira Kuria.
LOST title deed No. Kjd/Olchoro
Onyore/6216 Rose Njihia & Michel
Mbugua.
A13/SECURITY
TRACK ua partner 0788404275
E5/ACCOMMODATION OFFERED
NAIROBI West NHC apartment next
to T-mall, fully furnished top oor,
available on June 1st, rent 65k. Call
0722-252924, 0702-126347.
FOR SALE & WANTED
F29/FOR SALE
TVs 42 inch KShs 39k. 0720-360071.
MOTOR VEHICLES ACCESSORIES
& CAR HIRE
H2/FOR SALE PRIVATE
NISSAN matatu, KAQ 343N, 500k.
0722-403139, negotiable.
RAV4s, 02, 960k; 04, 995k; NZE,
04, 760k. 0715-593037.
H7/MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE
CAR track @ 10k. 0723-022426.
H11/EXHAUST SYSTEMS
SETLAK galvanised exhaust, 2 yrs
written guarantee tted as-u-have
drinks. 552265, 0722-527924.
SILENTFLOW. All Vehicles/Gen-
erators/Heavy Equip. Best Price.
554620.
I5/GENERAL
AIRPORT casuals F4s 36k pm.SMS
ur phone no. 0729041366
NGO urg req. 30 Form 4s n above.
65k p.m. Sms-0729140349
RESIDENTIAL & BUSINESS
PROPERTIES
L1/PROPERTIES FOR SALE
1 BLOCK of ats at Kitengela, 48
bedsitters @ 5,500/=, 16 units, 1 br
@ 9k, 8 shops @ 15k, total 505k,
70m. 0733-233995.
2BR, Nyayo-Highrise (J), 4.3m.
0733-233995.
3BR, Langata NHC, 8.5m. sale !!!
0733-233995.
3BR, Madaraka, 1st floor, 9.5m.
0733-233995.
3BR, sq, Ngei-Ph 2, secure, 18m.
0733-233995.
3BR, sq, Plainsview, 16m. 0733-
233995.
4BR, Karen-house on acre, Hardy
area (Twiga-Road), red-soil, 42m.
0733-233995.
4BR, sq, Akiba-Langata, 18m. 0733-
233995.
4BR, sq, South C (secure), 18m.
0733-233995.
APARTMENT for sale, Lenana Road,
3 bedrooms, 2 master ensuites, on
3rd oor opp South Africa High Com-
mission, 17m. 0721-852702.
CBD, Sheikh Karume Rd, 1-sto-
rey blg near Ramco, 130m. 0722-
213883/0722-308195.
GIGIRI, 5bd mansion in a serene &
secure location on 1 acre @ 135m.
Call Simpsons 0738-916716.
I BLOCK of ats, South C with an
income of 800k p.m. 150m. 0733-
233995.
KIAMBU town, 4 storey. 0722-
467230.
KILIMANI 3br modern apt, 22m.
0722-505024.
KISERIAN, Pipeline Rd, two 2br
houses, 11m. Call 0712-384416.
KITENGELA 3bed m/ensuite T/hse
10.9m 072-976221
LANGATA Sunvalley I corner hse,
5brms, 45m. Tel. 0731-033447.
LORESHO, 4br, 1/2ac, 45m. 0733-
125322.
OFF Enterprise Rd, godowns. Tel.
0727-300450/0786-300450.
OLD Muthaiga 2acres ambassado-
rial hse. 0721-627965.
SEVEN bedrmed villa hse at Lav-
ington @ 58m owner. 0723-917569.
STUDIOS at C.B.D, 3.2m, 2.8 cash.
0733-233995.
SYOKIMAU, of Msa Rd, Easy Pres-
tige, executive 3brm apartment, en-
suite, close to new Gateway Mall &
Railway Station, price KSh 7.7 million.
Call 0720-665746, 0723-171686.
THOME, 5br + swimming pool. 0722-
467230.
W/LANDS, 5br hse, 37m. 0733-
712064.
W/LANDS, magnicent 5 room town
hse on Grevellia Grove, 5200 sq. ft.
@ 60m. Call Simpsons 0738-916716.
L4/PROPERTIES TO LET
3BR, South C, 2 sqs, 55k. 0733-
233995.
YOGHURT Co r q wor ker s
0707928283
COMMERCIAL
K1/SERVICES
WE repair all leaking tanks. Call
0710-566444.
K4/MACHINERY FOR SALE
JCB EXCAVATOR, 2004, 10.8m ono.
JCB wheel loader, 2004, 9.8m ono.
Volvo prime mover, 2006, 3.6m ono.
Mobil compressor, 875,000 ono.
Contact 0715-647529.
AT SOUTH B, 1br studios & bedsit-
ters. 0714-538594, 0720-451423.
BURU, 1 & 2br, secure. 0707-537670.
HIGHRISE, 2b/r at. Tel. 0720-
791008.
IMARA Daima, 2br, 27k. 0722-
716225.
K. SUKARI, 2br m/suit @ 35k.
0723-308663.
KAREN, 5br, 1 ac, 200k. 0733-
712064.
KILI, 4br + sq, 120k. 0733-712064.
KILMN 3bd sq ens 85k 0733845255
LAVI, 5br t/hse, 300k. 0733-
712064.
MADARAKA, 3br apt, 45,000. 0712-
237683.
MBS Rd, 3br, rent 32k. 0724-773435.
NEPTUNE: 4451131/2 www.nep-
tuneshelters.com 0721-717544.
NEPTUNE: Kiambu Rd, 3br t/hse,
sq, gdn, 90k.
NEPTUNE: Kileleshwa, 4br mai-
sonet, sq, 85k.
NEPTUNE: Kileleshwa, 5br, ds,
gdn, 250k.
NEPTUNE: Lavington, 3br apt,
sq, 80k.
NEPTUNE: Lavington, 4br t/hse,
sq, 150k.
NEPTUNE: Riverside Dr., 2br fur-
nished apt, 120k.
NEPTUNE: Runda, 5br, ds, gdn,
250k.
NEPTUNE: South C, 4br t/hse,
sq, 60k.
NEPTUNE: Westlands, 3br fur-
nished apt, 130k.
NEPTUNE: Westlands, 4br apt,
120k.
NEPTUNE: Westlands, 5br t/hse,
sq, 200k.
NEW Kitisuru, new 5brm hse, all
ensuite. Tel. 0720-813178.
OFF Othaya Rd, self-contained
4bdr maisonettes, dsq, 140k. 0722-
730082.
SERVICED apts. Free wi. No water/
elec outages. 0722-344778. www.
woodmerenairobi.com
SOUTH B 4 br mai st 45k
0700486927.
SOUTH B, 3br, 48k, apart. 0724-
773435.
V/ACADE, 2br + sq apt, 70k. 0703-
575208.
WESTLANDS, (3) three-bedroomed
(master ensuite) spacious at, am-
ple water/electric fencing/good
security/only 16 in compound/two
parkings, 75,000. 0712-985981/020-
2346499.
WESTLANDS, 3br apt, 65k. 0707-
537670.
L9/PLOTS/LAND FOR SALE
0.25 ACRES, Dagoretti Riruta Satel-
lite, of Wanyee Rd, 14m. o.n.o. Tel.
0722-597550.
2 ACRES at Riat Hills next 2 Raila
Foundation. Asking 14m. Owner
0707180294.
1/8 ACRES, Ongata Rongai Tuala.
0721-404766.
AT H I R I V E R , 1 / 8 a c
450k 0722825801
GITANGA Rd 46, ac. 0788-436793.
KASARANI, prime ac, 14m. 0722-
467230.
KENOL Makuyu, 200 ac @ 3.5m; Juja,
5ac @ 5.5m; Isinya, 40ac @ 1.7m;
Starehe Girls on sewer, 1/2ac @ 25m;
Gatundu, 2.3ac, 50m. 0712-849007,
0721-683199.
KERARAPON, acre, 13m. 0734-
254865.
KIAMBU Rd, serviced, 3 ac. 0722-
467230.
KIBAGARE, 1 ac res. 0722-716225.
KISAJU, 3 and 4 acre plots, 1km of
tarmac. 0722-361727.
KILIMANI 1acre. 0721-627965.
KISERIAN, prime acre. 0722-
467230.
KIT/KISAJU, 2 acres, 200 mtrs from
Laetoli Hotel on Namanga Rd next to
Kitengela Boys, 17m. 0722-578466.
KITENGELA, 1/8 th (Milimani), 2.5m.
0733-233995.
KITENGELA prime 1/8 ac plot Yukos
3.8m 0722976221
KITENGELA, CBD, 50 x 100, tar-
mac, approved shops/offs/apts.
0722-246763.
COAST
RESIDENTIAL & BUSINESS
PROPERTIES
HSE with title Msa tel 0706774472.
L5/PROPERTIES TO LET
KIZINGO, 4 br at 80k 0720925922.
L9/PLOTS/LAND FOR SALE
KILIFI BOFA, 1/8 pl ot 2m.
0722867672.
KILIFI Mrimani 2ac seaview 2m.
0722867672.
KILIFI opp Tuskys 1/8 2.5m.
0722867672.
KITEGELA 2br at 2.5m. 0722867672.
WESTERN
KAMALAKI LTD. Koru, 50 ac @
600k per ac. Call 0722-401918 or
022177083.
KITENGELA, opposite EPZ, prime
residential plots of 50 x 100, free-
hold, controlled development,
power, water nearby, price KSh 2m.
Contact 0722-739388, 0733-257864,
0722-808878.
LAVI NGTON, 3/4 ac 130m
0722825801
LUKENYA with ready titles. 0722-
724393.
MACHAKOS, 2 ac kwa katheke
3m. 0722825801
NYARI Estate, ac, 25m. 0722-
213883.
NYARI Estate, ac, 35m. 0722-
308195.
ORTURUTU Kajiado, 38 acs. 0722-
716225.
ROYSAMBU, prime plot, 4.5m. 0722-
467230.
RUNDA 10 acres. 0721-627965.
RUIRU, 1/8th (Kamakis), sale !!!
0733-233995.
STOCKWELL: 20 acre plot, 1.2 km
from Kajiado town centre, 90% at
free title, 3m per acre. Call 0735-
185194 or 0734-702386.
SOUTHERN bypass 0.5acres. 0721-
627965.
THINDIGUA, 1.3 ac. 0733-125322,
45m.
WESTLAND, 1 acr, 100m. 0788-
436793.
WOTE Makueni, commercial plots,
on tarmac. 0716-754635.
L10/PREMISES/OFFICES TO LET
GODOWN, 5000 sq ft (Butere Road).
0733-233995.
GODOWNS 5-10,000sf Msa Rd. 0722-
204686.
W/LANDS, commercial space on
Gen. Mathenge Drive, between
50k/m and 250k/m. Call Simpsons
0738-916716.
WESTLANDS Nr Sankara Hotel, self-
contained ofce suite, partitioned,
1200 sq. ft @ 100/- parking available.
0712-985981/020-2346499.
L11/PREMISES/OFFICES FOR SALE
KEEKOROK (CBD), commercial four
storey building with good income @
140m. Call Simpsons 0738-916716.
WAGA: Ngara, 1 sty bldg, 3 shops,
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TENNIS: Djokovic makes
winning return in Rome
Novak Djokovic showed no signs
of discomfort in his rst match
back following a wrist injury as
he beat Radek Stepanek at the
Italian Open. Djokovic, 26, pulled
out of last weeks Madrid Open
to rest the injury and arrived in
Rome saying he felt 100 per
cent. The Serb, ranked second,
dropped serve three times
but still saw off Stepanek, the
Czech world number 43, 6-3 7-5.
Australian Open champion and
third seed Stanislas Wawrinka
thrashed Spanish qualier Pere
Riba 6-0 6-3. Federer, 32, returns
to competition just a week after
his wife, Mirka, gave birth to
twin sons. BBC
CYCLING: Wiggins takes
Tour of California lead
Former Tour de France winner
Bradley Wiggins maintained
the overall lead after the third
stage of the Tour of California
which was won by Australian
Rohan Dennis on Tuesday. Team
Skys Wiggins, who dominated
the second stage time trial in
Folsom, now has a 24 second
overall lead on Dennis with
ve stages remaining in the
race. Dennis, of Garmin-Sharp,
powered his way through hot
and mountainous conditions
Tuesday to complete the 174km
road course from San Jose,
California, to Mount Diablo in
four hours, 56 minutes and
two seconds.
BBC
ATHLETICS: Games ticket
asco website closed
The organisers of the 2014
Commonwealth Games in
Glasgow have closed the ticket
website and phoneline until
ongoing problems with sales
can be resolved. Glasgow 2014
said the measure was necessary
to address technical issues
which had hampered the sales
of 100,000 extra tickets since
Monday. The organiser said it
was very sorry. So far, about
55,000 of the extra tickets
have been bought with diving,
swimming, mountain biking,
track cycling and the triathlon all
sold out.
BBC
THUNDER EDGE CLIPPERS,
WIZARDS STAY ALIVE
OKLAHOMA CITY
Oklahoma Citys Russell West-
brook scored 38 points and made
three free throws with 6.4 seconds
remaining as the Thunder over-
came a seven-point decit in the
nal 50 seconds and beat the Los
Angeles Clippers 105-104 on Tues-
day to go up 3-2 in the Western
Conference seminals.
The dramatic nish in Oklaho-
ma was a marked contrast to the
days other game in which Wash-
ington cruised to a 102-79 win
over Indiana to stay alive in their
series, cutting the decit to 3-2.
Westbrook was fouled by Chris
Paul while shooting a 3-pointer
with the Thunder trailing by two.
After his free throws, Paul drove to
the hoop, but Reggie Jackson stole
the ball from him, and time ex-
pired.
Kevin Durant scored 10 of his
27 points in the nal 3:23 for the
Thunder.
Blake Grifn had 24 points and
17 rebounds, Jamal Crawford
scored 19 points and Paul had 17
points and 14 assists for the Clip-
pers. The Thunder can clinch the
series Thursday in Los Angeles.
FOURTH QUARTER
The Clippers took a 101-88 lead
in the fourth quarter on a 3-point-
er by Crawford before Durant -
nally got involved. He hit a
3-pointer with 3:23 remaining on
his rst shot of the quarter, then
drained two free throws to cut the
Clippers lead to 101-95.
A layup by Jackson cut Los An-
geles lead to four.
Grifn made the rst of two
free throws and the Clippers took
the offensive rebound on the sec-
ond, enabling Paul to hit a mid-
range jumper which gave the Clip-
pers a 104-97 edge with 49 seconds
to play.
Durant made a 3-pointer, and
soon after a layup with 17 seconds
left. Westbrook stole the ball, and
in a scramble, the Thunder got
possession with 11.3 seconds to
play, setting up Westbrooks play.
The Thunder fell behind by 15
points in the rst quarter but ral-
lied in the second as foul trouble
set in for the Clippers.
Meanwhile, Washingtons Mar-
cin Gortat scored 31 points and
had 16 rebounds, and John Wall
added 27 points as the Wizards
used a 39-rebound advantage to
rout Indiana.
Washington can level the series
at home on Thursday in Game 6.
STUNNING TURNAROUND
It was a stunning turnaround
for a team that had lost the last
three. But with Gortat matching a
career high in points and posting
a playoff career high in rebounds,
Washington held a 62-23 rebound-
ing edge.
David West scored 17 points for
Indiana.
Washington used a 15-6 run to
take a 45-38 halftime lead, ex-
tended the margin to 24 after
three and to as much as 30 in the
fourth.
Washington denied the top-
seeded Pacers a spot in the con-
ference nals, for now, and im-
proved to 4-2 on the road in this
years playoffs.
Gortat and Wall combined for
eight of the Wizards rst 10
points, and they were strong
enough inside to fend off a brief
Indiana scoring urry to make it
25-19 at quarter time.
Indiana charged back early in
the second. Luis Scola scored the
rst ve points, topping Indianas
entire bench total from Game 4,
and took a 27-25 lead when Paul
George knocked down a 3-pointer
with 9:49 to go. AFP
Westbrook sank three clutch free throws with six seconds left in playoff series
Indiana Pacers centre Roy Hibbert
(55) shoots over Washington
Wizards centre Marcin Gortat
during the rst half of game 5 of
the Eastern Conference semi-nal
NBA basketball playoff series on
Tuesday. [PHOTO: AFP]
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Kiambu County to construct park
for development of skating talent

An athlete races in a past
skating championship.
[PHOTO: COURTESY]
Moi TTC win
Nakuru Region
Colleges rugby
Sevens title
By BEN AHENDA
Baringos Moi Teachers
Training College clinched Na-
kuru Region Teachers Train-
ing Colleges Term Two Games
rugby Sevens title in Kericho
yesterday.
They won with a total of
ten points after a tie with Tam-
bach but had a superior tries
aggregate as Mosoriot secured
six points to emerge third.
Tambach stopped Moso-
riot 5-0 and settled for a bar-
ren draw with eventual cham-
pions Moi TTC in the last
matches as hosts Kericho
smashed Mosoriot 8-0. Ker-
ichos Jane Mundia was voted
the Most Valuable player in
the womens category.
Hosts Kericho TTC won
the mens rugby sevens title at
nine points with Tambach
coming second on four points
ahead of Mosoriot who man-
aged three points.
Despite his team not
reaching the medal bracket,
Okoth Odipo of Moi, TTC Bar-
ingo surprised many when he
emerged the Most Valuable
Player in mens category.
Odipo led his team to a 5-5
draw against Tambach when
he scored the vital try.
Later, Moi TTC, Baringo
walloped Mosoriot 24-0 in
their second match as Kericho
clobbered Baraton, Castello
12-0 before losing the last
match 5-0 to Tambach.
SPEED MERCHANTS
In athletics, Enock Terer of
Baraton Kapsabet Campus
won the mens 100m in 11.57
secs, beating Okutoi Baraza of
Kericho to the second spot at
11.90secs. Pessy Julius of Bar-
ingo was third in 11.95secs.
In the womens 400m hur-
dles, Maureen Muma clocked
60.16 to win the race as Mar-
garet Wangari of Tambach
came second in 60.19 and
teammate Beatrice Kangogo
third in 60-25.
Gabriel Kaminro of Tam-
bach won mens 400m hurdles
in 56.81secs after a good chase
from Okutoyi Baraza of Ker-
icho who timed 57.84secs to
nish second while teammate
Hassan Kassim was third in
59.19secs.
In eld events, Shadrack
Koech of Baringo won the
mens high jump at 5.9m fol-
lowed by Mutai Kiptarabei of
Mosoriot in 5.7m as Kevin Kir-
wa of Tambach came third in
5.7m.
Kerichos Purity Gitari won
the womens discus with a
throw of 20.25m, beating
teammate Metrine Namianya
who recorded 19.20m.
Baraton Castellos Caroline
Kipngotia was third in 18.62m.
In the womens Pole vault,
Mercy Kangui of Tambach
won ahead of team-mate Zip-
porah Tack and Caroline
Chepchirchir of Baraton Cas-
tello.
Brilliant show in eld events as
curtains come down on KDF contest
By JONATHAN KOMEN
Fireworks are expected when
soldiers battle on the nal day of
the Kenya Defence Forces Athletics
Championships at Safaricom Sta-
dium Kasarani.
The three-day spectacle, which
will be presided over by Chief of
Defence Forces Julius Karangi,
ends today with thrilling shows in
eld events.
Yesterday, double national
champion Caroline Cherotich of
Kahawa Barracks set a new nation-
al high jump record after she leapt
1.75m to break the previous record
of 1.71m set by Lena Serem in June
19, 1991 at the same venue.
Cherotich, who also holds the
national pole vault record of 3.20m
set at the national championships
in 2012, said: I have been doing
pole vault until last year when my
coach, Andrew Chepkwony, ad-
viced me to try high jump.
Isiolo-based Priscillah Nasimi-
yu returned second in 1.60m as
Cherotich Koech of Nairobi jumped
1.55m to nish third.
AFRICAN RECORD
World 1,500m bronze medalist
Hellen Obiri, who is fresh from set-
ting the African record in Doha last
weekend, will line up in the 800m.
She will take on new catch Sela
Jepleting and former world youth
champion Sheila Chepkurui in the
two-lap race.
Obiri comfortably sailed into -
nal in 2:06.8, with Charity Wandia
of Kahawa (2:08.1) and Perin Nen-
kampi (2:08.9) in close tabs.
Former world junior 3000m
steeplechase silver medallist Eliza-
beth Mueni and Irene Limika
staged a brilliant comeback in
the soldiers contest.
Chesang won in 9:46:41
as Mueni from Moi Air-
base timed (10:02.0) and
Laikipias Lucia Kamene
was third in 10:07.1.
RIGOROUS TRAINING
Chesang said rigorous
training contributed to her
gold medal winning perfor-
mance.
The weather was good
today since it is not very
windy. I was using the race to
gauge myself ahead of the
Paris Samsung Diamond
League, said Chesang.
Olympian David Kimutai
won the mens walk race,
which was engulfed with
confusion as athletes were
forced to negotiate 22.6km
instead of the 20km.
Kimutai of Nanyuki won
in 2:02:19 ahead of fellow
soldiers Nicodemus Musau
(Nanyuki) and Simon Mis-
ango (Lanet) who timed
2:05:09 and 2:13:17 respec-
tively.
Africa bronze medallist
Sammy Keskeny won the
mens javelin throw in
68.80m, beating Gilbert
Bett of Moi Airbase
(66.84m) and Nelson Yego
of thika (66.23m).
Olympic bronze med-
allist Abel Mutai will bat-
tle a strong eld that has
the likes of former world
military games bronze
medallist Abraham Cher-
ono and newcomer Wil-
son Maraba.
TOP GUNS
BATTLE
By ERIC WAINAINA
Roller skating is expected to take a
new dimension in Kiambu following
plans to construct a modern Skate
Park in the county.
The park, which will include skate-
board and roller skaters is part of ef-
forts by the county government to de-
velop sports in the region.
Kiambu County Youth and Sports
Affairs secretary Machel Waikenda
said the facility will have the best train-
ing and competing grounds.
The skate park will benet local
sportsmen and women as well as
those from other counties, he said.
These are the latest development
in our efforts to turn the county into
a sporting giant, he added.
Waikenda said funds to construct
the facility had already been factored
into the proposed 2014/2015 county
budget and the project is set to begin
in July.
Construction work will start im-
mediately the proposed budget is ap-
proved by the county assembly and
signed by the governor, Waikenda
said.
We look forward to setting up a
standard facility that will have the ca-
pacity to host national events.
If the plan goes through, Kiam-
bu will be the rst county to have
a skating park which will also serve
as a picnic site.
Waikenda said that once the
park is ready, the government will
formulate struts to promote state
sporting, which is common among
the young people.
We will treat skating
like any other sport
because it is very
popular among
the youth, he said.
We intend to introduce the activity
in schools to tap talent early, Waiken-
da said.
Waikenda said there are many skat-
ing enthusiasts in the county who have
been using roads for training purpos-
es.
The park will be a major boost to
our youth who currently have nowhere
to train, he said.
He said the government is working
to ensure that all sports disciplines are
introduced in the county.
The county aims to introduce
sports to tap all available talents, but
before this we must have adequate fa-
cilities in place, he added.
Waikenda said that sport is a boom-
ing employment industry that should
be fully exploited, adding that the
county plans to construct a sports
academy for football.
Thursday, May 15, 2014 / The Standard FEVERPITCH / Page 57
FastTrack
SWIMMING: Aga Khan
crowned champions
Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa
were crowned overall champions
during the Coast Junior Swimming
Championships after bagging
434.5 points in the gala held at
academys swimming pool. The
winners also emerged best in
both boys and girls events after
winning 63 medals which included
24 gold, 20 silver and 19 bronze.
In the overall standings, Oshwal
Academy, Nyali were second with
238 points while Jaffery Academy
Mombasa were third after bagging
201 points. Nyali Primary School
had 180.50 points. Others were
Braeburn Mombasa International
School (77), Busy Bee School (64)
and Dolphins Swim Club (63.50).
Ernest Ndunda
ATHLETICS: KenGen Great
Dams Race launched
The KenGen Foundation and
Tana Athi River Development
Authority (TARDA) will next
month host The Great Dams
Race in Masinga Dam. This is was
disclosed yesterday after mock
race graced by Tegla Loroupe
was held at the TARDAs Masinga
Dam grounds. Loroupe, who
lauded the efforts by KenGen
in community development,
thanked TARDA for providing
the Masinga Resort and grounds
for use during the race. The
race was agged off by TARDA
chairman Hon. Adul Ali Bahari.
The KenGen Foundation Manager
Alfred Mugo said proceeds from
the race will be used to fund
development activities among
the Masinga Dam community.
Jonah Onyango
TRIATHLON: Team
concludes training
The national triathlon team
wound up its residential camp
yesterday in Mombasa ready
for tomorrows departure to
Second African Youth Games
in Gaborone, Botswana. The
Kenyan triathletes will be among
the 2,500 athletes drawn from
54 African countries in the 17
disciplines scheduled to run from
May 22-31. Kenyas rst group
leaves the country tomorrow
and the triathlon team will have
more days to acclimatise in
Botswana before competing on
May 27 -28. The triathlon team
leaves Mombasa this morning
to join the rest of the teams in
Nairobi. Ernest Ndunda
CHARGED TO REV OFF
By ELIZABETH MBURUGU
Bay Club of Kisumu are
gearing up for their maiden
Kenya Hockey Union (KHU)
Premier League campaign set
to begin in the rst week of
June.
The lakeside club earned
promotion to the premier
league in their rst attempt in
competitive hockey in the 2013
league season.
They nished second in the
mens National League with 34
points behind winners Nakuru
Sikh who won with 40 points.
Bay team manager Erick
Rhesa told FeverPitch their
preparations were going on
well and they intended to give
their opponents a run for their
money.
We are preparing well, ev-
eryone is committed to train-
ing and we will give our oppo-
nents a rough time, said Rhesa
who attributed their success to
hard work, commitment and
dedication.
My players work very hard.
We are so far the youngest club
in the league and we have
made a name for ourselves,
he told FeverPitch.
Despite this being their
second year in competitive
hockey, Bay Club are looking
forward to nishing among the
top ve.
Bay Club (pictured), which
started in 2011 in Homa Bay
town, is the brain child of
hockey players from the town,
Jared Rioba, Moses Odhiambo,
Calvince Okal, Rhesa and team
coach Tom Bello.
The players later brought in
three players whom they took
through the basics.
We trained some play-
ers from scratch, giving them
the basics and I am proud to
say they have turned out to
be dependable players in our
squad, Rhesa said.
The club, which joined
competitive hockey in 2013 in
the second tier, won 11 out of
their 15 league matches, drew
once and lost three.
Rhesa has sent an early
warning to Premier League
sides saying they should brace
for a tough competition.
We will be a force to reckon
with and no club should write
us off. We promise to play to
the best of our ability, he said.
Meanwhile preparations
for the Nairobi Hockey As-
sociation (NHA) Nairobi Cup
tournament set for May 31-2
June are currently on.
NHA Secretary Tom Olal
said they expect more clubs to
take part in the tournament.
Preparations are underway
and clubs are currently regis-
tering for the tournament in
its rst edition and we want
more clubs to join us make the
event a success, Olal told Fe-
verPitch
During the tournament,
winners in both categories will
pocket Sh30,000, runners up
Sh20,000 while third position
will attract Sh10,000. Top scor-
ers in the tournament will win
Sh2,000.
Orange Telkom, United
States International University,
Park Road and Karate Axiom
have already conrmed par-
ticipation. emburugu@stan-
dardmedia.co.ke
Bay Club hoping to cause ripples in ight hockey
ABOVE: Manvir Baryan and Drew Sturrock in a Subaru N16 during a past rally. BELOW FROM LEFT:
KCB Director of Marketing and Communications Anjela Mwoiriki, rally driver Joan Nesbitt,
General Manager Kenya Motor Sports Foundation Mwaura Njuguna, navigator Kigondu Kariithi
and veteran driver Azar Anwar during the KCB Mtaani Nakuru Rally media brieng in Nairobi,
yesterday. [PHOTOS: GOVEDI ASUTSA AND FILE/STANDARD]
Drivers gear up for tough KCB
Mtaani Rally in Eldama Ravine
By OSCAR PILIPILI
Drivers will have to change
tack during the KCB Mtaani
Rally with delayed rains
pounding the Kerio Valley, the
location of the fourth round
of the Kenya National Rally
Championship (KNRC) sched-
uled for May 24.
Three-time KNRC cham-
pion Azar Anwar, who turned
60 yesterday, said mud com-
pound tyres will be key to suc-
cess in the rally.
Anwar stated that rally has
developed a lot in terms of
technology and drivers have
different tyres for rocky and
muddy conditions.
I love the Nakuru rally be-
cause this was the event where
I recorded my rst KNRC vic-
tory 20 years ago when it was
called Sanyo 2000, meaning
2000km, he said during a
brieng at the KCB Headquar-
ters in Nairobi yesterday.
In between, I have been
rallying a lot in rain both day
and night and the tougher
the rally the better for me, he
quipped.
I have previously done well
in Nakuru and I hope to have a
very good rally again, he said.
Despite his advanced age,
Anwar anticipated a good ght
with youngsters as he looks
forward to successful rally in
the picturesque Rift Valley.
EXPERIENCE MATTERS
Rally is not all about speed
or how good your machine is;
experience matters, he said.
I and my navigator have a
lot of experience in the cockpit
that we can use to rally against
younger drivers. I once joked
with them that I rallied along-
side their fathers and Im now
rallying with them and wait-
ing to compete with their chil-
dren, he said in reply to how
he plans to handle the chal-
lenge from young drivers who
are almost half his age. KCB
Marketing and Communica-
tions Director Angela Mwirigi
said: KCB has for years taken
initiative to support the sport
in order to nurture talent and
develop the sport at all levels.
So far the bank has invest-
ed cumulatively over Sh440
million in the sport since 2003
as the title sponsor, she said.
HAIR-PIN BENDS
Mwirigi said that the KCB
brand resonates well with mo-
torsport both locally and re-
gionally.
Im condent the KCB
Mtaani Rally will capture the
imagination of our people. I see
this rally as a journey into the
future, demonstrating the pos-
sibilities that can come about
in trade, sport and people to
people contact by bringing our
goals together, she said.
Mwirigi said the bank has
sponsored the rst three legs of
the KNRC Series namely KCB
Malindi Rally, KCB Bank of the
Year Machakos Rally and KCB
Home Loan Kiambu Rally.
Baringo County Governor
Benjamin Cheboi will ag off
the the KCB Mtaani Rally.
Speaking on behalf of the
clerk of the course, Frank Tun-
do, rally enthusiast Abdul Sidi
assured that despite the ongo-
ing rains, none of the stages
will be cancelled.
The organisers Rift Val-
ley Motor Sports Club have
preferred two historic stages
below the famous Daraja ya
Mungu, that were used almost
40 years ago.
Sidi said the rally will run
the world-famous Kerio Val-
ley stage at Flouspar which is
synonymous with the former
World Rally Championship Sa-
fari Rally where drivers would
make numerous hairpin bends
on massive escarpment drops.
opilipili@standardmedia.
co.ke
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England expect Rooney at his best
ITALY FRET OVER THE TWO SIDES OF BALOTELLI
MILAN
After AC Milans worst sea-
son in decades, Italians will be
hoping Mario Balotelli can end
his goal drought at the World
Cup nals.
But no one can be sure how
the temperamental striker will
perform or react to being in
Brazil.
Italy has a tough Group D at
the nals, against England,
Uruguay and Costa Rica.
Coaches, players and fans
wonder which side of Balotel-
lis character will be on dis-
play.
Will it be the Balotelli left in
tears on the bench after being
substituted during a 3-1 defeat
to Napoli in February? Or will
it be the Balotelli who, a week
later, hit a 35-metre thunder-
bolt to secure a 1-0 win over Bo-
logna?
The incidents illustrate the
inner turmoil and genius of a
footballer who, according to
previous handlers like former
Manchester City coach Roberto
Mancini, could be a footballing
great.
The incidents also offer clues
to the inner workings of a player
known for a rebellious streak
which, if controlled, can have
devastating effects for the oppo-
sition and devastating effects
for his own team if left unfet-
tered.
Balotelli rmly established
himself as Italys rst-choice
striker
after
Will Mario
end goal
drought in
Brazil?
28
DAYS TO GO
Days later, Milan travelled
to Napoli, Milan were out-
gunned and Balotelli suffered
the indignity of being substi-
tuted by coach Clarence Seed-
orf for a mediocre display.
A week later, Balotellis
wonder strike against Bologna
made amends and Balotelli
lashed out at media intrusion
into his private affairs.
People are looking far too
much into my private life. I
would advise them not to be-
cause Im the Italy striker and
they should leave me alone to
live my life as I want so I can
perform to my best on the
pitch, he said.
The battle for striker places
in Cesare Prandellis squad has
intensied, with Mattia Destro
and Giuseppe Rossi all rivals
to Balotelli named in Italys
30-man squad on Tuesday.
Ciro Immobile, who with
22 Serie A goals this season for
Torino leads the scoring
charts, is also in line.
So far, Prandelli has stood
behind Balotelli. But the 56-
year-old coach warned: Balo-
telli must come to the World
Cup fully prepared.
AFP
LONDON
Wayne Rooney will be out to
break his World Cup curse in Brazil
after opping on the biggest stage
twice before.
Rooney has endured a miserable
time at international tournaments
since announcing his arrival on the
global stage as an 18-year-old with
four goals over two 2004 European
Championship matches against Swit-
zerland and Croatia.
That brilliant burst of teenage en-
ergy, which earned Rooney his ca-
reer-dening move from Everton to
Manchester United, has proved
something of a false dawn for the
striker when it comes to strutting
his stuff in an England shirt.
Since those heady days in the
summer sunshine in Portugal it has
been all downhill for Rooney, who
has yet to score in eight matches at
the World Cup.
Now England manager Roy
Hodgson has called on the 28-year-
old to nally seize the moment
when England head to Brazil in
June. Maybe once or twice in
the past I think I can say
without fear of contradic-
tion that on the world
stage he hasn't exploded
as he has on our na-
tional stage, where
we all accept
him as an
out st and-
ing play-
er," Hodg-
son said.
"We have
been to-
gether for
a couple of
years, we
are growing
slowly and
there will be
an opportu-
nity for him in
Brazil to show
he is not just
a great star in
the Premier
League, but
a world star. Rooney was famously
sent off for stamping on Ricardo
Carvalho as England went out of the
2006 World Cup quarter-nals against
Portugal. He was barely recognisable
with his wretched performances in the
tournament in South Africa four years
later in a forgettable campaign for
Fabio Capello's team.
Rooney made no secret of his dis-
like of England's Rustenburg training
camp and he quickly labelled the se-
cluded base 'boring'.
His unhappiness was clear to see on
the pitch and Rooney's volatile tem-
perament was questioned when he
turned to television cameras to criti-
cise booing fans as he trudged from the
eld following a lacklustre 0-0 draw
with Algeria.
It was a familiar tale at Euro 2012,
where Rooney was suspended for the
rst two group matches for kicking out
at a Montenegro player in the quali-
ers. And when Hodgson really needed
him to deliver a masterclass in the
quarter-nals against Italy, Rooney
once again went missing as England
bowed out on penalties. AFP
Wayne Rooney
scoring four goals, including
a brace in the semi-nal against
Germany, at the 2012 European
Championships.
He went on to score seven
times in World Cup qualifying
as Italy nished top of Group B
with two games to spare.
But his eye for goal is tem-
pered by inconsistency and a
lack of discipline.
IMPROVED THIS SEASON
Balotelli has improved this
season, provoking nine yellow
cards in 25 games compared to
seven in 13 encounters last sea-
son. But his quick temper and
inability to turn the other cheek
could prove costly to Italy in
Brazil.
Still only 23, the man born as
Mario Barwuah to immigrants
from Ghana has come a long
way since being permanently
fostered by the white, Italian
Balotelli family in his formative
years.
Only recently Balotelli un-
derwent a DNA test which con-
rmed that he was the father of
a one-year-old daughter Pia by
former girlfriend Raffaella Fico,
who is based in Napoli.
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FastTrack
HAMBURG: Germany,
Poland draw 0-0
Germany and Polands
second-string sides played to a
lacklustre 0-0 draw on Tuesday
that gave Germany coach
Joachim Loew few insights into
possible World Cup candidates.
Germany began with eight
newcomers and used four more
as substitutes in a match that
had little passion. Because of
various club commitments,
both teams missed their top
stars. The upcoming German
Cup nal meant that a dozen
Germany players were missing,
as well as Poland striker Robert
Lewandowski. From Loews
30 players in the preliminary
World Cup squad, only 10 were
in Hamburg. Reuters
NEW YORK: Webb praises
Blatter on Fifa reform
The head of footballs
governing body for North
and Central America and the
Caribbean thinks Sepp Blatter
has performed admirably
since taking over as Fifa
president in 1998. Blatter said
last week he would like a fth
term rather than stick to his
previously stated intention to
retire in 2015. Fifa has been
mired in controversy in recent
years, with about half its
executive committee members
getting suspended or quitting
in the wake of corruption
allegations. Fifa is in a great
place, CONCACAF President
Jeffrey Webb told reporters on
Tuesday.
TOKYO: Japanese warned
of crimes in Brazil
Japanese visitors to the World
Cup in Brazil have been told
by their government to guard
against crimes there such as
robbery, kidnapping and credit
card skimming. In a safety
advisory to overseas travellers,
the Japanese foreign ministry
warned: Crimes occur in Brazil
at a very high frequency by
world standards, including many
organised crimes involving
narcotics. Japan will play Ivory
Coast on June 14 in Recife;
Greece on June 19 in Natal, and
Colombia on June 24 in Cuiaba.
Carlos Tevez out of Argentina World Cup squad
BUENOS AIRES
Striker Carlos Tevez was
left out of Argentinas prelim-
inary 30-man squad for the
World Cup on Tuesday.
Despite having just led Ju-
ventus to the Italian league
title as the teams top scorer,
Argentina coach Alejandro
Sabella ignored pleas from
Tevez passionate fan base in
Argentina.
Sabella has never called
up the hard-working striker
since taking charge of the na-
tional team in 2011. Instead
hes put his faith in Ezequiel
Lavezzi and Rodrigo Palacio
as substitutes for star attack-
ers Lionel Messi, Gonzalo
Higuain and Sergio Aguero.
All were included in Sabel-
las initial 30-player squad,
which will be reduced to a -
nal 23 by a Fifa deadline of
June 2.
The 30-year-old Tevez has
scored 19 goals in the Italian
Serie A this season.
I am sorry I had to leave
out good players, Sabella
said, without mentioning
names.
He also excluded veteran
midelder Esteban Cambias-
so of Inter Milan but included
Manchester Citys Martin De-
michelis, who hasnt played
for the national team for two
years.
WEAKER AT THE BACK
While Argentinas attack is
among the worlds strongest,
the team looks weaker at the
back.
Sergio Romero remains
Sabellas rst-choice goal-
keeper even though hes not a
regular starter for French club
Monaco. Mariano Andujar of
Catania and Agustin Orion of
Boca Juniors were called up
as Romeros backups in the
preliminary squad.
Sabella included central
defenders Federico Fernan-
dez and Ezequiel Garay along
with fullbacks Pablo Zabaleta
and Marco Roja.
Boca Juniors midelder
Fernando Gago was selected
despite receiving a knee in-
jury last month. Gago dam-
aged a ligament in his left
knee last month in the Argen-
tine league.
The mideld lineup also
includes Javier Mascherano,
Angel Di Maria and Ever
Banega.
ARGENTINA SQUAD
GOALKEEPERS: Sergio Romero (Monaco),
Mariano Andujar (Catania), Agustin Orion
(Boca Juniors).
DEFENDERS: Federico Fernandez
(Napoli), Ezequiel Garay (Benca), Martin
Demichelis (Manchester City), Pablo
Zabaleta (Manchester City), Marcos
Rojo (Sporting Lisbon), Jose Basanta
(Monterrey), Hugo Campagnaro (Inter
Milan), Nicolas Otamendi (Atletico
Mineiro), Lisandro Lopez (Getafe), Gabriel
ITALY FRET OVER THE TWO SIDES OF BALOTELLI
28
DAYS TO GO
Mercado (River Plate).
MIDFIELDERS: Fernando Gago (Boca
Juniors), Ever Banega (Newells Old
Boys), Augusto Fernandez (Celta Vigo),
Javier Mascherano (Barcelona), Angel Di
Maria (Real Madrid), Lucas Biglia (Lazio),
Maxi Rodriguez (Newells Old Boys),
Ricardo Alvarez (Inter Milan), Enzo Perez
(Benca), Fabian Rinaudo (Catania), Jose
Sosa (Atletico Madrid).
FORWARDS: Sergio Aguero (Manchester
City), Gonzalo Higuain (Napoli), Lionel
Messi (Barcelona), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Paris
Saint-Germain), Rodrigo Palacio (Inter
Milan), Franco Di Santo (Werder Bremen)
LISBON
Brazil coach
Luiz Felipe
Scol ar i
i s
the sub-
ject of a crimi-
nal investigation in
Portugal, authorities
said yesterday.
Ofcials wouldn't
say what the investi-
gation is about. In
Portugal, ongoing in-
vestigations fall under
the country's judicial se-
crecy law.
The Portuguese attor-
ney general's ofce said
in an email to The Associ-
ated Press that the De-
partment for Criminal In-
vestigation and Prosecution
has opened an inquiry into
Scolari (pictured), but it
provided no further de-
tails.
Unconrmed reports
in Brazil and the Nether-
lands say Scolari is sus-
pected of failing to de-
clare millions of dollars in
income, but he has denied
any wrongdoing.
I have correctly led all
my tax returns. In all the coun-
tries where I've worked, I've
always declared my income,
Scolari said in a statement
sent to the AP in Sao Paulo late
Tuesday. If anything is wrong,
it's not my fault. I hope justice
gets to the bottom of the
facts.
Ofcials at the Portuguese
Football Federation, which
employed Scolari as nation-
al coach, could not imme-
diately be reached for
comment.
If the Portuguese
authorities decide to
le charges based on
what they nd, Sco-
lari would have to an-
swer in a Portuguese
court. Tax evasion
concerning large
amounts of money carries
a prison sentence in Portugal.
Scolari, who is Brazilian,
led his country's national
team to the World Cup title in
2002. He then coached Portu-
gal's national team from 2003-
08, and will again coach the
Brazilian team at this year's
World Cup. AP
Scolari on the spot
Italys Mario Balotelli lies on the ground after
being fouled during a 2014 Fifa World Cup, Group
B, qualication match between Italy and Armenia
in Naples, Italy, in October, last year. [PHOTO: AFP]
By ERICK OCHIENG in LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND
Team Kenya commenced their cam-
paign on a high note thrashing Gambia
7-1 in pool A of the 2014 Road To Aneld
Trophy 5-a-side football tournament at
Liverpool FC Aneld ground.
Zambia were the rst to nd the back
of the net just in a minute of play but
the Kenyans stepped up their game to
net the seven goals through Rodgers Es-
hitemi (hat-trick), Erick Ochieng, Morris
Ochieng, Titus Mwoki and Bismarck Mu-
tahi.
But the grudge match of the day was
Kenyas xture against Nigeria that the or-
ganisers were glad ended in a 1-1 draw.
This was a very tough match and its
magnitude was eminent, we are glad that
both countries shared the points, said
former Liverpool marksman John Barnes,
who was among the legends overseeing
the tournament.
In the third xture, Kenya came from
behind to give the United Arab Emirates
(UAE) a hell of a time to lead 3-1 before
the opponents levelled the scores in the
dying minutes.
Kenya managed to halt Koreas ma-
rauding ways in their fourth match by
taking an early 1-0 lead, but the Koreans
equalised at the whistle.
In the last two games, Kenya went
down 3-0 to Singapore and 2-1 to Thai-
land. Even though Kenya missed a semi-
nal slot by a whisker it was great that the
country made a top ve nish, which was
a medal bracket.
Team captain Mutahi said: It was a
learning experience for us, we interacted
with many players from different parts of
the world and learnt many new things.
The tournament was won by Vietnam
who edged favourites Singapore 1-0 in a
nervy encounter. Apart from the tourna-
ment the teams also toured the Liverpool
FC stadium and Liverpool city.
Liverpool Partnership Event Manager
Nicola Myers and Alexandra Simpson,
Partnership Event Co-ordinator, said the
global tournament lived to its billing and
that they will make it bigger and better
next year.
Page 60 / FEVERPITCH
Outgoing
captain says
they fought
one another
not former
manager
LONDON
Outgoing Manchester
United captain Nemanja
Vidic admitted on Wednes-
day that the players lost
belief during the cam-
paign that has just ended,
but says they never desert-
ed former manager David
Moyes.
It was a bad time and
the players could have
done better. But everyone
lost belief in the team,
Vidic, who has agreed to
join Inter Milan, told BBC
Sport.
LOST FAITH
People said we lost
faith in David Moyes. We
didnt. We knew he was try-
ing to build something.
Moyes endured a di-
sastrous campaign after
succeeding Alex Ferguson
as manager last year and
was sacked in April, with
United going on to nish
in seventh place in the Pre-
mier League and failing to
qualify for Europe.
PLAYERS GAVE THEIR
ALL FOR MOYES - VIDIC
Kenya rout Gambia in Road to Aneld tie
Former
United
captain
Nemanja
Vidic and
immediate
coach David
Moyes with
the trophy
after victory
in the FA
Community
Shield last
August.
[PHOTO: AFP]
While Vidic, who spent
eight-and-a-half years at
United, conceded that the
players had argued about
how to turn the clubs for-
tunes around, he insists
that Moyes was never the
target of their anger.
The players did argue
among ourselves. But we
were arguing to get better,
he added. We never ar-
gued with the manager or
his assistants. Never.
With Vidics long-term
partner Rio Ferdinand also
leaving the club, United
nd themselves in need of
a new rst-choice centre-
back pairing.
ESTABLISH THEMSELVES
England internationals
Phil Jones and Chris Small-
ing will now hope to estab-
lish themselves at the heart
of the United defence, but
former club captain Roy
Keane has been critical of
their progress.
We were told two or
three years ago Jones was
going to be the new Dun-
can Edwards and Smalling
was this and that, Keane
said, in comments report-
ed by several British news-
papers on Wednesday.
Ive watched United
live nine or 10 times this
year and they have been
none of those things. If
anything, I think they have
gone backwards.
AFP
Team Kenya (in front) and South Korea players parade up before their Road to Aneld
tournament match in Liverpool on Tuesday . [PHOTO: ERICK OCHIENG/ STANDARD]
LIGUE ONE
DEAD END?
FEVERPITCH / Page 61 Thursday, May 15, 2014 / The Standard
Amrouche cautions players
against underrating team
By GILBERT WANDERA
Harambee Stars coach
Adel Amrouche has cau-
tioned against underrating
Comoros during their Sun-
days Africa Cup of Nations
qualier at Nyayo National
Stadium.
The team moved their
training to Nyayo Stadium
from Safaricom Kasarani
yesterday with two foreign-
based players Dennis Oliech,
who plays in France, and
Saudi Arabia-based David
Cheche Ochieng attending
the session.
There are no longer min-
nows in African football and
we cannot afford to look down
on Comoros because of their
size or ranking. At the end of
the day, all that matters is the
kind of preparations one has
had, Amrouche told Fever-
Pitch.
The team recently played
against Burkina Fasso and
drew 1-1 and so it shows that
they have something to give,
he added.
Comoros are currently
ranked at position 193 in
the Fifa rankings. Their best
rankings is 164 where they
were in 2011.
Kenya, now ranked 106,
has managed to climb to 68th
position in the Fifa ranking,
which was six years ago.
Unlike Kenya, Comoros
have always missed out on
the Africa Cup of Nations and
World Cup qualiers.
PERENNIAL PARTICIPANTS
They have, however, been
perennial participants in the
Indian Ocean Island Games
and the Arab Games.
In 2006, they made it to
the nals of the Arab Na-
tions Cup. It was not until
two years later that the team
entered into the World Cup
qualiers for the 2010 World
Cup nals in South Africa,
but were edged out in the
preliminaries.
The coach pointed out
they are focussed on picking
a win and expressed hope
he would get all his foreign-
based players soon.
We identied the for-
eign-based players we want
one month ago and it is a bit
frustrating that they have not
come. In the meantime, we
have to do with what we have
until everyone is here.
EXPRESSED DISAPPOINTMENT
Amrouche also expressed
disappointment that Kenyan
born Divock Origi has opted
to play for Belgium after
he was named in the 2014
World Cup squad.
It is his personal de-
cision and we have to
respect it. However,
we would have want-
ed to have him in the
Kenyan team. I think
he still has the country
at heart and his decision
should give us the op-
portunity to go and look
for other talented players
who can represent us at
this level.
Amrouche has been an
admirer of the Lille forward
and made efforts in the past
to convince him to play for
Harambee Stars.
Mathare United mid-
elder Harrisson Mwendwa,
one of the new players in the
team, said he is delighted to
get an opportunity in the
side.
Mwendwa also turns out
for the national under-20 side
and is one of the young play-
ers Amrouche has called up
as he seeks to strengthen the
team for the future.
This is a dream come true
for me to be in the same team
with the big players. I want
to do my best and repay the
faith coach Amrouche has
shown in my ability, he said.
gwandera@standard-
media.co.ke
MINNOWS? NOT COMOROS
Oliech not sure of future after club relegated

FastTrack
RUGBY: Muthee pays
tribute to sevens team
The Kenya Sevens national team
arrived from the nal legs of
the HSBC Sevens World Series
on Tuesday with 12 points to
end the season seventh overall
with 84 points. Speaking at a
luncheon to welcome the team
in Nairobi, Kenya Rugby Union
Chairman Mwangi Muthee said:
Kudos to the boys, they have
held their own this season and
as they head into the off season,
they will denitely reect on
areas of improvement ahead of
the upcoming Commonwealth
Games. We have a good team in
our hands and they can only get
better with this technical bench.
CONCOURS: Tanner now
rebuilding 1949 Bentley
Classic and vintage car enthusiast
Roger Tanner is completely
rebuilding a 1949 Bentley Mark
VI Limousine for the CBA Africa
Concours dElegance. The event
will be held at the Nairobi
Racecourse on September 28
and is the third to be sponsored
by the Commercial Bank of
Africa. The Concours is rated
as the classiest event on the
Kenya Motor Sport calendar and
has been held annually by the
Alfa Romeo Owners Club since
1970. The Clubs objective is to
recognise and reward the owners
of cars and motorcycles who
maintain their machines in good
conditions. Oscar Pilipili
GOLF: Muriu dominates
Mountain Classic event
Playing off 17, Sammy Muriu
dominated the sixth Mountain
Classic Golf Tournament at
Kiambu by shooting a net score
of 66. His superb round in this
medal competition featured
ve pars on the rst nine
followed by four pars and a
birdie on the par ve 12 hole of
the second nine. 14 handicap
Moffat Kanyeria followed
Muriu with a net 69 to take the
winners prize. Charles Nduati
carded 70 to ll the runner up
slot with 27 Handicap Henry
Karuma third with a net 71
after a count back with Chris
Kieu.
thinking about where to play
next season. Right now I have
a job to do at the national
team and it takes precedence
over everything. After this then
I can think about that, said
Oliech (pictured left).
Turning to Sundays game,
the Harambee Stars goal
poacher said he doesnt know
much about their opponents,
but pointed out they are keen
to pick maximum points.
We dont know much
about them but our focus is to
win at home. We have to take
advantage of what we have
and get positive result in the
rst leg, he said.
He regretted the absence
of top goalkeeper Arnold Ori-
gi, who has club assignment
in Norway on the same day
Harambee Stars are playing
Comoros.
He has been an instru-
mental part of the team and
we will miss him.
Elsewhere, Football Kenya
Federation (FKF) internation-
al organising committee has
released details for Sundays
Africa Cup of Nations quali-
ers after a meeting at the
Nyayo National Stadium.
The visiting team compris-
ing of 26 arrive this morn-
ing aboard a ight from Paris
where the team had camped.
The match referees from
Zambia and the match com-
missioner from Ethiopia will
jet in tomorrow morning.
At the same time, 22,500
tickets will go on sale for Sh600
each for the VIP and Sh200 for
the terraces.
Security has been beefed
up and all fans have been ad-
vised to arrive early at the ven-
ue to avoid congestion. And all
vehicles will be parked at the
designated parking zones and
no vehicle will be allowed to
park at the VIP area.
According to Elly Mukolwe,
a National Executive Commit-
tee (NEC) member at FKF, they
are working closely with the
security organs to ensure that
there is adequate and elabo-
rate security and urged all fans
to cooperate.
This is a big international
match and we must set the
required hosting and match
management guidelines in
order to showcase our capac-
ity to host other big matches at
the venue.
We urge all football fans to
turn out in large numbers to
cheer Harambee Stars as we
begin our journey to the AF-
CON nals in Morrocco next
year, he said.
gwandera@standard-
media.co.ke
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Oliech not certain of stay in
France after his club Ajaccio
relegated from Ligue One
By GILBERT WANDERA
Harambee Stars striker Dennis Oliech is non-committal about
his future after his French club Ajaccio were relegated from French
Ligue one.
Oliech joined the national team Harambee Stars camp yesterday
ahead of Sundays Africa Cup of Nations qualier against Comoros
at Nyayo Stadium.
He went to France in 2005, playing rst for Nantes, who were rel-
egated the following season and then he joined Auxerre a year later.
The Kenyan striker left Auxerre for Ajaccio after the club were also
relegated. With speculation rife about his next destination, Oliech
said he is currently concentrating on his national team duties before
deciding on his next move.
Last week, there were reports that Oliech could be headed to
South Africa to join a Premier Soccer League (PSL) side. I am not
CONTINUED ON PAGE 61
Dennis Oliech and Harrison Mwendwa during
national football team, Harambee Stars training
at Nyayo National Stadium, yesterday. [PHOTO:
DENNIS OKEYO/STANDARD]
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TEN QUESTIONS: Peter
Ndiangui: Its safe to buy
property online
Clients can protect themselves
from fraudsters by following some
simple guidelines that work in
every market.
PAGE 4
STORY BEHIND: Kenyas
oldest members club
Built in 1896 by trader Rex
Boustead, Mombasa Club is the
oldest such facility in Kenya, and
was once exclusively for whites
when it opened.
PAGE 7
PROPERTY LAW: Lenders
panic over fake titles
Some banks are waking up to the
reality that some outstanding
loans could have been given on
the strength of questionable title
deeds as security.
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SECOND FEATURE: The
homes Africas super
rich buy
Most members of the continents
select club of billionaires do
not think twice while buying
exclusive duplexes worth
hundreds of millions.
PAGE 11
COUNTY CALL: Rongai:
No longer too far
The town that not long ago
Nairobians only considered t
for an outing to enjoy the juicy
ribs of Maasai goats is fast
becoming everyones location for
a putting up a dream home.

PAGE 15
GOOD NEWS FOR LAND REFORMS
I
had a beef last week with Lands Cabinet Secretary
Charity Ngilu over the manner in which she closed
Ardhi House ofces to carry out an audit of the
lands registry.
My problem with Ngilus action arose mainly from
the fact that she didnt seem to regard the role of the
National Land Commission in the whole audit exer-
cise. NLC commissioner
claimed they had not
been consulted and that
they could not access
their ofces based in
Ardhi House to do their
day-to-day work.
When I expressed
my displeasure in the
Property Watch col-
umn, little did I know
that many Kenyans
were really with Ngilu
on this matter.
Among the respons-
es I got, here is the one
that stood out: Kenyans have become captives at the
hands of cartels in cahoots with corrupt land ofcials;
it has become difcult to trace les hence hard to trans-
act especially searches and transfers, taking a lot of time
and money through bribesofcers sit on les for ob-
vious reasons. The reader continued: This exercise will
make sure all the les are back to the registry and will be
easily tracked and also cap the number of hours/days
you can work on a le. The last ofcer to have a le will
be held accountable for it.
The audit has unearthed 10,000 hidden les, sus-
pected to have been stashed away by ofcers involved
in fraudulent deals. Another good news is that Ngilu
and NLC Chairman Muhammad Swazuri have agreed to
hold discussions to end their incessant squabbles.
If done well, these activities at Ardhi House will lead
to improved service delivery and the beginning of the
much-needed reforms in the land sector.
A
y
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o
HOME AND AWAY / Page 3 Thursday, May 15, 2014 / The Standard
newsnow
Konza City: Ngilu supports
Makueni
Konza Techno City is in Machakos
County, Lands Cabinet Secretary Char-
ity Ngilu has declared. Responding to
queries by Makueni Senator Mutula
Kilonzo Jnr, Ngilu said in a letter dated
April 1 that the 5,000-acre land where
the techno city, whose construction
was launched by retired President Mwai
Kibaki early last year, is not in Makueni
County as claimed by some leaders.
However, Makueni Governor Kivutha
Kibwana led a section of leaders from
the region last week in condemning
Ngilus declaration.According to Ngilu,
historically, administratively and politi-
cally, Konza lies in Machakos County and
Makueni can only benet from the multi-
billion development by having 14,700
hectares of land in the county developed
as part of Konza city development plan.
Sh250m golf course for Kieni
Fountains Enterprise Programme is
planning to build a golf course in Kieni
constituency, Nyeri, at a cost of Sh250
million. The investment at Lachuta will
be on 100 acres and will also entail put-
ting up of tented camps and a clubhouse.
Being developed by Kisisa Real Estate
Limited, the project will be located in a
semi-arid region of the constituency and
is expected to be operational by Decem-
ber 2015. Work commences in December.
-Mkala Mwaghesha
Weekly Roundup
Market embraces new
building technology
T
he uptake of cheaper building
materials being manufactured by
the National Housing Corpora-
tion (NHC) at its factory in Ma-
voko is steadily increasing.
The Expanded Polystyrene Panels (EPS)
factory, put up at a cost of about Sh700 mil-
lion, was commissioned to locally manu-
facture the EPS panels. It started operating
fully in January.
Between January and March, the sales
have tripled. We expect Aprils sales to have
bypassed the other months, said Andrew
Saisi, the factorys General Manager.
EPS construction technology, which
started in Italy and has been in existence
in Europe for over 60 years, has recently
been introduced in the Kenyan market,
with some developers excited by its cost
cutting advantage.
This technology can reduce the total
cost of construction by 30 per cent if well
done. It also reduces the time spent on
construction by 50 per cent, said Saisi.
He, however, said that these advantages
could only be realised in the construction
of mass housing projects.
The company has used the technology
to construct police houses in Ruai. Nyeri
County has also used the technology in
putting up structures. The technology is
expected to be used to build holding cells
in various law courts around the country.
NHCs mandate is to build affordable
housing for all across the country and
through such cost-cutting technology, it
will be easier for us or any developer out
there to achieve that, said Saisi.
The wall panel is 70 millimetres and
weighs 16kg, while the roof and oor panel
is 150 millimetres and weighs 26kg.
SOUND PROOF
The walls can withstand natural disas-
ters and terrorist attacks better than mortar
walls. They are also sound-proof, thermal
insulated and give a house a monolithic
structural advantage. Each wall panel
costs about Sh5,000 at the factory.
Saisi, however, said that NHC has not
used the technology in any of its housing
projects yet as the factory was not yet op-
erational.
NHC will use the technology in its up-
coming projects, especially in areas where
land is not shrouded in controversy.
About 6,000 people have so far been
trained on the technology, with 61 Nation-
al Youth Service recruits undergoing train-
ing at the moment. Saisi said that once
Kenyans stop being pessimistic about new
technologies, it would be easy to change
the mind-set of the people to embrace ef-
fective technologies.
EPS General Man-
ager Andrew Saisi
demonstrating
how the panels
are used. [PHOTO:
MARGARET KANINI/
STANDARD]
By MKALA MWAGHESHA
Page 4 / HOME AND AWAY
tenquestionsfor...
By H&A WRITER
1
OLX has mostly been marketed as a market for
second hand items. How relevant is it to the
property market inKenya?
According to the Communications
Commission of Kenya, Internet subscrib-
ers in Kenya have grown by over 55 per
cent in the last one year. By Internet rank-
ings, OLX is one of the leading web plat-
forms in the country where Kenyans sell
their homes and household goods.
More than ever, homes and household
goods are being traded at OLX.
2
How does the number of people searching for
homes, household items and home dcor solu-
tions on OLXtoday compare with one year or so
ago?
If you look at our web platform, you
will see that there are over 40,000 house-
hold goods, ranging from furniture to
home appliances, being sold by various
people. In the real estate section, we have
over 20,000 homes on sale. A year ago, this
number was less than one third of what it
is today and this gives a good indication as
to why the number of buyers has grown by
threefold.
3
There have been many cases of fraud in the
property market and there is speculation that
fraudsters could be using online forums to sell
stolen property. Which measures have you put in
place tocurbsuchpractices?
To say the truth, the property market in
Kenya is not without challenges. Even be-
fore the onset of higher volumes of trades
supported by Internet platforms, fraud
was a common feature even with print
classieds generated leads.
At OLX, we have put in place elaborate
mechanisms of de-risking the process.
We check all advertisements before they
go live on the site. We have developed ro-
bust rules that give us early indication of
whether a potential advertiser is a fraud-
Its safe to buy
property online
lot of people are looking to lease or buy
quality homes at convenient prices.
These scenarios mean that the value
proposition of OLX platform is very much
aligned with the market dynamics in our
country.
6
Tell us about the changes youve made to the
site to address clients bad experiences and
what youare doing toenhance the goodones.
Weve had to advertise in the mass me-
dia a lot. We advertise in the newspapers,
property magazines, TV shows, as well
as We are in the process of introducing
a more rigorous registration process by
both sellers and buyers.
Previously, one could register through
an e-mail address but over time, as the
Government tightened registration of
mobile phone numbers, we have come to
appreciate the mobile phone number as
a more robust instrument in identifying
people.
Shifting to a phone number-support-
ed registration is one of the key
mechanisms we will be in-
troducing to further re-
duce risks in this mar-
ket segment.
7
What are your
thoughts on Ke-
nyas property
market?
I think the
Kenyan property
market is still at its
infancy from a growth
point of view. There are
several factors driving
growth in this
Peter Ndiangui, CEO, OLX Kenya
sector, but there is a bit of imbalance in
terms of supply and demand across vari-
ous segments of the real estate sector like
residential and commercial properties.
8
What needs to be done to make Kenyas prop-
erty market more vibrant?
One of the key things that need to
be sorted is the land issue. We need to im-
prove the process through which land is
acquired and owned and make documen-
tation more transparent.
We have talked endlessly about auto-
mating the lands registry but I think we
need to deal with more fundamental is-
sues like the best model of administrating
the registry.
9
One can tell that a lot of things still need to be
put right for the property market to function
well. Is this adisadvantage toOLX?
It is not a disadvantage in any way. OLX
is an online market. For property buyers
and sellers, this is a great time to optimise
your speed of selling or buying property
using an online platform..
10
What more should Kenyans
expect fromOLX?
A more vibrant and
responsive online forum, where
they can freely buy and sell
their stuff.
ster or not.
We deactivate any seller reported to
be engaging in fraudulent activities. We
also investigate and cases with criminal li-
abilities are handed over to law enforcers.
The process has worked well although we
are still tightening the rules as we discover
new challenges.
I would also like to emphasise that we
have been carrying out massive user edu-
cation on how clients can protect them-
selves from fraudsters by following some
simple guidelines that work in every mar-
ket.
For example, we encourage poten-
tial buyers and sellers to meet in a public
place and not send money before seeing
the goods.

4
What processes do people who wish to sell
their property through OLX pass through be-
fore their items are placedonthe site?
Those selling their properties need to
register on OLX as sellers by logging on to
www.olx.co.ke or by downloading the olx
app on their phones, for those with inter-
net-enabled phones.
After registration, they then take pho-
tos of the property they are seeking to sell.
Pictures in an advert on OLX are extremely
important. We have seen that adverts that
have photos have 10 times more chances
of being replied to than those without.
We advise potential sellers to take at
least four photos. OLX allows users to up-
load multiple pictures of what you are sell-
ing.
5
What lessons have you learnt since the forum
started?
We have learnt a number of things,
one being that people have a lot of house-
hold items that they want to sell for a good
deal. Two is that people who are settling
down in their newly leased or purchased
homes need household items that are op-
timally priced. We have also learnt that a
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E
tihad Airways, the national air-
line of the United Arab Emirates,
has taken passenger comfort to
a whole new level by creating the
worlds most luxurious living space in the
air. Their ten A380 eets will debut what
they term The Residence. This will be the
breath-taking and completely new for-
ward upper-deck cabin on the A380. Ac-
commodating single or double occupancy,
it features a living room, separate double
bedroom and ensuite shower room.
Guests in The Residence will also have
a personal Butler, services that were previ-
ously on private jets.
PRIVATE SUITES
The A380 will feature the revolutionary
First Apartments, which are fully private
suites with a separate reclining lounge
seat and full-length bed, as well as a chilled
mini-bar, personal vanity unit and ward-
Worlds most
luxurious living
space in the air
robe. First and business class guests on the
A380 will be able to relax in the lobby that
is a serviced lounge and bar area located
between the rst and business cabins.
On their B787, the airline has designed
an enhanced First Suite, adding many new
features, including a chilled mini-bar.
Like a well-padded crib in some of our
leafy suburbs, the suites entertainment
menu will consist of latest Panasonic eX3
entertainment system across both eets,
providing more than 750 hours of on-de-
mand entertainment.
For the game freaks, there will be an
improved gaming and high denition
screens with video touchscreen handsets.
Unveiled at a global launch in Abu
Dhabi two weeks ago, the new cabins and
service offering follow the airlines pledge
to transform air travel and make every
guests journey a remarkable one.
The design was to bring the individu-
ality and exclusivity of a luxury boutique
hotel experience to the sky in a way that
combines Arab traditions with modern
contemporary design.
Each of The Residence suites in the
A380 will be a boutique version of different
colour palettes, table marquetry and cus-
tom carpets.
For Muslims travelling from their
Middle East hub, there is a prayer area,
which can be curtained off for privacy
and equipped with a real-time electronic
Qibla-nder showing the exact direction of
Mecca based on the aircrafts geographical
position.
James Hogan, Etihad Airways President
and Chief Executive Ofcer, said: These
new living spaces will raise inight prod-
uct and service standards to their highest
level yet in commercial aviation and alter
air travellers expectations of inight com-
fort and luxury forever.
DESIGNERS
The new sky look was engineered by
Etihad Design Consortium (EDC), which
brought together three leading design
companies, Acumen, Factorydesign and
Honour Branding.
specialfeature
Airline unveils unparalleled luxury and
comfort that will feature fully private
suites with a separate reclining lounge
seat and full-length bed, as well as a
chilled mini-bar, personal vanity unit
and wardrobe, reports PETER MUIRURI
Peter Baum-
gartner (left),
chief commercial
ofcer, James
Hogan (centre),
president and
CEO, and Hareb
Almuhairy, vice-
president, UAE.
[PHOTOS: COURTESY/
STANDARD]
propertyspotlight
Kitengelas Prudential
Court Acacia
pleted by the end of May this year, consists
of six units of three-bedroom bungalows.
When Home and Away visited the
site, nal touches were being put on the
houses, each of which will go for Sh5.95
million.
Prudential Capital Limited Investment
Director David Mworia described their
price as a good deal to our clients.
Each comes with a spacious com-
pound measuring 80m by 57m and with
individual septic tank.
KITCHEN
The oors are tiled. The kitchen area
has granite worktops. Two bedrooms
share a bathroom and shower while the
master bedroom is ensuite.
The living room measures 13m by 13m;
the dining room measures 10m by 8m ; the
master bedroom measures 12m by 12m;
while the other two bedrooms measure
9m by 10m and 11m by 12m, respectively.
The windows are large enough to allow
in maximum light.
Open kitchen measures 7m by 12m and
comes with granite worktops, sink and tap
with upper and lower cupboards.
Like is happening in the whole area,
Acacia Court is a controlled development,
ensuring the residents live in a conducive
environment.
The area, however, lacks a sewer line,
a common problem in Kajiado County.
Developers have therefore been forced to
dig septic tanks in their compounds like in
Prudential Acacia Court.
The presence of the Muigai Police Post
is a boost to security. The developers have
also put up a net wire fence and are in the
process of erecting a perimeter fence.
Transport is also a problem in the area
since no vehicles ply the area, save for a
few boda bodas (motorcycles).
Mworia says Acacia Road will be tar-
macked soon by a university coming up in
the area.
Since the project has not been nished,
there is no driveway yet, but the promoters
say a cabro-paved one is in the pipeline.
AMENITIES
The court uses power from the Kenya
Power, whereas water is from a borehole.
There are plans to connect it to the EPZ
tank.
The area enjoys shopping, bank-
ing, medical and education facilities in
Kitengela, which is only about two kilo-
metres away.
Land prices around Kitengela has been
increasing rapidly, thanks to high demand
from individuals, learning, institutions
and private developers.
A 50 metres by 100 metres plot on the
roadside, for instance, goes for between
Sh1.5 million to Sh2 million.
By JAMES WANZALA
K
itengela is one of the fastest grow-
ing neighbourhoods in Kajiado
County, thanks to property de-
velopers and individuals putting
up housing developments to cater for the
increasing population.
Despite the dusty and overcrowded
Kitengela town and the weather-beaten
rental apartments one sees along the road
as you drive towards the Namanga border,
there are well-planned residential estates
and individual houses coming up in the
area.
GATED COMMUNITY
One of the new housing developments
is Prudential Acacia Court, a gated com-
munity estate located on the murram Aca-
cia Road, off Kajiado-Kitengela Road, near
Yukos Petrol Station.
The project, which started in Novem-
ber last year and is expected to be com-
The project is
one of the few
planned develop-
ments in the area.
[PHOTOS: JAMES WAN-
ZALA/STANDARD]
HOME AND AWAY / Page 7
When it started,
the club was
exclusively
patronised by Eu-
ropeans. [PHOTOS:
LIBRARY/STANDARD]
By JAMES WANZALA
B
uilt in 1896 by trader Rex Boust-
ead, Mombasa Club is the old-
est such facility in Kenya. When
it opened, it was exclusively for
whites.
At one time, it was exclusively pa-
tronised by Europeans who numbered no
more than 50. To be a member, one had
to be earning at least 250 (Sh36,513) per
year.
Mombasa Club is the only place with-
in the Old Town where alcoholic beverag-
es are sold. There are no bars in Old Town.
However, Mombasa Club is exclusively for
members, says Dr Kalandar Khan,
Physical Planning Co-ordinator, Na-
tional Museums of Kenya.
It is adjacent to the imposing Fort Je-
sus, a monumental piece of architecture
built by the Portuguese at the end of the
15th century (1593) to secure their posi-
tion in the Coast of East Africa.
Today, the club is multi-racial and
women as well as men are admitted as
members. Queen Elizabeth stayed at this
place during the ceremonies of indepen-
dence in 1963.
UGANDA RAILWAYS
The history of the Mombasa Club goes
back to the year 1896, with the start of the
laying of the Uganda Railways which was
being built to link the Indian Ocean to the
source of the Nile at the Lake Victoria
in the quest to control the Suez Canal in
North Africa.
In 1896, Rex Boustead and three other
friends established the Mombasa Club,
which drew its membership mainly from
the British civil servants and railway em-
ployees who were working for the British
East
Africa Protectorate.
storybehind
Kenyas oldest
members club
They patronised the club for socialisa-
tion after work.
By 1897, membership had grown to 60
and was open to men only. Today, mem-
bership stands at 2,500 and the club is
open to all races, both men and women.
The building is a good example of the
turn-of-the-century administrative build-
ings, which mix local materials of con-
struction
ELEGANT
like the coral rag, lime mortar and plas-
ter for masonry and European materials
like the tiles for roong.
The building is well ventilated, thanks
to the many openings.
The club has 26 elegantly furnished air
conditioned bedrooms with a shower or
bathtub, two well stocked bars and a res-
taurant.
It also has a reading room with periodi-
cals, local and overseas newspapers and
magazines; library; TV room; swimming
pool; two squash courts; snooker; two
conference rooms; Bryson and Kanyanda
rooms.
The swimming pool is lled with sea-
water from the Tudor Creek (entry to the
Old Port) and it is the only seawater pool
in the Kenyan Coast.
Situated on the edge of the ocean, the
club enjoys cool breezes from the Indian
Ocean for the better part of the year.
Children between the ages of 10 and
18 may be allowed to use the dining room
and upstairs lounge provided they are ac-
companied by at least one parent.
The Mombasa Club has reciprocity/
afliation agreements with other clubs in
Africa, India, Ireland, Scotland, Europe,
Hong Kong, Australia and Pakistan.
jwanzala@standardmedia.co.ke
mainfeature mainfeature
Private individuals might be
driving the current property
boom in Kenya. What may be
lost on many, however, is that
the real estate investment
train has not by-passed faith-
based institutions as churches
are increasingly turning to
property development to
remain nancially aoat,
writes MKALA MWAGHESHA
C
hrist Is The Answer Ministries
(CITAM) is embroiled in a court
tussle involving some members,
a Sacco and the management of
the church.
The case is about a property that the
church, through a savings and credit co-
operative society, is alleged to be putting
up at a cost of Sh7 billion. The housing
project, named La Nyavu Gardens, was
launched in May 2013. It consists of 130
four and ve-bedroom housing units on
72.5 acres gated community in Bogani
Gardens in Karen.
La Nyavu Sacco, whose membership
is drawn from members of the Christ Is
the Answer Ministries (CITAM), is said
to have oated the idea of a gated com-
munity of believers in 2007. The idea at-
tracted numerous investors.
The current tussle involves some
members who are crying foul after not
being issued with title deeds even after
paying large sums of money, mostly ac-
quired through loans.
The case has elicited interest due to
the fact that the controversy involves a
faith-based organisation and its mem-
bers.
CONTROVERSIAL PROJECT
According to an ofcial of La Nyavu
Sacco who did not wish to be named
since he is not authorised to speak to the
Press, La Nyavu Gardens Limited is now
a different entity from the Sacco, after
some members decided to invest in the
controversial project.
The Sacco is still focused on its man-
date, which is advancing loans to its
members. What La Nyavu Gardens as an
entity does is not our concern, said the
ofcial, who added that some members
of the limited company have since left
the church.
This controversy, however, might have
obfuscated one interesting fact: That the
real estate investment train has not by-
passed faith-based institutions.
Apart from healing the sick and
cleansing souls, churches are increas-
ingly turning to property development to
remain self-reliant and make a nancial
mark. With billions being invested and
reaped in real estate, churches are stak-
Buildings of faith
ing claim to the industry that has been
vibrant for the last one decade.
Even through history, churches have
always been the biggest landowners and
investors, said Aly-Khan Satchu, CEO at
Rich Management. The Church of Eng-
land, for example, owns a lot of property
Head of the
Catholic Church
John Cardinal
Njue cuts the tape
to ofcially open
Cardinal Otunga
Plaza (above),
last year. [PHOTOS:
WILBERFORCE OKWIRI
AND FILE/STANDARD]
and land in England.
Charles Peter Mwangi, the CEO of
Rubyland Limited, explains that more
traditional ways of sustaining churches
nancially are diminishing and that is
why they are increasingly exploring oth-
er avenues.
Churches are involved in welfare
projects and the need to remain sus-
tainable is leading them to have inter-
est in real estate. A big percentage is fo-
cused on empowering their members,
even though some individuals lead their
churches into such a robust market for
mainfeature mainfeature
10-storey building, which sits at the pre-
cinct of the Holy Family Basilica in Nai-
robis Central Business District, was built
at a cost of over Sh500 million.
Apart from the 7th and 8th oors,
which will be used by the archdiocese,
and the 9th oor, which will have the
conference room and a cafeteria, the rest
of the ofces will be rented out.
Opportunities offered by the real es-
tate industry are immense and safer than
the stock exchange. It is very sensible to
invest in the property market, which is
less volatile. So long as the money used
is not borrowed, which I assume it isnt,
real estate makes sense, said Satchu,
explaining that the money received by
churches can always be multiplied in
such projects.
FIVE-STAR HOTEL
Jesus Is Alive Ministries (JIAM) has
also gone the property way with the pro-
posed Glory Twin Towers being advertised
on the churchs website. There is also a
banner showing the artists impressions
right outside the ministrys Haile Selassie
headquarters, where the project is going
to be located.
The towers will have, among other
things, a ve-star hotel, a banking hall,
a supermarket, conference facilities and
ofce space.
A basement parking, which a report by
Mentor Management Limited found as a
high priority for most blue chip compa-
nies in Nairobi, will also be available.
There is an undersupply of parking
space in the CBD and it is an opportu-
nity for developers to come up with more
parking silos, said Mohamed Jivanjee,
Mentor Management Development
Manager, during the release of the report
a few weeks ago.
Glory Towers will be 12 storeys and
will be funded with money from church
coffers and well wishers, called covenant
individual gains, said Mwangi.
The Roman Catholic Church in Kenya
is one of the largest landowners in the
country. From putting up educational
and health institutions all over the coun-
try, the Catholic Church has agricultural
land and land for other projects.
In June last year, church-owned Pacis
Insurance unveiled a Sh400 million ofce
block on Waiyaki Way, Nairobi. Known as
Pacis Centre, the six-storey building is lo-
cated opposite Lion Place.
Pacis Insurance Chairman James
Wangunyu explained that returns from
Pacis Centre on Waiyaki Way. [PHOTO: WILBERFORCE OKWIRI/STANDARD]
Churches are increasingly
turning to property develop-
ment to remain self-reliant
and make a nancial mark.
Historically, churches have
always been the biggest land-
owners and investors. The
Church of England, for ex-
ample, owns a lot of property
and land in England.
The Catholic Church, one of
the largest landowners in
Kenya, says the move to join
real estate will help it fund its
missionary projects. F
a
c
t
b
O
X
commercial properties are more guaran-
teed compared to the stock market.
Satchu concurred with Wangunyu:
It makes a lot of sense. The move is not
radical but sensible considering the per-
formance of the real estate industry.
Also known as Building of Faith, the
Pacis Centre has been fully let. With a
basement parking for 50 cars and an
open rooftop, the building is set to ri-
val other modern ofce developments
in Westlands, one of the leading ofce
zones in the city.
REVENUE STREAMS
While opening the building, Catholic
head Cardinal John Njue said that the
move to join the real estate industry was
aimed at increasing revenue streams for
the church, which in turn, makes it more
capable of funding its missionary proj-
ects such as building and maintaining
schools and hospitals.
It is to help the church to be self-reli-
ant to handle its missions, said Cardinal
Njue.
Pacis Centre, which is being managed
by real estate rm Knight Frank Kenya,
is the rst property investment for the
insurer, which has been in existence for
eight years.
Later in August 2013, Cardinal Njue
opened the Cardinal Otunga Plaza. The
partners, who can make a pledge in US
dollars on the churchs website. The
church is led by former Starehe MP Bish-
op Margaret Wanjiru.
Religious organisations offer a lot
of competition because they have a lot
of nancial muscle. They can purchase
large chunks of land at one go and sell it
cheaply to their followers, said Mwangi
of Rubyland, adding that most of the
transactions are below market rates as
they are geared towards empowering the
followers.
Presbyterian Church of East Africa
(PCEA) Foundation acquired the pres-
tigious Milele Beach Hotel, formerly
Giriama Beach, in the north coast in
2007. A popular venue for Christian wed-
dings, the hotel is known for its strict
anti-alcoholic rules. The foundation also
owns a number of lodges and conference
centres around the country, same as the
Methodist Church.
Just like conventional land deals in
Kenya, the church has not been able to
stay away from accusations of fraudulent
deals.
Ruiru PCEA Investment Company
was allegedly selling land in Ruiru in
2010, which was questionable as the par-
cel of land on sale was said to be owned
by a coffee company.
Milele Ventures Limited, which is
associated with the PCEA church, has
also been taken to court over fraudulent
claims made against a director in con-
nection to land sale. The company also
bought 790 acres from former Kiambaa
MP Stanley Githunguri at Sh1.2 billion.
Some religious institutions make a
mistake of not involving professionals in
their projects, said Mwangi. They as-
sume that since they have a lawyer or a
valuer among their congregations, they
do not need more consultations but that
is why they sometimes go wrong.
R
ecently, Eldoret police boss Eras-
tus Muthamia alerted judges and
magistrates in the region not to
clear bond documents (titles) un-
til their authenticity is established.
Muthamia, who led a crackdown on
fake documents in the area, further alerted
banks on circulation of fake and fraudu-
lently acquired documents.
This has sent commercial banks into a
panic mode as they wake up to the reality
that some outstanding loans could have
been given on the strength of questionable
title deeds as security.
Some are in the process of seeking
court orders to protect their resources in
case the documents are revoked.
The Eldoret alert came hot on the heels
of revelation of reported cases of dupli-
cates, forged documents and tampering
with original records at the Ministry of
Lands ofces countrywide.
NON-EXISTENT LAND
There are also title deeds for non-exis-
tent land and cases involving numerous
title deeds issued for the same property.
The current developments are not new,
as 10 years ago the Kenya Bankers Associa-
tion (KBA) pleaded with then Lands Min-
ister Amos Kimunya to revoke fraudulent
titles.
property law
WITH HAROLD AYODO
Lenders panic over fake titles
The Association said banks could lose
billions of shillings if titles charged to its
members were nullied.
And as questionable title deeds contin-
ue hitting the headlines, bankers may be
forced to seek alternative security on loans
where documents presented are question-
able.
Currently, title deeds remain key to
secured debts. The challenge, however, is
that there are many unscrupulous brokers
who sell land and give out fake title deeds,
resulting in double registration and mul-
tiple title deeds.
STRINGENT GUIDELINES
Three years ago, Lands ministry was
expected to gazette more stringent guide-
lines for anyone searching its land registry
records to stem the problem of fake title
deeds.
The new rules and guidelines were to
be released amid fears that some landown-
ers, especially in Athi River, Kitengela and
Mlolongo areas, may be holding fake title
deeds.
Then Lands Commissioner Zablon Ma-
bea said many prospective investors had
fallen victim to unscrupulous brokers who
used genuine title deeds to produce fake
ones, which they issued to unsuspecting
buyers.
Ofcials at the Lands ministry as well
as real estate players said many people
had been conned into buying public land
or land earmarked for industrial develop-
ment.
The ofcials said after purchase, the
buyers had invested in residential estates
and commercial buildings nanced by
mortgages from banks and other nancial
institutions.
It is emerging that it is not banks alone
that are being plagued by fake title deeds
nightmare; the judiciary is also affected.
Some of the fake title deeds are said to have
been used by hardcore criminals to be re-
leased from courts after presenting them
to secure bonds.
Courts mainly rely on ofcial docu-
ments as further security before releasing
charged suspects on bail/bond.
Should the accused abscond, in addi-
tion to the court issuing warrants of arrest,
the amount of money or property held by
the court as security is forfeited.
It is required that courts perform of-
cial searches on title deeds and also value
the property before the registrar of lands
conrms the authenticity of the docu-
ment and its alleged market value. How-
ever, courts often reject questionable title
deeds.
The writer is an Advocate of the High
Court.
A police ofcer displays some of the
recently conscated title deeds. [PHOTO:
LIBRARY/STANDARD]
A
frica, Kenya included, has been
touted as the new playground for
world billionaires, with the num-
ber of foreign investors angling to
get a slice of the huge development pie con-
tinuing to rise daily.
In Kenya, this has been validated by the
fact that almost all the mega real estate proj-
ects have an element of foreign ownership.
Currently, the continent is building up a
select club of billionaires that is giving the
worlds wealthiest a run for their money.
What has not been in the public domain,
though, is how they privately use their im-
mense wealth apart from the known invest-
ments.
According to the March 2014 issue of
Ventures Africa, some of the continents su-
per-rich have no problem buying a private
jet worth Sh3.9 billion or spending more
than Sh10 million on a small family burial
site. And this on a continent hosting the
worlds poorest.
Like their international brethren, de-
spite the struggles of their poor neighbours,
the regions rich have no compunction
about ashing their fancy cars, eets of pri-
vate jets, tickets to outer space, lavish wed-
dings and exclusive and extravagant real
The homes Africas super
rich spend their billions on
secondfeature
Aliko Dangote, Africas wealthiest man.
[PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]
Most members of the continents select
club of billionaires do not think twice
while buying exclusive duplexes worth
hundreds of millions, writes PETER
MUIRURI
estate, states the magazine.
This is not surprising considering that
in its 2014 Wealth Report, Knight Frank
stated that the continents ultra high net
worth individuals would rise by 53 per cent
in the next decade.
Nigeria, the country that has taken the
rest of the continent by storm and having
dislodged South Africa on the economic
front, has some of the most extravagant
spenders. The super-rich in the capital
Abuja will not wince twice while buying a
four-bedroom duplex for more than Sh340
million.
MOST EXPENSIVE CAR
Curiously, the high cost of living in Abu-
ja is partly attributed to poor infrastruc-
ture. Still, Ventures states: Ferraris, McLa-
rens and Lamborghinis have been seen on
its (Abujas) roads, with local bloggers also
claiming to have spotted a Bugatti Veyron,
the worlds most expensive car at $2.4 mil-
lion (Sh206 million) apiece.
The construction sector continues to
excite the continents super rich. Take Aliko
Dangote, Africas wealthiest man, whom
everyone on the continent wishes to court.
With a net worth of Sh1.73 trillion ($20.2
billion) Dangote can fund Kenyas entire
budget for a whole year and have some
change to spare. But he doesnt have to.
During a visit to Nigeria two months
ago by a Kenyan delegation led by Deputy
President William Ruto, Dangote expressed
his desire to build a cement factory to the
tune of Sh35 billion. The 43rd richest man
in the world expressed optimism that pre-
requisite licences would be issued for the
rollout to commence.
This is no small matter for the magnate
who is keen to expand his agship compa-
ny, Dangote Cement, which currently oper-
ates in 14 other African countries.
Kenyas market is very important to us.
We will start as soon as we get the licences
which are just about to be ready, an opti-
mistic Dangote told the delegation in early
March. Exit Dangote and enters Mike Ad-
enunga, Nigerias newest billionaire with
his peculiar real estate investments. It is
Adenunga who planned for his hereafter
by purchasing the aforementioned burial
site in the Vaults and Gardens cemetery in
Ikoyi, Lagos, for Sh10 million, besides own-
ing seven homes in the high end Banana
Island. Though his time has not yet come,
he can take comfort in knowing that his sis-
ter lies in the multi-million cemetery since
2009.
Women billionaires on the continent
also know how to make their money work
for them. Despite their small number
three out of 55 they make up for this by
their unequalled spending and mega in-
vestments.
ANOTHER NIGERIAN
For example, Folorunsho Alakija, anoth-
er Nigerian, is said to be worth over Sh600
billion or half of Kenyas annual budget.
With such cash, she can afford to invest
in the most expensive real estate address
in the United Kingdom, One Hyde Park,
London, where a penthouse goes for more
than Sh800,000 per square foot. To track
such vast investments, the former ofce
secretary has no choice but get around in a
private jet worth Sh3.9 billion.
The list would not be complete without
the mention of Isabel Dos Santos, daugh-
ter of Angolan President Jos Eduardo dos
Santos whose net worth is estimated to be
Sh260 billion. Like her counterpart from
Nigeria, Isabel has invested in real estate,
building some apartments in Luanda where
tenants pay a monthly rent of Sh260,000.
But in a country where 70 per cent of
citizens live on less than two dollars a day
despite the mineral wealth, it is not difcult
to understand why the homes are still emp-
ty. Despite the many tales of hopelessness,
the continent has nally come of age at
least for the select few.
buildyourownhome
T
he popular quarry bricks and
mortar with machine-made,
kiln-hardened clay bricks meth-
od of building may just have
found its match.
In the new method, bricks are broad
compared to quarried ones and are
placed one upon another without any
need of binding mortar, something that
is helping builders cut down on con-
struction costs. The bricks are arranged
in such away that there is no room for
creating lines of weakness.
Architects say that if this new trend
becomes prevalent in the construction
industry, houses would take a shorter
time to construct and occupy.
Vagaries of weather, like rain, will
have little effect. There is also no need to
keep pouring water on the outside dur-
ing the drying process, otherwise known
as curing. The foundation ller can be
anything from crushed stones to sand
and cement or simply concrete slabs.
There are, however, many challeng-
es that could hinder such houses from
becoming widespread to the extent of
replacing the current brick and mortar
types.
Peter Kinyanjui, an architect, says
that machine-making bricks are expen-
sive to acquire and brick-makers cannot
be found all around the country.
Transportation costs will also have a
bearing on the overall construction costs.
Though materials like sand and cement
would be greatly halved in usage, one
would still need them during interior
plastering process. This casting acts as a
binding method for the laid-up bricks.
Kinyanjui thinks we may one day go
Cheaper building options you could consider
the ancient Egyptian way in brick making
where sand and straw will be seen as vi-
tal. He sees the exploitation of red earth,
or any slow draining soil for that matter,
as likely commercial venture in the long-
run in case quarrying is exhausted.
Alternatively, individuals in rural set-
ting can bake mud bricks, dry them in
the sun and build houses with sticky clay
being used as mortar.
COST-EEFECTIVE
Kinyanjui says this is cost-effective
compared to purchasing materials. The
building can be strengthened inside and
outside with a screed of plastering for
added strength and durability, which
gives the house a permanent outlook.
Does he believe we have exhausted
all the options for building a house? No.
The ever-changing technological in-
novations will see future houses being
made in record time with or without use
of brick and mortar.
He envisions a future where metal
structures are put on site with heavy,
factory produced slabs and walls being
tted with these structures. Like timber
houses that were common in early days
having been phased out, he says, even
the current trend, too, could be on its
way out.
One day, we may see ready-made
factory houses resembling shipping con-
tainers being purchased by individuals
and hauled to a housing site, he says.
Such movable or manufactured
homes come with wheels and can be at-
tached to a truck to be hauled where the
homeowner wants them.
Such a house can come with several
Building experts say that with the
cost of land and building materials
ever-rising and developers only
targeting the high-end market,
potential homeowners should go the
unconventional way when looking for
solutions, writes PAUL KARIUKI
ABOVE: Brick-
upon-brick
method. [PHOTO:
PAUL KARIUKI/STAN-
DARD]
Thursday, May 15 , 2014 / The Standard
buildyourownhome
Cheaper building options you could consider
units like a kitchen, bedrooms, and store
or have more of extensions added at the
site. They can be sold fully equipped like
in developed countries or the owners
can equip them as per budgetary expec-
tations. Such homes can be rested on
blocks or concrete slabs or placed on a
paved ground.
Once installed on site, these homes
can be connected with water and elec-
tricity or even sewer services, he says,
adding that maintenance costs would be
low compared to modern houses.
And as land becomes scarce, putting
pressure on housing, Richard Nyakundi
believes we may see some people bor-
dering water bodies going the Orient
way. He, however, doesnt believe we
have exhausted all the housing options
and blames nancial constraints for de-
nying many the opportunity to own their
own homes.
FLOATING HOUSES
According to him, the real estate mar-
ket is in the hands of well-nanced few,
consigning many to being tenants who
live in houses they can hardly put up on
their own.
Currently, he says, there is no housing
crisis in the country and the boom in the
construction industry may be a pointer
to better economic growth.
He decries what he describes as the
seemingly exclusiveness in the real estate
sector as many developers only have
rich and middle-class income earners in
mind when putting up housing units.
The values they are likely to actualise
in renting, leasing out or selling seems to
inform on this. Majority of the working
poor puts up in low residential houses
and in places where waste disposal and
sewerage services and security is poor.
On what he terms as oriental model,
Nyakundi sees the inland waterways
forming part of prime land in future.
Houseboats may not be common or un-
heard of locally, but they have been in
existence for hundreds of years in the
orient. Known as junks or sampans, they
are still common in China and are made
close to banks of navigable rivers or wa-
ter bodies.
Think of the Mooring Restaurant in
the coast to get the picture of what I am
talking about. The possibility of making
oating houses or live in boats cannot be
overlooked if land matters come to this,
he says. Such models in todays economy
Workers dig the
foundation at a
construction site.
BELOW: Pastor
Mike Imbai.
RIGHT: A residen-
tial building under
construction.
[PHOTOS: PAUL KARI-
UKI AND FILE/
STANDARD]
could be costly, he reckons. They can be
made of materials like wood, steel, ber-
glass, aluminum or the combination of
wood covered with berglass or alumi-
num and steel.
RAW SEWAGE
They can be designed to remain in
water all-year-round or be permanently
anchored. Some can have sail or engine
for power and may be tted with elec-
tric generators to provide lightings in the
compartments.
But Nyakundi has a word of caution:
Only the rich can afford such types of
houses. When the majority associate
yachting with the rich, even such mod-
els like oating houses or living in boats
will be associated with the rich the way
Mooring Restaurant is viewed as a tour-
ist resort.
More, the National Environment
Management Authority) may be hard
pressed to issue permits to such home
dwellers given our history of poor waste
disposal where even beach hotels pour in
raw sewage into the sea.
And unless the country thinks of com-
ing up with cheap, affordable housing for
all, the current brick and mortar will re-
main the trend for the long haul.
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netouch/WITH WANGECI KANYEKI
T
he bathroom is like your per-
sonal sanctuary where you can
do a quick get-away from all the
hussles of life to get a much de-
served me-time.
For this reason, it should be pleasant
and relaxing, making it a fertile ground
for inspiring ideas. Decorating and un-
cluttering this useful room therefore be-
comes of paramount importance. Here
are a few things to consider:
SANITARY SUITE
Whether using a sophisticated bathtub,
shower cubicle or both, nothing beats a
good bathroom look like a well-installed
sanitary suite with designer ttings.
Choose a classic shape for a modern
look and a traditional style pillar taps if
looking for a country feel, especially in
older houses.
A curved or corner bath could be a
good idea if you have limited space as it
could allow you some additional walking
space. However, ensure that all the pip-
ing work is well concealed.
Storage: Use under the sink vanity cup-
boards to store away towels, toiletries
and cleaning materials that can easily
clutter the space.
Utilise vertical space by placing un-
obstrusive wall mounted closed storage
cabinet with a glass panel that keeps
items in easy view.
A lockable door means that toiletries
and medicines can be kept out of the
reach of children, but the glass panel
allows you to see at a glance what is in-
side.
SHOWER CURTAIN
Hanging a bold colour patterned show-
er curtain could spruce up the bathroom,
especially if it is has monochromatic
background.
Find matching accessories to accent the
pattern such as shower cups, towels and
decorative items, which will complement
without cluttering the space.
TILES
Using tiles to cover both the walls and
oor is a great option. Select a oor that
works for wet areas such as ceramic non-
slip tiles or high quality vinyl, which is
warmer and softer underfoot, yet water-
proof and easy to clean. Designs come in
all sorts of options, from stone to wood
look-alike. To break the monotony of
one-colour-look, try using a mosaic or
band of coloured tiles to create addition-
al interest.
To create a sense of warmth and inter-
est on the oor, add a fancy bath mat se-
cured with a plastic underlay bath mat to
safeguard against skidding.
Relaxing
bathrooms
LIGHTING
Dark dingy bathrooms are the last thing
you want in a bathroom. You should
therefore invest in good lighting.
Add mirrored and glass surfaces to boost
the impression of space and light. Use
light ttings suitable for bathrooms so
you do not experience an electric shock
when water comes into contact with elec-
tricity. For additional safety, lights should
be turned on using a pull cord or a switch
outside the room. Getting the lighting
right makes a big difference to the bath-
room.
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Rongai: No longer too far
A
bout two decades ago, few would
think of buying a property or
building a dream home in On-
gata Rongai, Kajiado County.
It was considered too long a journey
to commute to and from, especially for
those working in Nairobi.
To many, it was only ideal for an outing
to enjoy the juicy ribs of the Maasai goats
and perhaps view wild animals from the
neighbouring Nairobi National Park.
But things have since changed for the
better. Today, Ongata Rongai town is fast
emerging as the commercial and trans-
port hub for other upcoming neighbour-
hoods such as Rangau, Tuala, Gataka,
Ole Kasasi, Kandisi and Kambi Moto.
David Gitau of Vidmerk Ltd, a real es-
tate rm, attributes the spillover effect
and the fast expansion of Ongata Rongai
to appreciation of land value in the town
and the realisation that it would soon in-
fect the inner regions.
About six years ago, a quarter an acre
piece of land in Ongata Rongai was cost-
ing Sh1 million. Today, an acre is going
for at least Sh10 million. This is beyond
the reach of those who want to own
homes, he said.
The expansion has further been boost-
ed by the availability of huge tracts of
land.
Buy now, dont wait best ts the craze
with which Kenyans are moving into the
interiors of Ongata Rongai, says Bernard
Kimani, the branch manager at Propen-
sity Properties, a real estate and property
management and consultancy rm.
TARMACKED ROAD
He predicts that once the infrastruc-
ture, water and security are improved,
the value of land in the town is likely to
appreciate tenfold. This, he says, will
largely be boosted by the yet-to-be-
constructed tarmacked road between
Kitengela and Ongata Rongai.
Last year, for example, one would wait
for about three hours to catch a public
service vehicle to Tuala. Today, however,
there are over 10 matatus plying that
route and one needs not wait for long. It
is the same story for those going to Ga-
taka.
The area has huge chunks of land
for expansion and this has fuelled the
growth of these outskirts as investors
want to buy before the price appreci-
ates, noted Kimani.
Besides, people want to avoid the now
fairy tale of how cheap the price of land
in these outskirts was only that people
were not wise enough to see it coming.
They move outside the town in the
hope that once the road is complete,
communication between Rongai and the
outskirts would be easier, says Gitau.
Largely considered a residential area,
this town is slowly changing as more
commercial interests take charge.
Financial institutions such as Kenya
Commercial Bank, Barclays Bank of
Kenya, National Bank, Equity Bank, Co-
operative Bank, Post Bank and Bank of
Africa have already pitched tent in the
town.
COMMERCIAL CENTRE
Retail outlets such as Uchumi, Tuskys
and Tumaini have opened branches to
tap into the growing population.
Institutions of higher learning that fur-
ther fuel demand for land into the out-
skirts of Ongata Rongai include Naza-
rene University, Catholic University of
Eastern Africa, and Multimedia Univer-
sity.
Kimani, who used to visit Ongata Ron-
gai on his way to Kiserian, which was a
small town by then, says what happened
to the town a few years ago is likely to
happen to the outskirts.
As population increases, the price of
land will increase and this is likely to see
people move to the interior where the
price is currently affordable, he said.
Everyone, according to Kimani, seems
to want to own a home and that has kept
demand for property increasing and with
improved infrastructure and other ame-
nities, land prices in the outskirts will in-
crease as it did in Ongata Rongai.
As these regions open up for invest-
ment, Kimani predicts that Rongai will
one day be connected to Kitengela and
Ngong, becoming a huge commercial
centre. When Kimani visited Rongai in
1966, on his way to Kiserian, it was all
bush and wildlife from the Nairobi Na-
tional Park roamed freely.
The bush has been cleared and the
animals are no longer there. Similarly, in
early 2000, a visit to Kambi Moto brought
one closer to zebras, ostriches and other
wild animals. They have been pushed
back.
Anyone who hears this story usually
hurries to buy a piece of land and the
buy now and dont wait bets the ris-
ing demand for home ownership in these
outskirts. We have been told that there
are plans to expand the Magadi Road and
once this is done, the growth is unstop-
pable, Gitau said.
The town that not long ago Nairobians only
considered t for an outing to enjoy the
juicy ribs of Maasai goats is fast becoming
everyones location for a putting up a dream
home, writes WINSLEY MASESE
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the hedge, the type of plant cho-
sen and certainly the initial pur-
chase size.
An often-used rule of spacing
is to have the individual plants
just touching if you need an im-
mediate effect, but you may want
to take into account the typical
annual growth rate along with the
expected mature size of the se-
lected plant.
Hedges planted within the root
zone of large trees often dont do
too well. As expected, a mass of
established tree roots collects
most of the available soil water
and nutrients within its growing
range and introducing a long line
of hedge plants to this area will
handicap the introduced hedge
but not the tree.
The tree also provides some
shading of the hedge for several
hours each day. It is better to erect
a fence under this condition.
TRIMMING
When trimming and shaping a
hedge into a formally pruned line,
you should take into account that
adequate sunlight must consis-
tently reach the oldest and low-
est branches if they are to remain
dense and attractive.
You can accomplish this simply
by tapering the outside portions
to provide a slightly wider bottom
than top.
Shearing and pruning should
be done when the plants are well
established. Such pruning in-
Today, hedges
can be used
to provide an
architectural
frame or a
backdrop for
important
landscape
features such
as statuary
or a fountain.
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OMOLE/STAN-
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BY HOSEA OMOLE
A hedge is a barrier composed
of identical, tightly spaced woody
plant material. It is a living fence
or a wall of greenery.
It could be lofty or low in height,
regularly trimmed or left natural.
Whichever the case, hedges have
wide applications in landscape
design.
Originally conceived as de-
fence against human intrusion
or livestock barriers, early hedges
featured dense and thorny plants
with little aesthetic consider-
ations.
Today, most hedge installa-
tions are far less threatening in
their appearance and are planted
in gardens as attractive visual
obstructions to provide privacy,
restrict casual trespassing or em-
phasise the enclosure details of a
formal design.
They can also be used to pro-
vide an architectural frame or
a backdrop for important land-
scape features such as statuary or
a fountain. Here are a few things
to consider:
PLANTING
Planting is done by preparing a
continuous trench, not individual
plant pits. Plants ordered from the
nursery will inevitably have some
variations in height and spread.
Trenches allow for easier on-
site adjustments for a more even
growth. The ideal spacing de-
pends on the intended need for
A hedge t for
your garden
volves halting the terminal or up-
ward growth in order to stimulate
the axillary or side buds to expand
and create fuller density. Thereaf-
ter, the trimming schedule will be
determined by the local growth
rate and the amount of desired
neatness.
REJUVENATION
Hedges will require occasional
rejuvenation to keep them bushy
for a longer time. This is done by
cutting down their stems so that
fresh new stems can re-sprout
and begin a new cycle of growth.
Over-aged evergreens rarely
take kindly to this kind of severe
pruning. Remaining stems typi-
cally struggle to re-sprout. Com-
plete rejuvenation in a short time
may be impossible or erratic. You
are better off ripping out the old
and bringing in a new hedge alto-
gether.
With deciduous plants, drastic
pruning for renewal is often work-
able, depending, as always, on the
type of plant involved, since these
plant types tend to replenish lost
stems and growth buds far more
easily than evergreens.
Yet, here too, aged plants may
not be worth such rejuvenation
given the somewhat unclear re-
sults.
The writer is a landscape ar-
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