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Jubilees plan to counter

Raila over referendum
INSIDE TODAY
Uhuru to Raila: Stop the insults!
Petitioner
wants Swazuri
sacked on land
allocations
PAGE 18
Ruling coalition
says it has given
counties more
money than
Opposition wants
voters to enshrine
in Constitution
State House
spent Sh88
million on stalled
petrol station
PAGES 8-9
President Uhuru Kenyatta greets supporters on his way to Redeemed Gospel Church in Huruma, Nairobi, for a Sunday service,
yesterday. He later asked CORD principal Raila Odinga to stop insulting him. SEE STORY ON PAGE 3 [PHOTO: PSCU]
WINDFALL
Ministry fights to control Sh193 billion climate change cash

By MWANIKI MUNUHE
Starved for cash, the Government
is scrambling to control billions of
shillings from the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC), pitting senior of-
ficials against each other in a fierce

turf war.
The money in question, Sh193 billion ($2.227 billion), is just Sh3 billion
shy of what the national government
allocated to the county governments
in the 2013/2014 financial year that
ended on June 30.

And it comes even as thousands of
Kenyan jobs are about to be lost due
to cutbacks in funding of various programmes by the United States.
Such is the intensity of the fight
for control of the winfdfall that an
appointment communicated to UNFCCC by officials in Deputy President

William Rutos office was revoked by
Head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua.
A fortnight ago, a letter from
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
The chair of PAC is

a CORD member... If
PAC presented audited
accounts for approval
by Parliament, counties
would get even above
50 per cent. House
Majority Leader Aden Duale
story on page 2
Page 2 / NATIONAL NEWS
Monday, July 28, 2014 / The Standard
Jubilees plot
to counter
plebiscite push
Coalition seeks to
meet governors, MCAs
to bolster support
BY James Mbaka
The Jubilee Government hopes to
stop the Oppositions referendum bid
by convincing governors that it has
given county Governments enough
money.
Among the hot-button issues the
Coalition for Reform and Development (CORD) has isolated to justify
its push for a referendum is the allocation of money to the counties. The
Opposition wants this set in law to at
least 40 per cent of the national revenue, instead of the current 15 per
cent.
But the ruling coalition will try
and convince governors that the Government has given them more money than the minimum constitutional
threshold, and that it is a CORD-led
National Assembly committee that is
frustrating allocation of more cash.
Jubilee insiders say that despite
putting on a brave public face, the ruling coalition is worried that CORDs
focus on the allocations will prove
populist and could be the key to the
success of its referendum bid. The ruling coalition is now planning meetings with governors and members of
county assemblies (MCAs) over the
matter.
The Government views the Oppositions selection of resources for
devolution for a referendum issue as a
strategy to rally broad-based support,
hence the crafting of counter-strategy
to change the narrative.
Jubilee parliamentary leaders acknowledge even Jubilee-allied governors may believe the Government
is frustrating allocation of funds to
counties and could support the referendum push.
Jubilees fear is that the Opposition
is tapping into the discontent that last
year saw senators and governors flirt
with pushing for a referendum to raise
the constitutional revenue allocation
threshold.
That campaign only floundered after CORD leader Raila Odinga introduced a clamour for a parliamentary system as part of the referendum
bid, a partisan issue that scuttled the

bi-partisan push.
We are not panicking by talking
to our governors and even MCAs. We
know some are not conversant with
the parliamentary procedures with
regards to division of revenue so that
we can work as a team. We want them
to understand that the national Government is only allowed to divide its
revenue based on the audited and approved books of accounts, said Senate Deputy Majority Leader Beatrice
Elachi.
National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale accused the House
Public Accounts Committee (PAC)
led byCORDs Budalangi MP Ababu
Namwamba of sleeping on the job.
The chairman of PAC is a CORD
member. The Auditor General has done his bit. He has already forwarded to
Parliament the accounts of 2012/2013
financial year. If PAC, led by the Opposition, presented those audited accounts for approval by Parliament,
counties will get even above 50 per
cent, Duale said.
NO OPTION
But Suna East MP Junet Mohammed said: Jubilee should not reduce
the issues affecting Kenyans into a
contest between two people. The referendum agenda is not about Raila
and President Uhuru Kenyatta. It is
about the people of Kenya.
We want to constitutionalise the
allocation to counties at 40 per cent
to ensure we guarantee Kenyans the
benefits of devolution. The issues Jubilee are raising are peripheral matters, he added.
Machakos Senator Johnston Muthama said the Jubilee Government has
no option but to accept a referendum.
We have formed a committee of
experts to come up with the questions. Jubilee cannot dictate and set
the agenda for the referendum. We
will craft the issues we want Kenyans
We have made it clear several

times that we as Government
are not opposed to addressing
the problems facing the
country. What we are faulting
CORD is their spirited
disrespect for constitutional
institutions put in place
REFERENDUM DEBATE
HEATS UP
Among the hot-button issues
the Coalition for Reform and
Development (CORD) has isolatCORD leader Raila Odinga adresses wananchi at Uhuru Park, Nairobi during the
ed to justify its push for a refer- Saba Saba rally. The coalition is pushing for a referendum in a bid to address some
endum is the allocation of mon- challenges facing the nation. [PHOTO: MBUGUA KIBERA/STANDARD]
ey to the counties
The Government views the Opspeakers and MCAs in its strongholds
because they know there is no seripositions selection of resources
to explain its position.
ous issue that requires constitutional
for devolution for a referenUasin
Gishu
Governor
Jackson
amendments through a referendum,
dum issue as a strategy to ralMandago claimed the Opposition had
they have devised a political duel with
ly broad-based support, hence
sensed defeat in the referendum and
Jubilee, said Elgeyo Marakwet Senathe crafting of counter-strategy
wanted the support of governors.
tor Kipchumba Murkomen.
to change the narrative
CORD knows they wont win a refThe only problem with CORD is
that they think that everything must
erendum and that is why they have
The opposition wants allocabe a fight. The point CORD must rebrought in the issue of increase in
tion to counties increased to 40
county allocations. CORD will not win
alise is that not everything should be
per cent up from 15 per cent
to make a decision on. We have the
support of Kenyans who believe that
the Jubilee administration has failed
them on a number of issues. It is the
direction to go to redeem the country from the jaws of greedy people,
he said.
Last week on Tuesday, Duale tabled the 2012/2013 audited books of
accounts by the Auditor General, Edward Ouko. The Constitution stipulates that the share of national revenue allocated to counties should be
calculated on the basis of the most
recent audited accounts of national revenue received and approved by
the National Assembly.
Counties were allocated Sh226 billion in the 2014/2015 financial year,
but based on the audited and approved accounts of 2011/2012. Parliament lags behind by a year with respect to the audited accounts of the
national Government.
The Jubilee alliance wants to
counter the devolution agenda by
banking on the steady increase in allocations to counties. The current
Sh226.66 billion allocation represents
43 per cent of the recent audited revenues approved by the National Assembly, which is a growth of 19.3 per
cent over the Sh190 billion allocation
in 2013-14.
So Jubilee plans to meet governors and has lined up sensitisation
programmes with county assembly
such a contest even if they were allowed to get it. Its by simple majority
and not fifty plus one, Mandago said.
While Jubilee has 24 governors,
the alliance still controls majority of
CORDs 23 county assemblies. Support from counties is critical as a draft
Bill should garner the backing of 24
counties to make it to Parliament.
CORD is reported to be narrowing
its referendum agenda to three hot
button issues. Apart from increment
of counties share of national revenue, the Opposition also wants some
of the security apparatus of the State
devolved to the counties.
And although CORDs push for the
dissolution of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission
(IEBC) is the third issue, the first two
are meant to shore up broad-based
support. But Jubilee is determined to
avert another grueling campaign that
could see President Kenyatta and Raila engage each other in yet another
political showdown, barely one and
half years after the General Election
that divided Kenya.
Raila is only interested to have a
contest with Uhuru before the 2017
general elections. He is just playing.
We will deny him that contest, The
National Alliance (TNA) chairman
Johnson Sakaja said.
We are aware of their scheming
and know they are keen on another
contest. The issues they want Kenyans to take a vote on can be solved
within set institutions in the Constitution. The Opposition knows this but
a fight. We equally share the concerns

like other Kenyans, but we strongly believe and respect institutions to
solve the problems, said Sakaja.
National Assembly Deputy Majority Leader Naomi Shabaan said
the Government was not shaken by
calls for a referendum, and that even
if the Opposition go its way, it would
still lose.
We have made it clear several
times that we as Government are not
opposed to addressing the problems
facing the country. What we are faulting CORD is their spirited disrespect
for constitutional institutions put in
place, said Shabaan.
She said the Government was addressing insecurity citing recruitment
of more security officers, purchase of
more police vehicles and scaling security surveillance with the yet to be
launched closed circuit television
cameras.
We have increased funding to
counties well above the minimum
set in the Constitution. The issues
about electoral reforms should be addressed through Parliament. So what
is the referendum for? the Taveta MP
asked.
Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichungwa said
once Jubilee rolls out some strategies to sensitise Kenyans about what
he claimed were CORDs lies they
would realise the Oppositions agenda is not in the publics interest.
It was in our manifesto that we allocate 40 per cent of the national revenue to counties, Duale said.
Governors: Give us more money or we will push for a referendum

by phares Mutembei
The Government should reconsider the amount of money going to counties, otherwise governors will push for a referendum
over revenue allocation,Council of Governors Secretary Peter
Munya has said.
Speaking during the Meru County Education Day at Kaaga
Girls High School, Munya said: Meru county was only allocated Sh5 billion from the National Government. Of this, they use
70 per cent to pay salaries. We are left with Sh1.8 billion to transform all the sectors.
He said the ninesub counties will each getSh200 million which
is inadequate.
We are not going to lie. We are not happy with how the Na-
tional Government is treating us in terms of allocations. We need

more money, said the governor. He said if Jubilee wants to puncture the oppositions call for a referendum, the Government must
increase funding for counties, because all counties have tasted
development and nobody wants a reversal of gains made.
The Council of Governors said the Sh226 billion allocated to
the counties is not enough for them to meet recurrent expenditure and initiate development projects.
The county bosses have previously threatened to collect one
million signatures from Kenyans to force the Government to conduct a referendum on revenue allocation to counties. According to
the Constitution, counties should get a minimum of 15 per cent
of the national revenue.

Imenti North MP Rahim Dawood, however, immediately opposed the Council of Governors idea of a referendum, saying the
governors will be playing into the hands of rivals Coalition for Reform and Democtracy (CORD).
They should not go that way because even as MPs, we can legislate in Parliament on funding to the counties. We cannot afford
any referendum at this moment, said Dawood.
Meru Senator Kiraitu Murungi said CORDs call for a referendum is not good for the country.
CORDs plan is a hoax. It is a system to remove President Uhuru Kenyatta from power, said the senator.
NATIONAL NEWS / Page 3
Double tragedy as Jastorinas mother dies

TV actress passes
on hours after being
crowned at Kalasha
Awards followed by
her ailing mom due to
shock
by George Orido
It was double tragedy for the family of actress Nancy Nyambura aka Jastorina when her mother died of shock
upon learning of her daughters death.
Nyambura, who died of menegitis
hours after being crowned the Best
Performing artiste in a TV Comedy at
the Kalasha Awards, was followed by
her mother who had been admitted at
the Kijabe Mission Hospital.
The ailing mother, who had been
admitted at the hospital, died of shock
on hearing the news of the daughters
demise, said a close family friend and
Nyamburas colleague Irene Ayimba.
Nyambura, who is from a humble
background, was staying with her uncle in Nairobis Dandora.
COLLEAGUES HELPED
Details are now emerging that the

death of Jastorina may have been
avoided had she received timely medical attention.
When she fell sick, she had to seek
medical attention at Kenyatta Nation-
al Hospital but had difficulties raising

funds for the medication.
It was hard to get family members but help came from colleagues
and the uncle who enabled us to rush
her to Kenyatta National Hospital,
said Irene.
And when well-wishers took her to
hospital, it took another 24 hours before she could be admitted despite the
fact that she was in critical condition,
Ms Ayimba said.
The narrative of Nyambura fits in
the jigsaw of many artistes who enjoy
national limelight and fame but lead
life in squalor with no social security.
NO SALARY
Many artistes have no regular salaries let alone health or life insurance.
Recently, the star of The Rise and
Fall of Idi Amin, Joseph Olita died a
pauper after suffering a fatal stroke
while burying his mother in Alego,
Siaya County.
We have thought through the
same and thats why we are currently
working with the National Health Insurance Fund to have all our artistes
covered, said musician and theatre
producer Alliwah David who is the
Chief Executive at Theatrix Arts Ensemble.
Nyambura was popular for her
starling role in the TV series Jastorina
and her role as a defender of the rights
of househelps touched many.
May be her own reality where her
rights as a productive artiste were
trampled on gave her the much inspiration to act.
Nyambura is survived by two sons.
Nancy Nyambura aka Jastorina. She died of meningitis. [PHOTO: Courtesy]
Uhuru calls for unity, tells Raila to respect presidency

BY ALLY JAMAH
President Uhuru Kenyatta has
condemned what he termed as confrontational politics of the opposition led by former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
Speaking yesterday at Gospel Redeemed Church in Nairobis Mathare
area, the President told off opposition
leaders in their quest to push for a referendum. He asked them to rise above
insults in political rallies and join him
in constructive politics.
He said CORD leaders led by Raila
should learn to practice mature politics and desist from constantly issuing threats and insults to a popularly
elected Government.
I want to tell my brother Raila
Odinga to respect the Presidency. If
he was elected the President, I would
not be standing by the roadside to insult him. I would actually respect his
office and himself. I expect the same
from him, President Kenyatta said.
He added: I invite the opposition to work with me to move the
country forward. This attitude of
endless confrontation and hostility is denying our country the needed investments to create jobs.
He reminded the CORD leader that
competition was not enmity and its
time leaders respected one another
for peace to prevail in the country.
The Head of State, who made stops
in Mlango Kubwa and several other
places to campaign for the TNA candidate in the Mathare by-election,
George Wanjohi, said the challenges facing Kenyans cannot be solved
through divisive politics.
Leaders split
on Mungaro
removal
by Patrick Beja
President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President Wiiliam Ruto are received by Bishop Arthur Kitonga on arrival at Redeemed Gospel Church in Huruma, Nairobi where they joined other faithful for a Sunday service. The President asked
CORD leaders to rise above insults. [PHOTO: PSCU]
Challenges faced by Kenyans do
not know religion or ethnic backgrounds. Hospitals serve all patients
without bias on religious or ethnic
backgrounds. Even development does
not know boundaries, he said.
SHOUTING MATCH
Deputy President William Ruto

said the Jubilee government would
not be distracted from its agenda by
the constant noise and threats by the
opposition which is demanding a referendum on a host of issues including increasing financial allocations to
county governments.
We have a clear agenda for Ken-
yans which we are implementing. We

will not engage in a political shouting
match with the opposition, he said
The President asked Kenyans
to support the countrys security agencies by exposing criminal elements in their midst in the spirit of being the brothers keepers.
We cannot create the dream nation
in an insecure environment. Security
is crucial to creation of jobs and the
countrys transformative agenda, he
said.
He told the youth to guard against
self-seekers who want to manipulate them for their own selfish ends
to commit criminal activities. He said
terrorism and other criminal activities

are not being perpetuated by communities, religions or tribes and that the
Government will not relent on its war
against individuals out to disrupt the
prevailing peace in the country.
You all know that Kamukunji MP
Yusuf Hassan was seriously injured in
a terrorist attack. The attackers were
not advancing any religious or ethnic
agenda but are generally individual
criminals out to disrupt peace and we
will go for them, he said. Nairobi Senator Mike Mbuvi Sonko, Women Rep
Rachel Shebesh and TNA Chairman
Johnson Sakaja appealed to the electorate to vote for Jubilee candidate.
Coast leaders are sharply divided over the sacking of Kilifi North MP
Gideon Mungaro as CORDs Minority
Chief Whip. While Mungaro blamed
his political woes on Mombasa Senator Hassan Omar, the latter told him
to understand that CORD and Jubilee
have different ideologies and that it
was not possible to mix the two.
Addressing a funds drive in Likoni
on Saturday evening, Omar denied interfering with politics of Kilifi County but noted that CORD leaders who
were turning to Jubilee were not only
going against their coalitions interest
but also against their own people who
elected them.
But while addressing a political rally at Kibaoni Primary School
grounds, Mungaro said he still has respect for CORD leader Mr Raila Odinga but blamed Mr Omar for his sacking.
He promised to spearhead consultations and meetings in a view
to forming a regional political party
ahead of the 2017 General Elections.
Separately, Lamu County Women Representative Ms Shakila Abdalla called on the Coast MPs to unite
and move forward, describing Mr
Mungaros replacement as minor issue compared to insecurity, lost employment and high cost living in the
Coast region.
State seeks to
control climate
change billions
Continued from P1
House Annex, the office of Deputy President William Ruto, nominated
former Environment PermanentSecretary Daudi Ali to be Kenyas focal
point for climate change and communicated the appointment to UNFCCC.
The Standard established that
high-ranking officials made the appointment in controversial circumstances and that President Uhuru
Kenyatta and his deputy were reportedly kept in the dark.
Kinyua, who is also Uhurus Chief
of Staff, reportedly also learnt of the
appointment when it had been done,
and quickly sent another letter revoking the nomination.
Kinyuas letter to UNFCCCasserted that the focal point for Kenya on
all matters regarding climate change
is the Ministryof Environment, in
particular, Cabinet Secretary Judy
Wakhungu, Principal Secretary Lawrence Lesiyampe and the director in
charge of climate change in the ministry.
This matter started in the last
government because the office of the
former Prime Minister insisted on
creation of a council to manage climate change that would sit in his office.
However, in the currentcase, the
Ministry of Environment has made it
clear that climate change is an issue
under the ministry which it intends to
keep, said a highly placed State official in Kinyuas office, who asked not
to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter.
There are concerns the conflicting signals could potentially expose
the country as one that makes incoherent decisions on important international issues.
Senior government officials are
divided about the mode of handling
the cash windfall. One camp is keen to
have the Environment ministry oversee the funding, while another involv-
ing officials in Rutos office is rooting

for creation of a council.
The reason you see all this happening is because climate change has
so much money. As we speak, people
are making a fortune. So far, Kenya is
attracting US$2.227 billion (approximatelySh193billion) annually.
Developed countries offered to be
giving at least US$100 billion(Sh8.5
trillion) annually to climate change.
We need structures to control this
money because right now it is going to
everybody, said Emuhaya MP Wilbur
Ottichilo, a member of the House Environment committee and the proponent of the Climate Change Bill 2014.
Kenya is a signatory to the UNFCCC and is currently attracting more
than US$2 billion under climate
change fund.
National Treasury has already created a Climate Change Finance Unit
to handle funds coming in under the
umbrella of climate change.
Since the days of the former Kanu
government, Kenya is highly rated in
terms of climate change and has since
become the point of reference across
the African continent.
So deep are the conspiracies that
some critical decisions committing
the country to certain arrangements
withthe UN have beenmade while
bypassing the President and his deputy.
Three top officials at Harambee
House Annex recently invited some
members of the National Assem-
The reason you see all this

happening is because climate
change has so much money. As
we speak, people are making
a fortune. So far, Kenya
is attracting Sh193 billion
annually. - Emuhaya MP
Wilbur Ottichilo
THE CONTROVERSY
Senior government officials
are divided about the mode of
handling the cash windfall. One
camp is keen to have the Environment ministry oversee the
funding, while another involving officials in Rutos office is
rooting for creation of a council
So deep are the conspiracies
that some critical decisions
committing the country to certain arrangements with the
UN have been made while bypassing the President and his
deputy
bly committee on Environment to a

meeting at Hotel Intercontinental.
Some officials from the DPs office
attended the meeting with the MPs to
lobby the House to approve the establishment of a council.
MPs who attended the talks said
the officials insisted there was need
for the committee to approve the creation of the council.
But even more interesting were
the allowances given to some members of the committee that would later be the cause of trouble between
them and some officials at Harambee House Annex.
Korir Singoei, the legal advisor to
the Deputy President, told The Standard that the council was a creation of
a task force by the former Grand Coalition Government whose recommen-
A flooded homestead in Nyando, Kisumu County. The government is scrambling to control Sh193 billion from the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]
dations both formerPresident Mwai
Kibakiand ex-Prime MinisterRaila
Odingaapproved.
This is important to be understood. Our work is to ensure there is
a connection between legislationand
the governmentpolicy. If the legislation architecture is different from
the policy, then the policy intention
would be lost, he said.
Climate change is a multi-sectoral high level issue impacting every
sector of our economy. The technical
aspects thereof reside in the Ministry
of Environment as prescribed in the
EO (Executive Order).
However, coordination aspect
of government functions, including
climate change issues, reside in the
presidency based both on the Constitution (Article 132 (3,b) and the Executive Order No 2 mentioned herein.
Furthermore, climate change coordination is too broad a matter for the
ministry to handle, because it involves high-level decision making on
policy statements from various ministries affecting implementation of
government projects, Singoei explained.
At first, some members of the committee had agreed to the creationof a
council, buttrouble started when information leakedthat there was a plot
to deny National Environment Management Authority (Nema) oversight
on matters of climate change.
The proposalthat the Office of
the President bethe coordinating
ministryappears mischievous and
suspect as the role of the presidency as director and coordinator of the
functions of ministries and government departments is well captured

in the Constitution.
The natural ministry should be
the one for the timebeing responsible for matters relating to the environment, said a source in the presidency
who did not want to be named.
The council had been proposed
under the old Grand Coalition Government on the recommendation of
a task force headed by then Environment Permanent Secretary Ali Daudi.
Ottichilo said the committee has
collected views from stakeholders
who have said the council, if it is to
be created, must be under the Ministry of Environment.
I will be going with what the
stakeholders have said. We have gone
round the country talking to stakeholders and what they have said is
that the council should be under the
Ministry of the Environment and the
Cabinet secretaryshall be the chair.
There is no technical capacity in the
presidency, he said.
The government has since created
the Legislative and Inter-Governmental Relations Office within the presidency to keep track of priority Bills in
Parliament.
The department had on January
14 this year Sh200 million as its budget for the period up to June 30, but
the National Treasury only allocated
it Sh100 million.
The department also requested
Sh415 million for the current financial
year (2014/2015), out of which Sh200
million is meant for mobilisation and
is marked confidential.
Koskei assures tea farmers over ailing sector

BY MICHAEL WESONGA
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Felix Koskei
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Felix Koskei has assured tea farmers that
the Government is in control of factors derailing development in the sector.
He guaranteed aggrieved farmers of elaborate long-term strategies
to turn around their fortunes in the
sub-sector.
Tea farmers in the region had
raised concern over the decline in bonuses (second payment) every subsequent year.
Koskei affirmed that the ministry was looking into governance issues in the entire tea value chain to
step up productivity in the sub-sector that has been hardly hit in recent
times and revealed plans to introduce
common user facilities.
The various players can share the

same facilities for blending and packaging high value tea for export at a
fee, he offered.
Koskei made the remarks in Uasin
Gishu County where he toured various agricultural projects, including
the expansive Chepkosom irrigation
project.
He said the ministry was almost
establishing a stabilisation fund to
cushion farmers from fluctuating international market prices.
Koskei raised concern that there
were only 12 brokers and a dozen
buyers at the Mombasa tea auction,
making it look like a club and were
thus working on introduction of electronic auction to liberalise the market.
Above all, we are pushing for reforms in the entire tea value chain.
The President issued a directive to KTDA (Kenya Tea Development Agency)

management to step up value addition, he said.
Governor
Jackson
Mandago
praised the ministry for performing above par in promotion of devolved functions while Moiben MP Silas Tiren lauded Koskeis endeavours
in lowering the cost of production
through decentralisation of facilities.
Koskei also defended the Governments move to pull out from a subsidy agreement to lower the price of
maize seed at the Kenya Seed Company.
The Government owns just 52 per
cent of the company while the rest is
by private owners, thus the firm must
break even just like any other by operating optimally, he reiterated.
Mwakenya founder passes on after long illness

Cyrus Gitari has
been having health
problems since he
was released from
detention in the 80s
The court awarded him Sh8 million compensation to the disbelief

of lawyers who sought to represent
him over the matter but whose approach, he had turned down.By the
time of being taken ill, the Government had released partial payment
of the compensation, according to
his kin.
During his funeral at his Kian-
BBy MUNENE KAMAU

One of the first men to be linked to
the underground Mwakenya organisation of the 1980s during the single
political party era, Cyrus Muraguri Gitari, has passed on.
Muraguri (pictured right), 79
died at the Kenyatta National Hospital where he had been admitted for
a long time. Gitari was incarcerated at the infamous Nyayo House torture chambers for his involvement in
Mwakenya in the 80s.
Gitari who is also a businessman
in Nairobi first came into the public
limelight in 1969 when he contested
for the then larger Ndia parliamentary seat, but lost to James Njiru.
He again tried for the same seat in
1974 and lost again to Njiru resulting
to a political rivalry between the two.
His health began to deteriorate after his release from detention, resulting to a collapse of his business.
On several occasions I paid his
house rent in Nairobi and provided
him with basic needs after his once
vibrant business went under after he
was detained without undergoing trial, said Reverend David Gathaka, the
Executive Director of the Ecumenical
Centre for Justice and Peace .
Gitari made history when he successfully represented himself at the
High Court in Nairobi during the
hearing of a civil case where he sued
the Government for illegal arrest and
detention without trial.
I remember
I have on
several
occasions paid
for his house
rent in Nairobi
and provided
him with basic
needs after his
once prolific
business went
under after
his detention
without trial
Koskei wants suit seeking

his removal dismissed
by Kurian Musa
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Felix Koskei has asked
the High Court not to declare
him unfit to hold office on allegations of abuse of office.
Through a sworn statement before Commissioner
of Oaths Oscar Litoro, Koskei
said he has never interfered
with the operations of the Agricultural Sector Co-ordinating Unit (ASCU).
It is not true that I have
mishandled, harassed or
mistreated the staff. The allegations of nepotism and favouritism in the composition
of the task force -that some
members are relatives or cronies of top Ministry of Agriculture officials are unfounded, said Koskei
The ASCU Co-ordinator has not been sacked but
has only been asked to step
aside to allow a systems audit of ASCU.
But according to petitioners Okiya Omtatah and
Wycliffe Nyakina, the Co-ordinator of ASCU, Dr M. Kithome, reports directly to the

Inter-ministerial Co-ordination Committee.
The CS is alleged to have
disregarded the recommendations of the inter-ministerial meeting on ASCU, which
brought together top civil
servants, and which the respondent himself chaired on
November 6, 2013.
The suit tags along the
Governments process of
making AFFA operational,
under the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority Act,
2013 (No. 13 of 2013).
In the process of making the authority operational, the CS is said to have relieved some staff members of
the merged institutions, contrary to the inter-ministerial
recommendations.
Koskei said the petition
by Omtatah raises the same
issues raised in the judicial
review application filed by
Kithome against him.
jege West village in Ndia constituency, leaders from Kirinyaga County called for the recognition of all
people who were involved in the
fight for multiparty democracy.
Led by Kirinyaga Senator Daniel Karaba, the leaders said it is unfortunate that those who sacrificed
themselves in the fight for multiparty democracywere never ap-
preciated.
Karaba said Gitaris family members who also suffered during his
absence as the family head should
be compensated.
Once a suspected Mwakenya
was arrested his family was left languishing in abject poverty besides
being subjected to social stigmatisation, Karaba said.
MPs brother arrested over mothers death
According to police,
Kabandos brother
said he regretted act
but probe is being
conducted to unveil
motive of attack
BBy Job Weru
Police are holding an MPs brother

after he allegedly slashed their mother
to death in Mukurwe-ini sub district
of Nyeri County.
Neighbours said Mukurwe-ini MP
Kabando wa Kabandos brother Ceaser Thiari, 40, killed 70-year-old Rose
Wachera Mwangi at their home in
Kaini village. Neighbours said Thiari
lived with his mother alone.
A relative, Agnes Njeri, said she
heard screams emanating from the
compound as she and her friends
went home from church at about
2pm, but were soon confronted by the
suspect outside the compound forcing them to flee.
We rushed to the gate, but discovered it was locked. Then, there was silence until the suspect appeared from
the gate running towards us, and we
had to seek safety at a nearby home,
said Ms Njeri.
Njeri claimed the suspect was
shouting ameisha, ameisha (she is
gone) as he left the gate.
The witnesses said after the suspect had disappeared, they went to
the elderly womans compound, and
saw her about 10m from the gate with
her neck slit and multiple cuts on the
hands.
When The Standard arrived at the
scene, an hour after the grisly attack,
the body was still on site and a bloodstained machete by her side.
Mukurwe-ini deputy County Commissioner Isaac Masinde said the son
was arrested about a kilometre away

from their home.
Police saidimmediately after arrest, the suspect said he regretted killing his mother.
He told us that as he was taking
tea, he hallucinated and saw a pack of
machetes in front of him, and a voice
told him to pick a panga and kill his
mother, said a source.
Police said the motive of the attack
is unknown but that they were holding Thiari pending investigations and
prosecution.
Erastus Maina, a member of the
local community policing team, said
the suspect is believed to have been
abusing drugs and has attended several rehabilitation sessions.
Besides Thiari and the MP, the deceased was mother to three daughters
and another son. Their father died in
the 1980s.
The mothers body was taken to
the Mukurwe-ini District Hospital
Mortuary.
Residents at the
home of Rose
Wacera who was
allegedly killed
by her son Ceasar
Thiari in Nyeri
County, yesterday. RIGHT: An
officer accompanies Thiari to the
police station.
[PHOTO: JOB WERU/

STANDARD]
KISII UNIVERSITY
FIRST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL
INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE
30th July - 2nd August 2014
THEME: Africa and the New World Order
Kisii University will be holding its First Annual International Interdisciplinary

Conference from 30th July to 2 August 2014, at the Main Campus in Kisii Town.
The conference will be officially opened by Prof. Collette Suda, PhD, FKNAS,
EBS, Principal Secretary, State Department of Science and Technology,
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology on 30th July, 2014 at 9.00 am.
The conference will bring together over 1000 delegates and participants from
over 22 countries.
Leading scholars and academics will be delivering keynote and plenary
presentations, as well as research papers, such as Prof. Godfrey Muriuki
(Chancellor, Kisii University), Prof. Justus Mbae (DVC, CUEA), Prof. Chris
Wanjala (University of Nairobi), Prof. Gilbert Khadiagala (University of
Witwatersrand, South Africa), Prof. Shadrack Nasongo (Rhodes College,
Tennessee, USA) and Eunice Kamaara (Moi University).
The conference will also organize clinics for lecturers on how to successfully
supervise PhD and Masters Students. There will also be clinics for PhD
and Masters Students on how to write and defend proposals and theses
successfully.
The conference is only open to registered participants. Interested
participants can send requests to dvcaa@kisiiuniversity.ac.ke or
kisiiuniversityconferences@gmail.com.
We welcome you to Kisii University, the University of 21st Century and
beyond, and the fastest growing University in East and Central Africa.
All varsities to undergo evaluation
Five choppers
to help police
up crime war
Cyrus Ombati
Plans are underway to lease five
helicopters to help the police in the
war against crime.
The national Treasury has invited manufacturers, dealers, leasing companies and financial institutions and interested firms to bid
for a tender advertised for provision of helicopters for the police.
The interested firms have until August
15 to express their interest.
The successful companies will
provide transport troop carriers and
utility helicopters to the officers.
Expression of interest should include
full maintenance capacity including
availability of spare parts and other required components as and when they
are required, reads part of the advert.
The advert adds there should be evidence of successfully completed lease
contracts of similar nature in the past
five years. Companies that will bid are
required to have a turnover of about
Sh400 million per year.
The Interior Ministry has proposed
allocation of a staggering Sh1.1 billion
to overhaul three old MI-17 Russian
choppers that have been grounded in
a year, Sh18 billion for purchase of 10
helicopters in five years and Sh1 billion to hire two helicopters for four
years. The move comes in the wake
of revelations that police have only
one operating chopper.
Commission of Higher
Education to conduct
exercise set to ensure
institutions adhere to
regular standards
BBy Kamau Maichuhie
The Government will in the next

three months inspect all public and
private universities. The exercise is
aimed at establishing whether the
institutions conform to the set standards.
The Commission of Higher Education chief executive officer Prof David
Some said the commission will start
the evaluation exercise soon. Universities Act 2012 allows the commission to regulate and accredit university programmes to ensure quality and
relevance is maintained.
Prof Some said the evaluation
seeks to ensure the campuses countrywide are equal in terms of standards and quality. The evaluation is
set to ensure the universities strictly adhere to the set standards mostly
in terms of quality and innovation in
order to ensure the country stays on
course as it pursues the Vision 2030
development blue print, which education is an integral part, Prof Some
said.
He challenged universities to embrace research, innovation andentre-
preneurial focused courses which he

said are key to development.
The CEO was speaking at the
Mount Kenya University (MKU) main
campus in Thika during the universitys 6th graduation ceremony at the
weekend.
The Minister of State, Higher Education, Republic of Uganda Dr John
Muyingo who was the chief guest at
the graduation ceremony said education has a great role to play in enhancing the East Africa community
achieves full integration.
Dr Muyingo said East Africa universities should be actors in regional integration through collaborations,
linkages and having public private
partnerships with the governments.
The East African community can
use education as one of the catalysts
of achieving full integration. This can,
however, be achieved if the governments agree to liberalise education
in the region, he said.
He said universities have an enormous role to play in the on-going
quest for full East African Community regional integration by providing academic leadership through research into critical areas of national
development, developing human resource capital and providing advisory
or outreach services to government.
During the ceremony, 5,524 graduands were conferred with various
degrees, diplomas and certificates.
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Tourists at Sarova Whitesands in Mombasa on Friday. More tourists have arrived in the country despite insecurity threats. [PHOTO: KELVIN KARANI/STANDARD]
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
INVITATION TO TENDER
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING
SUPPLY, INSTALLATION, TESTING MAINTENANCE AND REPLACEMENT OF
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND ASSOCIATED TRAINING FOR COUNTY AND SUBCOUNTY REFERRAL HEALTH FACILITIES THROUGH A MANAGED EQUIPMENT
SERVICE (MES) ARRANGEMENT
SECOND ADDENDUM TO TENDER NO. MOH/001/2014/2015
1. Introduction

This Addendum is issued by the Ministry of Health on the 28th day of July, 2014 to amend
Tender No. MOH/001/2014/2015 for the Supply, Installation, Testing, Maintenance and
Replacement of Medical Equipment and Associated Training for County and Sub-County
Referral Health Facilities through a Managed Equipment Services (MES) Arrangement.
2. Amendments

The tender documents are amended as follows:
2.1 The bid submission date is hereby extended to 8th September, 2014 at 12.00 hours
2.2 The Appendix to Instructions to Tenders is amended to incorporate the following
amendments to Clause 2.5: Clarification of Tender Documents:

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All clarification questions must be submitted by bidders on or before 1st August 2014
at 17.00 hours. The procuring entity shall collate clarification questions received and
provide its responses in writing to all bidders by 8th August 2014.
3. Tender Documents to remain in full force and effect

Save as amended by this Addendum, all other provisions of the tender documents remain
in full force and effect. Issued by;
Principal Secretary
Ministry of Health
6thFloor, Afya House
Cathedral Road
PO Box 30016-00100
Tel: +254 20 2717077,
NAIROBI, KENYA
Email: ps@health.go.ke
HEAD, SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
For: PRINCIPAL SECRETARY
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT
THE SENATE
STANDING COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

The Kenya Medical Supplies Authority
(Amendment) Bill, 2014.
PUBLIC HEARINGS/ RECEIPT OF MEMORANDA

Following the introduction to the Senate of the Kenya Medical supplies Authority (Amendment)
Bill, 2014 on March 12, 2014, the Bill was committed to the Standing Committee on Health
for consideration pursuant to standing order 158(1) as read with standing order 130.
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 118 of the Constitution and Standing Order 130 (4), the
Standing Committee on Health now invites interested members of the public to submit any
representations that they may have on the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Amendment)
Bill, 2014. The representations may be made orally or by submission of written memoranda
in the following manner1. Public Hearings shall be held on Wednesday, 30th July, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. to
12:00 p.m. at the Old Chambers in County Hall, opposite main Parliamentary
buildings.
2. Written Memoranda may be forwarded to the Clerk of the Senate, P.O. Box
41842-00100, Nairobi, hand-delivered to the Office of the Clerk, first floor, Main
Parliamentary Buildings, Nairobi or emailed to csenate@parliament.go.ke, to be
received on or before Wednesday, 30th July 2014.
C.W. MUNGA (MRS)

FOR: CLERK OF THE SENATE.
Stalled project cost State

House Sh88.8 million
The auditor general
believes another Sh56
million was not spent
prudently
By Alphonce Shiundu
State House under retired President Mwai Kibaki paid Sh88.8 million for a petrol station and a workshop that stalled just a month after
construction began.
The mandarins also failed to properly explain how they spent another
Sh56 million on fuel, oil and lubricants for the luxury vehicles that form
the presidential motorcade.
The audit queries have set the
stage for top officials at State House
to be summoned before the powerful
opposition-led Public Accounts Committee to explain how they used the
money.
Those who are likely to be called to
PAC are State House comptroller Lawrence Lenayapa, his deputy George
Kariuki, and the senior accountants
in the office. The Chief of Staff and
Head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua
is likely to lead that delegation to Parliament buildings, where the pending
questions will all be thrashed out in
the presence of the auditor.
The petrol station and workshop
project was poised to cost the taxpayer Sh105 million, but according to the
Auditor General Edward Ouko, the bureaucrats at State House paid the colossal amount Sh88.8 million for
the very little work that had been done.
In January, the Auditor General sent a team of auditors to State
House to find out if the petrol station
and the workshop had been built and
if the payment was commensurate to
the work done but realised the project
had stalled.
Thebureaucrats failed to explain
why they paid 85 per cent of the money yet the work done did not warrant
such payments.
The next step for the auditor was to

find out if the contractor had decided
to make good and complete the project, or if State House had decided to
recover the money that had been paid.
But that too hit a brick wall.
It was not clear how State House
had intended to handle the matter
considering that the contractor has
not been issued with a default notice
and the process of recovery of liquidated damages had also not commenced... the Auditor General notes
in his report for the 2012-2013 financial year.
The project began on May 23, 2011
and was to last for a year but the auditor noted that a review of contract details in January 2014 indicates that the
contract stalled in June 2011.
After going through the contract,
the auditor general realised that the
contractor did not table documentsto
show how he intended to execute the
project.
No evidence was provided to
show that the contractor submitted a
performance guarantee in accordance
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HOW TAXPAYERS CASH

IS BEING SPENT
During the Kibaki regime, State
House paid Sh88.8 million for a
petrol station and a workshop
that stalled just a month after
construction began, the auditor
general has revealed
State House officials have also
failed to explain how Sh56 million was spent on fuel, oil and
lubricants for the luxury vehicles
that form the presidential motorcade
The project was poised to cost
Sh105 million
Retired President Mwai Kibaki whose

regime has come under sharp scrutiny over expenditure in State House.
with clause 28 of the General Conditions of the Contract and that the
guarantee had been recalled and discharged against uncompleted works,
the Auditor General said.
In view of the foregoing, it was
not possible to confirm the propriety
of Sh88,826,396.00 paid without any
certified works and whether State
House got value for money in the said
expenditure, the auditor generals report reads in part.
Those who are familiar with the
operations at State House told The
Standard that theres a fuel pump
where the high-end vehicles of the
presidential motorcade get their fuel, and that for many of the repairs,
the vehicles use the workshop at the
General Service Unit Headquarters on
Thika Road. Other major repairs are
done by specific motor-vehicle dealers in Nairobi, who are pre-qualified
to do the job for State House.
But it is not just the money for the
petrol station and the workshop that
the Auditor General has questioned.
He also did not find evidence that

Sh56 million for fuel, oil and lubricants was spent prudently.
The expenditure has not been accounted for through work tickets, logbooks, monthly fuel returns, certified
receipt bills and proof of acknowledgement of receipts of fuel drawn as
required, the auditor said.
It has not been possible to confirm the propriety of the expenditure
of Sh56,278,330.30 as at 30 June 2013,
he added.
The ball is now on State Houses
court to meet the Public Accounts
Committee in the National Assembly
to explain how the money was used.
Those likely to appear before the
PAC to answer the questions when the
matter comes up for scrutiny are the
State House comptroller Lawrence
Lenayapa, his deputy George Kariuki, and the senior accountants in the
office.
The Chief of Staff and Head of
Public Service Joseph Kinyua is likely
to lead that delegation to Parliament
buildings.
[PHOTO: MBUGUA KIBERA/STANDARD]
Lobby launches operation

ondoa panya campaign
by Brigid Chemweno
The National Civil Society Congress (NCSC) has unveiled a campaign
against Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs), with the aim of ridding the county assemblies of alleged
rampant corruption.
The congress, working under the
Jukwaa La Katiba Citizens Constitution Implementation Platform, formally launched the campaign dubbed
Operation Ondoa Panya, which
shall mobilise Kenyans to take action
against MCAs who abuse or misuse
public resources.
Speaking to the Press in Nairobi
yesterday, Coalition for Constitution
Implementation member and President of Bunge la Mwananchi Cidi
Otieno said they are concerned about
the wastage of resources by MCAs.
We are convinced that the implementation of devolution is at risk if no
action is taken. The aim of our campaign is to ensure that non-account-
able MCAs go home before the end of

their five-year term. When the time
comes, Kenyans will exercise the right
of recall in a positive way that will ensure long term accountability for resources that are devolved to the county level, said Otieno.
The campaign will be carried out
through the writing of petitions to institutions responsible for ensuring accountability, including the Ethics and
Anti-Corruption Commission and the
Senate.
We will also write letters to governors and county executive members,
especially those in charge of finance
informing them of the likelihood of
action being taken against them if
they continue to facilitate pilferage
by MCAs, said Otieno.
He said they will write letters to individual Members of County Assemblies with demands that they be accountable. Otieno said citizens will
deliver rats to County Assemblies to
symbolise the greed of MCAs.
Sh10.6 million
unaccounted
for in DP office
BBy Alphonce Shiundu
The offices under Deputy President William Ruto and his predecessor Kalonzo Musyoka are required by
the auditor general to explain Sh200
million queries in the 2012-2013 financial year.
The Auditor General recorded that
since February 2013 at the tail-end
of Vice President Kalonzo Musyokas
tenure toJune 2013, theres money
that was not shown in the books of the
ministry, even though the money was
disbursed from the National Treasury.
Records maintained at the Office of the Vice President and Ministry of Home Affairs show that
Sh288,826,608.00 was received in the
Ministrys Deposit Account Number
100012209 during the financial year
2012/2013, the auditor generals report reads in part.
However, an examination of the
records maintained by the ministry
during the year under review shows
that only Sh184,426,080 was receipted
in the cash book on various dates between September 3, 2012 and February 19, 2013, the auditor general said.
No explanation has been given
for failure to receipt Sh104,400,528.00
in accordance with Section 6.7.1 of
Government Financial Regulations
and Procedures, the auditor added.
The key issues include Sh78.8 million that was irregularly paid for domestic and foreign travel.
Kalonzo served as Vice President
from January 2008 to March 2013,
while Ruto has been in office since
April 2013.
security considerations
The review raised travels and
spending that happened between July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013.
The auditor general has queried
the single-sourcing of a firm for domestic air travel, for which Sh3.6 million was paid. Three other firms were
picked for foreign travel and paid
Sh38.8 million.
Another firm was paid Sh36.4 million.
When the mandarins in the office
were asked about the anomaly, they
said they had made the payments
and picked the suppliers without tendering because of security considerations.
Although it has been explained
verbally that the procurement process considered the security of the
personnel involved, the explanation
contravenes Section 133 of the Public Procurement and Disposal Act,
2005 in which the ministry is not listed among institutions authorised to
procure air tickets as security items,
the Auditor General said.
According to the law, very few State
organs are allowed to single-source.
They do this with the permission and
supervision of the Treasury and the
Auditor General, plus that of the Controller of Budget.
Those who have the privilege of
classified audits include the Armed
Forces, the Kenya Police Service, the
National Intelligence Service, the
Kenya Prisons Service, the Administration Police, and the Kenya Wildlife
Service.
Up to Sh10.6 million cannot be accounted for.
No reason has been provided for
failure to account for or recover this
outstanding amount, the Auditor
General noted in his report before the
National Assembly.
Defence, Interior ministries in a

spot for diverting Sh750 million
Military transferred
Sh350 million with
authority of Treasury
Cabinet Secretary
Henry Rotich
bly approves money for a particular

State Organ, that money should only
be spent on that State organ.
Payment vouchers for expenditure amounting to Sh350 million incurred at National Intelligence Service were not made available for audit
review, the auditors report reads in
part.
Further, certificate of declaration
that the expenditure was incurred as
required by the Minister responsible was not provided. Consequently, it was not possible to confirm that
the expenditure was lawful and the
funds were applied effectively as required by (the Constitution) the report continues.
BBy Alphonce Shiundu

The countrys spy agency got millions of shillings from the military
and the InteriorMinistry under dubious circumstances, the Auditor General has revealed.
The Auditor General Edward Ouko
accused the two organs of flouting the
law by diverting at least Sh750 million
in their budgets to the National Intelligence Service.
The military, through the Ministry of Defence gave out Sh350 million while the Ministry of Interior
gave out Sh400 million to the spy network in the 2012-2013 financial year.
Auditors failed to trace that money at
Ulinzi House and also at Harambee
House, the respective headquarters of
the two key Government ministries.
They were told the money was
paid to NIS, but when they went to
NIS headquarters off Thika Road,
they found nothing concrete to show
that the money actually got to the spy
agency.
In the auditors report before the
Public Accounts Committee of the
National Assembly, Dr Ouko wants to
be told where the money is. The only
evidence he got as he scoured dozens
of documents to find out the spending details was an unsigned letter
from the NIS confirming receipt of
the money.
audit verification
The curious thing is that the NIS,
whose boss is Major General Michael
Gichangi (pictured), sent the letter on
July 12, 2013 almost a fortnight after the closure of the financial year.
When the auditor pushed for someone in the Ministry of Interior to own
up, the paper trail went cold.
A certificate of declaration that
the expenditure was incurred as required by the Minister responsible
has not been provided for audit verification, the Auditor General noted
in his report.
When NIS were writing the letter, InteriorCabinet Secretary Joseph ole Lenku had just finished his
first month in office. But even after
one year in office, the auditors never got an explanation, and thats why
they have returned the adverse verdict against the ministry.
They have looked at the
book-keeping and financial controls
in the ministry and they insist that
these are weak and even non-existent. As long as the money is covered with the cloak of national security, then, accountability disappears.
...the Ministry (of Interior and National Coordination) has no controls
to mitigate any risk arising from using confidential expenditure funds to
supplement any officers
emoluments. There is no
documentation on how
the money is spent, the
Auditor General said in
his report.
internal control
DEFENCE MINISTRY GAVE NIS SH350 MILLION

The Auditor General Edward Ouko accused the Defence and Interior co-ordination ministries of flouting the law by diverting at least
Sh750 million in their budgets to the National Intelligence Service
The military, through the Ministry of Defence gave out Sh350 million while the Ministry of Interior gave out Sh400 million to the spy
network in the 2012-2013 financial year
Ouko said a certificate of declaration that the expenditure was incurred has not been provided for audit verification
The diversion of Sh400 million

from Interior to NIS is also against
the Public Finance Management Act,
which prohibits reallocation of funds
from one Government entity to another.
The ministry violated the Kenya
Defence Forces Act and also breached
the Governments financial regulations. The auditor says military accountants adopted new accounting
methods that have never been used

in Governmentthereby making it
difficult for auditors to follow the paper trail.
When the auditors asked why the
ministry sent Sh350 million to NIS,
the military said they had the authority of Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich. But even
with Rotichs blessing, the law is
clear that if the National Assem-
After going through theaccounting systems, the auditor general realised that the same loopholes present
in the Ministry of Interior were also
there at the Department of Defence
because money was spent, but it was
never accounted for.
The auditor general blames Defence Cabinet Secretary Raychelle
Omamo, her Principal Secretary
Monica Juma, and the Chief of Defence Forces, General Julius Karangi
for the anomalies.
The audit revealed that the management of the Ministry has not put
in place adequate internal control to
mitigate against risks arising from using confidential expenditure funds to
supplement any officers emoluments
as expenditure incurred is not supported, the report reads.
The truth of the secret payments
to NIS will be known when the Public
Accounts Committee grills ministry
officials in the presence of auditors,
to get answers on what happened to
the cash. The military breached Section 289 (1) and (2) of the Kenya Defence Forces Act for not keeping records of accounts.
Marwa warned over insecurity claim
Kajiado Central MP
Joseph Nkaissery
urged the county
commissioner to name
those involved
BBy PONCIANO ODONGO
Kajiado Central MP Joseph Nkaissery has asked Mombasa county

commissioner Nelson Marwa to stop
blanket condemnation of the Coalition for Reform and Democracy
(CORD) over insecurity.
Nkaissery asked the county commissioner to name those involved and
take action against them.
He was Speaking at Dalalekutuk,
Kajiado Central, on Saturday where
the Masai community elders and
leaders were meeting locals in a bid
to fight female genital mutilation.
Nkaissery said it is wrong for a
county commissioner to blame CORD
instead of giving the names of those
involved, adding that as a CORD
member he is not aware of plans to
cause insecurity in the country.
I am a CORD member and have
never heard nor planned for any violence. It is wrong you cannot give
blanket blame to an entity. In order to
help this country, give names of those
fueling violence, said Nkaissery.
Interior
Co-odination
Cabinet Secretary, Joseph ole Lenku said
the Government is in the process of
equipping the police with enough vehicles and a chopper to help curb insecurity across the country.
We have moved to equip all the
division offices with vehicles in a bid
to overcome insecurity in the country.
We have also announced the acquisition of a chopper to make it easy to
deal with the issue of insecurity with
an aim of making this country safe
to investors and its citizens, said ole
Lenku.
He urged Maasai community to
stop retrogressive culture and opt for
development issues.
Kajiado county commissioner
Harsama Kello warned Non-governmental organisations to stop using
Maasai women to propagate female
genital mutilation for financial gain.
I want to put it categorically that
any NGO found inciting women on
the FGM will be de-registerered, said
Mr. Kello.
Kajiado women representative
Mary Seneta accompanied by her
Laikipia counterpart Sarah Lekoirel
asked local teachers to ensure children get their share in education at
the right age.
We would like to tell teachers to
ensure children get education at the
right age rather than forcing them to
repeat leading to early marriages and
school drop out, said Mary Seneta.

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Police identify
slain terror
suspects
by Joackim Bwana
Mombasa County Commissioner Nelson Marwa addresses a security meeting

at Likoni recently. He has been criticised by Kajiado Central MP Joseph Nkaissery over claims that CORD is fanning insecurity. [PHOTO: KELVIN KARANI/STANDARD]
Police have revealed the names of

two men killed near the Likoni Ferry
Crossing on Friday evening over alleged terror links.
Police alleged thaton FridayBenson Mwinyi and James Kariuki Wanjohiwere armed with a pistol and
grenade and were about to cross the
Likoni ferry when they were killed. Security authorities had linked the two
to the July 20 killings in Likoni.
Those are the names on the identity cards we found on them but we
are trying to verify if the identity cards
are genuine or false, said Mombasa
County police commander Robert Kitur.
Mr Kitur said the two fired at police when ordered to alight from a
matatu they had allegedly arrived in
from Mtwapa in Kilifi County.
Although police say the suspects
were resisting arrest, one of them
was killed inside a matatu, which police allege the two were trying to hijack after realising they had been surrounded by armed officers.
Upon being flagged down by police to stop as the vehicle approached
the ferry, said Kitur, one of the suspects pointed a gun at the driver and
tried to force him to drive on after realising the matatu was surrounded.
A witness, Jason Omaya, said he
saw three civilian police engage the
two people from the matatu.
Sh33m ivory was packed in Kisumu
Police findings indicate

the contraband was
packaged in the
lakeside city and the
owner is a Chinese
BBy Cyrus Ombati
The 260-kilogramme ivory intercepted by customs officials at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
last Friday was packaged in Kisumu,
police investigations revealed.
The Sh33 million contraband,
headed for Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia,
was painted with red and black oxide
to confuse sniffer dogs and wrapped
in 12 carton boxes disguised as wood
carvings.
Police pursuing the matter said
even though no arrest had been made,
their probe shows the cargo was packaged in Kisumu.
Airport CID boss Joseph Ngisa said
they had established the place where
the packaging was done and were
pursuing those behind it.
They originated from Kisumu but
we do not know if they were from animals killed in Kenya or elsewhere. We
are pursuing that, said Ngisa.
He added they had established the
owner of the cargo is a Chinese national.
Kenya Revenue Authority officials manning the customs desk at
the Swissport Cargo centre at JKIA
intercepted the ivory after docu-
ments indicated they were dogs being transported. But the cargo did not
correspond to the animals.
Officials became suspicious of the
papers presented by a clearing and
forwarding agent, prompting further
inspection.
A fortnight ago, two men were arrested and 22 pieces of ivory weighing 95 kilogrammes and valued at
Sh950,000 recovered from them along
the Nairobi-Nakuru Highway.
The men, both Kenyans, were in a
salon car headed for Kampala, Uganda, but were intercepted at the Gilgil
Weighbridge.
Last week, armed gangs killed four
rhinos for their horns in the private
Ol Jogi ranch near Nanyuki. This has
been described as the worst rhino
poaching incident in the country in
more than 25 years.
The rhino bodies were found on
two separate sites on the 58,000-acre
ranch and the poachers escaped with
three of the animals eight horns.
Poaching in the region is on the
rise as armed criminal gangs kill elephants for tusks and rhinos for horns,
usually to be shipped to Asia to make
ornaments and medicines.
In efforts to curb the crime, Kenya is using high-tech surveillance
equipment, including drones, to track
poachers and keep tabs on elephants
and rhinos roaming national parks.

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State to roll out

fibre optic in all
counties
by Stanley Ongwae
Some of the ivory worth Sh33.8 million that was intercepted at JKIA Swissport
Cargo on its way to Malaysia on Friday. KRA officials intercepted the ivory after documents indicated they were dogs being transported. [PHOTO: BONIFACE OKENDO/STANDARD]
The Government has embarked on

a long-term project to support development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in schools.
Information Cabinet Secretary
Fred Matiangi said the State will roll
out the fibre optic cable in all the 47
counties before starting to develop
the various schools across the nation.
Matiangi noted for schools to
produce students who can compete
in the global space for jobs and other
opportunities, the country must lay a
good and enabling for them.
We are competing with the rest of
the world and by embracing communications technology, we are sure the
kind of students we will be producing
in the job market will be able to compete with others from across the globe
in various job markets, said the CS.
But Matiangi, who was speaking at Kanyawanga Boys High School
in Migori County where he presided over a prize-giving ceremony, did
not specify on the level of commitment the government has levelled on
the project that began more than five
years ago.
Rongo MP Dalmas Otieno said
digital learning material should be
readily available for teachers to use
in implementing ICT programmes.
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Why AG was barred from

defending Uhuru, Ruto
IN THE HIGH COURT, NAIROBI

PETITION NO.360 OF 2013
ISAAC ALUOCH POLO ALUOCHIER.....................PETITIONER
AND
BENCH: HON JUSTICE ISAAC LENAOLA

ruling: RULING:18.07.2014
BBy WAHOME THUKU
He could only join the case

as anamicus curiae and not
in any other capacity. His
purported representation of
Uhuru and Ruto should be
declared unlawful and his
appointment as legal counsel
be struck off the record
Republic of kenya
UHURU MUIGAI KENYATTA...................1ST RESPONDENT

WILLIAM SAMOEI RUTO......................2ND RESPONDENTT
Lenaola said President

and his deputy can
only appoint private
lawyers to represent
them in the suit
challenging presidency
Isaac Aluoch Polo Aluochier is a
political activist who is occasionally involved in tussles with the Government and State officers. Soon after the March 2013 general elections,
Aluochier filed a petition at the High
Court challenging the Presidency of
Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto.
According to him, the two should
not have been nominated for election
to the highest offices on the basis that
they had previously violated the Constitution and should have been barred
from the nominations.
His argument was that between
August 27, 2010 and August 2011,
both Uhuru and Ruto held double positions as cabinet ministers and officials of political parties contrary to
Article 77(2) of the Constitution. The
article provides that any appointed
State officer shall not hold office in a
political party.
The petitioner argued that the two
should have then been disciplined for
contravening the law. And under Articles 75(2) and (3), the disciplinary
action would have ensured they were
Bench watch
High Court Judge Isaac Lenaola. He has dismissed an objection filed by AG

Githu Muigai to defend President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy in a private
case. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]
not cleared to run for the seats of
President and and Deputy President.
He has actually asked the court to declare that the two should not be holding State offices.
Though the petition was against
Uhuru and Ruto in their private capacities, the Attoney General Prof
Githu Muigai joined the suit to defend them.
On October 20 last year, Aluochier who acts in person in the cases,
filed an application seeking determination by the court on whether the AG
could defend the two leaders in a private case.
He made a strong argument that
under Article 156(6) of the Constitution, the AG can only represent the
Government and the public in civil
proceedings and not individuals sued
in their private capacities. He noted
that there was no provision under the
Office of the Attorney-General Act allowing him to represent individuals
in court.
He could only join the case as
anamicus curiae (friend of the court)
and not in any other capacity. His purported representation of Uhuru and
Ruto should be declared unlawful and
his appointment as legal counsel be
struck off the record, said the petitioner.
However, the AG, through Senior
Deputy Chief Litigation Counsel Stela
Munyi filed an objection to the application, saying he could represent the
two respondents.
COURT ABUSE
Ms Munyi argued that under Article 156(6) of the Constitution, the Attorney-General has a wide mandate to
promote, protect and uphold the rule
of law and defend the public interest.
It is within his discretion to determine
when and to whom to offer his legal
services in cases of public interest.
She argued that where any proceedings may affect the rights, property or
profits of Government, then he had
the power to intervene as a counsel,
even where a public officer had been
sued in a private capacity.
Since the issues raised in the pe-
tition revolve around constitutionalism, rule of law and public interest,

the private and official capacities of
Uhuru and Ruto were fused and the
AG could properly defend them, she
said. She said the petition was an
abuse of court process and the court
lacks jurisdiction to determine it because the issues raised have been litigated on and finalised in another petition in Mombasa.
Article 156(4), of the Constitution
states that the AG is the principal legal adviser to the Government, shall
represent the National government in
court or in any other legal proceedings to which its a party, other than
criminal proceedings and shall perform any other functions conferred
on the officeby an Act of Parliament
or by the President.
THE VERDICT
Article 156 (5) says the AG shall

have authority, with the leave of the
court to appear as a friend of the court
in any civil proceedings to which the
Government is not a party. And Article 156(6)says the AG shall promote,
protect and uphold the rule of law and
defend the public interest.
But presiding judge Isaac Lenaola
dismissed the objection by the AG.
The proceedings before me are not
against the National government because the respondents by whatever
measure and whatever significance
and importance of their respective
offices, cannot be the government,
said Lenaola.
He added: In the Kenyan context,
the two levels of Government; national and devolved, form the Government of Kenya and the Constitution
deliberately limited the role of the Attorney General to legal proceedings
involving the National government,
whereas the devolved governments
are left to seek their own legal representatives. But it must be noted that
his advice as opposed to represen-
tation is to the Government in the

wider context as defined above,Judge
Lenaola noted that both Uhuru and
Ruto had been sued because of holding offices in political parties and in
the Cabinet.
Ms Munyi has argued that there is
public interest involved in the present petition and since the AG is enjoined to uphold the public interest,
then he should be allowed to appear
and defend the respondents. I disagree. The question of advise, legal
representation and public interest
cannot be lumped together because
the Constitution has demarcated
them as such. Whereas the AG is enjoined to uphold the public interest
in the discharge of his mandate, the
Constitution specifically limited his
role as advocate and one cannot
properly import public interest as a
basis for legal representation, the
judge summed it up.
He added: The respondents are
presently part of Government but the
actions complained of really turn on
their past (principally as officials of
political parties and at the same time,
ministers in Government). I do not
see how those actions can be termed
as actions of the National government
to attract representation in court by
the Attorney General,
Lenaola further pointed out that
even at the International Criminal
Court (ICC), both Uhuru and Ruto
were bieng tried as individuals and
not as part of Government.
They are, in those proceedings,
represented by private legal counsel
and not the Attorney General.
The judge therefore dismissed
the objection by the AG. He ordered
that the President and his deputy be
served with notices for mention of the
case and they could appoint private
lawyers to represent them in the proceedings.
The case will be mentioned on August 29.
Businessman declines to submit gun, claims life in danger

BBy Cyrus Ombati
A Nairobi businessman has declined to surrender his gun to
police as directed and instead complained that his life was in danger.
Police had ordered Bryan Yongo to surrender his pistol, citing
alleged misuse in his home in Kitsuru, Nairobi two weeks ago. He
declined and instead moved to court where be obtained an order
stopping the authorities from confiscating it.
Yongo said on the material day on July 2, he was driving home
when he realised a car was trailing him. When he arrived home
and waited for a short while for his gate to be opened, the guards
did not respond. This forced him to reach for his gun and shoot
once in the air to wake them up. Neighbours later reported the
matter to the police. And when police arrived at his compound
the following day to record a statement and take away the weapon, they did not find him or get the weapon.
The businessman protested the police action as malicious and
abuse of office. He later served the officers with an order issued

by Justice George Odunga who restrained them from taking away
the weapon. This was after police wrote to him saying they had revoked his firearm certificate. In his suit papers, Yongo says his life
and that of his family have previously been threatened and that
the officers move was in breach of Article 47 of the Constitution,
which quotes right to fair administrative action.
He added that a complainant in the case, Hiten Shah, was
known to him and that he had another case against him of alleged threat to his life.
MISUSE OF GUNS
Nairobi police boss Benson Kibue said Yongos case is among

those they are investigating. We have almost six cases of misuse
of guns under investigations. We will recommend various charges
once investigations are complete, said Kibue.
Among them is one in which businessman James Kariuki has
been asked to surrender his firearm after he shot and wounded
a guard who was responding to an alarm at a private compound
last week in Karen. The incident came a day after businessman

Paul Kobia alias Paul Ilunga Ngoei, the man named in a UN report over Congo gold smuggling claims, shot dead a robbery suspect along Parklands Limuru Road in an alleged botched robbery.
Earlier last month, a senior manager with ICEA was arrested and charged with murder after he shot and killed a motorist
and injured another one in a road rage incident in Dagoretti area, Nairobi.
In Parklands, a police reservist was in June disarmed by security guards after he shot in the air in a bid to force his way into a
womens hostel. Police said the man was dropping a female student at the Executive Ladies Hostel.
When the guards prevented him from driving his vehicle into
the hostel grounds, he took out a pistol and fired in the air twice.
Police arrested him before they seized the pistol, three magazines
and 90 bullets, a police radio, his firearms certificate, a beret and
a Kenya Police Reservist Identity Card. The firearms licensing section of the police has been opened after it was briefly closed for
re-organisation amid graft claims.
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Page 14 / EDITORIAL
Wrangles over party discipline will weaken Opposition

Whereas political parties bring together
people who share ideals and who must work
together towards a common goal, many elected leaders in Kenya choose to apply double
standards after elections.
The issue of Jubilee moles inside Cord has
featured prominently especially following the
botched party elections in February. Many legislators have been accused of working with the
Jubilee-led Government to destabilise the Opposition and render it weak. It was therefore
that the sacking of Minority Party Chief Whip
would cause so much furore.
Gideon Mungaro, the Kilifi North MP was
sacked last week on suspicion of working with
Jubilee. A meeting of Cords top leadership relieved him of that seat in favour of Wundanyi
MP, Thomas Mwadeghu.
While Parties have the right to purge undesirables from their ranks, the reaction that this
action received from legislators in the Coast region has been negative.
Several MPs from the region have threatened to quit Cord and form their own Coastbased party.
It might be easy to dimiss this an an idle
threat that has been tried time and again. It is
doubtful that the Members of Parliament will
voluntarily quit Cord and risk by-elections as
stipulated in the 2010 Constitution, but the
message is clear. Party divisions can only serve
to weaken a robust Opposition. What the country needs is a strong Opposition not distracted
by internal wrangles to keep Government on
its toes.
The drafters of the 2010 Constitution had a
vision for a strong Opposition. Yet from this
single act, it seems there is no room for dissenting voices in political parties. That is bad
for democracy. It will be unfortunate were the
clock to turn back and parties became vehicles

for self-promotion and self-glorification and
not pillars of democracy.
The sacking therefore make a mockery of
efforts to democratise our politics. The sacking
and the apparent celebration from the Jubilee
are two unconscionable acts that are a throwback in the democratic journey.
Parties are tax-payer funded and should
therefore work for the good of democracy.
Gone are the days when to shake the hand of
a political opponent or were anyone to profess
backing for a certain political persuasion
termed as anathema.
In any case, Cord is a party out to re-invent
itself in a political atmosphere that is, to all
purposes and intents, acrimonious. There is a
heightened level of mistrust between the Jubilee-led Government and the Opposition dictated by the current levels of insecurity pervad-
ing the country and other issues of governance.

After the March 2013 General Election, a
wounded party retreated from active participation in Parliament, perhaps to lick its
wounds.
It failed to act the part of a true Opposition
in a democracy.
Given their superiority in numbers, their Jubilee counterparts have had its way, passing
Bills on the strength of their numerical strength
in Parliament rather than on merit, in a true
reflection of the tyranny of numbers mantra.
So emboldened of its vantage position was
Jubilee that those in its leadership ranks
termed Cord a moribund Opposition.
The least the country expected of Cord
therefore is the sideshow caused more because
of an absence of internal party discipline than
because of any substance.
If Govt has evidence of

wrongdoing, let it act
No less a person than the Head of State came out publicly to proclaim that politicians and with a network of gangs
were responsible for the rising wave of insecurity in the
country and especially the macabre killings of at least 60
people at Mpeketoni last month.
That allegation followed an earlier claim by the Cabinet
Secretary for Interior that the Opposition coalition Cord and
its leaders were culpable for the atrocities going on at the
Coast.
Mombasa County Commissioner, Nelson Marwa reiterated those sentiments and proceeded to say he had evidence
to that effect.
What therefore baffles many is the absence of arrests to
back up those claims. The President, Mr Ole Lenku and Mr
Marwa are all privy to intelligence reports and it is therefore
right to believe that they know what they are talking about.
The events of the last months should be cause for some
political
soul-searching.
The President swore an oath to protect the country and its
citizens from aggression both from within and externally.
As things stand now, he has failed Kenyans. Criminals attack civilians at will, walk away to plan the next attack and
all we get is whining from a Government seemingly petrified
by the Opposition.
The Government will be failing in its duties and be seen
to abet crime if it has evidence of wrong doing, but deliberately fails to act on it.
Cord leaders have come out and dared the Government
to arrest any of them it feels is responsible for the attacks.
Whereas it is within their rights to prove their innocence, we
feel that chest-thumping does not help matters. They should
therefore not walk the low road which serves to heighten
tension and whip up raw emotion. They should raise the level of their game.
In all likelihood, the Government is merely buying time
as it figures out a way of tackling the rising crime by blaming a resurgent Opposition.While the Opposition is
A criminal is a criminal irrespective of party affiliation
and the Government must act fairly. Security is not political.
As those who have lost loved ones and property can attest,
security is a matter of life and death.
Blaming the Opposition is chaff thrown up to hide the
grotesque incompetence of the security apparatus.
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WHAT OTHER MEDIA SAY...
Putins catastrophe
Is English getting dissed?
One thing the European Union lacks

is a united foreign policy, as has been all
too evident in its response to the crisis in
Ukraine. Although it was the desire of a
majority of Ukrainians to join the EU not
now, but eventually that triggered the crisis
in the first place, the EU itself has failed to
decide how it should respond to the awkward
consequences of its popularity. When Russia
annexed Crimea after a rushed referendum,
the EU condemned it strongly but could not
agree on actions to back up its words not
least because so many of its members,
including Germany, depend in varying
degrees on Russian gas. Since then, each step
in worsening the situation has prompted a
repeat of the same response.
Is the English language being massacred

by the young, the linguistically untidy and
anyone who uses the Internet? Absolutely. Is
that anything new? Hardly. Many words and
expressions in common parlance today would
have raised the hackles of language scolds
in the not-so-distant past. For evidence, lets
look at some examples from recent newspaper
articles. Take this sentence from a Toronto Star
piece about preparing dinner for a magician.
He tells me about a bogus sance he used to
host in his Cabbagetown home. That sentence
would have appalled Alfred Ayres, author of
the 1894 book The Verbalist. He considered
the word bogus to be incompatible with
dignified diction. Ayres would also have
disapproved of the statement; the police were
overly aggressive.
Repeal Prohibition, Again

It took 13 years for the United States to
come to its senses and end Prohibition, 13
years in which people kept drinking, otherwise
law-abiding citizens became criminals and
crime syndicates arose and flourished. It
has been more than 40 years since Congress
passed the current ban on marijuana, inflicting
great harm on society just to prohibit a
substance far less dangerous than alcohol. The
federal government should repeal the ban on
marijuana. We reached that conclusion after a
great deal of discussion among the members
of The Timess Editorial Board, inspired by a
rapidly growing movement among the states
to reform marijuana laws. There are no perfect
answers to peoples legitimate concerns about
marijuana use.
OPINION / Page 15
Mohamed Guleid }
DROUGHT CYCLE
Palaver
Why livestock farmers feel let down

The prevailing drought in the
Arid and Semi Arid Lands (Asal)
regions is a matter of grave concern. As the number of livestock
under threat grows, plans for urgent contingency measures become necessary.
Though the long rains of
March-April were below the average for the region, the genesis of
this perenial problem cannot be
attributed to acts of God and nature.
Especially when farmers are
staring at staggering losses of animals.
For this is not the first time
famine is ravaging the region.
It is easy to blame nature for
the problem.
Yet it is what actions have not
been taken that should concern
us more. The present draught
throws up political, economic and
social challenges.
As pasture land dry up, the risk
of conflicts increase. Families will
be separated as men, mostly of
school-going age skip school to
look for greener pastures.
The loss of animals will cripple
the economy of these regions as
stock that has taken years to rear
waste away from hunger and starvation.
The pastoralists communities
like the Samburu, Boran, Somali,
Turkana and others have skirmished before for grazing land.
Various solutions have been
mooted to mitigate against the
drought cycle. Most of these are
yet to bear fruit.
Recently, while meeting a section of the Council of Governors
at State House Nairobi, President
Uhuru Kenyatta announced a
programme to initiate an animal

off-take programme for people of
northern Kenya and other Asal areas.
Previously, such programmes
have been prone to abuse and
failure because some areas were
left out. Also, the pricing given to
the farmers was not favourable
and the farmers felt let down.
The county governments of
Northern Kenya need to support
the President in this initiative, but
mostly, livestock owners must get
value for their animals.
You might ask why does agriculture and livestock matter as
much as tourism or services industry that drive the economy.
And livestock keeping is as important as tea and coffee and horticulture. In truth, Kenyas agricultural and livestock sector accounts
for a third of the countrys Gross
Domestic Product (GDP). Out of
this, the livestock sector alone
makes a contribution of about 60
per cent.
Thus, livestock contributes
heavily to the GDP and food security of the country. It also provides
the necessary thrust for other
forms of development to take
place.
Recent statistics indicate that
currently, over 65 per cent of the
countrys livestock population is
based in the Asal zones which
form about three-quarters of the
countrys land area.
However, comparative statistics from elsewhere show that
livestock contributes 88 per cent
of the total agricultural output in
Botswana even though the country has half Kenyas livestock population and is of less agricultural
Allan Liavoga }
Not so long ago, top policymakers and scientists met in Nairobi to discuss regional policy on
bio-pesticide use by farmers in
East Africa.
Bringing together agricultural
experts from Burundi, Ethiopia,
Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, the
workshop sought to understand
trends in the development and
use of bio-pesticides globally and
in the region.
The delegates also wanted to
identify regulatory challenges for
development and deployment of
bio-pesticides and to develop a
set of recommendations for enabling policy and legislation, including incentive schemes for
bio-pesticides development and
deployment in East Africa.
The meeting came against the
backdrop of European Union
food safety concerns, which are
backed by regulations that have
seen the volume of Kenyas horticultural exports to the region
drop significantly.
The EU regulations are informed by the global trend to
move away from chemical pesti-
The present
draught
throws up
political,
economic
and social
challenges
potential.
Thus, there is a huge contribution that livestock could make to
the national economy.
Unfortunately, this sector attracts less than 10 per cent of the
Governments agricultural expenditure and less than one per cent
of total spending, yet it is estimated that Kenyas potential to export
livestock products if adequately
exploited, would earn more than
the earnings from tea and coffee
combined.
This then calls for new thinking about livestock development
strategies to harness the arid
lands. The livestock sector accounts for 90 per cent of employment and an equal percentage of
household incomes in the asals.
Most of the livestock slaughtered in major urban centers originates in these areas, with an annual slaughter of about 1.6 million
animals.
Kenyas livestock from the
asals is worth an estimatedSh60
billion. The internal livestock
trade in the pastoral areas alone
nets in about Sh6 billion annually. Yet drought is one of the most
detrimental disasters distressing
African pastoralists. According to
D M Nyarimi in a 2005 study,
droughts are known to have
short-term and long-term effects
on pastoralists.
The short-term effects are the
shocks caused by the heavy losses
of animals due to a drastic and
abrupt decline of grazing resources, thereby exposing the pastoralists to severe transient food insecurity.
Thus, pastoralists find themselves with excess animals in rela-
tion to land resources and with

limited options for disposing of
them, direct consumption or
finding extra grazing and water.
The effect of the drought in
previous episodes provides a
good example of how obvious the
lack of appropriate advice to pastoral communities led not only to
the loss of property in animals,
but also to the rise in political tensions due to the movement in
search of pasture into private
property.
To avoid this, assistance must
be given to find market outlets or
any other means of disposing of
the drought-induced extra livestock well before droughts strikes.
The Kenya Meat Commission
is one such outlet, but which has
done little to assuage the pain
farmers go through when the
droughts set in each drought cycle.
Depending on the situation on
the ground, contingency plans
may consist of emergency animal
purchase or the provision of subsidy to transport animals to the
market to enable herders to realize some cash for their animals
before prices collapse.
Also maintaining the water
supply for animals and humans,
or opening new water supplies.
The provision of emergency
grazing possibilities including
cow-calf camps or other special
arrangements to protect breeding
stock will go a long way to stabilize the stock levels.
Mr Guleid is the Deputy
Governor, Isiolo County and
vice-chairman of the Deputy
Governors Forum
The pesticide debate: Which way Kenya?
Kenya
should
push for
renegotiation of its
chemical
agreement
with the
EU
cides and increased sensitivity to

chemical residues in the food
chain.
The Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service regulates pesticide levels in the countrys exports to ensure they comply with
the EU safety rules.
While Kenyan exporters have
no quarrel, in principal, with the
EU regulations, which should be
the benchmark for any nation in
this era of increasing health and
environmental awareness, it is
the feasibility of safer pesticide
control methods that worries
them.
Crop pests are a big nuisance
to farmers who regularly incur
huge pre-and-post harvest losses.
And, while biological methods
of controlling crop pests are to be
preferred, since they leave no
harmful residues in crops, their
manufacturers are grappling with
the challenge of how to package
them in a way thats attractive to
small scale farmersand still
make a profit.
Kenya is on the EUs official
control list, meaning that 10 per

cent of the countys produce entering the European market is set
aside for sampling.
As the tests to gauge Kenyas
compliance with the rules go on,
the remaining 90 per cent of the
consignment cannot be sold.
Apart from the inconvenience
caused by delays as the shipment
is tested, there is the real danger
of the remaining 90 per cent being destroyed at the exporters expense should the 10 per cent be
found to exceed the chemical
limits.
There are two options out of
this conundrum.
One, Kenya should push for
renegotiation of its chemical
agreement with the EU to buy
more time to meet the stringent
health and safety requirements.
Two, the country should adopt
pest control methods that comply with the EU regulations. Each
option has its merits and demerits.
While the latter approach
would satisfy both the exporters
and importers, bio-pesticides are

currently being used by largescale farmers.
How do we make them attractive and convenient to small
holders?
Chemical pesticides use cannot be sustained in a business-as-usual manner; there is
need for the estimated 50,000
farmers in the horticulture industry, who employ 45,000 to 60,000
workers, to be involved in continuous education programmes
with technical experts, who have
the ability to detect and correct
weaknesses in spraying methods
and quantities utilised.
The quality of the sprayer, the
size of its nozzles and where the
chemical is directed can determine the acceptance or otherwise
of a whole horticultural consignment.
Dr Liavoga is the acting-program manager, Bio-Innovate
project
a.liavoga@cgiar.org
How insensate can traffic policemen be? These are guys who pretend to be so dedicated to their
work yet the intention is always
to set you up, thoroughly work
you over that by the time you get
the drift, you will be ready to part
with anything. Imagine someone
involved in an accident, the car
is lying on its side, the driver is
bloodied and just crawling out
and all the traffic cop can say is;
leta license yako. Preposterous!
The Uhuruto digital government
is in a whirlwind. Everybody is
trying to upstage it in some way.
Trouble is, they dont know who.
Poor fellows must be feeling dizzy from all this running around
in circles. They
have never figured out what hit
them. The country
is reeling under
serious insecurity
on top of which
there is more insecurity in the
form of hackers! Are Government
secrets safe if hackers can get
into any ip address they want at
will? What happens if they break
into banks and decide to spread
some wealth around? Who wants
to be President anyway, its a
thankless job!
A Minnesota man travelling
with his sons on an airline had a
rude shock after sending a rude
tweet. The man changed planes,
wanted the privilege of frequent
flier which his sons did not have.
Asked to be patient, he got impatient instead and in the exchange
of words, believed the guard was
rude to him. Once on the plane,
he tweeted about the rudeness
and minutes he was ordered off
the plane with one condition; if
he deleted the tweet, he would
be allowed to re-board. What
choice did he have, he deleted!
And as a mark of good faith, the
airline gave him a voucher, wow!
MPs from the Coast
are a funny lot;
sulking and
issuing ultimatums
they have no means
of executing. They
should just swallow
their pride, accept
Gideon Mungaro is no longer in
Cord and move on or resign! He
should thank his stars he got off
lightly. Like they say, you cannot
have your cake and eat it too.
If jubilee is good for the former
minority deputy whip why dine
with the Cord-esians and sleep
with the Jubilants? Choices have
consequences!
A criminal is a criminal is
criminal. It makes no difference
whether he is from Jubilee or
Cord. If there are criminals killing
people within Cord as the police
publicly state, why not just arrest
and charge them? Why seek
public sympathy?
oped@standardmedia.co.ke
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Online hate speech

must be stopped
Many Kenyans woke up to the
shock of their lives that the Government could arrest social media blogger Seth Odongo alias Dikembe Disembe over an inciting Facebook post.
This arrest comes weeks after another blogger, going by the name Ismael Omondi, was nabbed for operating a Twitter account purportedly
used by Al Shabaab to claim responsibility for Mpeketoni attacks.
While some Kenyans have denounced the arrests, saying they are a
waste of time, the effect of social media on our political scene must not be
ignored.
Kenya is among the countries with
the fastest growing number of social
media users and unfortunately, many
use this media to spread hate speech
which is dangerous for a multi-ethnic nation.
While there has been no significant street clashes in Kenya as a result
of social media posts (unlike Egypt or
Tunisia), our authorities must remain
keenly aware that this tribal warmongering played in the internet will spill
into the streets if action is not taken.
{Dancan Bwire, Maasai Mara University}
Why pay third term

school fees?
The directive that schools should
not withhold the certificates of students who have not cleared their fee
balances presents a dilemma for the
schools, and a loop-hole for smart
parents.
Parents with children in Form
Four are faced with a moral dilemma
of whether or not to pay school fees
as the students prepare to go back for
their third and final school term.
The undeniable fact remains that
students who will not pay their fees
and those with arrears shall still be allowed to sit for their KCSE exams and
later on receive their certificates.
So, why should a parent pay for
something they dont have to and
especially when there are no consequences?
{Martin Makundi, Mwala}
Criticism of Kimaiyo
is uncalled for
Frequent attacks on Inspector
General David Kimaiyo that his officers have failed to contain insecurity
in some parts of the country are disturbing and uncalled for.
It is unfair for opposition leaders
to continue to criticise the IG on matters of security and yet it is everyones
responsibility to participate in the war
against crime.
Kenyans, irrespective of their political affiliation or ethnic persuasion,
should support the ongoing security
operation to flush out terrorists and
other criminal elements across the
country because we cannot achieve
the much needed development in this
country if there is no peace.
We should learn to appreciate the
work our police officers do and realise that security matters should not be
politicised.
{Ezron Wanyama, Bungoma}
Move to penalise non-Kuppet

members is ill-advised
The Governments decision to
deduct 1.5 per cent basic salary of
over 20,000 non-Kuppet secondary school teachers while leaving
out their counterparts in primary
schools is unfair.
The plan, attributed to Labour
Cabinet Secretary Kazungu Kambi who has instructed the Teachers
Service Commission (TSC) to deduct 1.5 per cent from the monthly
basic salary of all non-Kuppet secondary school teachers, while exempting non-Knut primary school
teachers, on the premise that secondary school teachers are not part
of the negotiated deal, leaves a lot
to be desired.
Kuppets Secretary General Akelo Misori is now demanding that all
teachers who are not members of
the union should not benefit from
the negotiated deal. He says non
members must pay an agency fee
of Sh770.
TSCs CEO, Gabriel Lengoiboni says these deductions will be effected starting August 1, 2014 and
this move is likely to rock the education sector into yet another serious industrial conflict.
Question is, can we afford to
have endless industrial rows year
after year?
In 2013, we witnessed a 21 days
teachers strike that resulted in over
Feedback
KNH still has long

way to go in keeping
patients safe
There have been concerns about

the rising number of suicide
cases at Kenyatta National
Hospital (pictured), of late.
Having spent the better part
of April this year in that health
facility taking care of a patient, I
became particularly concerned
by the conspicuous lack of grills
20,000 Kuppet secondary school

members ditch their union and join
the giant Knut in protest to its call
for a premature end to the teachers strike.
This mass exodus did not augur
well with Kuppet leaders who saw it
as an act of betrayal.
The latest move by Kuppet appears to be suspect as it comes at a
time when the Government plans to
implement the long awaited Sh6 billion commuter allowance pay deal,
which was to take place end of July.
It is expected that teachers will
take home and additional Sh4,000
to Sh16,000 once this plan is implemented.
While the plan is good, lack of
solidarity between the two teachers
unions, Knut and Kuppet, which
has largely been blamed for shoddy
Collective Bargaining Agreements
(CBAs) and perennial unrest, could
be its undoing.
But it will come as good news to
teachers who are in neither union
that this time, Knuts top brass has
expressed outrage over the move
by Kuppet to deduct salaries of non
members terming it a cheap ploy by
Kuppet to help the union shore up
its membership base.
Knuts Secretary General, Wilson Sossion, is on record saying
this could lead to industrial action
on windows and verandas,

bearing in mind the disturbed
mental state of patients, their
families and visitors who throng
the hospital everyday.
I asked a nurse about the
absence of window grills and
she said the windows are the
only way to rescue patients in
case of a fire outbreak. She said
the grill less windows would
make it possible to evacuate the
critically ill patients lying in bed
using low flying helicopters. This
also explains the hospitals big
inner circumference.
by teachers. Sossion said Knut will

not allow this to happen because
all teachers must benefit from
CBAs whether they are in the union
or not.
Sossion has said the negotiations with Government were meant
to benefit all teachers and trashed
Kuppets insistence on deduction of
money from non-members.
While this back and forth continues, Kenyans are waiting to see what
will happen because another teachers strike at this very sensitive time
in our educational calendar would
be disastrous.
But as we ponder this, teachers seem to be suck on a rut with
Kuppet that represents close to
30,000 secondary school teachers,
on one side and Knut, which represents more than, 190,000 teachers from both primary and secondary schools on the other side.
Kuppets National chairman
Omboko Milemba said this about
the tug of war between these two
unions: If they have the tyranny
of numbers, we have the tyranny
of brains, which we must use well.
{Y. Onwonga, via email}
While the explanation makes

sense, the hospital can still
learn a thing or two from the
Nakuru Provincial General
Hospital (NPGH), especially
about patients security. At
NPGH, all visitors are stamped
with the hospitals logo at the
gate, and patients strictly stay
in hospital branded uniform and
slip-ons.
It is rare to hear cases of
patients disappearing at the
facility.
{Njoroge Kiratu, Juja}
ment organisations.
This circular advises Government employers that the retirement
age limit must be adhered to religiously as a way of stemming the
Government wage bill. But in apparent disregard of this order, TSC
continues to serve extension letters
to head teachers and college heads
with gusto as if there are no qualified Kenyans who can fill in the
gaps they will leave.
It is very expensive to keep retirees in service when younger
teachers are tarmacking for lack of
jobs. By virtue of being at the apex
of their working life, retiring head
teachers draw hefty salaries and al-
Governments move on blogger

is ill-advised: The Government was
wrong to slap a activist blogger, Dikembe

Disembe, with a Sh5 million bond. He
is just an opposition proponent who
expresses the indignation of the fed up
masses who feel mocked and alienated
by the ruling political class. It is unfair
and punitive to make Disembe pay for his
innocent opinion. Dikembe was varsity
press editor and student leader who
gallantly bargained for better service to
his fellow comrades. He challenged the
universitys administration to do their
job. Let Government support liberal
journalism and not detain idealists who
espouses the truth. Allan Kipchirchir
Adjust requirement to enroll for

Masters degree: With the current
high unemployment rate in our

country,some adjustments have to be
made to favor graduates desiring to
further their studies. The requirement
that one must have two years work
experience in order to enroll for a
masters degree if one has a second class
lower division needs to be reviewed.
This system cannot work in the current
Kenya where people take decades
seeking employment. Stakeholders in
the education sector ought to intervene
and review this policy in order to make it
possible for more people to have access
to further studies. Ngeny Onesmus
Governments sentiments on
Coast attacks are divisive: The
TSC should retire aged head teachers

It is shocking that the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has
been extending the serving duration of some head teachers and
principals in schools and colleges.
By doing this, TSCs Secretary
Gabriel Lengoiboni and chairman
Prof Salome Gichira have created a super class of grand-parents,
who are well past 60 years of age,
and who continue enjoying their
salaries and perks at the expense
of younger personnel who are
mark-timing as their deputies.
This practice is in contravention of the circular issued in February this year by Head of the Civil
Service Joseph Kinyua to all govern-
YOUR SAY
lowances. And so an extension of

even one or two years is ultimately
expensive for the State! Since ones
monthly pension is based on the
last basic pay, and since the normal annual pay increments apply
even in the extended term, such
head teachers also raise the wage
bill even when they finally retire
pushing Government expenditure
through the roof.
We cannot as a country, keep
talking about creating jobs and
taming the wage bill yet allow the
TSC to continue extending service
years for old professionals.
Governments continued assertion that

it is the opposition causing chaos at
the Coast without providing tangible
evidence is dangerous for this country.
If the State knows that the opposition is
behind these attacks, then the suspects
should be named, arrested and arraigned
in a court of law. It is very distressing
to watch leaders issue press statements
that will end up polarising an already
divided country even further. This blame
games are becoming a worrying trend
and such loose statements only serve
to energise the real perpetrators of the
chaos. James Okongo
Recent hacking of Twitter accounts

shows our vulnerability: If the recent
infiltration of the anonymous hacktivist,
that led to the hacking of KDFs Twitter
account, is anything to go by, then we all
have reason to get jittery. It proves that
everybody is vulnerable and the content
we post online whether private or not
is prone to prying eyes of unauthorised
persons and we can do absolutely
nothing about it. However, rather than
condemning the anonymous group, we
should applaud them for a job well done
in exposing security vulnerabilities in
the social media. Hopefull this will make
users be weary of what information they
share on social platforms. Gideon Kosgei
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Late Kerons letter
moves mourners
In his last words transcribed on a
small piece of paper, Juliana
Kanyamozis late son Keron Raphael
made a moving bold confession of
pain and brevity, an attribute that
left mourners puzzled on Friday, the
burial day.
The little ink handwritten note
read: I am used to needles now. Do
you know how many injections I
have got and I did not feel pain not
even crying.
It was the first time his father
Amon Lukwago, a Ugandan
businessman, spoke publically about
his 11-year-old son since news of his
love affair with the celebrated
Ugandan singer broke a decade ago.
In his tribute, Lukwago talked
bravely about the boy who had
struggled with asthma for years,
saying he remained optimistic about
life until the final hours.
As we travelled to Nairobi, we
were communicating. Although he
was unable to talk, he was able to
scribble a few lines and even wrote
me a note promising me that he was
going to be strong.
It was at that moment that I
broke down and cried because I saw
that he was really fighting for his
life. I had hopes that he was going to
be fine. Keron has been a strong
boy, he said.
Kalasha winner goes

vulgar on stage
Prolific actor Telly Savalas
looked rather worked out as he
struggled his way to the stage to
receive his honours for the Best Lead
Actor in the Play award and when he
finally got there, The Marshall of
Finland said the unexpected.
Lets be real when acting this sh*t.
It is going down, he said.
On his side was his co-producer Sam
Kihiu and Andronico Otieno. He
donned dark disguising glasses. But
that was not the only drama at the
fifth Kalasha Awards held in Nairobi
on Friday night.
Lenny Juma, the Lifetime Achievement Award recipient also surprised
the crowd when he thanked
everybody, including his house help
for supporting him.
Yet still, it looked like a set up, (but
it wasnt) when the Director for
Museums, Dr Ahmed Yassin, a
Muslim faithful observing the holy
month, was called upon to present
an award won by House of Lungula,
a sex comedy, a call that cast jitters
to the Kalasha awards crowd. By the
time the celebrity couple of Liz and
Alex Konstantaras was getting to the
stage to receive the award, a section
of the crowd was in comic laughter.
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Veteran Vitimbi comedy actress Mama Kayai has dissed Oscar award winning Kenyan superstar Lupita Nyongo
of the 12 Years a Slave fame saying her
role depicts foreign morals. She has
criticised the Kalasha award-winning
Kenyan sex comedy House of Lungula
arguing that it is not family friendly. Responding to interview questions during
the fifth Kalasha Awards glitz ceremony
held in Nairobi on Friday night, the hilarious Vitimbi actress faulted Lupitas
character in the 12 Years a Slave alluding
that some of the scenes she played got
her over exposed, something Africans
would find immoral. I have watched
House of Lungula and I dont think it is
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GOSSIP OF THE WEEK
University girl: Politician

intoxicated and raped me
A third-year student who was admitted to a Nairobi hospital over the weekend following a rape saga involving a politician says he intoxicated her before engaging in the beasty
affair. The young girl, who claims that she knew the politician
through a friend a year ago before they became party friends,
told our snitch that she was high on some substance that got
her unconscious only to wake up naked in bed five hours later. It was a house party and he had invited me alongside other friends. I just dont know what happened but I suspect that
he intoxicated and raped me as he has been making sexual
advances, all in vain. I regret the moment, she said.
Asked why she had been dating the old married man, she
said: He pays my bills but it is not like we are dating. Sex was
never in the equation. I think I was just nave and I am doing
this just to sensitise other girls who could be caught up in the
same.
Gor: No one can buy me

As he awaits his fate today to know
whether he will succeed in having the August
7 Mathare mini-elections postponed, former
Youth Development Fund Chairman Gor
Semelango has dismissed rumours that he
was a Jubilee mole.
I am no ones project. I stated that I am an
independent candidate and I am bankrolling
my own campaign. No one is funding my
campaigns and no one is rich enough to buy

me, Gor told MondayBlues.
There is this feeling being expressed by
my brothers in CORD that I am a Jubilee mole
and all I can say is that those are just panic
statements meant to confuse voters. That is
the sound of a panicking man. It is like they
are already conceding defeat before the
vote, he added.
NLC boss faces the sack

over corruption, fraud
Kenya in plan
to boost lab
services
BBy Lonah Kibet
Kenya will be part of a programme aimed at strengthening
the quality of healthcare and elevating laboratory systems in five
counties.
The initiative, dubbed Labs for
Life, will help improve the quality
of laboratory services to attain national, regional and international
accreditation.
Five laboratories in Kwale,
Narok, Makueni, Lodwar and Nairobi counties have been prioritised
by the Health ministry to be the first
to participate in the Kenya Labs for
Life programme, with the goal of
adding five more laboratories in
2015, read a statement from the
United States Embassy in Kenya.
It also focuses on leveraging
HIV laboratory systems to address
non-communicable diseases such
as diabetes and creating capability
of health systems.
Other beneficiaries include
Uganda, Ethiopia, Mozambique
and India.
The programme was launched
by B D (Becton, Dickinson and
Company) and the US Presidents
Emergency Plan for Aids Relief
(Pepfar) through the US Department of Health and Human Services Centres for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
The new collaboration builds
on a prior five-year public-private
partnership between BD and Pepfar that focused on improving overall laboratory systems and services
in Sub-Saharan Africa countries severely affected by HIV and Aids and
tuberculosis.
Two petitioners want

Uhuru to appoint a
team to initiate his
removal for allegedly
aiding the grabbing of
their pieces of land
by Geoffrey Mosoku
National Land Commission (NLC)

Chairman Muhammad Swazuri faces removal from office over claims of
corruption, fraud and forgery.
On Friday, two petitions were sent
to Parliament asking it to initiate the
process of Dr Swazuris removal as per
the Constitution.
The petitioners want the House
to petition President Uhuru Kenyatta to appoint a tribunal to investigate the NLC boss for allegedly aiding the grabbing of their multi-million
parcels of land in Kiambu and Kilifi
counties.
The first case involves allotment of
10 acres of prime beach plot in Malindi estimated at Sh300 million, while
the second involves the allocation of
100 areas of land in Dagoretti area estimated at Sh1 billion.
Joshua Kiptoo Toroitich from Nakuru and Lydia Wanjugu Gachoya from
Kiambu want Swazuri sacked for allegedly violating provisions of both
the Constitution and the NLC Act.
The two have attached various
documents to back their claims and
how the chairman allegedly aided
the fraudsters. Some of the docu-
THE ACCUSATIONS
National Land Commission Chairman
Dr Muhammad Swazuri (right) and
Vice-Chairperson Abigael Mbagaya in
Mombasa in April. Swazuri is facing
removal from office over alleged corruption. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]
ments endorsing the processing of titles have the chairmans signature and
letter head on them.
Swazuri faces another criminal
suit after the duo reported the alleged
grabbing at the CID in Nairobi. Yesterday, the NLC chair confirmed he had
received the two appeals but was yet
to respond. He claimed the petitions
were part of a wider scheme to derail
NLC from executing its mandate.
Toroitich says he was allocated the prime beach plot by

former President Daniel Moi
on April 2, 1993, together with
others, with an allotment letter issued on August 10, the
same year
Swazuri signed a new lease
title on August 9, 2013, to new
owners who include Toroitch
and others
They claim NLC on June 24,
this year, opened a file for
Mbukoe despite his office approving their application for
allocation of the same parcel
Rutos office
denies hand in
Lands woes
by Cyrus Ombati
The Office of Deputy President
William Ruto has denied it is behind
the controversial proposed amendments to three land laws.
The Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC)
wrote to Rutos legal adviser Korir
Singoei seeking to get copies of the
proposed changes to the Land Act,
Land Registration and National Land
Commission Act.
In a letter dated June 16 and signed
as received July 22, the commission
indicated the DPs office was responsible for the drafting of the changes
and forwarding them to the National Assembly.
In line with our mandate, the
commission requests for a copy of
the proposed amendments for our
review and further action, said CIC
Vice-Chairperson Elizabeth Muli.
But in a rejoinder, Mr Singoei denied the office was involved. This is
to confirm that we have not submitted any draft Bills amending the current land statutes to Parliament, said
Singoei in a letter dated July 22.
A certain consultant working in
cohorts with officials from the Ministry of Lands has sneaked to Parliament a draft of amendments to the
Acts, said National Land Commission Chairman Muhammad Swazuri,
who faces removal from office over
graft allegations, in his letter dated
June 26.
Lands Cabinet Secretary Charity Ngilu had asked a parliamentary
committee to fast track the amendments to harmonise operations in
the sector.
Put free primary, secondary education cash to

proper use, Ruto orders head teachers
HOMA BAY COUNTY ASSEMBLY
by Daniel Psirmoi
P.O. BOX 20-30400

HOMA BAY
Deputy President William Ruto has

ordered head teachers of both primary
and secondaryschools to ensure money recently released by the Government
to the institutions is put to proper use.
Saying the Government recently increased the amount remitted to schools
under the free primary and secondary
education programmes by 35 per cent,
Ruto warned that school heads who fail
to account for the funds will face prosecution.
As a government, we are now spending a colossal amounts of money to fund
schools and we want to see a difference.
Head teachers who will fail to be transparent and accountable will be personally held responsible, he cautioned.
The DP was speaking at Kimobo
Friends Secondary School in Mt Elgon
Sub County at the weekend where he officially opened a dormitory.
Jubilee Government understands
quite clearly that to take this country to
the next level, young people should have
a basic and firm education foundation.
That is why apart from increasing allocation for free education, we have also
waived examination registration fees,
he said.
ADENDUM
Homa Bay County Assembly is informing the
general public that they had advertised their
tenders in the Daily Nation and standard on
july 15th and 16th respectively.
The closing and opening date which had been
scheduled for July 29th has been rescheduled
for July 30th same venue and time, this
is due to the public holiday which falls on
the July 29th. Please we are sorry for any
inconvenience.
Otieno Bob K.
Clerk
Deputy President William Ruto drives a new school bus for Kimobo Friends Secondary School in Mt Elgon Constituency, Bungoma County, yesterday. Ruto has ordered
head teachers to make good use of the money the government injected into schools.
[PHOTO: DPPS]
He disclosed that the government

will soon employ 5,000 teachers, reiterating his earlier call for head teachers to
release Form Four certificates they were
holding over fee arrears, and stressed
there should be no debate over the directive.
The issue of releasing KCSE certificates is not debatable. As a government,
we are saying there is no compromise
over the matter which is law. Schools be-
long to the government and head teachers are employed and paid by the government. Anyone who will not heed the
order will be dealt with according to the
law, he warned.
Ruto at the same time advised stakeholders in the education sector not to
begin building new schools, but prioritise expanding facilities at the existing
schools to accommodate more learners.
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KILIFI COUNTY
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hospitals
Kilifi County government has
classified three health facilities in the
area as referral hospitals that will offer
specialised treatment.
Governor Amason Kingi said the
upgraded Mariakani, Malindi and Kilifi
district hospitals will be equipped with
necessary medical facilities.
Kingi revealed this at St Johns
Secondary School in Kaloleni on
Saturday where he held a baraza to
discuss development programmes by
the county government.
The governor also received
maternity items for St Lukes Hospital
that had been donated by European
Union on Friday.
He said his administration was
committed to offering quality health
services to all.
The governor further said his
government will continue to support St
Lukes Hospital that is sponsored by the
Anglican Church of Kenya.
Earlier at the same meeting, top
officials of St Lukes Hospital clashed
with local residents over the alleged
poor management of the hospital.
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WEST POKOT COUNTY
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semi-arid land are
even better than those
in arable lands
By WILBERFORCE NETYA
Mostly known for their roles in enforcing law and order, assistant chiefs
have been associated with solving minor disputes and arresting illicit brewers.
Donned in their official gowns that
signify presence of the Government
at grassroots, villagers who break the
law tremble at their sight.
However, Assistant Chief David
Lokukai for Kosulot Sub-location of
Chepareria Ward in West Pokot County, is acting as an inspiration for residents in arid region by balancing his
power and magic touch on the farm.
Intensive agriculture
Lokukai has impressed many by
turning his five-acre land into a treasure by putting it under intensive agriculture.
His farm is a mix of bananas, Irish
and sweet potatoes, coffee, mangoes, maize, tomatoes and other vegetables from which he rakes in about
Sh200,000 per month.
He is irrigating crops on his
semi-arid land that are flouring than
those in arable lands.
The industrious local administrator has proved through his hands-on
skills that crops can do well if proper farming practices are put in place.
He believes perennial hunger in
Pokot can be averted through utilising vast irrigable land in the region
and growing crops for short season.
Lokukai wakes up at 5am every
day to engage in farming before heading to office at 8am.
He later inspects his farm in the
evening after his official duty.
MIXED FARMING
He says engaging in mixed farming

proves the region, which majorly relies on pastoral farming, can become
food sufficient.
Despite the persistent drought in
this region, I keep watering my crops,
including the vegetables in the greenhouses, and this has proved success-
Kosulot Assistant Chief David Lokukai inspects bananas (above) and

Irish potatoes (right) on his farm in
Chepareria within West Pokot County. [PHOTO: WILBERFORCE NETYA/STAN-
DARD]
ful, he says.
Lokuai says he harvests about
three times in a year and has ready
market as his clients buy his produce
on the farm.
He says other produce like mangoes and bananas are sought by clients from outside the county.
Noting that the county has a huge
potential for agricultural production,
Lokukai advises local residents to embrace irrigation to make the region
food sufficient.
Our people should cease over-reliance on pastoral farming and should
instead diversify since it is possible to
get good produce as long as we put in
more effort, he advises.
He adds that he has educated his
children up to post-secondary levels
using earnings from farming, which
he does with passion.

Traders from as far as Eldoret in
Nakuru visit his farm to buy the produce that are of high quality.
Lokukai points out that he seeks
the guidance of agricultural extension
officers in the area to maximise on the

potential in his farm.
The Kosulot administrator observes that the region can be food
sufficient if the Government pumps
in cash to support irrigation projects.
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KISUMU COUNTY
NYERI COUNTY
Street children a
threat, says official
By RUSHDIE OUDIA
Kisumu County residents have
raised concern over the rising number of street children in the town.
Kisumu County Residents Voice
Association chairman Audi Ogada
blamed the county government for
failing to put in place measures to
deal with the issue.
Speaking to The Standard on
phone, Mr Ogada claimed funds for
rehabilitation homes for street children had been misappropriated.
He said the street families were
now a security threat.
I will seek legal redress in court
to protect the rights of the children,
said Ogada.
Kisumu District Peace Committee
Chairman Antony Okew expressed
his displeasure that street children
were being used in riots.
BOMET COUNTY
MCAs divided on
fresh budget
By GILBERT KIMUTAI AND CHARLES
NGENO
Samwel Gatu from Mutwawathe Primary School in Mukurweini take notes during an agricultural exhibition at
Wambugu farm in Nyeri on Saturday. Over 2,000 farmers attended the two day field day for lessons on modern
farming methods. [PHOTO: MOSES SAMMY/ STANDARD]
BUNGOMA COUNTY
TANA RIVER COUNTY
Woman charged
with poisoning bid
Knut: Order on fee

arrears defective
By TITUS OTEBA ODIKORO

A middle-aged woman has been charged
in a Bungoma court for attempting to
poison her husband.
The accused, who appeared before Chief
Magistrate Rael Ngetich on Friday, denied
the offence and was released on a cash
bail of Sh500,000 and surety of the same
amount.
The court was told that on July 19, 2014,
within Malaba township in Busia County,
jointly with others not in court, Caroline
Alosa Angote tried to kill her husband
Dickson Akoolo Mukhwana by poisoning
his drink.
The plan aborted after Mr Charles
Sande, who was to execute it, informed the
Criminal Investigations Department officers
who arrested the suspect.
The case will be mentioned today.
ELGEYO MARAKWET COUNTY
Communication
platforms unveiled
By FRED KIBOR
Elgeyo Marakwet County has
launched several communication
platforms expected to expedite service delivery.
Governor Alex Tolgos said the
communication products will help
the county government deliver
prompt service as well as seal corruption loopholes in revenue collection centres.
These platforms are expected to
create a favourable business environment that will spur growth of new enterprise as well as develop increased
human resource capacity to ensure
provision of quality service to the
public, Tolgos said.
The launched products include:
A quarterly county newsletter, online recruitment portal, local area
network (LAN), social media platforms as well as an electronic payment system.
By HASSAN BARISA
Nderitu Gachagua, Nyeri Governor
NYERI COUNTY
Governor accuses
rivals in coffee row
By JOB WERU
The controversy surrounding
coffee marketing in Nyeri deepened
yesterday after the county government
claimed some marketers had allegedly
compromised elected leaders.
Governor Nderitu Gachagua claimed
the marketers had been doing rounds
in the area through their emissaries
propagating falsehoods concerning
farmers harvest that was handled at
the Kenya Planters Cooperative Union
(KPCU) godowns in Sagana in the
neighbouring Kirinyaga County.
The embattled governor spoke a day
after the Assemblys Majority Leader
Anthony Kibuu and Agriculture sectoral
committee chairman James Kibira gave
him a 14-day ultimatum to pay farmers
for their delivered produce.
They two were speaking during a
meeting that was allegedly sponsored
by a senior politician from the region
and a leading coffee marketer.
A source close to the County
Assembly told journalists that the
poorly attended meeting, which was
held at Dedan Kimathi Kamukunji
grounds on Saturday, had targetted
thousands of farmers with transport
service being provided.
A source claimed that three of the
financiers raised Sh1.7 million for the
meeting.
But Kibira, who addressed the
meeting, said nobody raised money to
host the meeting.
Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has asked the Ministry of

Education to give proper guidelines
on how schools will pay Sh14 billion
owed to suppliers in the country after the directive on release of certificates.
KNUT has also warned that all
public schools will grind to a halt if
certificates currently withheld due
to school fees arrears are given out
freely.
The unions Assistant Secretary
General, Hesbone Otieno, said the
directive has put head teachers and
principals in an awkward situation.
Addressing Tana River teachers at
Hola Primary School during an annual general meeting, Otieno said such
political directives will cause schools
to shut down since they will no longer be able to sustain themselves.
MURANGA COUNTY
Family seeks help

for childs surgery
By BONIFACE GIKANDI
A family in Muranga County is appealing
for financial assistance to help their fourmonth-old baby undergo a surgery locally
following an abnormal growth on her
forehead.
The family of Kenneth Kinuthia Nganga,
a boda boda operator in Kamahuha Ward,
Maragua constituency, is requesting wellwishers to help them raise Sh600,000 to
facilitate the surgery.
A tearful Kinuthia recounted how they
were referred to Kenyatta National Hospital
but they were not attended to.
His wife, Martha Wambui, said her
daughters condition has been worsening
by the day. We are peasants and we are
unable to raise the amount required for her
treatment, she said.
The row between Bomet County

Assembly and the County Executive
over budget is threatening to ground
operations of the county.
Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto (above)
has accused MCAs of holding the county
to ransom and threatened to hand
over the management of county to the
national government.
MCAs are divided over the fresh
budget estimates occasioned by the
consensus reached during a Kamukunji
attended by Ruto last Wednesday.
Embomos Ward Representative
Robert Serbai said the assembly will go
down in history as having passed two
budget estimates for the same financial
year if the fresh estimates are allowed.
MACHAKOS COUNTY
Kalonzo calls for

Marwas sacking
By PAUL MUTUA
Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka
has called for the sacking of Mombasa
County Commissioner Nelson Marwa for
his careless and reckless outbursts.
Kalonzo termed as unfortunate
remarks by Marwa linking the
Opposition to the attacks in Lamu and
other parts of the coast.
Speaking during the burial of a
Machakos businessman Mutiso Kivuva
at Kalawani in Mbooni constituency,
the former VP said the country cannot
be governed through Press conferences
and careless talk.
We need more serious and
responsible leadership, Kalonzo said.
His sentiments were echoed by Makueni
Senator Mutula Kilonzo Jnr, who said
security agents should arrest people
suspected to be involved in crime.
TRANS NZOIA COUNTY
MPs fault order to

give exam certificates
By MICHAEL WESONGA
Trans-Nzoia Senator Henry ole
Ndiema and Kiminini MP Chris
Wamalwa have faulted the Jubilee
government for its recent directive
to schools to release withheld certificates.
Mr Ndiema and Dr Wamalwa
termed the move a ploy by the Government to divert peoples attention
from the problems bedevilling it.
We all know that the Government is seeking a populist move to
help it cover up its shortcomings.
This directive is impractical and unrealistic, Wamalwa said during the
countys education forum.
Ndiema said the Government
should first ensure the current teachers shortage is addressed instead of
employing diversionary tactics.
SIAYA COUNTY
Form Two students
of Kanyibok
Secondary school
in West Yimbo in
Siaya County
during Agriculture
lesson. The school
was established in
2012 and has only
20 students. With
and classrooms,
teachers opt to
conduct lessons
under a tree.[PHOTO:
COLLINS ODUOR/
STANDARD]
COUNTY NEWS / Page 21
MIGORI COUNTY
NAKURUR COUNTY
Chaos as fisherman Sugar cane farmers

dies mysteriously opt for other crops
BBy ANTONY GITONGA
Chaos erupted in one of the estates
in Naivasha paralysing business and
operations along the Moi South Lake
road following the controversial killing
of a fisherman
Teargas and gunshots rend the air
a better part of the day in Karagita
estate as the locals engaged police in
running battles.
Tens of motorists heading to the flower
farms and Hellsgate National Park
were caught in the melee after the
demonstrators blocked the road.
The man is said to have disappeared
and his two colleagues were arrested
while on a fishing mission.
Mary Moraa, a resident, says the three
were arrested by police on patrol but
one of them just disappeared.
We know the police were acting on
orders from the white settler who has
taken the area as his property yet the
lake is a public utility, she said.
Naivasha MP John Kihagi later told
the demonstrators to be calm and give
police time to investigate the matter.
BBy Nick Oluoch

Sugarcane production in the
country is expected to go down by
456,000 tonnes this year as more
farmers continue to abandon the
crop.
This is according to a report released over the weekend by the Kenya
National Sugarcane Farmers Union
(KENSFU) which says the decrease
accounts for 20 per cent of all the national sugarcane production.
Speaking during the release of
the report, KENSFU national chairman Ezra Okoth said the reduction
was expected to go on as more farmers abandon the crop due to poor and
delayed payments caused by sugar
smuggling.
The future of the sugar industry
is very bleak. We need urgent action
to deal with the smuggling otherwise
more farmers will leave, he said.
UASIN GISHU COUNTY
KWALE COUNTY
State committed to
safeguard farmers
Leaders want
MPs oppose call to
Chidzuga to resign devolve security
BBy Michael Ollinga

Agriculture
Cabinet
Secretary Felix Koskei has said the Government is committed to safeguarding the rights of all farmers
through policy formulation and
embracing new marketing trends.
Koskei, who was on a weekend tour
in Uasin Gishu County where he met
farmers to deliberate on the elevation
of the sector and opened numerous
projects, said it is time for proper policies to cushion farmers from high input costs and exploitative middlemen.
Unscrupulous middlemen who cannot practice farming themselves are
reaping massive cash at the expense
of the farmers. The cabinet has drafted a Bill that calls for regulation of
warehouses to ensure they meet stipulated conditions for long-term cereals storage, he said.
BBy Tobias Chanji
BBy Lydiah Nyawira
Kwale County leaders are now

demanding the resignation of Kwale
County MP Zainab Chidzuga for being
disrespectful to the party that
sponsored her to Parliament.
Speaking at a meeting in Diani on
Saturday, the leaders who included
politicians, clerics and business
people, under the banner of Political
Revolution, said Chidzuga should be
replaced.
I want to remind Chidzuga the things
she was telling Chirau Mwakwere when
he was in PNU, said the Council of
Imams and Preachers of Kenya official
Sheikh Hamisi Banda.
Chidzuga, however, denied leaving
CORD and ODM, adding that she has
also not joined Jubilee.
Three Jubilee MPs have opposed

CORDs proposal to devolve security
management saying the move could
threaten the sovereignty of the country.
Waihenya Ndirangu (Roysambu),
Mary Wambui (Othaya) and Alice
Wahome (Kandara) said Kenya was
essentially a unitary state and could
not implement the proposal to devolve security.
We cannot devolve management
of security and Foreign Affairs to the
governors who have so far proved
they are focused only in protecting
themselves, Mr Ndirangu said.
He said the security of the State
would not be handled adequately by
counties and devolving it could be
detrimental to the peace and stability of the country.
Ndirangu said CORD leader Raila
Odinga should concentrate on constructive criticism instead of issuing
unachievable demands.
The governors need to respect the
County Commissioners because they
represent the National Government at
the counties and I applaud the Mombasa County Commissioner for being
firm on security despite pressure from
the governor, Ndirangu said.
The Roysambu legislator further
asked governors to concentrate on
their mandate as stipulated in the
Constitution.
We have listened to the CORD
leadership and we see their agenda
is causing anxiety, Wahome warned.
She said as member of national security committee, she expected
CORD members to give ideas on how
best to govern the country instead of
issuing threats.
And Wambui said calls for disbandment of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission
(IEBC) were hypocritical.
She accused CORD of doublespeak, noting that IEBC also presided
over the by-election in whichBungoma Senator Moses Wetangula recaptured his seat.
If the IEBC was compromised,
then CORD leaders such as Wetangula
would not be in office, Wambui said.
The leaders were speaking during
the funeral of Daniel Gitu at Othaya
Catholic Church in Nyeri.
MOMBASA COUNTY
TRANS NZOIA COUNTY
Women told to
quit liqour trade
Trans-Nzoia Women Representative

Janet Nangabo has urged women
involved the illicit brews trade to form
groups and benefit from Uwezo and
Youth and Women Enterprise kitties.
Nangabo, who has launched an illicit
brew campaign in the county, regretted
that women were not taking advantage
of the funds to transform their lives.
Practices such brewing illicit drinks
put you on a collision course with the
Government. Form groups and go for
the money the Government has set
aside for eradication of poverty, said
Nangabo, who was speaking in Kitale
Town.
Nangabo attributed widespread
poverty in the area to consumption of
illicit brews.
Administration Police officers retrieve rolls of bhang from travellers bags outside the Kwale County Commissioners
Office on Friday. Police arrested four women with the 1,710 rolls at Matuga worth one million shilligs. The suspects
had ferried the drugs from Migori and took a boat to Tsunza Islands in Kwale to sell the commodity in Diani.[PHOTO:
MAARUFU MOHAMED/STANDARD]
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Page 22 / EASTERN NEWS
Keep off our land, Doyo tells KDF

ISIOLO COUNTY
BBy NDERITU Gichure

Isiolo Governor Godana Doyo has
said the county government will not
cede any part of the community land
in Burat in Isiolo North Constituency to the Kenya Defence Force (KDF).
Doyo told the more than 9,000 residents of Burat to stay put, saying that
the county government was not ready
to cede even a single inch of the land
to the military.
Doyo who was speaking during
the commissioning of Kakili Irrigation
Scheme funded by the Australia Africa Community Engagement Scheme
through Action Aid International Kenya assured the community of his commitment to protect their land.
I want to assure the residents of
our intention to protect the land from
further excision by the army, he said.
MACHAKOS COUNTY
He said the army must learn to

co-exist with the communities in the
area, adding that its wish to evict residents and acquire more land would
not be realised under his watch.
The governor, who was accompanied by the Australian High Commissioner to Kenya Geoff Tooth on an inspection tour of projects funded by
the Australian government, said the
government was in the process of surveying the land.
ALLOCATION LETTERS
Surveyors are already on the

ground and by next week the county government will start issuing allocation letters, and then title deeds to
the people, he noted.
Doyo was reacting to a petition by
area residents seeking the help of the
government in ending a protracted
land dispute between them and the
military over a piece of land stretching for over 36km.
Joseph Elibit, the chairman of
BBy Erastus Mulwa
Two Members of Parliament

yesterday welcomed the
impeachment of the Machakos
Deputy Governor, Bernard Kiala
saying it was long overdue.
Dr Victor Munyaka (Machakos
town) and Eng Vincent Musyoka
(Mwala), said Mr Kiala is focused on
divisive politics bent on undermining
the governors development agenda
for the county.
He has accepted to be used by
political forces out to bring down
the governor at the expense of the
countys development and unity,
said Mr Munyaka.
He said the MCAs were justified
in impeaching him saying this could
have taken place long time ago to
get rid off barriers to block speedy
development initiative by the
governor.
He said people of Machakos
were held hostage by the confusion
created by the deputy governor.
The truth is no amount of
witch-hunting, intimidation or
frustration will deter the governors
development agenda since he
has support of the majority of the
voters, he said.
Mr Musyoka said the deputy
governor should have resigned long
time ago instead of waiting to be
impeached when he started feeling
he cannot work with his governor.
Similar sentiments were echoed by
the Machakos County Narc chairman,
Mr Davis Musau, who said Kialas
fall was attributed to pride and
ignorance.
Australian High Commissioner to Kenya Geoff Tooth (right) and Isiolo Governor Godana Doyo cut a tape to commission Kakili Irrigation Project at Burat in
Isiolo County. [PHOTO: SAMMY MOSE/STANDARD]
Talks of replacing Kiala gain momentum

MACHAKOS COUNTY
Two MPs welcome Kialas

impeachment
the development committee of Akili, Kambi Sheck and Eliza, said people were living in fear of possible eviction by the army.
We are looking forward to the
completion of the survey so that we
can have a clear boundary to separate
the Military School of Infantry (SOI)
and the community, Elibit said.
Village elders from the Burat community claim the dispute started in
1981 when the army requested for
land to build a training school.
Eskon Kerio, 72, said in 1995 the
army started pushing the community away as they extended their boundaries.
Ntoibore Karonga, 72, said the
matter was taken to court in 1986,
but it was never resolved as the case
file went missing.
Our effort to have the matter arbitrated in courts have not borne any
fruits and we keep hoping that one
day the government will come to our
rescue, Karonge said.
Barely a week after the Machakos

County Assembly passed a Motion to
impeach Deputy Governor Barnard
Kiala, talks of his replacement, should
the Senate endorse his removal, have
kicked off.
A section of local business community, political lobby groups as well
as interest groups from Yatta and Masinga now want Governor Alfred Mutua
to name a young Turk from the region should Kiala be sent home.
A group calling itself Yatta Youth
Network, which played a pivotal role
in campaigning for Dr Mutua, has
been lobbying to have the governors
deputy picked from Yatta constituency.
The Standard has established that
lobbying for Kialas replacement began way before last weeks passing of
the impeachment Motion tabled before the House by Mutituni Ward Representative, Joseph Kalunde.
In a letter addressed to Mutua and
copied to Yatta MP Francis Mwangangi, the group had asked Dr Mutua

toimmediately sack his deputy and
replace him with one of their own.
We need one of our progressive
youths to deputise you and take this
county to new heights of development because we will not entertain a
non starter, the letter dated June 26,
this year, which The Standard has obtained a copy of, reads in part.
Yesterday, the groups spokesman
popularly known as Eng Muendo said
Mutua has no choice but to go for a
youthful deputy.
We strongly urge the governor to
live up to his pre-election promise
and nominate his deputy from Yatta,
Muendo told The Standard during a
phone interview.
County deputy speaker Nathaniel
Nganga, who also represents Ikombe
Ward, supported calls to have Mutuas
next deputy picked from Yatta or Masinga.
We want the governor to go for
a young and intelligent fellow who is
able to articulate the governors great
vision for the county, he said.
Deputy Governor Bernard Kiala

But the director of Chamber
of Commerce, Mbili Ndawa and
Maendeleo ya Wanawake Treasurer, were more categorical about their
preferred candidate.
We have very good brains currently serving in Mutuas government, said Mr Ndawa.
Garissa leaders question arbitrary arrests,

detention of herders, teacher in Lamu
GARISSA COUNTY
BBy Adow jubat
Leaders from the Ijara Constituency, Garissa County want the government to explain the whereabouts
of herders and a religious teacher arrested by security personnel in Lamu
County following the recent security
crackdown.
This comes after a herder who has
been missing for nearly two weeks
following his arrest near a mosque in
Hindi township was found in thicket.
Led by Ijara MP Ahmed Ibrahim
Abass, the leaders lamented hundreds of pastoralist community members from the area who had moved to
Lamu in search of pasture and water

for their livestock, were arrested by
security personnel and their whereabouts are not known.
According to the legislator, they include Abdi Mahat Elmi, 16, Quranic
school teacher who was teaching in
Koreni village in Lamu was arrested at
a mosque in Mpeketoni on July 20 this
year. He is from Ijara district.
NO-GO ZONE
Abass questioned the manner in

which security operations to flush
out criminals causing lawlessness
in Lamu is being conducted, noting
herders from one community were for
unexplained reasons arrested and arbitrarily detained.
Herders from Ijara, who have
been going with their livestock to La-
mu County for pasture and water,

have become the target of security officers who arbitrarily arrest them and
keep them in unknown places adding
to the agony of families, he said.
He said it is unacceptable for the
police to arrest and detain people for
more than the constitutional time
frame and release them weeks after
torturing and holding them illegally
without preferring any charges.
If people arrested are indeed
criminals, we expect them to appear
in court of law, reiterated the MP.
He also took issue with the recent
order by Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo that Boni forest
was no-gone zone for civilian adding directive was tantamount to giving death sentences to innocent Kenyans living in the forest.
MACHAKOS COUNTY
MCAs clash over no vote
for Raila remark
A home-coming party for an
ODM Member of Machakos County
Assembly turned chaotic and name
calling forum following a criticism of
CORD leader, Raila Odinga.
Trouble started when a Wiper
nominated MCA, Mbithe Kala, rose
to address the gathering and started
cricitising Raila Odinga.
The move did not go down well
with other CORD leaders prompting
a commissioner in the ODM
elections board for Eastern region,
Mr Peter Mutulu to snatch the
microphone.
The incident which occurred
at Kyaani village, Katangi Ward
at the home of Mwende David
(ODM nominee), followed Kalas
declaration that the Kamba
community will not vote forCORD
principal Raila Odinga in 2017 but
would support Machakos governor
Dr Alfred Mutua.
Come 2017, we shall not vote
Raila but for some body else who
our governor Dr Mutua will show
us, said Mrs Kala.
You cannot ridicule our party
leader yet you have been nominated
by an affiliate of CORD, wiper,
roared Mr Mutulu amid support
from the CORD fraternity some of
whom had come from Nairobi.
The commotion that lasted
for about 15 minutes marred the
celebrations hosted by Mwende at a
her home.
The MCAs present engaged in a
length brawl as some accused Ms
Kala of showing disrespect to Raila
and demanding for an apology.
The host expressed
disappointment over the incident
terming it most unfortunate.
Ms Kala finally apologised saying
it was just a slip of the tongue.
Yatta MP, Francis Mwangangi
reconciled the two warring groups
saying the function was the wrong
forum to wash their dirty linen.
Page 23
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Joy as KWS reopens gate to Meru Park

THARAKA NITHI COUNTY
BBy PEACELOISE MBAE
Tharaka Nithi residents
have a reason to smile after
Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS)
agreed to reopen a controversial entry into the Meru National Park closed in September.
Ura Gate has been a bone of
contention between Meru and
Tharaka people after it was
closed years ago blocking tourists from using Tharaka route
to the park.
Speaking at Ura Primary
School in Tharaka, KWS Deputy Director Robert Njue said
they had conducted the necessary procedures to have the

gate open.
He said it was important for
residents to benefit from the
resources of the park.
Mr Njue said they were
ready to work with the county
government to boost tourism
in the county.
He called on investors to
come to the park saying it was
the most beautiful in the country.
I have traveled to many
parks in the country but none
is like Meru National Park.
Four years ago, we transferred
over two hundred animals to

this place, he said.
He said the park had great
potential to grow but asked the
county government to work together with other stakeholders
to put the park in the national
and international map as a
tourism destination.
Governor Samuel Ragwa,
who was the guest at the function, said the opening of the
gate would give the county revenue.
KWS should put up sign
posts at Kawanjara in Embu indicating distance to the park
by both routes, said Ragwa.
MERU COUNTY
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

THIKA TECHNICAL TRAINING INSTITUTE
BBy PHARES MUTEMBEI
e-Mail: thikatech@yahoo.com
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QUALIFICATIONS
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
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YEARS
BODY
STUDY
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in ICT
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KNEC
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KNEC
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3.
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Head teacher
raises alarm
over 13 girls
pregnancies
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9 months
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Thirteen girls in a primary school

in Meru have fallen pregnant this year
alone.
Mwomere Primary School headmaster Henry Mangi termed the matter as a crisis of huge proportion.
Mr Mangi said the school, located
in Nguyuyu, Imenti Central, was losing many young girls to pregnancies
at a disturbing rate, and appealed to
leaders in the constituency and government to come to its rescue.
This year alone, I have lost 13 girls
to pregnancies. They have dropped
out of school and three of them have
been married by the culprits. It is a pathetic situation because it means their
chances of getting formal education
and earning a decent living are greatly reduced now, Mangi told The Stan-
dard in Nguyuyu, on the edge of the

Meru National Park.
Most of the girls end up not getting married, and become desolate
around the villages. The 13 girls I have
lost this year were in between Class 5
and Class 8. But there are many more
that are impregnated and drop out of
other schools in Igembe Central, said
the headmaster.
The headmaster said the men deceive the girls with little monies, and
because of abject poverty the vulnerable girls fall for it.
The sad thing in that they end up
even more vulnerable.
Last year, out of the 35 girls who
were to sit KCPE, only 19 did. This year
I started with 21 girls who were to sit
the exam, but now 17 of them are out
of school, he said.
He regrets that the parents of the
girls are not helping matters either.
Last year, out

of the 35 girls
who were to
sit for KCPE,
only 19 did.
This year I
started with
21 girls but
now 17 of
them are out
of school
NYERI COUNTY
Farmers give Gachagua ultimatum

BBy MURIMI MWANGI
A group of coffee farmers and a section of
members of the Nyeri County Assembly (MCAs)
have given Governor Nderitu Gachagua a 14-day
ultimatum to release payments due to them.
The farmers and MCAs who had assembled
at Kimathi Stadium on a coffee consultative forum accused Mr Gachagua of deceiving them
when he introduced the pool marketing model.
Assembly Majority Leader Anthony Kibuu
asked the governor to come clear on the account
where the money for the disposed produce was
banked.
Kibuu sensationally claimed that the delay in
payment of farmers was a move aimed at earning some undisclosed people interest from the
farmers money.
How can you put Sh1.3 billion in a current
account as he recently claimed? Something is really wrong and intelligence agencies should
come in and investigate this, said Kibuu.
James Kibira, the chairman of the agriculture
committee in the assembly, said Nyeri farmers
are not expecting anything less than the Sh80
per kilo the governor allegedly promised when
popularising the pool marketing initiative.
After the 14 days, we will not assemble here.
We will march to his office and demand our
money there, said Kibira.
The farmers said they were facing financial
crises with no funds to pay school fees for their
children.
Wangoombe Munene, a farmer, said the
Sh20 per kilo advance payment given to the
farmers early this year was simply ridiculous
and insufficient to cater for his family needs.
This is our coffee and we deserve to know
exactly what is happening, he said.
KIAMBU COUNTY
Man nabbed after Sh9m land fraud

BBy Eric Wainaina
Police have arrested a man
suspected to be a member of
a cartel that has been conning
people in dubious land deals.
CID officers arrested the
man after he allegedly swindled a dairy farmer from
Githunguri Sh9 million in a
land deal.
Simon Kiptom, a CID officer based in Kiambu, said the
suspect is a contractor and
pretended that he was in a position to sell a piece of land in
Thika town.
The officers arrested the

suspect over the weekend at
his offices in Hurligam, Nairobi and ferried him to Kiambu
Police Station.
Mr Kiptom said they are also looking for another suspect
said to have conspired in the
fraud.
He is a key suspect in the
cartel which has been conning unsuspecting people in
the name of selling land. The
offence is very serious and very
rampant in this area, Kiptom
said, adding that the suspect
will be arraigned in court this

morning.
The victim said the two approached him last year and
told him they had a seven-acre
parcel of land in Thika which
they could sell to to him.
They showed me title
deeds which I later realised
were fake. I toured the land
but there was nothing to show
that the land did not belong to
them and so I agreed, he said.
The land, it turned out, belongs to Kiambu County.
CENTRAL NEWS / Page 25
NYERI COUNTY
Police gun down three suspected kidnappers

BBy Lydiah Nyawira
Three suspected thugs were last week
gunned down by police in a daring rescue
of a kidnap victim in Nyeri Town.
According to Assistant County Commissioner John Maret, the 10pm incident
was reported to the Nyeri police station by
Johnson Kigo who said that his wife had
been kidnapped and the gang was demanding Sh500,000 ransom.
Ms Kigo was driving home at around
9pm from town when four men with pis-
Dr Frank George Njoroge is awarded with an honorary doctorate

degree for his exceptional work in drug development during
Mount Kenya Universitys 6th graduation ceremony at MKU Thika Graduation Pavilion last week. [PHOTO: JOHN MUCHUCHA/STANDARD]
Scientist
feted by
MKU
KIAMBU COUNTY
BBy Kamau Maichuhie

When Dr George Njoroge
wrote his last paper of the
O-level examinations at Thika
High School in 1973, he did not
have any intention of pursuing
pre-university education popularly known as A-levels.
The young student, who
would later in life rise to become a world-renowned organic chemist and drug researcher, did not even think he
would be selected to join the
elite schools that offered A-level studies.
That is the reason why he
also left the slots in a form requiring Form Four leavers to
select the schools where they
would prefer to undertake
their A-level studies blank.
Instead, he selected diploma science courses at the then
Kenya Science and Kagumo
Teachers colleges.
Dr Njoroge says at that
time, his pre-occupation was
getting a job as quickly as possible as his family was wallowing in poverty.
It took the intervention of
his teachers, who had realised that his name was missing from the list of students selected to A-level institutions, to
make him change his mind.
The scientist recalls how
teachers drove to his remote

home in Kamuchege village
in Githunguri Kiambu County
and convinced him to join Thika High School.
But even at Thika High
School, he suffered low self-esteem and isolation largely out
of the fact a came from a poor
background.
Although my teachers and
fellow students saw great potential in me, I was suffering from lack of self-esteem
which I eventually overcame,
Dr Njoroge said.
While addressing graduands at the Mount Kenya University (MKU) in Thika during the Universitys 6th
graduation ceremony last Friday, the renowned researcher
said his initial refusal to undertake A-level studies would
have been the worst decision
in life.
He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Pharmaceutical
Science by MKU degree in recognition of exemplary research
work which culminated in the
discovery of Victrelis, the first
Hepatitis C drug.
He holds a first class honours degree in Chemistry
from the University of Nairobi, a Master of Science degree
in Chemistry from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio and a PhD in Organic Chemistry from the same
university.
tols abducted her as the watchman was

opening the gate for her, Marete said
Marete said they drove off with Ms Kigo and later forced her to call her husband
to send them Sh500,000.
Shaken victim
Mr Kigo came straight to the police

station and we mobilised officers who
tracked the kidnappers down, Marete
confirmed.
A visibly shaken Jane Wanjiru Kago told
the media that it at around 9pm as she was
about to get into her home in Ring Road

Estate when she was abducted.
They told me to call my husband and
ask for money and then they tied me up,
Kigo narrated.
Marete said police bounced on the
gang as they waited for the money to be
dropped off.
Police asked them to surrender but
they came out of the vehicle with the pistols forcing police to shoot at them, Marete noted. He said police recovered Three
ATM cards and three phones.
COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF KILIFI
HE. Amason Jeffah Kingi,

Governor Kilifi County
welcomes you to Watamu Rugby
Festival
Kilifi County brings rugby to the beach
Page 26
COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF KAJIADO
Email:
kajiadogovernor@gmail.com
REF : CGK/CPSB/ADVERT/VOL.I/ 9
Date: 25th July, 2014
KAJIADO COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD

VACANCIES
We refer to the advertisement which appeared in the Daily Nation news paper dated Friday, 6th June 2014 and The Star news paper dated Monday, 9th July 2014.
We are pleased to invite the following shortlisted candidates for the interview as indicated ;
1. SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES FOR THE POST OF DIRECTOR ICT
DATE: 6TH AUGUST 2014
KENNETH AMBOGO ARANGA
7008515
9:30 AM 10:00 AM
KELVIN TAKUNA SUPEYO
22985819
10:30 AM 11:00 AM
NO NAME
ID NO
ALEX MULI MWANGANGI
22528634
8:00 AM 8:30 AM
6. SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES FOR THE POST OF SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

11TH AUGUST 2014
COLLINS TAIPAN MASIEA
22082287
8:30 AM 9:00 AM
NO NAME
ID NO
DUNCAN KUBAHATISHA NYALE
22198537
9:00 AM 9:30 AM
JACINTA WAMBUI KAMAU
22730091
11:40 AM 12:00 PM
ELIJAH OMONDI ONYANGO
22151395
9:30 AM 10:00 PM
JOSEPH KILONKA OLE RAKUA
14473232
12:00 PM 12:20 PM
ELIJAH SETEK TOIRAI
10:00 PM 10:30 PM
JOYCE NAYIOMAT KIRRINKAI
24009778
12:20 PM 12:40 PM
JAMES MWIKYA REUBEN
10:30 PM 11:30 PM
LANKISA KASIRIMO PULEI
25263612
12:40 PM 1:00 PM
JANE TONKEI PERERUAN
21855060
12:00 PM 12:30 PM
MARTIN SANKALE MULANDI
21960840
2:00PM 2:20PM
JOAN RARIN OLE SEIN
403263
12:30 PM 1:00 PM
NDULA LENGEN
25613143
2:20 PM 2:40 PM
KENNEDY KIBET YEGON
652403
2:00 PM 2:30 PM
PETER KOSKEI PARSALOI
23019090
2:40 PM 3:00 PM
10 KEVIN OTIENO GOGO
21690052
2:30 PM 3:00 PM
11
11127514
3:00 PM 3:30 PM
7. SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES FOR THE POST OF EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

11TH AUGUST 2014
20912520
3:30 PM 4:00 PM
NO NAME
GRACE SEREA NKOITOI
20791450
3:00 PM 3:20 PM
KIRRINKOL OLE MANKUYA TIRIKE
12 LINET RESIAN SEKENTO
GENDER TIME
ID NO
GENDER TIME
GENDER TIME
13 MARGARET MALOI KISAKA
23730931
4:00 PM 4:30 PM
14 MASECK WILSON
23264153
4:30 PM 5:00 PM
JOYCE NAIPANOI LIKAMA
25623810
3:20 PM 3:40 PM
15 RACHAEL KETEKO
24259237
5:00 PM 5:30 PM
MIDRED BAKHOYA WANYAMA
11199516
3:40 PM 4:00 PM
2. SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES FOR THE POST OF COUNTY PLANNER

DATE: 7TH AUGUST 2014
NELLY NYATICHI MARITA
23156322
4:00 PM 4:20 PM
SILIVIA MELILAU SUMARE
13265892
4:20 PM 4:40 PM
NO NAME
ID NO
ISAAC KEEN PARASHINA
22561858
9:00 AM 9:30 AM
8. SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES FOR THE POST OF ICT REVENUE OFFICER

12TH AUGUST 2014
JACKTON KIPROP
22025459
9:30 AM 10:00 AM
NO NAME
ID NO
JAMES KITHINJI NJERU
21973212
10:30 AM 11:00 AM
ALEX MPUSIA MUTENDE
23328057
9:00 AM 9:20 AM
JEFFERSON MUSYOKA PAUL
9224453
11:30 AM 12:00 PM
DANIEL NKILISHO MUNTET
25634652
9:20 AM 9:40 AM
MARTIN W.MURIUKI
23304037
12:00 PM 12:30 PM
EZEKIEL VICTOR BATA
23268812
9:40 AM 10:00 AM
GEOFREY KOECH
2872296
10:00 AM 10:20 AM
27707408
10:20 AM 10:40 AM
GENDER TIME
GENDER TIME
OKOTH CHARLES AMESO ANGIRA
22864759
12:30 PM 1:00 PM
STEPHEN SOGONI CHUNE
13389699
2:00 PM 2:30 PM
LEONARD LEMAYIAN PARKION
3. SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES FOR THE POST OF COUNTY SURVEYOR

8TH AUGUST 2014
LOICE CHOGE
10:40 AM 11:00 AM
PAUL PARSANKA
23977198
11:40 AM 12:00 PM
NO NAME
ID NO
PETER LENKARIE LEKAKE
23230088
12:00 PM 12:20 PM
JOSHUA NKAAKA LEMAIKA
21863835
9:00 AM 9:30 AM
SOLOMON SIMINTEI NKEYASHA
28170610
12:20 PM 12:40 PM
OKOTH CHARLES AMESO ANGIRA
13389699
9:30 AM 10:00 AM
10 YIALE EUPHRASIA SILANTOI
22965810
12:40 PM 1:00 PM
PATRICK LUKOKO
10415469
10:30 AM 11:00 AM
11
28695532
2:00PM 2:20PM
NICODEMUS ONTWEKA NYAMARI
11:30 AM 12:00 PM
AMOS WEKESA SIMIYU
12:00 PM 12:30 PM
9. SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES FOR THE POST OF ICT OFFICER

12TH AUGUST 2014
12939314
GENDER TIME
YVONNE NDUNGE MUTUA
4. SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES FOR THE POST OF COUNTY LEGAL OFFICER

8TH AUGUST 2014
NO NAME
ID NO
ALEX KALOI KAILOL
27325447
NO NAME
ID NO
ATHUR MURUGA WANJIRU
DAVID NTAOTI SARINKE
25645677
12:30 PM 1:00 PM
EDWARD LANTEI TAINE
EVERLYNE KIMIREI MAIKA
23557727
2:00 PM 2:30 PM
GABRIEL GIKARU MBOTE
KENNETH OMBONGO ARANGA
7008515
2:30 PM 3:00 PM
JAMAL DIMA
MAURICE KAIKAI
9658947
3:00 PM 3:30 PM
JONATHAN SAYIANKA NTORE
MOSES SANTE LUKALE
13235309
3:30 PM 4:00 PM
10.SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES FOR THE POST OF FINANCE OFFICER

13TH AUGUST 2014
GENDER TIME
5. SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES FOR THE POST OF DIRECTOR LEGAL & ADMIN

11TH AUGUST 2014
NO NAME
ID NO
25645677
DAVID NTAOTI SARINKE
GENDER TIME
M
9:00 AM 9:30 AM
GENDER TIME
M
2:20 PM 2:40 PM
2:40 PM 3:00 PM
3:00 PM 3:20 PM
3:20 PM 3:40 PM
26752943
3:40 PM 4:00 PM
24593067
4:00 PM 4:20 PM
22484353
NO NAME
ID NO
GENDER TIME
DENIS LERIONKA KUSERO
2345055
9:00 AM 9:20 AM
DENNIS SOLONKA KIMITI
27172858
9:20 AM 9:40 AM
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EMMANUEL TINGA TUPANA
25460867
9:40 AM 10:00 AM
PHILIP MARTINE MUTELEU
27971983
11:30 AM 11:50 AM
ISAAC LEKEN KALENI
27637855
10:00 AM 10:20 AM
DANIEL KIBIWOT BITOK
25189040
11:50 AM 12:10 PM
ISAIAH SADEN SARUNI
27620569
10:20 AM 10:40 AM
SIBIAH NYANCHERA MAKORI
28093784
12:10 PM 12:30 PM
JACINTA WAMBUI KAMAU
22730091
10:40 AM 11:00 AM
ESTHER MUSEKIA TAANI
12:30 PM 12:50 PM
JENNIFER MESENO RANKETI
27834119
11:40 AM 12:00 PM
JULIANA KATIMWA RONO
23092013
12:50 PM 1:10 PM
LANKISA KASIRIMO PULEI
12:00 PM 12:20 PM
LUCY MWARE NKOIRISHISHE
21194759
1:50 PM 2:10 PM
MARTIN SANKALE MULANDI
12:20 PM 12:40 PM
DENNIS ONDWARI NYANGWOKA
21990167
2:10 PM 2:30 PM
10 MOILE JOHN KUTATA
27982437
12:40 PM 1:00 PM
ALEX NDUNGI KAMAU
24985087
2:30 PM 2:50 PM
11
NOSIM KASAINE NATALIA
28035422
2:00PM 2:20PM
PAULINE NZISA KANIA
26148878
2:50 PM 3:10 PM
12 TENIIK JACKSON SAIDIMU
28169141
2:40 PM 3:00 PM
SARUNI MICHAEL SENTEU
24258103
13 TIMOTHY MUGEI KORES
11681194
3:00 PM 3:20 PM
MICHAEL KIARIE MUNGUTI
3:10 PM 3:30 PM
M
3:30 PM 3:50 PM
11.SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES FOR THE POST OF PERSONAL SECRETARY

14TH AUGUST 2014
FAITH KISIANAN OSOI
26069490
3:50 PM 4:10 PM
FREDRICK SAKAT KIRAKO
30291705
4:10 PM 4:30 PM
NO NAME
ID NO
DANIEL LEKATOO PARMETEU
21787643
4:30 PM 4:50 PM
CAROLINE MILCAH NJERI
21714750
9:00 AM 9:20 AM
JOYCE NEMPARNAT NKANONI
28184723
4:50pm-5.10PM
CHARITY NAMUNYAK PAITAH
25612766
9:20 AM 9:40 AM
DAMARIS KWAMBOKA MAGETO
23567212
9:40 AM 10:00 AM
14.SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES FOR THE POST OF CO-OPERATIVE OFFICER

19TH AUGUST 2014
EUNICE ATIENO ODUK
20660758
10:00 AM 10:20 AM
NO NAME
ID NO
GERTRUDE GACERI
22236943
10:20 AM 10:40 AM
24 DANIEL LEKETON MAANTA
29080604
8:30 AM 9:10 AM
GRACE SEREA NKOITOI
20791450
10:40 AM 11:00 AM
ANDREW NGONGONI
20158115
9:10 AM 9:30 AM
IRENE KIRARAPON LEPATEI
261178338
11:40 AM 12:00 PM
ANN NASERIAN KEREMA
26555875
9:30 AM 9:50 PM
LORNA CHEPKIRUI BETT
14680430
12:00 PM 12:20 PM
DANIEL KOLLIAN MOTOMPA
26610179
9:50 AM 10:10 AM
MARGRET WAMBUI KINYANJUI
5364633
12:20 PM 12:40 PM
DAVID AMPOKO SOLITEI
22736885
10:10 AM 10:30 AM
10 MILRED B WANYAMA
11199516
12:40 PM 1:00 PM
DAVID MEITIAKI PARMERES
27976546
10:30 AM 10:50 AM
11
2254624
2:00PM 2:20PM
DORCAS SINTOYIA NASUJU
25063699
11:20 AM 11:40 AM
12 OLKIADO SHEILAH SEIN
29499070
2:40 PM 3:00 PM
ESTHER KOSIANTET MOTONKA
25330130
11:40 AM 12:00 PM
13 PHOEBE SAYIANKA NAIRI
11681166
3:00 PM 3:20 PM
ESHER MBAYA NTOKOTE
27356123
12:00 PM 12:20 PM
18 PRISCILLAH RIANTO
22304206
3:20 PM 3:40 PM
EUNICE SENETOI LESHUNET
25512036
12:20 PM 12:40 PM
14 ROSE WANJA KABUA
14617294
3:40 PM 4:00 PM
10 JOEL LARMOI KOMOI
28059300
12:40 PM 1:00 PM
15 SUSAN NAILANTEI SAIKA
30188906
4:00 PM 4:20 PM
11
27115501
1:40 PM 2:00 PM
16 SYLVIA MELAU SUMARE
13265298
4:20 PM 4:40 PM
12 JOSEPH LEMOMO
20214582
2:00 PM 2:20 PM
17 VICKEY LELE SANOE
23719783
4:40 PM 5.00 PM
13 JOSEPH NTINIA TOPISIA
24235936
2:20 PM 2:40 PM
14 JOSHUA SAIMI LETIR
22201286
2:40 PM 3:00 PM
15 LYDIA NAISESOI LEPAPA
22500071
3:00 PM 3:20 PM
3:20 PM 3:40 PM
MIS ZEITUNI ADAM
GENDER TIME
12.SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES FOR THE POST OF AN ACCOUNTANT

15TH AUGUST 2014
NO NAME
ID NO
ABNER SINDANI NYAGWANGA
25674242
9:00 AM 9:20 AM
17 MUTUNKEI DAVID NKANINI
27129731
3:40 PM 4:00 PM
AMOS LEBOO MAISON
28515892
9:20 AM 9:40 AM
18 NICHOLAS MAPENA SAPAYIA
21786619
4:00 PM 4:20 PM
CAROLYNE ADHIAMBO OCHIENG
9:40 AM 10:00 AM
19 PAUL LANKOI SAMPEKE
26623905
4:20 PM 4:40 PM
DENIS LERIONKA KUSERO
23455055
10:00 AM 10:20 AM
20 PAUL MUTUNKEI NKOBEI
4:40 PM 5:00 PM
DENNIS SOLONKA KIMITI
27172858
10:20 AM 10:40 AM
21 PETER TAIT LERIKU
22307170
5:00 PM 5:20 PM
ELIJAH MEYOKI SAYORRI
24204036
10:40 AM 11:00 AM
22 RUTH SANKO MOILO
28211824
5:20 PM 5:40 PM
ELIKANA MWANGI KAMAU
20711330
11:40 AM 12:00 PM
23 SALOME WANGUI NJUGUNA
24577453
5:40 PM 6:00 PM
GABRIEL MUSEMBI MUNYAO
25883645
12:00 PM 12:20 PM
24 JOSEPHINE NASEI NTEENI
26834139
6:00-6:20PM
JONATHAN KOINARI KINAYIA
22455722
12:20 PM 12:40 PM
10 JONATHAN LENAYIA MINCHIL
27164294
12:40 PM 1:00 PM
11
25632173
2:00PM 2:20PM
2:40 PM 3:00 PM
JOSEPH TOBIKO
12 JOSEPH WAHINYA NJENGA
GENDER TIME
JOSEPH KIRRINKOL ODUPOI
GENDER TIME
13 JOYCE NAIPANOI IGOGO
24695441
3:00 PM 3:20 PM
14 LANKISA KASIRIMO PULEI
25263612
3:20 PM 3:40 PM
15 NANCY NAILANTEI TATIO
28734914
3:40 PM 4:00 PM
4:00 PM 4:20 PM
4:20 PM 4:40 PM
16 NAOMI GATHONI NJOROGE

17 NELLY TIINOI PARSITAU
22986620
13.SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES FOR THE POST OF PROCUREMENT OFFICER

18TH AUGUST 2014
NO NAME
ID NO
DAISY NEESO RINCHO

JULIANA MUMBUA MULI
11646609
JOSEPH TOOTU
GENDER TIME
F
8.30AM-9.00AM
9:00 AM 9:20 AM
9:20 AM 9:40 AM
MOKAYA CATHERINE MOKEIRA
23568413
9:40 AM 10:00 AM
RUTH KERUBO ORINA
25411831
10:00 AM 10:20 AM
LEE MAYIANI LEITATO
27385284
10:20 AM 10:40 AM
MARY NJAMBI NJOKI
23605893
10:40 AM 11:00 AM
16 MARY SINTEI MATURA
All short listed candidates are required to bring with them the following documents: Original academic and professional certificates
Original national identity card or passport
Certificate of good conduct from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID)
Clearance certificate from Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) but exempted for
Diploma holders.
Tax Compliance certificate from Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)
Clearance from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC)
Clearance certificate from the Credit Reference Bureau (CRB)
Any other supporting documents
INTERVIEWS WILL BE HEL AT PORTLAND CEMENT SENIOR STAFF CLUB- ATHIRIVER
The Secretary/CEO
County Public Service Board
Kajiado County
P.O. Box 664 001100
Kajiado.
Note:
Any form of canvassing shall lead to immediate disqualification;
Page 28 / RIFT VALLEY NEWS
Patients lack blankets, sheets
KERICHO COUNTY
BBy Nikko Tanui

Acute shortage of basic items at
Kericho District hospital has forced
patients to carry their own bedding
despite paying an extra fee to cater
for the same.
Investigations by The Standard
revealed patients admitted at the facility are forced to carry or purchase
blankets and bed sheets at the local
business centre lest they spend cold
nights on bare hospital beds.
The hospital charges Sh50 bed and
Sh150 laundry daily fees. According to
a receipt in our possession, a patient
who had been admitted for four days
at Ward Four of the hospital, parted
with Sh850 bed and laundry charges.
PROVIDE LINEN
The hospital administrator, Laurene Birir said the Ministry of Health

used to provide linen to the hospital
but with the devolution of the health

services, the local county government
was yet to take up the task.
The Ministry of Health Services
used to provide linen to the hospital
but with the devolution of the health
services the county government is yet
to up the task of proving the hospital with linen and other basic items,
said Birir.
She revealed that all the money
the hospital collects is banked at the
countys consolidated revenue account and that it is upon the county
government to set aside funds for the
provision of the essential items.
CATERING SERVICES
Birir said the hospital has since

prepared its budget for the current
financial year and expects to receive
funds from the county government to
be channeled towards various projects in the hospital latest by September.
The hospital administrator also
admitted that the hospital menu is
not very rich due to budgetary constraints as they only charge a minimal
fee of Sh50 daily for catering services.
This is Sh20 per meal and Sh10
for tea. Before devolution, we used
to receive funding from the National Government but we are now forced
to go for affordable and readily available food items in the local market.
At the same time, we have to cut the
cost because we dont want to go into
debt, says Birir.
Some sinks in the hospital wards
are broken and the hospital administrator says there is nothing much they
can do due to lack of funds.
Kericho County has spent over
Sh50 million reportedly spent on various hospital equipment in preparation of the elevation of the hospital to
a referral facility.
The county administration says it
has built over 70 health centres and
dispensaries and has dispatched Sh78
million consignment of drugs to public health facilities across the county.
Suspected stolen goods
Schools to benefit from Sh1.9b energy plan

NAROK COUNTY
BBy By CHARLES NGENO
The government has partnered with
the Spanish government to light up
380 schools, dispensaries and health
centres in Arid and Semi Arid Land
(ASAL) districts at a cost of Sh1.9 billion
Speaking while launching one
such project at Siana Boarding Primary School in Narok County, Energy
and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary, Davis Chirchir said 161 institutions have
so far been connected.
Chirchir said the project is in line
with governments commitment to
ensuring access to clean energy services to all its citizens by 2030.
Energy is a vehicle for rural socio-economic transformation. In

2006, the government commenced an
affirmative action to electrify schools,
health centres and dispensaries in
ASAL districts. So far, 998 institutions
have received solar PV systems with
a combined installed capacity of 2.1
megawatts at a cost of Sh2.2 billion,
said Chirchir.
Present during the function were
PS Joseph Njoroge, area MP, Patrick
Ntutu, Jose Fernandez from the Spanish Embassy and the County Executive Member in charge of Energy, Vivian Mbeti.
Rural Electrification Authority
will undertake this, using grid extension, as well as solar for those schools
which are far from the National Grid,
said Chirchir.
Energy CS, Davis Chirchir. [PHOTO: BONIFACE OKENDO/STANDARD]
Molo police display electronic items recovered from a suspect believed to be a

member of a killer gang targeting school girls in the town. The suspect was hiding at Kibunja Forest. He had attempted to abduct a school girl at Kapsita village when he was accosted by residents, who took him to the police.
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
[PHOTO: BENARD WAWERU/STANDARD]
NAKURU COUNTY
COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF NYANDARUA
Telephone: 0202660850
P.O. Box 701-20303
Telefax: 0202660850 OLKALOU
Email:info@nyandaruacounty.or.ke KENYA
TENDER NOTICE
TENDER FOR PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETION OF MORTUARY

BLOCK AT ENGINEER DISTRICT HOSPITAL
The County Government of Nyandarua invites bids for The proposed Construction and Completion of Mortuary Block at Engineer District Hospital as
indicated below:Tender No.
Works Description
Category
Tender Fee
Bid Bond
NYA/CG/2/2014-2015
Proposed Construction and Completion of Mortuary Block at Engineer District

Hospital
NCA 6 and above
1,000/=
100,000/=
Interested bidders may obtain a complete set of tender documents from the County Supply Chain Management office, Governors office, Ol Kalou during normal
working hours upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Kshs. 1,000 per set of tender documents.
Only those bidders that meet the following minimum criteria will be considered for further evaluation.
1)
An attached copy of:a)
Certificate of incorporation
b)
Valid tax compliance certificate
c)
PIN and VAT certificates
d)
Certificate of registration with National Construction Authority (NCA).
e)
Audited financial statements for the last 3 years.
2. They should also provide:a)
Proof of similar works undertaken/equipments for works and personnel to carry out the project for the last 3 years
b)
A valid bid security in the form of bank guarantee or bid from an Insurance Company approved by the Public Procurement Oversight Authority.
c)
Duly filled confidential business questionnaire.
Tenders shall be submitted in two identical copies marked clearly ORIGINAL and DUPLICATE on top of the envelope and packaged together indicating the
Tender No. but without identifying the sender. These should be addressed to:Executive Committee Member Finance and Economic Planning
P.O. Box 701- 20303, OL KALOU
OR
be deposited in the Tender Box provided at the entrance of the Governors office so as to reach him on or before 12th August 2014 at 10.00 a.m.
Received bids will be opened immediately thereafter in the presence of the bidders or their representatives who choose to attend at the Governors boardroom.
AG. HEAD SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SERVICES
FOR: E.C.M - FINANCE & ECONOMIC PLANNING
NYANDARUA COUNTY
Court orders Egerton to compensate

former employees for unfair dismissal
BBy BOAZ KIPNGENOH
Nakuru Industrial court has
ordered Egerton University to
pay former employees who
had sued the institution for
unfair dismissal and unpaid
annual leave package.
Industrial Court Judge,
Byrum Ongaya ordered the
university to pay the former
workers within 30 days during
last Fridays ruling of the case
in which 62 former employees were demanding damages
over alleged irregular termination of their services.
WRONGFULLY DISMISSED
The former security work-
ers through Kenya Union of

Domestic, Hotels and Educational Institutions and allied Workers moved to court
demanding damages claiming they were wrongfully dismissed.
The court orders the university to pay Sh5,000 to each
of the workers before September 1, said Ongaya during the
ruling.
SECURE JOBS
Mr Ongaya also directed

the university administration
to compute annual leave allowance for each of the employees in regard to their employment period.
The court further ordered

the institution to prepare certificates of service for each of
the employees to enable them
secure meaningful employment elsewhere.
The workers had claimed
they were discriminated upon and that they were not issued with any letter or notice
for impending termination of
their services and that they
were denied fair hearing before being dismissed.
But the court established
the employees had received
notices before dismissal contrary to their their claims
that they were irregularly dismissed.
RIFT VALLEY NEWS / Page 29
NAKURU COUNTY
Police in
Nakuru gun
down two
suspects
Radio Maisha rhumba show
BBy BOAZ KIPNGENOH

Police in Nakuru yesterday morning gunned down two armed suspected thugs dressed in jungle clothes and
recovered homemade guns.
Nakuru Central Police Boss Bernard Kioko, while confirming the early morning incident, said another suspect escaped.
According to Kioko, police on patrol opened fire on the armed suspects after they defied orders to stop
at around 3am.
It was around 3.30am and they
were wearing jungle jackets and
armed with guns which created suspicion ,said Kioko.
NANDI COUNTY
BBy Rael Jelimo
homemade gun
The police boss said two wooden

homemade guns were recovered, adding security officers have launched a
manhunt for the suspect who escaped
during the gunfight.
In a similar incident last month
within Nakuru town, police killed
three armed suspects who were found
mugging passengers near Kileleshwa
Bar.
The suspects had robbed the passengers of Sh4000, electronic valuables including a laptop and a mobile phone.
Police also recovered a Maasai
sword, machetes and impounded a
motorcycle suspect which police believe they intended to use to escape.
The town has been rocked by an
upsurge of crime in the recent past,
forcing police to step security.
BOMET COUNTY
Man stabs
teacher, flees
BBy CHARLES NGENO
A teacher from Chesoen Primary School in Bomet County is fighting for his life at Tenwek Hospital after he was stabbed three times in the
back by an assailant.
Charles Koech, 36, had just alighted from a motorbike when he was attacked at the school gate on Friday
morning.
According to a witness, the assailant emerged from a bush and went for
the teacher before taking off.
The teacher tried to run towards
the school gate before he fell fell down
and passed out, said the witness.
Bomet Knut Executive Secretary
Malel Langat said police had failed to
arrest the suspect who is reported to
be known in the area.
Malel said he will mobilise teachers to look for the assailant should the
police fail to arrest him.
When
contacted,
Bomet OCPD Henrietta Wanyama
said the suspect is still at large
but police were looking for him.
Youth burn
church, 5
houses
Radio Maishas Emmanuel Mwashumbe and revellers during a rhumba music

show at Belasco Lounge in Eldoret. The radio stations fans were treated to
scintillating rhumba tunes with others getting gift hampers during the event.
[PHOTO: KEVIN TUNOI/STANDARD]
Residents of Kapchepkok village

in Kombe Location of Nandi County have fled their homes after a group
of armed youth torched a church and
five homes.
Several head of cattle were also
stolen and others killed in the night
of terror.
Schools in the area remained
closed as the residents stayed away
from their homes.
The violence follows a longstanding land dispute between a local AIC
church and a secondary school.
Resident have accused the church
of plotting to grab an 11-acre piece of
land, which they claim was initially
owned by Kapchepkok primary and
seconday schools.
They have also accused the church
of sponsoring construction of the secondary school with an intention of
grabbing the land.
The church, with intention to grab the schools land, has used sponsorship to try to win the community
to its side. We have since discovered
that it now claims ownership of the
land, said a village youth who pleaded anonymity.
Security agents in the county including County Commissioner Matil-
da Sakwa County Commander Jacinta Wesonga, OCPD Shem Mganda and

the Deputy County Commissioner
John Mbugua have visited the area to
diffuse tension.
Addressing the residents, Mr
Sakwa warned the youth against causing breach of peace.
We came here to iron out issues
that are causing a breach of peace.
We are calling on all the youth to desist from perpetrating the violence,
said Sakwa.
The county commissioner said the
land dispute would be handled by the
county government and the National
Lands Commission.
five arrested
The dispute has been running

for many years and that is why it requires the intervention of the county
government and the National Lands
Commission, said Sakwa.
The youth burned down houses
belonging to the church pastor, treasurer and chairman of the churchs
development committee after police
arrested five of their colleagues.
We arrested five youth who took
part in razing down the church. That
angered the youth who committed
more acts of violence in retaliation,
she explains.
The churchs management could
not be reached for comment.
Residents flock to Huduma Centre for Government services

NAKURU COUNTY
BBy Mercy Kahenda
Residents of Nakuru County and
its environs have welcomed the new
Huduma Centre in the area intended
to provide Government services under one roof.
The centre located at the refurbished Postal Corporation of Kenya
Central Rift headquarters along Kenyatta Avenue in Nakuru town attracted huge number of residents when it
opened its doors recently.
The centre is among 33 others set
up across the country by the national government through the Ministry
of Devolution intended to bring services closer to citizens.
Mugo Mwaura, a business operator in Nakuru town, who was among
first people to be served at the centre,
hailed the Government for coming up
with the idea.
Mwaura, who paid his electricity and postal bills at the respective
desks, said he was served in record
time.
The services was fast unlike other
days when I have to close my business
for a whole day to go and pay elec-
tricity and postal bills, said Mwaura.

He observed that centralising all
services will enable Kenyans access
services easily.
Many people usually give up after
making several trips to Government
for services without success. Some
Government officers are also unapproachable and others dont offer the
required information, he said.
Charles Lukuyes, a self-employed
resident who was served at the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF)
desk, said the customer care attendants were courteous and efficient.
friendly officers
I re-applied for an NHIF card and

got it immediately. This is unlike other days where it takes several days,
he said.
Among services provided at the
centre include postal services, issuance of identification cards, renewing of driving licences, application for
business permits and NHIF registration among others.
A spot check by The Standard revealed that friendly customer care officers were always at hand to direct
the public to desks where they could
served.
The facility also has television sets
Nakuru Governor Kinuthia Mbugua and other county officials during a familiarisation tour of Huduma Centre in Nakuru. Mbugua said the facility would help
bring services closer to residents. [PHOTO: BONIFACE THUKU/STANDARD]
where the public can catch up with
the latest happenings in the country
and around the globe as they wait to
be served.
Nakuru Governor Kinuthia Mbu-
gua, who toured the centre, expressed

optimism that it will help residents receive quality services. The facilities are
expected to supplement services offered at Government offices.
Page 30 / COAST NEWS
MCAs oust
Majority
Leader
MOMBASA COUNTY
BBy Patrick Beja

Confusion has gripped the Mombasa County Assembly after a group of
ward representatives, all from the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM),
claimed to have ousted Majority leader Khamis Mwabashiri at a meeting
he did not attend.
ODM controls all the 45 seats in
the assembly and some of them have
been plotting against Mwabashiri
who is close to Mombasa governor
Hassan Ali Joho. Mwabashiri claims
Jubilee is behind efforts to oust him.
Apparently the party had decided to
call a meeting to elect a new majority
leader but there was a confusion on
when the meeting was to be held and
who was to convene it.
On Friday, a group of 25 out of the
45 members of the assembly gathered at the county assembly committee room in the morning and announced they had picked Likoni ward
representative Abdalla Kasagamba as
new majority leader.
The MCAs attending the meeting
came out celebrating claiming Mr

Kasagamba had garnered 24 votes
while Mr Mwabashiri managed only
one vote.
Mwabashiri immediately dismissed the exercise as null and void
saying there was no notice of the
meeting and he was not informed
about it.
ODM was supposed to hold the
meeting today (Friday) at Tononoka
social hall to select the leader of majority but the Mombasa branch secretary postponed it following a ruling by
county assembly speaker on Thursday that the chief whip and I hold
consultations with the party members and agree on the next majority
leader, Mwabashiri said.
He claimed he was taken by surprise when some MCAs who have
gone to the county assembly for their
own business informed him that there
was an election.
The consultations that the speaker directed have not taken place and
therefore the election was not procedural. We have to consult before an
election can take place, Mwabashiri insisted.
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measuring 0.09Ha (0.222 acres) approximately and registered in the name of
COLLIN KIPRONO BETT T/a C. K. BETT TRADERS OF P.O. BOX 203 KITENGELA.
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security room, water tank and external toilet block. The main house comprises on
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over looking Kamiu area across the valley, measuring 0.06 Ha or 600 sqm (0.148
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two residential units. Each unit accommodates sitting room, kitchen, 2 bedrooms,
WC, and passage.
One unit is rented with monthly rent of Kshs.5,000/- and the other unit is utilized
by the owner.
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Kathleen
Blackburn
(left) listens to
proceedings at
a Mombasa
court last
Friday during
the hearing of
her case
against
Kenyan
Gladwell
Wangechi
Kibiru. [PHOTO:
KELVIN KARANI/
STANDARD]
KILIFI COUNTY
Briton wants Kenyan jailed for loan default

BBy Willis Oketch
A British woman residing in Kilifi has sued a Kenyan counterpart for

failing to pay her Sh4 million.
Kathleen Bluckburn moved to a
Mombasa court last Friday seeking
orders to haveGladwell Wangechi Kibiru committed to jail for dishonouring a court order to pay her the money.
Lady Bluckburn who went to court
under certificate of urgency raised objection about another case which Kibiru has filed in another court seeking
orders to have a review of the judgment ordering her to pay the amount.
Bluckburns lawyer Oscar Juma opposed the application by Kibiru who wants her application for
the review heard before the application to show cause why she
should not pay the amount is heard.
Juma told Mombasa Chief Magis-
trate Maxwell Gacheru that the application filed by Kibiru at Principal

Magistrates court for review was part
of scheme by her to delay justice for
Bluckburn, who got the orders for the
repayment of her money a decade ago.
Juma told the court her clients quest
for justice had been delayed for many
years because Kibiru has been filing
application after application with similar issues which have been canvased.
The lawyer complained that there
were five other cases pending in
the High Court in Malindi touching on the issue, which started in
2006 but has been dragging because
of Kiburus several applications.
But Kibirus lawyer Simon Mutigi insisted there was new evidence which had emerged that had
not been dealt with in other cases.
In his ruling, Mr Gacheru warned
the parties against filing cases with similar issues in various

courts as that would bring confusion in administration of the cases.
The magistrate said he would take
over the case, which had been filed
at the Principal Magistrates court
and hear it, together with the application to show cause why Kibiru
should not be sent to civil jail if she
fails to pay the amount, on August 13.
Before the court issued orders
last year for Kibiru to repay the
amount , Bluckburn and Kibiru
were business partners in a company they were running from 2005.
Bluckburn, in her affidavit, says before they parted ways as directors of
the company, she lent Kibiru the money in question in good faith on condition she would repay it within a specified period.
TAITA TAVETA COUNTY
KWS rangers shoot dead suspected

poacher in Tsavo as 5 others escape Taita Taveta
leaders laud
Mungaros
demotion
TAITA TAVETA COUNTY
BBy RENSON MNYAMWEZI
Kenya Wildlife security

personnel last night gunned
down a suspected poacher at
the Tsavo Conservation Area
(TCA) in Taita-Taveta County.
The officers recovered an
AK 47 rifle, an M16 magazine
with several rounds of ammunition and two elephant
tusks.
Police and KWS said
the deceased and five other poachers from a neighbouring country were said to
have crossed to Kasigau area through the porous Kenya-Tanzania border.
County Police Commander Richard Bitonga said
the poachers had killed an
elephant at a dam in the vast
Tsavo West National Park before one of them was killed.
There was heavy exchange of fire between KWS
and the poachers before
one poacher was felled. Five
other suspects, however, escaped to Tanzania and are
being sought, said the police officer.
The poachers had already removed one of the

elephant tusks before they
were confronted by rangers
who had been trailing them.
The deceased is a Masai from
Tanzania, said Bitonga
The incident comes at a
time when the Government
is grappling with widespread
cases of poaching among
other wildlife-related crimes.
ESCAPED DRAGNET
It brings to seven the

number of six suspected poachers so far been
killed in a major crackdown
on poaching in a span of
one month in the region.
It also brings to six the num-
ber of rifles and over 30

rounds of ammunitions so
far recovered in the past one
month.
Last week, KWS recovered
six pieces of elephant tusks in
the Tsavo West National Park.
According to senior KWS officials, the tusks were recovered at Njoro/Salaita area in
the park.
Taveta KWS Warden incharge Joseph Kavi said they
recovered a motorbike used
by ivory dealers to transport
wildlife products.
The owner of the motorbike is well known and he is
being sought by security personnel. He escaped our dragnet but we will still catch up
with him, said Kavi.
We posed as ivory dealers and when the suspect realised that we are after him,
he immediately escaped and
a manhunt for him is still going on, he told The Standard.
Kavi said the fresh tusks
were from three elephants
killed in the area recently by
the suspected poachers.
Poaching is real and everything possible should be
done to eradicate the menace, noted Kavi.
BBy STANDARD REPORTER

Several Taita-Taveta County CORD
leaders yesterday supported the appointment of Wundanyi MP Thomas
Mwadeghu as the Coalition Minority
Whip in the National Assembly.
The leaders who included the
County Governor John Mruttu, Women Representative Joyce Lay and seven Members of the County Assembly
(MCAs) charged that the removal of
Gideon Mungaro was in order.
They claimed Mungaro had
shifted his allegiance to Jubilee
and his removal was long overdue.
Mwadeghu is qualified for the position and those opposed are not sincere. They should understand that the
county is part of Coast and the position is not a preserve of certain communities, charged Mruttu.
Ms Lay said the countys leaders had for a long time been supporting leaders from other parts of
Coast and it was time for reciprocation. Mwadeghu is capable of propelling CORD to greater heights.
NYANZA/WESTERN NEWS / Page 31
38 in hospital for
eating unfit meat
Called to serve
BUNGOMA COUNTY
BBy Daniel Psirmoi
Thirty-eight people were
at the weekend admitted at
Cheptais District Hospital in
Bungoma County after consuming acarcass of a cow that
died due to an infection.
The victims had purchased
the meat from a local resident
who has since been arrested by
police.
The suspect, according to
the police, exhumed the carcass and sold the meat to unsuspecting buyers at a throwaway price.
Most of the meat was sold
to patrons at illicit brew dens.
Aggrey Nyongesa, the

Cheptais District Medical Officer of Health, said 14 of those
who were rushed to the hospital were in critical conditions and were admitted while
the rest were discharged after
treatment.
All thes victim had a similar history. They all complained of sharp abdominal
pains, and had both severe
bouts of diarrhoea and vomiting, said Mr Nyongesa.
CHEAP IS EXPENSIVE
Area OCPD Ezekiel Kiche

confirmed the incident and
said a middle-aged man who
sold the meat unfit for human
consumption will be arraigned
in court today.
Kiche said a majority of the
victims were from Mandizini and Booster villages near
Cheptais market. Others were
from Wamono that is at the
border of Cheptais and Bungoma West sub-counties.
I am asking the public not
to consume meat whose origin they do not know. Cheap,
they always say, is expensive in
the long run. The people who
developed complications after eating the meat may have
thought they got a better deal
because it was sold cheaply
to them, but they have been
forced to use more money to
seek medication, said the
Cheptais police boss.
Bishop Simon Oketch of the Anglican Church of Kenya, Maseno North Diocese, ordains priests and
deacons during a service at Kakamega Christ Church yesterday. [Photo: Benjamin Sakwa/STANDARD]
BANKI
KUU YA
KENYA
SIAYA COUNTY
American NGO donates books worth

Sh72m to Moi Universitys campus
BBy Lawrence Aluru
Moi Universitys Odera Akango campus in Siaya
County has received a donation of books worth Sh72
million from Books for Africa Foundation, a US-based
Non-Governmental Organisation.
The 18,000 books were
shipped to Moi University by
Sir Emeneke Kofor, a Nigerian
business mogul.
CORDIAL RELATIONS
During the ceremony to officially hand over the donation,
Nigerian Deputy High Commissioner Mohammed Rabiu
Danjaji praised the cordial relations between his country

and Kenya.
Mr Danjaji was representing Sir Emeneke, a philanthropist who facilitated the shipment of the books from the
US to Kenya.
While receiving the donation, the principal of the campus, Joseph Rasowo, said the
donation had surpassed the
institutions expectation.
We had expected the NGO
will donate 5,000 books only to
receive 18,000 volumes. Additionally, the books are very
relevant to the courses being
taught at the college, he said.
Prof Rasowo said the donation will go a long way in promoting the Moi University vision.
BIGGEST CHALLENGE
He said that the biggest
challenge the campus was facing at the moment is expanding and equipping the library.
Present at the launch was
Prof John Boit, who represented the vice chancellor, Siaya
County Executive for Education Christine Oyuu, Yala Town
Ward Representative Joseph
Kawuor and campus assistant
registrar Fred Omuya.
County vows to blacklist contractor

Kakamega County Government has threatened to blacklist a contractor who has abandoned construction of hostels
at Bukura Agricultural Technical College.
County Executive for Agriculture Penina Mukabane
said the contractor fled from
the site although had already
been paid Sh38 million by the
National Government.
Its unacceptable to have
a contractor who has already

squandered taxpayers money but is unable to finish his
work, said Mukabane, adding
that the companys dubious
reputation will be exposed to
ensure it is not awarded any
contract in this country.
Mukabane said the contractor had asked for more
time to complete the construction last year but had since disappeared after completing just
40 per cent of the work.
Mukabane criticised the
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date of the tender.
KAKAMEGA COUNTY
BBy Kennedy Okwach
CENTRAL
BANK OF
KENYA
National Government for failing to monitor companies they

award contracts.
She questioned why the
government paid the company before completion of work,
saying it was against the law
and amounts to corruption.
How do you pay someone
before he has even completed a half of the work he is supposed to do? posed Mukabane,
who was speaking during the
college agricultural field day at
the weekend.
1.5 Completed Tender Documents in plain sealed envelopes marked with the tender
number and title should be deposited in the Green Tender Box (Marked Tender
Box No.3) located at the Front Entrance to the CBK Building on Haile Selassie
Avenue before the closing slated time on Monday 11th August, 2014 at 10.30 a.m.
1.6 Tenders must be accompanied by a Bid Bond of at least two percent (2%) of the
total bid price (in Kenya shillings) in the format specified in the tender documents.
Failure to attach the bid bond will lead to automatic rejection of the tender.
1.7 Tenders will be opened immediately thereafter in the presence of the tenderers
representatives who may choose to attend the opening at the CENTRAL BANK OF
KENYA DEST CONFERENCE ROOM ON 5TH FLOOR.
DIRECTOR,
DEPARTMENT OF ESTATES, SUPPLIES & TRANSPORT
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Council embezzled Sh800 million

KISUMU COUNTY
BBy Kassim Adinasi
Kisumu County Assembly in session. [PHOTO: COLLINS ODUOR/STANDARD]
Sh800 million was allegedly embezzled by the defunct Kisumu Municipal Council during transition to
the current system of governance, the
area Members of the County Assembly(MCAs) have established.
A report tabled in the assembly by
the Public Investments and Public Accounts committees shows the amount
could not be accounted for.
The report details how the Municipal and County Council of Kisumu
misused tax payers money.
Municipal and County Councils of Kisumu had an outstanding
imprest of Sh11.3 million contrary
to Government financial regulations
and procedures stipulating that imprest should be surrendered within
48 hours, read part of the report.
It revealed huge discrepancies be-
Malaysian investors to upgrade county roads

BUNGOMA COUNTY
BBy TITUS OTEBA
Bungoma County government has
teamed up with a group of Malaysian investors to rehabilitate 250km
of roads in the region at a cost of Sh40
million.
Speaking on Friday while officially launching the newly rehabilitated Co-operative Bank-Oldrex and
Co-operative Bank-Municipal Market
roads, Lusaka said the project is set to
be rolled out soon.
Our aim is to create an enabling
environment for investors, said Lusaka.
He said the investors agreed to rehabilitate the roads during a visit to
Malaysia.
The governor said rehabilitation of
68 rural roads in the area is expected
to cost the county government Sh528
million.
County residents should start
reaping the fruits of devolution, Lusaka said.
The governor at the same time
asked residents and the business community who have put up illegal structures on road reserves to bring them
down or have them demolished.
He promised to install street lights
in Mashambani, Mandizini, Mjini and
Bondeni as part of efforts to fight insecurity in Bungoma town.
Lusaka also cautioned his opponents against politicising development projects, and instead join efforts
with his administration to fast-track
the countys growth.
Shoddy work
Time for politics is over and we

need to unite and develop our county. 2017 is soon coming when we will
be required to show what we accomplished during the five years we were
in office.
Bungoma County Assembly Roads
Committee Chairman Benson Mukenda cautioned contractors who do
shoddy work that they risked being
blacklisted. Some contractors are doing sub-standard work and we are the
ones who usually take the blame. Kenyans must get value for their money
Bungoma County officials tour roads

in the town.
and as a government we are not going to tolerate shoddy work, warned
Mukenda.
The Kapkateny Ward Representative called residents to support the
county government in its development endevours.
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tween budgetary allocations and actual expenditures of Kisumu and

Nyando County Councils.
The committees also established
that there were some transactions
that were carried out without supporting receipts and other relevant
documents.
Some MCAs, however, faulted the
report, for not recommending how
the money can be recovered.
Nominated MCA Aslam Khan said
the report was not substantive.
recover money
We need recommendations that

will enable us recover the millions
that were lost, he said.
He added: We need to know the
creditors and the debtors. We want
to know where the money is so that
we either attach their properties, surcharge them or take them to court.
Assembly Majority Chief Whip
Isaiah Onyango said they had all the
BUSIA COUNTY
powers to name the individuals implicated in the alleged embezzlement of

the money.
This committee should know that
they have the authority to mention all
the corrupt leaders of the defunct local government who misused the
public funds, said Onyango.
Interim Assembly Speaker Samwel Otieno ruled that the report be
re-written.
We need a comprehensive report
with proper recommendations, said
Otieno.
Recently, members of the Kisumu
County Budget and Appropriations
Committee rejected payment of debts
inherited from the defunct Kisumu
Municipal Council and called for investigations into how it was incurred.
They recommended that the debt
be excluded from the budget and a
committee be formed for verification.
BUNGOMA COUNTY
CORD leaders differ on

push for referendum
280 youth get driving

licences in CDF kitty drive
Two CORD MPs from Busia County

have disagreed on the ongoing debate
over a national referendum.
Nambale MP John Bunyasi and his
Funyula counterpart Paul Otuoma
differed on whether the country should
hold a referendum to address the
problems facing Kenyans.
Speaking at different forums in
Busia town at the weekend, the two
MPs acknowledged that the country
was facing numerous challenges which
included runaway insecurity and
corruption, but failed to agree on the
best way to address them.
Whereas Otuoma supported the
referendum calls, Bunyasi said the
plebiscite would be a waste of public
money.
Efforts should be made to ensure that
the Constitution is fully implemented
first, said Bunyasi while addressing
UDF delegates. But Otuoma said the
referendum will give Kenyans a chance to
chart the destiny of the country.
More than 280 young people from

Kimilili constituency in Bungoma
County have a reason to smile after
successfully completing a driving course
funded by the local area Constituency
Development Fund (CDF) kitty.
Kimilili CDF used over Sh3 million
in the project, and the beneficiaries
comprised of boda boda operators and
former matatu touts.
Speaking at Kimilili market on
Saturday when the trainees were issued
with their drivers licences, area MP
Suleiman Murunga said the training
was meant to empower the youth
economically and curb road carnage.
With the driving licences, the
boda boda operators can now conduct
their businesses without fear of being
arrested. With the vital document,
the youth can also look for jobs in the
transport sector, said Murunga.
He said his office is ready to support
any project aimed at empowering the
youth economically.
Page 33
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF TURKANA

PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD
SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES FOR VARIOUS POSITIONS

We are pleased to invite the following shortlisted candidates for interview between, Monday, 4th August 2014 and, Thursday, 11th September, 2014 at the date and time as
indicated against their names.
DIRECTOR, DISASTER MANAGEMENT
DENTAL TECHNOLOGIST II
S/NO.
1
2
3
4
5.
Name
Benedict Lochili Mukoo
Joseph Ekisa Osere
Mathew Edung Etabo
Winnie Chepkorir
Paul Egule Lokone
Gender
M
M
M
F
M
Date
Monday, 04th August. 2014
Time
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
11:00
S/NO.
1
2
3
4
Name
George Omondi Otieno
Davies W. Munialo
Joel Omukoko Anyera
Egiron Etengan Joseph
Gender
M
M
M
M
Date
Monday, 04thAugust. 2014
Time
12:00 NOON
1:30 P.M
2:00 P.M.
2:30 P.M.
S/NO
1
2
3
4
5
Name
Lomurukai Peter
Michael Adiaka Loogos
Alice Nataba
Mary Kanyaman Ekai
Benjamin Napilio Lowoko
Gender
M
M
F
F
M
Date
Monday, 04TH August. 2014
Time
9:00 A.M
DIRECTOR, URBAN AREAS MANAGEMENT
CHIEF LABORATORY TECHNOLOGIST
ORTHOPAEDIC TECHNOLOGIST
S/No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Name
Josephat Kiptoo Bii
Everlyne Nabwire Agunda
Charles Matunda Nyanchoga
Jobadam Mawira Njiru
Nicholus Otieno Ochina
Stellah Omurende Kwenyu
Ronald Kiprop Kimutai
Caren M. Sumba
Nathan Kipkoech Sang
Henry Kogo
Paul Ekitela Lodukae
Angeline Kamene Musembi
Samuel Chege Njenga
Victor Bosire Manwari
Gender
M
F
M
M
M
F
M
F
M
M
M
F
M
M
Date
Time
Wednesday, 06th August. 2014 9.00 AM
S/NO.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Name
Francis Elim Simon Ngikito
Ilikwel Abok Koriang
Elizabeth Narotin Loolel
Walanyang Ekal Elim
Andrew Kirya
Magdaline Ekoyan Lodoh
Gender
M
M
F
M
M
F
Date
Wednesday, 06th August,
2014
S/NO.
1
2
3
4
Name
Patricia Longoria Ekaran
Ambrose Merinyang Arib
Christine Ekal Ewoi
Patrick Eddy Nacho
Gender
F
M
F
M
Date
Time
Wednesday, 06th August. 2014 1:30 P.M
2:00 P.M
03:00 P.M
03:30 P.M
S/NO.
1
2
3
4
5.
6.
7.
8.
Name
Robert Ereng Lotelengo
Moses Ndirangu Kiarie
Loyelei Robert Bob
Stanley Edapal Akine
Vincent Palor Jacob
Leah Nasuru Losiru
David Lochuch Imana
Elizabeth Tioko Limagur
Gender
M
M
M
M
M
F
M
F
Date
Thursday, 07th August. 2014
S/NO.
1
2
3
4
5.
6.
7.
8.
Name
Nancy Alinga Lomear
James Ekai Ekaale
Ekal Samal Christine
Everlyne Natukoi Lobar
Francis Aleper Lokwar
Alexander Lobongon Munyes
James Naperit Emuria
Patrick Lokorio Lolepo
Gender
F
M
F
F
M
M
M
M
Date
S/NO.
1
2
3
4
5
Name
Christopher Aletia Imana
Joseph Adome Lopeyok
Morara Henry Ongwenyi
Kariuki Jonathan Ekai
Gender
F
M
M
M
Date
Time
Wednesday, 13RD August 2014 9:00 A.M
9:30 A.M
10:00 A.M
10:30 A.M
S/NO.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Name
Ewoi Lokale Yohana
Stephen Kamaan Loolio
Victor Ngipeyok Masai
Merimug Lemuya Dagon
Etabo Andrew Lokwameri
Moses Lorot
Gender
M
M
M
M
M
M
Date
Friday, 08th August. 2014
Time
11:00 A.M.
12:30 P.M
2:00 P.M
03:00 P.M
03:30 P.M.
04:00 P.M.
S/NO.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7.
Name
Paul Lomor Kinyonge
Elamach Ebenyo Ngipeto
Peter Ekai Lobenyo
James Moruechom Lokaadongoi
Peter Kamaisi Rimati
Esuron Ilukwel Lomudangamoe
Ibrahim Nabenyo
Gender
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
Date
Time
S/NO.
1
2
3
4
5
6.
7.
8.
9.
Name
Iram Peter Lomoe
Mercy Adipo Ekuwam
Lemuya Lloyd Ayub
Nicodemus Erukudi Erus
Emmanuel Lodeiya Ewoi
Ekal Hudson Lopus
Nacherian Patricia Loleny
Humphrey Losur Miinyan
Ngitiira Benson Ekai
Gender
M
F
Date
Time
9:00 A.M
9:30 A.M
10:00 A.M
10:30 A.M
11:00 A.M.
12:30 P.M
2:00 P.M
03:00 P.M
03:30 P.M.
KANAMKEMER WARD ADMINISTRATOR
S/No
1
2
3
4
5
6
Name
Kipkosgei Keter
Ambrose Bitonye Wanyama
Moses Kimulwo Chemweno
Edah Jebet Chepsergon
Mutai Shadrack
Mogaka Joash Mose
Gender
M
M
M
F
M
M
Date
Monday, 04TH August. 2014
S/No.
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
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
34
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
Name
Cherop John Kimosop
Edward Ommani Mutebi
Hillary Kimtai Chole
Hellen Amoit Lochodo
Peter Tioko Segut
Joshua Kakurio Loyanae
Francis Sifuna Were
Esther Muronji Shaita
Bonface Muguzu Joseph
John Ekai Jamada
James Lorupoe Epem
Maragia Marcomic James
Gladys Cherono Ngeno
Clement Luseno
Bonfaces Simiyu Wakhungu
Andrew Tirop Ngetich
Mary Mwende
Harrison Kipkech Chebon
Junior Nderitu Ndegwa
Karenga Lokol Dismas
Mwangi Tabitha Muthoni
Alfred Odiwuor Ojwaka
Kennedy Mazinde Nyongesa
Willington Wanyama Khamala
Augustine Wafula Nyongesa
Beatrice Nakole Lomakat
Lobar David Lobar
Ambrose Butichi Kanali
Mark Lomanabu Lokuruka
Bernard Mboga Obwocha
Chebet Rehema
Norah Nabenyo Ekeno
Afred albert Ochieng Omol
Ekeno Kapengi Samuel
Afred albert Ochieng Omol
Celestine Kanini Kyembeni
Mwakwi Wycliffe
Billiard Makokha Ochutsi
Daniel Simiyu Makabila
Benard Wamamili Makabila
Vincent Ngaree Momanyi
Frankline Mogere Okemwa
Germano Gitonga Kanake
Abraham Kipruto Korir
Rose Chebet
Lilian Liaka Khaemba
Geofrey Kosgei Tarus
Odundo Onyango Amos
Edwin Kibii Seron
Kamamia Mary Wanjiku
Jane Ikaale Papaa
Winnie Logiel
Erick Ophiete Omoga ambei
Nancy Wangeci Mutinda
Tunje Reuben Mwangila
Biwott Chemjor
Cosmas Yegon
Margaret Wayuma Tovoko
Japheth Makati were
Mark Kibet Chirchir
Gender
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
F
M
M
M
M
F
M
M
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
F
F
M
M
M
F
M
F
M
M
M
M
M
M
F
F
F
M
M
F
F
F
M
F
M
M
M
F
M
M
Date
Panel 1
Tuesday, 05TH August. 2014
MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGIST
A.M
A.M
A.M
A.M
A.M.
Time
12:00 noon
LODWAR TOWNSHIP WARD ADMINISTRATOR
Time
9:00 A.M
HEAD LIASON OFFICER
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS (LIASON OFFICE) 2 POSTS
DEPUTY COUNTY SECRETARY
Panel 2
Tuesday, 05TH August. 2014
9:00 A.M
CLERICAL OFFICERS
CHIEF DRIVER
SENIOR SUPPORT STAFF 2 POSTS
M
M
M
F
M
M
Time
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
11:00
12:00
A.M
A.M
A.M
A.M
A.M.
NOON
Time
9:00 A.M
9:30 A.M
10:00 A.M
10:30 A.M
11:00 A.M.
12:30 P.M
2:00 P.M
03:00 P.M
Time
9:00 A.M
9:30 A.M
10:00 A.M
10:30 A.M
11:00 A.M.
12:30 P.M
2:00 P.M
03:00 P.M
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NURSING OFFICER
S/No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Name
Dianga Mwango James
Celestine Akamais Obonyo
Sharon Jepchumba Kosgei
Edmond Muunyi Mulongo
Damaris Amuloso Opilo
Tioko Solomon
Nabeyo Lokui Moses
Mandela Nelson O Atinga
Edwin Nyongesa Wangila
Elizabeth Asiko Tiema
Gender
M
F
F
M
F
M
M
M
M
F
Date
Monday, 11th August 2014
Time
9.00 AM
S/No
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
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61.
62.
63.
64.
65.
66.
67.
68.
69.
70.
71.
72.
73.
74.
75.
76.
77.
78.
79.
80.
81.
82.
83.
84.
85.
86.
87.
88.
89.
90.
91.
92.
93.
94.
95.
96.
97.
98.
99.
100.
101.
102.
103.
104.
105.
106.
107.
108.
NAME
Maxmilian Naliaka Natwati
Akadeli Manika Philomena
Felic D Ochula Pampula
Alice Njeri Kibiri
Oruko Berylyne Tabo
Atuko Demphine Loburo
Elijah Mwangi Muchiri
Gabriel Emuria Loyomo
Collins Kipchumba Komen
Keta Nafula
Emmah Cherop Kirui
Duncan Kiboi Chumba
Nicholas Sikuku Ouma
Mercy Cherop Rutto
Cornelius Nyachae Nyariki
Maureen Jelimo Yego
Kevin Okoth Omenda
Betty Nanjala Namwolo
Caleb Ongeri Maato
Stephen Odima Odima
Joel Ekadeli Lobongon
Robert Shikori
Kephas Ochieng Achiro
Josephine Bakhita Akai
Mbute Ndana
Amran Yussuf Ahmed
Caroline Nasimiyu Maruti
Rebecca Ayanae Ekadeli
Andrew Wakhungu Mukanda
Veronicah Kavutha Mbula
Philip Mauren Keneth
Vicky Cherono
Celestine Nakumicha Barasa
Angeline Kemunyo Obwocha
Dedan Kimathi Njagi
Alfred Nyakundi Onkoba
Elfas Gisebe Nyabuto
James Fasti Kwalia
Edward Mutinda Muli
Regina Nyambura Mwangi
Wycliff Nyakina Martin
John Kipkorir cheruiyot
Teresia Wambui Kinyanjui
Gladys Jepkirui Koech
Rose Wanjiru Gachanya
Naomi Wanjiru Macharia
Benjamin Kiptoo Bundotich
Atabo Purity locha
Benard Wasanga Orowe
Moses Wafula Kasimba
Hellen Awuor Adoyo
Alice Muya Elim
Sixtus Emoni Amakio
Odhiambo Dick Were
Catherine Abe Ewoi
Anderson Ewesit Losuru
Mogaya Daniel Chacha
Mary Muga
Wesley Kipkirui Rotich
Catherine Wairimu Ndagui
Stephen kiplangat chemwor
Nicholas Mutua Mekala
Agripinah Khasiani
Martin Gitonga Mbae
Joseph Mwenda Karuti
Erick Orango Achira
Hezron Gatunga Mundia
Lilian Chepkemboi Langat
Kinywa Nyakundi Dalma
Richard Mutiso Mulei
Wycliffe Bisera Nyangaresi
Nancy Isioka Ichelai
Lawrence Amudada Magdalene
Rachel Nabwel Ekwanga
Kebbo Nyanga Cornelius
David Mureithi Kiama
Maureen Anindo Momanyi
Jackson Ochola Otonda
Mary Katanu Kalii
Lydia Osebe Mekenye
Judy Gakii Mutuah
Janet Naliaka Wanjala
Jonah Ekutan Lokaala
Joel Edoket Lochor
Priscila Jebet
Carolyne Njoki Njeru
Sharon Sein Loyelei
Shadrack Kilimo
Linet Jebet Ndiwa
Agnes Omuchinia
Betty Chelangat Koech
Patrick Fundi Waweru
Paul Kiprop Kochey
Lydia Minayo Gaire
Anastacia Wanjiru Njoroge
Sammy Ndalilah Kimittos
Emmanuel Ekeno Lourien
Victor Muruthi Njeru
Stephen Mwangi Gikonyo
Nepius Suba Indagwa
Caroline Susan Oriwa
Caroline Cheboy Cherop
Peter Keverenge
Naomi Wanjiru Kaburu
Daisy Murugi Njagi
Abigail Chemeli Kiptum
Mary Immaculate Chepkemoi Ngetich
Bernard Mangongo
Gender
F
F
M
F
F
F
M
M
M
F
F
M
M
F
M
F
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
Date
Tuesday, 12ND August 2014
Time
9:00 AM
KENYA REGISTERED COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE
F
F
F
F
M
F
M
F
F
F
M
M
M
M
M
F
M
M
F
F
F
F
M
F
M
M
F
F
M
M
F
M
M
F
M
F
M
M
F
M
M
M
M
F
M
M
M
F
F
F
M
M
F
M
F
F
F
F
M
M
F
F
F
M
F
F
F
M
M
F
F
M
M
M
M
F
F
M
F
F
F
F
M
NUTRITION OFFICER
S/No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Name
Glorian Amoni Ewesit
Micah Ngilimo Ekirii
Getrude Hellen Anindo
Alice Amenele
Monicah Areman Ejore
Naomi Chesang Chumo
Margaret Akiru Eregae
Faith Akuron Ewoi
Ekitela Mwende Darmaris Akiru
Brenda Arot Epeyon
Fredrick Esinyen Etiir
Lobolia Abong William
Akal Hilda Tioko
Euren Danson
Gender
F
M
M
F
F
F
F
F
F
S/No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Name
Everline Atieno Ogutu
Kennedy Ernethus Ekalimon
Esther Wanjiku Maina
Lotomei Vivian
Lucy Wacuka Mbugua
Ebei Kasile Josephine
James Arii Moit
Jeniffer Akaru Eregae
Esekon Debra Natela
Erus Epuu Emmanel
Christine Aroo Eyanae
Catherine Jepkemboi Tuwei
Akwee Atabo Sharon
Lokerith Ekura Amos
Caren Adongo Maloba
James Eipa Nakamu
Sammy Lopeyok Ekai
Rose Jerotich Kiptoo
S/No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
NAME
Junet Eipa Elaar
Julius Koech
Edmond Kipkorir Buigut
Robert Chepsergon Kangogo
Dorcas Navalayo Makokha
Mambo Munyao
Stellah Juma
Robert Ebu Emojong
James Kaburu Mutuma
Anyango Maureen Ocholah
NUTRITION OFFICER III
Wednesday, 13RD August 2014 9:00 AM
MEDICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIST
HEALTH RECORDS INFORMATION OFFICER
Thursday, 14th August 2014
Date
Time
9:00 A.M.
Gender
F
M
F
F
F
F
M
F
F
M
F
F
F
M
F
M
M
F
Date
Tuesday, 12ND August 2014
Time
9:00 A.M.
Gender
F
M
M
M
M
M
F
M
M
F
Date
Time
Wednesday, 13RD August 2014 9.00 AM
9.30 AM
10.00 AM
10:30 AM
12:00 Noon
12:30 p.m.
1:30 pm
2:00 pm
2:30 p. m
3:00 p.m.
M
M
F
M
S/No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Name
Hellen Akuwom Ekron
Pamela Jerotich Orpha
Elamach Piliph Elmak
Ewalan Lomuria Peter
Jackson Akama Abere
Keviner Asigi
Stanley Elain Etukon
Naomi Jeruto Busienei
Ellyjoy Makena Murungi
Norah Nanjala Oluoch
Serah Mumbi Njoroge
Shem Ngiti
Emily Egehiza Kikuyu
Chrishan Odegi Obura
Florence Wanjku Mwangi
Gender
F
F
M
M
M
F
M
F
F
F
F
M
M
M
F
Date
Thursday, 14th August 2014
Time
9:00 A.M.
S/No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Name
Rodgers Mwambaji Farah
Vivian Wemali Fundi
Eric Kaniaru
Irene Akinyi Olum
Dorcas Adisa Eripon
Michael Kizito Mulama
John Ikai Ebong
Eunice Bitutu Koringo
Grace Murono Khadudu
Reinhard Ngachuro Akine
Rael Jepkemoi Kabutiei
Lydiah Jemeli Korir
Monyanyi Duke Misiani
Gender
M
F
M
M
F
M
M
F
F
M
F
F
M
Date
Friday, 15th August 2014
Time
9.00 AM
9.30 AM
10.00 AM
10:30 AM
12:00 NOON
12:30 P.M.
1:00 P.M.
01:30 PM
02:00 PM
2:30 P. M
3:00 P.M.
3:30 P. M
4:00 P.M.
S/No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Name
Juddy Lokwawi Atonia
Hilda Jepkemoi Cherutich
Kiprotich Felex Mutai
Stanley Murigi Ngigi
Gladys Jerono
Virginia Wanjiru Maina
Ivy Kaaman Loolio
Jackline Akinyi Ogacho
Josephat Ligono Machanja
Elizabeth Mukwhana Munalo
Malachi Korobe Ekal
Esther Kanyiri Philip
Calis Eyanae Elamach
Mercy Jelimo Bor
Elvis Erot Ekitela
Pauline Chepkemei Kirwa
Charity Lochaan Nakibuse
Alex Kibet Kosgei
Kelvin Kimtai Limo
Wayu Omar Abio
Gender
M
F
M
M
F
M
F
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
F
M
M
M
Date
Time
9:00 AM
HEALTH RECORDS INFORMATION TECHNICIAN
Friday, 15th August 2014
KENYA ENROLLED COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE
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31
32
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34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
Pauline Wanjiru Gitau

Emma Khasandi Mmani
Timothy Toroitich Cheserek
Brenda Atieno Onyino
Sulekha Clotilde Edaan
Elizabeth Karimi
Lorraine Awuor Opiyo
Irine Kakenya Metetek
Agnes Cheboi
Humphrey Mwangi Gichuki
Sylvester Wambua Kimuyu
Jacinter Atieno Onyango
Mary Elimlim Ekunoit
Rose Namuya Etapar
Esau Emuria Esekon
Caroline Imoo Emanikor
Michael Monti Ekidor
Alukwar Apiding Rosemary
Ikine Kennedy
Irene Muhonja Oberi
Moses Samal Etabo
Benjamin Lokol Esekon
Naomi Wangui Symon
Ann Ngitit Ekai
David Muhonjia Litali
Emmanuel Odoyo Obunga
Jane Gathoni Watiri
Ceasarlyne Kwamboga Mokaya
Cheruiyot Enock Kirui
Apem Eyanae Sarah
Moureen Naliaka Waswa
Wilfred Kipkogei Lagat
Suleiman Esukuku Gilbert
Elizabeth Moraa Nyakundi
Caroline Moraa Orori
Sheila Achieng Awuor
Miriam Kavindu Muambi
Zainabu Bwari Nyakundi
Carolyne Nasimiyu Maruti
Daniel Ereng Ekinyate
PERSONAL SECRETARY
S/NO.
1
2
3
4
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
Name
Harriet Ndunde Omina
Catherine Amukaga Otori
Risper Bochere Otiso
Gladys Jepkemboi
Gladys Chepkemboi
Gladys Jebet Ozone
Mercelyne Kavayana Kamula
Mbori Gladys
Julia Koldede Omaido
Jackline Jeptui Rotich
Joyce Limo
Mercy Adipo Ekuwam
Topister Oloo
Martha Naliaka Wanjala
Dorcas Kaaleng
Caroline Chepkoech
Miriam Lobei Ekal
OFFICE SECRETARY
S/NO.
Name
1
2
3
4
Grace Mdeva Agoi

Miriam Murugi Wamatu
Mary Nafula Wangila
Maureen Achieng Oduor
F
F
M
F
F
F
F
F
F
M
M
F
F
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
M
F
F
M
M
F
F
M
F
F
M
M
F
F
F
F
F
F
M
Tuesday, 19th August 2014
Gender
Date &Time
WRITTEN TEST
Thursday, 21st August 2014
9:00 a.m.
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Gender
F
F
F
F
9:00 A.M
Wednesday, 20th August 2014 9:00 A.M.
Name
John Elain
Micah Esuron Kariworeng
Andrew Emuria Lokong
John Ngasike Kiyonga
Emily Magut
Michael Esinyen Echwa
Etiir Lokor Simon
Kennedy Wasilwa Melabi
John Logado
Brian Mangala Simiyu
Aloyce John Lopeyok
Napas Peter Kuchal
Silah Kipkoech Lelei
Geoffrey Kimwetich Korir
Kinyonge Albert
Teresia Wanjiru Ndungu
Peter wekesa Waswa
Crispus Barasa Wangwe
Kalale Patrick
Nancy Ekwar Kinyonge
Mogaka Ondonga Evans
Agustine Kipkorir Kipturgo
Gender
M
M
M
M
F
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
F
M
M
M
F
M
M
Leonard Kibet Rono

Job Odhiambo Ochieng
Malavi M. Lindah
Consolata Jepkorir Kimutai
Scedva Ikamar Loito
Collins Wafula Tunguta
Steve Biko Wanzetse
Fredrick Chepkwony
Ngasike Emeri Jonah
Victor Mutua Savi
Nanyangan Elizabeth Akiru
Sylvia Jeptoo Kipyegon
Judith Mwajuma Wangila
Hassan welly Mohammed
Sammy Kipkeror Toroitich
Hellen Sellah Nanyokia Walucho
Nathan Kibet Too
Moses Kure Lobur
Joel Nashon Wekesa
Bengunn Akurusit Ewoi
Thomas Thuku Ndei
Sanyah Echapan Moses
M
M
M
F
M
M
M
M
M
M
F
F
F
M
M
F
M
M
M
M
M
M
Thursday, 4th September,

2014
9.00 AM
Name
Walter Nyabuto Ogega
Kennedy Omondi Ogada
Fredrick Makori Maubi
Joyce Gezia Okeka
Reasely Kimutai Chebii
Isaac Omutakha Rapando
Peter Kiplimo
Godwin Angolo Wambani
Merkeris Paul Kiptuloi
Nicholas Omondi Onako
Martha Wakuthi Wachira
Noela Jepkonga Chelimo
Benson Mureithi Thairu
Eric Mogaka Mokaya
Juliet Akaale Longiti
Sarah Kwamboka Onsongo
Beatrice Jepkoech Toroitich
Wycliffee Nyongesa Khamala
Joy Wawira Mwangi
Felix Kiprotich Kemboi
Mary Wakonyo Mwangi
Mary Atieno Ogutu
Maureen Awesit Etaan
Justus Maundu Willy
Stephen Joram Onam Olubulyera
Enock Mwabe Tongi
James Mutinda alfonce
Daniel Kipkosgei Mosbei
Esther Atieno Odera
Grace Jepchirchir Tanui
Peter Kiplimo
Caroline Cherotich
Ndege Edah Chepkemei
Gender
M
M
M
F
F
M
M
M
M
M
F
F
M
M
F
F
F
M
F
M
F
F
F
M
M
M
M
M
F
F
M
F
F
Date
Wednesday, 3rd September,
2014
Time
9.00 AM
Thursday, 4th September,

2014
9.00 AM
S/No
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
27
28
29
30
Name
Jerry Akuta Chuchu
Grace Ekuwon Louse
Ridah Nekesa Mukenya
Kiptoon Kibor Kapterit
Ereng Maria Chepkemoi
Zeddi Jepkogei Chebiego
Emmah Jepkeitany Kiprop
Phelix Dasi Sagala
Benson Sikolia Sisungo
Stephen Kimam Naibei
Augustine Mwasame Singuru
Eugene Wangila Nyukuri
Mutavi Ndua
Judith Jepkogei
Samson Mburu Kabui
Henry Tirop Biott
Jared Kipchumba Korir
Chepkemboi Fancy
Emily Achieng Amuga
Bernard Lamuria Chumo
Cynthia Jebichi Yegon
Catherine Jepkonga Kipyegon
Judith Jelagat Yego
Bosco Kanyangare Lopeyok
Rose Jebet Tigoi
Joyce Chebet Langat
Alice Osebe Maeri
Alex Kiplagat Chesire
Chebukosi Nasimiyu Metrine
Kennedy N. Nyongesa
Gender
M
F
F
M
F
F
F
M
M
M
M
M
M
F
M
M
M
F
F
M
F
F
F
M
F
F
M
M
F
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Panel 1 Friday, 5th September, 8.00 AM
2014
31
Irene Adhiambo Onyango
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER

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ORAL INTERVIEW
Friday, 22nd August
2014
9:00 a.m.
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PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGIST III

Date &Time
WRITTEN TEST
Thursday, 21st August 2014
9:00 a.m.
ORAL INTERVIEW
Friday, 22nd August
2014
9:00 a.m.
CLINICAL OFFICER II
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Date
Wednesday, 3rd September,
2014
Time
9.00 AM
Panel 2 Friday, 5th September, 2014
9:00 AM
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Name
Lopungurei Lotelengo Alex
Priscilla Nakeor Achuka
Mary Ashamba Emuria
Esekon Brenda Eyanae
Teresiah Naspan Nanok
Philemon Etabo Ebenyo
Markabo Hillow
Boaz Iroo Mukunga
Akiru Lowoi Beatrice
Peris Nakalei Lokoyen
Atabo Roselyne
Samson Ekiru Edung
Akai Joyce Anaam
Alice Natoo Eregae
Sylvia Elona Illikwel
Andrew Ekaal
Ewoi Benson
Ekal Ekaale Saqib
Joseph Ekuwom Lokol
Eyanae Naomi Akomwa
Vivian Achwa
Phanice Etimat Atee
David Areko Emuria
Betty Asimit Emathe
Roseline Amekwi Katembo
Georgina Ayen Eyanae
Eporon Amodoi Peter
Celestine Aree Epodo
Grace Lokolong Epur
Eregae Robert Ng,atuk
Peter Ekuwom Longok
Elizabeth Epurot Ekuwam
Sarah Aipa Ebei
Akoru Alexander
Lucy Kapus Lopur
Cecilia Kinyonge Akai
Achwaa Christine Awoton
Peter Ekidor Kuri
Eunice Natukoi Natapar
Lokaala Anjeslas Lopeyok
Ekusi George
Alice Ebei Longor
Eliud Loperito
Josephat Ekai Eyanae
Andrew Lokui Lokalimoe
Jeaniah Ekal Lomuria
Cosmas Elbit Rimati
Longole Ekadeli Michael
Catherine Ngipeyok Kaituko
Michael Ebukut Lorengo
James Ekakutan Nanok
Ekal Sammy Ekiru
Elizabeth Amekwi Adir
Erot E. Simon
Margaret Ayapan Nanok
Aregae Lomorukai Nancy
Emuria E Thomas
Valentine Epiding Rimati
Nancy cherop Birech
Christine Akuom Emase
Cecilia Ethuron Natade
Elvine Kerubo Nyambane
Eloto Akai Teresia
Ekai Simon
Alice Amulango Namuya
Lokwe Jackline
Doris Kaaleng
Cecilia Ajumaa Akole
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Date
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Monday, 8th September, 2014 9.00 AM
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Name
LokaiAsinyen Christine
James Ewoi Epem
Ekai Lodung A. Daniel
Beatrice Ahyamunda Amadala
Matilda Loine Lokidor
Koloo Moru William
Ngasike Becky Maide
Esekon Maraka Shadrack
Dominic Ekal Palal
Shadrack Ewoi Lokoel
Ebenyo Cuma James
Justus Ekuwom
James Ebei Silale
Lopeyok Edome Josephat
Job Kiplagat Chai
Antony Menya Aremon
Vivian Mzee Emuron
Miriam Atieno Owino
Paul Ekal Ebongon
Peter Etabo Edome
Jozadack Napua
Lotot Ekuwom Garyson
Peter Etabo Adung
Matilda Loine Lokidor
Koloo Moru William
Ngasike Becky Maide
Esekon Maraka Shadrack
Dominic Ekal Palal
Shadrack Ewoi Lokoel
Ebenyo Cuma James
Justus Ekuwom
James Ebei Silale
Lopeyok Edome Josephat
Job Kiplagat Chai
Antony Menya Aremon
Vivian Mzee Emuron
Miriam Atieno Owino
Paul Ekal Ebongon
Peter Etabo Edome
Jozadack Napua
Lotot Ekuwom Garyson
Peter Etabo Adung
Gender
F
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Date
Time
Tuesday 9th September, 2014 9:00 P.M.
M
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Pascolyne Ikaru Longolol

Emuria Kanayo Joyce
Ereng Stephen Emanikor
Daniel Ekidor Namuya
Dennis Kisame
James Lokinyen Lopeilap
Grace Ekai Namuya
Ekitela Nakucho Elvis
Noreen Ambogo Mejah
Eyanae Ekale Robert
Priscillah Cherotich
David Ekaale Ebei
Betty Ajikon Lomale
Sylvia Adapal Apalia
Sharon Eripon Lotini
Samuel Ekitela Nadoo
Philomena Nasiru Lopua
Joseph Wanjala Mutoko
Alice Napokol Ekal
Michael Lokeno Ikatukon
Akitela Ahmed Amina
Florence Kuya Echoto
Nakwaan John Allan
Milycent Ekai
Mercy Amana Ekaale
Nakain Calistus
Lilian Akal Lokaare
Fridah Emuria Edan
Sylvia Napetet Lopeyok
Sarah Echoto Amuria
Godfrey Ereng Ngipeto
Lokwee Benjamin Areman
Lakitoe Arot Nelly
Joyce Aletia Epur
Mana Maximilla Losuru
Rebecca Lokamar
Moru Lokwayen Immaculate
Lotesiro Ejore Eunice
Naro Longole David
Lomelo Asinyen Cindy
Chegem Amuria Rebecca
Ekusi Faustino Muya
Lotomoe Akura Juddy
Juddy Arot Morungole
Mercy Nater Ekal
Susan Amina Ekwanga
Ekuwam Lilian Lokamar
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Kangiro Esekon Anita
Etabo John Lokeno
Loyokon Esekon Johnstone
Chepngetich Kirui
William Edukon Ekeno
Jackson Ewoi
Margaret Asuguru Ekidor
Micah kemboi Komen
Ewoton amse Priscila
Ejore Nakooli Purity
Elizabeth Nyanga
Nawaar Alimlim Everlyne
Jane Akai Edung
Muya Apetet Deline
Kuwom N. Derick
Lennah Kuino
Emanikor John Raphael
Etelej Eyomo Joyce
Celestine Ekiru Ngikuruka
Wilbertforce Imana Erupe
Teresia Areman Ekalale
Ekidor Kinyonga Amos
Irene Adekei Lomoro
Jane Eregae Epur
Carol Arukudi
Mary Lomuria Epakan
Sarah Abei Akoru
Hellen Akiru Ewoi
Sharon Ewoi Nakidor
Priscillah Narot Lokut
Grace Leah Opiacha
Ann Nyawira Maina
Susan Akiru Lotum
Elizabeth Akai Longor
Bentah Eremon Ekiru
Cynthia Napeyok Emase
Rose Adome
Wesonga Patrick Leonard
Ewoi Fridah Amanikor
Priscah Cheruto Kiptuiya
Dominic Ngikurichana Ikolom
Martha Nyanga Lominyi
Nancy Atieno Ouko
John Eipa Talian
Losuru Hellen Adupur
Sylvia Lobun Nyanga
Kibele E. winny
Akorot Ignatius Mike
Celestine Ereah Eloiloi
Mary Ajikon Eiton
Katana Clementine Alait
Esekon Mark Ewoi
Jacob Kipkoech Sang
Lomongole A. Purity
Ekuwom Lilian Lokamar
Jeassica Odero Jomo
Stephen osoro Mbera
Joan Awino Oluoch
Maurine Chepkurui Kitur
Ann Jebet Serem
Catherine Akiru Ekadeli
Daniel Maraka Erupe
Mildred Akiru Imoni
Nabuin Nater Marymercy
Akoru Dorcas
Gender
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Name
Selpher Khayanje
Robert Kipkemei Koros
Susan Tenai
Gender
F
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F
Tuesday 9th September, 2014 9:00 P.M.
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Wednesday, 10th September, 9:00 AM
2014
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POLYTECHNIC INSTRUCTOR: GARMENT MAKING & TAILORING
Date
Time
9:00 A.M
All shortlisted candidates are required to bring original academic and professional certificates, National Identity Card or
Passport and any other relevant testimonials.
All shortlisted candidates are advised to arrive at the interview venue 30 minutes before the time indicated for interview.
The venue will be Turkana County Public Service Boards offices.
NOTE: Please note on the schedule there would be more than one panel conducting interviews concurrently.
Secretary,
Turkana County Public Service Board
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Speakers:
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Tabitha Karanja
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
AND FOUNDER, KEROCHE
BREWERIES LIMITED
Farzana
Khubchandani
HEAD OF MARKETING,
GOOGLE KENYA
Patricia MbatiaMacharia
MANAGING DIRECTOR,
GAME CHANGER CO. LTD
TOPIC: HOW TO CHANGE YOUR SIDE-HUSTLE INTO PROFITABLE BUSINESS

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Page 38 / COFFEE BREAK
puzzling
Horoscopes
Sudoku
STANDOKU
Courtesy: dailyhoroscopes.com
Imejin
1893 MEDIUM
5 4
All rows, columns and 3 by 3 grids

(defined by bold lines ) have the
numbers 1 to 9 appearing only once.
9
2
7 4
2
Some of the numbers have been entered. Complete the whole table by
inserting the correct numbers.
SATURDAYS
No. SOLUTION
1892
8
5
6
2 1
3
7
3
6
9
2
7
8
7
8 6
9
Solution
4
5
1
3
8
6
7
2
9
Codeword Puzzle
Le o
9
8
3
1
7
2
6
5
4
6
7
2
4
9
5
3
1
8
2
6
9
7
5
8
1
4
3
7
4
8
2
1
3
9
6
5
1
3
5
6
4
9
8
7
2
Just being yourself is both the goal

and the means of getting there. Others
sense your life is important. You, as a
being, are yourself the heart and center of all your inner activity.
Aquarius (Jan 21 - Feb 19)
You could find yourself engaged in nonconformist causes,

always ready to promote what
is independent and innovative. You find yourself in support of whatever is new.
Cancer (June 22 - July 22)
You are independent and value freedom

and nonconformity. You enjoy solving probYou have an almost fierce sense of pri- lems and working out new solutions, trying
de and are very dramatic and expres- new things. Your career will be anything
sive, sometimes forceful. You will not but ordinary, and leave it to you to find unput up with something you do not be- usual ways of supporting yourself.
lieve is productive. You could be most
persuasive about particular issues.
(Aug 23 - Sept 23)
Experiencing dissatisfaction with what you
(Feb 20 - Mar 20)
have or with what you find around you is
You may feel blocked or frustrated
an indication that a change is needed. This
emotionally by a co-worker or friend.
could involve an attitude or a move. Now is
This is only a misunderstanding and
a time to think about a change of scenery.
seems to be caused by trying to accomplish things faster than nature will
(Sept 24 - Oct 23)
comfortably allow.
Although you may feel driven toward success, make sure you are moving in the di(April 21 - May 20)
rection you really want to go! Travel and
Today you will be able to tackle tasks
communication play increasingly significant
that require real discipline and organi- roles in your advancement just now.
sation. You will find yourself in a very
practical moodworking with instead of
(Oct 24 - Nov 22)
against yourself.
You can expect a sense of support and
goodwill from those around you today.
(Mar 21 - May 20)
You have great insight into what motivates
Your mind is quick and sharp and your crowds and the mind in general. You can
words are the only weapon you will
work with sensitive psychological areas wineed. You have insight into your emo- thout batting an eye and would be good at
tions and drive and you can talk about instructing others in these areas
your feelings with great insight.
Pisces
Taurus
Scorpio
Aries
(May 21 - June 21)

There may be a time before noon when
you may be orientating new employees. You can easily gain the attention
of the most difficult audience.
5
9
4
8
6
7
2
3
1
Virgo
Libra
Gemini
8
2
7
5
3
1
4
9
6
Using all the letters

of the alphabet,
fill in the grid. To
help you, there are
three cryptic crossword-style clues:
Top line: The speed
of a molluscs step?
(2, 1, 5 1, 4)
Middle line: A major milk tin is described as a high
mass of rock (2, 11)
Bottom line: This
full garment has an
air of pomposity.
(1, 7, 5)
To start you off,
here is one of the
letters.
(July 23 - Aug 22)
Capricorn (Dec 22 - Jan 20)
3
1
6
9
2
4
5
8
7
3
S
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
SATURDAYS SOLUTIONS
14
2
C
3
B
4
L
15
A
16
S
17
V
5
U
18
G
6
N
19
Z
7
D
8
E
21
X
20
W
R
22
J
10
H
11
O
12
M
13
I
23
24
Y
25
Q
26
F
NO 5281
Sagittarius (Nov 23 - Dec 21)
You have an inner drive to be thorough

and responsible in minute detailsself-disciplined. You possess an architects vision
for what needs to be done and how to do it
right, in order and to make it lastan expert
or true builder.
B F
DIFFICULT
The letters have a distinct
value between 1 to 9. The totals vertically and horizontally
have been given. Solve all the
values.
NO 5280
SATURDAYS SOLUTIONS
A B
C D
4 2 6 3
E F
5 7
G H J
9
21
17
22
26
20
18
18 30
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puzzling
Easy Puzzle
Across
3 Slays (5)
8 Twists out of shape (5)
10 Weird (5)
11 Knights title (3)
12 Circular (5)
13 According to reason (7)
15 Stories (5)
18 Feline (3)
19 Sixty seconds (6)
21 Regulate (7)
22 Small pointed missile (4)
23 Thick paper (4)
24 Meeting for discussion (7)
26 Solution (6)
29 Gratuity (3)
31 Indian instrument (5)

32 Abundant (7)
34 Male voice (5)
35 Sound of annoyance (3)
36 Lustre (5)
37 Fact (5)
38 Prepared (5)
Down
1 Worker in stone (5)
2 Fruit (7)
4 Object of worship (4)
5 Edible seed (6)
6 Chair on poles (5)
7 Fastening pin (5)
9 Manipulate fraudulently (3)
12 Rattlesnake, informally (7)

14 Container (3)
16 Of the moon (5)
17 Shabby (5)
19 School prefect (7)
20 Notions (5)
21 Hard part of bread (5)
23 Metropolis (7)
24 Tranquil (6)
25 Pinch (3)
27 Time when dark (5)
28 Liquid for drinking (5)
30 Build (3,2)
32 Ribbed cloth (4)
33 On strike (3)
33 Metallic element (3)
SATURDAYS EASY solutions

ACROSS: 1, Acute 6, Rummy 9, Rameses 10, Stoat 11, Feast 12, Proud 13, Dutiful 15,
Red 17, Otic 18, Mature 19, April 20, Sorely 22, Safe 24, Era 25, Chiller 26, Legit
27, Shrug 28, Swoon 29, Referee 30, Ended 31, Trays.
DOWN: 2, Cut out 3, Tragic 4, Eat 5, Pearl 6, Refusal 7, Used 8, Master 12, Puppy 13,
Douse 14, Tiara 15, Rural 16, Defer 18, Might 19, Alleged 21, Orphan 22, Slower 23,
Felony 25, Cider 26, Lure 28, Set
Cryptic Puzzle
ACROSS
3 Bus or train (5)
8 Backward maybe, but shes the
woman for many a man (5)
10 A proper knockout, perhaps (5)
11 Mechanical part, maybe on a
bridge (3)
12 Fliers short way to enter the
navy (5)
13 Cheerful in putting a bit by (7)
15 Borders can be grand with seed
scattered around (5)
18 Female from Passchendaele (3)
19 Customers legal right to be in
court (6)
21 Roaring years? (7)
22 Couple of ducks making spectacles of themselves? (4)
23 Complacent about a treatment
for the gums (4)
24 Despite that withered appearance, shes sweet (7)
26 Could be the nicest creature (6)
29 Turn again to the river (3)
31 Teacher accepting thanks for

something noteworthy (5)
32 Where to shop around in a
scared scamper? (7)
34 The up side? (5)
35 Needlework importers name (3)
36 For me, perhaps, its a preface (5)
37 Aimed to distribute newspapers,
etc. (5)
38 Passed, albeit exhausted (5)
DOWN
1 Manly enough to master some
gauchos (5)
2 Speed zero in a car, since its in
mothballs (7)
4 Chap to roam with? (4)
5 Can you credit eels getting into
them? (6)
6 Language of the Chindits? (5)
7 That polish which brings a female
some men (5)
9 His name can be said without a
hiss (3)
12 Allow others to use our tent

(4,3)
14 For each person with no heir (3)
16 She puts decoration into the
new age (5)
17 Put on new gates (5)
19 A ton of runs (7)
20 Creature able to wreck a ship
(5)
21 Quickest to cause endless strife?
(5)
23 Take heart and sneer about this
furtive fellow (7)
24 Steal fruitfully (6)
25 When a car crashes, its bent (3)
27 With sulphur and charcoal, can
be explosive! (5)
28 Calms notedly rough seas (5)
30 Pay the right overtime! (5)
32 Soon to be nameless (4)
33 One word in three from a candidate (3)
SATURDAYS CRYPTIC solutions

ACROSS: 1, Cross 6, P-ouch 9, Hear-ten 10, About 11, NY-Lon 12, Bronx 13, Century 15, Lea 17, Iris 18,
Seeing 19, Gnats 20, Cohort 22, Pest 24, Hut 25, Di-vorce 26, An-T-on 27, Mean-T 28, Barry 29, Tedious 30, Aske-D 31, Thief (of time)
DOWN: 2, Rubber 3, Shunts 4, Set 5, Dr-ur-y (Lane) 6, Pennies 7, Onyx 8, Ch.-osen 12, Brunt 13, C-inch 14,
Night 15, Liver 16, A-gat-E 18, Stein 19, Gran-Ted 21, Outers 22, Pota-sh 23, Scarce 25, D-or-Is. 26, Ante
28, But (rev.).
Thought for Today
Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Richard Wagner.
weird news
Earths animals facing mass extinction
The Earth could be heading
for extinction ... and it is all
mans fault.
Respected scientists from
around the world are warning
we may have reached a
tipping point after 3.5
billion years of evolutionary
trial and error.
And the problem lies with the
loss of major species such as
elephants which has a knockon effect on the world we live
in. In a new review of scientific literature and analysis
of data published in Science,
an international team of
scientists warn the loss of
such animals could trigger
the planets sixth mass
biological extinction event.
Previous extinctions complete disappearance of
dinosaurs - are believed to
have been caused by natural
planetary transformations.
But the current one, says
lead author Rodolfo Dirzo, a
professor of biology at
Stanford, is associated with
human activity.
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Fitch Affirms Kenya at
B+; Outlook Stable
Fitch Ratings has affirmed
Kenyas long-term foreign
and local currency Issuer
Default Ratings (IDR) at B+
and BB-, respectively, with
stable outlooks. Fitch has also
affirmed Kenyas Short-term
foreign currency IDR at B and
Country Ceiling at BB-. The
issue ratings on Kenyas senior
unsecured foreign currency
bonds have also been affirmed
at B+. Key rating drivers.
The affirmation reflects the
five-year average growth rate
picked up from 3.8 per cent in
2012 to five per cent in 2014,
above the B median, but
below regional peers, held
back by domestic and weatherrelated shocks. Violence
following the 2007 elections
and the threat of violence in
the run-up to the March 2013
elections curtailed growth.
Rising security challenges from
terrorist attacks could contain
future growth.
-Reuters
Unilever ups brand

war with Lux relaunch
Unilever Kenya has announced
the re-launch of its LUX brand,
with the introduction of five
new variants into the market.
The move is inspired by the
need to create indulgent skin
treats for women. The range
has new and enticing feminine
fragrances composed by the
perfume experts, Firmenich
of France. The new range
of Soft Touch, Velvet Touch,
Wake Me Up, Shake Me Up,
and Soft Caress boasts of
attractive and trendy pack
design available in 75g and
200g. Deborah Mallowah, Vice
President, Unilever Africa Personal Care said Kenya is a
key market for the firm. LUX
has retained its popularity
globally by embracing
consumer trends for new
sensual fragrances, colours and
textures developed to meet the
evolving consumers beauty
needs. Unilever Brand Building
Director James Jakachira
said the new LUX range will
boost product demand among
women.
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Coffee woes
Standoff as board, Government

disagree on new KPCU polls
There are fears
renewed turf wars
could see the giant
miller placed under
receivership again
ed as per the cooperative law. Watson

Kimathi and Peterson Muthathai,
both from Embu and Meru respectively said dealings the interim directors have brokered with any investors
need and must have the blessing of
the investors.
Further, we want to know how the
directors agreed to pay Sh400 million
to the bank. Also, the receivers need
to disclose how much they collected
from all the rent of the leased building for the last four and half years they
have been operating the facility, said
Kimathi.
KPCU belongs to us all as farmers
and not to a few individuals. The elections are in order and we are ready to
participate so that we can have the
full control of the organisation, said
Peterson Muthathai, who is contesting to represent coffee estates from
Mt Kenya region in the board.
KPCU was active in coffee business until October 2009 when it was
placed under receivership over Sh644
million debt by KCB and Deloitte &
Touche consulting firm.
BBy Nicholas Waitathu

The Governments resolution to
have coffee farmers elect new directors to the Kenya Planters of Cooperative Union (KPCU) might have the
former giant coffee miller placed receivership again by the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), officials have
warned.
Government wants farmers to
elect 15 new directors on Thursday but the current management
has protested the order. They warn
the move will destabilise the organisation again. The board has instead
called for a special general a meeting
on Tuesday to chart the way forward.
The directors also claim investors
who recently recapitalised the Sh100
million are likely to quit, a situation
likely to ground KPCU again.
scuffling efforts
William Gatei, board chair asserts

that the Commissioner of Cooperatives Patrick Musyimi and Industrialisation and Enterprise Development
Cabinet Secretary Adan Mohamed are
out to interfere with the revival of the
society. Our concern is that the Government is scuffling efforts to start
operations again, weeks after coming out of receivership, said Gatei in
phone interview.
We successfully managed to negotiate with the bank, which agreed
that we pay Sh400 million with the
initial payment of Sh100 million. A
consortium of investors contributed
the amount. He explained that the
State says dealings the board may have negotiated with other investors or
lenders must have been sanctioned by farmers and within the cooperative regulations. [FILE/STANDARD]
agreement the institution had with
the bank has a default clause that
warns of another receivership in case
of single non-payment of the loan.
Contacted, Musyimi stated that the
elections will be held as planned.
In a phone interview, Musyimi
said the elections are legal and all
the farmers are eligible, including
interim directors. Our mandate as
government is to facilitate cooperative societies to achieve sound governance so that they can pool their
resources together. Any dealing the
board may have negotiated with other investors or lenders must be sanc-
tioned by the farmers and as per the

cooperative regulations, said Musyimi. He insisted the current directors
were elected as a caretaker board and
that they have to seek fresh mandate
from farmers.
key mandate
The Gatei board was elected into

office on July 2012 and its key mandate was to work with KCB and have
the receivership lifted among other issues which they have achieved.
Farmers from Mt Kenya region
have joined the fray and want government to ensure elections are conduct-
Our mandate
as government
is to facilitate
cooperative
societies achieve
sound governance
so that they can
pool their resources
together.
-Commissioner of Cooperatives Patrick
Musyimi
Innovation eases buying of insurance products online
BBy Andrew makari watila
Kenyans can now buy insurance products

online without using intermediaries. This follows the launch of an online portal www.Bima247.com. The portal, developed by Cubic Media Systems and Logistics and Transafricana Risk
and Insurance Agency, is powered by bima247
software.
Developed by Yvonne Wangeci Gitobu and Dr
Chris Odindo, the portal gives insurance buyers
a simpler and efficient systems, compared to the
current paper-based process. Jubilee Insurance,
Kenya will provide the insurance cover. We are
giving consumers a convenience and peace of
mind as they can log onto www.Bima247.com
to buy insurance covers, said Dr Odindo, a director at www.Bima247.com.

They get a quote on their screens or through
emails and pay online through any available
payment methods in Kenya. If their proposal
is accepted, they will get their insurance documentations through the post, or collect them in
person from our underwriters.
He said the firm also emails or texts customers timely reminders when renewal is due. We
believe that Kenyans are busy and your insurance in your inbox can only be a good thing for
the time-constrained person. Bima247.com
portal puts the insurance buyer in firm control
of the process, making insurance purchase easier and more convenient. Consumers are in full
control of where and when they get cover, which

they can do from the comfort of their homes or
anywhere in the world, he said.
Dr Odindo noted that Kenyans have become
comfortable using technology for a variety of
things, including accessing government services
such as filling tax returns, banking, shopping
and money transfer services such as M-Pesa.
He observed that the local insurance industry
that relies on labour-intensive paper-based processes for policy and claims management processes will see the system improve productivity
and efficiency. This will be through reduction in
the number of hand-offs between proposers, insurers, agents, adjustors and the company.
Bima247 is an easily accessible Inter-
net-based integrated insurance rating and payment system for insurance organisations, said
Stanley Ngumo, the companys development director. He said the core system allows insurance
companies and brokerage firms to take advantage of the new distribution and delivery channels to make products and services easily available as well as cut costs.
Washington Ndegea of the Bima Intermediaries Association said the use of bima247 will
have huge impact on how insurance business is
conducted in Kenya and also change how people consume insurance. The portal is a quick
and affordable means of getting an online presence for small insurance agencies and brokers.
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Nakumatt
sets up in
Tanzania
BBy reporter
Nakumatt Holdings, has officially opened the first of its three new
branches in Tanzania.
As part of a phased out opening plan, the regional retailer, has
now opened what will be its flagship store in Tanzania at Mlimani City Mall, to be known as Nakumatt Mlimani. The 48th Nakumatt
store has been outfitted to the signature Nakumatt corporate colours
and layout.
Alongside Nakumatt Mlimani,
the retailer also plans to open Nakumatt Pungu Road in Dar Es Salaam, which will also house its Tanzania Headquarters and Nakumatt
Arusha in coming days.
By opening the three key branches in succession, Nakumatt will have
effectively boosted its branch network to 50, a milestone that was part
of its Nakumatt 2.0 corporate development strategy earlier announced
way back in 2011.
Speaking at the opening of the
first store in Dar Es Salaam, Nakumatt Holdings Managing Director,
Atul Shah said the opening of the
three new stores upgraded at a cost
of more than $3 million (Sh264m), is
part of the retailers regional expansion plans. The function was officiated by Tanzanias Deputy Minister
for Industry, Trade and Marketing
Janet Mbene.
Shah pointed it out that Nakumatt now has two running stores in
Tanzania. Nakumatt Mlimani joins
the existing Nakumatt Moshi which
opened its doors in 2011. The opening of Nakumatt Mlimani is a long
held dream come true as we have
been considering various avenues
to establish our presence in Dar es
Salaam and other parts of Tanzania
since 2010, Shah confirmed.
This opening, also sets the
stage for our 50th branch opening
by mid-August which will be a key
milestone as well have achieved our
Nakumatt 2.0 Strategy goal a clear
six months ahead of the February
2015 target, he added.
The three former Shoprite stores
were closed last month to facilitate
major upgrade works consistent
with Nakumatt in store and customer experience standards. Nakumatt
also plans to open three new stores
in Kenya by end of the year.
Distribution
awards
Federal Automotive Managing Director Wanjiku
Karanu presents an
award to Hiroaki Tatematsu, the global managing officer, Aisin Seiki
Group a Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed firm that
engages in the manufacture and sale of automotive parts and systems in
Japan and internationally, at a Nairobi hotel recently during the Federal
Automotives awarding
of distributorship of Aisin/Advios aftermarket
parts, who are the members of the Toyota group.
(PHOTO. FIDELIS KABUNYI)
Comesa banks on removal of trade

barriers to boost food security
The organisation seeks

to eliminate intraregional import and
export bans which
affects access to food
BBy Correspondent
Common Market for Eastern and

Southern Africa (Comesa) region has
started an initiative to eliminate intra-regional food import and export
bans as it seeks to improve food security situation through a vibrant trade
in food.
Food import and export bans have
negatively impacted access to affordable food in the region, as countries
with more surplus of food are unable
to export to member countries that
may be facing deficits because of the
haphazard food import and export
bans.
The situation has meant the region
has failed to leverage on better food
production in some member countries that could be export to countries
experiencing food deficit.
Members of Parliament drawn
from 19 member countries of the
A farmer inspects maize crop. Africas place at the high table of food security
remains unoccupied largely due to unpredictable agricultural trade policies.
Common Market for Eastern and
Southern Africa (COMESA) will meet
in Lusaka, Zambia on August 11 to 13
to deliberate on the issue and come
up with policy recommendations.
There is persistent concern that
Africas place at the high table of food
security remains unoccupied large-
ly due to a very challenging and unpredictable agricultural trade policy

environment, said Jackson Kiraka,
Technical Advisor at Comesa Secretariat.
The inevitable consequences of
this scenario include the frequent
spate of food insecurity and poor
economic performance in the agricultural sector and when big shocks

like the 2008 food price crisis and financial meltdown occur, they only
help to reveal the soft underbelly of
the national economic systems, further destabilising the majority who
depend on agriculture for their livelihoods, he said.
Several studies by the Alliance
for Commodity Trade in Eastern and
Southern Africa (ACTESA) show that
the implications of food import and
export bans include market gluts at
the producer level, resort to informal
trade channels including smuggling,
cases of corruption and ultimately higher transaction costs and consumer prices.
Food trade experts say that while
governments resort to these options
with the good intention of securing
food security at the national level, the
unintended results are always counterproductive and only help to worsen the very situation that was to be
addressed.
The initiative will be bolstered by
the planned launch of the Pan African Food Exchange (PAFEXE) in Kenya later this year.
The portal connects African farmers to local, regional and international marketplaces.
Nairobi County to engage youth in waste disposal ventures

BBy Correspondent
Nairobi County will spend part of the

Sh700 million kitty set aside for environmental conservation in the current
financial year to sensitise residents on
proper waste disposal methods, Governor Evans Kidero has said.
Many residents, Dr Kidero said,
are oblivious to the grave danger
posed by improper waste disposal to
their health. He cited the rising incidences of communicable diseases in
the county as a cause for concern.
He was speaking at City Stadium
during the monthly cleanup exercise

which was conducted in various parts
of the County. The County government uses the monthly cleanup exercises to mobilise residents to keep the
city clean. It takes place every last Saturday of the month.
Residents volunteer for various activities like litter picking, garbage collection, raking, drainage clearance,
grass cutting and tree planting.
Dr Kidero urged the youth to explore income-generating projects
around waste disposal, adding his
government was ready to partner with
them to set up such ventures.
He added that the County government had committed to fully engage

the youth to help redeem the city,
once referred to as the Green City in
the Sun.
I am calling on our youth and the
public at large to focus on environmental conservation projects that will
not only act as a source of livelihood,
but also as the sure way to living and
working in a clean and healthy environment, said Dr Kidero who was accompanied by his deputy, Jonathan
Mueke.
This months clean up initiative
saw many youth participate. Dr Kid-
ero said such noble activities would

lure youth away from anti-social behavior such as consumption of illicit
brews and drugs.
Noting that cleanliness of the city
was the responsibility of all residents,
Mueke said the quest for a healthier environment had to start at the
household level.
Environmental awareness and
public participation is the best way to
sort out the waste issue in our city. It
requires the goodwill of both the residents and the county government to
ensure that our monthly clean up exercise is a success, said Mueke.
The county revealed it was in the

process of tapping energy from garbage at the Dandora dump site to generate power. We are devising ways of
producing energy from waste while
recycling plastics. Organic waste will
be used to manufacture fertilizer,
said Dr Kidero.
He said the involvement of the
youth and the public in cleanup exercises was commendable and urged
residents to participate in future clean
ups.
Kidero also urged the countys
residents to be responsible whenever they are disposing waste.
TODAY IN BUSINESS / Page 43
Kenya power to
spend Sh1b on
new connections
The funds will be spent
under the ongoing
Boresha Umeme
Viwandani power
upgrade project
BBy Lonah Kibet
Energy and Petroleum Cabinet
Secretary Davis Chirchir has reaffirmed the Governments commitment to connect electricity to primary schools by next year.
Chirchir said they had already
mapped out 3,000 primary schools
to be connected to the national grid
while 3,000 more will be powered using solar panels.
The schools that will be using solar will be connected to the grid progressively over the next five years,
Chirchir said yesterday at a press
briefing at the Kenya Power headquarters in Nairobi. He was speaking
on the ongoing upgrades by the company, which are expected to address
the issue of recurrent power backouts in major towns.
Kenya Power Managing Chief Executive Officer Ben Chumo said they
were spending Sh1 billion under the
Boresha Umeme Viwandani power upgrade project, with work already
completed in eight major towns.
Already Sh900 million has been
used and we will be moving to Homabay in the coming weekend, after
which we will go to Eldoret, Nakuru
and Nyeri and finally Kisii, said Dr
Chumo.
Renovations done in Mombasa,
Kisumu, Meru, Thika, Busia, Kitui,
Bungoma and Namanaga included
master repair work on existing power substations, extension of existing
power network, creation of additional transformation and distribution ca-
pacity and creation of new dedicated

lines to industrial customers.
Chumo said there had been a notable improvement in service delivery in the areas and are projecting an
increased revenue collection. He also announced that work in Parklands
and Westlands had begun at a cost of
Sh54 billion.
The scope of work in the areas include replacement of 215 wooden
poles to concrete polls, refurbishment
of 61 transformers, repair works on 20
cable structures, refurbishment of 2
Kms of high tension lines and 40km
of trace maintenance among other
upgrades.
The Government is also working
on a five-year multi-billion project in
partnership with the African Development Bank (AfDB) aimed at increasing connectivity in homes for the current 52 per cent to 72 per cent. The
number of connections is expected to
increase to between 7 and 8 million
up from 2.8 million.
Chirchir also said the plan to re-
Already
Sh900 million
has been used and
we will be moving
to Homa bay in the
coming weekend,
after which we will
proceed to other
towns.
Delta Air Lines has announced a

partnership with SkyTeam partner
Kenya Airways to offer convenient
connecting flights between Monrovia, Liberia, and Accra, Ghana.
The services will begin September
1, operating three times a week on a
Boeing 737 aircraft operated by Kenya Airways.
The Kenya Airways flight will offer
seamless and convenient connections
with Deltas non-stop flights between
Accras Kotoka International Airport
and New Yorks John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Delta has had a presence in Liberia for four years and we are pleased
to be able to continue this association with the country through our
new partnership with Kenya Airways,
said Perry Cantarutti, Deltas senior
vice president for Europe, the Middle
East and Africa.
Delta recognises the importance
BBy James Wanzala
Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Davies Chirchir (left) and Kenya Power Chief Executive Ben Chumo during launch of Boresha Umeme Initiative
which entails master repair works on existing power substations.
duce the cost of electricity was underway with 140 Megawatts already switched on at Olkaria IV, in a
move to attract more investors by reducing the cost of doing business.
Kenya is facing twin pressure of electricity connection and generation.
The interconnected installed capacity currently stands at 1,672 MW, in-
cluding the 120 MW of the emergency

capacity, according to electricity distributor, Kenya Power.
The current national interconnected system peak demand is 1,330 MW.
The country is banking on several power generation projects, which are currently under implementation to generate more power.
A validation and public participation draft policy on Natural Products Industry (NPI) was held on Friday at National Museums of Kenya
to seek stakeholder input and public participation.
Participants drawn from Central
Kenya, Lower Eastern, Nairobi and
Kajiado counties gathered in Nairobi to create a functional interface
between Indigenous Knowledge (IK)
and natural resources on one hand
and the best of science technology
and business expertise on the other
hand under an enabling policy, legal
and institutional framework.
For long, this NPI sub-sector
has been existing in informal realm
of the economy and therefore the
workshop did this to mainstream
what was hitherto an informal
sub-sector into formal economy,
said Evans Taracha, Coordinator of
Natural Products industry initiative.
Speaking during the workshop,
Dr Ambaka Mwenda, a lecturer from
Chuka University said there is need
for an-all-inclusive framework.
Dr Mary Wangai from Ministry of
Health alsos emphasised the need
for NPI policy.
She stated that such a policy
would help create necessary framework for developing legislation,
regulation and promotion of the
practice of alternative and complimentary medicine.
Career Opportunity
The Standard Group comprises, The Standard Newspapers, Game Yetu, The Nairobian, KTN, Radio Maisha,
PDS, Standard Digital and Think Outdoor Services. The Group is re-engineering its key business processes
across the organization in order to improve its core operations, achieve better customer service delivery
and to satisfy new demands in the changing business environment. This transformational, multi-year project
is an investment that will deliver long term benefits to The Standard Group such as faster delivery times,
access to better management information and stronger financial control. The Standard Group is committed
to the success of this project and is looking for Change Management skills to manage and support the change
delivered to our people.
CHANGE MANAGER SAP
Delta Air, KQ ink pact

BBy Correspondent
Group roots for

policy to protect
natural products
of offering services between Monrovia

and the US and we would like to thank
the Liberian Government for its continued support. Delta remains committed to the country and facilitating
travel to the US with our Kenya Airways partner.
Kenya Airways Regional General Manager for West Africa, America, Europe & Asia Pacific, Julius Thairu said the strategic partnership with
Delta Air Lines enhances the airlines
presence in West Africa and cements
its position as Africas premier airline.
By providing a seamless connection from Liberia to Deltas Accra
to New York service, it significantly
boosts Kenya Airways efforts to link
Africa to the rest of the world, he said.
Passengers
connecting
onto
Deltas Accra to New York-JFK services from Kenya Airways will enjoy
through check-in for their entire journey the the US. They will proceed to
the transit lounge, without further immigration clearance.
The successful candidate will be charged with managing and supporting the change delivered to employees as
they go through the business process re-engineering project.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
v Take up the role of the Change Lead
v To plan, manage and deliver the change for the business process re-engineering project
v Be methodical and innovative with approach to Change Management
v Liaise with a range of business stakeholders focused on understanding, managing and delivering the
change.
v Create a change community across the organization that will advocate the new processes and
system within the organization.
v Ensure successful transition of all business units.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
v Basic University Degree in IT related field
v 8 years work experience
v Must have previous experience in the Change Management capacity
v Experience in ERP implementation
v Ability to work independently
v Communication & people management skills.
If you possess the above qualifications 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 4th August 2014.
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 disqualification.
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THROUGH THE CORPORATE LENSE
President Uhuru Kenyatta hands a membership plaque to Cooperative Bank Managing Director Gideon Muriuki on his
recognition as Patron-Member of the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) during the re-launch
of the organisation in Nairobi last week. The event was witnessed by KNCCI Chairman Kiprono Kittony (second right).
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Felix Koskei presents a trophy for the best Energy and Conservation Sector award to Kenya Forest Service Head of Mau Conservancy Cosmas Ikiugu during the Nakuru ASK show which ended recently as
an official looks on.
Brookside Dairy General Manager in charge of milk procurement and extension services John Gethi (right) inspects the companys raw milk chilling facilities at Wumingu Cooling Plant in Wundanyi, Taita-Taveta County as Marketing
Manager Peter Wasonga (left) looks on.
Guy Brennan (left) David Owino (centre) and Lucas Krank who are members of Ascent Capital during the launch of the Ascent Rift Valley Fund One
at a Nairobi hotel last week. The Fund is looking to invest between Sh87
million and Sh870 million in small and medium enterprise in East Africa.
Institute of Directors chairman John Luusa (left) with the Chairman Institute
of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya (ICPSK) Dr Nicholas Letting (centre)
and ICPSKs Champions of Governance Awards Team Leader Irene Mumo
during the launch of the 2014 edition of the awards held recently in Nairobi.
Fashion Africa Ltd Managing Director Ms Waridi

Schrobsdorff (left) and Inter Region Economic Network
Managing Director James Shikwati during the Cotton
Made in Africa Initiative, where the two signed an agreement to collaborate in offering African designers a platform to showcase their textile design talents.
Nairobi Bottlers Ltd
(NBL) Commercial
Manager Daniel Koech
(second left), accompanied by Western Region
Manager Joel Kibowen
(left) and RTM &
Distributors Development Manager Joel
Kamau (right) present a
recognition certificate
and Award to Duncan
Nderitu, who was best
overall during the 2014
NBL Distributors
Conferences held
recently.
Transport and Infrastructure Cabinet
Secretary Michael Kamau
meets with US Exim Bank
Vice Chair Ms Wanda
Felton to discuss
financing of transport
and infrastructure
projects especially
airport security, air
navigation and port
security. The mission is
aimed at attracting US
contractors and financing. Accompanying the CS
is Transport PS Nduva
Muli (second left), Kenya
Airports Authority
Managing Director Lucy
Mbugua (left) and Kenya
Civil Aviation Authority
chairman Samuel
Poghishio (right).
Rafiki Micro Finance Bank Chief Executive Daniel Mavindu (right) and Britams Stephen Wandera after signing a
Memorandum of Understanding to support youth enterprise development in Nairobi, recently. The one-year pact
is aimed at improving insurance provision in the country.
World
Boko Haram kidnaps
RoundUp
38 killed as Libyan forces
battle militias in east
Health officials in Libya say heavy
clashes between army troops loyal to
a renegade general and Islamist-led
militias have killed 38 people
including civilians in the countrys
restive east. A security official said
the fighting involved forces loyal to
Gen Khalifa Hifter and militias in the
eastern city of Benghazi. The clashes
started Saturday and continued
through early Sunday morning.
The official said commando forces
regained control of four military
camps captured by Islamist militias in
the past few days. Health officials say
rockets fired during the fighting hit
civilian homes, causing casualties.
UN: Somalia faces

alarming malnutrition
The UN has reported alarming
rates of malnutrition in the Somali
capital where aid agencies cannot
meet the needs of 350,000 people
due to insufficient funds, drought and
conflict. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said
the Somali government had compared
the situation to the run-up to a 2011
famine that killed 260,000 people.
It has sought to improve its early
warning mechanisms after its failure
to spot indications of crisis in 2010
was blamed for the scale of the famine
that followed in a nation torn apart by
years of conflict. It said aid agencies
were unable to meet the needs of
350,000 people.
WWI should teach us: No

more war, says Pope
Pope Francis is marking the 100th
anniversary of the outbreak of World
War I with an impassioned plea for
people to not repeat the mistakes
of the past, urging them to embrace
dialogue to overcome conflicts. Francis
cited current warfare between Israelis
and Palestinians, as well as in Iraq
and in Ukraine. He told pilgrims and
tourists in St Peters Square that he
was thinking of children killed,
maimed or orphaned by war who
for toys, have the debris of war.
I beg you, stop. I ask you with all
my heart, Francis said. He cited
World War I-era Pope Benedict XVs
denunciation of the Great War as
a useless massacre. Francis said:
Everything is lost with war.
Scandal-hit Chinese firm

to withdraw products
The parent company of a scandalhit Chinese food supplier said it is
withdrawing all products made by
the subsidiary. Shanghai Husi Food
Co Ltd, owned by Illinois-based OSI
Group LLC, is at the centre of a major
food safety scandal, which has spread
from China to Hong Kong and Japan,
over allegations it mixed fresh and
expired meat. In a statement posted
on its website late Saturday, OSI
Group said it would withdraw from
the marketplace all products made
by Shanghai Husi, and that it was
conducting an internal investigation
into current and former senior
management. It vowed to take swift
and decisive action including legal
measures against those responsible
for the scandal.
Agencies
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Cameroon PMs wife
Three people reported

to have been killed
in attack on vice
premiers home
YAOUNDE, Monday
The wife of Cameroons vice

prime minister was kidnapped and
at least three people killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants in the
northern town of Kolofata, Cameroon officials said.
A local religious leader, or lamido,
named Seini Boukar Lamine, who is
also the towns mayor, was kidnapped as well, in a separate attack
on his home.
Boko Haram, the Nigerian Islamist militant group, has stepped up
cross-border attacks into Cameroon
in recent weeks as Cameroon has deployed troops to the region, joining
international efforts to combat the
militants.
Still in town
I can confirm that the home of

Vice Prime Minister Amadou Ali in
Kolofata came under a savage attack
from Boko Haram militants, Issa
Tchiroma told Reuters by telephone.
They unfortunately took away
his wife. They also attacked the lamidos residence and he was also kidnapped, he said, and at least three
people were killed in the attack.
A Cameroon military commander
in the region told Reuters that the
Vice Prime Minister, who was at
home to celebrate the Muslim feast
of Ramadan with his family, was taken to a neighbouring town by secu-
Security officers stand near abandoned items at the scene of a blast in the northern Nigerian city of Kano last week suspected to have been carried out by Boko Haram. The Nigerian Islamist militant group, has stepped up cross-border attacks into Cameroon in recent weeks as Cameroon has deployed troops to the region. [PHOTO: REUTERS]
rity officials. The situation is very
critical here now, and as I am talking
to you the Boko Haram elements are
still in Kolofata town in a clash with
our soldiers, said Colonel Felix Nji
Formekong, the second commander
of Cameroons third inter-army military region, based in the regional
headquarters Maroua.
Meanwhile, a bomb attack on a
Catholic church in northern Nigerias
main city of Kano killed five people
and wounded eight yesterday, a senior police officer said.
The bomber threw the bomb at
worshippers on their way out of the

church, police commissioner Adenrele Shinaba told Reuters. Police cordoned off the scene.
In a separate attack, a female suicide bomber tried to attack police officers on the streets. She killed herself but only wounded two of them,
Shinaba said.
The Sunday attack is the third
Boko Haram attack into Cameroon
since Friday. At least four soldiers
were killed in the previous attacks.
Meanwhile, some 22 suspected Boko
Haram militants, who have been
held in Maroua since March, were on

Friday handed prison sentences
ranging from 10 to 20 years. It was
unclear whether the events are related. Nigeria believes Boko Haram
wants to use Cameroon as a rear
base as it strives to carve out an Islamic state.
Cameroonian regional military
commander Colonel Felix Nji Formekong said four soldiers had been
killed in clashes with Boko Haram
fighters at the village of Bargaram,
without giving further detail.
Reuters
Panic as Ebola kills senior doctor, runaway patient in Liberia

MONROVIA, Monday
One of Liberias most high-profile doctors has
died of Ebola, a government official said, highlighting the risks facing health workers trying to
combat the deadly disease.
And Sierra Leone Ebola patient, whose family
sparked a nationwide hunt when they forcefully
removed her from a treatment centre and took her
to a traditional healer, died in an ambulance on
the way to hospital, a health official said.
The doctor, Samuel Brisbane, is the first Liberian doctor to die in an outbreak the World Health
Organisation (WHO) says has killed 129 people in
the West African nation. A Ugandan doctor working in the country died earlier this month.
The WHO says the outbreak, the largest ever
recorded, has also killed 319 people in Guinea and
224 in Sierra Leone. Brisbane, who once served as

a medical adviser to former Liberian President
Charles Taylor, was working as a consultant with
the internal medicine unit at the countrys largest
hospital, the John F Kennedy Memorial Medical
Centre in Monrovia.
fear and mistrust
After falling ill with Ebola, he was taken to a

treatment centre on the outskirts of the capital,
where he died, said Tolbert Nyenswah, an assistant
health minister.
He added that another doctor who had been
working in Liberias central Bong County was also
being treated for Ebola at the same centre where
Brisbane died. The situation is getting more and
more scary, Nyenswah said.

News of Brisbanes death first began circulating
on Saturday, a national holiday marking Liberias
independence in 1847.
Meanwhile, a US doctor working with Ebola patients in Liberia has tested positive for the deadly
virus, an aid organisation said.
Samaritans Purse issued a news release Saturday saying Dr Kent Brantly was being treated at a
hospital in Monrovia, the capital.
Health officials say fear and mistrust of health
workers in Sierra Leone, where many have more
faith in traditional medicine, are hindering efforts
to contain an Ebola outbreak.
AP and Reuters
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Visit to MH17 crash site

cancelled over safety
RoundUp
8 killed after militants
attack army outposts
Militant attacks on two army
outposts in southern Yemen killed at
least eight people, local officials said,
two months after the government
said it had cleared that area of Al
Qaeda fighters in an offensive. Yemen,
with help from the US, is battling
an insurgency by Islamist militants
including members of Al Qaeda in the
Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Meanwhile,
a British teacher kidnapped in Yemen
in February has been released safely,
the Foreign Office said.
Philippines welcomes its

100 millionth citizen
Philippine officials have welcomed
the birth of their countrys 100
millionth citizen with a cake, hope
and worries about how their poor
Southeast Asian nation can help
ensure a decent life for its swelling
population. Juan Antonio Perez III
of the governments Commission
on Population says a baby named
Chonalyn was born at 12.06am Sunday.
Philippine health officials presented a
cake, infant clothes and other gifts to
Chonalyn.
Chinas anti-graft drive

emboldens state media
Chinas campaign to stamp out
corruption has emboldened the
countrys normally docile state media
to push the barriers in exposing
corporate wrongdoing. While its still
off-limits to delve too deeply into what
government leaders and powerful
institutions may be up to, recent
undercover state television reports
accusing state-owned Bank of China of
aiding money laundering suggest the
media are more ready to run critical
reports.
North Korea celebrates

61st war anniversary
The 1950-53 Korean War ended
in an armistice, meaning the two
Koreas remain technically at war. But
in North Korea, the anniversary of
the agreement ending the hostilities
is commemorated as Victory in
the Fatherland Liberation War, a
major national holiday. Sundays 61st
anniversary was low-key. There were
no large-scale military parades or
public appearances by leader Kim Jong
Un, who privately paid his respects at
the mausoleum where his father and
grandfather lie in state. Veterans were
celebrated in patriotic events around
the country.
Agencies
Police to resume probe

today after cancelling
a previous visit over
reports of violence
GAZA, Monday
DONETSK, Monday
A team of international police officers that had been due to visit the
site of the Malaysian plane disaster
in eastern Ukraine cancelled the trip
after receiving reports of fighting in
the area.
Alexander Hug, the deputy head
of a monitoring team from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, said it was too dangerous for the unarmed officers to
travel to the site from its current location in the rebel-held city of Donetsk.
Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was
shot down with a surface-to-air missile over a part of eastern Ukraine
controlled by pro-Russian separatists on July 17, killing all 298 people
on board. US and Ukrainian officials
say it was shot down by a missile
from rebel territory, most likely by
mistake.
At the same time, Malaysia said it
would send dozens of police to the
crash site after pro-Russia separatists agreed to allow international police personnel to provide protection
for investigators.
unarmed police
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib
Razak said in a statement that he
spoke with his counterparts from the
Netherlands and Australia, and the
three agreed to work together in deploying police personnel to the site.
While it was not immediately
clear where precisely clashes had
broken out, a Ukrainian defence official said Sunday the government
forces are now undertaking efforts to
clear the areas around the Boeing
777 crash site from separatist rebels.
Hug said the police mission, comprising officers from the Netherlands
and Australia, would reconsider resuming operations if security improves. We continue to reassess the
situation continuously and we will
start to redeploy tomorrow morning
back to the site if the situation
changes, Hug said.
Australian Prime Minister Tony
Abbott had said earlier Sunday that
unarmed Australian police would be
sent to the crash site as part of a
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24-hour Gaza
ceasefire
A pro-Russian fighter guards the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 near
the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine. Fighting has reportedly broken out in
several locations including near the crash site. [PHOTO: REUTERS]
mains.
Concerns about the integrity of
the site were raised further on Saturday when a couple that had flown
from their home in Perth, Australia,
visited the wreckage-strewn fields
outside the village of Hrabove and
even sat down on part of the debris.
Flights from Ukraine to the Netherlands have taken 227 coffins containing victims of the plane disaster.
Officials say the exact number of people held in the coffins still needs to be
determined by forensic experts in the
Netherlands.
Ukraines National Security Council spokesman Andrei Lysenko said
Ukrainian troops were engaging rebels in fighting at several locations
Sunday, including near the town of
Debaltseve, which is 25km northwest
of the crash site.
There was also fighting on the outskirts of Horlivka, one of the separatists key strongholds, Lysenko said.
Lysenko said more than 20 rebel
fighters were killed and eight of their

armored vehicles destroyed during
fighting in Horlivka. One government soldier has been killed over the
previous days fighting, he said.
Russian state news agency RIA
Novosti reported Sunday that a column of Ukrainian armored personnel carriers, trucks and tanks had
entered the town of Shakhtarsk, 10
miles (15 kilometers) west of the site
of the crash.
Shakhtarsk is a strategic town in
the area. By controlling the town,
the Ukrainian army would be cutting off the regional capital, Donetsk, from the highway leading to
the Russian border.
The Malaysia Airlines disaster
prompted some expectation in the
West that Russia would scale back
its involvement in the uprising in
Ukraines east.
AP
Hamas Islamist militants have

agreed to a 24-hour humanitarian
truce in their conflict with Israel in the
Gaza Strip, a spokesman for the group
said, hours after fighting between the
sides resumed.
It has been agreed among resistance factions to endorse a 24-hour
humanitarian calm, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters, saying the calm should start at 2pm (1100
GMT).
An Israeli official said the truce was
being reviewed.
However, as 2pm came and went,
the sound of heavy Israeli shelling
could be heard within Gaza and sirens
sounded in Israeli communities near
the border area, suggesting Palestinian
militants had fired missiles at them.
Israel had called off its own 24-hour
truce earlier in the day after Hamas
launched rockets into southern and
central Israel, and Palestinian medics
said at least 10 people had died in the
subsequent strikes that swept Gaza.
Some 1,060 Palestinians, mainly civilians and including many children,
have been killed in the 20-day conflict.
Israel says 43 of its soldiers have died,
along with three civilians killed by
rocket and mortar fire out of the Mediterranean enclave.
Rejects extension
Israel and the Hamas Islamists who
control Gaza had agreed to a 12-hour
ceasefire on Saturday to allow Palestinians to stock up on supplies and retrieve bodies from under the rubble.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahus cabinet decided to extend
the quiet until midnight on Sunday, on
condition that its forces could continue to track down and destroy militant
tunnels that criss-cross the Gaza border.
After initially rejecting the extension, Hamas spokesman Abu Zuhri
said Hamas had accepted a UN truce
request on Sunday in light of the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr,
which is expected to start in the next
couple of days.
Netanyahu was due to convene his
cabinet later on Sunday to decide how
to move forward, and at least one senior minister said Israel must step up
its offensive.
After what we saw this morning, it
is clear we need to resume fighting
with even greater force, Communications Minister Gilad Erdan told Army
Radio.
Reuters
Obama pressures Republicans on immigrant flow

WASHINGTON, Monday
With one week left before Congress
August recess, President Barack Obama
is pressing Republicans to help ease the
influx of unaccompanied minors and
migrant families from Central America,
but with chances dimming that border
legislation would reach his desk before
the break, he is also focusing on other
ways to stem the flow.
Republican leaders are working
against time to find a consensus within

their party to deal with more than
57,000 unaccompanied children and
other migrants, mostly from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.
Obama, who met Friday with the
presidents of Guatemala, Honduras
and El Salvador, said the US has compassion for the migrant children, but
those who do not have a proper claim
to remain in the US would be turned

back. The regional leaders said Obama
offered them assurances the rights of
those children would be observed. It is
my hope that Speaker Boehner and
House Republicans will not leave town
for the month of August for their vacations without doing something to help
solve this problem, he said.
AP
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A nation in
peril: Iraqs
struggle to
hold together
Sunnis, Shiites and

Kurds on path to
separation as state
seeks elusive unity
BAGHDAD, Monday
Salman Khaled has already lived
through Baghdads sectarian disintegration; with Iraq now splintering into Shiite, Sunni Arab and Kurdish
regions, he says this time the survival of the country is at stake.
Things are really tense and it
could get worse, says the 23-yearold Sunni Muslim student. If the
politicians continue as they are doing now, we are on the path to separation.
When Khaleds father was shot
dead by Shiite gunmen at the height
of Baghdads religious bloodshed
seven years ago, his family took shelter in a Sunni neighbourhood of the
capital.
They made their flight as violence
forced apart communities that once
mingled in the city. Today the family
lives in the Adhamiya district, close
to the Abu Hanifa mosque where one
of Sunni Islams most influential
theologians is buried.
At his home on an unpaved street,
Khaled says he still feels secure in
Adhamiya but he rarely goes to the
rest of Baghdad where blast walls
and security checkpoints hint at the
fate of a fractured Iraq.
Iraqs latest - and gravest - crisis
erupted when mostly Sunni fighters
swept through the north last month.
Now the jihadist black flag flies over
most of the countrys Sunni Arab territory.
Kurdish forces, exploiting the
chance to take another step towards
independence, seized the city of

Kirkuk and nearby oilfields, leaving
the Shiite-led government controlling only the capital region and
the mainly Shiite south.
The government is trying to reverse this de facto, three-way split of
the country, but its reliance on Shiite
militia and volunteers rather than
the ineffectual national army has
deepened sectarian mistrust without
pushing the rebels back.
Across Baghdad a Sunni living in
the Shiite area of Maalef, cut off
from the rest of the city by a checkpoint where non-residents are
turned back, says life there had become unbearable for those who do
not belong to the majority Shiite
community.
new government
The Sunnis all want separation

now, says the 37-year-old electrician, who asked not to be named for
his security. Facts on the ground tell
you this will be the final result. On
both sides now you have extremists
who dont want to get along.
Kurdish politician Hoshiyar Zebari, who still staunchly advocates
Iraqi unity, described the new geography. The country is divided literally into three states: the Kurdish
state; the black state (under Sunni
insurgents) and Baghdad, he said.
Iraqs political elite and world
powers have concentrated on the
formation of a new government as
the best way to save the country, but
such a push may come too late.
Its probably the most serious
crisis that Iraq has faced since its inception as a country, said Ali Allawi,
a minister in two governments after
the US-led invasion that toppled
Saddam Hussein in 2003. Its the
first time that the territorial integrity
of the state as a whole is in question.
This could further destabilise an
Iraqi Shiite Turkmen families, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi city of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, arrive at Kanaan, Diyala
province last week. [PHOTO: REUTERS]
already tumultuous region. Neighbouring Syria also faces disintegration, with most of its eastern areas under
Islamist rebels for more than a year.
Iraqs heritage stretches back to early civilisation on
the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, but the modern state is a
colonial fusion of the Ottoman provinces of Basra, Baghdad and Mosul that followed the empires disintegration
after World War One.
Sunni and Shiite Arabs have little to unite them, Al-
RoundUp
Typhoon Matmo kills 13 people in China,
leaves thousands in need of supplies
Spider-Man arrested for allegedly

punching officer at Times Square
A typhoon has killed 13 people in China and left

thousands in need of basic living supplies, the Ministry
of Civil Affairs said. Typhoon Matmo dumped heavy rain
on Taiwan before making landfall in China on Wednesday
and being downgraded to a tropical storm. It brought
strong winds and heavy downpours to several provinces.
Nine deaths were reported in eastern Jiangxi province
and four in southern Guangdong province, while nearly
290,000 residents have been relocated and some 37,000
are in urgent need of basic living supplies, the ministry
said. The bad weather associated with Typhoon Matmo
in Taiwan is considered a likely factor in a plane crash
on a small Taiwanese island that killed 48 people on
Wednesday.
A man dressed as Spider-Man is under arrest for

punching a police officer who told him to stop harassing
tourists in New Yorks Times Square. Junior Bishop is
charged with assaulting an officer, resisting arrest and
criminal mischief. Police say the officer interceded
Saturday after Bishop demanded at least $5 from a
woman he posed for a picture with, instead of the $1
she offered. The officer told the costumed 25-year-old
he could only accept tips not require payment. Police
say a yelling, cursing Bishop broke free from arrest after
failing to produce identification and punched the officer
in the face. The officer was treated for a cut and eye
swelling and released.
Agencies
lawi says, while for most Kurds, non-Arabs who were persecuted under Saddam, the idea of an Iraqi nation is even
more fanciful.
Iraq is a failed state, says Masrour Barzani head of
the Kurdish regions National Security Council. It is a fabricated state. It has never been a state by choice by the
people or the components of this country. They were
forced to live together.w
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OREGON: USA extend

dominance in 4x100m
The United States continued

their dominance in the womens
4x100m as Kaylin Whitney
anchored her team win finishing
at 43.46, the eighth-fastest
junior time in history and the
third quickest in the history of
the World Junior Championships.
Teahna Daniels put the US
team in the lead after the first
exchange, ahead of Jamaica,
Germany and Trinidad and
Tobago. The host squad relied on
their individual sprint finalists
Ariana Washington and Jada
Martin to set the pace, before
Whitney secured her countrys
ninth world junior title in the
event and the sixth consecutive
one since 2004.
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Rosefline Chepngetich of Kenya, Ruth Jebet of Bahrain and Daisy Jepkemei of Kenya pose on
the podium after winning the womens 3000m steeplechase final during day five of the IAAF
World Junior Championships at Hayward Field on Saturday. [PHOTO:AFP]
DISCUS: Markovic wins

gold for Croatia
Martin Markovic became the
second Croatian male athlete
to win a world junior title and
the first one in 12 years with a
world-junior-leading 66.94m
in the discus final at Hayward
Field. Markovic took the lead with
his opening 64.70m and after
one foul unleashed the 1.75kg
implement to 66.94m, a national
junior record by more than a
metre. It also makes him the
third-furthest junior thrower ever.
It was his first global medal after
four appearances in World Youth
and World Junior Championships
finals.-IAAF
ATHLETICS: Friday gets

redemption in 200m
When Trentavis Friday
crossed the 200m finish line
first at the IAAF World Junior
Championships, he became
the first US sprinter to win that
event in the lifetime of any of
the competitors. The last US
win came in 1994, when Tony
Wheeler took the title in 20.62.
Friday hadnt been born yet. The
200m at the World Juniors hasnt
been kind to US sprinters at all
for most of the past two decades,
with the silver and bronze for
Aaron Ernest and Tyreek Hill
in 2012 the first medals of any
colour since Wes Felix, Allysons
brother, won bronze in 2002.
-IAAF
KENYA SHOCKED
OREGON, USA
The womens 3000m steeplechase title was captured by Bahrains Ruth Jebet in 9:36.74.
Jebet simply ran away from the field over the
last kilometre of the race to win Bahrains first ever IAAF World Junior Championships gold medal,
and their first womens medal of any hue.
Kenyas world youth champion Rosefline
Chepngetich began surging at the end of the third
lap in a bid break the pack up but then Jebet moved
up and got to the front just before the 2000m mark,
which was reached in 6:26.18.
Chepgnetich and her teammate Daisy Jepkemei, the defending champion, ran away from the
pack followed Jebet but had no response to her kick
on the last lap and came home second and third
respectively.
Earlier in the afternoon, USAs Tretez Kinnard
was the fastest of the three mens 800m semi-final winners in 1:48.04, but the favourite for the fi-
...as Bahrains Jebet wins

womens 3,000m steeplechase
nal on Sunday remains Kenyas 2013 IAAF World
Youth Championships gold medallist Alfred Kipketer, who was a comfortable winner of his semi-final in 1:48.67.
At the end of the penultimate day of the championships, USA are leading the way on the medal table, the host nation having eight gold medals,
four silver medals and five bronze medals. Russia
and France are the next best with three gold medals apiece.
Meanwhile, triumph and tragedy has seemed to
accompany the USA senior 4x100m teams in equal
amounts in recent years but their junior counterparts showed their elders how to slickly pass the
baton with two superb wins at

the IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014 on Saturday.
The men take pride of place
by virtue of crossing the line
in 38.70, the third-fastest junior performance in
history, only bettered by their compatriots at the
2004 and 2012 championships. Jalen Miller produced a sold first leg and handed off to 100m silver medallist Trayvon Bromell, who ran a terrific
back straight to give the USA the edge over an inspired Japan.
Kendal Williams, the 100m winner, had a slightly ragged bend but still handed over in the lead to
200m gold medallist Trentavis Friday who showed
he could shine on Saturday as well after his feats
the preceding night with a storming last leg that
took his team clear of their Japanese rivals. Japan
IAAF
came home second in 39.02.
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Kenya fall to Chager raring to go for KCB Safari Rally win again
Bulgaria in
Grand Prix
match
Baldev Chager in action. [PHOTO:FILE/STANDARD]
BBy FeverPitch Reporter
Kenyas Mercy Moim (left) blocks

against Bulgarial players during FIVB
Grand Prix in Mexico on Saturday.
[PHOTO:FIVB]
BBy Oscar Pilipili and FIVB

Exuberant Kenyan girls narrowly lost 2-3 (20-25, 25-23, 24-26, 2624, 12-15) against Bulgaria in a closely contested five setter thriller in the
FIVB World Grand Prix in Mexico City
yesterday.
The results brought Kenyas winloss ratio to 1-1 while Bulgaria improved to 2-0 in the tournament.
Kenya beat hosts Mexico 3-1(25-18,
25-23, 18-25, 25-22) in their first match
of the tournament last Saturday.
Algeria lost their second straight
match after they went down to hosts
Mexico 0-3 (19-25, 22-25, 23-25).
At World Championships, World
Cup and Olympic Games, Kenya had
played a European side on 17 occasions
before Saturdays game, losing every
match, including 14 in straight sets.
Bulgaria led in kills 66-65, while Kenya finished leading in blocks 15-14
and in serves 5-3. Bulgaria took advantage of Kenyas 30 unforced errors
and committed 22 of their own.
Kenyas Mercy Moim was the
top scorer with 22 points. Kenyas other top scorers were Lydia Maiyo (19), Brackcides Khadambi (14) and Everlyne Makuto (14).
With 21 points, including 18
kills and 3 blocks, Nasya Dimitrova was Bulgarias top scorer.
Kenyas captain Khadambi said that
weak defense cost them the match.
I can say that our defense was weak
and it contributed to our loss. It was
a good match and Bulgaria played
very well, and overall this is good exposure for us and maybe we will win
next time, Khadambi said.
Bulgaria Coach Ivan Petkov said the
loss of a key player, Desislava Nikolova motivated the team to push harder.
We want to dedicate the win to a
great player, I hope the injury is not
too serious but we all felt moved to
push harder, said Petkov.
Coach David Lungaho was very
proud of his team: The job they did
today was splendid, Bulgaria were
strong and I really feel sorry for Desislavas injury. Bulgaria is a smart
team and we will only improve if we
face teams like that. My team also
fought strongly extending the match
to five sets and as we try to build, only
good things can come out of this loss.
-opilipili@standardmedia.co.ke
Last years KCB Safari Rally winner

Baldev Singh Chager will be seeking
nothing less than podium finish despite having dropped out in the last
competitive stage during the M-Benki Nanyuki Rally.
The soft-spoken Kenya National
Rally Champion has his eyes set on
the Safari Rally podium.
The 62nd KCB Safari Rally, the seventh round of the FIA African Rally
Championship, will be held in Nanyu-
ki region on September 12-14.

Chager said: Safari is a big event,
Im told, it might be a three or a fourday event this time round, I think that
brings back the old charm when we
had to drive for four to five days of
Rallying. Those were exciting times
back then.
There is about a month to go before the Safari Rally and much of the
equipment required for the Mitsubishi EVO 10 that Chager is driving
must be imported. The technical crew
are nonetheless burning midnight oil
to keep the car in good shape.

The Mitsubishi EVO 10 is running
in group N category which is a show
room specification car converted to a
rallying contraption. It has limitation
on the modification specifications required by the FIA which governs the
Africa rallying championships.
The EVO has been very kind to us
this year; last year, we won the Safari and the KNRC with it. This year we
have had two retirements one was
an unfortunate gearbox problem,
we have discovered that we have to
change a couple of parts. In Nanyuki, we were just unfortunate with the
cars oil cooler, a stick pierced the oil
cooler so all the oil poured out. EVOX
is a very good car and we look forward
to the Safari Rally success, observed
Chager.
Safari Rally adds value to the National Championship through the excess amount of points crews rake in as
compared to a normal KNRC adds to
excessive zest and anticipation.
This years Championship is tight
as the top four are between 30 points
seems like the person who wins the
Safari Rally might win the Kenya Na-
tional Rally Championship.

Besides having already won the Safari Rally last year Chager went on to
win the overall Kenya National Rally
Championship after a series of good
round including winning the Guru
Nanak.
He reckons Safari is a coveted title
as it not only guarantees attraction to
diverse motor sports sponsors but also places the driver in the calibre of
the greats in Rallying in the country.
This years Safari Rally will be used
as a test for a return to the World Rally
Championships. The growth and maturity experienced in the National Rally championships since the withdrawal of the WRC sponsorship in 2002 has
been tremendous.
New younger drivers and navigators have emerged.
Local rallying scene has been dominated by Baldev Charger, Carl Tundo, Ian Dancan, Peter Horsey, Alastair
Cavenagh but now there is a new
breed of drivers has come up and
they are giving the veterans a run for
their money if Rajbir Rais win in Nakuru was anything to go by.
IT IS RICCIARDO AGAIN
Australian wins second Grand
Prix in drenched Hungary
BUDAPEST
Red Bull Racings Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo kisses his trophy on the
podium after the Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix at the Hungaroring circuit in Budapest,yesterday. [PHOTO: AFP]
Australian Daniel Ricciardo

charged to a thrilling Hungarian
Grand Prix victory on Sunday, his
second Formula One win for Red
Bull, as a drenched track caused
chaos among world championship
leaders.
Rivalry between Lewis Hamilton
and his Mercedes teammate and
championship leader Nico Rosberg
reached a new peak as Hamilton rebuffed team orders to let Rosberg by
into third place.
Mercedes said it would hold a
team inquiry. But Hamiltons success trimmed Rosbergs lead in the
title race from 14 points to 11. The
German now leads with 202, Hamilton has 191 and Ricciardo is third
with 131.
Ricciardo, 25, held off Ferraris
Fernando Alonso to take first place
in a race which saw several highspeed crashes after a heavy downpour just before the start changed
the course of the race.
Ricciardo led twice before he
fought back to recapture the lead
with three laps remaining, following a series of daring passes.
Ricciardos win was executed
with great elan and confirmed him
as a driver with the potential to be
a future champion. Ricciardo won
the Canadian Grand Prix in June and
is the only non-Mercedes driver to
have won a race this year.
This feels just as good as the
first one, said Ricciardo. It was a
lot of fun in the last few laps, with
the passing. I had to go for it.
Hamilton and Rosberg had a
fierce battle on the track and via the
Mercedes team radio as they tried to
make the most of contrasting strategies in the changeable conditions.
Hamilton started from the pit
lane along with rookies Daniil Kvyat
of Toro Rosso, who had stalled on
the formation grid, and Dane Kevin Magnussen, who crashed his McLaren in qualifying.
Hamilton was running with cold
brakes in a car rebuilt overnight following the blaze, caused by a fuel
leak.
Pushing to make up places,
he spun on his opening lap and
brushed the barriers at Turn Two.
My front left hit the wall. The brakes
just gave up, said Hamilton.
Another crash, when Swedish
rookie Marcus Ericsson lost control of his Caterham, on lap eight
brought out the Safety Car.
Jenson Button in a McLaren took
the lead for a while but as the conditions changed he had to pit. This put
Ricciardo back on top again.
Hamilton, sensibly, had pitted
and was soon back up to ninth, within two cars of Rosberg, as the field,
shuffled heavily by the rain and the
Safety Car, began to settle again.
Both Force Indias were soon
among the list of retirements. German Nico Hulkenberg crashed out at
Turn One, after clipping team-mate
Mexican Sergio Perez, and soon after Perez lost control at the final corner and spun heavily into the walls.
The Safety Car came out for a second time and Ricciardo pitted again
from the lead, gifting Alonso the rarity of running at the front for Ferrari as the beleaguered Italian team
struggled to end their poor form.
On lap 33, Sebastian Vettels Red
Bull car spun at the final corner and
down the straight, saving himself
from disaster by kissing the wall.
Rosberg pitted, endured a problematic stop, and rejoined 13th.
Offered his chance, Hamilton
seized it. On lap 34, he delivered a
sublime pass round Jean-Eric Vergne
in a Torro Rosso to take second and
begin the chase after Alonso.

-Reuters
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ON THE VERGE
Wahome only shots away from Coast Open victory as Tahoka wins
the fourth leg of the Pan African Cancer Golf Challenge in Nyali
ten bogey shots but unfortunately
blanked two holes on the par threethird and the par five-fifth to lead the
days event.
I have not won any major event
this season and this is extremely a
great achievement to me, said Tahoka.
Paul Krijnen, played off handicap
17 posted 41 points to claim the
Men winner slot, two points ahead
of handicap 23 Saeed Murtaza
who was the mens runners up.
Pia Swatton, playing off handicap
28, was the Lady winner on 38
points in the event which sawhandicap 36 Cecilia Ndungu emerge Staff
Winner on 36 points.
Maarufu Mohamed
Mathews Wahome,16, registered
a record five under par 66 gross to
lead in theday one of the 2014 Coast
Open Championships being played
at the par 71 sea link Mombasa Golf
course on Saturday.
The handicap 3 school boy from
Nyali Golf Club was three points
ahead of club mate and another national junior golfer Adel Balala who
tied on the same score with Mombasas former club Captain Simon
Maina who was third.
Nyalis John Mburu playing off
handicap 5 brought one under par 70
gross for the fourth place, same
points with club mate T.Katemboh ,
while Limurus Francis Kimani playing off plus two handicap was
placed sixth on the days score of one
over par 72 gross.
Other top 10 leaders were: John
Karichu (limuru)-70+2=72, Mitesh
Kumar (Leisure)-78+05-73, Eric
Nyongesa(Mombasa) -80-07=73 and
Tahir Mohamed (Nyali)-77-04=73.
LEADING AMATEURS
The two-day 36 holes event that
ended last evening is the 95th edition
of the annual championship that has
attracted over 100 leading golf amateurs with handicaps below 12 from
hosts Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and some from overseas.
Club captain Alan Dainty said the
championships, which is the
oldest golf event in the Country and
also known as Barry Cup, has been
sponsored by the Tourism Finance
Corporation, Crown Beverages,
Crown Berger, Heineken, Shiva Carriers and Mitchell Cotts.
Since its inception in 1913, the
Championship is the most premier
golfing event in the country held under the auspices of the Kenya Golf
Union (KGU) in a series of the Golfer
of the Year Calendar.
POLICY: Mombasa County

to make sports compulsory
Mombasa County Government
intends to make sports as a compulsory
subject in schools once a Sports policy
is adopted. The Sports policy unveiled
by the Countys Executive in charge of
Youth and Sports Hazel Koitaba says
sports would be an integral part of
the formal system of education in the
county. The policy, prepared by Maurice
Wafula, who is also a sports teacher at
the Oshwal Academy, Mombasa says
sports would be among the compulsory
subjects at the nursery, primary and
secondary school levels. The report
further says all the learning institutions
shall have play grounds for sports
as a condition for approval for their
establishment.-Ernest Ndunda
BEST SENIOR SLOT
Pan African Life CEO Tom Gitogo in action at the Nyali Golf and Country Club
course during the fourth leg of the Pan African Life 2014 Cancer Golf
Challenge on Saturday. [PHOTO BY MAARUFU MOHAMED/STANDARD]
Meanwhile, Mombasa rookie
Grace Tahoka posted a sterling 43
stable ford points to emerge the
overall winner in the fourth leg of the
ongoing Pan African Cancer 2014
golf challenge at Mombasa Golf Club

course on Saturday.
Playing off handicap 27,Gachoka
rolled a total of seven level pars
in both nines, played a mixed pot of
JC Patel, playing off handicap 19,

posted 37 points to win the
Best Senior slot while handicap 18
Sanjeev Dhutia was the best
junior on 30 points. Guest winner
was handicap 17 Jeremy Nunez on
32 points.
Gathoka will now lead a team of
other colleagues to the grand finale
of the event on September 22 at the
Muthaiga Golf Club. She will be accompanied the other qualifiers who
includes Paul Krijnen, Saeed Murtaza, Lyn Nichols, and A.Riaz.
The event that has so far been
played at Nanyuki,Eldoret, Nakuru
and will now move to Nyanza Golf
Club on August 30.
Pan Africa Life Chief Executive
Officer Tom Gitogo, said the events
were part of their strategy to popularise the sport in the country and also support Cancer eradication programme in the country.
The overall winner of the Challenge wins an all-expenses-paid trip
to participate in the 2014 Sanlam
Cancer golf Challenge at Sun City
Golf Resort in South Africa later this
year.
-mmohamed@standardmedia.
co.ke
Brookhurst School to represent

Kenya at Keele Cup in Britain
Coach Kevin Cheruiyot (left) and his Brookhurst International School squad. [PHOTO:ERICK OCHIENG/STANDARD]
BBy Erick Ochieng

Brookhurst
International School (BIS) will
represent Kenya at the
prestigious Keele Cup in
Britain, United Kingdom.
The BIS football team
departs to England tonight
for the tournament whose
2014 edition has attracted
FastTrack
300 teams from 25 nations

around the globe.
The Kenyan outfit will
be in action from Wednesday till Saturday, battling
other world beaters including
the
dreaded
Greensprings Academy
from Nigeria in the U17
category.
Head coach Kevin Cheruiyot believes the team is well
prepared for the annual football extravaganza, after a twomonth intensive training at
the Hodari Sports Ground in
Lavington, Nairobi.
We concentrated on team
work, speed, ball possession
and handling to wrap up our
training at the weekend, said
Cheruiyot.
Apart from the international contest, the team will enjoy
a coaching experience from
top English Premier League
Academy coaches.
The players are scheduled
for a Theatre of Dreams visit
where they will also tour Man-
chester Uniteds Museum, Trophy room and Mega Store.

They will experience other
coaching clinics at Manchester City FC, Stoke City and Liverpool academies and at the
English FAs St.Georges Park
National Football Centre. They
will also visit the Alton Towers
Theme Park and the Water
World.
BIS Director, Ruth Waweru
told FeverPitch: This year, we
decided to enter our school
team in this global youth tournament as we believe it will
give our students and the
coach a great learning experience and exposure needed for
highest standards of football
besides various cultural back-
grounds from around the

world.
The Warrior Keele Cup is
Britains largest football tournament which has been running for the last 16 years. It offers international youth teams
opportunity to compete
against each other at the same
time enjoy a memorable stay
in England.
The BIS Squad comprise
defenders Wanjohi Karaba ,
Osman Siyat, Kamaal Abdirazaak, Victor Mutiso and
George Wanyoike.Midfielders
are Francis Nganga, Samuel
Mumo and Stephen Lepash
(captain). Strikers are Kelvin
Njoroge and Rodney Mwendwa.
SCHOOLS: Shimba Hills

intensify training
East and Central Africa Secondary
Schools girls basketball champions
Shimba Hills have intensified their
training in readiness for the 2014
games to be held in Dar-es-salaam,
Tanzania next month. Despite holding
the basketball trophy, the school will
also feature in netball. Coach Philip
Onyango who handles both basketball
and netball teams said he has
introduced new skills to the girls, which
would work as their secret weapons.
I have the girls to win both titles and
what I am currently doing is fine-tuning
the girls before unleashing the winning
formula in Tanzania, said Onyango in
an interview.
-Ernest Ndunda
HANDBALL: 40 coaches
feted as course ends
Six day International Handball
Federation coaching course ended with
40 participants getting certificates
over the weekend at Masinde Muliro
University of Science and Technology,
Kakamega. The course was facilitated
by Habibi Ali Rez fron Iran, a member
of the Coaching Commission and
Methods, also a lecturer at the
International Handball Federation.
Speaking to FeverPitch Rez, who noted
that handball is growing in the country,
urged the government to support the
sport. The course attracted coaches
from clubs, universities, colleges and
schools.

-Rebecca Gichana
Chania
Sharks maul
Yala Whales
in Ruaraka
POLICE DISARMED
Greensharks fire past champions

as Strathmore Scorpions sting
JKUAT in league opener
BBy Elizabeth Mburugu
Chania Sharks captain Jane Achieng

(right) and team mate Imelda Mushieleshe make a run in the finals of
Nairobi Junior Girls Cricket Championships at Ruaraka Sports Club on
Saturday. [PHOTO:JONAH ONYANGO/STANDARD]
BBy Oscar Pilipili

Chania Sharks beat Yala Whales
by 11 runs to win Nairobi Junior Girls
cricket tournament at Ruaraka.
Sharks, who won the toss and
chose to bat set a target of 101-10
during the final played last Saturday.
But what appeared a manageable
target proved difficult for Whales to
achieve as they were bowled out for
99 in the event that was organised by
Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association (NPCA).
Sharks lost an important wicket
early into the first innings after captain and opener Jane Achieng was
dismissed in the second over at 10-1.
Jackline Sabina who was third in the
batting order continued from where
Achieng had left and struck a quick
fire 33 runs off 34 balls to stead her
team.
Sabina and Rose Ondeche recorded a third wicket partnership 35 runs
to push the scores to 53.
In Whales bowling Immaculate
Nyanchama was 3-20 while Mitrin
Amimo was 3-19.
Whales started the chase for winning target promisingly with purposeful batting from openers Vanessa Adhiambo and Nyanchama
putting on 17 runs of the first wicket.
Adhiambo thrilled the crowd with
skillful batting that saw her record
impressive 17 runs off 11 balls that
included three boundaries.
After her dismissal, Whales found
themselves at 42 for 6.
Whales continued with their good
batting and Margaret Wanjiru (27)
and Lovine Achieng (15) pushed the
scores to 96.
Imelda Mushieleshe starred in
Sharks bowling with 3 for 17.
Outstanding players were honoured
with awards and cash incentives
from Cricket Kenya Development
Director Kalpesh Solanki.
The tournament brought together over 70 youngsters drawn from
various schools in Nairobi.
The objective of the tournament
was to identify and tap talent at early age.
Solanki said selected players will
be drafted in various junior sides.
AFC Leopards players celebrate their second goal against City Stars during their
KPL match at Nyayo Stadium, yesterday.
[PHOTO: BONIFACE OKENDO/ STANDARD]
Greensharks fired
one past the reigning
Kenya Hockey Union
(KHU) mens Premier
League champions
Kenya Police to earn
their first victory of
the season. Sharks
had a disappointing run last season
that saw them finish
fourth, far from their
objective which was
to qualify for the Africa club championships.
Leone
Magomeres
17th minute goal earned
Sharks the much needed 1-0
victory. Police were forced to
work extra hard to even have
the ball in their possession.
Sharks head coach Nixon Nyangaga told FeverPitch
they were determined to make
amends and erase last seasons
bitter memories. Last year was
not good for us, we lost points easily through walkovers and abandoned
matches. We have put all that behind
us and we are set for a successful
comeback, he said.
He added that as a club, their desire is to play as many matches as possible. We are very passionate about
hockey all we want to do is play regardless of the outcome of every
match, he added.
CLEAR ROLE
With a midfield that could not hold
on to the ball, everything seemed to
be going wrong for Police as mid-
fielder Willis Okeyo moved back in

defense, while defender Richard Birir
moved forward. Missing on the touchline was head coach Kenneth Kaunda
and the confusion in the champions
camp was clear for all to see as no particular player seemed to have a clear
role on the pitch.
The Police started off the second
half well and even managed to contain Sharks, restricting the opponents
to their own half in the first 12 minutes, but cold not break Sharks defense.
Their only shot on target came
in the 40th through Moses Cheplaiti. Cheplaiti, who was on the bench
due to an injury, was forced to come
in and help the team.
MISSED SCORING CHANCES
Francis Esikuri and Okeyo missed
scoring chances, shooting wide from
short corners for Police who missed
the services of their midfielder Oliver
Echenje. Polices Ezra Onyango said it
was still too early to write them off as
title contenders.
In the womens league, debutants
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology suffered a 12-0
loss to Strathmore Universitys Scorpions in their season opener.
Gilly Okumu scored a hat trick
while Caroline Njoki and Linda Ayodi scored a brace each. Laura Gichau,
Doreen Hongo, Yvonne Wanjiku, Winnie Ingati and Judy Adhiambo scored
a piece each to seal the huge victory. Strathmore coach Meshack Senge
said his team played well.- emburugu@standardmedia.co.ke
Nakuru College of Health shine at Inter Colleges Championships

BBy BEN AHENDA
Nakuru College of Health Sciences and Management (NCHSM)

football players celebrate after beating Nairobi Aviation 1-0
during the Inter Colleges Championships at ASK Nakuru Show
Grounds at the weekend. [PHOTO:BEN AHENDA/STANDARD]
Nakuru College of Health Sciences and

Management (NCHSM) beat Nairobi Aviation College by a solitary goal in a tough but
entertaining final match of the Inter Colleges Championships at ASK Nakuru Show
Grounds over the weekend.
The winners scored through John Chol
who took advantage of the laxity in the Aviation defence to snatch a second minute lead
as the losers piled up pressure for an equaliser.
The winners received a standing ovation
from their supporters as they received the
trophy from the tournaments coordinator
Alex Munangwe.
Nakuru College of Health Sciences and Management Principal Su
san Nyamai praised the team for win
ning the overall title and promised
to involve her teams in future championships
as a way of promoting their sporting talents.
We must encourage our talented sportsmen and women to invest in sports. Their talents must be exploited to the international
level and it our reason for giving them (students) our full support now and in future
championships, Nyamai told FeverPitch.
In the preliminary matches, the De-
partment of Health edged Management 2-1. Isaac Kiritu and William Kogo scored for the winners while Peter
Njenga pulled one back for the losers.
In the womens football, Health Department lifted the title with a 2-0 win over Diploma In Community Health (DCH) School.
NCHSM also lifted the volleyball title after
overcoming Nairobi Aviation 3-1 sets.
The duo of Kennedy Mureithi and
Mach Ler both from NCHSM finished the 301 point mark with a final
shot on a double four to win the darts
title against Benjamin Sigilai and Moses Kipkorir.
It was a tough match but we gave a good
account of ourselves as we prevailed upon
them to win the title, Mureithi said after the
match.
In chess, Dickson Mbatia of Education
Department
drew
0.5-0.5
against teammates Mach Ler of Agriculture School and they will share the
trophy for six months each.
In athletics, Brian Mahamu won the 100m
in 13.5 seconds ahead of John Wambugu
whom he beat by six seconds. Others were
Enock Abai who came third in 14.1secs and
Peter Njihia in 14.9 seconds.
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Kenya lose to New Zealand Rooney helps

BBy AFP
Kenyas Collins Injera runs with the ball to score a try

during the Rugby Sevens pool B match between Cook Islands and Kenya at Ibrox Stadium. [PHOTO:AFP]
Four-time
champions
New Zealand moved into the
semi-finals of the Commonwealth Games rugby sevens
after seeing off Kenya 19-7 at
Ibrox Stadium on Sunday.
The all-conquering All
Blacks will play Delhi silver
medallists Australia, who secured a last-gasp 21-19 victory over 2009 world champions
Wales.
DJ Forbes, as hed done in
the Kiwis narrow 17-14 pool
win over Scotland on Saturday,
mustered his teammates to
cool heads after Kenya pulled
back to 12-7.
The impressive Ben Lam
scored New Zealands third try
to appease any concerns, but
victory came at a price after Pita Ahki sustained a hamstring
injury.
He is probably ruled out

now. He has done his hamstring so he will be out for the
rest of the tournament, said
Kiwi playmaker Sherwin Stowers.
It leaves us one man short
and means that everyone else
needs to step up and do their
role.
Australia did well to pull
back from an awful start
against Wales.
Three tries down was the
worst possible start, said Wallaby man-mountain Pama Fou.
The score before halftime was very crucial. We always knew we had it in us, we
believe in one another. It feels
awesome to score the winner.
We trained our arses off for
the last six weeks for this moment. We can go all the way for
sure. Its just about belief.
The other semi-final will

pitch Samoa, 15-14 victors
over England, against Delhi
bronze medallists South Africa, who ran out 35-12 winners over Scotland, to the disappointment of a raucous
near-capacity crowd at Ibrox
Stadium, home to European
football giants Rangers.
England suffered a blow
when James Rodwell was controversially yellow-carded before half-time, Samoa making
the most of a powerplay to take
the lead at 10-7 at the break.
Samoa scored with Rodwell
in the bin, and Sam Lio Lolo
crossed for another with an acrobatic touchdown in the corner for a 15-7 lead. Dan Norton
collected his own chip ahead
for a converted try to pull England back within a point, but
Samoan clung on for victory.
Derby ends in draw

Leopards recover to hold Gor,
Chemelil turn Sony Sugar bitter
BBy Gilbert Wandera,Bosco
Magare and Ernest Ndunda
AFC Leopards will claim the
bragging rights for this years
Kenyan derby after holding
arch-rivals Gor Mahia 2-2 at
Nyayo Staidum on Sunday.
Leopards had won the
first leg 3-1 and will be delighted to have picked four
points
from
the
derby.
Gor Mahia goalkeeper Jerim Onyango was a man under
siege after the match with fans
baying for his blood for gifting
Leopards the second goal in the
82nd minute.
Until then, Gor Mahia had
all the three points under wraps
but Onyangos decision to come
out of his line rather prematurely allowed Martin Imbalambala to equalise with a long range
effort.
Gor Mahia coach Bobby Williamson was, however, quick to defend his
goalkeeper for the gaff.
He probably should not have
come out. But we take responsibility as a team for the result.
Moreover, he has done well for
the team in the past, he said.
Ugandan striker Dan Sserunkuma inspired Gor Mahias
performance with a two-goal
blitz that proved his scoring
prowess every time he turns
out against Leopards. His
first was in the 42nd minute when he sneaked between defenders to head
home the equaliser from
a well taken corner kick
by Godfrey Walusimbi.
It was Leopards who
went ahead first at the half
hour mark through Noah Wafula, who finished off from a well
taken free kick by James Situma
that had been flicked on by Austin Ikenna.
Sserunkumas second came
early in the second half when
he beat an off-side trap to tap
home after the Leopards backline had failed to deal with a

Musa Mohammed hard shot.
In Nyanza, a resurgent
Chemelil
Sugar
whipped
arch-rivals Sony Sugar 2-0 in
a sugar derby threatened by a
heavy downpour. Hosts Chemelil Sugar eager to atone for past
two losses at home embarked
on the encounter on a blistering note.
Chemelil Sugars efforts
bore fruits in the 23rd minute
with Hamisi Mwinyi rifling
in the opener past Sony Sugar custodian Lukas Mamudeche, following a superb cross
by sleight-footed striker Meshack Karani.
In the 40th minute, Karani free-kick was saved by Sony goalkeeper Mamudeche.
After the break, a heavy
downpour threatened to
disrupt the derby. Stephen Wakanya extended the lead for the
hosts with a classical shot in the 86th
minute.
At Thika Municipal
Stadium, Thika
United edged
out Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)
1-0 continuing with their
good run in the league.
Elsewhere, Tusker came
from a goal down to share
the spoils with Bandari after
they settled for a 1-1 draw at
the Mombasa County Stadium.
The match started on a
high with both teams going
for early goals but it was Bandari who had an opportunity through Kepha Aswani who
dragged a golden chance to
miss the opportunity in the second minute after the kick off.
Osborn Monday could have giv-
United beat
AS Roma
BBy AFP
Wayne Rooney scored twice and

Juan Mata added another goal to lift
Manchester United to a 3-2 friendly
victory over AS Roma on Saturday.
The triumph continued the winning start to new manager Louis van
Gaals tenure, which opened with a
7-0 trouncing of the Los Angeles Galaxy in the opening match of Uniteds
North American pre-season tour on
Wednesday.
The going was tougher against
the Serie A side, but while Roma was
in control early in the first half it was
Rooney who opened the scoring in
the 36th minute, taking a pass from
Mata 25 yards out, turning and firing
into the top corner of the net.
Two minutes later, Rooney set up
Mata for a fine second goal, and
Rooney made it 3-0 with a penalty in
first-half stoppage time after Roma
newcomer Urby Emanuelson had
upended Danny Welbeck.
Miralem Pjanic pulled one back
for Roma in spectacular style in the
75th, unleashing a lob from his own
half that arched over helpless United
substitute keeper Ben Amos.
Francesco Totti converted a penalty in the 89th to make for an action-filled finish.
Goons taint
peaceful
city clash
BBy Rodgers Eshitemi
AFC Leopards player Martin Imbalambala vies for the ball with Gor Mahias Baba Kizito
during their KPL match at the Nyayo National Stadium yesterday. The teams drew 2-2. [PHOTO:DENNIS OKEYO/STANDARD]
en Tusker the opener in the ninth minute but

his feeble shot landed into custodian Wilson
Oburus hands.
Aswani put Bandari ahead in the 17th
minute after he was put through by Alloyce
Mangi. With the hosts tiring in the final minutes, Andrew Tololwa netted the equaliser in
the 88 minute.
In Mumias, Sofapaka edged out Western
Stima 1-0.
Hailed by many as the oldest and

arguably the best derby in East Africa, the second leg of the Mashemeji
derby between AFC Leopards and
Gor Mahia, which ended in a 2-2
draw, was marred by hooliganism.
As one of the biggest local clash,
Nyayo Stadium was packed with excitement, and saw a huge crowd turn
out in their teams colours. On the
right side of the VIP seats, there were
Gor fans wearing green jerseys while
Leopards fans were on the left in
their blue jerseys.
The multiple rounds of Mexican
Waves and lots of spontaneous
chanting kept the fans entertained.
But its after an exciting and thrilling
first half that all hell broke loose
when rival fans at gate 7 (buffer
zone) started throwing stones, bricks
and bottles at each other.
However, the police responded
swiftly by lobbing tear gas canisters
to disperse the fans. The incident, in
which the police have been accused
of using excess force, nearly ruined a
perfect derby that had lived up to its
billing.
THE XX COMMONWEALTH GAMES

GLASGOW,SCOTLAND
JULY 23 AUGUST 3, 2014

REPORTS BY JONATHAN KOMEN
Cheyech and Kilel sweep

women marathon medals
Continued From P56
said: We had planned to compete as a
team and ensure we are in good position
up to 21km, which we crossed at 1:14
and then the final five kilometres was to
decide on who wins the gold. And the
tact worked well for us, said Cheyech.
Cheyech, from West Pokot, went on:
Its regrettable that Philes Ongori could
not make it to compete here. I am sure
we could take the three podium positions easily. Initially, I was worried of the
rainy weather conditions here but it did
not affect us much like the men team.
At the 25km, Cheyech and Kilel signaled each other as Namibias Helalia
produced a sudden surge. We could not
leave her advances lying, and I told Kilel
that we need to step up the pace, said
Cheyech, who first came to UK as a
member of the 1999 World cross-country
junior team.
Cheyech said she was happy upon
seeing Tegla Loroupe, who inspired her

into athletics standing among the
crowds that lined up in the streets.
I am happy to have her here. I will
decide on my next race when I reach
home.
Cheyech and Kilel exchanges the lead
up to 38 kilometre before Kilel seemed
to have lost energy.
By that time, I felt a bit tired and
could not hold on to Cheyech. I was already grateful that the gold and silver
was ours. We planned this race well,
said Cheyech.
Cheyech was among the lead racers
from the start of the womens race and
eventually had a lonely run to the finish
line after breaking away from teammate
Kilel with seven kilometers left.
The marathon marked the start of the
athletics competition at the Glasgow
games, which conclude next Saturday. It
will include an appearance by Jamaican
Usain Bolt in 4x100-meter relay team.
Kenyas Caroline Kilel (left) crosses the line

to finish second as winner Flomena Cheyech
waits in the Marathon race in the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014. [PHOTO:AP]
Aussies big win

Australias
Shelley excels
as Chemlany
salvages
silver medal
GLASGOW
Australia pulled a fast one
on Kenya, sneaking away with
the mens Commonwealth
Games marathon crown here
at the Glasgow Green course.
The 30-year-old Australian,
a silver medalist in New Delhi
four years ago, ran a personal
best of 2 hours, 11 minutes, 15
seconds through frequent rain
showers to win this years marathon. He proved he was no
push-over as he dashed John
Kelais title defence bid.
The win placed him in the
same class as two other Australians who have won Commonwealth Games marathons
Rob de Castella and Steve
Moneghetti. De Castella won
in 1982 and 1986, while Moneghetti, Australias chef de
mission at these games, won
in 1994.
Kenyas Stephen Chemlany,
Eric Ndiema and defending
champion John Kelai could
not take the light drizzles that
swept down the course as they
tackled the Australian, who arrived into the competition just
slightly below the radar.
The three stormed into the
leading pack as Shelley and
Ugandas Abraham Kiplimo
and Philip Kiplimo stayed with
the chasing pack. They made
brilliant moves against the
Ugandans but Michael waited
tactically, saving energy for
the final five-kilometre stages,
which the Kenyans unfortu-
Australias Michael Shelley, Kenyas Erick Ndiema, Kenyas John Ekiru Kelai lead the pack in the
mens marathon athletics event at the Glasgow City Marathon Course during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. [PHOTO: AFP]
nately lacked.
Shelley finally pulled away
sprinting to victory in 2:11.15
his personal best, leaving
Chemlany to settle for silver in
2:11.58. Ugandas Abraham
Kiplimo won bronze in 2:12.23
ahead of his team mate Solomon Mutai (2:12.26). Kelai finished in fifth (2:12.41) as Ndiema (2:13.44) settled for sixth
place.
Chemlany, who holds a
personal best of 2:06.24, which
he posted at the Seoul Marathon last March, blamed the
rainy weather conditions for
the failure to retain title.
I am happy for winning

the silver medal but it is sad
that the title has gone to Australia. The weather condition
changed drastically here and it
was not favourable to us. We
could not move on as expected, said Chemlany, who holds
a masters degree from the Iona College in New Rochelle,
New York.
Chemlany could not respond to Michaels sudden
surge in the final miles of the
race.
I had already ran out of
energy. The cold weather was
too bad for me and my team
mates. We need to look at our

last five-kilometre finishing
power in future races and perhaps prepare for varying
weather conditions, said
Chemlany.
Kelai, who has a 2:09.0 personal best set in Endoven Marathon, said it was unfortunate
that he could not secure a
back to back marathon win.
I had prepared well. But
the morning rains ruined it all.
I thank God Chemlany won a
silver, said Kelai.
Ndiema said: The weather
was hard for me. I could not
react as I usually do.
THE XX COMMONWEALTH GAMES

GLASGOW,SCOTLAND
JULY 23 AUGUST 3, 2014

REPORTS BY JONATHAN KOMEN
Gold favourites
Chepngetich
and Obiri to
raise the bar in
1,500m race
World Indoor silver medalist Hellen Obiri and former 1,500 World Junior
champion
Faith
Chepngetich are expected to raise adrenaline
when they parade in
the 1,500m round
one
contest
at
Hampden Park Stadium in Glasgow,
Scotland, tonight.
The duo, who
were part of
the 4x1,500m
winners at
the IAAF
World Relay Championships in
Bahamas,
w i l l
head Kenspearyas title defence
bid this
afternoon at
2:35pm.
Former
Olympic
champion
Nancy Jebet Lagat won gold
in this speciality in 2010 in
New Delhi.
Obiri is in imperious
form, having shattered two
records this season. She
made a night for Kenya to
remember when she set
the Africa 3,000m record
in 8:20.68 at the IAAF Diamond League opening
leg in Doha, Qatar, last
May before breaking the
US all-comers 1,500m meet record
at the Diamond League race in Eugene, Oregon.
The Kenya Defence Forces runner is no doubt a brave lioness and
will take the challenge that come her
way in her strides, literally.
She said: When I am in good
shape, I always dont hide but display it. For now, my focus will not be
on Commonwealth Games gold but
to make it to the final stage. I am
ready for the big battle, knowing the
tough competition we should expect, is no easy. We cant rule out
anyone, said Obiri.
made history
Obiri, who won the World Indoor
silver medal in Poland last March,
stands out as Kenyas only female
athlete to win a 1,500m medal at the
IAAF World Athletics Championships. And she can hack it out if her
global shows this season are anything to go by.
Obiri will team up with
Chepngetich and Sela Jepleting,
who was in Kenyas squad to the
World Championships in Moscow,
Russia, last year.
Chepngetich, a Form Three Student at Winners Girls High School in
Kuresoi, has had a seamless tranisition since she graduated from the
junior ranks last year.
Chepngetich, who has a season
best time of 3:58.01 set in Eugene
last May, won World Youth and World
Junior Championship records, having set an African record of 3:56.98 at
the IAAF Diamond League in Doha,
Qatar, last year.
The 18-year-old Chepngetich
has impeccable credentials from the
Helen Obiri of Kenya Defence Forces (045) out-sprints Faith Chepngetich from South Rift to win
the 1,500m race during the National Championship at Nyayo Stadium. Obiri and Chepngetich will
line up in the 1,500m race at the Commonwealth Games today. [PHOTO:DENNIS OKEYO/STANDARD]
time she won the World Cross-country Junior race at the 39th IAAF World
Cross Country Championships in
Punta Umbria, where she finished
fourth while running barefoot.
Chepngetich has an insatiable
hunger to expand her fledgling collection with IAAF World Youth and
World Junior 1,500m titles safely
tucked into her trophy cabinet.
The photogenic girl returned to
UK in national jersey after she failed
to impress at the Olympic Games.
Sela Jepleting, who comes from
Nandi County, can equally pull surprise.
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CHEYECH
STRIKES GOLD
Australian Shelley wins mens Marathon title as Kenyas
Chemlany settles for silver ahead of Ugandas Kiplimo
BY JONATHAN KOMEN
Philomena Cheyech yesterday led a 1-2 sweep and
became Kenyas second woman to win the Commonwealth Games marathon title here in Glasgow,
Scotland.
Caroline Kilel, the 2011 Boston Marathon winner
and a late inclusion into the Commonwealth Games
team, settled for silver under drizzling weather
conditions.
The two blew away a star-studded field to retain
Irene Jerotichs title, which she won in New Delhi,
India, in 2010.
Cheyech, who returned to UK five years after
finishing ninth at the IAAF World Half Marathon
Championships in Birmingham, formed the leading
pack which had a dozen runners that included
Trengove Jesse of Australia and Canadian Marchant
Lanni.
They held on up to half way mark when they
produced a sudden burst of speed that tore the line up
into shreds, opening a 80-metre gap to win in 2:26.45.
Kilel returned second in 2:27.10 as Jesse (2:30.12)
settled for bronze. Namibias Johannes Helalia
(2:32.02), homegirl Partridge Susan (2:32.18) and
Damen Louise (2:32.59) followed.
Cheyech, the 2012 Porto-Alegre-marathon winner,
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wacky leaks
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Mark Mutahi ridicules Kenyan authorities over the
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He makes fun of how audacious drug barons and cartels will soon be, and even
foresees them calling press
conferences.
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servants awaiting sack
Following the impending
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as they seek employment
in the private sector.
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The boyz are a womans worst nightmare

Anne Muiruri expresses
her displeasure with men
and the way they seem to

be controlled by their close
friends, often referred to
as the boyz.
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Tables turn as cops

back rioting students
Grace Nakato shocks you
with the news of police
who took a swipe at Makerere University administration, claiming that police
ought not to be used to
clear mess that could have
been avoided.
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Watchman nabs his
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Hamza Babu tickles you
with a nutty tale of how a
watchman put up a spirited
fight to arrest a night runner, only to discover it was
his wife!
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enyans are brilliant when it comes to wasting time. In

fact, they just dont kill it; they massacre it, and with
ruthless efficiency. Oh yes, they do! Little wonder then,
that, a Kenyan has no qualms basking in the sun like a
lizard from morning till evening.
It is common to see a Kenyan boss turn what he had promised to
be a small 10-minute meeting into a long, boring two-hour meeting.
Where people jaw it, until they start repeating themselves. Its common to hear: Eh, well, let me reiterate what Malesi said earlier on...,
Just to recap and expound on Onyangos point, Oh, just to emphasise what Githinji was saying..., and suchlike. Damn it! Boss, Its not
like we had closed our ears when Gijinji was speaking! one is always
tempted to yell.
And the reason we waste time is that we dont plan. Period. Thus,
when a Kenyan wants to visit, he or she lies that he is just passing by
only for him or her to camp at your place for hours or even days. And
woe unto you if you live next to the road; all passers-by who know you
will want to pop in just to say hi. Just because a Kenyan is somewhere
in your neighbourhood is reason enough to pass by. When you host
a Kenyan, I swear, be prepared to watch him or her overstay the visit.
And while at it, they do crazy things that drive you up the wall.
God help you if you host those, especially villagers, who never miss
an opportunity to unnecessarily panic, fumble and break glassware or
tinker with electronics. Or those who take my house is your house,
feel at home pleasantry too seriously that they unashamedly put on
your clothes. How about those who quaff that expensive, exotic wine
you have been hoarding for years, waiting for a special occasion, only
for you to rudely discover when you stumble upon the empty bottle
in your trash bin! Others hog the TV remote control as if they own it,
rearrange furniture or even criticise your food.
And then, theres that know-it-all bag of air who interjects as you
speak; shouts you down and wants to win all the arguments against
you in the presence of your wife and children, when all along your
household thought youre the smartest chap around. Its even worse if
you host a slob of magnanimous proportions who you perhaps need
a court order to make them assist in carrying out simple household
chores such as washing utensils or even taking a shower.
That you live in a house so small with no elbow space that you have
to step out to stretch doesnt matter; they pitch camp, deny you privacy and inconvenience you. Others are so shameless that they start
seducing your teenage daughters. In the dead of the night they tiptoe
to her bedroom door, lightly knock and whisper through the keyhole:
Winnie, hebu open the door, there is something I want to show you.
You see that tough Mathematics problem you said gives you challenges, the algebra thing... Let me come in we discuss it, I have just discovered a simpler formula to solve it. Before you know it, you are a
grandfather before you hit 40.
Others take the joke a bit too far, and start seducing your wife or
husband. Who wants all this trouble? Of course, not me! Read a damning report on this matter on page 8-9.
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HIGH-ON-WEED RESEARCHERS?
Is it true that bhang is illegal because alcohol
and pharmaceutical industries are aware that
their profits would take a massive dip if it were
legalised? Is there any truth to the medical
research, including write-ups such as Michael
Backess Cannabis Pharmacy: The Practical
Guide to Medical Marijuana, that will be available on bookshelves in September? Hear him:
Some of the benefits of marijuana include:
cures appetite loss, brings relief to sufferers of
IBD (including forms such as colitis and Crohns
disease), lowers risk of bladder cancer, gives
user healthier levels of insulin to counter diabetes and can treat migraines. This is an almost
verbatim write-off from Yahoo News. Can the
Kenya Medical Association attest to the veracity
of these claims? Imagine what we can do with
bhang exports, especially to the US where 11
states have already legalised its use, as well as
all those other countries that will be willing to
follow the US lead! Folks, should we legalise
this thing? Mututho, what say you?
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WITH mark mutahi
Drug cartel boss allays fears

that their products contain GMOs
ollowing fears that

foodstuff
containing
Genetically Modified
Organisms
(GMOs)
have been imported
into the country, a leading drug
cartel has come out strongly to
deny the existence of GMOs in their
products. In a video posted online,
the cartel boss sought to allay fears
among consumers.
All our cannabis sativa is a 100
per cent natural, the cartel boss assured. The cocaine we sell is derived
from the naturally occurring coca
plant, not genetically modified ones.
The same applies to the morphine
plant from which we get heroin ...
As proof of how concerned he was
with the risks posed by GMOs, the
cartel boss added that he was willing
to provide samples of their products
to the relevant government agency
for testing.
Our conscience cannot allow us
to sell substances that would pose
a public health risk, the cartel boss
said in the video recorded at an undisclosed location.
In addition, the cartel boss urged
his customers to exercise extra vigilance due to the presence of competitors who dont play by the rules.
Some of our rivals might try to
discredit us by contaminating their
products with GMO content, the
cartel boss warned. Should our esteemed customers suspect this has
happened, notify us immediately...
but please refrain from informing
the police... not all of them are in our
precautions to ensure our products

are safe and hygienic for human consumption... we of course hope you
wont feel squeamish and nauseous
when using our recreational substances which sometimes have to
pass through someones rectum before they land on your table!
hard work
pockets! he emphasised.
GMO-FREE
The cartel boss also announced

plans to introduce clearly labelled
packaging for their products, thus
ensuring that in all their recreational
substances there will be a label reading GMO-free. Thus, anyone purchasing their recreational drugs will
do so without having to worry about
their health.
But our consumers must assure

us they wont litter around, the cartel boss added. As a drug cartel with
a great sense of corporate social responsibility, we are committed to
conserving the environment in the
communities we operate in.
The cartel boss made it clear they
were making the clarification because
the Public Health Act demands that
of all law abiding citizens: We are
duty-bound to take all the necessary
Straying into the GMO debate, the

cartel boss was in agreement that research on GMOs was not conclusive
and exhaustive, and therefore public
health perils could not be ruled out.
It is not for instance known
whether these things have addictive
properties and until you are absolutely sure, you cant gamble with
peoples lives like that. That would be
highly unethical of us! the cartel boss
asserted.
In line with the Constitution, the
cartel boss revealed that he is vetting
all suppliers and growers afresh to
ensure their products remain GMOless now and in the foreseeable future.Well do this by making sure all
our products have a certificate of origin from the producers and growers,
the cartel boss revealed.
Pressed to say what they would do
if it turned out the documents of origin were a work of forgery, the cartel
boss laughed it off in a follow-up interview via email. That would never
happen, he assured. We only deal
with people of integrity who believe
in honest hard work.
odds&ends/Funny, strange news
Filthy man bathed in public, awarded loaf and soda

BBy Lydiah Nyawira
aking a shower may be a

small personal hygiene
matter but when one mans
hygiene becomes a heath
risk not just to himself and
his family, but also to his colleagues, trust
Kenyans to take matters into their own
hands.
Such was the case in Nyeri County after mechanics, who were not ready to take
chances, spared some little time from their
busy schedule to wash their dirty colleague.
The alleged filthy mechanic faced the
wrath of his colleagues after they forcefully
undressed him and bathed him in public.
After gossiping about him and how he
stinks for weeks, fellow mechanics could
not take it any more.
Huyu jamaa hajaoga kwa muda wa
wiki kadhaa (This man has not taken a
shower for weeks), said one of his colleagues when asked why they were bathing
him.
parade him
Allegedly, the mechanic had not taken

a bath for months and was stinking like
a mound of waste. They said even after
playfully telling him a week ago that they
would soon parade him in public and wash
him, Mr Dirtyman didnt take the initiative
to clean himself, and this didnt amuse his
colleagues.
The good mechanics went out of their
way, and invested in a bar soap and sisal

rags. When he showed up for work he was
shocked when, without warning, his colleagues pounced on him, and dragged him
to a nearby car-wash.
deaf ears
The day had come for him to be hosed

down in front all and sundry. As they frogmarched him, he kept complaining and
pleading with them not to embarrass him.
But they would hear none of it. His excuses
and pleas fell on deaf ears.
Once at the car wash, he was not going
to take it laying down; he put up a spirited
fight but his colleagues overpowered him.
They wrestled him to the ground as others undressed him and mocked him in the
process. Sasa wewe, hata unakaa aje na
bibi na hii harufu yote (How do you manage to live with your wife, and the way you
stink)? a colleague taunted him.
Using the bar soap and abrasive rags,
they lathered and scrubbed him as they
made fun of him. This guy is our friend but
he is embarrassing all mechanics in Nyeri
by walking around smelling like a goat,
another colleague chuckled.
They washed every inch of his body,
much to the amusement of a cheering
crowd. In his defence he claimed that the
cold season had been too much for him,
and he didnt want to risk his health by
coming into contact with cold water. And
when asked to warm the water, he claimed
he cannot afford fuel to warm water.
I cannot touch cold water because
I have a weak chest but they dont understand me. And I am not stinking that
much because I change my clothes very
often, he defended himself.
Once clean, his friends gave him a
clean pair of shorts and a shirt. As a reward for looking clean and having cooperated, they bought him a half-litre soda
and half a loaf of bread.
thesecrazykenyans/
OYUNGA PALA FINDS THE HUMAN IN THE KENYAN
Sorry girls, its a

fat mans world
f one were to line up Kenyas top 100 successful

and wealthiest male personalities, we can almost
certainly say, that common denominator besides their fat
bank accounts will be the size of
their bellies.
I could also add that there will
not be a single one in the group facing the threat of divorce because of
his body weight.
As long as a man is not obese to
the extent that it interferes with his
mobility, a little roundness in the
midsection can only help lift up a
mans social profile.
Yap, life is unfair like that. Popular media continues to bombard
men with images of models, professional athletes, movie stars posing in
underwear with chiselled torso like
that has anything to do with paying
rent.
For those who make a living as
male strippers, a six-pack does have
its place but for most African men,
contrary to showbiz opinion, more
meat on the bone is what women
prefer.
We are accustomed to seeing our
bosses on the heavier side of weighing scale. We associate body weight
with power.
FATHERHOOD STATUS
Newly-married men come to appreciate the value of the pot belly as

a sign of prosperity that is just as important to their image as protruding
hips are to a Kenyan socialite.
Men love this for there are no
penalties for extra weight in marriage. In fact, straight after marriage, the average male works on
his weight issues, piling up pounds

and revelling in his new fatherhood
status.
A man will exist in that comfort
zone until somewhere in his late
thirties, when he starts to attract attention from young damsels who do
not seem in the least bothered by his
body shape.
Young women heighten performance anxiety and men go to the
gym only to boost their libidos.
Somewhere along our 21st century, under new-world-order programming, fat became a slur, a bad
word.
Now mention fat, the individual
in question is immediately profiled
as lazy and inevitably greedy. That
perception has to be fought.
BULGING BELLIES
A little body fat is what got you

noticed and I am happy to announce
there are pockets in the continent
where fat men are celebrated, and
they do not have to be comedians.
Therefore it came as quite a
pleasant surprise to discover that
somewhere in the remote corners
of the Omo Valley in South Ethiopia,
lived a tribe of fat worshippers.
Among the Bodi minority pastoralists, men are pampered. They became something of an international
photographic sensation.
A famous European photographer captured some stunning images of nude grown men, with bulging
bellies, rolling love handles with not
an ounce of muscle in celebration.
With that came the hordes of
Western chubby chasers milking every exotic and savage value out of
the spectacle. Among the Bodi tribe,
they have a sixmonth fattening

ritual that culminates in a celebration called
the Kael.
HONOUR
COMES
An
u n m a r ried man is
chosen from
within
the
family, sent off to
isolation, given a
mix of cows blood,
honey and milk that
has amazing fattening properties.
There is a healthy
weight gain diet if you
ever wanted one. In
that period, a man will
double his body weight.
There is a competition at the end of it all,
where the chubby fellows
are paraded around the
village, and women come
checking out their curves
and the biggest and shiniest of them all is crowned
the fattest champ of the
season by none other than
the elders.
That honour comes
with a lot of glory, fame
and respect. I guess the
Bodi understood one
thing; marriage is bad for
a mans weight.
You might as well get
accustomed to the fattening house.
Beware! Smart, cute female thugs on the prowl
BY OYUNGA PALA
he equality campaigns
of the 80s have borne
fruit. Women have
shattered glass ceilings and found their
rightful place in what used to be a
mans world.
Women are flying dreamliners
and first ladies are running marathons.
It is worth celebrating but it also
comes with a downside. There is also
a noticeable proliferation of female
criminals.
They come in all shapes and sizes
and in all manner of disguise.
Unlike the stereotypical male
thug, who anyone can pick out in
an identification parade, the female
criminal is for the most part invisible
to the vast male populace.
The average man is not socialised
to see criminality in women. Dangerous women were a TV fantasy, something that the Kenyan never imag-
ined would become commonplace.

But, alas, our lives continue to
mimic what we watch on TV. In the
span of two months, three of my
friends were robbed, by women.
It took a lot of digging to extract
the information because I gathered
that men generally do not want to admit they were robbed... by a female.
STUNNING WOMAN
It is more dignified to claim that

you were blistering drunk and she
must have slipped something into
your drink. Which can be passed off
as carelessness on the part of the man
and guile from the female criminal.
However, I am not referring to the
commonplace bar shenanigans. We
are talking about stone cold robbery.
My mate arrives home mid-afternoon to his gated apartment complex. On his way up the stairs to his
apartment, he notices an unfamiliar
female face in a parked vehicle but
pays no mind.
Moments later, there is a knock
on his door and he opens it to behold

a stunning woman in fitting jeans
wrapped around an Olympic swimmers body. The smile immediately
disarms. She has a calmness about
her and inquires about one of his
neighbours.
Been the effortless gentleman, my
mates first instinct was to invite her
in. Big mistake, because in an instinct
there was cold steel on his temple.
NEVER LEARN
Still in denial, he tried to laugh his

way out and received a thwack across
his face.
The door is pushed open and two
other women burst in, tie him up and
proceed to clean out his apartment
as the squad leader reassures him
that she isnt interested in killing him
because she finds him kind-of cute.
Men just never learn to look beyond what their lust sees.
Read more about this writer at;
website: www.oyungapala.com
Twitter: @realoyungapala
lifesacircus
walkwithme...
Ted Malanda draws on the wisdom of his royal Wanga

ancestors to try and understand a world gone mad
How men of old bonded

with their children
here are certain things

you see that the eye
never forgets. Like I remember this man who
drove into a public park nearly 20
years ago and walked out with a
small boy I assumed was his son.
The two removed a football
from the backseat of the car and
spent an hour kicking it about
back and forth till the sun set.
Then they drove off, without once
saying a word to each other.
Then last year, my eye saw
something even more powerful
and poignant. Waiting for a matatu, I noticed a short man, not
an inch over 5 feet, crossing the
street with his two young daughters, twins I thought, not older
than three. He thrust his puny
chest out and swaggered like he
was a five-star army general.
It was not impossible to figure
out the reason the little fellow was
walking like he owned the world.
He worshiped his daughters, and
the feeling was clearly mutual.
More touching is the tiny girls
held onto daddy with confidence,
knowing they were safe and that
nothing could harm him not
even a speeding ten tonne truck.
I am not sure how accurate
they were, but I can bet my last
shirt that that man, who looked
like weighed only 50 kilos, would
have killed a much bigger man to
protect his daughters.
munch goat meat
But that aside, those two parents were bonding with the children. Like most city folk, parents
bond with their kids in different
ways they do movies, they drive
out of town to munch goat meat,

they read together or go for walks.
The lazy ones just watch TV.
In essence, modern parents
use bumming and recreation as a
means of bonding with the future
generation. It is a far cry from my
days as a child.
To begin with, parents had
never heard of bonding. Children
were supposed to be seen and not
heard, and it helped when they
engaged in child labour.
So if you were a girl, you
bonded with your mother by
holding onto the calf while she
milked the cow. You bonded on
the farm; while you perched a

small bag of grain and walked beside her to the posho mill; when
she sent you to bring firewood;
when you minded the baby while
she cooked.
listening to salaams
If you were a boy, you bonded

with your father when he wrestled
cow while you put some nasty
herbal concoction in its sick eye;
when you helped him wash the
car; mend the fence.
I have a special memory about
bonding with my father. When
he was unwell, the one and only
thing that cured his malaise was

Sloans.
Mother would boil water and
dad would put two spoonfuls of
the magical elixir into the steaming water. Then we could cover
ourselves in a blanket and would
breathe in and out deeply. Aaah!
And that was it, till the next
time he fell sick. In the meantime,
you worked your skinny bum off
and kept out of his way.
Bond by listening to radio salaams, taking walks or eating soggy chips and nibbling on goat ribs
in pubs with my father? You must
be out of your mind!
Son tells mother not to visit

him because she is too ugly
hen 63-yearold
Ding
Liang
was
found crying
on a street in
eastern Chinas Hangzhou city,
her story attracted widespread
media coverage. The poor woman had traveled five hours from
her village to meet her son and
his newborn child. Unfortunately, the son refused to see her for
the strangest of reasons because shes too ugly!
Dings confession has pretty
much shocked the nation her
story is currently one of the most
discussed in Chinese social media
with hundreds of thousands of
hits and comments. It all started
when 53-year-old local man Hsin
Pai spotted Ding standing outside a housing complex. He asked
her what the matter was and the
tired old woman spilled her guts
to him.
Ding told Hsin that she was
from a village outside Yuyao city,
in the same province as Hang-
zhou. Years ago, her son moved

to the city to pursue a college
education he did well at school,
landed a job at an upmarket car
dealership and got married.

When Ding attended the wedding dressed like a peasant, the
son was apparently mortified
and too embarrassed to admit
his relationship to her.
Soon after, the son began to
ignore Ding and the rest of the
family back in the village. He
would never call, and only speak
to Ding when she called him.
I dont mind, I know he has his
own life now, so I understand that
he doesnt call and only speaks to
me when I ring him, Ding said.
But when he rang me the other
day to say that he had had a baby,
I wanted to visit him and bring
my grandchild some gifts.
When Ding announced her
intention to visit her son, he simply asked her not to come. He
said I would embarrass him because Im too ugly.
Adopted from www.dailymail.co.uk
UK and Man-Roots are furious that their Government is under

siege by idle oppositionists who have refused to accept and move on.
Ati they are busy going door-to-door asking for millions of signatures
that will shame Samuel Kivuitus banana-orange escapade. This
week, teachers could be dancing on a street near you if one Samoei
keeps mumbling about the rights of exam candidates to be reunited
with their certificates. Meanwhile, veteran unionist Francis Atwoli is
threatening to unleash watu yetu on freshman Cabinet minister
Kazungu Kambi. Further south east, half of Lamu residents are being
forced to learn bush-craft to survive cut-throat and faceless Ninjalike killers who have no respect for curfews. All in a days work in
Kenyan politico-speak.
And while we are still on the small matter of mass action,
where does it state that COTU Secretary General Francis
Atwoli can don his moral fig leaf and call for a national
strike so that he can keep his position on the NSSF Board?
Has it been barely one week since he climbed the rooftops
to warn, caution, and threaten any worker intending to skip
work courtesy of some roadside declaration of a Saba Saba
restday? And now, to some quick roadside vetting of my
own: Has Mr Atwoli ever spearheaded any successful strike
action? Khotsa, lets be honest with each other here.
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is no Alejandro, but he has riches
we would all like to help him spend, considering that the only
person richer than him in this world is Mr Bill Gates. I am, however,
suspicious about some of the free advice he has been doling out
recently. Mr Slim proposed a radical overhaul in the way we work
and wants us to introduce a 10 to 12 hour three-day work week so
employees can rest more. Is this septuagenarian for real? Do the
telecom companies he has invested in work three days a week? I
am no wet blanket to a practical business idea and if he can make
it work... and can get an appointment beyond my boss front desk
secretary and security chief... the possibilities are endless...
If you thought a Million-Man-March-On-State-House is
worrying and threatening the bootstraps off Uhuruto, then
consider what the worlds most powerful man Barrack
Obama is facing. First came Louisiana Governor Bobby
Jindal who is not amused by the PROTUS and his partys war
on religious liberty and education. Bobby claims a rebellion
afoot with millions of patriotic Americans ready for a
hostile takeover of Washington DC. When government no
longer represents the people, the people have the right to
retake their government by force, or so the US Constitution
says. But Obama ignored Bobby since matters like religious
freedom are determined by the Supreme Court, and not
politicians. Any lessons for us here?
Is it true mosquitoes target some of us because we emit carbon
dioxide when we breathe? That they love pregnant women? They
prefer tall folks? Love sucking the living juice out of exercise freaks
and those whose feet have a powerful stench, people who use
perfumes and chaps who love beer? Please do not let John Mututho
read this bit in your copy of todays magazine. And who funds such
research anyway, when global warming is a reality and July is this
cold?
And, finally...
In Central African Republic Muslim Seleka rebels and antibalaka Christian militia are busy loping off each others
heads... In South Sudan rebels and government forces
are busy notching up the scalps on their respective tribal
totem pole... In Syria, they even took time off fighting to
re-vote in President Bashar al-Assad and then resumed
their rat-a-tat-tat... Next door, jihadists of the Islamic State
are intent on their death or glory march on Baghdad... In
Kenya, Al Shabaab are on a murderous warpath, while in
Nigeria, Islamist Boko Haram fighters are doing what they
have been doing best across the length and breadth of
Naija. Meanwhile, Chinese President Xi Jinping was quietly
received in Venezuela where he signed several oil and
mineral deals. Mr Xi and his Prime Minister have, between
them, visited four continents, Africa, Asia, Europe, and
America, making economic in-roads. And all we can rant
and rave about is how China is exploiting us. Nkt!!
Yours Truly
politicallyincorrect
/ PETER WANYONYIS SKEWED LOOK AT THE POLITICAL SCENE
Psst! Private sector interview

tips for civil servants facing sack
he axe is about to descend on the Civil Service. Kenyas bloated,

largely useless civil
service is finally getting serious attention from the bean
counters, and word out there is that
the exercise will be brutal.
But it comes not a moment too
soon, and one hopes that the political will is sustained to see the exercise through. The President last year
changed the structure of governance,
collapsing the number of government
ministries from an astonishing 44 to a
far more nimble 18.
Each ministry, of course, had a
retinue of tea boys and messengers
that are now surplus to requirements.
Truth be told, they were surplus even
in the old structure, and were only in
place because their political godfathers wanted a ready source of votes
from the employees home areas.
needs restructuring
punchline
The story is told of a now-deceased

former Cabinet minister who went to
villages in Western Kenya hiring anyone he could find. These people largely lacked any serious skills, and most
ended up as cooks and watchmen in
government ministries in Nairobi.
The Civil Service as a whole, however, badly needs restructuring. Corrupt, inept, and filled with nepotism
from top to bottom, wananchi will be
hoping that when the axe falls, it falls
ruthlessly. For a small country of just
a few million people, we have way too
much bureaucracy and inefficiency in
the public sector.
When those civil servants are axed,
they will need to either start small
businesses most of which will fail
within a few months or find jobs in
the private sector. And for this, they
will need to attend job interviews,
Sacking surplus civil

servants is probably not the
answer to the bloated wage
bill, but it is a good beginning.
It shows political will on
the part of the President,
assuming he doesnt fall afoul
of one or another of the many
trades unions that pretend to
represent workers. But the
President must also swing
the axe at the cartels that run
massive corruption networks
right within government
indeed, as the President
himself said in February,
right within the Office of
the President. Lets spare
no one ghost workers,
corrupt government bosses,
inept ministers, surplus civil
servants. Get rid of them all!
those terrifying ordeals that reduce

job seekers to quivering blobs of nervous wrecks.
tangible skills
Here, then, is the ultimate guide

to the private sector job interview for
those who will have fallen by the wayside when the Civil Service axe falls.
First, arrive early for the interview.
This is not the Civil Service, where you
could show up at the office at 11am,
and proceed straight into the cafeteria for tea.
While at it, there is no tea or coffee
here. This is the private sector, where
everything is paid for. Drink your tea
before you leave home. Second, dress
like a serious person. The Civil Service
is full of walking dust cupboards with
10-year-old jackets and skirts shiny

from overuse.
It is common to see a civil servant
with show heels so worn away on one
side that he is literally in danger of
keeling over.
And it is not for want of cash, since
civil servants are among the wealthiest Kenyans anywhere.
Private sector employers require
real, tangible skills.
You cannot get by merely by knowing someone, so retrenched civil servants would be well-advised to invest
in a little training.
This should include training in
the English language, which is the
primary language of business in the
formal private sector. Babbling away
in mother tongue like some deranged
tribalist is best left for your own home.

Bribing interviewers is considerably
difficult in the private sector, unlike
the case in the public sector.
Former civil servants will therefore
need to actually perform well in their
interviews, some of which be written
and might involve passing an aptitude test.
Civil servants are therefore advised to brush up on knowledge in
the fields in which they are allegedly
experts as we know, most know less
than nothing.
And, finally, for the very few lucky
enough to find jobs in the private
sector, do your job! Unlike the public
service, the private sector does not
hesitate to sack lazy or otherwise unproductive employees. Good luck!
A mothers anger is just what

we need in the civil service
ith
the
axe
soon falling on
non-performing
civil servants, it
surely cannot be
long before the same axe descends
on the Cabinet. Our unelected
Cabinet has one beautiful thing
about it: since they are ostensibly not politicians, they can be
fired without ceremony.
Just like that. And when
they are fired, the President
will need to appoint fresh
ones, which is why he,
too, needs tips on how to
select the best ministers.
First stick to women.
Female Cabinet ministers
tend to shut up and go about
their business quietly, without fuss
and with no ceremony.
Where the men in their minis-
tries need to be brought down a peg

or two, female ministers accomplish
it with minimum fuss and maximum
embarrassment, guaranteeing that
the man will never open his mouth
again.
The story is told of a particularly abrasive young male civil servant
who foolishly and brashly challenged
his minister over some mundane
point.
She fired him on the spot! Lesson
delivered, swiftly.
SO EFFICIENT
The Ministry of Lands was a cesspit of corruption until a female minister was appointed to the docket. In
days, she had fixed it.
Wags claim the ministry of lands is
now so efficient that they even offer
wananchi water to drink to quench
thirst as they wait to be served. Imag-
ine that.
Second tip for the President
when you fire the underperforming
male ministers to hire women, fire
their male underlings too.
Men are notorious for running
things badly and for insubordination
to women. Why risk project delivery
by having men report to women? Fire
the whole lot.
Insensitive ministries like those
with security responsibilities, a
mothers anger and outrage at a child
being killed is just what Kenya needs
to reign in the gangs of thugs who
have made parts of the country ungovernable.
Finally, the President might consider replacing himself with a woman.
After all, having feminised the
entire government, why stop there?
With women, you cant lose!
offthewall/Bizarre , weird but true tales
Shock as corpse is clobbered silly in

exorcising ritual after mortuary mix-up
BBy Lawrence Aluru
he body of a dead
man was thoroughly caned, abused
and kicked last
week before an
elaborate ritual that lasted several hours was done, after a family
mistook it for one of their kins.
The family of the deceased
in Masat East, Ugenya had prepared everything, including digging a grave, in readiness to give
the old man a decent send-off.
But they were left in shock
when they discovered that the
body the morticians had given
them was actually not that of the
late 70-year-old man.
Drama began after a mortician contacted one of those who
had gone to collect the body at
Ukwala mortuary, apologising
before breaking the sad news
about the mix-up.
wrong corpse
The sad news was that they

had taken somebody elses body,
which had to be taken back immediately.
This caused anxiety and panic among the mourners when rumour spread that the body was
not that of their man.
Concerned elders swung into

action and informed them that
some rites had to be performed
before giving back the body.
Immediately it was confirmed
that indeed they had the wrong
corpse, the enraged mourners
didnt waste time.
kicks, blows
They opened the casket, and

descended on the corpse with
kicks, blows and hurled obscenities at it.
This, they said, they did in
line with the Luo traditions to
ward off evil spirits, saying the
incident was an abomination
that could bring along evil spirits; a bad omen that was likely
to haunt them if rituals were not
going to be performed.
No sooner had they finished
carrying out the the cleansing
ritual than a group of angry men
and women stormed the home
accusing them of stealing the
dead body of their relative.
The area assistant chief says
the bereaved family could not
believe their eyes when another
family stormed their home, demanding a corpse.
Elderly mourners intervened
and requested the charged
younger men and women to
calm down so that they solve the

matter amicably.
The two families then agreed
to carry the body back to the
mortuary to find out from the
morticians what had led to the
mix-up.
Again, at the mortuary, drama
unfolded as the enraged family
members engaged the mortuary
attendants in a heated exchange,
some wailing uncontrollably and
blaming the misfortune on perceived family enemies.
After close to an hour, the
attendants owned up and explained the mix-up, and how
they had released the body of
another 65-year-old man from
Nyalenya village, from the neighbouring Karadolo East sub location instead.
were perplexed
After a bitter exchange and

negotiations, the two families
opened the casket carrying the
remains of the other man and
were perplexed to find out that
the body was not their mans.
However, the family of the deceased from Ugenya felt relieved
after finding the remains of their
kin.
The family surrendered the
other corpse to the mortuary at-
tendants and sped off to Uhumwa village in a pick-up with the

right body. The other family was
left at the morgue wailing and

cursing as morticians prepared
the beaten-up body.
Domestic violence rescue mission goes

awry as father-in-law panics, poops on self
By Lawrence Aluru
which they had hidden in a nearby thicket

was discovered as they were all matched
back to the house to explain the reason
behind their action.
Upon seeing the police, the father-inlaw panicked and began shivering and
shaking in his boots.
And just when they were interrogating
the old man, demanding that he explains
why they took matters into their own
hands, hell broke loose; he defecated on
himself, choking the room with a pungent
smell.
lders in West Ugenya location, Siaya County are now

demanding that a father-inlaw pays a ram and charms
to cleanse his son-in-laws
house lest a curse befalls the family, after
he (the father-in-law) soiled himself in his
daughters house.
Villagers in Sifuyo are still reeling from
shock after the father-in-law in question,
who had led angry members of his family
to solve a domestic abuse case in which
their daughter had been battered by her
husband.
The incident, which has become the
talk of Sifuyo village and beyond, started
after marital squabbles hit the marriage of
a young couple in the area.
Allegedly, the husband had been mistreating and battering his wife for a while,
but the melon that broke the monkeys
back was when he beat her up one night,
and seriously injured her arm and bruised
her face.
Immediately word reached the womans father in Samia in the neigbouring
Busia County that her daughter had been
seriously injured by her husband, only
identified as Peter, the old man was not
amused.
The enraged father whose name was
only given as Olando immediately summoned a crisis family meeting in which it
was agreed that they storm their son-inlaws house, teach him a lesson and take
their daughter home.
terrified old man
Together with his wife, daughters and

sons, Olandos family headed to Sifuyo
where they took their son-in-law by surprise. A heated exchange ensued, and
before long it degenerated into a scuffle
as they physically attacked their son-inlaw.
bolted out
Luckily for him, he bolted out wailing,
and made his first stop at the Sifuyo administration police camp.
Other than taking their daughter, the
angry family decided to confiscate some
household property. But they could not
go far as the policemen, in the company
of the area assistant chief, caught up with
them.
The household property, some of
Initially, we were shocked, not knowing where the foul smell was coming from
but on keen observation, realised that the
mans cloth was wet and attracting flies,
said the area chief.
The terrified old man was escorted to
the toilet to clean up himself, and change
the soiled trousers, as tickled villagers
milled the home to witness the incident.
As this transpired, a group of elders
prevailed upon the chief and the policemen not to take legal action against the
father-in-law and his family, promising to
solve the matter amicably.
They argued that with the new development, traditional rites had to be performed to cleanse the son-in-law and his
house.
After lengthy discussions, Olando said he had been failed by his
bowels, and agreed to provide a ram
and Manyasi (traditional herbs) to
enable the cleansing ceremony take place
soon.
thisstrangeworld
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thisstrangeworld
Relatives and in-laws who overstay their visit

There is no one-size-fits-all rule in regard
to how long one can be hosted at a friends
or relatives house. However, some guests
not only annoy hosts by overstaying, but
also irritate them during their long stay,
writes SILAS NYANCHWANI
f you live in an urban centre, the consequences of

hosting guests, especially
those who happen to be
village-bred, is that the hygiene of your loo will never be the
same again, at least during their
entire stay! Mostly, these are people
who are used to pit latrines (where
once you finish your business, you
walk off ) or relieve themselves in
bushes, and use leaves as toilet paper!
Thus, toilet training and related
etiquette is something one always
considers subjecting such guests
to. But then again, where does one
get the courage to do so to a grownup or, better still, an ageing citizen?
Wrong use of the toilet by guests
is the number one pet peeve in
any household. And related tales
abound. Take the case of Charles
Lumiti, for instance.
Wives hate hubbies relatives
Lumiti tickles this writer with a

tale about a guest (his cousin) he often hosts, and who always overstays
his visit. My wife is always
mad at him because other than his annoying
habit of postponing
his departure indefinitely, he always
messes up the loo.
flushing loo
One day after confronting

him as to why he
always forgets to
flush the toilet, he
confessed that he
always does but
at times his waste,
even after using a
couple of buckets of
water to send it down
the drainage system,
defiantly floats around.
And proceeded to blame
change of diet and constipation! giggles Lumiti.
Besides, Lumiti says his wife
always has issues with his (Lumitis) cousin. If its not his
smelly feet, it is something to do with his
general poor hygiene. The general
perception by
most of those
who were interviewed for
this report
is that visitors from
the
husbands side
tend to be
more annoying and
in the habit
of overstaying, seeing as
most have an
inflated sense
of entitlement.
Pam (not her
real name), is not a
happy woman. She got
married over a year a go,
and one of the guests who attended her wedding in Nairobi
has refused to leave her house.
My husbands niece has pitched
tent in my house since our wedding
last August. We live in a small onebedroom house, laments Pam.

That her house doesnt have a proper bedroom door doesnt make the
matter any better.
The bedroom does not have an
actual door but an opening covered
by a curtain, so basically there is no
privacy; one can hear all the activities going on in the bedroom, says
Pam.
wife around and to make matters

worse, do absolutely nothing but sit
around, says Naomi Ngenga. They,
she adds, can be patronising, depending on where they come from,
with folks from Western and Nyanza
being more likely to be chauvinistic.
The thing with male visitors
is that you have to pick after them
and some of them can take your
efforts for granted, like when they
want you as the wife to wash their
socks..., complains Sharon Njiru*,
a married journalists who has also
dealt with relatives who conveniently forget that their visit is over.
bum around
Pam says her husbands niece

does absolutely nothing, as the
couple neither has children for
her to babysit nor taxing household chores. All she does is bum
around, eating and watching TV all
day, but still has the nerve to whine
when asked to run a small errand
in the house. Pam has tried to prevail upon her husband to send her
packing but he always develops
cold feet, fearing word might spread
to other gossipy relatives.
Pam says her case is not as bad
as one told to her by a friend when
they recently compared notes on
the matter.
fool around with hosts wife
never respected boundaries
Apparently, her friends motherin-law once visited them and not

only overstayed, but never respected boundaries.
My friends mother-in-law assumed her daughter-in-laws duties
such as cooking, doing laundry, and
ironing. She allegedly once ironed
her sons jeans trouser and even
pleated it; something that really annoyed him.
And even after being lectured
about boundaries and all, she just
didnt seem to get it; she kept arguing about how her daughter-in-law
and son should, in fact, appreciate and be grateful for her efforts,
claiming she gives a helping hand
because her daughter-in-laws
home-making skills are below par,
chuckles Pam.
Its worse if the host lives in a
smaller house or a single room partitioned with a curtain, for this can
curtail certain grown-folk activities.
Disregard for hosts privacy
There are two aspects Kenyans

dont care about; timing and privacy.
In-law, sasa? aki uko wapi?
Niko apa panaitwa sijui ati Ambassador Hotel si ukuje unichukue
(In-law, where are you? Im outside
this hotel called Ambassadeur,
come pick me)! a nagging relative
will coo on the cellphone, with no
prior warning. Yes, Kenyan visitors
just happen. They just arrive. Unannounced. Personal space? Privacy?
And timing? Tell that to the birds,
they just dont care!
made off with house help
Tales abound of Kenyans who

visit from the countryside on one
mission or another, and request
their relatives or in-laws for a place
to sleep for a night.
Then night turns into days, days
into weeks, and before you know
it, weeks turn into months. And if
you are not careful, if the character
in question is your blood relative,
months can even turn into years!
Chasing away such types is nev-
er an option, unless you are ready to

have your name soiled among your
village mates and relatives back at
your rural home. With kicking them
out out of the question, you must
tolerate them.
Jane*, a 34-year-old civil servant and mother of two has seen it
all. Her husband, being a generous
man, routinely houses relatives who
visit the city for a myriad of reasons;
those on medical referrals to the
citys best hospitals, those joining
college, those in town in search of
jobs and continuing students waiting for college to resume.
While she does not mind the
sick, everybody else in her house
grates on her nerves. She once had
a terrible experience. A male relative
made off with her househelp.
Familiarity breeds contempt
See, she was the best house help

I ever had. And one day a cousin
of my husband came visiting. He
stayed longer than necessary. Every
day he invented a reason to justify
his extended stay. And all along he
was scheming to get away with my
house help, says Jane.
Though they have been happily
married for more than four years
now, his superfluous generous
leaves a sour taste in her mouth. She
blames it on familiarity, which, she
claims, always breeds contempt.
Relatives must remain guests.
When they start getting familiar,
things can go wrong. I know of female relatives who start corrupting the husband in more ways than
one, offers Jane.
Female versus male relatives
The men of the house hardly

mind the relatives. Mostly because
men hardly stay in the house. Their
interaction with their household is
limited to the morning and evening
hours.
However, for women, it is always
a nightmare if the guests happen to
be demanding. The guests, especially those with lifestyle diseases
and special dietary demands can be
a bit of a strain.
Many of the women interviewed
for this report said they would rather host a female visitor. They said
women and girl visitors feel obliged
to help with household chores in
the event they overstay.
Women can help you with
house chores, can help in
undoing your hair and in
gossip, more so when they
are not from your in-laws side.
The in-laws are always struggling
to paint you in a bad light, argues
Ruth Nyaboke, a mother of one who
resides in Uthiru, Nairobi.
cannot participate in chores
Margaret Shitemesi, a fruit

vendor in Uthiru, warns that female relatives pose the danger of
tempting the man of the house.
Not all women, close or
distant, have good intentions. Some will tempt
your man and do bad
things with him in your
absence, she adds.
All visits of course
are fraught with danger. Male visitors are
considered a burden, given they

cannot participate in household
chores. They are simply an extra
mouth to feed. Never mind some
feed like termites!
Male visitors are worse. They
feed heavily and always complain about the quality and quantity of food. They order their hosts
For men, female visitors can be

tempting. Stories have been told of
visitors who fool around with hosts
wives. And they dont always stop
there; they dont spare the hosts
daughters.
Having teenage daughters or
mature ones, and a randy male relative staying too long in your house,
can be a bit of a problem. Because
some men just cant zip up, says
Paul Korir, a 40-year-old father of
a 15-year-old daughter. Luckily
for him, such a disaster has never
struck his home, because he never
takes chances.
The most recommended method of kicking out such guests is,
among many others, to be diplomatic but very firm and direct when
time comes to say no - of course
before you asking them to get lost!
Alternatively, ask them to chip in
financially or burden them with
tasking household chores! Imagine
some one giving you work while on
holiday? They will go!
feminist/
DR Cupid
with chege muiruri
Hes acting distant

I dated this guy for three years,
but I always felt like I put more work
in the relationship. And now he is
going to school in Naivasha and I am
the one who always texts him. He
seldom replies, though I still love him.
I recently called him at midnight and
a girl picked up the phone and when I
confronted him, he made it seem like
it was not a big deal. What does that
mean? Gachery, Nairobi
He has moved on, and so should
you.
Why the boyz

are a womans
worst nightmare
The boyz are nowadays

every
womans
worst
nightmare! I have no
problem with men having
friends, in fact I believe it
adds a healthy balance to a relationship when every party has their own
friends.
However, what I cannot understand
is why the boyz have suddenly become more important to men than us,
their women.
I cannot, for the life of me, fathom
why men these days walk around in
packs, and are so clingy on each other, as if they were chickens looking for
warmth from one another!
Or as if they were born attached to
each other on the hip bone. After all,
we women aesthetically look better
than the boyz, we smell better, are
more intelligent, like conversation,
and are even funnier, but the way some
men run away from home, you would
think the devil himself resides in their
living room.
The other day we were having our
annual girls weekend trip out of town
with four of my close friends, and while
having our communal and thoroughly
enjoyable hissy fit about men and all
the things they do that annoy us, one
topic kept rearing its ugly head; men

and their boyz.
One lady even claimed that from
Monday to Saturday, her husband often did a disappearing act on her and
their son, and the only time he could
spare from quality time with his precious boyz was Sunday morning, until around 2 pm when he disappeared
again to watch football with his boyz.
free time
And so if you calculated the number of hours her man spent with her
was less than 2 per cent of his free time,
while about 98 per cent was his bonding time with the boyz.
Clearly the boyz are even worse
than a mistress who steals only a few
hours. They steal all of a mans free
time. This is because these days the
boyz are everything to todays man,
they play the role of marriage/ relationship counsellors.
They are career, time and money
advisers, and self-proclaimed experts
on how a woman should and should
not behave.
They are also the wise council of
elders and everything that happens
between you and your man passes
through them, like some kind of par-
chauvinist/
He cried to get me back!
liament that sits in the bars and clubs

(the brainless gathering of the male
tribe).
They literally cannot do anything
without getting an approval from the
boyz. And why, again, do men run
away from women and give their time
and loyalty to the boyz?
being individuals
One colleague told me proudly that

his boyz made better company for
him any day because his wife was boring and that all she did was nag.
You would think that if his wife was
so boring he would have figured that
out earlier on while he was dating her,
and spending every free minute he had

by her side. And on the nagging bit, if
he remembered what his wife told him
she would not have to nag about it!
The way some men act is like a
woman is a gadget they bought in the
market which spreads its legs, cooks,
cleans, washes, and you can carry
around for family and work events,
and when you are done with it you can
shut it off.
Men need to wake up and smell
the coffee, and learn a little something
about being individuals. Yes, you can
tie your damn shoe laces before asking
John, Andrew, Mike, Phillip, Tom, Jeff,
Rodney what they think!
with nikko tanui
Cheat on a Kenyan man at your own risk
each other during a love-making

session.
The husband of the woman allegedly demanded several
thousands of shillings before he
could allow the couple to be separated.
here was a time

when no self-respecting woman
would dare cheat
on her partner, no
matter what.
But nowadays, women are no
longer the angels they used to be;
they cheat like there is no hell
for fornicators. It doesnt matter
whether their men are loyal and
treat them like queens. Some
women, it has been discovered,
will cheat no matter what.
Kwani ni sabuni eti itaisha?
is a common phrase some cheating women like throwing around,
in reference to their privates.
Things are so bad, the situation
must be the inspiration behind
singer Chris Browns latest hit single, This h*es aint loyal hit.
Simply put, the only woman a
man can bet never cheats (on her
man) is a lesbian, the rest I dare
say; they aint loyal and you can
take that to the bank!
Believe me, the rate at which
women nowadays cheat on their
boyfriends and husbands is
alarming. Men burn the midnight
oil searching for ways to stop
their wives from straying. One of
the ways used by some men is the
traditional method where they
using spies
approach witchdoctors to chant

some mumbo jumbo that leads
to getting clamped in the event
that she cheats.
consult witchdoctors
It is amazing the rate at which

husbands are consulting witchdoctors. And the very interesting
bit is the zeal with which they

demand ransom from clamped
men before the unholy union
gets disentangled.
One such incident happened
in Kericho County recently
whereby an employee of a local
road construction company and
a banker allegedly got stuck to
Ladies, there you have it,

men no longer police you using
spies, among other sophisticated
means. They simply visit a witchdoctor and acquire charms and
woe unto you if you stray.
Though I dont advocate for
men to use unorthodox means
to put a rein on their partners,
tell me what a man is to do when
women arent loyal? Seeing as it
is only men who seem to know
where these witchdoctors operate from, women who intend to
cheat must be wary, for their days
are numbered.
More importantly, if you dont
want to be locked in a fatal embrace and hugely embarrassed as
you are ferried in a Probox to hospital, as happened in that Kericho
incident, dont you dare cheat
on the modern Kenyan man! He
goes out of his way to catch you.
Dont say I didnt warn you!
I had differences with my boyfriend

and broke up with him. However, as
I was leaving him, he began crying
and giving lame excuses when I told
him he was taking me for granted. He
got so emotional and vowed never
again would he take me for granted.
I want to know if he is serious about
changing, so how do you tell a fake cry
from a real one? Juliana, Nairobi
My dear, I am not a crying expert,
the question you should be asking
yourself is not whether the crying
was fake or real; thing is, is he for real
about changing? Look at it that way.
My partner gone silent

I am married, and I have been
having an affair with my friends
wife. This is our eighth year together.
However, two months ago she decided
to leave her husband and now has her
own place because of what she termed
as irreconcilable differences. I never
pushed her to opt for separation
because I do not intend to leave my
wife. I have never pressurised her.
In fact, she was the one who would
always reach out to me. So why is she
now acting very distant. She has even
refused to meet up with me since she
left her husband. Please help? Phillip,
Kajiado
She probably realised that having
an affair with a married man is not
worth it, and is looking for a more
wholesome relationship.
He is only interested in
marriage
I am 29 and recently met a man
who is 37 years old. We have only been
seeing each other for about three
weeks, and he is already talking about
marriage. He wants us to get married
as soon as possible because he claims I
have everything he needs in a wife. We
barely know each other. Please help.
Dorothy, Mombasa
I would be wary of anyone who
is in such a hurry to say I do and is
not interested in courting. Continue
vetting him.
Send Doctor Love your

relationship problems on:
fabulousfeminista@gmail.com
ateachersdiary/
WITH mWALIMU SOCRATES
Ghosts from a thieving past return to

haunt school staff at colleagues burial
he Meta meta community is in mourning. We

buried Ken, the former school messenger
last week. His earthly
sojourn was spiced with drama.
Indeed if there was a soul that ever
needed a rest, it was Kens. And
the drama trailed his corpse to the
graveside.
His untimely demise was aided by
a glassful of adulterated alcohol. As
has happened to many other Kenyans
who cherish their drink, and love it
cheap, friends claimed that Ken had
gone for his usual dose after a hard
days work at Meta meta. Three of his
drinking mates also ended up at the
morgue.
Ken had been in Meta meta for decades. Since it is unAfrican to speak
ill of the dead, we will not say much
about his scandal-flavoured tenure
there. The incidents are legion. Like
on the day after collecting mail when
he gave in to the temptation to pass
by a pub for a drink.
An innocent sip led to many more,
and Ken not only staggered home
inebriated but also lost the entire
mail, including teachers pay slips.
Margarita, who had been anxiously
waiting for hers to apply for a loan at
Mwalimu National Sacco demanded
his immediate sacking.
Not being a member of any welfare organisation, the burden of planning the burial landed on the broad
shoulders of Okonkwo. Tom, the bursar, was elected to coordinate things.
Very few of his former friends turned
up for meetings and we were forced
to scale down the budget to the bare
bulletin/
for the scrawny herbivore Aeneas had

bought.
A day to the burial, the funeral
committee was thrown into a panic.
There was no pastor willing to preside
over the burial. The deceased had given churches and allied congregations
a wide berth. Jezebel, the school cateress came to our rescue. She knew
of a man of God at Nairobis Jeevanjee Gardens who could officiate at a
small fee.
grave side
minimum: a coffin, mortuary fee and

a hearse.
unpaid debt
Meeting the otherwise lean budget

still proved to be a herculean task. A
number of the Meta meta staff were
not keen on contributing. Donatta

was heard complaining that Ken had
chosen to die with her unpaid debt.
Apparently, during last years Valentines season, he had talked her to giving him a red dress for his wife and a
matching pair of shoes on credit.
Schola had conspiratorially whispered to Vasco Da Gama that Aeneas had also loaned Ken a part of the
money meant for a goat to celebrate
the renovated staff room. Within no
time the rumour was known to every
ear at Meta meta. That was the reason
On the burial day, we arrived at

the deceaseds home early. We were
conducted to a tent for visitors. I was
about to sit when someone tugged violently at my coat.
I turned to find Schola beside herself with excitement. She was pointing
at the chair just in front of us. It clearly
bore the initials of Meta Meta, complete with a serial number! I counted
five others. Just then, a villager walked
towards us.
He was wearing a lab coat that
had turned black with want of laundry services. The Meta meta school
motto and logo were still visible. The
mystery of disappearing Meta meta
property was being resolved at the
graveside!
An agitated Okonkwo could hardly
sit down, and was mumbling something about pension deductions. It
took the skilful art of the hired preacher to calm all down and proceed with
the burial ceremony.
Send feedback to Mwalimu on socratesmwalimu@gmail.com
with Ferdinand Mwongela
Irony of insecure Kenyans seeking refuge in prison
s the wave of attacks,

which some quarters
have described as
baffling, at the Coast
unfolded, it brought to
the fore the uncertainty of everyday
life.
As the stories continue to flow, and
as calls rose to find the culprits, one
report caught my attention, a report
that residents of Hindi had sought
refuge at a local prison.
Granted, a government-run prison
is a generally secure place, but rarely
do you get people walk in freely and
beg to stay.
Growing up, I went to a school
next to a prison. As as we walked by it,
the walls were a source of fascination.
We could not help wondering what
lay behind them.
bewildered residents
On some occasions we saw prison

warders and prisoners doing some
chore in the prison farm across the
school, and we would stop and stare
at these people who lived behind the
imposing fence.
The people of Hindi might not be
within the imposing walls, but prison
it is. If they were to meet with the real
prison residents, I wonder how the

conversation would go.
As the two sets of people exchange
news and what brought them in, the
inmate would go: What brought you
here? The bewildered resident would
quietly reply: We got attacked.
The inmate would, of course, be at
a loss as to why the victim was the one
in prison.
Where are those who attacked
you, shouldnt they be the ones in
prison?
The resident would be stumped.
Even he would see the irony. While
big men with more bodyguards than
the local police station buzz in aboard
choppers from Nairobi, his attackers
are still out there.
You can almost see the inmates
puzzled look at the irony of the victim
in prison.
As he evaluates a situation quite
different from the one he left when
he got arrested, a hardcore prisoner
would probably yearn to be back out
there.
bully hissing
In an environment where those

he robbed or assaulted could head to
prison and the only thing he would
be worried about were ultimatums to

stop or else...
It reminds one of a meek parent
with a truant child. All threats and no
action. We have all seen those.
One day while at a doctors waiting
room, a young boy made everyone
miserable, harassing their children.
His guardian, seated at a corner,
would occasionally look up and mutter: Daddy wacha. And the young
brat would go on without a care in the
world.
All I could wish for him was the
day he reports to school, and there is
no one to call him daddy. Just the local bully hissing in his ears,Kuja hapa
Kijana, I own you.
wemen/
with tony masikonde
Guys, your woman may have plotted it

all, long before you discovered her
man may spend a lot

of time plotting on
how they to make a
certain attractive girl
in the neighbourhood
or in the office next door notice him.
Hopefully, when he is noticed one
thing leads to another, and soon they
are munching tonnes of ice cream together in upmarket coffee shops.
That is not where the story ends; it
ends when the man lays the girl. After
he has done that he has conquered
and achieved a new badge of honour.
Unlike before, the man will now have
a fresh dossier about the girl to unfurl
as the boys take a swig at the local,
perched atop high bar stools.
Men will take a great detail in describing the moans, and the sighs.
But according to a girl named Becky,
this need not get the boys too excited. Why? You may ask. Becky says so
what if you slept with me? Does that
leave a scar on my face that must be
witnessed by all and sundry?
By the way who tells you that you
nailed me? What stops me from nailing you, and plan it as if you were the
greatest conqueror after Joan of Arc?
Well, men are the hunters world
over, I managed to stammer, suddenly realising that having coffee instead
of the usual glass of whisky was after
all a bad idea for such a discussion.
Let me tell you Tony, and listen
real good, she started with such bra-
Campusrover/
vado that I had the same feeling as the

Brazilian national football team when
they resumed the pitch for the second half against Germany after a 5-0
thrashing in the opening half.
movement patterns
The fact that you may pay the

bills or offer to open the car door does
not mean you have had me in a box
like a box of chocolate. Often, most
affairs are planned by the woman and
meticulously planned months in advance, before the first day.
What do you mean? I grumbled,
struggling to keep my voice down.
Tony, huh, the day you notice me in
the bank queue, or in a coffee shop or
often in a supermarket, may not be
the first time we are meeting, she
declared.
What men call love at first sight
is not necessarily the case with women. This is because, often, women
will have seen their prey, mastered
the movement patterns, and only get
discovered when they are ready to be
noticed, she said.
That would have to be the most
hapless attempt at self-gratification,
I attempted to defend my species.
But she interjected: Dont you know
that in the world some of the most
resourceful spies are women? Not as
sex symbols, but just because they
tend to be quite observant and at the
same time they can mount a number
with Bill Odunga
Awkward moment when

you quote a socialite
ou do not want to be online

when exam results are released. Suddenly, your timeline is filled with posts of
people thanking God for the
far He has brought them. They are happy
that finally they are through with the 8-44 system.
At that time you have not checked your
results from the online students portal. This
is your final year at university, and you do
not want the results to be bad. So the butterflies in your stomach start laying maggots
that immediately turn into caterpillars.
Your sitting equipment is on pins and
needles. It burns down there. Your hands
quiver, and instead of typing the address
for the university website, you inadvertently find yourself typing www.amazingcollegechics.com. Damn it!
Then the inboxes start streaming
in. Have you reached 60 points? That
is euphemism for Are you graduating with a second class upper or not?
Naturally in my campus, first class honours
is like dinosaurs. The next calibre of success
is Second Class Honours, Upper Division.
That is what we struggle for. And I swear
getting that 2nd Upper is not easy.
When that question pops up in your
Facebook chat, you will remember how you
sat the exams. It will be four months after
you left campus. The memory will be foggy,

so you will not be able to remember whether or not you wrote those papers well. And
the amnesia will frustrate you. Because you
will now imagine that you did not sit them
well.
hard bargain
Anything that can happen, will happen. There is a way you can calculate your
grades to see what your points are. You will
do that before checking your results. It will
come to 59 points. So that means that in order to get to 60 and keep it there, you need
nothing less than a B grade. And you pray to
Amadioha that that B grade has very strong
points to make up for the Cs and Ds you got
last semester.
Your mother comes to mind. She does
not care that the lecturers in your campus
drive very hard bargains with marks, as if
they are packets of heroin of the first order.
Fail, and you must look for somewhere else
to live. The tension will kill you, and if you
are impetuous, if you are weak, you will wet
your pants when you finally open your portal. And then there they are.
A beautiful array of letters of the alphabet or several kinds. You will hate to quote
socialites, but at that moment you will convince yourself that Only God can judge
me.
of camouflages with hairstyles and

head scarves?
successful defence
Even before I could plan and

mount a successful defence, she continued: Tony, do you remember the
dress I was wearing when I was first
introduced to you by your missus?

Can you even remember where we
first met?
Indeed I cannot remember,
but from experience I have heard
things that went down many years
ago, some in drunken stupor, unearthed and used against me.
Association of Nigerian
witches & wizards declare
war on Boko Haram
he witches and
wizards in Nigeria are not
happy with Islamist militant
sect Boko Haram. The Sun
reports that an emergency
meeting was held at Afuze,
Edo over the challenges facing the country, especially the
nations security.
Enough is enough, the
association has declared. In
an interview with the publication, the leader and spokesman
for Witches and Wizards Association of Nigeria (WITZAN),
Dr. Okhue Iboi said the emergency meeting was to discuss a
way forward.
Witches and Wizards in
Nigeria are deeply worried by
what is going on in the country
especially Boko Haram insurgency.
As stakeholders in the Nigerian project, we can no longer
afford to fold our hands while
the nation burns. Enough is
enough Iboi said at the event.
According to Iboi, it was
witches and wizards from Borno, Adamawa and Yobe that
urged the association to have

the meeting.
emergency meeting
He said the bi-annual meeting of the association was

scheduled to be held in the first
week of October, but because
of the sect our fellow brothers
and sisters from the these three
North eastern states pleaded
for the emergency meeting,
to help cage Shekau and his
blood-thirsty lieutenants.
The 55-year-old also said
the days of Shekau are numbered and he will be captured

before the end of December, as
well as paraded on the streets
of Abuja and Maiduguri for the
world to see.
And for the parents of the
missing school girls, he says
they should smile as those
girls are coming back home.
They will be rescued.
If you are in doubt of their
power, dont be, because Iboi
says all their revelations will
come to pass as it did with the
2011 general elections when
they told Ibrahim Babaginda
and Atiku Abubakar not to contest against President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.
Other revelations by Iboi include the Emir of Kano Sanusi
Lamido Sanusi should not rejoice yet, Governor Adams Oshiomole is standing on a shaky
ground, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed
Tinubu will be disgraced and
President Jonathan will win the
2015 elections.
Adopted from sunnewsonline.com
/ Page 13
ugandanaffairs/
GRACE NAKATO
Drama as cops throw weight behind

stone-hurling students in food riot
akerere
University
(MAK) students have
always participated in
strikes that come with
blazing tires, stone
throwing, looting and bloodshed.
Traders in Wandegya and the environs close up shop, and motorists give
the area a wide berth when any controversial policies are heard to be in the
offing. Police stock up heavily on tear
gas, ready for war. The only ones who
probably smile all the way to the bank
are shops that sell those wooden sticks
for hoes.
This time round, the MAK administration decided to replace food for cash
by giving students Sh138 for lunch and
supper, and slap a 10 per cent increment
in tuition fees for new students. The
students, of course, thronged Freedom
Square carrying twigs and shouting slogans as they demanded the immediate
resignation of the Vice Chancellor.
As usual, the police were called in to
calm the situation, only to turn the tables, swinging into action by offering
free joy rides to the students and joining
in the commotion.
Afande Omara, the Kampala North
Metropolitan operations commander
was shown on TV warning the universitys management that they will not clean
up anybodys mess by making wrong, insensitive decisions that will cause riots,
thinking police will handle it.
He even mocked the paltry sum of
rice with a dash of greens.

The sauce is served in an accompanying bowl with the choice of beef/chicken/fish/beans.
REFUSE WORK
Sh138 as inadequate for breakfast in Katanga (slum) as he munched away on the

food that had been served for lunch at
the MAK dining hall.
PALTRY MEAL
This was however before a crisis

meeting between him, student leaders
and the University administration where
it was agreed that they revise the insensitive policy on meals.
Picturespeak
I wonder what the MAK administration was thinking! In Uganda, food is an

integral part of life. When employment
contracts are negotiated we take the literal meaning of man eateth where he
worketh by ensuring lunch is part of the
contract.
This is not a paltry meal like you
would cook in Kenya, but a buffet. The
food is served on a dinner platter and
comprises ugali, matoke, cassava and
When lunch is delayed at my office

we can even put down our tools and refuse to work for the rest of the afternoon.
The powers that be at MAK probably
thought that students will literally chew
books and that they should be grateful
to have actually joined this prestigious
institution. Or they are encouraging students to find alternative means of providing for themselves?
Perhaps the rarefied air they are
breathing in the hallowed halls is causing them to hallucinate that this is one
of those developed countries where one
can earn thousands of shillings just for
washing old, wrinkly bodies.
Such decisions are eroding the morals among our young malleable minds.
When one is desperate to satisfy a basic need, the low hanging fruit will be
the first to be plucked with theft and
prostitution being the most common
fruit that is ready for consumption, if the
statistics and tabloids are to be believed.
This age group is the most vulnerable
as most have now discovered freedom.
The fence-sitters will now have no excuse not to join their comrades on the
street corners seeking alternative income sources.
Gubernatorial caning
All work without play makes

governor a dull fella! Nakuru
Governor Kinuthia Mbugua
joins Troupe Likasu Zangalewa entertainers as they
tickle the residents during
the launch of a devolution
assessment report in Nakuru
town over the weekend. The
residents were treated to the
Zangalewas antics with the
former AP Commandant giving one of the actors several
strokes of the cane before
the favour was returned.
[PHOTO: KIPSANG JOSEPH]
fortheloveofthegame/
WITH ANIL BAKARI
Banking on Harambee Stars

is recipe for ulcers, heartache
arambee Stars
returned from
the World Cup
in Brazil rejuvenated, focused
and ready to dismantle their opponents - so we thought, until
they went to Lesotho.
If you have forgotten, the Stars
went to Brazil for a football outing
courtesy of President Uhuru Kenyatta, who believed that was the
missing link in the teams quest to
amass success.
Photos doing the rounds on
social media showed that Stars
had nothing but a myriad of football lessons as they sat among
thousands of other fans supporting their favourite teams.
BEING SCORED
Some of the lessons they

learned include how to substitute
a goalkeeper when your team is
facing defeat; how to dive to earn
a penalty; why a team should never rely on one player, and how to
score at the last minute.
These are the lessons many
hoped the Stars would garner
from Brazil and implement immediately they reached home, especially in their game against Lesotho the other weekend, for the
African Cup of Nations slot.
All indications are that they
did not use any of the bags of
tricks they learned in Brazil
How to tell you

are an ace golfer
during the match. Their strikers

did not dive in the penalty area to
earn free goals.
They did not substitute their
goalkeeper, like Netherlands did
to avoid being scored against,
neither did they employ the trick
of scoring at the last minute, as
Germany did to win the World
Cup, or stop relying on their few
international stars.
This means only one thing,
they did not learn anything from
Brazil as we had thought, thus,
the President burned his millions in sending them there.
Of all the teams, why should Stars

lose to minnows like Lesotho?
Put differently, where is Lesotho in the Fifa football ranking?
Did they have the privilege of going to Brazil to watch the games
live for over two weeks courtesy of
their President?
ONE-NILL LOSS
For the Love of the Game feels

the pain the President is going
through after Stars one-nil loss
to Lesotho. They squandered his
millions in Brazil. Like For the
Love of the Game, Uhuru must be
wondering now what else can we

do as a country to lift Stars?
If taking them to the World
Cup and later their standing in
Fifa ranking jumping to above position 100 for the first time in history cannot pay off, what would?
Stars, perhaps, are just irredeemable, thus, we should ignore
Fifa backlash and disband the
whole team.
For the Love of the Game does
not want to risk a heart attack by
supporting the team, which is
why I am taking a break.
here are so many

golf tournaments
taking
place
around, many of
them
sponsored
by the corporate bodies. From
Kitale in Trans Nzoia County, to
Kilifi at the Coast, the game is
picking up.
But are all those players professional, as we are made to believe? Here is how to know that
you are a professional golfer, according to Sports Pickle.
One, someone carries your
clubs, not a cart. Two, when you
hit someone with a shot, they
do not scream curse words at
you, they ask for your autograph.
Three, people listen to you when
you give swing tips. Four, you are
paid with giant cheques as cameras glare. Five, your stylish clothing
was provided to you by sponsors.
Six, when you are playing well,
your wife or girlfriend comes to
the course dressed in a low-cut
top to cheer you. Seven, none
of your playing partners loudly
belches as you backswing. Eight,
when you get a birdie, you do not
shout about it, including on social
media.
Nine, you are sought-after
by companies to play in tournaments. Ten, you dont play golf
only over the weekends, and on
Monday you are barking orders at
your staff.
Squeeze glory from Commonwealth Games, Rudisha
hey are not regarded in as

high esteem as the Olympics, because they are
mainly for the nations
that had the privilege of
being colonised by Britain.
But still, the Commonwealth Games,
which are currently underway in Scotland, having started last Wednesday, are
a good place for athletes to showcase

their talent and win glory for their countries.
In our case, we deeply need the
games to redeem our image, especially
in athletes where we have been losing
track. Among those to star in the games
is the King of 800m race David Rudisha.
To Rudisha, the games are like a bone
to a dog. In short, he badly needs them

to redeem his image and that of Kenya,
which he dismantled by performing
poorly in the Monaco Diamond League
a fortnight ago.
Sitting before my screen, For the
Love of the Game could not believe his
eyes when he saw Rudisha trail athletes
that he has beaten in many races.
British papers, which have covered

him extensively these past weeks, believe Rudisha lost because his focus was
on the Commonwealth Games.
If this is the case, he has to prove it
because if he loses, he not only puts his
reputation at stake, but also that of his
motherland, which is battling the insecurity that has tainted its image abroad.
sportingsnapshots
LOVEY-DOVEY: A new kind of football on display
FREE FOR ALL: Holding dialogue, the Kenyan way.
EATING OUT: See, Gor fans survive on bread alone.
kahawatungu
Hamza Babu serves and sips juicy gossip
in the breezy Coastal town of Mombasa
Watchman
nabs his wife
night-running
night watchman
got the shock of
his life after a night
runner he caught,
wrestled to the
ground and unmasked, after a
spirited chase turned out to be
none other than his loving wife.
Following a curfew ordered by
the Inspector General of Police, I
had to close my cafe early. I remember it as if it happened just
yesterday, the day they declared
a state of emergency in the year
1982. Terrible monstrosities that
I cannot describe, Ustadh Ashraf
declared, as I wound up in readiness to close shop.
And since most people were of
the opinion that it is better to be
safe than sorry, I decided to close
the coffee shop early to attend a
security meeting that was aimed
at ensuring our area was safe.
At the meeting, it was decided that every able-bodied man
would have to serve as a vigilante

in collaboration with a couple of
night watchmen for a number of
days on a rotational basis.
crude weapons
And as luck would have it, I

was amongst the first selected to
patrol the streets in the neck of
my woods at the witching hour to
keep the neigbourhood safe.
But in the event you stumble
upon a black cat, just say Salaam
Aleikum. Please dont try to hit it
as it might be a djinn (ghost) looking for a soul to steal, one neighbour warned.
Someone
else
suggested
the group should first undergo a consecration process to
preserve them from all the evil
spirits roaming at midnight.
And they went on and on until the
sungusungu (vigilantes) were too
scared to venture outside.
Stop it please, before you
scare these people to death. They

are going to catch thieves and not
battle evil spirits, the scaremongers were informed.
The whole group assembled
at the square at around ten and
I can tell you, we were armed to
the teeth. All manner of crude
weapons were on display when
the scraggly gang gathered at the
square.
One guy had a rusty sword
which he claimed his grandfather
had got from Zorro himself while
another was carrying a scythe
like the grim reaper himself.
For effective security, we need to
split up in groups of two and man
different areas of this town, one
self-proclaimed security expert
suggested.
As luck would have it, I was
paired up with none other than
Zorro, a watchman, who was
prancing up and down the streets
like a Samurai warrior with his
sword. It was amazing that this
guy was not like the other yellow-bellied cowards who were
already missing their mums after
all the talk about ghosts.
spirited fight
No sooner had we started

patrolling our beat than a figure
dashed across the road at the
speed of light. Zorro, who was
high on whatever it is that he
takes, was hot on the heels of the
robed silhouette as he shrieked
like a real Moran during a cattle

raid.
I chased the duo and caught
up with them at the end of the
road. Zorro was all over the robed
figure and was wrestling with it
on the street. I must unmask
you and expose your identity, you
mwanga (night runner).
The robed figure gave a spirited fight but was no match
for Zorro. The mask was finally pulled away to reveal
none other than Zorros wife.
What could we do but escort her
back to her house. This should
be between me and you, please,
please dont tell anyone for this
is an embarrassment..., pleaded
Zorro.

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