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By RAWLINGS OTIENO
The Coalition for Reforms and
Democracy stirred the political arena
with a ery attack on President Uhuru
Kenyatta, and a declaration of mass
protests against his regime.
Despite the absence of their
leader, Raila Odinga, the CORD
leaders retreated to Kibera Grounds
where they roundly criticised Uhurus
By GEOFFREY MOSOKU
President Uhuru Kenyatta has taken on opposition
leaders warning them that the State will not accept
statements that may divide the country.
And the Head of State declared he had legitimate
mandate to govern for a ve-year term and those with
Ngilu declares
land registry
open, P4
Uganda varsity
endorses Johos
degree, P7
Kinyua enforces
GK-plate use on
State vehicles, P6
P.4
National news , P.6
Inset: Senators Elizabeth Ongoro (Nominated),
Boni Khalwale (Kakamega), Hassan Omar
(Mombasa), Johnstone Muthama (Machakos),
James Orengo (Siaya) and Dagoretti North MP
Simba Arati at CORDs rally in Kibera yesterday.
[PHOTO: GOVEDI ASUTSA/STANDARD]
President Uhuru
Kenyatta cuts the
ribbon to open a
new ultra-modern
dormitory at Alliance
Girls High School.
Second left is the
principal, Ms Dorothy
Mukiri Kamwilu.
[PHOTO: PSCU]
CORD plans protests against President on corruption, Anglo Leasing, tribalism and county appointments
CORD launches tirade against Uhuru,
threatens to call mass action soon
administration.
They criticised Uhurus adminis-
tration on four fronts; corruption,
unconvincing electoral victory in
the March 4, 2013 election, public ap-
pointments they argued were driven
by ethnic tagging; and Jubilees deter-
mination to sabotage and bring down
Devolution.
The CORD MPs took issue with
Uhurus resolution to pay Sh1.4 billion
to Anglo Leasing rms and delegating
executive powers to ofcials of the
former provincial administration,
now renamed County Commission-
ers. This, they argued, was meant to
undermine the 47 governors.
Siaya Senator James Orengo rallied
Opposition supporters to get ready to
take to the streets against the per-
ceived unpopular decisions and de-
clared the rally at Kiberas Kamukunji
grounds as the beginning of a Grand
March.
Orengo told the cheering support-
ers that CORD was planning a grand
welcome for former Prime Minister
Raila Odinga on May 31, when he re-
turns from a month-long programme
at a university in the United States.
The opposition also threatened to
impeach President Kenyatta over his
directive to Treasury to pay Sh1.4 bil-
lion for two of the Anglo-Leasing con-
tracts. They warned State ofcials that
they would personally be held liable
for the payments.
I am now getting rid of my suits.
We are getting back onto the streets
and we shall ght up to State House,
declared Orengo, an outspoken con-
dant of Raila.
SOVEREIGN BOND
There is a time for everything. The
Bible says there is a time to plant and
a time to uproot We have been
slapped many times. We cant keep
turning the other cheek, said Orange
nominated Senator Elizabeth On-
goro.
The President, in a televised ad-
dress from State House on Saturday,
explained the controversial Sh1.4 bil-
lion payment holds the key to a Sov-
ereign Bond his government intends
to oat to raise hundreds of billions to
fund massive infrastructure projects.
Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale
wondered why the Jubilee govern-
ment was keen to pay the Anglo Leas-
ing ghosts instead of implementing
a report of the parliamentary Public
Accounts Committee that branded as
a scam the 18 security-related con-
tracts.
In 2006, Uhuru, then the Leader of
Ofcial Opposition, chaired the PAC,
which authored the report that de-
scribed the more than Sh50 billion
contracts as a system hatched by a
few individuals to continually eece
taxpayers.
Khalwale claimed Anglo-Leasing
companies were owned by two Indi-
ans and two Kenyans (which he
named by ethnic orientation), whose
names are in the report which Uhuru
submitted when he was the PAC chair-
man.
We are the representatives of the
people, and if he goes on doing this he
will be the rst President in Kenya to
be impeached, warned Khalwale.
The vocal Senator claimed that
Uhurus administration was hell-bent
on killing Devolution by introducing
the powerful monster of County
Commissioners. Khalwale, who indi-
cated he would work with CORD, said
the Jubilee government had failed to
ght corruption, unemployment,
poverty and inequalities to improve
the lives of majority of Kenyans.
The oppressive governance start-
ed by the Founding Father of the na-
tion Mzee Jomo Kenyatta will also end
with Uhuru Kenyatta, said Khal-
wale.
Senator Hassan Omar of Mombasa
said Kenya had gone full circle, with
the unfairness and discrimination al-
legedly started off under the Found-
ing Father, had popped up under Uh-
uru. He singled out corruption as the
supposed hallmark of both regimes.
The coalition wants Attorney Gen-
eral Githu Muigai, Treasury PS Kamau
Thugge, Solicitor General Njee Muturi
and his Deputy Muthoni Kimani to re-
sign immediately if the government
pays the Sh1.4 billion Anglo-Leasing
By STANDARD REPORTER
Ofcers from the defunct Provin-
cial Administration have formally
been re-designated as national Gov-
ernment administration ofcers.
In a statement, Interior Co-ordina-
tion Principal Secretary Mutea Iringo
said the national function will be
known as the national government
administration ofce, said
Both ofcers and the ofce will
hence be known by the acronym
Ngao, said Iringo. These include the
Regional Co-ordinators who will be
based in Jogoo House, Nairobi, co-or-
dinating a cluster of counties.
Others include 47 county commis-
sioners, deputy commissioners, assis-
tant commissioners, chiefs and assis-
tant chiefs. All the ofcers serving
under the new legal framework have
been formally appointed, he said.
The changes follow the signing of
the Executive Order by President Uh-
uru Kenyatta.
In tandem with this reform, the
ministry has changed the name of
these ofcers and the overall function
at the national level, said Iringo.
The CS said the 47 Ngao county
commissioners will be expected to or-
ganise all other ofcers in the country.
He said the Ngao ofcers are in charge
of the national Government functions
as clearly stipulated in schedule four
of the Constitution.
SECURITY COMMITTEES
That role does not include func-
tions assigned to the county govern-
ments under the same schedule. In
addition Ngao county commissioners
will chair the county security commit-
tees as spelt out in the National Secu-
rity Act, Iringo said.
He said Ngao ofcers should hold
regular meetings with the sister struc-
ture in the devolved government to
exchange of ideas. He said this is in
line with the apex arrangement where
the President meets regularly with the
Council of Governors through the
Summit, he said.
Equally I urge all governors to do
likewise and take advantage of the
streamlined structures under Ngao
for effective co-operation between
the two levels of government, said
Iringo.
He said the ministry will continue
to strengthen Ngao to ensure smooth
operations of the national govern-
ment at the grassroots, improve secu-
rity, ght crime and counter terror-
ism. Other roles are ghting illicit
brews, eliminate poaching, reduce
trafc accidents in their areas and co-
ordinate the speedy issuance of birth
certicates, IDs and passports.
State rebrands
Provincial
Administration
debt. The four high-prole govern-
ment ofcials, CORD said, should re-
sign over their failure to properly ad-
vise the President on the debt.
In particular, the opposition coali-
tion dared National Treasury Cabinet
Secretary Henry Rotich to authorise
the payment and face a censure mo-
tion in Parliament and Senate.
Deputy Minority Leader Jakoyo
Midiwo termed the authorisation to
Treasury by Uhuru as unconstitution-
al. This will be the nal onslaught to
bad governance. Our people cannot
keep on suffering because of a few in-
dividuals at Harambee House. If Rot-
ich pays this Anglo-Leasing money
then, we will jail and humiliate him
because this is peoples money, said
Jakoyo.
Jakoyo tore into Uhurus declara-
tion that Kenya has no option but to
pay, saying that the President does not
have any mandate in law to authorise
the release of money without passing
through the Parliament.
Jakoyo, who is also the Gem MP
and a close ally of Raila, accused the
Jubilee government of entering into
suspicious deals with Safaricom to set
up CCTV cameras in Nairobi, Mom-
basa and Kisumu allegedly at a cost of
Sh14 billion without seeking approval
from the public.
President Uhuru has no power to
spend the tax-payers money on the
cameras. Is buying the cameras at a
cost of Sh15 billion more important
than improving sanitation and the
lives of people living in Kibera, asked
Midiwo.
Midiwo dismissed the Jubilee ad-
ministrations claim it will be in power
BARE KNUCKLES
CORD MPs took issue
with Uhurus resolution
to pay Sh1.4 billion to An-
glo Leasing frms and del-
egating executive powers
to offcials of the former
Provincial Administra-
tion, now renamed Coun-
ty Commissioners
Siaya Senator James
Orengo rallied Opposition
supporters to get ready
to take to the streets
against the perceived
unpopular decisions and
declared the rally at Kib-
eras Kamukunji grounds
as the beginning of a
Grand March
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for the next 20 years, adding that Ke-
nyans were overburdened by the high
cost of living and inadequate securi-
ty.
Orengo said the constitution gives
power to the people and not the pres-
idency or any other person. The pow-
er is with the people. Institutions have
wronged us; the judicial process keeps
on changing depending on who takes
the case. Let nobody be intimidated
because people can force change,
declared Orengo.
PARALLEL POSITION
Machakos Senator Johnstone
Muthama said that every time they
question the ills and wrong of the gov-
ernment, they are told that Kenya is
bigger than any of them. He then told
President Uhuru and his Deputy Wil-
liam Ruto that they were not indis-
pensable.
Kenyans are bigger than any in-
stitution because power comes from
the people of Kenya. If they have failed
to better the lives of Kenyans, then
they should pack up and ago, said
Muthama.
Omar accused the Jubilee govern-
ment of creating a parallel position for
County commissioners and giving
them executive powers. He said that
the mandate of the national govern-
ment is to send resources to the coun-
ties to spur economic growth and de-
velopment and not trivial issues.
We want resources to go the
counties to improve our peoples lives
and not paying ghosts money that is
meant for the public. This govern-
ment is digital outside and analogue
inside, declared Hassan.
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Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale (left) dances with his Siaya counterpart James Oren-
go during a CORD rally in Kibera, Nairobi, yesterday. [PHOTO: GOVEDI ASUTSA/STANDARD]
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Monday, May 19, 2014 / The Standard NATIONAL NEWS / Page 3
BY CYRUS OMBATI
The UN ofce in Nairobi has taken
a raft of measures, including the clo-
sure of their petrol station and re-
stricting trafc to the facility, to ensure
safety of staff following terror
threats.
UN Nairobi offce tightens security
Measures taken include
closure of United
Nations petrol station
and restriction of
access to Commissary
All deliveries to the United Nations
Ofce at Nairobi (Unon) complex
should be carried out after working
hours and between 1800 hours and
2200 hours, the UN has said.
The deliveries should be an-
nounced before hand and the regis-
tration number and names of the
driver provided to the Security and
Safety Service in advance. Guided
Tours are also suspended.
Director General of Unon and Des-
ignated Ofcial for Kenya Sahle-Work
Zewde in a letter to staff, said the last
several months have been very chal-
lenging with respect to security in
Kenya in particular crime and terror-
ism.
Unfortunately, Kenya has been a
consistent target of terrorist groups
over the last several months. The lat-
est tragic attacks occurred on May 16
at the Gikomba Market, said Zewde
adding that the UN is not immune
from these cowardly acts and they
remain concerned about the safety of
staff and their families.
The director general said there
would be restricted access to the UN
Recreation Centre and the Commis-
sary, with only staff being allowed in.
STAGGERED HOURS
Visitors will not be allowed, and
access will only be granted to those
with a valid UN identication card,
duly programmed for the pedestrian
turnstiles within the Unon complex,
Zewde said.
She said the UN petrol station
would be closed and asked all staff
and agencies, funds and programmes
with ofcial vehicles to make alterna-
tive fuelling arrangements.
These arrangements include
staggered working hours, telecom-
muting and compressed work week.
This will, inter alia, reduce the con-
gestion along UN Avenue, adds part
of the letter.
Her letter came on the same day
that the US Embassy in Nairobi, too,
requested additional Kenyan and
American security personnel.
The Associated Press said the am-
bassador made the requests in a letter
sent to embassy employees Friday.
Ambassador Robert Godec said
additional police are already patrol-
ling the area around the embassy.
Donkey day
Donkey Welfare Association ofcials examine a donkey during celebrations to
mark the Ninth National Donkey Day on Saturday in Ruai, Nairobi. The fete
recognises the need to care for donkeys and acknowledges their contribution,
especially to the transport sector. [PHOTO: DAVID NJAAGA/STANDARD]
By WILLIS OKETCH
A British government ofcial
has said its latest travel advisory
on parts of Kenya was prompted
by a continuous terror threat on
the Kenyan coast.
Yesterday, John Bradshaw, the
head of communication at the
British High Commission in Nai-
robi, refuted claims that Britain
had ordered its citizens to leave
Kenya.
The British government is
not evacuating its citizens from
Mombasa. We issued the travel
advisory to warn our citizens from
going to Mombasa island follow-
ing continuous terror attacks in
the area, said Bradshaw.
Bradshaw insisted that despite
the travel advisory, British tourists
in Mombasa were free to stay,
adding that there are many British
tourists in the island who decided
not to leave after the travel advi-
sory. It is not the travel advisory
which has created the problem; it
is insecurity that is the problem.
We have the responsibility to ad-
vise our citizens on what to do
when there is danger, he said.
Bradshaw, who spoke to The
Standard on phone, said there are
more than 500 British citizens liv-
ing in Kenyan towns on the Indian
Ocean coast.
Meanwhile, tourism players
are now reading more into the
sudden travel advisories and point
to politics and propaganda as a
direct result of Kenyas diplomatic
engagement with the East.
We have for ages talked about
domestic and regional tourism
diversication including talk on
what model of business is favour-
able for the industry as we seek to
stay aoat, said Sam Ikwaye, the
executive ofcer of the Kenya As-
sociation of Hotelkeepers and
Caterers Coast branch.
Speaking separately, travel and
aviation expert, Wolfgang Thome,
who is based in Uganda said even
though Kenya faces many chal-
lenges, it had the courage to stand
up to terror and went to hunt
down Al-Shabaab in Somalia.
Advisories not
malicious, says
British ofcial
By NGARI GICHUKI
Authorities are yet to establish
the identities of the bodies recovered
from two mass graves in Kitengela
over the weekend.
According to Chief Government
pathologist Johansen Oduor, the
remains had by the time of discovery
decayed extensively that determin-
ing their gender and identities re-
quire DNA testing.
We have established that the
remains found are of adults but we
are yet to establish their gender and
identities, samples have been taken
for analysis so that we can shed
more light on the mystery surround-
ing the bodies, said Dr Oduor.
He added that the nature of the
remains indicated they had been
buried for less than three months
prompting police to conclude that
the killings were recent.
Kajiado County Commissioner
Laban Kobai pegged the killings to a
erce battle between rival land bro-
kers possibly afliated to the divided
outlawed Mungiki sect.
Mr Kobai said the selling of East
African Portland Cements EAPC
land by the rival brokers had gener-
ated so much friction such that
gangs from as far as Eastlands in
Nairobi were ferried to drive out
competition from rivals.
He added that the remains are
suspected to be of some gang mem-
bers killed at different locations and
transported to be buried at the
abandoned quarry due to its isolated
location.
We have reason to believe that
this is a result of the conict arising
from the sale of the EAPC land.
Youths have been transported to the
area from as far as Nairobi and Rift
Valley to ght off rival gangs result-
ing into the killings, said the county
commissioner.
Bodies in secret grave
yet to be identied
We have reason to
believe this is as a result of
the conflict arising from the
sale of the EAPC land by
rival brokers Kajiado County
Commissioner Laban Kobai
Ngilu promises effciency as
10-day land records audit ends
By ALLY JAMAH
The public can now access land
documents easily and faster after
more than one million les were clas-
sied during a 10-day audit, Lands
Cabinet secretary Charity Ngilu has
said.
Business at the Lands ministry re-
sumes today after a 10-day controver-
sial shutdown of registries ordered by
Ngilu.
Ngilu said 1.3 million les have
been retrieved, recorded and shelved
with the Central Registry having
188,800 les, Nairobi Registry
(134,000) and Records Registry (1.6
million).
Eyes will be xed on how much ef-
ciency has improved at the Lands
headquarters, after millions of previ-
ously inaccessible les were rear-
ranged to improve access to crucial
land information and documents. The
operation is said to have cost Sh67
million.
PREVIOUS MESS
Yesterday, Ngilu said Kenyans
seeking services at Ardhi House
should not expect business as usual
since les can be accessed faster by
land ofcials, and the previous mess
of mixed-up les has been corrected.
Most of the cases of delays and
lost les had arisen out of misman-
agement and poor handling of re-
cords. We have sorted that out and we
expect things to move faster from now
on, she said while making nal in-
spections to the 10-day records clean-
up at Ardhi House.
For the last 10 days, many Kenyans
were in agony over the freeze in land
Lands Cabinet Secretary Charity Ngilu (left), anked by Principal Secretary
Mariamu El Maawy and a ministry ofcial explains how the new ling system
works after a 10-day closure and audit of more than 1.3 million les at Ardhi
House, Nairobi. [PHOTO: WILLIS AWANDU / STANDARD]
Some 1.3 million fles
have been retrieved
in an exercise that
cost Sh67 million as
ministry prepares to go
digital next month
By GEOFFREY MOSOKU
President Uhuru Kenyattas re-
moval of Simon Gicharu from the
helm of the Geothermal Develop-
ment Company (GDC) board was
inevitable, The Standard has
learnt.
Sources at the Ministry of En-
ergy revealed that the ve-month
wrangles between Gicharu and
the Chief Executive Ofcer Silas
Simiyu were distracting the cor-
porations mandate, key among
them being production of steam
that will lead to the countrys at-
tainment of 5000MW of power.
Gicharu swapped positions
with his Rural Electrication Au-
thority (REA) counterpart Faisal
Abass.
Both got a one-year term that
will expire on May 19, 2015. Ener-
gy Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirch-
ir is said to have had a hand in the
removal of Gicharu.
GDC is seeking to produce 810
MW by 2017 and 5000MW in the
next 16 years. Construction of the
Steam Gathering System is ongo-
ing at the Menengai Geothermal
Project. The company, which has
been identied by the East African
Community as a centre of excel-
lence, will set up a training facility
for the region in Nakuru.
Other elds that GDC is work-
ing on include Baringo-Silali
where it is projected that 200MW
will be realised by 2016 and
800MW the following year. Inter-
nal conicts in the management
of GDC, however, were likely to
stall drilling of wells for power
generation and delay billions of
shillings from donors and the
Government, forcing Chirchir to
seek Gicharus removal.
The wrangles were sparked on
March 5 after Gicharu wrote to the
Head of Civil Service Joseph
Kinyua seeking the suspension of
all loans and grants to GDC until
a full audit is conducted. The for-
mer chairman was also criticised
by the ministry for ignoring pro-
tocol in addressing issues.
Gicharus
removal was
inevitable
MINISTRY OUT TO CLEAN
SOILED REPUTATION
Lands Cabinet secretary
Charity Ngilu ordered a 10-
day closure to give way for
an audit
The audit was conducted at
a cost of Sh67 million
Some 1.3 million fles have
been retrieved, recorded and
shelved with Central Registry
having 188,800 fles, Nairobi
Registry (134,000) and Re-
cords Registry (1.6 million)
The process of digitising all
the records will begin next
month
Consultants have been
hired to spearhead the pro-
cess in the next three years
Ngilu says it will not be
business as usual
transactions with deals worth billions
of shillings remaining in limbo due to
the closure.
The Lands ministry has often
made headlines for all the wrong rea-
sons including cases of lost les, dou-
ble allocation of land, alleged fraud
and land grabbing.
In the past, several drives to boost
efciency in the ministry often lost
steam after a few months. Lands Prin-
cipal Secretary Mariam El Maawy said
Kenyans whose les cannot be found
in the Registry should submit the doc-
uments they hold so that new les
can be reconstructed.
We will soon be publishing a full
list of all the les we have in our re-
cords. Those whose les will not be in
that list should approach us with their
genuine documents so that we can re-
construct their records. But the pro-
cess will be rigorous to ensure that
only genuine document holders have
les, she said. She also indicated that
the process of digitising all the re-
cords will begin next month with con-
sultants having being hired to spear-
head the process that is expected to
cost billions of shillings in the next
three years. However, the PS declined
to reveal the two consultancy rms
that have won that tender.
Ngilu said though the closure may
have led to huge losses, the expected
increase in efciency in land dealings
will make up for that.
The registries of Nairobi, Central
and Records as well as the banking
hall had been shut down to locate lost
and misplaced les. Other measures
to boost efciency that have been put
in place include access to crucial
forms through the ministrys website,
planned use of bulk SMS to inform
Kenyans when their records are ready
as well as hotlines to access informa-
tion.
Monday, May 19, 2014 / The Standard
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By ALLY JAMAH
The Government has ordered that
all Government vehicles bearing pri-
vate number plates be retted with
GK plates to curb misuse.
In a circular to Government insti-
tutions, including State House, Na-
tional Assembly and the Judiciary,
Head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua
ordered the surrender of private num-
ber plates issued for the ofcial vehi-
cles.
Kinyua said there are too many
Government vehicles bearing private
plates, which are being misused to do
non-government work, thereby wast-
ing huge amounts of taxpayers re-
sources.
Kinyua said the order applies to all
Government ministries, parastatals
and county governments except those
used by ofcials of the National Intel-
ligence Service and the Criminal In-
vestigation Department.
The private number plates should
be returned to the Registrar of Motor
Vehicles for safe custody. This instruc-
tion must be complied with fully, he
said.
The Head of Government Vehicle
Unit is under instruction to detain
and report any Government vehicle
having private number plates to
Kinyuas ofce. The deadline expired
last month.
Principal Secretaries are expected
to ensure that the CEOs of parastatals
under their ministries return any pri-
vate registration numbers issued to
State orders action on GK plates
Offcials with
Government vehicles
bearing private
number plates have
been put on notice
By NIKKO TANUI
Kericho County residents have
vowed to defend their impeached
Governor Paul Chepkwony.
The locals have started collecting
signatures to petition the Senate to
reinstate their embattled governor.
Speaking to the Press at a Kericho
hotel, the residents led by Joel Kimutai
Soi said 15,000 residents have since
signed the petition forms in the op-
eration dubbed; Operation Stop Gov-
ernors Impeachment.
He added that they target to mar-
shal over 100,000 residents from
across the county to sign the petition
forms to be presented to the special
Senate committee that would be con-
stituted to investigate the allegations
levelled against Chepkwony by Coun-
ty Assembly.
As voters who elected Chepkwony,
we believe the governor was im-
peached on imsy reasons and that is
why we want the Senate to be fair to
the governor and reinstate him, said
Soi.
He also commended 15 of the 47
Members of the Kericho County As-
sembly (MCAs) who broke ranks with
their colleagues and absconded the
debate and subsequent voting that
saw Chepkwony impeached last week.
The impeachment Motion was tabled
by Albert Kipkoech.
We commend the 15 MCAs for
not defying the advice of Kipsigis
council of elders, church leaders and
other stakeholders to spare our gover-
nor, said Soi.
However, Bureti Watchdog Forums
Chairman Geoffrey Rono supported
Chepkwonys impeachment and
urged the Senate to send him packing
should it prove any of the levelled ac-
cusations against him.
Residents
want governor
reinstated
War against alcoholism
Sere Africa women group national co-ordinator Rev Margaret Kahora receives
an agreement from businessman Francis Mwangi, who offered them a class-
room at the Lake Naivasha College to conduct guidance and counselling to the
youth on alcohol addiction. [PHOTO: BONIFACE OKENDO/STANDARD]
them. They should also report on their
full compliance with this directive,
said Kinyua.
In the circular, Kinyua said it has
become a nightmare to monitor gov-
ernment vehicles bearing private
number plates, adding that there was
no option but to have them retted
with GK plates
SECURITY GROUNDS
Over the years, there have been
numerous requests for issuance of
private number plates mostly on se-
curity grounds. Following closer re-
examination of the security consider-
ation, it has been concluded that the
private numbers do not offer a greater
security advantage than GK numbers
do, he asserted.
Kinyua admitted that Government
vehicles with private number plates
are more likely to be misused to run
private errands contrary to the code
of regulations.
Kinyua indicated that the Govern-
ment is in the process of developing a
new policy on issuance of private
number plates to GK vehicles, but
before the policy is ready, the directive
on using GK vehicles should be com-
plied with fully by state ofcials.
Page 6 / NATIONAL NEWS
SCANDAL OF VEHICLES
IN NIGHTCLUBS
Last month, The Standard
published photographs of
many government vehicles in
night entertainment spots
The civil servants, both in
the national and county gov-
ernments, have been wast-
ing millions of shillings of
tax payers money running
personal errands that in-
clude taking their children to
school and visiting nightclubs
using Government vehicles
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INVITATION TO TENDER
Tender REF No. MCSK/014/15.001
TENDER NAME: PRE-QUALIFICATION OF SUPPLIERS FOR SUPPLY
OF GOODS & PROVISION OF SERVICES.
The MUSIC COPYRIGHT SOCIETY OF KENYA invites applications from eligible rms for pre-
qualication of suppliers to be included in the pre-qualied suppliers list from July 2014-
June 2015.
LIST OF ITEMS
NO. TENDER REFERENCE
NUMBER
CATEGORY OF GOODS AND
SERVICES
NON CLOSING
DATE
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th
June 2014
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th
June 2014
3 MCSK/TC/03/2014/15 Medical Insurance 3000.00 18
th
June 2014
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th
June 2014
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Equipments/ accessories
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th
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th
June 2014
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th
June 2014
Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) invites tenders for the above listed services for the
year 2014/2015.
Tender documents with details may be obtained from MCSK head ofce located off Parklands
road, Maua Close, Westlands between 9.00am and 4.00pm on working days upon payment
of a Non refundable fee of kshs 3,000.00 per tender set, payable at the ofce in cash or
bankers cheque.
Completed tender documents in plain sealed envelopes clearly marked the tender number
and service description should be deposited in the TENDER BOX situated at the reception of
MCSK head ofce on or before Friday 18
th
June 2014 at 10.00am and addressed to;
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
MUSIC COPYRIGHT SOCIETY KENYA
P.O.BOX 14806-00800
NAIROBI.
Tender opening will be carried out thereafter on Friday 20
th
June 2014 at MCSK head ofce
Board Room in the presence of bidders or their representatives who wish to attend.
NATIONAL NEWS / Page 7
By CYRUS OMBATI
Kampala University has come out
to defend Mombasa Governor Hassan
Johos degree certicate as bona de,
legal and authentic.
Vice Chancellor Badru Kateregga
said the degree was genuinely award-
ed and the Senate cannot revoke an
award that it deems, lawful, authentic
and genuinely awarded.
Any statements suggesting that
any other body has revoked or is
about to recall or cancel Johos degree
is idle, irresponsible, redundant and
should be ignored, said Prof Kat-
eregga.
Speaking in Nairobi at a press con-
ference, Kateregga said nobody and
no authority in Uganda is vested with
the legal mandate to recall, cancel or
revoke Johos degree apart from the
institutions Senate.
Prof Kateregga, also the chairman
of the institutions Senate, said the
saga surrounding the degree is politi-
cal and should be treated so.
The Senate may deprive any per-
son of a degree, diploma, certicate or
other award if after due inquiry it is
found that the award was obtained
Joho was our student, varsity says
Kampala University
Senate says the
Mombasa Governor
was their own for three
academic years
through fraud, said Kateregga.
He also took issue with a section of
Kenyan media that he termed as
amateurish and lacking objectivity
in reporting the matter.
He was reacting to reports that the
Uganda National Council of Higher
Education had said the degree certi-
cate obtained by Joho is a fake.
The council, chaired by Prof Nyeko
Pen-Mogi, adopted the recommenda-
tions of a sub-committee, which had
been asked to investigate how the
governor obtained a Bachelors degree
from the private university.
There was no clear evidence that
academic due process was followed
from admission to graduation regard-
ing a Bachelor of Business Adminis-
tration degree (Human Resource
Management option) awarded to Mr
Hassan Ali Joho by Kampala Univer-
sity, the council said in a resolution.
But Kateregga said the resolution
is illegal and is already facing legal
challenge by the university in a court
of law, which has already issued an
order stopping dissemination and
implementation.
We wish to be on record that the
National Council for Higher Educa-
tion for clearly sinister motives,
rushed to pass a resolution premising
itself on nothing but an illegal and
impugned CIID report, that was re-
leased in deance and contempt of a
court order, said Kateregga.
NCHE said that Joho might not
have been in Uganda to physically
undertake studies, raising doubts
about how the university awarded
him the degree.
Kampala University Vice Chancellor Badru Kateregga addresses the Press at a
Nairobi hotel yesterday where he said Johos certicate is legal. [PHOTO: BEVER-
LYNE MUSILI/STANDARD]
By MAUREEN ABWAO
The Central Organisation of Trade
Unions (Cotu) has raised concerns
over delay in concluding investiga-
tions into the multi-billion shillings
Tassia housing project scandal despite
availing the required information to
facilitate the probe.
Cotu said both the Government
and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption
Commission (EACC) have remained
mute over the matter.
EACC as a key institution with the
constitutional mandate to arrest all
cases on corruption and involving
theft of public funds, its silence con-
tinues to cause anxiety and agony
among the Kenyan workers and their
leaders who are eager to know who
are the individuals behind the fraudu-
lent approval of such a colossal sum
of money from the workers funds,
NSSF, said Cotu chairman Rajabu
Mwondi through a statement sent to
the newsrooms.
He pointed out that ve months
have elapsed since the Sh5.053 billion
Tassia project was unearthed, which
detailed how the NSSF Board of Trust-
ees allegedly approved the expendi-
ture of the said amount through an
email circulation, and the Govern-
ment is yet to take action.
He told EACC to make its ndings
on the matter public irrespective of
the outcome.
Cotu demands
report on Tassia
housing project
INVITATION FOR BIDS
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lots of 5,000, 5,800 and 8,000 metric tons (+/- 10% at sellers option) Class: Northern Spring
Wheat, Grade: U.S. No. 2/ob; Protein: 13.5%; Moisture (Max.): 13.5%; Dockage (Max): 0.6%; Test
weight lbs/bu (Min.): 57.0; Falling Number (Min.): 300; Wheat of Other Classes (Max.): 3.0%;
Total Defects (Max.): 1/ 3.5% of US origin in one bulk shipment for Kenya. Expected shipping
period is September 2014. Actual shipment schedule(s) will be based on supplier procurement
and delivery schedules. The load and delivery dates are neither promised nor guaranteed by
the Seller.
All interested parties should submit their bids in US Dollars ($) on May 27, 2014 at 13:00 hours
EAT based on Incoterms CFR (C&F free out) Mombasa, Kenya basis. Please submit your nal
bid along with your complete contact details by email to Land O Lakes Inc. Commodity and
Monetization Manager Matthew Smith; [email protected] in English.
Bid documentation may also be requested from the above email address.
All bids should be valid for 15 days and with the words 2014 NS Tender in the email subject line.
Bids will be opened May 27, 2014 at 15:00 hours EAT at Land OLakes ofces
Block B, 3rd Floor, Peponi Plaza,
Off Peponi Rd, Westlands,
P O Box 45006 GPO 00100
Nairobi, Kenya
The Winner will be chosen based on offer price (and approved externally), ability to meet
payment terms and past performance.
The most acceptable bidder will have to provide a 10% prepayment upon signing of sales
agreement and an irrevocable sight letter of credit issued by a bank of sellers choice for the
remaining 90% amount no later than 14 days before the loading of cargo at U.S. port. Commodity
is offered in three lots of 5,000, 5,800 and 8,000 metric tons; bidders are not limited to one
lot.
The seller reserves the right to reject any or all the bids and issue a fresh invitation for bids.
Buyer will take possession of wheat at US Port and imported it into Kenya.
POSTPONEMENT OF THE 3
RD
NATI ONAL CONFERENCE ON
ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE: 3
RD
- 6
TH
J UNE 2014
The Board and Management of NACADA regret the unfortunate deaths
of Kenyans who lost lives due to consumption of Killer brews.
On behalf of the NACADA Board of Directors, Management and Staff, I
wish to express our deepest condolences to the bereaved families and to
wish those still in hospital quick recovery.
In view of this unfortunate incidence that call for crisis management and
the need to implement Government Directives on the control of illicit brews
and adulterated alcohol, I wish to announce that the planned 3
rd
National
Conference on Alcohol and Drug Abuse that was scheduled to take place
from 3
rd
to 6
th
J une 2014 at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre
has been rescheduled to 24
th -
27
th
November 2014.
Those who had already registered and paid the conference fee, their
registration is still valid for the rescheduled conference. Those who may
wish to get a refund may contact the undersigned.
We apologize for any inconveniences arising from the change.
Mr. Enoch N. Onchwari,
Ag. Chief Executive Ofcer,
P.O. Box 10774, 00100
Nairobi
[email protected]
Our crisis response contacts are: Helpline 1192; Mobile 0731-003332
interpreted the roles of the county
commissioners. He added that this is
not the old order where the provincial
administration used to harass the
public.
We are living in a new constitu-
tional dispensation and it appears
those talking have not woken up to
that, maybe that is how they intended
to use the provincial administration
were they to be elected, he added.
The President once again cau-
tioned the county administrators
against misusing the new powers say-
ing the State would not hesitate to
sack them and employ those who
were ready to serve citizens.
Earlier, Uhuru visited Alliance
Girls, where he opened a new modern
dormitory with capacity for 630 stu-
dents.
The dormitory, which has rooms
that accommodate two students, was
built at the cost of Sh130 million with
expert services for free by parents of
the students.
Speaking to the girls, the President
said the Government was focused on
changing the place of women in the
Kenyan society.
He said women hold prominent
positions in his Government and cit-
ed the example of Foreign Affairs Cab-
inet Secretary Amina Mohamed.
She is doing a good job and we
are proud of her work, he said. The
President also cited Lands CS Charity
Ngilu who is an alumni of Alliance
girls.
She is cleaning up all the corrupt
practices that men have brought to
the Ministry of Lands, he said.
He also commended Devolution
CS Anne Waiguru for steering the pro-
cess, which has seen powers to the
counties transferred in less than a
year instead of three years.
The President said Environment,
Water and Natural Resources CS Judy
Wakhungu is also doing a good job.
Uhuru warns against divisive politics
alternative agenda should wait for
elections.
Uhuru said that although the Con-
stitution gives them right of expres-
sion, they should not resort to state-
ments that are likely to create
animosity and hatred among commu-
nities.
He recalled that Kenya had experi-
enced its darkest days with the 2007-8
post-election violence, which he at-
tributed to reckless statements by
leaders that polarised the country
along ethnic lines.
We dont want to go back to where
we were in 2007-8 and you all know
its careless statements from leaders,
which took us there, Uhuru said at
Kikuyu town, after attending a thanks-
giving service at the Alliance High
School yesterday.
The President told off Senators
Bonni Khalwale and Moses Wetangula
who faced off with him on Saturday
during a rally in Bungoma.
Uhuru scoffed at his critics saying
the time for politicking is over and
they should wait for ve years to sell
their alternative agenda to the peo-
ple.
They can say what they want to
say but they should know I am the one
ruling now and they cant stop me
from implementing my manifesto. I
am telling them to wait for ve years
and come to the people, but in any
case, they wont even make it, said
the President.
We have come a long way from
the violence that rocked this country
in 2008, which was caused by similar
incitement, and we do not want to go
back there he said.
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
He said there is freedom of speech,
but politicians should not incite Ke-
nyans against each other.
Kiambu Governor William Kabogo
accused Dr Khalwale and Mr
Wetangula of showing contempt for
IN UHURUS WORDS
We dont want to go back to
where we were in 2007-8 and you
all know its careless statements
from leaders, which took us there
They can say what they want to
say but they should know I am
the one ruling now and they cant
stop me from implementing my
manifesto. I am telling them to
wait for fve years and come to
the people, but in any case, they
wont even make it
President Uhuru Kenyatta addresses a press conference at State House, Nai-
robi yesterday. [PHOTO: PCSU]
BY GEOFFREY MOSOKU
and ERIC WAINAINA
President Uhuru Kenyatta has hit
back at western countries over travel
advisories warning their nationals
against travelling to Kenya over inse-
curity.
In a hard-hitting remark, Uhuru
scoffed at the travel advisories, which
he termed as insults to Kenya while
accusing the West of hypocrisy.
The President said terrorism is not
unique to Kenya and said that in any
case, the attacks began in the western
countries, which have borne the brunt
of the terrorism as opposed to Ke-
nya.
Addressing a roadside rally last
evening in Kikuyu town, Kiambu
County, after attending a thanks-giv-
ing service at Alliance High School,
Uhuru said the decision to evacuate
tourists from Kenya would not affect
the sector, adding that the State will
concentrate on local tourists and
those from friendly countries.
Now they are issuing travel advi-
sories and evacuating their citizens
over the terror incidents, and we are
telling them that they can go if they
want. We arent afraid; we will do our
own things here. We are there to pro-
mote domestic tourism and we will
shop for tourists in other nations, the
hard-hitting Uhuru said.
The President said it was unfortu-
nate that the West wants to avoid Ke-
nya due to terrorism yet the country
has always stood with them when
they have been victims of such at-
tacks.
He recalled September 11, 2001,
when the US was hit by twin attacks
when the then President, George
Bush, called for support in the famous
statement of you are either with us or
with the enemy.
Terrorism was not born in Kenya;
in fact it started in their country (US).
We supported them then and if you
remember well, there was a time when
President Bush (George) said its ei-
ther you are with us or against us, so
if they do not reciprocate the same, its
their own problem, Uhuru said.
Last week, the US, France, UK and
Australia issued travel advisories
warning their citizens against travel-
ing to Mombasa, leading to mass exo-
dus of tourists from the coast hotels.
SOMALIA TROOPS
Hoteliers and stakeholders in the
sector have cried foul saying the advi-
sories will badly hit the economy.
Yesterday, Uhuru said Kenya will
continue to tighten security, saying he
will not withdraw troops from Soma-
lia, adding that the Kenya Defence
Forces went to Somalia because it was
unable to put is house in order.
The President cautioned Kenyans
to be vigilant especially in public plac-
es such as bus stations and market ar-
eas.
He also told matatu operators not
to take advantage of the new directive
to harass passengers even as they in-
tensify their security checks.
I am telling even mama mboga to
be vigilant on who her customer is
and the butcherman not to accept any
luggage that a stranger may want to
leave in his shop, Uhuru said.
Following the advisories, hundreds
of Western tourists are literally eeing
holiday resorts on Kenyas coast.
Last week chartered aircraft ar-
rived from Europe and left Mombasas
Moi International Airport with hun-
dreds of tourists fearful of terrorist at-
tacks despite assurances of safety by
the Government.
In Mombasas South coast, some of
the tourists evacuated had arrived
just a day earlier, signalling that most
Westerners had taken the advisories
seriously. Some hotels lost virtually all
their guests after their mainly British
visitors left.
President tells off West on advisories
the President, as their actions were
tantamount to ridiculing him.
You cannot take to a podium and
ridicule the President. If you dont re-
spect the President, please at least
show some respect for the institution
of the Presidency, Mr Kabogo said.
The President also defended his
decision to empower county commis-
sioners in spite of criticism from Gov-
ernors and the opposition.
He said it was ironical that gover-
nors have been allowed to recruit of-
cers who will enable them to serve
their people yet they were opposed to
him having representatives.
Uhuru accused CORD leaders of
living in the past saying they had mis-
BY GILBERT KIMUTAI, WILBERFORCE
NETYA and MICHAEL WESONGA
Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto has
threatened to move to court to chal-
lenge the decision by President Uhuru
Kenyatta to confer more powers on
county commissioners.
While speaking in Bomet, Ruto
said Uhurus move was unconstitu-
tional and meant to undermine the
spirit of devolution in the country.
If we are to go that way, which is
like creating a parallel centre of power
at the county level, Kenyans will not
live to see their expectation and full
benets of devolution, said the Bom-
et governor.
Speaking at Simoti Secondary
School in Konoin sub-county during
a thanks giving ceremony, Ruto said
they would seek court interpretation
on the move taken by the Executive
and seek to bar the county commis-
sioners from exercising their new
powers.
He also took issue with the fund al-
location to the counties saying it was
a drop in the ocean.
However, Konoin MP Sammy
Koech said as Parliament they would
be increasing the funds to the coun-
ties gradually.
At the same time, Baringo Gover-
nor Benjamin Cheboi has downplayed
the new policy that seeks to create
powerful county commissioners.
Cheboi said article 189 of the Con-
stitution clearly gives governors pow-
ers over their counties.
He subsequently observed that se-
curity, primary and secondary educa-
tion and immigration were the key
functions of the national government
at the county level.
Commissioners
new powers to
be challenged
NAKURU COUNTY GOVERNMENT
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
INVITATION TO BID
The County Government of Nakuru Ministry of Health invites bids from eligible
interested bidders to tender for the following:-
S/No Tender Number Tender Name
NCA
Registration
Eligible
Bidders
1. NCG/MOH/T/1 /2013-2014 Proposed Completion of
maternity block at Molo District
Hospital
4,5,6 & 7 All bidders
2. NCG/MOH/T/ 2/2013-2014 Proposed Construction of
Ngondi Health Centre
3. NCG/MOH/T/ 3 /2013-2014 Proposed Expansion of
Dundori Health Centre
QUALIFICATION FOR TENDERING
The following must be submitted together with the bids:-
1. Company Registration Certicate (copy)
2. National Construction Authority Certicate (NCA) in relevant category (Copy)
3. Tax compliant certicate (Copy)
4. Single business permit
A complete set of tender document may be obtained by interested and eligible bidders from
the Procurement Ofce at the Rift Valley Provincial Headquarters Block B second
Floor Room No. 15 (Ministry of Health) upon payment of Non-refundable fee of Ksh.1000/-
in cash payable to County Secretary Nakuru County at Nakuru County Cash ofce.
Complete tender document are to be enclosed in plain sealed envelop clearly marked with
tender number and tender name and should be deposited in the tender box outside Medical
Superintendent ofce at the Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital Addressed to:-

Chief Ofcer of Health Services
Nakuru County
P O Box 2060
NAKURU
So as to be received on or before 3
rd
June, 2014 at 10.00 a.m. Tenders will be opened
immediately thereafter in the presence of bidders or their representatives who choose to
attend in the Hospital Board Room at Provincial General Hospital Nakuru
CHIEF OFFICER HEALTH SERVICES

Terrorism
was not
born in
Kenya;
in fact it
started
in their
country
(US)
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be more vigilant. Their passage into
the country means someone is not
sleeping on their job. The issue of
aliens must be ended, he told the ad-
ministrators who included county
commissioners and chiefs.
Lenku told the administrators and
security team that the national gov-
ernment will look into their personal
welfare well and offer better equip-
ment to enable them work well.
Corruption, he said, was also a
contributing factor to insecurity and
other social vices like sale of illicit
brews which recently claimed about
100 lives in the country.
The minister told the representa-
tives of the national government to
use their new power to serve the pub-
lic well and provide security in their
respective counties.
Lenku: More immigrants
sneaking in despite checks
By ALI ABDI
Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph
ole Lenku has expressed concern over
the high number of illegal aliens still
gaining entry into the country.
Lenku said the immigrants are still
getting into the country through Moy-
ale and Mandera and hiding in coun-
ties like Isiolo before being ferried to
Nairobi.
The CS said one of the major
routes used by the aliens is the one
that passes through Marsabit, Isiolo,
Samburu and Meru counties.
He was speaking in Isiolo town
when he met national government
administrators and security chiefs
from Isiolo, Marsabit, Meru and Sam-
buru.
Principal Secretary Mutea Iringo
and Eastern Regional Commissioner
Claire Omollo accompanied Lenku in
the meeting that was attended by-
more than 500 administrators.
POLICE BARRIERS
Illegal aliens who enter the coun-
try through Moyale and Mandera hide
in counties in the region before reach-
ing Nairobi. Some of these foreigners
are among those behind the terror at-
tacks we have in Nairobi, said Len-
ku.
He expressed surprise that the for-
eigners were still coming while the re-
gion has many police barriers, adding
that each county security team must
WAR AGAINST ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS STILL ON
The Government has continued to
crack down on illegal immigrants
in the last two months following
an upsurge in terror attacks. Dur-
ing the operation dubbed Usala-
ma Watch, a number of Somali
nationals have been deported to
Mogadishu. The Government has
said it will not relent in the oper-
ation despite criticism from some
quarters.
Some of the administrators who con-
verged in Isiolo for a meeting with the
Cabinet Secretary for Internal Securi-
ty Joseph ole Lenku (inset). [PHOTO:ALI
ABDI/STANDARD]
By PONCIANO ODONGO
A chief in Kajiado County
has been sacked for allegedly
forging school certicates to
secure the job two years ago.
Mr Charles Parkinyaro Kire-
ma who has been serving as a
chief in Oloolotikosh location,
Kitengela division has been
handed a letter terminating his
services on the grounds of in-
tegrity.
The Standard has estab-
lished that the administrator
was sacked vide a letter dated
March 6.
The documents he had pre-
sented during his recruitment
indicated he attained C plus in
KCSE but upon verication by
the examination council, it
emerged that the papers were
not genuine.
The letter has also recom-
mended that the chief be inves-
tigated due to his questionable
conduct and integrity.
Isinya Deputy County com-
missioner Mr Hassan Bule con-
rmed the sacking.
By VINCENT MABATUK
The Cabinet Secretary for Min-
ing Najib Balala has announced
plans to visit all mineral-rich re-
gions to listen to issues faced by
local miners.
Addressing small-scale gold
miners and owners of Kilimapesa
Gold mines at Lolgorian in Kilgor-
is, Balala said the visits were im-
portant since they would enable
him to understand and analyse
some of the critical issues facing
local communities and small-
scale miners in the country.
Recently, the area has seen
great developments in its mining
sector following discovery of gold
deposits under Kilimapesa Moun-
tain in Trans Mara by a British
rm.
He named Taita Taveta, Kaka-
mega and Migori as some of the
regions with mineral deposits that
can support the countrys econo-
my if taken seriously.
The CS said the Government
was committed to ensuring that
investors interested in exploring
mineral deposits in the country
are accorded maximum support.
It is encouraging to see what
Kilimapesa is doing. Achieving 15
grammes of pure gold from one
tonne of raw materials is quite
promising, said Balala.
Lojomon Biwott, a director at
Kilimapesa, said the company es-
timates it has deposits that can
last 20 years.
Balala disclosed to small-scale
miners in the area efforts aimed at
empowering them in the new
mining act, besides seeking ways
of addressing their challenges.
Chief sacked
for forging
papers
Balala in bid
to support
local miners
RoundUp
NAIROBI: Taxi driver killed,
dumped on roadside
A taxi driver was murdered in cold
blood before his body was dumped in
Ruai area, Nairobi and his car stolen.
The driver had been hired from Ngong
town before his assailants took control
of the car, drove and dumped his body
in Ruai on Saturday night. Police said
the victim had been hired to drop the
passengers in the Central Business
District when he was killed. Nairobi
police boss Benson Kibue said the
assailants stabbed him several times.
We are pursuing the issue, said
Kibue.
SAMBURU: Fear after
herders discover bombs
Fear engulfed Kisima area in
Samburu County after two live
explosives were discovered a few
metres away from homesteads.
Livestock herders discovered the
two bombs, believed to have been
abandoned after paramilitary trainings
several years ago. John Lpaina, one
of the herders, said the explosives
have become a source of discomfort to
residents as some have lost their lives.
Samburu police boss Patrick Wambane
while urging residents to keep off areas
around the scene, said bomb experts
had been called to deactivate them.
By CYRUS OMBATI
A refugee was shot and se-
riously wounded in an at-
tempted robbery at the Dagha-
hale camp in Dadaab.
The attackers, who were
armed with ries, are said to
have confronted the man on
Saturday and demanded cash
and other valuables before
they shot him on the shoulder
and later escaped.
The victim was rushed to
hospital where he was attend-
ed to and discharged.
Garissa CID boss Musa
Yego said the attackers es-
caped on foot and no arrest
had been made.
This is the latest attack to
happen in the camp, which is
slowly swelling after the Gov-
ernment ordered the return of
all refugees who were residing
in urban centres.
The refugee camps are sup-
posed to be closed as per a
government programme but
they are now receiving more
refugees especially from So-
malia who are running away
from ghting.
The incident came hours
after gunmen launched an at-
tack on four places in Mandera
County, including the home of
the local deputy governor.
The gunmen believed to be
Al Shabaab militia attacked
Mandera police stations and
one of the homes of the local
county boss on Friday night
but no injury was reported.
The gang is said to have
red several times at three po-
lice stations in the area, forc-
ing police to take cover before
they escaped.
Police say they are yet to
know who the attackers were.
The suspects also hurled a gre-
nade but no one was injured.
Mandera County police
commander Noah Mwivanda
said the militants had divided
themselves into groups before
launching the attacks. We
have now beefed up security,
said Mwivanda.
Gunmen invade
camp, injure refugee
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Supreme Courts big task
amid debate on fling time
Two Appellate judges
rule in favour of
Waititu despite time
question as presiding
judge dissents
BENCH WATCH
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL, NAIROBI
CONSTITUTIONAL PETITION NO 324 OF 2013
FERDINAND NDUNGU WAITITU ........................APPELLANT
VERSUS
THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL AND
BOUNDARIES COMMISSION
AND 8 OTHERS..........................................RESPONDENTS
BENCH: HON JUSTICES MOHAMED WARSAME, GBM KARIUKI
AND PATRICK KIAGE
JUDGEMENT: 13.05.2014
By WAHOME THUKU
The Supreme Court is faced with
yet another task of deciding whether
Evans Kidero should retain his seat as
the governor of Nairobi or whether
the county should go back to the bal-
lot.
Dr Kidero has led a petition at the
highest court, challenging the nulli-
cation of his election by the Court of
Appeal last week.
A petition challenging his election
was led at the High Court last year by
his close challenger Ferdinand Waiti-
tu, a former deputy mayor and a
prominent politician in Nairobi. It
was dismissed by the High Court but
Waititu successfully appealed.
Kideros case at the Supreme Court
could turn on one argument, that
Waititu led his appeal out of time
hence it should not have been enter-
tained by the Court of Appeal in the
rst place. Section 85(a) of the Elec-
tions Act requires that an appeal on
any election matter be led at the
Court of Appeal within 30 days after
the judgment of the High Court.
In this case, the High Court deliv-
ered its judgment on September 10,
2013. The 30-day timeframe was thus
to lapse on October 10. On September
9, Waititu led a Notice of Appeal.
However, he could not obtain the
typed High Court proceedings which
he must include in the record of ap-
peal.
On October 31, last year Waititu
was issued with a certicate of delay
by the High Court. It indicated that
the High Court took 49 days to pre-
pare the proceedings. Waititu led his
appeal on November 22.
During the hearing in February
this year the three Court of Appeal
judges Mohamed Warsame, GBM Kar-
iuki and Patrick Kiage asked the law-
yers to address them on the question
of time.
Waititus counsel Paul Muite ar-
gued that the appeal was led within
the time provided under Rule 82 of the
Court of Appeal Rules, 2010.
He submitted that since Waititu
had a certicate of delay, he could not
be punished for delay caused by the
High Court in the supply and prepa-
ration of proceedings.
Mr Muite submitted that the 49
days taken for the preparation and
supply of the proceedings be exclud-
ed in computing the period for ling.
Muite argued that a strict construc-
tion of Section 85(a) of the Elections
Act would violate his clients right to
access justice, under Article 48 of the
Constitution.
The Independent Electoral and
Boundaries Commission (IEBC) did
not address the issue but left it to the
court to decide.
Kideros lawyer Tom Ojienda ar-
gued that the appeal had been led
after the expiry of the mandatory pe-
riod of 30 days hence it should not be
entertained. Kidero and his deputy
Johnathan Mweke maintained the ap-
peal was incompetent.
GIVE MEANING
They argued that the notice of ap-
peal lodged by the appellant within 14
days was not an appeal as required by
law and that no appeal was lodged
until November 22, 2013 by which
time the period prescribed for appeal-
ing had ran out.
Justice Kariuki and Kiage agreed
with Waititus position on this argu-
ment pointing out that time for ling
an appeal could run out for no fault of
the appellant.
A construction of Section 85A(a)
of the Elections Act that prejudices,
sties or renders these rights mean-
ingless would, in my view, be repug-
nant to the spirit and intendment of
the Constitution because it could nev-
er have been the intention of the Con-
stitution that an intending appellant
who is intent on exercising his right to
challenge the outcome of an election
decision can be prevented from doing
so for not beating the 30 days for no
fault of his, justice Kariuki held. It
could never have been the intention
of Parliament to prejudice the right of
a citizen to access justice or the right
to appeal an election decision where,
for no fault of his, the period for ap-
pealing ran out.
He said the court should adopt an
interpretation that gives meaning to
the intention of the Legislature.
An interpretation of Section
85A(a) that upholds rejection of an
appeal where the appellant is not to
blame for lateness is certainly against
the spirit of the Constitution and the
Bill of Rights, he said noting that dif-
ferent court stations take varying pe-
riods to supply the proceedings to in-
tending appellants, for various
reasons.
Justice Kiage concurred with that
opinion. It seems to me that the 30
days period is premised on an as-
sumption that an appellant will not be
hindered or prevented by factors out-
side his control in obtaining the doc-
uments, he pointed out.
Kiage said the question that arises
is what the consequence would be to
a well - intentioned appeal if the ap-
pellant should be unable to get docu-
ments from the court within the time
prescribed by the rules.
It seems clear to me that so long
as proceedings are bespoken by an
appellant within the time specied by
this rule and the request is in writing
and duly copied to the opposite side,
a certicate of delay duly issued is
conclusive. It ensures that when reck-
oning the days, be they the 60 past no-
tice of appeal for all appeals generally,
or any shorter period as may be spec-
ied by a Special Act of Parliament,
the days so certied are excluded, as
indeed they must. Such exclusion is
not in any way offensive, violate or
subversive of the statute that sets time
limits. That may end some day when
proceedings can be prepared and
availed real time or contemporane-
ously but before that happens, the
certied days must be excluded, Ki-
age summed it up.
He added, We are doers of Justice
not mere keepers of time. He then
declared the appeal competent.
However, the presiding judge War-
same dissented holding that Section
85(a) of the Elections Act was clear on
the time frame.
NOT ENOUGH REASON
The word shall used in section
85(a) connotes an emphatic inten-
tion, an expression of strong assertion
or command, a duty rather than a
wish required to perform a function
in a discretionary manner. In my un-
derstanding, the use of words shall
and led within 30 days of the deci-
sion of the High Court confer a man-
datory sense that the drafters typical-
ly intended, and that courts typically
must uphold. It means the ling of an
appeal from the decision of the High
Court is to be done within 30 days. In
other words, the ling is to be done
within the period, not exceeding or
beyond the 30 days from the date
when the decision is rendered, he
held saying the section was not in
conict with the Constitution.
He added, A court of law cannot
go outside this contours set by Parlia-
ment, as to do so would distort the
clear intention of Parliament.
Warsame held that delays caused
by the High Court in the preparation
and supply of typed proceedings was
not reason enough for a court to turn
its back on the constitutional and
statutory timelines.
With two out of the three judges
holding that the appeal was compe-
tent, the bench then considered other
issues raised in the appeal and nally
nullied Kideros election.
The writer is a court reporter.
Email:iwahome@standardmedia.
co.ke
It could never have
been the intention of
Parliament to prejudice the
right of a citizen to access
justice or appeal an election
decision Justice Kariuki
Kideros lawyer, Ojienda, wanted ap-
peal thrown out.
Muite, Waititus lawyer, argued peti-
tion was led within time.
Court of Appeal judges ruled in fa-
vour of Waititu.
Kidero has challenged decision to
nullify his election.
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By MICHAEL OLLINGA
St Georges Boarding Pri-
mary will soon get a girls dor-
mitory after being the rst
beneciary of a property own-
ership campaign spearheaded
by The Property Show aired on
KTN every Sunday at 6pm.
The Standard Group en-
tered into a partnership
dubbed Your Dreams could
come True initiative with Elsek
and Elsek Group of Companies
to ensure that ardent KTN
viewers are rewarded with
homes and other properties in
the next three months.
Elsek and Elsek, a Turkish
company, has a group of sub-
sidiaries dealing with modern
construction techniques aimed
at cutting building costs.
Speaking during the
groundbreaking of the dormi-
tory, Elsek and Elsek Chief Ex-
ecutive Ofcer Osman Erdinc
Elsek, who was accompanied
by Uasin Gishu Governor Jack-
son Mandago, said the modern
technology will help more
people in the middle-class own
homes easily.
Our new construction
technology that utilises purely
aluminum bars and grills and
cabro materials is affordable,
time effective and reliable as it
cant rust and is the likely solu-
tion to the accommodation
problems in the country, he
NATIONAL NEWS / Page 13
KTN helps end
accommodation
crisis in school
St Georges
Boarding Primary
will get a girls
dormitory in the
next six weeks
said. The company will use the
above stated materials that
were delivered to the school on
Thursday evening to build the
dormitory that is expected to
house 112 girls.
Gilbert arap Bor, the
schools Board of Governors
chairman, said the construc-
tion of the dormitory was
timely because the institution
was experiencing accommo-
dation problems.
Seventy girls in the board-
ing section have been relying
on iron sheet makeshift dorms
so this will be a remedy in
quashing the accommodation
crisis, he said. Mr Bor said the
school has put emphasis on
providing education to chil-
dren from poor families and
depends majorly on charity.
FULLY INSTALLED
We only allow pupils to
board as from Standard Six due
to the high demand and we
already have 140 boarders in
comparison to 280 day schol-
ars. We would want to have at
least 60 per cent of these pupils
reside in school, he said.
Elsek, through a video
demo, showed how one can
acquire a one-bedroomed
house fully installed with fur-
niture, plumbing lines and
electricity wiring at only
Sh350,000.
This technology is timely
especially during hard eco-
nomic times when people are
struggling to pay rent and
mortgage. The structure only
needs 35 minutes to be com-
plete, he said.
Governor Mandago said the
dormitory will be complete
within six weeks. Elsek offered
two fully paid scholarships to a
Turkish university.
By ANTONY GITONGA
Two shermen are feared
dead after their boat capsised
in Lake Naivasha at the week-
end. Four of their colleagues
swam to safety as residents
and police mounted a search
for the duo in Kasarani. There
were, however, conicting re-
ports on the status of the two,
with some alleging that they
were poachers.
The rescue operation was
disrupted by strong winds and
water hyacinth that made
navigation difcult. John
Ochido, a resident, said six
shermen were on a shing
expedition when their boat
capsized on Saturday.
Mr Ochido said four of the
shermen swam to safety leav-
ing behind their two colleagues
who could not swim.
The four men managed to
swim to safety after three
hours and we are not sure
where the other two are, he
said. Naivasha police boss
Charles Kortok said they are
seeking for divers to help
search for the duo.
We are currently working
with the locals in searching for
the two missing shermen
whose boat capsized on Satur-
day morning, he said.
Meanwhile, a lorry ferrying
cooking fat was involved in an
accident on the Naivasha-Mai
Mahiu road. Residents of Ki-
hoto estate carted away tens of
litres of the product.
Two shermen missing
after boat capsizes
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N
ever has the transfer of a public servant in
President Uhuru Kenyattas young presiden-
cy attracted so much attention as the
redeployment of Kiplimo Rugut, the immediate
Director-General of the National Youth Service. At a
press conference at State House on Friday, the Presi-
dent acknowledged that changes had been made at the
NYS. Yet despite that, the furore caused by the transfer
has not quietened. Feelings are gaining currency that
the TNA arm of the Jubilee Coalition (which sponsored
Kenyattas bid) is trying to upstage its partner, the URP.
One of the reasons cited is the manner the con-
cerned Cabinet Secretary communicated the changes
and how the changes were defended. In the absence of
communication, all was left to the creative minds to
put a negative construction on the action. No one has
questioned the competence of Dr Nelson Githinji, who
has taken charge, it is his tribe that is being questioned
especially by members of the URP.
In truth, Ruguts deployment has stirred up the
ghost of tribalism that is lurking beneath the surface.
Whether Rugut was pushed or transferred to create
space for a chum, should not be the biggest of con-
cerns now. It is that the move has exposed the folly of
running government on pre-election pacts that often
ignore the complexities of Kenyas tribal contours. Had
the affected officer been a member of the El Molo,
would the uproar have been as loud? Kenya is an
amalgam of 42 tribes, and the Constitution envisages
that appointments to the public service must mirror
the face of Kenya. Most importantly, public service
should be apolitical at all times to ensure fairness and
justice.
The president and his deputy, Mr William Ruto, have
spoken about the need to unite Kenya. They should do
that in word and deed. No one wants to relive the
experiences of the Narc Coalition and the Grand
Coalition where mistrust, suspicion and blame charac-
terised everything at the expense of development.
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s the State Law Office complicit in
the Anglo Leasing scandal? Put in
another way, through acts of
omission and commission, did the
Attorney General, Prof Githu Muigai, fail
the country in the settlement of the recent
Anglo Leasing cases?
There are those, including the Law
Society of Kenya, who think the AG should
be held liable over the Sh1.4 billion payout
to First Mercantile Securities Corporation
and Universal Satspace for security
contracts that were not delivered.
Or is he the fall guy in an intricate web
of deceit by cartels in the corridors of
power?
Actually, there is a growing feeling that
since his appointment, the professor of
law has made decisions that would curry
favour with the Executive.
The Governments Chief Legal Advisor
has given advice on two controversial
issues in the recent past.
One involved the controversial Stan-
dard Gauge Railway tender where he made
an about-turn on his earlier advice.
The latest (which has kicked up a huge
storm) was for the Government to honour
the Anglo Leasing payments after it lost
the cases in a London court.
The particulars of the cases and the
arbitration in London are coming out.
Most of them point to negligence and
dereliction of duty on the part of the State
Law Office.
In fact, at a press conference on Friday,
President Uhuru Kenyatta apportioned
blame to the office and asked the lawyers
there to up their game.
For a country strapped up for cash,
paying out Sh1.4 billion should have
prompted the AG to swing the axe by now.
He would do Kenya great good if he
were to jettison any officers found culpa-
ble. And because the buck stops with him,
inaction will mean that he walks the plank.
Already, the LSK is initiating proceed-
ings to remove Muigai and two officials at
the State Law Office over the handling of
the cases.
LSK is justified in its actions.
But even as he ponders on the action to
take, the AG should unmask the identities
of the architects of the mega scam.
For indeed, if there were negotiations
for payments, with who were lawyers from
his office negotiating?
On Friday, the president said there was
clear evidence of misdeed in those
transactions and wondered why they
were lost.
This does not inspire confidence in the
Office of the Attorney General.
No doubt, Anglo Leasing will be with us
for a long time to come, but for now,
Kenyans need to know who did what,
when and where with who. It is a matter
that weighs heavily on the minds and
conscience of Kenyans.
If the architects of Anglo Leasing
remain at large and nameless, from whom
will the billions be recovered?
It was on the AGs advice that the
Government undertook to pay this huge
amount against services that were never
delivered and there is real danger that
others will be emboldened to make similar
claims against the Government.
For Githu, the hard questions will not
go away.
Making, and keeping, Chicagos City Hall
honest
The good news is quite good: Come June 16,
a judge may decide he can end federal court
oversight of personnel decisions at Chicagos
City Hall long a cesspool of corruption
where patronage chiefs famously didnt want
to hire nobody nobody sent. If this happens,
Chicagoans can thank Michael Shakman, a
dogged attorney, and Rahm Emanuel, their
current mayor. For more than four decades,
Shakman has pushed City Hall and other Illinois
governments to stop systematically cheating
untold thousands of job applicants and people
already on public payrolls. And Emanuel? He
made a priority of getting city government
in compliance with federal court edicts,
the so-called Shakman decrees, that ban
consideration of politics in most hiring, ring,
promotion and discipline decisions.
Developing nations could benet from
trying Southern democracy
At a highly orchestrated election rally in
Cairo last weekend, supporters of Abdel Fatah
al-Sissi sang, danced and waited in vain for
him to show up. Unsurprised, most assumed
that Sissi the military leader who ousted
and jailed Egypts previous president didnt
come for security reasons. Since taking
power last summer, Sissi has overseen the
murder of hundreds of members of the Muslim
Brotherhood and the arrest of some 16,000
others. He has declared he will eliminate the
organization just like that. And so he has
enemies: Two assassination attempts have been
foiled already, and clearly hes expecting more.
At least for some Egyptians, Sissi will always
be an illegitimate president, and his economic
policies will be illegitimate, too.
The importance of your vote
One thing can be said in Nigel Farages favour:
he has brought the European Parliament election
campaign to life. Our ComRes opinion poll today
suggests that the UK Independence Party is
heading for one of the most striking election
upsets in recent history. For a so-called protest
party that has no MPs in the House of Commons
to win 35 per cent of a national vote would be
extraordinary. Ukips advance has, late in the
day, provoked a reaction. Our poll puts the
Green Party in fourth place: possibly because
pro-Europeans have been galvanised. Supporters
of the European ideal may see the force of Nick
Cleggs argument that a party of out needs to
be opposed by a party of in, without wanting
to vote for a party that is in the coalition
government.
OPINION / Page 15
BRAHMA CHELLANEY}
TRANSI TI ON
Palaver
If the West issues travel
advisories because they care
about their citizens safety and
something goes boom a day
later, can we blame them? Why
rant at the Western powers?
We spurned them for the Chi-
nese. Remember? Surely, they
werent supposed to cling and
sulk, or were they?
Its getting to be quite tedious
listening to leaders give assur-
ances of safety and security as
people continue to die not know-
ing why. It is about time they
kept their mouths shut instead
of having egg smeared all over
their faces. We have heard the
promises before, yet nothing tan-
gible is visible. Gentlemen (and
one lady), work in silence for a
change, it hurts less that way.
David Kimaiyo is not a
learned friend, so we can
excuse him for not grasp-
ing the fundamentals of law,
yes, the fundementals. Those
fundamentals can be quite
confounding.
We thank
the LSK and
the Attorney
General (did
someone
call him the
other AG?),
for coming
to the aid of hapless motorists
being harassed for nothing.
And do you know that Ki-
maiyos ofcial Mercedes is so
heavily tinted you need a klieg
light to nd the safety belt
knob?
This Anglo leasing ogre is too
confusing. One moment it is
dont pay, the next moment it is
lets pay. Who is being fooled
here? Pay and then recover?
Doesnt make sense, none at
all. Talking of recovery, how will
it be effected, and, pray, does
wanjiku have the wherewithal
to know if recovery is actually
made? Give us a break!
Do school principals under-
stand the meanings of some
of the words they put to paper
every time they write an invite
to parents? They invite you for
an AGM and request book do-
nations for the library. If you
are not able to buy one, your
child will be sent home the
next day. Over to you teachers,
is a donation supposed to be
compulsory?
And nally...
A London skyscraper that
drew anger for having a glare
so strong it melted nearby cars
and shops will get a permanent
x. The Walkie-Talkie tower that
has a curved, bulging shape is to
have a sunshade attached to its
south-facing facade to stop the
concave surface from reecting
sunlight. The 37-storey building
made headlines when a Jaguar
owner who parked his car at its
foot complained that the solar
glare melted part of his pricey
vehicle.
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election. With the US having ex-
pressed no regret for its revocation
of his visa, Modi is unlikely to go out
of his way to befriend the US by
seeking a White House visit. Instead,
he is expected to wait for US ofcials
to come calling.
By contrast, Modi is likely to re-
member states, such as Japan and
Israel, that courted him even as the
US targeted him. Modis 2007 and
2012 visits to Japan opened new av-
enues for Japanese investment in
business-friendly Gujarat.
Moreover, Modi has forged a
special relationship with Japan and
built personal rapport with Abe.
When Abe returned to power, Modi
congratulated him with a telephone
call.
Modis victory is likely to turn In-
do-Japanese ties Asias fastest-de-
veloping bilateral relationship into
the main driver of Indias Look
East strategy, which, with Americas
blessing, seeks to strengthen eco-
nomic and strategic cooperation
with US allies and partners in East
and Southeast Asia. Abe, who has
sought to build security options for
Japan beyond the current US-cen-
tric framework, has argued that his
countrys ties with India hold the
greatest potential of any bilateral re-
lationship anywhere in the world.
A deeper Japan-India entente
under Abe and Modi could poten-
tially reshape the Asian strategic
landscape. It is no surprise that Abe
rooted for a Modi victory.

Mr Chellaney is Professor of
Strategic Studies at the New
Delhi-based Center for Policy
Research
(c) Project Syndicate 2014
www.project-syndicate.org
A
fter a prolonged period of
political drift and paraly-
sis, Indias new govern-
ment will be led by a man known for
his decisiveness. Just as Japanese
Prime Minister Shinzo Abes return
to power in late 2012, after six years
of political instability, reected Ja-
pans determination to reinvent it-
self as a more competitive and con-
dent country, Narendra Modis
election victory reects Indians de-
sire for a dynamic, assertive leader
to help revitalise their countrys
economy and security.
Like Abe, Modi is expected to fo-
cus on reviving Indias economic
fortunes while simultaneously bol-
stering its defences and strengthen-
ing its strategic partnerships with
like-minded states, thereby pro-
moting regional stability and block-
ing the rise of a Sino-centric Asia.
The charismatic Modi a darling of
business leaders at home and
abroad has promised to restore
rapid economic growth, saying
there should be no red tape, only
red carpet for investors.
The 63-year-old Modi mirrors
Abes soft nationalism, market-ori-
ented economics, and new Asian-
ism, seeking close ties with Asian
democracies to create a web of in-
terlocking strategic partnerships.
In a country where the gap be-
tween the average age of political
leaders and citizens is one of the
worlds widest, Modi will be the rst
prime minister born after India
gained independence in 1947. This
constitutes another parallel with
Abe, who is Japans rst prime min-
ister born after World War II.
There is, however, an important
difference in terms of the two lead-
ers upbringing: While Modi rose
from humble beginnings to lead the
worlds largest democracy, Abe the
grandson and grandnephew of two
former Japanese prime ministers
and the son of a former foreign min-
ister boasts a distinguished politi-
cal lineage. In fact, Modi rode to vic-
tory by crushing the dynastic
aspirations of Rahul Gandhi, whose
failure to articulate clear views or
demonstrate leadership ran coun-
ter to the Indian electorates yearn-
ing for an era of decisive govern-
ment.
Modi, like Abe, faces major for-
eign-policy challenges. India is
home to more than one-sixth of the
worlds population, yet it punches
far below its weight. A 2013 essay in
the journal Foreign Affairs, titled
Indias Feeble Foreign Policy, fo-
cused on how the country is resist-
ing its own rise, as if the political mi-
asma in New Delhi had turned the
country into its own worst enemy.
Many Indians want Modi to give
a new direction to foreign relations
at a time when the gap between In-
dia and China in terms of interna-
tional stature has grown signicant-
ly. Indias inuence in its own
backyard including Nepal, Sri Lan-
ka, and the Maldives has shrunk.
Indeed, Bhutan remains Indias sole
pocket of strategic clout in South
Asia.
India also confronts the strength-
ening nexus between its two nucle-
ar-armed regional adversaries, Chi-
na and Pakistan, both of which have
staked claims to substantial swaths
of Indian territory and continue to
collaborate on weapons of mass de-
struction. In dealing with these
countries, Modi will face the same
dilemma that has haunted previous
Indian governments: the Chinese
and Pakistani Foreign ministries are
weak actors. The Communist Party
and the military shape Chinese for-
eign policy, while Pakistan relies on
its army and intelligence services,
which still use terror groups as prox-
ies. The Modi government is unlike-
ly to let another Mumbai-style ter-
rorist attack staged from Pakistan go
unpunished, employing at least
non-military retaliatory options.
Restoring momentum to the re-
lationship with the United States
damaged recently by grating diplo-
matic tensions and trade disputes
is another pressing challenge. But
Modis commitment to pro-market
economic policies and defense
modernisation is likely to yield new
opportunities for US businesses
and lift the bilateral relationship to
a new level of engagement.
Americas strategic interests will
be advanced by likely new defense
cooperation and trade that boosts
US arms sales and creates avenues
for joint military coordination. The
US already conducts more military
exercises with India than with any
other country.
Modi is the sort of leader who
can help put US-India ties back on
track and boost cooperation. Yet
there is a risk that his relations with
the US, at least initially, could be
more businesslike than warm, ow-
ing to an American slight that is
hard for him to forget. In 2005, the
US government revoked his visa
over unproven allegations that he
connived in Hindu-Muslim riots in
2002, when he was Chief Minister of
Gujarat. Even after Indias Supreme
Court found no evidence to link
Modi to the violence, the US contin-
ued to ostracise him, reaching out
to him only on the eve of the recent
US edgy as Indias Robin Hood takes over
In 2005, the
US govern-
ment revoked
his visa over
unproven al-
legations that
he connived
in Hindu-
Muslim riots
in 2002
T
ectonic plates are shifting
under Africa. The conti-
nent is coming of age and
growing in importance. Around the
world new alliances, treaties and
partnerships are being forged. Glo-
balisation and emergence of a
multi-polar world presents new
challenges to us all, and new op-
portunities. But amid this tumult of
change some fundamentals re-
main.
When 61 heads of state and gov-
ernment from Africa and Europe
met in Brussels earlier this month,
the two-way dialogue was about
peace, prosperity and people. It is a
conversation that has lasted
through the decades.
It has many faces and is ever
changing to t the times. It remains
as strong and successful as ever.
The partnership between Europe
and Kenya is steadfast because we
are working together to keep it rel-
evant to and of benecial to ordi-
nary Kenyans. That was apparent
as we celebrated Europes Week,
last week.
As I met students and vets, busi-
nessmen and children during the
weeks events, I was reminded why
development is so important. Fu-
ture economic growth will depend
on investing in public infrastruc-
ture and raising living standards,
especially for the man, woman and
youth in the remotest part of Ke-
nya. That requires serious invest-
ment in the basics, such as roads,
electricity and water.
Europe has a great role to play
as Kenya moves forward economi-
cally and democratically. Europe
continues to offer a scale and range
of support that few other interna-
tional partners can muster.
In Kenya, Europe helps the gov-
ernment with a broad range of is-
sues from emergency support in
humanitarian crises and coopera-
tion against major security threats,
to infrastructure investment and
development opportunities for the
most vulnerable.
Kenya is increasingly setting the
direction of how that support is de-
livered, and rightly so. We welcome
the leadership and continued dia-
logue around priorities, and where
we can best help. We recognise that
one area where our development
aid is most relevant to Kenya is
when it can benet the poorest and
most vulnerable.
Europe continues to think big
and bold for Kenyans, as it always
has. We were one of the earliest to
invest in infrastructure here, and
have built or renovated over
2,000km of roads since the 1980s,
including more than a third of the
Northern Corridor.
Good roads mean Kenyan busi-
nesses can sell their goods through-
out the region. But ready access to
clean water is an even more basic
requirement for increasing oppor-
tunities for all.
The European Union has part-
nered with water boards to provide
more than 2,000 kilometres of wa-
ter piping and over a thousand new
taps and kiosks.
When I met with families on the
shores of Lake Victoria recently, I
was reminded how accessible clean
water can make a real difference to
peoples lives. At the same time, Ke-
nyas inward investment climate is
improving and increasingly being
seen as a place to do business. Eu-
ropean companies recently agreed
to invest Sh18 billion for the Turka-
na Wind Project, representing the
largest private sector investment
Kenya has seen. It will bring 300
megawatts onto the national grid,
and at current supply that would
be a fth of the national power.
Another third of the cost of the
project is coming from the Europe-
an Investment Bank, which pro-
vides loans at attractive rates. The
terms of this green power will mean
cheaper electricity for businesses
and consumers.
This scale of private investment
is key to further growth of Kenya.
Europe remains the largest pur-
chaser of Kenyan exports and is
now increasingly bringing capital
to Kenya.
That demonstrates a deepen-
ing and more equal partnership,
and bodes well for Kenyas eco-
nomic future.
Mr Habes is Head of Develop-
ment Cooperation at the European
Union in Kenya
Europe
continues to
offer a scale
and range of
support that
few other in-
ternational
partners can
muster
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Bomet County governor halts
repair of road to get back at MCA
We demand a thorough forensic audit of
allocation of resources in Bomet County.
Residents of Kamungei location were
amazed by a directive from the governor
that a very impassable 500m section of
Chebirbelek-Kamungei Road should not
be repaired. The lorries, ferrying murram
to repair the road received orders from
above to return the murram to the
quarry. Reason? To teach the local MCA
a lesson! Who will save us from this
outright misuse of ofce by tyrannical
county bosses? - Kiptures arap Rutto
Shame on Fly540! We will not let
this go, they owe us an apology
It is indeed sad to learn that in this day
and age, airlines have not come up with a
policy to ensure that the disabled people
can comfortably enjoy the services of a
reputable airline. How many people have
had to undergo the inhumane treatment
experienced by Bishop Jackson Kosgei
while in the hands of Fly540? It is time
the airlines management devised a new
way of assisting the disabled people.
They owe the bishop and outraged
Kenyans an apology. - Oliver Jumba
There is positivity in President
empowering commissioners
Governors should stop complaining
about the Presidents move to
empower County Commissioners and
see the positiveness of the move. The
commissioners will be responsible for
overseeing peace and security issues
among other delegated functions. These
should ease the governors load and
enable them to run and serve counties
for the benet of local wananchi. By
taking this new move, the President
is not weakening devolution, he is
simply moving in to ll gaps which the
governors have failed to ll. - Ndolo Victor
If not checked terrorism is going to
kill Kenyas tourism industry
Kenyas tourism industry appears to be
on its death bed. We heard of hundreds
of international tourists being evacuated
to their respective homes. We also heard
of thousands of cancellations from
those about to travel to Kenya due to
travel advisories issued by their home
nations. Cause of advisories being terror
attacks and cause of terror being we
have totally failed to ght it. As though
it were not enough that terror had killed
many Kenyans, caused havoc, fear and
destruction, it now seems to be chasing
away potential investors. As things
stand right now, we cannot say we are
winning the war against terror. - Justin
Nkaranga
EACC must check on mega
corruption in counties
One of the key reasons Kenyans
voted overwhelmingly for the new
Constitution was because they
wanted devolution, meant to bring
services, decision making, power
and resources closer to them.
With the coming of county gov-
ernments in March 2013, Kenyans
could not wait to enjoy the fruits of
this hard earned devolution. Since
then, county governments have
taken shape, with billions of shil-
lings from the national Govern-
ment, county taxation and donors
at their disposal.
However, a year down the line,
KENYANS have begun to feel cheat-
ed.
Unethical practices and corrup-
tion are now eroding the hopes and
aspirations of devolution, conrm-
ing fears that devolution of funds
could turn out to be devolution of
corruption!
Gross misuse of public funds
corrupt dealings, nepotism in em-
ployment and tendering, registra-
tion of companies through proxies
to acquire tenders, shoddy public
work by unscrupulous companies;
ination of tender costs, among
others, have begun to permeate the
depth and breadth of county gov-
ernments. The Auditor-Generals
report conrms this.
Governors and Executive Com-
mittees aside, Members of County
Assembly, constitutionally mandat-
ed to be the peoples watchdogs
through their oversight role, have
been sucked into corruption.
BOOMING BUSINESS
Approval of any agenda, nomi-
nee, Bill or budget has become
booming business for MCAs. Gov-
ernors are being blackmailed with
impeachment on imsy and
trumped up charges for personal
gains.
They have to appease MCAs
with nances, treat them to the best
coastal hotels and organise trips
the world over for them to learn
about devolution. Residents watch-
ing the going ons now marvel at the
sudden change of stature of most
MCAs, some who have literally
moved from rags to riches.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption
Commission must not allow cor-
ruption to compromise public
funds, service delivery and integri-
ty among leaders.
Integrity did not end once clear-
ance to participate in elections was
obtained, it actually begun there.
The anti-corruption agency
must track every action by gover-
nors, MCAs and entire county per-
sonnel to enhance transparency,
accountability, ethics and public
good.
Blackmail, deal cutting, conict
of interests, wastage of public funds
by paying for luxurious hotels and
nancing politically motivated trips
abroad amounts to corruption and
a breach of integrity.
If the EACC fails to act swiftly,
county governments will sooner or
later be decaying due to mega cor-
ruption. Those found to be guilty
should be prosecuted and barred
from vying for political ofce.
{Charles Kariuki, Nairobi}
Page 16 / READERS DIALOGUE
Who is in charge of our counties?
I am not against old Provincial
Administration structures, howev-
er, having parallel governments
and administration is harmful to
our economy and detrimental to
the peoples optimism.
While the role chiefs play is not
being disputed, we need harmon-
ised and synchronised systems of
governance that do not have dupli-
cation of duties.
President Uhuru has given
county commissioners great pow-
ers. Proponents of this move see no
malice in this. I see betrayal. Is this
the spirit of devolution? If it is, then
we need radical surgery and mend-
ing of our battered constitution.
We have a governor, senators,
women representatives and now
conrmation that county commis-
sioners are here to stay.
The same trickles down to coun-
ty, sub county governments, com-
missioners, chiefs, their assistants,
ward and village administrators!
Surely, how rich are Kenyans
that we can afford to pay all these
people performing tasks that can
be done by one person? It does not
make sense at all!
In essence what we are witness-
ing is mutilation of our dreams and
expectations of the new Constitu-
tion that dazed us very briey and
now appears to be descending in a
ash of are becoming a blur of
dimmed hopes.
Mr. President, we do not need
this governance structure. We do
not need a redesign or re-arrange-
ment of the political landscape.
What we need is your govern-
ments undying purpose and zeal to
cast off the shackles of unstable de-
velopment process.
Every decision your administra-
tion takes must be seen to be for the
good of all Kenyans.
Do we really need these parallel-
ism in execution of service to the
people? As Kenyans, we say no!
{Nickson Magak, Kisumu}
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YOUR SAY
Feedback
Decisions to slash Helb
loan is ill-advised
The impending decision by the
education loans board to slash
the maximum loan provided
to a university student by
Sh25,000 is outrageous and
disheartening.
Currently, university students
are allowed to receive a
maximum of Sh60,000 during
one year of study.
If this decision is implemented,
students will be forced to
survive on a mere Sh35,000 for
each academic year.
Treasury seems to have
forgotten about the rise in
number of students currently
being enrolled in different
universities.
It has maintained its allocation
of funds without considering
this increase. As a matter of
fact, Helbs move to make
adjustments on disbursements
will denitely be met by
resistance from various if not all
university students across the
country.
With the ever toughening
economy, Sh35,000 might
surprisingly be what a university
student needs to survive for a
single semester rather than a
full academic year.
Education is an important pillar
for the success of our nation.
It is the Governments duty to
provide university students
with adequate funding in order
to ensure they pay their fees in
time and meet their personal
needs effectively.
If anything, the maximum
loan amount disbursed should
be increased. Treasury needs
to put in mind the changing
economy and strategise on how
to raise extra funds to cater for
university students.
{Namasaka Peter, Maseno
University}
Lifting of travel
ban welcome
The recent reversal of the night
travel ban imposed by the Govern-
ment of Kenya through the transport
Cabinet Secretary Eng Michael Kamau
is good news for Kenyans.
This prohibition, which was en-
forced a couple of months ago, has ad-
versely affected the countrys social
economic life.
Most travellers, especially the long
distance ones, have suffered a great
deal, ever since the ban was pro-
nounced. From students to traders; all
were compelled by circumstances to
seek accommodation whenever dusk
hours caught up with them, before
their journey was over. Besides in-
creased costs, they had to endure the
risks associated with spending a night
in town.
Moreover the prohibition led to re-
duced volume of trade since travelling
time ate into business hours. For stu-
dents from distant homes coming
from holidays, night arrival at school
after a day long travel used to put them
on a collision course with the school
administration besides being exposed
to many security risks.
Yet, even as we rejoice, PSV opera-
tors must remember that they are
obliged to exercise extreme caution
during night travel so they can reduce
road carnage and night robberies.
They need to observe laid down
regulations, maintain their vehicles
well, abstain from drug and alcohol
use and cooperate with security agen-
cies.
Observing the above conditions
will help improve this industrys image
from that of arrogance and dont care
tendencies to that of a responsible and
listening partner.
{Alfred Mosoti, Baraton University}
KRA, Kebs can
blame no one
The just released report by the anti-
counterfeit agency that Kenya loses
Sh70 billion on fake products is not
only absurd but a mockery to Kenyans
by the Kenya Bureau of Standards (Ke-
bs) and Kenya Revenue Authority.
The deadly liquor that claimed al-
most 100 lives is alleged to have found
its way through our borders. As if that
is not enough, they had the legal seal
for standardisation from Kebs so who
is fooling who in all this?
Before sending assistant county of-
cers packing, the Government should
have started with ofcers on duty that
day along our border.
Indeed thats how far corruption
and greed can drive us. To kill 100 peo-
ple and everything appears normal.
Kenya is bleeding due to corruption.
Unless the Government, through
its ofcers stop acting as if they are
from Mars when something happens,
we will continue to see more of coun-
tryman killing our brothers.
Let all ofcers be responsible for
the mandates they are given. Let us not
see every opportunity as a way of mak-
ing more coins.
{Moses Okeyo, Maseno University}
ENTERTAINMENT: GOSSIP/ Page 17 Monday, May 19, 2014 / The Standard
Police ofcer thrills
Groove crowd
Fans attending the Safari-
com Groove Tour in Nakuru
yesterday were offered a rare
treat after a police ofcer took
to the stage to entertain the
crowd.
Tabitha Magesa, a police
constable in Nakuru got the
crowd by surprise after she
took to the stage singing her
Bingu Zahubiri hit, one of the
six songs she has already re-
corded with Nakurus Sams
studio.
I love ministering through
songs and this is my calling,
she told MondayBlues shortly
after her performance.
The Groove tour has now
entered its homestretch with
the next outing going to
Machakos in a few weeks.
Man draws out
gun in club
It was a sobering experi-
ence for a party lover who got
a gun stuck on his neck after
he was caught dancing with
another mans girlfriend.
The man had been irting
with the lady who was enjoy-
ing the night out with her
boyfriendat a popular West-
lands joint. The girls boy-
friend excused himself and
while he was in the wash-
rooms, two hit the dance
oor. Her date returned only
to nd them getting cosy. Un-
able to contain his rage, the
man charged his way to them
and drew out a gun, threaten-
ing the intruder.
Know people, our sourc-
es quoted the man as having
quipped before grabbing the
girl and taking off.
Desires girl is mine
Controversial Ugandan
musician Desire Luzinda is in
the news again, this time with
two men wrangling over her
daighters paternity. Accord-
ing to Ugandan media, Juma
Seiko, a police ofcer and
John Kaddu, both of who have
had an affair with the Equa-
tion singer, are each claiming
to be the father of the singers
daughter.

STEVENS MUENDO} MONDAYBLUES
The offcial showbiz and gossip column Get It here hot and frst.
All correspondence may be sent to [email protected]
A celebrated radio
presenter who has been
dating a politician has
moved in with him con-
trary to her parents wish-
es.
The girl who is said to
be expecting the politi-
cians child had the mar-
ried man visit her par-
ents to formalise their
affair about a month ago
but her parents rejected
the bid, saying they did
not support polygamy.
The parents are said to
have chased the politi-
cian and his people from
their residence and even
rejected his goodies after
which the radio girl
vowed to continue with
the love affair.
It was after differing
with her parents that they
expelled her, only for to
move in with the politi-
cian.
Radio girl expelled over
politician boyfriend
GOSSIP OF THE WEEK
W
ith their Mombasa
Whitesands beach hol-
iday plans still under-
way, Big Brother Africa
The Chase lovebirds, Elikem Ku-
mordzie and Pokello Nare have moved
one step towards marriage.
There are even rumours that Pokel-
lo, who is from Zimbabwe, and Elikem
from Ghana are actually living togeth-
er and are only waiting to formalise
their union.
The two have kept their affair pub-
lic since their romantic heat blared af-
ter they met during the continental re-
ality show. The two recently met in
Ghana where Elikem proposed to
Pokello.
If we are not already married, you
will hear wedding bells soon, Elikem
is quoted as having said, leading to
speculation that they are already living
under one roof.
Elikem actually proposed to Pokello
on stage during the 2014 Vodafone
Ghana Music Awards at the Accra In-
ternational Conference Centre (AICC)
about two weeks ago.
The two were on stage to present
the award for Best Collaboration of the Year when
Elikem suddenly went down on one knee and
popped the question; Will you marry me?
Surprised Pokello said: Yes!
However, all might not be well as a 28-year-old
fashion designer, Theresa Boateng, has announced
that she is pregnant with Elikems child.
She has claimed that she has been in a relation-
ship with the Ghanaian designer for years but had
chosen to remain silent about it to protect Elikems
career.
Pokello and I are still happily together. This is
insane, Elikem tweeted in response to the grape-
vine.
Wedding bells for Elikem,
Pokello amid controversy
Shamim gets
new TV look
Diamond,
Davido war
It is argued that Nigerian
singer Davido, who featured in
Diamonds Number One remix and
the Tanzanian singer are the
hottest selling stars across Africa,
a claim that has left the two
competing for supremacy. And
with claims that the Aye hit
maker took advantage to launch
his East African music base, a
region where Diamond is
commanding power, all might not
be well between the two.
It is said that Diamonds
soon-to-be-launched song now
oozes continental appeal and is
poised to counter Davidos
growing popularity.
H
ot former Miss World
Kenya crown holder is
repositioning herself
for her new media ca-
reer with a brand-new look.
The 2012 Miss World Kenya is ey-
ing a TV job and is almost complet-
ing her media studies.
New photos that she mailed to
MondayBlues are a migration from
her old girly look as she now looks
more mature.
I am eyeing a TV job. I have al-
ways dreamed of joining the media.
I am getting my TV face on, she
told MondayBlues.
[PHOTO: ELVIS ONGINA/STANDARD]
UNSAFE ABORTIONS IN
KENYA
Even with the new Constitu-
tion, abortion is still consid-
ered largely illegal in Kenya.
It is estimated that as a re-
sult, about a ffth of all preg-
nancies in the country are
terminated through very il-
legal and risky means. About
21,000 women are admitted
with abortion-related compli-
cations annually
A third of the women treat-
ed are usually in their second
trimester. Abortions done af-
ter the frst trimester tend to
be more risky
Only 16 per cent of the de-
livery institutions can per-
form the vacuum aspiration
procedure, which uses suc-
tion to empty the uterus
and is the preferred method
recommended by the WHO
(World Health Organisation)
Doctors in limbo as abortion rules withdrawn
Ministry of Health
has recalled the
regulations that
health offcers have
been relying on
BY GATONYE GATHURA
The Ministry of Health has
withdrawn the national guidelines
on safe abortion, setting the stage
for another battle over an issue
that almost stalled the adoption of
the new Constitution in 2010.
Abortion was among the key
contentious issues during the
2010 referendum, with the pro-life
groups including the church op-
posing a clause that allowed for
abortion when the health of the
woman is in danger.
The groups argued that the
clause could be exploited to allow
abortion to be easily carried out.
Despite the churchs objection,
the Constitution was voted in.
But now it has emerged that
pro-lifers have regrouped and are
putting pressure on the Govern-
ment to enact policies that will
make it hard for doctors to pre-
scribe termination of pregnancy
even when the life of the mother
is in danger.
Following the enactment of
the Constitution, which partially
allowed for abortion, the Ministry
of Health moved fast to put in
place structures and policies to
ensure the law is not abused by
rogue doctors and women.
One such document was the
Standards and Guidelines for Re-
ducing Mobility and Mortality
from Unsafe Abortions in Kenya,
which was launched by the Direc-
tor of Medical Services Francis
Kimani in September 2012.
DESERVING CASES
Among other things, the docu-
ment was to advise health workers
on who, where, and how to per-
form an abortion, under what
circumstances and to compel the
workers to only offer the option to
deserving cases as per the law.
Launching the guidelines on
October 17, 2012, Dr Kimani said
the intention was to reduce deaths
and illnesses associated with un-
scientic and lawful; we had to
put emotions aside in what at
times was a heated debate and
just use facts.
Contacted by The Standard,
Kimani said he was not ready to
discuss the matter. I cant com-
ment on the issue at the moment
because the document is being
worked on. We shall be able to tell
you what is going on at least by
the rst week of July, he said.
DARK FORCES
Kimani refused to disclose the
person pushing for the changes
but any drastic deviation from the
current document could be seen
as a move to undermine the con-
stitutional guarantees through the
back door.
Last year, the Ministry of
Health launched a Patients Char-
ter, which spells out what a patient
can demand, including emer-
gency care as guaranteed by the
Constitution and the right to seek
redress.
The charter, which was pub-
lished last April, says the Consti-
tution guarantees every person
good health care services, mater-
nal and reproductive health care
and the right to emergency medi-
cal treatment.
Medical workers are required
to offer a woman with an un-
wanted pregnancy all options
open to her including abortion,
where it is legally applicable.
During the launch, Kimani
argued that it was important to
adequately equip health providers
with the requisite skills and
knowledge to provide quality
abortion-related care to women.
But by withdrawing the guide-
lines, says Saoyo Grifth, a Repro-
ductive Health Rights Programmes
Ofcer at the Federation of Wom-
en Lawyers (Fida), Dr Kimani may
have just broken the spirit of the
Constitution.
Ms Grifth says the guidelines
were the only existing document
for health professionals address-
ing the conditions needed in order
to procure a safe abortion.
Their withdrawal creates a
gap, which is fuelling questions on
how to safely terminate a preg-
nancy, who qualies for safe ter-
mination, where safe procure-
ment should be procured, and
BY GATONYE GATHURA
Women have proved yet again
that family planning is an indi-
vidual choice that has little to do
with religion, according to con-
clusions made last week at a con-
ference in Nairobi.
During the three-day confer-
ence at the Kenya Medical Train-
ing College (KMTC), medical
workers presented evidence from
Nairobi to Nandi to Garissa indi-
cating majority of pregnancy
complications have no religious
boundaries.
It also emerged that the free
maternity project may only have
a limited impact on reducing ma-
ternal mortality because money is
not the main reason why many
women like to deliver at home.
According to Dr Kigen Bartilol,
head of Maternity Services at the
Ministry of Health, the free mater-
nity project has signicantly in-
creased the number of women
delivering in medical facilities.
He however, said the pro-
gramme is still experiencing
teething problems with regard to
reimbursing the health facilities
on time and having consumma-
bles in the right place and time.
In a plenary session, health
workers sought to know where the
increased gures cited by the Gov-
ernment are coming from. We
are getting this from the counties
but we are still analysing the
trends to determine the possible
impact, said Dr Bartilol.
The health workers identied
the traditional birth attendants
and arrogance among the reasons
why most women are still giving
birth at home.
How come a health worker
trained at the KMTC and working
in the private sector is polite to
clients while a similar person in
the public facility will be rude to
patients? one participant asked
her colleagues.
In a recent study, Rachel Lom-
enchu, the Principal of Lodwar
MTC showed that although most
women would want to give birth
at a hospital, more than 60 per
cent were doing so at home.
Study: Family planning is a matter of choice, not religion or money
when a doctor can lodge a consci-
entious objection, she argues
out.
Although Kimani refused to
explain where the pressure is
coming from, sources within the
Ministry indicate that US-based
anti-abortion groups could be
exploiting a legal gap to push
USaid to arm-twist Kenya on
abortion.
US GROUPS
Following the adoption of the
Constitution in 2010, some US
Congressmen had accused Presi-
dent Obamas administration of
having illegally funded civil groups
lobbying for legalising of abortion
in Kenya.
The law called the Siljander
Amendment states that: None of
the American foreign aid may be
used to lobby for or against abor-
tion.
Following the complaints, the
US Government Accountability
Ofce (GAO) instituted investiga-
tions and in a 42-page document,
advised USaid to prepare clear
guidelines on how US funding can
be used without breaking this
particular law.
safe abortion.
These guidelines are now
available and I call upon all care-
givers to acquaint themselves with
them and use them as working
tools for the benet of patients,
he had said.
However, in a surprise move
on December 3 last year, Kimani
wrote to the 47 County Directors
of Health suspending the guide-
lines, arguing that there was need
for wider stakeholder consulta-
tion on the contents of the docu-
ment.
In the foreward to the guide-
lines, Kimani says it was prepared
with the full participation of many
groups representing legal, reli-
gious, gender, rights and public
health interests.
Listed as signatories to the
document are more than 25
groups including religious or-
ganisations, professional health
groups, UN bodies, universities
and civic groups.
It took more than a year to
agree on this document, says Dr
Joachim Osur, one of the principal
authors, adding: But all stake-
holders agreed that it had to be
Mothers nurs-
ing their ba-
bies. With the
withdrawal of
guidelines on
safe abortion,
health practi-
tioners have
been left with
no policies to
refer to. [PHO-
TO: FILE]
Health workers left
with no guidelines ABORTION DEBATE
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The County Government of Nyamira is on the process of preparing the County Performance
Management Framework Policy and the Kenyan constitution 2010 article 201, County
Government Act article 47 and 115 respectively provides for public participation.
It is on that premise that the County Government of Nyamira invites the public to give
written memoranda, views and opinions to a consultative stakeholders meetings planned
at the Sub-County levels as per the following schedule and venues:
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th
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provided below. You can access the draft policy document on our website
www. nyamira.go.ke
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NYAMIRA
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Kenya Roads Act, 2007, with the responsibility for the management, development, rehabilitation and
maintenance of national roads.
KeNHA on behalf of Engineers Board of Kenya invites Expression of Interest from owners and
authorised agents for purchase of offce space.
Engineers Board of Kenya is a statutory body established under Section 3(1) of the Engineers Act
2011 to regulate the activities and the practice of engineering in Kenya.
The Board is seeking to acquire premises in Nairobi on outright purchase with clear and unambiguous
title deeds to accommodate the Boards Secretariat. The premises should be ready for occupation
by 31
st
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A. REQUIREMENTS
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2. The Premises should have the following features among others: plinth area of approximately
3,000 square feet (280 square metres) which is continuous, or at least, adjoined, secured with
plenty of natural lighting, at least two parking lots for the Board and project a professional and
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2. Certifed copy of Current Tax Compliance Certifcate.
3. Certifed copy of Title deed as prove of ownership.
4. Approvals and permission confrming that premise is ready for occupation.
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Authority's website: www.kenha.co.ke or be collected from Procurement offce, Kenya National
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Interested bidders possessing built up areas as stated above and having clear legal titles are
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And deposited in the Tender Box at Kenya National Highways Authority offces, Mezzanine Floor,
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th
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3
rd
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a.m. when the following business will be transacted, namely:
AGENDA
1. Constitution of the Meeting - To read the notice convening the Meeting and determine
if a quorum is present.
2. To receive, consider and, if approved, adopt the Corporations audited Financial
Statements for the year ended 31
st
December 2013 together with the Chairmans,
Directors and Auditors Reports thereon.
3. To approve payment of a frst and fnal dividend of KShs0.60 per share, subject to
withholding tax where applicable, for the fnancial year ended 31
st
December 2013 to
the shareholders registered in our books as at 13
th
J une 2014 on or about 18
th
J uly
2014, as recommended by the Board, and approve the closure of the Register of
Members on 16
th
J une 2013.
4. Election of Directors:
a) In accordance with Article 110 of the Corporations Articles of Association,
Mr. Henry Rotich, Cabinet Secretary, National Treasury retires by rotation
as a Director and, being eligible, offers himself for re-election.
b) In accordance with Article 110 of the Corporations Articles of Association,
Mr. Jacob Haji retires by rotation as a Director and, being eligible, offers
himself for re-election.
c) In accordance with Articles 110 of the Corporations Articles of Association,
Mr. ruki Kailemia retires by rotation as a Director and, being eligible, offers
himself for re-election.
5. To note the Directors remuneration for the period ended 31st December 2013.
6. Auditors
To note that the audit of the Corporations books of accounts will continue to be
undertaken by the Controller and Auditor-General or an audit frm appointed by him
in accordance with Section 14 of the State Corporations Act and Sections 14 and 39
(i) of the Public Audit Act 2003.
7. To authorise the Directors to fx the remuneration of the Auditors.
8. To transact any other business in respect of which due notice has been received.

By Order of the Board
Charles N. Kariuki
Corporation Secretary,
Kenya Reinsurance Corporation Limited
Reinsurance Plaza, 15
th
Floor, Taifa Road
P.O. Box 3027100100
Nairobi
25
th
April 2014
NOTES:
1. A member entitled to attend and vote at the meeting and who is unable to attend is
entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote on his or her behalf. A proxy need not
be a member of the Company. To be valid, the form of proxy attached to this Annual
Report or downloaded from the Corporations website (www.kenyare.co.ke), must
be duly completed and signed by the member and lodged at the registered offces
of the Corporations Share Registrars, M/s. Image Registrars Limited, Barclays
Plaza, 5
th
Floor, Loita Street, and of P.O. Box 9287 00100 GPO, Nairobi or to
be posted to the mail address, so as to reach M/s. Image Registrars Limited, not
later than 11
th
June 2014 at 11.00 a.m.
2. Any member may by notice duly signed by him or her and delivered to the Corporation
Secretary on the above address, not less than seven (7) days and not more than
twenty one (21) days before the date appointed for the Annual General Meeting
give notice of his intention to propose any other person for election to the Board,
such notice to be accompanied by a notice signed by the person proposed of his or
her willingness to be elected. The proposed person need not be a member of the
Company.
3. Copies of the Corporations complete Memorandum and Articles of Association
are available for inspection on the Corporations website (www.kenyare.co.ke)
and also at the Company's Registered Offces 15
th
Floor, Reinsurance
Plaza, Taifa Road, Nairobi.
NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE / Page 21
KENYA REI NSURANCE CORPORATI ON LI MI TED
STATEMENT OF PROFIT OR LOSS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013
SHORT
TERM
BUSINESS
LONG
TERM
BUSINESS
TOTAL TOTAL
2013 2013 2013 2012
SHS 000 SHS 000 SHS 000 SHS 000
INCOME Restated
Gross Written Premium 8,555,292 1,089,859 9,645,151 7,944,183
Change in unearned premiums (620,442) - (620,442) (505,533)
Outward Reinsurance Premium (348,579) (94,300) (442,879) (384,335)
Net Written Premium 7,586,271 995,559 8,581,830 7,054,315
Investment Income 1,757,038 520,711 2,277,749 2,651,422
Commissions Earned 309 26,657 26,966 70,194
Fair value gains on revaluation of investment properties 355,346 86,242 441,588 523,008
Other Income 76,472 - 76,472 94,254
Share of proft of associate 257,000 - 257,000 205,934
Total Income 10,032,436 1,629,169 11,661,605 10,599,127
OUTGO
Claims & Policyholder benefts (4,804,959) (441,044) (5,246,003) (4,221,576)
Less: Reinsurers share of claims 498,482 24,351 522,833 159,999
Net claims and policyholders benefts (4,306,477) (416,693) (4,723,170) (4,061,577)
Commission Payable (2,202,696) (291,264) (2,493,960) (2,041,855)
Operating &other expenses (813,949) (200,819) (1,014,768) (1,084,141)
Provision for doubtful debts (160,904) - (160,904) (466,919)
Total outgo (7,484,026) (908,776) (8,392,802) (7,654,492)
Proft before tax 2,548,410 720,393 3,268,803 2,944,635
Income tax expense (241,197) (27,175) (268,372) (142,743)
Proft for the year after Tax 2,307,213 693,218 3,000,431 2,801,892
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
tems that will not be reclassifed subsequently to proft or loss:
Share of gain on property revaluation of associate 10 - 10 2,180
Defned beneft obligation remeasurement (6,148) - (6,148) 44,262
tems that may be reclassifed subsequently to proft or loss:
Fair value gain on available for sale fnancial assets, net of tax 732,270 - 732,270 779,704
Reclassifcation adjustments relating to available-for-sale
fnancial assets disposed in the year
(307,681) - (307,681) (314,209)
Share of movement in associate reserves - -
Currency translation 52,978 - 52,978 15,757
Fair value reserve 44,886 - 44,886 13,812
Adjustment to deferred tax on revaluation surplus due to
Change in tax rate from20% to 30% - - - (2,466)
Total other comprehensive income for the period 516,315 - 516,315 539,040
TotaI Prot & other comprehensive income 2,823,528 693,218 3,516,746 3,340,932
Earnings per Share - basic and diluted 4.29 4.00
Share Revaluation Fair value Translation Statutory Retained
capital reserve reserve reserve reserve earnings Total
Sh 000 Sh 000 Sh 000 Sh 000 Sh 000 Sh 000 Sh 000
At 1 J anuary 2012 1,500,000 13,439 817,768 129,548 1,457,106 7,608,624 11,526,485
Prior year adjustment - - - - - 28,199 28,199
As restated 1,500,000 13,439 817,768 129,548 1,457,106 7,636,823 11,554,684
Issue of shares 249,873 - - - - (249,873) -
Proft for the year - - - - 945,524 1,856,368 2,801,892
Other comprehensive
(loss)/ income
- (2,466) 481,487 15,757 - - 494,778
Total comprehensive
income-restated
- (2,466) 481,487 15,757 945,524 1,900,630 3,340,932
Dividends declared 2011 - - - - - (210,000) (210,000)
Transfer of excess
depreciation
- 7,173 - - - (7,173) -
Deferred taxation thereon - (2,152) - - - 2,152 -
At 31 December
2012-restated
1,749,873 15,994 1,299,255 145,305 2,402,630 9,072,559 14,685,616
At 1 J anuary 2013
-As previously stated 1,749,873 15,994 1,299,255 145,305 2,402,630 9,000,098 14,613,155
As restated 1,749,873 15,994 1,299,255 145,305 2,402,630 9,072,559 14,685,616
Proft for the year - - - - 693,218 2,307,213 3,000,431
Other comprehensive
income
- - 469,485 52,978 - (6,148) 516,315
Total comprehensive
income
- - 469,485 52,978 693,218 2,301,065 3,516,746
Dividends declared 2012 - - - - - (279,980) (279,980)
Transfer of excess
depreciation
- (7,173) - - - 7,173 -
Deferred taxation thereon - 2,152 - - - (2,152) -
At 31 December 2013 1,749,873 10,973 1,768,740 198,283 3,095,848 11,098,665 17,922,382
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2013
2013 2012
Sh 000 Sh 000
Cash (used in)/generated from operations (92,375) 556,429
Interest received on corporate bond 18,425 11,567
Interest received on government securities 843,826 520,185
Tax paid in the year (371,468) (248,911)
Net cash generated fromoperating activities 398,408 839,270
Cash ows from investing activities
Purchase of investment property (82,412) (46,992)
Purchase of property and equipment (55,382) (12,216)
Purchase of intangibles (65,387) -
Dividend received fromassociate company 41,982 31,080
Net cash used in investing activities (161,199) (28,128)
Cash ows from nancing activities
Dividends paid (279,980) (210,000)
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents (42,771) 601,142
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 January 4,458,604 3,857,462
Cash and cash equivalents at 31 December 4,415,833 4,458,604
SHORT TERM
BUSINESS
LONG TERM
BUSINESS
TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL
2013 2013 2013 2012 2011
SHS 000 SHS 000 SHS 000 SHS 000 SHS 000
SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS Restated Restated
Share Capital 1,749,873 - 1,749,873 1,749,873 1,500,000
Revaluation Reserve 10,973 - 10,973 15,994 13,439
Fair Value Reserve 1,768,740 - 1,768,740 1,299,255 817,768
Other Reserves (Translation reserve) 198,283 - 198,283 145,305 129,548
Statutory Reserve - 3,095,848 3,095,848 2,402,630 1,457,106
Retained Earnings 11,098,665 - 11,098,665 9,072,559 7,636,823
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS 14,826,534 3,095,848 17,922,382 14,685,616 11,554,684
ASSETS
Investment properties 5,314,000 1,145,000 6,459,000 5,935,000 5,365,000
Property & Equipment 112,874 - 112,874 80,511 87,196
Intangible assets 64,584 - 64,584 2,604 10,472
Investment in associate 1,652,940 - 1,652,940 1,340,048 1,133,445
Deferred taxation asset 594,276 - 594,276 614,709 330,551
Deferred acquisition costs 960,819 - 960,819 761,158 626,597
Unquoted equity instruments 59,965 - 59,965 89,971 89,971
Inventories 28,794 - 28,794 28,794 28,794
Non current assets held for sale 28,098 - 28,098 40,032 186,858
Mortgage loans 734,456 - 734,456 521,539 320,074
Defned beneft asset 9,044 - 9,044 - -
Tax recoverable - - - - 15,795
Receivables arising out of reinsurance
arrangements
1,876,203 126,753 2,002,956 1,518,502 1,248,975
Premiumand loss reserves 194,055 - 194,055 290,178 337,672
Other receivables 109,603 - 109,603 56,470 42,781
Corporate bonds 141,846 - 141,846 153,970 48,393
Quoted equity instruments 2,959,490 - 2,959,490 2,436,749 2,008,823
Government Securities 6,726,374 967,580 7,693,954 5,459,118 3,357,582
Deposits in fnancial institutions 1,162,521 3,054,481 4,217,002 4,217,389 3,687,082
Cash &Bank Balances 180,721 18,110 198,831 241,215 170,380
TOTAL ASSETS 22,910,663 5,311,924 28,222,587 23,787,957 19,096,441
LIABILITIES
Long termreinsurance Contract Liabilities - 2,094,357 2,094,357 2,073,032 2,285,709
Short termreinsurance Contract
Liabilities
3,702,715 - 3,702,715 3,049,991 2,373,622
Unearned Premiums 3,282,685 - 3,282,685 2,662,244 2,156,709
Payables arising out of reinsurance
arrangements
580,193 121,719 701,912 709,445 394,555
Defned beneft liability - - - 23,729 90,361
Other payables 477,404 - 477,404 419,239 240,801
Tax payable 41,132 - 41,132 164,661 -
TOTAL LIABILITIES 8,084,129 2,216,076 10,300,205 9,102,341 7,541,757
NET ASSETS 14,826,534 3,095,848 17,922,382 14,685,616 11,554,684
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2013
The above summary of fnancial statements are extracts from the full set of fnancial statements that have been audited by auditor General and received an unqualifed opinion in his report dated 28
th
April 2014.
The fnancial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on 28
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April 2014 and were signed on its behalf by;

PrincipaI Ofcer Chairman Director
Jadiah Mwarania NeIius Kariuki Everest Lenjo
Monday, May 19, 2014 / The Standard Page 22 / NATIONAL NEWS
By MAUREEN OBWAO
Members of the parliamentary
caucus on human rights have asked
foreign nations to rescind travel advi-
sories against Kenya.
But the MPs also challenged the
Government to roll out new measures
to address spiraling insecurity.
The caucus led by nominated MP
Isaac Mwaura asked the UK and US
governments to reconsider the travel
bans issued barring their citizens
from coming to Kenya, noting that the
ban would greatly affect the economy.
This ban can create an economic
meltdown in our country as many
people will be unemployed as the
tourism sector offers job opportuni-
ties to many Kenyans, said Mwaura.
The MPs criticised the Govern-
ments way of handling of insecurity,
saying the systems put in place had
proved futile citing the ongoing East-
leigh swoop.
The Jubilee government should
take security measures seriously as
these attacks affect us as a country
and also our economy, added Mwau-
ra. Speaking yesterday during a press
Cancel travel advisories, MPs say
They say terrorism not
unique to Kenya but
a global threat as they
ask Government to
tighten security
brieng in Nairobi, Mwaura further
said insecurity was not only a Kenyan
problem, but rather a global con-
cern.
For us to be able to win the war
against terror Kenya needs support
from both the UK and US govern-
ments as attacks of terror are now a
global threat and the two govern-
ments should reconsider their stand
on this matter, he said.
Addressing the same press confer-
ence, Ndhiwa MP Agostino Neto said
the ght against terror should be
treated as a bi-partisan issue but
should involve both government and
Opposition.
SEEK ADVISE
The ght against terror should
involve concerted efforts from both
the Jubilee government and the Op-
position as when these terrorists at-
tack, it is Kenyans who suffer and it is
not a matter of Jubilee or CORD, said
Neto.
They also lashed out at the Mining
Cabinet Secretary for bashing the
foreign governments terming the
move uncalled for.
We need to have partnerships
with the two governments in the ght
against terror and seek for advise and
expertise from them, said Neto.
The group further called on the
Government and the UK and US not
to allow geopolitical issues take centre
stage in the ght against terror, citing
Kenyas recent allegiance to China be-
ing seen as the reason for the issuance
of travel bans.
Wajir South MP Abdullahi Diriye, Ndhiwa MP Agostino Neto and nominated
MP Isaac Mwaura address the Press at a Nairobi hotel, yesterday. [PHOTO: BEV-
ERLYNE MUSILI/STANDARD]
By FREDRICK OBURA
A revolutionary test kit for CD4
cells has been launched taking the
management of HIV and Aids to a new
level.
Health experts need to know the
status of CD4 cells in HIV and Aids
patients to begin administering treat-
ment, a factor that has been slowed by
scarcity of kits.
Launched in Nairobi on Thursday,
the new kit also known as MYT4 uses
solar energy making it usable in re-
mote parts of the country, which are
cut off from electricity supply.
Knowing CD4 cell status is the
rst step towards treatment of HIV. At
40 per cent nearly half of patients in
Africa, Kenya included, have limited
access to low cost technology to en-
able them start treatment in time re-
sulting in most deaths, said Joana
Sickler, Director Global Product Strat-
egy at Zyomyx.
What we have launched is a sim-
ple low cost box for testing CD4 cells.
Results from blood samples are known
within 10 minutes of the test, she
said in an interview. The tool kit is
designed for the countrys remote
clinics.
The Kenya Medical Research Insti-
tute has already evaluated the tool kit
and clinical trials have already been
carried out in countries such as South
Africa, Zimbabwe and Uganda.
Better HIV,
Aids test kit
launched
REPUBLI C OF KENYA
KAJ I ADO COUNTY ASSEMBLY
It is notied for general information that, pursuant to Standing Order No.25 of the Interim
County Assembly Standing Orders, and as resolved by the County Assembly, the calendar
of the County Assembly (Regular Sessions) for the year 2014 is set out in the schedule
below.
PERIOD DAYS
Second Session First Part
Tuesday 11
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February
Tuesday 6
th
May 2014.
Second Session Second Part
Tuesday, 10
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June
Thursday 31
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July, 2014.
Second Session Third Part
Tuesday 16
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September
Thursday 4
th
December, 2014
Tuesday (Afternoon) Wednesday (Morning and
Afternoon) and Thursdays (Afternoon)
Tuesdays (Afternoon), Wednesdays (Morning and
Afternoon) and Thursdays (Afternoon).
Tuesdays (Afternoon), Wednesdays (Morning and
Afternoon) and Thursdays (Afternoon).
PART II: RECESS
Second Session First Part
a. Short recess
b. Long recess
Second Session Secord Part
Long recess
Thursday 3
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April to Monday 28
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April, 2014
Wednesday 7
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May to Monday 9
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June, 2014.
Friday 1
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August to Monday 15
th
September, 2014
Second Session Third Part
Long recess
Friday 5
th
December, 2014 to Monday 9
th
February,
2015.
NOTICE OF SPECIAL SITTING OF ASSEMBLY
By Order of the Ofce of the Speaker of the Assembly, the public is hereby notied that pursuant
to the provisions of Standing Order No. 26 (1) of the Interim Standing Orders, the Kajiado
County Assembly will hold a Special Sitting on Wednesday, 21
st
May, 2014 at 2.30 pm.
D.O. Konyango
CLERK, KAJIADO COUNTY ASSEMBLY
PART I: SITTING
Pursuant to Article 252(c) of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 and section 18 of the National Land Commission
Act 2012, the Commission invited applicants for the position of Members to the County Land Management
Board. A total of One Thousand Eight Hundred (1800) applications were received. One Thousand and Sixty ve
(1065) applicants were shortlisted. The Names of the shortlisted candidates to be interviewed at the County
Headquarters is as follows.
Pursuant to Article 10 of the constitution of Kenya 2010, members of the public are invited to submit any
information that may have a bearing on the suitability of the candidates shortlisted. The candidates should
bring originals of the following documents during the interview:
1) Academic certicates and other testimonials
2) KRA clearance certicate
3) EACC clearance certicate
4) Credit reference bureau certicate
5) CID certicate of good conduct
6) HELB clearance certicate
7) National Identity Card
NB: Please Note that the interview dates and venues will be communicated to the
respective candidates in due course.
For more information or inquiries visit our website www.nlc.or.ke
Secretary / CEO
National Land Commission
1st Ngong Avenue Ardhi House
P. O. Box 44417-00100,
Nairobi
INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR COUNTY LAND
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(1065) applicants were shortlisted. The Names of the shortlisted candidates to be interviewed at the County (1065) applicants were shortlisted. The Names of the shortlisted candidates to be interviewed at the County
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Friday October 21, 2008 / The Standard Friday October 21, 2008 / The Standard
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Senator, MP back Uhuru
move on ofcers powers
However, Coast-
based rights group
says decision a plot by
President to weaken
county governments
By BENARD SANGA
and JOSEPH MASHA
Garissa Senator Yusuf Haji and
Malindi MP Dan Kazungu have
backed President Uhuru Kenyattas
decision to give county commission-
ers more powers, saying the move
will assist in the ght against
terrorism.
But a human righst group in
Mombasa, Haki Africa, questioned
the Presidents intention and
claimed that Uhuru is plotting to
weaken devolved governments.
The group accused Uhuru of
resorting to tactics his father, the late
Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, allegedly used
to destroy devolution after indepen-
dence in 1963.
But Haji said there have been
spirited efforts since by the political
class to disparage the former
Provincial Administration, some-
thing he said had demoralised them
and led to rise in insecurity.
FIGHT INSECURITY
The former provincial adminis-
tration has been depicted as a
monster Kenya does not need since
the days of the Narc administration.
This vilication has deated the
otherwise one of the best govern-
ment structure that was key in the
ght against insecurity, said Haji,
who himself is a former provincial
commissioner.
Kazungu broke ranks with his
CORD counterparts who have
opposed the decision to bestow
more powers on the County
Commissioners, saying the President
acted within the law.
Addressing the Press in Malindi
at the weekend, the MP said
governors have specic duties
assigned to them by the Constitu-
tion, which are different from those
of the national government.
As an ODM legislator, I strongly
oppose the leadership of CORD on
this matter. Their criticism on the
move to give county commissioners
more powers to oversee the imple-
mentation of national government
polices at the counties is unfound-
ed, said Kazungu.
He said those opposed to the
existence of the national govern-
ment at the county level should
push for the review of the Constitu-
tion.
Addressing the Press in Mombasa
over the weekend, Haji said High
Court ruling of 2012 that revoked the
appointment of the 47 county
commissioners was defective.
In her ruling, High Court Judge
Mumbi Ngugi declared the President
had erred in the appointment of the
commissioners as he had overlooked
a number of Articles in the Constitu-
tion.
NO AUTHORITY
The President did not have the
legal authority to make such
appointments and his decision was
against the spirit of the Constitution
and the National Accord and
Reconciliation Act, which called for
consultation and gender balance,
Justice Ngugi said in the ruling then.
Debate is raging over last weeks
move by Uhuru to bestow more
powers on the commissioners, with
CORD terming it as an affront to
devolution.
But Uhuru said the delegation of
powers was aimed at boosting
service delivery.
Yesterday, Haki Africa said the
Presidents move will weaken the
ofces of the governor and the
county governments in general.
This move by the President is a
direct affront to devolution in the
country and can be viewed as an
attempt to weaken the ofces of the
governor. It must be remembered
that Kenyans voted overwhelmingly
for a devolved system of governance
where they directly elect the persons
to manage their local affairs, said
Haki Africa Executive Director
Hussein Khalid.
Garissa Senator Yusuf Haji addresses journalists in Mombasa at the weekend.
He supported Uhurus move to give county commissioners more powers.
[PHOTO: MAARUFU MPOHAMED/STANDARD]
DECISION FAULTED
Haki Africa Executive Direc-
tor Hussein Khalid likened the
Presidents directive to the
post-independence decisions
that watered down the rst
constitution and created an
authoritarian system
This new directive can be
construed to set up a paral-
lel centre of power within the
counties. This is unconstitu-
tional, illegal and immoral to
establish a second centre of
power within the counties,
said Khalid
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COURT CASE: Trader sues
bank over unpaid interest
A Mombasa-based businessman
has sued Housing Finance for
allegedly failing to pay him agreed
interest accrued from Sh6 million
he deposited in the bank.
Kim Jong Kyu says the bank had
allegedly promised him an interest
of 17 per cent per annum before
he transferred the money from
another bank, but it has instead
paid him an interest of only 1 per
cent.
He says in an afdavit that
he transferred Sh6 million after
he lost an earlier case over a
business premises dispute with
his landlord EN Austine. I lodged
an appeal which was granted on
condition that I deposit the sum of
Sh6 million in an interest earning
account to be opened jointly by
the advocate of the parties to the
judgment, he says.
MYWO polls: Politicians
told to keep off
Politicians have been told
to keep off the Maendeleo Ya
Wanawake Organisation campaigns
ahead of its elections set for next
month.
The organisations Mombasa
County Chairlady Agnes Jola said
some politicians with vested
interests have started drawing
lists of their preferred candidates,
adding they would not allow
anybody to impose leaders on
them.
Speaking after a consultative
meeting of the countys members
at the Tononoka Social Hall in
Mombasa, Ms Jola urged women
not to allow politicians to misuse
them.
Our organisation is a non-
political body and its ofcials offer
voluntary services to articulate
women issues and that is why we
want to be left alone, she said.
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Residents received
the move varmly
as matatu operators
protested, but nov
council says all is vell
By KEPHER OTIENO
The Municipal Council of Kisumu
in conjunction with the trafc police
department has successfully locked
public transport out of the towns
centre.
Thanks to the combined forces,
no 14-seater matatu and boda boda
operates in the central business
district now.
And residents have praised the
effort, arguing sanity has been
restored in the CBD and trafc ow
was now smooth.
No matatus or boda bodas are
allowed to pick or drop passengers
at the CBD. The ban also applies to
tricycles and it has been in effect for
the past one week, though amid
protests.
Distances shortened
The authorities have also blocked
Oginga Odinga Avenue up to
Standard Chartered Bank junction to
ease trafc ow.
Passengers are now being
dropped at Jomo Kenyatta Highway
and trek to town.
The move follows successful
negotiations between the authority
and matatu operators whose
distances have now been cut short.
We are happy because the plans
have reduced our distance by
one-and-a-half kilometres, said a
matatu operator George Onyango.
According to the town authorities
the plan aims to decongest the city
and will remain in force until 2013.
Thereafter the council will
develop fresh plans to accommodate
the increased number of private cars
in town, a source from the council
said.
Already, the number of private
cars streaming in the town has
peaked and the trafc department
anticipates the gure will rise.
The councils enforcement ofcer
in charge of the trafc order Adrian
Ouma said they would not back
down on the move.
WIN-win situation
Eng Ouma said matatu owners
appreciated the directive because
they still charge the same bus fare
despite the distance being short-
ened.
It is a win-win situation, the
matatu operators have all the
reasons to smile same as the
council, he said, as he asked them
to co-operate.
Kisumu Mayor Sam Okello
thanked the residents for allowing
them to bring sanity within the CBD.
There have been complaints of
matatu disorder within the CBD,
which have been disrupting smooth
operations of businesses.
With the new measures in force
people can now go about their
business easily without disruptions
by blaring sounds.
Nyanza PPO Njue Njagi promised
to support the council to restore
sanity and warned that those who
resist change would be arrested and
charged.
Eng Ouma said matatu owners
appreciated the directive because
they still charge the same bus fare
despite the distance being short-
ened.
It is a win-win situation, the
matatu operators have all the
reasons to smile same as the
Trafc Police ofcer redirects a matatu driver at Kisumu Bus Park entry, yes-
terday. Kisumu Municipal Council has re-routed trafc from the central busi-
ness district to de-congest the town. [PHOTO: TITUS MUNALA/STANDARD]
WHAT WAS AT STAKE
when the Council announced
the plan to reroute public
transport from the C8u, it was
received with mixed reactions
Pesidents welcomed it, say
ing it would help in planning
the town and reduce matatu
noise
At frst, the public transport
operators complied for hours
before they regrouped to
protest the directive
however, yesterday the
council said operators and
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TANZANIA: Two suspects
ashed out of hotel, killed
Two suspected notorious
criminals who have been
terrorising tourists in Masai Mara
have been lynched by a mob
in Musoma, Tanzania. Nelson
Segeria and his accomplice were
ambushed inside a guesthouse in
the town and attacked by an irate
mob, which had identied them
as known gangsters. According
to Mara Triangle Chief Executive
Ofcer Brian Heath, two other
members of the gang escaped, but
security ofcers recovered one
AK-47 rie with 427 bullets.
CORNERED: Two suspects
ashed out of hotel, killed
mob, which had identied them
as known gangsters. According
to Mara Triangle Chief Executive
Ofcer Brian Heath, two other
members of the gang escaped, but
security ofcers recovered one
AK-47 rie with 427 bullets.
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CRASHES: Locals call for
speed bumps at black spot
Residents in Nakuru County
have called on the government
to come up with measures to
curb fatal accidents along Salgaa-
Sachangwan stretch along Nakuru-
Eldoret highway.
The notorious black spot has
claimed over 24 lives and several
injuries in the last four months.
Speaking during the burial
ceremony of Mike Too, a fourth
year Economics and Mathematics
student at Kabarak University
in Rongai, residents urged the
government to erect speed bumps
along the route to reduce the
accidents.
The latest incident where 10
people, among them the university
student and 18 others were
seriously injured, involved a trailer
and ve other vehicles at Salgaa
area.
We cannot blame, the police,
trafc ofcers because the problem
is the free-wheeling by drivers,
said Machakos County Police
Commandant Joseph Keitany.
WILDLIFE ATTACKS: KWS
to relocate crocodiles
Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS)
will relocate crocodiles from Lake
Baringo to Lake Kamnarok.
Deputy Warden Jacqueline Bubi
told The Standard that the move
is meant to curb rampant human
wildlife conicts in the area.
Due to the ooding of the
lake, we have had crocodiles
wading upstream and we are set to
relocate some to Lake Kamnarok,
she said.
She said last year, there were a
total of 58 cases of wildlife conicts
which caused six deaths and a total
of Sh4.3 million was awarded as
compensation for the victims and
the kin of their next of kin.
She said 90 per cent of the
injuries and deaths are occasioned
by snake bites. Last year, we
had 26 cases in Baringo Central
and East Pokot, 26 in Marigat and
most of them were compensated
under the old scheme as the new
Act is yet to be fully formulated,
explained Bubi.
By PATRICK BEJA
Several families have ed their
homes after their houses were torched
in an early morning revenge attack in
Kili County as violence erupted in
the area over a 10-year land dispute
yesterday.
Police and residents account indi-
cate two families have been locked in
a land dispute for 10 years and yester-
days violence broke out after uniden-
tied people attacked a man they al-
legedly found harvesting coconut on
the contested farm in Mtwapa town-
ship.
RAGING FIRE
Tension gripped Mtwapa after the
attack of the man identied as Kombo
Mohamed as villagers descended on
Mikanjuni village where the attackers
allegedly came from and set their
houses on re.
Mikanjuni village is located a kilo-
metre north of Mtwapa township.
Armed police ofcers had to inter-
One injured, houses burnt as
chaos erupts over land row
tody after they surrendered.
We have three family members in
custody. We have launched investiga-
tion into the matter, Gachago said at
the scene.
An eyewitness, Ms Caro Muendo,
Tourist donates Sh21m machine to assist in clean-up
By ERIC ABUGA
An Italian tourist has donated an
excavator worth more than Sh21 mil-
lion to help in the clean-up of Mal-
indi town and its environs.
Giuseppe Cursale ofcially hand-
ed over the machine to Malindi MP
Dan Kazungu, who is also the patron
of the constituency clean-up team,
on Saturday.
Cursale, who rst came to Malin-
di in 2012 and has visited Kenya 16
times since, said yesterday he decid-
ed to assist address the garbage cri-
sis after learning that area MP Dan
Kazungu planned to launch a clean-
up drive.
When I learnt that MP Kazungu
had initiated a cleanup campaign for
Malindi town, I decided that I also
should make a contribution to the
drive, said Mr Cursale.
Kazungu said he had launched
the cleanup drive to attract more in-
vestors and tourists to the town.
Kazungu noted with concerns
that Malindi, which is a popular des-
tination, was losing its shine due the
garbage crisis.
The MP said lth in the town and
its environs had scared away many
potential investors.
Malindi was once a premier
tourist destination, but its does not
enjoy the status anymore as it has
been turned into a dumpsite, said
Kazungu.
GARBAGE PROBLEM
The MP thanked Cursale for the
machine, saying it will help address
the garbage problem.
Kazungu appealed to other inves-
tors and tourists visiting the town to
support environment conservation
programmes in the area to attract
more investors.
Mr Cursale promised to import
more machines to help the county
government of Kili spruce up the
area.
I have the capacity of importing
more facilities to help in the cleanup
of the Kili County, but that will only
be done if the county government
demonstrates that it is committed
towards conserving the environ-
ment, said Cursale.
MOMBASA COUNTY
One of the houses that was set ablaze after skirmishes broke out in Mikanjuni
village, Kili County, over a land dispute. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]
said two men wielding pangas arrived
on a motorcycle and started slashing
the victim as he screamed for help.
Residents later rushed him to a
Mombasa hospital.
Another resident, Jimmy Tanagai,
said the victims had harvested coco-
nut on the disputed land where the al-
leged assailants live when a quarrel
ensued.
MATTER IN COURT
He was seriously injured in the
head and both of his hands were al-
most chopped off, said Tangai.
Mikanguni village elder Ms Rehe-
ma Rashid said she had handled the
land case before it went to court.
She explained that the victims
grandfather claimed to have invited
the family of Haron Kachocho and of-
fered them land in the village, but lat-
er a dispute erupted after he died.
The two families have continued
quarrelling even with the matter be-
ing still in court, Rashid explained.
Kili County Women Representa-
tive Aisha Jumwa who was at the
scene condemned the attack.
vene after the villagers pelted a re
engine with stones as it arrived to
ght the raging re.
Mtwapa OCS Beethaven Gachago
conrmed three suspects, all mem-
bers of the same family, were in cus-
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DONOR CASH: Funding for
narcotics drive set to lapse
The Dutch government has
announced it will in September
take a break from supporting
a crucial anti-narcotics and
rehabilitation programme in Kwale
County.
Under the programme, which
was started in the region three
and a half years ago, heroin and
cocaine addicts and other affected
people have been benetting from
basic harm reduction commodities
such as female and male condoms,
needles, disinfectants and rst
aid kits.
The Dutch government wants
to review the success of the
programme before deciding
whether it should launch another
phase. It supports similar drives in
several other countries.
TIFF: Plot to sack Mutua
politically-motivated
An MP and Member of County
Assembly have claimed that the
alleged plot to impeach Machakos
Governor Alfred Mutua is aimed at
dimming his political star.
Mwala MP Vincent Musyoka
and Machakos County Assembly
Minority Leader Thomas Kasoa said
the governors political detractors
were working to prevent him from
rising to a higher political ofce.
We know very well that
the endless war by the senator
Johnstone Muthama against the
governor is aimed at cutting short
his aspirations for a higher national
ofce, said Musyoka.
He claimed the senator was
being used by the former Vice
President Kalonzo Musyoka to ght
Dr Mutua politically.
Dr Mutuas leadership is a
calling from God and nobody, not
even frustration, will stop him from
aspiring to ascend to the countrys
top leadership in future, said the
MP.
By WILLIS OKETCH
Kili Governor Amason Kingi has
said Kenyans have no option but to
make devolution work as it is very
popular at the grassroots.
He said the work of the rst gov-
ernors -under the 2010 Constitution
that created devolved governments-
is to lay a strong foundation so that
those who take over from them can
improve on what they started.
DEVOLUTION HITCHES
He made the remarks yesterday
in Kili during dedication prayers
for the new county ofce building.
The function was facilitated by
Christian and Islamic leaders drawn
from various parts of the county.
Counties will
succeed, says
governor
operate from different buildings in
the town.
He said his county had acquired
10 ambulances, 10 tractors, three
garbage collection trucks and three
re ghting engines as part of efforts
to boost service delivery.
UNNECESSARY EXPENSES
What we are emphasising in the
county is the service to the people
which is what was lacking in the
State allocates Sh50m for supply of power to schools
By JOSEPH MASHA
Malindi MP Dan Kazungu has
said all public primary and second-
ary schools in his constituency will
be connected to power at a cost of
Sh50 million.
Kazungu said schools that have
no electricity will be connected to
power through the rural electrica-
tion programme. He, however, did
not say when the electrication will
begin or how many schools will ben-
et.
The Government, through the
rural electricity programme, has al-
located my constituency Sh50 mil-
lion and the funds will be used for
the project, said Kazungu who
spoke at Barani Secondary School
yesterday when he gave bursary
cheques worth Sh1.6 million to the
needy students in the constituency.
Kazungu said connection to pow-
er will enable local schools offer
computer lessons and improve stan-
dards of education in the area.
Malindi District Education Of-
cer Mery Kamurua urged the Gov-
ernment to increase the districts ed-
ucation fund allocation, saying what
they were getting at the moment was
not enough.
Kamurua said the district was al-
located Sh1.6 million this year com-
pared to the Sh2.5 million it was giv-
en last year.
POOR FAMILIES
She said many parents in the area
cannot afford to pay school fees for
their children due to poverty, adding
that it was the responsibility of the
Government to ensure children from
poor families get education.
Many needy school children in
Malindi this year missed out on the
bursaries because the district was
only allocated Sh1.6 million, said
Kamurua.
Kazungu, who is the patron of
both the constituency bursary fund
and that of the ministry of education,
vowed to mobilise fellow MPs to
push for increase of bursary alloca-
tions.
He said many bright children
dont realise their dreams as most of
them drop out of school due to lack
of school fees.
MOMBASA COUNTY
KWALE COUNTY
MACHAKOS COUNTY past, said Kingi.
He added: I will move from my
temporary ofce to the new ofce on
Monday so that the county govern-
ment does not continue incurring
unnecessary expenses such as rent
said Kingi.
Joy Fellowship Ministry Bishop
Amos Lewa asked the governor to
ensure all residents benet from the
fruits of devolution irrespective of
their party afliation.
We have no option but to make
devolution work because this is what
Kenyans want at the grassroots de-
spite hitches being experienced in
many counties, said Kingi.
He said his administration had
established a bursary kitty to assist
children from poor backgrounds
continue to pursue their education.
I have made it mandatory that
every ward must have Sh10 million
as bursary fund to ensure there is no
child who misses going to secondary
school or college because of lack of
schools fees. I have also given the
ward representatives Sh10 million
for development in their areas, said
Kingi.
The Governor said the new ofce
will house most of his staff, includ-
ing some members of the county ex-
ecutives committee who currently
KILIFI COUNTY
ENERGY ACT (No. 12 of 2006)
(MT. KENYA COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION)
APPLICATION FOR HYDRO- ELECTRIC POWER
Notice is hereby given that Mt. Kenya Community Based Organization having its
registered ofce at Nkuruu shopping Centre, Kaithe, Meru of P.O. BOX 1613 60200
Meru in the Republic of Kenya, (the Applicant), pursuant to provisions of Section
28 of the Energy Act 2006, will on 3
rd
June 2014, make an application to the Energy
Regulatory Commission for the Hydro- Electric Power (Generation Permit).
The project consists of building a 600KW Hydro power in Meru County in order to
supply additional power to the national grid. The grant of the permit will not have
adverse effect on any Public or County Authorities, Companies, persons or bodies of
persons within the area of undertaking.
A copy of the application (subject to the condentiality considerations) will be
available for inspection by the public at the registered ofce of the applicant.
Any public or County Authority, company, person or body of persons desirous of
making any representation on or objection to the application must do so by a letter
addressed to the Energy Regulatory Commission and marked on the outside of the
cover enclosing it Hydro - Electric Power Objection, on or before the expiration of
thirty (30) days from the date of application and a copy of such representation or
objection must be forwarded to the registered ofce of the applicant.
Dated the 19
th
May 2014.
TANA AND ATHI RI VERS
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORI TY (TARDA)
TENDER NOTI CES
We are inviting tenders for the following:
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST(EOI) FOR GRID CONNECTED 1.
SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION FARMS DEVELOPMENT IN
TARDA REGION TENDER NO.TARDA/EOI/117/2013-2014
TARDA intends to identify potential developing and operational
partners to develop solar power plants in Garsen, Kiambere,
Lamu and Masinga as part of the Public Private Partnership (PPP)
programme.
SALE OF BOARDED ITEMS TENDER NO.TARDA/ 2.
OT/113/2013-2014.
3.
TARDA intends to dispose unserviceable items on as - is - where is
basis as indicated in the tender document.
Complete details of the above tenders may be downloaded free of
charge from our website www.tarda.co.ke. Closing date of these
tenders will be on 3
rd
June 2014 at 12.00 Noon.
A suspected car mirror thief is led away by plainclothes policemen and mem-
bers of the public in Mombasa. [PHOTO: MAARUFU MOHAMED/STANDARD]
Nabbed
COUNTY NEWS / Page 27 Monday, May 19, 2014 / The Standard
EALA meets in
Arusha over security
By PHILIP MWAKIO
Legislators from the East
African Legislative Assembly,
government ofcials and civil
society representatives from
East Africa Community (EAC)
nations will converge in
Arusha, Tanzania this week to
discuss insecurity in the
region.
According to a communi-
qu released by the East
African Legislative Assembly
(EALA) yesterday, the two-day
conference will analyse
The conference will
analyse emerging
security threats
and peaceful co-
existence
MOMBASA COUNTY
emerging security threats and
challenges to ensure sustain-
able peace and co-existence.
It further anticipates the
comprehension of the
long-term transformations
occurring within East African
societies and the correspond-
ing effects on regional
security, reads part of the
communiqu which does not
state the date of the confer-
ence.
The conference is
organised by EALA and the
African Leadership Centre in
collaboration with the
Association of European
Parliamentarians with Africa
and the GIZ EAC programme.
PREVIOUS ONE
The forum, a follow-up to
a previous one held in
Bujumbura, Burundi in 2008
that focused on obstacles to
peace in the great lakes
region, hopes to build
capacities of Parliamentari-
ans on peace building
initiatives.
Areas to be addressed
include the pressures of
migration, refugees and
Internally Displaced People,
citizenships and changing
demographics.
Organisers say communi-
ties have transformed greatly
since the transition to
pluralist politics in the 1990s.
The conference takes
place against a backdrop of
rising terror attacks by Somali
militants, the Al Shabaab in
Kenya.
Last year, gunmen
stormed the Westgate
shopping mall in Nairobi,
Kenya, and killed at least 67
people.
The al Qaeda-afliate
claimed responsibility, saying
it was a warning to Kenya to
pull its troops out of Somalia.
In 2010, the Al Shabaab killed
76 people in Kampala,
Uganda.
By ANTONY GITONGA
The government has praised Rotaries for its
role in assisting the poor and ghting diseases
in the country.
According to the Cabinet Secretary for
Sports and Culture, Hassan Wario, the
Government is grateful for the assistance.
He said the country is yet to eradicate
diseases like polio and the Rotaries have come
in handy to assist.
Speaking during the Rotary International
District 9212 conference at Enashipa Spa and
Resort in Naivasha, the CS termed the
Rotarians as true patriots.
He called on the organisation to spread its
wings to smaller towns in the country where
many people have various problems.
Dr Wario said the 47 counties would benet
from the leadership and public service that the
Rotarians were giving.
While launching the food security pro-
gramme that is being undertaken by Rotary
and Amiran Kenya, Wario said the team would
also launch the dictionary project.
Nakuru County governor Kinuthia Mbugua
said the conference presented an opportunity
to share ideas and projects.
He admitted the national and county
governments cannot fully meet the demands
of housing, improved health and sanitation.
Its therefore critical for us to enhance
Public Private Partnership for development
and growth of our socio-economic activities,
he said.
Kinuthia noted that Nakuru County had
beneted from Rotary generosity recently
when 2,000 girls were given sanitary towels.
This has gone a long way in keeping the
girls in school as well as giving them con-
dence to face the future, he said.
Rotaries hailed for role in ghting diseases
NAKURU COUNTY
Signing mega mosque MoU
Cabinet Secretary
Najib Balala (left),
Foreign Affairs
Cabinet Secretary
Amina Mohamed
(centre) and the
Saudi Arabian
Ambassador to
Kenya, Ghorm Said
exchange notes
during the signing
of a Memorandum
of Understanding
between the Kenya
Arab Friendship
Society and Saudi
Arabia for the
construction of a
mosque in
Hurlingam,
Nairobi. [PHOTO:
GOVEDI ASUTSA/
STANDARD]
REPUBLI C OF KENYA
HEADCOUNT NOTI CE
THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF NYAMI RA
OFFI CE OF THE COUNTY SECRETARY
Nyamira County Government is in the process of undertaking a verication
and authentication headcount for all employees as from 26
th
MAY to 30
th
MAY 2014.
All county employees are directed to avail themselves on the dates and
venues indicated with the following documents
Identity card or passport
KRA Pin
Letter of current appointment
Latest three months pay slip
Original and copies of academic and professional certicates
Letter of promotion
Those who will not avail themselves for the exercise will be disengaged from
the County Payroll System.
DATE AND VENUE FOR THE EXERCI SE
DATE VENUE TIME SUBCOUNTY
MONDAY 26
TH
MAY 2014
NYAMIRA DISTRICT
HOSPITAL AND
THE OFFICIAL
SUB COUNTY
HEADQUARTERS
8:00AM
-4:30PM
NYAMIRA
TUESDAY
27
TH
MAY 2014
MASABA DISTRICT
HOSPITAL AND
THE OFFICIAL
SUB COUNTY
HEADQUARTERS
8:00AM
-4:30PM
MASABA
NORTH
WEDNESDAY
28
TH
MAY
2014
EKERENYO SUB
DISTRICT HOSPITAL
AND THE OFFICIAL
SUB COUNTY
HEADQUARTERS
8:00AM
-4:30PM
NYAMIRA
NORTH
THURSDAY
29
TH
MAY
2014
BORABU DISTRICT
HOSPITAL AND
THE OFFICIAL
SUB COUNTY
HEADQUARTERS
8:00AM
-4:30PM
BORABU
AND MANGA
FRIDAY
30
TH
MAY
2014
MANGA DISTRICT
HOSPITAL AND
THE OFFICIAL
SUB COUNTY
HEADQUARTERS
8:00AM
-4:30PM
MANGA AND
BORABU
NOTE
FOR HEALTH STAFF THE VENUE WILL BE AT THE RESPECTIVE HEALTH
FACILITIES
THE STAFF FROM OTHER SECTORS WILL AVAIL THEMSEVLES AT THE
SUB COUNTY HEADQUARTERS
THE COUNTY SECRETARY
NYAMIRA COUNTY
P.O BOX 434-40500
NYAMIRA
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Monday, May 19, 2014 / The Standard Page 30 / COUNTY NEWS
Taita Taveta college
to get full university
status soon
Senate Majority leader Kithure Kindiki (left) confers with Taita-Taveta County
Governor John Mruttu and Taveta MP Naomi Shaban at a funds drive in aid of
Mwatate Bursary Fund on Saturday. [PHOTO: RENSON MNYAMWEZI/STANDARD]
By RENSON MNYAMWEZI
Taita Taveta University College
(TTUC) will be upgraded to a
fully-edged university in July this
year.
Senate Majority leader Kithure
Kindiki announced that President
Uhuru Kenyatta will promote the
college, now part of the Juja based
Jomo Kenyatta University of
Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT),
to a full university. Kithure was
presiding over a funds drive in aid of
Mwatate Constituency Bursary Fund
held in Mwatate town on Saturday.
The President will visit the
region in July to commission the
rehabilitation of the donor funded
Mwatate-Taveta road. During the
occasion, the Head of State will also
give the TTUC a charter, said the
Tharaka Nithi Senator.
College Principal, Prof Hamad
Boga, said only 200 out of the
institutions 2,000 students are from
the coastal region, which signals a
growing disinterest in higher
education or the college itself.
The senator was accompanied by
Governor John Mruttu, MPs Joyce
Wanjala Lay, Naomi Shaban, Andrew
Mwadime, Thomas Mwadeghu,
Zainab Chidzuga and members of
the Taita-Taveta County Assembly.
Dr Shaban said something must
be done to improve the standards of
education in the region.
We can only break the vicious
cycle of poverty in the region by
educating our children. If we fail to
take the education of our children
seriously, the region will continue to
suffer from abject poverty and
joblessness, said the Taveta MP.
Mruttu disclosed his administra-
tion would recruit eight inspectors
for primary and secondary schools
as a measure to improve educational
standards.
Although education has not
been devolved, we have decided to
employ the inspectors and equip
them with motorbikes, said the
governor.
He also disclosed the county
government had set aside Sh50
million to help bright needy children
and for loans to students pursuing
higher learning.
The legislation to pave way for
the bursary and loans project is
ready and the funds will be released
to the beneciaries next week, the
governor conrmed.
The university college, now part of Juja based
JKUAT, will be given its own charter by the
President in July this year
EXCELLENCE IN MINING
The governor disclosed the
county has set aside Sh50 mil-
lion for bright needy children
and to facilitate loans for stu-
dents pursuing higher ecuca-
tion
Prof Boga announced the
institution is expanding its
courses to meet the rising
demand for engineering and
geological professionals
An ultra-modern Centre of
Excellence in Mines, Fuel and
Mineral Processing will be
built at the institution
TAITA TAVETA COUNTY
The Judiciary of Kenya through Nyeri Law Courts invites sealed tenders for the Supply,
Delivery, Installation and commissioning of Lifts at Nyeri Law Court as follows:
Tender No Description Tender fee Closing date
J ud/nyi/t/1/2013-14 Supply, delivery, installation
and commissioning of 3 no.
lifts
Ksh 1,000.00 28
th
May 2014
At 10.00am
Interested eligible candidates may obtain further information and inspect tender documents at
The Procurement Ofce, Nyeri Law Court during normal working hours i.e. 9 AM 5 PM.
A complete set of tender documents may be obtained by interested candidates upon payment
of a non refundable fee of Kshs. 1,000.00 payable at Kenya Commercial Bank, Nyeri Branch,
Account name: J udiciary Nyeri Revenue Account. Account No. 1101980230 and submit the
banking slips to cash ofce Nyeri Law Court.
Prices quoted should be net inclusive of all taxes, must be in Kenya shillings and shall remain
valid for One Hundred and Twenty (120) days from the closing date of tender.
Completed tender documents are to be enclosed in plain sealed envelopes marked with Tender
name and reference number and deposited in the Tender Box at the 3
rd
oor Nyeri Law
Court so as to be received on or before 28
th
May 2014 at 10.00 AM and to be addressed to:
The Chief Magistrate
Nyeri Law Court
P.O. Box 70, Nyeri
Tenders will be opened immediately thereafter in the presence of the candidates or their
representatives who choose to attend at the Nyeri Law Courts Board room.
The Chief Magistrate,
Nyeri Law Courts,
FOR: THE CHIEF REGISTRAR, JUDICIARY
THE J UDI CI ARY
REPUBLI C OF KENYA
TENDER I NVI TATI ON NOTI CE
EASTERN NEWS / Page 31
Leaders join dancers during the memorial service for the late independence hero, Kisoi Munyao
at Kiteani village in Mbooni, Makueni County. [PHOTO: COURTESY]
By DANIEL NZIA
Insecurity and the controversy surrounding
the location of the Konza Techno City took
centre stage at the memorial service for the
late independence hero, Kisoi Munyao.
Former Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka
led leaders in faulting the Jubilee government
for failing to provide adequate security to
Kenyans.
They were speaking at Kiteani village in
Kisau area in Mbooni Constituency in Makueni
County where thousands of wananchi turned
up for the rst anniversary for the departed he-
ro since his demise seven years ago.
Those present at the well-attended
ceremony included Makueni governor Kivutha
Kibwana, senator Mutula Kilonzo Junior, MPs
Kisoi Munyao (host), Joe Mutambu, Patrick
Makau, Daniel Maanzo, Regina Ndambuki,
Stephen Mule, Bernard Kitungi, John Munuve
and Francis Nyenze.
The CORD Co-Principal also took issue with
President Uhuru Kenyatta for delegating
executive powers to county commissioners.
He said CORD will not let the Head of State
to take the country back to the dark days
adding, Devolution is a reality and Kenyans
have woken up and they will not allow anyone
to defeat the spirit of the constitution,
declared the former Vice President.
On the Konza city, Kalonzo asserted the
land on which the proposed facility stands is in
Makueni County and not in Machakos as
stated recently by Cabinet Secretary Charity
Ngilu.
The declaration by the CS that the Land is
in Machakos is a diversionary tactic by the
Jubilee government to delay the implementa-
tion of the Vision 2030 agship project,
charged Kalonzo.
Senator Mutula junior, Mavoko MP Patrick
Makau and his Kilome counterpart reiterated
that the proposed city is in Makueni and any
attempts to relocate it will be resisted.
Mrs Ndambuki told Mrs Ngilu off over her
stance in the matter and warned those behind
the move that they will be shaved with a razor
blade without watering their hair.
Matungulu MP, Stephen Mule asked those
resiponsible for the countrys security to resign
for failing to quarantee thesame.
The business of protecting citizens is the
responsibility of the National Government and
it should be responsive to this need, said
Mule.
Governor Kibwana praised the late Kisoi for
his contribution to the countrys independence
struggle and added let us genuinely embrace
those who suffered during the struggle instead
of offering them lip service.
We wont let you
distort new law,
Kalonzo tells Uhuru
MAKUENI COUNTY
By PAUL MUTUA
Kitui Countys rst lady Edith
Malombe at the weekend launched
a health camp aimed at reducing
preventable maternal and child
deaths in the county.
Ms Malombe said it was
disturbing that many expectant
mothers and their children lose
their lives during delivery and
called for a collective effort in
reaching zero maternal and child
mortality.
Speaking at Muslim Primary
School in Kitui town when she
launched a two-day medical camp
in a bid to bring health services
closer to the people, Mrs Malombe
hailed the organisations that
offered integrated preventive
health services with special
attention to mothers and children
in their medical outreach.
The objective of the outreach is
to improve access to health care
services. I am championing this
initiative so that out people can live
in good health, the rst lady said.
Flanked by her husband
Governor Julius Malombe, County
Health Executive, Ruth Koki and
the County Secretary, Musyoka
Nyamai, Mrs Malombe said it was
time for the county government to
give services to the residents.
County rst lady launches drive to curb maternal deaths
KITUI COUNTY
Pursuant to Article 252(c) of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 and section 18 of the National
LandCommission Act 2012, the Commission invited applicants for the position of Members to
the County Land Management Board. A total of 33 applications were received. 17 applicants
were shortlisted.The Names of the shortlisted candidates to be interviewed at theCounty
Headquarters is as follows
KILIFI COUNTY
S/NO NAME ID NUMBER
1 VICTOR MUNGOMA TSENGA 20180136
2 AMOS DHADHO GALOLE 13142026
3 EMMANUEL KEDENGE NDURYAH 11496392
4 KEVIN KESI NYALE 20232661
5 DODWELL CHAI MENZA 8455494
6 ERICK KOMBE RANDU 14600633
7 ASMA HADI AWADH 22519785
8 DECHE KASHERO 3571035
9 REHEMA HASSAN
10 VICTOR KAZUNGU KALUME 27637783
11 DICKSON CHARO KAZUNGU 5007066
12 RONALD KAZUNGU MBURA 20489652
13 NTONDWE WALAKISA R 1379373
14 EDWARD MWACHAI TSUMA 28054689
15 FENTUS CHIGOGO MNGONGO 2262131
16 MARY KABANI 23800034
17 ANTHONY PENDO JUMA 12488941
Pursuant to Article 10 of the constitution of Kenya 2010, members of the public are invited
to submit any information that may have a bearing on the suitability of the candidate
shortlisted. The candidates should bring originals of the following documents during the
interviews
Academic certicate and other testimonials 1.
KRA clearance certicates 2.
EACC clearance certicates 3.
CRB clearance certicate 4.
CID certicate of good conduct 5.
HELB certicate 6.
National Identity Card 7.
NB:please note that this advertisement serves as cancellation of our earlier advert which
appeared in the Star newspaper on Monday 12
th
May 2014 and in the Daily Nation and the
Standard newpapers of Wednesday 14
th
May 2014. We regret any inconvenience caused.
Please also that the interviews dates and venues will be communicated to the respective
candidates in due course.
For more information and inquiries, visit our website www.nlc.or.ke or call 0723087470,
0731377954
Secretary/CEO
National Land Commission
1
st
Ngongavenue Ardhi House
P.O BOX 44417-00100
NAIROBI
READVERTISEMENT- KILIFI COUNTY
INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR KILIFI COUNTY LAND
Page 32 / APPOINTMENTS
REPUBLI C OF KENYA
TURKANA COUNTY GOVERNMENT
VACANCI ES
RE-ADVERTI SEMENTS
COUNTY PUBLI C SERVI CE BOARD
The Turkana County Public Service Board wishes to recruit competent and qualied persons to ll the following positions in the various Sectors;
DI RECTOR, DI SASTER MANAGEMENT J OB GROUP- R (1 POST)
Requirements and competencies for appointments:-
For appointment to this post, the person should;
i. Be a Kenyan citizen;
ii. Be in possession of a rst degree in climate sciences, environmental sciences, Agricultural sciences or
Natural sciences from a recognized university( A Masters Degree with emphasis in disaster management or
related eld will be an added advantage);
iii. Have a working experience of not less than ve (5) years in senior management and leadership working on
drought or disaster management position in a large public/private organization;
iv. Have adequate understanding of disaster characteristics unique to arid and semi-arid lands and in particular,
pastoralist areas and their challenges;
v. Understand the diversity within the county;
vi. Be a visionary and strategic thinker.
vii. Have personal qualities of leadership and integrity, consistent with the principles of chapter six of the
constitution of Kenya 2010 ;
The salary and allowances attached to this post is as follows; Terms of service; 5 year contract, Salary Scale
Kshs.109, 089-144,920 p.m. House Allowance: Kshs. 20,000, Commuter Allowance: Kshs. 16,000
DI RECTOR, LANDS ADMI NI STRATI ON: ONE (1) POST J OB GROUP R
Requirements and competencies for appointment:-
ii. Be a holder of a Bachelors degree in a eld related to land use and management; (A masters degree in
relevant discipline will be an added advantage)
iii. Should have at least 5 years experience in land management and/or an equivalent experience as team
leader in a dynamic environment;
iv. Should demonstrate professional ability, high integrity and competence matched by a proper appreciation of
the countys socio-economic development needs;
v. Must a clear understanding of the county development goals, and the role of land adjudication and
settlement in achievement of the same;
vi. Should have membership to relevant professional body or organization either locally or internationally;
vii. Should have personal qualities of leadership and integrity consistent with the principles of chapter six of the
constitution of Kenya 2010
viii. Prociency in relevant computer applications.
Kshs.109, 089-144,920 p.m. House Allowance: Kshs. 20,000, Commuter Allowance: Kshs. 16,000.
DI RECTOR: URBAN AREAS MANAGEMENT, ONE (1) POST, J OB GROUP R
Requirements and competencies for appointment :-
ii. A bachelors degree in survey; geometrics; land economics; land management; physical planning; urban
planning; regional planning or an equivalent qualication from an institution recognized in Kenya (a relevant
masters degree will be an added advantage);
iii. Should have membership to relevant professional body or organization either locally or internationally;
iv. Have relevant knowledge, experience and a distinguished career of not less than ve (5) years in land
management matters;
v. Should have personal qualities of leadership and integrity consistent with the principles of chapter six of the
constitution of Kenya 2010
vi. Prociency in relevant computer applications.
Kshs.109, 089-144,920 p.m. House Allowance: Kshs. 20,000, Commuter allowance kshs.16,000
DEPUTY DI RECTOR, CLI NI CAL/MEDI CAL SERVI CES: J OB GROUP (Q) ONE (1) POST
Requirements and competencies for appointment:
i. Be a Kenyan citizen
ii. Posses a bachelors degree in Medicine and surgery, MBCHB (a relevant Masters degree will be added
advantage)
iii. Must be registered with Medical practitioners and Dentists Board and in good standing
iv. Have knowledge, experience and a distinguished career of not less than ve (5) years in medicine and
surgery.
v. Prociency in computer applications
The salary and allowances attached to this post is as follows;
SALARY SCALE: Basic Salary: Kshs. 89,748 120,000 pm House Allowance: Kshs. 40,000 Other allowances:
Kshs. 14,000 Commuter Allowance: Ksh 14,000
Terms of service: Contract
I NTERNAL AUDI TOR, J OB GROUP (P), (1) POST
i. Be a Kenyan Citizen
ii. Have a Bachelors degree in accounting, nance, economics or an equivalent from an institution recognized
in Kenya.
iii. Be a holder of CPA (K)or (ACCA) qualications
iv. Be registered with the ICPAK, Institute of Internal Auditors of Kenya (IIA) and Association of Certied Fraud
Examiners (CFE) and in good standing
v. Have had an extensive audit experience of not less than ve (5)years in the public service or in a large audit
rm
vi. Knowledge and experience in value of money, environmental and/ or forensic Audits (computerized auditing
will have an added advantage)
vii. Prociency in relevant nancial management computer packages
The salary and allowances attached to this post is as follows; Terms of service; 5 year contract Salary Scale: Kshs.
77,527 x 3,877 81,404 x 4,070 85,474 x 4,274 89,748 x 4,487 94,235 x 4,712 98,947 x 4,947 103,894
p.m. House Allowance: Kshs. 20,000, Commuter Allowance: Kshs. 12,000
CI VI L ENGI NEER, J OB GROUP P, (1 POST)
i. Holder of a bachelors degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent (a masters degree in Civil Engineering is an
added advantage)
ii. Must have served for at least 5 years in Highway Construction and Maintenance and related work
experience is required
iii. Candidate must be licensed and in good standing with Board of Engineers (Kenya).
iv. Prociency in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint is required
77,527 x 3,877 81,404 x 4,070 85,474 x 4,274 89,748 x 4,487 94,235 x 4,712 98,947 x 4,947 103,894
p.m. House Allowance: Kshs. 20,000, Commuter Allowance: Kshs. 12,000.
STRUCTURAL ENGI NEER: J OB GROUP P, (1 POST)
ii. Degree in structural Engineering (Masters degree in structural Engineering is an added advantage)
iii. Must have served for at least 5 years in Highway Construction and Maintenance and related work
experience is required
iv. Candidate must be licensed and in good standing with Board of Engineers (Kenya).
v. Prociency in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint is required
77,527 x 3,877 81,404 x 4,070 85,474 x 4,274 89,748 x 4,487 94,235 x 4,712 98,947 x 4,947 103,894
COUNTY QUANTI TY SURVEYOR: J OB GROUP P, (1 POST)
ii. Have a Bachelors Degree in Building Economics or Quantity Surveying or its equivalent from an institution
recognized in Kenya
iii. Be registered with the Board of Registration of Architects and Quantity Surveyors of Kenya
iv. Prociency in relevant computer applications
The salary and allowances attached to this post is as follows: Salary scale; Ksh 77,527p.m -103,894p.m, House
allowance Kshs. 20,000 p.m. Other allowance Kshs. 14,000 p.m.
COUNTY ELECTRI CAL ENGI NEER, J OB GROUP P, (1 POST)
Duties and responsibilities;
1. Preliminary design, Supervision of electrical installation repairs and rectication;
2. Prepare electrical estimates and bills of quantities;
3. Inspect and test electrical installation and equipment;
4. Give guidance and supervision in electrical wiring
5. Any other that may be assigned.
ii. Have a Bachelors degree in electrical engineering or its equivalent from an institution recognized in Kenya
iii. Be Registered with the Engineering Registration Board of Kenya
iv. Prociency in relevant computer applications
77,527 x 3,877 81,404 x 4,070 85,474 x 4,274 89,748 x 4,487 94,235 x 4,712 98,947 x 4,947 103,894
WARD ADMI NI STRATOR J OB GROUP N (2) POSTS
(KANAMKEMER & LODWAR TOWNSHI P WARDS)
Requirements for appointment;
For appointment to this position, a candidate must;
ii. Holder of at least a rst degree from a University recognized in Kenya
iii. Have knowledge ,experience and distinguished career of not less than ten (10) years in administration or
management in public or private sector or non-governmental organization,
iv. Understands diversity within the County;
v. Satisfy the requirements of chapter six of the Constitution of Kenya 2010.
The salary and allowances attached to this post is as follows;
APPOINTMENT / NOTICES / Page 33
Terms of service: Permanent and pensionable Salary Scale: Kshs.48, 190 65,290 p House Allowance:
Kshs.24, 000, Other Allowances: Kshs.8,000
Terms of service; permanent
EXECUTI VE SECRETARY- J OB GROUP M (1 POSTS)
i. Diploma or Higher National Diploma in Secretarial Studies fromKNEC or its equivalent qualication from
a recognized institution.
ii. A bachelors Degree in Secretarial Studies or a Bachelor of Business and Ofce Management is an
added advantage
iii. In addition, must have the following qualications fromthe Kenya National Examination Council;
Shorthand III (minimum110 w.p.m)
Typewriting III (50 w.p.m) / computerized Document processing III
Business English III communications II
Commerce II
Ofce Management III/ofce Administration and Management III;
Secretarial Duties 11
iv. Certicate in computer Applications (Windows, Ms-Word, Ms-Excel, Ms-Access and internet) froma
recognized institution
v. Working experience of not less than three years
Remuneration; Salary scale; Kshs.41,590 p.m- 55,030 p.m, House allowance Kshs 20,000 p.m, Other
allowance Kshs 8,000 p.m, Terms of service; permanent.
POLYTECHNI CS I NSTRUCTOR J OB GROUP H
Technical Fields / Disciplines:
Technical training in any of the following disciplines:
Plumbing and Pipe Fitting; -(2) POSTS
Garment making and tailoring; - (1) POST
Carpentry and J oinery - (1) POST
Welding and fabrication; - (1) POST
Leather work; - (1) POST
KCSE grade of c- and above;
Diploma or certicate in instructions training or diploma in technical education plans;
Academic certicates and other testimonials;
Prociency in ICT applications;
Minimum Trade Test Grade III in the relevant profession for instructors working in a Youth
Polytechnic (YP) under the Board of Governors (BOG).
SALARY SCALE: Basic Salary: 19,323 X 966 20,289 X 1,015 22,369 X 1,120 23,489 X 1,173-24,662
P.M. Allowances: House Allowance: Kshs.2, 300; commuter: Kshs.4, 000; Hardship Kshs. 1200. Your annual
incremental date will be 1
st
May.
Terms of service: Permanent and Pensionable
Note: Applicants should specify clearly the discipline applied for in the application letter.
ARCHI TECTURAL ASSI STANT: J OB GROUP J , (2 post s)
ii. A Diploma in Architecture froma recognized institution
iii. Must have served for at least 3 years post qualication working experience.
iv. Computer literacy using Microsoft ofce products and presentation software
Remuneration; Terms of service; permanent. Salary scale; Kshs.24,662p.m-29,918p.m, House allowance
Kshs 5,000p.m, Other allowance Kshs 4,000 p.m.
PERSONAL SECRETARY - J OB GROUP J , (15 POSTS)
i. Diploma or Higher National Diploma in Secretarial Studies fromKNEC or its equivalent qualication
froma recognized institution.
ii. Must have served as a Secretarial Assistant in the public service for a minimumof 2 years
iii. In addition, must have the following qualications fromthe Kenya National Examination Council;
Type writing II (minimum50 w.p.m) computerized 1 document processing III
Business English III/communication II
Ofce practice I
Secretarial duties II
Ofce management III/ofce administration and management III
Commerce II
iv. Certicate in computer applications froma recognized institution
REF: TUR/CPSB/0837/2014
PHYSI OTHERAPI ST J G H (3 POSTS)
Requirements
Be a Kenyan citizen
Diploma in Physiotherapy or its equivalent froma recognized Institution
Kenya Certicate of Secondary Education (KCSE) mean grade C (plain) with at least grade C
(plain) in English/Kiswahili, and C (plain) in Physics/Physical Sciences or Mathematics and C (plain)
in Biology/Biological Sciences
SALARY SCALE: Basic Salary: 19,323-24,662 P.M. Allowances: House Allowance: Kshs.2,300; commuter:
Kshs.4, 000; Hardship Kshs. 1200
Terms of service: Permanent and Pensionable
Remuneration; Terms of service; permanent. Salary scale; Kshs.24,662 p.m. -29,918p.m, House allowance
Kshs 5,000p.m, Other allowance Kshs 4,000 p.m.
How to Apply
Written applications, CVs, copies of certicates, testimonials and Identity Card should be submitted in a sealed
envelope clearly marked on the left side the position being applied for and addressed to:
The Secretary,
County Public Service Board
Turkana County
P.O. Box 05-30500, Lodwar
OR delivered by hand at the reception desk at Turkana County Public Service Board Ofces located along
Nawoitorong road Opposite Lodwar Club located off Kitale-Lodwar highway.
To reach the ofce before the close of business on 31
st
May, 2014
Important information to all candidates;
Applicants are advised to apply for only one position
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
Any formof canvassing or lobbying will lead to automatic disqualication
Women and the physically challenged are encouraged to apply
The Burundian Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Tourism and Posts with support from
TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) seeks proposals from qualied consultancy rms to carry
out a study on Burundi Export Niches Identication.
The terms of reference for this consultancy assignment can be obtained from TMEAs
website www.trademarkea.com/work-with-us. Interested and qualied consultant must
register and apply on the TMEA procurement portal http://procurement.trademarkea.
com. All queries quoting the above Tender Title and Number should be emailed to
[email protected] .
The closing date for submitting proposals is 18 June 2014 (at 5.00 p.m. Kenya time).
TMEA cannot answer any query relating to this tender 5 days or less prior to the
submission deadline.
NnSteIeuuCummeIce,ueIInuuStIe,uuTuuISmeetueSluSteS
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)
TITLE: BURUNDI EXPORT NICHES IDENTIFICATION STUDY
NUMBER: PRQ20130991
PREQUALIFICATION ANNOUNCEMENT
The Kenya Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (the Ministry) is responsible for managing
policy for the transport sector in Kenya (including the sub-sectors of Roads, Maritime, Rail
and Aviation), among numerous other functions. TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) is currently
supporting the Ministry to develop and assist in implementation of a National Transport
Funding Policy to enhance the quality, sustainability and growth of the transport system in
Kenya. TMEA and the Ministry now wish to prequalify consultants to compete to assist the
Ministry in this effort.
Terms of reference and prequalifcation document can be obtained at TMEA's website www.
trademarkea.com. Any queries should be directed to [email protected].
The closing date for submissions is 6th June 2014 (12.30 noon, Kenya time).
nterested and qualifed frms must register and apply online ONLY on the TMEA procurement
portal at the website: http://procurement.trademarkea.com . All attachments must be 5MB
or less. Only successful bidders will be notifed.
No response shall be given for queries submitted less than 7 days prior to submission
deadline.
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
TITLE: CONSULTANCY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL TRANSPORT FUNDING
POLICY
NUMBER: PRQ20131409
By RENSON MNYAMWEZI
A clan on Kenyas border with
Tanzania is still mourning tragedies
its ancestors encountered 100 years
ago when it found itself at the
epicentre of the First World War.
Nearly 100 years after the end of
hostilities in 1918, the horrors of the
war are still part of local folklore.
This August, some villages will
co-host global events marking the
start of World War 1 in an occasion
that evokes pride as well as sadness.
Most affected at the start of
hostilities between German troops,
in charge of former Tanganyika and
Britains military controlling the
former Kenyan British protectorate
were the Wakasigau, a sub-ethnic
group of the Wataita since they were
uprooted and banished from their
land. To-date, locals are still
smarting from emotional pain and
other adverse effects of the war.
The war started in 1914 and the
rst shot that signied its spread to
the region was red at the Taveta
District Commissioners ofce on
August 15 of the same year.
The centennial commemoration
will be held in August. This interna-
tional event is expected to promote
battleeld tourism as it will attract
many visitors.
But what the world may not know
is that the locals suffered a lot in the
war that involved foreign protago-
nists.
COMMUNAL MISERY
The agony started after a native
by the name Mzoghora went to
harvest honey in the forest where he
encountered a group of German
soldiers who demanded to know the
status of their rival British army.
Little did he know what his
meeting with these foreigners would
later lead to.
Mzoghora, who inadvertently
exposed his people to historical
injustices, was detained by the
German spies until dark when they
moved with him to a place called
Jora, behind the British troops.
At midnight the Germans
attacked and killed all the British
soldiers at the gun nest.
A note the Germans left with
Mzoghora somehow ended up in the
community and we are very grateful
to them for hosting us, Kizaro said.
The community later agitated for
the return of their alienated
ancestral land which was not easy
but they nally succeeded amid
many obstacles.
FEW REMNANTS
In a memorandum they present-
ed to the Truth, Justice and Reconcil-
iation Commission in Wundanyi
town, the residents said they had to
start from scratch upon returning to
their land in 1936.
Our community has suffered
deprivation following forced eviction
from our ancestral land by the
British. We are still behind in
development compared to other
communities in the region who did
not suffer as much as we did,
Mwambonu said.
Today you can nd the few
remnants of the now disjointed and
impoverished community living
65km South of Voi town, some in
Mwatate district others in Malindi,
Mackinnon Township while others
dispersed into Tanzania.
Their area was turned into an
area of an all-out war between
British and German colonial forces
during the war. One can still see
trenches and bunkers and it is not
hard to imagine bullets wheezing
past the ears of combatants and
helpless natives.
100 years on,
locals still reeling
from the effects
of World War One
mysterious disease which claimed
the lives of several hundreds of
them.
EXILED COMMUNITY
Many of our people died in exile
because of mistreatment by locals
who were incited by the British that
we eat people, Kizaro said.
The villagers remained exiled
until after the War when they
returned to Mwatate where they
worked on the expansive Teita Sisal
Estate for 18 years.
We stayed among the Chawia
hands of the British Army. That note
was sent to Nairobi and a full report
made to the war ofce and the
colony ofce in London, said area
Ward Representative Ibrahim Juma
Mwambonu.
This marked the beginning of
their misery as a community. The
British Government declared the
area as hostile and mapped it out as
a military zone. This is what led to
the communitys banishment to
Malindi.
This was one of the worst
moments in my communitys
history. They walked on foot from
Kasigau to Maungu town without
food and water. From there they
were loaded onto a train to Momba-
sa and thereafter into a waiting ship
to Malindi, said a former area civic
leader Dishan Kizaro.
INHUMANE TREATMENT
The elderly who could not walk
died of hunger as they were left
behind, he recounted.
Kizaro describes the experience
as too dehumanising and a historical
injustice that deserves recompense.
While aboard the ship the villagers
spent a week in the Indian Ocean
awaiting orders from Britain to have
them killed and their bodies thrown
into the ocean.
Indeed some of them perished
at sea and their bodies thrown into
the water by the callous British
soldiers. Many of our people, among
them Chief Mwangojilo, were killed
in cold blood by the colonialists,
says Kizaro.
The British accused the villages
of collaborating with German troops
to destabilise them hence the
decision to uproot them from their
ancestral land as punishment.
The soldiers told residents that
they were the ones providing
information to the Germans despite
the fact that residents could not
even differentiate between the two
groups of white soldiers, Kizaro
says.
The residents say a missionary by
the name Rev Verby protested at the
deportation plan but this did not
change anything.
Once at Malindi, the villagers
were discriminated against and
branded cannibals by locals and
were poisoned leading to the deaths
of many of them.
They were also attacked by a
The Wakasigau suffered deprivation due to forced
eviction by the British. Compared to others, the
community lags behind in development
WHAT HAPPENED
Exactly 100 years ago, the
Wakasigau, a sub-ethnic
group of the Wataita, found
themselves sucked by the
First World War
The community was
caught in the middle of Ger-
man and British hostilities
The British accused the
villagers of collaborating
with their sworn enemies,
the Germans, in order to
destabilise them
Due to these allegations,
the community was uproot-
ed and banished from their
land
TAITA TAVETA COUNTY
Monday, May 19, 2014 / The Standard Page 34 / COUNTY FEATURE
Top: Willie
Mwadilo, the
manager Sarova
Taita Hills and
Saltlick Lodges,
shows tourists
World War One
artefacts
displayed at the
Taita Hills Lodge.
Below: Donart
Mwakio,
assistant warder
at Sarova Taita
Hills and Saltlick
Lodges, shows
part of a railway
line used by Brit-
ish and German
soldiers during
the War.
[PHOTO: MAARUFU
MOHAMED/
STANDARD]

J D C G 17
E C A J 17
G F B A 24
17 19 15 26
H B E F 19
Solution No. 1832
1 9 4 8 2 7 6 3 5
7 3 5 6 4 1 8 2 9
8 2 6 3 9 5 7 1 4
6 8 9 2 5 3 4 7 1
4 7 2 9 1 6 5 8 3
3 5 1 7 8 4 9 6 2
5 6 7 4 3 2 1 9 8
2 4 8 1 7 9 3 5 6
9 1 3 5 6 8 2 4 7
YESTERDAYS SOLUTION
STANDOKU Imejin
1833 MEDIUM
2 7 3 1
4 7 6 2 8
1 5 7 6
7 8 1 3
5 1 8 9
1 3 7 6
puzzling
35
Using all the letters
of the alphabet,
ll in the grid. To
help you, there are
three cryptic cross-
word-style clues:
Top line: Only one
way out of the bot-
tom of this French
bag. (1, 3, 2, 3)
Middle line: To
claim a hat makes
one a holy man.(7)
Bottom line: Coast-
ing in the nude? (3,
2, 4)
To start you off,
here is one of the
letters.
By Rosy Russell
All rows, columns and 3 by 3 grids
(dened by bold lines ) have the
numbers 1 to 9 appearing only once.
Some of the numbers have been en-
tered. Complete the whole table by
inserting the correct numbers.
Capricorn (Dec 22 - Jan 20)
You may seem agreeable today but
somethi ng has your mi nd whi rli ng
wi thi n. You could be tryi ng to under-
stand a person or si tuati on today i n or-
der to know the truth of a matter.
Aquarius (Jan 21 - Feb 19)
You are ambi ti ous, self-confi dent, hon-
orable and generous i n money matters
today. Your professi onal li fe goes along
pretty well unti l you fi nd out about
someone that i s getti ng addi ti onal ed-
ucati on i n order to make more money.
Pisces (Feb 20 - Mar 20)
Obtai ni ng and exchangi ng i nformati on
takes on more emoti onal si gni fi cance.
Communi cati ng wi th long-di stance as-
soci ates and engagi ng i n busi ness mat-
ters have surpri si ngly posi ti ve results
for you now.
Aries (Mar 21 - April 20)
Unsolved problems may catch your at-
tenti on today. You could be the sleuth
i n your place of work and di scover the
truth behi nd a mystery that has been
puzzli ng many for some ti me.
Gemini (May 21 - June 21)
You could be i n the li meli ght, espe-
ci ally wi th superi ors. You may fi nd that
you enj oy your j ob more than usual.
You are sensi ti ve to others, perhaps
li steni ng at some length to someones
i deas.
Cancer
(June 22 - July 22)
Start looki ng for classes, books or lec-
tures on how to organi se your fi nanci al
affai rs because much of your success
at thi s ti me wi ll hi nge on organi sati on-
al ski lls. The few challenges you wi ll
face thi s year are manageable.
Courtesy: dailyhoroscopes.com
SATURDAYS SOLUTIONS
Horoscopes Sudoku
Codeword Puzzle
(Mar 21 - April 20)
You could be known as the best
team player at work today. You
tend to be good at working with
others without thinking about
yourself. You must guard against
being used by others, however.
DIFFICULT
The letters have a distinct
value between 1 to 9. The to-
tals vertically and horizontally
have been given. Solve all the
values.
NO 5193
NO 5192
A B C D E F G H J
8 4 7 5 9 2 1 6 3
SATURDAYS SOLUTIONS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
A
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
I L U B S N D H R T
K J Y F E X M Z G P
C
V
W
Q
A
0
Leo (July 23 - Aug 22)
You have clear vision today and can easily
see the steps needed to make good deci-
sions. You are happy when in control and you
enjoy managing anything practical. You will
excel in group activities now and it is easy for
you to get your ideas across to others
Virgo
(Aug 23 - Sept 23)
Everything may be pouring in at once today
and its all good news. Your career direction
gets encouragement and lifes problems nd
easy solutions. You are inventive when it
comes to self-analysis, care and diet.
Libra
(Sept 24 - Oct 23)
You have career choices; the obvious path
that is opening up for you may grate against
your own sense of freedom. Success and
security at the expense of originality may be
too great a price to pay.
Scorpio
(Oct 24 - Nov 22)
This is the time to concentrate on strength-
ening your career. You gain insight into new
techniques and are not afraid to try them
out during your day. Your organisational abil-
ities will guide and prove you successful.
Sagittarius
(Nov 23 - Dec 21)
It seems you are on an uphill swing nancial-
ly. You may discover many ways in which to
invest protably. However, take care not to
fall for some moneymaking gimmickcheck
and recheck. There are unbelievable deals
out there.
Taurus
Solution No. 1832
1 9 4 8 2 7 6 3 5
7 3 5 6 4 1 8 2 9
8 2 6 3 9 5 7 1 4
6 8 9 2 5 3 4 7 1
4 7 2 9 1 6 5 8 3
3 5 1 7 8 4 9 6 2
5 6 7 4 3 2 1 9 8
2 4 8 1 7 9 3 5 6
9 1 3 5 6 8 2 4 7
36
puzzling
Across
3 Desires (5)
8 Happen again (5)
10 Prepared (5)
11 Faucet (3)
12 Fiend (5)
13 Referee (7)
15 Extra playing card (5)
18 Pitch (3)
19 Zimbabwean capital
(6)
21 Inhabitant (7)
22 Row, rank (4)
23 Tenants payment (4)
24 Expressionless (7)
26 Handsome youth (6)
29 A craze (3)
31 Glossy fabric (5)
32 Becomes aware of (7)
34 Come in (5)
35 Young fox (3)
36 Cost (5)
37 Ending in death (5)
38 Wear away (5)
Down
1 Paris underground (5)
2 Planet (7)
4 Assert (4)
5 Native of ancient Troy
(6)
6 Spanish man (5)
7 Loafer (5)
9 Taxi (3)
12 Scoffs at (7)
14 Shade of brown (3)
16 Girls name (5)
17 Relaxes (5)
19 Go towards (4,3)
20 Book of maps (5)
21 Warehouse (5)
23 Fundamental (7)
24 Meal (6)
25 Hit lightly (3)
27 Firm supplying milk
(5)
28 Sisters daughter (5)
30 Exclude (5)
32 Require (4)
33 Incision (3)
ACROSS: 1, Edict 6, Pairs 9,Holiday 10, Pagan 11, Reaps 12, Beats 13, Deleted 15, Din 17, Edit 18, De-
mure 19, Ulcer 20, Thorny 22, Acne 24, SOS 25, Pioneer 26, Claim 27, Canoe 28, Elite 29, Rapture
30, Lever 31, Erred
DOWN: 2, Draped 3, Chalet 4, Ton 5, Fired 6, Partner 7, Ayes 8, Repair 12, Belly 13, Dents 14, Lidos 15,
Dunce 16, Never 18, Denim 19, Unclear 21, Homage 22, Antler 23, Nestle 25, Pints 26, Core 28, Ere
SATURDAYS EASY SOLUTIONS
Easy Puzzle
ACROSS
3 Was able to start up in frosty con-
ditions (5)
8 Its long, pretty thin, but could be
comic (5)
10 Prepared possibly to read about
an Ian Fleming character (5)
11 Vehicle wrecked by Ted (3)
12 Annes back at the plant (5)
13 To beat ones victim is a bit shy
(7)
15 In modern times, men bring
things up to date (5)
18 Grazing some fragile area (3)
19 Country place offering a good
choice (6)
21 Swell job as a model (7)
22 Blue essay about love (4)
23 Country of current interest (4)
24 Crashed, RAF style (7)
26 Badly hurt, hed be on oxygen,
perhaps (6)
29 Attributable to moisture, we
hear (3)
31 Get into alien territory (5)
32 Persuaded a casual worker to
make hay (7)
34 Its a boring thing (5)
35 A little matter at the rationing
centre (3)
36 All of them may be crawled on
(5)
37 Not at all like a married couple
(5)
38 The date of decimation? (5)
DOWN
1 How to turn desperate (2,3)
2 Show a girls fun (7)
4 Conform with honour on May 3
(4)
5 Scottish landmark with a bit
missing (6)
6 Drink one in play (5)
7 Existing by begging, having lost a
horse (5)
9 The odd bit of crumpet (3)
12 Main direction of the sick bay? (7)
14 Name a redheaded former
spouse (3)
16 Came to a conclusion (5)
17 Only a start, but you nish in debt
(5)
19 At summers end, the garden can
be even ner (7)
20 Put on new gates (5)
21 Its close at hand (5)
23 Looking like Tom (7)
24 Read how to make purees (6)
25 Mug up something sticky (3)
27 On the fourth of July, he could
have partnered Cleopatra (5)
28 To learn the tango takes cour-
age! (5)
30 Start again with a newer blend
(5)
32 You can see it on telly, we hear
(4)
33 A mobility aid (3)
ACROSS: 1, ST-ash 6, Messy 9, Pointed 10, Recap 11, Lenin 12, SU-dan 13, Distant 15, I-LL 17, Asia 18, A-Gen.-
da 19, Crane 20,Co.-here 22, Peke 24, Eft 25, Sonatas 26, Hippy 27, Minus 28, Rotas 29, General 30, F-ever
31, Petal
DOWN: 2, Thesis 3, S-part-A 4, H-Op. 5, Snout 6, Me-lange 7, Eden 8, Shie-L-d 12, Snore 13, Dan-ce 14, Sight 15,
Inset 16, Lakes 18, Ann-oy 19, Cruise-R 21, Off-ice 22, Pa-role 23, Ka-na-ka 25, Spiel 26, Hug-e 28, Rap(idly)
SATURDAYS CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS
Cryptic Puzzle
WEIRD NEWS
Monkeys are superior to men in
this: when a monkey looks into a
mirror, he sees a monkey.
Malcolm de Chazal
A woman has been arrested
after posing as a 15-year-old
high school student.
Charity Johnson, 31, enrolled
at New Life Christian School
in Longview, Texas, last
October with ID saying she
was 15 years old.
She claimed to be Charite
Stevens, with a birth date,
November 24, 1997.
She told officials that she
had previously been home-
schooled and had no prior
transcripts, but she was
rumbled after a woman who
took her in believing she was
a vulnerable teenager
became suspicious.
Tamica Lincoln said she took
Johnson to enrol at the
school when she claimed to
be an orphan from an abusive
household.
Ms Lincoln said: I took her in
as a child, did her hair, got her
clothes and shoes.
She has now been charged
with failure to identify and
giving false information.
Mirror Online
Woman, 31, arrested after posing as high school teen
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
FOX CINEPLEX SARIT CENT RE,
WESTLANDS
SCREEN I GODZILLA IN 3D (TBA) At
11.00am, 1.45pm, 6.55pm, 9.00pm,
AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2 IN 3D (PG) At
4.10pm
SCREEN II AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2 IN
3D (PG) At 11.00am, 1.45pm, 6.40pm,
9.15pm, THE OTHER WOMAN (U16) At
4.30pm
PLANET MEDIA CINEMAS - KISUMU
SCREEN I RIO 2 (GE) At 11.30am,
1.30pm. NON STOP (PG 13) At 3.30pm,
THE OTHER WOMAN (16) At 6.00pm,
8.40pm,
SCREEN II THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER
MITTY (PG) At 3.00pm, 6.00pm, 8.30pm
NYALI CINEMAX MOMBASA
SCREEN I AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2 IN 3D
At 6.30pm, GODZILLA IN 2D At 6.45pm,
GODZILLA IN 2D At 9.15pm, AMAZING
SPIDERMAN 2 IN 2D At 9.15pm.
Cinema Guide
tv guide
Nairobi 102.7 I Nyeri 105.7
Meru 105.1 I Kericho 90.5
Kisumu 105.3 I Mombasa 105.1
Nakuru 104.5 I Eldoret 91.1 Kitui:
93.8 I Kisii: 91.3
N
o
w

S
h
o
w
i
n
g
07:00 Myth Busters
07:50 Dirty Jobs
08:45 Ultimate Survival
09:40 Border Security
10:05 Auction Hunters
10:30 Auction Kings
10:55 How Do They Do It?
11:25 How Its Made
11:50 Dynamo
12:45 The Big Brain Theory
01:40 MythBusters
02:35 Border Security
Hal is a gifted and cocky test pilot, but the
Green Lanterns have little respect for humans,
who have never harnessed the innite pow-
ers of the ring before. But Hal is clearly the
missing piece to the puzzle, and along with
his determination and willpower, he has one
thing no member of the Corps has ever had:
humanity.
SATURDAYS TRIVIA: Green Lan-
tern 2
TV Quiz
03:30 Auction Kings
04:00 Dirty Jobs
04:55 Ultimate Survival
05:50 MythBusters
05:45 How Do They Do It?
07:10 How Its Made
07:40 Sons of Guns
09:00 Storage Hunters
09:30 Sons of Guns
DStv Highlights
Todays Schedule
5:00 Pambazuka music
6:00 Power breakfast
9:00 Afrosinema
11:30 Naswa
12:00 Gabriela
13:00 Live at 1
14:00 Afrosinema
16:00 Citizen alasiri
16:10 Mseto East Africa
17:00 Pavitra Rishta
18:00 Un refugio
19:00 Citizen nipashe
19:35 Inspekta mwala
20:05 Wild at heart
21:00 Monday special
22:00 Africa leadership
dialogue
22:30 Twende kazi
highlights
22:35 Afrosinema
0.00 Citizen late night
news
1:00 Afro-sinema
4:30 BBC
4:55 Morning Prayer
5:00 Aerobics
5:30 Damka
8:00 Good Morning Kenya
9:00 Parliament Live
11:00 Daytime Movie
11:00 KBC Lunch Time
News
1:30 Moving The Masses
1:30 Grapevine
2:30 Parliament Live
4:30 Spider Riders
5:00 Club 1
6:00 Spiders
7:00 Darubini Live
7:30 Road To Success
8:05 The Platform Live
9:00 Channel 1 News
9:45 National Cohesion
Live
10:30 Bold & Beautiful
11:30 You Are The One
12:00 Club 1
12:45 BBC
5:00 Password Rpt
6:00 Live
9:00 Irrational Heart
10.00 Maid In
Manhattan
11:15 The Young &
The Restless
12:00 Rhythm City
12:30 Scandal
1:00 NTV at 1
1:30 Backstage
2:00 Golden Heart
3.00 Password
4:00 NTV at 4
4:15 Password
Reloaded
5:00 The Beat
6:00 Dyesebel
7:00 NTV Jioni
7:30 Tujuane
8:30 Mali
9:00 NTV Tonight
10:00 The Hostel
10:30 Movie
5.00 Command Your
Morning
6:00 Morning Express
9.00 Tendereza
10:00 My Eternal
11.00 National Geographic
12.00 Just For Laughs
12.30 Gavana
1.00 Newsdesk
1.30 Road to Brasil
2:00 Afri-screen
4.00 Mbiu Ya KTN
4.10 Kim Possible
4.30 Hulk and the Agents of
Smash
5.00 Baseline
6.00 Her Mothers Daughter
7:00 KTN LEO
7:30 Ajabu
8.00 Los Rey
9.00 KTN PRIME
10.05 The Enterprenuer
10.30 Monster-in-laws
11.00 The Diary
12.00 Road to Brasil
12.30 CNN
Pick Of The Day 6.00PM
4.00 Al Jazeera
5.00 Praiz
6.00 K24 alfairi
9.00 Baade achhe (it
seems so beautiful )
rpt
10.00 Naijasinema
12.00 Al Jazeera news
13.00 K24 newscut
13.30 Box ofce movie rpt
16.00 Mchipuko wa alasiri
16.10 Team raha
18.00 Riddim up
19.00 K24 saa moja
19.35 Almasi
20.05 Corazon apasionado
21.00 K24 evening edition
21.50 Arosto
22.30 Alfajiri social hour
rpt
23.30 Naijasinema rpt
1.30 Al Jazeera
In this weeks episode: Lucas helps Neon to escape from the police as he was been escorted
from hospital to prison. Celyn gets the surprise of her life when Liam asks her to marry him.
Will Celyn accept his marriage proposal?
4:00AM Safari na Antony Ndiema
6:00AM Maisha Asubuhi na Alex and Jalas
10:00AM Staarabika na Ann Njogu
1:00PM Konnect na Mwende and Clemo
4:00PM Maisha Jioni na Tina and Zuleka
7:00PM Rhumba Attencion na Mwashumbe
10:00PM Maji Makuu na Ali Hassan and Babu
12:00AM Hakuna Kulala
37
REPUBLI C OF KENYA
COUNTY ASSEMBLY OF TRANS NZOI A
COUNTY ASSEMBLY SERVI CE BOARD
VACANCI ES
1. PRINCIPAL CLERK ASSISTANT 1(1 Post)
Ref: TCA/CASB/ 2014/ 01
(a) Duties and Responsibilities
At this grade the Ofcer is closely supervised and guided by the Deputy Clerk. Duties and responsibilities include:
Will be assigned duties within the Assembly chamber, procedural and committee services, advice members i.
and committees on procedures, practices, conventions ,traditions and etiquette and any other duties as may be
assigned by the Clerk.
Undergoes training in such areas as parliamentary procedure, practices and etiquette, committee administration ii.
and management and any other relevant courses.
(b) Requirements for Appointment
Be in possession of a Bachelors degree in Social sciences, Law or Political Science from a recognized University. i.
Posses mastery of parliamentary procedure and practice and application of knowledge in the execution of the ii.
assigned functions, activities and tasks within a specied sector of County Assembly Operations.
Be Computer literate with practical experience. iii.
2. FIRST CLERK ASSISTANTS (4 Posts)
The duties and responsibilities include:
i. Assisting in ensuring adherence to parliamentary procedure, practice, conventions, tradition and etiquette.
ii. Research involving search for fresh information/facts by consulting appropriate sources like documents or
persons.
iii. Offering administrative services to the various types of County Assembly Committees, including the County
Assembly Service Board.
iv. Organizing activities pertaining to seminars and conferences for members of County Assembly and staff.
For direct appointment to this grade, a candidate must be in possession of:
i. A degree from a University recognized in Kenya in any of the elds in Law, Engineering, Finance, Management,
Natural Resource Management, Education, Planning, Development Studies, Gender Studies and Accounting.
ii. Demonstrate air for Commonwealth and Kenya legislative procedure.
iii. Demonstrable interest and commitment to the aims, objectives and principles of a devolved legislature.
iv. Good command of spoken and written English and Swahili coupled with demonstrable report writing skills.
3. COMMITTEE CLERKS III - (15 Posts)
Taking minutes and writing of Assembly Committees minutes. i.
Assisting with logistical arrangements relating to committee functions. ii.
Carry out general duties relating to legislative and common services. iii.
Assisting in the drafting of bills and motions. iv.
Advising committee chairs on procedural issues. v.
Any other duties that may be assigned by the Clerk. vi.
Be in possession of a diploma in Business Administration or any related eld from a recognized institution. i.
A holder of a Bachelors degree in Law or Social Sciences from a recognized University/Institution will be an added ii.
advantage.
Demonstrable interest and commitment to the aims, objectives and principles of a devolved legislature. iii.
Good command of spoken and written English and Swahili. iv.
A working experience of 3 years in a relevant eld. v.
4. LEGAL CLERKS (4 Posts)
(a) The duties and responsibilities include:
Conducting legal research on the applicable domestic and international law. i.
Monitoring compliance with legal regulatory framework. ii.
Drafting of private members bills. iii.
Drafting of amendments to bills to be proposed to the assembly by any member of assembly or any committee iv.
of the Assembly.
Giving legal interpretation of Acts and Bills and generally giving legal advice on matters relating to the County v.
Assembly.
Providing legal advice to the County Assembly, Assembly Committees, and the Speaker, the County Assembly vi.
Service Board, individual members and the Clerk.
Ensuring that Bills passed by the County Assembly comply with the Constitution. vii.
Liaising with the Ofce of the County Attorney on litigation matters involving the County Assembly. viii.
Legal presentation of the County Assembly and the County Assembly Service Board in court proceedings. ix.
Any other duty as may be assigned by the Chief Legal Ofcer. x.
Have a Bachelor of Laws degree i.
Be admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya ii.
Minimum of three years practice experience iii.
Must be registered advocate for the High Court with a valid practicing license iv.
Have prociency in the use of basic computer applications v.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. vi.
5. SECURITY WARDEN III (4 Posts)
(a) Duties and responsibilities
i. Allocation of mail to MPs Pigeon hole
ii. Booking of visitors/guests at the entrances.
ii. Issuance of entry badges.
iv. Screening of strangers.
v. Storage of strangers baggage.
vi. Prevent removal of institutional property without proper and authorized documentation.
Handling of telephone services. vi.
Control of vehicular trafc/parking. vii.
Patrolling of ofces cark lounges etc. viii.
Perform periodical security night duties. ix.
i be in possession of Kenya Certicate of Secondary Education grade D+ or its equivalent;
ii Be in possession of a Paramilitary Training Certicate; or have served satisfactorily in uniformed service for a period
of not less than three (3) years.
iii Have a First Aid certicate
iv Be in possession of an exemplarily service certicate.
6. LEGAL COUNSEL II (3 Posts)
i. Drafting of Private Members Bills
ii. Drafting of amendments to Bills to be proposed to the House by any Member of County Assembly or any
Committee of the Assembly.
iii. Giving legal interpretation of Acts and Bills and generally giving legal advice on matters relating to County Assembly
iv. Providing legal advice to the County Assembly Service Board, County Assembly and its Committees
v. Providing any other legal services that may be required by County Assembly, the Committees, the Speaker, the
County Assembly Service Board or the Clerk
vi. Ensuring that Bills passed by County Assembly comply with the Constitution
i have a Bachelor of Laws degree;
ii be admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya;
iii be in possession of a current practicing certicate; and
iv have prociency in the use of basic computer applications.
7. DEPUTY HANSARD EDITOR (1 Post)
Ref: TCA/CASB/2014/07
i Deputize the Senior Hansard Editor.
ii Responsible for co-ordination and production of the Hansard (Ofcial record of the County Assembly)
iii Editing transcribed records, processing manuscripts, preparing accurate drafts;
iv Maintaining a consistent and accurate Hansard publishing format;
v Maintaining an accurate database of Hansard publication;
vi Development and maintenance of policies, rules, standards and procedures governing Hansard production;
vii Maintaining links with Government Ministries/ Departments, the public media, and other Commonwealth Editors
Associations and Unions.
(b) Requirements for Appointment:
For direct appointment to this grade a candidate must:
i. Possess a Bachelors Degree in Linguistics, majoring in English and Kiswahili or Bachelors Degree in Mass
Communication or any of the social sciences with good credit passes in both English and Kiswahili in the Kenya
Certicate of Secondary Education Examination or its equivalent qualication;(A Masters degree in this eld will
be an added advantage for Hansard Editor);
ii. Demonstrate knowledge and application of the Legislative Standing Orders and functional roles of legislative
committees;
iii. Demonstrate management and organizational skills;
iv. Be Computer literate with practical experience.
v. Minimum of three (3) years work experience as a Hansard Reporter I,
OR
Three (3) years experience in publishing in the public sector or with a national circulation.
8. HANSARD REPORTERS (2 Posts)
i. Closely supervised and guided by the Senior Hansard Editor and responsible to the Hansard Editor;
ii. Ensuring timely and accurate transcription of Assembly proceedings;
iii. Undertaking independent verbatim reporting of Assembly proceedings and those of relevant committees/functions
within or outside Assembly;
iv. Preparing transcripts for editing;
v. Sorting and ensuring accurate transcription; and,
vi. Assisting in classication, custody, archiving, retrieval and cross-checking of documents against references; and any
other duties as may be assigned by the Hansard Editor.
The Trans-Nzoia County Assembly Service Board wishes to invite applications from qualied persons for the following positions: -
Tel No. 054-31380, 054-31617 P O BOX 4221 - 3020, KI TALE
APPOINTMENTS / Page 39
i. Possess a Bachelors Degree in Linguistics, majoring in English and Kiswahili or Bachelors Degree in Mass
Communication or any of the social sciences with good credit passes in both English and Kiswahili in the Kenya
Certicate of Secondary Education Examination or its equivalent qualication;
ii. Be able to demonstrate good knowledge of legislative procedures and the conduct of Assembly committee
business;
iii. Be Computer literate with practical experience.
9. HANSARD RECORDER (2 Post)
(a) Duties and Responsibilities:
i. Closely supervised and guided by the Senior Hansard Editor and responsible to the Hansard Editor;
ii. Ensuring timely and accurate recording and transcription of Assembly proceedings;
iii. Undertaking independent verbatim reporting of Assembly proceedings and those of relevant committees/functions
within or outside Assembly;
iv. Preparing transcripts for editing;
v. Sorting and ensuring accurate recording; and,
vi. Assisting in classication, custody, archiving, retrieval and cross-checking of documents against references; and any
other duties as may be assigned by the Hansard Editor.
i. At least a diploma in Mass Communication or any of the social sciences with good credit passes in both English
and Kiswahili in the Kenya Certicate of Secondary Education Examination or its equivalent qualication;
ii. Be able to demonstrate good knowledge of legislative procedures and the conduct of Assembly committee
business;
iii. Be Computer literate with practical experience.
10. DEPUTY INTERNAL AUDITOR (1 post)
An Internal Auditor II will be in-charge of a major activity/section of the Assembly Service such as procurement and
stores, payroll and personnel records, cash and budgetary control. etc
i. Review and develop audit techniques and procedures for systems audits;
ii. Prepare and update audit guidelines and programmes; and,
iii. Draft preliminary audit reports queries and observations for the departmental heads consideration.
i. Served for a minimum period of four (4) years as Internal Auditor or an equivalent position in either the public
or private sector and possess a university degree relevant to Audit function such as Commerce, Accounting,
Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Finance or Computer Science and in possession of CPA I
OR
ii. Served for a minimum period of ve (5) years as Internal Auditor or an equivalent position in either the public or
private sector and possess CPA I or its equivalent; and Demonstrated capabilities and a high degree of competence
in conducting and supervising both nancial and management audit
11. DEPUTY BUDGET OFFICER / FISCAL ANALYST (1 post)
i. Collecting and collating budgetary information from various sources for analysis;
ii. Maintaining relevant statistics on public revenue and expenditure gures;
iii. Carrying out commissioned Budget research on specic area of interest;
i. Assisting in preparing budgetary information reports for MCAs and relevant Committees; and,
ii. Assisting in workshops planning.
For appointment to the grade of deputy Fiscal Analyst , a candidate must:
i. Have a degree in Economics or its equivalent from a recognized university;
ii. Previous experience in public nance will be an added advantage; and
iii. Be a team player with good communication and interpersonal skills.
12. DEPUTY LIBRARIAN (1 post)
i. Selection and acquisition of books and other library materials;
ii. Supervision of cataloguing and classication of library materials;
iii. Supervision of indexing and abstracting services;
iv. Supervision of staff and their development; and,
v. Abstracting and other information repackaging services
(b) Requirements of appointment:
For appointment to this grade, an ofcer must have:
i. Served as Librarian or an equivalent position in either the public or the private sector for a minimum of three (3) years;
ii. Have a degree in Library Studies/Information Science or equivalent qualication;
iii. Shown merit and ability as reected in work performance and results; and,
iv. Have prociency in computer applications.
13. RESEARCH OFFICERS (4 post)
The duties and responsibilities of an ofcer in this position include:
i. Provision of non-partisan professional research assistance and analysis to Members, Committees and staff of
Parliament;
ii. Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of policy options;
iii. Providing expert interpretation, explanation and analysis;
iv. Maintain a periodically updated inventory of publications on current issues, legislation and major public policy
issues/questions; and,
v. Providing technical back up to County Assembly committees.
(b) Requirements for Direct Appointments:
For appointment to this grade, an ofcer must have the following qualications:
i. Served as assistant Research Ofcer or an equivalent position in either the public or the private sector for at least
three (5) years;
ii. Bachelors degree from a recognized university in a specialized discipline including Economics, Agriculture;
Environmental quality, Sociology, Political science, international trade/commerce and other Science related
elds;
iii. Thorough knowledge and understanding of the concepts and techniques of professional research, with particular
emphasis on public policy analysis;
iv. An ability to write, edit in a clear, concise and understandable manner;
v. Satisfactorily served as Research Ofcer in similar positions with comparable responsibilities in like organizations/
reputable research institution; and
vi. Have at least three years continuous work experience.
14. DEPUTY ICT OFFICER (1 post)
i. Installation
ii. Conguration of local Area network and Wide Area Network;
iii. Developing and updating applications systems;
iv. Carrying out systems analysis, design and programme specications in liaison with users;
v. Overseeing the process of conguration of new Information Communication Technology equipment;
vi. Maintenance of computer systems;
vii. Carrying out repairs and maintenance of Information Communications Technology equipment and associated
peripherals;
viii. Drawing up hardware specications for Information Communication Technology equipment; and,
ix. Verication, validation and certication of Information technology equipment.
(b) For appointment to this grade, an ofcer must have:
i. Served in the grade of Information Communication Technology Ofcer III or an equivalent position in the Public
Service or private sector for a minimum period of three years (3); and,
ii. Demonstrated professional ability, initiative and competence in organizing and directing work;
iii. Have a Bachelors degree in any of the following: Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Commerce, Physics or any
other ICT related discipline with a bias in Information Communication Technology from a recognized institution;
iv. Ordinary/ Higher National Diploma in Computer Science, Hardware, Network administration, Maintenance, or
Software Support; and,
v. Shown merit and ability as reected in work performance and results.
15. PUBLIC RELATIONS/ COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER (1 Post).
Addressing the communication needs of the County Assembly. i.
Media liaison including co-ordination of media coverage of County Assembly plenary and committee sittings. ii.
Preparation and dissemination of materials to be communicated to the Public. iii.
Development, Co-ordination and Implementation of citizens participation initiatives. iv.
Co-ordinating all Public Relations activities including publishing of brochures, handbooks, iers, CDs etc. v.
Co-ordinating broadcast unit, broadcast/media aspects. vi.
Managing the PR aspect of a potential crisis situation. vii.
Commissioning market research. viii.
Planning, developing and implementing PR strategies. ix.
Collating and analyzing media coverage. x.
Organizing events including press conferences, exhibitions, open days and press tours. xi.
Fostering community relations through events such as open days and through involvement in community xii.
initiatives.
A Bachelors degree in Mass communication or Public Relations. i.
At least 3 years relevant experience in the Public or Private Sector. ii.
Demonstrated outstanding professional competence and administrative management skills and sound knowledge iii.
of media/Public Relations and communication ability.
Be Competent with the use of IT as a working tool. iv.
Good administrative, organization and analytical skills. v.
Good written and verbal communication. vi.
16. DIRECTOR OF PROTOCAL/ MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICER (1 Post)
Coordinate all public relations related activities including publishing of brochures, handbooks, yers, news bulletins
CDs etc;
i. Updating of the County Assembly website in liaison with the IT department;
ii. Coordinating of the outreach program;
iii. Coordinating and receiving all visitors to assembly;
iv. Issue press releases, react to media stories and proactive media reporting through the available channels;
v. Convening public relations and media related meetings and chairing the sessions while ensuring all minutes are
taken and led;
i Masters Degree from a recognized University in Mass Communication, Public Relations, Information Science or any
other Social Science
ii Have Bachelors degree in Mass Communication, Public Relations or any Social Science;
iii have satisfactorily served as a Public Communication/Media Relations Ofcer for a minimum period of three (3)
years;
iii Diploma in Mass Communication, Diploma in Public Relations or Diploma in Social Science;
iv Certicate in Mass Communications, Public Relations, or a Certicate in Social Science; and
v Be competent in use of IT as a working tool.
17. PROGRAMME OFFICER(1 Post)
Organizing ofcial events i.
Preparing the guest lists and seating arrangements ii.
Coordinating arrangements for press coverage of ofcial functions iii.
Ensuring efcient and effective communication with stakeholders iv.
Be a Kenyan citizen i.
A Bachelors degree in Social Sciences. ii.
Must demonstrate administrative management skills and sound knowledge of media, Public relations and iii.
Communication ability.
Be competent in the use of IT as a working tool. iv.
Good administration, organization and analytical skills. v.
Good written and verbal communication skills. vi.
Fulll the requirements of Chapter six of the Constitution of Kenya. vii.
18. MAINTENANCE OFFICER (2 Posts)
i. Preparation of designs and contract documents for development and other capital projects and overseeing
implementation of projects;
ii. Coordination and supervision of cleaning and gardening contractors contracted to carry out cleaning of Assembly
buildings, ower beds and ensuring that the ower beds and gardens are maintained in good condition including
irrigating grassed lawns;
iii. Coordinating and carrying out repair works required on buildings, plant and equipment;
iv. Provision of technical inputs; by preparing specications of minor repair works and minor alterations in buildings,
plant and equipment
v. Ensuring continuous supply of power, water and other utilities
A Bachelors Degree in civil/electrical/mechanical engineering or equivalent from a recognized university; (i)
ii Registration with Engineers Registration Board;
iii Corporate Membership with Institution of Engineers of Kenya;
iv National Ordinary Diploma in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering from Kenya National Examinations Council;
v Higher National Diploma in Electrical or Mechanical engineering from Kenya National Examinations Council;
vi An Artisan certicate for the Artisans from a recognized institution;
Kenya Certicate of Secondary Education (KCSE) or equivalent
19. WORKS OFFICER(1 Post)
i. Works ofcer will be in charge of building works in a large unit.
ii. Construction of buildings including walls, joinery, masonry, architectural ttings, furniture, roofs, painting, and car
parking, and so on
Maintenance of buildings including walls, joinery, masonry, architectural ttings, furniture, roofs, painting, and car iii.
parking, and so on.
Train staff working under him. iv.
Supervise and co-ordinate a number of small units. v.
Candidates must have attained the Higher National Diploma in Architectural, Building Construction or Civil v.
Engineering from the Kenya National Examinations Council or its approved equivalent.
Have satisfactorily served in that grade for at least three (3) years; and vi.
Have shown merit and ability in work performance and results. Have wide experience in all areas of building vii.
construction and maintenance , and in addition to have ability to plan work
20. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY (3 Posts).
Processing data. i.
Operating ofce equipment. ii.
Attending to visitors/clients. iii.
Handling telephone calls and appointments. iv.
Ensuring security of ofce records/equipment and documents including classied materials. v.
Preparing responses to simple routine correspondence. vi.
Guiding and supervising junior secretarial staff in the secretarial cadre in the County Assembly. vii.
A Bachelors degree in Secretarial Studies or a Bachelors degree in Business and Ofce Management or equivalent i.
from a recognized institution.
OR
The following qualications from KNEC.
Shorthand III (Minimum 120 wpm) i.
Typing III (50 wpm)/Computerized Document Processing III. ii.
Business English III/Communication. iii.
Commerce II. iv.
Secretarial Duties II. v.
Ofce Management III/Ofce Administration and Management. vi.
OR
Higher diploma in Secretarial Studies from Kenya National Examination Council or equivalent qualications from i.
a recognized institution.
Served in the capacity of a |senior Personal Secretary or any other relevant comparable position in the Public ii.
Service or Private Sector for a minimum period of three (3) years.
Have a certicate in Computer Applications (Windows, Ms-Word, Ms-Excel, Ms-Access and Internet) from a iii.
recognized institution.
Satisfy the requirements of Chapter 6 of the Constitution of Kenya. iv.
21. GARDENER (10 Posts)
Carrying out gardening i)
General maintenance of the grounds and gardens at the Assembly ii)
Maintenance of hand tool iii)
i. Should be in possession of form four Certicates.
22. DRIVERS (10 Posts)
(a) Duties and responsibilities include:
Driving Motor vehicle as authorized. i.
Maintenance of work tickets for vehicle assigned. ii.
Carrying out routine checks on the vehicles i.e. cooling, oil, electrical, break systems, tyre pressure etc. iii.
Detecting and reporting malfunctioning of vehicles systems. iv.
Ensuring security and safety of the vehicle on and off the road. v.
Maintaining cleanliness of the vehicle. vi.
i. A valid driving license free from any current endorsements and valid for any of the classes of vehicles which the
ofcer is required to drive.
ii. Defensive driving certicate from Automobile Association (AA) of Kenya or its equivalent qualication from a
recognized institution.
iii. Passed the occupation test 1 for drivers.
23. COOKS (2 Posts)
Cook and serve dishes that pass the food safety requirements. i.
Ensure availability of all ingredients in the kitchen for easy and better cooking. ii.
Budget the entire iii.
i. Certicate in Food and Beverage and Sales from a recognized institution.
ii. Minimum of 2 years work experience as a waiter /waitress in a 3 star restaurant of hotel.
iii. Good interpersonal and communication skills.
iv. Good serving skills
v. Excellent customer service skills.
vi. Computer literate
vii. Mean grade of KCSE C-
24. WAITERS (2 Posts)
Serve patrons at banquets, special functions and during normal daily dining room operations. i.
Assist in setting up and taking down tables and chairs, place clean utensils and napkins on tables. ii.
Perform any other duties as requested. iii.
Computer literate iv.
Requirements for Appointment a.
Certicate/Diploma in Hospitality. i.
Previous experience as a Waiter/Waitress in a high volume restaurant will be an added advantage ix.
A good command of English and Kiswahili. x.
Addition skills e.g. good service and interpersonal skills are essential. xi.
Computer literate. xii.
25. ASSISTANT OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT (1 post)
Duties and responsibilities (a)
i. Cleaning of ofces, kitchen, and entire compound.
ii. Collecting and cleaning tea-serving facilities in ofces
iii. Collecting and delivering documents outside the organization
iv. Delivering documents within the organization
Requirements for Appointment. (b)
i Must have served in the grade of Assistant Ofce Superintendent III for at least four (4) years or its equivalent
position;
ii Shown merit and ability;
iii Be in possession of certicate in House Keeping from a recognized Institute;
26. SENIOR DRIVERS (2 Posts )
(a) Duties and responsibilities
i. Driving a motor vehicle as authorized
ii. Maintenance of work tickets for vehicles assigned
iii. Carrying out routine checks on the vehicles cooling, oil, electrical and brake systems, tyre pressure, etc
iv. Detecting and reporting malfunctioning of vehicles systems
v. Ensuring security and safety for the vehicle on and off the road
vi. Maintaining cleanliness of the vehicle
vii. Guide and advice junior drivers.
viii. Safety of the passengers and/or goods therein
i. Served in the grade of Driver I for a minimum period of not less than three (3) years;
ii. Having trained at National Youth Service would be an added advantage;
iii. A valid driving license free from any current endorsements and valid for any of the classes of vehicles which the
ofcer is required to drive;
iv. Defensive driving certicate from Automobile Association (AA) of Kenya or its equivalent qualication from a
recognized Institution;
v. Passed the Occupational Test I for Drivers ; and
vi. Shown merit and ability as reected in work performance and results.
27. OFFICE ASSISTANTS (4 Posts )
Responsible for ofce equipments entrusted to him/her
i Delivering letters and documents from ofce to ofce within the organization
ii Collecting and delivering documents outside the organization
iii Maintaining a delivery book for details of documents delivered
iv Prepare mail for postage and delivery
v Assisting with the registry duties and other ofce duties that may be assigned from time to time
(b) Requirements for appointment
i Kenya Certicate of Secondary Education, mean Grade of D+(PLUS)
ii Certicate or Diploma in Administration would be an added advantage
iii Minimum of 3 years relevant experience
iv Must be self driven, requiring minimum supervision
28. PERSONAL ASSISTANT (1 post) Re-advertisement
i Provide personal administrative support to the speaker
ii Duties include general clerical, receptionist and project based work.
iii Project a professional image through in-person and phone interaction
iv Preparation, organizing and storing paperwork, documents and computer-based information
v. Setup and coordinate meetings and conferences
vi. Speaker`s travel and accommodation arrangements
(b) Requirements for appointments
i. Should have a bachelors degree either in ICT or public relations or public administration or political science or
sociology with 1 year work experience or law; an advocate of high court of Kenya with 2 years experience
ii. Must have good report writing skills
iii. Must be absolutely polished in presentation
iv. Should be extremely eloquent.
v. Knowledge of Microsoft Ofce and telephone protocol.
vi. Must be very condential in how they handle documents and information.
xii. Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
xiii. Ability to multitask and follow instructions
PREFERENTIAL CRITERIA DURING SELECTION
Suitably qualied applicants will enjoy preferential treatment in the order below:
Applicants serving in positions at the County Assembly on the basis of secondment during the transition period;
1. Applicants serving in the Executive arm of the County Government of Trans Nzoia;
2. Applicants serving in the Public Service in the Republic;
3. Applicants who are resident in Trans Nzoia County;
4. Applicants from the rest of the Country.
APPLICATION CRITERIA
Persons interested in lling the above positions should submit their handwritten applications , accompanied by 1.
detailed Curriculum Vitae indicating their telephone, copies of relevant Academic and professional certicates,
National Identity Card or passport, and any other relevant supporting documents.
In addition, applicants for the advertised Positions should submit certicates of clearance from; 2.
The Ethics and Anti Corruptions Commission,
Higher Education Loans Board
Criminal Investigation Department, and
The Kenya Revenue Authority as part of compliance with chapter six of the Constitution
Candidates with Foreign Degrees MUST obtain accreditation from Commission of Higher Education of Kenya. 3.
All applications should be delivered in a sealed envelope and clearly indicate the position applied for and the 4.
reference on the top left corner of the envelope and be addressed to;
The Secretary
County Assembly Service Board
County Assembly of Trans Nzoia
P.O BOX 4221-30200, KITALE.
Quoting the position on the left hand side of the envelope and be hand delivered to the Ofce of the Clerk of County
Assembly located at the premises of the County Assembly of Trans Nzoia (Formerly County Council of Trans Nzoia so
as to reach him not later than 4
th
June 2014.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Any application received after this date shall not be considered.
NOTICES / Page 41
TENDER NOTI CE FOR PREQUALI FI CATI ON OF SUPPLI ERS
2014 - 2015
The County Assembly of Trans Nzoia invites sealed bids from eligible candidates for the supply and delivery of
works and services as follows:
CATEGORY A - SUPPLY OF GOODS
NO CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
1. A1 Supply & delivery of general ofce stationery
2. A2 Supply & delivery of sanitary & cleaning materials
3. A3 Supply & delivery of Fuel and Lubricants
4. A4 Supply & delivery of Motor vehicle
5. A5 Supply & delivery of General Ofce Stationery
6. A6 Supply & delivery of Air Conditioners, Fans & Appliances
7. A7 Supply & delivery of Communication Equipment & Photocopies
8. A8 Supply & delivery Computers, Printers & other IT Equipment
9. A9 Supply & delivery of Staff uniforms & CMT Charges
CATEGORY B - PROVI SI ON OF SERVI CES
1. B1 Provision of Airtime
2. B2 Provision of Air travel services
3. B3 Subscription of Newspapers &journals
4. B4 Advertising, Awareness/Community Sensitization
5. B5 Provision of Insurance Services
6. B6 Provision of Security Services
7. B7 Provision of Cleaning Services
8. B8 Provision of Legal Services
9. B9 Provision of CCTV Installation & Surveillance
10. B10 Provision of Asset Valuation Services
11. B11 Provision of Asset Tagging /Marking
12 B12 Provision of Hospitality, Catering Services and Reception
13 B13 Provision of Printing & Design
CATEGORY C - MANTEI NANCE SERVI CES
1. C1 Maintenance of Motor Vehicles
2. C2 Maintenance of Ofce Furniture & Equipment
3. C3 Maintenance of Computers, Softwares & Equipment
4. C4 Maintenance of Plant, Machinery & Equipment
5. C5 Maintenance of Buildings and Stations
CATEGORY D - CONSULTANCY SERVI CES
1. D1 Consultancy Services for preparation os strategic plan
2. D2 Consultancy for staff rationalization
3. D3 Consultancy for rationalization on legislative issues
CATEGORY E - CONSTRUCTI ON WORKS
1. E1 Provision of construction works
Interested eligible candidates may obtain further information from and inspect the tender documents at County
Assembly Building, Procurement Ofce, Ground Floor, Room No.23 during normal working hours.
A complete set of tender documents may be obtained by interested candidates upon payment of non-refundable
fee Kshs.1, 000 in cash payable to The County Assembly of Trans Nzoia for every category.
Complete tender documents are to enclosed in plain sealed envelopes marked with tender reference number and
be deposited in the Tender Box at County Assembly Building, First Floor of be addressed;
The Clerk
County Assembly of Tran Nzoia
P O Box 4221 -30200, Kitale
So as to be received on or before Wednesday 28
th
May 2014 at 10.00a.m.
Ainea O. Indakwa
Clerk, County Assembly of Trans Nzoia
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
Tel No. 054-31380, 054-31617
P O BOX 4221 - 30200 KITALE
Email:[email protected]
COUNTY ASSEMBLY OF TRANS NZOI A
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK AND FISHERIES
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Invitation for Bids (IFB)
Project: KENYA AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND
AGRIBUSINESS PROJECT (KAPAP)
Country: REPUBLIC OF KENYA
Project: KENYA AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND AGRIBUSINESS PROJECT
Credit No: 4592-KE
IFB Title: SUPPLY OF ICT EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE
IFB Number: MOAL&F/KAPAP/01/2013-2014
1. The Government of Kenya (GOK) has received a Credit from the International Development Association toward the cost of
Kenya Agricultural Productivity and Agribusiness Project (KAPAP) and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit
to payments under the Contract for Bid/Tender No MOAL&F/KAPAP/01/2013-2014: Supply of ICT Equipment.
2. The Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualied bidders for Supply of
ICT Equipment and software.

Lot No. Item No Item Description No. of Units
Lot 1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
Supply and installation of printing equipment at AIRC printing unit
Binding Machine
A3 air-fed Folding Machine
Mini Stitcher with 20 extra wire spools
Card cutter
Numbering Machine with 2 numbering heads, I creaser wheel and 1 perforator
Film Coating Machine
1
1
1
1
1
1
Lot 2
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
Supply and installation of soft wares
SPSS
Digital Publishing suite CS6
MS exchange 2013
Implement google webmail with GFI security email lter
Enterprise document management software
1
10
50
50
50
Lot 3
3.1
3.2
Supply of Professional video recording 4K camera and accessories
Professional 4K Handheld XDCAM Camcorder
Professional 4K Handheld XDCAM Camcorder accessories
2
various
Lot 4
4.1
4.2
Supply of mobile video editing kits
Mac book pro 15-inch: 2.3GHz with Retina display and nal cut pro X editing
software
3G internet modems
3
3
Lot 5
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8
5.9
5.10
5.11
Kilimo FM Radio production studios
Digital Audio Workstation
Simian
Mixer, 4 track Behringer Xenyx 1204Fx
Microphone
Monitor Speakers-Studiophile BX5
Misc Cables and Connectors
CD Player
HeadPhones AK 9
UPS 5KVA
Alter electrical wiring and connect to the stand by engine
Air conditioner Unit and ducting
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Lot 6
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
6.6
6.7
6.8
6.9
6.10
6.11
6.12
6.13
6.14
Kilimo FM broadcast transmitters
500 Watt FM transmitter
Four Element Dipole Array and Power Divider
Flexible Jumper from Coax Cable to transmitter
One half height 19 equipment Cabinet
Coax Cable feed line
Connections for
Hangers for Coax attaching to tower
Automatic Voltage Regulator
Grounding Kits for Coax Cable
Dipole Mounting frame on tower
100 M Tower
3 Year subscription fees
Remote Satellite Double Link Installation
Radio Frequency License
1
1
1
1
200m
2
200
1
3
1
1
1
1
1

Bidders may bid for one or more lots provided they offer for all items and quantities in a lot. Bidders not offering for all the
items and corresponding quantities in a lot will be considered as non-responsive for the respective lot. Bid evaluation will be
on per lot basis and contracts will be awarded on lot-by-lot basis.
3. Bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive Bidding (NCB) procedures specied in the World Banks
Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, and is open to all bidders from Eligible Source Countries
as dened in the Guidelines.
4. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from the Supply Chain Management Ofce, MOAL&F
Headquarters 4
th
oor during ofcial working hours from 8am-5pm East African Time (except on Saturdays Sundays and
public holidays ).
5. Qualications requirements are as specied in the ITB 19.1 (a), (b) and (c). A margin of preference for certain goods
manufactured domestically shall not be applied. Additional details are provided in the Bidding Documents.
6. Completed set of Bidding Documents in English may be purchased by interested bidders upon payment of a non refundable
fee Kshs 1,000 or equivalent in a freely convertible currency. The method of payment will be bankers cheque addressed
to; Principal Secretary/ Accounting Ofcer, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries.

7. Bids must be placed in the Tender Box (marked Ministry of Agriculture) situated at the Main Entrance of MOAL&F
Headquarters Building on or before 10.00 a.m. East African time on 17/6/2014. Bids will be opened in the presence of
bidders representatives who choose to attend at the Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries, conference room,
Kilimo house 7
th
oor, Cathedral Road, NAIROBI.
8. Bulky or large bid documents which cannot go through the slot of the Tender Box must be delivered to the ofce of Supply
Chain Management Ofce, MOAL&F Headquarters 4
th
Floor on or before the stipulated time, i.e. 10.00 a.m. East African
time on 17/6/2014. Electronic bidding will not be permitted.
9. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security denominated in the currency of the bid or in another freely convertible
currency, and shall be in a form of a bank guarantee. The bid security should not be less than 2% of the bid price.
10. Late bids shall be rejected and returned to the bidders unopened.
Supply Chain Management
For: Principal Secretary
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from overseas who they need to pro-
vide support in Kenya but they nd
challenges in going through the im-
migration system, he said.
The government through this
ministry will be working with these
companies to explain to them what
they need to have and the processes
involved in obtaining work permits
and in that way make the process
easier for them.
However, the new EY survey says
there is a higher anticipated demand
for local staff to occupy manage-
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skills coupled with a much lower de-
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Data from a recent study from
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on expatriate talent making slow but
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The EY 2013/14 sub-Saharan Af-
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source departments are anticipating
a lower demand for expatriate talent
in the next 12 months compared to a
higher demand for local talent over
the same period.
According to the survey released
last week, expatriates occupy a criti-
cal part of the human resource land-
scape and are typically used to plug
strategic skills gap in labour markets,
start up new businesses in green eld
sites and lead organisations.
In the IT industry, expatriates
form a bulk of employees since most
of the prominent companies in the
sector are either new or multination-
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Kenya. Data from a study commis-
sioned by the ICT authority in 2011
A new survey indicates
a declining appetite for
hiring expatriates with
frms looking to local
labour markets for talent
indicated that up to 33 per cent of
companies in the country opt to em-
ploy foreign nationals to ll in vacan-
cies in their IT departments owing to
lack of requisite skills.
WORK PERMITS
Last month, Information, Com-
munication, and Technology Cabinet
Secretary Dr Fred Matiangi stated
the Government would assist multi-
national rms get work permits for
their workers in the country.
Several multinational companies
operating in Kenya have approached
us stating that they have personnel
Talent Trends
QuickStop
Preparations in top
gear for EAC forum
About 200 delegates will
attend the third East African
Community Secretary
Generals Forum scheduled
for September 11 to 12, this
year in Entebbe, Uganda. The
delegates will be drawn from
the Partner States Private
Sector Organisations (PSOs),
Civil Society Organisations
(CSOs), professional bodies,
academia/universities, media,
EAC organs and institutions,
development partners and
other interest groups. The
forum aims to provide a
platform for regular dialogue
between the EAC Secretary
General and the Private
Sector, Civil Society and other
interest groups on improving
EAC integration process.
Only 17 mines in Taita-
Taveta are licensed
More than 400 registered
mines in Taita-Taveta County
are operating with expired
licences. According to the
Status Report on Licences
in Taita-Taveta prepared
by mining secretary Said
Athman, out of 512 registered
mines in Taita-Taveta only
17 had current licences. The
report is copied to the County
Executive Committee member
for environment and natural
resources Elijah Mwandoe.
Eng Mwandoe told affected
miners to renew their licences
or risk forfeiting their mines
to those investors willing to
abide by the law. He said the
county has been losing a lot of
revenue through shady mining
deals and now the time has
come to crack the whip. We
will give the affected miners
a grace period to renew their
licences or risk having them
allocated to deserving cases,
said Mwandoe.
Mungatana irritated by
Western travel warnings
Western countries have
been accused of economic
sabotage by issuing travel
advisories to their citizens
visiting Kenya, which has
adversely affected the tourism
industry in Coast region.
Kenya Ports Authority (KPA)
Chairman Danson Mungatana
said already 20 hotels in Coast
had closed down rendering
thousands of workers
jobless due to low tourist
arrivals occasioned by travel
advisories. We are asking
Western countries to stop this
issue of double standards
where they claim our country
is insecure while other African
countries are far worse than
ours yet tourists keep ocking
there, he said. Mungatana
made the remarks at the
Manyani Law Enforcement
Academy when he presided
over the passing out of 39 KPA
recruits.
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mand for expatriates.
Victor Kyalo, Chief Executive of
Kenya ICT Authority, says the Gov-
ernment has been working with the
private sector and the universities to
increase the share of local talent in
the ICT industry.
We are working with universities
to help them develop a curriculum
relevant to the current needs and
trends in the industry but one cannot
rule out the participation of expatri-
ates all together because even Silicon
Valley has a large participation from
expatriates, he said.
According to the survey 53 per
cent of organisations in Sub-Saharan
Africa anticipate hiring fewer expa-
triates and only 16 per cent antici-
pate hiring more.
This trend, it adds, is particularly
clear in the professional and techni-
cal/operational stafng categories
the skills most in demand.
By PHILIP MWAKIO
The United Nations World Tour-
ism Organisation (UNWTO) has op-
posed attempts by the African Union
(AU) to impose taxes on air transport
and hotel stays in Africa.
Secretary-General Taleb Rifai ex-
pressed serious concerns about the
negative impact of the move, current-
ly being discussed among members
of AU on Africas tourism sector.
He noted that tourism is one of the
main contributors to Africas balance
of payments, a source of livelihood for
millions in the continent and one of
the sectors where the region has a
major competitive advantage in inter-
national markets.
A tourism tax in Africa is a threat
to the competiveness of the region
and to all African economies, which
have tourism as a key pillar to their
development, stated Mr Rifai.
He said any decision on the possi-
ble imposition of a tourism tax in Af-
rica should be carefully evaluated as
to the negative impact it would have
on tourism demand, economic
growth and jobs.
This concern was echoed by the
Ministers of Tourism of the region at-
tending the 56th Meeting of the UN-
WTO Commission for Africa, held in
Angola last month.
Participants identied increased
taxation as one of the main obstacles
to the sustainable development of
tourism and aviation in the region.
AIR TRAVEL COST
Connectivity is one of the major
barriers to Africas tourism growth
and a further increase in the cost of
air travel would jeopardise the need
to increase intra and interregional air
access across Africa.
International tourism in Africa has
been growing steadily in recent years
with the continent receiving 56 mil-
lion tourists last year, up from 26 mil-
lion in 2000.
According a Kenyan hotelier, Lydia
Dentewo, imposition of a tourism tax
in Africa would affect not only the
tourism sector, but also African econ-
omies as a whole.
Dentewo, who is general manager
of Lake Bogoria Spa Resort in the
Great Rift Valley, said tourism estab-
lishments can ill afford new taxes at
this time, particularly in Kenya where
the industry is facing many challeng-
es including terrorism threats.
UN agency cautions against potential tourism tax in Africa
Demand for IT graduates up
as employers seek local talent
ICT Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi. The Government plans to help rms
obtain work permits for personnel needed to provide support in Kenya.
Fifty-three per
cent of organisations
in Sub-Saharan
Africa anticipate
hiring fewer
expatriates and only
16 per cent anticipate
hiring more.
Monday, May 19, 2014 / The Standard TODAY IN BUSINESS / Page 43
Kenya ranked
low in alcohol
consumption
By JACKSON OKOTH
Kenya is ranked at the bottom
compared to neighbouring Tanza-
nia, Rwanda, Malawi, Burundi and
Uganda in alcohol consumption de-
spite being the largest beer market in
the region.
Kenya is also one of the lowest in-
formal beer markets in Africa, at 20
per cent, compared to 89 per cent in
Uganda, 87 per cent in Tanzania and
17 per cent in South Africa.
MORE RESTRICTIONS
But even with stringent controls
on the alcohol industry such as tax
on beer, wines and spirits, health
warnings and restrictions on sale,
sponsorship and advertising, close
to 105 people have lost their lives af-
ter consuming contaminated alco-
hol and 133 hospitalised as at May
11, this year.
According to gures released by
the World Health Organisation
(WHO) in a report titled Global Sta-
tus Report on Alcohol and Health
2014, only 23.1 per cent of Kenyas
The WHO report is
despite the country
experiencing more
alcohol related deaths
than her peers
By STANDARD REPORTER
The Kenya Union of Do-
mestic, Hotels, Educational
Institutions, Hospitals and
Allied Workers (KUDHEIHA)
has advised its more than
300,000 members not to ac-
cept any deductions to their
salaries come June 1.
This is the time when the
new rates under the newly
enacted National Social Se-
curity Fund (NSSF) Act 2013,
takes effect. The union said
in a statement that NSSF as
currently constituted has
no capacity whatsoever to
manage the anticipated
huge collections from the
Kenyan workers.
It questioned why the
NSSFs management pushed
for the implementation of
the new rules on contribu-
tions yet it has remained si-
lent over calls by both work-
ers and employers to
institute any meaningful re-
forms, terming it impuni-
ty.
UNDER INVESTIGATION
The union said workers
money at the Fund has
been looted through dubi-
ous projects.
It is ridiculous that at a
time when the NSSF is under
investigation from various
Government investigating
agencies, Labour, Social Se-
curity and Services Cabinet
Secretary Kazungu Kambi is
busy pushing for workers to
start contributing under the
new scheme, said KUD-
HEIHA. We are determined
to go any extra mile in en-
suring none of our mem-
bers hard earned cash go to
a fund that is riddled with
massive theft and corrup-
tion.
The union has called a
meeting of all branches at its
headquarters with a view to
engaging all our members
not to heed to any calls for
them to contribute extra
cash from their salaries.
It warned employers
against effecting any deduc-
tions from its members as
scheduled, starting June 1,
saying those who do so
should be ready to face dire
consequences including
strike action.
Giant union rebels against
new NSSF deductions
population drinks alcohol. Of this,
5.2 per cent is said to engage in ex-
cessive drinking. This is compared to
Rwanda where 44.7 per cent of the
adult population take alcohol, 41.8
per cent in Tanzania, 41.1 per cent in
Burundi and 41 per cent in Uganda.
While Kenya has a lower alcohol-
consuming population in the region,
it has the largest number of beer
consumers at 56 per cent of all alco-
holic beverages consumed.
Analysis by Standard Investment
Bank estimates that in Burundi, only
25 per cent of those taking alcoholic
beverages drink beer.
STATE COMPARISON
This is compared to 50 per cent
in Ethiopia, 11 per cent in Rwanda,
nine per cent in Uganda and 11 per
cent in Tanzania. Kenyas alcohol
consumption per capita at 4.3 litres,
also lags behind the Africa average
of six litres (Nigeria 10.1, Rwanda
9.8, South Africa 11, Uganda 9.8 and
Tanzania 7.7 litres.
Despite relatively low alcohol
consumption and abuse in Kenya, a
2012 survey by National Authority
for Campaign against Alcohol and
Drug Abuse found that 13 per cent of
teenagers in the 10-14 years age
bracket have used an intoxicating
substance, mostly alcohol and ciga-
rettes. In the 15-24 years bracket, a
worrying 11.7 per cent were addict-
ed to alcohol while 6.2 per cent were
regular users of tobacco products.
Mater Hospital Director of Marketing Services Lawrence Muiga (right)
receives Sh200,000 cheque from Chase Banks General Manager Parmain
ole Narikae towards the Mater Heart Run. Looking on are the banks staff
Annie Wambita, Kegan Ogaga and Michelle Orata. [PHOTO: JONAH ONYANGO]
By MACHARIA KAMAU
A major ICT conference that was
scheduled to take place beginning to-
morrow has been postponed inde-
nitely following rise in insecurity. The
organisers of East Africa Com said last
Fridays twin blasts at the Gikomba
Market, Nairobi, had been key in the
decision made to cancel the annual
event, where global players in ICT in-
dustry have been meeting players in
the local industry for 10 years now.
The event has been key in posi-
tioning Kenya as an ICT hub and
tourism, bringing hundreds of busi-
ness tourists to town for close to a
week. We are sorry to announce that
East Africa Com, due to take place in
Nairobi this week, is to be postponed.
In light of recent security concerns
and Fridays bombings in the city, we
have decided we cannot go ahead
with the event as planned, read a
statement by Julie Rey, Research Di-
rector Com World Series.
Major ICT event
postponed over
terror threats
Globally, Europe has the highest
alcohol per capita consumption and
prevalence of excess drinking. Alco-
hol consumption has remained sta-
ble in Africa and the Americas with
increases reported in South East Asia
and the Western pacic region.
WHO notes that 3.3 million peo-
ple die every year due to harmful use
of alcohol, representing 5.9 per cent
of all deaths.
Philanthropic cause
THROUGH THE CORPORATE LENS
BUSINESS PICTORIAL
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Fortunes Gardens Director Simon Kariuki (left), presents a certicate
to Skills Training College food management graduand Zipporah
Chikukura (right) during the colleges 10th graduation ceremony as
Rev Elizabeth Wahome (second right) and International Professional
Counselors Centre Director Susan Gitau (second left) look on.
Kopokopo Country Manager Francis Mugane (right), Director of Serene House of Beauty Judy Kimari (left) and
Business Development Manager of Sherehez Lounge and Grill James Ngethe during the launch of Kopokopo cash
advance service dubbed Grow at a Nairobi hotel.
Abdullahi Dahir (right), a student at Management University of Africa (MUA) receives a certicate
from Sultan Amri (left), an organisational development expert, at the end of the Primal
Leadership Training organised by MUA at the Boma Hotel as the Universitys Vice Chancellor Dr
Nicholas Letting looks on. The training attracted participants from various corporates.
Nairobi Bottlers Public Affairs & Communication Manager
Peter Muriuki (left) presents a dummy Cheque to The Mater
Hospitals Director of Marketing Services Lawrence Muiga
towards the forthcoming Mater Heart Run 2014.
Case IH Vice President Middle East Africa Mathew Foster (centre) explains the Case IH tractor
innovative technology to Amb Dennis Awori, senior advisor at Toyota Tsusho East Africa (left) and
Joseph Nkanya, chief engineer at Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries recently.
National Industrial Authority Director General Paul Kosgei (right)
receives a report on the Authoritys assets valuation and tagging from HM
Kaburu (left), a director at the Sec & M Company Ltd at the Authoritys
headquarters in Nairobi.
Capital
Realtime Ltd
Chief Executive
Kiprono Kittony
(left), USIU
Africa Vice
Chancellor Prof
Freida Brown
(centre) and
Access Kenya
Group Managing
Director Kris
Senanu (right)
take off their
masks during
the unveiling
of USIU Africas
new logo. USIU
Africa plans to
strengthen its
brand across
Africa.
Orange Chief Executive Ofcer Michael Ghossein signs pact
with Nancy Muthoni of The Property Show that airs on KTN
every Sunday at 6 pm. The two-year partnership will see
customers also know more about products and solutions
offered by Orange to the mass and enterprise markets.
Kwale County Governor Salim Mgalla (left) and his deputy Fatuma
Mohammed ag off the new Isuzu FSR Tipper to be used for garbage
collection. The truck was handed over to the governor by General Motors
EA Government Fleet and Sales Manager Kipkosgei Shollei (right).
Sharon Karuga (left), marketing director of Philips Healthcare Africa and
Shailesh Shah, managing director of Creative Innovations, view the screen
showcasing the product videos for the customers after launching a new
lighting mania showroom at the Corner Plaza, Westlands, Nairobi.
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Homemade bomb hits
al-Sisi rally, 4 hurt
Egypts presidential candidate and
former army chief Abdel Fattah
al-Sisi, in Cairo. [PHOTO: REUTERS]
CAIRO, Sunday
A homemade bomb has exploded
at an election rally for Egyptian pres-
idential candidate Abdel-Fattah al-
Sisi, wounding four people, includ-
ing two policemen, the ofcial news
agency reported.
El-Sissi, the front-runner in the
May 26-27 vote, was not at the rally
in the Cairo district of Ezbet el-Nakhl
when the bomb went off.
The attack was the rst to be re-
ported on a campaign event for the
retired eld marshal, who ousted
Egypts rst freely elected president
last July. Al-Sisi has not appeared in
any election rallies, for security rea-
sons, limiting his campaign to tele-
vision appearances and interviews.
Al-Sisi said in a recent TV inter-
view that two assassination plots
against him had been uncovered,
but he gave no details.
COMFORTABLE WIN
Islamic militants have stepped up
attacks in Egypt since the ouster of
Islamist President Mohammed Mor-
si. They have targeted senior govern-
ment ofcials, security facilities and
army and police personnel across
much of the country.
El-Sissis only rival in the vote is
leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi,
who has been crisscrossing the coun-
try to canvass voters. Sabahi won
nearly ve million votes in the last
presidential elections in 2012, nish-
ing a strong third. The Islamist Mo-
hammed Morsi won that election,
but el-Sissi removed him a year later
after millions staged street protests
demanding he resign.
Morsis Muslim Brotherhood had
won every vote since the February
TRIPOLI, Sunday
The death toll from ghting over
the weekend in Libyas eastern city of
Benghazi between troops loyal to a
rogue general and Islamist militias
has risen to 70.
It said 141 people were also in-
jured in the ghting, which broke out
on Friday.
Benghazi, birthplace of the 2011
uprising that toppled Libyas late dic-
tator Muammar Gadha, was quiet
on Sunday, but its airport remained
closed for the second day.
Libyas weak central government
describes the offensive, which began
Friday by Gen Khalifa Hifter, and in-
cluded air support, as tantamount to
a coup.
The violence there showed how
precarious government control re-
mains three years after the 2011 civ-
il war that toppled Gadha.
Libyas military banned ights
Saturday over Benghazi and said in a
statement that it would target any
military aircraft ying over the city,
where the uprising against Gadha
began.
In a statement late Saturday, Lib-
yas interim prime minister, parlia-
ment speaker and the head of mili-
tary warned Hifter against further
pursuing his offensive and threat-
ened the troops cooperating with
him.
STATE LEGITIMACY.
In a joint statement read by par-
liament speaker Nouri Abu Sahmein
they accused Hifter of using the rise
in violence in Benghazi to pursue
personal gains or turn against the
state legitimacy.
They also said Hifter is wanted by
the countrys military prosecutor.
Hifter, however, vowed to press
on with his campaign in Benghazi to
restore security, charging that the
current interim Cabinet has no man-
date. In comments to the press aired
on television, Hifter said: Today is
the start of a national battle. It is not
a coup, it is not a quest for authori-
ty.
He added: All Libyan blood is sa-
cred but the terrorism and its ser-
vants wanted a battle.
AP
CAIRO, Sunday
An Egyptian court jailed more
than 160 Muslim Brotherhood sup-
porters to up to 15 years in prison on
Sunday, pressing a crackdown on the
Islamist group before a presidential
election former army chief Abdel
Fattah al-Sisi is expected to win.
Defendants chanted Down with
military rule as Judge Hassan Fa-
reed handed down 10-year jail terms
to 126 Brotherhood supporters ac-
cused of violence and membership
of a terrorist group in one of the cas-
es. A further 37 people received 15-
year sentences in a second case re-
lated to an alleged attempt to blow
up a Cairo metro station.
The security forces have detained
thousands of Brotherhood support-
ers since the military deposed presi-
dent Mohamed Morsi last July fol-
lowing a wave of mass protests.
Sisi, expected to easily win the
May 26-27 vote, has signalled there
will be no reconciliation with the
Brotherhood.
LIES AND FALSEHOOD
Brotherhood leader Mohamed
Badie, who was among 683 people
sentenced to death last month, made
a rare address in court, rejecting the
accusations levelled against them.
We have never responded to any
attack against us with violence, said
Badie, addressing the judge in foot-
age uploaded to Youtube. The judi-
ciary was being used in a political
conict the likes of which Egypt had
never seen before, he said.
The government declared the
Brotherhood a terrorist group after
an upsurge in attacks on the police
and army following Morsis removal
from power.
Many of the attacks have been
claimed by radical Islamist groups
such as Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis.
Morsi is one of many Brother-
hood leaders now standing trial. He
faces charges including conspiring
with the Palestinian group Hamas
against Egypt. Badie described that
charge as lies and falsehood.
Reuters
Death toll in Libyas Benghazi ghting rises to 70
Egypt jails 160
Brotherhood
supporters
Tipped to win by a
landslide, the former
army chief has not
appeared in any rally
RoundUp
BISSAU: Guinea-Bissau holds
presidential runoff vote
Long lines formed outside polling stations
in Guinea-Bissau for a presidential runoff
vote intended to restore constitutional
order in a country known for coups and
unrest. Sundays vote pits Jose Mario
Vaz, whose party won a parliamentary
majority in Aprils rst round, against
Nuno Gomes Nabiam, who is known for
close ties to military leaders. A similar
runoff vote was derailed two years ago
when the military arrested the prime
minister who was then the leading
presidential candidate. Shortly after the
junta agreed to hand power to a caretaker
president, Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, who
has led the nation of 1.7 million since
then.
KIDAL: Tuareg separatists
abduct 30 civil servants
Tuareg separatists attacked a northern
town, killing soldiers and abducting
around 30 civil servants. Some shooting
had already broken out before Prime
Minister Moussa Mara arrival in Kidal
early on Saturday and he was forced to
take shelter in an army base as rebel
ghters attacked and seized the regional
governors ofce. Clashes continued
throughout the day with sporadic
shooting eventually easing during the
night. In light of this declaration of war,
the Republic of Mali is henceforth at war,
Mara said from inside the military base.
PARIS: West Africa vows total
war on Boko Haram
West African leaders agreed to wage
total war on Boko Haram saying the
Nigerian Islamist group had become a
regional al Qaeda that threatened all
of them. Nigerias neighbours Chad,
Cameroon, Niger and Benin, and Western
ofcials, met in Paris to esh out a plan
enabling them for the rst time to share
intelligence, coordinate action and
monitor borders. Although Boko Haram
has been ghting for ve years, carrying
out bombings and attacks on civilians
and the security forces, the kidnapping
last month of more than 200 girls from
a school in the northeast has focused
world attention on them. Boko Haram
is no longer a local terrorist group,
it is operating clearly as an al Qaeda
operation, it is an al Qaeda of West
Africa, Nigerian President Goodluck
Jonathan told a news conference in Paris
following the meeting.
PARIS: Frances far right on
the rise ahead of EU vote
For the National Front party, French
towns should look French. That means
no more new mosques or kebab shops.
The anti-immigration party is striving
to be Frances big winner in European
Parliament elections next weekend and its
leader has been ramping up the rhetoric,
describing her appeal as patriotic rather
than extremist. We want to be the
masters in our countries, Marine Le
Pen said. The Austrians want to be the
masters of Austria, the French want to be
masters in France, the Belgians masters in
Belgium, and this is perfectly legitimate.
The National Front, which also wants to
unravel the European Union and withdraw
France from the euro currency, hopes
to win up to 20 of Frances 74 European
Parliament seats in the Sunday, May 25
vote. It currently holds just two seats, but
polls show it running neck-and-neck with
the conservative party and well ahead of
the governing Socialists. Agencies
2011 ouster of longtime autocrat
Hosni Mubarak, although Morsis
runoff win in June 2012 was narrow.
El-Sissi is expected to win com-
fortably, but his repeated calls on
Egypts 50 million plus voters to par-
ticipate indicate he seeks a strong
mandate for the next four years.
A constitution drafted by a most-
ly secular panel appointed by the
military-backed interim president
was adopted in a nationwide refer-
endum in January by more than 90
percent, but turnout was relatively
low at under 40 per cent.
AP
STEADY RISE TO THE TOP
The former head of Egypts
armed forces, Abdul Fattah al-
Sisi, came to prominence as a
member of the Supreme Council
of the Armed Forces, which gov-
erned after the fall of President
Hosni Mubarak.
He resigned from the military
on 26 March 2014 in order to
run for president nine months
after he helped to topple Mo-
hammed Morsi.
A central gure in the army-
backed post-Morsi interim gov-
ernment, Mr Sisi became the
object of almost cult-like popu-
lar devotion, while showing
adeptness as a political tacti-
cian.
RoundUp
TEHRAN: Iran detains three
over deadly 2010 bombing
Iranian authorities have detained
three suspects over a deadly bombing
during a military parade in 2010,
the ofcial news agency reported.
The report by IRNA said intelligence
ofcers found the suspects in
the Kurdish city of Mahabad, the
city where the bombing killed 12
spectators and injured dozens. The
report did not identify the detainees
but said they were afliated to the
Koumaleh militant group, which
has been ghting Iranian forces for
decades. It also implied that the group
has had links to the West and Israel.
Kurdish militant groups occasionally
attack government troops in their
regions in what they describe as a
struggle for Kurdish rights.
SOMA: Turkey detains 18 in
mine disaster investigation
Turkish police have detained 18
people, including mining company
executives and personnel, as part
of an investigation into last weeks
mine disaster. The rescue operation
at the coal mine, in the western town
of Soma, ended on Saturday after the
bodies of the last two workers were
carried out, bringing the death toll in
Turkeys worst industrial accident to
301. The disaster occurred on Tuesday
when a re sent deadly carbon
monoxide coursing through the mine,
operated by Soma Madencilik. The
accident has triggered protests across
Turkey, aimed at mine owners accused
of ignoring safety for prot.
MADRID: Spanish police
bust drug-smuggling gang
Police have arrested four people and
busted a gang suspected of smuggling
marijuana buds and other drugs from
Spain into Britain. The probe was
triggered when evidence emerged
that an organisation was purchasing
large quantities of hashish in Spain
and selling it in Britain. Investigators
learned that the drugs were being
acquired in the provinces of Granada
and Murcia, where trafckers vacuum-
packed them and hid them in trucks
bound for England. Police said they
arrested two Spaniards and two
Britons as they transferred buds from
Granada to Murcia. Agencies
German frms step up drive
to prevent Russia sanctions
Moreover, sanctions would lead
to job losses in Germany and expose
companies to massive compensa-
tion claims if they were forced to
break contracts with their Russian
counterparts, it says.
The chamber represents over 800
companies, providing support to
German rms operating in Russia
and Russian companies present in
Germany. Rainer Seele, the chief ex-
ecutive of Wintershall, the oil and gas
unit of Germans BASF Chemicals,
serves as president of the group.
Germany has close economic ties
to Russia. Over 6,000 German rms
are active there. And Germany re-
ceives roughly a third of its oil and
gas from Russia.
Recent data showed German ex-
ports to Russia its 11th biggest
trading partner slumping 16 per
cent in the rst two months of the
year. That was before the EU un-
veiled a rst round of mild sanctions
in the form of visa bans and asset
freezes against Russians individuals,
many close to Putin.
The economic risks have not pre-
vented Merkel from warning she is
ready to introduce deeper-cutting
trade sanctions, a stance that has
opened her up to criticism from for-
mer German chancellors Gerhard
Schroeder and Helmut Schmidt, So-
cial Democrats (SPD) who reject
confrontation with Russia.
German industry, on the other
hand, has gone quiet since Siemens
CEO Joe Kaeser met with Putin and
referred to the Ukraine crisis as
short-term turbulence.
Out of public view however, lob-
byists for German industry continue
to warn loudly against steps that
might lead to a full-blown economic
confrontation with Russia.
Reuters
BERLIN, Sunday
German industry is ramping up
efforts to dissuade Chancellor Ange-
la Merkel from imposing tough new
economic sanctions on Russia over
Ukraine, warning of lasting damage
to domestic rms and the broader
economy if Moscow is hit hard.
Although German rms have
toned down their public criticism of
sanctions since the chief executive of
Siemens was vilied in the press for
meeting Russian President Vladimir
Putin in March, a behind-the-scenes
lobby effort remains in full force.
A condential paper from the
German-Russian chamber of foreign
trade, which was sent to the govern-
ment last week, shows the extent of
the concern in German business cir-
cles as a May 25 presidential election
in Ukraine nears.
MARKET SHARE
Merkel has said she will press for
more punitive measures against Rus-
sia if the election is disrupted.
The two-page position paper, dat-
ed May 7, says the Ukraine crisis is al-
ready having a massive impact on
German business in Russia and
warns of dire consequences if Eu-
rope follows through on threats of
economic sanctions.
Deeper economic sanctions
would lead to a situation where con-
tracts would increasingly be given to
domestic rms, projects would be
suspended or delayed by the Russian
side, and Russian industry and politi-
cians would turn to Asia, in particular
China, the paper says.
The resulting loss of market
share for German and European
rms would be long-term and
sustainable, causing irreparable
damage to Germanys competitive
position, according to the paper,
provided to Reuters by an ofcial in
Berlin.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned she is ready to introduce deep-
er-cutting trade sanctions. [PHOTO: REUTERS]
Lobbyists have unveiled
a call to dissuade Merkel
from imposing further
sanctions on Russia
JERUSALEM, Sunday
Israels prime minister has dis-
tanced himself from a closed-door
meeting that took place last week be-
tween Israels chief peace negotiator
and the Palestinian president follow-
ing the collapse of peace talks.
The ofcial said Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu told negotiator
Tzipi Livni she could only represent
herself in the meeting, not the Israe-
li government. The ofcial spoke on
condition of anonymity because he
was not authorized to comment
publicly on the matter.
Israel suspended US-sponsored
peace talks with the Palestinians last
month after the Palestinian presi-
dent reached a unity deal with his ri-
val faction, the Islamic militant
group Hamas.
The ofcial said Netanyahu
stressed to Livni that Israels posi-
tion as decided unanimously by the
Cabinet is that the Israeli govern-
ment will not negotiate with a Pales-
tinian government backed by Hamas,
a terror organization committed to
Israels destruction.
The Palestinian split goes back to
2007 when Hamas seized control of
the Gaza Strip after expelling the ri-
val forces of Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas. Abbas Palestinian
Authority, dominated by his Fatah
movement, now governs parts of the
West Bank. After repeated attempts
at reconciliation, the rival govern-
ments signed a pact last month call-
ing for the two sides to form a unity
government in June, and then hold
new elections around years end.
A Palestinian ofcial said Abbas
met with Livni in London on Thurs-
day, but would not disclose the con-
tent of the meeting. A spokeswoman
for Livni could not be immediately
reached.
Amram Mitzna, a lawmaker from
Livnis political party, told Army Ra-
dio that Livni had met with Abbas to
discuss whether to renew peace
talks. He said Livni had met US Sec-
retary of State John Kerry in London
before meeting Abbas.
Hawkish Israeli lawmakers on
Sunday criticised Livnis meeting.
AP
Israeli premier
scoffs at Abbas
meeting
NEW YORK, Sunday
The biggest risk that Middle East
Respiratory Syndrome will become a
global epidemic, lies with globetrot-
ting healthcare workers.
From Houston to Manila, doctors
and nurses are recruited for lucrative
postings in Saudi Arabia, where MERS
was rst identied in 2012. Because
the kingdom has stepped up hiring of
foreign healthcare professionals in
the last few years, disease experts
said, there is a good chance the MERS
virus will hitch a ride on workers as
they return home.
This is how MERS might spread
around the world, said infectious
disease expert Dr Amesh Adalja of the
University of Pittsburgh Medical Cen-
tre. It can take ve to 14 days for some-
one infected with MERS to show
symptoms, more than enough time
for a contagious person to y to the
other side of the world without being
detectable.
Healthcare workers are at risk of
contracting MERS compared to the
general public, Adalja said.
The threat has attracted new at-
tention with the conrmation of the
rst two MERS cases in the United
States. Both are healthcare workers
who fell ill shortly after leaving their
work in Saudi hospitals and boarding
planes bound west.
GLOBAL EMPLOYEES
About one-third of the MERS cases
treated in hospitals in the Saudi Red
Sea city of Jeddah were healthcare
workers, according to the World
Health Organisation.
Despite the risk, few of the health-
care workers now in, or planning to go
to, Saudi Arabia are having second
thoughts about working there, ac-
cording to nurses, doctors and re-
cruiters interviewed by Reuters.
Michelle Tatro, 28, leaves next
week for the kingdom, where she will
work as an open-heart-surgery nurse.
Tatro, who typically does 13-week
stints at hospitals around the United
States, said her family had sent her ar-
ticles about MERS, but she wasnt
worried.
I was so glad to get this job, she
said. Travel is my number one pas-
sion. So far, global health authorities
have not publicly expressed concern
about the ow of expatriate medics to
and from Saudi Arabia.
There is not much public health
authorities or border agents can do,
said infectious disease expert Dr Mi-
chael Osterholm of the University of
Minnesota. Sure, they can ask peo-
ple, did you work in a healthcare fa-
cility in Saudi Arabia, but if the an-
swer is yes, then what?
Reuters
Globe-trotting nurses could spread MERS
SEOUL, Sunday
North Korean ofcials offered a
rare public apology for the collapse
of an apartment building under con-
struction in Pyongyang, which a
South Korean ofcial said was be-
lieved to have caused considerable
casualties that could mean hundreds
might have died.
The word of the collapse in the
secretive nations capital was report-
ed Sunday morning by the Norths
ofcial Korean Central News Agency,
which gave no death toll but said the
accident was serious and upset
North Koreas leader, Kim Jong Un.
The report said it occurred in the
capitals Phyongchon district on
Tuesday as the construction of an
apartment house was not done prop-
erly and ofcials supervised and
controlled it in an irresponsible
manner.
A South Korean government of-
cial speaking on condition of ano-
nymity said the 23-story apartment
building that collapsed was pre-
sumed to have housed 92 families.
That could mean the casualties
could be in the hundreds because a
typical North Korean family has four
members. However, it was not clear
that all the residents were inside at
the time of the collapse, or that four
people lived in each apartment.
It is not unusual for people to
start living in apartments before the
construction is complete.
The ofcial said he did not have
any gure for the actual death toll.
AP
Pyongyang building collapse
leaves many casualties
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RoundUp
BEIJING: China blames train
attack on separatist group
China on Sunday blamed a separatist
militant group for carrying out a
deadly attack at a train station in the
western Xinjiang region last month.
Citing the regional government,
Xinhua News Agency said the East
Turkistan Islamic Movement was
behind the attack in the regional
capital, Urumqi that killed three
people and injured 79 others. Beijing
says the ETIM has ties to overseas
supporters of Uighur separatism. The
US initially placed it on a terrorist
watch list following the September
11, 2001 attacks, but later quietly
removed it amid doubts that it existed
in any organised manner.
BEIRUT: Rebels capture
village in northwest Syria
Activists say Syrian rebels have
captured a village in northwestern
Syria after heavy ghting with
government troops. The anti-
government Local Coordination
Committees activist group says the
rebels seized the village of Tel Meleh
in Hama province Sunday, killing
large numbers of President Bashar
Assads forces. The Britain-based
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
says at least 18 pro-government
troops and two rebels were killed in
the ghting in Tel Meleh. The village
has changed hands several times over
the course of the Syrian conict.
SARAJEVO: Bosnia oods
create new land-mine risk
Record-high oods and landslides
have swept away people, homes
and roads in the Balkans over the
past week, but in Bosnia another
deadly menace is hiding in the ood
rubble: land mines. Authorities have
spent two decades trying to unearth
the one million land mines planted
during Bosnias 1992-95 war. Before
the oods, nearly 120,000 remained
in 9,416 marked mineelds. Then
oods washed away river-banks and
fueled landslides that have unearthed
mineeld warning signs and, in many
cases, the unexploded booby traps
themselves. Agencies
Vietnam clamps down on
anti-China protests
believed to be owned by Chinese
companies, though many of those
hit were Taiwanese. Two Chinese na-
tionals were killed and more than
100 wounded.
Vietnams state-security appara-
tus on Sunday ensured no one was
able to protest, with thousands of
police and security ofcers ooding
southern Ho Chi Minh City and the
capital, Hanoi. Police were posted
outside well-known dissidents hous-
es, preventing them from leaving,
according to activists.
In Ho Chi Minh City, police de-
tained several demonstrators after
dragging them from a park close to
the citys cathedral. Authorities in
Hanoi closed off streets and a park
close to the Chinese Embassy, while
police barking into bullhorns shoved
journalists and protesters away.
I want to send a message that if
we dont stop China today, tomorrow
it will be too late, said demonstrator
Dao Minh Chu, as he was pushed
away from the park near Chinas em-
bassy, where last week around 500
people gathered without interfer-
ence from authorities. Those pro-
tests were covered by state media, a
clear sign of state sanction.
China has loudly demanded that
Hanoi protect Chinese people inside
Vietnam, which is heavily dependent
on Beijing economically. Hundreds
of Chinese have left by commercial
ights and across the land border in-
to Cambodia, although there has
been calm since Thursday.
On Sunday, China said it dis-
patched to Vietnam a passenger ship
capable of carrying 1,000 people, the
rst of ve vessels it planned to send
to complete an evacuation on top of
3,000 nationals who had left earlier.
With Chinese travelling in in-
creasing numbers, Beijing is under
pressure to protect them overseas.
AP
HANOI, Sunday
Vietnam smothered anti-China
protests with a massive security
clampdown after deadly riots trig-
gered by a territorial dispute with
Beijing spooked foreign investors
and the countrys authoritarian lead-
ership alike.
As patrol ships from both coun-
tries remained locked in a standoff
close to a Chinese oil rig in a disput-
ed patch of the South China Sea, Bei-
jing said it had evacuated 3,000 na-
tionals from Vietnam and was
sending the rst of ve ships to pull
out others wanting to leave.
China also said it would suspend
some of its bilateral exchange plans
with Vietnam and that it was advis-
ing Chinese not to visit the country.
Chinas decision to deploy the
massive oil rig on May 1 has been
widely seen as one of its most pro-
vocative steps in a campaign to as-
sert its sovereignty in the waters. It
triggered fury in Vietnam and the
worst breakdown in ties between Ha-
noi and Beijing in years.
FREE MARKET CAPITALISM
Tensions have been mounting be-
tween the two countries despite their
sharing of a political ideology. Both
nations are run by communist re-
gimes that since the 1990s have em-
braced free market capitalism while
retaining large state sectors and pow-
erful internal security systems.
Last weekend, Vietnam permitted
anti-China protests that drew thou-
sands of people, a rare step that al-
lowed it to amplify state anger
against Beijing. Doing so was risky
for authorities: Dissident groups
joined the protests, and by Tuesday
and Wednesday, the rallies had mor-
phed into riots targeting factories
A Vietnamese police ofcer uses a speaker to order pedestrians including jour-
nalists to leave a closed area near the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam yes-
terday. [PHOTO: AP]
Chinas deployment of
an oil rig in disputed
waters has stirred the
ire of Vietnamese
NEW DELHI, Sunday
Indias prime minister-to-be Nar-
endra Modi was huddled in discus-
sions with close aides and advisers,
nalising the names of people to join
his Cabinet and grappling with the
crucial decision of who will be his -
nance minister.
Two days after he won a thump-
ing victory in the general election,
there was little clarity about who
Modi would include in his team,
even in other key portfolios like de-
fence, interior and external affairs.
The alliance led by Modis Bharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP) won 336 of the
543 seats in Indias lower house of
parliament, making it the rst time
in a quarter of a century that the
country will not be led by a coalition
government.
One of his most critical moves
will be whether he names front-run-
ner Arun Jaitley as nance minister.
Jaitley is eminently suited, sources in
the BJP said, but he was defeated in
his race for a parliamentary seat and
that is a minus point.
Yet Jaitley is a former commerce
minister, is regarded as a capable ad-
ministrator, and is one of the few
people in the party who has experi-
ence but is not too old at 61.
Modi and his inner circle have
played their cards close to their
chests and are unlikely to reveal who
will take senior Cabinet posts until a
meeting of the BJP parliamentary
leadership on Tuesday, one senior
party leader said. Modi was consid-
ering merging some ministries to
streamline government.
The meeting is expected to con-
rm Modi as the partys parliamen-
tary leader, after which he will meet
President Pranab Mukherjee to for-
mally start the process of forming
the government. He will be sworn in
as prime minister this week.
The BJP was last in power 10 years
ago, and some of the ministers who
served then are now past their sell by
date, leaving Modi a relatively small
pool of experience at his disposal.
Reuters
Indias Modi
works on
lling Cabinet
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BOXING: Marquez
dominates Alvarado
Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico
won a clear unanimous decision
over Mike Alvarado on Saturday
night, dominating in his return
to the Forum ring for its rst
boxing card in 13 years. Marquez
(56-7-1) dismantled Alvarado with
12 rounds of technical brilliance
and vicious power, knocking
down Alvarado in the eighth
round and bouncing back from
his own ninth-round knockdown
to nish strong. I wanted to give
the public here a gift, the four-
division champion said afterward
while a pro-Marquez crowd
roared its approval. A gift that
dignies the history of this event
and the history of the Forum.
AP
RACING: California Chrome
yearning for triple crown
California Chrome (Victor
Espinoza 4-9), galloped into
history on Saturday at Pimlico,
becoming the 34th horse to
win both the Kentucky Derby
and Preakness Stakes. This was
his sixth strike in a row. He has
captured global hearts, not just
for excellence, but because he
has no regal image. The three-
year-old colt took an elusive
step closer to Triple Crown
mortality, even recovering
with a cough. Ride on Curlin
and Social Inclusion tried to
make things interesting, but
California Chrome sent them
packing.
The Squirrel
TENNIS: Serena beats
Errani for Rome title
Serena Williams kept the crowd
from being a factor in a 6-3, 6-0
victory over 10th-seeded Sara
Errani to win the Italian Open
for the third time yesterday.
Errani was bidding to become
the rst Italian to win the
tournament in nearly 30 years
but the top-ranked Williams
quickly took control in both sets
and Errani appeared slowed
by a left thigh problem. Errani
left the court for an injury
timeout while trailing 5-3 in the
opening set and came back with
her thigh bandaged. Williams
other Rome titles came in 2002
and last year she went on to
win the French Open on both
occasions.
GILGIL SHOWDOWN
Alit Manor atop Balmain
during the annual Bank of
Africa Horse Show Champi-
onships in Gilgil, yesterday.
[PHOTO: JONAH ONYANGO/
STANDARD]
Robley emerges overall
winner at Bank of Africa
annual Horse Show
By BEN AHENDA
Rachel Robley, riding Mufn, emerged
the overall winner during the three-day
Bank of Africa-sponsored annual Gilgil
Horse Show Championships.
Robley won all the three categories of
the championships after lifting the show
jumping, which was the last phase of the
event atop Mufn, at the Anti-Stock Theft
Unit grounds, Gilgil, yesterday.
She started off well on Friday by emerg-
ing rst in the dressage and later won the
2,860m cross country championships in
19 minutes and 15 seconds in the upper
class category. She registered the least
number of 23 penalties, dropping 21
points in 6 minutes 27 seconds against 6
minutes 35 seconds in the event presided
over by Anti-Stock Theft Unit Command-
er Solomon Makau.
Makau promised to host the event
while appealing for more competitors to
turn in large numbers next season.
The event needs to register more play-
ers in the coming season, he told Fever-
Pitch.
ENTERED TWO HORSES
Robley was the only competitor who
entered two horses, but dropped one after
Imperial returned the slowest time of 19
minutes 58 seconds against 26 penalties
and was therefore eliminated.
Loiusa Vittone on Lots and Lots n-
ished second while Robin Staley, riding
Windemere, nished third.
Monica Campori, riding Warren, was
fourth in the Open Intermediate champi-
onships.
In the Novices category, Susie Nann,
riding Battlesong, emerged the winner
followed by Cindy Voorspuy who was rid-
ing Jack the Lad.
Pippa Bird, riding Malmsey, came
third, while Press Sensation ridden by
Condy Voorspuy nished fourth.
In the Pre-Novice of the rst section,
Louisa Vittone, assisted by King Salsa,
emerged the winner as Fiona Coulson,
riding on Arabuka, was runner up.
Aisha Gross, riding on Youki San, was
third followed by Polar Star ridden by
Lindsay Calder in fourth place.
Alit Manor, who was the winner in the
category, also emerged runner up of the
Pre-Novice Category Two while riding dif-
ferent horses.
Manor won the title while riding Bal-
main and was runners-up on Jamiesons
Run, relegating Gill Edwards riding Free
Bee, to third place. Lou Rose was fourth
on Seamus.
[email protected]
FEVERPITCH / Page 51 Monday, May 19, 2014 / The Standard
Tundo, Jessop out to stretch KNRC
series lead with KCB Mtaani Rally
ELDAMA RAVINE PUSH
Victoria gets tennis equipment worth Sh350,000
Jasmeet Chana in a Mitsubishi
Evo9. [PHOTO:FILE/STANDARD]
Neema
wins U-18
title at Real
Insurance
Kisumu Open
By PHILLIP ORWA
Victoria Tennis Academy
in western Kenya has received
tennis equipment from USA
donors.
The academys director Col-
lins Agwanda conrmed that
the total value of the donation
is Sh350,000.
The equipment include
rackets, uniforms, strings,
grips, Billie Jean Kings Eye
Coach, medals, headbands,
hand bands and balls.
The donation came from
the States of Utah, Montana,
South Carolina and Texas.
Ezra Gumbe Primary School
tennis co-ordinator, Victor
Ndolo said the equipment will
be put in good use.
He urged other well-wish-
ers to support development of
tennis by offering such dona-
tions to increase participation
of less fortunate players in the
sport.
Sally Atieno, a beneciary of
tennis at Ezra Gumbe, thanked
all friends of Victoria Tennis
Academy across USA for the
wonderful support.
Billie Jean Kings Eye Coach
machine is very unique and
it has improved my strokes
within a few days since it was
brought here, she said.
Speaking from the North
Carolina State, Arnold Wehren
said Lake Norman Tennis Cen-
ter would like to extend their
best wishes to all tennis players
at Victoria Tennis Academy.
He added that they are
looking forward to visit the
academy soon and enhance
their relationship with the tal-
ent development institution.
Meanwhile, Shining Hope
Organisation in partnership
with Victoria Tennis Academy,
Elora Talent and Leadership
Academy is set to donate ten-
nis equipment to schools in
Western Kenya.
The donation will be pre-
sented during the ofcial
launch of USA for West Kenya
Region-Shining Hope Tennis
and Soccer Camp on June 2 at
Elora Talent and Leadership
Academy in Kisumu County.
Shining Hope director Ag-
wanda said during the event,
tennis players will benet in a
one day clinic to be conducted
by Professional coaches from
the US.
Schools that have con-
rmed their participation in
the event include Butere Girls,
Lugulu Girls, Homa Bay Boys,
Ezra Gumbe, Agoro Oyombe,
Cardinal Otunga-Mosocho,
Butere Boys, Sigalame Boys,
Elora Academy and Shady Gar-
den.
By OSCAR PILIPILI
Kenya National Rally Cham-
pionship (KNRC) series leader
Carl Flash Tundo will be
chasing his third victory of the
season when KCB Mtaani El-
dama Ravine Rally crisscrosses
Baringo and Elgeyo Markwet
counties this Saturday.
The rally is organised by Rift
Valley Motor and Sports Club
(RVMSC).
Tundo is currently atop the
table standing with 160 points
after three rounds of the eight
legs Kenya Commercial Bank
(KCB) KNRC 2014 series.
Tundo and his longstanding
navigator Tim Jessop won the
season opener, KCB Bank-of-
the-Year Rally, that was raced
in Malindi last February and
achieved their second victory
in the recent KCB Home Loan
Rally in Kiambu.
Tundo retired from KCB
Machakos Rally with turbo
malfunctions.
Tundo, with Jessop calling
the pace notes, wrote history as
the rst ever local crew to win a
KNRC with the S2000 formula
racing the crowd-pleasing Pro-
ton ST2000 on African soil for
the rst time.
Proton ST2000 contrap-
tions are the latest state-of-art
machines to grace the Kenyan
gravel and there are currently
just two of these Malaysian
make in the country.
The second proton is owned
by two times former Kenya
champion Alastair Cavenagh
who is navigated by Gavin Lau-
rence.
The Super 2000 motor
racing formula is a normally
aspirated form of racing but
they make up their boost with
rapid and more revolutions of
up to 8000 round per minute
as compared to the Group Ns
which are turbo-charged but
with less revolution.
Super 2000, also known as
S2000, is an FIA specication
and classication for produc-
tion based race cars.
SMALL CARS
Group Ns are often based
on turbocharged, four wheel
drive versions of standard
small cars such as the Subaru
Impreza and the Mitsubishi
Lancer Evolution.
In Kenya, Mitsubishi Lanc-
er Evolution 8, 9 and 10 cars
are ghting to keep up with the
speed of the Protons and the
machines take their suprema-
cy war to the picturesque Kerio
Valley- the location of the KCB
Mtaani Rally.
KNRC defending cham-
pion and series second-placed
Baldev Chager navigated by
Ravi Soni lead the Mitsubishi
battle against the two little
rally monsters in Proton ma-
chines.
Chager who was leading
Kiambu Home Loan Rally and
the KNRC 2014 standings until
he exited the event will drive
the Group N Mitsubishi EVO 10
which won the KCB Safari Rally
last year.
Chager believes the poten-
tial of the new state-of-the-art
Proton S2000s cars cannot be
judged from just the recent Ki-
ambu Rally performance.
Its too early to tell the full
potential of the Protons; this
is only one rally and one sort
of conditions. We attacked in
Kiambu from the start because
the rally was too short to sit
back and be cautious, he said.
But the Proton craze seems
to have changed the equation
with many drivers considering
upgrades to Super 2000.
Chager who is clinging to
the Mitsubishi craze till the
end of the season feels the
S2000s biggest drawback is
cost and availability of spare
parts.
Kisumus Ezra Gumbe Primary School pupils after receiving
tennis racquets from Victoria Academy.
By PHILLIP ORWA
Nelly Neema beat Milli-
cent Otieno 4-1,4-2 to win the
under-18 category title dur-
ing the Real Insurance Kenya
Open County Activity Tennis
Tournament at Kisumus Ten-
nis Centre.
To qualify for the nals,
Otieno dispatched Ruth Auma
4-1. In the other semi-nal
duel, Neema beat Jacky Ababu
4-1, 4-1.
In the quarter nals, Neema
had defeated Mary Nyawira
4-1, 4-0 as Otieno hit Wendy
Velma 4-0, 40.
In the under-12 category
played in round robin format,
Shandeep Jaiswal silenced
Enock Onyango 4-0, in the rst
match before beating Isaac
Obonyo by a similar margin in
the second match.
Jaiswal again thrashed Da-
vid Fidel and Darksh Patel 4-0,
4-0 as Enock Onyango beat Fi-
del, Isaac Obonyo and Jaiswal
4-0, 4-0 respectively.
Joseph Kilelo qualied for
the under-14 category semi
nals after beating Francis
Mwendwa 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
TWO-DAY EVENT
Anthony Mwendwa had
earlier beaten Samson Ochieng
4-1, 4-0 while David Amata saw
off James Otieno 5-4.
Jalaram Academy, Xaverian,
Kisumu Senior, Highway Sec-
ondary, Kisumu Day, Joel Om-
ino, St. Pius Uriri High School
and St. Bonaventure Mixed
took part in the two-day event
graced by sports Administrator
Hillary Alila who praised the
Nyanza Lawn Tennis Associa-
tion for a well organised tour-
nament.
Im happy the small chil-
dren have shown great talents
and with this kind of exposure
Kenya might produce the next
Serena William, said Alila
porwa@standardmedia.
co.ke
Dahiya Aaditya returns a
serve during Real Insurance
Kenya Open event at Kisumu
Tennis Centre, yesterday.
PHOTO: PHILLIP ORWA]
DRIVERS STANDINGS
KNRC
1. Carl Tundo (Menengai Oil Racing) 160
2. B Chager (Kabras Sugar Racing) 140
3. J S. Chana (CRS/Identisys Racing)
2WD
1. Leoardo Varese (SportPesa Racing) 40
2. NadeemKana (Thumbs Up Racing) 36
3. D Mwenda (Silverspread Racing) 27
4. Gurmit Thethy (Thethy Motorsport) 25
5. Eric Bengi 13
6. Nishal Shah (Swan Carries) 13
Page 52 / FEVERPITCH Monday, May 19, 2014 / The Standard
ALGIERS
Algeria have promised to
improve on an embarrassing
World Cup record when they
compete at the 2014 nals in
Brazil.
The Desert Foxes last won
a match at the tournament 32
years ago and have scored only
once in six games during two
subsequent appearances.
But midelder Foued Kadir
says his country can do better
with a more experienced squad
than that which opped in
South Africa four years ago.
You will see a different Al-
geria in Brazil, with more matu-
rity and experience than the
2010 squad, said Kadir.
Our ambitions are to win
matches and qualify for the
knockout stage. So much
hinges on the rst game
against Belgium.
Everybody is assuming
the Belgians are going to
top the group, leaving the
other three teams ghting for
second place.
If we can get at least a draw
against Belgium, our chances of
making the knockout stages
will greatly improve, he add-
ed.
South Korea and 2018 World
Cup hosts Russia complete
Group H, which is spread over
ve venues.
Kadir has been loaned to
Rennes by fellow Ligue 1 outt
Marseille and is among numer-
ous France-based Algerians vy-
ing for squad places.
Football ties between France
and Algeria run deep with Lille-
born Tottenham Hotspur cen-
tral midelder Nabil Bentaleb
opting for the `Foxes`.
The 19-year-old played for
France at age-limit level before
being persuaded to represent
the country of his parents.
He made his international
debut during March in a 2-0
win in a friendly at home to Slo-
venia, who defeated Algeria at
the 2010 World Cup.
RARE VICTORY
It was a rare victory over Eu-
ropean opposition and raised
morale ahead of Brazil an ex-
pedition pundits and bookmak-
ers believe will end in rst-
round failure.
A mediocre squad that has
some air but remains largely
cynical and committed to
gamesmanship and time
wasting, was the dismissive
summary of one pundit.
Scoring at the highest
level has long been a problem
for the Foxes and strikers Is-
lam Slimani and El Hilal Sou-
dani carry heavy burdens.
Slimani scored ve goals
and Soudani three in the
qualiers with three more
coming from Valencia wide
midelder Soane Feghouli.
However, veteran defender
and captain Madjid Bough-
erra was credited with the
scrambled goal that
took his country to
the nals at the ex-
pense of Burkina
Faso.
Algeria made a
spectacular start to
World Cup partici-
pation in 1982,
shocking then Eu-
ropean champions
and eventual nal-
ists West Germany
with a 2-1 victory
and also defeating
Chile after losing
to Austria.
AFP
Desert Foxes promise to improve
on embarrassing record in Brazil
24
DAYS TO GO
AMSTERDAM
Robin van Persie scored a spectacular goal to
give Netherlands a 1-1 draw against Ecuador in a
World Cup warm-up match on Saturday.
The Manchester United striker, who has
been plagued by injury in recent weeks,
found the net after 37 minutes when he
controlled the ball on his chest before
striking an impressive volley past
Maximo Banguera in the Ecuador goal.
The South Americans, who have also
qualied for the World Cup which starts
in Brazil on June 12, had taken a ninth-minute
lead when Jefferson Montero beat Jasper Cillessen
in the Dutch goal.
Van Persies goal will have been an added boost
for Dutch coach Louis van Gaal who is expected to
be named as Manchester United manager in the
coming days.
I have played just twice in the last three games in
the Premier League -- half an hour and 67 minutes,
said van Persie who has been battling a knee injury.
I am missing some rhythm but I have completely
recovered.
The Netherlands took the opportunity to have a
look at the depth of their squad on Saturday with
rst-choices Nigel de Jong, Wesley Sneijder, Rafael
van der Vaart, Arjen Robben and Jeremain Lens
all unavailable.
The Dutch are in Group B at the World Cup
along with defending champions Spain, Chile
and Australia.
AFP
Robin Van Persie
WILL ALGERIA END 32-YEAR VICTORY DROUGHT?
Algerias Abdelkader
Laifaoui during the 2010
African Cup of Nations in
Luanda, Angola.
[PHOTO:FILE/AP]
Van Persies brilliance saves
Dutch against Ecuador
FEVERPITCH / Page 53 Monday, May 19, 2014 / The Standard

FastTrack
BERLIN: Be polite,
advises minister
German Interior minister
Thomas de Maiziere has said
the risks for German fans
travelling to the World Cup in
Brazil next month are minimal
and advised them to paint
their faces black, red and gold,
and be polite and reserved.
In an interview with Welt am
Sonntag newspaper published
on Saturday, de Maiziere, who
is also responsible for sport,
said: You may not be able to
go to every part of every city...
but Im very sure fans who
are polite and excited about
football will be received very
warmly in Brazil. AFP
MOSCOW: Capello out to
set record straight
Fabio Capello has vowed to
learn from his bitter World
Cup experience with England
when he returns to the
tournament as Russias coach
in June. Capellos rst taste
of management at a major
international tournament
ended in humiliation as
England crashed out with a
4-1 defeat against old rivals
Germany in the last 16. The
humbling nature of Englands
exit was a major stain on
Capellos otherwise pristine
CV, with a series of uninspired
performances in the group
stages followed by the one-
sided loss to the Germans in
the South.
LONDON: Lampard named
England vice-captain
England coach Roy Hodgson
has announced that Chelsea
midelder Frank Lampard will
be Englands vice-captain at
the World Cup. The 35-year-
old Lampard, who has 103
international caps to his name,
has captained England six times.
He will take over the captains
armband from Steven Gerrard if
the Liverpool veteran is unable
to play in Brazil. Hodgson said
Ive always thought that he was
going to be a key member of this
23 because of his experience and
what he brings to the team apart
from pure footballing ability.
England start their campaign
against Italy on June 14.
Riberys form worrying ahead of World Cup
LONDON
Less than six months ago,
Franck Riberys name was be-
ing mentioned in the same
breath as Cristiano Ronaldo
and Lionel Messi.
Following a tremendous
season with Bayern Munich,
the France winger was one of
the three nalists for the Bal-
lon dOr footballs top award.
Ribery lost, Ronaldo won.
Since then, Riberys form
has dropped so much that it
is now causing concern in the
French camp. With the World
Cup in Brazil looming, Ribery
is a shadow of the player who
terrorised defenders through-
out last season.
Once hailed as Zinedine
Zidanes heir, Ribery was a key
element in Bayerns treble-
winning campaign in 2013,
causing havoc in opposing
defences with his devastat-
ing dribbles and bursts of
speed. Ribery was reward-
ed with UEFAs award for the
best player in Europe, beating
Messi and Ronaldo to the
prize by a large margin. He
then scored as Bayern won
the UEFA Super Cup at the ex-
pense of Chelsea, and had a
ne start to the season under
new coach Pep Guardiola de-
spite a new system and style
brought in by the former Bar-
celona tactician.
The Ballon dOr changed
everything.
Ribery seemed deeply af-
fected by the poll result and
has yet to recover from his
disappointment. He scored
only four goals in 2014 as Bay-
ern successfully defended its
Bundesliga title, and he strug-
gled to make an impact in the
two disappointing matches
against Real Madrid in the
Champions League semi-
nals.
Its hard for a sensitive
player like him not to win the
Ballon dOr after winning the
treble, former Bayern cap-
tain Oliver Kahn said. But
you should be able to move
on at some stage. It shouldnt
be about Ribery; it should be
about Bayern.
Ribery, who also struggled
with some minor injuries this
season, ended up making on-
ly 22 appearances in 34
Bundesliga games, nine of
those involving substitu-
tions.
RECENT CRITICISMS
Although his recent criti-
cisms of Guardiolas rotation
policy wont help his case,
Ribery remains a fans favou-
rite in France, which he
helped reach the World Cup
nal in 2006 following a me-
teoric rise to fame that year.
Four years after that run to
the nal, Riberys image was
badly tarnished when he and
striker Karim Benzema were
accused of soliciting an un-
derage prostitute. Ribery then
received a three-match ban
from the French football fed-
eration for his perceived lead-
ing role during a training
strike at the World Cup in
South Africa, with France get-
ting eliminated in the rst
round.
Ribery and Benzema were
acquitted in the prostitution
case earlier this year after a
French judge ruled there
wasnt enough proof.
Along with Benzema, Rib-
ery is the star of Didier Des-
champs squad for this years
World Cup, but his dipping
form is worrying to some.
In an interview with the
Laureus academy on Friday,
former France great Marcel
Desailly reproached Ribery
for his lack of leadership and
goals for the national team.
He has scored only 10
goals this year while the re-
cords of Messi, Cristiano Ron-
aldo, (Luis) Suarez, (Edinson)
Cavani or (Zlatan) Ibrahimov-
ic are huge, Desailly said.
Even if hes a winger, we are
really expecting him to score
and to be a really important
player for the team, who
makes the difference.
Desailly called on Ribery
to show more consistency, es-
pecially when playing for his
country.
He is a great player, one
of the top three players that
we have today in Europe,
Desailly said. But we are a bit
disappointed. He has not po-
sitioned himself as a leader of
the French national team. He
is just one of the players,
while we are expecting him to
be the real leader, like Zidane
was. He has not delivered our
expectation.
Desailly, who won the 1998
World Cup and Euro 2000
with Les Bleus, made 116 in-
ternational appearances for
France before quitting inter-
national football in 2004.
24
DAYS TO GO
Frances Franck Ribery tumbles
following a challenge by Steven
Pienaar during their 2010
World Cup Group A soccer
match at Free State stadium in
Bloemfontein, South Africa.
[PHOTO:REUTERS]
Robin Van Persie
WILL ALGERIA END 32-YEAR VICTORY DROUGHT?
LONDON
Aaron Ramseys winning
goal for Arsenal in their 3-2 FA
Cup nal victory against Hull
City was a moment of sublime
redemption for the player, his
manager, his club and the old
competition itself.
His brilliantly executed
shot, delivered with the out-
side of his right foot is likely
to be remembered among the
best of FA Cup nal goals in
the years ahead as it complet-
ed one of the greatest come-
backs in FA Cup nal history
and ended Arsenals nine-year
wait for silverware.
A work of exquisite con-
struction and skill, it also
sealed Ramseys permanent
place in Arsenals folklore as
an FA Cup winner and ended
what started out as a great
season for the 23-year-old
Wales international mideld-
er on a high after he suffered
a long low spell injured on the
sidelines.
Ramsey battled back from
a serious leg fracture suffered
at Stoke in 2010 to reclaim his
place in the Arsenal side and
was enjoying his best spell
at the club with 13 goals by
the end of December before
a thigh injury curtailed his
season for more than three
months.
His absence coincided
with Arsenals fall from the
summit of the Premier League
while his return last month
saw their form revive with ve
straight wins to clinch fourth
place and Champions League
football for a 17th successive
season.
FIRST TANGIBLE SUCCESS
His 108th minute win-
ner brought them their rst
tangible success since they
beat Manchester United in
the 2005 Cup nal on penal-
ties and ended all hopes Hull
had of winning their rst ma-
jor trophy and emulating the
likes of Swindon Town, Luton
Town and Birmingham City
who have all scored huge
upset wins over Arsenal in
League Cup nals at Wembley
in the past.
Hulls trophy drought has
lasted considerably longer
than Arsenals ever since
they were formed in 1904
and even when they went 2-0
up in the rst eight minutes
with goals from James Ches-
ter and skipper Curtis Davies,
few people believed the cup
was already secured.
Arsenal recovered from
that dreadful start with a bril-
liant 17th minute freekick
from Santi Cazorla that put
them back in the game and
there was an air of inevitabil-
ity about Laurent Koscielnys
71st minute equaliser after a
gutsy resilient ghtback.
AFP
PAGE 54 / FEVERPITCH Monday, May 19, 2014 / The Standard
Daniel Kiptum.
Ramsey winner gives
Wenger platform to build on
SUBLIME REDEMPTION
Kiptum rules the roost in Kisumu
By PHILLIP ORWA
Daniel Kiptum clocked
65:47.5 to win the inaugural
Safaricom Deaf Athletics As-
sociation of Kenya (DAAK)
half marathon series in
Kisumu.
Kiptum, who hails from
Nandi, told FeverPitch: Im
happy to win, I had been prac-
ticing hard for the race, I am
now going to prepare for up-
coming events.
In the womens half mara-
thon, Rebecca Matiko from
Nyanza won in 1:44:39.1. Im
happy that I won the race, I
am now shifting my focus to
prepare for the regional
events, said Matiko.
Kiptum was followed in
second place by Simon Cher-
ono from Central, who clocked
66:39.7.
Lukas Wanjiru, also from
Central, timed 67:59.6 for the
third position followed by Pe-
ter Toroitich from West Pokot
(69:30.6), Nakurus John Koech
(70:37.8) and Michael Letting
from Uasin Gishu (71:51.6) in
that order.
Martin Gahie from Central
who clocked 71:57.2 to nish
seventh was followed by Bux-
ton Menjo from Nandi
(72:27.9), Kokobi Oman from
Central (73:13.2) and Robert
Kiprotich from Uasin Gishu
(73:31.1) completed the top
ten positions.
In the womens category,
Matiko was followed by Serah
Wangari who timed 1:46:39
and Anne Nasimiyu from
Western in 2:02:30
Veronica Wairimu from
Nairobi came in fourth after
clocking 2:08:55, while Jeruto
Tuitoek from Eldoret who
timed 2:13:24 came fth.
Tom Okiki, the DAAK Pub-
lic Retations Ofcer said: I
am happy with the turn out
and the organisation of the
Safaricom DAAK half mara-
thon series today and I thank
the police for providing secu-
rity during the event.
porwa@standardme-
dia.co.ke
FULL RESULTS
21KMMEN
1.Daniel Kiptum (Nandi) 65:47.5
2. Simon Cherono(Central) 66:39.7
3. Lukas Wanjiru (Central) 67:59.6
4. Peter Toroitich (West Pokot) 69:30.6)
5.John Koech (Nakuru) 70:37.8)
6. Michael Letting (Uasin Gishu) 71:51.6)
7. Martin Gahie (Central) 71:57.2
8. Buxton Menjo (Nandi) 72:27.9
9. Kokobi Oman (Central 73:13.2
10. Robert Kiprotich (Uasin Gishu) 73:31.1
WOMEN 21KM
1.Rebecca Matiko (Nyanza) 1:44:39.1
2. Serah Wangari 1:46:39
3. Anne Nasimiyu (Western) 2:02:30
4. Veronica Wairimu (Nairobi) 2:08:55
5. Jeruto Tuitoek (Eldoret) 2:13:24
6. Mercy Tanui (Nairobi) 2:18:56
7. Janet Chipkirui (Bomet) 2:27:30
8. Benalir Chebii (Bomet) 2:28:21
9. Pamela Achieng (Eldoret) 2:29:59.
10KMMEN
1. Julius Kamare (Bomet) 35:42.00
2. Jacob Kibet (Elgeyo Marakwet) 35:52.1
3. Reagan Omolo (Nyanza) 39:47.5
4.Bernard Sang 39:57.1
5. Josphat Oncheku (Nyanza) 41:35.1
10KMWOMEN
1.Juster Kwamesa (Nyanza) 49:03.5
2. Gladys Cherono (Nandi) 50:15.00
3. Dorcas Migiro 53:56.1
4. Monica Olchore (Eldoret) 57:35.00
5. Anne Wangeci (Eldoret) 57:50.7
Arsenal players carry their French
manager Arsene Wenger as they
celebrate after winning the English FA
Cup nal match against Hull City at
Wembley Stadium in London on
Saturday. [PHOTO: AFP]
FEVERPITCH / Page 55
Continued From P 56
Harambee Stars start 2015 ACN campaign with win
GSU, PIPELINE TRIUMPH
Paramilitary men
and Munalas
troops lift Governor
Gachagua Cup
net.
This was just a minute af-
ter Dennis Oliech combined
well with Jamal Mohammed
but unfortunately the AC
Ajaccio strikers effort went
wide.
The host started the
match brightly dominating
much possession and could
have taken the lead in the
11th minute, but Ayub Tim-
be failed to capitalise on Co-
moros defensive blunder
before David Ochieng
cleared Chaker Alhadhurs
dangerous cross in the ar-
ea.
In the 22nd minute,
Fouad Bachirou dribbled
through the mideld, but
was fouled by Lawrence
Olum, whos making his na-
tional team debut.
However, nothing came
out of the resulting free
kick.
PRECIOUS OPPORTUNITY
Four minutes later, Victor
Wanyama saw his long range
shot go wide after a good
run by Aboud Omar on the
left before Mohamed Soul
missed a precious opportu-
nity from Ali MMadis pass.
Moments later, Omolo
delivered a ne pass but
Oliechs strike landed into
Mahmouds safe hands.
Kenya could have gone
to the break leading 2-0, but
Omollos goal was ruled off-
side.
On resumption, Kenya
continued piling pressure
and created numerous
chances, but the strikers
wasted them.
Oliech squandered a gra-
cious opportunity in the
56th minute, with the goal-
keeper only to beat after
Wanyama incisive pass in
the area.
As the game progressed,
both coaches made changes
with Adel Amrouche bring-
ing in Clifton Miheso, James
Situma and McDonald Mari-
ga for Allan Wanga, Olum
and Jamal.
Miheso and Marigas im-
pact was felt immediately as
the Inter Milan midelders
20 yard powerful shot went
wide before setting up
Oliech in the area but the
French-based striker was
dispossessed.
The winner in the return
leg tie to be played in Co-
moros in a fortnight will ei-
ther meet Liberia or Lesotho
in the next round of the
competition.

Chesang
wins maiden
Limuru Half
Marathon
By OSCAR PILIPILI
The General Service Unit (GSU) and
Kenya Pipeline volleyball teams won the
men and womens titles in the Governor
Gachagua Cup tournament.
General Service Unit (GSU) maintained
winning rhythm to beat Kenya Defence
Forces (KDF) 3-1 (25-18, 15-25, 25-18, 25-
19) in the mens nal that attracted a huge
crowd at Ruringu Stadium in Nyeri yester-
day.
The rst set started on a competitive
note but GSU gained the rst two points
to take a 2-0 lead following good combina-
tion by Wesley Rono, Benard Musumba
and Nicolas Lagat.
Willy Kolums successful attack handed
KDF their rst points to bring the scores to
2-1.
The opening set was closely contested
to the rst technical time out where GSU
led 8-6, but the paramilitary men gained
crucial points to open a four points lead at
19-15 before cruising to 25-18 set victory.
The Gachagua Cup tournament victory
for GSU came a day after the Nairobi-
based team had beaten the Laikipia air-
men 3-0 (25-22, 25-15, 27-25) in a league
match at same venue.
In semi-nals, GSU beat Co-op Bank
3-0 (25-14, 25-21, 25-22) in a match that
lasted 1:05 minutes while KDF eliminated
Prisons Kenya 3-1 (24-26, 25-21, 25-14, 25-
20) in 1:32 minutes.
The teams that exit the contest at quar-
ter-nals were: Kenya Airways, Finlays
Naivasha and Forest Rangers.
WOMENS FINAL
Pipeline defeated Kenya Commercial
Bank (KCB) in straight sets of 25-21, 25-18
and 25-20 in womens nal match that last-
ed 1:08 minutes to claim the trophy.
The bankers put up a brave show in the
opening set but the oil merchants used
well their experience to score crucial
points and win the set 25-21.
Like in the rst set, KCB upped their
game but they could not stop the on-
slaught of the star-studded Pipeline outt
that featured the likes of Noel Murambi,
Esther Wangeshi, Rizah Atukah and Gaud-
encia Makokha.
Pipeline coach Japheth Munala said:
When coming to Nyeri, our target was to
win all our league xtures and lift the
Gachagua Cup.
By ERICK WAINAINA
Kirui Chesang from Eldama
Ravine won Limuru Half Mara-
thon in one hour and three min-
utes over the weekend.
Kariuki Mbugua took the
second position at 1:04.00 while
James Mbugua came third tim-
ing 1:04.42.
The race, agged off by Ma-
chel Waikenda, Kiambu County
Sports and Youth Affairs secre-
tary and Kikuyu MP Kimani
Ichungwa at Rironi Primary
School, comprised 21km, 14km,
10km, 5km family run and 3km
for people with disabilities.
Chesang said the climate
that is almost same as that of El-
dama Ravine made his task eas-
ier. He is now preparing for the
Glasgow Commonwealth
Games as well as Sotokoto,
Maasai Mara, Mombasa and
the StanChart Marathon.
The win has given me more
hopes of winning the upcoming
marathons and I will train
more, he said after winning the
race organised by Limuru ath-
letes and sponsored by several
institutions among them Kiam-
bu County Government.
HUNDREDS OF ATHLETES
Pauline Muchiri from Limu-
ru won the ladies category
clocking 1:13.04 in the competi-
tion that attracted hundreds of
athletes. Nancy Kimaiyo took
the second place at 1:14.00
while Mary Wangechi in 1:14:04
followed.
Francis Kamau from Lari
and who trains in Nyahururu
triumphed in 10km while Isabel
Kigen from Eldoret won in the
ladies category.
Waikenda said the county
government would support the
marathon and partner with or-
ganisers to ensure it becomes
an annual event.
It was a successful event
and we will continue support-
ing them. We had a successful
Lari Marathon and we want to
have such activities in our cal-
endar taking place across the
county, Waikenda said.
This, he said, is the only way
to identify and nurture sports
talent.
The race is tailored towards
raising funds to set up an athlet-
ics centre and rehabilitate Riro-
ni grounds to international
standards.
The ground will undergo
grading, levelling, marking,
grass planting, fencing, buying
and xing athletics facilities at a
cost of Sh4.5 million.
Kiambu County Sports
secretary ags off the Limuru
Marathon at Rironi Primary.
[PHOTO: ERICK WAINAINA]
Im happy that weve achieved
the target and the performance will
motivate the team as we go into fu-
ture competitions, he said.
To reach the nal, Pipeline defeat-
ed Nairobi Water 3-0 (25-22, 25-17,
25-17) in one of the two semi-nal
matches that lasted 1:21minutes.
On their part, KCB achieved 3-0
(25-20, 25-19, 25-20) victory against
Kenya Defence Forces in other semi-
nal encounters.
Nyeri County Executive member
for Sports and Education Elijah Nguy-
io presided over the closing ceremony
on behalf of Governor Nderitu Gach-
agua.
Kenya Volleyball Federations rst
vice chairman Martin Makokha
thanked all the participants for mak-
ing the tournament a success.
EVEN BIGGER
Gachagua said his government
will make the tournament even big-
ger next season.
The governor promised to intro-
duce prize money for successful
teams to motivate players and attract
more participants.
We are grateful to host this tour-
nament and would like to appreciate
the Kenya Volleyball Federation for
honouring us to host the competi-
tion, said Nguyio.
The county government would
wish to donate more besides the tro-
phies and play eld we provided to-
wards the hosting of this tournament
but we promise to do that next year,
he said.
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GSU volleyball team lift trophy as they relish beating KDF to win Governor Gachagua Cup at Ruringu
Stadium, yesterday. [PHOTO: SAMMY MOSE / STANDARD]
Stars fan waves the Kenyan
ag during the proceedings.
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and GILBERT WANDERA
Lommel United midelder Johanna Omo-
lo was on target as Harambee Stars secured
a slim 1-0 victory over visiting Comoros in
the rst-leg tie of the 2015 AFCON prelimi-
nary round qualiers at the Nyayo National
Stadium, yesterday.
Stars faithful were on their feet and per-
formed the mexican wave in the 34th minute
when the Belgium-based midelder un-
leashed a thunderous right-footed shot past
the hapless Comoros cus-
todian Mroivili Mah-
moud into the top
left corner of the
Omolos goal condemns
Islanders to loss at Nyayo
CONTINUED ON PAGE 55
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P4
husbands & wives
Grown-up men and women, dating or
married, but who still wet the bed, P8-9
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ODDS AND ENDS
Drunks turn court into
theatre of absurd
Murimi Mwangi reports
about a ticklish incident
that happened in a court
in Nyeri, where drunks
tickled the court with
their funny pleas.
................................Page 3
POLITICALLY
INCORRECT
Is China solution to Af-
ricas problems?
Peter Wanyonyi cautions
African countries to be
very careful as they deal
with China. He warns that
China is in Africa because
of nothing, but resources.
............................Page 6
OFF THE WALL
Dressing smartly when
broke can be costly
Nanjinia Wamuswa re-
ports about an incident in
which a broke man landed
in trouble with crooks, af-
ter his dress code misled
them.
.......................Page 7
FEMINIST
Why marriage is over-
rated nowadays
Anne Muiruri argues that
marriage is no longer
what it used to be, partly
because most men are
not ready for marriage.
.............................Page 10
TEACHERS DIARY
Students nabbed with
contraband
Mwalimu Socrates nar-
rates about naughty stu-
dents in his school who
were found carrying to
school all sorts of things
the school frowns upon.
.............................Page 11
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about President Museve-
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W
hen it comes to championing a cause, women beat men hands down.
In their ght against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), they have made
May 6-12 the International Clitoris Awareness Week. A whole week
dedicated to FGM victims across the world. What a clever way to arouse
interest in men to come and offer a helping hand to the cause! A very
touchy topic it is, this one. By the way, pardon my word play as I write about this
sensitive matter, they are unintentional. Women have fought this FGM menace
by themselves for long, but at least men have now rose to the occasion and are
actively involved in the noble cause.
However, as we push womens agenda, men and the boy child continue to
suffer in silence. Nobody cares about their affairs. Society is decidedly downbeat
about mens problems. Does society really value men? Last week we celebrated
mothers on Mothers Day. Two months ago we celebrated the International Wom-
ens Day. Just the other day, in February, we celebrated St Valentines Day (and if
you thought this day is for both men and women, you need to have your head
examined). This pampering has seen women increasingly become outspoken,
enlightened and, in fact, very radical with the methods they use to push their
agenda. So much so that they now get away with scandalising society as they push
their agenda. We have seen them come up with crazy campaigns, such as call for
sex strikes/boycotts and holding nude protests.
When do we ever celebrate men? Look, we celebrate women in so many other
ways. We have weddings, which is as womans biggest day (and if you are a man
thinking this day belongs to both the bride and groom, clearly you can dream).
There is always more razzmatazz, pomp and colour on womens birthdays. And
any man who has ever forgotten his womans birthday knows too well the wrath
and consequences that comes with such a crime. Did someone just scream, Sex
boycott? In some places, women, allegedly, celebrate Gossip Day (by the way
women allegedly waste ve hours a day gossiping, a new study has revealed). Ev-
ery Wednesday, bars, clubs and restaurants throw a bash just for women. They
call it ladies night!
Underage women are always allowed to patronise nightclubs and bars, where-
as their male counterparts are denied entry. Men really bend over backwards
for women, and some no longer have spines! Women get what they want. For
instance, fashion designers had to dash back to the drawing board and come up
with unisex designs, just to satisfy the desires of women envious of mens clothes
and shoes! Imagine! But do women really appreciate mens sacrices? Look, Fa-
thers Day goes unnoticed. And when it is noticed, its men who still spend cash,
thus most men prefer it passing unnoticed. Not long ago we celebrated The Pink
Ribbon Day and Breast Cancer Month. Well, I am not trying to undermine the
importance of mammary glands; they are very important, we all suckled as babies
(and even as adults, men still go gaga over boobs. Women know this too well and
can bear me witness). How about, in our ght against deadly diseases affecting
men such as prostate cancer, we dedicate even half a day to that very important
male organ, just to give the campaign some momentum?
Meanwhile, Mark Mutahi is back, with a bang! Check him out on page 3. Else-
where, there are husbands and wives who wet their beds, but this has remained a
top secret which we reveal on page 8-9. Check it out.
MEN TOO NEED TO BE EMPOWERED AND CELEBRATED
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US, UK plan to replace lethal injection
with Kenyas killer brews for executions
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F
ollowing the dozens of deaths
that occurred after consump-
tion of killer brews, there are
reports that the UK, the US
and other countries in the
west that execute criminal offend-
ers by lethal injections are consid-
ering using the illicit brews made in
Kenya.
This is owing to the fact that the
Kenyan illicit brewers are seen as a
fast, effective and a highly reliable
way of executing offenders com-
pared to chemicals such as sodium
thiopental that are commonly used
in lethal injections.
Samuel Ruskin, the chief lethal
injector of the state of Oklahoma
has hailed this new discovery, term-
ing it a godsend.
QUICK DEATH
For a long time we have been
searching for a solution that would
give a quick death, without stir-
ring controversy from anti-capital
punishment crusaders. You saw
what happened recently after the
untimely death of Clayton Lockett,
following his botched execution.
This is it! Finally we have it, the
Oklahoma chief lethal injector said
at a press conference, where he an-
nounced plans to travel to Kenya to
seek a supplier of the brews.
This is clearly a case of a third
world country doing something
better than us, and at a fraction of
the cost! he added.
Following this unprecedented
move, afro-optimists are already
predicting the beginning of the
transfer of technology from the
third world to the rst world.
With Kenya enjoying a near mo-
nopoly status in the world for its
thriving killer brews industry, it is
expected that if plans to export the
killer brews for use in lethal injec-
tions to the US, UK and countries
such as China, Taiwan, Thailand,
Vietnam and Guatemala succeed,
then the country could easily be-
come the top exporting nation of
killer brews!
This is also helped by the fact
that countries like the US cannot
procure the chemicals used such
as sodium thiopental from Europe,
which is the traditional source be-
cause exports from the European
Union of the particular product
have been banned.
Luckily for Kenya, the African
Union has not placed a ban on ex-
port of illicit brews. And even if it
had, theres always an ofcial ready
to be bribed to look the other way.
With such prospects, policy mak-
ers at the National Treasury will be
toasting to this good fortune be-
cause the countrys export base will
have been diversied overnight.
For the drinkers of the killer brews
it is something to mourn about since
they will now have to contend with
competition. With more prestigious
and protable markets having been
identied, they wont be a lucrative
market anymore and they will have
to nd other ways of dying.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Besides jurisdictions that still
practise capital punishment, the
killer brews have attracted the atten-
tion of evil stepmothers all over the
world who are contemplating poi-
soning the stepchildren they hate.
I always have rat poison in my
house for the day I will want to dis-
patch my stepchildren to the next
world, confessed one evil step
mom. But seeing how quick and ef-
fective and reliable the killer brew is
compared to rat poison, Ill be stock-
ing some right away. Rat poison is so
yesterday! she scoffed.
Evil Kenyan stepmothers cite the
relatively cheaper price of the killer
brews as opposed to rat poison as
another pull factor besides the effec-
tivess and reliability of the drinks.
Due to the high cost of living we
deserve to the cheapest method of
getting rid of our stepchildren per-
manently available to us, one of
them was quoted as saying.
By MURIMI MWANGI
D
runkards are an interesting
lot. They are at times funnier
than your average Kenyan
comedian if the theatrics a
bunch of them brought to a
Nyeri court a week ago is anything
to go by.
A group of 85 men had been ar-
raigned in court and charged with
being drunk and disorderly. That
some of them were still in a drunken
stupor made the courtroom literally
turn into a theatre of the absurd.
Interestingly, a mtungi (pot) full
of a frothy brew, which was still fer-
menting and from which some of
the suspects never moved their eyes,
was produced in court as exhibit.
Drama began when the court
clerk started explaining to them why
they had been arraigned in court.
Mlipatikana mkipiga kelele na
kutembea kwa mwendo wa kuyum-
bayumba (You were caught drunk
and disorderly), he told them.
In unison, the drunkards pleaded
guilty to the charges, and that was
when the comedy began. Each one
of them was given an opportunity to
Drama as drunkards turn court into theatre of the absurd
explain why they were disturbing
peace and why they should not be
charged.
First on the line was a particu-
larly witty individual who asked
the court to free him because his
youngest daughter was pregnant.
He told the magistrate that he is
the sole breadwinner of his family
including the foetus in his 17-year-
old daughters womb.
Huyo musichana alikuwa
ametoroka, lakini kurudi alikuja na
mimba (My daughter had run away
from home, only to return with a
pregnancy, said the man, arous-
ing a merry round of laughter in the
packed courtroom.
LAST SIP
The next drunk told the court
he was in the process of quitting
alcohol and, in fact, he was on his
last day when the police ambushed
the den and arrested him on his last
sip.
He said he had resolved to quit
alcohol after he recently witnessed,
booze warriors succumb to illicit
liquor in different parts of the coun-
try. For the 10 years I have been
drinking, I have never been arrested
by police. This was in fact bad luck
to me because I was in the process
of quitting alcohol when they came.
They just caught me on my last sip,
he repeated.
And before the tickled court-
room could recover from outbursts
and ramblings, one of his partners
in crime, perhaps not to be outdone,
took the comedy a notch higher.
In his defence, he told the magis-
trate he never takes alcohol but had
turned to it after the scotching sun
on that day burned his head, dis-
organising his thinking, moving and
seeing faculties.
The sun had burned my head,
thus I couldnt do things properly.
That is why I turned to alcohol, but
I swear here today, I will never drink
again, he pleaded.
But the showstopper was an el-
derly man who tickled those in at-
tendance. After pleading guilty to
the charges, told the magistrate that
even before slapping him with any
amount of bail, he should be re-
leased to go and look for more mon-
ey to bail himself out because all he
had in his pocket was Sh100!
Nii ndiro na igana rimwe. Ona
kaba mwambe mundekererie ndie
ngethe icio ingi (All I have is Sh100.
If you can, please free me so that I
can go get you the rest if the ne ex-
ceeds that) he begged, rather emo-
tionally. Interestingly, the magistrate
heard his plea, and only ned him
Sh100!
wackyleaks/WITH MARK MUTAHI
thesecrazykenyans/OYUNGA PALA FINDS THE HUMAN IN THE KENYAN
part of our cultural functions and
a social lubricant. Put a bunch of
guys in a room and conversation
will be stied. Throw a round of
drinks and you will be amazed
how open the men become.
Alcohol encourages camara-
derie and bonding, all essential
components of a mans life. Alco-
hol is associated with patriotism
and a national beer is a power-
ful symbol. Lately, a leading
corporation mobilised a team
of celebrities in a game show to
transport a bottle of beer to one
Who lied men are drunks because
they cannot handle strong women?
A
peculiar story emerged,
amidst everything else
that was trending in the
headline local news. Cel-
ebrated, mega rich, US
rapper Jay Z was the subject of
domestic beef.
A woman named Solange
tried to rough him up in front of
his wife and everyone wanted to
know what he did to tick her off.
Jay Z and his superstar wife Be-
yonce are regular frontline ce-
lebrity news staples. Surprising-
ly, I had never heard of Solange
Knowles, whose claim to fame is
being Beyonces younger sister.
The name seemed suited to
a liniment brand with natural
herbal ingredients that provide
quick penetrating heat and safe
and effective relief for muscle
Who the hell is Solange?
I
nspector General of Police
David Kimaiyo set Kenyans
on twitter (#KOT) off in a
tweef. The breaking news
announced an order to im-
pound all vehicles with tinted
windows.
The reactions were fast and
furious. The hashtag #tinted-
windows became a trending top-
ic and Kimaiyo felt the full wrath
of the Kenyan middle class who
are acutely aware of their rights.
People questioned how the in-
vasion of privacy would aid in
the ght against terror and the
absurdity was punned.
The lawyers retrieved the ex-
act clauses from the Trafc Act
and pointed out evidence of the
illegality of the directive. Court
injunctions were about to en-
sue, when word went around
that only public service vehicles
with tinted windows were to be
impounded as part of the war on
terror.
Suddenly, the directive had
some merit. Public service ve-
hicles make easy targets for ter-
ror acts. They ought to suffer the
consequences of not complying
with the law irrespective of the
inconvenience to the otherwise
law-abiding vehicle owners.
Social media has become the
new Tahrir square of Kenyas
R
ecently, scores of men
from around the coun-
try died. The cause of the
deaths was alcoholic poi-
soning. By the end of the
week, the body count had built
up to almost 100.
They were mostly faceless
rural dwellers or the urban un-
derclass whose misfortune only
caught the national attention
for a brief moment. They were
forgotten in under a week. The
death of 100 women in one blow
would have traumatised the
country.
NATIONAL PSYCHE
The whole incident is some-
what representative of how
worthless some mens lives have
become in the national psyche.
The prevailing stereotype is one
of a bunch of layabouts, who
probably abuse their wives, mo-
lest their children and harass
everyone else in between. Poor
bastards. They had it coming.
Every village in this coun-
try has its version of a hopeless
drunk and a tale of their lost
cause. That is the established
narrative of lower class alcohol-
ics. We have somehow reduced
the complexity of Kenyas drink-
ing culture to a single story.
Of tinted windows and a tale of two cities
Their roles had diminished and
their sense of inadequacy had
driven them to drink. Coupled
with economic hardships, the
desperation to drink turned
them into mindless consumers
who would drink anything for
quick and cheap high.
It is a lot easier to blame the
victim than grapple with the
problems that put them in this
self-defeatist position. Why is it
difcult to fathom that Kenyan
men drink, because they enjoy
alcohol. Drinking is an integral
Drunkards are tolerated and
prayed for. That these alcohol
ravaged men could be cau-
salities of an intricate industry
beyond their comprehension,
never arises.
Social experts tried to make
sense of the tragedy. These
alcohol-related deaths were a
clear indicator of the mascu-
linity crisis, someone offered.
It was stated that Kenyan men
felt intimidated by the strong,
independent, smart and well
educated women in their lives.
middle class. Issues that are per-
tinent to their welfare are tack-
led passionately. Those that do
not directly affect their comfort
zone get a eeting mention, of-
ten only good for the puns it can
generate.
As a result the social conversa-
tion, at least in the mainstream
media, is dominated by middle
class issues. Many sections of
Kenyas population have really
no voice in the media. They ap-
pear as helpless, unidentied
victims of the prime time news
and joint pain.
The elevator scufe generat-
ed a lot of news and was covered
widely by an array of American
Internet sites.
I am always fascinated by US
celebrity obsession and the en-
ergy dedicated to track every
minute detail of their lives. The
fame they enjoy is less about
their accomplishments and
successes but more about expo-
sure.
Hanging around famous peo-
ple is also a valid claim to fame.
Children who grow up consum-
ing and internalising this stream
of celebrity trivia will end up
turning nobodies like Solange
into golden calves worthy of
reverence. That is sad.
of Kenyas top sportsmen living
abroad. Alcohol in this case, was
the unifying character of healthy
national values.
I suppose we forget that alco-
hol is a government-controlled
drug that is peddled without a
warning label. Most of the re-
strictions around its sale and
consumption are designed to
protect the prots of the manu-
facturers and the regulators.
Since the populace is pretty
much addicted to it, the manu-
facturers and the regulators
ought to educate people on how
to use their products.
It is not enough to preach
responsible drinking. Citizens
have to be taught to partake al-
cohol in the same way men were
taught how to wear a condom
using wooden models in AIDS
prevention campaigns. This
product induces feelings of eu-
phoria, relaxation and happiness
at the rate of a bottle an hour.
Anything beyond this measure
could result in impaired think-
ing and vomiting...
Rehabilitation is a privilege of
the upper class. The rest have to
man up and learn to hold their
drink or slide down the slippery
slope of alcohol addiction and
destruction.
orgy, proled by their ethnic-
ity, religion and lower social sta-
tions.
They suffer the brunt of im-
pulsive government directives
and have learnt to cower in si-
lence.
The middle and upper classes
do not run into the same obsta-
cles as the low income earners
and the frustrations that sepa-
rate them from the lower classes
are generally invisible to them.
Twitter: @realoyungapala
Website: oyungapala.com
Ted Malanda draws on the wisdom of his royal Wanga
ancestors to try and understand a world gone mad
lifesacircus
walkwithme...
R
ecently, the Nairobi Coun-
ty Government placed
an ad in the newspapers
inviting city residents to
turn up and discuss the
countys budget proposals for
the next nancial year.
I read the advert and laughed.
Are these people out of their
freaking minds? That very same
day, Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko
said he would not turn up to
rubberstamp a awed budget.
Never mind that if the bud-
get was indeed awed, that
was precisely the reason Sonko
needed to turn up and tear it
to shreds because he has been
blasting the Governor left, right
and centre over it.
Of course Sonko is an as-
tute businessman, a man who
knows the innards of the nan-
cial world, budgeting and stuff. I
imagine he should have arrived
with a briefcase stuffed with les
and proceeded to make an eru-
dite presentation exposing the
county government for what he
claims it is a den of thieves and
incompetents.
ZOMBIE VOTERS
Well, he chose to stay away
and you can bet he will be pon-
ticating about the subject here
and there everywhere actually,
apart from where the actual pro-
cess of determining the county
budget is going on. Such is life.
Besides, as a rule, MCAs
dont inspire a lot of condence
among Kenyans and the bunch
in Nairobi is no exception. The
thought that it is them who de-
termine the expenditure of a
Sh7 billion budget is so funny!
Let me put it differently. Ke-
nya Wildlife Service probably
has a similar budget. Do you see
anyone in their right senses al-
lowing the MCAs of this world
anywhere near the KWS board-
room to discuss how that money
should be spent?
As a matter of fact, if the posi-
tions of Nairobi MCA were to be
advertised and lled competi-
tively through interviews and
not by zombie voters, I would
be pleasantly surprised if 10 per
cent of the current lot made the
Democracy only delivers hot air
cut. In any case, it is a safe bet
that only a handful of Nairobi-
ans, if any at all, turned up to
hear their budget discussed.
I mean, would you imagine
what would transpire if I told my
boss that I intended to miss work
to go listen to county budget
readings or something? I would
bloody get red! Here is the deal.
Democracy is a sick joke because
it assumes that we, the elector-
ate, have the brains to make de-
cisions that are in our best inter-
ests, and the time to participate.
What bull crap!
The average voter has prob-
lems deciding whether to walk
around exposing his or her un-

A certain policeman found himself on the wrong end of the
OB desk and has seen buddies scamper in all directions when
the proverbial s**t hit the fan. Hardly the case when a certain
Armenian sibling tag team took over certain airport premises
that are closed to selected rightly honourable gentlemen. But
in the US, a certain John Beale took the Nema of that country
by storm when he posed as a CIA ofcer for quite some time.
For his trouble, he made away with $900,000. Wow! This
impostor business must be quite rewarding, dont you think?

This year alone, our Presidents passport has been stamped so many
times that he might get some outt land him the globe-trotting
president of the year award. But he is not so lucky, I can assure you.
Airline food is nothing to write home about; Airports the world over
have the same drab atmosphere about them. The only saving grace
is that he does not have to keep removing his belt and shoes at every
entry and exit point. He also does not have to pass his i-pad, i-pod
and laptop through security in a separate tray at security. And you
complain when all the tout is asking for is your National ID. Get a life,
folks.
Last week there was a massive security operation that was
culmination of several months of a crackdown on immigrants
to the US of A. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) agents alongside local authorities from 179 cities
arrested 638 suspected criminals with gangland ties. The
operation nicknamed Project Southbound is the most
recent by the Department of Homeland Security to tackle
gang violence across America. Hear this: They arrested
suspects and associates from 175 different gangs, including
South California--domiciled Sureos gang, also known as Sur
13, that is growing faster than any other gang in Obamaland
and has an estimated membership of 30,000! Their choice
of occupation is murder, extortion of businesses in their
neighbourhoods, narcotics and human trafcking. And you
though Operation Usalama Watch, Operation Linda Nchi and
Mungiki were a Kenyan aberration!
Ellen Goodman says: Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you
buy for work and driving through trafc in a car that you are still
paying for in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes
and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford
to live in it. This is middle-class normal. Then there is the other police
normal where some chaps break into your house, knock in a few
skulls of the housemates, clean out what little food they can nd and
cart away your prized stereo and at-screen TV, two weeks to World
Cup 2014. Then some cop comes and says it is a normal crime and that
his ofcers will leave no stone unturned to bring the culprits to book.
What kind of society have we degenerated into? Did I hear someone
say Bring back the Chiefs Act? Yes The Ayes Have It.
And Finally
Hehehe! And this has nothing to do with the very successful
visit to Kenya last week by the Chinese Prime Minister. But I
nd that this World Bank is another one. Imagine that instead
of sitting around a dimly-lit room, wearing dark suits and
smoking cigars, plotting who to lend money to next, they
have recently authored a report saying China could overtake
the US as the worlds biggest economy this very year. What
they should worry about is how a State-run, socialist-
economic model can have powered past an industrialised
Western powerhouse. Will business schools start studying
how the leaders in Beijing managed the humongous reform
programme to turn a state-led economy into a world-
beating market-oriented one with signicant private sector
participation? Folks, start re-writing the curriculum. Here is
some unsolicited advice to Mr Uhuru Kenyatta: No one will
remember what the size of Kenyas economy was when Kibaki
handed you that sword of powerplay. They will only demand
to know what you did with the economy. Capische?
derwear or not.
And you expect us to know the
right leader based on lies printed
on a shiny campaign poster? You
expect a busy makanga or doc-
tor to stop working and go to a
political rally?
Look, Safaricom just made
a Sh23 billion prot because it
hires the best talent in the mar-
ket (and because you guys spend
the whole night sexting).
Now, if Safcom began electing
managers today, in six months
at, there would be rats in its
headquarters building, the place
would be stinking of raw sewage
and the company would be at
broke.
Yours Truly
M
y grand mother, Rhoda,
was convinced that my
mother was a pretty
daft woman. How else,
she mused, would one
explain the folly of having all
manner of riffraff sit on the new
sofa that my parents had just ac-
quired through a hire purchase
scheme?
If I were you, she told my
mother, I would keep these
new, nice seats in the store and
only remove them when proper
guests, people like the church
vicar come.
Born again since her maiden
days, she was among the earliest
converts to the Christian faith.
In fact, she got baptised at
a time when religious zeal-
ots singed wooden chairs with
ames while humming Tuku-
tendereza Yesu (Praise the Lord)
to cleanse them of madimoni
(devil) when sinners, mostly
drunkards, had used them.
Incredibly, hers was an inter-
Here is perhaps why your colleagues hate you
esting case of illiteracy. While she
couldnt write, she could read.
Only the Bible, though. Show her
any other written word and it
was pure Greek. I was an idiot, I
tell you! I couldnt understand a
single thing in school. Youd bet-
ter take after your grandfather.
If you inherit my brains, you are
doomed! she loved to say, with
a chuckle.
So picture my shock when
she once made an impromptu
visit to my Standard Four class.
Actually, she just walked to the
doorway, ignored the teacher
and beckoned me out.
RECKLESS ENTHUSIASM
Obviously she had no idea that
the teacher in question was nick-
named on account of his reck-
less enthusiasm with the cane.
But for once, the fox seemed to
have met his match. He waved
me out when she beckoned once
more, this time urgently.
I hear you have been topping
your class ovyo ovyo (just like
that), she rasped. Your grand-
father has been boasting about
it when drunk, and neighbours
are not happy. You must be very
careful, that might land you in
trouble.
Even if you know all the an-
swers, get some wrong. People
hate it when you vanquish them
all the time!
All you clever people now
know why everyone at work
hates your guts.
politicallyincorrect/ A skewed look at the political scene
By PETER WANYONYI
I
n Africa, you are nothing
without parents. It is not
an economic requirement,
since everyone can pretty
much survive in Africas lush
forests without too much of a
problem, even all alone.
It is a social thing. Wherever
the African goes in his native
land, the rst question is always,
whose child are you? We scru-
tinise parenthood and lineage
with an obsessive compulsion
that is almost pathological.
We have even elevated lin-
eage, real or imagined, into a
criteria for access to power and
jobs. Tribe, which is in fact just
an assumed ethnic lineage, is
how we run things over here.
Even countries need parents,
and in Africa, your father is ev-
erything.
Mum is never the real boss in
Africa, where it is much more
perilous to lack a father than it
is to lack a mother despite the
reality that the opposite should
in fact be the case.
TOUGH FATHER
Back when there were two
competing political ideas in the
world, Africa sat pretty. We could
turn to our tough father, the
West, for money and security.
If dad looked like getting a
little harsh, we could always run
to mum in the East for under-
standing, pecks and hugs. There
is no one as spoilt as a child
with a rich father and a doting
mother, and our dictators grew
fat on the fawning attentions of
the East and the heavy wallets of
the West.
But nothing lasts forever. The
Easts idea, communism in one
form or the other, died a natural
death. African states were left
dazed, as would anyone whose
mother suddenly passed away.
Africa was left in the hands of
The president went to
China a few months back and
brought us great news. The
Chinese, he told us, had signed
up an agreement to fund our
brand new railway. This is
probably the agship project
of this government, and the
one thing that enjoys support
across the country regardless
of political afliation. Good
job, Mr President. However,
when the Chinese Premier was
in Kenya a week ago, we were
told he signed the very same
railway nancing deal.
Its probably pedantry,
but if this is true, then
what did the president
sign with the Chinese
when he went there
earlier?
its tough father. Traumatised by
the bereavement, our father ne-
glected us for a while, and then
chose to bring us a new mother
in the form of China.
Step-mothers are beings
straight from hell, as any step-
child will freely confess.
And it is even worse when
your father then runs away from
home, leaving you in the hands
of a step-mother who doesnt
care if you live or die, so long as
you continue supplying free la-
How about exchange programme to check
gender imbalance in Kenya and China?
more people than all of Kenya.
And, we hear, China has serious
gender imbalance apparently,
for every 10 boys born in China,
a mere 7 or so girls are born.
In Kenya, there is something
of the opposite: for every eligible
bachelor, there are three or four
single women available, none of
whom wants anything to do with
that poor wife-hunting slob.
This, clearly, is a disaster in
the making for the Chinese. If we
hope to continue to enjoy Chinas
largesse, we must help them ad-
dress this serious imbalance.
Government should, there-
fore, immediately set up a Min-
istry of Gender Exchange, whose
job will be to receive and process
applications from single Kenyan
women not just for willing to get
jobs but also get married to Chi-
nese men in China.
And then who knows? With
Kenyans well-known love for
politics, and the Chinese sense
of collective purpose and habit
of staying under the radar, we
might end having many Chinese
Kenyans running for political
posts in China.
Who knows, maybe China
will be a superpower with a Ke-
nyan Chinese at the helm, who
will give Kenya loans and later
write them off as bad debts!
Will Africa look back to its dalliance
with East and regret, or celebrate?
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he clever people who
crunch the numbers say
that the Chinese are giv-
ing us a raw deal. One
authority calculates that
for every shilling China gives
Kenya, we give them 48 shillings
back plus a few elephant tusks
and rhino horns, or so it seems.
Villagers do not need to be told
when a relationship is lopsided,
and ours with China certainly is.
But who says it has to remain
so? All the pretenses aside, the
Chinese are in Kenya for one
reason, and one reason only:
resources. They want to
transport minerals from
Congo to Mombasa and
thence to China, and to
suck in as much oil as they
can from Kenya and Ugan-
da.
Maybe we should let them
suck out more than just oil. Chi-
na has towns and cities that have
bour in the elds so she can feed
her own kids on the crops you
farm.
The porridge she grudgingly
feeds you in the morning is just
enough to keep you alive to
work, even as you grow thinner
and thinner.
CORRUPT WAYS
To Africa, China is the new
mother and father rolled into
one. The West perhaps exas-
perated at our unwillingness to
change our corrupt ways, or per-
haps too concerned at its own
decline and therefore turning
inward to sort out problems at
home is not interested.
When a family faces this pre-
dicament, it is down to the older
children to ensure that their sib-
lings are not strangled in their
sleep by the step-mother.
Our older siblings, the elite
young people that rule and
misrule Africa as presidents
and prime ministers, say that
they have our interests at heart
in their dalliance with China.
But you get the feeling that
this is only half the truth, if at all.
Half a century from now, will the
African look back at this new dal-
liance with China regretfully, or
with pride at a job well done?
African villagers say the grass
is not always greener on the oth-
er side. Be watchful and careful,
Africa!
By NANJINIA WAMUSWA
A
s hard economic times
continue to bite, thieves
now target smartly
dressed people who look
like they have money.
However, not all smartly dressed
people are rich. Or as the adage
goes, not all that glitters is gold.
Be warned! It is increasingly
becoming risky business to look
smart without a penny on you.
This is a lesson a man only iden-
tied as Paul recently learned
the hard way. It all began when
a leading bank in Nairobi ad-
vertised a job. Paul applied and
was among those shortlisted for
the interview. Thank God, this
could be my time to get job. I
have frequented numerous of-
ces for two years now without
success, he had celebrated as he
waited for the interview.
Seeing as the job was relative-
ly prestigious, Paul had to look
the part during the interview.
And since he understands rst
impression really matters, he did
what most Kenyans always do.
He borrowed a well-pressed Ital-
ian suit, an expensive-looking
Broke man pays heavily
after his borrowed
clothes attract thugs
pair of shoes and an elegant
wristwatch from friends to wear
during interview. Dressed to kill
on the interview day, Paul took a
matatu with only Sh100 on him.
After the interview, and see-
ing as he had given his best dur-
ing the interview, Paul swaggered
out of the place a shinny brief-
case that contained his docu-
ments dangling in his hand.
RECKLESS COURAGE
Unfortunately for him, his
reckless courage and amboy-
ance made three crooks who
had laid a trap outside the bank
confuse him for a rich man. They
began stalking him, thinking he
had withdrawn loads of money
from the bank.
They followed him to Rail-
ways bus stop where he boarded
a matatu to his home.
He got into the matatu and
the miscreants too entered, and
strategically positioned them-
selves, with one sat next to the
driver. The matatu left a few min-
utes later, and along Ngong Road
the crooks whipped out their pis-
tols and ordered everyone to sur-
render their belongings to one of
the thugs who was going round
ransacking commuters and col-
lecting valuables.
His turn to surrender came
and Paul gave out a cheap mo-
bile phone and a Sh20 coin.
The thieves looked at him
and told him to stop joking. They
ordered him to give them all the
money he had withdrawn from
the bank.
Give us all the money you
withdrew from the bank. You
think we havent seen you with-
draw money? We were not born
yesterday, kijana? one of them
barked.
He replied that he had gone
for interview and the only money
he had on him was twenty shil-
lings coin. One of them pointed
pistol at him saying he would
blow off his head if he failed to
produce the money. Toa pesa
bwana another one kept yell-
ing, as he punched him in the
ribs.
They rained heavy blows on
him. His desperate attempts to
quickly turn his pockets inside
out and wide open the brief case
didnt help much.
After frisking him and con-
cluding he had no money, the
thieves warned, You idiot, next
time you know you have no
money, do not dress like that!
They slapped him several
times and one of them admon-
ished him, You made us trail you
all the way from town to here,
only to nd you have no money.
You have wasted our time.
They then ordered the driver
to drive the vehicle to Uthiru
shopping centre where they
alighted and disappeared into
the busy shopping centre.
offthewall/Strange, weird but true tales that happen in Kenya
By PKEMOI NGENOH
A
21-year-old man at a vil-
lage in Kericho County
is still recuperating at
home after his desper-
ate attempts to deworm
and build muscles early last week
turned tragic. It emerged that he
had a attempted to deworm us-
ing an anthelmintic meant for
livestock.
The rather comical but sad
incident left villagers dumb-
founded, considering that the
victim, by village standards, is
an accomplished academic with
a relatively high level of educa-
tion who is deemed to be no-
bodys fool.
BOUNCER JOB
Tommy is a Form Four gradu-
ate who had been hunting for
a job. One of his friends who
witnessed the incident told this
writer that Tommy had been
planning to travel to Nairobi,
where one of his relatives had
promised to get him a job as a
bouncer at a nightclub.
And one very vital qualica-
tion he had been asked to arm
himself with to pass the inter-
view was, er, well, muscles! Be-
ing a skinny bag of bones, a
friend had given him a couple of
tips and pointers on how to gain
muscles. The rst important tip
to build muscles, among many
others he had been given, was to
deworm, so as to boost his appe-
tite for food.
This was necessary so as to
ensure that all the food he ate
did not go to waste (read, eaten
by worms), but instead help him
build muscles.
He told me one of his un-
cles had promised him a job as
bouncer in Nairobi. He said he
wanted to deworm and eat more
to gain weight and build mus-
cles, since he only weighed 57
kilograms, his friend told Crazy
Monday.
By sheer coincidence, his fa-
ther who is a truck driver had
bought several deworming pel-
lets for his calves, which Tommy
instead used to deworm himself!
One of his younger brothers
conrmed that Tommy had in-
Mans desperate bid to build muscles turns tragic
deed taken the deworming tab-
lets.
He was happy that he was -
nally going to succeed in putting
on weight and possibly become
a tough, built bouncer in the city
after swallowing the tablets. He
told me he once heard from a
friend that the deworming tab-
lets work well on human being
too, narrated his brother.
Hours later his younger
brother, who had gone for a bath
at the nearby river, came back
and found Tommy rolling on the
ground, groaning as he writhed
in pain.
I found him crying as he
rolled on the ground holding his
stomach. Beads of sweat were
also trickling down his face.
Without wasting time, I raised an
alarm, says his brother.
FIRST AID
Family members and neigh-
bours arrived and administered
rst aid to him. They gave him
a mixture of raw quail eggs and
milk to neutralise the pain. Sur-
prisingly, the remedy worked. He
was later taken to nearby dispen-
sary where he was given further
medical attention.
The incident left parents and
locals astonished, wondering
how an educated young man
used tablets meant for animals
to deworm himself.
Immediately, an argument for
and against the 8-4-4 education
system ensued with some of the
villagers castigating Tommy for
being an educated fool.
I wonder what they teach
nowadays in schools, how can
such an educated man do such
a silly thing? wondered one old
man.
thisstrangeworld
Revealed: Shocking tale of bedwetting spouses
S
hock on you if you
thought bedwetting is
a preserve of children.
A peek into some Ke-
nyan bedrooms will surprise
you. Some grown-ups who sleep
like babies or rocks (nothing
wakes them up), whenever they
drink too much tea, coffee or al-
cohol before going to bed, actu-
ally wet their beds!
Boyfriends and girlfriends
have dumped each other over
bedwetting. Some adults who
wet their beds play safe, only for
their partners to discover they do
so much later in marriage, when
it is too little too late; after the
dowry has been paid and they
have brought forth children.
In some cases, things get
ugly, forcing their spouses to put
in place strange coping mecha-
nisms. Some sleep in separate
beds, others have invested in
mackintosh (waterproof ) mat-
tress covers, others are forced
to put on diapers by their boy-
friends/girlfriends and spouses,
and some men have even mar-
ried second wives, after discov-
ering their rst wives wet their
beds.
TOP SECRET
Bedwetting among adults
is a top secret that is discussed
in hushed tones or better still,
never revealed. Some spouses
die keeping this secret. It is a se-
cret guarded by all means neces-
sary. For instance, a whacky tale
is told of a child who confronted
her bedwetting parent, after she
got fed up with her mother using
her as a scapegoat while airing
the bedding.
It was very common to hear
her mother, in a bid to avoid
suspicion, loudly complain to
all and sundry about how fed up
she was with her kid who always
wet her bed.
Huyu mtoto amenichokesha
kila siku kukojoa kwa kitanda.
Hata asipokunywa chai usiku
lazima akojoe, the mother was
once overheard shouting, as she
aired the bedding, which had
huge dark maps of urine stains.
Mummy mimi sijasusu leo,
ni wewe, unakiria sijui? (I did
not wet the bed. It is you who
did. You think I dont know? the
child innocently replied, rather
loudly, of course at the chagrin
of her squirming mother who
yelled at her to shut up. Mean-
while, neighbours were in stitch-
es, as they desperately cupped
their mouths with their hands in
embarrassment.
It later emerged that it was
her husband who used to wet
the bed.
Yet another story is told of a
grown-up man who used to wet
his bed and his wife had kept it
as a top secret, until he met his
waterloo while sharing bed-
ding at night with fellow men
at a function. The incident hap-
pened during an initiation cer-
emony some time back in west-
ern Kenya.
The rst-born son to the cou-
ple had gone for a circumcision
ceremony. And since the mans
traditions required to join the
village elders for the mandatory
age-set get-together ceremony
before the end of the initiation,
there was no way he could skip
it. At the ceremony, they ate and
drank to their ll.
REQUESTED ANONYMITY
At night, the man was reluc-
tant to sleep, seeing as they were
to share bedding with fellow
men. But when he did, his fellow
old men woke up the following
morning soaked in urine.
This, of course, was a scandal.
When asked why he had caused
such an embarrassment, he
quickly apologised, claiming he
had not done so to annoy fellow
elders. He said it was a once-in-
a-while problem he had, when-
ever he over indulged in drinks
before bedtime.
He regretted it happened
on such a special day. He even
claimed his wife would attest
to the fact that he occasionally
used to wet the bed. The elders
summoned his wife and she in-
deed conrmed the man had
been wetting the bed once in
a while. She said it was a secret
they had been keeping. Other
than being banished from his
age set, the man was ned sev-
eral bags of millet and a whole
herd of sheep.
ON HONEYMOON
Elsewhere, a renowned jour-
nalist who requested anonymity
told this writer he has a 42-year-
old female cousin who still wets
her matrimonial bed. He re-
vealed that her husband, during
their honeymoon, beat up the
woman. But why would a couple
that just had a big church wed-
ding ght while on their honey-
moon?
It is said she peed in bed
on the rst night she
spent with her husband.
Her husband got so an-
gry that he slapped her
severally. On the second
night, she did it again
and it was a full-blown
war. The man was angry
because the woman had
never told him she had
a bedwetting problem,
says the journalist.
Apparently, the wom-
an was a virgin who
had never shared a bed
with her man. And the
man had no prior
knowledge of her
bedwet t i ng.
She went
seeki ng
Contrary to popular belief that
bedwetting is a preserve of children,
some grown-ups in relationships and
marriages wet their matrimonial bed,
writes DAVID ODONGO
thisstrangeworld
Revealed: Shocking tale of bedwetting spouses
The couple has now been married
for more than twenty years. But the
man, insisting he had to sleep in a
dry bed, married a second wife.
medical attention and besides
treatment, she was told she must
cut on her intake of uids before
going to bed. She also had to
regularly empty her bladder at
night.
The couple has now been
married for more than twenty
years. But the man, insisting he
had to sleep in a dry bed, mar-
ried a second wife.
Trevor Omondi is a single
man. He lives in Rongai and has
a well-paying job. He recounted
to Crazy Monday the shock he
went through when he picked a
woman from a club and took her
to his house.
I had been chatting with her
on Facebook for a few days, and
we agreed to meet over drinks to
know each other better. We met
at a club in Rongai, he says. At
the pub, after a few drinks
with the woman, and in
the spirit of knowing
each other better,
they decided
to go to Trevors house.
After knowing each other,
the two slept and, as Trevor re-
ports, the night went on well.
But when Trevor woke up very
early in the morning, intending
to know the woman much bet-
ter, he was shocked. There was
no glory that morning only
shame. When Trevor moved
next to her, he felt a large wet
spot on the mattress.
WET SPOT
I cautiously placed my hand
on the wet spot and lifted the
bedsheets to my nose. What hit
my nostrils was the unmistak-
able stench of urine that had
fermented the whole night in
my mattress. A wave of nausea
hit me, and I jumped out
of bed, says Trevor. Ap-
parently, the woman had
drunk too much beer and
could neither control her
bladder nor stagger to the
toilet when the urge to pee
hit her. She slept like a log.
I went to the shower
and washed myself clean.
Then I came back to the
bedroom and poked her us-
ing an umbrella. She woke
up, looked around and
when she saw me standing
there with a towel wrapped
around my waist, a huge
smile came upon her face.
I pointed at the wet spot in
my mattress and the smile
vanished from her face
instantly, complains
Trevor.
He then dressed up
without saying a word to the em-
barrassed woman.
I left the house, and left the
watchman at the gate to our
court with strict instructions not
to let the woman in my house
leave carrying anything apart
from her bag, recalls Trevor. He
drove to his brothers place in
Fedha estate and stayed there
the whole day, until the watch-
man sent him a text message
saying the woman had left.
When I went back to my
house later in the evening, the
woman had washed my sheets
and duvet and left them hanging
in the clothesline.
NEW MATTRESS
My mattress was also propped
against the kitchen balcony rail-
ing. Even though it was dry, an
ugly huge was left on the mat-
tress cover. The biggest shock
when I got to my bedroom was
that the girl had bought me a
new mattress, says Trevor.
He has never met the girl
again, and on Facebook, she un-
friended and blocked him.
She would probably have
made a good wife had I not em-
barrassed her in the morning,
maybe we were meant to be. But
the bedwetting part put a span-
ner in the works, muses Trevor.
Since time immemorial, bed-
wetting has always been associ-
ated with children. In the vil-
lages, it is common to walk into
a homestead and nd a few mat-
tresses and threadbare blankets
being aired out in the eld. But
perhaps some of those bedding
on clotheslines and on balconies
are not soiled by children, but by
mothers and fathers. Would you
believe that?
Banker Wangui Gacheru says
she has never had the opportu-
nity of sleeping next to a man
who pees in bed, but recalls such
an incident when she was grow-
ing up. She overheard a neigh-
bour complain to her mother
that her husband at times wets
their bed.
It wasnt because of alcohol,
because even when he didnt
drink beer, he still peed in bed.
I think his was a medical condi-
tion, says Gacheru.
Dr Vincent Karuhanga said in
some cases, bedwetting among
adults is as a result of a medical
condition referred to as enuresis.
It may be caused by insufcient
production of anti-diuretic hor-
mone (ADH) which results in the
body producing too much urine
hence bedwetting (children have
small pituitary glands; so, they
produce insufcient ADH and so
they wet their beds), genetic pre-
disposition and smaller-than-
normal bladders.
Secondary enuresis, on the
other hand, may occur, accord-
ing to Dr Vincent Karuhanga and
www.ehow.com, because of dis-
eases such as diabetes.
Diabetes may prevent the
body from producing sufcient
amounts of ADH.
Other causes include bladder
and prostate cancer, anxiety and
stress (in rare cases), sleep ap-
nea (this is obstructed sleep and
it may make people oversleep so
they dont wake up when they
need to urinate), neurological
disorders and urinary tract and
prostate infections.
Caffeine and alcohol intake,
too, may cause this because oth-
er than causing an increase in
urine production, it makes some
people have poor judgment.
I beat her up, we broke up,
but want her back
I am 22 and I have been in a relationship
with a college girl for one semester. I
knew she was the one I would marry.
Unfortunately, when we closed for long
holiday, I received a call from a strange
person who alleges to be her husband.
He has threatened to harm me as the
lady is alleging that I am a threat to her.
This is after we had differences towards
end of semester and I slapped her,
and we never talked since then. I am
confused. Please advise. Martin, Nairobi
First, it is wrong to hit a woman.
Secondly, she is either tired of you
and wants to end the relationship. Or
she is actually married. Either way,
you messed up. Forget her, and look
for another woman.
My man acts strangely,
should I dump him?
My current boyfriend and I have been
dating for four years now. He knows
that I love him and I want to get married
to him, but he refuses to commit or to
even talk about marriage. He also still
very close to his ex-girlfriend, they are
always calling each other and meeting
up for drinks. I think it is inappropriate
and disrespectful to me, and I have
told him this but he refuses to stop. My
friends have told me to leave him as
his behaviour is an indication that he is
not that serious about me and I want
marriage. Please advise? Valerie, Nairobi
Listen to your friends.
Boyfriend misbehaving
I last saw my boyfriend two weeks ago
because we have both been very busy
at work, plus I am back in school. Last
weekend I had a family matter and had to
travel to my rural home. Thus, we did not
meet. I thought everything was normal
and that he understood but afterwards
sent me a text saying I should forget
about him. I called him, and he accused
me of cheating on him yet I have never.
What should I do? Janice, Nairobi
My dear you have just dodged a
bullet, he does not sound emotionally
mature or ready for any kind of
relationship. Let him go!
My ancs sisters hate me
My anc and I will be getting married
later this year in August. I have met his
whole family and although everyone else
seems nice, his two sisters have been
openly rude and mean to me. I have tried
everything to. How can I make them like
me? Maureen, Nairobi
Be kind and respectful but do not
jump through hoops to make anyone
like you. They can either like you as
you are or not.
Reach Dr loce at: fabulousfeminista@
gmail.com
Cupids arrow
feminist/WITH ANNE MUIRURI
What should a man do when a woman assaults him?
chauvinist/WITH NIKKO TANUI
Why marriage is overrated nowadays
I
am at that age where fam-
ily, including distant rela-
tives who cannot remem-
ber my second name, have
began hounding me about when I
am getting married. Some even try
to convince me that getting mar-
ried is the best thing for me to do.
Unfortunately, I disappoint them
by telling them I am very happy
being single.
As a result I have really began to
think critically about this marriage
business. I have been trying to
gure out why people dive into it
with so much gusto, and I will be
honest with you from what I have
observed, seen, heard and read
about todays marriages, I could
not be persuaded to walk down the
aisle any time soon. Even if prince
charming came knocking on my
door, promising life full of bliss.
Yes, I will agree there are few
who have managed to make their
marriages work, but majority give
marriage a bad name. And yes, the
social media pictures of married
couples on Facebook all look very
cute. But I am not sure I want to
walk down the aisle so that I can
have fabulous photos to show off.
SINGLE WOMAN
Besides, every time I get down
and dirty and ask the tough
questions to my married friends or
colleagues they all say something
like: You have to sacrice a lot, or
aki ni ngumu, or one day I will tell
you.
Yet being a single woman these
days comes with so many benets
with everything from unlimited
I
f by now you havent heard
or read the news about rap-
per Jay-Z being viciously at-
tacked by his sister-in-law,
Solange Knowles as they left a New
York hotel, then you probably live
under a rock.
The 27-year-old sister to
singer Beyonce was caught on
surveillance cameras in an elevator,
viciously attacking her 44-year-old
brother-in-law, rapper Jay Z, over
unknown reasons.
YAP
What is wrong with some
women? Especially those who
always yap a lot, spoil for ghts
with men, and dare men to beat
them up. In most cases, it takes a
man with a stronger willpower than
singer Chris Brown (who beat up
his then lover, Rihanna for acting
silly) to put up with such rubbish.
Look ladies, the average man is
unhinged, and only needs slight
provocation before he unleashes
terror on you.
That a 27-year-old girl could
freedom, to peace of mind. Also,
who can forget that life these days
has changed so much so that you
can literally get everything that
marriage once offered outside of
marriage.
Plus I cannot help it, but I
am more into numbers and I
believe things have to balance,
somehow. My love account is not
an exception. I do not believe in
giving your heart and soul in to
something and only getting ulcers
and mistreatment.
Basically, my beef with marriage
today is that some men expect you
as the woman to take care of them.
lack respect, not just for her brother
in law, but also a celebrated rapper
who happens to be 17 years her
senior, is appalling.
And this is a clear indication
that she has absolutely no respect
for elders! I cant believe the little
girl lost control, forgot about the
age difference and dared kick, slap,
punch and rough up a man who
brags in one of his songs that he
regularly exchanges text messages
with President Barack Obama.
What surprised me more was
the fact that singer Beyonce did
not seem moved even as her spoilt
sister attacked her husband.
Just tell me, isnt a woman who
just stands there unmoved and lets
her sister attack her husband worse
than Jezebel?
See, a woman who truly loves
her man would not let even her own
father attack a man she purports to
be in love with.
GENDER VIOLENCE
I feel Beyonce failed to rise up to
the occasion, and be a role model in
the ght against gender violence.
At this point, let me make a
shout out to the greatest rapper
alive because during the frenzied
altercation, he did not hit back. He
kept his calm.
All he kept doing was dodging
the slaps and jabs aimed at him and
at some point the rapper grabbed
Solanges stiletto-clad foot to block
a kick.
That is how a real man is
supposed to behave. I think Jay
Z earned more respect from that
gesture.
get to see on weekends. These are
men who think fatherhood is all
about taking your children out for
a Sunday treat, paying for upkeep
and then disappearing from home
for the rest of the days.
Then there is the issue of the
mistress, which is almost part and
parcel of modern-day marriages.
I do not know about you, but it
is just not attractive. I think the kind
of man Im looking for just doesnt
exist around here. I want a peculiar
marriage where there is equality,
respect, sacrice and love from
both ends. And until then I am a
very happy single lady.
We no longer have responsible
men.
Some time back, when a woman
got married, she was assured of
nancial security. But not any
more. To get nancial assistance
from some husbands today, women
have to beg.
Others have the money, but
are very irresponsible. They rather
buy friends beer in bars and leave
their wives and children starving at
home.
Secondly, you get to play both
the role of mother and father
because most men nowadays are
absentee parents who kids only
CRAZY MONDAY / Page 11 Monday, May 19, 2014 / The Standard
odds&ends/Strange , weird but true stories
A
woman won a le-
gal battle to stop her
dead husbands fro-
zen sperm being de-
stroyed.
Beth Warrens husband had his
sperm frozen before starting cancer
treatment and signed paperwork
saying his wife could use the sperm
after his death.
He died from a brain tumour
two years ago, but regulations
meant his sperm were due to be
destroyed in April 2015.
The High Court has backed her
case, but the regulator has already
announced plans to appeal against
the decision.
EGGS
The law allows sperm and eggs
to be stored for up to 55 years, if
consent is regularly renewed.
But when 32-year-old Warren
Brewer, a ski instructor, died
of a brain tumour in February
2012, consent could no longer be
renewed.
The regulators, the Human
Woman wins court battle to keep late husbands frozen sperm
Fertilisation and Embryology
Authority (HFEA), said the sperm
could not be stored beyond April
2015.
But lawyers representing Mrs
Warren, 28, from Birmingham,
told the High Court judge that the
regulator was taking an excessively
linguistic and technical approach.
HAPPY
In her judgement, Mrs Justice
Hogg said: The evidence indicates
that both Mr Brewer and his wife
were in agreement. He wanted her
to have the opportunity to have
his child, if she wanted, after his
death. But, she continued, the
written consents provided by Mr
Brewer did not specify that his
gametes should be stored beyond
the statutory period required by
the HFEA.
She ruled that it was right and
proper, and proportionate to
allow the sperm to be kept until at
least April 2023.
Mrs Warren said she was over
the moon and elated with the
decision.
She told the BBC: Its beyond
words, I hadnt even anticipated
that I would feel that happy about
it.
accident just weeks before her
husband died.
She said that at that emotional
time a forced deadline was not
the reason to have a child and that
she needed the time to establish
myself emotionally, nancially and
professionally before choosing to
have a child.
Mrs Warren said she had not
decided what she would do now, as
she had not let herself believe she
could win.
At the start of the legal bid, Mrs
Warren said it would be a huge
decision to have a child who
would never meet their father.
She added: I cannot make that
choice now and need more time to
build my life back.
I may never go ahead with
treatment but I want to have the
freedom to decide once I am no
longer grieving.
However, this is not the end of
the legal battle as the HFEA has
asked for leave to appeal against
the decision.
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compound by Thunder
Clap brewed a storm
that has refused to settle. As you
may remember, some students
had hired the pimped up nganya
(matatu) to bring them to school.
The parents who had brought their
sons and daughters immediately
confronted an agitated Okonkwo
and demanded action. Some were
even threatening to transfer their
kids from Meta Meta.
The culprits were herded to the
school hall. Some appeared overly
sociable though a bit unsteady. We
were amazed to see an otherwise
timid Form Two boy stagger towards
Okonkwo and slap him on the back
as if they were age mates.
Enyewe Okonkwo wewe ni
mpoa. Huyu depa ndio huleta
ngori kwa hii chuo, (Indeed,
okonkwo you are a nice guy. But the
problem is the school the deputy
headmaster) he said. A shocked
Okonkwo turned towards the boy
and barked, What did you just
say? Had it not been for Madam
Magaritas swift intervention, the
rascal would have received a slap
that would have surely secured
Okonkwo a date with a judge.
It emerged that the students
had earlier met in town and bought
alcoholic drinks, which they had
transferred into plastic soda bottles.
No wonder the dramatic entry to
school aboard Thunder Clap!
The group was herded into a
corner of the hall to sober up under
the watchful eye of Soldier. The
boarding master was calling their
parents to make haste to Meta
Meta and collect their kids. Wewe
bensouda wacha hizo za ovyo,
a boy slurred and promptly fell
asleep on the cold oor.
Having quarantined them, we
fell back to inspecting the students
bags, a task as difcult as looking
for Al Shabaabs IEDs. Some
students hide contraband close
to their private parts and scream
sexual harassment as soon as one
ventures anywhere near the hidden
gadget.
DAUNTING TASK
The gadgets are normally
dismantled and each piece carried
separately. You may be busy
searching a boys bag for a phone
while the battery is wrapped in
tissue paper in his pocket, the sim
card in the middle of a text book and
a wad of Bamba 10 for chattitude in
the fold of his school tie.
Magarita had an equally
daunting task with the girls. I later
heard that the bra is a haven for
dismantled phone parts. By the
end of the inspection, we had
enough sim cards, assorted phone
parts and ash discs among others
to start a phone parts shop on
Nairobis Luthuli Avenue.
Then the most unnerving
discovery! The male species as my
Mwanamke ni nguo, mgomba
kupalilia (nice clothes make a
smart woman the way a banana
plant has to be tended). It was
obvious the boys had plans of
sneaking to the girls boarding
section using the disguise.
Okonkwo, who was hopping
mad, ordered the boy to put on one
of the skirts and remain in it for the
rest of the evening. Wanting in hips
and the legs being rather thin, the
skirt looked as if it had been worn
by a telephone post.
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grandfather knew it is on its death
bed. The boys had packed an array
of beauty products which one would
have expected to nd in the bag of
an aspiring Miss Universe. Sprays,
colognes, hand and face lotions,
avoured lip balms and mirrors
were in the mix. What happened
to the generation of boys who just
went to school with a single bar of
Panga soap for both laundry and
bathing? Are we making women
out of our young men?
Then climax was when I came
upon two girls skirts and three
Kangas in a Form Three boys
bag. On one Kanga was written
Students nabbed smuggling
contraband to school on opening day
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either way.
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T
here is a lot of brouha-
ha about how men and
women relate.
Let me speak for
men. At the core of our being is an
untamed, primal man that simply
wants to be free. We want free-
dom so badly that we will ght for
it to the death. Were afraid of get-
ting locked in, having no way out
and being stuck for life.
First, we have a profound de-
sire for freedom. Since we often
see deep love connection as a
threat to our freedom, we end up
having to make a choice. On one
hand we can have a life where
we fully express our purpose and
live whats true for us moment
by moment. But dont engage on
the deepest level with our sexual
partners.
On the other hand we have a
life of deep connection and full-
ment in relationships yet we will
be limited by not being free to
fully live out our purpose in life.
Both of these options arent great,
yet this is the reality for many
men.
Here is a common scenario,
and for the sake of simplicity Im
going to generalise. Boy meets
girl; boy and girl start to have feel-
ings for each other that indicate
there may be something special
about this relationship; boy holds
back and the relationship doesnt
get deeper; girl feels this, gets up-
set and pressures boy into com-
mitment; boy resists, protecting
Why men suffer from commitment phobia
his freedom; boy and girl break up,
she is resentful that he wasted her
time and he doesnt understand
why she needed commitment.
Does that sound familiar? It
certainly does to me. Ive also seen
friends and clients go through
this as well. The good news is it
doesnt have to be this way. Lets
break this down and see whats re-
ally going on.
RELATIONSHIPS
They start to have feelings for
each other that indicate there
may be something special about
this relationship.
At this point there is no hold-
ing back, both parties are happy
and there isnt much (if any) fear
about what will happen in the fu-
ture.
Boy holds back and the rela-
tionship doesnt get deeper.
The reason he is holding back
is because he is associating a deep
relationship with entrapment. If
he allows himself to love her fully,
he cant control the outcome.
We all do this, men and wom-
en. We dont give ourselves fully to
relationships because were afraid
we wont like the outcome in the
future. The key delusion here is
we think we know whats best for
us (hint: we dont).
Girl feels this, gets upset and
pressures boy into commitment.
This is her best attempt at get-
ting what she really wants: a deep
connection. Im convinced that
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M
ovies are my guilty
pleasure. When I am
not doing anything
else, I am stuck on
Megashare or Glowgaze, sifting
through the sea of movies and TV
shows for one more watch.
Watching a movie with some-
one is even better, especially
when it is with the boys, and the
lm is set in medieval England or
Rome. Anything with blood sword
and gore.
You call in a bunch of dudes to
your room, turn up those Sayona
speakers, dim down the lights,
pour each other that one bottle of
cheap whisky you all contributed
to buy, and then just kick it. Per-
fect pass time for a lazy weekend.
BREAK MONOTONY
I pushed the envelope the oth-
er day. I asked a lady to join me, I
gured I had breathed enough of
testosterone to last me a lifetime.
A change is as good as a rest, so
why not break the monotony with
the pleasure of somebody who
did not have family jewels.
It was an honest invitation, re-
ally but I was in for a rude awak-
Why do women read too much into what men say?
in Game of Thrones. If you do
not know Game of Thrones, then
you might as well not know when
Christmas is.
It turns out, Shall we watch a
movie tonight, my place? is code
name for Shall we have sex to-
she wants (although shes doing
her best). She is saying she wants
commitment, when what she real-
ly wants is deep connection. She
wants him to stop holding back
his love. Boy and girl break up,
she is resentful that he wasted her
time and he doesnt understand
why she needed commitment.
Now all this would have been
avoided if only the girl had left the
man, born free to roam free and
mingle as much as he wants. La-
dies, all that men want is nothing
but freedom. Period!
ening. She said no.
Not that she is not a fan of
movies, in fact, she is one of the
few who we exchange notes with
when the next TV Show comes up.
She is mean, the kind that would
tell you who is going to die next
rst. To be honest, I felt a bit of-
fended, being categorised with
dudes with no game like that.
Dudes who use movies to low-
er the coveted ags. I mean, who
does that? Who deles the noble
art of movie watching by using it
as Adams ale for satiating their
thirst for debauchery? Now it has
given a completely new meaning
to Going to the movies phrase.
CRICIFIED
OK, ne, when you think of it,
movies have always been used to
score brownie points. But at least
there has been pop corns and
soothing words; you know, chiv-
alry and all that jazz.
What I suggested was an epic
movie, the one in which people
are beheaded and heads put on
a pike. Where girls are crucied,
used and discarded like tepid
craped tissue. What could be
possibly sexually leading in such
a movie? Maybe I am old fash-
ioned. Maybe girls are turned on
by the sight of headless men on a
pike these days. I must be stuck in
the dark ages.
night if you do not mind?
I was taken aback. All I wanted
was to watch a movie for Chris-
sakes. Not to exchange tales of the
birds and bees. If I wanted that,
all I had to do is ask. And I know,
I have to at least buy her dinner
all women have ever wanted was
a deep connection, and their best
attempt is often to corner a man
into being with them exclusively.
Whats interesting here is that
we as men often associate deep
relationships with exclusivity, and
if were with a woman but its not
exclusive, we dont treat her with
the same respect.
Its us as men shooting our-
selves in the foot. Boy resists, pro-
tecting his freedom.
This makes sense, since the
girl isnt really telling him what
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Musevenis taxation
spree aimed at
funding his re-election
I
n Uganda, we love to go
left while the rest of the
world is going right. Other
African leaders pretend
not be corrupt, but here
the president openly gives NRM
MPs cash to dish out to wananchi
to sensitise them about his re-
election campaign.
The amount depends on size
of district with some getting as
much as Sh10,000,000.
This cash bonanza got the
others thinking about how to
reap big in this years budget that
shall be read next month.
As usual, the weakest and
smallest target is the easiest to
hitmwananchi and taxation.
The powers that be are now pon-
dering passing a Bill that will have
every mobile phone user paying
an annual tax of Sh200.
This is some quick and easy
dime if you count the estimated
17.5M handsets owned by Ugan-
dans.
And again, most people have
two handsets because we have
ve telecoms, and each have var-
ious freebies that we obliged to
take advantage of to save on our
shillings (and Im told Kenyans
also really love free things).
The second proposal is to in-
crease taxation on bottled water.
This has been a particularly long
and heavy rainy season rainy sea-
son with plenty of ooding.
The MPs are probably think-
ing that those of us in the city can
harvest the rain water and save on
costs. The shadow Finance min-
ister, Mr Geoffrey Ekanya comes
from Tororo County. I think this
is a jibe at the tourists and trad-
ers who pass in buses through his
home area, and ing plastic bot-
tles out of the window thus pollut-
ing the environment in the area.
PROMOTING LAZINESS
Why else would he say that
those who think the tax will affect
them should always travel with
their own water.
It would be fantastic if the bil-
lions generated from these pro-
posals were actually used to im-
prove the free primary education,
or pay teachers or pay doctors or
even improve our road transport.
Alas, it is a fantasy the money is
earmarked for salary increment
for the Electoral Commission.
This proposal has been endorsed
by the Budget Committee of Par-
liament so as to improve govern-
ment operations.
The dissenters to the propos-
als were accused of promoting
laziness. According to one Minis-
ter, the tax on mobile phones will
force people to go to work. The
Uganda Communications Com-
mission (UCC) boss Mr.
Godfrey Mutabazi said: Lets
put it this way, everyone who as-
pires to advance in ICT, must be
taxed.
Could this mean that there
shall be different tax brackets
according to the handset? Will
tablets be considered as mobile
phones?
We shall not tax our brains
seeking for ways to pay the Sh200,
because the UCC are yet to shut
down our unregistered SIM cards.
They cannot stop me from using
a SIM card that is registered on a
network. I wonder whether we
shall now be forced to move with
tax receipts to show we have paid
the mobile tax. If one has not
paid, will the phone be cons-
cated?
These are just some of the
questions Ugandans are asking
themselves.
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Relegation
agony akin to
labour pains
When the English Premier
League ended last week, most fans,
particularly of the teams that were
relegated, shed tears as the reality of
playing in lower division next sea-
son overwhelmed them.
The pain the fans felt, accord-
ing to a survey released last week in
Britain, is equivalent to what wom-
en feel while giving birth!
In the survey that involved 1,200
male and female football fans, it
was discovered that 63 per cent of
those who hold a season ticket at
their clubs believed that the pain of
relegation was similar or worse to
giving birth.
Similarly, among those who at-
tended a match once or more times
in a season, half said relegation is
the male equivalent to childbirth.
Childbirth does look very pain-
ful, but it only lasts a few hours. The
pain of relegation lasts the entire
season, said a respondent, accord-
ing to Metro Sports.
Some of the teams that were rel-
egated include Fulham FC, Norwich
FC and Cardiff City FC.
The pain of relegation, said the
survey, is the reason most male and
female fans cry in matches that de-
termine their teams fate in a sea-
son.
So, at the end of this Kenya Pre-
mier League season, if you see an
AFC Leopards, KRA or Top Fry fan
crying after the worst happens, just
know that they are feeling as if they
are in the maternity ward pushing
the baby to come out.
M
y adventures the
other day took me
to Kaloleni and
Makongeni estates
in Nairobi, where I
grew up, many years ago.
I went there to track my past,
to reect and get an assurance
that I have sort of experienced
progress in life. Reason? I now live
somewhere very different from
Eastlands, but my love for East-
lands will never die.
Indeed, having traced the one-
bedroom houses I once called
home in the two estates, I was
assured that I have made great
strides in life. The houses are in
sorry state; a leaking roof and
shattered windows are some of
the problems the tenants have to
contend with.
However, it is the derelict state
of the estates that were the Nyayo
Embakasi of yesteryears that wor-
ries. Its so hard to bring a child
upright in an environment that is
full of social ills.
Perhaps this is the reason there
is no longer top sporting talent
coming out of the City Council es-
tates, and their peers like Ziwani,
Jericho, Muthurwa and Pumwani.
For those who are not old
enough to remember, these are
the estates where all the sporting
giants, particularly in football,
body-building and boxing were
bred and churned out.
The likes of boxing greats
wani still stand strong, but they
are too worn out and lack facili-
ties to nurture any meaningful
talent.
Then, the play grounds; the
colonialists left them in our care
when they were in perfect condi-
tion but are now not worth writ-
ing about.
Powerful fat cats grabbed
some of them while others are
in unusable state, with mounts
of garbage sitting at where goal
posts used to stand.
In 2012, former Nairobi City
Council Town Clerk Philip Kisia
launched a campaign to renovate
and equip the social halls and re-
Wangila Napunyi, Mike Irungu,
Ibrahim Bilali and Steve Muchoki,
among others, honed their skills
in the estates.
LACK FACILITIES
In football, Musa Otieno, John
Baresi, George Waweru and the
Marigas all credit their success to
having grown in the estates that
are slowly becoming inhabitable.
In particular, the athletes
thank the social halls and playing
grounds that offered them oppor-
tunity to practise and perfect their
skills.
The social halls in Makongeni,
Kaloleni, Muthurwa and Pum-
Only an outsider can save AFC Leopards
Kidero should forget about FM
station, revamp sports facilities
A
FC Leopards has become
the Manchester United FC
of the Kenya Premier League
(KPL) this season.
Despite sacking Coach
James Nandwa, as if he was the prob-
lem, and bringing in a new tactician,
an Italian for that matter, AFC has not
found the teeth to score goals.
And like Man U, the KPL giant has
taken to losing to small teams, some
that have been barely in the league for
half a decade.
The clubs current standing in the
premier league says it all. And this is
the reason AFC Leopards fans are get-
ting frustrated because they know that
their team may be relegated and they
will certainly miss continental football
because nishing rst or second in the
league is becoming a mirage.
Anyway, the regional games do not
make any difference to AFC because
they perform poorly.
Looking at it soberly, however, AFC
has brought all the pain on itself. First,
they kicked out an outsider, one Alex
ole Magelo, from the leadership of the
team because they wanted their own,
yet he had helped lift the club.
The second biggest mistake AFC
fans did is to elect a politician to hold
an important post in the team. Did they
expect the politician to transform the
club yet he is passing time as he waits
for 2017 elections? AFC fans can riot
even 100 times, but the teams perfor-
mance will not improve as long as of-
cials who do not have the clubs vision
at heart remain in charge.
claim some of the grabbed play-
grounds.
However, if the state of Kalole-
ni social hall is anything to go by,
then the project opped.
No word has come from cur-
rent City Hall bosses about reno-
vating the facilities. The county
government it seems has no plan
to create jobs through sports.
Perhaps the last things the
youth in Nairobi need, includ-
ing those turning to crime, is the
Sh100 million FM station Gover-
nor Evans Kidero and his ofcers
want to launch. An FM station?
Seriously? What for? Forget it!
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kahawatungu
I
dont think I will admit
any drunkard at Kahawa
Tungu any time soon. In
fact, I have banned such
characters from my caf
forever. This is after one of them
did the unimaginable; he pooped
on himself! Imagine!
All are welcome in Kahawa
Tungu, apart from drunkards. You
know, in my neck of the woods,
mnazi has always wreaked havoc
of all sorts for ages. It is a shame
that Mututho and Co. are yet to
regulate the consumption of this
monster.
REEK
You see, most of those who
take mnazi reek of the foulest of
smells, which hits your nostrils
and makes you think you are at a
mortuary.
The only trouble, however, is
that the drunkenness of this po-
tent drink has a delayed effect that
seizes long after one has drained
the last drop. That is why it is hard
to detect that a customer is high,
until it hits him like a thunderbolt.
Of course, by that time it is usually
too late to evacuate customers
so that they do not catch the ak
when manure hits the fan.
Such was the case one chilly
evening when the customers were
gathered inside the caf for a sun-
downer to help keep out the cold.
HOMO ERECTUS
A man by the name of Waloka
walked in to have Kahawa Tungu
with his friend. I studied the two
who had a reputation of imbibing
the juices from the palm tree, and
only agreed to serve them after I
was satised that they were walk-
ing as upright as the latest homo
erectus on the planet.
They sat at a corner and sig-
nalled me to place a full steamer
of kahawa tungu along with two
tiny cups between them.
Otherwise we shall freeze to
death in this cold at a night, when
Poop hits the fan as
customer high on mnazi
soils himself in cafe
our wives expect us to warm their
beds, Waloka said, to which his
friend nodded vigorously in agree-
ment.
Can you two cookies afford
what you have just ordered, or you
are just out to cause trouble? a
customer wanted to know.
At that point, Waloka stood up
and pulled a couple of wrinkled
notes from his pocket and boast-
ed, I have enough to buy this joint
plus its patron, but do I say!
I placed in front of the two ty-
coons my most special pot. The
one that has all the xings and ad-
ditives, including the local Viagra
and cinnamon.
They drank in silence until
dung hit the fan; Waloka fell down
and started trembling as though
he was being electrocuted. His
friend pointed at him, but his
tongue was too heavy to describe
what was happening to him.
HELTER SKELTER
Hell broke loose as customers
ran helter skelter. In a minute, the
place smelled like it had been hit
by a stink bomb. The two gentle-
men had apparently succumbed
to the effects of mnazi that they
had imbibed copious amounts
much earlier.
One vomited and the other
had gone to the toilet right there
in his pants. A terrible sight it was
indeed. All the customers left. No
one wanted to help in carting out
the two drunks.
It was upon me to heave and
push soiled men by myself until I
nally dumped their bodies out-
side my door.
From that day, I swore never to
allow mnazi drinkers into my es-
tablishment.

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