>>Disgruntled ODM MPs asked to be told why they were sidelined in planning of rallies

>>Demanded Raila explains why CORD secretariat was not footing all costs of rallies

>>CORD cautioned plebiscite push will fl op if it is not done in an all-inclusive manner

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Answers ODM MPs sought from Raila

on referendum

A damning report by the Auditor General on the former Coalition Government says minis-tries and independent commissions failed to properly account for a massive Sh33.9 billion

that they spent in the last financial year.Top on the list is the Independent Elector-

al and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), which could not provide proper documentation to sup-port expenditure of Sh5.9 billion.

Also high on the list of errant ministries is

the former Ministry of Internal Security and Pro-vincial Administration with Sh3.1 billion not ac-counted for in the 2012-2013 financial year. It is now called the Ministry of Interior and Co-ordi-nation of National Government.

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social

Development is also in the top five and could not account for Sh4.3 billion, while the Ministry of Special Programmes could not provide docu-ments for Sh2.5 billion. The report tabled in the

Raila Odingas Orange Democrat-ic Movements Members of Parlia-ment dissatisfied with the way their Coalition for Reforms and Democra-cy is executing its work as the main Opposition, shared their frustration at being sidelined in the build-up of pressure for national referendum with their leader.

Sources said majority of the 72 ODM MPs who attended a meeting chaired by Raila at Orange House told the party leader that the referendum push would flop if the process was not consultative and all-inclusive.

One MP who attended the meet-ing described it as stormy and Railas

Auditor reveals government cannot fully account for Sh33 billion y B MARTIN MUTUA

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RAILA ODINGA KALONZO MUSYOKA MOSES WETANGULA

Extensive County News Coverage

Nursery school where children learn in the open, Pg 19Pages 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28, 30, 31, 32, 36, 38, 56 & 58

FROM THE

Raila, Kalonzo and Wetangula separately meet their MPs to rally them behind agitation for national plebiscite on the Constitution

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The Education and Health min-istries are tussling for the control of admissions to Kenya Medical Training Colleges (KMTC).

Members of the parliamenta-ry health committee yesterday said all the students who applied for ad-mission to KMTC are yet to be called because of delay occasioned by the Kenya Universities and Colleges Placement Board (KUCCPS).

The MPs said KMTC is not a semi-autonomous agency of the Ed-ucation Ministry and asked the min-istry officials to keep off. They said the status quo must be maintained to avert anxiety by students.

The issue emerged when Edu-cation Principal Secretary Dr Bellio Kipsang and the KUCCPS acting Chief Executive Officer John Muraguri ap-peared before the health committee.

KUCCPS, however, said the key role of the agency is to co-ordinate placement of Government-spon-sored students. Our interpretation is ensuring that the available spac-es in all the universities and colleges are awarded to deserving applicants, said Muraguri.

Health committee chairperson Ra-chael Nyamai said the situation at the KMTC is a crisis that should be ad-dressed urgently. We held a meeting on July and discussed admission of di-ploma students at KMTC. There is a crisis as all the students who applied have not received admission letters as at today, she said.

She said KMTC is a parastatal un-der the Health Ministry and noted that KUCCPS should not interfere with its admission.

Kipsang said the ministry would respond to the questions raised by the health committee next week.

Another committee mem-ber, however, told The Stan-dard KMTC is a den of corruption. Students who get admissions there pay heavily and someone must have taken the money and is now finding it difficult to allocate places, said the MP who did not wish to be named so as not to compromise the ongoing discussions.

Ministries fight over KMTC admissions

By AUGUSTINE ODUOR

Sh33.9b cannot be accounted for,

says AuditorHouse yesterday indicates that out of the total revenue recorded during pe-riod in review of Sh813,222,666,210, only Sh11,266,757,66 or 1.38 per cent was fairly recorded while revenue amounting to Sh801,955,908,550 or 98.62 per cent had no proper records and could not therefore be confirmed as accurately reported.

The report noted that State House failed to avail documents in support of various expenditures totalling over Sh150 million.

The Auditor General cast doubt on the spending and said that in the ab-sence of supporting documents, his office could not vouch for the proper use of the funds.

Other ministries that could not avail records to back huge expendi-tures include Ministry of Education with Sh6.7 billion and the Ministry of Higher Education with Sh4 billion.

Commission on Administrative Justice had the least amount of mon-ey allegedly spent without documen-tation, at only Sh3.1 million.

Other ministries that failed to pro-vide documents for the money spent include Foreign Affairs (Sh4,521,596) and Defence (Sh350,00,000), The Au-ditor General notes in the report that the funds may not have been prop-erly used.

In the absence of the records and documentation, the propriety of the expenditure of the funds could not be ascertained and therefore these pub-lic funds may not have been utilised lawfully and in an effective manner, the audit report reads.

The report also reveals that the Government incurred excess expen-diture amounting to Sh38,495,253

without parliamentary approval.The money was incurred in four

votes, among them the Witness Pro-tection agency, the Commission for the Implementation of the constitu-tion, the Judiciary and the Public Ser-vice Commission.

The report says that a number of ministries and departments did not settle bills amounting to Sh43.6 bil-lion. The amount comprised Sh12.19 billion and Sh31.43 billion in recur-rent and development votes respec-tively.

The Ministry of Defence did not settle the highest recurrent amount at Sh4.4 billion with the Provincial Administration and Internal Secu-rity failing to settle recurrent bills amounting to Sh1.6 billion.

The Ministry of Roads did not set-tle the highest amount of develop-ment expenditure at Sh20.9 billion followed by Public Works at Sh1.6 bil-lion.

The report notes that had the bills totalling Sh4.6 billion been settled

during the period and the expenditure charged to the accounts for 2012/2013 year, 16 ministries and departments would have recorded excess expendi-ture against recurrent and/or devel-opment votes.

The audit of temporary imprest re-vealed balances which ought to have been recovered or accounted for, on or before 30 June 2013, but were still outstanding as at the date amounting to Sh633 million.

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports had the highest amount of outstanding imprests occasioned by un-reconcilling documents at Sh491 million.

Maintainance of cashbooks across the ministries was noted to be weak.

Bank reconciliation statements for recurrent, development, deposits and fund continued to reflect material re-ceipts and payments and cashbooks not reflected in the bank statements and also receipts and payments in the bank statements not reflected in the cashbooks.

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission could not provide proper docu-mentation to support expenditure of Sh5.9 billion Former Ministry of Internal Security and Provincial Administration could not account for Sh3.1 billion Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Development could not account for Sh4.3 billion Ministry of Special Programmes could not provide documents for Sh2.5 billion spent Education Ministry could not avail records on expenditure for Sh6.7 billion

ExpEnditurEs without propEr documEntation

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Lamu Governor Issa Timamy told a parliamentary committee that there were no signs of ethnic or religious tensions ahead of the spate of seri-al killings recently witnessed in his county.

Timamy, who is under probe over the killings, told the joint team on Na-tional Cohesion and Equal Opportu-nities led by Nominated MP Johnson Sakaja that the mass murders came as

a shocker to local leaders.He said unlike the administration

and security agencies who had al-legedly received intelligence reports on impending attacks, his county gov-ernment was unaware of any ethnic or religious anxiety in either Mpeke-toni, Witu and Hindi areas.

The attack came as a surprise. There was no tension, ethnic or re-ligious, to indicate there could have been such a massacre. We only came to later know intelligence could have been given to security detail in the

area of an impending attack, but the same was never shared with us, said Timamy.

The governor said he was con-vinced the killings had nothing to do with the historical injustices over land at the coast. He noted from the first incident of killings on June 14, he was treated with suspicion, especially by security officers.

He said he had a poor working re-lationship with the now transferred County Commissioner Stephen Ikua, who was serving in the area at the

time of the massacre. Timamy ac-cused Ikua of complacency in coordi-nating security response after the in-cidents, saying he spent most of his time out of the county. He claimed on the night of the first attack, the administrator was not in the county.

Things have been said. Specula-tion and rumours have been propa-gated and the onus is on the nation-al Government to bring those behind the killings to book, he said, saying he was a victim of political machina-tion.

There was no sign of ethnic, religious tensions, Timamy tells teamByB MOSES NjAGI

In the absence of the records and documentation, the proprietBy of the expenditure of the funds could not be ascertained and therefore these public funds maBy not have been utilised lawfullBy and in an effective manner. Auditor General

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Female warders at the Wundanyi GK Prison in Taita-Taveta County have accused a senior officer of de-manding sexual favours from them.

The warders, some of who are married, claimed those who turned downed the officers sexual advanc-es are intimidated with sacking and transfers.

However, prison authorities say no formal complaint had been made against the officer and cannot launch investigations based on rumours.

Narrating their ordeal to The Stan-dard in Wundanyi town yesterday, the complainants said those who ac-cepted his sexual demands were giv-en preferential treatment.

Those who sleep with the amo-rous officer are given light duties and lucrative assignments to reciprocate sexual favours, said a female warder.

The complainants claimed the of-ficer had been alienated by his senior colleagues who are not happy with the behaviour.

MAKE ADVANCESSome cases have been quite em-

barrassing as the officer attempts to make advances even while we are on duty with prisoners, alleged another female warder.

I told the officer that I am mar-ried yet he continued disturbing me. I even informed my husband of the incident, but he is unable to confront him for fear I will be victimised, com-plained another female officer.

Two male warders have also com-plained that their wives were being harassed by the officer.

We cannot work in such an en-vironment where some of our col-leagues and wives are subjected to such treatment. We want the Govern-ment to take action against the offi-cer, said the officers.

The Officer in-charge of the facil-ity Senior Superintendent of Prisons Khamis Bakari confirmed that he had heard the rumours about the issue but declined to give further details.

He said the matter will be inves-tigated once official complaints are made.

Warders allege sexual harassment

by RENSON MNyAMWEZI

MPs want equal posting of 5,000

new teachers

Parliament wants 4,350 teachers shared out equally with 15 tutors for each of Kenyas 290 constituencies to ensure balance.

Members of the National Assem-

Data given to the Committee on Education revealed a national teachers shortage of 90,230

bly Committee on Education said yes-terday the current system used by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) leads to skewed appointments with some regions benefiting more than others.

The balance should then be left for the TSC to hire, based on other cri-teria such as affirmative action and based on the most understaffed re-gions, said committee member and Mogotio MP, Hellen Sambili.

The Government allocated some Sh2.25 billion towards recruitment of 5,000 teachers in this financial year.

But the teachers employer said some constituencies are already over

staffed and so it prefers to stick to the current formula of appointing teach-ers. TSCs director in charge of teacher management, Nancy Macharia, said some 2,479 teachers will be recruited for primary schools and another 2,521 for secondary schools.

We have already received da-ta from our county directors and it is currently being cleaned. Once we complete this, we shall tell which schools will get how many slots on a pro-rata basis, said Macharia.

She represented commission sec-retary Gabriel Lengoiboni, who is out of the country, during a meeting with the House committee in Parliament.

She said the overall goal of TSC is to establish and maintain a sufficient professional teaching service for pub-lic education institutions in the coun-try, except universities.

She said the ideal staffing norms that should have been used for re-cruitment are not ready.

We already did a Cabinet memo to the ministry and that is where we are as at now, she said.

Education Principal Secretary Bel-lio Kipsang said the ministry received the memo but wanted some sections amended. The staffing system are ex-pected to ensure equitable distribu-tion of new teachers.

Byb AuguStINE ODuOR

Committee on Education chairperson Sa-bina Chege (pictured) says the Teachers Service Commission should appear before the committee next week with a proper for-mula for sharing new teachers among con-stituencies TSC Director in charge of teacher man-agement Nancy Macharia said recruitment guidelines would be revealed once the au-dit of data from counties is complete Committee member Cecilia Ngetich said the problem was not the recruitment for-mula but allocation of funds

TSC TOLD TO PRESENT PROPER TUTOR SHARING FORMULA

From left: Lilian Wanjiru, Sera Ambiyo

Matukho, Peninah Kerubo Anasi, Dickson

Maina Ngari, Judy Wairimu Ngigi and

Hellen Mutile at the Milimani Law Courts

yesterday where they were charged with

trafficking a girl on July 8, 2014, at Soweto

village in Kayole. The six were released on a

cash bail of Sh5 million. [PHOTO: FIDELIS

KABUNYI/STANDARD]

Facing child trafficking charges

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A hospital in Nairobi has been or-dered to compensate a top official of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission for the death of his wife.

The Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board ordered Family Care Medical Centre and Maternity Home in Nairobi West to initiate mediation with the family of Esther Kagwiria Le-tangule who died last year, with a view of compensation and report the prog-

ress to the board within 90 days.Thomas Letangule, a commission-

er with the IEBC, had filed the com-plaint with the board, accusing the hospital and its staff of professional negligence.

The committee found the hospi-tal guilty of not managing Letangules wife when she checked into the hospi-tal in March last year, despite having clear signs of a dangerous pregnancy due to high blood pressure.

The Boards Professional Con-duct Committee chaired by Dr Tim-

othy Kingondu established that the person who checked her blood pres-sure did not even have qualifications for that job.

The hospital was also found guilty of not keeping accurate records de-spite Letangules wife visiting the hos-pital several times.

FOUND GUILTYThe hospital was also ordered to

pay Sh350,000 to the board as part costs for the committees meeting.

Dr Erick Sagwa, who was the med-

ical officer in charge of the hospital and the first one on call at the time, was found guilty of failing to review the patients condition or acting in a timely manner.

The committee ordered that Sag-wa be admonished by the Chairman of the Medical Practitioners and Den-tists Board. He was also required to be placed on full-time attachment at Mbagathi District Hospital in Nairobi for three months.

Dr Sagwa was ordered to pay the Medical board a fine of Sh100,000.

Hospital ordered to pay Letangule for death of wifeByB ALLY JAmAh

ODM party leader Raila Odinga addresses the press after holding the Parlia-mentary Group meeting at the party headquarters yesterday where Saba Saba resolutions were discussed. [PHOTO: TABITHA OTWORI/STANDARD]

Raila moves to mend cracks in ODM as he pushes for referendum

Sources said Raila was hard-pressed to convince ODM MPs to support his push for a national refer-endum, an agenda that has caused a split in the opposition. Raila moved to seal cracks that have emerged within his own party amid dissenting views emanating from his spirited push for a referendum, which he argues will enable Kenyans take a vote on key is-sues affecting the country.

A section of opposition MPs and Governors including those allied to the Orange party have differed with referendum calls, with some arguing that the agenda would not solve the many challenges facing the country. Interestingly, Nairobi Governor Dr Ev-ans Kidero who is among CORD Gov-ernors who have opposed the referen-dum push yesterday made a technical appearance at Orange House and left before the meeting ended. Kidero last week dismissed the push for a referendum, saying the opposition would better ad-

at Orange House told the party leader that the referendum push would flop if the process was not consultative and all-inclusive.

One MP who attended the meet-ing described it as stormy and Railas attempt to try calm dissent was dis-cernible from reports that the ODM party leader took almost 45 minutes to state CORDs case for the push for a referendum which was announced during the Saba Saba rally in Nairo-bi on July 7.

As Raila met his team, for-mer Vice President Kalonzo Musy-oka and Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula were also leading sep-arate Parliamentary Group meet-ings for their respective Wiper and Ford Kenya parties at Maanzoni and Elementaita lodges respectively. The three parties are set to hold a joint PG on Tuesday next week to agree on the structures in the proposed nation-al referendum team.

The meetings between the three CORD co-principals and their party MPs apparently were held to try to de-fuse simmering discontent within the opposition rank and file who felt the leaders were making rushed and uni-lateral decisions. You cannot go to war as a commander without giving your troops clear instructions; there must also be a briefing and debrief-ing sessions and that is what we told Jakom, (Raila) an MP who attended the ODMs PG revealed.

The MPs, sources said, told the ex-PM that there has been disqui-et among its ranks and file, with most legislators feeling left out of the opposition party plans, follow-ing his return from the US on May 31. The MPs, argued that Raila and his co-principals were acting either as lone rangers or had deliberate-ly decided to isolate their troops. One source revealed Raila took almost 45 minutes to explain himself and why CORD cannot wait for the 2017 Gen-eral Elections to change the state of affairs. South Mugirango MP Manson Nyamweya who attended yesterdays briefing told The Standard the meet-ing was stormy but the party leader was given ample time to explain him-self and other CORD co-principals.

We have had issues in past but after todays meeting, I think all the members who attended have seen in it the sense to support the proposed national referendum which will en-able Kenyans to make a determina-tion on issues like funding of Devolu-tion, Nyamweya explained.

dress the national challenges like insecurity and high cost of living through parliamentary process . Sources at the meeting said Kid-ero argued it was important for the opposition leaders to explain to representatives at all levels, in-cluding Members of the County As-semblies, since all of them would be at one point required to play a role. A number of the partys MPS who have opposed the referendum calls however gave the meeting a wide berth, includ-ing Budalangi MP Ababu Namwamba who was said to be out of the country. Namwamba who is the ODM in-terim joint secretary has skipped a number of CORD rallies since the Bonchari by-election, among them those held in the build-up to the Sa-ba Saba rally at Uhuru Park on July 7. Others who snubbed the event were Bomachoge Chache MP Simon Oga-ri and Kitutu Chache South MP Rich-ard Onyonka who last week host-ed Namwamba in Nyamira where they castigated the referendum calls. A source said the MPs who support the referendum calls were angered by the fact that some of their colleagues had defied the party position to go ahead and publicly dismiss the calls for a plebiscite in contravention to the party constitution.

Mbita MP Millie Odhiambo is said to have asked her colleagues

opposing the referendum to come on board and present their ideas on how best the Opposition can proceed to liberate the country. Those who raised objection to the ref-erendum calls argue they were kept in the dark and point out the confusion in the run up to the Saba Saba rallies and subsequent unexpected atten-dance. The poor show they said was a warning to CORD leaders on why they should take along their troops, especially in the planning stages. Some Governors had also complained over non-financing of the CORD ral-lies by the secretariat, a hitch that had seen them left to foot huge bills outside their budgets. For instance Governors had been left with the responsibility of paying for the public address systems, the venue, mobilisation of support-ers and lunch for the CORD leaders. CORDs attempt to amend the consti-tution through a popular vote will re-quire the support of at least 24 counties But yesterday, Raila assured his troops that the referendum way was the saf-est route to take in involving all Ken-yans to determine their destiny, argu-ing parliament was itself rogue and dominated by non-progressive ele-ments opposed to reform.

Kisumu Senator Anyang Nyongo said the meeting had been held to en-dorse the Saba Saba resolutions, with emphasis on push for a referendum.

Sources said majority of the 72 ODM MPs who attended a meeting chaired by Raila at Orange House told him the referendum push would flop if the process was not consulta-tive and all-inclusive The MPs, sources said, told the ex-PM that most legisla-tors have been feeling left out of the opposition party plans, following his return from the US. They argued that Raila and his co-principals were act-ing either as lone rangers or had deliberately decided to isolate their troops

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Lamu: the aftermathThe shocking questions confron-ting residents of volatile county as they return to their homes.Our writer finds out why the sup-posed Promised Land that is Mpeketoni, is no longer at ease.Why it will never be the same for the farming community in Lamu.Read about this and more.

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This Week: After the wrangles, Embu leaders get down to work.

SATURDAY

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The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) wants the Lands min-istry to issue second genera-tion title deeds that are tam-per proof.

The lawyers said the second generation titles should have peculiar features that crimi-nals and land fraudsters would not be able to alter.

LSK Chairman Erick Mu-tua demanded that the Lands ministry conducts an audit of all the issued title deeds since Independence so as to distin-guish between genuine and fake ones. The Lands minis-try must do an audit of the ti-tles and find out who is hav-ing genuine title and who has a fake document, said Mutua.

Ngilu-NLC rivalryAddressing the Press after

a luncheon graced by Lands Principal Secretary Mariamu el Maawy, Mutua said there were many cases of land doc-uments forgery perpetuated by unscrupulous people both from outside and within the ministry.

LACK OF OFFICEThe lawyers wondered why

the timelines for getting neces-sary documents at the ministry were not being followed by the employees and said the rival-ry between the National Land Commission and the Lands Cabinet Secretary Charity Ngi-lu was hurting service delivery.

They also lamented about lack of a clear complaints body within the ministry.

Lack of clear office to han-dle complaints leads to time wastage in finding the solu-tion. Lawyers and the pub-lic are being taken round and round and this is a breeding ground for corruption, said Mutua.

SHORTER TIMEBesides complaints, the

lawyers accused the ministry officials of taking long to sign the title deeds since the issue is controversial and is current-ly a subject of review lodged at the Supreme Court.

But Ms Maawy came to the defence of the ministry saying service delivery had improved with registering properties which used to take 73 days now taking 16 days.

We realised access to files and records was our biggest impediment to realising de-sired turn-around. We know there are still challenges and we are training our staff to meet these laid down guide-lines, said Maawy.

While responding to the lawyers queries, Maawy said the Government would pro-duce second generation title deeds within this financial year though she did not specify the time frame of the production.

Ministry put to task over title deeds

forgeryBy RAwLIngS OTIEnO

A judge has rejected an at-tempt by the State to prolong for two months the investiga-tion of Lamu Governor Issa Ti-mamy.

The judge proclaimed that police will not be allowed to in-vestigate this matter for long and gave them a month to de-cide if they have evidence to charge Timamy (right) with any crime linked to the killing of 60 people in Mpeketoni last month.

Since Timamys arrest late last month, police have made dramatic claims about his al-leged connection with the vio-lence and even suggested that the governor was under probe for international crimes but failed to indict him at all. On Wednesday, the police applied for 60 more days to conclude the investigation.

The case cannot hang on him for too long, said Justice Martin Muya yesterday when he rejected the application by

the prosecution for more days to conclude what has been billed as a complex investi-gation.

Justice Muya ordered police to conclude the investigation in 30 days from yesterday, say-ing a month is adequate time to conclude the probe because detectives have investigated the violence since mid June.

The respondent (Timamy) has been on their radar for one month. It would be prejudicial for this matter to hang on him for an inordinate duration, said Muya who also rejected defence claims that he might be influenced by the politics surrounding this case to arrive at rulings and judgement.

As he walked out of the Mombasa law courts, Tima-my said he is innocent as his lawyer Ahmednassir Abdullahi proclaimed that after a proper and thorough investigation, my client will be set free because there is no case against him. The judge ordered the case to be mentioned on August 18 when the State will bring a re-port on whether they had com-pleted investigations or not. Justice Muya said it was factu-al that there were some goons in Lamu and Tana River coun-ties murdering innocent citi-zens. He therefore said it was the courts duty to ensure that justice was not only seen to be done but it was done to all. Assistant Deputy Director of Prosecution Alex Mute-ti had told the court that po-lice wanted more time as they were investigating Timamy for international crimes, which required extra time. The state lawyer said police had not re-corded statement from some witnesses who had relocated to other areas after the violence.

Bid to prolong Timamys probe hits brick wall as judge turns down appeal

ByB By wILLIS OKETCH

President Kenyatta, Infrastructure Cabinet Secretary Michael Kamau, Taveta MP Naomi Shaban, among others, inspect vehicles that will be used in construc-tion of Taveta-Mwatate road yesterday. [PHOTO: PSCU]

End the noise and join us in nation building, Uhuru tells CORD

wa (Voi).The President also unveiled a com-

memorative plaque to officially open the Sh360 million Taveta Market/Bus park project and inspected the ongo-

President Uhuru Kenyatta yester-day told CORD leaders to respect the decision of the electorate and work with Jubilee Government.

The President criticised the lead-ers accusing them of making too much noise at the expense of serv-ing Kenyans. We were given the full mandate to run this country by Ken-yans and the Opposition should ei-ther join us or give us time to serve Kenyans instead of distracting us all the time, said the Head of State.

He added: The Opposition has formed a habit of undermining all the development projects being initi-ated by the Jubilee government. The Opposition should understand what Kenyans want is development and not endless empty rhetoric.

The President was speaking at Soweni Primary school in Taveta town after inspecting several projects in the area, including the Taveta-Mwatate road.

He was accompanied by sever-al Jubilee leaders among them Dep-uty Majority Party Leader and Taveta MP Naomi Shaban and Loitokitok MP Katoo Ole Metito. Others were County Governor John Mruttu, MPs Andrew Mwadime (Mwatate) and Jones Mlol-

President accuses the Opposition of distracting the Government by engaging in endless empty rhetoric

ing construction works of Taveta One-Stop Border point project.

He said he would soon visit the area with Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete to officially commission the more than Sh10.5 billion road and the Sh500 million one-stop-border post.

Today, I have visited the area to see the progress of the road. Next time I will come with my counterpart in Tanzania to commission the interna-tional road that will link the East Afri-can Community States, he said.

Mr Kenyatta said his government

would focus more on development projects geared towards improving the socio-economic status of all Ken-yans. The Jubilee Government, he added, will work for all Kenyans irre-spective of their party affiliations.

The Standard yesterday exclusive-ly reported that the Government had adopted a new strategy to CORDs pe-rennial criticism. The President, we reported, will be seen more and more personally launching or opening key development projects with the objec-tive of building public confidence.

By REnSOn MnyAMwEZI

President will personally open or launch key develop-ment projects with the objec-tive of building public confi-dence On the political front, Jubi-lee legislators will respond to political attacks from the Op-position The Deputy President will visit various parts of the coun-try and attend communal functions to maintain govern-ment presence and establish connection with Kenyans

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A jealous Kenyan husband who stabbed his 33-year-old wife to death in a horrifying and savage attack was jailed for 22 years at Old Bailey, the Central Criminal Court on Monday.

Royal Mail postman Rich-ard Nyawanda Otunga, 37, of Taywood Road, Northolt, west London, will spend 22 years behind bars for the murder of mother-of-one Shamim Ga-briel.

He killed her on Decem-ber 29, last year at their home, accusing her of having affairs with other men.

Otunga, who admitted manslaughter, was convicted of murder last Friday but or-dered on Monday to serve a minimum of 22 years.

Shamim Gabriel was caught out by her husband receiving text messages from other men and after reading them and confronting her flew into a rage smashing his wifes mobile phone into pieces. He then turned on her with a carv-ing knife and stabbed her more than 30 times.

Police were called to the Otungas residence at about 7am on Sunday in Decem-ber following reports of an in-jured woman. Ms Gabriel was attended to by London Am-

bulance Service but she was pronounced dead 25 minutes later.

Otunga also calmly phoned his father-in-law Gabby Gabri-el saying he had had an argu-ment with his wife and that she had no serious injuries. Gabby rushed over to Taywood Road and Otunga showed off Sham-im wearing only her panties ly-ing in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor.

She had been stabbed 32 times in front of the couples eight-year-old daughter who called police after witnessing the killing.

Mr Gabriel asked Otun-ga, Is this what you called me forto show me the body of my daughter?

The court heard that his son-in-law simply replied that he was very sorry.

I killed her. She was getting

messages from men at work. We both work for Royal Mail. Otunga claimed that he had lost consciousness during the December 29 incident.

Otunga, who had a histo-ry of domestic violence and threats to kill his wife, claimed that Shamim tried to attack him with a knife which he snatched from her and in the course of the struggle she was stabbed more than 30 times, Scotland Yard said.

Detective Chief Inspector Chris Jones of the Homicide and Major Crime Command (HMCC) said: Richard Otun-ga was a jealous controlling man who could not accept his wife having any contact with other men.

Sentencing Otunga, Judge Timothy Pontius said: This case and the evidence upon which the jury convicted you of murder presents a truly trag-ic picture of a marriage which was for much of the time hap-py and loving, but one which was polluted by your posses-sive and jealous behaviour to-wards your wife.

Otunga starts his sentence at one of Britains largest pris-ons, HMP Oakwood in Wolver-hampton, Staffordshire, which has 2,500 inmates.

He will be 59 when he is re-leased in July 2036.

Richard Otunga. [PHOTO: COUR-TESY]

Possessive, jealous Kenyan jailed for 22 years in UK for stabbing wife 32 times

by SHAMLAL PURI In London

The Supreme Court has upheld the election of Migori Governor Okoth Obado, end-ing months of uncertainty and saving his entire Cabinet.

Deputy Chief Justice Kalpa-na Rawal, Judges Smokin Wan-jala, Jacton Ojwang, Njoki Ndungu and Philip Tunoi dis-missed a Court of Appeal de-cision that had shown Obado the door.

The case originated from a petition filed at the High Court by poll loser Edward Oyugi (ODM), who will now bear all legal costs of the trial, appeal and supreme courts.

The judges agreed with the trial courts decision that the irregularities envisaged in the voting and tallying of the Migori County election did not affect the final outcome. A three-judge Bench sitting in Kisumus Court of Appeal had found that tallying errors com-promised the quality of the election.

The Judgment of the Court of Appeal sitting at Kisumu, dated March 28, 2014 annul-ling the election of Zackaria Okoth Obado as Governor of Migori County, is hereby set aside, Justice Tunoi ruled.

Court upholds

Obado winby KURIAn MUSA

Minimum entry grade was D plus while the min-imum age was 18 and 28 years for KCSE certificate holders, and 30 years for those with specialised skills, including diploma and degree holders Barracks at police train-ing colleges are being ex-panded to accommodate the new candidates after Treasury allocated Sh2.9 billion for the exercise

THE PROCESS

The National Police Ser-vice Commission will investi-gate Mondays recruitment of 10,000 police officers, saying it will nullify results of centres found to have contravened the law.

The police employer said it had constituted an audit panel to look into the entire exercise in the next two months before successful candidates report to respective colleges.

In centres where it is as-certained that the exercise was not above board, the process will be annulled and will lead to a repeat of the recruitment exercise, the commission said yesterday.

Chairman Johnstone Ka-vuludi said those with com-plaints and evidence of mal-

There have been allegations that last Mondays exercise was fraught with irregularities

practices have seven days to present them to the panel for review and action. The com-plaints can be sent to info@npsc.go.ke or be dropped at their Sky Park Plaza offices in Westlands.

Kavuludi called for calm from the public and unsuc-cessful candidates, saying no official complaint had been lodged so far. He said he had witnessed protests and media briefings over the exercise.

Given the number we were targeting and the manner in which we did it, I can say it was

fair and above board, unless I see evidence to the contrary, he noted.

He added there were sev-eral observer groups monitor-ing the exercise countrywide expected to hand in their re-ports next week.

Kavuludi yesterday said 6,000 constables will be for regular police and 4,000 for Ad-ministration Police. This will increase police population to almost 100,000.

The Interior ministry said preliminary findings had shown a 68-year-old parent reported to have died out of shock after his daughter failed to be recruited into the ser-vice in Nyamira had diabetes and hypertension and passed at 11.30am.

The deceaseds daughter participated in the recruitment exercise up to the last point but was not taken due to the fact that only one woman appli-cant was being recruited per administrative division, said a report from Nyamira Coun-ty Commissioner Josephine Onunga.

There have been allega-tions that last Mondays exer-cise was fraught with irregu-larities.

Commission to probe police hiring process

by CyRUS oMbAtI

British High Commissioner Christian Turner and Head of Depart-ment for International Development (DfID) Kenya, Lisa Phillips with Kawalase Primary School pupils. The two visited the school in Turkana to inspect a UK aid programme aimed at improving water, sanitation and hygiene. UK funding to Turkana will ex-ceed Sh6b between 20122017. [PHOTO: COURTESY]

Class time in Kawalase

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Kabarak University Vice Chancellor Jones Kaleli (left), Kabarak University Governing Council Chairman and West Pokot Senator John Lonyangapuo, and Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua after attending the International Research Conference at Kabarak University yesterday. [PHOTO: BONIFACE THUKU/STANDARD]

Varsities need to offer solutions, says Moi

He urges researchers to shift their focus from basic to applied science that leads to prosperity

Former President Moi has challenged universities and schol-ars in Africa to focus their research on solving the problems afflicting the continent.

Speaking at Kabarak Universi-ty yesterday, Moi stressed on the need for innovations to spur de-velopment.

In a speech read on his behalf by West Pokot Senator John Lon-yangapuo during the opening of the fourth Annual International Research Conference, Moi called on researchers to shift their focus from basic to applied research in order to transform peoples liveli-hoods from poverty to prosperity.

Also the universitys chancel-lor, Moi challenged institutions of higher learning to be creative and re-orient their programmes to re-

flect modern trends.Moi said in the knowledge-driv-

en world, universities hold the key to turning around national economies.

While emphasising on the need to take a lead in applied research, Moi called for public-private partnerships among universities.

The former President urged the youth to work hard to improve the economy by venturing in farming to feed the ever increasing population.

SHARING LACKINGMoi said information sharing

among African nations and national agencies was still lacking and called for immediate solutions.

The conference was attended by scholars and researchers from Ken-ya, South Africa, Japan, Uganda.

He advised local researchers to take their work seriously as they were pillars of Vision 2030, the countrys economic blue-print.

The university Vice Chancellor, Prof Jones Kaleli, called on under-graduate students to embrace re-search as a way of expanding knowl-edge and challenged lecturers to provide the much needed support.

Its only through research that the current generation can positive-ly make meaningful contribution to-wards solving the problems facing the society, he said.

Prof Lonyangabuo, who is the Uni-versitys Governing Council Chair-man, challenged young researchers to take their work seriously, saying Kabarak will continue to offers ade-quate space for learning and research.

Machakos Governor Alfred Mu-tua has told off the old crop of politi-cians saying their time is up and they should not expect to replace youthful leadership now in power.

While addressing delegates at the fourth Annual International Research Conference at Kabarak University, Mutua said the political baton was handed over to the current leadership by former President Mwai Kibaki and could go back to the elderly.

The race is away from the elder-ly politicians and it is with the youth-ful generation. There is no reverse on this. Those reasoning otherwise have no option and they should accept and move on, said the governor.

He asked the youth across the country to unite and fight off negative politics by jealously protecting unity and utilising well the positions given to them by Kenyans through elective or even appointment.

Let nobody cheat you that he/she has a solution, Kenyans themselves understand well what affects them and they have the solutions within, he added.

The governor urged leaders and Kenyans to learn to speak the truth saying negative criticism and attacks directed at his administration were purely because he was transforming his peoples lives.

Mutua hit out at critics accusing them of spreading propaganda on the 33km road from Kithimani to Maku-tano.

He challenged critics of his devel-opment projects, especially the road which was billed as the fastest built road in Kenya and possibly Africa, to instead show what they have done for Kenyans.

The governor defended the quali-ty of the road which has of late been at the centre of debate over its qual-ity with critics saying the facility was hurriedly done as a public relations gimmick than a service to Machakos residents.

The road is perfect, has a strong base and double seal chippings with bitumen. Those criticising it are clear-ly part of an orchestrated hate cam-paign and do not understand road construction, he said.

Mutua, who assured Kenyans that his critics would not destruct his fo-cus on development, urged youth to support the Jubilee government say-ing he had hope that it would lead the country to the next level of develop-ment.

Leadership should be left

to youth, Mutua tells politicians

Mutua to be investigated by EACC after parties in suit consent

Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua will be grilled by the graft agency next week on alleged procurement irregu-larities, following an agreement filed in court.

The governor had filed a petition seeking to have the Ethics and An-ti-Corruption Commission (EACC)

barred from probing him over alleged graft in the procurement of county motor vehicles including ambulanc-es and County Executives vehicles, among other undisclosed allegations.

HOLD DISCUSSIONSBy consent, the petitioner (Mutua)

shall be interviewed by EACC investi-gators on July 23, read the consent reached after High Court Judge Isaac

Lenaola asked both parties to hold discussions on the suit.

The governor had moved to court seeking to block the agency from probing him and the Director of Pub-lic Prosecutions (DPP) from prefer-ring criminal charges against him in relation to the alleged fraud. He want-ed the court to restrain DPP and In-spector General of Police from ap-prehending or preferring criminal

charges against him.But DPP Keriako Tobiko wants the

court to dismiss a suit filed by Mutua seeking to stop his intended arrest and prosecution.

The DPP argued that the Consti-tution mandates the EACC to inves-tigate any allegations or complaints reported and thereafter forward the report on the outcome. The matter will be heard on July 28

VINCeNt MAbAtUK

ISAIAH LUCHeLI

VINCeNt MAbAtUK

OBJECTIVES OF THE CONFERENCE To interrogate reforms and innovations that should spur quality and equity for sustainable development To create a forum for discussion and exchange of current research findings among researchers, professionals and policy makers To provide a forum for industry players to show case their products and services To provide a forum for university students to showcase their re-search and innovations

France and Kenya have a shared interest in fighting international terrorism, French Ambassador to Kenya Remi Marechaux has said. He said terrorists of AQIM whom the French forces are fighting against in Mali, alongside African forces, share a network and objectives with Al-Shabaab, adding that Kenya and France have a common enemy coupled with a common will.

The County Pension Fund (CPF) is set to meet the Attorney General and the Retirement Benefits Authority officials over allegations that some of its assets are illegally vested in a private firm. CPF MD Hosea Kili says the meeting will bring the two entities up to speed with the claims, which had seen RBA threaten to deregister Laptrust Administration Services Ltd last month.The threat emanated from misinformation. Our operations are above board and in adherence with laws, Kili said.

Five suspected thugs were yesterday shot dead in two separate robbery attempts in Nairobi. Three were killed after police foiled an attack on a supermarket in Maasai Mall but their accomplices escaped, Nairobi police boss Benson Kibue said. Two others were killed in Kabete in another botched robbery and an AK47 rifle found on them. The two are said to have been planning to commit a robbery when police, acting on a tip off, swung into action. This brings to nine the number of suspects who have been killed in two days.

The Industrial Court in Nairobi will determine on Monday whether two cases transferred from a Nakuru Court challenging the National Social Security Fund Act will be consolidated with three others. The lawyers in the three cases yesterday said they needed time to read through the issues raised in Nakuru before seeking directions on whether to oppose the cases from being consolidated or not. Before Industrial Court Principal Judge Nduma Nderi, lawyer for Labour Cabinet Secretary Kazungu Kambi, Mr Fred Ngatia, asked that the matter be postponed for another week, arguing that cases had stagnated remittance of social benefit monies.

Kenya, France plot against terrorism

CPF in defence against private firm link claims

City police gun down five suspected gangsters

Industrial court to decide on two NSSF cases

RoundUp

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Grief-stricken Rachel Karei (second right), widow of Prof Jona-than Karei (inset) who was the chancellor of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, with relatives out-side her house at Elgon View estate in Eldoret after receiving the news of her husbands death. [Photo: Peter odhiambo/standard]

ByB TiTus Too

Curtain falls on don after 51-year career

The death of Prof Jonathan ole Ka-rei, the chancellor of Jaramogi Ogin-ga Odinga University of Science and Technology (Jooust), has dealt a blow to the academia in the country.

Karei reportedly collapsed at the Eldoret Airport on Wednesday morn-ing moments before his scheduled flight to Nairobi and was pronounced dead later.

His wife Rachel Karei, who is a lecturer at the University of Eldoret (UoE), said the don was in his ele-ment when he left to the Eldoret In-ternational Airport for a flight to Nai-robi and she was shocked to learn of the sad news later.

He had been well and even watched the football World Cup fi-nals on Sunday and was okay through Monday and Tuesday, said Rachel.

His driver Jackson Oleshow said they left Elgon View home in Eldoret with Karei at 7am and the don was quite jovial all the way to the airport.

sAD NEWsI assisted him carry some bags

and left him after he had checked in and drove back to pick Rachel to her place of work only to learn of the sad news later, said Mr Oleshow.

Relatives and friends thronged Kareis Elgon View Estate home in El-doret yesterday to condole with the bereaved family.

His sudden death was not only shocking to the family but also to the academic fraternity.

Karei has made valuable contri-bution to university education in his over 51-year career.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree in Political Science and History from Philander Smith College in the United States in 1963.

Karei later obtained a Master of

Karei collapses at airport before his scheduled flight to Nairobi and dies later

Arts in Political Science and Interna-tional Relations from Atlanta Univer-sity. He obtained yet another Masters degree in Public Relations and Hu-man Resource Management.

A budding scholar with a con-suming appetite for knowledge, Prof Ole Karei was apparently not yet do-ne with Masters degrees and in 1971, he obtained a PhD in International Relations and Administrative Man-agement and International Law and Diplomacy from University of Penn-sylvania, reads his citation during a Jooust function in May this year.

He was appointed Assistant Pro-fessor of Political Science and Geog-raphy at Voorhees College and later an Associate Professor from 1972 to 1974 when he was promoted to a full professor.

In 1979, Karei was appointed by the governor to the South Carolina State Recognition Committee, be-coming the first African ever to be ap-pointed to the committee.

Five years later, former President Daniel Moi appointed him as first Chief Academic Officer at Moi Uni-versity in Eldoret, a position he served for 30 years.

After retiring from Moi University, he moved to Narok University where he was a lecturer.

Later, retired President Kibaki ap-pointed him in January 2013 to be the first Chancellor Jooust, a position he was holding to date.

Karei is survived by seven children.

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Kareis CurriCulum Vitae

Karei was appointed Assistant Professor of Po-litical Science and Geography at Voorhees College and later an Associate Professor from 1972 to 1974 when he was promoted to a full professor In 1979, he was appointed by the governor to the South Carolina State Recognition Committee, becoming the first African ever to be appointed to the committee Former President Daniel Moi appointed him as first Chief Academic Officer at Moi University in Eldoret in 1984, a position he served for 30 years Later, retired President Kibaki appointed him in January 2013 to be the first Chancellor Jooust

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Moi stadium not renamedMoi International Sports Cen-

tre Kasarani has not been re-named Safaricom Sports Centre, the Government has maintained.

The Sports ministry reiterated the multi-purpose stadium retains its name even after signing a stra-tegic collaboration deal with mo-bile network operator Safaricom.

A statement read by Depart-mental Committee on Labour Chairman David Were at the Na-tional Assembly said the deal be-tween Safaricom and Sports Sta-dia Management Board (SSMB) was a culmination of consultative forums with various authorities.

SSMB put up public tender notices May 2013 where it sought bids for naming rights for two fa-cilities at Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani, that is the main stadium and the indoor arena (gymnasium), read the state-ment.

Senate slams State for surging

insecurity

Senators have voiced their con-cern on the runaway insecurity in the country and called on the Gov-ernment to address the situation be-fore it gets out of hand.

The legislators also demanded that the top security chiefs take responsi-bility and resign if they cannot guar-antee the citizens safety. The Senate

Leaders angered by manner in which security chiefs are handling docket, call for quick action

has scheduled an informal sitting next week to deliberate on the matter with the security chiefs.

Yesterday they expressed their dis-pleasure with the manner in which the security agencies were handling the docket. This emerged after Tur-kana Senator John Munyes informed the House of impending attacks in the area on Wednesday. The senator was speaking in reference to Wednesdays night attack where more than 100 raiders attacked a village in Turkana County, killed one person and injured several others.

He protested that the attack oc-curred barely a week after another one in the same village.

Munyes was angered that despite informing the House and Speaker Ekwe Ethuro directing that the Secu-rity Committee Chairman Yusuf Ha-

Media owners and journalists have dismissed allegations that they were coerced to deny the Coalition for Re-forms and Democracy (CORD) Saba Saba rally a live coverage.

The chairman of the Media Own-ers Association Sam Shollei yesterday assured Kenyans that the media are not subservient to any political class.

The chair of the Kenya Editors Guild Linus Kaikai and the organisa-tions former chair Macharia Gaitho also denied that media managers conspired to give the event a black out.

There was no media blackout on the events at Uhuru Park, as the rally was widely covered by the print me-dia and given air time during the af-ternoon bulletins. The decision not to air the event live was taken by the me-

dia owners and there was no coercion. There was no requirement for contin-uous live coverage by the coalition, said Kaikai.

A section of CORD leaders recently alleged that the media were forced by the Government give the CORD rally a black out.

They were speaking when media owners, editors and parliamentary re-porters met Parliament officials yes-terday.

ROLE OF MEDIADuring yesterdays meet-

ing, the role of the media and Parliament in the promotion of democracy was emphasised. Speaker of the National Assembly Jus-tin Muturi, who was the chief guest, appreciated the symbiotic relation-ship between Parliament and the me-dia, and noted that both are import-ant in protecting citizens freedoms

and enhancing democratic gains,. The media and the legislature must continue working together. We are conjoined like the Siamese twins. The presence of the media is vital for a functioning democracy, and Parlia-ment should facilitate the medias op-erations by ensuring freedom of the Press, Muturi said.

Shollei, who is also the Standard Groups Chief Executive Officer, cau-tioned Parliament against passing draconian laws that impede freedom of the Press. We hold Parliament in high esteem as an oversight body. In the event that Bills passed by Parlia-ment are seen as unconstitutional, it does not augur well for the esteemed position of Parliament, he said.

Kenya Parliamentary Journalists Association associations chairperson Caroline Wafula stressed the need for mutual respect between Parliament and the media.

The battle over the removal of electoral commissioners will be fought on the floor of the House after a Jubilee dominated com-mittee tabled a report dismiss-ing the petition.

In its report presented in the House yesterday, the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee indict-ed the petitioner, activist Wafu-la Buke, for failing to establish strong grounds for the remov-al of the nine Independent Elec-toral and Boundaries Commis-sion (IEBC) commissioners.

SUBMISSIONS The report also noted that the

submissions by Buke were not enough to task the President to form a tribunal to commence the process of sending the commis-sioners packing over their con-duct in the last general election.

Upon due consideration and review of the presentations, the committee did not find a prima facie case established against members of the IEBC for viola-tion of the aforesaid laws, reads the report. The committee said its task was not to recommend the dissolution of the commis-sion but to consider if there were strong grounds to push the mat-ter to subsequent legal channels. But CORD MPs registered their dissenting opinion and vowed to oppose the report on the floor of the House. The report indicts Buke for failing to pursue oth-er mechanisms in resolving the matter as provided for by law.

IEBC officials ouster bid rejected

ji and clerk Jeremiah Nyegenye meet with top security officers to avert pos-sible bloodshed, nothing was done. If our security is not guaranteed, we are going to mobilise members of the Tur-kana community to invade and stop the exploration and mining of the oil, said the senator.

Munyes told the House it was un-fortunate that the Government was busy guarding oil wells in the county at the expense of Turkana communi-tys security. Security officers in the region are busy guarding Ngamia One oil exploration site while the commu-nity is left exposed.

The senators united in grief and took the government head-on, accus-ing it of doing little to stop the rising spate of senseless killings that have been witnessed across the country. Mutahi Kagwe (Nyeri) stressed that it

is the high time the top security chief took responsibility and resigned.

Kiraitu Murungi (Meru) said the insecurity crisis is much deeper than can be handled by Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph ole Lenku alone. He called on the Government to relocate military barracks from Nairobi to re-gions where challenges of security are dire.

Minority Leader Moses Wetangu-la, senators Martha Wangari (nomi-nated) and Billow Kerrow (Mandera) called for quick action to avert more deaths.

Kisumu Senator Anyang Nyongo said there was low morale in the secu-rity forces as witnessed in the poor re-sponse to incidents of insecurity.

Janet Ongera (nominated) warned that the public could resort to self-de-fence.

Media owners, editors speak on coverage of rallyBy ALLAN KISIA

By WILFRED AyAgA

By WILFRED AyAgA

By ROSELyNE OBALA

Two National Assembly com-mittees on security have dismissed demands by Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) for with-drawal of Kenyan troops from So-malia.

The chairmen of the commit-tees Ndungu Gethenji (Defence and Foreign Relations) and Asman Kamama (National Security and Administration) termed the CORD leaderships demand unpatriotic and hypocritical and accused coa-lition of being sympathetic with the terror group.

It is unfortunate that the CORD team is speaking the same language with Al Shaabab that KDF should be pulled out of Somalia. The leaders should stop behaving in a manner perceived to be on the same side with the terror group, said Kama-ma yesterday.

The two leaders told journalists at Parliament buildings that the Government will not disclose the number of soldiers killed or injured in line of duty, claiming this was a matter national security.

We are not going to reveal the operational details of Somalia, this will go contrary to the National Se-curity Council and the KDF Act, Gethenji said.

KDF, they said, will continue serving in Africa Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) until advised otherwise by the African Union and the United Nations.

We are not going to encourage politics when it comes to national security. Deploying the military is the last line of defence and there-fore it is totally wrong and unpatri-otic for the Opposition to play pol-itics with matters security, warned Gethenji.

Gethenji and Kamama accused the CORD leadership of acting as the political wing of Al Shabab and questioned their agenda in de-manding the soldiers withdrawal.

MPS attack CORD over

KDF demandByB ROSELyNE OBALA

IN THEIR OWN WORDS... Turkana Senator John Munyes (right) was angered that despite informing the House and Speaker Ekwe Ethuro directing that Se-curity Committee Chair Yusuf Haji and clerk Jeremiah Nyegenye meet with top security officers to avert possible bloodshed, noth-ing was done. If our security is not guar-anteed, we are going to mobilise members of the Turkana community to invade and stop the exploration and mining of the oil, he said Mutahi Kagwe (Nyeri) stressed that it is high time top security chiefs resigned

From left: Editors Guild Chairman

Linus Kaikai, Media Owners

Association Chairman Sam

Shollei chat with National Assembly

Speaker Justin Muturi at

Parliament Building during a

breakfast meeting yesterday. [PHOTO:

BONIFACE OKENDO/ sTANDArD]

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Calling for peace in Middle East, Arab region

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WHAT OTHER MEDIA SAY...

Kenyan Muslims in Mombasa held a vigil to protest the escalation of hostilities in the Gaza region. This follows a week-long unceasing bombardment of the area by Israel rockets in an apparent response to provocation from the Hamas militants.

Even as that happened, the civil war in Libya raged on with rebels battling on the main Tripoli International Air-port. The civil war in Syria is not about to end soon, while the ISIS jihadists are running amok in Iraq. The Middle East is bleeding. The skirmished in the Gaza strip accentuated the crisis facing a region with a huge chunk of the worlds energy reserves.

But then, it appears that there is no end in sight to the wars between Israeli and the Islamic Hamas militants. The latest eruption coming after three Jewish teenagers kid-napped from the region were found murdered.While it is every nations right to defend itself against aggres-sion, the latest round is akin to hitting a mosquito with a sledgehammer. Israels military response appears to have targeted civilian areas as rockets wreak havoc, destroying buildings and causing heavy civilian casualties. Images of terrified parents holding on to the corpse of their daughters headless torso should move anybody to despair.

The Egyptian-brokered truce must be made to hold to al-low for sobriety to return and give peace a chance. The war has caused serious disruptions in power, water and food supplies. Schooling, transport and businesses have stalled on both sides. These are services that need to be restored immediately, and only a ceasefire can allow for that.

In the same breath, the United States should quickly move to bring both parties to the negotiating table.

Israel is not likely to disappear and it is in the interest of peace for the Palestinians to acknowledge its existence. On the other hand, Israel must recognise and respect the right of a Palestinian state. In its bid to stop Hamas from getting supplies that aid in the construction of rockets, Israel placed a blockade that limits peoples access to food and water be-sides other essential supplies in Gaza.

The international community, Kenya included, should express its outrage at the carnage witnessed and do every-thing possible to make the Middle East a peaceful area.

In the run-up to the 2010 referendum that led to the promulgation of the 2010 Constitu-tion, Deputy President William Ruto was one of the people who opposed its adoption, citing grey areas that called for amendments. Con-versely, opposition leader Raila Odinga ac-knowledged that the Draft Constitution was 70 per cent okay while stressing the need to adopt it and carry out amendments later.

Today, the Deputy President is vehemently opposed to any proposals to amend the docu-ment that he was once opposed to. Calls for amendment have elicited scorn, but it would seem like the threat of a referendum has final-ly awoken the government from its stupor, judging from the reactions of the Government and its loyalist troops. They have taken it upon themselves to pour cold water on issues raised by the Opposition.

Referendums are provided for in the Con-

stitution and if Cord goes about it within the confines of the law, the Government need not revert to the application of unorthodox and oppressive laws that the new Constitution did away with. Opposition leaders have claimed there are Government plans to arrest them on trumped-up charges.

These are very serious allegations against a Government that professes democracy and in-clusiveness.

The veracity of those claims will have to be ascertained soon. There is the risk that a Gov-ernment that looks disorganised has given rise to an Opposition that looks for any opportuni-ty to embarrass it. The danger is that the Op-position has resorted to playing to the gallery by making all sorts of claims. Strategists within Jubilee have taken the wrong approach in countering the Oppositions resur-gence. Trailing Cord to undo their gains in

some areas is hardly the prudent thing to do. The Governments job is to ensure that the Op-position remains irrelevant as it carries out its development agenda and ensure that it stays on course.

Yet events of the recent past have only suc-ceeded in exposing those in authority as hav-ing no agenda for the country other than bash-ing the opposition. While the Government blames the Opposition for keeping the country in a perpetual campaign mode,

it goes ahead to do the same thing. The President and his deputy are in Mombasa ap-parently to undo what the opposition did last week. That is not the way to run a Government.

Plans by the Presidents political advisers to make him more visible by personally appear-ing on sites and launching development proj-ects are good, but look feeble at countering an oppositon that seemed re-energised to see off

the Government at the next elections in 2017.Because as it is, that cannot by itself build

public confidence and appeal to Kenyans. To win the hearts and minds of citizens, the Gov-ernment must ensure the people can afford food, education and other basic needs of life like feeling safe enough to go about their daily chores.

The opposition should keep Government in check and desist from plunging the country in-to a state of politicking that has proved over the years to be counter-productive.

It is within their right to call for a referen-dum on the Constitution. What they should not do is create unnecessary panic.

The Government should on the other hand facilitate the referendum because it is a consti-tutional right. They should by all means avoid the politics of attrition that holds back the country.

The conduct of Dutch troops in the lead-up to the 1995 Srebrenica massacre is, and will remain, a deeply shameful moment in that nations history. Thousands of Bosnian Muslims had sought protection in the camp of a battalion of Dutch UN peacekeepers, in an attempt to escape the likely slaughter at the hands of Ratko Mladics advancing Bosnian-Serb army. The outnumbered Dutch troops fearful of being overrun bowed to pressure from Mladic and forced the Muslim families out of their compound. Some 8,000 men and boys were then executed in the bloodiest massacre of post-Second World War Europe. Todays ruling that the Dutch state should pay compensation to the families of 300 men murdered by Mladics forces does not come free from controversy.

There may be a dark lining to the sunny June employment report, which recorded an increase of 288,000 payroll jobs for the month. Most or all of the increase may have been part-time jobs. If thats a trend, it could signal a weaker economy. It could also vindicate critics of the A ordable Care Act. They have argued that the added costs of providing health insurance for full-time workers would cause many fi rms to emphasize part-time employment. Is it a trend? Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Mortimer Zuckerman real estate developer and editor in chief of U.S. News & World Report says yes. Some data seem convincing. In June, part-time jobs increased by 1,115,000, reports the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); full-time jobs fell by 708,000.

In the good-news/bad-news world of blockbuster drugs, the latest is the launch of Sovaldi, a drug to treat hepatitis C. Sovaldi comes with a cure rate as high as 90% for a disease that a icts 3 million people in the United States, and with fewer complications than previous treatments. But it also comes with a scary side e ect: a price of $1,000 a pill. Because the pills must be taken once a day for 12 weeks, the cost of treatment comes to $84,000, plus thousands more for other drugs included in the protocol. Even with a generous insurance policy, a patient would likely pony up more than $20,000. And how does drug maker Gilead Sciences arrive at that price? The answer can be hard to come by.

Compensation to Srebrenica families A part-timer boom, or blip? Why $1,000 a pill?

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PalaverOur honourable senators must be very cunning! Believe it, they can actually see ahead. There is a law that says only the three major political parties get funding from the political parties kitty. Small parties have been crying foul, but now the senators have passed a Bill to make sure they bene-fit. Dont be taken in, it is not magnanimity, it is called planning ahead. Some know all too well they might have to join or form small parties of their own come 2017. Why not take insurance?

It is a dogs life for a teacher. He-res an uplifting experience about a real dog. A dog named Ace is being hailed as a hero for licking the face of a sleeping, deaf 13-ye-ar-old Indianapolis boy to alert him that the house was on fire. Indianapolis Fire Department says the boy was home alone and sleeping without his hearing aids when the fire started. My dog licked my face and woke me up, Lamb said. I was like, Stop it! What? You want to be fed? I thought he wanted to be fed or go outside. Ace didnt stop licking Nick until the teen got up, too. Thats when he realized the house was full of smoke.

And finally...Contrary to what Lamu County Commissioner Njenga Miiri thinks of the police reservists who voluntarily returned their guns to the Government for fear of killer gangs, they did the right thing by their conscience. Better be a coward and live to tell the tale another day than be a dead hero.oped@standardmedia.co.ke

A teacher who is not happy with the government has this to say; In the public eye, teachers are worth as much as they can spend on lunch and lodgings while away from their workstation (and the brand of beer they take). All these things are tied up with the per diem, of which no official rates exist for teachers. Is it any wonder, then, that the Kenya National Examinations Council often gives teachers a raw deal because they peg their payments on teachers low public and social value? It is time to rectify this and restore teachers dignity. Are you there, Prof Jacob Kaimenyi?

Is this a case of sour grapes? One of the worlds football greats has opposed the recognition of his country man as the best player at the just concluded Fifa World Cup in Brazil. Anybody who knows Lionel Messis wizardry on the pitch can-not begrudge him that, except that Diego Maradona did. What happened to patriotism? Could it be that the reformed addict is not happy Messi is trying to eclip-se him? Jealousy is a powerful negative emotion.

Saba Saba rally came and went and so we must ask ourselves what the hullaballoo was all about. We must bear in mind the fact that politics is made up of processes knitted together by the actors, not a one-off event. Let us first go to Raila Odinga and his Coalition for Reforms and De-mocracy brigade that includes in its top ranks former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka, a man strug-gling so hard to fit into the shoes of a political rebel. He enrolled in Standard One class of political dissent in 2002, after former Pres-ident Moi apparently sidestepped him and picked Uhuru Kenyatta as his preferred successor. Like Raila who had folded up his National Development Party to join Kanu, Mr Musyoka wouldnt understand why that was the case. Also disgruntled by Mois decision were another two former Vice Presidents: the late George Saitoti and Musalia Mudavadi, who only served for three months and has never found his political footing since then, except for the short stint in the top echelons of the Ki-baki-Raila coalition. Apart from Raila and Kalonzo in CORD, there is also Moses Wetan-gula, the guy who having been Foreign minister in the second Ki-baki administration, is allowed to have nightmares because of that disturbing fragrance from some parcel of land Kenya bought in To-kyo for its embassy at a cost that has baffled valuers. You see he pleaded innocent, he had to step

aside from government, and his juniors are now in court, includ-ing some haughty and hawkish chap who used to sing political lullabies for Kibaki in his troubled d a y s . Raila promised a storm ahead of the July 7 rally if President Kenyat-ta did not accede to his demand for a structured national dia-logue. Uhuru at first accepted, then his Deputy William Ruto frowned on the idea, and he changed his mind, even trivializ-ing it by saying Mr odinga could go and meet him over a cup of tea. When a panicky Executive finally bared its fangs, unleashing the se-curity machinery as if a coup was imminent, and closed the ears to calls for dialogue, Railas team mounted the podium in Uhuru Park and declared the next step: a million signatures to force a refer-endum. The referendums main agenda, if CORD gets its way, is the disbandment of the Indepen-dent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. Whether it can mus-ter the confidence of majority of Kenyans to not only hold, but de-liver a credible election. The rul-ing Jubilee coalition ruined IEBCs prospects on this by defending it against the CORD onslaught. You can imagine what would happen if the football team you are going to play against, cheers and ulu-lates at the entry of a particular referee into the field just before the first whistle goes off. Mr Odinga in my understanding wasnt going to drop a bombshell

The conduct of our national discourse on security has become a shallow and unhelpful debate on the person of the Cabinet Sec-retary of the Interior Joseph Ole Lenku as opposed to a healthy and robust argument on how to tame runaway crime and restore peace and security within our borders.

There are those who have made it their job to disparage Mr Ole Lenku and they have done so with gusto that is at best remark-able and at worst obsessive. You would think the way people are vilifying and caricaturing the In-terior Cabinet Secretary it is as if the deep sense of insecurity would disappear by this effort alone; that our security challeng-es could be wished away or re-moved from us in one abracadab-ra move of throwing Mr Ole Lenku out of office.

This is not the case. This will not be the case. The central prob-lem with holding this view is it is indicative of a paralysing naivet that makes one wonder whether we are remotely aware of the magnitude of what we are up against and what is required from us to get past it. The get-rid-of-Ole Lenku chorus hints at a re-markable ignorance and an

Leave Ole Lenku alone, lets deal with the issue

You would think the way peo-ple are vilifying and cari-caturing the Interior Cabinet Secretary it is as if the deep sense of insecu-rity would disappear by this ef-fort alone

equally dangerous one.Our borders are porous to

both arms and terrorists, our gen-erosity to refugees is being abused, numerous key personnel are on the take from police offi-cers to intelligence agents to im-migration agents who dish out identity and employment docu-ments to anyone who throws a ti-dy sum their way. The idea that our country will be safer today if Mr Ole Lenku leaves office is a sorry manifestation of wishful thinking.

I am not defending the man nor am I excusing him from the various sins that the multitude has apparently convicted him of; I am merely suggesting that we are better served as a country by moving the debate along to more substantive issues instead of end-lessly engaging in the same talk over and over again. We have a re-al problem to deal with; it is in our best interests to focus our ener-gies on that front.

We are not losing lives be-cause Joseph Ole Lenku does not do well in front of a microphone and terrorists are not running loose because Mr Ole Lenku is not tall or does not have a com-manding voice - any pretence or

suggestion to the contrary is an insult to our common intelli-gence. Indeed, one must pay credit to Mr Ole Lenku for the steely determination to show up to work every day and keep the fight going.

Perceptions are not the basis of the security game and they rightly should not be. We are fac-ing the most daunting period in our history in terms of security; in terrorism we face an unrelenting and merciless enemy who must take a great deal of comfort in the fact that we cannot seem to focus our attention at stopping them.

We must start to cause them a bit more discomfort in the way we react to heinous actions against this land.

Let us respond with outrage and derision to terror attacks and crime sprees, but to the perpetra-tors not the men and women re-sponsible for securing our lives and property. If and when they make mistakes let us criticize them, but do so objectively. Let us instead apply ourselves to con-tributing to a safer Kenya by be-ing vigilant and helping law en-forcement officials with information and intelligence.

When you are confronted by a

major challenge, the temptation for many is to panic. But situa-tions like the one we find our-selves in calls for cool level head-edness and steely determination directed towards implementing long-term strategies to achieve long term solutions.

As a society let us discuss the installation of CCTV cameras and modern surveillance equipment let us discuss stricter control over articles of citizenship and the is-suance of work permits to those who mean to cause us harm. Let us talk about the advantages of biometric registration of persons, the purchases of thousands of po-lice vehicles and the recruitment of 10,000 police currently under-way.

Let us focus on these things because this is what Mr Ole Len-ku is actually doing, let us engage him on these matters because that is how we help ourselves-that is how we secure ourselves, our children and protect our way of life.

President Kenyatta and Mr Ruto are respon-ding to the chorus of his political songs albeit in different orchestras and musi-cal notes

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on Saba Saba Day, or even an-nounce a march to State House because the blood of the protes-tors would forever drip from his hands and neuter him politically. No, he was just laying the ground for the 2017 General Election and putting on the national agenda for the intervening period the is-sue of IEBC, which no matter what, the country will have to confront before then or we shall begin hearing the famous; No Re-forms, No elections chorus like in 1 9 9 7 ! The only thing Mr Odinga did was to raise the expectation in CORD too high up, and heighten the anxiety in Jubilee. But as we asked earlier, it is debat-able if he will be able to keep CORDs troops together till 2017 and even win more, because the next election will as all the others, have new alliances and political coalescing, with the centre pole of each being tribe. We also wondered and we still do, for how long Mr Odinga would keep the President and Mr Ruto on the edge of the their seats with-out hitting back Kanu style. I am sure you have heard about claims of arrests targeting CORD. President Kenyatta and Ruto must have breathed a sigh of relief after July 7, because it was, most likely in their thinking, the case of Mark Twains chicken that imagines it was laying a meteorite only to dis-cover it was just a tiny egg. Whichever way President Kenyat-ta and Mr Ruto look at it, I have

this discomforting feeling that we have not seen the end of the con-frontation yet; it has just started and what we are seeing are the re-hearsals. President Kenyatta and Ruto, and I may be wrong on this, must be counting on the fact that they inherited a wobbling econo-my, soaring insecurity, unbear-able public wage bill...and over-whelming public support. Yes, they are right, but then once in a hole you dont continue dig-ging, through watering the old oak of tribalism and corruption in Government, or even getting a disorganised and inexperienced team, which talks to each other at cross-purpose, to deal with your problems. Kenyans are not blam-ing President Kenyatta and Mr Ruto for some of these things, ex-cept of course the share of Gov-ernment pie. So what has Mr Odinga and his team achieved? Keeping Presi-dent Kenyatta and Mr Ruto too busy fighting fires, to the extent of almost using bare hands, on a dai-ly basis. As to whether Mr Odinga should stop doing this, what can we say? He is already doing it any-way. And in any case, President Kenyatta and Mr Ruto are re-sponding to the chorus of his po-litical songs albeit in different or-chestras and musical notes.

Mr Tanui is the The Group Managing Editor (Print). ktanui@standardmedia.co.ke

Mr Barsito is a Sociologist and a Communication expert

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