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The creation by the Senate of coun-ty development boards (CDBs) has split the National Assembly, with many MPs describing it as an attempt to whittle down governors’ powers.

The Senate, which is supposed to play an oversight role over governance

matters in the counties, has effective-ly become a player with the passing of the County Government (Amend-ment) Act 2014 that created the CDBs.

There is suspicion that the CDBs present a clear conflict of interest as senators, who will chair the boards, and MPs who will be members, would also have to sit in judgement over cas-es related to the same through their

respective parliamentary committees.It also takes away the executive

authority granted to governors by the Constitution to oversee spending on development projects. The county chiefs have already gone to court chal-lenge the law’s constitutionality, but MPs, mainly from Jubilee, have backed it.

The Senate is already in a rush to

have the the 47 CDBs constituted by September 18.

Yesterday, ODM’s Suna East MP Mohamed Junet said the amendment passed by Senate was unconstitutional and meant to undermine devolution.

Junet said the county bosses should be given time to do their work freely, and those who underperform would

Raila’s bid to secure one million signatures

CORD and ODM leader Raila Odinga is sitting atop a storm sparked off by the Opposition’s referendum plan that begins this week with the start of a campaign to collect one mil-lion signatures from voters.

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Governors’ push interests CORD because some of the issues they are fi ghting for are similar.

After dismissing CORD’s bid, Jubilee is now threatening to launch its own referendum to counter the Opposition’s.

CORD leaders led by Raila have said they support the governors in their battle to be allocated more funds.

But county chiefs are not keen to be associated with CORD’s referendum bid and insist theirs is independent.

Move by Senate to deny four governors cash to run their counties has united the county chiefs across coalition lines. Raila Odinga

After dismissing CORD’s bid, Jubilee is now threatening to launch its own referendum

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Okoa Kenya Committee of Experts address the Press after a meeting with the IEBC to discuss the referendum recently. The Opposition and governors have separately announced plans to hold a referendum with CORD already in the process of collecting signatures. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

Most governors have backed the referendum bid seeking to amend the Constitution to raise the mini-mum allocation to the counties to 45 per cent of national revenue, up from the current 15 per cent, secure a role in overseeing security in the counties and strengthen the Senate.

CORD’s dream would be a joint referendum bid with governors, but the county chiefs are not keen saying theirs is not political and want noth-ing to do with the Opposition.

“We are happy that the gover-nors have seen reason in what CORD is pushing for. Devolution is key in the development of this country,” Wetang’ula said.

“Whichever way, we shall swim in

the waters and if governors are willing they are welcome to join us. It does not matter the approach we take. Our intention is to fight for the rights of Kenyans,” said National Assem-bly Deputy Minority Leader Jakoyo Midiwo. “Some of the governors’ is-sues resonate with ours. We will both engage our experts and it will be up to the IEBC to merge the questions and come up with the final referen-dum question,” said Kakamega Sen-ator Boni Khalwale who, ironically, is among those behind the Senate’s latest efforts to undercut the coun-ty chiefs.

Last Thursday, the Senate passed a motion to deny four counties — Mu-rang’a, Kiambu, Bomet and Kisumu — funds to run public services and development projects and pay staff.

The governors have chosen to formulate a draft Bill and distanced themselves from CORD to avoid some of the divisive issues fronted by the Opposition, including disbanding the IEBC. Council of Governors chairman Isaac Ruto said their bid should not be

CORD seeks public approval for referendumwhich wants to muddy the waters with its own bid.

The governors’ push is of interest to CORD because some of the issues they are fighting for, like raising na-tional revenue allocation to counties, resonate with the Opposition.

The one million signatures is on-ly the minimum threshold set by the Constitution to make a referendum bid valid. CORD co-principals Raila, Bungoma Senator Moses Wetang’ula and former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka have vowed to marshal five million signatures for the cause.

In March, Jubilee was certain an earlier bid by the governors for a ref-erendum was dead and buried. How-ever, a plot hatched by the Senate and MPs last week, with the backing of the Presidency, to take away control of county development funds from gov-ernors, has united the county chiefs across party lines and reawakened the clamour to amend the Constitution.

Collecting the signatures is the first hurdle in CORD’s push and was announced yesterday by Wetang’ula.

“We will start collecting the re-quired one million signatures from Kenyans this week and we are de-termined to succeed in our plans,” Wetang’ula said, noting that CORD is already giving forms across the coun-try.

The Constitution provides that a Bill seeking an amendment of the Constitution must be proposed by popular initiative signed by at least one million registered voters.

After the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) verifies the signatures to ensure they belong to registered voters, it submits the draft Bill to county assemblies who must debate and pass it within three months.

The draft Bill must be approved by at least 24 county assemblies before it can be introduced to Parliament.

If Parliament passes the Bill it goes to the President for assent. However, should either Parliament or the Pres-ident reject it, the proposed amend-ment will still be submitted to voters in a referendum. The safety nets were drafted into the supreme law to en-sure a popular referendum bid is not killed by either the President or Par-liament.

Yesterday, Jubilee legislators upped their attacks on governors who are members of the ruling coa-lition for supporting the referendum, and asked them to quit. (See separate story)

linked to CORD’s campaign.“The 47 governors are going it

alone. We are not joining CORD or re-energising their push. Ours is purely issue based not politics,” Ru-to stressed.

The Bomet Governor told off Jubi-lee leaders warning the ruling coali-tion governors from taking part in the exercise.

“We are not going to be intimi-dated nor accept to play party pol-itics with such an important issue. This was a unanimous decision by governors and we are not interested in competing for positions in Jubilee. As leaders we have the right to make informed decisions. We are proceed-ing with the referendum push and are prepared for the consequences,” Ru-to said.

Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kip-chumba Murkomen accused Ruto of joining forces with the Opposition.

“We are wondering, where will Ruto and Raila end up with the quest for the referendum since history has proven the plebiscites in 2005 and

• CORD could benefit from gov-ernor’s push for referendum as some of the issues the county bosses are fighting for, like rais-ing national revenue allocation to counties, resonate with the Op-position• Midiwo noted that while gov-ernors have chosen to pursue a draft Bill, CORD has settled for a referendum question, but the goal of both initiatives is to amend the law• Khalwale said the governors’ decision shows they also agree that something should be done

JOINT ISSUES

2010 were born by political parties?” posed Murkomen.

Governors Ken Lusaka (Bungoma), Ahmed Abdullahi Mohammed (Wajir), Cleophas Lagat (Nandi), Peter Munya (Meru) and Ali Roba (Mandera) said county chiefs are going it alone in the referendum.

“Our referendum agenda has noth-ing to do with that of CORD. In fact, we began the push for a public vote long before the Opposition,” said Roba, re-ferring to the clamour that fizzled out last year partly because it became politicised after Raila introduced a re-view to parliamentary system of gov-ernment.

“As the council of governors, we have formed a steering committee which will lead our course in sort-ing out key issues that have held back devolution. The national govern-ment has tabled 23 Bills which are an-ti-devolution and we cannot seat back and watch,” said Lagat.

Midiwo said: “We called for na-tional dialogue taking into account that 20 per cent of the Constitution needs to be changed. Governors have also identified the same. Our clamour for change will seal the loopholes that exist, and which create room for ex-ploitation in law.”

“Our strategy speaks on behalf of Kenyans on what is bad in the Consti-tution. We will settle for nothing but a referendum,” Midiwo declared.

Midiwo noted that while gover-nors have chosen to pursue a draft Bill, CORD has settled for a referen-dum question, but the goal of both ini-tiatives is to amend the law.

“CORD’s clamour for a referendum has largely been attributed to seeking political mileage. However, the lat-est entry by governors, confirms that there are cross-cutting issues of gover-nance that should be addressed,” said Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma”

“We are impressed with the gover-nors. Their decision shows that they are also in agreement that something should be done,” said Khalwale.

But Kimilili MP Suleiman Murun-ga, who was elected on Wetang’ula’s Ford Kenya party, has broken ranks with CORD to oppose the referendum.

“Dissent is a democratic right of ev-erybody and those of us who do not support the referendum issue should not be punished. If you ask me I will say nobody has a ready answer for all the problems facing the country. All of us, especially the elected leaders’ need to come together and seek solutions to problems afflicting Kenyans,” Murun-ga said.

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A number of North Rift leaders have announced their full support for any referendum that will push for additional county funding, saying it is the sure way to effect significant de-velopment.

Led by Nandi Governor Cleophas Lagat and his Uasin Gishu counter-part Jackson Mandago, the leaders stated that the national government has frustrated devolution since its in-ception and key issues need to be ad-dressed through alternative means if the standard procedures are flouted.

“As the Council of Governors, we have formed a steering committee that will lead our push to sort out key issues that have held back devolution.

North Rift governors, speakers rally behind calls for referendumThe national government has tabled 23 bills that are anti-devolution and we cannot sit back and watch,” they said.

Mr Mandago said the referendum would come to pass because people want money devolved.

Mr Lagat said the national govern-ment had flouted all the agreements made when it met governors before the budget was released, adding that this was why they were looking for al-ternative ways to empower the coun-ties.

“We agreed that we wouldn’t quar-rel over funds with the Executive but they gave us Sh226 billion instead of Sh242 billion that we had settled on,” he said.

Lagat wondered why health sector

funds had been reduced from Sh3.6 billion to 1.98 billion, yet prices of drugs and equipment were steadily rising.

He accused the national govern-ment of holding onto some devolved roles, thus retaining funds that were needed in the counties.

“Health is a fully devolved func-tion yet the national government continues to allocate itself money for matters beyond policy formulation, like funds for distribution of deworm-ing drugs,” he explained.

The governor also mentioned ag-riculture as another devolved sector that the national government contin-ues to allocate funds yet it is required only to help in policy formulation and give funds for implementation.

Lagat revealed that the selected technical team for the referendum push would develop a Bill that will be taken to county assemblies seeking 24 approvals before it is passed to Parlia-ment and the Senate who will decide whether to pass or snub it.

National Speakers Forum Sec-retary General and Elgeyo Marak-wet County Assembly Speaker Albert Kochei said Kenya was a devolved government system and every citizen should be listened to because there are many critical issues being raised that need urgent addressing.

“The Council of Governors made a stand and formed a secretarial team to pursue their goal while the assem-bly leadership met three weeks ago,

and we are in agreement that there is a lot that the national government needs to respond to,” he said.

The Speaker said county govern-ments need to be fully equipped to serve Kenyans since everyone belongs to a county and it is from these units that significant development can be achieved.

Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter said he would champion any referendum, ei-ther CORD’s Okoa Kenya or the gov-ernors’ if they advocate for additional funds to the counties.

The leaders unanimously asked senators to stick to their mandate in-stead of waging war against gover-nors.

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Senate Majority Leader Kithure Kindiki (left), Elgeyo Marwaket Senator Kipchum-ba Murkomen and Majority Whip Beatrice Elachi during a fundraiser at PCEA Church in Rongai, Kajiado County. The leaders warned Jubilee governors against supporting the referendum. [PHOTO: WILLIS AWANDU/STANDARD]

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The Jubilee Coalition has warned its governors who are pushing for a referendum that they are busy digging their own political graves because the push is not popular in the coalition’s strongholds.

Jubilee senators told the county chiefs that they risked losing the coa-lition’s support in the next polls since it is not in the interest of the ruling party to conduct a referendum.

Yesterday, senators led by Majori-ty Leader Kindiki Kithure and Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Mur-komen claimed that governors were using the referendum as blackmail to prevent Senate from holding them to account.

The senators said the action by governors to form a referendum com-mittee was tantamount to denounc-ing the parties that sponsored them and as a result, they should brace for consequences in 2017.

They insisted that although the county bosses have announced an in-dependent referendum from the one being planned by CORD, in the end it will come out clearly that former Prime Minister Raila Odinga is the ‘godfather’ of the plebiscite and gov-ernors were only a supporting cast in his political strategy aimed at staging a comeback.

“The position of Jubilee is clear that we do not support the referen-dum. We can’t force those governors from Jubilee pushing for a referen-dum to be on our side but they should know that in 2017, they will not get our support,” Prof Kindiki said.

The senators said history had shown that a referendum is a political process whose aim is either to consol-idate political gains such as enacting a

We’ll isolate you, senators tell Jubilee governors in referendum push

County bosses told to brace for consequences at the ballot come 2017 for rallying behind ‘Raila’s selfish mission’

new Constitution or to mobilise for a certain cause like the Orange Demo-cratic Movement, which was created from the 2005 referendum, and the United Republican Party, which was born out of the 2010 referendum.

“We know that this referendum wants to revive CORD from the muse-ums and Isaac Ruto wants to help Rai-la in this agenda,” Mr Murkomen said.

The senators were speaking at

PCEA Nkoroi Church in Rongai af-ter a Sunday service-cum-fundraiser to aid the completion of the church building. They were joined by Major-ity Whip Beatrice Elachi, Kajiado’s Pe-ter Mositet, nominated senators Zip-porah Kitony and Liza Chelule, area MP Joseph Manje and Football Kenya Federation President Sam Nyamweya.

senators’ GrillinGMurkomen hit out at the coun-

ty chiefs who he said were running to call for a referendum in a bid to evade oversight from the Senate. He cited one governor who he said failed to answer an audit query in his coun-ty and ‘ran straight’ from the senators’ grilling to convene a Press conference to support the referendum and call for scrapping of the Senate.

“You cannot use the referendum to blackmail us so you can escape ac-

countability. Devolution was meant to transform the lives of Kenyans and Pesa Mashinani (money at the grass-roots) should not turn out to be Pesa Mashimoni (money down the drain),” he said.

Ms Elachi warned that the real agenda behind the referendum was to derail Jubilee from implementing its manifesto while claiming that Raila was seeking to secure power through the plebiscite.

“We will not accept people who do not concede defeat to come up with programmes such as referendum to polarise the country further,” she said.

Both Ms Kittony and Ms Chelu-le argued that the referendum was ill-timed since majority of Kenyans were yet to acquaint themselves fully with the contents of the new Consti-tution before beginning to agitate for its amendment.

• President Uhuru Kenyatta has asked politicians agitating for a referendum to switch their focus to help Kenya use its resources in a more use-ful way• He said the push for a refe-rendum boils down to a call to waste public money on an unnecessary venture• The President said imple-mentation of issues like de-volution that some politicians want amended in the Constitu-tion started after Jubilee came to power

UHURU‘S TAKE ON PLANNED PLEBISCITE

Coalition for Reforms and De-mocracy (CORD) leader Raila Odin-ga yesterday claimed that the Jubilee administration has a scheme to dish out land whose leases have expired to Jubilee loyalists.

Raila claimed the Jubilee govern-ment is not interested in land reforms at the Coast because some of its lead-ers are beneficiaries of land injustices.

“Lands Cabinet Secretary Chari-ty Ngilu has taken up the job of cleri-cal officers in the land registries in the wider scheme to allocate land whose leases have expired to influential peo-ple in Jubilee. She has no role in the registries at all,” Raila said.

Raila told Ms Ngilu to keep off the work reserved for the National Land Commission, which was crafted in the Constitution to stop frequent interfer-ence in land matters by the Executive.

Raila was speaking in Likoni con-stituency when he addressed victims of a gun attack in Soweto village that left three people dead and five oth-ers injured last month. He said the process of collecting signatures from Kenyans to back a referendum will be-gin next week.

This comes even as Ngilu kicked off land adjudication in Lamu and Ta-na River counties.

Ngilu successfully initiated the process in Lamu County, where she deployed 75 land surveyors but ran into a storm of protest in Tana River where local leaders rejected 72 sur-veyors she gone with and said land adjudication could spark animosity.

When she arrived in Lamu, Ngi-lu was received by Governor Issa Ti-mamy who said chiefs and officials have frustrated land adjudication in the past.

Ngilu said her ministry expects to issue title deeds to 70,000 land own-ers after the survey and adjudication in October.

But Tana River leaders said adjudi-cation and issuing of title deeds was not a priority.

Raila claims State wants to allocate land to loyalists

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A lion preys on a zebra. Conserva-tionists argue that Kenya does not have enough lions of its own as the population has reduced over the last 10 years. [Photo:File]

Uproar over plot to export lions to Rwanda park

And sources cited by eTurbo News, an authoritative online information bulletin on tourism, aviation and trav-el, indicate that next month, Rwanda’s Akagera Park will be receiving eight li-ons from Kenya.

The report dated August 5 states that logistics are already in place at the African Parks-managed Akagera National Park in Rwanda to receive the lions from Kenya.

Yesterday evening, Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) Deputy Communica-tion Spokesman Jinaro Mburu denied knowledge of the planned export of li-ons to Rwanda and referred this writ-er to Ministry of Water, Environment and Natural Resources.

“We are not aware. If anything, it could be on a government-to-govern-ment basis and KWS falls under the ministry. So the ministry is best suited

A plan by Kenyan authorities to export lions to Rwanda has sparked a fierce storm with Kenya’s wildlife con-servation groups opposed to it.

The alleged export is to take place next month according to authorita-tive sources.

Any export of Kenyan wildlife re-quires presidential approval and the concurrence of several ministries.

Conservationists in Kenya op-posed to the plan say Rwanda had not addressed issues resulting in the de-cline of its own lion population.

Akagera ParkIn a bid to become a high-end

wildlife tourist destination, the land-locked central African nation is said to have struck a deal with Kenyan au-thorities to import eight lions to in-crease the numbers in Akagera Na-tional Park.

Paul Kurgat, a tourism stakeholder and practitioner, wondered why Ken-ya would sanction the export of lions to Rwanda when there are so few in its own wildlife sanctuaries.

“When you go out on a game drive, say in the expansive Tsavo Na-tional Park, it can take an entire day to spot just one lion,” Mr Kurgat told The Standard in a telephone interview yesterday.

Kigali has struck a deal to import, by next month, eight big cats to increase the numbers in its park

A Dutch airliner has suspended its charter flights to Mombasa’s Moi International Airport over insecuri-ty fears.

In its latest edition, eTurbo News which covers tourism and aviation news, indicates that the airline owned by TUI Holland/Arkefly has suspend-ed indefinitely its flights on the route over security concerns for tourists vis-iting Kenya.

“It is like going forward two steps and then sliding back three,” a source who did not wish be identified com-mented.

Arkelfy flies to Mombasa on Tues-days, bringing in tourists to the Ken-yan coast.

The Coast branch Chief Executive Officer of Kenya Association of Hotel-keepers and Caterers (KAHC) Sam Ik-waye read malice in the action by TUI Holland/Arkefly.

“It is unfortunate but we still are thankful to our true partners and friends who have stood by us like Condor Germany, Meridiana, Euro-fly, Rwandair, Ethiopian and Turkish Airlines,” Ikwaye said.

He said Kenya Airways, the nation-al carrier, had not stopped flying in-to destinations in parts of West Afri-ca that have suffered from outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus.

“We have shown solidarity as a country and stood by our Western Af-rican brothers and sisters as our na-tional carrier continues to provide the all necessary air link to that part of the world,” said Ikwaye.

He said the Government had ad-dressed some of the critical concerns raised by international partners on security and it was only fair that they reciprocate by allowing flights into Mombasa.

Two weeks ago, Italian charter plane resumed flights to Mombasa, leading to an influx of guests to hotels dotted around Watamu and Malindi, which are havens for Italian tourists.

“There was optimism of a quick turnaround in the fledgling fortunes of the tourism industry and everyone was hopeful that this could be the sig-nal for others to take a fresh look at Destination Kenya,” Ikwaye said.

Dutch airliner cancels flights to Mombasa

The youth have been urged to take advantage of the more than Sh22 bil-lion worth of loans the Government has set aside for youth, women and the disabled.

Devolution and Planning minis-try Senior Administrator Hassan Noor Hassan urged the youth to shun drug abuse and instead engage in gainful activities using funds offered by the Government.

“The current regime has made re-markable strides in promoting em-powerment of the youth who must take the initiative to exploit the op-portunities instead of lamenting,” said Mr Noor in a statement yester-day.

He cited the Sh6 billion Uwezo Fund, the National Youth Enterprise

Fund, Women Enterprise Fund and the 30 per cent Government Procure-ment Opportunity as some of the bold and deliberate initiatives to empower the youth, who have been marginal-ised by past administrations.

Noor said the ministry was imple-menting the new procurement policy in which contracts worth Sh1.57 bil-lion are already allocated to the tar-geted group. He said plans are un-derway to make the new guidelines mandatory.

He was speaking yesterday at the Mathari National Teaching and Re-ferral Hospital in Nairobi to mark this year’s United Nations International Youth Week, where at least 300 vol-unteers turned up to clean the facility.

Noor, representing Principal Sec-retary John Konchella, applauded the events of the day, saying they were in

line with the day’s theme, “Youth and Mental Health.”

Noor said the clean-up was meant to promote the involvement of youth in community work and reduce the stigma associated with patients suf-fering from mental ailments.

He said cases of mental sickness due to various causes including drug addiction are on the rise, adding that statistics indicated that at least one in every four Kenyans has a mental con-dition.

International Youth Day will be marked officially tomorrow.

Also present at the event were Di-rector of Youth Affairs Timothy Gakuo, Youth Ambassador to the UN Wambui Kahara and senior staff at the Math-ari Hospital among officials from the United Nations Environment Pro-gramme.

to comment,” Mr Jinaro said.A spokesman from the ministry,

Murei Muya, had earlier told The Standard to get in touch with KWS to shed light on the matter.

And a KWS insider who spoke on condition of anonymity said a decision to approve the ‘export’ has not been made.

“A technical evaluation report from KWS will be used to deter-mine the approval process,” the source said.

Youths urged to utilise Sh22 billion State loans

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Kenya loses average of 100 lions annually• Sources indicate that Kenya loses an average of 100 lions annually due to growing hu-man settlements, increased farming, climate change and disease• There were 2,749 lions in Kenya in 2002; their popula-tion dropped to 2,280 by 2004 and to roughly 2,000 today, according to figures attributed to the Kenya Wildlife Service

The Senate select committee in-vestigating the proposed removal from office of Machako Deputy Gov-ernor (DG) Bernard Kiala will begin its public hearing today.

The 11-member committee elect-ed Mutahi Kagwe (Nyeri) to chair the process and nominated Senator Ag-nes Zani as his deputy.

The committee has set two days to study the charges against Mr Kia-la and has also invited him to appear before the team today.

Senator Sammy Leshore (Sambu-ru), who is a member of the commit-tee, told The Standard that they will kick off the hearing by seeking to sub-stantiate the charges levelled against the DG.

“We are still studying the alle-gations. We officially begin work on Monday for three days before we re-treat to write the report to be tabled before the House on August 18 for de-bate,” he said.

Kiala faces charges of gross viola-tion of the Constitution and gross vi-olation of the four Acts of Parliament; the County Government Act, Public Ethics Act, National Cohesion and In-tegration Act, and the Leadership and Integrity Act.

The probe committee comprises Kagwe, Zani, Sammy Leshore (Sam-buru), Lenny Kivuti (Embu), Abu Chiaba (Lamu), Anyang’ Nyong’o (Kisumu), Kennedy Mong’are Okon-go (Nyamira), Hassan Omar (Mom-basa), Martha Wangari and Daisy Ka-nainza (nominated).

Devolution committee chairman Kipchumba Murkomen has expressed reservations with the creation of the select committee.

Team to probe Kiala begins

hearing todayBy RoSelyne oBala

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The Kenyan music industry yes-terday woke to the sad news of the deaths of two stalwart musicologists - Risper Oduor and Wycliffe Anyasi - leaving the hitherto lively music fes-tival in Mombasa in a rather sombre mood.

The two were killed in a road ac-cident involving a Booker Academy school bus in Nandi.

Mr Anyasi was known for his at-tention to detail and promotion of justice and more open adjudication approaches at the festival.

“As a ministry, we send our deep and heartfelt condolences to family, friends and colleagues of Mr Anya-si and all those who were victims of the crash,” said the Director of Quali-ty and Standards Mohammed Mwiny-ipembe in Mombasa yesterday.

Benson Abwao, the executive sec-retary of the Kenya Music Festival who was also Anyasi’s classmate in both high school and later Kenyatta

University paid glowing tribute to the musician.

“I will miss his sense of humour and critical mind,” he said.

Last year, Anyasi unsuccessfully contested the Emuhaya parliamen-tary seat.

Risper Oduor, who served as a member of the festival’s National Ex-ecutive Committee, was an accom-plished choral musician with im-mense training experience both in schools and with professional groups including the Muungano Choir, which she headed until her death.

She is credited for putting back to-gether the internationally acclaimed group after the death of its founder, former Voi MP Boniface Mganga.

“We will miss her charming ways and infectious smile,” said Ronald Kala Ikutu, a former festival execu-tive secretary.

Festival chairman Peter Wanjohi remembered Mrs Oduor for her ded-ication to the growth of Kenya’s mu-sic industry.

Indian culture on display during music festival

Arhdhra George of Melvin Jones Lions Academy Nakuru successfully defended her title

Kenya-India relations got a major boost at the music festival in Momba-sa as boys and girls performed Indian cultural dances.

Arhdhra George from Melvin Jones Lions Academy Nakuru was splendid as she successfully defended her un-broken record since 2012 with a so-lo dance performed during marriage ceremonies.

“The dance is also performed during a bumper harvest season be-cause it symbolises peace, unity and prosperity,” George Scaria, the deputy director at Melvin Jones School, said.

There are seven different forms of Indian classical dances including Kathak, Bharat and Natyam, which were presented by Aga Khan Academy Mombasa, Our Lady Queen of Peace South B, Nyali School and MM Shah Primary School.

Each dance had its own costume distinct in meaning and aesthetics and each colour represented the rich and diverse Indian culture.

Garba, a traditional Gujarati festi-val dance, was performed by Our La-

strumentation exposition coupled with great control and a well blend-ed choral rendition that was full of entertainment.

And Pumwani has mastered dancing that is both simple and complex in equal measure.

“We are happy to have had a great experience on stage in the manner of expression that we have achieved,” said Mr Muyale after re-ceiving the winner’s trophy present-ed by Director of Quality Assurance and Standards Mohammed Mwiny-

ipembe.Starehe Boys and Girls centres

united in Aquinata to take third po-sition.

Migori TTC proved the best group in the Luo-Luhya dance cate-gory that saw Kaimosi TTC and Mu-ranga TTC tie in position two in the Teachers’ Colleges edition of the fes-tival.

dy Queen of Peace Primary School. Choreographed by Sr Jissin, it was as captivating as it was synchronised for maximum entertainment and emerged the best in the Group Dance class.

According to Bharti Patha, the di-rector of Shivam Performing Arts School in Mombasa, the huge number of Kenyans performing Indian dances was a sign of a great sense of diversity and love for different cultures.

“It brings me great joy to see Ken-yans perform traditional Indian danc-es with so much credibility,” she said.

Other winners in the category were Diya Gohil, Norin Patni and Ib-dita Itota, Aditi Dube from Aga Khan Academy.

Meanwhile, Booker Academy from Mumias put on a brave face despite the loss of teachers and a bus driver in a road accident involving their school bus on Friday to emerge second be-hind winners Pumwani Boys High School in the accompanied Zilizo-pendwa class.

“We were singing it for the teacher and all those who were involved in the accident,” said James Mwanje who, together with Denue Senelwa, led a powerful duet of the song Fatimata.

Arranged by Joram Mwangi, the song depicts a beautiful woman, Fati-mata, who is ever elusive.

Joseph Muyale’s boys from Pum-wani High School proved that they are the indomitable lions in this cate-gory when they came tops with their song Misengue.

The group displayed a good in-

Music fraternity mourns the deaths of two festival officials

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BY GEORGE ORIDO

Students from Friends College Kamusinga perform a Luo traditional dance as the Kenya Schools and Col-leges Music Festival entered its fifth day at the Aga Khan High School. IN-SET: Pupils from Nontutu Primary school in Samburu County perform a Samburu sacred song. [PHOTOS: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]

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Chairman of Governors Isaac Ruto addresses the Press on the row between senators and governors in his Nairobi office. [PHOTO:J ENIPHER WACHIE/STANDARD]

remain with the governor as per the mandate they were given by the peo-ple,” said Nassir.

Tigania West MP David Kariithi said Governors should not feel threat-ened by the coming into force of the boards.

“The idea is to bring all players on board. It will make possible bet-ter management of county affairs and development agenda. Having MPs, MCAs, Governors, Senators and even the County Commissioners work to-gether is a very good scenario. Gov-

ernors should thank MPs for that leg-islation because it makes their work easier,” said Kariithi.

“The boards will help to plan how to use all resources, including CDF. There is nothing wrong with senators chairing the board,” he added.

At the weekend, Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto clashed with two senators from South Rift over the creation of the boards. Ruto dismissed them as unconstitutional while Kericho Sen-ator Charles Keter and his Bomet counterpart Wilfred Lesan insisted

MPs oppose county development boardswould be judged by voters in the 2017 General Election.

“The governor is like the President in the county, and if in the national government the President only con-sults with his Cabinet on develop-ment matters, why should we then subject the county bosses to commit-tees when they were given a mandate to govern by the people?” Junet asked.

He said it was illegal to have the Senators sit in the boards and still oversee the same counties.

“If the senators chair the boards, when there is a problem in the coun-ty then they are part of the mess. How then will they turn around and pre-tend to oversight the same governors. That is unconstitutional and unten-able,” said Junet.

Sigor MP Philip Rotino said mak-ing senators chairpersons of the boards was downgrading governors.

“The chairmanship of the boards should not be sole responsibilities of Senators. I will convince MPs to amend the law so that the position is contested through an election,” Rot-ino added.

The new law gives Senators auto-matic mandates as chairpersons of the boards with the governors as sec-retaries.

Pokot South legislator David Pkos-ing also concurred that the chairmen of the boards should be elected by members. Pkosing vowed to push through amendments in Parliament.

Mvita MP Abdulswamad Nassir ex-plained that the executive powers still remained with the governors despite the creation of the boards.

Nassir, however, said that the Act should have provided that the seat of the chairman be rotational amongst the leaders in the county.

“They should have designed that the chairmanship rotates from the senators to the MPs and other lead-ers in the county, but now we have until six months to do such amend-ments, but the executive powers must

they were there to stay whether gov-ernors like or not.

Keter said from next month sen-ators would call the first CDB meet-ings in their counties and insisted that governors must attend.

• ODM’s Suna East MP Mohamed Junet said the amendment passed by the Senate was unconstitutional and meant to undermine devolution• Sigor MP Philip Rotino said mak-ing senators chairpersons of the boards was downgrading governors• David Pkosing (Pokot South) also concurred that the chairmen of the boards should be elected by mem-bers. He vowed to push through amendments in Parliament

IN THEIR WORDS...

Continued from P1 But Ruto vowed not to attend any meeting chaired by the Senator in his county.

“Chairing development meetings is the work of governors and there is no time I will attend those meetings you will be calling as senators to dis-cuss development,” said Ruto.

But Prof Lesan countered: “The law is clear on the formation of the boards and we are only interested in ensuring checks and balances in dis-tribution of the resources in counties to benefit all. We are not about to dic-tate or usurp the powers of the coun-ty chiefs as has been claimed. It is through such conventions that we as elected leaders can get together and tackle the challenges affecting our people. There is absolutely no prob-lem in us chairing these board meet-ings because we want to ensure all people are served equally.

Keter claimed that the boards were the best way to handle public resourc-es at the counties.

“We are not after you. What we on-ly want is transparency and after all the meeting is just held once,” add-ed Keter

Yesterday, the National Speakers Forum Secretary General and Elgeyo Marakwet County Assembly speaker Albert Kochei said CDBs would create conflict between national and county governments.

Kochei said the amendment to the Act sponsored by Nandi Sena-tor Stephen Sang is anti-devolution, and would interfere with the consti-tutional functioning of county gov-ernments.

“The senators should clearly state their position because their actions show that they are working for the na-tional government and not protecting the counties as stated in their man-date,” said Kochei.

The Speaker observed that the senators were not involved in the for-mation of the five-years County Inte-grated Development Plans (CIDP) but now want to chair committees to im-plement the projects.

President Uhuru Kenyatta with former US President George W Bush in Dallas, Texas, where they held talks. [PHOTO: SIMON KILONZI/STANDARD]

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s first trip to the United States as Head of State saw him meet three American presidents as he sought to dispel the perception of cold relations between his administration and the West.

President Kenyatta, who attended the US-African Leaders Summit last week, met President Barack Obama at the White House and at the US De-partment of State headquarters at Harry S Truman Building.

On Friday, he met former President George W Bush. The private meeting between Uhuru and Mr Bush took place at the George W Bush Presiden-tial Centre in Dallas, Texas.

Last Monday, Uhuru met former President Bill Clinton at the May-flower Renaissance Hotel in Washing-ton DC.

The two leaders had a private chat for more than 20 minutes after Mr Clinton walked over to President Ken-yatta’s table at a dinner hosted in hon-

Uhuru tells Texas business community to invest in Kenya for ‘best returns in the world’

ByB PSCU our of former US Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young.

After the meeting with Mr Bush, President Kenyatta was taken on a tour of the George W Bush Presiden-tial Library by its director, Alan C Lowe. The President then went into a luncheon within the centre hosted in his honour by a group of Texas busi-ness people in collaboration with the East Africa Chamber of Commerce.

The luncheon was attended by business executives mainly from Tex-as and New York.

Addressing guests at the luncheon, Uhuru said he had held fruitful dis-cussions with Bush, who during his tenure in office dedicated massive US aid to combat HIV and Aids in Africa.

“It was a great moment to meet with him. He is a man who has done so much in the fight against HIV and Aids,” he said.

The President also said Kenya is an investment destination that nev-er disappoints.

“We have one of the best estab-

lished financial sectors in Africa sec-ond only to South Africa and coupled with one of the best educated work force you will ever find on the conti-nent,” he said.

The President said investments in Kenya have one of the best returns in the world and urged the business ex-ecutives to invest in infrastructure, ICT and energy.

The business executives included the Chief Executive Officer of Money-gram, Pamela H Patsley, with whom President Kenyatta held a separate meeting after the luncheon.

“When it comes to business, Tex-as businessmen are recognised as the engine of the American economy. I urge you to bring more business to Kenya,” he said.

He told the Americans that his mission to the US was to build on the bonds of friendship that have exist-ed with Kenya even before indepen-dence.

“The United States supported our struggle for independence and ma-ny of our independence leaders were

meetings with other business execu-tives in Washington were successful, with many commitments by US firms to invest in Kenya.

“General Electric is keen to partner with us in the health sector to increase access to quality health care for Ken-yans,” he said.

He said US corporations were in-terested in Kenya’s energy sector.

“The diversification of power gen-eration is also an area where we want American companies to play a role,” he said.

The President said his Govern-ment’s policy was to put more effort in increasing the production of green energy.

Kenya is internationally recognised as a leader in green energy.

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Security in Mathare slums has been mounted as voters go to the polls today to elect their MP in a hot-ly contested by-election.

Nine candidates are fighting it out to represent the Mathare constituen-cy for the next three and a half years in the National Assembly. Of the nine in the race, five are sponsored by po-litical parties and the other four are independent.

Nairobi area police boss Benson Kibue said that at least 200 police of-ficers have been deployed across var-ious polling stations. He noted that other officers will be patrolling the ar-ea and another contingent has been deployed at the main tallying centre in St Teresa’s Girls Primaryn School.

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has hired and trained 230 presiding and deputy presiding officers as well as 460 polling clerks for the election.

Mathare Constituency Returning Officer Joseph Masindet is confident

Of the nine candidates battling it out in the mini-polls, five are sponsored by political parties and the other four are independent

about achieving a credible election.“We have promised the candidates

that this election will be free and fair. Campaigns have so far been conduct-ed peacefully and we expect a smooth process to the end,” said Mr Masin-det.

The final preparations, staff de-ployment and distribution of elec-tion material to polling stations were done yesterday.

Masindet said the polling stations would be opened at 6am and closed at 5pm. He noted that those still queu-ing at 5 pm would be allowed to vote but those outside the gate would be barred.

“We are appealing to the voters to turn out and vote for their preferred candidate. Everything is in place and we hope to complete the exercise by 11pm,” said Masindet.

Electronic Voter Identification De-

vices will be used in each polling sta-tion while transmission of provision-al results will be done electronically from each polling stream.

The returning officer also met other IEBC officials and held discus-sions with domestic and internation-al observers accredited to monitor the mini-polls.

intense battleBriefing of other stakeholders in-

cluding political party agents was held over the past week.

According to Masindet, Mathare constituency has a total of 88,053 reg-istered voters spread across six county assembly wards and 115 polling sta-tions.

TNA’s George Wanjohi, ODM can-didate Steve Kariuki, Maendeleo Democratic aspirant Fwamba NC Fwamba, National Labour Party’s Bil-

Security beefed up as Mathare voters elect MP

Steven Kariuki

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George Wanjohi Fwamba NC Fwamba William Omondi

lian Okoth and Sammy Mudanya of the Progressive Party of Kenya will square it out in the intense battle.

Other contestants include four independent candidates, William Omondi, Barrack Obadi, Mariam Macharia, and Nixon Kavai.

Another independent candidate, Gor Semelang’o was knocked out of the race on a technicality of the rules and regulations of the Judiciary stat-ing that one appellate judge cannot give conservatory orders.

Gor had filed an appeal of the deci-sion by the High Court to bar him from contesting but because the Judiciary has been on recess, Gor could access only one judge.

Speaking to The Standard by phone, he said once the judges re-turn, his case would be determined although the mini-poll would have been conducted.

“I have been knocked out of the race because of some technicalities that were not of my making. We hope the case will still go on and a deter-mination reached,” said Semelang’o.

The Standard has also learnt that the candidates will have a separate tallying centre within the constituen-cy to parallel IEBC’s. Candidates say the move is aimed at checking any at-tempt to manipulate results in favour of any one candidate.

ODM’s Political Affairs Officer Maseme Machuka told The Stan-dard that the last General Election in Mathare was marred by irregularities and they did not expect a repeat.

“We have two party agents at each polling station and expect to tally our own votes at our centre to ensure that there is fairness and the exercise is credible,” said Mr Machuka.

Muthoni Macharia

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Deputy President William Ruto accompanied by Samburu West MP Lati Leletit arrive at Maralal stadium where he addressed a public rally on Saturday. PHOTO: DPPS

Government building 60 technical institutes

Deputy President William Ruto says each institute will be built at a cost Sh100 million

The Government will build technical training institutes in ev-ery constituency in the next five years.

The first phase of 60 technical training institutes was launched in Samburu County over the weekend by Deputy President William Ruto with each institute to cost Sh100 million.

Sh60 million will go towards construction while Sh40 million will be used to equip them upon completion.

The Deputy President said the Government has already adver-tised for the tendering of the first 60 technical institutions, adding that another tendering for the sec-ond phase of 100 institutions will be in the next financial year.

“The Government is seeking to solve the shortage of skilled per-

sonnel in technical fields such as ar-tisans, technologists, technicians and other technical expertise. We want to make sure everyone is given an equal opportunity to get advanced educa-tion without being condemned for failing in certain subjects or certain areas because not everyone is gift-ed to pass an examination,” said Mr Ruto.

The Deputy President said skills development helps enhance produc-tivity, stimulate economic competi-tiveness and alleviate poverty.

“We want to build colleges of tech-nology where essential skills such as plumbing, masonry, welding, electri-cal work, among others are trained. This way, we will build a strong army of skilled people required to grow the economy and help transform lives,” he said.

Laying foundation stones for Sir-ata and Archers Post technical train-ing institutes respectively, Ruto said the Jubilee administration will estab-lish middle level and technical col-leges to train youth on technical skills needed in fostering economic growth through innovation.

He said the institutions will help develop youth expertise and skills necessary for the envisioned double digit economic growth.

The Deputy President said the Government was committed to max-imum exploitation of science and technological innovations for the re-alisation of sustainable and equitable development in the country.

He said the Jubilee manifesto and Vision 2030 recognise the critical role played by science and technology in achieving development.

Police are puzzling over how a se-nior Al-Shabaab commander, Hassan Hanafi Haji, who was arrested in Nai-robi, was found with a Kenyan iden-tity card.

An ID that he was allegedly found with showed he is Yusuf Hassan and was born in Mandera County, officials handling the case revealed.

“We do not know if it is genuine and that is what we are still investigat-ing. The picture on the ID almost re-sembles him as much as it is showing some scars,” said a senior official who did not want to be quoted.

Another official said he may have obtained the document to help him move around because of the ongoing crackdown on illegal immigrants in Eastleigh.

Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo declined to comment on the matter.

Hanafi arrived in Nairobi on un-disclosed dates to seek treatment for injuries he sustained in Somalia when he was arrested. He was arrested in Eastleigh last week and is being held by the Anti-Terror Police Unit.

Somalia’s Information minister Mustafa Duhulow said Hanafi, who is also a journalist, will be extradited to his country to face charges there.

“As a result of surveillance by the Somalia security apparatus, the Ken-yan security forces captured Hassan Hanafi Haji, wanted for the killing of a number of Somalia journalists and other citizens,” Mr Duhulow said in a statement.

“It is also alleged that he was deep-ly involved in Al-Shabaab’s propagan-da machine,” Duhulow added, claim-ing Hanafi was a senior member of the Islamist group.

Counter-terrorism detectives had marked Hanafi as a “high value” sus-pect after his arrest. Sources said they were investigating if his accomplices are here. He was trying to seek med-ical attention in one of the clinics in Eastleigh when he was nabbed.

Hanafi has been accused of kill-ing colleagues and working for the Al-Qaeda linked Al-Shabaab. The ter-ror group continues to launch attacks in Mogadishu including recent com-mando raids on the presidential pal-ace and Parliament in a bid to topple the internationally-backed Govern-ment.

The group operates its own radio station and regularly releases propa-ganda videos, and was previously ac-tive on Twitter before their accounts were shut down. It is believed Hana-fi was a propagandist for the station.

Somalia has asked Kenya to hand Hanafi over to face trial, Duhulow said.

Police find ID on suspect linked

to terror

Security officers mistakenly shoot colleague dead in Mathare

A police officer was shot dead by colleagues who mistook him for an armed criminal in Mathare slums, Nairobi, over the weekend.

The officer attached to Traffic Headquarters in Nairobi was shot at close range by fellow officers in a bar after a false alarm on Saturday night,

police said.The victim, Constable Obadiah

Chirchir, was in the bar with a col-league and other patrons when police who had been informed of “a gang in the bar with guns” stormed in.

Witnesses said the officers opened fire, killing Chirchir as other revellers ran for safety.

Chirchir, who was working with the Alcoblow breathalyser team, was

armed at the time of the shooting. His seniors said his mistake was to go to the bar in civilian clothes while armed.

“There was an alarm went to po-lice claiming there were gunmen in the bar, which prompted the unfor-tunate shooting,” said Nairobi police boss Benson Kibue.

Meanwhile, a suspected thug was on Saturday night shot dead and three

guns and 80 bullets recovered from him in Westlands, Nairobi. However, his two accomplices escaped on foot.

Police say an employee of UN of-fices in Nairobi was shot and wound-ed in the shooting.

Elsewhere, two women aged 65 and 45 were arrested and two guns, 233 rolls of bhang, two cameras and other valuables believed to have been stolen recovered in Shauri Moyo.

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GOVERNMENT PROMISES MID LEVEL COLLEGES• The Government will build technical training institutes in every con-stituency in the next five years at a cost of Sh100 million each• Sh60 million will go towards construction while Sh40 million will be used to equip them upon completion• Deputy President William Ruto said the Government recognises sci-ence and technology as the crucial driver to achieving sustainable de-velopment, economic growth and enhancing global competitiveness, noting that the adoption and use of knowledge will be critical in pro-moting development in the country

The half-naked body of a woman was at the weekend found dumped in a maize plantation in Dallas, Embu town. Area police boss Mzuri Nyange said the deceased, identified as Catherine Wawira, had been seen the previous night taking her 11-year-old daughter to her grandmother’s house. A knife was also found near the body. Mr Nyange said the body bore no signs of physical injury.

The Government should implement the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission report so that irregularly allocated land can be repossessed, Gem MP Jakoyo Midiwo has said. Mr Midiwo (above) said the Government should stop threatening Siaya Senator James Orengo, adding that people are killed every election year because of land.

Chaos erupted in Kaptembwo slums in Nakuru County after two ODM groups clashed at a political rally organised by some ODM members to denounce the area MP for allegedly being a Jubilee mole. The two groups, one supporting area MP Samuel Arama and the other calling for his ouster, threw stones at each other, forcing police to fire teargas.

Some 43 political parties have supported calls for a referendum, saying it would safeguard the country’s democratic gains. The parties unanimously agreed to form a committee to work with experts to craft suitable questions. The Independent Party leader Kalembe Ndile urged the Government to give Kenyans their constitutional rights by ensuring fairness and equity.

Police in Mukurwe-ini, Nyeri County, have urged the public to help identify the body of a 65-year-old man who drowned in River Tana at Gatiki village near the Mathira border. Mukurwe-ini police boss Hassan Pole said police pulled the body from the river on Saturday after it was spotted by area residents. “The body may have stayed in the water for four to five days but we suspect the deceased may have drowned upstream,” said Pole.

Woman found dead in maize plantation

State fumbling with land issues, says Jakoyo

ODm loyalists clash over alleged Jubilee mole

43 political parties join referendum push

Police urge wananchi to help identify body

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A man is on the run after he shot dead a bouncer and injured two oth-ers over a Sh200 bill in Nairobi’s Kasa-rani area.

The man is said to have shot the bouncer at close range and injured one in the leg and the other in the thigh at a bar christened Monaco, fol-lowing a bitter argument. Police said the man escaped and is yet to be lo-cated.

Kasarani OCPD Augustine Nthum-bi said yesterday they were yet to identify the man and establish if he is a licenced gun holder.

UNPAID BILL“The patrons and bouncers say he

is a regular there but they do not know his real name. We are looking for him to charge him with murder,” said Mr Nthumbi.

Witnesses said the assailant was leaving the bar at about 2am on Sat-urday when he was blocked by the bouncers over an unpaid bill of Sh200.

In the confusion, he sneaked out and dashed to his car that was parked a few metres away and came back armed with a pistol. The man is said to have fired at the three bouncers.

Police say he then rushed back to his car and drove off as other revellers scampered for safety.

Bouncer killed in bar brawl over Sh200

Police warn pedestrians on ‘suicide’Anyone caught crossing at unmarked points will be charged with attempting to kill themselves

Police will charge pedestrians found crossing roads at non-desig-nated areas with attempted suicide.

Previously, such suspects were charged with obstructing motorists.

Traffic Commandant Charlton Muriithi met top commanders in the city to discuss the issue and they agreed on the more serious charge of attempted suicide against offenders.

Mr Muriithi said such an action will be interpreted as one wanting to take his or her life because other than footbridges, there are marked areas meant for crossing the road.

“It is almost attempted suicide because when you have a designat-ed crossing point and you choose to cross elsewhere, and you are hit by a vehicle... if you survive, we should charge you with attempted suicide,” he warned.

The police boss said statistics have indicated that pedestrians knocked down by vehicles were in most cases using undesignated crossing points.

The meeting came in the wake of increased campaigns for pedestrians to use designated crossing points.

• National Transport and Safe-ty Authority Director General Francis Meja says statistics of people killed in road crashes indicate that 46 per cent are pedestrians• In Nairobi alone, 479 pedes-trians have been killed in the last six months. A total of 763 pedestrians have been killed this year alone• This is a reduction from 855 last year over the same peri-od, while 333 passengers have died in road crashes

National Transport and Safety Au-thority Director General Francis Me-ja says the statistics of people killed in road crashes indicate that 46 per cent are pedestrians.

Officials say the conditions of foot-bridges are being improved, adding that plans to man them round the clock are underway.

The meeting also discussed cor-ruption in the Kenya Police Service Traffic Department.

Last week, Ethics and Anti-Cor-ruption Commission officers ar-rested four officers at Mariakani and Mlolongo weighbridges for tak-ing bribes. They were among 16 people arrested in the operation.

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THE GRIM PICTURE OF NUMBER OF DEATHS Riverside brewery

Mathare slums residents make chang’aa along Nairobi River in broad daylight and no one dares interrupt their business. They are very suspicious of strange people visiting, more so when you try to take a photograph. [ PHOTO: JENIPHER WA-CHIE/STANDARD]

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Why poll petition against Narok East MP failed

Lawyer said all courts lacked jurisdiction to hear case filed out of time and suit was therefore null and void

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF KENYA AT NAIROBI

PETITION NO. 5 OF 2014BETWEEN

HON LEMANKEN ARAMAT...............................APPELLANTAND

HARUN MEITAMEI LEMPAKA, ISAAC RUTO (Returning offi-cer) and IEBC.............. RESPONDENTS

BENCH: HON JUSTICES WILLY MUTUNGA, KALPANA RAWAL, PHILIP TUNOI, MOHAMMED IBRAHIM, J B OJWANG, SMOKIN

WANJALA AND NJOKI NDUNG’U

JUDGEMENT: 06.08.2014

Police might have killed Masjid Musa suspect, judge rulesA judge in Mombasa has

ruled that a man who has been missing since his arrest in the Musa Mosque on February 2 was most likely killed by po-licemen who detained him af-ter storming the controversial mosque.

Justice Edward Mureit-hi has said that after killing the suspect, police in Momba-sa invented cover stories and myths to explain the fact that he could not be traced in their custody after arresting him in public.

The judge has now ordered a judicial investigation to de-termine the perpetrators of the

suspected murder.“Hemed must be presumed

dead...,” declared Mureithi on Friday afternoon, referring to Hemed Salim Hemed who has been missing since his arrest six months ago.

The judge added that there were reasonable grounds for the belief that the subject must have been killed by the police and the fact covered up by the-ories of escape that could not be positively proved.

Key top officials including Mombasa County Police Com-mander Robert Kitur, who led the raid, testified before the judge after Hemed’s family

sued the State, seeking to have the police produce him.

Hemed’s family and rights activist Okoiti Omtatah filed for habeas corpus (order re-quiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court) in early Febru-ary after police failed to charge him in court over the February 2 events. Hemed’s family later failed to trace him at any police station, hospital or morgue.

Justice Mureithi argued that the order “must be held in abeyance until it is estab-lished that the police have custody or regained custody of Hemed,” indicating that al-though evidence suggests the

suspect was killed, it was not reasonable to hold onto hope that police could still produce him alive.

hOw anD whYThe petitioners sued the

Attorney General and Inspec-tor General of Police, seek-ing various reliefs including Hemed’s immediate produc-tion in court.

The judge ordered the in-quest into Hemed’s disap-pearance or murder to be led by a magistrate and in a prece-dent ruling, said police “them-selves suspected of involve-ment in the disappearance and probable death of the subject,”

should not lead the probe to determine who killed the sus-pect or how and why.

He instead asked the CID in conjunction with the Kenya National Human Rights Com-mission to launch a probe and prepare a report for the Chief Magistrate to launch an in-quest. Hemed has been miss-ing since February and police had advanced a myth that he escaped from a prisoner-laden truck as he and other suspects were being taken to Makupa Police Station in Mombasa.

Justice Mureithi ruled that there was no dispute about Hemed’s arrest in the mosque, adding that video evidence

showed his arrest by gun wielding policemen who ac-cused of him of having killed a police officer during the raid on the mosque.

The judge argued it was possible as claimed by Hemed’s family that the officer was ac-tually killed by his colleagues and the matter covered up. He added that a police theo-ry that Hemed escaped during transportation to police cells was illogical and impractical when tested and that police had not adequately explained their claim that they un-cuffed a man they considered a high value suspect, thus enabling the alleged escape.

Lemanken Aramat was among nine candidates who contested the new Narok East parliamentary seat in the March 4, 2013, General Election. The constituency was carved out of the wider Narok North.

The youthful Aramat won the seat with 5,616 votes while his closest challenger, seasoned politician Ha-run Lempaka, got 5,174 votes.

Lempaka filed a petition at the High Court in Nakuru on April 10, 2013, seeking to have all the parlia-mentary votes from the 69 constitu-encies scrutinised and recounted. His argument was that though the elec-tion had been smooth, the wrong can-didate was declared the winner.

On September 5, 2013, Nakuru High Court judge Mathew Emuku-le dismissed the petition. Lempaka filed an appeal in the Court of Appeal.

On March 28, 2014, three Court of Appeal judges set aside the decision of the High Court and ordered a re-count of all the parliamentary votes. The exercise was to be conducted at the Nakuru High Court.

The MP filed a petition in the Su-preme Court. He obtained orders stopping the recount pending the de-termination of the petition by all sev-en judges.

His lawyer, Tom Ojienda, filed 11 grounds for the petition. However, during the hearing, the lawyer raised a major issue - that the petition in the High Court in 2013 had been filed out of the time allowed by the Constitu-tion hence it was null and void.

Article 87(2) of the Constitution provides that petitions concerning an election, other than a presiden-tial election, shall be filed within 28 days after declaration of the election results by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).

Section 76(1)(a) of the Elections Act, however, states that a petition to question the validity of an elec-tion shall be filed within 28 days after the date of publication of the results of the election in the Kenya Gazette.

This is the section Lempaka relied on in filing his petition. The Narok East parliamentary election results were declared on March 4, 2013.

However, that section was de-clared unconstitutional in a petition involving Mombasa Governor Hassan Ali Joho & Another.

The ruling was then applied at the Supreme Court by Othaya MP Mary Wambui to overturn an earlier nulli-fication of her election by the Court of Appeal. The petition challenging her election had also been filed out of the time set by the Constitution.

Going by those decisions, the Narok East petition was filed 36 days after declaration of results was time barred.

On this point, Ojienda argued that

the High Court, therefore, had no ju-risdiction to hear it. And if the peti-tion was a nullity from the beginning, the Court of Appeal could not enter-tain an appeal arising from such a pe-tition.

The position was supported by IEBC who argued that the petition at the High Court was a nullity having been filed out of time.

However, Lempaka’s lawyer Kibe Mungai submitted that if the High Court and the Court of Appeal could not hear such a petition, then even the Supreme Court lacked the juris-diction to hear it.

Mungai argued that the question of the nullity of the petition could on-ly be determined by the High Court, which had the constitutional man-date to deal with the matter.

He said the MP had not raised the issue of nullity when he first filed the petition at the High Court hence he could not raise it during the proceed-ings.

“Does the Supreme Court have jurisdiction to entertain this matter?” was the key question the Supreme Court judges had to deal with.

All the seven judges, led by Chief Justice Willy Mutunga, agreed that the petition filed in the High Court was out of time hence null and void from the beginning.

The High Court lacked jurisdiction to entertain it. Likewise, the Court of Appeal had no jurisdiction to hear an appeal arising from a nullity.

The judges, however, reasoned

that though the other lower courts had no legal authority to hear the ap-peal, the Supreme Court had a broad-er mandate to entertain the case.

“It is a responsibility vested in the Supreme Court to interpret the Con-stitution with finality. This remit en-tails that this court determines ap-propriately those situations in which it ought to resolve questions coming up before it, in particular, where these have a direct bearing on the interpre-tation and application of the Con-stitution. Besides, as the Supreme Court carries the overall responsibili-ty for providing guidance on matters of law for the State’s judicial branch, it follows that its jurisdiction is an en-larged one, enabling it in all situations in which it has been duly moved, to settle the law for the guidance of oth-er courts.” they summed it up.

The judges ruled that the Supreme Court was the guardian of the Consti-tution, and the final arbiter on consti-tutional dispute situations.

“Upon an extensive consideration of the factor of timelines in the pro-cessing of electoral disputes, un-der the Constitution and the statute law, this court has come to the con-clusion that the jurisdiction of the Election Court is linked to timelines. Consequently, the trial court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the elector-al question remitted by the Court of Appeal, once its six-month mandate had lapsed. Indeed, even at the very beginning, the High Court had lacked jurisdiction to entertain the case, as the petition had been filed belatedly by as much as eight days.”

They went on: “Just as the High Court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the original petition on the grounds

of breached timelines, so the Court of Appeal had no jurisdiction to enter-tain the matter.”

However, they said the Supreme Court was more broadly empowered for general oversight of the interpreta-tion and application of the Constitu-tion, and of the matters of law of gen-eral public importance.

Justice Mohammed Ibrahim took a dissenting opinion on whether the Supreme Court should have dealt with the issue of merit in the case if the petition was a nullity from the be-ginning.

“I agree with the majority finding that the petition at the High Court in this matter was filed outside the con-stitutional timelines of 28 days after the declaration of results. Hence, all the proceedings at the High Court and the Court of Appeal that sprung from a petition that was a nullity are also null and void. Hence this court does not have jurisdiction to entertain this appeal,” the judge said in his dissent-ing judgement.

He added, “This Court should have downed its tools and not delved in-to any other question on their merits. With much respect and deference, I would disagree with my brothers and sisters in the majority when they did not rest the matter at this point and went ahead to entertain consider-ation of other issues on merit.”

The Supreme Court annulled the judgement of the Court of Appeal made on March 28, 2014, and rein-stated the gazettement of Lemanken as the Narok East MP.

The writer is a court reporter with

the Standard Group. Email. iwa-home@standardmedia.co.ke

Under the constitution and the statute law, this court has come to the conclusion that the jurisdiction of the election court is linked to timelines.

— Supreme court judges

ByB williS Oketch

ByB wahOMe thUkU

Narok East MP Lemanken Aramat celebrates with his supporters at the Su-preme Court shortly after the court upheld his election victory. [Photo: File]

Page 13NATIONAL NEWS / Monday, August 11, 2014 / The Standard

The National Police Service Commission (NPSC) should not be involved in investigat-ing the controversial police re-cruitment, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) has said.

“It places the commission as a judge, jury and execu-tioner in its own case. Such a shallow audit cannot redeem an irredeemably flawed re-cruitment exercise,” KNCHR said in a joint statement with the Police Reforms Working Group-Kenya (PRWG-K).

It further stated that the process was riddled with cor-ruption and discrimination, adding that the recruitment was undertaken in non-ga-zette centres and unwarranted extension of recruitment time.

“Such malpractices must be thoroughly addressed through an independent probe to guar-antee non-repetition,” KNCHR said.

KNCHR and PRWG-K are also demanding the imme-diate nullification of the re-cruitment drive. They want the commission to develop re-cruitment regulations to guide a fresh, transparent recruit-ment drive.

They added that they sup-port legal action taken by the Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA), and threat-ened to be enjoined in the

matter if their concerns were not addressed by today.

IPOA filed a case in court citing irregularities and non-compliance with the Con-stitution, thus “leading to the great hue and cry from the public and aggrieved partic-ipants,” chairman Macharia Njeru said.

The statement was signed by KNCHR and PRWG-K mem-bers including Independent Medico-Legal Unit, Kenya Hu-man Rights Commission, In-ternational Centre for Jurists Kenya, International Centre for Transitional Justice, Rights Promotion and Protection Centre, Legal Resources Foun-dation, Federation of Women Lawyers in Kenya, Kenyans for Peace with Truth and Justice, Coalition on Violence Against Women, Centre for Minority Rights, National Coalition for Human Rights Defenders and Usalama Reforms Forum.

The audit report is expect-ed to be forwarded to the Com-mission by mid next this week.

The commission said the team probing the recruitment had handed its findings to the Joint Committee comprising the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, the National In-telligence Service, the Ministry of Interior and Co-ordination, the Directorate of Criminal In-vestigations and the National Police Service Commission on August 4.

Rights body wants police recruitment

cancelledKNCHR says National Police Service Commission should not be involved in the investigations

ByB Lonah KiBet

Kitui Central police boss Muchangi Kioi instructs youth during the police recruitment drive at the Kitui High School grounds, in Kitui County, last week. [PHOTO: PAUL MUTUA/STANDARD]

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Even though the President has pointed out that the coun-try does not need a referendum at this point in time, we can-not lose sight of the fact that the Government’s stand on vi-tal national issues is the sole reason why the country finds itself at a crossroads.

The roles of Government and the Opposition are meant to be complementary to each other, but lately there has been a lot of mistrust and animosity between the two.

There are issues the Jubilee administration has done well to address, but it is also apparent that from the time it took over Government business, the country has experienced myriads problems. From insecurity, hunger and the rising cost of living to rampant unemployment and skewed public appointments, the Jubilee administration has had its fair share of bad luck.

Calls for national dialogue to deliberate over issues im-pacting negatively on citizens were trashed by the Govern-ment that used its five-year mandate as defence to kill the clamour. It clearly did not see the need for dialogue with the Opposition, which was perceived to be working to overthrow the Government through unconstitutional means.

The Opposition denied this and stated the ouster of the Government was not on its agenda, having accepted the Su-preme Court’s ruling in March, which upheld Uhuru Ken-yatta’s election as President.

Beyond the Opposition, governors too, feel short-changed. They have stated their displeasure with the pas-sage of the County Development Board Bill into law. This Bill relegates them to second position in the county develop-ment board rankings.

They want the Government to increases county revenue allocations to 45 per cent of the national budget. The stand-off between the Government, senators and governors has given birth to calls for another referendum.

The State has reacted by threatening governors affiliated to Jubilee with dire consequences if they persist with calls for a referendum. But threats will not solve anything. The most sensible thing is for the Government to acknowledge that we have issues that must be solved, view the Opposi-tion as partners in developing the country and call for dia-logue.

If both parties would sober up, the need for a referendum can be overridden for the good of the country.

Kenyan roads have become notoriously dangerous. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says in its 2013 Global Status Report on Road Safety that the annual official figure for road traffic deaths in Kenya stands at 3,000 but adds that the figure could be as high as 8,500.

Many of the accidents that kill or maim thousands are not recorded for lack of ade-quate reporting mechanisms. Last Saturday, three people died at the notorious Sachang-wan area after a lorry rammed into a school bus belonging to St Patrick’s Secondary School Iten, causing multiple other accidents. The dead were reported to have been in a public service vehicle that veered off the road after be-ing hit by another vehicle.

Too many accidents have occurred at this place over years and it would seem there is no end in sight to this deadly menace. If we look back, it wouldn’t be difficult to recall moments

when whole villages were thrown into mourn-ing because of tragedies that took place at Sachangwan.

Yet, much has been said that is often forgot-ten by those in authority as soon as wreckage is removed from the scene of accident.

When an aeroplane is involved in accident, the practice world over is for investigations to be done to unravel the cause. Despite road ac-cidents carrying similar consequences, things usually revert to normal until the next accident happens to open way for the next circle of lam-entations.

How many more people must die at this ill fated area before we do something to lessen the frequency of accidents?

It does not bear thinking what would have happened had the school bus ferrying students to the Mombasa music festivals rolled too. The death toll would have been higher but still, any

death is one too many. Invariably, most offend-ers in accidents that occur at Sachangwan are trucks. The anomaly has been attributed to mechanical problems owing to poor mainte-nance and drivers suffering judgmental lapses due to fatigue.

Suggestions have been made on what the government should do to control some of these accidents. Some of the proposed measures in-clude construction of special lanes for trucks. Others advocate for specific movement times for trucks. Erection of speed bumps at black spots is also one way of reducing accidents.

The importance of clear and visible roads signs cannot be over emphasised. Unfortu-nately, recent speed bumps erected along the Sachangwan stretch appear not to have been marked. Eye witnesses to the latest mishap claim the lorry driver was not aware of the new bumps.

That, however, is not an excuse for drivers who over speed for they must be alert to the unexpected at all times while behind the wheel.The government can no longer afford to sit back and warn drivers against over speed-ing while providing statics of accidents. The time for action is now.

Traffic policemen are reminded that they should be more vigilant in ensuring defective vehicles and those that flout traffic rules are kept off the road to ensure safety for road us-ers. It will be necessary to confirm that these trucks and indeed all public service vehicles are fitted with workable speed governors as the current scenario still leaves room for mistakes.

Effort must be made to keep our roads safe and one of the imperatives is to keep heavy trucks away from busy roads used by private and public service vehicles or enforce the law that specifies their times of travel.

As another politician recently remarked, quelle surprise. It was always expected, even by the more naïve observers of the political scene, that it was only a matter of time before Boris Johnson announced his re-entry into national politics. Few, however, would have expected him to be quite so choice in his timing. Coming as it does immediately after the resignation of Baroness Warsi, and while David Cameron is abroad on holiday, it has something of the political thriller about it, like a storyline from a Michael Dobbs novel. Either that, or the touch of a world in which dictators are occasionally toppled while away at some international junket or other. More widely, it will have done his reputation no good, nor the Tories’ chances of hanging on to the mayoralty next time around.

In the fi rst good news in a long time, a 72-hour cease-fi re appeared to be holding on Wednesday as Israelis and Palestinians tallied what was lost, and gained, during the latest war over the desperate Gaza Strip. It was easiest to count the losses. More than 1,800 Palestinians, a majority of them noncombatants, and 67 Israelis have been killed. United Nations o� cials said 408 Palestinian children were killed and 2,502 injured. The physical damage in Gaza is estimated at $6 billion. There are important but less tangible costs: the way ordinary Israelis have had to live in fear of rocket attacks; increasingly bitter strains on Israel’s relations with the United States; international criticism of Israel — and the outrage of anti-Semitic protests and violence in Europe.

Ebola was not supposed to have a prominent place on the agenda for this week’s Africa summit. But it keeps infecting the discussion. Forty African heads of state are in Washington this week, snarling tra� c as the Obama administration highlights what it describes as “one of the world’s most dynamic and fastest-growing regions.” But it’s di� cult to keep the focus on foreign direct investment and electric transmission when there is a HEMORRHAGIC FEVER spreading OUT OF CONTROL! It’s a challenge to have a sober debate about civil society and wildlife tra� cking when medical experts say that the outbreak in four African countries is KILLING 70 PERCENT of victims with INTERNAL BLEEDING and other GRUESOME SYMPTOMS!

Part-time leader of London Making the Gaza Cease-Fire Last An Ebola-infected Africa summit

Page 15OPINION / Monday, August 11, 2014 / The Standard

PalaverThere are those in government fixated with the figure 500,000. In its manifesto, Jubilee promised 500,000 jobs would be created annually. Next we were told 500,000 acres of land were allocated irregularly to a few in-dividuals. Before that could sink in, a former Immigration minister was accused of having issued 500,000 illegal documents to terrorists, mercenaries and drug addicts! That translates to 290 illegal immigration documents every single day in five years, it is preposterous. So where is the next 500,000?

Where do you find the real stars in the realm of sporting in Kenya? Everybody will agree it is in athletics, no question about that. They are a force to reckon with. So, how come perennial losers and heart-breakers that are the national soccer team are called ‚stars‘? Why not just have a change of name and call our heroes and heroines of athletics the Harambee Stars?

This devolution monster, added to the land question could tear this country apart. Governors meant business when they decided to push a ‚lethargic‘ government to increase funding to counties. And because the Government does not listen to logic, it definitely will listen to a referendum. They have formed a 15 member committee to push for the ‚pesa mashinani‘ initiati-ve. Threats from the Government have not cowed them and CORD, with its own referendum, is an added boost. Surely, steering a country to greater heights of development is a lonely job!

The Government promised parents and students that come 2015, it would pay examination fees for Class Eight and Form Four can-didates, and all said hallelujah! Now, Education Cabinet Secretary, Prof Joseph Kaimenyi, has shifted goal posts saying this is applicable to public schools only. Are those in private schools not Kenyans, sitting the same national exams? Why discrimina-te against them?

Many Kenyans love their liquor (more like local brews), so much so that they are ready to die or go blind indulging their passion. A few deaths from here and there don‘t bother them much. If one‘s day hasn‘t come, it hasn‘t come, they argue. A caring government would encourage companies like EABL to produce more of the cheaper, but safe Senator Keg. What does ours do instead? It watches impulsively as EABL phases out Keg. Isn‘t this inaction?

So far the referendum debate has been very healthy. The dia-logue that has been taking place and the fact that people are free to air their views without suppres-sion is a form of direct democracy.

The opponents of this initia-tive argue that we have just con-cluded a General Election there-fore we cannot subject the country to a another election.

Others argue that the idea has been hijacked by people from the Cord coalition. Yet others argue the county governments should first utilise the funds given before they request for more.

In my view there are some as-sertions that are not truthful. First of all, a referendum is not a Gen-eral Election. We are not electing any individual or group of people, but instead we are subjecting a section of the Constitution to a test to fix an anomaly.

In countries like Switzerland, a referendum is conducted on al-most any major national issue in-cluding whether mosques can have minarets.

Secondly, this referendum is not necessarily a plebiscite on the current leadership. We are not saying we keep or vote out the Ju-bilee-led Government.

The initiative by the Council of Governors to push for a referen-dum is to correct where the coun-

cil of wise men otherwise known as the Committee of Experts who drafted the Constitution might have missed.

In this, we take cognisance of the fact that they are human. Defi-nitely, when one looks at the po-sition of the Senate and that taken by the National Assembly, it is very clear under the current cir-cumstances that the Senate as constituted is a toothless bull dog.

The Senate was created to pro-tect the interest of the counties. However, a hostile National As-sembly that is answerable to no one is now shooting down any at-tempt to empower the counties.

In the case of Isiolo County, the allocated Sh2.4 billion by the Commission for Revenue Alloca-tion is barely enough to pay for the salaries of the defunct county council staff, new county staff, and the wages of the staff trans-ferred from the National Govern-ment to the county government.

The wage bill alone of the staff transferred from the National Government stands at almost Sh1 billion.

This does not include other re-current expenditure items. That means development funds get se-verely constrained.

In my view, this referendum should be about correcting the anomalies such as the weak Sen-

Kenyans should not take at-tacks on the Young African Lead-ers Initiative (YALI), US President Barack Obama’s youth mentor-ship programme launched in De-cember 2013, seriously

Some have questioned the process and value of the pro-gramme, publicly querying the selection procedure and the rele-vance of the its curriculum.

The intentions behind these comments seem suspect, espe-cially because, contrary to the ac-cusations, the YALI programme is transparent about its selection criteria.

According to the programme, the youth across the continent were invited to submit applica-tions.

In Kenya about 5000 youth ap-plied and 46 were selected through an open and transparent process that involved review of applications, interviews and background checks.

In this first round of YALI, 500 young people from across the continent, including 46 from Ken-ya, have undergone six weeks of training in some of the best uni-versities in the United States.

These youth are trained in one of three key areas namely busi-ness and entrepreneurship, pub-lic management and civic leader-ship.

What is critical is that YALI fel-lows are then expected to “bring

US youth programme timely, worthy

It is only people who fear youth empower-ment who should feel threatened by such initiative’s designed to build young African leaders.

it all back home”, and apply their skills and knowledge to tackle the pressing challenges that affect their communities and countries.

Such skills and knowledge are required not only here in Kenya, but continent-wide. Today, 65 per cent of Africa’s population, or roughly 650 million people are below the age of 35 years.

The youth account for 60 per cent of Africa’s jobless people, ac-cording to a study that was con-ducted by the World Bank last year.

young populationYouth unemployment and

poor leadership continue to threaten development in many African countries and unless Afri-ca has a young population with the skills to help them, the “Africa rising” narrative will remain nothing more than a dream.

It is only people who fear youth empowerment who should feel threatened by such initiative’s designed to build young African leaders

For those of us in the youth empowerment field, the pro-gramme is an exciting develop-ment, and provides a template for others to follow.

It recognises how crucial men-torship is in any successful mod-el of youth development. A men-tor can guide the person being mentored to develop profession-

al skills, networks and experience that they need to grow.

Secondly, the YALI programme is built on the foundational belief that young people do not only have to be passive recipients of help. In fact, they can be part of the search for solution to their own problems, and indeed those affecting their communities.

While the initiative is a com-prehensive youth development programme, Kenya and other Af-rican countries must create their own programme’s to support and complement Obama’s mentor-ship programme.

African governments have es-tablished countless youth em-powerment programmes. But they don’t seem to be making headway in addressing the chal-lenges facing young people.

accountable leadersWe need to create our own

leadership programme’s that can give rise to a new generation of bold, visionary and accountable leaders. We can deny it as much as we want but the truth is that there is scarcity of good leaders in Africa.

Beyond including leadership in school curriculum, Africa should set up centers and strate-gic initiatives to equip young peo-ple with knowledge on good gov-ernance.

Governments must allocate

enough funding and staff to match the expectations and the demand for youth empower-ment.

According to Stockholm Inter-national Peace Research Institute, Defense spending in Africa in-creased by 8.6 per cent in 2013, while recording negligible in-crease in allocation for youth de-velopment.

African leaders must match their words with concrete action. They must invest resources in youth service and empowerment programmes to address youth unemployment.

Governments should also de-velop the technology, oversight systems, technical experience and the training that will give their youth the tools to partici-pate fully in the modern global economy.

The action that the Obama ad-ministration took, despite the for-mer President’s attempt to pour cold water, is a step in the right direction. African governments should take inspiration from it and build around it.

The wage bill alone of the staff transferred from the National Gover-nment stands at almost Sh1 billion.

This is the right time for a referendum

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ate, and allocating more funds for development to the counties.

Right now, MP’s are able to manipulate anybody in the coun-try to increase their salaries at will, but they have really never questioned why the National Government is keeping Sh103 bil-lion for street lighting, slum up-grading and all that, functions that have been transferred.

Governors (from all persua-sions) are right in demanding to correct the mistakes in the Con-stitution.

General ElectionEven though the opponents of

the Constitution argue that we are just fresh from a General Election, I am afraid we might be forced to rethink this stand in a few years, and then that will be a plebiscite on the sitting Government.

Right now the thinking of the governors from across the politi-cal divide is the same on this is-sue. The proponents of this refer-endum are aiming at changing three clauses of the Constitution.

The first one is on the role of the Senate. As per Chapter 96 of the Constitution, the Senate is re-quired to represent the interest of the counties in Parliament.

The senate is also expected to debate and approve bills on coun-ty revenue allocations. Judging from recent events, the Senate has

not been able to do any of the above.

The Revenue Allocation Bill granting the counties Sh210 bil-lion was passed into law by the National Assembly despite pro-tests from the Senate.

Seemingly afraid of antagonis-ing the National Assembly, the President assented to the Bill. In other words, the Senate cannot make laws for the counties or take care of the interests of the coun-ties.

The second clause that gover-nors want changed is one that re-inforces the separation of powers between the Executive and the Legislator.

The law as it is now gives room for ambiguity. The National As-sembly that is supposed to play an oversight role, yet also plays an Executive role through the Con-stituency Development Fund cannot sufficiently serve the in-terests of county governments.

The Supreme Court was un-able to change this fact and I be-lieve a referendum will cure the anomaly.

Mr Guleid is the governor Isiolo County

Mr Obonyo is Africa Represen-tative to the World Bank’s Global Coordination Board.

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Where there is no competition, there is no democracy: Last week the IEBC declared the winner of the Gatundu South Parliamentary ‘race’ as Moses Kuria, in an exercise without contestants. One can not be be said to be a winner where a race didn’t apply. He didn’t clinch the lead as there was no other vying for the seat hence the new Gatundu South MP was favoured to the seat and hence taking Kenya back to the dark days, when leaders were declared unopposed because they were politically connected to the throne. Where there’s no competition, democracy is under threat and political spectrum is unhealthy and and suspicious. Justin Nkaranga, Mombasa

Stop empty talk, address insecurity appropriately: Police report indicate that 35 people were killed in Nairobi in one week (Sunday Nation August 10, 2014). This raises a question as to whether anyone is safe in this country. There has been a common song lately, ‘enough security for all Kenyans’. If the report is anything to go by, then security means something else to some people. The Deputy President has been singing the same tune. If the Government does not provide security to its people, the masses may resort to crude ways of protecting themselves. Samuel Kegwaro, Malaba

Bellevue interchange will worsen tra� c snarlup: Rapid growth of Mulolongo, Kitengela/Isinya and Machakos towns has led to increased daily commuter tra� c, which has contributed to perennial tra� c jams between Nyayo Stadium and City Kabanas. The planned interchange at Bellevue will spew additional tra� c at a faster rate than the capacity of the three lanes currently servicing the highway. The Kenya Highway Authority should consider extending the southern bypass along the National Park from Ole Sereni to Syokimau or create additional lanes from Bellevue by reclaiming the grabbed road reserve as proposed during Kibaki administration. Joe Musyoki, Kitengela

Let’s rename black spots: It is evident there is power in words especially names. As we approach December, I wish to call upon religious leaders to pray at the presumed ‘black spots’ in our country. Then we stop calling them black spots but watch out points. And I urge all Kenyans to keep vigil while on the roads and not to drink and drive! Kelvin Keya, Nairobi.

Ebola has exposed Africa’s disaster unpreparedness

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has now declared the kill-er Ebola epidemic ravaging parts of West Africa an international health emergency and appealed for global aid to help the afflicted countries.

This, after the epidemic con-tinued to spread, affecting more countries, the latest being Nigeria. Humanitarian agencies respond-ing to it admitted they were over-stretched and had little resources to respond to the disaster. The latest reported cases bring the total num-ber to 1,711 across the four coun-tries, with 932 deaths, the worst Eb-ola outbreak in history.

One outstanding face of the ef-forts to save lives in this has been the profound Western response to it, as though it were the hardest hit. Just to mention, the US CDC has sent its 60 best scientists to West Africa, the World Bank has pledged USD 150 million, and the British Parliament spared time to debate the crisis. With her better science and technology, the west has always been there to bring us up in our low-est moments of need.

Urbanisation, travel and person-al connections that come with eco-nomic development and weaker and/or adhered-to policies appear to have helped the virus spread. At the same time, a more formida-

ble health-care infrastructure that could go a long way in stopping Eb-ola before it reaches outbreak sta-tus has not kept pace and in some countries were just too weak.

More health workers have been in demand, and in some cases, the few available have been demoti-vated to serve the people. Right through the disaster, Nigerian doc-tors have been on strike over poor pay and Liberian nurses have been on strike over lack of basic protec-tion while handling the Ebola pa-tients; cultural beliefs related to hy-giene and sanitation habits have exposed weaker health education systems and admissions of failure by West African governments have confirmed our fears of vulnerabili-ty in times of disaster.

The African Union has ubiqui-tously remained silent and disin-terested in mobilising African re-sources to complement the efforts by others. This is the time for the Africa Union to develop a response plan unique to the African factors contributing to the spread of the disease. It would be better if indig-enous organisations were largely in-volved in using the USD 60 million contributed by the African Develop-ment Bank towards containing the scourge.

The epidemic has also point-

ed to our weak disaster response plans. This Ebola has caught every-one by surprise because most Ebo-la outbreaks occur in Central Africa, where it originated.

A 2012 World Risk Report notes that 13 out of the 15 most vulner-able countries globally are African, solely because of their low coping and adaptive ability in the event of disasters. Though early warning systems in the continent are lacking and need improvement, there is al-so a need to fill the void between the dissemination of this information and the ability to act on it. Only 25 African countries have established national policies and strategies for risk reduction and worse, only 13 have set aside funds from their na-tional budget towards this cause.

These said, Africa must learn and collectively document quick lessons from this, so that the next epidemic disaster does not happen on our land again. Most important-ly, let us invest in more and diverse health human resources through effective training and motivating them for better and stronger disease control and emergency surveillance and response systems.

Has Music Festival produced thespians?Music and poetry occupy a cen-

tral place in societies; this idea was explored by William Blake and Per-cy Bysshe Shelley. According to Blake Poetry fetters the human race. Na-tions are destroyed or flourish in the same proportion as their poetry, painting and music.

Poetry and music go beyond mere entertainment, from them, we learn about human behaviour, poli-tics, family values, education, humil-ity, cohesion, animals and religion. Are we doing enough to safeguard an artist’s position in the society?

As students and pupils enter-tain guests at this year’s annual mu-sic festival in Mombasa, questions

must be asked concerning tangible benefits students derive from such events.

First held in 1927, the Kenya Mu-sic festival ought to be celebrating fruits of this landmark fete on the calendar of the Ministry of educa-tion.

Mr Masibo Kituyi, who has been the face of this event if articles in the media are anything to go by, says music as a non-academic pro-gramme is concerned with awaken-ing curiosity, development of proper interests, attitudes and values.

He further states that econom-ic and social objective of education can be realised as opportunities in

the world of music become avail-able to them. Yet we know very well that none of our celebrated thespi-ans, poets, singers honed their skills at such events.

To me the event has been re-duced to an annual ritual full of glitz, pomp and glamour meant to enter-tain guests and senior education of-ficials, a form of holiday, nothing more. After performing at the music fete, what next for the pupils?

The ministry must devel-op ways of nurturing talents at our other institutions be-sides the National Music Festival.

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Current war of words between Land Cabinet Secretary Charity Ngilu and National Land Commission chair, Dr Muhammad Swazuri is shameful and uncalled for.The row that threatens to stall land processes is occasioned by Ms Ngilu’s decision to gazette a lease form and designated the

Chief Registrar a signatory, a move Dr Swazuri has termed illegal. Coming barely eight weeks after the commission sought the Supreme Court’s interpretation of who should be in charge of leases amid revelations that at one million land fi les were missing, the matter should be sorted out soonest possible.Land matters should be handled with due care while involving all players, consulting widely to avert unbecoming

repercussions. Already, the Law Society of Kenya has said they unable to

process land documents for their clients under the status quo. Current stando� is indeed bad news for land rows, is a dominant source of confl ict in Coastal area, especially Kwale County; Likoni, Bombolulu, Tana River County, the Rift Valley and Mount Elgon Area. It is also emerging as a fl ashpoint in localities with valued resources such as minerals; oil in Turkana and Merti and valued commercial hubs such as Lamu.

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Spare wananchi the supremacy wars

State should enforce holiday tuition ban

Government’s waiver on exam-ination registration fees for Stan-dard Eight and Form Four candi-dates is a step in the right direction. It will save the nation the sad news of bright needy children who walk out of schools without documents.We have had cases of parents who are unable to raise exam fees for their children forcing them to end their educational career prematurely.But with the current tag of war between head teachers and the Government over the subsidised education, one is left wondering whether this is anoth-er dramatic scene between the two. The decision to segregate against public schools is a good measure as those who can afford to pay hundreds of thousands to private academies can comfortably raise exam fees. The di-rective is therefore not discriminatory.The Government has set aside Sh4 bil-lion for next year’s examination reg-istration.

But the generosity may be prone to abuse unless well checked. In the past, some head teachers collected money from parents and failed to reg-ister tthe candidates.

Since President Uhuru Kenyat-ta ratified the controversial Coun-ty Government Act (2014), the battle for supremacy in the counties seems to have taken a different trajectory.Governors have protested against senators chairing the County Devel-opment boards terming this an effort by the Government to kill devolution.They have taken the matter to court for constitutional interpretation.This is not the first time the two are at loggerheads over the counties’ leader-ship and public financial management.It is in public interest that the parties adopt a realistic viewpoint, knowing when two bulls fight it is the grass that suffers. Ordinary Kenyans would loathe to become political footballs in this battle of supremacy and power.

The Ministry of Education has banned holiday tution but some schools are carrying it out. A nation-al school in Siaya County had their Form Fours remain behind while a county school in Vihiga County has its Form Threes and Fours report-ing on Sunday, August 10, yet they only closed school on Wednesday.The Government should take action against the papetrators of holiday tu-ition because the extra remedials are a burden to students who have little rest while at school and are denied the chance to bond with their folks and peers and a break of monotony from school work.

{Kamau Gitau, Kiambu}

{Chrispory Juma, Public Health Ex-pert on Community Mobilisation}

{Onwonga Y Nairobi, via email}

{Collins Musanga, via email}

{Joseph Muthama, via email}

{Concerbed mwananchi, via email}

FeedbackResolve land squabbles urgently

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Cindy: Kenyan men love ‘the

thing’Controversial Ugandan singer has

branded Kenyan men as sexy. During her performance in Nairobi over the weekend, the singer posed before the crowd and dared: “You people like see-ing a bit too much. Kenyan men like the thing. You are full of hot blood,” she joked after which she exposed her sexy side, dancing suggestively to the cheer-ing crowd.

“What I am not sure is whether any of you can handle me,” she insisted.

Kiss 100 expectingmajor changes

Kingi: I want to help artistes

Jaguar buys a housein South Africa

Word on the streets is that popular urban radio Kiss 100 could be headed for a major change in two weeks’ time.A source told MondayBlues that some of the celebrated presenters like Sha� e and Kalekye will be moved from their current programmes in the new rebranding shift.

Kilifi county governor Amason Kingi has said he wants to see young Kenyan artistes make money from their artistic skills.Speaking to MondayBlues, the politician said even though he did not have a favourite singer, he loves to sample local talent, which he wants to help grow.“I cannot say that I have a favourite artiste or song but I just like our artistes. They put a lot of e� ort in what they do, even with limited resources and support from the Government. I think they deserve to be helped,” he said.“Part of my political commitment is to see young people make a living out of their music and other creative careers. This is top in my develop-ment agenda,” he added.

Philanthropic entertainer Jaguar is in South Africa investing in a new home said to cost him Sh100 million.The Kipepeo singer fl ew to Johannesburg last week to seal the deal in which is a popular music producer is said to be partnering with him in establishing a studio there.“I’m in South Africa on a business trip. I am trying to put my money in the right place,” Jaguar told MondayBlues on phone.“I cannot disclose details on why I am here. However, all I can say is that I am banking big money on what I am doing,” he disclosed.This is not the fi rst investment move the singer is making as he has a chain of rental houses in Nairobi. He also acquired a Sh8 million property in Machakos recently besides owning a residential house in Athi River.

STEVENS MUENDO} M O N DAY B LU E SThe offi cial showbiz and gossip column • Get It here hot and fi rst.All correspondence may be sent to mblues@standardmedia.co.ke

A Central Kenya politician could have had questions to an-swer his wife after a socialite he had been entertaining in a Westlands club left his lips and white shirt stained with lip-stick.

The politician was having fun with his friends when the girl joined them. They had a few drinks and started getting cozy after which they girl offered the respected guy some kiss-es.

But it was only at the time of leaving the club when he dis-covered that his lips and his shirt had been stained with red lipstick.

Looking rather disappointed, he rushed to the washrooms to clean the stains from the shirt but even that could not help matters.

Politician getslipstick stain

GOSSIP OF THE WEEK

Celebrated singer Akon is expected in the country on President Uhuru Kenyatta’s invite following their private meeting in the United States last week, MondayBlues has estab-lished.The singer received an open personal invite from the president during their meeting and

he could be here before the end of the year.Akon, whose last concert in Nairobi two years ago was a major fl op, wants to make his comeback pledge a reality and his meeting with the president could mean bigger things to come after he promised the president that he would like to visit Kenya soon.

What Akon told Uhuru

With only three weeks to go before

this year’s continental reality TV

show, Big Brother Africa (BBA)

kicks off, it is now clear that Vera

Sidika won’t be among the con-

testants, contrary to the hopes of many.

The popular Nairobi it-girl broke the news to her

fans via her social networks yesterday, saying she

would not make it to the drama filled house as: “I

have other commitments”.

And as that was happening, MondayBlues estab-

lished that Kenyan actress Ella Ciku who is popular

for her role in the Dstv’s Mali show could be the Ken-

yan representative. According to inside sources, the

social happy-go girl got a nod from Endemol last

week in South Africa and her bookings have already

been reserved ahead of the September 7th BBA kick

off date.Details of the same were leaked from her Face-

book and Instagram pages yesterday.

Ciku is a popular blogger who also has a big fan

base following her on her Ellainspired page. She al-

so runs a YouTube channel whose 2013 The Chips

Funga story post created controversy. She is also a

model who appeared on an M-Shwari advert recent-

ly.Meanwhile, MondayBlues has also established

that Idris Sultan, a university student based in Aru-

sha has been picked to represent Tanzania in the re-

ality TV show.The charming creative arts student is a celebrat-

ed photographer.

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Kenya, Tanzania BBA representative revealed

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Moi University students follow proceedings during training in how to deal with fires and other disasters at the institution. [PHOTO: IRVIN JALANG’O/STAN-DARD]

University students now want the Government to scrap high fees and address rising insecurity in campuses.

Under their national body, the Kenya University Students Organisa-tion (Kuso), the students from all uni-versities have put their vice chancel-lors on notice over the issues.

They noted that the high fees were locking out hundreds of bright stu-dents while those already in campus were living in fear due to rising inse-curity.

This emerged when over 100 stu-dent leaders from all the universities started a two-day retreat at Panorama

University students meet over high fees, insecurityHotel in Naivasha.

Addressing the Press, the organi-sation’s president, Babu Owino, said fees for regular students should be scrapped as it had become a burden for many.

He added that the Higher Educa-tion Loans Board should increase its allocation to the students and should be used solely for upkeep rather than tuition.

“We want a task force formed to address the fees since it is the right of Kenyans to get quality education,” he said.

According to Kuso patron Steve Mbogo, it was evident that the Gov-

ernment was unable to address ris-ing cases of insecurity, unemploy-ment and corruption.

Mr Mbogo challenged the Govern-ment to urgently address challenges facing the country and students in the universities.

“We are tired of having a govern-ment and opposition yapping every day instead of addressing issues like insecurity and high university fees,” he said.

Kuso Secretary General Charles Ju-ma put the VCs of Kisii and Kenyatta universities on notice for intimidating their students.

Mr Juma accused the former of

Varied reactions have greeted the re-organisation of the Bench announced by Chief Justice Willy Mutunga at the weekend.

While some in the legal frater-nity welcomed the move term-ing it a step in the right direction, members of the Rift Valley Law Society of Kenya said the reshuf-fle would adversely affect service delivery in some stations.

Prof Tom Ojienda, the LSK rep-resentative to the Judicial Service Commission welcomed the re-shuffle, saying it has recognised the role of senior judges who have all been posted to head various stations. “The issue of seniority has long been ignored in the Judi-ciary but now the CJ has imple-mented one of the key policies to recognise the role played by senior judges in the dispensation of jus-tice,” Ojienda told The Standard in Nakuru yesterday.

The senior counsel said sta-tions like Machakos and Embu that had crisis now have judges to handle land cases. He said the posting of a judge to Naivasha was long overdue and would help de-congest Nakuru and serve Narok County, which has a huge number of pending land cases.

But the society’s Nakuru branch chairman David Mongeri criticised the removal of almost all judges from Nakuru, fearing it would stall the hearing of cas-es that had partly been heard by the reshuffled judges. “Much as the re-organisation was done in good faith, the CJ failed to consid-er views raised by LSK members concerning Justice Abigail Mshi-la,” said Mongeri.

Lawyers had protested to the CJ about Justice Mshila and were expecting her to be among those who would be affected by the re-shuffle. But according to Mutun-ga’s list, she remains in Nakuru.

Mongeri said the CJ has also failed to consider the lawyers’ re-quest for additional judges to han-dle pending land cases at the En-vironment and Land Court.

He said the society had re-quested for an additional judge in Kericho County and Naivasha town to handle land matters be-cause the current court based in Nakuru was serving eight coun-ties. “LSK members from the re-gion will hold a meeting tomor-row to chart the way forward,” said the lawyer. He said lawyers expected the re-organisation to be done in phases to enable judg-es clear backlog of cases they were handling.

Lawyers react to reshuffle of judges by

Mutunga

es but according to these findings, that has not been the case. None of the sampled institutions were found to have commissioned any annual fire safety audit as required by law.

In an interview with The Standard yesterday, Makachia said they com-pleted the study last year and hoped their recommendations would help seal the identified loopholes.

Although the author requested that the investigated institutions not

be identified due to legal reasons, the details are available in the original ar-ticle published in the online journal and in the university’s eLibrary.

“Our work involved talking to about 480 of the universities’ popula-tion and physically checking available facilities and their operational condi-tions,” said Makachia.

The study also revealed that cas-es of direct electricity connection of bare wires to live sockets were numer-ous. Also recorded were signs of over-heating or scorching of plugs and, in some instances, taped joints on ex-tension leads.

“Records of inspection of porta-ble electrical equipment after every six months as the law requires were lacking in majority of the sites,” writes Makachia.

But even more chilling are revela-tions that in more than 40 per cent of the institutions, flammable materials such as petrol and chemicals are not stored in purpose-built areas as re-quired by law.

Thousands in danger as study exposes deadly fire traps in varsities

Only 23 per cent of students and staff know the correct telephone number to dial in the event of a fire

The lives of thousands of students and workers in many local universi-ties are in danger as the most basic fire safety requirements are flouted, a recent survey has revealed.

A report published by the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) says fire safety standards in most institutions are appallingly low while regulato-ry authorities do nothing to enforce the law.

“This academic report does not aim to scare people but recommends what needs to be done to safeguard institutions with some of the highest human traffic flows in the country,” says author Gilbert Luhombo Maka-chia.

Published in the current issue of the university’s Journal of Agricul-ture, Science and Technology and su-pervised by Prof Erastus Gatebe, the study says none of the sampled insti-tutions had adequate water for fire-fighting as required by law.

In a representative sample of sev-en public and 20 private universities in Nairobi, Kiambu, Nakuru and Ka-kamega, Mr Makachia says the in-stitutions meet only the barest min-imum of fire safety standards required by insurance and licensing authori-ties.

The survey, which was also over-seen by Pius Makhonge of the Di-rectorate of Occupational Safety and Health Services in the Ministry of La-bour, says it is a legal requirement that sites have at least 10,000 litres of water for fighting fires. However, the study says none of the sites had provision for fire emergency water in place.

The directorate also came un-der scathing criticism for abdicating its responsibilities and failing to de-mand that universities meet required fire safety standards.

The directorate is mandated to enforce fire safety laws in workplac-

Willy Mutunga

“Flammable paints, for example, were in most cases not stored safely thus increasing the risk of fire break-outs and intensity on the premises.”

Justifying why it is necessary to jealously safeguard universities against fires, Makachia said these in-stitutions hold a rich collection of priceless research data and materials.

The study revealed blatant disre-gard for workplace safety by the uni-versities and safety directorate while it also emerged that people are also ignorant of their own safety require-ments.

“For instance, only 23 per cent knew the correct telephone number to dial in the event of a fire emergen-cy,” he said.

About 80 per cent of respondents spoke of no fire drills taking place in the universities; even some who had been with the institutions for decades.

The study says none of the sur-veyed institutions had a written fire safety policy.

failing to reinstate student leaders even after Parliament endorsed them, adding that students had the right to freedom of association.

“This retreat will address rising insecurity and school fees in the uni-versities and we expect to chart a way forward,” he said.

Elizabeth Gathii from Jomo Ken-yatta University of Agriculture and Technology noted that cases of rob-bery and rape were on the rise on all campuses.

“We are tired of the rising cases of insecurity not only in our towns but also in the universities as our VCs sit back and watch,” she said.

• Fire safety standards in local universities are appallingly low while regulatory authorities do nothing to enforce the law• While it is mandatory that such institutions have an independent fire safety audit at least once a year, there are no records that this has ever been done• A report published by the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agricul-ture and Technology recom-mends fire safety audits in all universities and corrective mea-sures taken immediately to avoid disaster

COURTING DANGER

BY GATONYE GATHURA

BY STEpHEN MkAwAlE

BY ANTONY GITONGA

Kajiado Governor David Nkedianye (left) and his Makueni counterpart Kivutha Kibwana address the Press in Sultan Ha-mud . [PHOTO: PETERSON GITHAIGA/STANDARD]

Makueni, Kajiado in development pact

Joint project aimed at enhancing good neighbourliness between counties

Two governors have established an inter-counties working relationship to address challenges faced by their re-spective regions.

Governor David Nkidianye of Kaji-ado County and his Makueni counter-part Kivutha Kibwana agreed to join efforts in addressing a wide range of issues including drought and envi-ronment protection to enhance good neighbourliness.

In a meeting attended by both leaders in Sultan Hamud, on the bor-der of both counties, the leaders also resolved to harmonise sand harvest-ing along the rivers that run through their counties to ensure that they ben-efit from the lucrative business.

“We have also agreed that Maasai herders can graze freely in Makueni County when there is drought,” said Prof Kibwana.

COMMON APPROACHHe added: “Brokers have been

taking advantage of the herders by charging them a fee to graze on pri-vate and communal land when there is drought in Kajiado County. The herders will now be able to graze their animals for free,” said Kibwana.

Mr Nkidianye said they also agreed to adopt a common approach in seek-ing compensation for residents who

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MAKUENI / KAJIADO COUNTIES

NAIROBI COUNTY

Makueni, Kajiado in

Monday, March 24, 2014

Council locks out public

transport from city CBD

Residents received

the move warmly

as matatu operators

protested, but now

council says all is well

By KEPHER OTIENO

The Municipal Council of Kisumu

in conjunction with the traffic police

department has successfully locked

public transport out of the town’s

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 traffic flow

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 traffic flow.

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 traffic department

anticipates the figure will rise.

The council’s enforcement officer

in charge of the traffic 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

Traffic Police officer redirects a matatu driver at Kisumu Bus Park entry, yes-

terday. Kisumu Municipal Council has re-routed traffic 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 re-route public

transport from the CBD, it was

received with mixed reactions

• Residents welcomed it, say-

ing it would help in planning

the town and reduce matatu

noise

• At first, the public transport

operators complied for hours

before they re-grouped to

protest the directive

• However, yesterday the

council said operators and

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TANZANIA: Two suspects

flashed 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 identified them

as known gangsters. According

to Mara Triangle Chief Executive

Officer Brian Heath, two other

members of the gang escaped, but

security officers recovered one

AK-47 rifle with 427 bullets.

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

CORNERED: Two suspects

flashed 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 identified them

as known gangsters. According

to Mara Triangle Chief Executive

Officer Brian Heath, two other

members of the gang escaped, but

security officers recovered one

AK-47 rifle with 427 bullets.

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

Kisumu County

Kisumu County

Kisumu County

The places

where babies

choose their

own names,

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Mt Elgon MP John Serut has termed the call for a national referendum by CORD ‘a complete waste of time and money’ and vowed to mobilise his colleagues to rally their supporters not to participate in the process.Speaking to The Standard in Kapsokwony, the legislator said CORD’s push for referendum is ill-conceived and untimely.“Majority of Bungoma MPs are not for the idea. We have agreed that all of us will urge our constituents not to participate in the exercise,” said Serut, who was elected as an independent candidate but is now allied to Jubilee.He accused CORD leadership of being insincere, noting that Raila Odinga, the coalition’s leader vehemently supported the Constitution, which he is now seeking to change.“What has changed that Raila is spearheading the change of our Constitution? We will not allow this country to be taken to another electioneering mode because of one individual,” said the lawmaker.

Political leaders in Ukambani have praised journalist Bob Odalo who passed away last week as a man who did his work well. Led by former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka the leaders have sent messages of condolences to his family. Others who sent messages of condolences include senators Johnston Muthama and Mutula Kilonzo Junior, DP leader Joseph Munyao, governors Alfred Mutua and Kivutha Kibwana, MPs Regina Ndambuki, Kisoi Munyao, Patrick Makau,Victor Munyaka, Francis Mwangangi, Itwiku Mbai, Daniel Maanzo and Stephen Mule. Mr Odalo will be buried at his father’s home in Raneni village, Migori County next Saturday, said his sister Florence Achieng.

Referendum is a waste of time, money, says Serut

Ukambani leaders mourn Journalist Bob Odalo

MACHAKOS COUNTY

BUNGOMA COUNTY

ernment and Kenya National Highway Authority also entered into a partner-ship to regulate sand harvesting in the county.

ELICITED PROTESTSIn the pact that brings on board the

Kenya Rural Roads Authority and oth-er stakeholders, all lorries will be re-quired to carry a standard sand weight of 17 tonnes and pay a monthly fee of Sh60,000 per lorry to the county gov-ernment.

Sand buyers have previously been allowed to ferry up to 40 tonnes in one trip, which has elicited protests from the locals.

“We want neighbouring counties to come with similar sand harvesting regulations for the benefit of the envi-ronment,” said Nkidianye.

Makueni neighbours Kajiado County to the south. Both counties experience rain shortfalls from time to time.

will be displaced by the proposed Standard Gauge Railway that is ex-pected to pass through the two coun-ties.

“We want our people to benefit from this railway project that passes through our counties and that is why we have to join hands,’’ said Nkidi-anye.

He said they would also reach out to other neighbours such as Macha-kos and Taita Taveta counties.

Recently, the Kajiado County gov-

Kirinyaga Governor Joseph Ndathi wants the High Court to block the use of the Artur broth-ers report from being used as evidence in a case against three former senior government officials.The governor claims the evidence at the trial of former Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Thuita Mwan-gi, former ambassador to Libya Anthony Muchiri and former Charge de Affairs Allan Mburu was ma-

nipulated to conceal the true intention of the Artur brothers in Kenya so as to protect their sponsors.He wants the court to first issue temporary or-ders barring the use of the document in the tri-al of the three over the Tokyo embassy case.The governor also wants all people stopped from publishing or tendering the re-port as evidence before any court or tribu-nal until the matter is heard and determined.Through lawyer Ndegwa Njiru, he told the court that the report is being used by the public in a malicious

manner to scandalize his name. He says that his rights to dignity are likely to be infringed, might be com-pelled to unjustifiably write statements in relation to alleged involvement in the Artur brothers saga.“The untrue, misleading, scandalous and frivolous information touching on my name continues to vi-olate my rights,” Ndathi says. Justice Weldon Korir certified the application as urgent and will be heard on Wednesday. The Attorney General, the National Assembly and the Clerk of National Assembly are listed as respondents.

Governor wants Artur brothers report struck out in casey B FRED MAKANA

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TNA Secretary General Onyango Oloo addresses the media during the launch of the party’s recruitment drive in Bungo-ma yesterday. He suggested that referendum committee, once formed, should include the question on capping age for presidential candidates to 65 years. [photo: robert wanyonyi/standard]

Murang’a Invest-ment Cooperative official registers a member who turned up at Murang’a Teachers Training College.

[photo: boniFaCe GiKandi/ standard]

Budalang’i MP Ababu Namwamba

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MURANG’A COUNTY

Senior police officer dies in road accident

Man goes to school after being conned

MCAs allege misuse of Sh52m road funds

Police pursue man over cousin’s death

Union leader rubbishes abuse of office claims

Former Juja MP decries illicit brew menace

ByB ANTONY GITONGA

ByB BRIGID CheMweNO

ByB DeNNIS ONYANGO

ByB ISAIAh GweNGI

ByB BOAZ KIPNGeNOh

ByB KAMAU MAIChUhIe

A senior police officer died in a grisly road accident along the Naiva-sha-Mai Mahiu road after a motorcy-cle he was riding crashed into a lorry.

Naivasha deputy OCPD Agnes Amojong confirmed the incident say-ing the Gilgil based officer was riding to Naivasha from Mai Mahiu when the accident occurred.

She said according to eye wit-nesses, the officer was overtaking a lorry near Longonot town when he rammed the oncoming trailer.

“The officer was alone when he hit the oncoming trailer and died on the spot. The trailer’s driver and con-ductor were however not hurt,” she said.

The Saturday night incident caused a major traffic snarl-up on the highway.

An illiterate man who lost moneBy to a trickster in Loitokitok, Kajiado CountBy, has decided to go to school to learn how to read and write.

John Lekatoo Kurao, 45, a watchman at a primarBy school in the region, lost Sh21,800 three Byears ago to a conman who promised to introduce him to a sponsor who would paBy school fees for his two children.

After discovering that the man was a fraud, Mr Kurao enrolled for adult education classes to learn how to read and write.

Now he can do some calculations and read newspapers as well as names in his mobile phone address book.

BUNGOMA COUNTY

KAKAMeGA COUNTY

Governor roots for medical insurance

Uncertainty after defiled minor dies

ByB DANIeL PSIRMOI

ByB LAwReNCe ALURU

Residents of Bungoma CountBy have been asked to take advantage of the existing medical cover options in the market and take insurance policies for their health.

Bungoma DeputBy Governor hillarBy ChongwonBy said the cost of living is currentlBy high and taking medical insurance cover was the onlBy waBy members of the public can access adequate medical attention when theBy fall ill. ChongwonBy made the remarks on SaturdaBy during the burial of Thomas NgeBywo Lawendi, a former civic leader and freedom fighter in KaboBywo village, Mt elgon. Mt elgon MP John Serut and Trans-Nzoia Senator henrBy ole Ndiema were also present.

A 40-Byear-old suspect from Vihiga countBy has gone into hiding after allegedlBy defiling a minor who later died.

According to the minor’s mother, Sella Amboki, the incident happened in MaBy this Byear at ebuhaBya village while she was awaBy.

“I came back home at around 1.30pm and found mBy little girl missing. I searched and found her coming from Simon eminByi’s house. She was not walking properlBy and had fluid coming out of her private parts,” she said.

Luanda OCPD Benson Kilonzo said police had launched investigations into the matter, but the girl’s death could cause the case to collapse.

Members of Garissa County Assembly have alleged corruption in the Sh52 million road construction project in the area.

The assembly’s Public Accounts and Investment Committee claimed the construction work was shoddy and that the amount had been inflated.

Addressing the press during the Accountability Kenya forum in Kisumu on Friday, the MCAs accused the Roads and Public Works CEC Ahmed Adhan of intimidation and failure to account for funds allocated for the project.

The committee also accused Adhan of awarding the tender to unqualified contractor.

“The contractor has poor workmanship and lacks proper machinery for re-carpeting the 2km Kismayo Road,” claimed Mr Abdirashid.

But Mr Adhan had dismissed the corruption claims in the committee’s report as untrue, explaining that the road construction costs had been prepared by the Kenya National Highways Authority.

Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee Chairman Ababu Namwamba (pictured) said they would send a team to the county to probe the matter.

The Budalang’i MP said it was unacceptable for county governments to push for increased funding from the national government yet county officials were not ready to account for the money. “We cannot compromise on accountability of public resources,” he said.

eMBU COUNTY

We can work with JSC, elders say

ByB JOSePh MUChIRI

The embu NByangi Ndiiriri council of elders has urged the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to review the laws that spell out the composition of court users committees.

Led bBy their chairman Andrew Ireri, the elders said manBy of the court users committees in the countrBy are composed of judicial officials and civil servants who are not in touch with the issues affecting locals.

“elders should be included in these committees to help in solving disputes, because theBy understand the issues that affect people at the grassroots, especiallBy those touching on land,” Ireri said at an elders meeting in Nembure.

Police in Rarieda Sub-county are looking for a 51-year-old man linked to the death of his relative in Nyagoko sub-location.

The suspect is said to have been involved in a scuffle with his 64-year-old cousin identified as Peter Oyolo Giro during a drinking spree.

Speaking to The Standard, a neighbour who witnessed the inci-dent said the suspect escorted the deceased home at around midnight after the fight before he succumbed to suspected head injuries later that night.

Rarieda police boss Johanna Che-bii said the deceased’s wife discov-ered her husband had died after she tried to wake him up the following morning and he did not respond.

“When we went to the suspect’s house, he was not at home but we found some of his clothes soaked in blood,” said Chebii.

Union of Kenya Civil Servants Secretary General Tom Odege has rubbished claims by a section of branch leaders in Nakuru that he is misusing his office and rendering the union toothless.

Led by Nakuru union branch Treasurer David Iswaro, the officials have accused Odege of various irreg-ularities and have called for his res-ignation, saying he should pave way for fresh elections to be conducted.

Odege, however, said the officials are unhappy because a court nulli-fied their election and they are now trying to intimidate him so that he does not implement the order that could cause them to lose their seats.

“These leaders have their own problems, which I cannot interfere with and all their claims are false,” he said.

A former lawmaker has decried the amount of illicit brew being con-sumed in Gatundu districts, calling it a crisis that needs urgent attention.

Former Juja MP Stephen Ndi-chu said the illicit brew menace in the area was worrying and criticised the authorities for allegedly turning a blind eye on illicit liquor brewers, sellers and even consumers.

“It is very sad that the provincial administration has totally failed to curb brewing, sale and consumption of illicit liquor in this area. They must up their game and stop the senseless loss of lives due to illicit brew con-sumption,” Ndichu said.

He was speaking at Kimunyu village, Gatundu South during his nephew’s burial, who allegedly died after consuming illicit brew.

Bungoma Deputy Governor Hillary Chongwony [photo: danieL psirMoi]

The Embu Nyangi Ndiiriri council of elders chairman Andrew Ireri.

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Youth pray during a conference at Kakamega Jesus Praise Centre yesterday. Churches want to engage students from colleges and secondary schools during August holidays so that they can not go into drug abuse and other immoral activ-ities. [photo: Benjamin Sakwa/ Standard]

KIAMBU COUNTY KAKAMEGA COUNTY EMBU COUNTY

KAKAMEGA COUNTY

Mwathane: Follow the law in Lamu land issue

Luanda constituency manager sacked

Mt Kenya East MPs oppose referendum

ByB ErIC lUNGAI ByB JOsEph MUChIrI

The Government has been urged to ensure that the Lamu land prob-lem is resolved within the country’s constitutional and legal framework in order to find a lasting solution.

Land Development & Governance Institute (LDGI) chairman Ibrahim Mwathane said the country’s land problem is complex and calls for so-briety and fidelity to the rule of law in seeking a solution.

Mr Mwathane faulted leaders for politicising such a sensitive and se-rious issue affecting millions of Ken-yans.

He called on the leaders to join hands and work towards effecting the urgently needed land reforms in the country.

Luanda MP Chris Omulele has sacked and replaced his constituen-cy manager.

He claimed the manager failed to live up to expectations.

“I have stopped him from dis-pensing duties because he was not able to give my constituents what was expected of him,” said Omulele.

The MP spoke at Wemilabi Pri-mary School after presenting a Sh400,000 cheque to construct a classroom.

He said he would not tolerate of-ficers sleeping on the job at the ex-pense of delivering the desired re-sults to residents.

Omulele said his office is drafting a plan ofor 240 classrooms across the constituency.

The Embu County Assembly Speaker and four MPs from the Mt Kenya East region allied to the Jubi-lee coalition have opposed calls for a referendum, saying it is unnecessary.

The MPs, Muthomi Njuki (Chu-ka-Igamba Ng’ombe), Kathuri Murungi (Imenti South) Gideon Mwi-ti (Imenti Central), Mithika Linturi (Igembe South) and Embu Speaker Kariuki Mate said the clamour for a referendum was not genuine.

They accused CORD and the Council of Governors of pushing for a referendum to suit their own selfish interests at the expense of Kenyans.

Speaking at Kanyuambora ACK Church in Embu County during a fundraiser to complete construction of the church yesterday, the leaders said governors missed the mark by planning to use Sh22 million each to campaign for a referendum instead of using the money on development.

Mr Linturi reminded Kenyans that they voted for a new Constitu-tion so that they could have resourc-es brought closer to them. He added that implementation of devolution has just begun and they should give it a chance.

Mate said governors should first work with the money they were al-located and after they have imple-mented projects, then they can ask for more to complete them.

He said the Embu County Assem-bly fully supports senators’ plan to have 60 per cent of money allocat-ed to counties used on development.

The leaders also castigated the governors for opposing the coun-ty development boards that are an-chored in the County Government Amendment Bill 2014.

Mr Mwiti wondered why gov-ernors would shun team efforts to decide how public money should be spent and said the development boards would help safeguard public money.

“Does a senator sitting on a coun-ty development board stop a gover-nor from implementing water and roads projects for the people? We need to pray for governors to realise that there is a time for everything,” he said.

TrANs NZOIA COUNTY

MIGOrI COUNTY TAITA TAVETA COUNTY

Governors urged to support Senate

Ambulances distribute drugs

We’ll change the law, vows Mvurya

ByB DANIEl psIrMOI

ByB NICK OlUOChByB KAMAU MAIChUhIE

ByB TOBIAs ChANJI

Governors across the countrBy should not feel belittled bBy the decision to have members of the senate chair countBy development boards, because the move is aimed at delivering better services to the public, Trans-Nzoia senator henrBy ole Ndiema has said.

speaking in KaboBywo village, Bungoma CountBy, during a funeral at the weekend, Mr Ndiema said there should be no enmitBy between senators and governors.

he asked governors to support them as theBy lead the countBy development boards, saBying the current supremacBy battles were unnecessarBy because their mandates were clearlBy stipulated in the Constitution.

“We are not after the governors’ jobs but as custodians of the counties, sitting on these boards will help us discharge our mandate better,” he said.

Migori residents now have better access to healthcare as the countBy government flagged off ambulances full of emergencBy drugs to the sub-countBy hospitals.

CountBy government officials also distributed 700,000 mosquito nets whose cost was met bBy the Global Fund. The nets will be distributed to over 230,000 households in the countBy.

Governor Okoth Obado said his government had sent drugs to NByatike, Awendo, suna West, Uriri and rongo sub-countBy hospitals. The medical facilities were acquired for sh360 million.

“I want to assure residents that the countBy government will do all it can to end the drugs shortage,” he said.

Council of Governors vice chairman salim MvurBya ByesterdaBy accused the Jubilee administration of not supporting devolution and said all governors were determined to reverse the trend through amendments to the supreme law.

speaking during a dinner attended bBy professionals at Amani Tiwi Beach resort in Kwale, preparation for an international investment conference at the end of this month, Mr MvurBya blamed the National AssemblBy for passing bills against devolution.

“The mood of the National AssemblBy and senate is wanting as there has been a spirited effort to pass laws that do not respect devolution,” he noted.

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Interior PS intervenes in County Assembly row

The row at Isiolo County Assem-bly has caught the attention of the In-terior Ministry and leaders from the county met PS Mutea Iringo and In-spector General David Kimaiyo in Nairobi.

Those who attended the meeting at Harambee House on Thursday af-ternoon were senator Mohammed Kuti, deputy governor Mohammed Guleid, women representative Ti-yyah Galgalo, MPs Joseph Samal (Isi-olo North) and Abdullahi Banticha (Isiolo South).

Others were county Assembly Speaker Mohammed Tubi, depu-ty Speaker David Lemantile (MCA, Oldonyiro), Majority leader Adan Ali (Kinna) and Minority leader Moses Githinji (Bula-Pesa).

The County Security Committee was represented by County Commis-sioner Wanyama Musiambo while Governor Godana Doyo was absent since he was part of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s delegation at the US-Afri-ca Summit.

The meeting was called by Iringo

following Ms Galgalo’s statement in Parliament last Tuesday that the As-sembly’s operations have been par-alysed for the past two months and security has been jeopardised as a re-sult.

Intelligence sources had also re-ported to Nairobi that tension was high at Isiolo Central following the impasse at the assembly that was sparked off by a bid to impeach the speaker.

On June 12, 15 out of 20 MCAs said

they had impeached Tubi, who then moved to the High Court in Meru four days later. Justice John Makau grant-ed Tubi an injunction and said the status quo should be maintained un-til the on-going case is heard and de-termined.

In Parliament, Galgalo said op-erations and services at the assem-bly have been paralysed, security has been jeopardised and claimed the executive arm of the County govern-ment was behind the row.

“The County Assembly of Isio-lo has not been working for over two months now due to interference from the executive wing of the County gov-ernment, which is using police to en-sure the stand-off stays in place,” she claimed.

The IG, however, reportedly told those opposed to the speaker to re-spect the court order and wait until the case was heard and determined.

Last week, fresh controversy hit the assembly as MCAs opposed to Tubi and Majority leader Ali came up with their own line-up.

The 15 out of 20 MCAs had locked out Tubi, Ali (URP), and acting clerk Adan Bonaya from the compound for two days.

ISIOLO COUNTY

ByB BY ALI ABdI• There has been tension at the County Assembly following a bid to impeach the Speaker• The High Court granted a stay on the matter but disgruntled MCAs came up with their own line-up and took drastic measu-res including locking him out of the Assembly‘s premises• County women rep said in Par-liament that the impasse has causes operations to be paraly-sed for the last two months and is jeopardising security

WHAT HAPPENED

A time to play

Children enjoy themselves at the Embu Stadium during the Embu County School Holiday Bash held on Friday. Hundreds of school goers, currently at home for their August holiday, attended the three-day festivities. [PHOTO: KIBATA KIHU/STANDARD]

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE COMMISSION

SUPPLY, DELIVERY, INSTALLATION, TESTING AND COMMISSIONING OF SENATE ASSEMBLY AUDIO VISUAL BROADCAST SYSTEM

TENDER NO. PSC/024/2013-2014

TENDER CLOSING DATE EXTENSION AND ADDENDUMFurther to the notices that appeared in the local dailies on Wednesday, 2nd July 2014 and Friday, 18th July 2014 this is to advise that there is an addendum and the closing date has been extended to Tuesday, 26th August 2014 at 11.00am

Bidders who bought the tender document are advised to collect an addendum to the tender documents at the Procurement Offi ce, 10th Floor, Protection House, at the junction of Parliament Road and Haile Selassie Avenue in Nairobi, during normal working hours.

Other terms and conditions remain the same.

THE CLERK OF THE SENATE/SECRETARYPARLIAMENTARY SERVICE COMMISSION

REBUBLIC OF KENYACOUNTY GOVERNMENT OF LAMU

TENDER NOTICETenders are invited from interested eligible bidders for the construction of the Proposed Lamu County Headquarters.

Bidders may examine and obtain detailed tender documents during normal working hours, from the Supply Chain Management Office, Treasury Building, upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Ksh.1000.00 per document, or download the document for free through website www.lamu.go.ke.

Complete bids must be accompanied by a tender security equivalent to 2% of the tender sum from a reputable Bank or Insurance Company approved by Public Procurement Oversight Authority or bankers cheque payable to the County Secretary, Lamu County Government. The tender security must remain valid for 150 days from the date of tender opening.

Interested bidders should submit the following information:-(i) Registration with the National Construction Authority in Category NCA 4 and above. The bidders should also

furnish the names of specialist contractors whom they intend to engage as Domestic Sub-Contractors and who are duly registered with the National Construction Authority in Category NCA 5 and above and other relevant statutory bodies. Proof of registration must be provided.

(ii) Letter of commitment from the proposed Domestic Sub-Contractors acknowledging that they have been duly consulted, priced the Bill of Quantities and are willing to execute the sub-contract as domestic sub-contractors.

(iii) Certified copy of Certificate of Incorporation.(iv) Certified copy of Valid Tax Compliance Certificate.(v) Certified copy of VAT Certificate(vi) Certified audited accounts of the company for the last three years.(vii) Proof of having undertaken at least 1no building construction project valued at over Kshs.100,000,000.00 in the

last five (5) years.(viii) Proof of access to credit facilities/financial capacity to successfully undertake the project.

Prices quoted should include all taxes and must be expressed in Kenya Shillings and shall remain valid for a period of 120 days from the date of tender opening.

Completed tender documents enclosed in plain sealed envelopes and clearly marked with the respective Tender Number and Tender Name should be addressed and sent to:-

County SecretaryLamu County GovernmentP.O Box 74-80500, Lamu

And be deposited in the tender box at the Lamu County Government Headquarters on or before 10.00 a.m. on 1st September 2014.

Tenders will be opened immediately thereafter in the presence of tenderers or their representatives who choose to attend.

The Lamu County Government reserves the right to accept or reject any tender either wholly or in parts and does not bide itself to accept the lowest or give reasons for rejection.

HEAD, SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT LAMU COUNTY GOVERNMENT

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Tourism Potentia l inNANDI COUNTY

Wildlife Tourism

This type of tourism product can be developed in the following areas;

Kingwal Swamp

This extensive swamp is crossed by the main Eldoret – Kapsabet highway between Kosirai and Chepteret. It is said to have the largest population in the world (about 140) of the endangered Sitatunga — a semi-aquatic antelope with webbed feet that allow it to walk on soft mud.

Unfortunately, the likelihood of seeing Sitatunga, even with the assistance of local guides, is small (approaching zero in the middle of the day) as they are extremely shy creatures; indeed their very survival depends on their secretiveness and distrust of human beings. They spend most of the day in the water, much of it completely submerged with only their muzzles above water, and come out at night to feed on grass and soft reeds.

The swamp can be developed into a unique site for sitatunga viewing, a rare opportunity in Kenya, satisfying the interests of both international and domestic tourists.

Nandi county tourism culture and development minister is determined to turn the

tourism sector fortunes around.The CEC James Kipchoge Kijo

has identifi ed sites that have never been tapped. He hopes to maximize on their potential. His vision is to lift the county’s tourism sector to greater heights and bring back the tourism boom.

The ministry has formulated plans for the sector and laid long term goals for the exploration and growth of tourism in Nandi County.

Mr. Kijo plans to commercialize the

Nandi culture by starting groups to focus on traditional weddings, dances, comedy and foods. These efforts, says Mr. Kijo, will boost the county, attract tourists and create job opportunities for the youth.

Others are Keben Springs, Nandi Rock, Kiplolok waters, Tabolwa rock, Chepkiit waterfalls and Nandi North forest.

The CEC’S main agenda this fi nancial year is to push for more funds to be allocated to allow development of the identifi ed sites in the tourism sector as a fi rst priority.

Tourism Development is one of the prominent agenda of my administration.

The tourism objective of this administration is to make Nandi County one of the leading tourism destinations in Kenya. When the present government came on board, it realized that the tourism sector was on the lowest ebb.

To refl ect the importance attached to the tourism sector by my county administration, a new department of Tourism, Culture and Cooperative development was created immediately in accordance with the practice in tourism-friendly Counties. As a county government,

we are coordinating tourism activities bringing together various industry players and stakeholders. We are encouraging public-private partnership to develop tourism sites and infrastructure aimed at establishing Nandi Tourism Circuit that stretches from Chepkiit waterfalls on the east to Nandi rock on the west. There is a designated strategy to rapidly develop all our 66 tourist sites that have been carefully identifi ed and when ready, Nandi County will have turned a new leaf with regards to tourism. These peculiar and unique sites, coupled with a massive media campaign to promote the same puts our County on a higher pedestal for growth and

development.My County Government believes

that if the tourist sites are developed, they are capable of generating huge chunk of revenue for the County annually, creating employment opportunities and alleviating poverty at the grassroots and of course create a socially stable, business friendly environment that will attract both indigenes and foreigners to seek wealth creating opportunities in Nandi County

When fully developed, the tourism sector will also enable other related industries and infrastructure to bloom.

Message from the Governor

Message from the CEC Tourism, Culture and Cooperative Development

When fully developed, the tourism sector

will also enable other related

industries and infrastructure to

bloom.

Nandi County in a Tourism Transformation and Development Strategy

Hon. Cleophas LagatGovernor, Nandi County

Mr. James Kipchoge KijoCEC Tourism, Culture and Cooperative Development

Existing Tourism Potential in Nandi CountyNandi County has huge tourism

potential that, when fully and sustainably developed will stimulate employment creation, promote conservation of the natural environment, preserve the culture of the local community, and generally boost the economy of the county.

The county has various tourist attraction sites ranging from the famous Kingwal swamp which is the habitat of the rare species of antelopes called sitatunga, Nandi rock which is in the border of Nandi county and Kisumu county, Ngabunat caves,Keben springs, Kiplolok waters, Chepkiit water falls, Tabolwa rock, Koitalel Somoei mausoleum and Bonjoge national reserve.

Preamble

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Tourism Potentia l inNANDI COUNTY

Bonjoge National Reserve

Bonjoge National Reserve is little known yet a unique attraction of its own in Nandi County and the surrounding counties. The reserve is the home of different plant and animal species. Even though, in large part, the millions of stones, rocks and boulders that litter the landscape greatly outnumber the trees, it is still fi ne country for walking and camping. Bird life is still abundant, particularly in the remaining patches of forest and open-glade grassland. Animals include Olive Baboons, Vervet , Colobus, Red-tailed and De-brazza’s monkeys, Bush Duiker, Bush Pig, Aardvark, Genet Cat and jackal.The reserve can be developed into a major attraction for both domestic and international tourists.

Cultural Tourism

Nandi County has a rich indigenous culture which has not previously been exploited for tourism purposes. When fully developed, cultural tourism product will position the Nandi County has a unique destination for the highly expanding cultural tourism market.

This type of tourism product can be developed in the following areas.

Koitalel Samoei Museum

Bonjoge National Reserve

Saamiitui

This is the place where the Great Nandi Royal Leader Kipnyolei Araap Turugat father to Koitatel Araap Samoei lived. He used to chant his prayers at the nearby rock. His leadership tools were hidden in this rock since 1885 till 2006 when they were discoverd.Since his dimise, the Nandi`s centre of authority and power began to disintergrate.

The museum that houses the remains of Koitalel Arap Samoei has great historical signifi cance not only to the Nandi people but also to Kenyans in general. The museum creates a great re-connection to the struggle for independence. The museum contains the material culture for the Nandi people, which acts as an important attraction to cultural tourists. The museum can be developed into a reknown centre of attraction in Nandi County and the western tourism circuit in general

Cheruiyot Ecosystems Museum

This museum houses a wide collection of cultural artefacts on Nandi culture. The museum is located on a scenic hill where tourists can have an exciting view of the entire Nandi county and other neighbouring counties. The museum can be develop into an attraction of its own since it offers the tourists a variety of experiences in a single visit.

Performing Arts

We shall utilize music and cultural festival as the principal channel for talent development with a view to greater promotion of intangible culture.

Owing to the diverse cultural tradition, our community has its own dress styles that are consistent with our physical environment and lifestyle.

Historical Sites

Sheu Morobi

This sheer and overhanging cliff perhaps 300m high on the Nandi escarpment boasts of rich history of the Nandi people besides offering an exciting scenery to both nature and culture lovers. Neighbouring sheu morobi is another unique attraction site-Daraja ya Mungu. The sites can be developed into a popular cultural tourist sites with the potential to attract both domestic and international.

Sheu Morobi means we go forever.

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Tourism Potentia l inNANDI COUNTY

Eco- tourism

Nandi County has great potential for eco-tourism development that, when fully exploited, can make Nandi a County of choice for eco-tourists and other emerging niche tourism markets. Besides revenue generation, development of eco-tourism in Nandi county will contribe to sustainable utilization of forests, opening up of tea farms for public access and overall diversifi cation of tourism product in the county.

Eco-tourism can be developed in the following areas;

Sports tourism

Nandi County is famous for its distinguished talented athletees who have dominated marathon games on several occasions the world over. Sports can be diversifi ed into more than just participating in the marathons to win and get fi nancial rewards into a unique tourism product, a means of diversifying the economy of the county, as a way of preserving the history of athletics and athletees, and a unique way of branding the county.

North Nandi Forest

South Nandi Forest

Kobujoi Cultural Centre

Tinderet Forest

The above forests have all the scarce beauty that will undoubtedly appeal to eco-tourists. The forests are source of reknown permanent rivers in Kenya, have diverse fl ora and fauna, and landscape within the forests is nothing but marvellous.

Agro-tourism

Nandi County boasts of huge agro-tourism potential that can be tapped to make the county a preferred choice for agro-tourists. Agro-tourism can be developed in the large Nandi Tea plantations and other agricultural related activities.

Most of the tea estates date from the colonial era and were carved out of the vast indigenous forests. Many of the estates have, within their borders, special, even unique, sites that are accessible to the public.

Nature based tourism

Nandi County has some of the most unique landforms in Kenya that can be developed into magnifi cient tourist sites in the county and in Kenya as a whole. Nature based tourism can be developed in the following areas;

Kiplolok springs in Kilibwoni

Tindinyo falls

Chepkiit water falls

These falls on the Kipkaren River are impressive in the rainy season.

Bird-lovers will not be disappointed; the cliffs, hanging rocks and indigenous trees are home and hunting-grounds for a variety of species, including Augur Buzzard, Grey Heron, Red-billed Hornbill, Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu and Cliff Chat.

Be careful when clambering on the rocks. “Chepkiit” means “view from afar” and is a warning about how treacherous the rock surfaces can be.

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Tourism Potentia l inNANDI COUNTY

Tinderet hills

Attractions in these hills include;Tapendoi sheu

· Koitab oii(Demonic Rock)· Kipchabo falls· Chebuson(the windy rock)· Kamaget caves· Bugoon cave

These hills are a perfect place for hiking and baloon fl ying.

Other picnic sites include;

· Keben salt lick- for adventure· Sirwa caves- for adventure· Tindinyo falls- for adventure· Kapsigak picnic site

Keben salt lick

The lick is actually a spring of alkaline “soda water” which emanates from rocky ground and then descends as small waterfalls over rocks. It is surrounded by unique vegetation and indigenous forest and close by there are caves that can be explored. It is located near Lessos and can be reached via the Eldoret – Kesses –Lessos route or the Kapsabet –Nabkoi highway.

The Nandi Rock

This, is the most prominent rock formation along the whole length of the Nandi (Nyando) Escarpment, is a 30 minute walk from the KWS post at Kaptumek. It is of great cultural signifi cance to both the Nandi and Luo and is a marker of the escarpment boundary between the nandi and the luo.

A number of caves, large and small, can be visited. They are home to a variety of animals, including bats, lizards and hyrax, and make a convenient refuge for humans caught by the rain.

The very top of the rock can be reached via a short (30m) chimney, but should be tackled only by the experienced climber with proper equipment.

MENJEYWO CAVES

It is a beautiful, amazing physical feature and a complex ecosystem found in North Nandi in place know as kakiptui.Tourism activities in this place include cave tourism,canopy walking and nature trailing.

Kaptumek Nandi Escarpment and Conservancy

Kapsigak picnic site

The conservancy can provide good places for camping.

Nandi escarpment – as viewpoints.

One can view neighbouring counties like Kisumu and Vihiga from this view points.

Lake Victorias outline can be clearly seen from these view points.

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Kiambu County govern-ment has allayed fears of an imminent cash crunch over the Senate’s decision to deny the county its revenue alloca-tion from the National Gov-ernment after governor Wil-liam Kabogo snubbed Senate summons.

Deputy governor Gerald Githinji has said the move will in no way affect service deliv-ery since Kiambu government has enough money.

He called for calm among residents as the county gov-ernment looks for ways to re-solve the standoff with senate.

He said the county team can account for all the money it received from the National

Kiambu allays fears of possible

cash crunchGovernment, adding they are ready to answer to all queries raised by the Auditor General.

The deputy governor who spoke in Thika on Sunday blamed political games for woes facing the county.

NO MONEY LOST “We have always been

ready to appear before the Senate to explain everything. We have nothing to hide and given the opportunity we will show the world that no money under our watch has been lost.

There has been anxiety among the residents after Sen-ate announced last week that four counties whose governors snubbed summons will not re-ceive their allocation.

The four governors are; the Council of Governors chair-

man, Isaac Ruto (Bomet), Mwangi Wa Iria (Murang’a), Jack Ranguma (Kisumu) and William Kabogo (Kiambu).

The Senate, through a mo-tion filled by Kakamega Sena-tor Bonnie Khalwale, last week directed the National Treasury and the Controller of Budget not to authorise disbursement of funds to the four counties.

When moving the Motion, Khalwale said Ruto, Ranguma and Wa Iria have all snubbed four summonses each, while Kabogo has declined to hon-our nine.

Kithure Kindiki, the Senate Majority Leader, said the gov-ernors have to appear before the Senate and answer to que-ries raised.

ByB Kamau maichuhie

KiamBu cOuNTY

Enjoying the ride

Ruiru MP Esther Gathogo on a motorbike out-side Kiambu Deputy County Commissioner’s of-fice yesterday. She shows off gifts she received from the Ruiru Bodaboda Association. The MP

called on the Government to shelve the new laws targeting boda boda operators, saying the move will kill thriving businesses. [PHOTO: KAMAU MAICHUHIE/STANDARD]

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Women living with Obstetric Fistu-la in Embu County are set to benefit from reconstructive surgeries during a one-week free surgical repair camp.

Fifty women from the county will be operated on, at Embu Level 5 Hos-pital, by two doctors from the Kenyat-ta National Hospital (KNH) in an ini-tiative that is funded by Flying Doctors Society of Africa (FDSA) and Freedom from Fistula Foundation (FFF).

According to FDSA chairmann, Dr Eunice Kiereini, the move follows a successful surgical camp held at the KNH that ended two weeks ago, in

what is to be a series of surgical camps to be rolled out across the counties.

“One of our key goals, apart from performing reconstructive surgery, is to train local surgeons on fistula sur-gery,” Dr Kiereini said.

Obstetric fistula is a hole in the birth canal that is caused by pro-longed and obstructed labour and which, if left untreated, causes con-stant and uncontrollable leakage of urine and brings shame, social seg-regation and health problems to the woman.

Data shows that the occurrence of obstetric fistula in Kenya stands at three to four women in every 1,000 de-liveries.

A report released in 2011 by Cam-

Anxiety and fear has gripped Ngo-mongo village in Kirinyaga Central Sub-county after a teacher bought a coffin and transported it to his home yet none of his kin had died.

The teacher was reported to have walked to a nearby funeral home in Kutus town and bought the coffin for Sh25,000.

He then hired a hearse from the same home which delivered the coffin to his house within the densely pop-ulated village.

Shocked residents quickly gath-ered outside his house as the coffin was removed from the vehicle and taken inside the house.

“When we saw the hearse drop-ping the coffin outside the house, we were shocked beyond words. As far as we are concerned, no one in his fam-ily has died. This is a rare spectacle,” said Nancy Koori, a resident.

estranged wifeThe residents said they feared ei-

ther the man wanted to commit sui-cide or kill his two children or his es-tranged wife and bury them secretly.

Police visited the home and arrest-ed the man but later released him on a Sh5000 cash bail after interrogations.

Area OCPD Eliud Monari said they have since launched investigations into the bizzare occurrence.

The man has previously been linked to drug trafficking and sale of illicit liquor.

“We have released him on police bail until this Thursday, but we are keenly monitoring him since have al-so established that he recently sent away his wife and there could be more

Villagers panic after teacher

ferries coffin to his house

than meets the eye,” he said.Yesterday, the residents said they

were fearing for the worst as the coffin was still in in the man’s house.

Former Butere MP also elicited criticism from his clan when he dug a grave and bought a coffin in prepa-ration for his death.

And upon his death, not only was the firebrand politician buried in the the same coffin but also in the grave.

Embu Level 5 to host free fistula camp

KIRINYAGA COUNTY

MURANG’A COUNTY

ByB KAMAU MUNeNe

Three men, who allegedly stole Sh20,000 from an Embu business-woman, have until Thursday to re-turn the money or ‘face dire conse-quences.’

The businesswoman said she had offered the three men a lift be-fore they stole the money, which she claimed was in her handbag.

“I came across the three men walking towards Nembure and be-cause I was also headed there, I of-

Trader: Return the Sh20,000 you stole by Thursday else...

eMBU COUNTY

ByB JOseph MUChIRI

ByB LONAh KIBeT

eMBU COUNTY

• Former Butere MP Martin Shi-kuku also elicited criticism from his clan when he dug a grave and bought a coffin in preparati-on for his death• Most communities — including Shikuku‘s Luhya — believe that when you dig a grave and make a coffin for yourself, evil spirits may haunt you alongside your family members

Stunt not unheard of

fered them a lift. Once in the car, they ransacked my handbag without me noticing and took a purse that had Sh20,000 and my ID card,” she said.

She made the threat during a public meeting at Nembure chief’s grounds convened by Embu Nyan-gi Ndiiriri Council of Elders meeting on Friday.

The woman, who did not disclose her name, said the men will have themselves to blame if they do not re-turn the money by the said day.

Embu Nyangi Ndiiriri Council of Elders Chairman Andrew Ireri con-demned the theft and asked those who stole the money to return it.

Murang’a MP Sabina Chege addresses the media after a fund raiser at Kinyona Catholic Church, which was attended by seven Members of Parliament and Murang’a Deputy Governor Mr Gakure Monyo. [PHOTO: BONIFACE GIKANDI/STANDARD]

Governors have been called up-on to focus more on implementing development programmes in their counties rather than supporting calls for a national referendum.

Seven lawmakers called upon the executives to drop their calls for a ref-erendum, saying this exercise will af-fect service delivery to the 40 million Kenyans.

The lawmakers, led by Murang’a women representative Sabina Chege and Thika Town MP Alice Ng’ang’a said reasons given by a section of gov-ernors for the referendum were flimsy and would not be supported by Ken-yans.

Speaking at Kinyona Catholic Church in Kigumo constituency, the leaders castigated governors affiliat-

ed to the Jubilee coalition for having joined the Opposition to clamour for a national referendum.

Ms Chege and Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung’wa said some governors were being used by CORD to demand for a referendum without establishing rea-sons behind the crusade.

Chege said the decision taken by CORD’s leadership to call for a refer-endum was an avenue intended to frustrate President Uhuru Kenyatta’s leadership.

“CORD leader Raila Odinga is not interested in making a constitution-al amendment, he is simply looking for a way to assume leadership upon failing in the last general election,” Chege said.

She, however, urged governors to appear before the Senate when and if they are summoned, saying this was in order since they were expected to

give an account of how they have uti-lised funds allocated to their counties.

Meru County women representa-tive Florence Kajuju said governors must be accountable and should read-ily divulge information to the Senate, which is constitutionally mandated to play an oversight role in utilisation of public resources in all the 47 counties.

Deputy governor Gakure Monyo defended his boss Mwangi wa Iria on claims that he has failed to appear be-fore a Senate committee.

“The Senate has failed to indi-cate why it is summoning the gov-ernor who has remained committed to implementation of development programmes and is not interested in playing sideshow politics,” he said.

Others were women reps Mary Se-neta (Kajiado), Soipan Tuya (Narok) and Ruiru MP Esther Gathogo.

Governors urged to embrace service delivery and shun referendum bid

ByB BONIfACe GIKANdI

paign to End Fistula found that there are about 1,000 to 3,000 new cases of fistula every year in Kenya, yet only 7.5 per cent have access to medical care for the condition.

The situation has further been worsened by the low access to skilled delivery care that is available in the country. This is, however, set to change thanks to the new Govern-ment policy on implementation of free ante-natal and maternity ser-vices.

During the KNH surgical camp more than 1,000 women turned up for screening, with 110 successfully receiving corrective surgery.

A similar exercise will be held later this year at the Kisii level 5 Hospital.

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Page 30 / COAST NEWS Monday, August 11, 2014 / The Standard

National Assembly Majori-ty Leader Aden Duale and Tana Riv-er County Deputy Governor Siyat Jire nearly came to blows on Saturday evening after Duale accused CORD leaders of corruption and nepotism.

The exchange began when Garsen MP Ibrahim Sane of URP alleged ram-pant corruption in the award of ten-ders in the county, with Duale sup-porting his claims.

“We will not allow CORD to op-press local residents. We know that CORD is corrupt and their leaders have been implicated in various scan-

dals,” said Daule amid applause and disapproval from the crowd.

This prompted Jire to spring from his chair to defend the administration of Tana River Governor Hussein Dado of CORD, who was not present.

“This man should not imagine he can come here to insult people. This is not a Jubilee zone. We are in a CORD zone,” said Jire, who had tried to go for the microphone from Duale, but was restrained by some MPs present.

The spat took place during a funds-drive in aid of women groups in Ho-la attended by CORD and Jubilee leg-islators.

Duale jumped into a helicopter and left after the standoff threatened to degenerate into violence.

Tsavo Conservation Area, home to one of the largest single elephant pop-ulations on earth, will host the Third Annual World Elephant Day tomor-row in Voi town, Taita-Taveta County.

This is according to a statement from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) Corporate Communications depart-ment, which also said the day is cele-brated worldwide to raise awareness on the plight of Asian and African el-ephants.

The KWS acting director general, William Kiprono, is expected to be the chief guest.

These celebrations come at a time when the Government is still grap-pling with increased cases of poach-ing among other wildlife related crimes in the country’s National Parks and outside protected areas like com-munity ranches and conservancies.

“The day presents a platform for creating awareness on the plight of elephants emanating from poaching, habitat loss and human wildlife con-flict. Kenya’s elephant has suffered from the same challenges as other ele-phant populations in the world,” said the statement.

The conservation body said local and international partners have been working together to minimise threats posed to Kenya’s elephant popula-tion and there are also deliberate ef-forts being made to improve enforce-ment policies in the prevention of poaching.

“KWS plans to mark this year’s El-ephant Day by educating local com-

Third annual World Elephant

Day will be hosted at Tsavo

munities on the need to protect el-ephants, the animal’s role in the county and national economies as well as penalties associated with tro-phy poaching of elephants or illegal possession of ivory. This aims to dis-courage Kenyans from being used by ivory dealers to undertake poaching or transport poached ivory,” read the statement.

The organisation will also use the day to highlight the role elephants play in maintaining ecosystems.

“The loss of elephants affects many species that depend on ele-phant-maintained ecosystems, caus-es major habitat chaos, and weakens the structure and diversity of nature itself. Therefore, without elephants there will be major habitat chang-es, with negative effects on the many species that depend on the lost habi-tat,” said the statement.

Duale, CORD leader clash over graft allegations

TAITA TAVETA COUNTY

ByB RENSON MNYAMWEZI

All MCAs from CORD affiliated parties in Kwale boycotted a meeting called on Friday by embattled Kwale County MP Zainab Chidzuga, deep-ening her isolation due to her alleged close ties with Jubilee.

Only 12 MCAs affiliated to TNA party attended the meeting held at her home in Kwale. More than 30 CORD affiliated legislators snubbed her. Chidzuga has been accused of sabotaging CORD in Kwale. It was unclear what the meeting discussed although Chidzuga had indicated in her invitation that she wanted to dis-cuss development projects. Sources, however, said she asked CORD to al-low Jubilee conduct land reform at the coast.

The ward representatives who snubbed the meeting told The Stan-dard that they read malice in Chid-zuga’s invitation and suspected she was trying to rehabilitate her-self in CORD in the guise of con-vening a development meeting. “There’s no need of going there be-cause we do not know if she is still with us or not,” said Tiwi ward rep-

County leaders snub Chidzuga’s Kwale home ‘development’ meeting

KWALE COUNTY

ByB TOBIAS ChANjI

ByB hASSAN BARISA

TANA RIVER COUNTY

• According to Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), the day is used to raise awareness on the plight of Asian and African elephants• KWS will mark the day by educating locals on why they need to protect elephants, what the presence of these animals mean to county and national economies and also the role they play in maintaining ecosystems• Residents will be also be given an understanding of penalties as-sociated with poaching or illegal possession of ivory

WHY CELEBRATE THE DAY

The way forward is...

resentative Omar Mwakwambirizwa yesterday.

“I have called this meeting purely to discuss matters development despite our political affiliations. From next week I will be moving in each ward to see how we can develop,” Chidzu-ga said at a press conference shortly after the meeting in her Kwale home. She said she will be organis-ing funds drives in each of the 20 wards to raise money for bursaries so children from destitute families can attend school uninterrupted. “We were elected to do development and this is what I am doing. I am not

Chairman of Bamburi Wananchi Sacco, Alex Muova (right), talks to Sacco members after their meeting held yesterday at Mtopanga in Mombasa. The group is fighting to recover 84 acres of land they bought in 1982, which has since been in-vaded. [PHOTO: OMONDI ONYANGO/STANDARD]

working with TNA but the govern-ment of the day,” she said even as she blasted those who had given her 14 days ultimatum to apologise to Kwale people for leading other lead-ers in the county to visit State House. Flanked by the 12 MCAs, Chid-zuga said nothing will cow her and she would even make oth-er trips to the President’s residence. The sympathetic MCAs argued that party affiliations ended last year after the general election. “We elected her not as CORD but as a development conscious woman. We know those making noise are people sponsored by Mombasa mafia to frus-trate her,” said Mwavumbo Ward Rep-resentative Antony Lukuni of TNA. TNA Nominated MCA Fatuma Chidumo said there should be no boundaries for elected lead-ers as there are more leaders who went to State House and no one has told them to explain or apologise. “She (Chidzuga) is the only one who has come out to tell us what happened while others have kept mum,” noted Chidzumo, who is al-so the County’s TNA coordinator. Also on the State House trip were Gov-ernor Salim Mvurya, Senator Boy Ju-ma Boy and MPs Hassan Mwanyoha (Matuga), Khatib Mwashetani (Lun-galunga), Suleiman Dori (Msambwe-ni) and Gonzi Rai (Kinango).

Page 31RIFT VALLEY NEWS / Monday, August 11, 2014 / The Standard

Elgeyo Marakwet County leaders have dismissed CORD’s call for a na-tional referendum.

Led by area Senator Kipchumba Murkomen, the leaders claimed the Opposition was using the push for a referendum to gain political rele-vance after losing last year’s General Election.

“CORD is using the referendum quest to popularise its waning sup-port and derail the Jubilee adminis-tration,” claimed Murkomen.

The senator accused Council of Governors Chairman Isaac Ruto of be-traying Jubilee by joining forces with the Opposition in the push for the ref-erendum.

service delivery“We are wondering where Ruto

and Raila will end up with the quest for the referendum,” he said.

Murkomen alleged the calls for ref-erendum would derail development and hurt devolution.

“Our county governments are still young and if we start politicking now we would jeopardise service delivery,” he noted.

Speaking in Marakwet at the week-end, Murkomen said Jubilee would oppose any attempts to hold a refer-endum because the timing was wrong.

constitution roll-outHe was accompanied by area Gov-

ernor Alex Tolgos, Marakwet East Mp David Kangogo, his Marakwet West counterpart William Kisang and for-mer MP Linah Kilimo.

Kangogo said there was no urgency to hold a referendum as implementa-tion of the Constitution was going ac-cording to plan.

“We in Elgeyo Marakwet have re-solved to reject any attempts to amend the Constitution,” he said.

Speaking to The Standard sepa-rately, Elgeyo Marakwet county URP chairman John Kangogo said they would ask the residents to reject the proposed referendum.

“What the residents want now is service delivery, not politics,” he said.

Elgeyo/Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen (right), Keiyo South MCA Te-cla Jerotich and an elder consult during a funds-drive at Kanalel ACK Church in Keiyo South yesterday. [PHOTO: PETER OCHEING’/STANDARD]

A Kajiado County Government bulldozer demolishes some of the houses built on road reserves in Kitengela over the weekend. Several structures including churches, shops and petrol stations were flattened during the exercise. [PHOTO: PETERSON GITHAIGA/STANDARD]

The Kajiado County Gov-ernment has started the sec-ond phase of demolitions that would see all structures on road re-serves in Kitengela town destroyed. This comes after the expiry of a six-month notice that saw officials from the area government and build-ing owners hold several meetings. The pilot exercise is to be replicat-ed in all major towns within Kajia-do County such as Ongata Rongai, Kiserian, Loitokitok, Namanga, Kaji-ado town, Sultan Hamud and Isinya. On Saturday, the county govern-ment bulldozers descended on the structures indiscriminate-ly to the chagrin of owners who de-layed in demolishing their houses. Many encroachers resisted the ex-ercise claiming they were being dis-

County begins demolitions on reservescriminated against, but that didn’t deter area Executive Officer in charge of roads Dickson Ntikoisa, who has been supervising the exercise. Structures including hotels, church-es, shops and houses that were spared in the first phase were brought down at the weekend. During the exercise, feeder roads were opened and structures with-in 30 metres from the Nairo-bi- Namanga road were cleared. A contingent of armed police officers were deployed to make sure the dem-olition continued without a hitch. Among the affected buildings was Kanisa La Roho Wa Yesu whose pe-rimeter wall was demolished to pave way for a feeder road that will pass though the church compound. Maji Moto, a Japanese preach-er who is in-charge of the church told The Standard that his origi-nal map did not show there was a road passing through his church. ‘’This is not right. Does the county gov-

ernment have two maps showing dif-ferent locations?’’ wondered Mr Moto. Mr Ntikoisa said no structures on road reserves or public land shall be spared. He said Kitengela town is the most affected and shall serve as an ex-ample for the pilot programme. “We are doing this in order to clear the crowded settlements on road reserves that have in the past impeded rescue efforts in times of disaster,” he said. He noted that the exercise was aimed at easing mobility in the town and it is expected to contin-ue until all houses and structures built on public land are demolished. “We decided to take our time in or-der to involve structure owners in this exercise. We will do it very well with-out discrimination,” said Ntikoisa. Kajiado Senator Peter Mositet laud-ed the exercise, saying the move shall help to decongest and re-plan the towns in the county. “That will pave way for development,” said Mositet.

Murkomen and local MPs oppose referendum push

KAJIADO COUNTY

ByB PeTersON GIThAIGA

ByB FreD KIBOreLGeYO MArAKWeT COUNTY

A man, Evans Magut, has died from stab wounds inflicted after he was caught in the act with another man’s girlfriend.

According to Eldoret East OCPD Nelson Taliti, the man, only known as Kipruto, is said to have been suspicious of his live-in girlfriend’s fidelity and decided to lay a trap for her.

“The suspect claimed to have always felt that the woman was cheating on him and therefore lied that he was going on safari and did not know when he would be back,” Taliti said.

The OCPD said immediately he left, the women called Magut, who came to the house. An irate Kipruto caught the two red-handed and in his anger knifed the woman on her cheek and Magut in the stomach.

Taliti said Magut was rushed to Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital but died due to excessive internal bleeding.

He said Kipruto was eventually arrested at Kapsoya and the knife he used recovered.

One dead, another injured in love triangle saga

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Elgeyo Marakwet Coun-ty Assembly has tabled a Bill, which if passed, would com-pel the executive to share 60 per cent of the development money equitably across the 20 wards in the county.

The Elgeyo Marakwet County Equitable Develop-ment Bill, 2014, drafted by Kaptarakwa Ward Represen-tative Thomas Kigen aims at ensuring that all wards bene-fit from development projects initiated by the county govern-ment besides promoting ac-countability.

The Bill, which has gone through the first reading in the assembly, also seeks to ensure there is continuous public par-ticipation in project identifica-tion, prioritisation and imple-mentation.

Kigen accused the county government of skewed shar-ing of development funds in the last financial year, some-thing he said the proposed law would help cure.

“Due to the lopsided de-velopment across the wards, there is an urgent need to have a legal framework that would guide the sharing of develop-ment money equitably,” said the outspoken Kaptarakwa Member of County Assembly.

Proposed law seeks equity in development

He said the Bill would help ensure that political expedien-cy does not take precedence in sharing of county resources.

“This Bill would stem the culture of political expediency and ensure there is equal de-velopment in the county re-gardless of how the residents voted in the elections,” he said.

upholds equityThe MCA said out of Sh109

million development money allocated to the health sector in the last financial year, two sub-counties got Sh107 million while the other two shared the remainder.

“How do you explain such disparity?” posed Kigen, add-ing that the Constitution of Kenya upholds equity and de-velopment as a right.

The Bill, which largely bor-rows from the formulae used

by the Commission on Reve-nue Allocation, has since been forwarded to the assembly’s Fi-nance Committee.

According to the Bill, 40 per cent of the money will be shared according to the pop-ulation sizes of each ward, 25 per cent according to poverty index in the respective wards, with another 25 per cent going to flagship projects.

Eight per cent of the money will be shared equally accord-ing to land area.

The Bill requires all officials in charge of county projects to submit quarterly reports to the assembly on the absorption of the funds.

Interestingly, the the Bill proposes that the governor chairs a compliance commit-tee to be formed after it be-comes law.

Kalenjin Welfare Associa-tion has lauded President Uhu-ru Kenyatta for assenting into law the County Government Amendment Bill that calls for formation of the County De-velopment Boards (CDB), say-ing this will help enhance ac-countability.

Speaking to The Standard Simon Ng’eny, the associa-tion’s chairperson, said hav-ing senators chair the CDB’s will help the legislators be-come well-versed with coun-ty issues, which will see them address priority areas as they draft laws in the Senate.

Ng’eny also observed that the board’s presence will step up accountability on funds usage in the devolved gover-nance structure.

“Fifteen months down the

line and we have witnessed du-plication of development proj-ects and some aspects of un-accountability. We believe that this will change once the CDBs are operational because they are going to bring all coun-ty leaders together, effectively get rid of such mishaps for the benefit of locals,” he said.

According to Ng’eny, hav-ing the boards in place is going to be beneficial for the elector-ate and will lead to swift de-velopment because it is when leaders sit together that they can agree on priorities and al-locate specific responsibilities to particular individuals as per the constitutional dictates.

“It is our belief that if the CDB does exactly what it has been created to do, devel-opment will be a structured strategy and it will pick up ef-fortless unlike the current sce-

nario where county budgets have allocated huge monies to non-viable projects,” he said.

The chairperson chal-lenged national leaders, who have been criticising the Pres-ident for assenting the Bill in-to law, to look at the benefits it brings to the electorate.

Ng’eny said return of un-used funds to the National Treasury at the end of finan-cial year will now be a thing of the past since the CDB pro-vides a brainstorming platform where ideas can be shared to make good use of the available funds.

The chairperson’s senti-ments come just after Amani Coalition leader Moses Muda-vadi criticised the President for signing the Bill, saying estab-lishing such laws will kill devo-lution.

Kalenjin Welfare Association lauds signing of County Amendment Bill

ELGEYO MARAKWET

UASIN GISHU COUNTY

ByB FREd KIBOR

ByB MICHAEL OLLINGA

• The Bill, which has gone through the first reading in the assembly, also seeks to ensure there is continuous public participation in project identification prioritisation and im-plementation• The Bill mover, Kaptarakwa Ward Representative Thomas Kigen, said the proposed would help ensure that political expediency does not take precedence in sharing of county resources• It also provides for creation of a compliance committee

What Bill proposes

Fruits of irrigation

Narok Governor Samuel Tunai and Agriculture CS Felix Koskei inspect a tomato farm under irriga-tion in Naroosura in Narok County at the weekend. The CS said the Government has set aside Sh9.7 billion for irrigation across the country this year. [PHOTO: CHARLES NGENO/STANDARD]

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certificate)d) For Tenders KF/6/2014-2016, KLF/10/2014-2016 and KLF/13/2014-2016 tenderers should attach certificate of Good

Conduct and/or Police license to deal in motor vehicle components and accessories.e) Complete and attach any other documents as indicated in the tender documents.

Tender documents with detailed specifications and tendering conditions may be obtained from the respective Sub-County Supply Chain Management Offices during official working hours upon payment of non refundable fee of Kshs.1,000.00 per set for category A tenders, payable to the respective Sub-county cash offices; and free of charge for category B,Prices quoted MUST BE NET i.e. inclusive of applicable taxes and delivery costs and should remain valid for 90 days from the closing/opening date. Youth, women & persons with disabilities who are registered with either National Treasury or respective County Treasuries are encouraged to apply pursuant to article 31(1) & 32 of legal notice no.114 of June, 2013 (Preferences and Reservations).Completed tender document in plain sealed envelopes clearly marked tender No…………….. (As per the Sub County) should be addressed and returned to respective sub county as follows:-

DEPUTY COUNTY COMMISSIONER DEPUTY COUNTY COMMISSIONER DEPUTY COUNTY COMMISSIONERP.O. BOX 29 KILIFI P.O. BOX 122 MAZERAS (RABAI) P.O. BOX MADINA (MAGARINI)DEPUTY COUNTY COMMISSIONER DEPUTY COUNTY COMMISSIONER DEPUTY COUNTY COMMISSIONERP.O. BOX 801, KILIFI (GANZE) P.O. BOX 1 KALOLENI P.O. BOX 1 MALINDI

And be deposited in the tender boxes at the respective Sub-County Headquarter offices, on or before 25th Aug, 2014 at 10.00 am. The tenders will be opened immediately thereafter and tenderers or their representatives who wish to witness may attend.

Heads, Supply Chain Management Services,National Government,KILIFI COUNTY

Page 33Monday, August 11, 2014 / The Standard

READVERTISEMENT NOTICETENDER: DRILLING EQUIPMENT FOR WATER WORKS

The County Government of West Pokot invites sealed tenders from eligible and interested suppliers for “supply, delivery, testing and commissioning of cum rotary water well drilling rig” as summarized below:-

S/NO Tender no. Description BID BOND1. Tender no. WPC/T/018/2014-2015 Supply, delivery, testing and commissioning of cum

rotary water well drilling rig150,000.00

Bid bond as specified above should be strictly in the form of bank Guarantee or Bankers cheque or from an insurance company approved by PPOA, valid for One Hundred and Fifty (150) days.

A complete set of documents may be inspected and/or obtained from Supply Chain Management department, at the Office of the Governor-Ground Floor upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Kenya shillings, one thousand only (Ksh.1000) paid in cash or through a bankers cheque payable to West Pokot County Secretary.

Prices quoted should be net all taxes and delivery, testing and commissioning of the equipment (where applicable), must be in Kenya Shillings and they should remain valid for one hundred and fifty days (150) from the closing date of the tender.

INVITATION TO TENDER

S/NO Tender no. Description 1. Tender no. WPC/T/019/2014-2015 Provision Of Comprehensive Motor Vehicle Insurance Cover

The County Government of West Pokot invites sealed tenders from eligible and interested registered insurance companies for provision of Comprehensive insurance cover for Motor Vehicle, Motor cycles and Earth moving Equipment.

A complete set of documents may be inspected and/or obtained from Supply Chain Management department, at the Office of the Governor-Ground Floor upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Kenya shillings, one thousand only (Ksh.1000) paid in cash or through a bankers cheque payable to West Pokot County Secretary.Completed tender document(s) clearly marked tender no…………for supply of……….should be addressed to:

The County Secretary County Government of West Pokot

P.O. Box 222-30600. Kapenguria.

Or deposited in the tender box at the entrance of the Governor’s office, so as to be received not later than, Monday, 25th

August 2014 at 11.00am.

The tenders will be opened the same day at 11.00am in the Governor’s Board room, Bidders or their representatives who wish to witness the opening are invited to attend.

The County Government reserves the right to reject or accept any tender without giving reasons for such rejection or acceptance. The County Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest tender.

Head of Supply Chain Management ServicesThe County Government of West Pokot.For The County Secretary

TENDER NOTICETENDER DESCRIPTION LEASE OF A COMMERCIAL WAREHOUSE

TENDER REFERENCE NO. NCLR-WHRS/001/14-15

The National Council for Law Reporting (Kenya Law) is a semi-autonomous State Corporation in the Judiciary established under the National Council for Law Reporting Act No. 11 of 1994. Kenya Law’s mandate is to monitor and report on the development of jurisprudence through the publication of the Kenya Law Reports and to revise and update the Laws of Kenya. Kenya Law is the premier institution in providing access to Kenya’s public legal information.

Kenya Law now invites tenders from interested and eligible candidates willing to enter into a contract for the lease of a commercial warehouse. Currently, Kenya Law has a warehouse along Mombasa Road and therefore for ease of coordination of its logistics and distribution operations, the potential warehouse must be within a radius of three (3) kilometers from the K.P.A Inland Container Depot, in Nairobi off Mombasa Road.

A complete set of tender documents with detailed information may be obtained by interested eligible candidates from Kenya Law’s offices situated at ACK Garden Annex, 5th Floor, 1st Ngong Avenue, off Ngong Road during normal working hours upon payment of a non - refundable tender fee of Kshs. 1,000. Tenders must be accompanied by a Tender security of KES 200,000 in the form of a guarantee from a reputable bank or insurance company approved by the Public Procurement Oversight Authority. The tender security shall be valid for 120 days from the date of tender opening.

Prices quoted should be net inclusive of all taxes and costs, must be in Kenya Shillings and shall remain valid for 120 days from the closing date of the tender.

Completed tender documents enclosed in plain sealed envelopes and clearly marked with the tender number & name should be addressed and sent to:

National Council for Law Reporting,Att: Procurement Unit,

ACK Garden Annex, 5th Floor, 1st Ngong Avenue, off Ngong RoadP.O BOX 10443-00100,

Nairobi, Kenya.Tel No: (+254) (020) 271 27 67/ 271 92 31

Email: procurement@kenyalaw.org

OR be deposited in the tender box at the reception area of the National Council for Law Reporting so as to be received on or before 18th August 2014 at 9.00 a.m.

Tenders will be opened immediately thereafter in the presence of the candidates representatives who choose to attend at Kenya Law’s boardroom located on the 5th floor of ACK Garden Annex.

A.g. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR LAW REPORTING

COUNTY ASSEMBLY OF MOMBASAPRE- QUALIFICATION NOTICE FOR TENDER NUMBER

MCA/SCM/02/2014-2016

The County Assembly of Mombasa Invites application for pre-qualifi cation from interested, eligible and competent bidders for the Supply, Delivery and provision of the under listed goods and services for the fi nancial year 2014-2016.

S/No A (GOODS) DESCRIPTION CATEGORY ELIGIBILITY

1 PROVISION OF FUEL AND LUBRICANTS FOR ASSEMBLY CARS AND GENERATOR.

MCA/T/G/A22 OPEN

B (SERVICES )

2 PROVISION OF ACCOMODATION,CATERING AND CONFERENCE FACILITIES.( HOTELS)

MCA/T/S/B15 OPEN

3 PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES MCA/T/S/B16 OPEN

Interested eligible bidders must attach copies of:a) Fully fi lled and signed Confi dential Business Questionnaire and Forms

of tender b) Provide fi nancial standing (audited account and bank statements) for

the last three years.c) Provide valid tax compliance certifi cate.d) Provide PIN and V.A.T certifi cates.e) Business registration Certifi cate/ Certifi cate of Incorporation f) Name at least three clients supplied with similar items/services.g) Practicing Certifi cate ( Legal service)

Interested eligible candidates may obtain further information and prequalifi cation documents at the Procurement Offi ce, County Assembly of building Ground Floor (Room No.16) between 9:00 am and 12:30 pm and 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm during working days.

Duly completed tender documents in plain sealed envelopes clearly marked with relevant category number and description should be addressed to:

The Clerk County Assembly of Mombasa

P.O. Box 90440-80100Mombasa

and/or be deposited in the tender box situated at the entrance of the Clerk’s Offi ce, County Assembly Building, Room No. 114 on or before 28th August, 2014 at 10.00 am.

Submitted bids will be opened immediately thereafter in at 10.30am on 28th, August 2014 at County Assembly Board Room in the presence of the candidates or their representatives who may wish to attend.

Late bids will be returned unopened.

Atego Chrispine

Senior Supply Chain Offi cerFor: COUNTY ASSEMBLY CLERK

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

Page 34 / RIFT VALLEY NEWS Monday, August 11, 2014 / The Standard

Kenya University student’s organisation (Kuso) Secretary General Charles Juma (left) with Kusa Patron Steve Mbogo address the Press at the Panorama Hotel in Naivasha. [PHOTO: ANTONY GITONGA/STANDARD] The National Assembly

Committee on Land has asked the Government to lift a cave-at imposed on land title deeds for people living around Mau Forest.

The committee that visit-ed Enakishomi, Nkaroni and Olposimoru said the caveat has denied the locals the free-dom to develop their farms. MPs Moses Sakuda (Kajia-do West), Benard Bett (Bomet East), Raymond Moi (Rongai), Esther Murugi (Nyeri town), Hellen Chepkwony (Kericho county), Joseph Magwanga (Kasibul Kabondo) and Eusi-la Ngeny (Uasin Gishu Coun-ty) held a forum with some of the affected residents who claimed to have been impov-erished because they cannot invest in their farms.

Sakuda, who is the chair-man of the committee, said de-velopment has been hindered because the land is said to be in the contentious Mau Forest. He urged Lands Cabinet Sec-

House team wants caveat on Mau forest

land titles liftedretary Charity Ngilu to investi-gate the land transactions and execute orders on the matter.

“Though we know how im-portant it is for the Govern-ment to conserve the Mau For-est, it is wrong to trample on the rights of these people. Their right to own property should be protected as enshrined in the Constitution,” said Sakuda. Bett said it is wrong for the Government to impose cave-at on titles that were lawfully acquired and added that the state should recognise the ti-tle deeds so that the locals can continue with development.

“We cannot say we want to improve the lives of these peo-ple while we have policies that do not favour such an ende-vour. These people should be allowed to use their titles as collaterals,” said Bett.

Earlier, another group from the Kalenjin communi-ty accused the Government of forcibly evicting them yet they had been allocated the land and titles issued to them. Led by former nominated councilor Samuel Barbaret, the group said the members were

never compensated after be-ing evicted from Olposimoru in Mau Narok in 2005.

Barbaret said the Govern-ment cited the place as a catch-ment area yet they bought the land in due process before 1986. “DCs and chiefs were involved in land sales and the agree-ments were done in their of-fices. We did not grab neither did we buy in secret, we were with the chiefs,” said Barbaret.

He said their houses were burnt by Administration Police officers and under the com-mand of the then Rift Valley PC.”All the people from Kalen-jin community who bought the land from our Maasai neigh-bours had sale agreements which were signed by chiefs,” he said.

The former coun-cillor said that even af-ter eviction no develop-ment was done on the land. “In the year 2000 President Daniel Arap Moi appoint-ed a conservation commit-tee which suggested that the community be given back their land but the recommendations have never been implemented.

The Kenya Wildlife Ser-vice (KWS) is establish-ing county wildlife conser-vation committees to speed up compensation for victims of human-wildlife conflicts. Senior Assistant Director Mi-chael Kipkeu said the com-mittees, which will be com-posed of stakeholders in the tourism sector, representatives of communities neighbour-ing national parks, game re-serves and other wildlife sanc-tuaries, county governments, the provincial administration among other players, will as-sist in identifying victims el-igible for compensation. “KWS is going to assist coun-ties that host wildlife in form-ing the committees in line with the new wildlife management and conservation laws that among other things spell out rules that will lead to compen-sation of the victims. The com-mittees will do the recommen-dation for the Government to compensate them,” he said. The teams, he said, will en-

The national university stu-dents body has said the Gov-ernment should scrap their fees and address rising inse-curity in campuses.

Officials of the Kenya Uni-versity Students Organisa-tion (KUSO) have said all Vice Chancellors should solve the twin issues.

They say the high university fees are locking out hundreds of bright students while those

in campus are living in fear due to insecurity.

Speaking at a two day re-treat at Panorama Hotel, Na-ivasha where more than 100 student leaders are in atten-dance, KUSO’s President Babu Owino said fees for regular stu-dents should be scrapped and the Higher Education Loans Board, HELB, should increase its allocation to students which will go towards the student’s upkeep not for fees.

“We want a task force formed to address the rising

university fees since it is the right of every Kenyan to have access to quality education,” he said.

The organisation’s patron Steve Mbogo challenged the Government and the Opposi-tion to “stop yapping” and ad-dress key issues affecting the country and university stu-dents.

Secretary General Charles Juma put VCs, who intimidate student leaders, on notice say-ing students have a right to freedom of association.

KWS to establish county wildlife conservation committees

University students: Scrap our fees

NAROK COUNTY

NAKURU COUNTY

NAROK COUNTY

ByB ChARles NgeNO

ByB KipChUmBA Kemei

ByB ANTONY giTONgA

sure that the scheme was not abused as the laws stipulate the amount of money vic-tims should be paid for loss of lives, injuries, destruction of property among others. Speaking in Narok when he handed over two classrooms the organisation built for Enoorbalbali Primary School, Kipkeu, who represented act-ing Director General William Kiprono, asked communities neighbouring parks, game re-serves and other wildlife sanc-tuaries to guard against poach-ing for tusks and game meat. “We will fulfill all our social re-sponsibilities but we expect communities to work with us

in conserving wildlife. That will also assist them reap ben-efits from the multi-billion tourism industry,” he said. Governor Samuel Tunai thanked KWS for the initia-tive and said the county gov-ernment will donate Sh4.5 million for the construction of the school dining hall and dormitories for boys and girls. “Due to the fact that the school is in a wildlife corridor, the county government will turn it to a boarding facility to ensure pupils access education unhin-dered,” he said and pledged that the county will work with KWS to eliminate poaching in the region.

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Page 35RIFT VALLEY NEWS / Monday, August 11, 2014 / The Standard

More than 30 families in Gilgil were forced to spend the night in the cold at the weekend after their houses were burnt.

The residents of Tamu Tamu Estate in Gil-gil town were left counting losses running in-to thousand of shillings following the late night tragedy where they were unable to salvage any-thing despite their frantic efforts.

They criticised the National Youth Service and army barracks officers for failing to re-spond to their pleas noting that the fire could have been contained.

Local leader, Mohammed Omar, said the fire started from one of the rooms before spreading fast to nearby houses.

“There were heavy winds which caused the fire to spread very fast. We were forced to watch at a distance since we did not have water or any-thing else to contain the inferno,” he said.

Area Red Cross coordinator Felistus Kioko confirmed the incident saying they assisted the affected families.

“We have supplied them with non-food items like blankets and utensils as they restart their lives following the incident,” she said.

Families stranded as fire razes homes

ByB ANTONY GITONGA

Traders in Trans Mara have ac-cused the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) officials of allegedly mismanaging the organisation.

They said those elected to office last year were not running the organ-isation professionally and were insen-sitive to the obstacles business own-ers are facing.

Led by Trans Mara West Sub Coun-ty Maendeleo Ya Wanawake Chairper-son Hellen Katim, the traders claimed the chamber’s vice chairman Charles Kangethe had registered less than 40 trade societies yet more than 1,000 entities were eligible for registration so as to access cheap loans.

“We are dissatisfied with the man-ner in which the chamber is being run. It is also slow in registering trade societies in the area. That has stood in the way of us accessing loans to ex-pand our business,” she said.

Ms Katim, who was speaking when the traders met with the Narok Coun-ty branch Chairman William Supeyo and the Trans Mara West Sub Coun-ty Commissioner Eric Mulevu in Kil-goris town, said traders should be al-lowed to hold fresh elections to weed out nonperforming officials and to

Traders row over expected county cash

make the outfit vibrant.“The business community in

Trans Mara is informed. We are not going to allow a few individuals to use our names and our sufferings for their own selfish gains. We ask them to stop underrating our intelligence,” said Katim.

She accused Kang’ethe of alleged-ly failing to call meetings and sidelin-ing a big number of traders such as cattle traders and Boda boda opera-tors yet they were bonafide members of KNCCI.

But Kang’ethe, who was present in the meeting, defended himself and asked the business community in the area to give him and all office bear-ers time to serve it and to complete their term.

“We should be allowed to serve unhindered. The wrangles facing the chamber have come about because there are people who want us out for them to benefit from the expected Sh100 million Narok County Govern-ment is planning to give the organisa-tion to effectively discharge its man-date,” he said.

Supeyo asked more traders to join the chamber because it was legally mandated to champion their rights and also promote their enterprises. “Traders in Trans Mara should set aside their differences and join the chamber,” he said.

NAROK COUNTY

NAKURU COUNTY

ByB KIpChUmBA KemeI The business community in Trans Mara is informed. We are not going to allow a few individuals to use our names and our sufferings for their own selfish gains.

DP tours Kenyatta’s cell

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Page 36 / WESTERN/NYANZA NEWS Monday, August 11, 2014 / The Standard

Tragedy befell Miendo village in Webuye West constituency on Saturday when a traditional cir-cumciser fell and died a few metres from the scene of the operation.

Confirming the incident, area Chief Peter Namutala said Wycliffe Chenge, 72, died after cir-cumcising a boy with the knife he had used to carry out the operation still clutched in his hand.

Bungoma County Traditional Circumcisers (Bakhebi) Chairman Joseph Sinino said the de-ceased, a resident of Matisi village in Webuye West constituency, had argued with one of his colleague on who should circumcise the boy.

Sinino said it is against Bukusu customs for two circumcisers to disagree on such a matter and whenever that happens, tragedy usually be-falls one of them.

Sinino termed the incident as unfortunate

and called on all circumcisers to respect each other during the circumcision period.

“We should go about the exercise in an organ-ised way so that we are also respected country-wide,” said Sinino.

The body was taken to Webuye Sub-County Hospital.

The Bukusu are among several other Luhya sub-tribes that still practice traditional male cir-cumcision.

public eventIn ceremonies that are spaced about two

years apart, young boys of a particular age (usu-ally about 15 years), on getting the go-ahead from their parents, invite relatives and friends to their initiation.

The initiation is a public event and going through the operation without showing any sign of pain is thought to be an indicator of bravery.

Once circumcised, an initiate becomes a member of an age-group.

A group of boys line up to be circumcised at Kanduyi Stadium in Bungoma town at the weekend. [PHOTO: TITUS OTEBA/STANDARD]

Bungoma County Government is set to legalise traditional brew (busaa) consumption.

A Bill that seeks to make the tra-ditional drink legal has already been tabled in the County Assembly. Governor Kenneth Lusaka said once the Bill is passed it will allow residents to take their favourite drink in a hy-gienic environment.

Speaking at Kanduyi Stadium during the official launch of the tra-ditional circumcision over the week-end, Lusaka said the county’s Ministry of Culture, Gender and Youths had ta-bled the Motion in the assembly and it would soon be law.

The local brew is legally consumed in Uganda and most Kenyans cross over to the neighbouring country to drink. Bungoma County Assembly Speaker John Makali said the Motion that will legalise taking of traditional drinks had passed the first stage and now it was at the committee stage, but added that the ministry officials and committee members need to travel to Uganda to acquaint themselves with the provisions that were used to legal-ise busaa there.

“In the Motion tabled in the house, the mover did not specifically pin-point busaa but instead generalised all traditional drinks. The assembly therefore authorised the committee concerned to interrogate the whole Motion and come up with concrete areas that will allow busaa to be legal-ly consumed to avoid loopholes that can cause problems in future,” Makali

Busaa is about to become legal

in Bungoma, Lusaka says

told The Standard on the telephone.He said in Uganda, there are juris-

dictions under which the local brew was made legal and the county should also follow suit to avoid loopholes.

The governor said if the Motion is passed it will reduce corruption among police officers who demand for a bribe from busaa brewers be-fore they are allowed to carry on with the trade.

“Many people have resorted to cheap and illegal liquor because we have failed to have a Bill in place that will legalise the drink and give a chance to drunkards to take their drink at a stipulated time and place without fear of being apprehended by police officers,” Lusaka said.

He said Bungoma aims to be a model county to be emulated by oth-ers and it will also preserve its culture like traditional circumcision to help attract tourists and thereby help the region get foreign exchange.

Lusaka said plans were under-way for the county government to set aside money that will help subsi-dise traditional circumcision so that all parents can get to have their sons circumcised traditionally. This way their culture will also be preserved. Culture, Gender and Youths County Executive Committee Member Ste-phen Kokonya said the county was documenting circumcision rite of passage so that it can showcase it to the world and attract more tourists to the county.

The month of August is a busy pe-riod in Bungoma when the predom-inant Bukusu sub-tribe of the Luhya community engages in traditional cir-cumcision of their boys.

Bukusu circumcisor dies after performing operation

BUNGOMA COUNTYByB TITUS OTEBA

Scientists and donors are rooting for value addition for cassava to im-prove food security as well as enhance livelihoods of farmers.

Alfred Dixon, Project Leader for the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture’s project on Sustainable Weed Management Technologies for Cassava Systems described cassava as a poverty fighter.

‘’Improving the utilisation of cas-sava as well as scaling up processing technologies in value addition is criti-cal in helping Africa address the issue of poverty and hunger on the conti-nent,’’ he said in a press release to the newsrooms.

The proposal comes as Interna-tional Fund for Agricultural Develop-ment (Ifad) is stepping up efforts to have cassava flour included in bread and other confectioneries.

In March, the Government in partnership with Ifad, the Europe-an Union and Equity Bank launched a US$30 million (Sh2.6 billion) Cere-al Enhancement Programme to sup-port smallholder farmers in the coun-try to increase crop productivity and profitability.

The programme will support smallholder farmers through adop-tion of value-added agricultural prac-tices and improved seed varieties.

Shock and grief engulfed Nyamira County’s Nyaisa village after villagers found the body of a 24-year-old man dumped inside a six feet pit.

The body of Elvanus Mose, who is a brother to Manga ward MCA James Maroro, was found at 9am.

“I had just woken up and I heard people screaming. At the scene, I was shocked to learn that it was my youngest brother who was inside the pit. Legs were visible and the neck ap-peared strained. Police are yet to es-tablished what caused his death,” said Maroro.

Police officers from Manga Po-lice Division took the body to Nyam-ira Nursing Home Hospital Mortuary.

Area police boss James Musyimi said they are yet to establish the ex-act cause of the man’s death.

“An autopsy will be conducted to enable us know what happened. The body had no visible injuries that could make us suspect he was killed. We are conducting investigations to get to the bottom of this mysterious death,” said Mr Musyimi adding: “We suspect he fell into the pit latrine while walk-ing home.”

Push on for cassava

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Shock as MCA’s kin is found dead

KISUMU COUNTY

NYAMIRA COUNTY

ByB HEzRON OCHIEl

ByB NAfTAl MAKORI

ByB TITUS OTEBA

BUNGOMA COUNTY

Babysitting MP

Luanda MP Chris Omulele baby-sits Acleen Ondeche during a meeting at Wemi-labi Primary School at the weekend. The MP, who gave the school Sh400,000 cheque for construction of new classrooms, said they will put up 240 class-rooms across the constituency using CDF money. [PHOTO: ERIC LUNGAI/STANDARD]

Page 37WESTERN/NYANZA NEWS / Monday, August 11, 2014 / The Standard

Quick action by police offi-cers in Bungoma town averted an ugly scene after irate resi-dents attempted to burn down a clinic following the death of a Standard Eight pupil suspect-ed to have procured abortion at the facility.

Angry wananchi surround-ed the facility immediately word went round that a pupil from Lubunda Primary School had succumbed to complica-tions after the doctor allegedly attempted to procure an abor-tion.

They were in the process of dousing the facility with pet-rol when anti-riot police offi-cers arrived and rescued the

Drama at clinic as girl dies from awry abortion

terrified medical practitioner who residents accused of be-ing behind frequent cases of abortions in the area.

Police took the girl’s body to Bungoma County Hospital mortuary as the doctor was al-so arrested and locked up at the Bungoma Police Station.

“We have arrested the doc-tor and now we will take him to court. Wananchi should be patient,” said Bungoma Coun-ty Police Commandant Charles Munyoli.

A contingent of anti-riot police arrived just as the crowd was breaking the last door leading to the room in which the doctor had taken refuge with the mother of the girl and restored an uneasy calm.

Witnesses said the girl ar-rived at the facility with her mother and proceeded inside

only for the woman to emerge about two hours later scream-ing that her daughter had died.

“We rushed inside imme-diately and found the lifeless body of the girl on an operation table as the doctor watched helplessly. From a close obser-vation, the girl had bled pro-fusely leading to her death,’’ said a bicycle taxi operator.

More drama erupted af-ter the girl’s father arrived and started chasing his wife around, accusing her of caus-ing the death of his daughter.

“They left home in se-crecy without informing me where they were headed and I thought they were visiting a relative because that’s what they do each weekend. Little did I know that that was the last time I will be seeing my favou-rite child!’’ mourned the man.

BUNGOMA COUNTY

SIAYA COUNTY

BUSIA COUNTY

ByB ROBERT WANYONYI

Two beaches in Rarieda, Siaya County, have been given a 21-day ultimatum by the area public health office to improve hygiene or risk closure.

According to the area Pub-lic Health Officer Samson Oli-lo, who toured Osindo and Ka-mariga beaches, the two areas lack adequate sanitation facil-ities such as latrines.

“It has come to our notice that most of our beaches lack adequate sanitation facilities and if not improved, then we will be forced to close them

down,” said Olilo.He further expressed fear of

possible outbreak of diarrhoe-al diseases since the residents dry their fish where they def-ecate.

no licencesRarieda Sub-county Med-

ical Officer of Health Flor-ence Diemo observed that the fish handlers at the two beaches were operating with-out valid food handling cer-tificates thereby putting the public at risk of contracting diseases.

Area Deputy County Com-missioner Joseph Onyango,

who accompanied the two officers, directed the public health department to conduct a crackdown on landlords with rental houses who have not bothered to construct latrines for their tenants.

“There is no single pit la-trine at Kamariga Beach, which has a population of 1,100 resi-dents while Osindo Beach with a population of 3,000 has only two pit latrines,” he said.

The revealations come in the wake of figures released recently by UN body indicat-ing that only 29 per cent of vil-lages in Siaya County no longer use the bush as a toilet.

Residents of Nambale constituency of Busia County have been urged to invest in higher ed-ucation following the recent plans by Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University to establish a campus in the region.

Area MP John Bunyasi also called on other leaders to make higher education a priority in their regions.

“We are a constituency that began benefiting from education more than 100 years ago with

the primary schools we got and we had stu-dents that far back. But we stagnated complete-ly at high school level. It has been my passion and focus that we must provide opportunities for higher education in Nambale,” Bunyasi said.

Addressing journalists in Nambale town at-the weekend, the legislator reiterated that they are planning as a community and Nambale CDF to purchase the facility situated at Precious Hope Academy in Nambale town and provide some resources for its renovation.

Two beaches face closure due to poor sanitation, risk of diarrhoeal diseases

MP tells locals to invest in education

ByB ISAIAH GWENGI

ByB JANE CHEROTICH

A tree for pos-

terity

National Assembly Speaker Justin Mu-turi plants a tree at Eluche Secondary School in Mumias during a harambee at the institution. Muturi absolved himself from blame over the passage of the County Devel-opment Board Bill to be chaired by senators. He also said the National Assembly will not frustrate devolu-tion. [PHOTO: CHRISP-EN SECHERE/STAN-DARD]

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, YOUTH, SPORTS, CULTURE AND SOCIAL SERVICES.

APLICATION FOR ALCOHOLIC DRINKS LICENSE 2014

PUBLIC NOTICEThe County Government of Kajiado has enacted the Alcoholic Drinks Control Policy No. 1 of 2014. All the business owners dealing in Alcoholic Drinks are hereby notified to;

Apply for the above licenses for new businesses or1. Apply for the renewal for existing businesses.2.

The application form for the licenses for the year 2014/2015 can be obtained from our website www.kajiadocountygovernment.com as well as at our Headquarters and Sub County offices respectively with effect from 11th AUG.2014 as follows ;

S/NO SUB-COUNTY STATION CONTACT PHONE NO.

1 North Ngong 0720696846

2 West Kiserian 0721312438

3 East Isinya 0724661742

4 South Loitoktok 0723548474

5 Central Kajiado 0722802092

The application will be issued upon payment of none refundable fee of Ksh. 1000 for each application.

The deadline for application will be 25th AUG. 2014

Payment should be made to the following Account held in EQUITY bank of Kenya.Account Name: Kajiado County Alcoholic Drinks Control FundBank Name: Equity bank of KenyaBranch: KajiadoAccount No. : 0860262699474

COUNTY SECRETARYKAJIADO COUNTY

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F H C D 18

J E G H 19

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2 1 6 9 4 5 3 8 7

5 4 9 8 7 3 6 2 1

8 3 7 2 1 6 4 5 9

4 9 8 3 2 1 7 6 5

1 7 3 6 5 8 9 4 2

6 5 2 7 9 4 1 3 8

3 6 1 5 8 7 2 9 4

9 8 4 1 6 2 5 7 3

7 2 5 4 3 9 8 1 6

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9 4 1 3

5 8 1 6

1 2 4 7

4 5 2 7 8

2 6 9 5

1 3 2

5 8 1

4 7 6 3

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Using all the letters of the alphabet, fi ll in the grid. To help you, there are three cryptic cross-word-style clues:Top line: Small ch-ange promises to be disloyal. (9)Middle line: A cup of foaming ale for the chip. (7)Bottom line: Loud, inspiring ring? (5,4)To start you o� , here is one of the letters.

All rows, columns and 3 by 3 grids (defi ned 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)Positive self-esteem is a necessity now. You seem interested in emotional com-munication between business friends and love partners. You must know how you come across to others.

Aquarius (Jan 21 - Feb 19)Your instinctive orientation at this time is toward getting down to basics. You will quickly eliminate the nones-sentials and realise many accomplish-ments in the workplace.

Pisces (Feb 20 - Mar 20) Your company may be involved in lec-tures or conventions. Connections with people on a grand scale–for example, at a distance or en masse–play a big-ger part in your life now. Education, law travel or religion may also play a part in this adventure.

Taurus (April 21 - May 20)Sex, power and money are compelling aphrodisiacs now. Secrets, taboos and mysteries appeal to a deep instinctive yearning. People sense an interest in their welfare when they meet you.

Aries (Mar 21 - May 20)Your instincts move toward getting as much accomplished today. This could mean progress in the workplace and in accomplishing your personal goals. All these should go rather smoothly.

Gemini (May 21 - June 21) There seems to be an unspoken limit on the time to accomplish a particu-lar task , but if you took your time, you would be able to relax a bit more and have fewer problems at noon break.

Courtesy: dailyhoroscopes.com

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS

Horoscopes Sudoku

Codeword Puzzle

(July 23 - Aug 22) If you are not taking the lead, you will be adding to the po-sitive progress of a group ga-thering this day. You know just what people want and can size up a situation quickly.

DIFFICULTThe letters have a distinct value between 1 to 9. The to-tals vertically and horizontally have been given. Solve all the values.

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YESTERDAY’S 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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

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Cancer (June 22 - July 22)Organising fi les and completing unfi nished business are musts this morning. The mor-ning is also a great time to be with others and work on a team project. You have a lot of ideas that are important for group dis-cussions today.

Virgo (Aug 23 - Sept 23) It is good that people value your ideas and talents. You may do encourage others to do their own work and not depend on you so much. You will be clever at fi nding just the right words for this occasion.

Libra (Sept 24 - Oct 23)Emotional considerations may block or oppose how you proceed with a project or plan just now. Listen carefully to what hig-her-ups are saying. You could have trouble with authorities, due to a tendency to push your own ambitions.

Scorpio (Oct 24 - Nov 22)You shine when it comes to practical mat-ters, involving work and career. You have an easy way with superiors and can always get the most out of any skill or ability you have. There are family income and family security issues on your mind today.

Sagittarius (Nov 23 - Dec 21)You will fi nd yourself taking charge, orga-nising and perhaps managing an important business transaction today. This puts you in a boss type of position and you love being the boss. You can be a real moving force in the lives of others just now.

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puzzlingAcross3 Explosion (5) 8 Conspiracy (5)10 Fertile spot (5)11 Groove (3)12 Jeans fabric (5)13 Permits, tolerates (7)15 Post off (5)18 Managed (3)19 Former currency (6)21 Afternoon show (7)22 Sully (4)23 Public pool (4)24 Shortage (7)26 Insight (6)29 Small feline mam-

mal (3)

31 Tree sap (5)32 Cautious (7)34 Senior member (5) 35 To free (3)36 Moroccan capital (5)37 Detests (5)38 Chairs (5)

Down1 Farm buildings (5)2 Unstudied (7)4 Fibs (4)5 Private evening par-

ty (6)6 Domesticates (5)7 Finger or toe (5)9 Unopened flower (3)

12 Inhabitant (7) 14 Rodent (3)16 Deserve (5)17 Sharply hooked claw

(5)19 Aquatic bird (7)20 Academy Award (5)21 Take away (5)23 Word for word (7)24 Indicate, designate (6)25 Vehicle (3)27 Tree type (5)28 Legendary king (5)30 Naked figures (5)32 US coin (4)33 In good health (3)

ACROSS: 1, Cramp 6, Punch 9, Earlier 10, Spent 11, Latin 12, Peril 13, Strolls 15, Hen 17, Tear 18, Valise 19, Raven 20, Opined 22, Sere 24, Pad 25, Cruiser 26, Rails 27, Wafer 28, Ambit 29, Presume 30, Pansy 31, Pries

DOWN: 2, Repute 3, Mentor 4, Pat 5, Flies 6, Pelican 7, Ural 8, Chimes 12, Plead 13, Stoop 14, Rapid 15, Hives 16, Never 18, Veers 19, Remarry 21, Panama 22, Simmer 23, Revise 25, Clash 26, Reps 28, Amp

SATURDAY’S EASY SolUTionS

Easy Puzzle

ACROSS 3 Choose possibly to take Lee

to court (5)8 It’s rough being right in a

mess! (5)10 Tough master embraced by a

female (2-3)11 Bit of a grimace from a Scot

(3)12 Was Gertrude a mug? (5)13 Clip one unfairly in a game

(7)15 Full of pith, yet not vegeta-

ble (5)18 Continental street of sad-

ness (3)19 Goes into business to create

upsets (4,2)21 Barely runs on narrow lines

(7)22 Goddess who lives again? (4)23 French name for a bit of a

renegade (4)24 The fear possibly associated

with a white one? (7)26 Try to get free perhaps?

(3,3)

29 Strain a gut? (3)31 Possibly early bird at the

egg farm (5)32 Canada’s ratable system (7)34 Worried about the future?

(5)35 It doesn’t agree with the

number on a tin opener (3)36 Something a woman’s burnt?

(5)37 A canoe could be lost in it (5)38 A long piece can still be

comic (5)

DOWN1 Urchin who hasn’t finished

playing (5)2 Costers’ companions? (7)4 Galatea’s keeping us wait-

ing (4)5 Rings you can get from most

chemists (6)6 Doctrine you can read up (5)7 Language usable for a letter

to an aunt (5)9 Managed to participate in

athletics? (3)

12 Possibly restless peelers? (7)14 Charlie has half an hour

with the dog (3)16 Eastern floral centre (5)17 Where some Belgians are in

the money, presumably (5)19 Quickly get out in the al-

ley! (7)20 Latest thing in ties (5)21 One corner in heaven that’s

just like velvet (5)23 In historical times, wonder-

fully green outskirts of the City (7)

24 Woody ways into a well-de-fended place (6)

25 Centre of revolution (3)27 Impertinent, say, about

saints (5)28 Good times for cash pay-

ments around Tuesday (5)30 It’s essentially oily and flow-

ery (5)32 A fantastic wine? (4)33 A bit fishy, but heroes use

it (3)

ACROSS: 1, Props 6, Hoots 9, Le-XIC-on 10, Scrip 11, Lying 12, Caly-X 13, Festoon 15, Sec 17, It-CH 18, W-A-V-ell 19, Aster 20, Enlist 22, Legs (eleven) 24, Dad(‘s army) 25, Al-pines 26, Heavy 27, R-I’ve-T. 28, E-tude 29, Risible 30, Medoc 31, K-nife.

DOWN: 2, Rock-E.T. 3, Plinth 4, Sep 5, W-igan 6, Holy war 7, Ony-x 8, Tin-seL 12, Coast 13, Fine-D 14, S-C-old 15, Seven 16, Class 18, We-L-ly 19, A-s-cetic 21, Nat-I’ve 22, Listen 23, Geldof 25, Avail 26, Her-O 28, Elk

SATURDAY’S CRYPTiC SolUTionS

Cryptic Puzzle

weird news

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.

— robert Browning.

A widow lef t her dead husband’s body decomposing in their home for nine months because she says he wanted to be eaten by the birds .I la Solomon, 54, is fac ing possible charges af ter the body of Gerald Gavan, 88, was discovered in their home in May.She recent ly took a news crew into her home and pointed out the spot where the Wold War I I veteran died.She told newsnet5: “ I just th ink somebody who did so

much for the United States should have the death he wanted, that ’s a l l . He just wanted to be eaten by the birds . She lef t a s ide door open in the hope that b irds would come into the house and eat h is corpse.The cause of death remains a myster y.A wi l l purpor tedly to be Mr Gavan’s says he wanted a traditional r i tual in which he would be lef t to be eaten by birds in India .— Mirror Online

Widow kept husband’s corpse for 9 months

ThoughT for TodAy

Page 41TV GUIDE / Monday, August 11, 2014 / The Standard

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07:00 Myth Busters07:50 Dirty Jobs08:45 Ultimate Survival09:40 Border Security10:05 Auction Hunters10:30 Auction Kings10:55 How Do They Do It?11:25 How It’s Made11:50 Dynamo12:45 The Big Brain Theory01:40 MythBusters02:35 Border Security

It is a story of a young man’s quest to surf Nor thern California’s most danger-ous wave, and a local legend who takes him under his wing. What begins as a mentorship turns into a unique l ifelong bond, as the two un discover there is nothing more powerful than pushing your l imits and chasing a nearly impos-sible dream.

SATURDAY’S TRIVIA: Universal Soldier 4

TV Quiz03:05 Auction Hunters03:30 Auction Kings04:00 Dirty Jobs04:55 Ultimate Survival05:50 MythBusters05:45 How Do They Do It?07:10 How It’s Made07:40 Sons of Guns08:35 Auction Hunters09:00 Storage Hunters09:30 Sons of Guns

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Today’s Schedule

Cinema Guide

5:00 Pambazuka Music 6:00 Power Breakfast9:00 Afrosinema11:30 Naswa12:00 Gabriela13:00 Live at 114:00 Afrosinema16:00 Citizen Alasiri 16:10 Mseto East Africa 17:00 Pavitra Rishta 18:00 Forever Yours

19:00 Citizen Nipashe 19:35 Inspekta Mwala20 :05 Wild at Heart21:00 Monday Special22:00 Africa Leadership Dialogue22:30 Afro-sinema0.00 Citizen Late Night News1.00 Afro-sinema

4:30 BBC4:55 Morning Prayer5:00 Aerobics5:30 Damka 8:00 Good Morning Kenya9:00 Parliament Live11:00 Daytime Movie11:00 KBCc Lunch Time News1:30 Moving The Masses1:30 Grapevine2:30 Parliament Live4:30 Spider Riders

5:00 Club 16:00 Spiders7:00 Darubini Live7:30 Road To Success8:05 The Platform Live9:00 Channel 1 News9:45 National Cohesion Live10:30 Bold & Beautiful 11:30 You Are The One12:00 Club 112:45 BBC

5:00 Password RPT6:00 AM Live 9:00 Irrational Heart 10.00 Maid In Manhattan11:15 The Young & The Restless12:00 Rhythm City 12:30 Scandal 1:00 NTV at 11:30 Backstage2:00 One True Love3.00 Password

4:00 NTV at 44:15 Password Reloaded5:00 The Beat 6:00 Destiny River7:00 NTV Jioni7:30 Tujuane8:30 Mali9:00 NTV Tonight10:05 Press Pass11:00 Movie: Monnlight And Valentino01:00 CNN_

5.00 Command Your Morning

6:00 Morning Express9.00 Tendereza10:00 Her Mother’s Daughter11.00 National Geographic12.00 The Entrepreneur12.30 Gavana1.00 News Desk1.30 Drive It2:00 Afri-Screen4.00 Mbiu Ya KTN4.10 Kim Possible

4.30 Hulk and the agent of Smash

5.00 Baseline6.00 Los Rey7:00 KTN LEO7:30 Mshamba8.00 Steve Harvey9.00 KTN Prime10.05 Case Files 10.30 Prank My Mom11.00 The Diary CNN

Pick Of The Day 7.30PM

6.00 K24 Alfajiri9.00 It Seems So Beautiful Rpt10.00 Naijasinema Rpt12.00 Al jazeera News12.30 Almasi Rpt13.00 K24 Newscut13.30 Gumbaru School Rpt14.00 Kelele FM |Rpt15.00 Broken Vow16.00 Mchipuko wa

Alasiri16.10 Team Raha17.30 Beat Box18.30 K24 Mashinani19.00 K24 Saa Moja19. 35 Almasi20.05 Gumbaru School20.30 Kelele FM 21.00 K24 Evening Edition22.00 Naijasinema 1.30 Al Jazeera

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 91.1Kitui: 93.8 I Kisii: 91.3

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

In this week’s episode: Mshamba is in love with Celle, but marry her until he gets a de-cent job, which he believes he can only get in Nairobi. Lady luck strikes at Mshamba when Momanyi, a friend of his uncle, Bishop gets into problems making his partner quit. Momanyi requests Mshamba to travel to Nairobi. Mshamba is a typical ruralite whose simple trip to Nairobi ends up chaotic.

Felix Koskei (right), Agriculture Cabinet Secretary with Hannah Muriithi, Chair-person of the Interim Management Committee during the launch of AFFA. {PHOTO: DAVID NJAAGA}

ing all along.The legislation has provided a

sound platform for the directors to restore change in the agriculture sec-tor. However, tussle over the suprem-acy of the sector is likely to be wit-nessed between different factions in the ministry.

“Based on the provisions of the AFFA Act 2013, supremacy wars are likely to emerge and derail the de-sired reforms in the agriculture sec-tor. Regulating the sector will require a lot of commitment both by the min-istry and the authority,” said Dr Omiti.

Farmers’ organisations also agreed conflict could occur due to duplica-

Full operationalisation of Agri-culture, Fisheries and Food Author-ity (AFFA) could prompt supremacy wars in the multi-billion shillings ag-riculture sector.

The tussle is likely to be witnessed between senior officers with the Min-istry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and the new directors of the authority as they fight over huge resources inherited from the merged units. But the Government is optimis-tic that the sector reforms will succeed and thus guarantee high productivi-ty and farmers’ income by improving the investment climate and efficiency of agribusiness.

“Through facilitative regulation, development and promotion ser-vices, this is anticipated to increase exports earnings from agricultur-al crops thereby increasing foreign exchange earnings of the country,” according to Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Cabinet Secretary Fe-lix Koskei.

Further, wrangles could also be occasioned by senior agriculture of-ficials questioning decisions the au-thority directors will be executing. A similar supremacy war is already be-ing witnessed between the Nation-al Land Commission and Ministry of Lands over control of land in the country.

Koskei operationalised the AF-FA Act on January 17, 2014 through a Kenya Gazette notice one year after it was enacted. The regulatory institu-tions will be replaced by new direc-

The tussle is likely to emerge between ministry and AFFA officials over resources from merged units

torates, which will be manned by di-rectors to be recruited competitively.

Some of the regulatory bodies to be converted into directorates include Tea Board of Kenya, Horticultural Crops Development Authority, Cof-fee Board of Kenya and Kenya Sugar Board. Others are Coconut Develop-ment Authority, Pyrethrum Board of Kenya, Cotton Development Author-ity and Sisal Board of Kenya.

Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (Kippra) Exec-utive Director John Omiti stated that functions of the authority, if well im-plemented, could reduce the clout Agriculture ministry has been enjoy-

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tion of roles between the ministry and AFFA.

CIC Insurance Group is betting on savings and credit co-operative societies (Saccos) to in-crease insurance penetration, widen its market share and empower more people economically through its customer-centric services.

CIC Insurance Group CEO Nelson Kuria says the co-operative movement comprising of over 14,000 registered Saccos and a membership of over eight million offers the industry bet-ter opportunity to enhance financial inclusion through insurance services.

Mr Kuria, who addressed a forum of CEOs from various Saccos across the country in Naiva-

sha town, said the co-operatives sector is faced with the risk of losing out, if they do not em-brace change through strategic alliances and partnership.

Co-operatives can play active role in devel-opment by investing in every sector of the econ-omy to boost wealth creation, food security and employment generation and hence contribute to poverty alleviation.

“Insurance is appropriately designed to meet the needs of co-operatives and can contribute to the development of the sector,” he stated, urging co-operative leaders to sensitise their members on insurance issues.

Kuria also called on CEOs from various

co-operative societies to work on networking and take part in activities that will make them more visible in the society as this will open up lobbying opportunities for them.

He regretted that despite the critical role played by insurance in cushioning people from risks, many Kenyans still view it as a forced pur-chase, which they only take when it is a precon-dition for access to certain services.

“Unlike other financial services which offer no meaningful returns on savings, insurance saves people from poverty brought as a result of everyday risks. It is a tool of equipping and se-curing people,” he said. The co-operatives sector has mobilised a combined savings of $2.5 billion

and employs over 300,000 people besides pro-viding opportunities for self-employment.

“CIC appreciates that all these people require a secure and comfortable retirement. Through its Jipange Pension Plan, CIC Insurance Group will safeguard their future,” noted Kuria.

Co-operatives are organised into service and producer entities and cut across various sec-tors, more prominently in agriculture, market-ing, banking, credit, diary, fishing and transport.

Kuria said CIC is pursuing co-operative mod-el of insurance, which is more successful in giv-ing services to low-income population, adding, “Our unique concern for ordinary Kenyans has given us exceptional appeal to many people.”

CIC targets Saccos to increase insurance penetration

Major battle over resources loom as new agricultural authority takes off

ByB Nicholas Waitathu

“Based on provisions of the AFFA Act 2013, supremacy wars are likely to emerge and derail the desired reforms in the agriculture sector.”

Kase Lawal, the Chairman of Camac Energy, a US-based oil and gas exploration company with offices and oil blocks in Kenya, has encouraged other American companies to invest in the country. Speaking during the Corporate Council on Africa’s dinner hosted for President Uhuru Kenyatta on the sidelines of the just concluded US-Africa Summit, Lawal praised the conducive business environment prevailing in the country. “As an American company actively doing business in Kenya, I urge other American businesses to invest in Kenya”, Lawal said. Camac Energy is listed on New York and Johannesburg stock exchanges and is eyeing the Nairobi Securities Exchange.

Kenyan advertising firm Scangroup reported a 151 per cent rise in pretax profit for the first half of the year helped by a jump in interest income. Scangroup, which also operates in Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda, said profit for the six months rose to Sh253.85 million ($2.89 million) and revenues rose by just over a quarter. Profits were buoyed by a one-off payment from Cavendish Square Holding, a subsidiary of British firm WPP, which raised its stake in Scangroup last year to 50.1 per cent from 36.616 per cent. Net interest income jumped to Sh111.7 million from Sh20 million, helped by interest earned on a Sh1.83 billion payment from Cavendish Square Holding. The advertising firm’s earnings per share rose to Sh0.42 from Sh0.02. By close of trade on Friday, Scangroup’s shares were up 2.13 per cent at Sh48.00, but on low volumes.

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Workers attend to a pyrethrum farm. Kenya plans to regain its position as the world’s biggest exporter of the crop. [PHOTO:FILE/STANDARD]

tory inputs, including seedlings, ac-cording to the authority.

Pyrethrum is estimated to be cur-rently contributing about Sh200 mil-lion to export earnings, compared with about Sh10 billion in the 1990s, Busolo said.

The plant was introduced in Ken-ya in 1928. The country currently

Kenya woos investors to regain

pyrethrum top spot

Kenya plans to regain its position as the world’s biggest exporter of pyre-thrum, a flower used to make insecti-cide, by allowing private producers to grow the crop, the Pyrethrum Regula-tory Authority said over the weekend.

The authority is targeting output of as much as 15,000 metric tonnes of liquid pyrethrum, compared with 1,000 tonnes produced last year, ac-cording to Managing Director Alfred Busolo.

Legislators enacted a law govern-ing the industry last year, spurring in-terest from domestic and foreign in-vestors, he said, without identifying them.

“Kenya grows the finest pyrethrum flowers on earth, which are in high de-mand throughout the world,” Busolo added on phone recently.

“With the Pyrethrum 2013 Act in force, the country will once again be-come the world’s top exporter,” he ex-plained.

Kenya ranked as the world’s third-biggest producer of dried pyre-thrum last year, compared with 2009 when it was the world’s largest grower, according to data from the Food and Agriculture Organisation, which lists Tanzania and Papua New Guinea as the top two.

“Exports are shipped to countries including Australia, China, India, the

Joshua Oigara, the chairman of Kenya’s banking association and chief executive officer of the nation’s big-gest lender, wants capital reserve re-quirements for lenders boosted more than eightfold to prompt consolida-tion.

Kenya, a nation of 39 million peo-ple with a $37 billion economy, has 43 commercial banks as well as a mort-gage finance company, nine microfi-nance banks and eight representative branches of foreign banks, according to the Nairobi-based Central Bank of Kenya.

The Banking Association of South Africa, which represents lenders in a country of more than 50 million with an economy more than nine times larger than Kenya, has 31 members, including branches of foreign banks.

In Kenya, 70 per cent of the bank-ing business is done by eight compa-

nies and the fragmentation of the in-dustry is hindering the scale needed by banks to offer more complex ser-vices, Oigara disclosed last week.

Oigara, who is also the Chief Ex-ecutive Officer of Kenya Commercial Bank, made the remarks in an inter-view at the just concluded US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington.

The capital reserve requirement for Kenyan banks is currently Sh1 bil-lion ($11.4 million). “$100 million is the minimum in my view,” Oigara ex-plained in the interview.

Other African countries like Nige-ria and Ghana raised cash reserve re-quirements for banks this year.

The Kenyan banking industry’s to-tal net assets grew 16 per cent to Sh2.7 trillion last year, driven by an increase in loans, according to a report on the Central Bank’s website. Pretax prof-it for the industry rose 17 per cent to Sh126 billion, according to the report. —Bloomberg

Pyrethrum Regulatory Authority intends to allow private producers to grow the crop

US and European nations,” Busolo further explained.

Kenya’s share of the global pyre-thrum market is currently about 2 per cent, compared with about 70 per cent in 1998, according to the state-run Pyrethrum Board of Kenya, the forerunner to the authority, which held a monopoly for licensing, mar-keting, growing and registering play-ers in the industry.

The country produced a record crop of 17,710 tonnes in 1992, trigger-ing a collapse in prices that left some farmers in financial ruin, Busolo said. Matters worsened as a result of “gov-ernance issues and stringent and out-dated regulations including delayed or non-payment to farmers,” he said.

To support the industry, the Ken-yan government has since 2006 in-jected Sh1.45 billion ($17 million) to pay salary arrears and purchase fac-

The Kenya grows the finest pyrethrum flowers on earth, which are in high demand throughout the world.”— Alfred Busolo, Pyrethrum Regulatory Authority MD.

Kenyan banking shares and those of East African Brewer-ies Ltd (EABL) fell on Thursday, ending five days of gains on the bourse. Shares in EABL, the region’s biggest brewer, fell 1.3 per cent to Sh309 on profit-taking before the release of its full-year results, trad-ers said.

KCB Bank Group, the largest bank in Kenya by assets, fell 0.52 per cent to Sh55.00, largely because the value of the stock was diluted when additional shares were listed un-der the company’s Employee Share Ownership Programme.

“KCB traded very actively during today’s session,” said Kuria Kamau, a research analyst at Kestrel Capital. “There were new shares that were being credited. Those are the ESOP shares coming into the market and as a result there is some dilution.”

On the foreign exchange market, the shilling closed at Sh87.85/95 to the dollar, unchanged for Wednes-day’s close. Central Bank has been injecting local currency into the market to ease tight liquidity lead-ing to rising interbank lending rates.

Traders have said the cash crunch in the money market was caused by delays in the government disbursing funds to departments and local au-thorities. The Central Bank was in-jecting too little to bring down the rates, some traders said.

Equity market in mixed

performance

KCB boss seeks eightfold jump in banks’ reserve requirements

has two pyrethrum-processing facto-ries constructed in 1959 and 1962, re-spectively. Annual installed capacity is 30,000 tonnes.

Agriculture accounts for more than a fifth of economic output in Kenya, which is the world’s largest exporter of black tea and also produces coffee. — Bloomberg

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President Kenyatta presents new Hino bus keys to State House Girls Principal Mrs Joan Muoti as Toyota Kenya Chairman Amb Dennis Awori (left), Sachio Yotsukura, managing director at Toyota Kenya (right) and Takeshi Ito, general Manag-er at Toyota Tsusho East Africa - Hino Division (back) look on. The bus was donated by Hino.

Rakesh Rao (right), Crown Paints Chief Executive receives a certificate of spon-sorship from Tom Onguru, the Head of OPI Marketing, for sponsoring the Ken-ya Institute of Management-OPI High Tea & Networking Forum at their Laving-ton Curve showroom, Nairobi.

Eva Muraya, a training consultant makes a point during the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya in-augural C-Suite Seminar held last week in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The seminar attended by 40 participants from Kenya and Dar targeted top executives in East Africa, with a view of progressing the region’s integration agenda.

Travellers Beach Hotel General Manager Freddie Kiuru (right) receives ITS Red Star Award from Dertouristic Con-tracting Manager from Germany Ms Rita Kaulfmann (left) after the hotel was rated as one of the best popular and customer satisfaction hotel. The function was witnessed by the hotel’s senior managers.

I n t e r n a t i o n a l School of Advertis-ing Director Susan Makau (left), and Monty Dhariwal (right), chairman, Advertising Prac-titioners Associa-tion sign partner-ship documents. The new deal will see graduate seek-ing to join adver-tising and market-ing jobs get training besides offering practical courses to working p r o f e s s i o n a l s . Looking on is Len-ny Nganga, Vice Chairman APA (second right) and Laura Omumbo, APA Training Com-mittee member.

Gotv Kenya General Manager Felix Kyengo (second left), and Kenya Communication Sports Or-ganisation (Kecoso) Chairman Mutua Muthusi, exchange notes after signing Gotv and Super Sports Sh3.8 million tittle sponsorship for the 2014 Kecoso competition being held at the Kip-choge Keino Stadium, Eldoret as other staff look on. The event kicked off over the weekend.

AutoXpress staff tests tyres at the new facility. The firm that supplies tyres, wheels, batteries, sus-pension parts has opened a Sh150m facility at the Savanna Business Park, along Mombasa Road that will house its X-tread, Marangoni Retread plant, fleet solutions division and a training school.

Kenya Cardiac Association

Chairperson Loice Mutai (right),

explains how the newly introduced Sonosite machine

is used to examine heart functions

during the Kenya Cardiac Society

annual conference held at a Mombasa

hotel. Looking on are some of the

cardiologists who attended the

event.

The Kenya Forest Service (KFS) team

building leader Inspector Henry Mugendi (right),

presents the winning certificate and trophy

to Senior Deputy Director (Field

Operations) Emilio Mugo as Service

commandant Col (Rtd) John Kimani looks on. KFS rangers emerged

second in the bush race category in an

event held recently.

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Volunteers carry bodies in a centre run by Medecins Sans Frontieres for Ebola patients in Kailahun. MSF co-ordinator for Liberia, Lindis Hurum, said their capacity was stretched beyond anything that they have ever done before in regards to Ebola response. [PHOTO: REUTERS]

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The charity Medecins sans Fron-tieres (MSF) has told the BBC that Li-beria’s medical services have been completely overwhelmed by the Eb-ola outbreak.

The MSF co-ordinator in Liberia said official figures were “under-rep-resenting the reality”, and that the health system was “falling apart”.

Nearly 1,000 people have died and 1,800 have become infected in West Africa.

Meanwhile, neighbouring Guinea has denied earlier reports that it had sealed its borders.

On Saturday Liberian police broke up a protest against the gov-ernment’s response.

scale up treatmentThe Ebola outbreak - the worst

ever - is centred on Liberia, Sierra Le-one and Guinea, but has spread to other countries in recent months.

The World Health Organisation said on Friday the virus was a global health emergency.

The MSF co-ordinator for Liberia, Lindis Hurum, told the BBC: “Our ca-pacity is stretched beyond anything that we ever done before in regards to Ebola response.”

She said five of the biggest hospi-

MSF official says some hospitals closed and others abandoned by staff creating a crisis

Ebola: Liberia health system ‘falling apart’

tals in the capital Monrovia had closed for more than a week.

“Some of them have now started to re-open but there are other hospi-tals in other counties that are just abandoned by the staff. We are defi-nitely seeing the whole health care system that is falling apart,” she said.

Meanwhile, a patient being treat-ed in a Toronto-area hospital in a suspected Ebola case has tested neg-ative for the virus, Ontario’s health ministry said yesterday. The patient had recently travelled to Canada from Nigeria.

At the same time, all three US fa-cilities established to quickly make vaccines and therapeutics in the event of a major public health threat said they are standing by to support any US government effort to scale up a treatment for Ebola.

The facilities, called Centres for Innovation in Advanced Develop-ment and Manufacturing (ADM), were set up by the US Department of Health and Human Services in part-nership with private industry, to re-spond to pandemics or chemical, bi-ological, radiological, or nuclear

threats. They have the expertise to quickly switch production lines to manufacture, for example, a small-pox vaccine if that scourge were to re-emerge, or an anthrax vaccine, and other life-saving compounds against both natural outbreaks and bioterrorism.

“They know our number and they can call us 24 hours a day,” said Brett Giroir, chief executive of Texas A&M Health Science Centre, site of one of the facilities. “We are prepared.”

—BBC and Reuters

War-ravaged Somalia is hurtling towards a second famine in three years that could be prevented if do-nors increased funding, Philippe La-zzarini, UN humanitarian co-ordi-nator for Somalia said.

Lazzarini said rapidly rising mal-nutrition and food shortages across the country resemble the warning signs which preceded the 2011 fam-ine in which about 260,000 people died.

“Only years after this famine where basically we said ‘never again’, a crisis is unfolding in front of us,” he told Reuters.

“It would just be morally difficult to justify and to accept that a new crisis of this scope could unfold,” he said.

Donors have pledged billions of dollars to rebuild Somalia after more than two decades of strife, but little

progress has been made, hindered by continued fighting despite the presence of a 22,000-strong African Union peacekeeping force.

With high-profile conflicts raging across the globe such as the wars in South Sudan, Syria and Ukraine, aid budgets have been stretched. The UN has raised only about a third of the $933 million required for Somalia in 2014.

totally preventableInternational donors promised

1.8 billion euros ($2.5 billion) in re-construction aid for Somalia at a Brussels conference last September but Lazzarini wants those donors to go the “extra mile” and also help with the new humanitarian crisis.

“If we want to cement a peace agenda and if we want to avoid a new catastrophe just (three) years after

the last one, which is totally prevent-able, we need to act now,” he said.

The UN has sought to improve its early warning mechanisms after it was blamed for the scale of the fam-ine in Somalia in 2011 because it failed to spot the warning signs.

The UN last month warned of “alarming rates of malnutrition” in the Somali capital Mogadishu where aid agencies cannot meet the needs of 350,000 people due to insufficient funds, drought and conflict.

Security in Mogadishu deteriorat-ed this year after a series of bomb and gun attacks by Islamist Al Shabaab militants who were pushed out of the capital in 2011 but remain in control of swatches of the coun-tryside. In rural areas, Lazzarini said lack of access has hindered the work of aid agencies.

— Reuters

Nigerians in southwestern Osun state peacefully re-elected an oppo-sition governor, raising hopes that next year’s national elections might also pass peacefully, after several past ones were marred by violence.

In the second election held with-out incident since June, Rauf Areg-besola, from the opposition All Pro-gressives Congress (APC), won with 74 per cent of the vote yesterday.

“The candidate of All Progressive party, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, is hereby declared the winner and he is returned elected,” the electoral com-mission’s chief returning officer Bamitale Omole said.

His supporters sang and danced in the streets of the state capital

Osogbo to celebrate the result. There were no reports of fraud or intimida-tion. Candidates from 18 parties took part in the poll.

More than 800 people were killed and 65,000 displaced in three days of violence following presidential elec-tion in 2011, according to Human Rights Watch.

Rioting erupted mainly in the mostly Muslim north after Jonathan, a Christian from the south, won the vote.

Many northerners felt that his running last time tore up an unwrit-ten agreement to rotate power be-tween the largely Christian south and mostly Muslim north.

—Reuters

UN: Donors must act to avoid Somalia famine Nigeria opposition retains seat in peaceful governorship poll

An Australian couple has denied that they abandoned their son born with Down syndrome to a Thai surrogate. David and Wendy Farnell said in an interview yesterday the boy’s surrogate mother, Pattaramon Chanbua, insisted she be allowed to keep the boy and that she threatened to also keep his twin sister. Pattaramon has accused the Farnells of leaving her with the infant boy. David Farnell told Australia’s “60 Minutes” they had to return to Australia fearing that Pattaramon would insist on keeping the sister, too.

Fighting raged in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk despite a request from the pro-Russian rebels for a cease-fire to prevent a “humanitarian catastrophe.” Ukrainian officials demanded that the insurgents surrender instead. One person was killed and 10 injured in shelling that started early yesterday morning, Donetsk city council spokesman Maxim Rovinsky told The Associated Press. In a press conference in Kiev, Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council said the Ukrainian side had not seen the rebels show real willingness to co-operate.

Taiwan named Woody Tyzz-Jiun Duh as economics minister, after his predecessor resigned in the aftermath of a gas explosion that killed 30 people and injured more than 300. Chang Chia-juch, who took his post in February 2013, submitted his resignation on Thursday after a series of gas blasts ripped through several city blocks in Kaohsiung, Taiwan’s second-largest city, on July 31. The Executive Yuan, or cabinet, yesterday said in a statement that Premier Chang Yi-huah accepted Chang’s decision to go despite efforts to persuade him to stay at his post. The two are not related. The cabinet then named Chang’s deputy as the new economics minister.

—agencies

couple: We did not leave surrogate-born baby

ukraine demands rebels in Donetsk surrender

new taiwanese minister named after chang quits

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Iranian security and rescue personnel work the site of a passenger plane crash near the capital Tehran, Iran, yesterday. [PHOTO: AP]

A regional passenger plane as-sembled in Iran crashed while taking off from the capital, killing 39 and in-juring another nine onboard, ac-cording to a senior transportation official and state media.

The IrAn-140 operated by domes-tic carrier Sepahan Air crashed in a residential area near Tehran’s Meh-rabad airport. State TV said the plane’s tail struck the cables of an electricity tower before it hit the ground and burst into flames. The official IRNA news agency said the plane suffered an engine failure be-fore it went down yesterday.

Deputy Minister of Transporta-tion Ahmad Majidi provided the ca-sualty figures in an appearance on state TV. The channel earlier had re-ported that all 48 people onboard had died.

The crash happened shortly after the plane took off at 9.20am local time (0450 GMT), bound for the town of Tabas in eastern Iran.

no smokeWitness Hassan Molla said he

heard a roaring sound as the plane came in low overhead, one wing tilt-ing. “There was no smoke or any-thing. It was absolutely sound and in good condition” before the crash and what appeared to be multiple explo-sions,” he said.

Members of the Revolutionary Guard worked to secure the crash site and security and rescue person-nel combed the wreckage as onlook-ers gathered shortly after the plane went down. The plane’s mangled but largely intact tail section was torn from the fuselage and came to rest on a nearby road.

State TV said the bodies of some

State TV says craft’s tail struck the cables of an electricity tower before it hit the ground

Iranian plane crashes after takeoff, killing 39

of the victims were so badly burned that they could not be identified. They will be handed over to relatives after DNA tests are carried out to determine their identities, it said.

The IrAn-140 is a twin-engine tur-boprop plane based on Ukrainian technology that is assembled under license in Iran. It is a version of the An-tonov An-140 regional plane and can carry up to 52 passengers.

A similar plane crashed during a training flight in the city of Isfahan in February 2009, killing five onboard, according to a report by state-run Press TV at the time.

—AP

Islamic State militants have killed at least 500 members of Iraq’s Yazidi minority in north-ern Iraq, burying some of their victims alive and kidnapping hundreds of women, a Bagh-dad government minister said.

The insurgents’ advance through northern Iraq has forced tens of thousands to flee, threatened the capital of the Kurdish autono-mous region and provoked the first US air strikes in the area since Washington withdrew troops from Iraq in 2011.

Iraq’s human rights minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani told Reuters that he had evi-dence that the Sunni militants had thrown the Yazidi dead into mass graves, adding that some of those buried alive were women and children. About 300 women had been forced into slavery, he said.

President Barack Obama (pictured) said on Saturday that US air strikes had destroyed arms that the Islamic State, which has cap-tured swaths of northern Iraq since June, could

have used against the Iraqi Kurds, but he warned that there was no quick fix for the cri-sis that threatens to tear Iraq apart.

US military aircraft have also dropped relief supplies to tens of thousands of Yazidis who have collected on the desert top of Mount Sin-jar seeking shelter from the insurgents, who had ordered them to convert to Islam by yes-terday or die.

Sudani said news of killings had come from people who had escaped from nearby Sinjar, the ancient home of the Yazidis.

mass graves“We have striking evidence obtained from

Yazidis fleeing Sinjar and some who escaped death, and also crime scene images that show indisputably that the gangs of the Islamic States have executed at least 500 Yazidis after seizing Sinjar,” Sudani said. “Some of the vic-tims, including women and children were bur-ied alive in scattered mass graves in and around Sinjar.”

Speaking before US warplanes struck mili-

tant targets for the second straight day, Obama said it would take more than bombs to restore stability, and criticised Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s Shi’ite-led government for failing to empower Iraq’s Sunnis.

France joined the calls for Iraq’s feuding leaders to form an inclusive government capa-ble of countering the militants. “Iraq is in need of a broad unity government, and all Iraqis should feel that they are represented in this government,” Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said told a news conference with his Iraqi counterpart in Baghdad in comments trans-lated into Arabic on state television.

Maliki’s critics say his sectarian agenda prompted heavily-armed Sunni tribes to join the insurgency. But Maliki, serving in a care-taker capacity since an inconclusive election in April, has defied calls by Sunnis, Kurds, fel-low Shi’ites, regional power broker Iran and Iraq’s top cleric to step aside for a less divisive leader.

—Reuters

Turks voted yesterday in their first direct presidential election, a water-shed event in the country’s 91-year his-tory that could cement Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s position as Turkey’s all-powerful leader.

Erdogan, who has dominated Turk-ish politics for more than a decade, is the strong front-runner to replace in-cumbent Abdullah Gul for a five-year term.

Now in his third term as prime min-ister at the head of the Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party, or AKP, Erdogan has been a polarising figure. He is fervently supported by many as a man of the people. Yet critics view him as an increasingly autocratic leader.

After a bitter and divisive pre-elec-tion campaign, Erdogan sounded more conciliatory in his final campaign speech Saturday, promising to “leave the old Turkey behind.” “This country of 77 million is our country, there is no discrimination,” he said. “We own this country all together.”

Some 53 million people are eligible to vote; an absolute majority is needed to win. Otherwise, the top two candi-dates go to a runoff on August 24. Er-dogan, whose party won local elec-tions in March with about 43 per cent of the vote, is widely expected to be elected, although it is unclear if he can avoid a runoff.

Party rules barred Erdogan from serving another term as prime minis-ter. Turkish presidents used to be elect-ed by parliament but Erdogan’s gov-ernment pushed through a constitutional amendment in 2007, changing the procedure to a popular vote.

Erdogan’s main challenger is Ek-meleddin Ihsanoglu, a 70-year-old ac-ademic and former head of the Organ-isation of Islamic Co-operation backed by several opposition parties, includ-ing the two main ones: a pro-secular party and a nationalist one.

The third presidential candidate is Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas, 41, a rising star on the minority Kurd-ish political scene.

—AP

Islamic State kills at least 500 from Iraq’s Yazidi minority

Turkey holds first direct

presidential pollChina’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi

called on Japan to “make practical efforts to overcome existing political obstacles between the two sides” during an informal meeting with his Japanese counterpart during an ASEAN summit in Myanmar. According to a statement on the website of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (www.fmprc.gov.cn) yesterday, Wang met Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum. Tensions between the two countries have risen in recent months, with each side accusing the other of flying military aircraft too close to its own jets.

Losing the fight against same-sex marriage at home, leading US Evangelical Christians are joining in the culture wars in Latin America as cheerleaders for opponents of gay legal partnerships, abortion and pornography. One of the Americans is veteran legal crusader Mat Staver who was both a disciple of late Moral Majority co-founder Jerry Falwell. The other is Samuel Rodriguez, a dynamic Latino preacher with strong ties with Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Washington DC who describes his religion as mixing Martin Luther King Jnr. with televangelist Billy Graham and then “putting a little salsa on top.”

A suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy moving through Afghanistan’s capital, killing at least four civilians and wounding more than 35 in an assault claimed by the Taliban, authorities said. The blast struck two Mine Resistant Ambush Protected armoured vehicles, in western Kabul, damaging a civilian car and leaving debris scattered across a highway lined by shops. NATO troops and Afghan soldiers cordoned off the scene after the blast. NATO said the blast wounded none of its troops, though it was investigating the attack.

—agencies

China and Japan talk on easing political tensions

Us evangelicals join Latin american culture wars

4 afghan civilians killed in kabul suicide bombing

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BAGHDAD, SUNDAY

ISTANBUL, SUNDAY

• Iran has suffered a series of airplane crashes, blamed on its aging aircraft and poor maintenance• Many of the Boeing air-craft in state-run Iran Air’s fleet were bought before the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, which disrupted ties with the US and Europe• The country has come to rely on Russian aircraft, many of them Soviet-era planes that are harder to get parts for since the Sovi-et Union’s fall• The last major airliner crash in Iran happened in January 2011 killing at least 77 people

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Protestors gather in front of the White House in Washington on Saturday to demonstrate against Israel’s military offen-sive in the Gaza Strip. Israel said its operation would continue in Gaza until restoration of quiet, over a protracted peri-od of time, is achieved. [PHOTO: AP]

Israel said it would not return to Egyptian-mediated ceasefire talks as long as Palestinian militants in Gaza kept up cross-border rocket and mortar fire.

The head of the Palestinian dele-gation in Cairo said earlier it would pull out unless Israeli negotiators, who flew home from the Egyptian capital on Friday hours before a three-day ceasefire expired, came back to the talks.

Israeli air strikes and shelling killed three Palestinians in Gaza yes-terday, including a boy of 14 and a woman, medics said, in a third day of renewed fighting that has jeop-ardised international efforts to end a more than month-old conflict.

Since the last truce expired, Pal-estinian rocket and mortar salvoes have focused on Israeli kibbutzim, or collective farms, just across the for-tified border in what appeared to be a strategy of sapping Israel’s morale without triggering another ground invasion of the tiny Gaza Strip.

POLITICAL LEGITIMACYThe violence has become less in-

tense than at the war’s outset, down from more than 100 rocket bursts a day including at major cities like Tel Aviv, which have not come under at-tack since Israel withdrew ground forces from Gaza on Tuesday.

Hamas, Gaza’s dominant Islamist movement, and Israel were remained far apart on terms for any enduring halt to hostilities, with their rejection of each other’s political legitimacy compounding the obstacles.

“Israel will not negotiate under fire,” Prime Minister Benjamin Net-anyahu said in public remarks at the

With Israel out of truce negotiations, Palestinians threaten to pull out

Netanyahu: Israel shunning Gaza talks, will not negotiate under fire

weekly meeting of his cabinet in Tel Aviv.

“At no stage did we declare (Isra-el’s military offensive) was over,” he said. “The operation will continue until its objective - the restoration of quiet over a protracted period - is achieved. I said at the beginning and throughout the operation - it will take time, and stamina is required.”

On Saturday, the head of the Pal-estinian delegation, Azzam Ahmed said: “We will leave Cairo tomorrow if it is confirmed to us they (Israelis) will not return” unconditionally.

Israeli tanks and infantry left the enclave on Tuesday after the army said it had completed its main mis-sion of destroying more than 30 tun-nels dug by guerrillas for cross-bor-der attacks.

In renewed fighting since the end

of a three-day truce on Friday, Israel has killed 14 Palestinians in air strikes. Militants have fired more than 100 projectiles, mostly short-range rockets and mortar bombs, at Israel.

Though Israel’s Iron Dome rocket interceptor does not work at such short ranges, there have been few ca-sualties, largely because as many as 80 per cent of the border farming communities’ 5,000 residents fled before last week’s ceasefire.

Some said yesterday they would not return to their communities, which have long been symbols of Is-rael’s pioneering spirit - an abandon-ment likely to pile pressure on Net-anyahu.

Yossi Wagner, a member of the skeletal security team at Kibbutz Na-hal Oz, doubted Netanyahu’s prom-

ises to restore quiet.“I heard the prime minister’s var-

ious speeches, but we see the reality of the situation here,” Wagner told Israel’s Army Radio. “We have decid-ed that at this stage we are not rec-ommending that members return to the kibbutz.”

The firm that makes Iron Dome, state-owned Rafael Armament De-velopment Authority Ltd, is working on a version called “Iron Beam” that would use lasers to shoot down short-range mortars.

Rafael CEO Yedidia Yaari told Is-raeli television that he expected more government funding for Iron Beam’s development and it was “very close” to completion. A defence in-dustry source predicted deployment of the system in a year to 18 months.

— Reuters

Eighteen people who took part in vi-olence that killed almost 100 people near China’s border with Pakistan last month have handed themselves in to authori-ties, Chinese state media said.

Authorities said a terrorist gang at-tacked a police station and government buildings in Shache county near Kashgar on July 28, killing 37 people before police shot dead 59 of the attackers.

Xinjiang has experienced rising un-rest in recent months blamed on mili-tants from the region’s native Muslim Turkic Uighur ethnic group who are seeking to overthrow Chinese rule. Of the 37 civilians killed, 35 were Han Chinese and two were Uighur, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.

It has not released any details about the attackers.

The Xinjiang Daily, the region’s offi-cial newspaper, reported yesterday that 18 people had since surrendered be-cause of a publicity campaign urging lo-cal people to provide tip-offs about who

was involved in the violence. It said that most of the 18 were “ordinary people,” some of whom had been instigated or coerced into taking part in the violence without knowing the reasons for it, and that because they had surrendered would be dealt with “leniently.”

But a spokesman for a Munich-based Uighur rights advocacy group said the 18 had surrendered out of fear for their lives. Armed forces encircled a corn field where the 18 Uighur farmers, the young-est of whom was 15, had retreated and were shooting in the air, said Dilxat Rax-it of the World Uyghur Congress.

KILLED UIGHURSHe said authorities took their family

members and other relatives to the field and gave them loudspeakers to persuade them to give up, “telling them the gov-ernment can ensure their safety after they surrender”.

Neither account could be inde-pendently verified.

The Shache incident appeared to be

the most serious single instance of bloodshed in Xinjiang since riots broke out in 2009 that left nearly 200 people dead.

The World Uyghur Congress has dis-puted the official version, saying police killed Uighurs who had been protesting the authorities’ heavy-handed security crackdown during the Muslim holy month of Ramadhan.

Last week, the regional government announced it had arrested 215 people in relation to the attack.

People who answered the phones at the Shache county government and po-lice offices said they had no information.

In July, authorities in the Xinjiang capital of Urumqi banned bus passen-gers from carrying items like cigarette lighters and water bottles in a bid to pre-vent attacks. The city of Karamay also said it has banned people with head scarves, veils and long beards from boarding buses.

—AP

China says 18 surrender after Xinjiang violence

Syria’s state-run news agency is reporting that President Bashar Assad has re-appointed premier Wael al-Halqi to form a new government. SANA said Assad issued a decree yesterday tasking al-Halqi to form the new Cabinet. Al-Halqi automatically became a caretaker premier following June presidential elections in which Assad claimed a new seven-year term in office. The vote was confined to government-controlled areas and dismissed by the opposition and its Western allies as a sham. The premier confidently declared victory and praised his supporters.

A tropical storm was moving out into the Sea of Japan after lashing the country with rain and winds, leaving one person dead, more than 50 injured and prompting evacuation alerts for about 1.2 million residents near swollen rivers. Tropical Storm Halong disrupted land and air traffic as Japan began its annual “Obon” Buddhist holiday week. The storm-hit Japan was also shaken yesterday afternoon by a magnitude-6.1 earthquake that struck off the northeastern coast near Aomori. There was no danger of a tsunami.

Pakistani police registered a murder case against an anti-government cleric after three policemen were killed in clashes with his supporters ahead of a demonstration. The cleric, Tahir ul-Qadri, called for protests yesterday, saying he wanted to bring down the government by the end of the month because it is corrupt. Another protest, led by opposition politician Imran Khan, is due in the capital on Thursday. The protests have unnerved the civilian government. In Pakistan, police must register a case against someone before charging him with a crime.

—Agencies

Syria prime minister back in power amid war

1 killed, dozens hurt as storm drenches Japan

Police register murder case against cleric

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FeverPitchMonday, August 11, 2014

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STANDARD FeverBriefs

F1: Schumacher fi les theft suspect hanged

CRICKET: England beat India in fourth test

GOLF: McIlroy in the lead at PGA event

A man arrested on suspicion of leaking Michael Schumacher’s medical fi les has been found hanged in his cell, Swiss police say. The man, who has not been named, was a manager at Swiss air rescue fi rm Rega. Michael Schumacher’s medical records were allegedly stolen and o� ered for sale to several newspapers. The ex-F1 champion su� ered a head injury in a skiing accident in France last December and was fl own by Rega to a Swiss hospital in June. Prosecutors had been investigating a possible breach of privacy at Rega. The suspect was arrested on Tuesday but denied any wrongdoing. -BBC

England ripped through India’s fragile batting lineup for the second time in three days to win the fourth test by an innings and 54 runs on Saturday, earning a 2-1 lead in the fi ve-match series. Staring at a 215-run defi cit from the fi rst innings, the Indians mustered just 161 in less than four hours as part-time o� spinner Moeen Ali sparked a collapse from 53-2 to 66-6 to fi nish with fi gures of 4-39. Chris Jordan clinched victory by claiming the fi nal two wickets in two balls. -AP

Rory McIlroy celebrated his fi nal birdie with a smile and a slight pump of his fi rst, knowing that 8-foot putt gave him the outright lead Saturday in the PGA Championship. “It’s a great position to be in,” he said. He’s just not used to it being so crowded at the top. McIlroy has won all three of his majors with the lead going into the fi nal round — by eight shots at the 2011 US Open, three shots at the 2012 PGA Championship, six shots last month at the British Open. Now comes another major test for Boy Wonder — a Sunday shootout. More rain in the morning at Valhalla allowed for a deluge of birdies in the lowest scoring round in PGA Championship history. -AP

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MONTREAL Venus Williams tops Serena to reach Rogers Cup fi nal

BYE MONTREALVenus beat Serena in an all-Wil-

liams semifinal in the Rogers Cup.Venus topped Serena 6-7 (2), 6-2,

6-3 on Saturday in the hard-court event for her first victory over her sis-ter since 2009 in Dubai.

“I think for both of us, what’s so unique about the situation is that we’re both very good players,” Venus said. “I think typically you may have some sib-lings, one is quite good, one is not as good so you kind of know what the re-sult is. I think we both know when we walk out there, it’s not like you’re guar-anteed a win. I think that’s what makes it challenging for both of us.”

The 32-year-old Serena, ranked No. 1 in the world for the 200th career week, leads the series 14-11 and had won the last five matches. The 34-year-old Venus, ranked 26th, ended her sis-ter’s 14-match Rogers Cup winning streak that dated to wins at the 2011 and 2013 tournaments in Toronto. Ser-ena skipped the 2012 event in Montre-al.

“I don’t think I played a great game today,” Serena said. “Let’s just face it, I served well in the first set, but that was that. So, I definitely need to go

back and analyse it, figure out how to be more consistent.”

In the second semifinal, third-seed-ed Agnieszka Radwanska beat Ekateri-na Makarova 7-6 (1), 7-6 (3).

“I definitely don’t want to have a let-down and get out there and not play at least half as well,” Venus said about the final. “I don’t want to put any pres-sure on myself, but I want to go out there and perform just as well. It would mean a lot to me because I’ve been dreaming of winning a tournament at this level since I got back on tour. You try and you try. There are disappoint-ments. One day you get a little closer. So this is my ‘little closer’ right now.”

Radwanska has won her last two matches against Venus.

“Well, she’s definitely on fire,” Rad-wanska said. “I was actually playing a few times after her, so I was watching a little bit of her matches. Definitely she’s playing amazing tennis this week. She beat a lot of good players on the way to

the final, especially Serena. It’s not go-ing to be the easy one.”

Venus won the last of her 45 titles in Dubai in February. She uses medica-tion and rest to control Sjogren’s Syn-drome, an auto-immune disease she was diagnosed with in 2011.

UNFORCED ERRORSUnseeded Venus started the match

strong on her serve and took a 3-1 lead, but Serena rallied to tie it at 3 and went on to take the set in a tiebreaker. Ve-nus dominated the second set, break-ing Serena’s serve twice and taking ad-vantage of unforced errors.

Serena made two errors and dropped serve to fall behind 4-2 in the third set. Venus, who dropped serve only once in the match, served for the win at 5-3. Venus hit a rocket serve on her third match point that Serena re-turned into the net. Serena had 19 aces and nine double faults, and Venus had six aces and two doubles faults.

Serena was coming off a victory last week in Stanford, California, in her first tournament since withdrawing from a doubles match at Wimbledon because of equilibrium problems.

Serena, who has 17 Grand Slam ti-tles, has struggled in the majors this year. She was beaten in the fourth round at the Australian Open, second round at the French Open and third round at Wimbledon.

“I haven’t even been able to get to the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam this year,” Serena said. “At this point, I’m re-ally just looking forward to next year, to be honest.”

She was quick to point out that didn’t mean she’s giving up on the US Open, where she is the two-time de-fending champion.

“I’m just saying I’ve had a really dis-appointing year, for me, especially in the Grand Slams,” she said. “So I’m not going to put any pressure on myself.

“I almost feel like the pressure is lifted because I haven’t performed the way I’ve wanted to. In a way, I don’t feel a tonne of pressure going into the Open. I almost feel like it’s lifted. I look forward to next year because I don’t have any points to defend at any of the slams.” -AP

Serena Williams of the United States walks o� the court after losing 6-7, 6-2, 6-3 to her sister Venus during semifi nal play at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament on Saturday, August 9, 2014 in Montreal. [PHO-TO:AP]

Page 51FEVER PITCH / Monday, August 11, 2014 / The Standard

Leonardo Varese and Gurmit Thethy have never won the Safari Rally. But Varese is optimistic he can win during 63rd KCB Safa-ri Rally to keep his Two Wheel Drive (2WD) cham-pionship title hopes alive.

The two times 2WD champion has vowed nev-er to let the title elude him

this time round. The Safari Rally will be held on the weekend of September 12 and 14 as the seventh round of the FIA African Rally Champi-onship and the sixth of the KCB Kenya National Rally Championships 2014. . “I’m happy to have won for the third time this year. It was a full attack mode on day 2 in Nanyuki. This win

ByB Oscar PiliPili

ThethBy, Varese target 2WD honours in 62nd KcB safari rallBy

Gurmit Thethy and Depinder Kalsi cruising in a VW Golf MK3 during KCB Nanyuki Rally. [PHOTO:FILE/STANDARD]

will take us a bit closer to the championship, though we have a hard job ahead in last three rounds in Kisumu, Safa-ri and the Guru Nanak.” said Varese who leads with 71points followed by Gurmit Thethy (58 points), Mombasa’s Nadeem Kana (56 points) and champion Dennis Mwenda. Thethy said: “We had misfir-ing problems in the recent Nanyuki Rally, we tried to get to the root of the problem but didn’t manage to resolve it. I’m still happy we managed a po-dium position. Had it not been for the misfiring engine, we may just have won the event as lack of power kept us slower than the pace we are used to.” Mwenda, who won the power stage at Batian View said: “We lost it by 48 seconds after los-ing a five-minute lead due to a

puncture in Loldaiga stage. We now target a good run in Safa-r i . ” Varese raced into a 13-point lead over Thethy at the top of the 2WD championship standings after his victory at the Nanyuki Rally. Eldama Ravine winner Thethy dropped points after losing valuable time when his VW MK3 developed mechanical p r o b l e m s But Thethy, who is already motivated about driving on long endurance type of Safari stages told FeverPitch: “Safari will be a difficult weekend for us all, I have started to get the confidence back for the driv-i n g . ” Varese said: “The target was to try and maintain the gap and now I have an advantage of 13 points hopping into the gruel-

ing Safari.

Don’t fill positions, Sholei

warns FKF

Suspended Football Kenya Feder-ation (FKF) vice chairman Sam Sholei says it would be unconstitu-tional to fill up his position while he has a pending appeal.

Sholei said calls by branches for a Special General Meeting (SGM) to fill up his position and that of Hussein Terry and Dan Shikanda are un-founded.

“It will be against the Kenyan law if FKF constitution is not respected and a meeting is called to replace suspended officials. We were illegally suspended.

“Moreover,we have an appeal case at the National Olympic Com-mittee of Kenya with a copy to the Cabinet Secretary for Sports, FKF and the arbitration body that was constituted recently which I have been made aware that it is awaiting swearing in,” said Sholei in a state-ment.

DefenD OurselVesHe asked branch officials calling

for their replacements to consider the repercussions if the appeal goes through.

“We were never given a chance to defend ourselves by the FKF disci-plinary committee, the punishments served were borrowed from kanga-roo courts where the accused are never respected.

“We never went to court as al-leged. The last document availed at the AGM as copies of our court or-ders were forged and we proved that in the last year’s AGM. The signatures appearing on the order document do not belong to us.”

Sholei asked the government to move in with speed and swear in the Arbitration committee so that their appeals can be determined.

ByB feVerPiTch rePOrTer

RECORDS SHATTEREDKibarus, Mitei rule at Kecoso half Marathon

Mercy Kibarus, who re-cently won the Family Bank Half Marathon and 2013 Brussels IAAF 12km silver medalist Amos Kiplimo Mitei are the winners of the Kenya Communication Sports Organisation (Keco-so) games women and men’s half marathon.

But after winning the It-en 10km Safaricom Road Race last week, Kibarus had to fight hard to victory. Eu-nice Jebichii stopped the clock in 72:77.00 to win in the women’s category ahead of Emily Chemutai (73:05.00).

Kibarus broke way on the last loop to win the race in 72:77.00, breaking the long Kecoso record which stood at 82:00. “I had to break away to give myself a chance to win by a big mar-gin. I was using this race to gauge my form,” Kibarus told FeverPitch.

“The weather favoured me a lot, I ran in the same style as I had planned after preparing for this race for about a week,” she added.

The two champions each took home Sh250,000 winners prize in the event that attracted athletes from neighbouring counties like Baringo, Nandi, Pokot and Trans Nzoia, yesterday.

Jebichii, who won in 73:05, said: “I had been practicing to ensure that I win any race ahead of me.”

Emily Chemutai closed the podium finish at 73:35 followed by Mercy Too

(73:45), Beatrice Ruto (73:59), Peris Chepchirchir (74:22), Naomi Maiyo (75:02), Marion Limo (75:18), Sarah Chepchirchir (75:34) and Pamela Jemeli (75:42) in that order.

In the men’s category, Amos Kiplimo Mitei, who has been suffering a tendon injury since February, beat 413 competitors to win the race.

Mitei had to fight hard to win the race to cut the tape in 62:38 in the hotly contested race that had the likes of Kirui Chesang and Solomon Kirwa. Chesang (72:56) finished second ahead of Kirwa (72:59).

Others were Boaz Kipro-no (73:17), Gideon Kipketer (73:35), Mike Kigen (73:80); daniel Kiprotich (73:86); Daniel Kemboi (73:89); Barnabas Kosgey (73:90) and Kerich Kimweli (73:93) in that order.

Kecoso officials accom-panied by coach David Let-ting and Central Rift Athlet-ics Kenya chairman Abraham Mutai said the event has improved, owing to high standards of com-petition witnessed yester-day.

Other officials in atten-dance included Uasin Gi-shu County Governor Jack-son Mandago, former marathoner Moses Tanui, Kecoso chairman Mutua Muthusi and Communica-tions Authority chairman Samuel Pogishio.

-pochieng@standardmedia.co.ke

ByB PeTer Ochieng

Mercy Kibarus (left) outpaces Eunice Chebichi during Kecoso Half Marathon in Eldoret yesterday. Kibarus won the race after clocking 1:12.77. [PHOTO:PETER OCHIENG’/STANDARD]

Football Kenya Federation Na-tional Executive Member for Western Elly Mukolwe has come under severe criticism following his remarks that former footballers had nothing to be proud of as legends.

Legendary Kenyan footballers Mahmoud Abbas and Joe Kadenge said former footballers deserved re-spect from Mukolwe among other Kenyans.

“Where did Mukolwe get the guts to attack former footballers? We have done a lot to this country during our hey-days and Mukolwe need to pub-licly apologise to us,” said Abbas.

Kenya’s celebrated goalkeeper said Mukolwe should not attack for-mer players because he is in leader-ship of FKF.

Mukolwe was quoted in the me-dia having told former footballers to keep off football matters as they had nothing to offer, saying Kenyan foot-ball will not be built on history.

-enzioka@standardmedia.co.ke-

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Page 52 / FEVER PITCH Monday, August 11, 2014 / The Standard

Kenya hosts a two-day high profile international youth basketball camp today and at Brookhouse School, Nairobi.

The camp, which is part of the prestigious Giants of Afri-ca Basketball Project, will be conducted by a horde of Na-tional Basketball Association (NBA) coaches led by former NBA player and current To-ronto Raptors General Man-ager Masai Ujiri.

The camp, whose mis-sion is to use basketball as a tool to educate and enrich the lives of the youth of Af-rica, has attracted 50 boys from Kenya, Democratic Re-public of Congo, South Su-dan, South Africa, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.

The camp, started ten years ago in Nigeria by Uji-

ri, hopes to spread basket-ball in East Africa by giving the youth an opportunity to learn the basics of the game besides offering them life skills.

“We provide quality facil-ities, professional coaching while promoting the growth of the game of basketball in Africa. We offer skills that will give the youth a chance to use the game to better their lives,”Ujiri told FeverPitch.

Ujiri added: “It’s amazing how we underrate how sports bring people together in the world, and how much impact it has on our daily lives. Our dream is to build a solid base for the youth, so there is al-ways hope and progress in the future.”

Abel Nson, a volunteer in-ternational scout for Toronto Raptors explains: “We devel-op programmes that improve our coaches and help our

youth have a greater knowl-edge and foundation for the game. We influence the building of improved sports facilities and enable better and smarter sports adminis-tration.”

Ujiri is a former General Manager of Denver Nuggets. He has won the NBA General Manager of the year. He is a pioneer in African basketball development and this camp will be the first of several oth-ers in the East African region.

NBA Africa President, Amadou Fall will attend the camp. Others who are ex-pected to offer their skills to the camping youths include Godwin Owinje (Radar-hoops), Jama Mahlalela, Pat-rick Engelbrecht Michael Akuboh (all of Toronto Rap-tors) and Patrick Mutombo (Denver Nuggets).

-eoyugi@standardmedia.co.ke

ByB Erick OchiEng’

high profile basketball camp begins in nairobi todaBy

Anika Shah beat posted 41 stableford points to win during the Standard County Golf Classic tournament at the 71 par Eldoret Golf Club on Saturday.

Speaking after receiv-ing the award from Standard Group’s head of Commercial Irene Kimani, an elated Shah, who was accompanied by her family, said she eased to the top position due to the good weather.

“I had a special team during the event and the weather was favourable, be-sides, I had practiced a lot for the tournament,” she Shah.

Shah, playing off handi-cap 33, beat runner up hand-icap 17 Rhoda Chemaiyek, who also posted 41 points, on countback. K Kiptoo, playing off handicap 23, finished third on 40 points.

Fred Kibor, playing off handicap 25, collected 39 points to finish fourth over-all, beating handicap 14 La-dy Captain Catherine Gat-ua to a fourth place on 38 points. Gatua beat handi-cap 22 C Muge, handicap 17 Dr Kiran Shah and Beatrice Kemboi, all on 38 points on countback.

Kimani, thanked Eldoret residents for their support and promised to be back to the club for the same event next year.

“I am very happy with you the people of Eldoret. I have seen your commitment since we came here last year. We promised to come again and that’s what we have done to-

day,” said Kimani. In the Men’s category,

Kiptoo (40 points) emerged top, a point ahead of runner up Kibor.

Aman Gujral, who was crowned the youngest win-ner last year at the same ven-ue, emerged the best junior in the 15 handicap category with 23 points.

The Eldoret Club chair-person Hellen Yego told Fe-verPitch that the event was successful due to the condu-cive weather.

“The winners excelled be-cause the rains did not come, ironically the rest of the town experienced heavy rains which spared the golf field,” she said.

In the women’s category, Chemayak topped with 41 points followed by Gatua on 39 points and Kemboi on 38 points.

First nine winner was Na-dja Rygged while Nilam Shah emerged the second nine winner on 22 points.

Jack Tuwei was the men’s longest drive winner while Lucy Njuguna emerged the winner in the ladies’ cate-gory.

The event, graced by Stan-dard Group Public Editor John Bundotich, Uasin Gi-shu Governor Jackson Man-dago, his Nandi counterpart Cleophas Lagat, Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter and Elgeyo Marakwet Speaker Albert Kochei, saw the junior golf-ers recognised for their im-pressive play.

shah CRUIsEs

NBA coach Gary Payton (left) instructs the youth during a bas-ketball training camp at the Nyayo National Stadium Basketball Gymnasium in 2011.[PHOTO:ERICK OCHIENG’/STANDARD]

...as Standard countBy golf classic ends in

Eldoret clubByB SiLAh kOSkEi And PETET OchiEng’

FOOTBALL: Super Matuga extend unbeaten run

FOOTBALL: glimt stop Ation BoBys in ngano cup opener

Super Matuga stretched their unbeaten run in the fourth tier of the Football Kenya Federation South Coast Provincial league when they thrashed hapless Super Rangers 7-2 in a zone B league match played at Makande ground on Saturday. Mdeke Abdala scored brace. Other scorers were Kafan Hamisi, Kunenwa Omar, Gunyu Rashid, Ismail Mwashetani and Zackaria Mwakisuwa. Super Rangers scored through Aggrey Oketch and Hassan Mohammed. With the win, Super Matuga are still perched at the top of the 11- team table with 29 points. -Sumba Bwire

Bodo Glimt grabbed three crucial points as the Mombasa Taifa Ngano Super Cup started at the Mombasa Sports Club. The winners beat Action Boys 2-0 to top group “A” which also has Istiqama Academy and Kisauni Youth. Mohammed Ali put Glimt ahead in the 33rd minute to take a 1-0 advantage lead at half time. On resumption, Mustafa Jamal added the other in the 58th minute to silence Action Boys’ fans. The tournament enter into fifth day today with a match between Nyota and Catalans in a group “B” in the tournament sponsored by Mombasa Maize Millers. -Ernest ndunda

FastTrack

FOOTBALL: AFc defend kPL over award of walkover

AFC Leopards have defended a decision by Kenyan Premier League (KPL) to award them a walk-over against Sony Sugar on Wednesday. The club’s Secretary General George Aladwa said the decision was in order as their opponents failed to turn up for the match. Aladwa also took issue with Football Kenya Federation (FKF) executive member Tom Alila for defending Sony. “KPL were right in awarding us the points. Our opponents did not turn up for the match in contravention of the rules. Alila is wrong in defending Sony. He is a member of the executive committee that ruled Sony’s home ground unfit to host high risk matches,” said Aladwa. -gilbert Wandera

Standard Group Commercial Director Irene Kimani (left) presents the overall award to Anika Patel during the Standard Group County Golf Classic tournament at Eldoret Golf Club on Saturday. BELOW: Junior category winner Aman Gujral tees off during the Standard Group County classic competition at The Eldoret Golf Club. [PHOTOS:SILAH KOSKEI AND PETER OCHIENG’/STANDARD]

Page 53FEVER PITCH / Monday, August 11, 2014 / The Standard

Esther Chumo of Eldoret Golf Club lifted the 2014 Nyali Bowl at the par 71 Nyali Golf and Country Club course in Mombasa after emerging the overall winner on the fourth day of the regional Coast Ladies Open Championship on Friday.

The handicap 10 golfer posted a round total score of 168 gross in the 36 holes event to emerge the scratch winner after registering 82 gross and 86 gross in both rounds.

“It’s a great day and victory for me. I have been playing this event at the Coast for many years but at last I have made it this time,” said Chumo.

Tanzanian lady golfers who have dominated the champi

since2009 and their Ugandan counterparts skipped the event due to lack of sponsorship.

Golfpark’s Margaret Njoki, playing off handicap 9, was the runner up on a round score of 170 gross, having scored 87-83 gross in both rounds to beat third placed handicap 11 Es-ther Karuga of Nakuru by three strokes.

Bronze winner was handi-cap 21 J.Waweru of Vet Lab who had 193 gross and the runners up was handicap 21 S Gathigia of Limuru with 197 gross.

Nyali’s handicap 20 Mary Naneu was the handicap win-ner on 141 gross, while club mate fatma Mohamed playing off handicap 20 was the run-ners up on a score of 143 gross.

Aggarwal from Eldoret, playing off handicap 13, was

the best scratch winner of on 89 gross and the same as Nak-uru’s handicap 26 J Wangari on 68 gross.

Nyali’s team of Fatma Mo-hamed and Joyce Lanxe were the winners of the lowest net score team on 293.

During the third day on Thursday, Nakuru’s handicap 11 Esther Karugu posted seven over par 88 gross to lift the 2014 Mombasa Cup at the champi-onships sponsored by the Ken-ya ports Authority.

On the second day on Wednesday at the same venue Muthaiga Lady golfers S Njoki and S Wanjiru jointly posted 17 scratch points to emerge the scratch winners of the inter-club event of the ladies four-somes sponsored by the Na-tional Bank of Kenya .

ByB Maarufu MohaMed

SHEER DOMINANCE

Kenya Comercial Bank (KCB) beat Homeboyz 19-5 in the finals to emerge the Dala Sevens winners in Kisumu’s Kisumu Maboleo Show-ground yesterday.

Five minutes into the game, KCB had indicated their intentions of winning the match, scoring a try through Phillip Wariaye. The try was converted by Ken Moseti. Two min-utes later, the bankers scored anoth-er try through Moseti, who also con-verted, for a 14-0 lead at the breather.

In the second half, Homeboyz made a try through Michael Wanjala. “The team was disciplined, the pitch condition was very okay and the Da-la Sevens series was very competi-tive,” said KCB coach Curtis Olago.

Homeboyz manager Oscar Man-go said “We are happy that we reached finals, last year, we never managed to reach here and we are happy for being the runners up.”

Earlier, KCB had defeated Impala 10-0 in the semi-final as Homeboyz after Homeboyz hit Nakuru RFC 17-7. Cheered on by their fans, two tries a piece by Fabian Orlando and Daw-in Mutinde were good enough to see the bankers past Impala.

In the duel between Homeboyz and Nakuru RFC, Austin Lugano made two tries for Homeboyz as his team mates Michael Wanjala and Geoffrey Ominde converted before Allan Ondigo added another try.

Strathmore defeated Western Bulls 19-10 in the Plate final. Brian Shikidi, Frank Wanyama and Cyrus Kaya made tries as Humphrey Ow-uor converted to make things 19-0. Cyprian Kuto and Samuel Mutarit made the two tries for the losers.

Western Bulls defeated Kenya Harlequin 15-7 in the first semi-final of the Plate category to set a final du-el with Strathmore Leos. Brian Bango gave Bulls two tries before Mike Li-gono added the third try. Arthur Ochieng gave Quins their only try that was converted by Lyle Asiugwa.

In the second semifinal duel, Strathmore beat Nondies 14-7 in ex-tra time after a 7-7 tie in regulation time. Charles Omondi of Strathmore scored his side’s first try that was converted by Hump Owuor before Brian Bekherm scored a try that was converted by Peter Lugano.

Catholic University defeated Kisumu 19-1 to emerge winners of the Bowl category to dampen the spirits of the home fans. Teddy Liech

and George Odongo made tries for the home team as Kelvin Mzee, James Kilonzo and Brian Odongo made tries for the winners.

In the Bowl semis, Kisumu beat Mwamba 15-5 as Catholic University walloped Egerton University 19-7. Kabras emerged the Shield winners after whipping Blak Blad 15-7 in the final that was attended by Kenya Rugby chairman Mwangi Muthee, Kisumu RFC chairman Fidel Odinga, Nyando MP Fred Outa, Funyula MP Paul Otuoma, National Sevens coach Paul Treu, Eddy Omondi Secretary KRU and Kisumu County Executive Officer in Charge of Sports Jeniffer Kerre.

Muthee, who praised the Dala Sevens organisation, thanked Safar-icom for staging a great event at the Lakeside City. Fidel Odinga thanked the fans that turned out for the event.

-porwa@standardmedia.co.ke

KCB put up splendid displaBy to add dala Sevens cup to their cabinet

Kenya Rugby Union chairman Mwangi Muthee (left) and Kisumu County Deputy Govenor Ruth Odinga join KCB players in celebrating their Dala Rugby Sevens victory at the Kisumu Showground, yesterday. [PHOTO:PHILLIP ORWA/STANDARD]

By PhILIP orWa

Chumo lifts NByali bowl at Coast Ladies Golf open

Esther Chumo of Nakuru makes a swing at Nyali golf course during the Coast Ladies Open on Friday. [PHOTO:MAARUFU MOHAMED/STANDARD]

The Kenya Inter Counties Sports and Cultural Association (Kicosca) games commence at Afraha Stadi-um, Nakuru on Sunday.

The annual one-week sports ex-travaganza ends on August 24 to pave way for the selection of differ-ent teams that will take part in the East African Games in Kampala, Uganda, in October.

The regional games has attracted six countries including the hosts Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan.

In Kenya, 21 counties have con-firmed participation in the event. They are hosts Nakuru, defending champions Nairobi, Mombasa, Me-ru, Kilifi, Taita Taveta, Narok, Kiam-bu, Uasin Gishu, Kakamega, Vihiga, Bungoma, Kisumu, Samburu and Trans Nzoia, Others are Nyamira, Ki-rinyaga, Isiolo, Homa Bay, Machakos and Kitui.

Other counties still expected to beat the deadline are Kajiado, Laikip-ia, Nyandarua, Busia, Marsabit and Tharaka Nithi. No county from North Eastern Kenya is enlisted for the games.

Kicosca chairman Fredrick Rem-bere said counties have up to Friday to register for the event before the fixtures are drawn.

“We just have five more days be-fore we close the registration to allow us draw fixtures for the whole tour-nament,” Rembere said.

Counties will be expected to pay Sh150,000 registration fee and Sh15,000 for respective governors’ official statement in the Kicosca cat-alogue.

The funds will be used to cater for the games’ administrative expenses, referees’ and officials’ expenses and hiring of venues for different disci-plines, among other miscellaneous logistics according to the official.

“We are not ready to lock out any member but they must also beat our deadline,” said Rembere.

Teams are expected to start arriv-ing in Nakuru on Thursday to have a feel of the different venues to host the 14 disciplines in the tournament.

The disciplines include football, basketball, netball, handball, volley-ball, cultural dances, athletics, ajua, choir, tug of war, darts, table tennis, squash and badminton. Last year, the games were held in Nairobi.

-bahenda@standardmedia.co.ke

KICOSCA games begin in Nakuru on

Sunday

ByuBeN aheNda

Nakuru County Governor Kinuthia Mbugua (centre) holds Kenya Inter-Counties Sports and Cultural Association torch on July 17, 2014. [PHOTO: KIPSANG JOSEPH]

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Media Combined won the inaugural Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Media 5-aside football tournament that was held last week at the Kenya Harlequins ground in Nairobi.

They lifted the trophy after edging Media Select 2-0 on post-match penal-ties while Kenya Sports Journalists (KSJ) won the third place playoff after beating Bloggers FC 1-0.

Ten teams took part in the event which was overseen by Kenyan Premier League players Wycliffe Kasaya(AFC), Paul Kiongera(KCB) and Brian Osum-ba(Tusker). The event was used to offi-cially launch a national children’s 5-aside football tournament to be played on September 13 at the same venue. The children’s tournament dubbed KFC Football Beat is opened to school kids, both boys and girls, aged between 10 and 14.

KFC brand manager Jemimah Baariu pointed out what the tournament entail. “KFC Football Beat is an action packed programme that brings children into store to play a game of X-Box Kinetic and culminates in the brand hosting a five-a-side soccer tournament for them,” said Baariu.

The tournament will involve 16 teams of six players each who will be ful-ly kitted by KFC and assigned a coach each. For the next three weeks, children within the mentioned age bracket can visit any KFC outlet in and around the city, purchase any item on the menu, fill in entry forms to stand a chance of qual-ifying to participate in the tournament by testing out their skills on an X-Box Ki-netic football gaming console within the outlets.

Like Baaru stated, KFC is on a mis-sion to create a fun-filled football pro-gramme designed for kids to make new friends, be entertained and bring the

Media Combined win inaugural KFC tourneyByB Erick OchiEng’

Media combined team celebrating after winning the tournamnet. [PHOTO: COURTESY]

brand and the community together. “As a youth centric brand, we are pleased to be

creating events where kids can have fun and make new friends while getting involved in fun activities. Football Beat will bring communities together and have youngsters playing the world’s most famous sport while enjoying the world’s most famous chick-en meals,” concluded Baariu.

ByB FEVErPiTch TEAM

A resurgent Chemelil Sugar FC squandered several valuable opportu-nities to be held to a barren draw by pre-mier league leaders Tusker during the encounter.

During the first-half most of the ball possession was centralized in the mid-field with occasional attempts by both Tusker and Chemelil Sugar strikers stealing chances to make attempts.

Cheered on by scores partisan home fans Chemelil Sugar made the first fero-cious goal attempt on Tusker custodian Samuel Odhiambo in the third minute following a well coordinated trio effort by Gerson Likonoh, Meshack Karani and Hamisi Mwinyi.

In the 7th minute another feeble shot by Tusker’s Brian Osumba was nabbed by the miller’s custodian On-yango.

Chemelil Sugar players counter-at-tacked and piled more pressure on Tusker with striker Karani missing a 10th minute scoring chance having made a box-area foray.

A foul on Chemelil Sugar midfielder Smith Ouko in the 13th minute earned hosts a free-kick well taken by Likonoh but timely cleared by Tusker’s Llyod Wa-home with miller’s Daniel Murage ready to flick in a header.

The thrilling encounter continued with more centralized ball possession as the first 45 minutes came to an end. Second half witnessed the same tempo with Chemelil Sugar’s Karani squander-ing a 50th opportunity after being put through by Murage.

A solo effort by Karani was also saved in the dying minutes with Tusker custodian Odhiambo being the player of the match while Chemelil Sugar play-ers dazzled the crowd with spectacular

Chemelil hOlD Tusker, sOfapaka DrOp pOinTs

Bad weekend for top teams

as league race enters final

stretch

ball control and display.Elsewhere, Sofapaka were held to a bar-

ren draw by Bandari in Mombasa – County stadium.

The match saw both teams waste nu-merous scoring opportunities. Bandari could have snatched the lead in the 17th minute but Shaban Kenga’s feeble shot was firmly held by custodian David Okello.

Sofapaka s opportunity came in the 32nd minute through Enock Agwanda but he failed to beat Wilson Obungu as well.

In Thika, SoNy Sugar picked a point from Thika United in a 1-1 tie at the Thika Munic-ipal Stadium. Both goals were scored from the penalty spot. First, Dennis Odhiambo opened the scores in the 24th minute before Sylvester Wanyama equalised in the 38th minute.

Thika United showed more urgency when the match kicked off and Michael Ol-

unga was denied in the tenth minute after he failed to tap home a clear effort.

Thika proceeded with their dominance making SoNy to react staging an encounter which saw the Zico side equalize from a penalty in the 38th minute courtesy of Wanyama.

In Nakuru, Top Fry Nakuru All Stars the chance to share the spoils after outplaying Mathare United but lost by a solitary goal in a tough Kenyan Premier League match at Afraha Stadium in Nakuru last evening.

Mathare coach Stanley Okumbi com-mended the losers for a good display but was happy to have collected maximum points. “What matters in a match are the end results and the victory has increased our chances up the ladder,” said Okumbi.

-Reports by Bosco Magare, Ben Ahenda, Gilbert Wandera and Ernest Ndunda

Chemelil Sugar’s Meshack Karani ( Right) shields the

ball from Tuskers’s Martin Kiiza during their KPL match in Chemelil yeatrday.

[PHOTO: bOSCO magaRE/STandaRd]

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Arsenal, who went nine years without a trophy before winning the FA Cup in May, collected their sec-ond piece of silverware in three months when they crushed champi-ons Manchester City 3-0 in the Com-munity Shield at Wembley yesterday.

Santi Cazorla and Aaron Ramey, who both scored in the FA Cup tri-umph that ended Arsenal’s nine-year trophy drought in May, also netted against City with well-taken first-half strikes.

A makeshift City was a shadow of the team that won the Premier League for the second time in three years in May. And Olivier Giroud added to City’s discomfort by scor-ing with a dipping strike on the hour in the traditional curtain-raiser to the English season between the Pre-mier League and FA Cup champi-

ons. “We have a great team ethic, we are all together and hopefully we can take that into the season,” Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere said.

Arsenal opens its Premier League campaign against Crystal Palace on Saturday, looking to win the title for the first time in 11 years.

Winning the Shield might set the tone for the opening weeks of the season, but is likely to be forgotten by quickly. For David Moyes, it counted for nothing that his brief and unsuccessful Manchester Unit-ed reign began by lifting the trophy here a year ago.

Given how City’s makeshift team performed in the first half, with just four of the players who started the title-clinching Premier League fina-le in May, this game clearly ranked low on the priority list.

Perhaps most surprisingly, En-

gland goalkeeper Joe Hart was on the bench as new signing Willy Ca-ballero was preferred in goal. But Hart, who was dropped during last season and fought to regain his City place, saw the recruit from Malaga concede three times.

At the first match at Wembley since England’s pre-World Cup friendly against Peru in May, the shortage of Englishmen at top clubs was exposed again. With Hart dropped, City’s starting lineup lacked a single Englishman while Ar-senal had a core of three, including new signing Calum Chambers who was assured in defense.

Arsenal’s trio of German World Cup winners — Mesut Ozil, Per Mer-tesacker and Lukas Podolski — are still on their post-Brazil break.

-Reuters

ByB Chris MusuMBa in Kigali

Dominant Arsenal thrash City in one-sided Shield victory

Gor ready for atletico

Gor Mahia face a resilient Atlet-ico of Burundi today in what might determine who finishes third and qualify for the quarterfinals of the Cecafa Kagame Club Cup competi-tion here in Kigali.

Both teams lost the opening match in similar styles. Gor were beaten by Kampala County Council Authority (KCCA) with the Ugan-dans scoring in closing minutes of play for a 2-1 victory. Likewise, At-letico’s elasticity was overstretched in the final minutes of play against hosts APR on Sunday to lose 1-0.

“The players were tired and fa-tigued. Coming from cold Nairobi, they found the heat of Kigali too much to bear in the last minutes of the game. They lost concentration and we were hit badly. “It is a mistake we have learnt and we will be having a different team against Atletico because we still want to qualify for the quarterfi-nal,” said Bobby Williamson.

to seCure passageTwo wins out of their last three

matches will be enough to secure passage to the last eight, but Wil-liamson is not training his eyes be-yond today’s match. He said the team is in transition, following the departure of several key men during the transfer window.

“Gor Mahia is in transformation. We have no wingers and we are struggling because we have not re-placed Shaban Kenga, who left for Bandari and we did not carry along Patrick Oboya. This is not the same team that won the Kenyan Premier

K’ogalo hopeful as theBy go into

their second match of

Kagame Cup tournamnet

loYaltY: Fans’ divided support

the test: Failing cooper test

DiFFerenCe: no wigs in Kigali

Football fans in Kigali and largely Rwanda, are sharply divided into two. Just like in the Kenyan premier league, where Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards enjoy big support. In Kigali, APR and Rayon Sport are the dominant clubs. Many a time during the Cecafa Kagame Cup, Rwandans would support a team from out of the country be it playing against APR, formed out of the military (Rwanda Patriotic Defence Force), or Rayon, which is based away from the capital. “Many like Rayon because it is a team for everyone, APR is for the soldiers and they like it that way,” said a fan. However, the players of APR are not necessarily soldiers with the Rwanda army with some being foreigners including their coach.

Djibouti referee Ali Farah was the only causality to fail the mandatory cooper test, which was held here in Kigali for the officiators. He has since been kicked out of the competition. Kenya has three Fifa referees here — Tony Kidiya (assistant referee), Tom Oguoyo and Juma Ochieng (Centre Referees). The tournament, which started on Friday is being sponsored by Rwanda President Paul Kagame, who is also patron of Cecafa to a tune of US$60,000 in cash prize annually since 2002. A further $15,000 has also been channeled into the organisation of the event. Gor Mahia, Kenya’s representatives have been booked at The Palace Hotel, next to Amahoro Stadium.

You will rarely see a woman with a wig or any artificial hair here in Kigali. Young and old, women done natural trimmed hair unlike in Kenya where different variety of hair styles are. Even the a few who have them here are not proud of them and many are foreigners. “it is our way of living. Many women here like their hair trimmed or long, but it is all natural. It does not cost much to make and everyone can have her own style. Women will carry trays on their heads with fruits selling along the streets just like some rural areas in western Kenya. Even the Kinyarwanda language is not very different from Luhya. -BBy Chris Musumba

tled down, it was the Police that got the motivation to go forward relay-ing on long high balls, which The Sudan defence easily dealt with.

However, in the 17th minute, Kipson Atuheire diving header was too strong for El- Mereikh goal-keeper Omar Salim Magoola to net the only goal of the match. Atuheire pounced on the cross by Peter Kagabo to secure his side crucial winner.

“My team played well and El Mereikh is a strong side. They were able to contain us throughout the match, save for that one incident, which means they can beat anyone here,” said Andre’ Mbungo Casa, the coach of Police.

Police, however, will have to work on their blunt striking force if they are to grind out good results from this competition.

of today’s clash.Meanwhile, APR fans and play-

ers got a huge relief as their team secured a crucial 1-0 win over Atlet-ico to put their title campaign on course. Bernabe Mubumbyi header in the 90th minute was enough to secure the Rwandan side maximum points.

Atletico goalkeeper Kandolo Akimana had stood tall between the posts palming out all strikes. But a blip by the Burundian de-fence enabled Albert Ngabo’s free-kick cross from the right wing to hover the heads of the back-pedal-ling Atletico player before Mubumbyi touch directed it past the goalkeeper to leave the over 30,000 fans up dancing.

Earlier, Allan Wanga was waste-ful in front of goal as Police of Rwanda arrested his side El Mereikh of Sudan. Both teams held back in the opening session but as they set-

League (KPL) last year. “We have about four players who have stayed with the team, but the rest are yet to jell and that is why you see the erratic results in such high intensity tournaments like the Cecafa Kagame Cup. However, I ex-pect them to hold steady and retain the KPL,” said Williamson.

gooD goalKeeperThe coach has thrown his sup-

port to captain and goalkeeper Jer-im Onyango, despite him making glaring errors in the goalpost that almost gifted KCCA two goals.

“He is a good goalkeeper. His blunder luckily did not cost us, but I have warned him to time his run out of the post. He redeemed him-self after the two incidents and thwarted clear opportunities the Ugandans have. I will stick with him,” he said. Gor have no injury concerns ahead

Gor mahia players walk off the pitch during a past prelegue match in Nairobi. [PHOTO: FILE]

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odds and endsFolks take son to court to force him to get job Chinese parents had to haul their son to court to force him get a job. The young man, it is reported, found working very boring that he refused to work and moved back to his parents house.

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Politically incorrectobama summons af-rican presidents Peter Wanyonyi argues that by U.S. President Barack Obama asking Af-rican presidents to meet him, not in Africa but in America, he was trying to show them how powerful he is.

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Feministreal men urgently neededAnne Muiruri has a prob-

lem with men. She says they seem to have lost masculinity, and urges them to convene a nation-al conference to discuss where rain began beating them.

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oFF the wallBusia women vow never to date men in the county Kennedy Okwach reports that women in Busia Coun-ty have declared ‘cold war’ on their men, and vowed never to date them follow-ing the recent ‘free wives’ saga in Nambale Town.

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Kahawa tunguangry woman almost strangles co-wife Hamza Babu narrates about a tiff between co-wives that almost resulted in one strangling the other to death using underwear.

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afande, shoot first...We were impressed by the quick response by police officers at Mariakani Weighbridge who used their Kiganjo reflexes, crouched low like ti-gers and let go a salvo of real dragonfire bullets at fellows who wanted to check out whether they were battle-ready! Very neatly and pro-fessionally done. Even the one on Thika Road who refused to accept to be TKO’d by an errant lorry driver deserves belated commendation for giving as good as he got from the fleeing villain. Not like the two traffic officers caught along Limuru Road during the Kibaki years who decided to execute a Rudisha and a Mercy Cherono into the nearby anthills before being hauled into a Landcruiser howling expletives! They gave the word “Afande” a very bad repu-tation. Shoot first, ask questions later, eeh?!

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So IT’S RUDE To ASK A LADY HER AGE? TELL THAT To THE BIRDS

OUTBURST: Solidarity forever, solidarity forever... — page 15

The consequences of being honest in a corrupt culture are dire. Women know this too well, thus they play safe. In a society that puts a lot of emphasis on youthfulness, coupled with men who prefer younger women for mates, women are constantly at pains to look the part.

In their desperate attempts to look young and fresh, They should be ac-cused of ‘false advertising’ such as; donning fake eye lashes, eye brows, and hair; hiding wrinkles using thick layers of make-up; trawling men’s minds through the gutter by applying a coat of pink or red lipstick; undergoing medical procedures and stocking silicons in their mammary glands (to make them look firm and perky) and in posteriors (to look well rounded and plumpish); looking taller by perching atop impossibly high heels, and im-proving complexion by lightening their skin to become yello-yello!

Men have also accused women of using other underhand tactics like re-fusing to reveal or lying about their real age to, appear more attractive and worm their way into men’s fickle hearts.

In fact, some take it personally when you ask about their age. So much so that they consider it impolite, rude and crude! Crazy Monday tried ask-ing some of our fairer folk in the office how old they were. Apart from a few who deigned to answer with a straight face, majority responses ranged from, “Why do you want to know my age?”, “Eh! and you expect me to tell you?”, “Just guess”, “Hehehe! you are funny! I won’t tell you”, “My age? Malesi get lost!”, “You don’t ask a woman her age”.

Yet others thrust the cyptic: “I’m old enough!”Back in the day, as a small boy, I once enquired about my grandmother’s

age before a bunch of female relatives. Immediately, people began getting uncomfortable by squirming, others quickly changed the topic, with some expressing their displeasure by wondering why I was being ‘impolite’ and ‘rude’ to the old woman.

I just didn’t get it. Being the good boy I was, I revisited that question but with some respect and decorum. I just timed when all were quiet, and calmly began: “Excuse me, please how old are you granny?”

But to my shock, discomfiture and terror, I was almost subjected to mob justice, and lynched by those milling around! “Hey, what is wrong with you! You don’t ask grown ups, especially women how old they are,” an aunt yelled at me. She accused me of naughtiness, and even almost pinched my nose. So harsh was the rebuke and scorn that I stepped out to cry.

I grew up knowing it’s bad manners to ask women their age, imagine! In fact, to this day, I don’t know how old my granny is, even though she has all my life appeared as ageless and ancient as the oak tree down by the river.

(At this point, let me respectfully pause for women who lie about their actual age to giggle, but am sure some tech-savvy geek will soon get us an app that will unmask the layer of lies. Hehehehe!)

Again, this matter reminds me of a female friend, who appears in a local TV drama. Early this year, when discussing with her why women keep their actual age a secret, she told me she is 25 years old, and plans to remain con-sistent over the next four or so years.

If you agonise about why women hide or lie about their real age, flip over to page 8-9 for the answers. Enjoy.

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Anto Wickham, a 48-year-old, has spent $50,000 (Sh4.3m) on a 10-foot casket shaped

like a bottle of Jack Daniels whis-key, Evoke.ie reported.

After witnessing the death of eight Army pals during the Iraq war, he began to plan his own funeral — he decided he wants it to be a celebration, rather than a mourning.

Wickham says he doesn’t want a normal funeral, it has to be a cele-bration of life because he had been to ‘too many funerals of colleagues where they were very sad occasions’. So the father-of-six decided to go for something completely different.

Interestingly, Wickham’s favourite drink happens to be Jack Daniels, so he was toying around with the idea of using it as a theme for his own funeral. And when he was at home on leave, he saw a TV program about Crazy Coffins, a company that spe-cialises in unique, outrageous caskets. “I asked would it be pos-sible to make it and the answer was yes.”

The coffin was finally ready after several months of work, and Wickham flew in from Afghanistan just to take his first glimpse of it. “It is absolutely fantastic,” he exclaimed. “They have done a fantastic job. It is just amazing,” he added.

Anto says he also has other ideas to make his burial more exciting: “I plan to approach Guinness to see if they would agree to take me to my service in one of their delivery vans – for the complete effect. And for the music, he opted for Sid Vicious’ ‘My Way’, “because I am doing everything my way.”

Rioting by public uni-versity students is about to get techno-logically sophisticat-ed.

Inspired by Israel’s iron dome, a group of university students calling themselves Student’s Tear-gas In-terceptor (STI), are working on their own version of a missile interceptor which is designed to ward off any tear-gas canister thrown at them by the anti-riot police.

“Currently the only tear-gas inter-ceptor we have involves stretching out your hand and catching a can-ister before it lands on the ground... it’s quite risky and has a history of a high failure rate. So this is a major up-grade from our present rudimentary system,” disclosed Seth Mawe, one of the founder members of STI.

While no name for the invention has been settled on the students are tentatively calling their contraption ‘eye-ndom’. “It rhymes with iron dome and then the last bit suggests contraceptives... that’s because we see this as protection for our eyes!” Seth explained.

The students expect that with no

gas stinging their eyes during riots, they will be able to engage the anti-ri-ot police on a more even level.

“The balance of power is now more evenly distributed!” remarked Hu Ligan, another member of STI.

stoning motoristsWhile the eye-ndom idea may

seem novel its genesis is not. “For ages everyone has been urging us to find less primitive ways of airing our griev-ances other than stoning motorists and looting shops,” observed Seth.

“Now we have realised that the answer lies not in embracing dia-logue, but getting technologically ad-vanced... now who can claim that we are behaving primitively when we are using advanced technologies like the eye-ndom?!”

With little or no sources of income except their parents and the Higher Education and Drinking Loans Board, members of STI are looking to the least likely source of funding - motor-ists.

“Some say we have an antagonis-tic relationship with motorists, since we are sometimes fond of breaking a car window here and denting a lit-tle there. But that is the nature of all

relationships – they are all marked by differences,” noted Seth.

“And honestly when you are look-ing to raise money you first approach those you know... and in our case it’s the motorists who ply the routes near our campus,” he added.

creating jobsOne way of raising the money

will be holding a car washing event which the STI members say will beat any rugby event with regards to the amount of skin exposed once the fe-male students come on board.

“It will also give us a chance to show the motorists that when it comes to motor vehicles we are good at other things, besides creating jobs for panel beaters and windscreen

shops,” emphasised Seth.Though the eye-ndom is primari-

ly intended for the students they are also looking at ways of commercial-ising it. “We are willing to license the technology to other groups that have a high propensity of rioting... as a way of giving back to our communities!” revealed Hu.

Other, not so obvious, benefits of the eye-ndom include saving on wa-ter since public university students will not need to use water to stop the stinging in their eyes during riots.

“This is our own small way of mak-ing a contribution to the conservation of the environment,” quipped Hu. “We may be enemies with the anti-ri-ot police, but no one can deny that we are environmentally friendly!”

Byb marK mUtaHi

odds&ends/Funny, strange news from around the world

Ladies flock eatery over chef serving food topless

While good food might sell itself, there’s noth-ing like some good ol’ ‘ripped’

charm to boost sales. The owner of a Chinese fast-food stall is using this fact to his advantage.

In a brilliant marketing move, he recently employed a muscular male model to flip and sell burgers to his customers, reports Eastday.com. The humble stall has now become a hit with the ladies, sales are through the roof and he’s mak-ing a killing!

Wang Meng, who owns a small food stall at a night market in Shenyang city, said that he decided to employ a man known as ‘John’ because of his impressive physique. John doesn’t speak much Chinese, but Meng seems to have made up for that by having John flip hamburgers topless.

After all, there’s no language like body-language. Meng said he specifically chose hamburgers because he didn’t really want to challenge his new chef’s culinary skills (or lack thereof).

“I would say that 90 per cent of our visitors now buying up the fast food are women,” Meng told local reporters.

“I don’t even know how much of them have to eat it, but they certainly spend plenty of time at the counter deciding what it is they want to order.”

“My competitors accuse me of unfair competition and one told me I should get him to keep his shirt on as it was distasteful, but I told them that I felt sorry for poor John, working next to a grill all day long, and explained that he needs to keep cool some-how so I allowed him to work topless,” Meng revealed.

Man wants to be buried in giant whiskey bottle

Chinese parents haul son to court, force him get job

An elderly Chinese couple were recently forced to go to court to teach their freeloading son a lesson. Xu Qing, the 29-year-old son, never went to work because he found it too boring, reports U.K’s Daily Express. He chose a life of

comfort at his parents’ home instead, where all his needs were being met. But the situation got out of hand when he brought his girlfriend to live with him, and expected the same service for her as well.

It all started when Qing, an only child, left university; he simply refused to go to work like other people his age. His mother, Xu Hsing, cooked and cleaned for him out of love. Qing was the typical spoilt son – he ate, slept and surfed the Internet all day long. His father Ku managed to find him a job, but he quit after only three months because it was too dull.

Soon, Qing managed to meet a jobless woman online, and the pair hit it off. She moved in with the family after dating Qing for only a month. The parents were horrified, and much to their chagrin, discovered that they were expected to cook and clean for the girlfriend as well! This was the last straw – they put down an ultimatum asking Qing to get a job or move out.

Neither Qing nor his girlfriend cared, so the hapless parents decided to appeal to the court for help. The judge ruled in fa-vour of the parents, saying they were not obligated to provide for their adult son. Shockingly, even the court ruling had no effect on the young couple – it’s been over 60 days since they were asked to leave and they still haven’t budged.

So the parents were then forced to go to court again – they are now applying for an eviction notice to have bailiffs remove the spoiled brat and his girlfriend from the property. Could this be a direct consequence of China’s obsession with the one-child policy?

—Compiled by Tony Malesi

wackyleaks/WITH mark muTaHI

Campus students invent tear-gas

interceptor

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Kudos to Julius Yego, other athletes

who did us proud

I think nothing illustrates how far we come as nation as the first legal changaa distillery in Nakuru county. And more to be legalised.

Legal and changaa, were not words that could be lined up in the same sentence.

The term “changaa” was always followed by illicit brews or what was known locally as pombe haramu. The poor man’s crack cocaine.

The moralists must be groveling like mad. What have we come to le-galising changaa? These are certainly signs of the end times. I hold a some-what more optimistic view.

Changaa has withstood suppres-sion and held steady as the alcoholic beverage of choice for rural and lower class Kenyans despite systemic on-slaught.

RELUCTANT JAMAICAIt is mind blogging to see changaa

join the table as a legitimate intoxi-cant, licensed and approved by the government. This is quite similar to Jamaica’s current reluctant march to-wards legalising marijuana in a bid to boost tourism and export.

Therefore, changaa holds poten-tial for brand Kenya. The local gin could just earn its stripes as an as-

Team Kenya’s Common-wealth medal tally at the games in Glasgow was impressive. It feels good to be a champi-

on even as Usain Bolt let out of the bag what most people of African de-scent were thinking.

Commonwealth games draws at-tention to colonial undertones that are hard to suppress. Once upon a time, the sprawling British Empire subjugated large swathes of nations of black and brown people to pledge allegiance to a queen in living on a damp island.

Global sport events often heighten my sense of nationalism. We might play lousy football,l but the fighting spirit is still alive in other disciplines.

Of the numerous victories pro-duced by Kenyan athletes on the world stage, Julius Yego’s gold in the javelin is somewhat special.

Kenyans are traditional track champs, and field events were never up for consideration.

UNdERdog TRIUMphYego shattered a big psychological

barrier and his success marks a major a turning point in Kenyan attitudes towards field events. Something akin to when Naftali Temu won the Kenya’s first gold in Mexico 1968; Wangila Na-punyi’s pioneer boxing gold in Seoul 88; Kenya’s cricket teams’ legendary upset against the West indies in 1996 World Cup; Kenya 7s rugby underdog

Changaa distillery legalised? Let’s drink to that

triumph against France at World Cup in Mal del Plata in 2001 or Jason Dun-ford’s first swimming gold at Com-monwealth in Delhi 2010.

Since 2008, Yego has been dom-inant in javelin, and is now a world champion moving from obscurity to national hero in a mere 5 years.

AbsoLUTE doMINANCEPeople live for times like this,

when sports produces the sort of he-roics that becomes stuff of legend. The ability to just keeping winning is what separates good athletes from the greats, and Yego is steadily working his way into the ranks of the greats.

Kenya has not had a truly domi-nant athlete since Paul Tergat took the world cross country arena by storm. It is a pity though, that we are still not packing stadiums to watch athletics.

Yet Kenya’s absolute dominance in middle and long distance running is only comparable to Brazil (pre-Ger-man massacre) in football and the legendary West Indies cricket team under the stewardship of Clive Lloyd and Sir Viv Richards.

For 15 straight years, the Windies remained unbeaten in test cricket. No other sports side has ever being on top of their game for that long.

Cricket unified the West Indies, when they raised fire in Babylon, and entrenched a sense of nationalism and unity in the separate islands of different people divided by politics and colonial allegiances.

sured revenue earner and possibly shore up pride in drinking Kenyan brands.

The criminalisation of local brew is one of those colonial hang ups that ought to be shed. Ugandans have Waragi and Tanzanians have Konyagi so Kenya is very Johnny come lately.

Prohibition of local brews only served as cover for the authorities to harass hard working Kenyans, notably women and kill an entrepreneur spirit that this country desperately needs.

QUICK pToFITThe lower classes have always

thesecrazykenyans/OYUNGA PALA fiNds the hUmAN iN the KeNYAN

The Kenyan women’s athletics team is the new rising force, and is leading from the front. Kenya’s wom-en produced 13 of all 18 medals on of-fer from 800m and marathon, picking all six gold.

Sometimes, we forget how fortu-nate we are to witness these victories. So I lift my hat to Yego and the long list of sports pioneers who made us beam with pride on the world stage, and earned us the respect of other na-tions, as champions.

Now if only we could translate this winning spirit to scientific innova-tion, social advancement and general prosperity for the masses.

been punished by the system, harshly regulated and denied their right to get high at cost. The demand for afford-able liquor created a space for greedy merchants with no scruples in the hot pursuit of quick profit.

The consequences have been di-sastrous for the consumers. The alco-holic industry needs to cater for all in-come levels. People deserve the right to a legit drink at a price that their pockets can bear.

MIddLE CLAssAs it were, changaa has already

moved up from the ranks of cheap liquor. The price of ingredients shot up like everything else in the coun-try, and a good bottle does not come cheap.

Out West in that place called shags, changaa has become a treat that only the village middle class, also known as the pensioners can afford.

Added manufacturing overheads will push the price beyond the reach of the supposed target market. In-deed! Changaa is entering a new phase of appreciation and its future is brimming with possibilities.

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A small group of dotted islands became the champions of the world and it was highly symbolic for black Caribbean heritage. By and large our athletes have made major contribu-tions to our national psyche.

woRLd sTAgE Despite the often not so stellar

managerial issues and glaring lack of training facilities, the athletes always bring back gold. Generation after generation, Kenyan athletics contin-ue to produce results.

In global sport, you don’t mess with the Kenyans, and our champs have allowed us to enter into the are-na with the arrogant swag of winners.

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Get back to basics on women’s needs

Half of the underage girls who get defiled by pests calling them-selves businessmen in rural mar-kets succumb to the beady-eyed men’s charms because the rascals give them panties worth Sh20.

That aside, I am shocked that something more fundamental has not been discussed in both chambers of Parliament. Accord-ing to my sources, there is a cer-tain brand of alcohol that causes

Barring coloni-sation, prisons would probably be non-existent

on the African continent to-day. We would still be sort-ing out criminals in our time tested ways, which we still do anyway in spite of our pre-tentions for obeying the law.

We are not the most pa-tient of people, something I would associate with baking under the hot African sun for days on end.

That whole circus of ar-resting a hooligan who stole your hard-earned goat, haul-ing him before a magistrate and allowing a lawyer to cheat you in broad daylight is simply not African.

Our justice system was based on the Rapid Results Initiative; the doctrine of an eye for an eye. If you killed someone, we killed you.

If you stole someone’s cow, we killed you. If you stole someone’s wife, he killed you. If you stole some-one’s husband, she beat and bit sense into you. Chap chap like that.

vanishing privatesWe didn’t have the pa-

tience to invest in police and fancy judicial systems be-cause we couldn’t afford it. I also suspect sages had fig-ured out how inefficient the whole thing is. It is totally in-sane to imprison and feed a chicken thief for seven years using taxpayers money.

Besides, detectives are

hopeless. They will know without a shred of doubt that X stole from Y. Instead of grabbing the bugger by the seat of his pants and hauling him to jail, they waste time questioning him.

Even when some twit is caught red-handed skinning a dog, detectives insist on launching investigations and gathering evidence.

Africans of yore didn’t have time for that sort of nonsense. If you crept into your neighbour’s granary and stole his groundnuts, the vic-tim simply gathered the vil-lage gossips and whispered to them that the thief had 24 hours to surrender of face the consequences.

And if the idiot didn’t sur-render, there would be seri-ous consequences – like his privates vanishing. So when I hear cops describe them-selves as the long arm of the law, I shake with laughter.

Long arm? They have never figured out who killed Robert Ouko 22 years on! If that assignment is handed to a team of witchdoctors today, the guilty people will fall like flies in one week flat.

I became aware of Africa’s judicial system when I was four years old. A middle-aged man who was supposed to be a relative had come visiting and I realised that his hands were badly scarred.

With the curiosity of kids, I leaned over and asked what happened to his hands.

‘warm’ handsEveryone in the room

froze. Instead of getting an-swers, my mum gave my ear a violent tweak and ordered me to get lost.

Later, I discovered that in his youth, my distant relative was a renowned egg thief.

When his exploits became unbearable, like the scoun-drels who routinely steal money from the National Social Security Fund (NSSF),

his exasperated father would have tied his hands, shoved them into a reed basket used for holding chicken, stuffed dry grass into the mix and set his hands on fire.

The scars would be per-manent and they served a bigger purpose. Henceforth, when the lout was spotted anywhere, everyone would be on high alert because his scars branded him for what he was – a common thief.

walkwithme...And much as some of our leaders bash the Obama

administration, an invitation for some serious ugali or tea at that posh address is never turned down. That was the case when our very own UK found himself at a place where he was not daily being reminded about nusu shamba, nusu makate, nusu appointment, nusu tender etc; M7 did not have to endure frightening recurring nightmare of a same sex union office being opened at a Banyankole market centre and Zuma could marvel at how Cousin Barry could accommodate his entire brood into such a tiny swimming pool! All in a day’s work as they worked toothpicks from excellent cuisine.

But that is not all, because they even get to bring back some dollars with them and regale supporters of how they lectured Barry and left him high and dry in his D.C. Oval Office (which serious leader in the world can agree to work out of an oval office anyway? This Barry should visit his homeland to take a selfie of what a real state office should look like). Wonder of wonders, he even had former presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton working the 400-plus crowd and probably exchanging business cards! Very rare in Africa, where many former presidents are either dead or must lie low like the proverbial envelopes, and others spend time shuttling between hospitals and courtrooms, just to keep them from becoming nostalgic about the offices they vacated. Of course, a certain Bush could not be trusted not mumble another gaffe, so he stayed away. And moreover, all the Bushes vote republican anyway.

The timeless and ageless award-winning crooner Lionel Richie that all the guests present probably danced to in the 1980s was on hand to provide the after-dinner entertainment starting with “Tonight, we are going to have a party,” and of course, “All Night Long”. But did these carefully chosen guests also notice that earlier, after greeting Obama and first lady Michelle Obama in the White House, they were conveyed by chartered trolley cars to the South Lawn? Did they notice that no traffic was stopped disrupted by flashing strobe lights and brusque BMW outriders? Were there any mild strokes suffered by some of these African presidents’ bodyguards shocked to see their employers bumping along on golf trolleys? I would love to read their memoirs on this three-day outing.

Someone in Kenya should advise Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud never to forewarn his adversaries. Yes, we have lots of experience here where you run into a battery of lawyers and lawsuits when you warn that you will soon deal with “certain people who have grabbed land in Lamu”. And when you urge corruption networks to queue at the confessional because you plan to unleash investigators amongst them, the chicken coop is often empty by the time you get there. Therefore, President Mohamud should stop putting KDF at higher risk by declaring a new military offensive is planned by African Union and Somali forces in the next few days to crush Al Shabaab militants. Hear him: “Operation Indian Ocean is going to start within the next few days....” just so they can walk into an Al Shabaab ambush! Think man. Think.

And, finally...When Ukrainians wore orange scarves and ran their

recalcitrant government out of State House Kiev, Kenyan opposition quickly copied this very successful Orange Revolution and registered their own Orange Democratic Movement and the rest is history. And while Kenyans were shaking fists at each other over their draft constitution, some clauses so annoyed the women that there were calls for a Sex Strike. Yes, we men were denied conjugal rights until our Bomas reps came to their senses and inserted something about two-thirds of either gender proviso. I can’t honestly tell you whether there was a cause-and-effect here, but here this: Ukraine is having some Mpango Wa Jirani problems with a certain judoka from the Kremlin. He is intent on doing a Lamu-style land grab. Ukrainian women have answered by crossing their legs tightly in a sex-strike campaign, called Don’t Give It to a Russian. This is their contribution to the larger boycott of Russia-made goods. Wow! Seems like Russian soldiers inside Ukraine will have to have some troop transports ferry Muscovite lasses for their men at the front!

women serious headache.When a woman hammers

three of them, and there is no man babysitting with them, they will go to any home with anything in trousers.

panty remover ginBeats me why women leaders

have not held demos calling for its ban on constitutional grounds. We honestly can’t have a drink christened ‘panty remover’ in these husband-snatching times.

And what is it about pubs and toilet paper? Most ‘ladies’ as the women’s washrooms are called, never have toilet tissue. So the girls have to suffer the indignity of begging a barman for TP each time they need to go for a leak.

Are these pub owners suggest-ing that women steal toilet tissue or that they are wasteful?

Oh, and don’t get me started about those Naivasha women who are dying from ‘cold’ because their husbands spend nights chasing wild animals from farms.

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If you ask me, I think there are too many people pur-porting to be speaking for women and they are not

doing a decent job.We have far too many politi-

cians, NGOs, professional groups, lobbyists and foreign embassies fighting to get a word in about women empowerment.

Even the normally tightfisted government is throwing wads of notes at our sisters. But because the cooks are so many, no one is bothering about salt.

Take sanitary pads for in-stance. Everyone is running around giving schoolgirls free sanitary towels. But it hasn’t oc-curred to us that if you are too poor to afford pads, you most likely can’t afford innerwear?

How these benefactors expect our daughters to use free sanitary pads when they have no panties is beyond me.

If you think I am joking, then you don’t read newspapers.

Ted Malanda draws on the wisdom of his royal Wanga ancestors to try and understand a world gone mad

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Yours Truly

Africans never arrested chicken thieves, they bewitched them

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Cousin Barry is at it again. A week ago, President Obama summoned African presidents to the

White House. The official story is that Obama wants to follow up on his visit to Africa last year, with a renewal and reinforcement of eco-nomic and diplomatic ties with Af-rica.

Apparently, Obama and America are spooked that China is gobbling up all of our resources – trade between China and Africa is now at $200 bil-lion, with the Americans at half that – and the US wants to wet its beak, get a foot in sideways.

Most Kenyans will tell you this is nonsense. A big man like Obama, the most powerful man in the universe, doesn’t summon 50 elders all the way from Africa to go drink some beer over a few dollars here and a few dol-lars there.

summon anyoneAmerica, after all, spends more in

one month in Iraq and Afghanistan than the entire China-Africa trade value. No, this was not a discussion.

Obama did not ask or request the African leaders to go to Washington – he ordered them to. As the boss of the entire earth, he can summon any-one and the person has to answer. In fact, Obama is so powerful that there is only one real comparison on earth: a primary school headmaster back when headmasters were headmas-ters.

The old-school headmaster was not just a teacher, and he was far more than just a school administrator. He was literally a deity in the village.

Back then, development had not yet arrived in the villages, so the gov-ernment invariably sent development

A couple decades ago, a Kenyan delegation accompanied the-then president to Auckland, New Zealand – a pleasant little town that is the commercial capital of the Kiwis. When the Kenyan delegation got there, they quickly degenerated into an astonishingly bad-mannered lot. Stories are told of how one or other Kenyan minister tried to get carnal knowledge of Kiwi damsels by force. Perhaps it is no surprise that many Western countries have banned MCAs and our so-called “County Delegations” from “visiting” to “learn about development”. With the sort of behaviour that Kenyan government officials are known for, who would want them around?

teacher would be summoned to see the headmaster.

Village wags claim that some headmasters would even whip their hapless teachers, on top of demand-ing all manner of favours, most usual-ly only reserved for a husband!

Obama’s summoning of Africa’s motley collection of election thieves, murderers, corrupt tinpots and sim-ilar so-called leaders must thus be seen in this light. African citizens will be hoping that, after the photo-ops and the smiles for the cameras, Obama cracked the whip and let our misrulers know that America doesn’t like how they run Africa, and that America is minded to step in and set things right.

When the most powerful man in the world says that, you sit up, listen, and amend your ways!

Lost chance to force erratic African leaders mend ways

With authority of headmasters of yore, Obama summoned African presidents

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The Ethiopians are a tough lot. They don’t mess about when it comes to things like se-curity, as any visitor to

Addis Ababa will tell you.There is an over-security pres-

ence, there are policemen and military fellas in uniform at every

street corner, and the mantra un-der which they operate seems

to be: behave yourself and all will be fine, but fanya fujo uone.

And so no one was sur-prised when the Ethiopians took a particularly muscu-

lar approach to enforcing a peace agreement and cease-

fire between the warring parties of South Sudan.

The Ethiopians invited both Presi-dent Salva Kiir and his nemesis, Dr Riek

Machar, to Addis Ababa. Once the two gentlemen arrived, they were each pre-sented with a typed agreement to sign.

Addis villagers claim that President Kiir took one long look at the agree-ment and refused to sign it. Whereupon Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, looked Kiir straight in the eye and told him, “If you don’t sign this agreement, I will have you arrested right now. You’ll never leave Addis Ababa!”.

Spooked, Kiir hurriedly appended

his signature to the document – and the fighting began dying down. That is what Obama should have done. He should, for example, have had all 50 African presidents arrested and locked up.

With the exception of our own pres-ident who got into office the other day and, of course, the outstanding Paul Kagame. Obama could then have visited each president in turn in their cells, with long confessions for them to sign – rang-ing from stealing elections to murdering opponents, and on to stashing their pri-vate accounts abroad with stolen tax-payer funds.

With the confessions in hand, Obama would then have given the poor countries of Africa a fresh start, with their odious dictators locked away: fresh elections, recovered funds, the works. What a shame this didn’t happen.

Maybe Mr Desalegn should become the next US President!

politicallyincorrect/ PETER WANYONYI’S SKEWED LOOK AT THE POLITICAL SCENE

down through the Chief, and from him to the local headmasters.

Headmasters would summon par-ents and give them a proper dress-ing-down not just about the parents’ kids, but also about such issues as the health of cows and chickens in their homesteads, the times when they went to bed, and how they cooked and fed children in their houses.

But if the headmaster was an over-lord to the parents, he was a complete terror to the poor teachers that re-ported to him.

negative reportIn those days – and perhaps even

now – a headmaster could make or break a teacher’s career.

One negative report about a teach-er’s work would result in the teacher being disciplined and, even worse,

being suspended from teaching, sala-ry deducted or even withheld.

The story goes that some randy old headmasters demanded not just a share of the teacher’s salary, but con-jugal privileges as well if the teacher was female – in those days, headmas-ters were invariably male, fat, balding, and ugly.

Any teacher who so much as came late to school would usually be in-formed by the Headmaster’s secre-tary that the boss wanted a word. The secretary would leave it open-ended, never telling the teacher at what time she was expected to show up at the boss’ office.

election thieves At the most inopportune moment

– such as just before leaving school to go home in the evening – the poor

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Busia women declare ‘cold war’ on bachelors, vow never to date them

ByB KennedBy OKwach

There was ruckus at a village in Kirin-yaga County early last week when a small scale poul-

try farmer stormed his neigh-bour’s kitchen to repossess eggs he claimed the latter had stolen from him.

The farmer reportedly found the neighbour, a bachelor, prepar-ing pancakes using the allegedly stolen eggs, which he had come to re-claim.

The farmer had noted that some of his chickens hardly laid eggs at his home. And upon in-vestigating, he discovered they had been laying at the neigbour’s house. Unfortunately, the neig-bour never had the courtesy to take the eggs to the farmer.

He, instead, ate them.

happBy BachelOrOn this particular day, the

farmer decided to ambush his neigbour to claim what he thought rightfully belonged to him. When he arrived, much to his shock, he found the bachelor preparing pancakes using eggs, which the

farmer strongly believed belonged to him.

During the early morning in-cident, the neighbour, nervous of the surprise visit, pretentiously welcomed the farmer for a bite of his mouthwatering pancakes, boasting about how cooking is one of his talents.

chOrtling heartilBy“Mundu u mucori atia. Yaani

uceraga o riria ndiraruga kanya-ma! (Man you are really a schem-er. So you only visit when I am cooking something good!)”Said the host, chortling heartily.

But to his amazement, the farmer was not interested with the antics; he maintained a stone-faced look, and demanded that he “return what you stole from my chicken.”

“My friend, I am not interested with how much food you have, I also have enough food at home. What brought me here is my eggs you stole from my hen,” said the farmer in a no-nonsense tone.

But the neigbour, instead of owning up that indeed he had sto-len the eggs, seeing as he had been unable to explain the source of the eggs, he insisted on protesting his innocence, swearing how he is not

Farmer raids neigbour’s kitchen, confiscates cakes from egg poacher

ByB murimi mwangi

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. The recent ‘free-wives’ hoax in Busia County has come

back to haunt local bachelors who thronged Nambale Market to be given ‘free wives’ from Ukambani by an NGO.

Angry women in the County have expressed displeasure with their men’s interest and enthusiasm for Kamba women, claiming that they, too, make good wives and are equally “hot” to boot.

The women are up in arms, and have declared “cold war” on men in the county, wondering why they (men) have never scrambled for them like they did in Nambale town.

free wivesThe women feel aggrieved by their

male counterparts whom they accuse of being disrespectful by thronging the town to receive free women.

“How many single, beautiful, and learned women are in Busia? Why have men in this county refused to marry us, and when they heard Kam-ba women are coming, they rushed to Nambale and nearly caused a stam-pede there? As if we don’t exist! It was disrespectful. In fact, they should be ashamed of themselves. We will not forgive them for that,” boldly de-clared Claire Asega, a single lady.

a crook and has never eaten any stolen food.

“Nii ni unjuii wega. Ndi-tunyanaga na ndiriaga indo cia wiici! Ici ndiui ni ndeto iruku woka nacio (You know

me very well. I don’t steal and I don’t eat stolen stuff. I honestly don’t know what you are talking about,)” protested the neigbour, feigning innocence.

Seconds later, the farmer

spotted many egg shells adjacent to the fireplace and dropped the bombshell.

“Thiku ici uthiite na mbere atia uraria nginya matumbi kiroko (These days you are really doing well. You eat eggs for breakfast!),” the farmer mocked his neigbour, seeing as he doesn’t own a single chicken.

special marK“I want my eggs back. I cannot

continue feeding my chickens only for thieves like you to fatten on my eggs!” barked the farmer.

Interestingly, the neighbour dismissed him, asking him if his chicken’s eggs had a special mark to indicate they had originated from his chicken.

But to his surprise, the farm-er forcefully tried to grab the pan from his neigbour before he was shoved away. A scuffle ensued, with the farmer snatching away the pan from the bachelor’s hand full of frying pancakes. The neig-bour struggled with the farmer and in the process the pancakes flew all over the place.

It took the intervention of yet another neigbour, attracted by the noises, to solve the matter amica-bly.

The women slammed Busia men and vowed not to date any of them. And to spite them, some have threat-ened to cross over to neighbouring country, Uganda to get husbands.

uKamBani hOax“Busia men likes free things! From

today henceforth, we will assume they all got married following last week’s event in Nambale, we have decided to go international. And if they thought they are cockerels, they are in for a rude shock. After all, Ugandan men are hot than them,” scoffed Beatrice Auma, as she huffed and puffed.

Men in this part of the country are finding it hard to seduce women as there advances are rebuked with sneers and contempt it deserves.

“Things are not good here. A friend told men he tried to seduce some woman a couple of days after the ‘free-wives hoax’, and he was ar-rogantly told off and asked to wait for ‘wa Mutua’[women from Machakos County],” giggled a man who intro-duced himself as Russel Khasindu.

“Busia women need to know that not all men went to mark-time in Nambale for free wives and good-ies, which included a sack of maize, Sh10,000 and utensils,” bemoans Khasindu, a bachelor in Busia, as he appeals to them to be understanding.

“Just because they are desperate to quit bachelorhood doesn’t mean they grab anything thrown their way. Where do they expect us to get hus-

band if they make a beeline for free foreign women, yet we are here, and ready for marriage? I will never ac-cept a man form Busia County, over my dead body! They are such losers,” hissed violet Mudanda.

truth cOmmissiOnSome married men were not

spared either. “Busia men including married ones are disrespectful. Some

married men were also there. We don’t know what had taken them there. May be they went to get second wives. Who knows!” revealed a woman only identified as Anita.

One business man who sells live-stock, and coincidentally had left his home early to the market on that day tickles this writer when he confirms these claims.

“That evening when I came back,

my wife kept asking me questions about that incident even after I denied being aware of such, she insisted I had gone there(Nambale) to look for a free wife,” said Moses Opondo, a local.

“The animosity between men and women in this County is so high that we perhaps need a Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission to cool tempers,” joked Josphat Sigomere, a local resident.

Bizarre , weird but true tales /offthewall

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thisstrangeworldthisstrangeworld

Women are known to hide or, if they must reveal, lie about their real age, GRADY CHACHA finds out why

Stories h a v e b e e n t o l d of fe-

male Kenyan ‘ce-lebrities’ who, de-spite being public figures, no body knows their actu-

al age. The few who tell, lie through their teeth and they do it without even

bating an eyelid. Take, for in-

stance, the case of a well known female Radio presenter cum

musician who cele-brated her 26th birthday

for almost four years con-secutively at the beginning

of this millenium! She is re-moured to be in her 40s but

she still creates the impres-sion that she is in her 20s!

Even today, by any standards, she looks young enough to hold

true to her claims. Her ageless looks serve well to obscure the truth. How-ever, the big question is, even if wom-en revealed their real age, would men believe them?

Jacky Wanjiku says when she cel-ebrated her 24th birthday, her Face-book friends asked her how old she was and when she disclosed, one of her male friends laughed and com-mented: “Siamini, hio lazima nion-geze tatu (I don’t believe that. I must add three more years on that figure)”.

When asked why women nev-er reveal, and lie about their age baby faced Nelly Shilaku says: “Not all women hide or lie about their age. However, men tend to be very judgmental and we don’t like be-ing judged. We’d rather keep them (men) guessing. You see...for instance myself...I am in my 40s but when I tell people my age, they seem not to be-lieve me”.

very secretive Some women are very secretive

about their age so much so that tales abound of men who don’t know ex-actly how old their girlfriends or even

wives are.Journalists get to

interview many

people. I, for instance, have inter-viewed hundreds of men and women since I joined the trade. And from experience, I can absolutely deduce — with zero margin of error – that women have a problem divulging their age (real or otherwise) or even talking about it.

Here is an excerpt from a conver-sation I had with a lady and a gentle-man from a local university as I inter-viewed them last week over a gadget they had invented.

“Chris, how old are you?” I asked. “Twenty two, and in third year at the university,” he answered without fidgeting or acting queasy.

“And you Joan?” “Mmmm! Let’s skip that part. I am a girl,” she an-swered. She is a girl. Whatever that means. As much as I found her re-sponse unwarranted, it didn’t come as a shock. She isn’t the first female interviewee who clung to her age like a tick on a cow.

‘classified information’Age, for many women, is the con-

versational equivalent of touching the third rail. You can talk about her greatness; her stature in society as the CEO of a blue chip company; her beauty; her life story, but never the number of years she has been a citi-zen of the planet Earth.

Sitting opposite me last year, Alice Kamande, a high-ranking officer of a reputable company in Nairobi, re-torted back when I broached into the topic of age. Immediately, she stone-walled and protested against my line of questioning.

“What has that got to do with my success in life?” she roared, visibly in-undated with angst; and in no mood to mention numbers. “You are sup-posed to ask me who I am and what I do but not how old I am. That is pri-vate information.”

For precaution, I mollified her with an assurance that I won’t ask questions related to her age. Plus, I was afraid that her age was one of those ‘classified information’ CID of-ficers use as caveat whenever jour-nalists ask questions pertaining na-tional security.

Women have always shown an ob-trusive affinity around how old they are. And it has nothing to do with that cruel joke we were told decades ago that girls don’t like anything to do with numbers – including arithmetic.

According to Catherine Mbau, a psychologist at Arise counseling cen-

tre in Nairobi, women want their age remaining mysterious as

it gives the illusion that they are young. “The

society loves young women,” she says.

“There is a gen-eral notion that

Revealed: Why women hide or lie about their ageyounger is more beautiful and also innocent. Looking at demographics, men naturally go for young women. It is difficult to site a man in his 40s or fifties looping around a woman in her forties. They woo those whose as-sets are not succumbing to gravity... because they are ‘young’.”

‘sixteen till i die’That explains the current obses-

sion with perky chests and taught derrieres. Who invented the phrase ‘sixteen till I die’? We don’t know for sure but a good guess would definite-ly unmask a feminine figure.

My friend Brenda Atieno, a suc-cessful sales manager at a Nairobi based company, warned me not long ago that I should never dare tell any-body her age – especially men who swoon around her with lecherous in-tent. “Why?” I enquired.

“I don’t want people guessing at me weirdly as I pass the streets. I also want to be identified for who I am – not the thirty something unmarried woman,” she says. On that, I realise that Catherine may have peaked well into the female psych.

biological clock ticks loudShe says: “A woman who is over

thirty, and yet to be married is con-sidered to be hiding something about themselves. Many will look at them with skepticism. The feeling is that either she has hypersexual tenden-cies or she is barren; there has to be something deeply ‘wrong’ with her to be going through life without a hus-band.”

“Forty is the new thirty,” claims Maurine Akinyi. “We women, want to stay young and look young and be perceived as so. If a woman is 40, and you ask her how old she is, she may likely lie to you by a factor of 5. In many cases, a woman looks younger than they truly are. That is how we want to stay, without the truth com-ing out.”

But another lady, Nina Luvonga, reveals that among women, there is a cohort that looks at age as a vignette which preempts the reality of meno-pause. In other words the biological clock ticks loud, she says, and the re-minder of a youthfulness waning be-low wrinkled skin takes away the zest of life.

forever youngIn her explanation, Catherine says

that women can be weary of nature’s abrupt interruption of the one thing that is recognised worldwide as the true symbol of womanhood: the abil-ity to bring forth new life. In some instances, Nina points out, young women, especially those who are still in school, would love to appear older than they really are to gain respect and to be treated maturely.

But as they gulp down the years, they revert and present with the de-meanor of a young woman. “The time around adolescence is quite tempes-tuous. We want to be viewed as ma-ture and ready for independence. But when we do really get old, we wish the years would slow down because we want to look beautiful, young, and at-tractive forever,” she offers.

Forever young is not just a beauti-ful song to serenade the ears of the ag-ing: it is an aspiration. Visit a gym and

you will discover this and even more. While keeping fit is good for her, Ag-nes Wanja, a gym enthusiast, works the treadmill like her life depends on it. Her vital signs, BMI, size and shape would come across as ideal but she is not about to relent on her workouts.

She admits that beneath the ve-neer of fitness, her true aim is to shed age and remain young. From the look of things, she may have succeeded in shading 15 or so years. Except for those who are close to her, she has managed to deceive ev-erybody else into thinking she has just began her thirties.

Her premise is that the hard work she dis-plays at the gym pays off as it k e e p s y o u n g m e n p i n i n g over her. To maintain a similar look, Wanja’s peers invest heavily in cosmetics to airbrush contours off the forehead. “Thankfully, I don’t have to seek Botox. I will remain young as long as I can attend the gym. But never expect me to tell you my age... just look at me and guess,” Agnes says whimsi-cally.

Lying about ones age is not exclusively a preserve of women. Some men, too, lie and keep their real age a secret, especially Kenyan footballers and politicians. However, it gets me wondering: for how long will such people keep the cat in the bag?

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Parents ought to respect children’s marriage choices

Real men urgently needed

On the 31st of July 2014 the Dep-uty Prime Min-ister of Russia, Dmitry Rogozin,

posted a picture on his Twitter account of President Vladimir Putin petting a leopard next to that of U.S. President Barrack Obama holding a small fluffy white poodle, with the caption “We have different values and allies.”

The post, which was meant to be an insult, teasing and ques-tioning the U.S. President’s mas-culinity, was re-tweeted more than 600 times in two hours.

It was an obvious insult against Obama’s masculinity.

Masculinity is a trait that the Russian president seems to know a thing or two about.

Let’s, for a minute, forget the politics behind the jab (the photo came just days after the U.S. and EU imposed more sanctions on Russia in an attempt to stop the country’s support of pro-Russian separatists actively fighting the Ukrainian government), and real-ly look at the issue here.

attractively cockyAlthough I do not agree with

Russia’s politics, I am afraid I will have to offend sensibilities and side with the prime minister Dimitry Rogozin, that something is quite not right with the men of today.

All this puppy hugging men are giving me a headache! Sadly today’s modern woman is finding

when ordinarily they would not have considered taking such a unceremonious action.

Of course, no self respecting young man would want to live with a partner before going to her parents to seek their bless-ing. But tell me, what other op-tion other than eloping does a young man have when he gets rejected by his prospective in-laws?

unnecessary dramaThing is, once a woman has

truly fallen in love with a man, it wouldn’t matter that the man

doesn’t own a house or even a single cent in his bank.

In other words if you are a parent and your daughter tells you she loves this or that man, much as he might not be the ideal man you would want your daughter to marry, step aside and let them be. Keep in mind that your daughter is not a goat to be sold at a goat auction.

Anything less would lead to unnecessary drama with your daughter and her partner. Simply put, parents must re-spect their daughter’s and son’s choices.

herself with men who look and talk like men but act exactly like women.

What happened to men who looked and acted like men? Men who did manly stuff? I remember the men of the days of our fathers, when masculinity emphasised on values such as discipline, power, control, stoicism, and indepen-dence.

Those were great days. When

you could not opt out of your re-sponsibilities and duties as a man. Men who were frank, forthright, male, attractively cocky, rock-sol-id in a crisis, and brimming with testosterone.

Unfortunately for us wom-en, those days are far gone. What we have now is something very peculiar. These days there is all these hogwash about men defin-ing their own personal ideals of

feminist/with anne muiRuRi

chauvinist/with nikko tanui

DR CuPiDIn love with two girls

I had been dating a woman for three years, but last year we broke up and she was responsible for it. However, since April this year, she has been making moves that show me she may be interested in me. again. Yet I have been seeing another woman for six months now, and we have a good relationship. Now that I still ‘feel’ the first woman, should I bury the hatchet and go back to the first lady or just let go of her and continue with the current one? Kongoshe Ngore, Ndhiwa.

Leave the past in the past, after all she is the one who broke up with you.

Husband is unreasonable

I have been married for four years now. And have a child with my husband. I have a male friend I have been close with since childhood and we have always talked a lot. We have been best friends for over eight years, we tried dating when we were younger, but it did not work out. My husband, however, gets upset whenever he finds us talking and says that I am emotionally cheating. I don’t understand why he gets upset yet I knew my friend even before I met my husband. Is my hubby justified to feel this way? Jackie, Nairobi

Take yourself out of the situation, then put your husband and another woman in it. It looks pretty dirty and inappropriate, doesn’t it? Behave like a married woman!

Jealousy is killing me, help My girlfriend of almost five years and

I broke up in June. We needed the time to resolve some issues, and now we have decided to try dating again. During our breakup I dated another lady, and we even slept together. But I am so jealous of the men tmy girlfiend dated when we broke up. Since we got back together last month, she says she loves me but my feelings for her are slowly dying off, but I still feel jealous. Noah, Nairobi

Get over yourself, if you cannot let go of the past you will ruin a future with this lady who you claim to love very much. Focus.

Recycled wedding giftLast year our close friends got married

in February and we got them a very expensive dining set. However, this year after our honeymoon two weeks ago, my husband and I were going through our presents and our friends gave us the exact dinning set that we had given them. I am really annoyed, how do we handle this, please advise? Rose, Nairobi

Get off you high horse, it happens, sometimes we give people presents that they do not like, just be happy that you got yours back.

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masculinity. Thus, they now have options, they can opt out of the wretched “trap” of masculinity in favour of more gentle, more ‘social-ly inclusive’ habits, that can easily be termed as “girly”.

Although, I’ll admit that the metrosexual male enthusiastically embracing his feminine side, was vaguely entertaining in 2007, it is now boringly normal, and awk-ward for most women.

All this sleek, mirror loving, so-phisticated men who know how to wear floral prints, do manicures and pedicures over the weekend, and who invest in tweezers, mois-turiser, and exfoliating cream, can be very draining.

shred of shameAlso I have had it with men

who are comfortable driving their woman’s car without a shred of male shame; men who are happy to sleep over in their girlfriends house; men who cannot fix a light bulb or even hold a hammer, and would not know what being a handyman was if it hit them square in the face; men who are not pro-tectors or providers, but want to be protected and provided for.

I will say it, if no one else will: Things are elephant; things have gone out of hand! There is now ev-ery reason to believe that humanity is on a downward spiral; someone needs to hold a national confer-ence on the death of masculinity and figure out how to get it back or something because it is pure tor-ture dating a man who is woman at heart!

Back in the good old days, any parent who had a daugh-ter could bet that sooner or later

young men would come to him or her to ask for their daughter’s hand in marriage.

But things have since changed. Chances of a young man going over to the home of his prospec-tive wife to ask her parents’ per-mission to marry their daughter have dramatically dropped.

There is a general perception that parents don’t seem to care about choices their sons and daughters make; they insist on having a hand in it.

Instead, many parents across the country are finding them-selves stuck with their daughters literally for life. In other words, in-stead of parents welcoming home

prospective sons-in-law, they are welcoming grand children from their unwed daughters.

At the moment, young men want to drink milk but none of willing to buy the cow. And this is necessitated by parents’ reluc-tance to let their daughters have a free hand in picking spouses.

‘racial red line’Case in point is the parents of

the young Asian lady who went livid after she crossed the sup-posed ‘racial red line’ by going af-ter a Bukusu boyfriend.

The unamused parents al-legedly stormed their prospec-tive son-in-law’s humble home-stead, demanding their daughter to leave with them, as if she had been kidnapped.

Such are the parents who lead young couples to elope even

/ Page 11CRAZY MONDAYMonday, August 11, 2014 / The Standard

Irony of digital government run the analogue way

During the campaigns last year, the word ‘digital’ went viral, as those Twitter tweets would say.

It became a choice between digital and wazee (read analogue).

Those were the days of laptops for all and biometric based electoral sys-tems. That was before the digital elec-tion gadgets honked and we resorted to doing things manually.

Anyway, this was not about elec-tions, or who lost or won, it is about a very analogue frustration in the era of a digital government. Last year yours truly lost a driving license and a very digital tablet – we are talking tablet computers here, not Panadol.

digital gadgetUnfortunately, the digital gad-

get vanished from the digital realm not even very sophisticated track-ing could find the darn thing. Luckily though, the driving license could be replaced courtesy of the good chaps at Times Tower.

However, eight months later I had not gotten the good old document that shows I have been to a driving school. You never miss that license

For the first time since I joined Meta Meta, Aeneas has failed to attend the closing day princi-

pal’s lunch.Indeed the last three weeks,

have seen him quite unsettled. We were pleasantly surprised that he managed to hand in the mock exam marks within the deadline.

Rumours started by Schola that he had hired someone to mark the scripts failed to acquire wings. As a tradition, Okonkwo treats the Meta Meta staff to a special lunch on closing day. This time, Jezebel and her fellow cooks did not hide much of the food, as they usually do.

We were spoilt for choice for fleshy chicken parts, unlike the past when much of the servings just consisted of chicken necks, legs, wings and bare backs.

commuter allowanceCate’s election as the new stu-

dent president is beginning to bear fruits. Aeneas claims that the TSC and Kuppet have hatched a scheme to defraud him.

He has been walking around with a newspaper cutting of a notice by the TSC that it is going to collect agency fees for Kuppet over the belatedly awarded com-muter allowance.

The entire Meta Meta staff was shocked to discover that Aeneas was neither a member of Knut nor Kuppet. In fact, about half of

the Meta Meta teachers are not members of any union.

Okonkwo, Magarita and Thunder lead the pack. Whenev-er there is a strike call, Aeneas is always the first to stay away from classes. He even gets updates for us from union branch offices. The man, like a skilled hunter, smells a strike even before Sossion makes up his mind to call for one.

court proceduresHe then starts designing post-

ers before the strike is officially announced.

Just before the last strike, I heard him teasing Donatta over her inability to run due to her generous posterior. “You must start exercising,” he advised her.

“The TSC and Kuppet are go-ing to hear from my lawyers,” he shouted, the day the notice ap-peared. He then exchanged his afternoon lesson with Thunder and stormed out.

The following day, a crestfall-en Aeneas came back pronounc-ing a curse on all lawyers.

“How can I pay ten thousand shillings just to open a file?” he wondered. “I shall sue and de-fend myself like Omtata does,” he declared. This resolve has seen him mysteriously acquire a heap of law books and newspaper cut-tings on labour-related cases.

Some newfound friends at JJ Bar have also been giving him advice on court procedures. On many nights, Aeneas has been

No one will deduct agency fee from my payslip, come Hell or high water

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leaving the pub well past Mututho Time. In the process, he has accu-mulated a tidy heap of bills.

pensionable terms“Don’t worry,” he once told JJ,

the sole proprietor of JJ’s, when he got concerned about the bills, “I am employed on permanent and pensionable terms. I will win this case, and be awarded damages and compensation for loss of rep-

utation,” he once stammered, as he staggered out into the night.

He also plans to lead a demon-stration of all teachers who are targeted by the TSC notice. “I will organise a twenty thousand teach-ers’ march on TSC and Kuppet headquarters,” he kept mumbling, as he busied himself with posters for the march.

“No one has the right to raid my payslip, besides; the commut-

er allowance is simply an adjust-ment of my allowances to match those of other civil servants.

“Teachers should have been awarded arrears backdated to the date other civil servants started getting the allowance,” he fumed as he addressed an imaginary Bench of Supreme Court judges.

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as much as the moment a traffic cop says “leta hiyo license”.

traffic copI had no intention of being caught

without one, rumour has it that the feared traffic cop, Bensouda, likes working on the route I use from home to work. So every few months I would faithfully queue at Times Tower to have my interim license renewed.

It is not until you have spent an afternoon in a queue at Times Tower that you begin to learn of the word pa-tience. Those Biblical chaps who were such fans of patience must have had an inkling.

The chaps over there are yet to hear of customer friendly options, like machine generated slips that tell you when you are due to be served.

After hours of shifting from one leg to the other, you begin feeling the ef-fects of your bent heels and the small hole in the heel of your socks feels like it wants out.

After months of anxious waiting, I got the little red booklet — I refuse to call it any other name — proudly stamped duplicate to remind me of my carelessness. The duplicate was stamped with what must be a massive

rubber thingy, like those my head-master used to stamp school books in high school.

The red booklet that allows you to drive and do all that appertains to driving on Kenyan roads — like over-taking blindly and darting in and out of traffic like a lizard’s tongue — is also not very far removed from my high school identity card.

decent looking licensesEven my high School identity card

had the same texture.

I am sure it would cost an arm and a leg to produce some decent looking licenses that can fit into a wallet, and we do not have that money to waste on stupid things like driving licenses.

As it is any time I have to carry my driving license I have to carry a back-pack or wear a coat, fitting it into shirt pocket is near impossible.

Not to mention the risk of running into some foreign friend and trying to explain how the red canvas peeping from your shirt pocket is an official government document.

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wemen/with tony masikonde

Recently, a pal of mine, a successful Public Relations officer in her mid-30s, confided in me

about an ongoing problem she faces in her dating life: She feels that she’s simply too tall for most men, standing at almost six feet.

Despite her drop dead gor-geous beauty, men are scared of her. After we had this chit chat, I promised her, while as I may not get her a tall man worth her beau-ty and success, I could get her lots of interesting tales to cope with her solitude up there.

So as soon I managed to shake my clan, I quickly left the house under the guise of going for a car wash. As soon as I was out of the gate, I called Frao. “You guy, where are you?” “Where do you expect me to me on a Saturday night?” Frao shot back.

hasty retreatWith that kind of response,

I figured he must have been on his fifth double shot of Jameson. “Come slowly or else, I won’t buy tonight,” I threatened.

“Am already tipsy, have I been drinking on your account? Nkt,” he yelled. I quickly beat a hasty retreat, and just told him to or-der something to bite. As soon as I got there, I discovered why Frao

was that arrogant; there was a new girl at the table, and knowing Frao, I knew he likes springing to the front of the queue.

wide berthSo sensing that there may be

completion for the lass’ attention, Frao was talking with all the brava-do so that he looked like the only real tough guy on the table.

As soon as my drinks were served, as the gods would have it, I was served by a tall waitress and from there on I knew I would not struggle to explain myself to the boys.

“Frao, would you date a chick taller than you?” I asked. “Never, no way,” He thundered. “Even if she looks like Angelina Jolie and Beyoncé rolled into one?” I in-sisted. “Does she have their mon-ey combined?” he shouted back. “Since when did you become a pimp?” I challenged him.

“Ok, Tony what is your point?” he asked. “My point is, I got a tall gorgeous professional woman, drives a BMW 320 and lives in Kili-mani, and she is a lonely heart, just Imagine!

Nincompoops like you give her wide berth since they do not want to be seen with a taller woman in public. “Just listen, and listen good Tony,” he started.

“I cannot crane my neck to fix

a bulb at home, and still crane my neck to get a peck off my woman. No way!” he protested. But hon-estly, there is nothing wrong with that, I thought all that matters is chemistry and love? I argued. “Do you want me to be the guy who leaves behind my wom-an’s shadow not because of anything but because she is tall and I look like am a Chihuahua being walked at hotel lobbies?” he asked.

inferiority problems“Just say you got inferiority

problems, but do not say taller woman are ‘undatable’,” Mark, whom is usually quiet when sober, interjected.

“If the woman is too tall, she always gets noticed by men. A tall-er woman, especially if she scores highly on the looks department, is a liability to a man.”

“Why is this so?” I asked. “As they say a man who marries a beautiful woman and a farmer who grows his crops by the road-side have similar problems.

She will always get noticed by other men easily, as she stands out from the crowd,” Mark argued.

To him, most short men look-ing to prove something, the sight of a tall beautiful woman presents the perfect and spectacular prey!

tall order? why men fear dating taller women

Campusrover/with Bill odunga

There are certain things that scratch my soul. Things like campus ladies who cannot spell,

and therefore end up sending a message on Facebook that reads: “Aki bill...qwaqwaqwa!! chenye we hu2mia, c xemi k2!! 9t poz lakni”.

Then there are dudes who wear jeans that grab their skins so much, and make them look like they are suffering from anorexia.

And then there are dudes who lack game completely to a point they cannot even negotiate for sex with a prostitute.

So, they have to pin down a fe-male colleague, and have carnal knowledge of her by force.

debaucheryThis past week, in the dark-

ness of UoN Main campus halls, a bunch of horny men decided that walking down to Koinange Street was too much of a hassle to satiate their debauchery.

The June-July-August cold season also had other plans of its own, with regards to heightening the need for warm skin against the lean hard, hungry bodies of the boys. So they stayed up late to wait for anyone to devour.

Their sick prayers were unfor-

Shame of ‘intellectuals’ who rape rather than woo women

her, mouth gagged to the men’s hostel, and had rounds devouring her in the hostel section.

heinous actI will not even take a swing at

this heinous act. I think it is cow-ardly, and wayward. I mean come on, what age are we in, 1706? Back

tunately answered. A bevy of la-dies coming from a rave in Westy dropped from a cab, and as soon as the taxi peeled away, the bunch of dudes pounced.

The girls managed to escape, save for one poor soul who could not escape the grip of her assail-ants. They supposedly dragged

her name smoke? It is prejudicial to her. Especially when it was done without her consent.

Now there is the issue of in-security in campus. It has always been there.

And external visitors attacking students in the university cam-puses is completely expected, and of course frowned upon. But nothing hurts more than the be-trayal of being raped by the same people who call you ‘comrade’.

get seriousAlso worth noting is the ‘se-

riousness’ with which the Sonu Chair, Babu Owino, is taking the matter. When approached for comment, Babu had this to say: “I would like to express my ac-rimony, irascibility, annoyance, disapprobation, antagonism, ex-asperation, chagrin, conniption, distemper, enmity, indignation and infuriation about the same.

“The act...has caused feelings of bewilderment, tepidity, dis-traction, befuddlement, perplex-ity, stupefaction, and trepidation amongst all comrades”.

Clearly, if, and God forbid, tribalism, HIV/Aids and Ebola won’t kill some of us, then ujaluo ndio itatuua. Babu, what was that? Dude, get serious!

in the day when waylaying was cheered? Even then, it still was not right.

I would have named the vic-tim, but it is not fair to announce her identity to the whole world to know. And by the way, what do editors in those TV stations that covered the story and mentioned

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ugandana� airs /GRACE NAKATO

Lowly, ‘forgotten’ clerk decides to

punish selfi sh MPs

Those of you who are in the habit of stealing from where you work, know too well that

there is always that ‘not-so-im-portant’ staffer who is aware of your thieving, and without them your mission wouldn’t be successful.

Again, you, as a visitor, know the receptionist, oops I meant front office manager, and the se-curity managers (some call them watchmen), in some instances, greatly determine whether you get to see the big boss.

I recently found out that there are people in Ugandan parlia-ment who are more powerful than MPs. They are called Com-mittee clerks. These clerks are hired “to provide impartial proce-dural and Secretariat support ser-vices to Members of Parliament during plenary proceedings and in Committees”.

However, they are like the ma-fia, powerful and hard to get rid of. It’s not an easy job to get. Some have gotten the committee clerk jobs through bribes and connec-

tions to influential MPs.Further, they are usually the

ones who write the activity re-ports that MPs are supposed to submit within two weeks of re-turning from a trip to showcase findings, and table recommenda-tions.

This means that they can sub-mit a “bad report” and the Com-mittee will only learn about it when it is tabled.

There is a particular clerk that MPs are crying foul about.

HUSH HUSH!The clerk is notorious for ab-

sconding with money, and when MPs complain he ‘punishes’ them severely. MPs now fear him, and only talk about him in hushed tones.

The clerks are the custodians of the committee’s finances; in case of a trip, they are the ones who make all travel arrangements and pay all bills. The MPs are only given their per diem of approx-imately Sh48,000 per day spent abroad, which is not bad as a trav-el delegation spends at least three days out of the country.

This particular clerk was prob-ably miffed at attending all the site visits, and writing reports as the MPs went shopping and sight-seeing and decided to pay himself a bonus.

On the final day he woke up early, quaffed breakfast and left the hotel, saying the MPs would be settling their own bills.

The Honourables munched a leisurely, hefty breakfast, and when they were ready to leave, got a rude shock when they were each slapped with their hotel bills.

RANTING AND RAVINGThey had to pay up or get de-

tained; there was a flurry of quick fundraising from friends and rela-

tives as most had spent every dol-lar on shopping.

They found the clerk at the air-port seated and smiling like a cat that had swallowed a fat rat. Some of course got back to Uganda and ranted and raved, and tried to get him booted out in vain. In the trip that followed, the clerk collected the passports as usual, but when the MPs got to the airport, he was nowhere to be seen.

Apparently the trip had been postponed to a later date, but he failed to update them as they were out of office. Perhaps he forgot that they are also reachable via their iPads and mobiles. I am very sure no one will be complaining about his antics any time soon.

The CORD die-hard supporter clad in orange party colour suit had carried his packed lunch to a past CORD rally. He manouevered his way to the front, insisting he must eat while standing near “Baba RAO”. It was not to be as Fan Number One was stopped and whisked away unceremoniously by no-nonsense men in black. [PHOTO: STANDARD/BEVERLYNE MUSILI]

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The tallest basketball boy in the world, and soon player, is in the making. Standing at sev-en-foot, four inches, Robert Bo-broczky is scaling heights in the game, with top clubs in US, Spain and Italy seeking to sign him up.

“The Romanian teen practices with a professional team in Italy. US National Basketball Associa-tion (NBA) is already paying at-tention,” reports Metro Sports.

According to the paper, the boy is growing 10cm annually, which is four inches a year. That means the boy could hit nine-feet tall by the time he is drafted into the NBA when he turns 18.

“It looks like they put a hu-man head on a giraffe and told it to dribble a basket ball,” noted an online sports commentator.Bobroczky practices with Azzura Rome in Italy.

The boy, who is even taller than the current tallest active player Hasheem Thabeet (Tan-zanian) who is seven feet, two inches, is said to have gotten his height from his father Zigmond, who stands at seven-feet, one inch and also played professional basketball.

Now, that is raw talent right there and the big boys in basket-ball know how to squeeze every-thing out of it, just as Barcelona did to Lionel Messi.

World’s tallestbasketball playerI

t is a month since the conclusion of the World Cup and about a week to the start of the English Premier

League (EPL) that went on re-cess in May. This is good news to Kenyan English Premier League fans who have been starved of good football for months.

Forget Harambee Stars, they are a ‘bunch of losers’, who have no shame of failing to score against one of the small-est team on the continent, even with home ground advantage.

QUALITY FOOTBALFor the Love of the Game

strongly believes Harambee Stars is cursed, and we must reach a witchdoctor or those miracle pastors to undo the spell, or else our football will never take off.

After Lesotho, who else would beat Stars? Somalia? Swaziland? Madagascar? or South Sudan? It is interesting that Harambee Stars are beat-en by minnows despite the fact that the team currently has the highest number of players ply-ing their trade in top clubs.

Enough of Stars! Man, as many other lovers of quality football, I cannot wait for the start of the EPL, where soccer lives.

Let the game begin this Saturday, we have been too idle for long. And I believe I am speaking for many EPL fans. Without EPL, what does one do with his Saturdays and Sundays?

PAINFUL WAITWithout EPL, why should

one get into a bar and have

beer? Okay, let me rephrase that, what is beer without quality football from Robin van Persie, Mario Balotteli, Di-dier Drogba, Samuel Eto’o and Juan Mata, for that matter?

It is tasteless. Our good old fathers were not fools when they noted that beer goes down the throat smoothly as one cheers his football team.

Let Yego’s win open sports o� cials’ eyes

Thank God EPL is back to save soccer fans from boredom

The ‘You Tube athlete’, aka Julius Yego, set the Inter-net abuzz after winning a gold medal in the Javelin competition at the recent-

ly concluded Commonwealth Games.It was sweet victory for the self-made

track athlete, who almost pulled out of the competition at the last minute due to

a knee injury.At a throw of 83.87m, Yego did the

unimaginable for Kenya, which is best known for track events only. Among those who congratulated Yego after his win were sports officials, all who ran to Twitter to say this and that about him.

Well, the congratulations were in or-der, but they amount to seeking to reap

where one has not planted. If they have forgotten, those officials are among the people who had frustrated Yego efforts to excel in the games.

At one time he was excluded from Kenya’s team to participate in an African championship and only his vehement protestations saw him included.

But that is in the past, the thing is the

officials now have a reason to invest in the sport and others like short-put and walk-ing race that have been neglected.

You see, javelin, unlike athletics, has not received support from the govern-ment, which has made Yego rely on the Internet and private facilities for training.

We hope his win has opened their eyes and ears.

sportingsnapshots

So, with the start of the EPL, our weekends will never be the same again. In fact, I now have reason to renew my pay TV subscription, which I stopped in May, with the end of the last season.

It has been a painful wait, even with the one-month World Cup bonanza, and we have paid the consequences. Bars and other entertainment spots have made losses due to lack of customers.

DOMESTIC STRIFEMen have been forced to

arrive home early thus in-creasing chances of quarreling with their wives. Our public discourses for the past three months have centred on poli-tics instead of football.

Girls have become preg-nant in villages because some hot-blooded young men were idle since there was no quality soccer to watch and talk about.

Man, let the game begin. And this time round, we have a dozen of reasons to watch and support EPL, as we have added another of our own in the tour-nament in the name of Divock Origi, who will be starring for Liverpool.

And don’t forget Victor Wanyama will be there for Southampton FC. Let the game begin and long live EPL.

OUTBURST: Solidarity forever, solidarity forever.... CUTIES: The future is too bright for Sony Sugar FC fans. SIT UP: Guess who got too much Sitting Allowance.

fortheloveofthegame/WITH ANIL BAKARI

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kahawatungu

A woman almost lost her life after the co-wife ambushed and attacked her with kicks and

slaps, and almost strangled her to death using a panty were it not the timely intervention of a witchdoctor.

Well, it is rumoured that wives are crafty creatures who scheme their husbands’ murder most of their free time. However, the most endangered people who should be on the look out are co-wives. That is, if an incident that recently happened in my neighbourhood is anything to go by.

According to a man only known as Mustafa, his first wife is a crazy woman who will do any-thing to protect her ‘territory’. “She is the most irritating woman you can ever meet. A total misfor-tune if you ask me. She will wake up one day and find me gone. Just like that,” he lamented, as he vis-

ited my cafe recently.Older, wizened patrons, shook

their heads in total disagreement. “Listen young man,” one of them began. “A total man never runs away from a woman, however bad or stubborn she may be. You would rather use any means nec-essary to smoke her out,” he said.

rouse her jealousy“Impregnate her to tone her

down! Alternatively, get a second wife,” advised one old man. “And make sure she is younger and prettier to rouse Number One’s jealousy, and your problem will be solved. You will be treated like a king, as both will try to outdo each other to attract your attention,” calmly explained the geezer.

Mustafa took the advice and married a second wife to the cha-grin of his first wife. “Why are you bringing a strange woman to our house, yet I give you everything.

Underwear comes in handy to rein in

wicked co-wife

Hamza Babu serves and sips juicy gossipin the breezy Coastal town of Mombasa

What does she have that I don’t,” she demanded to know.

However, it was his right and there was nothing much his first wife could do. “Make sure she does not cross my line or I will commit a murder!” his angry first wife warned. And with that, the battle red lines had been drawn.

As it always is with co-wives, after a short time they began antagonising each other, with the Number Two provoking her co-wife every so often. She once soiled her ‘senior’s’ bedsheets on the clothes line, spread rumour that she (first wife) had only one nipple, and even sensationally claimed she is a witch.

Push came to shove, and the first wife decided enough is

enough. She could not sit pret-ty as she was being scandlised. She expressed her displeasure by stealing the second wife’s soiled pants, which she took to a witch-doctor to turn her into a barren, frigid mass of flesh, and their hus-band less attracted to her.

wet tree trunk“By the time I am done with

this husband snatcher, she will have the appeal of a palm tree on a rainy day (impossible to climb),” hissed the first wife to tickled neigbours who promptly passed the muchene to the second wife.

Drama unfolded, however, when the second wife got wind of the plot to make her unable to

bear children. She tracked and pursued the first wife on her way to the witchdoctor.

She stormed the witchdoctor’s hut as she yelled: “Woman, you want to bewitch my uterus? Over my dead body!”

Like a raging bull in a China shop, she attacked the first wife only for tables to turn on her. The first wife gave her a thorough beating. In the process, she wres-tled her to the ground and began strangling her using one of the undergarments she had brought to the witchdoctor.

It took the intervention of the witchdoctor to separate them. When word reached their hus-band, he sent the second wife packing that very evening.

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