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Mystery deepens over men linked to Mombasa explosion
By JOACKIM BWANA and WILLIS OKETCH
The saga surrounding the death of
two men killed in the weekend blast
near the Reef Hotel in Mombasa con-
tinues to deepen, with police insisting
that the duo were behind the attack.
Now Mvita MP Abdulswamad
Sharif has threatened to resign over the
linking of the late Suleiman Mohamed
Said and Jamal Mohamed Awadh to
terror activities.
But police have gone ahead to
release criminal records of the two,
which, among other things, indicate
that Jamal attended radicalisation ses-
sions at the controversial Masjid Musa
in Majengo, Mombasa while Suleiman
was convicted to hang for robbery
with violence in 2009, but was released
by the Court of Appeal.
They claimed that Suleiman was
a friend of Jamal and that it was not a
coincidence that they were together
when the blast occurred.
The police also maintained that
the two could not have been bystand-
ers in the blast given the nature of in-
juries on their bodies, and that they
were either sitting on the Improvised
Explosive Device, or were holding it
when it exploded, and so absorbed its
full impact.
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Anglo Leasing
follows Uhuru
to State House
WHAT PRESIDENT SAID IN 2006
Unless this House takes appropriate action, they will
continue to exist even in the Government to come
This is not about the Government today or the
Government yesterday but lives of 30 million Kenyans
and resources put at their disposal
Anglo Leasing is a system that has been used to
systematically fleece taxpayers and the Kenyan public
under the guise of security
Under the general approval, began a scam; a scam
involving a few businessmen, politicians and civil
servants. That scam involved over 18 different
contracts worth well over Sh55 billion
As Opposition leader he dismissed payments to shadowy rms but now his government set to pay
By ALEX NDEGWA
[NEWS EDITOR]
As leader of Opposition in
Parliament, President Uhuru Kenyatta
gave one of the most eloquent and
persuasive arguments against
honouring payments related to the
shadowy Anglo Leasing contracts.
But eight years later and rmly in
State House as Kenyas fourth
President, Uhuru is faced with the
contradiction of the same payments
having to be paid out on the back of
contractual obligations and court
decrees.
This has handed the President and
his administration the unenviable
CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
EXCLUSIVE
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Shock, anger as toxic brew leaves at least 53 people dead
was truly her husband. When I said
yes, she succumbed as we were being
treated, said Muriithi.
Muriithi, a potato trader from
Thagaya in Manyatta Constituency,
said he usually passed around Mama
Kamaus place for a quick gulp at 7am
and then returned for top up in the
evening after work. Yesterday he said
he was lucky to have drunk only one-
and-a-half glasses at Sh75.
He suspected his wife had imbibed
much more because she was a house-
wife and had more time to make mer-
ry. Muriithi vowed he would stop
drinking if he survived.
We only take this brew because
there are no alternatives on offer to
make you drunk cheaply, said
Muriithi.
Embu PGHs Medical Superinten-
dent, Dr Gerald Nderitu, said the stan-
dard treatment procedure is to ad-
minister a diuretic solution to induce
urination and consequently reduce
the amount of methanol in the liver,
which could trigger death since meth-
anol turns poisonous once it reaches
the delicate organs.
By midday yesterday, the provin-
cial hospital had admitted 58 patients
but more and more people who had
taken the killer drink continued to
stream in.
Silas Njiru, 38, said he was passing
through Shauri Yako at 5pm on Mon-
By WAINAINA NDUNGU
What started as an ordinary drink-
ing spree for residents of Shauri Yako
slum in Embu town ended tragically
when 25 people lost their lives.
As Embu was struggling to come to
terms with the shocking incident, res-
idents of several other parts of the
country were also mourning the un-
timely deaths of their friends and rel-
atives, thanks to brews suspected to
have been laced with methanol. In
Makueni and Kitui, a total of 16 peo-
ple were killed by an alcoholic bever-
age named Countryman while in Ki-
ambu another ten people succumbed
after also consuming an illicit brew.
Two people also died in Muranga.
Relatives and friends streamed to
Embu Provincial General Hospital to
establish the fate of their loved ones.
Besides the dead, 34 other victims of
the killer brew christened Kosovo lay
in hospital beds writhing in pain.
Eight of them were rendered blind
by the brew, which locals blame for
turning young people to cabbages.
Embu Provincial Hospital mortu-
ary was yesterday overowing with
bodies.
At Shauri Yako slum, there are
many shacks that dispense the cheap
alcoholic products in plastic glasses
and mugs and all enjoy a steady ow
of patrons. A quick swig in these
joints, which have no chairs or stools
and which operate during any time of
the day, goes for as little as Sh25.
The standard operating mode is to
walk in, order quickly, hand in your
money, drink in a hurry and walk
out.
UNUSUALLY CALM
In the jargon of the revellers this is
called Flash drinking. Here drinks
are taken even early in the morning to
remove the lock, which literally
means overcoming the daily stress of
life.
The concoctions they serve us
have total potency. It is unlike the oth-
er weak products that see fellows
fooling around to get drunk, said Da-
vid Muriithi, 27, whom we found on a
drip at the Embu PGH.
For a man who had just lost his
wife, Muriithi appeared unusually
calm. He revealed that his wife and
mother of two Ann Wawira, 32, suc-
cumbed as he watched at the hospi-
tal.
She rst said she had lost her eye-
sight and then asked me whether I
day when he was offered a Sh25 drink
by a friend.
We drank and dispersed and I
went to sleep at 6pm until 5am. When
I woke up, I could not see anything.
Even after washing my eyes all I could
see was darkness. At 7.30am yester-
day, my wife told me that all our chil-
dren had gone to school, but still I
could not see anything.
He also vowed he would never
pass near Shauri Yako if he survives.
His wife Julia Muthoni was shocked
beyond words. My main prayer is
that he gets his sight back and we con-
tinue bringing up our two children,
she said.
LINGERING HANGOVER
Also in Ward Two at the hospital
was Susan Karimi, 26, and her shoe
shiner husband George Gachie, 33.
Susan had walked from the Womens
Ward in the same hospital to console
her husband who lost his eyesight
yesterday. Karimi, from Dallas Estate
in Embu, said she had consumed li-
quor worth Sh50 but said her husband
could have consumed more.
Yesterday, her only prayer was that
they both survive the worst scare of
their lives.
On a bed nearby, Joseph Maina,
another shoe shiner was muttering
the same prayer. Maina took brew
worth Sh80 at 5pm on Sunday.
I have been feeling as if I have a
lingering hangover the whole of Mon-
day until evening when I started hav-
ing difculties with my eyesight. It
started to get blurred and now I can-
not see anything at all, said Maina,
who was sharing a hospital bed with
another victim, Mr Joseph Kinyua.
If God saves me from this ordeal.
I will never drink again, said Kinyua,
who confessed that he frequented
Mathees place for a drink.
On average, Kinyua makes Sh300
from his shoe care business and any
merry making exceeding Sh80, he
said, would be extravagant.
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Embu has highest
number of casualties
as deaths are also
reported in Kitui,
Kiambu, Makueni
NATIONAL NEWS / Page 7 Wednesday, May 7, 2014 / The Standard
Shock, anger as toxic brew leaves at least 53 people dead
BY PAUL MUTUA
A deputy primary school head
teacher was among six people who
died after consuming suspected con-
taminated liquor at Katilini shopping
centre in Kitui County.
Twelve other victims of the killer
brew were admitted to Mutomo Mis-
sion Hospital suffering from stomach
aches.
Kitui County Police Commander
Cheruto Githinji said Paul Muinde
Munguti, 55, the deputy head teacher
of Sembeni Primary School in Maluma
location, was pronounced dead on ar-
rival at the hospital.
Githinji said the teacher was the
proprietor of a den where the killer li-
quor Countryman was sold.
She said those hospitalised were
rst treated at Kalitini Health Centre
and discharged and later taken to the
Catholic Church hospital for further
treatment.
I have instructed my ofcers to
move swiftly and do thorough investi-
gation about the origin of the killer
brew and make any necessary arrests.
It is unfortunate that Munguti, who
could have helped us to get to the bot-
tom of the matter, also died in the in-
cident, said Githinji.
BY ONESMUS NZIOKA
More than 10 people in Kithuki lo-
cation, Makueni County, died yester-
day after consuming poisoned liquor
and several others were blinded by the
killer brew. By the time of going to
press yesterday, more victims of the
killer brew were being whisked to
Makueni Level 4 Hospital after com-
plaining of blurred vision, stomach
pain and general body weakness.
According to Makueni County Di-
rector of Health, Dr Kiliko Kiuluku, the
patients suffered from methanol poi-
soning.
Some of the victims interviewed by
The Standard at the Makueni Hospital
said they consumed a brew named
Countryman on Sunday.
I went drinking in our local bar at
Kithuki market on Sunday at 5pm, but
I cannot remember the time I left. I
spent the whole day Monday sleeping
and was brought here on Tuesday after
collapsing from dizziness, said Mun-
wyoki Ngovya.
Ngovya was taking the brew for the
rst time since he quit three months
ago.
Among those who perished is a bar
owner Wavinya Kavita. According to
Flora Mutheu, a businesswoman, Wav-
inya was seen drinking with two other
customers, a man and his wife, on Sun-
day and closed the bar around 11pm.
She is said to have passed on at 3am on
Monday.
The man she was seen drinking
with died on Tuesday afternoon, while
his wife is in critical condition.
Mutheu said the liquor, sold in plas-
tic containers at Sh120, and tots of
Sh20 has been in the market for long.
Mutheu said the brew is supplied
by a businessman from Thika. He has
a store in Kathonzweni town. The busi-
nessman reportedly switched off his
phone immediately after news of the
deaths broke out.
When The Standard visited the hos-
pital, medical ofcers were in a frenzy
to save lives of unconscious victims.
Countryman blamed for
deaths of ten in Makueni
Deputy primary school head,
ve others succumb in Kitui
10 die after drinking pure methanol in Kiambu
NATIONAL NEWS / Page 3
BY ERIC WAINAINA
Ten people have died and others
have developed health complications
after allegedly consuming an illicit
brew at a village in Limuru, Kiambu
County.
County Commissioner Esther Mai-
na said the deaths started occurring on
Sunday night. She said the victims
from Nazareth village consumed pure
methanol, which was sold to them by
one of the victims, David Mungai a
notorious illicit brew dealer.
Three died on Sunday, three at the
Kenyatta National Hospital where they
were undergoing treatment while the
others were found in the dense Kam-
waki Forest near Limuru Girls High
School. Yesterday, the commissioner
told The Standard that six of the vic-
tims, who are all men, were relatives,
Mungai included.
They were evading the police be-
cause there is a regular crackdown
which has been going on every day in
the area and so the dealer opted to sell
the brew from inside the forests and it
is there the victims began experiencing
complications and others died, she
said.
Ms Maina said the public reported
the matter to police after some victims
went home and started complaining of
visual problems. After investigations,
the police were led to a den where the
brew was being sold only for them to
nd bodies lying nearby.
Maina said they took samples of the
liquor to the Government chemist for
analysis, where it was discovered it was
pure methanol. Mungai had been
charged three times before and was
out on bond. The police have arrested
ve people who were together with the
victims, adding that the crackdown is
still ongoing.
We have done a lot of work and
that is why the brewer and his consum-
ers had opted to go inside the forest
where there is no homestead in the
neighbourhood, she said.
Last week, during a county security
meeting Maina said seven chiefs were
interdicted and were under investiga-
tions for alleged misconduct and pro-
tecting illicit brewers. She said their
names have been forward to the prin-
ciple secretary for interior Coordina-
tion for action.
This is not the st time Kiambu is
feeling the effects of illicit brew. Three
years ago, more than 50 people died in
Banana, Muchatha, Ruiru and Thin-
digua after consuming illicit brews.
1. Joseph Wachira, a
victim of the killer
brews at Embu
Embu Provincial
Hospital yesterday.
2. Cyrus Njiru, a
victim recuperating
at Embu Provincial
Hospital.
3. Deborah Karimi
(left), and Susan
Wanja, also victims
of brew that killed
25 people in Embu.
4. Chairman of
Nacada John
Mututho takes
notes as a victim
narrates her ordeal
at Embu Provincial
Hospital.
5. Dr David Njaria
(right) attends to a
victim of the brew
at Embu Provincial
Hospital. [PHOTOS:
KIBATA KIHU/STANDARD]
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4
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 / The Standard
SRC Chairperson Sarah Serem (Right) chats with parliamentary Budget and
Appropriations Committee Chairman Mutava Musyimi. SRC yesterday met
various State institutions over the ballooning wage bill. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD] By JACKSON OKOTH
County governments are engaging
in wasteful spending at the expense
of development. In the list of griev-
ances against public ofcers include
purchase of luxury vehicles, ofces
and residential perches for top execu-
tives, as well as numerous workshops
held in high-end resorts.
These are some of the views col-
lected from the public during the dia-
logue at the county level on the pub-
lic wage bill, conducted by the Salaries
and Remuneration Commission
(SRC).
The SRC ndings also brought to
the fore claims of massive corruption
as unscrupulous ofcials ask for
bribes to expedite the slow and te-
dious public procurement, creating a
gravy train for corrupt individuals
within the devolved units.
In a list of far reaching recommen-
dations, wananchi now want corrupt
ofcials punished. The public also
recommended the enhancing of rev-
enue collection and job evaluations
done to determine who is paid for
what and at the same time weed out
ghost workers. To ensure saving, Ke-
nyans have advised counties to use
State institutions when holding work-
shops and seminars.
The public is concerned that
there is a lot of wastage at the county
government level and yet no one
seems to be held accountable. Cases
of corruption and misuse of public
resources is on the rise because no
one is being held accountable. We are
already working on a public wage bill
policy document that is legally bind-
ing and will be ready by June, said
SRC chairperson Sarah Serem.
She made these remarks yesterday
while brieng principal secretaries,
chairpersons of constitutional com-
missions, Transition Authority and
other government agencies on feed-
back from all 47 counties on the on-
going public debate on methods of
taming the spiraling wage bill.
PROVIDE GUIDELINES
If it sees the light of day, the public
wage policy document will provide
guidelines on how state ofcers are
paid for various tasks performed
through salaries and allowances. SRC
is also planning to carry out a job
evaluation exercise in all Government
Ministries, departments and agen-
cies.
The public complained that it
feels overrepresented, with ward rep-
resentatives and administrators,
senators and MPs, all playing dupli-
cating roles alongside county com-
missioners and other ofcers in the
now defunct provincial administra-
tion.
The public has expressed con-
cern over duplication of roles at the
counties. This situation was obtained
from the ongoing recruitment of of-
cers by the county government even
when the same calibre of ofcers
have been seconded by the national
Government, said Ms Serem.
The SRC fact-nding mission also
revealed that there is growing con-
cern over lengthy tendering and pro-
curement procedures in public pro-
curement, a situation that has slowed
down service delivery in most county
governments as well as caused delays
in project implementation.
Huge disparities in remunera-
tion levels have been noticed with
persons doing the same job earning
different salaries. Salary increments
are not based on productivity while a
large pool of public servants given
very little to do, are poorly equipped
with no one held accountable for
service delivery, said SRC director of
remuneration analysis Nicholas Si-
watom.
Available gures indicate that the
countrys public sector wage bill now
consumes an estimated 13 per cent of
the Gross Domestic Product (GDP),
way above the international best
practice of seven per cent.
In its recommendations, the pub-
lic now wants legislation put in place
to guide on allowances with a view to
abolishing some of them. Ofcers on
salary especially MPs and MCAs are
paid sitting allowance to perform
their routine duty leading to double
payment.
The public has recommended
reduction in number of allowances
while entertainment and responsibil-
ity allowances be abolished; sitting
allowances be overhauled to deserv-
ing levels only for example part time
Boards, said Siwatom.
CORE FUNCTIONS
Frequency of sitting allowance
prevails in constitutional commis-
sions and the Legislature both at
National and County be reviewed as
the core functions are already re-
warded through salary payments.
The SRC also heard that there is
lack of transparency and account-
ability in the public sector, including
leakages and lack of prosecution of
corrupt ofcials.
We have cases of prices for hous-
es bought for county ofcers having
been bloated while cost of purchas-
ing new vehicles overstated. We have
seen travel expenses recorded on
paper while no actual travel took
place, said Ethics and Anti-Corrup-
tion Commission chairman Mumo
Matemu.
KEY RECOMMENDATIONS
Remuneration levels at both
the national and county gov-
ernments should be harmo-
nized to refect equal pay for
work of equal value
Once all remuneration lev-
els in the public Service are
harmonized, further, review
should only be occasioned
only by either improved per-
formance/ productivity of the
offcers, institutions or stable
positive growth of the economy
That Job evaluation exercise
should be conducted for all
staff in the Public Service to
determine the value, and or
worth of a job in relation to
other jobs in the public service
Public outrage on
cash wastage in
counties
Wananchi want job
evaluations done to
determine who is paid
for what and weed
out ghost workers
TYRE RANGE
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How Uhuru made a case against Anglo Leasing
task of justifying payments for the
same Anglo Leasing contracts he once
condemned as a scam and a system
to continue robbing the country
blindly.
The Jubilee Governments propos-
al to pay Sh1.4 billion to settle a claim
arising from one of the dubious 18 se-
curity-related contracts has stirred
Anglo Leasing ghosts and split the
ruling coalition.
But the latest clamour has an un-
canny coincidence with events that
led to conception of the Sh55 billion
scandal in 2001 and Uhurus grim pre-
diction in Parliament on the after-
noon of April 5, 2006.
Then, as Ofcial Leader of Oppo-
sition, Uhuru had warned that unless
the House stopped the shadowy ar-
chitects of the scam, they would re-
turn even in Governments to come.
As fate would have it, his Jubilee
administration has been the one to
pick part of the bills on the table with
others waiting in the wings as the as-
yet unknown contractors exert pres-
sure that they too be cleared.
I have no fear in saying that those
individuals have no loyalty to this
country but to themselves. They ex-
isted in the previous government and
exist in the current one, he said, re-
ferring to the Kanu regime under
which the deals were conceived and
its successor, National Rainbow Coali-
tion, whose leaders steamrolled the
gravy train.
Unless this House takes appropri-
ate action, they will continue to exist
even in the Government to come,
warned Uhuru, then the chairman of
the Public Accounts Committee (PAC),
while moving the motion for the
adoption of a special audit report on
procurement of passport issuing
equipment, one of the 18 shady con-
tracts.
INITIAL SH600M
In an ironic twist of events, the
faceless merchants have returned to
raid the public coffers under his ad-
ministration, which is lobbying Par-
liament to approve the Sh1.4 billion
payout to First Mercantile after a con-
troversial award by a London court.
The Anglo Leasing debt, Uhuru
added in 2006, was never approved by
the House and had been secured by
circumventing the budgetary process
under the guise of security.
This is not about the Government
today or the Government yesterday.
This is about the lives of 30 million Ke-
nyans and the resources that are put
to their disposal, which are currently
being misused by a few individuals.
This is what this House must put an
end to, he rallied the MPs.
To highlight how the country was
ripped off through overpricing, he
said the project was supposed to cost
Sh600 million but miraculously,
shot up to Sh2.7 billion.
Anglo Leasing is a system that has
been used to systematically eece the
taxpayers and the Kenyan public un-
der the guise of security, he told MPs
to thunderous applause, according to
Hansard (ofcial records of parlia-
mentary proceedings) seen by The
Standard.
This is a system that, if not
brought to check, will continue to rob
this nation of the much-needed re-
sources that could be used to better
the lives of millions and millions of
Kenyans, he added.
Now President Uhuru nds him-
self in the tricky position where his
government is having to push for the
Anglo Leasing payments he had re-
jected.
Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry
Rotich has said the States assets
abroad are at risk of being attached to
settle the claim, which is also attract-
ing high interest.
Rotich also explains the cases are
affecting the issuance of the Sovereign
Bond through which Kenya hopes to
raise US$1.5 billion to fund infrastruc-
ture projects.
PAYMENTS BLOCKED
In a legal opinion to the Treasury
dated April 3, Attorney General Githu
Muigai concluded there are no further
legal avenues available to Kenya apart
from settling the payments. Our le-
gal advice is that the republic should
accept the negotiated amount which
is reasonable as it will result in a dis-
count and save the government from
further losses by signing the settle-
ment agreement as drafted, argued
Muigai.
But the Law Society of Kenya,
which moved to court on Monday
seeking to block Anglo Leasing pay-
ments, argues the consent used by the
judge to order the government to pay
was not signed by lawyers represent-
ing Kenya.
LSK argues Kenya can reopen the
litigation citing evidence the con-
tracts were corruptly procured. Ac-
cording to the law, a judgment that
forces the people of Kenya to pay for
corrupt deals is a judgment contrary
to public policy, LSK said in its appli-
cation through lawyer James Mwa-
mu.
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Continued from P1
Ironically, Anglo leasing deals were
conceived in 2001 under similar pres-
sure for cash and runaway insecurity,
as the spate of terror attacks gripping
the country today.
Uhuru in 2006 explained to the
House that pressed for cash, following
suspension of donor support and
growing insecurity, Cabinet at a meet-
ing on July 27, 2001 approved the use
of lease-nancing as the appropriate
mode of funding high -projects in
housing, transport, and forensic labo-
ratories.
Cabinet also then approved the
use of supplier credits for essential se-
curity equipment and supplies, he
added. Under the general approval,
began a scam; a scam involving a few
businessmen, politicians and civil
servants. That scam involved over 18
different contracts worth well over
Sh55 billion, signed between 1997 and
2003, he said.
He explained Anglo-leasing relat-
ed projects represented three of the
most prominent characteristics of
corruption in our country.
They represent impunity, negli-
gence and recklessness in the man-
agement of public resources. They al-
so represent the regrettable feature of
lack of responsibility and unaccount-
able conscience on the part of those
charged with the management of na-
tional resources that are put under
them, Uhuru argued.
It is a scam because the basic un-
HOUSE TOLD HOW SHADY
DEAL CAME INTO FORCE
Uhuru in 2006 explained to
the House that pressed for
cash following suspension
of donor support and
growing insecurity, Cabinet
at a meeting on July 27, 2001
approved the use of lease-
nancing as the appropriate
mode of funding high-projects
in housing, transport, and
forensic laboratories. Under
the general approval, began a
scam; a scam involving a few
businessmen, politicians and
civil servants, he said.
derstanding of what was meant by the
use of lease nancing to a layman is
the fact that because you are short of
cash, you go to a nancing institution
that specialises in lease nance, pay
your commitment fee and other up-
front payments and then take delivery
of whatever good or services you re-
quire.
Upon taking delivery of the goods
and services, and as you continue to
enjoy them, you are thereafter com-
mitted to making your monthly pay-
ments plus interest until such time
that you have paid your dues to the -
nancing entity in full, he said.
Dare I say that none of that was
evident in any of those Anglo Leasing-
related projects! Despite commitment
fees being paid, despite the fact that
payments were being made on a reg-
ular basis, the Government did not re-
ceive the goods and services that it
was supposed to be enjoying. The
Government did not receive the ben-
ets that it was supposed to receive
under the nancing arrangements.
MIDDLEMEN
He added: In a nutshell what was
happening was that lease nance
companies, many of whom we are yet
to prove their actual existence, sprung
up and merrily acted as middlemen.
They signed contracts with govern-
ment, received funds from the gov-
ernment and in short slowly passed
on some of the money to legitimate
suppliers. The suppliers, since they
were not part of the initial deals, said:
We want our money before we deliv-
er!
So we continued to pay. The so-
called nance companies would hive
off their chunk and pass it on. In a
nutshell, the government was nanc-
ing itself through a middleman. The
government was paying interest on its
own monies, Uhuru told the House.
The PAC chairman said it was dif-
cult to believe the rip-off could have
taken place with some junior civil ser-
vants and some unknown business-
men being the culprits.
Uhuru said the former Gover-
nance and Ethics PS, John Githongo,
who had ed Kenya to exile in Lon-
don, citing threats to his life, provided
the missing link in his testimony.
Githongo, Uhuru explained, was
able to link the 18 projects to three in-
dividuals; Anura Pereira, Amin Juma
and Deepak Kamani and relatives. All
those projects were handled by the
same individuals. It is therefore clear
to us that this was not just a one-off
thing. This was something that was
developed over time and a lot of
thought and energy was put up to cre-
ate a system to continue robbing the
country blindly, he said.
The resurrection
of scandal
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By FELIX OLICK
Deputy President William Ruto and his co-
accused Joshua Sang are seeking leave from The
Hague judges to formally appeal the decision to
compel eight witnesses to testify against them.
Basing their arguments on the dissenting
opinion of Judge Olga Herrera Carbuccia, the
two maintained that the decision by the major-
ity would infringe on their right to fair trial.
Compelled witnesses, who appear before
the Chamber in order to avoid nes and/or im-
prisonment, will feel coerced into adopting their
original statements, even though prior to being
compelled these witnesses went to great lengths
to dissociate themselves from the content there-
of, argued Mr Rutos lead counsel Karim
Khan.
The creation of a coercive environment and
the rejection of the principle of voluntary ap-
pearance, thus, signicantly engage issues of
fairness, he added.
On April 17, the judges by majority allowed
an application by the Prosecution to have the
Kenyan authorities forced to avail the witnesses
using all means available under the laws of Ke-
nya.
The eight witnesses, whom ICC Prosecutor
Fatou Bensouda has described as insiders, gave
statements to the courts investigators but later
withdrew from the process citing personal rea-
sons.
Mr Sangs lawyer Katwa Kigen said the wit-
nesses could still challenge the summonses on
Kenyan courts thereby affecting the expedi-
tiousness of the proceedings.
The length of a domestic court challenge is
not precisely known, but it is safe to say that it
could take upwards of six months, as has been
seen in the Barasa case, Mr Kigen said.
In their application dated Monday, Khan and
Kigen pleaded with the trial judges to allow
them to challenge the decision saying if the rul-
ing was incorrect, it would taint the case going
forward.
Khan predicted that Ms Bensouda was likely
to submit further requests for witnesses to be
compelled to testify.
Simply put, if the decision is wrong, it will
taint the case going forward, argued the British
lawyer adding:
Determination of the three issues by the Ap-
peals Chamber at this stage would, therefore,
ensure that proceedings follow the right course,
and provides a safety net for the integrity of the
proceedings.
Petitioner accuses
Mutunga of displaying
bias at JSC hearing
Dan Alila has
questioned the
Chief Justices
grasp of the basic
principle of law
By KURIAN MUSA
A petitioner argued his case
against Chief Justice Willy Mu-
tunga during a closed door
hearing of the Judicial Service
Commission (JSC) at the Su-
preme Court Building in Nairo-
bi yesterday.
Dan Alila accused Dr Mu-
tunga of breaching the judicial
code of conduct and ethics as
he allegedly displayed bias
and interest by constituting a
three-judge bench, which in-
cluded Justice Mohamed War-
same to hear a constitutional
petition No 11 of 2012.
The bench is reported to
have issued an injunction on
the judges and magistrates vet-
ting board, while Justice War-
same had been summoned to
appear before the board on Oc-
tober 16, 2012. The petition
was heard by JSC members
Samuel Kobia, judge Emilly
Ominde, PSC chairperson Mar-
garet Kobia, Florence Mwan-
gangi (LSK) and Tom Ojienda
(LSK) and chaired by Supreme
Court Judge Smokin Wanjala.
Justice Mutunga created a
By WILFRED AYAGA
A House committee has
warned two security bosses
that they could face unspeci-
ed consequences if the situa-
tion in the country does not
improve in the next two
weeks.
The House Committee on
Admnistration and National
Security chaired by Asman Ka-
mama (Tiaty), told Interior
Cabinet Secretary Joseph ole
Lenku and the Inspector Gen-
eral of Police David Kimaiyo to
prepare for stern action if there
are no tangible strategies on
the ground to deal with the spi-
raling wave of terrorist at-
tacks.
We will ask them if they
are prepared to make this
country safe. If not, we will tell
them to hang their boots. As a
committee, we will consider
stern action against those in
charge of security. The action
to be taken is however up to
the members to decide, Ka-
mama, who spoke on behalf of
the other members, said.
He said the current state of
insecurity in the country was
scaring away investors and
that the country was struggling
to win back their condence.
At this rate, our tourist in-
dustry is at stake and investors
condence is low. The Cabinet
Secretary in charge of security
and the Inspector General
need to show a lot of improve-
ment in their work, he said.
House team warns security bosses
THE ACCUSATIONS
Chief Justice Willy Mu-
tunga has been accused
of breaching the judicial
code of conduct and ethics
as he allegedly displayed
bias and interest by con-
stituting a three-judge
bench, which included Jus-
tice Mohamed Warsame to
hear a constitutional peti-
tion No 11 of 2012
He is also accused of try-
ing to infuence the vetting
boards decision against
Justice Mohamed Ibrahim
fertile ground for conict of in-
terest on the part of Justice
Warsame, who was set to be
vetted by the board, said Dr
Alila.
It brought to question Jus-
tice Mutungas grasp of the ba-
sic principle of law, especially
the judicial code of conduct,
which disallows conict of in-
terest on the part of judicial of-
cers.
Alila questioned whether
the CJ appreciated the judicial
transformation to which the
vetting process plays a critical
role, and which process is
shielded from any judicial in-
tervention as per Section 23(2)
of the sixth schedule of the
Constitution.
It is my humble submis-
sion to JSC panel that by ap-
Members of the Departmental Committee on National Security and Administration (from left) As-
man Kamama (chairman), Alois Lentoimanga (vice chairman) and members Wajir West MP Ab-
dikadir Ahmed and Samuel Moroto (Kapenguria) address the press at Parliament buildings yester-
day. [PHOTO: MBUGUA KIBERA/STANDARD]
Allow us to appeal against forced
testimony, Ruto, Sang urge ICC judges
pointing Justice Warsame to
the three-judge bench was a
display of personal interest,
impartiality and personal bias
in favour of the judge in breach
of the code of conduct and
ethics, said Alila.
The CJ is also accused of
showing bias by trying to in-
uence the vetting boards de-
cision against Justice Mo-
hamed Ibrahim.
In his presentation, Alila
told JSC that Mutunga fa-
voured judge Mohamed. He
said that when the judge rst
appeared before the vetting
board on April 27, 2012, he had
162 pending cases in Momba-
sa, 79 in Eldoret, and 29 in Nai-
robi.
UNFIT TO SERVE
Alila said that on May 2,
2012, Judge Mohamed re-
quested Mutunga for a three-
month leave to nish the
pending cases.
He told JSC that the leave
was granted effective from
June 1, 2012 to July 20, 2012,
while the judges and vetting
board ruled that Justice Ibra-
him was unt to serve in the
Judiciary.
Once a judicial ofcer is
determined unsuitable by the
vetting board, he is deemed
removed unless that decision
is reviewed otherwise. The
constitutionality of the judg-
ments, rulings written after Ju-
ly 20 are questionable, said
Alila.
Page 8 / NATIONAL NEWS Wednesday, May 7, 2014 / The Standard
ODM lawmaker wants poll
date moved to December
By WILFRED AYAGA
An ODM legislator has proposed
an amendment to the Constitution to
move the date of general elections in
the country from August to Decem-
ber.
The Constitution of Kenya Amend-
ment Bill 2014 proposes changes to
various articles of the supreme law,
which specify that the date of the
General Election shall be on the sec-
ond Tuesday of August.
The sponsor of the Bill, David
Ochieng (Ugenya), said the current
August date has had a disruptive ef-
fect on various aspects of the econo-
my.
In December, people are in their
rural homes and the fear of election
violence does not prevent registered
voters from casting their ballots. All
He argues the current
date disrupts school
calendar, tourism high
season and Kenyans
wont have time to vote
political parties should be given a
level playing ground, he said.
The term of the nine commission-
ers expires in November 2017 and two
weeks ago, the Coalition for Reforms
and Democracy (CORD) led a peti-
tion seeking to kick them out of ofce
on grounds of incompetence.A review
of the elections date could fuel specu-
lation that it is another strategy by
ODM to ensure the current IEBC of-
cials do not conduct the next elec-
tions.
The proposed amendments seek
to delete the words the second Tues-
day in August and substitute them
with the third Monday in Decem-
ber.
The current date of the General
Election unduly disrupts the educa-
tional calendar, the tourism high
season and the aspirations of a sec-
tion of Kenyans who are not able to
get time out of their busy schedules to
take part in the General Election at
places of their preference, it reads.
Among articles the Bill seeks to
amend are 101, 136, 177 and 180,
which make reference to the date
when Kenyans are required to cast
their ballots for candidates contesting
for presidential, gubernatorial, parlia-
mentary and county assembly seats.
Article 101 says: A General Elec-
tion of members of Parliament shall
be held on the second Tuesday in ev-
ery fth year.
The consequent articles clarify
that the elections for the other seats
shall be held on a similar date. This
means should the amendments go
through, the current commissioners
shall not be in ofce by the time the
next General Election are held.
The amendments could, however,
give rise to another debate on wheth-
er MPs could be keen on extending
their terms in ofce by at least ve
more months. In its memorandum of
reasons, however, the Bill claries that
its main intention is to end the cur-
rent uncertainty on the poll date.
Police vetting forum
OCPDs, their
deputies and
DCIOs collect
brochures during a
vetting sensitisa-
tion meeting with
the National Police
Service Commis-
sion at Bandari
College in
Mombasa County.
The senior ofcers
were being
sensitised on the
forthcoming police
vetting exercise
which will be held
in every county
within the Coast
region. [PHOTO:
GIDEON MAUNDU/
STANDARD]
Leader decries
rising insecurity
By ERIC LUNGAI
Vihiga MP Yusuf Chanzu has
blamed the rising wave of insecurity
on sabotage from both security agents
and the public, saying they lack col-
lective responsibility.
Terrorists are forging new tricks
every day and our security forces have
failed to counter them. People are
also not helping in curbing the inse-
curity wave, but instead are blaming
the Government, he said.
He was speaking at the Vihiga CDF
headquarters after meeting the Uw-
ezo Fund committee to instigate
mechanisms of issuing the cash.
Chanzu accused Kenyans of their
unwillingness to embrace the com-
munity policing initiative.
By JAMES OMORO
Five opposition MPs have chal-
lenged the government to secure the
country.
Coalition for Reforms and Democ-
racy MPs Agostino Neto (Ndhiwa),
George Oner (Rangwe), Silvance Osele
(Kabondo Kasipul), Jared Opiyo
(Awendo) and Ken Okoth (Kibra) ex-
pressed concern over escalating terror
attacks in the country in the recent
past.
Speaking during the groundbreak-
ing ceremony for male and female
wards at Magina Health Centre in
Ndhiwa Constituency, the legislators
accused the State of failure to avert
terror.
Neto and Oner attributed the at-
tacks to underperformance of the
Kenya Police Service, which they said,
lacked motivation.
National security is one of the key
functions of a Government. But there
is no way we can have a secure coun-
try if the welfare of security ofcers is
not catered for. The State should mo-
tivate the police to enable them to do
their work with morale, Neto said.
Oner said poor salaries was a ma-
jor hindrance to police performance
and told the Government to increase
their salaries. You cannot expect an
ofcer to perform well if he is being
aficted with nancial constraints in
his house. They need to be given good
money, Oner said.
CORD MPs tell
State to secure
Kenyas borders
By PAMELA CHEPKEMEI
The High Court has stopped the
relocation of 500 foreigners to a refu-
gee camp.
High Court judge David Majanja
issued orders stopping Interior Cabi-
net Secretary Joseph ole Lenku from
moving the foreigners in Nairobi and
other urban centres to a refugee
camp.
The judge issued the orders fol-
lowing an application by nine peti-
tioners on behalf of 500 aliens who
claim to have invested heavily in East-
leigh.
The 500 refugees were issued with
alien cards by the Government of Ke-
nya and duly recognised as such when
they sought asylum in Kenya.
They told the court that the Ke-
nyan Government welcomed them in
2006 as asylum seekers and were ad-
vised to invest in the country.
After arrival, they formed an or-
ganisation called Eastleigh Commu-
nity Association, which has a mem-
bership of 513 members who hold
alien certicates.
They asked the court to issue tem-
porary orders stopping the imple-
mentation of the gazette notice sanc-
tioning their relocation, pending the
hearing of their case.
BLANKET DIRECTIVE
The refugees contend that contin-
ued implementation of the directive
christened Operation Usalama Watch
is a threat to their right to dignity,
movement and own property as en-
shrined in the Constitution.
The Governments directive in
this respect, being a blanket directive,
is inconsistent with the provisions of
the Constitution, the Refugee Act and
international law as it amounts to tak-
ing away accrued or acquired rights
by the petitioners without due process
of the law, said Samow Mohamed.
The petitioners argue that the
policy of relocation and encampment
adopted by the Government fails to
take into account families with chil-
dren, those on medical treatment and
the specic situation of the individual
refugee.
The petitioners are likely to face
persecution in those designated refu-
gee camps owing to their ethnic af-
liation and the Government directive
does not take into account this fact,
said Mohamed.
The refugees have named Lenku,
the Commissioner for Refugee Affairs
and the Attorney General as respon-
dents.
The case will be heard in the pres-
ence of all parties on May 27.
Court stops
relocation of
500 foreigners
MPS ARGUMENT
He says in December people
are in their rural homes and
fear of chaos does not prevent
them from voting
The proposed amendments
seek to delete the words the
second Tuesday in August
and substitute them with the
third Monday in December
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Two victims of Nyali hotel blast had
criminal records, police maintain
about two suspicious people whom
they thought were up to something
sinister.
The two suspects are said to have
booked into the hotel and there are
certain issues that point ngers at
them and that they might have par-
ticipated in the blast incident, said
the CID boss, referring to the Saturday
evening blast on the beach behind
Reef Hotel.
Regarding Jamal and Suleiman,
police pressed ahead with a hypoth-
esis that they do not have a clean re-
By JOACKIM BWANA
and WILLIS OKETCH
Police in Mombasa have released
the criminal records of two people
killed in Saturdays bus stage explo-
sion, as an MP threatened to resign
over reports linking Suleiman Mo-
hamed Said and Jamal Mohamed
Awadh to the blast.
According to the records, Jamal
had attended Islamic radicalisation
sessions at the controversial Masjid
Musa in Majengo, Mombasa. The
mosque is being associated with slain
radicals Sheikh Abubakar Sharif alias
Makaburi and Sheikh Aboud Rogo
Mohamed, both said to have had ties
to Al Shabaab and its afliate, Al Hi-
jra.
Mvita MP Abdulswamad Sharif
threatened to resign over claims by
police that the two youths were mem-
bers of Al Shabaab.
Mombasa CID boss Henry Ondiek
unveiled Jamal and Suleimans crimi-
nal records and accused their relatives
and human rights groups of trying to
whitewash the deceaseds past.
Meanwhile, Mr Ondiek disclosed
that detectives are holding two sus-
pects of Somalia origin in relation to
the weekend bomb attacks at Nyali
Reef Hotel.
According to Ondiek, the two had
checked into the hotel before the at-
tack but it was not clear if they spent
the night at the hotel, or what time
they were arrested.
He said police received informa-
tion from the hotel management
Family photo of Jamal Mohamed Awadh (second right). Inset: Suleiman Mo-
hamed Said. Their families have disputed police claims that they had criminal
records. [PHOTO: COURTESY]
Offcers say the duo
attended Islamic
radicalisation lessons at
Masjid Musa and were
among those arrested
BY VICTOR NZUMA
Interior Cabinet Secretary Jo-
seph Ole Lenku has warned Ke-
nyans against harbouring crimi-
nals.
Addressing more than 2,000
chiefs, their assistants, county
and sub-county commissioners
from the lower Eastern region, Ole
Lenku said the Government would
treat such people as criminals
and without mercy.
He said the recent wave of ter-
rorism in the country should not
be misconstrued to mean the
Government has failed to provide
security. The CS attributed the
wave to some dishonest Kenyans
who want to make a killing out of
the bloody business.
Accompanied by his Principal
Secretary Mutea Iringo, Deputy
Inspector General of Police Grace
Kaindi, Eastern regional coordi-
nator Clare Omolo and Machakos
County Commissioner Ann Gaku-
ria, Ole Lenku lauded the security
agencies for doing a good job in
the ght against terrorism.
MORE TIME
So far we have done a great
job in wiping out these criminals
out of the Kenyan soil and it will
be just a little while before we
completely do away with them,
said Ole Lenku.
Mr Iringo warned ofcers issu-
ing national identity cards to
aliens to do so at their own peril
as such offences will attract seri-
ous penalties.
Issuance of IDs to non-Ke-
nyans is the biggest betrayal any
ofcer can do to his own country,
he said.
He said the Government is
busy working on repatriating all
aliens to their home countries.
Iringo described the attacks
being witnessed in the country as
the last kicks of a dying horse,
adding that there is no cause for
alarm.
Lenku warns
against hiding
criminals
AS PER POLICE REPORT
Suleiman and Jamal were un-
der police surveillance following
their release from jail
Although they are not linked to
any terrorist attacks, police say
there were too many coincidenc-
es in the circumstance of their
death to declare them innocent
bystanders to a crime
Mohamed Awadh is the same
person by the name Jamal killed
in the blast and whom they ar-
rested in the mosque
cord as portrayed by relatives and
sympathetic rights activists.
The Haki Africa Rights group has
spearheaded a campaign to suggest
that police and the media are lying
over the two, insisting that neither of
them was arrested over the February
2 raid on the controversial Musa
Mosque.
GROUPS CONFUSION
Police accuse Haki of mischief,
pointing that the rights group is try-
ing to introduce confusion in the de-
bate. The group supplied a list of 104
suspects it says were arrested in the
mosque on that day, which has nei-
ther Jamal nor Suleimans name.
It is not clear when this date was
made because a police list supplied
on February 3, included a Mr Mo-
hamed Awadh as the 25th suspect. In
Hakis list, there is a similar name,
Awadh, listed as the 24th witness.
Police say the said Mohamed
Awadh is the Jamal killed in the blast
and whom they arrested in the
mosque. Haki has not indicated who
this Mohamed Awadh is or denied this
24th or 25th witness is the deceased.
Meanwhile, Haki Africas list refers
to the two killed on Saturday as Sulei-
man Mohamed and Jamal Mbarak,
and police have challenged them to
be categorical about whom they are
defending.
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Shabaab militia WAR ON TERROR
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Police foil
terror attack
in school
BY ADOW JUBAT
Police in Garissa foiled a terror
attack targeting primary school
children in the town on Monday
afternoon.
A grenade that was neatly
wrapped in an empty jerrican had
been planted at Boys Town Prima-
ry School play ground by un-
known people during the lunch
break.
Conrming the incident, the
North Eastern head of Criminal
Investigation Department Musa
Yego said the assailants were tar-
geting school children who nor-
mally play in the eld at break-
time.
LOUD EXPLOSION
Shortly before they went out
at breaktime, a member of the
public who was passing nearby
got suspicious saw the jerrican
and suspicious. He notied the
school authorities, who later
called in security personnel to as-
certain the contents of the con-
tainer, he said.
A loud explosion was heard
within a 10kilometre radius as
military ofcers detonated the ex-
plosives, leaving a huge crater on
the ground; an indication that it
was too powerful.
This could have cost many
innocent lives of pupils. We want
to thank members of the public
for reporting the matter to us. We
are appealing to them to continue
with the same spirit if we are to
ensure that peace prevails in Ga-
rissa town, said the CID boss.
One of the two buses involved in a blast along Thika Road on Sunday. INSET: Some of the crew members of the ill-fated
buses at the Makadara law courts where they were charged with failure to prevent murder and released on a Sh5
million bond each. [PHOTO: FILE and PKEMOI NGENOH/STANDARD]
Judiciary reaches out to
security chiefs amid blame
BY CYRUS OMBATI
The Judiciary has started engaging
other arms of government on how the
current security situation should be
handled.
Chief Justice Willy Mutunga had
asked for a meeting between the Judi-
ciary and the National Security Coun-
cil (NSC) to discuss violent crimes,
terrorism and administration of jus-
tice. However, the meeting is yet to be
held.
The revelations came shortly after
Deputy President William Ruto criti-
Deputy President
has accused judges
of impairing justice
by releasing terror
suspects on bond
CJ PROPOSES MEETING WITH NSC
In a letter to the Interior Principal Secre-
tary Mutea Iringo, Chief Registrar of Judiciary
Anne Amadi said the proposed meeting be-
tween the Judiciary and the National Security
Council is aimed at discussing the interface
between national security and the adminis-
tration of justice
The letter revealed that CJ Dr Willy Mutunga
has in the past held consultations with the Di-
rector General of NIS, Chief of Kenya Defence
Forces and Inspector General of Police on the
issue of security and justice.
CJ (right) had asked for the meeting but it is
yet to be held
cised magistrates and judges for re-
leasing terror suspects on bond, thus
impeding the war on terror.
However, in a letter to the Interior
Principal Secretary Mutea Iringo,
Chief Registrar of Judiciary Anne
Amadi said the proposed meeting
that is aimed at discussing the inter-
face between national security and
the administration of justice should
exclude both the President and his
deputy.
The Judiciary believes that the
discharge of its constitutional man-
date is better served by a greater un-
derstanding of the broader social con-
text within which it operates. This is
what informs Judiciarys constant en-
gagements with government agen-
cies, business, civil society and aca-
demia mostly through the mediation
of the Judiciary Training Institute
(JTI), reads part of the letter dated
April 28.
Amadi said it is important for judi-
cial ofcers to understand the imper-
By PKEMOI NGENOH
Five crew members of the buses
attacked in the Sunday twin blasts on
Thika Road have been charged at the
Makadara law courts with failure to
prevent murder.
Robert Gakuru, Geoffrey Mwangi,
Joshua Wambugu, James Miringu
Munene and Anthony Mutua Masila
allegedly failed to prevent the felony,
namely murder by failing to screen
the passengers while boarding the ve-
hicles.
This exposed the vehicle to be
blown off by an unknown passenger
resulting to deaths of three people
and several injuries.
But through their lawyer Mbiyu
Kamau, the accused pleaded with the
court to be lenient while giving bond
terms since they earn meager salaries
from their job and that they were also
victims of the attack.
SH5M BOND
The ve denied the charges before
Chief Magistrate Emily Ominde. They
were released on a Sh5 million bond
each and two surety of similar
amounts. The case will be heard on
July 17.
One of the ill-fated buses was fer-
rying passengers from the Central
Business District to Githurai 45 and
the other one to Mwiki in Kasarani be-
fore the Sunday attack.
Police said the well-coordinated
blasts happened concurrently around
5 pm near Homeland area and anoth-
er one at the Roysambu underpass.
The Mwiki Sacco bus was ferrying 51
passengers.
The impact of the blast was visible
on the two buses that had their win-
dowpanes and other parts completely
shattered.
At least three people were killed
and 67 wounded when two impro-
vised bombs exploded inside the bus-
es.
The blasts were caused by Impro-
vised Explosive Devices that had been
planted in the two buses
By STANDARD REPORTER
As efforts to tame terrorism
intensify, police have warned
matatu operators who fail to
screen passengers that they will
be prosecuted.
Nairobi police boss Benson
Kibue warned yesterday they
would take action on crew who
fail to carry out the screening
process.
He revealed they would also
position armed police ofcers at
various bus termini to boost se-
curity as the matatu staff carry
out the exercise.
The crew must screen the
passengers and know what is
contained in their luggage, said
Kibue.
Meanwhile, Deputy President
William Ruto has said they plan
to gazette all matatu termini as
part of efforts to contain the new
attacks.
He spoke at his ofce after
chairing a security meeting that
discussed the matter. We plan to
gazette all matatu termini to en-
sure people board and alight at
specic places. We have to ensure
our people are safe, said Ruto.
The operators wanted special
police units set up at bus termini
along major highways to ensure
passengers boarding public vehi-
cles are not armed.
Matatu Welfare Association
Chairman Dixon Mbugua said
lack of security checks at bus
stops may have given terrorists
an opportunity to carry out their
heinous act.
Rogue matatu
operators put
on notice
of the Police, head of public service
Joseph Kinyua and director of JTI Prof
Joel Ngugi.
Ruto however called on the Judi-
ciary to be a strong partner in the war
against terror. We call on all players
in the justice, law and order sector to
stand with Kenyans, he said.
He said records indicate that many
terror suspects have absconded bail
and put themselves beyond the reach
of law enforcement.
Some of the suspects named are
Fuad Abubakar Maswab, who is be-
lieved to have ed to Somalia while
out on a Sh10 million bond and his
co-accused Jermaine John Grant who
had been arrested while in possession
of explosives.
Ruto noted Jamal Mohamed
Awadh and Suleiman Mohammed
Sayyed were also out on bond and
their families conrmed that they
both died last Sunday while executing
a bomb attack in Mombasa at the
Mwembe Tayari bus stop.
Those who have ed to Somalia
intend to continue their terror activi-
ties. While they are abroad, the cases
against them cannot proceed, seri-
ously impairing the quest for justice
and law enforcement, he said.
At least 22 terrorism suspects are
out on bond.
Our collective security is a shared
responsibility, thus every person must
play his or her part in maintaining un-
wavering vigilance, Ruto said.
Bus crew charged over city blasts
atives and challenges of national se-
curity and that the proposed meeting
will afford the other two arms of the
Government an invaluable forum to
share perspectives on the critical is-
sue in public interest.
She added the CJ had asked the JTI
to convene and host the Judiciary-
NSC session at a date to be mutually
agreed upon and in consultation with
the council, agree on the method,
structure and duration of the meet-
ing.
SUSPECTS FLEE
The letter revealed the CJ has in
the past held consultations wit the Di-
rector General of NIS, Chief of Kenya
Defence Forces and the Inspector
General of Police on the issue of secu-
rity and justice.
It was copied to Cabinet Secretar-
ies for Interior, Defence, Foreign Af-
fairs, the Commader of the Defence
Force, Director General of NIS, AG
Githu Muigai, the Inspector General
Kenya battles
Shabaab militia WAR ON TERROR
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Committee
opposes KDF
recall from
Somalia
By ALPHONCE SHIUNDU
The National Assemblys De-
fence and Foreign Relations
Committee yesterday told the Ju-
bilee administration not to with-
draw Kenyas forces from Soma-
lia, despite mounting pressure
from the opposition.
The vice-chairman of the
committee, Barre Shill (Fa) told
a news conference at Parliament
buildings that if the Jubilee Gov-
ernment got the Kenyan military
out of the conict-ridden Soma-
lia, then Kenya will be seen to be
weak and cowardly.
Were telling the Government
of Kenya that they should never
even dream of withdrawing the
troops from Somalia, said Shill.
Mr Shill was at the press con-
ference with MPs John Lodepe
(Turkana Central), Ibrahim Sane
(Garsen) and Elisha Busienei
(Turbo).
If our troops are there (in So-
malia) and they (Al-Shabaab)
have been hitting us, what do
you think will happen when they
(Kenyan military) leave? Well
look cowardly and vulnerable,
said Shill.
He added: Some people think
when we withdraw our troops
from Somalia, Al Shabaab will sit
back and say Thank You Kenya!
No! They will not. This is an ide-
ological war.
Al Shabaab wants to instill
fear in people so that you cannot
go into the bus, into a mall or in
the church. We cannot agree to
that, Shill said.
SHODDY JOB
The lawmakers, whose com-
mittee investigated last years
Westgate Mall terror attack, were
at pains to explain why their re-
port on Westgate which had
recommendations on how to
tackle terror in the country was
thrown out because of what the
National Assembly said was a
shoddy job.
Lodepe added: If we get our
troops out of Somalia, it will
show that we are going down as
a country. It will show that we are
weak. Tunataka wakae huko ndio
dunia ijue Kenya iko imara (We
want them to stay there so the
world will know Kenya is
strong).
Shill, Sane, Busienei and
Lodepe said the Judiciary should
lock up all terror suspects, until
they are sure beyond reasonable
doubt that these people are not
involved in terrorism.
Article 49 of the Constitution
grants arrested persons the right
to be released on bond or bail,
on reasonable conditions, pend-
ing a charge or trial, unless there
are compelling reasons not to be
released.
The Judiciary, buoyed by pro-
visions of the Constitution, has
been releasing some of the terror
suspects, if the prosecution fails
to show why they should contin-
ue being held. The MPs, however,
want every terror suspect to be
locked up.
Migori Governor Okoth Obado (in grey suit) follows proceedings at the Supreme Court, yesterday. The court has
concluded hearing of his petition seeking to overturn the decision of the Appeal Court to nullify his win as the countys
boss. [PHOTO: KURIAN MUSA/STANDARD]
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Team that backed
Wamboras ouster
to hear his case
By MOSES NJAGIH
The Senate re-constituted the
same committee that had recom-
mended the impeachment of embat-
tled Embu Governor Martin Wambora
(pictured) to undertake a fresh look
at the allegations now made against
him.
Efforts by a section of senators to
have the list amended to bring in new
members were defeated. The senators
Senate has placed
same committee
that recommended
governors removal to
probe him afresh
THE COMMITTEE
Senators Wilfred Machage (Migori) and
Steward Madzayo (Kilif) had argued that the
committee might be perceived as having a
pre-determined opinion over the matter
Even as the senators voted to maintain the
same membership they pleaded with the
committee to treat the matter as though it
was coming before them for the frst time
Those to sit in the committee are Kipchum-
ba Murkomen, Kimani Wamatangi, Zipporah
Kittony, Wilfred Lesan, Naisula Lesuuda, Peter
Mositet, James Orengo, Boni Khalwale, Boy
Juma Boy, Hargura Godana and Judith Sijeny
argued that there would be fears that
selecting the same membership might
mean a similar verdict.
Senators Wilfred Machage (Migori)
and Steward Madzayo (Kili) had ar-
gued that the committee might be
perceived as having a pre-determined
opinion over the matter.
However, majority of senators op-
posed this argument, entrusting the
committee with the duty to undertake
a fresh hearing. The senators unani-
mously voted for the constitution of
the committee, with 35 of the 47 elect-
ed senators in the House approving
the Motion.
But even as the senators voted to
maintain the same membership they
pleaded with the committee to treat
the matter as though it was coming
before them for the rst time.
This committee must approach
these matters with an open mind and
By KURIAN MUSA
Migori Governor Okoth Obado will
know his fate by way of notice after
the Supreme Court concluded hear-
ing his election petition yesterday.
The county chief seeks to overturn
the decision of the Appeal Court in
nullifying his March 4, 2013, win.
Prof Edward Oyugi, through law-
yer Musalia Mwenesi, submitted that
the Appeal Court was okay with ap-
praising the ndings of the High Court
that there was election malpractice.
The Appeal Court rule 29 pro-
vides that the court appraises the
ndings of the High Court and on in-
ference to issues of fact, it can arrive
at a decision and can only appraise
matters before the trial court, Mwe-
nesi said.
He added that some stations had
results of candidates adjusted and
that the polls for Kuria West arrived a
day before President Uhuru Kenyatta
was sworn into ofce.
JURISDICTION
Oyugi had moved to court by then.
However, lawyer Okongo Omogeni
told the judges that the Appeal Court
erred in analysing the issues of fact
that the court has no jurisdiction
over.
In response, Oyugis lawyer said
there was no evidence tabled in the
Supreme Court that there was any
principle of interpreting the Constitu-
tion contravened by the Appeal Court.
Mwenesi submitted that election re-
sults for Kuria West Constituency were
declared a day before Uhuru was
sworn in.
But the counsel for Obado argued
that indeed there were irregularities
in the Migori County elections but
they did not affect the nal result an-
nounced.
For example, in Suna East, the af-
davit by Oyugi showed that he had
obtained 22,450 votes but it was de-
clared that he had garnered 22,000.
Meanwhile, Obado continues to
serve as governor pending the deter-
mination of the case by way of notice
from the registrar of the Supreme
Court.
By MARGARET KANINI
Kenya still faces a challenge in the
use of modern technology to effec-
tively combat terrorism, cybercrime
and other emerging crimes, Attorney
General Githu Muigai has said.
Speaking during the Common-
wealth Law Ministers Meeting at the
Gaborone International Convention
Centre in Botswana, Githu said the
threat from international terrorism is
a serious concern for Kenya and that
there is a dire need for the Kenyan
Government to build capacity for
judges and other judicial ofcials to
deal with terror.
The country has been a target of
various terrorist attacks that continue
to claim lives of innocent Kenyans
and destroy property. These attacks,
caused by the Al Shabaab group, are
a threat to our national sovereignty,
statehood and integrity, he said.
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENT
The AG said it is important for the
country to vigorously ght terrorism
so as to maintain peace and stability
for development.
He said it is on that note that Ke-
nya will be looking forward to ways of
enhancing judicial development by
the end of the three-day meeting,
which ends tomorrow.
He, however, told the meeting that
the Kenyan Government has enacted
the Prevention of Terrorism Bill to
provide a legislative framework for
the ght against the heinous acts.
Githu also listed corruption, eco-
nomic and nancial crimes as major
impediments to development that
Kenya is still struggling to ofoad.
Githu: Kenya
still struggling
to ght terror
great sobriety. We must assume that
we do not know the issues contained
in the statements forwarded to us
now by the County Assembly of Em-
bu, said Majority Leader Kithure
Kindiki while moving the Motion for
the committees constitution.
FORMER PROCESS
Senators urged the committee to
ensure that they treat the governor in
a just manner and avoid getting car-
ried away by the evidence of the for-
mer process.
We are here today because the
Embu assembly has sent to Senate in-
struments of impeaching their gover-
nor, not because of a decision of a
court, Kindiki said.
The Tharaka Nithi senator argued
that the Judiciary, though an indepen-
dent arm of Government, was inferior
in hierarchy to the legislature, as it did
Governor to know his fate via notice
not draw its mandate directly from
the electorate, like Parliament does.
Minority Leader Moses Wetangula
said the team must conduct itself in a
way it will enjoy the trust of parties
who will be involved in the hearings.
The committee must make the
parties that appear before it feel that
theirs is a bastion of justice and fair-
ness. Members should not be clouded
by the notion that they had heard of
the accusation made against Wambo-
ra before, said Wetangula.
Senators unanimously voted for
the constitution of the team, with 35
of the 47 elected senators in the House
approving the Motion.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 / The Standard NATIONAL NEWS/ Page 13
By STANDARD REPORTER
The Wiper Democratic Movement
party yesterday issued two nomina-
tion certicates to candidates vying in
the upcoming by-elections in Bon-
chari constituency in Kisii County and
Mua ward in Meru County.
Charles Onyancha formerly of
ODM who defected to Wiper, was is-
sued with a nomination certicate
and cleared to vie for the upcoming
election while Joshua Kamenchu was
also presented with a certicate to vie
for the Mau Ward by-election.
Both candidates exuded con-
dence of clinching the respective seats
in the by-elections and said they were
grateful to wiper for accommodating
them in their hour of need.
Onyancha particularly thanked
party leader Kalonzo Musyoka for his
condence in him, adding that voters
have already given him the green light
to join the wiper party.
Kalonzo while presenting the two
with nomination certicates said he
is condent they will deliver their re-
spective seats to the Wiper party.
CORD is one big and democratic
family and so we do not expect any
hostilities among our candidates, Ka-
lonzo said.
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duo to vie in
mini polls
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Consumer body sues digital TV distributors
without the three channels from April
11 this year and that they have not
had any compensation from the sig-
nal distributors. No apology has been
passed to consumers the court
heard.
It is the responsibility of the rst
and second respondents to compen-
sate the affected subscribers, said
Kurauka. In the petition, the body
blamed Communications Authority
of Kenya for laxity and turning a deaf
ear to complaints by consumers.
The respondents have fallen short
of integrity, transparency and ac-
countability to the many consumers
they have affected by non-provision
of services and disregarding the con-
sumers who have complained to them
in the mainstream media, social me-
dia and to the three of them in vain,
said Kurauka.
The court heard that the two up-
per courts did not take into consider-
ation the predicament of the consum-
ers who had already pre-paid for the
services that were abruptly terminat-
ed. He said the cessation of transmis-
sion of content from FTA channels
has inconvenienced consumers who
are not a party to the dispute between
the signal distributors and the three
media houses.
Justice Ngugi ordered that the re-
spondents be served and appear be-
fore the court on May 18.
By KAMAU MUTHONI
The Consumer Federation of Ke-
nya (Cofek) has sued two digital tele-
vision distributors over failure to relay
free to air channels from three media
houses.
Cofek who led the suit under a
certicate of urgency said GOTV and
Star Times have failed to broker con-
sent with Kenya Television Network
(KTN), NTV and Citizen TV to the det-
riment of consumers, who bought
their decoders with the hope of re-
ceiving the same under the digital
platform.
The consumer body told High
Court Judge Mumbi Ngugi that the
Supreme Court had temporarily up-
held the decision of the Appellate
Court, which required the two not to
air the FTA channels without the con-
sent of the media houses, but now
wants the court to compel them to air
the channels.
FULL BOUQUETS
Seeking the said consent was a
sole responsibility of the rst and the
second respondent and consumers or
subscribers, especially those who had
prepaid, were not under any obliga-
tion to suffer in any manner and for
whatever period, as such consent was
being sought, said Henry Kurauka,
the lawyer representing Cofek.
Cofek said many consumers who
had paid full bouquets have had to do
Cofek has taken GOTV
and Star Times to court
for failure to provide
consumers with three
free to air channels
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Wednesday, May 7, 2014 / The Standard
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Attacks not good reason to withdraw KDF from Somalia
WHAT OTHER MEDIA SAY...
A
t least 50 people have been reported dead
after they consumed outlawed brews in Embu,
Kitui, Makueni and Kiambu counties. Hun-
dreds others are hospitalised with serious sicknesses
and loss of sight. It is not the first time such incidents
have happened. We hope this will be the last time,
though.
When the Government zero-rated East African Brew-
eries Ltds Senator Keg, the aim was to draw away
consumers from illicit concoctions often laced with
poison to the healthier, cheap and branded drinks. This
seemed to have worked for some time. But then duty
was imposed in the 2013 Budget, pushing the price up
by 60 per cent to Sh40, thereby pricing out the targeted
consumers and reversing the gains envisaged by EABL
and policy-makers then. It was back to the dance with
death with the poor imbibing brews that are made
without regard to safety and not subjected to any
quality tests. While brewers who deliberately lace their
drinks with poisonous substances to make them more
potent deserve punishment, causes that make people
so reckless with their lives should be addressed. And
that includes assessing policies that have far-reaching
consequences, like imposition of duty on cheaper,
healthier options. There is a correlation between high
illiteracy levels, joblessness and the consumption of
illicit brews. As the stresses of life pile, the poor who
are most vulnerable find temporary solace in cheap
alcohol, but often with disastrous results.
In other words, drunkenness is a consequence of
other societal issues that could be addressed through
proper legislation and regulation. Therefore, consider-
ing that local brews are banned, what role does county
governments and local administrators play in assisting
such bodies like the National Campaign Against Drug
Abuse (Nacada) eliminate this source of death?
Apparently, previously reported cases have not acted as
effective deterrents. It is time to find longer-lasting
solutions to prevent such needless deaths.
Kiprop eyes
fast time in
Diamond
League meet
By JONATHANKOMEN
Two-time World 1,500m
champion Asbel Kiprop will
lead a galaxy of stars to the
rst leg of the 2014 IAAF
Diamond League meeting in
Doha, Qatar, on Friday.
Kiprop, who is eyeing the
1,500m world record at the
Diamond League meeet in
Monaco in July, is also keen to
compete at the World Relays
Championships in Bahamsa.
Others stars in the Kenya
team to Bahamas are Eunice
Sum, former world 1,500m
silver medalist Silas Kiplagat,
former world champion Ja-
net Jepkosgei, World 1,500m
bronze medalist Hellen Obiri
and world 5,000m silver med-
alist Mercy Cherono.
Head coach Sammy Rono
said the athletes will leave to-
day for the Qatari capital and
report back Sunday at the Sa-
faricom Stadium in Kasarani.
We expect them back on
Sunday. We have a full house
and expect to ne tune some
of the problems we spotted
during the trails, said Rono.
Kiprop reiterated his
quest to produce a superla-
tive show in 4x1,500m at the
World Relays Champion-
ships in Nassau, Bahamas,
(May 24-25).
WINNING TREND
I have been doing well in
Doha and hope continue the
trend. We also have the po-
tential to break our 4x1,500m
record in Bahamas, said
Kiprop.
He will take on team mate
Silas Kiplagat, who has failed
to impress since winning
silver medal at the World
Championships in Daegu,
South Korea, in 2011.
Jepkosgei will join Eu-
nice Sum to the World Relays
Championships.
Eunice is my daughter
I am always happy to train
with her. She is a good part-
ner and I am happy she has
picked well from me. It has
been more than a decade
since I competed in the 800m
and I feel the great challenge
from upcoming athletes. The
young athletes motivate me
a lot.
World 5,000m silver med-
alist Mercy Cherono, who an-
chored her team to unofcial
17:05.8 world record in 4x1,
500m race at the national tri-
als, will be keen to start off
the season on a high note.
Cherono, who graduated
in 2012 to senior ranks, will
lead All Africa Games 1,500m
champion Irene Jelagat, a se-
nior brigade, alongside Ann
Karindi and Perin Nenkampi
to Bahamas.
The team will leave for
Bahamas on May 21.
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Brimin Kipruto will face World
champ Kemboi in steeplechase
NAIROBI
World 1,500m bronze med-
allists Hellen Obiri of Kenya
will skip the Doha Diamond
League meeting in Qatar on
Friday.
Obiri said she will be en-
gaged with military duties as
she prepares for the Kenya De-
fence Forces Championships
next week.
I was slotted to run in Doha,
but they never conrmed it
with my management. I have
other commitments and more
important I have an obligation
to compete for my unit dur-
ing the Kenya Defence Forces
Championships next week.
The two events are very
close and it will be demand-
ing to compete in both. I opt to
focus on the local meet to see
how fast I can run, Obiri told
Xinhua on Monday in Nairobi.
It means, Obiri who is also
a former 3,000m World Indoor
Champion, will postpone her
appearance on the 14-led Dia-
mond League series until June
as she is also keen to compete
at the World Relay Champion-
ships in Nassau, Bahamas on
May 24-25.
This season we have many
championships and they are
coming very close to each
other, so I have to be careful on
which one to enter. Bahamas
event is important because, it
is an international competi-
tion and I want to represent
Kenya, she said.
She becomes the second
top athlete to pull out of the
rst leg of the 2014 Diamond
League series. Last week,
Olympic 800m champion and
World Record holder David
Rudisha opted out with a calf
muscle injury, which he got in
training.
Im very disappointed not
to be able to race in Doha next
Friday. I know I have got a lot of
fans there and Im sorry I can-
not compete for them, said
Rudisha.
Despite the absence of
Rudisha from the 800m race,
supporters of the Kenyan team
will be rewarded with the pres-
ence of the 3000m Steeple-
chase Olympic and World
Champion Ezekiel Kemboi,
the former Olympic Cham-
pions Asbel Kiprop (1500m,
world title holder), Brimin
Kipruto (3000m Steeplechase)
and Janeth Jepkosgei (1500m)
and the reigning 800m World
Champion Eunice Sum.
Of importance is the re-
turn of Brimin Kipruto in the
3,000m steeplechase. The Bei-
jing Olympics champion in the
water and hurdle race is plan-
ning to attack the world record
over the distance.
Qatari Saif Saeed Shaheen
still hold the world record
mark of 7: 53.63, but Kipruto
came very close to breaking it
when he run 7:53. 64 just one
seconds off the mark.
World and Olympic Cham-
pion Ezekiel Kemboi also has
a faster time of 7:55.76 in Mo-
naco back in 2011.
The duo will be keen to
follow in the trend, but will
necessarily not be making an
attempt to break the record in
the Qatar capital on Friday.
The world record is off the
mind at the moment. It has
been long since I was out and
I must be rusty. The important
thing is to win the race, which
has some of the biggest names
in the discipline, Kipruto told
Xinhua in Nairobi on Monday.
Xinhua
By ERICK OCHIENG
Triple World champion Si-
mon Cherono will be among
the stars to grace the rst ever
Deaf Athletics Association of
Kenya (Daak) Marathon in
Kisumu on May 18.
Cherono, the Deaym-
pics record holder over the
10,000m distance (29:16.00)
will compete alongside his
perennial rival and World
and Deaympics marathon
champion Daniel Kiptum in
the race sponsored by Safa-
ricom.
I am stepping up train-
ing and will be much ready
to attempt my rst mara-
thon. I belief that I can win,
its a new category I am ven-
turing into this year, says
Cherono, who won gold in
mens 10,000m, 5,000m and
1,500m for Kenya at the 2013
Deaympics.
Tom Okiki, the Daak Pub-
lic Relations Manager, said
the maiden marathon will
also include 21km and 10km
events for men and women.
The marathon will start at
Moi Stadium, pass through
Buoye, Ahero and then back
to the nishing line at the
stadium.
Prizes money will be
awarded to top ten nishers.
We are yet to conclude on the
amount, said Okiki. The
registration fees is Sh500
(marathon), Sh300 for 21km
and 10km.
Athletes without hearing
impairment are also wel-
come but will compete as
fun runners with no chance
of winning the cash awards.
The race will bring togeth-
er Deaf athletes, from across
counties, who will showcase
their emerging talents, said
Okiki.
Safaricom ofcials says
they are glad to support the
race with Daak having been
incorporated in the Safa-
ricom Athletics Series calen-
dar.
The race, which will also
be the rst edition of Safa-
ricom Athletics Series Deaf
Marathon, will be rotational
with Eldoret or Nairobi hold-
ing the next series depend-
ing on the board recommen-
dation.
The maiden race is in-
strumental in scouting for
emerging Deaf marathoners
at the grassroots level. For
this reason, Kenyan Deaf
athletes have dominated
in various marathon races
in successive international
competitions.
For instance, during the
20th Summer Deaympic
Games in Melbourne, Aus-
tralia in 2005, Edwin Kip-
chumba was the rst Kenyan
Deaf athlete to win Mens
marathon gold with a time
of 2:34.21, followed by Ray-
mond Kerich who got silver
with a time of 2:34.24 behind
a bronze medallist Isaac
Mahlake (South Africa) click-
ing 2:38.24.
At the rst World Deaf
Athletics Championships in
2008, hosted in Izmir, Turkey,
Daniel Kiptum was the gold
medalist timed at 2:28.45
while Peter Toroitich took
the bronze medal posting
2:37.18.
Kiptum clinched gold
(2:28.31) in Mens marathon
at 21st Summer Deaym-
pics, Taipei, Taiwan in 2009,
followed by David Njeru
(2:35.59).
At the 22nd Summer
Deaympics last year staged
in Soa, Bulgaria, Kiptum
won gold (2:24.45) followed
by Peter Toroitich (2:28.44).
Kiptum is now the world
record holder of the Deaf
marathon after he performed
impressively at Zurich based
hearing marathon in 2011
timing 2:11.31. eoyugi@
standardmedia.co.ke
OBIRI GIVES DOHA BYE
Cherono, Kiptum to meet at Deaf Marathon in Kisumu
Hellen Obiri (right) and Faith
Chepngetich compete during
national trials at Nyayo
Stadium. Obiri will skip the
Doha Diamond League meet
on Friday. [PHOTO:FILE/
STANDARD]
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 / The Standard Page 60/ FEVERPITCH
STRENGTH AND FLEXIBILITY
120 teams advance to Kiambu Cup round two
By OSCAR PILIPILI
Japan Karate Association/
World Federation-Kenya (JKA/
WF) are gearing towards host-
ing a major seminar at Safa-
ricom Indoor Arena on August
11-16.
Peter Njagi of the JKA/WF
Kenya conrmed that Koichiro
Okuma Sensei, sixth dan of
JKA from Tokyo will conduct
the international seminar.
It gives us great pleasure
to be a part of keeping the tra-
ditions of JKA shotokan karate
legacies and excellences in
modern world of the martial
art sport, Njagi said in a state-
ment yesterday.
Njagi said that all JKA/WF
Eastern and Sub Sahara Af-
rica Region, Europe and JKA /
WF members will be in atten-
dance.
The fact that Kenya has
been chosen to host this im-
portant event shows the exist-
ing potential to develop the
shotokan karate in the country
as well as the growing signi-
cance of the need to improve
quality and standards of the
sport in the region, said the
ofcial.
INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR
This is the second inter-
national seminar (gasshuku)
in the calendar of events or-
ganised by the local body after
the rst of such event that was
held in Tokyo last month.
Preparations for the high
prole gasshuku started with
the referees, judges and in-
structors course to be held in
Nairobi on last week.
The JKA/WF Kenya have
also planned a general clinic
that will be conducted in Na-
kuru on May 31 to June 1.
The clinic will then pave
way for children/cadets course
that will be held in Nairobi on
June 6.
Mbita Karate Clubs Zakary Akumu (left)
and the clubs instructor Hesborn Ouma
Dondi during a training session at Sindo,
yesterday. [PHOTO: PHILIP ORWA/STAN-
DARD]
BY ERIC WAINAINA
The opening round of the
ongoing Kiambu County Cup
Championships ended with
120 teams qualifying for the
second round over the week-
end.
In Lari, Aljazeera defeated
Kagwe 2-0 in a match played at
Kagwe Stadium to earn ticket
to the next round.
Dolphin also qualied for
the second round following
2-1 victory over Kagwe Junior
while Juventus overcame Su-
perstars 2-1 in other match at
Kamburu.
Other teams from Lari
which proceed to the sec-
ond round are Kijabe, Spider,
Wakulima, Keep-change and
Superstriker Jupiter.
In Juja, Sparks shocked
pre-match favourites Mashule
2-1 in an exciting match to ad-
vance in the contest that is fea-
turing dozens of teams.
Other teams proceeding
to the next stage in Juja are
Internationale, Jacaranda,
Newwoods, Youngstar, Jomo
Kenyatta University College
of Agriculture and Technology
staff, Jujacom and Magomano
Murera Youth.
Githunguri sub-county also
held their matches that saw
Rhino edge out Position 1-0 to
qualify for the second round of
the inaugural tournament.
Other Githunguri teams
that advanced are Ngewa, Ga-
koe, Kambaa, Githiga Olympic
Hossa, Miiri, Karia and Spor-
tiff out of the 720 sides that
entered the rst round of the
tournament played at ward
levels.
In Kiambu, Maradona, ACK
United, Kiambu Community,
Kiamumbi All Stars, Dallas
United, Superstars, Rising
Stars and Ndumberi marched
on to the second round.
The tournament that has
been organised by Kiambu
County government was
launched last month by Sports
Secretary Machel Waikenda.
According to Waikenda, the
tournament is tailored towards
reviving dormant sports activi-
ties in the county.
Besides, the Champion-
ships will be used to select a
team to form Kiambu Allstars.
Its the rst time Kiambu is
holding a competitive tourna-
ment and Waikenda said the
grand nale will be held next
month.
The best players will be
picked to form a team that
will play other regions in inter-
counties games.
The selected talents, he
said, will be further polished at
football academy that will be
established in the region soon.
Waikenda also said that
they are also working on ways
to ensure the tournament is
elevated to an annual league
event.
The ultimate winners of
the tournament will pocket
Sh100,000 and a Sh50,000
shopping voucher, the run-
ners up to get Sh75,000 and
a Sh25,000 voucher, the third
team will bag Sh50,000 and a
Sh25,000 voucher while the
fourth team will take home
Sh25,000 cash prize and
Sh25,000 voucher.
Maasai
Moran
World Cup
attracts US,
Italy sides
By BEN AHENDA
Teams from United States
of America and Italy have con-
rmed their participation in
the Maasai Moran Football
World Cup scheduled for Am-
boseli National Park from De-
cember 1-7.
The tournament coordina-
tor Moses Kamalik (pictured)
said they have started early
preparations by shopping for
serious sponsors and teams to
make the event for more com-
petitive compared to last year.
Just like the World Cup, we
have to invite teams capable
of giving our players enough
exposure besides seeking early
preparations and conrma-
tions from sponsors in order
to make it more successful,
Kamalik told FeverPitch yes-
terday.
East African Portland and
Cement Limited, who spon-
sored the event to the tune of
Sh300,000 last year, have prom-
ised to come on board accord-
ing to their Corporate Affairs
Ofcer Harun Kesemei.
We are part and parcel
of this tournament, which is
meant to tap and mould foot-
ball talents in Kajiado County,
Kesemei told FeverPitch.
Other sponsors expected to
chip in are Kenya Wildlife Ser-
vice and Mada Hotels.
ONE-WEEK COMPETITION
Kamalik said 32 teams are
expected at the one-week com-
petition with the latest entrants
being Rwanda, US and Italy.
The event has also received
the support of Kajiado County
Government. The countys
Minister for Education, Youth,
Culture and Social Services
Ali Letura said they will assist
sportsmen and women realise
their potentials.
Sports being a serious pro-
fession, we must assist players
from this county achieve their
full potential, Letura said.
Kamalik who is also Foot-
ball Kenya Federation Kajiado
County Chief Executive Ofcer
said he will also involve Foot-
ball Kenya Federation Presi-
dent Sam Nyamweya in seek-
ing for technical support.
Vapour FC, who are the de-
fending champions, hit Liver-
pool Kimana 3-1 in last years
nals to lift the title. bahen-
da@standardmedia.co.ke
Action between Maradona
and Gicoco during Kiambu
County Cup tournament at
Riabai. [PHOTO: ERIC WAINAINA]
Kenyan martial arts ex-
ponents return to interna-
tional scene when they com-
pete in the JKA/WF Tanzania
gasshuku next month at a date
to be conrmed.
According to a calendar of
events that was released by Nj-
agi yesterday, Nyahururu will
host a general clinic on July 5.
The clinic is purposely
planned to prepare Shotokan
karate fraternity for the JKA/
WF East and Central Africa
tournament to be held in Nai-
robi on August 11-16.
Mombasa will then be the
venue for general clinic sched-
uled to take place on Septem-
ber 13. The clinic comes one
month ahead of the JKA World
Championships in Tokyo, Ja-
pan.
Shotokan karatekas will
then converge in Nairobi in
December for a general clinic
and end of year party.
Njagi said: The locations
and dates mentioned are sub-
ject to changes as and when
deemed necessary.
POPULARISE KARATE
Shotokan karate is a tra-
ditional Japanese Martial Art
founded by Master Gichin Fu-
nakoshi.
Meanwhile, the Mbita Ka-
rate Club is planning to popu-
larise karate among women in
Homa Bay County.
The clubs instructor Hes-
born Ouma Dondi told Fe-
verPitch: Women have in the
past been sidelined in martial
arts sports like karate, we will
recruit as many women as pos-
sible within Homa Bay County
to embrace the sport.
We have always been sup-
ported by Sindo businessman
Salim Ikosiku Mohamed and
we urge the Homa Bay County
Government to support this
noble initiative, added Dondi
after training in Mbita town-
ship, yesterday.
Mohamed said: Support-
ing sports is a way of giving
back to the society and I urge
other well-wishers to come
up and support Mbita Karate
Club.opilipili@standard-
media.co.ke
Shotokan karatekas aim to
punch their way to new levels
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 / The Standard FEVERPITCH / Page 61
FastTrack
SCHOOLS: Kwanthanze
players attract college
Kwanthanze High School
volleyball girls team players
are likely to land scholarships at
Hampton University in Virginia,
USA. This follows a tour of the
school by a delegation from
Hampton headed by coach Karen
Cross at the institution last week.
Kwanthanze head coach Justin
Kigwari told FeverPitch that the
purpose of the visit by the scouts
was to tap talented players and
offer them scholarships. The
coaches were overwhelmed by
the massive talent at our school
which they described as the
backbone of Kenyan volleyball,
said Kigwari. Oscar Pilipili
DARTS: Abuta, Sakawa
reign at Labour Day Cup
Ibrahim Abuta and Selina
Sakawa are the winners of the
Labour Day Darts Cup held at
Chelimo Complex in Kericho at
the weekend. Abuta of Magereza
beat Joel Bett of Mang Hotel
5-4 to emerge mens winners
as Francis Mulonzi edged
Nelson Nyakundi of Mang 3-2
for third place contest. Sakawa
of Communication Commission
of Kenya beat Roselyn Wangui
of Blue Triangle 5-4 to lift the
womens title. Abuta hit 180
points eight times while Sakawa
hit it twice to emerge top scorers.
The tournament was sponsored
by Kenya Darts Federation
Kericho branch. Erick Ochieng
FOOSBALL: Gidrews win
Heineken tourney title
Team Gidrews representing
Sheba Lounge in Mombasa
has been announced the 2014
winners of the second edition
of the hotly contested Heineken
Foosball Tournament, following
a remarkable performance
by Gideon Admasu and Meki
Abass. Team Gidrews beat Team
Mandulis (Tribeka, Nairobi) by
one point after registering 19
points to clinch the title. With
the win, Gidrews secured a
trip to the legendary island of
Ibiza to experience the ultimate
Heineken live screening of
the UEFA Champions League
nals. Heineken East Africa
General Manager Koen Morshuis
expressed his pleasure with the
tournament. Erick Ochieng
LUCRATIVE TOUR
Pros to bank on KCB prize
money in a series of golf events
Palos FC hit Vihiga United to extend good run
By PHILIP ORWA
The Makini School spon-
sored Palos FC edged out vis-
iting Vihiga United FC 1-0,
sponsored by Vihiga County,
in a Football Kenya Federation
Division One encounter at the
Kisumu Carwash grounds.
Emmanuel Dudi was the
hero of the day after he scored
the all-important goal in the
76th minute of the encounter
watched by hundreds of fans.
After beginning the sea-
son on the wrong footing, I
am happy we are picking up
and the boys are now posting
good results, said Palos coach
Juma Said
We are preparing well for
our next matches and it is good
that we beat Vihiga United that
had started their FKF Division
One title chase on a high note,
added Said.
Makini School head teach-
er Patrick Imbuga, who was
excited with his sides victory,
thanked the players for their
commitment on the pitch.
I am happy that we have
won this match, Vihiga United
has been strong but after be-
ing humbled by Bondo on
Saturday, my players showed
commitment and they did not
disappoint today, Imbuga told
FeverPitch at the weekend.
On Saturday Bondo United
FC had also silenced Vihiga
United FC 2-1 in a lively en-
counter staged at the Jaramogi
Oginga Odinga University of
Science and Technology play
grounds.
Bernard Odhiambo scored
for Bondo United in the 18th
minute to give the Siaya Coun-
ty team a 1-0 lead at half time.
In the second half Odhia-
mbo was on target again when
he headed in a superb goal in
the 68th minute to make the
score line 2-0.
In another encounter Ko-
longolo dismissed Comply 2-0
in another FKF Division One
encounter that saw Julius Ob-
wamu net in the two goals in
the 54th and 78th minutes of
the encounter.
Hosts Silibwet were forced
to a one-all draw with Ulinzi
Warriors in another encounter.
Danger man Dennis Byegon
was the hero of the day, giving
Silibwet the only goal but their
hopes to get maximum points
were dwindled after Vicor Li-
donde made things equal with
just two minutes to the nal
whistle.
porwa@standardmedia.
co.ke
Brian Njoroge follows his tee during the KCB Advantage Banking Golf Grand Finale at Leisure
Lodge Golf Club, last year. He emerged the winner. [PHOTO: MAARUFU MOHAMED/STANDARD]
By OSCAR PILIPILI
Top three professionals in
the forthcoming KCB Golf Tour
2014 will be sponsored to play
in the Sunshine Tour in South
Africa.
The tour starts with its rst
round at the newly constructed
Thika Greens on May 16-17.
KCB head of business
marketing Wanyi Mwaura
while presenting a Sh24 mil-
lion sponsorship package to
Professional Golfers of Kenya
(PGK) said it will be exciting
for the pros to take their game
to the next level.
She said the sponsorship
package will to cater for ve
tournaments that are lined up
for the Tour which is the big-
gest pros series in Kenya.
Mwaura said: As we toast
to a revamped KCB Golf Tour
series for the year 2014, it is
not lost on us that this is the
ninth event we are partnering
with PGK.
Mwaura said that as part
of improving the tour, the top
three golfers will be sponsored
by KCB to play in the Sunshine
Tour of South Africa later in the
year.
MORE COMPETITIVE
Its our hope that this in-
centive will make KCB Tour
more competitive and improve
the prole for the event, she
added.
PGK chairman Rizwan
Charania conrmed that more
than 40 pros will participate in
the series.
Last years Order of Merit
champion Dismas Indiza,
Nicholas Rokoine and Grand
Finale winner Brian Njoroge
are among top pros lined up
for the event.
Other big names expected
are Anil Shah of Muthaiga,
Hesbone Kutwa, David Opati,
Ali Kimani of Vet Lab, David
Wakhu of Royal.
Charania, who is also the
resident pro at Windsor, added
that the PGK will focus on mo-
tivating pros to play interna-
tionally.
RETURNS TO NYALI
I am happy to report that
we have committed to have a
number of professionals on the
Sunshine Tour in South Africa,
the MENA Tour in the Middle
East and on Challenge Tour in
Europe, said Charania.
The second event in the lo-
cal Tour series will be staged
at Royal Nairobi in July while
Kisumu Golf Club host the
next round in October.
The Grand Finale returns
to Nyali on September 23-26
while Rift Valley Golf Club
hosts a corporate tournament
in December. The Thika Greens
event will offer the golfers a
prize money of Sh500,000,
Sh1 million will be at stake in
the Royal Nairobi Tour while
Sh500,000 is the prize Money
for Kisumu round of the event.
The Grand Finale in Nyali
has a hefty prize money of
Sh3 million while the Rift Val-
ley Tour carries a prize fund of
Sh500,000.
opilipili@standardme-
dia.co.ke
2014 KCB GOLF TOUR
SCHEDULE
MAY 16-17: Thika Greens
JUL 8-11: Royal Nairobi Club
AUG 15-16: Kisumu Golf Club
SEP 23-26: Nyali Golf Club
NOV 14-15: Great Rift
Palos FCs Calvins Omanga (left) shields the ball from Douglas
Nyabuto of Kisumu Day in a past encounter. [PHOTO: PHILIP
ORWA/STANDARD]
Page 62 / FEVERPITCH Wednesday, May 7, 2014 / The Standard
Liverpool captain Steven
Gerrard.
said the Ivorian midelder.
I hope we complete the
job, but it depends how sharp
we are, how we prepare men-
tally and physically.
Our target was always to
win something, but for us the
League Cup is not enough.
The Premier League was al-
ways our target, so now we
need to be at our optimum
levels when Aston Villa come
to our stadium on Wednes-
day.
He added: We denitely
expect to win it. As a team at
the top, you always expect to
win.
We have worked so hard
this year and, if we dont win,
it would be a massive disap-
pointment for us, for the fans
and for the club as well.
Toure has declared him-
self t after being substituted
during the second half of Sat-
urdays 3-2 win at Everton.
City also hope that Sergio
Aguero will be able to lead
the line against Villa despite
having gone off due to a
groin complaint in the rst
half of Saturdays game.
The Argentine left the
fray in the 28th minute at
Goodison Park, but he sub-
sequently took to Twitter to
reveal that his substitution
had merely been a precau-
tion.
Villa also have concerns
over the tness of a key for-
ward, after Gabriel Agbonla-
hor was forced off during the
3-1 defeat of Hull City on Sat-
urday with a knee problem.
Norwich Citys 0-0 draw
at Chelsea on Sunday means
that Villa are now safe from
relegation, but the club con-
tinue to be dogged by un-
certainty over the future of
manager Paul Lambert.
Villas American owner
Randy Lerner is due to make
an announcement on his
own position at the club
shortly and Lambert says
that his fate could be closely
tied to Lerners.
Asked if he would be stay-
ing at Villa Park, Lambert re-
plied: I hope so. That is what
I want to do, but youll know
when the chairman says
what he is going to do. The
next step is for the chairman
to come out and say. We had
to get over the line and then
the chairman will come out
and say what he will.
You would love to do it. It
is a brilliant club to drive on.
Thats why I said the most
important thing for this club
was to stay in this league.
Villa won this seasons
reverse xture in September
3-2 but they have not won at
the Etihad in the league since
a 2-0 success in April 2007.
AFP
Continued From P64
Redemption day ends in sorrow for Luis Suarez
City needing to win their nal
two home games against As-
ton Villa and West Ham United
to seal a second league title in
three seasons but Liverpool
made their rivals lives so much
easier as they pushed for more
goals.
Taking advantage of the ab-
sent defending, Palace scored
three times in the nal 11 min-
utes with Suarez laughing in
disbelief as Dwight Gayle lev-
elled the match with his sec-
ond in the 88th minute to leave
Citys Samir Nasri gloating.
What a game, what a
league, I love Crystal Palace so
much now our turn to do the
job, the Frenchman posted on
his Twitter feed.
As Liverpool boss Brendan
Rodgers conceded their bid
for the title was over, Suarez
did not look capable of waving
the white ag let alone mut-
tering anything after the nal
whistle.
Crouched on the pitch with
his hands covering his eyes
as the tears owed, Gerrard
pulled his team mate to his
feet and drove away the prying
television cameras as Suarez
tried to hide his face.
The title was Liverpools
to lose last week with pundits
lauding Suarez and his team
for their entertaining feats be-
fore a painful 2-0 home loss to
a canny Chelsea left them re-
quiring City, boasting a supe-
rior goal difference, to slip up.
TOP OF TABLE
Nasris side hung on for a
3-2 win at Liverpools neigh-
bours Everton on Saturday to
go top of the table and turn the
pressure back on Suarez and
co, who cracked once more.
Banned for making rac-
ist comments, suspended for
biting, punished for offensive
gestures and regularly accused
of diving, Suarez pushed his
club to the brink before the
start of the current campaign
after demanding to leave.
Arsenals advances were
rejected, while Real Madrids
never came and he committed
to the job in hand in spectacu-
lar fashion to haul last years
seventh-placed nishers into
title contenders.
Pessimistic Liverpool fans
will say his scoring efforts have
only alerted more suitors and
fear his tears were of a man
who had just missed out on his
nal chance of success with
the Merseyside club.
REDS BLOW TITLE
Rodgers proud despite Liverpool collapse
LIVERPOOL
Distraught Liverpool striker
Luis Suarez was helped from
the Selhurst Park pitch by cap-
tain Steven Gerrard on Monday
with his shirt pulled over his
head to hide his emotions af-
ter a day billed as redemption
ended in title concession.
The celebratory day began
with the Football Writers As-
sociation following the Profes-
sional Footballers Association
(PFA) in naming Suarez, often
billed as the Premier Leagues
villain, their player of the sea-
son.
The individual awards be-
stowed after a staggering 30
goals in 31 Premier League
appearances this season had
propelled Liverpool to within
touching distance of a rst
English title in 24 years.
The volatile Uruguayan
added a 31st in the 55th min-
ute of their penultimate game
of the season at Crystal Palace
to put Liverpool 3-0 ahead
and in prime position to heap
the title race pressure back on
Manchester City.
Victory would have left
Liverpools Victor Moses (left) reaches out to
striker Luis Suarez as he reacts at the end of
the English Premier League match against
Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in London on
Monday. [PHOTO: AFP]
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 / The Standard FEVERPITCH / Page 63
FastTrack
ULINZI: Baraza
impressed by team
After registering his second win
since taking over as Ulinzi Stars
coach, Robert Matano has been
impressed by how much the team
has improved in the last couple
of matches. The coach praised
the players for their performance
and tipped them to shine even
more with four games remaining
till the close of the rst leg. We
played very well against KCB and
we put up a good tactical display.
Everyone did his best and it was
a good win at the end of the day.
The team is improving with each
match and we are getting better.
We will surely see the best of
Ulinzi in the coming games, he
told the clubs website.
STARS: Origi to miss
Comoros match
Harambee Stars number one
goalkeeper Arnold Origi will not
be available for the May 17 Africa
Cup of Nations qualier against
Comoros. Coach Adel Amrouche
said he has allowed the player to
stay away as he has an important
league match with his club on
May 16. Origi is currently the rst
choice goalkeeper at Norway
top division side Lillestrom. We
need him to keep his rst team
place at Lillestrom and calling
him up for the May 17 match may
work against this. This is also a
good chance to give the other
goalkeepers a chance to show
what they can do, said Amrouche.
Origi will, however, be available
for the return match.
Gilbert Wandera
SOFAPAKA: Agwanda
yet to get Stars call up
Harambee Stars coach Adel
Amrouche says he is still
giving Sofapaka forward Enock
Agwanda time before calling him
up to the team. Asked why he had
overlooked the player despite his
top form in the league, Amrouche
insisted there was no need to
rush the player. Agwanda is
currently the top scorer in the
league after scoring seven goals.
We are monitoring his progress
and at the right time we will call
him if he maintains his form. At
the moment, we want to work
with the players we have had and
it may not be wise to introduce
new players at this time, he said.
REVENGE MISSION
Juma out to steer AFC
Leopards past KCB today
By GILBERT WANDERA
Harambee Stars coach Adel
Amrouche admits it is difcult
to convince France-based Di-
vock Origi to play for Kenya.
The Kenyan-born Origi turns
out for Lille in the French Ligue
One. He is the son of former
international Mike
Okoth, which gives
him the option of
playing for Belgium
at the senior level.
Lately, there have been
efforts to convince Origi to
turn out for Harambee Stars but
the player is yet to make up his
mind.
Speaking as Harambee Stars
kicked off their preparations for
the May 17 Africa Cup of Na-
tions qualier against Comoros,
Amrouche said he would love to
have the player on the team but
at the same time cannot force
him.
There is no doubt about his
quality. He is up there with the
best. We have done our best to
convince him to play for Kenya
but so far we dont have a de-
nite answer. We will keep talk-
ing to him and hopefully he can
make up his mind soon.
If we are to have him play-
ing alongside Dennis Oliech,
this would be the best attacking
forward in Africa, Amrouche
said at a Press conference.
The coach admitted that he
is losing patience with Belgium-
based Ayub Timbe and had
asked the player to make up
his mind about playing for the
national team or else risk being
locked out completely.
This is his last chance. If
he does not take up his place
then he should stay away. We
are happy to give another player
that opportunity.
The Ghenk midelder has
not always been keen to turn
out for Harambee Stars one year
after he complained of being
frustrated by federation of-
cials.
Since then, he has declined
call-ups and it is not clear
whether it will be different this
time around.
Amrouche also expressed
delight at the high number of
players who have gone abroad
this year, pointing out that it
is likely to raise quality on the
team.
Since the beginning of the
year,a number of local players
have turned professional among
them Francis Kahata (Albania),
David Ochieng (Saudi Arabia)
and Edwin Lavatsa (Algeria).
The players have improved
vastly with this new exposure.
They have developed in many
aspects of the game and this is
good because it will bring qual-
ity to the squad, he said.
Regarding the teams chanc-
es to play in Morocco next year,
Amrouche said good prepara-
tions will be key in ensuring a
successful campaign.
We must prepare in such a
way as to win all our matches
and qualify for the Africa Cup of
Nations nals.
He admitted that challenges
still abound but insisted that
they must focus on doing well
on the pitch.
We are used to these chal-
lenges and must not allow them
to distract us from our vision.
In addition, there is a lot of
hope because the Government
and many others are coming
on board to support our cam-
paign.
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The wait for young Origi continues, says Amrouche
Stars coach Adel Amrouche.
AFC Leopards
assistant coach
Abdalla Juma
[PHOTO:DENNIS
OKEYO/STANDARD]
By GILBERT WANDERA
AFC Leopards stand-in
coach Abdalla Juma will be out
to prove a point when his side
takes on KCB in a rescheduled
Kenyan Premier League (KPL)
Top Eight semi-nal match at
Nyayo Stadium today.
The match has been
brought forward to allow Leop-
ards travel to Sudan next week
for their Nile Basin regional
tournament, which kicks off
on May 20.
Juma was unceremoniously
kicked out of KCB three weeks
ago following a string of poor
results.
Before that, Juma had
helped the bankers nish in a
record fourth position, which
earned him the Coach of the
Year award. A number of play-
ers at the club were also hon-
oured.
However, Juma was not
able to carry the same magic
into the 2014 season and by
the time he was kicked out, the
bankers had remained winless
in nine matches and stuck at
the bottom of the log.
He has had moderate suc-
cess at AFC Leopards and Sat-
urdays 1-0 win over Tusker re-
mains the most famous victory
not just for him but also for the
club. There are hopes that this
is enough to push them past
the bankers.
MORE VICTORIES
Prior to Saturdays win,
Leopards had not beaten Tusk-
er in 16 years. The victory left
Juma hopeful of more.
We can only get better
after this win. This will be the
beginning of our turn around,
he said in a post-match inter-
view.
Another familiar face on the
pitch in todays match is for-
mer KCB hit man Jacob Keli.
Keli joined Leopards at the
start of this season but is yet to
enjoy the same success he had
at KCB last season, with only
one goal to his name so far.
UNDER PRESSURE
Keli is expected to partner
with Allan Wanga upfront in
search for goals against his for-
mer side. By virtue of being the
reigning KPL Player of the Year,
Keli continues to be under
pressure to perform in every
match he plays.
Like Leopards, KCB have
also struggled to chalk up
positive results this season
and will, therefore, go all out
against their opponents.
The bankers are still stuck
in the lower reaches of the
table standings and lost 2-1 to
Ulinzi Stars during Saturdays
league match.
New coach Rishadi Shedu
will need to greatly motivate
his players after their latest
loss. The bankers are making
their rst show in the compe-
tition hence the pressure to do
well.
The side has experienced
players who are capable of
stopping Leopards given that
they have also performed well
against their opponents in the
past.
Paul Kiongera is expected
to lead the bankers attack as
he has always enjoyed a good
run against Leopards.
Elsewhere, Leopards have
interviewed two coaches, with
one of them expected to be
named as head coach tomor-
row.
The interviews were con-
ducted last Thursday accord-
ing to Organising Secretary
Timothy Lilumbi.
We interviewed Trevor
Morgan and Khalid Arioua
from Morocco and the execu-
tive will sit down on Thursday
to pick the man who will take
over, he said.
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Liverpools extraordinary 3-3 draw at
Crystal Palace means that Manchester
City can close to within touching dis-
tance of the Premier League title by beat-
ing Aston Villa on Wednesday.
With the top two neck-and-neck on
80 points and with two games to play
each, City were braced for a repeat of the
2012 campaign, when they pipped Man-
chester United to the title on goal differ-
ence on the nal day.
However, Liverpools late capitulation
at Selhurst Park on Monday, when they
let a 3-0 lead slip in the last 11 minutes,
means that City now effectively need
only four points to regain the title.
Both their last matches are at home,
with West Ham United following Villa to
the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, and with
a goal difference of +59 to Liverpools
+50, they can afford to drop two points
and still nish on top.
City midelder Samir Nasri was un-
able to contain his delight at Liverpools
slip-up, tweeting shortly after the game:
What a game, what a league. I love Crys-
tal Palace so much. Now our turn to do
the job.
While both Villa and West Ham have
nothing to play for this season, Yaya
Toure has warned his City team-mates
not to take them lightly.
Both Aston Villa and West Ham are
sharp and will come to just enjoy the
games, but we have a league to play for,
Title beckons for Manchester City
after Reds slip at Crystal Palace
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Wednesday, May 7, 2014/ The Standard
Crime of ourtime
By Munene Kamau
Irate mob
lynched family
over witchcraft
Armed with crude weapons, raiders butchered
seven family members before setting their
remains ablaze on suspicion of black magic
T
hey were adjudged to be
witches in the court of
public opinion. No charge
sheet was required or de-
fence needed. The only punish-
ment that could calm the angry
neighbours was death.
And in the dead of the night of
November 2, 2005, the angels of
death stole into the desolate
compound in Mathangauta vil-
lage in Mwea.
In the twinkling of an eye,
Muthike Ndegwa (76), his wife,
Muthoni Muthike (70) and their
ve children and a grandson had
been slaughtered and their bod-
ies set ablaze by the mob.
When the killers came calling
on the family at around 2am,
they were determined that no-
body would be allowed to escape.
After all, every member of the
homestead was guilty of practis-
ing witchcraft.
The grandson almost man-
aged to escape. He dashed out of
the bloody homestead to a neigh-
bours where he pleaded for help.
But the neighbour grabbed the
traumatised boy and frog-
marched him back home where
he met his death.
Muthoni was heard scream-
ing and pleading with a villager
not to chop her head as she was
innocent. But her pleas fell on
deaf ears.
HEART BREAKING
When their blood-curdling
cries nally stopped and the last
of the Muthikes breathed their
last, their remains were piled to-
gether, doused with petrol and
then set ablaze.
However, Muchiri Muthike, a
son of the couple, was not at
home at the time; a development
that saved his life.
It was by the grace of God
that I had transported tomatoes
to Nairobi. I arrived after 3am
that fateful day only to receive
the heart breaking news, Muchiri
narrated later that morning.
After the news broke, police
arrived at the scene and started
collecting the charred remains of
the family members.
The bodies had been burnt
beyond recognition and it took a
pathologist a whole week to piece
together clues and identify the re-
mains before they were put into
individual caskets for a mass buri-
al.
Muchiri had no time to mourn
as he had to play hide-and-seek
with the villagers who claimed his
family was responsible for the
deaths of two youths whose bod-
ies were found oating in a nearby
irrigation canal.
According to the locals, the
family, which originated from Gi-
chugu and Ndia, had been ter-
rorising them for years.
Later that week, three key sus-
pects were arrested and locked up
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at Kingongo Maximum Prison in
Nyeri but the case was withdrawn
and suspects released in mysteri-
ous circumstances.
On the day of the burial, the vil-
lagers refused to dig the graves, a
development that forced the Gov-
ernment to use a tractor to dig the
mass grave.
Investigations later indicated
that Muthoni had reported to a lo-
cal chief that her life was in dan-
ger.
During the funeral, the chief,
who has since been retired, prom-
ised to ensure that those behind
the heinous crime were brought to
book.
WIPED OUT
When we visited the village last
week, we discovered that all traces
of the Muthike family had been
wiped out of Mathangauta vil-
lage.
The only survivor, Muchiri, we
learnt, had sold the ve acres of
family land to a villager who lev-
elled the mass grave and planted
trees.
The new owner has put up a
house and stocked a portion of the
land with dairy animals as well as
some geese that welcome you to
the home, which is tended by a
farm worker.
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Personal Finance
with John Kariuki
The pitfalls of aunting personal wealth
Showing off your riches opens you to
hangers-on, broke friends, lazy relatives,
gold-diggers and a whole posse of beggars
ready to separate cash your cash and you
An attitude that money can absolve you from your nasty social character is bad. People with the real money dont go on such escapades but instead lead quiet lives, and raking in even more money.
Make it simple
Cost control: It is a process or activity on
controlling costs associated with an activity, process,
or company. Cost control includes investigative
procedures to detect variance of actual costs from
budgeted costs, diagnostic procedures to ascertain the
cause of variance, and corrective procedures to effect
realignment between actual and budgeted costs. Labour market: This is the nominal market in
which workers nd paying work, employers nd willing
workers, and wage rates are determined. Labour
markets may be local, national lor international in
their scope and are made up of smaller, interacting
labour markets for different qualications, skills, and
geographical locations. They depend on exchange of
information between employers and job seekers about
wage rates, conditions of employment, level of
competition, and job location. Procurement: This is the act of obtaining or
buying goods and services. The process includes
preparation and processing of a demand as well as the
end receipt and approval of payment. It often involves purchase planning, standards
determination, specications development and
supplier research, selection and price negotiation,
among others. Procurement is often part of a
companys strategy because the ability to purchase
materials will determine if operations will continue. Marketing mix: A planned mix of the controllable
elements of a products marketing plan encompassing
product, price, place, and promotion. These four
elements are adjusted until the right combination is
found that serves the needs of the products custom-
ers, while generating optimum income.
Corporate strategy: This is the overall scope and
direction of a corporation and the way in which its
various business operations work together to achieve
particular goals. Corporate strategy is in the decision-
making, problem solving and strategy.
Simplifying those big business terms
Quick Wins
Worth: Navigating through the terrain lt pa,s to be discreet about what you are worth if you want to continue being wealthy for long. when ,ou aunt wealth carelessly, you attract people who will only need your money and the relationship will be skewed in their favour. when ,ou donate mone, to a worthy cause, people will get curious where it comes from. They will start researching your personal business and give it some publicity which can make your fortunes soar.
I
t is a societal taboo to aunt wealth. Even proverbs and wise sayings caution that wealth can easily melt if one
lacks the right attitude to it. In
fact, a persons worth should be
a closely guarded secret if he or
she wants to be socially right. But everywhere be it in
hospital outpatient queues, pubs,
matatus, banking halls or walk-
ways, we meet a breed of insen-
sitive people who aunt their
riches for a calculated and de-
testable social goal. Their ashy
lifestyle during hard times dem-
onstrate their immunity from the
biting money woes.
CUSTOMISED ATTENTION Typically, such frauds ash
the latest mobile phones and
jewellery whose monetary worth
can comfortably run a govern-
ment department. They com-
plain of poor services and utter
awe-inspiring names of swanky
places where they can get better
deals and customised attention. Others park their expensive
cars where they can be noticed.
They may make several trips to
the parking lot, ostensibly to get
mineral water, calculators, coats
or umbrellas and so on, leaving
no doubt who owns the limos. But personal nance experts
warn that it is the small sh who
aunt their riches and one can-
not pick out the real wealthy peo-
ple in a crowd. They are humble
to a fault. The wannabe million-
aires want to prove that they have
arrived in big money business
by changing their social classes. But the people with the real
money dont go on such esca-
pades. They instead lead quiet
lives, making even more money. They have nothing to prove to
anybody. Paul Karuchi, a Nyahu-
ruru-based personal nance
banker, says it is unwise to show
off ones riches. By aunting
your riches around, you open
yourself to hangers-on, broke
friends, lazy relatives, gold-dig-
gers and a whole group of beg-
gars, he says. Karuchi argues that keeping
ones wealth low-key is not the
same as hiding it from govern-
ment or tax evasion. It is all about being wise with
your money and keeping it away
from people who can decimate it
given a chance, he says. However, he adds that there
are times when showing off ones
wealth is necessary. For a personal business to
gain public condence, the own-
er is expected to give generously
and publicly to worthy causes,
he says, adding that public con-
dence remains important to
any successful business. This, he notes, is the best way
to show that one runs a nancial-
ly strong personal business.
Karuchi advises wealthy people
to display their riches in socially
acceptable yet discreet ways like
starting funds for worthy causes.
For example, billionaires such
as Bill Gates and Warren Buffet
have pledged enormous amounts
of money to charities, he says. Charles Njeru, a business de-
velopment adviser with one of
the banking institutions, says
one should choose a money
show-off that he or she can af-
ford. Making a thoughtless
pledge might earn one some
publicity in the short-term, he
says. But when one cannot sus-
tain or even honour such a
pledge, he or she can be nan-
cially vanquished. There is nothing that kills a
persons nancial reputation bet-
ter than pledging more than he
or she is actually worth, says
Njeru. Issuing bouncing cheques,
ostensibly to gain publicity at an
event, is nowadays considered a
criminal offence, adds Njeru. A common money mistake
some people make is to display
an arrogance before friends, es-
pecially those that they have
toiled alongside. They may at-
tract some attention, but often
borne out of the false pretence. FINANCIAL MESS Such people shut the door to
friends who would bail them out
of future nancial doldrums or
recommend potential clients to
them. The richest people never
reveal how much they are worth.
Often, they grunt a non-commit-
tal answer. Their networth is of-
ten an approximation worked by
the media from the market value
of their many businesses. Telling everybody how much
you make or have in your bank
account is the cheapest way to
show off your riches. Yet there are
scores of people in our midst
who commit this ultimate indis-
cretion at every opportunity. Naturally, people dont like
loudmouths who brag about
their property and fat bank ac-
counts.
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Wednesday Life
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 / The Standard
Usenge plot graph of better
days ahead in academics
School puts in place measures
to sustain and build on its
excellent performance in 2013
Usenge High
School
students
attend class.
[PHOTOS:
ISAIAH
GWENGI/
STANDARD]
Education with Isaiah Gwengi
O
ne time, its name could
appear alongside other
top academic giants
such as Sawagongo, St Marys Yala and Ambira high schools among others in the then Siaya District.
And some of its former stu- dents went ahead and assumed important positions in both pri- vate and public sectors.
Among them is the Deputy Minority leader in the National Assembly and Gem legislator Washington Jakoyo Midiwo.
Usenge High Schools alumni list also include the names of gy- naecologist cum assistant direc- tor of reproductive health at Ke- nyatta National Hospital Dr John Ongech.
Also in the list is Siaya Coun- tys gubernatorial contestant William Oduol.
Sufce to say, this was one of the countys top schools whose students went to excel elsewhere after walking out of its gates.
In an interview with The Stan- dard, Principal Daniel Wasambo is more condent that better days of academic success are ahead.
As a strategy, he says, they now endeavour subject-based seminars for teachers.
We also work towards com- pleting the syllabus by second term so as to secure ample time for the students to do their revi- sions ahead of the national ex- ams, discloses Wasambo.
MODERN LABORATORY
He further says that the schools enrollment has expand-
ed since its establishment in 1967. The school has a popula- tion of 800.
The rising enrollment has been attributed to the consisten- cy in good academic perfor- mance as well as the spill of stu- dents which has been as a result of Free Primary Education, he says.
However, the principal says that the entry behaviour in the school is still a big challenge.
Some of the students we se- lect with good marks never turn up, he says adding that the schools curriculum is still offer- ing eleven subjects and, there- fore, not giving them a fair ground for competition with the rest of the schools.
In last years KCSE examina- tion results in which the school had a mean grade of 8.1, Wasam- bo says that about 117 out of 123 students have direct intake into the university.
These are the best results that the school has ever had in the past ten years and this is a clear indication that we are head- ed to the right direction having positioned ourselves at position two in Bondo sub-county, he says disclosing that this year the school registered 177 candi-
dates.
As a way of improving the learning environment for both the staff and students, Wasambo says that they have embarked on a major infrastructure and facili- ties revamp, which will cost Sh15 million. This will include refur- bishing of a science laboratory, classrooms, dormitories and fencing of the school.
He says the school has plans to construct a modern laborato- ry to meet the rising schools en- rolment.
We have had one laboratory which cannot handle the in- creasing student population. The school has however received Sh2.9million from the CDF kitty to construct a modern science laboratory, he says adding that this will enable the school to im- prove in sciences.
He says the science laborato- ry would help improve teaching and learning, as students would not only learn theory but also practical science.
Science and technology plays a very important role in the development of the country and our students should take scienc- es seriously to enable them at- tain enviable professions in fu- ture, he urges.
School Spot
With Samuel Ochieng
Chavakali Highs
secret of success
No one had expected Chavakali High to outshine academic giants in last years Kenya Certicate of Secondary Education exams. Even the students were surprised when the Education Cabinet Secretary Prof Jacob Kaimenyi announced the top ten best schools nationally and Chavakali took the enviable eighth position. For a moment, everything was at a standstill. Then the students erupted with excitement and took over Chavakali town in style.
Students and teachers attribute this historic success to hard work, teamwork, discipline and above all, belief in God.
We understand that discipline is the cornerstone to any success. I am happy to say that there has been improved discipline in this school and no doubt, students at Chavakali are beginning to reap its fruits, says Ngaira Sharky, the schools head boy, who is in charge of 1,300, students.
BREAKING RECORD
According to the schools deputy principal Mudevi Joab, the sterling performance in last years examination was not a surprise but a result of good work both by the students and the teachers.
He says the school has been breaking records and many of these are unnoticed adding that Chavakali was the rst school in the whole country to introduce agriculture as a subject and also the rst to offer industrial arts, wood technology.
To Mudevi, the 2013 class performance was a result of curriculum outline that was moulded in the year 2010.
We had to sit down and plan because of the trend that was in the school. For a long time, the school could only produce few quality grades. We wanted a plan that could make the candidates get good grades. One way was to reward any student who gets an A with a motorbike, says Mudevi.
He says the plan worked well and the year 2011 it almost became a threat to the local giants as the school produced 18 straight As. However, the following year, the school did not perform as well and the deputy blamed this on the teachers strike.
We had prepared the 2012 class well. In fact we were targeting a mean of 10.33 but the strike interfered at a very wrong time, he says. That year, the school managed position 64 nationally. The 2013 team managed an additional 0.4 point on the set mean score of 10.33 to make it 10.73.
In out of class activities, the school equally does well comparatively. Its star is shining brightly in choir and rugby nationally among other activities.
Chavakali students during a break. [PHOTO: SAMUEL OCHIENG / STANDARD]
Wednesday Life
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014 / The Standard
Crime of ourtime
By James Mwangi
How land dealer brutally met death
If only he knew he was living on borrowed
time, he could have acted cautiously
Law-
rence
Githinji
Magon-
du who
met his
death at
the
hands of
purport-
ed land
buyers.
[PHOTO:
FILE/
STANDARD]
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W
hen a city land dealer
learnt that there were
some prospective
buyers keen on pur-
chasing his land, it was a dream
come true for Lawrence Githinji
Magondu.
The deal was fronted by two
buyers who promised to buy his
plot in Kitengela. Fourteen years
later, details of Magondus nal
moments still send chills down
the spines of many because he
met his death in a brutal way.
The drama started in January
2000 when Magondu received
two people who said they wanted
to buy his land. On the fateful
day, Magondu received a call
from the said land buyers, re-
questing that they meet to na-
lise the transaction.
The caller identi ed himself
as Wilson Mwangi.
The businessman, accompa-
nied by his driver, Kingori, drove
to the place and were joined by
the said buyers, who were ve in
a car. The group included Mwan-
gi, his sister Anna and three men
who were introduced as work-
ers.
Mwangi told Magondu that
the men were there to fence the
land as soon as the deal was
sealed. They carried barbed wire,
iron sheets and a panga.
After they inspected the land,
they all left in two cars and head-
ed towards Maasai Ostrich Farm.
Magondu rode together with
Mwangi and the woman while
Kingori ferried the three men
said to be workers.
Magondu and Mwangi went
into a hotel where they talked
and then came out a few minutes
later and the group embarked on
the journey to the land location.
Magondu gave Kingori
Sh1,000 and instructed him to go
order for nyama choma (roast
meat) at a local butchery. Kingori
did as instructed but he learnt
that one of his three passengers
had shifted to the other car car-
rying his employer. When he en-
quired what was happening, the
two men ordered him to take
them to the butchery.
LONG PLANNED
After a few minutes at the
butchery, the other car zoomed
past and stopped a distance
away. The man who had left the
car Kingori was driving came
back and asked him to follow
Mwangis car saying that was an
instruction from Magondu.
He followed behind the speed-
ing car but as they neared Port-
land Village, he noticed that Ma-
gondu was not in the other car.
Upon inquiry, he was told he was
sleeping in the back seat but af-
ter close scrutiny he established
otherwise.
When he became more con-
cerned, the men ordered him to
shut up. Next to Nairobi National
Park, Kingori was pulled out,
clobbered and left for dead.
It seemed the mission was
long planned but the killers blun-
dered. Kingori was rescued by a
passerby and the incident reported
at Athi River Police Station.
Kingori told the court that his
assaulters discussed how they
would hit him on the same point
they did to the slain Magondu. On
the same evening, Magondus
body was discovered at
Kitengela, his hands tied with
sisal rope. He had deep
wounds to the forehead.
A postmortem exami-
nation on February 8,
2000 by then govern-
ment pathologist Dr Al-
ex Olumbe concluded
that the head injuries
caused by a blunt object.
Within a week, police had
apprehended several peo-
ple in connection with
the murder.
Twelve people were
arraigned in court. They
were former Lands Com-
missioner Wilson
Gachanja, his wife Eliza-
beth Gitiri, her brother
and sister, Mwangi and
seven others. Gitiri had on
several occasions during the pe-
riod close to the date Magondu
was killed, sent a lot of money to
his sister Rose Njoki, who was
said to be among the killers.
In March 2003, Justice Msagha
Mbogholi found eight accused
guilty and sentenced them to
death. Gachanja and three others
were acquitted. After an appeal,
Gitiris conviction was quashed
but the court upheld the sentence
of the other seven.
By the time she was released,
Gitiri had spent nine years inside
jail but left behind her sister and
brother cooling their heels in pris-
on.
What you say
Esther
Kemunto: The
Wednesday Life
magazine has just
made my Wednes-
day. I love
everything about it.
The personal nance
section is what I really needed.
The story about St Angelas made me think of how
we wait to get big monies to help and yet we can do
it with the little we have. Thank you, little angels, for
showing the way!
Ayoki Onyango: The Standards new pullout
magazine is fantastic. It will give other pullouts by
other newspapers stiff competition. But it lacks
science pages. So, what you should do is to create
science and technology pages in which local writers
will be submitting stories on health, drugs, diseases,
vaccines, agriculture, conservation, biotechnology
and development policy issues.
Editors note: We have health and technology pages.
In future we will consider expanding the content.
Kituis little
angels with
big hearts
Wednesday
Hidden cost
of Facebook
addiction
Kipleting
Maiyo: Social
media addiction is
terrible than drug
addiction. I have
even been
nicknamed
FACEBOOK.
Saiddah
Shikuku: My eyesight
is going because of
Facebook, oh poor me! The addiction has
taken a toll on me.
Jemmy Kiarie: My day cannot end without getting
connected and I dont mind that extra coin spent, poor me...
When Uhurus adviser vanished
Roselyne Orondo: I knew Dr Naomi
when she was a nurse at Moi University
clinic and Albert was in Primary
school, it is painful but look to the
cross, Jesus is on the cross. No stone
shall remain unturned!
Jdugna1960: Who makes Gods
innnocently created human beings
just disappear?
When Presidents
adviser vanished
into thin air
Robbe|s sh| Lo new LacL|cs Lo |ob unsuspecL|n_ 'p|ey'
, Life PAE 7
Perscna| '
Hidden cost of addiction to social media
Thousands of people devote
substantial cash buying airtime
or bundles to remain connected
on social media thus eating into
their savings and time
Prcvide ycur emplcyees with bi challenes
0
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E0'5 '
Lucy Kimani: I enjoyed reading the new magazine. Keep up the good
work.
Life in jail after wiping out family
Carolyne Juma: The news showed the other day that 12 million people
in Kenya are psychotic, sadly it is true, considering this incident.
David Mulusa: Do not release him.
Jeni Dhi: Death penalty most appropriate. . .sick.
Scola Ochoki: You may nd him in heaven! Remember Saul.
Pitfalls of
aunting
wealth
Tarik : The truly
rich are of great minds and
dont aunt their wealth. They
prefer quiet lives. Most live by this wisdom. Small
minds, on the other hand, proudly exhibit conspicuous
consumption. They talk about their wealth in public, show
off their car keys, discuss their stock shares in the bar
loudly. Such loudmouths, more often than not, are not truly
rich.
Ngoma: Working in a bank many years ago, the pattern
was; those driven in with the fanciest cars and donning
glossy suits were often on their way to see the manager for
an overdraft. The ones with six-digit bank balances often
self-drove simple cars, wore subtle but expensive clothing
and the bank managers often jumped up to meet them in
the banking hall otherwise they could not even be bothered
to ask who the so-called manager was.
Crime of our time
Samson Samoei: Justice
must be done for the
Magondu family. The
Government should help
them get their property
that is in the hands of the
deadly land cartels and
provide them with security.
Martt Denja: Land has
become a matter of life
and death in this country.
Who nally took over the
land when Magondu was
murdered?
Karanja: Whose land was it? What was the motive for the
murder?
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Wednesday Life
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 / The Standard
He left home in a huff to protest
delay in making him a man
Crime Hot spots
Lost Without a Trace
By Robert Kiplagat
Why carrying a lot
of cash is risky
Kiplagat Konga (centre) in a photo he sent to his family 11 years ago.
INSET: His brother Jack and mother Jane during the interview. [PHOTOS:
ROBERT KIPLAGAT/STANDARD]
By PKEMOI NGENOH
Have you ever heard that thieves have
mastered the smell of bank notes? Okay, if not
the smell, then they know how a person with
money behaves. Therefore, it is vital to learn how
to carry yourself when you have money to beat
them at their game.
Men should carry their wallets in the breast
pocket or inside pocket of the jacket or coat.
Carrying it in the back pocket of your trousers
makes it easy for a pickpocket to reach it,
especially in congested streets or when
scrambling to board a matatu.
Women should avoid carrying cash in clutch
bags as this makes it easy for snatchers to make
a killing. Instead, it is good to put your cash in a
bag with shoulder straps. This will help you to
hold on in case someone tries to snatch it.
LARGE AMOUNTS
Do not handle large amounts in public places
like open money transfer shops or outside
automated teller machines. Be discreet when
paying for your goods. Keep loose money in
easily accessible pockets to help when paying
fare and making small purchases instead of
removing all your cash to look for small change.
In crowded places, especially matatus or
trains, never receive a phone call after receiving
money from a friend or relative; you might
mention the amount and accidentally expose
yourself to goons.
Dont always carry your money in one place
like your wallet or purse; carry some in your
pockets just in case you are attacked, you will
have some money to pay for the taxi or matatu.
If you own a vehicle, it is advisable to keep
some money in the glove compartment in case
you lose some to goons or you overspend.
Since some hotels or supermarkets prefer
credits cards nowadays, remember to carry with
your cards lest you end up with egg on your face.
What happens when you block your ATM card
and it fails to eject or your credit card gets lost
when youre far from your bank? Ensure you
have your bank number to report such mishaps
as soon as possible.
He stormed out in
anger 13 years ago
when his parents
decided to postpone
his circumcision
When the deal is too good
Eloquent vet talks way
into old mens wallets
By PAUL KARIUKI
His name was Muraya. That is
the name he used to introduce
himself the morning he came up the
winding path to my home. He was in
white gumboots, a white lab coat
and a matching cap. He carried a
cardboard with papers attached by
a clip like a businessman.
My first impression was that he
was a veterinary doctor. However, I
had not heard of a major livestock
disease outbreak or an ongoing
vaccination.
He said he had come from Nyeri
and represented Nguku Nene
Poultry Farm. He spoke with the
ease of a seasoned salesperson.
There was no doubt that he was
a persuasive speaker. It took him a
few minutes to make me see and
buy into his plan. Already, according
to the list he showed me, some of
my counterparts were for the idea.
It was this simple: With Sh3,000,
the poultry farm would supply some
farmers in my village in Nakuru
County with grade chicks, poultry
feeds, troughs and brazen jikos for
heat where electricity lacked.
I was skeptical. I needed time to
think the matter over when Muraya,
in a well-calculated speech, caught
me off guard.
There is more. Nguku Nene
Poultry Farm started as a poverty
reduction initiative not long ago.
Members sell their products through us. This helps
weed out exploitative middle men.
I would have voiced my doubts had Muraya, as if
clairvoyantly reading my mind, not produced a
business card that bore the company name.
Emblazoned across its face was a crowned fowl that
stood out as if it had won an avian beauty contest.
There was a list of phone numbers.
I must be going. In case you are interested,
dont hesitate to call, he said as he left.
Suddenly some five wazee happened to drop
by. They too had been conscript-
ed by Muraya and appeared
elated. I didnt want to water
down their mood by voicing my
opinion. I was the treasurer of
our chama, to which they
belonged, and they had come to
see me over a small matter of
withdrawing some money for this
hybrid poultry project. All that
was required was my signature
authorising withdrawal as one of
the signatories. I voiced my
opinion anyway, saying the idea
might not work after all.
Wewe kijana! Who do you think you
are to talk to the elders and advise
them when the chairman and the
secretary are of the same mind? one of
them said. I gave in and signed.
I admit I was drawn to this poultry
rearing idea, albeit with reluctance.
Muraya made an impromptu appear-
ance a day later. He advised the 20 of us
who registered and paid to come up
with a group name for the poultry
project. I didnt pay in full but prom-
ised the other half upon seeing the
deliverables.
He gave us an appointment four
days later as the date the company
would deliver on its pledge.
By which time, most of you, I
understand, will have sufficient
time to prepare where to accommo-
date the chicks, he said.
Tuesday came. We met at a
pre-arranged rendezvous under an
acacia tree. There were those
attired in their Sunday best. They
had no idea chick poop would soon
soil them.
The day wore on and there was
no sign of Muraya. He was a mteja.
The listed company numbers were
defunct. Nguku Nene Poultry Farm
existed only in Murayas fertile
imagination. We had been conned
of Sh58,500!
The Ituura group lost Sh11,085
through withdrawals to top up other
amounts!
F
or a boy whose time to be-
come a man has come,
patience is a luxury he
cannot afford. This is the
bitter truth that the parents of
Kiplagat Konga of Tunguruwo
village in Sacho, Baringo Coun-
ty, learnt after they tried to post-
pone their sons destiny.
When Kiplagat, popularly
known by his peers as Savco, de-
cided he was old enough to be-
come a man, he requested his
parents to fulll their cultural
obligation by nancing the rite
of passage. He would not take
No for an answer.
According to his mother,
Priscah Sote, he dropped out of
St Augustine Emsea in Elgeyo/
Marakwet County due to lack of
school fees in 1999. He was then
18 years old.
He wanted to be circum-
cised in November 2001 along-
side his agemates but because
we had no money, we urged him
to wait until the following year.
He was so angry that he stormed
out. We thought he would come
back after sobering up but he
has never returned, she says.
It has been a decade full of
uncertainty as the family relives
the good times they had with
their second son in a family of
six boys and three girls.
SENT PHOTOGRAPHS
Two months after Kiplagats
disappearance, the family be-
came concerned and began
looking for him. At one time
there were reports that he had
been spotted in Kabel in Mu-
chongoi centre.
He even sent two photo-
graphs of himself to the family
in 2003 through a friend.
In one of the photographs, he
is sandwiched between two
women and in the other, he is
alone.
We reported the incident to
the area chief who promised to
launch investigations, says Ki-
plagats mother. While he was
away, his father Chelimo passed
on and the family was devastat-
ed when he failed to turn up for
the old mans funeral in 2004.
His sister, Jane Konga, 35,
who is the rst born, says her
brothers disappearance has
been a sad reality.
MISSING BROTHER
He was a very hard working
man. Even after he dropped out
of school, he managed to buy
three cows and if he were here,
he could have made a lot of
progress, says Jack, Kiplagats
26-year-old brother.
The last born twins, Victor
and Faith, now in Standard Eight
and Form One respectively, nev-
er saw much of their missing
older brother as they were aged
only one when he disappeared.
The family is appealing to
members of the public who
might have seen him or heard
about him to report to the au-
thorities.
Wednesday Life
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Wednesday, May 7, 2014 / The Standard
Your Environment
with Gardy Chacha
Reduce. Reuse.
Recycle. If everyone
embraces this
maxim, the plastics
menace will end
In efforts to encourage litter separation, dustbins like this have been placed in some Nairobi city streets. Still,
people throw plastic bottles anywhere in the city (inset). [PHOTOS: WILLIS AWANDU AND FILE / STANDARD]
In a Minute
FORESTRY: Firm
claims Karura Forest
A rm has gone to court to seek
orders for the Kenya Forestry
Service (KFS) to release a
piece of land that is currently
ringed into Karura Forest by
a conservation fence. York
Worldwide Holdings Ltd has
revealed its plan to construct a
hotel on the 4.5 hectares, which
is currently under KFS, at a cost
of $13 million (Sh1.1 billion).
In a petition led at Nairobis
High Court, the director of the
company, Benard Hassly, states
that the company received the
certicate of title in December
2002. Hassle says the planned
hotel is expected to serve
the United Nations and the
diplomatic community around
Gigiri.
DISEASE: Tsetses
secrets exposed
A study, titled Genome
Sequence of the Tsetse Fly
(Glossina morsitans): vector
of African trypanosomiasis,
published in the journal Science,
indicates that scientists have
nally developed detailed
understanding of the genetic
codes of the disease vector.
The insect acts as a vector for
Trypanosomiasis in humans and
Nagana in livestock. Geoffrey
Attardo, the lead author of the
10-year research, says the study
revealed precise knowledge
of the insects biology and
physiology, yielding information
that could be used to totally
eliminate the disease from sub-
Saharan Africa.
POACHING: China
bans game delicacies
According to State-run news
agency Xinhua, anyone who
eats endangered species, or
buys them for other purposes,
will face up to 10 years in jail.
Speaking to CNN, Cheryl Lo, a
spokesperson for the World
Wide Fund for Nature who is
based in Hong Kong, expressed
happiness that a long list of
protected species were enlisted
for protection. The law has
always been there, but the
interpretation has cleared up
the ambiguity. Now it is clear
that consumers have to bear
responsibility, she said.
Compiled by Gardy Chacha
Environment Disasters
Hiroshima nuclear bomb still felt 70 years later
Towards the end of World War II, after Nazi
Germany had been defeated by Allied Forces led
by the United States, Japan, then afliated to
opposing forces, refused to surrender and
continued with the killing of people and forces of
the Allied nations.
According to National Geographics History
channel, to end the war and avoid high
casualties on the side of Allied countries, newly
installed US President Harry Truman authorised
the use of atomic bombs on four Japanese cities
as part of an operation code named Operation
Downfall.
The rst target was Hiroshima.
On August 6, 1945, Col Paul Tibbets ew a
B-29 bomber aircraft with a 9,000-pound
ordinance (a marvel of science at the time),
which carried enriched uranium. The bomber
dropped the rst nuclear bomb over the skies
above Hiroshima at exactly 8:15am. The bomb,
named Little Boy, exploded at 2,000 feet above
Hiroshima, immediately wiping out a population
of more than 80,000 people.
Hiroshimas devastation failed to elicit
immediate Japanese surrender, however, and on
August 9, Major Charles Sweeney ew another
B-29 bomber to Nagasaki. The bomb named Fat
Man, killed tens of thousands of Japanese
citizens and prompted an immediate surrender
by Emperor Hirohito, the head of Japans
military government, who cited the devastating
power of a new and most cruel bomb.
Though it happened seven decades ago,
many scientists have acknowledged that the
effects of the two nuclear bombs are still being
felt even today as children are born with birth
defects and unusual diseases.
Compiled by Gardy Chacha
A
s early as 1997, Kenyas
National Environment
Management Authority
(Nema) estimated that
Nairobi alone produced 1,530
tonnes of solid waste in a single
day.
Plastics and other non-bio-
degradable waste are strewn all
over low-income settlements
causing great health and envi-
ronmental concerns, Nema
writes in its ofcial website.
This is an accurate picture as
plastic waste litters almost every
crevice of the metropolis and
other urban settlements.
Not far away from the Central
Business District is the Dandora
dumpsite, which was gazetted as
the rst municipal dumping
ground for the citys solid waste
in 2010.
It is the nal destination for
the citys industrial, commercial
and household waste. The 30-a-
cre putrid and toxic landll is full
of plastic litter from beverage
companies.
Nema cites garbage heaps
and litter everywhere as evi-
dence that management of solid
waste is poorly handled.
Plastic bottles are all over Nai-
robi streets, roads and alleyways.
Nema says recycling companies
such as Nairobi Plastics and Ke-
nya Reclaim Rubber Company as
well as community-based organ-
isations that deal with plastic re-
cycling projects may provide so-
lutions for clearing plastic
garbage from the environment.
Plastic litter is a public health
concern as plastic bottles can
harbour pathogens and propa-
gate diseases from the environ-
ment. They hold toxic wastes
and chemicals that either hu-
mans or animals may come into
contact with, says Dr Richard
Muraga of Family Health Options
Kenya.
Plastic solid wastes block sew-
ers and drains, pollute soil, en-
danger marine life and cause
death in livestock when inadver-
tently consumed.
Disposal of plastic waste is
something that each person
should do right from home.
Nema recommends that
waste should be sorted out to
match content for ease of dispos-
al and recycling processes.
This means that households
should collect plastic waste sep-
arately. As such, organic, rubber,
cotton, polythene, metal and
similar waste categories should
be subjected through similar as-
sortment.
Recycled plastics go into mak-
ing usable materials such as plas-
tic posts, car bodies and tyres.
Organic household waste can
make compost manure. Proper re-
cycling of plastics has the added
benet of creating income.
Already, plastic collection is a
big industry; if you put plastics to-
gether just outside your gate, you
wont nd them ve minutes later.
There are youths in every estate
involved in this business and your
action will benet them as well as
leave a cleaner environment.
Recycle plastics for cleaner,
healthier environment
Hiroshima during the nuclear attack (left) and today.
Wednesday Life
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Wednesday, May 7, 2014 / The Standard
Doctors desk with Jane Muthoni
Health Briefs
compiled by Jerry Odumbe
Children who are
not captured in
Government records
are a vulnerable lot
Brain disorders could trigger premature onset of puberty
STUDY: Autism affects motor skills
Autism is a development disorder that affects how a
person interacts with others as well as their verbal and
non-verbal communication. Such people are usually
seen to have a stereotyped behaviour while some may
even have heightened or reduced sensitivity to things
such as taste, touch, sound and light. A new study has
found that autism may also affect an infants motor
skills. The study indicates that the more severe their
disorder, the slower the development of the infants
motor skills, which may lead to the inability to do
things such as grasping objects. The study followed
over 150 children aged between 33 months and 12
years. Experiments showed that those with autism
were a year behind children who lack the disorder in
the development of ne motor skills like holding a toy.
RISKY: Obesity ups kidney failure
A new research carried out by Cincinnati
Childrens Hospital Medical Centre along with
the National Kidney Foundation has indicated
that a fth of children that are severely obese
have poor kidney function. The research looked
at over 240 obese youngsters 17 per cent had
protein in their urine, which is one of the signs
of kidney failure. Seven per cent of them had
kidneys that were working too hard and three
per cent showed indications of progressive
decline in the kidneys function. The research
also revealed that among the two sexes, girls
were more likely to have protein in their urine.
HEALTH: Laughter best medicine
According to a study by the Loma Linda University
in California, laughter triggers effects similar to
those that are felt during meditation. Another study
carried out by the same university also discovered
that laughter and humour lower the risk of brain
damage usually caused by
cortisol also known as
the stress hormone.
This in turn enhances
ones memory. The rst
study found that while
watching funny videos,
the participants brains
had higher levels of
gamma waves, similar
to those produced
during meditation. In the
second study the volunteers were divided into two
groups. One group was asked to watch a funny video
and later provided with a memory test while the
other group were given the memory tests without
watching the video. Those who watched the video
were found to have lower cortisol levels as compared
to the other participants and also had improved
memory recall, sight recognition and learning ability.
Your Health
with Jeckonia Otieno
Falling through the cracks
Quick Wins
VIEWS: Womens take
on contraceptives
According to the Population
Reference Bureau, six out of every
25 women in Sub-Saharan Africa
name side effects as the reason
why they do not use modern
contraceptives.
23 per cent argue that their
partners oppose the use while
17 per cent say they lead to
infrequent sex.
I
magine having children
whose presence the Govern-
ment is not aware of even as
the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs) deadline nears.
Rose Akinyi is expecting her
12th child after 19 years of mar-
riage and this will denitely have
a serious impact on the health
and lives of her children.
Akinyi, who lives in Ra-
chuonyo North Sub-county, Ho-
ma Bay County, gave birth natu-
rally to all these children. She
says she had no money to go to
hospital because she had to bal-
ance between feeding the chil-
dren and spending money in
hospital; that was before free ma-
ternity care came to be.
Apart from her rst born, the
other children do not have birth
certicates since they have not
been registered anywhere. This
means that if the Government is
planning, then they fall through
the cracks.
STOP COMPLETELY
This reality can have serious
ramications within the critical
rst ve years of a childs life.
While some of the children were
immunised in health facilities,
others were not.
The large number of children
that the family has can be partly
attributed to the fact that Akinyis
view on family planning is
skewed after what she describes
as a contraception mishap.
World Health Organisation
(WHO) records show that by
2009, the percentage of the pop-
ulation yet to be reached by fam-
ily planning services stood at 19
per cent. The report also shows
that the number of people using
any method of contraception
traditional or modern was
about two in every ve.
At the moment, Akinyi is wait-
ing to have her last baby before
she closes the chapter. She wants
to go for a permanent method of
family planning so that she can-
not have any more children.
I think I have had enough; I
do not want to have any more. I
will, therefore, have to stop, she
says.
Her husband, 46-year-old
John Onyango, is of a similar
opinion and says his wife must
stop completely because the
number of the children they have
is enough.
Onyango argues that more
children would be too much for
him given that he has no stable
source of income.
SERIOUS RAMIFICATIONS
Notable in the WHO data is
the fact that more women com-
pared to men go for sterilisation.
However, the numbers are still
low, with only one in every 100
women and one in every 1,000
men opting for sterilisation. The
most used family planning meth-
od among women is the inject-
able.
According to World Visions
Area Project Ofcer Dorothy
Ochieng, having such a large
I recently came across an interesting
newspaper article that talked of a 17-month-old
baby who had started developing breasts and
pubic hair. As if that was not enough, she had
started having menstrual periods.
Initially, I brushed the article aside thinking
that it was mere exaggeration by the media till I
saw the picture of the girl beside the article. I
tried to figure out how this could be possible.
The more I tried to fill the puzzle, the more
puzzling it became. I sought help from my friend
who is a medical student. He confirmed the
possibility of such a baby developing secondary
sexual characteristics. He cited this case as an
example of precocious puberty the early onset
of puberty. He briefly shared some of the
causes.
Puberty is the process of reproductive and
sexual development and maturity that changes
a child into an adult. It happens any time
between age eight - 13 years in girls, and nine
- 14 in boys.
STRONG CULPRIT
This is early puberty occurring before eight
and nine years in girls and boys respectively. It
is of undetermined cause and common in girls.
Brain disorders involving the part regulating
pubertal changes could trigger the onset of this
condition. The disorders include infections,
tumours, developmental abnormalities and
exposure of the hormones responsible for the
pubertal changes in boys (testosterone) and
girls (oestrogen) respectively.
This can be from tumours secreting these
hormones. They include some ovarian tumours
secreting oestrogen in girls and tentacular
tumours secreting testosterone in boys.
Congenital conditions make the adrenal
gland produce testosterone, leading to preco-
cious puberty and exogenous exposure to the
hormones. Medication is a strong culprit.
number of children has serious
ramications on their health as it
is difcult to care for them well.
This leaves them at the mercy of
the under-ve years killer diseas-
es like diarrhoea, malaria, ty-
phoid and pneumonia.
It is worse if they are not
captured anywhere in Govern-
ment records because they fall
through the cracks. Take an ex-
ample like this area with a high
prevalence of malaria due to the
high number of mosquitoes it
would be difcult to provide nets
for such a family, says Ochieng.
Ochiengs sentiments come at
a time when the world is cele-
brating the Global Week of Action
that runs from May 1 to 8.
The week marks a call to ac-
tion before the world marks the
deadline for the 2015 MDGs
number four, which aims to re-
duce by two-thirds, between
1990 and 2015, the under-ve
mortality rate.
Children playing. Caring for large families is challenging enough without adding the fact that the Govern-
ment does not consider those who are unregistered for planning. [PHOTOS: JECKONIA OTIENO/STANDARD]
PLS CHECK HEALTH
BRIEFS & DOCS COL-
UMN
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Personal Finance
with Hezron Ochiel
I owe my
childrens
education
success to sh
She has been a shmonger for 20 years and
says the benets outweigh any challenges
Make it simple
Back order
This is a customer order that cannot be lled when
presented, and for which the customer is prepared to wait
for some time. The percentage of items back ordered and
the number of back order days are important measures
of the quality of a companys customer service and the
effectiveness of its inventory management.
Leadership
The activity of leading a group of people or an
organisation, or the ability to do this. In its essence,
leadership in an organisational role involves:
Establishing a clear vision
Sharing that vision with others so that they will follow
willingly
Providing the information, knowledge and methods to
realise that vision, and
Co-ordinating and balancing the conicting interests of
all members or stakeholders.
A leader comes to the forefront in case of crisis, and is able
to think and act in creative ways in difcult situations.
Unlike management, leadership ows from the core
of a personality and cannot be taught, although it may
be learned and may be enhanced through coaching or
mentoring.
The individuals who are leaders in an organisation,
regarded collectively.
Net price
Net price is in the accounting and auditing, advertising,
marketing and sales, banking, commerce, credit and
nance as well as purchasing and procurement subjects.
Its a nal price after deducting all discounts and rebates.
Cost control
The process or activity on controlling costs associated
with an activity, process or company. Cost control typically
includes:
Investigative procedures to detect variance of actual
costs from budgeted costs
Diagnostic procedures to ascertain the cause(s) of
variance, and
Corrective procedures to effect realignment between
actual and budgeted costs.
Interpreting the business terms
Quick Wins
STATISTICS: Booster
of economy
Kenya exports Sh6 billion
worth of sh products to
Europe, mainly tilapia, and
contributes to about 0.5 per
cent of the economy.
Lake Victoria Basin accounts
for nearly 40 per cent of the
exports.
The sector and its related
activities are important for
economic output and growth.
It employs over 155 million
people worldwide; 98 per cent
from developing countries,
according to the Food and
Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
K
isumu is synonymous
with sh and everybody
who travels to the city is
expected to have a bite,
thanks to Lake Victoria.
The growing demand for sh
has subsequently seen many
business people venture into
the sh trade to reap from the
huge number of customers mak-
ing their way to the lakeside
city.
But with a dwindling stock of
sh in recent years due to over-
shing in Lake Victoria, the
business is no longer as lucra-
tive as it used to be and many
traders have opted out of the
business, leaving just a few to
try their luck.
Mary Onyango, 48, a resident
of Kisumu, is one of those who
is not going anywhere; she has
been in the business for 20 years
now and says she is here to
stay.
I started my business with
my savings of Sh1,000 that I had
painstakingly grown. I bought
some sh and sold it to custom-
ers within the estate where I
lived, she says.
Her rst day was unsteady as
she was not sure what to expect.
But her condence slowly grew
and so did her business. A year
after the start-up, she moved to
the Kisumu sh market and has
not looked back since.
The business has enabled her
educate her nine children, in-
cluding two adopted ones.
It lls me with happiness to
see my children graduating
from college. My rst child has
a diploma in journalism while
two others are set to graduate
with undergraduate degrees
from Great Lakes University of
Kisumu. I am one happy wom-
an, she says.
NEW SKILLS
Onyango daily buys Sh10,000
worth of sh, which she sells at
a prot. Her loyal customer base
keeps her aoat.
I never went to school, but I
have learnt a lot in my many
years in this business. I have
learnt how to handle my cus-
tomers and on top of that, I now
know about book-keeping. The
techniques keep me at par with
my competitors, says Onyan-
go.
With her new skills, Onyango
is optimistic that she will one
day be an exporter of the sh to
foreign markets using her own
vehicles.
I look forward to that day
when I will employ people to
help me do the business. I am
already working towards it and
every day I must save a little
money towards realising my
dream, she says.
She says she has seen many
people come and go but that has
not discouraged her. Her dream
to be an employer one day gives
her the courage to ght on in the
midst of storms.
Things have not been
smooth in this business. We
dont have proper storage facili-
ties. Sometimes you wake up
and nd your left-over stock rot-
ting, which results in heavy
losses. It is not easy.
Compounded by new trafc
rules barring public service ve-
hicles from using roof carriers to
transport additional goods, she
says her business is going
through tough times.
This is her advice to women
who are idle at home.
It is imperative that they
work hard to support their fam-
ilies. Even if your husband is do-
ing a little business or working,
women need to support them.
With a little business, at the
end of the day, the family will
have sufcient food while sav-
ing the rest for fees and invest-
ments, says Onyango.
HIGHLY DEPENDENT
In recent years, the region
has witnessed high sh prices
that are far beyond reach for or-
dinary people.
Experts blame the decline on
over-shing and poor shing
methods that have choked sh
from formerly fertile breeding
grounds thus reducing the daily
catch.
As cold-blooded animals,
sh are highly dependent on en-
vironmental conditions, espe-
cially temperature, and a recent
increase in temperatures as a
result of global warming now
threatens their survival.
Mary Onyango
has been in the
sh business
for more than
20 years.
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COLLINS ODUOR
/ STANDARD]
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Wednesday Life
Personal Finance
with John Kariuki
Awaiting magical
40 to set nancial
goals is folly
While many adhere to the
belief that life starts at 40,
majority ignore the notion
and live one day at a time
S
amba Mapangalas ever-
green song, Vunja Mifu-
pa, exhorts people to get
a little life while the going
is good. Vunja mifupa kama me-
no bado iko, utakuja lia uk-
ishapoteza muda wako (live life
while opportunities abound or
you may come to rue your wast-
ed years)! The song implies living
right by doing what pertains to
each age set, like leisure, so that
one does not do these things at
the wrong time, for instance, in
old age. But an oft quoted saying
has it that life begins at 40.
A literal belief in this saying
continues to lead some younger
people into nancial reckless-
ness as they wait to turn 40 and,
magically, start organising their
money goals.
Older people with modest
means continue getting de-
pressed, thinking that they have
made terrible money mistakes
that are beyond redemption now
that their time is up. Some be-
come desperate and squander
any little wealth they have to get
in the groove of really living re-
gardless of the consequences!
But personal nance experts
say people can put their nances
in order at any age; not necessar-
ily after 40! In fact, like Samba
Mapangalas advice, life begins
at any age and does not end un-
til one dies, or moves on to lead
another life for those who believe
in the hereafter.
One can always renew his or
her waning spirits and host a
party after reaping from his or
her investments. The dream of a
well-paying job at age 40 is an il-
lusion unless one works for it.
Without rm commitment and a
nancial plan, age 40 does not
guarantee one a good company
car, a luxurious apartment and
plenty of young women (and
men) to pass the time with!
FINANCIAL JOURNEYS
Doreen Katana, a 55-year-old
human resource practitioner,
says she believes life begins at 40.
She says that before 40, many
people spend their time looking
for meaning in their lives. But by
40, she adds, most of them get
the idea that the only place to
look for inspiration is within
themselves.
Many people stabilise in
their careers, education and fam-
ily in their late 30s and early 40s,
she says.
Their nancial journeys are
set and life falls into a pattern of
less and less expenditure as their
children start leaving the nest,
she adds.
According to Katana, the trick
to enjoying life after 40 is to start
raising a family and saving for re-
tirement early.
I had my two children by the
age of 22 and by the time my hus-
band and I were turning 40, our
last born was a rst-year student
at university, she says.
She adds: An investment we
had jointly begun while in our
30s began to bear fruits as the ex-
penses of our children dimin-
ished.
Katana and her husband now
have some cash to spare. They
take vacations frequently and
have even taken up photography
as a hobby.
In fact, people say that we
look more youthful with time
and to me this is the famous life
that begins at 40, she says.
But Geoffrey Kamatu, a teach-
er, says that proponents of the
idea that life starts at 40 are sim-
ply chasing a myth. He says once
Quick Wins
What many do at 40
The height of folly is to
waste ones frst four decades
and then try to get a life at 40
without the fnancial
wherewithal of sustaining it.
At age 40, people are often
more patient, tolerant and
wiser with money and
investments. They may have
learnt to work smarter, thus
achieving better results at
what they have been doing all
along.
They may have learnt when
to lead, follow, or just get out
of the way to attain their
fnancial goals.
a persons clocks 40, it means the
start of the donkey years for most
working Kenyans.
When I turned 40, my birth-
day present was a bank loan and
children in both primary and
secondary school, he says.
Kamatu says unless one in-
herits property, it is difcult to
start enjoying life at 40 under the
current economic situation
where parenting includes set-
tling ones graduate children in
jobs and furnishing their hous-
es!
This notion was applicable
in the last century for the sons of
some Kenyan coffee and tea bar-
ons who would inherit acres of
the cash crops when they mar-
ried and settled down presum-
ably at this age, says Kamatu.
EACH STAGE
It is impossible to have met
all of ones nancial obligations
by 40 and spend the rest of ones
days in the sun, he adds.
Life is truly what you make it,
at any time. Each stage is impor-
tant and can be the best or the
worst depending on your nan-
cial plans. A really happy and ful-
lling life starts whenever you
want it to. And you need not be
mean so that you can die rich as
some people continue doing.
Conversely, you need not wait
to turn magical 40 and go on a ro-
mantic spree with mpango wa
kando just to prove that you have
arrived at life!
After 40, many people are still
energetic. This, along with their
money experience and mistakes,
always helps. Indeed, scores of
people routinely turn around
their nancial destiny even in re-
tirement and become icons of
business.
Discard own boss syndrome to grow
CEOS take with Lilian Kiarie
Raymond Cheruiyot defed the norm of settling in
his well-paying job as a software engineer at
MicroLAN Kenya to fulfll his dream of being self-em-
ployed. Five years down the line, the 34-year-old has
created Accfn East Africa Ltd, a local partner of Sage
ACCPAC, which creates accounting and management
software.
He has employed over 20 people and has more
than 30 clients across the East African region. He
confesses that his frst cheque was Sh20,000 back in
2009, but fate has seen him sign cheques worth
millions today.
He shares with Wednesday Life tips in business
that have seen him grow and expand to be one of the
most effcient accounting and management software
providers.
Be customer centric, let every bit of what you
plan be about customers.
Avoid own boss syndrome: When you are
self-employed there is nothing like being your own
boss. Customers are the bosses.
Have an expert look at your business processes
and get professional advice.
Embrace technology. Every single business needs
a professional accounting system for the simple
reason that if you are in business, there is buying and
selling.
Build a network for yourself that is hard to
break, bond with your customers and reward them
where and when necessary. Jsddsdds dsdds dsdds dsdds sddsd sdsd
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Wednesday, May 7, 2014 / The Standard
Joseph Ogonyo wonders why Kenyans are
publicly discussing marriage, a personal
matter, in public. He intends to get himself
more wives when he feels adequately ready
to add to his already large family
A
s soon as President Uh-
uru Kenyatta signed the
Marriage Bill into law
last week, tongues start-
ed wagging. It was the topic of
discussion on social media and
radio stations, in matatus and
social places everyone had
something to say about the new
law. Generally, the men were ex-
cited while women voiced their
misgivings about the provision
that under polygamous marriag-
es, a man did not need to seek
his wifes permission to get an-
other wife, an addition the draft-
ers of the law had made.
The discussion presented polyg-
amy as the newest arrival in
town; yet, it has been around for
as long as marriage has existed.
Many gave comments based on
ignorance; they have not seen
the Act.
Those who have read the Act are
happy that nally, the marriage
laws that were spread all over
the Constitution have now been
consolidated and clearly stated
under one Act.
Now anyone who wants to be
married has constitutional guid-
ance on which marriage to go for
Islamic, Civil, Christian, Hin-
du or Customary. Islamic and
Customary marriages are poten-
tial polygamous relationships.
According to the Act, marriage
is the voluntary union of a man
and a woman whether in a mo-
nogamous or polygamous union
registered under the Act.
While the debate raged on
whether or not a man should
consult his wife before bringing
home another, a polygamous
man in Kokewe village in Nyan-
do District wondered what the
fuss was all about.
Joseph Ogonyo, the husband of
three wives and 10 children
and still counting has a differ-
ent perspective, one that his
wives might also loathe if given
a chance to decide.
Ogonyo, commonly known by
his nickname Kibira, says he was
surprised that marriage had sud-
denly become a public matter.
Marriage is personal, he says,
and he wants to marry as many
wives as he can take care of and
says no amount of constitution-
al limitation could have barred
him from achieving this desire.
He says since he married his rst
wife, Beatrice Achieng, in 2001,
Kibira has steadily maintained
love, mutual respect and under-
standing. He has also fullled his
responsibilities dutifully despite
getting two more wives.
Achieng says when Kibira mar-
ried her, she had no thought of
sharing the love of her life with
another woman but life is a
journey and I stoically took ev-
ery turn that came my way.
Sharing the one you love is the
most difcult thing, says
Special Feature
By Kevine Omollo
Once my third
wife is of -
cially here (at
home), I will
go on to get a
fourth and fh
before the end
of this decade
Joseph Ogonyo,
polygamist
My three wives and I are happy, says polygamous man
Charles Kwambai.
SMILE FOR THE
CAMERA: Joseph
Ogonyo and his
family. The
wives say they
are happy
because their
husband treats
them equally.
RIGHT: South
African
President Jacob
Zuma with his
wives.
[PHOTOS:
COLLINS ODUOR/
FILE/STANDARD
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Wednesday, May 7, 2014 / The Standard
Achieng, and when you realise
you cant change the tide, you
wipe your tears and draw inspi-
ration from your soul to live. For
her, the tide changed just two
years into her marriage, when
her husband came home with
Everlyn Atieno, the second wife.
Achieng says: Tolerance is the
secret to peace, harmony and
happiness.
Achieng was still young, and so
was Atieno, but the two learnt
how to co-exist.
I believe it is a matter of desire
on the part of the man to have
many wives but I can say I am
happy because of the respect
among us, says Achieng.
Kibira says when he rst intro-
duced Atieno into the family,
there was little resistance from
Achieng even though she felt
shortchanged.
Kibira, a casual labourer at
Rabuor slaughterhouse and a
peasant farmer, says: I had a
burning desire to have as many
children as possible. However,
many people, including my fam-
ily members, didnt see it that
way; so I had to marry more
wives, says Kibira, 38.
The father of 10, whose rst
child is in Standard Seven and
youngest is less than a year old,
is already courting his third wife,
Sabina Kola. Although she lives
in a rental house at the nearby
shopping centre, Kola joined the
family for this interview.
Once my third wife is ofcially
here (at home), I will go on to get
a fourth and fth before the end
of this decade, Kibira says.
To make his wives feel equally
loved, he has constructed semi-
permanent houses with similar
facilities for each.
The wives, who operate small
scale businesses, supplement
their husbands income.
Since we got to this home, Baba
Junior has been impartial with
his love and responsibilities.
That makes us happy. Whenever
an issue arises between us, we sit
together and settle it, says Atie-
no.
They say they occasionally ex-
perience little hiccups, but these
are not unique in a family set-
ting.
It is difcult to pair the children
with their mothers as the wom-
en treat all the children like their
own.
People have differences, but we
have learnt to live with ours. We
seek each others help and take
responsibility for making the
family happy, says Atieno.
Adds Achieng: If any of us is
away, the one who is around
takes care of the others children.
They belong to one father.
The three women are bound by
Kibiras sense of fairness, per-
haps a good lesson for those in-
tending to bring home more
wives.
Special Feature
By GARDY CHACHA
Although now
men can marry
as many wives as
they want with-
out necessarily
seeking permis-
sion from their
rst or other
wives, there is no
guarantee that a man will nd abundant happiness
from marrying many times.
The Marriage Act 2014 denes marriages within
different contexts and cultures, including monoga-
mous, polygamous, customary, Christian, Islamic
and Hindu marriages.
As soon as the news broke that the President had
signed the Bill into law last Wednesday, most radio
stations encouraged listeners to comment. From
vernacular to national stations, most listeners con-
centrated on the negative aspects. One man warned
fellow listeners, especially men, who were over the
moon about the Act, Take a second wife, and you
destroy your family. He was talking on a vernacu-
lar radio station. This was interesting coming from
a man as most felt the law had been crafted for their
happiness.
Already, there are dissenting opinions on the appli-
cability of the new law in a modern society, with
some clerics concluding that it goes against the
principles of a marital union.
Speaking to The Standard on the Marriage Bill ear-
lier, Archbishop Timothy Ndambuki from the Na-
tional Council of Churches of Kenya said: The tone
of that Bill, if it becomes law, would be demeaning
to women since it does not respect the principle of
equality of spouses in the institution of marriage.
Just a month ago, female MPs walked out of a ses-
sion discussing the Bill to protest their male coun-
terparts (who account for the majority in the Na-
tional Assembly) modied amendments that
seemed to favour the men.
The female legislators argued that if a man needed
to marry again, it was imperative for him to seek
consent from his rst wife. They said many wives
would impoverish families, as the man would have
to divide resources among many dependents.
Christian leaders had showed disdain, urging the
President not to sign the Bill into law, saying it un-
dermined Christian principles of marriage and
family.
Law brings to
end weeks of
heated debates
on marriage
The Acts highlights
Marriage voluntary union of a man and a woman
Sec 3(1)
Equality both parties to marriage have equal
rights all through Sec 3(2)
Age A person must be 18 years to marry Sec 4
Witnesses Any marriage must have two witnesses
present (Sec 5(1)) excluding pastor, sheikh or
director or the person who ofciates the marriage
(Sec 5(3)).
Recognition Christian, civil, customary, Hindu,
Islamic marriages recognised and must be
registered (Sec 6(1)). Practices of other group or
faith may be notied in the Gazette (Sec 6(1)(f))
Monogamy Christian, Hindu or civil marriages are
monogamous (Sec 6(2)
Polygamy Islamic and customary marriages are
potentially polygamous (Sec 6(3)
Conversion marriage can be converted from
potentially polygamous to monogamous if both
spouses voluntarily agree (Sec 8 (1)).
Blood Relations prohibited marriage relationship
cousins, nephews, uncles, parents, sisters,
brothers. However, marriage among cousins
professing Islamic faith not forbidden (Sec 10(4)).
By Ochiel Dudley, Laws of Kenya Department
Quick Wins
My three wives and I are happy, says polygamous man
CLOCKWISE: The wives: Everlyn
Atieno and Beatrice Achieng and
the new wife, Sabina Kola.
Wednesday Life
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Innovator
with Robert Kiplagat
Desire to increase farmers
prot bred coffee machine
He came up with
gadget after seeing
farmers use crude
methods to remove
coffee husks
W
hen Erick Kiprotich
was in Form One at
Kabarnet High School
in Baringo, he noted
with concern that coffee farmers
used their hands to remove husks
from the berries. Around the
same time, he saw a German cof-
fee separating machine that he
says was known as Bental Nova.
Kiprotich started improvising
using readily available materials.
His mission was to help the cof-
fee farmers in his Ossen village
get more rewarding returns.
The machine looked simple
enough so I tried to modify it the
rst time but failed. I tried a sec-
ond time and it was better. I im-
provised and nally managed to
make a pulper made from tim-
ber, says Kiprotich.
The following year, as a Form
Two student, Kiprotich, now aged
32, was condent enough to pres-
ent his innovation at the District
Science Congress and to his sur-
prise, it was picked as the best.
He went on to the provincial
competition and then the na-
tionals where he received acco-
pulper and the improvised one
serve the same purpose. His com-
pany makes 10 machines a month
as he can do it only during school
holidays and in his free time.
The machines are in high de-
mand but the innovator says he
lacks the time to make more. in
addition, the cost of materials is
high.
Kiprotich plans to train about
20 youths to make the machine
as a way of creating employment
and reaching more than 5,000
farmers in the coming years.
Some of the beneciaries such
as John Aengwo, a coffee farmer
in Kasok, says the machine has
saved farmers the agony of being
turned away or their coffee being
bought at throwaway prices due
to poor quality.
I bought the machine last
year and since then, I have had
no problem with the quality. We
LEFT AND
RIGHT: Erick
Kiprotichs
Kimaco
innovation
and the
accolades he
has received
for creativity.
[PHOTOS:
ROBERT
KIPSANG/
STANDARD]
Tech World
with Jerry Odumbe Otieno
wet, Laikipia and Nandi, and that
the demand for them is high.
Coffee societies, especially
those that are starting out, are us-
ing the improvised machines,
most of which are made by Kip-
rotich. He has sold about 30 to
the Laikipia Farmers Coffee Soci-
ety and other societies such as
Cherobon in Nandi and farmers
are impressed, adds Siala.
Coffee production in Baringo,
he says, has dropped from the
over 600 tonnes they used to pro-
duce between 1993 and 2000 to a
paltry 115 tonnes in 2012 and
2013 due to poor prices as well as
young people shunning the sec-
tor.
Perhaps the pulpers will
make the youth reconsider their
stand and venture into coffee,
says Siala.
Solution to powering
wearable technologies
With the growth of wearable
computers or devices such as smart
watches or medical sensors, there
are a number of problems that arise
as well.
One of the primary critical issues
of wearable devices is the
portability of their power source.
Since wearable devices are likely
to be always on the move, there is
need for a light, flexible and portable
power source as well, that will keep
these devices running throughout.
A team of developers from KAIST
(Korea Advanced Institute of Science
and Technology) led by Byung Jin Cho,
believe they have come up with a
solution to this problem.
The team has created a glass fabric-
based thermoelectric (TE) generator
that is light and flexible and uses the
heat from the human body to generate
electricity to be used on wearable
devices.
The thermoelectric (TE) generator is a
wearable wristband device, and is
capable of producing about 40mw
electric power.
Their research, titled
Wearable Thermoelec-
tric Generator Fabricat-
ed on Glass Fabric, was
published in Energy &
Environmental Science.
Glow in the dark paint
replaces streetlights
A tech company, Studio Roosegaarde,
together with a Dutch civil engineering
firm known as Heijmans, has changed
a highway in Netherlands into an eerie
glow-in-the-dark smart highway.
According to the creators, the primary
aim of the smart highway is to save the
huge amount of energy consumed by
streetlights as well as to give drivers
and pedestrians more information
while they are on the road.
The developers came up with a photo-
luminescent powder which they mixed
with road
paint, causing
the road
markings
to glow in
darkness for
a minimum of
eight hours
after it has been charged by sunlight
during the day. The team is also
working on glowing weather markings
to appear on the road surface
depending on the weather conditions
at a particular time.
For instance, snowflake symbols would
appear on the road as an indication to
drivers that the road is slippery and
they should be more cautious. At the
moment, however, only the glowing
street lines have been put into effect.
Soap bubbles enhance
human-computer
interactions
Improvement of technology has led
to the creation of a number of great
human-computer interfaces such as
the use of gestures with Microsoft
Kinect.
Scientists from Bristol University have
now come up with the Sensabubble,
a multi-sensory mid-air display system
that some may say to be one of the
strangest human-computer interfaces
ever. The system delivers alerts and
feedback from connected computers or
devices in the form of images, messages,
and smell, which are all enclosed in and
projected onto soap bubbles.
The system generates the bubbles with a
specific size and frequency depending on
the amount of information to be output.
It fills them with scented smoke,
dispenses them and tracks their location
so that images like icons and text can
be projected onto the bubbles surfaces
which are then displayed to the user.
lades in terms of certicates,
which he showed Wednesday
Life.
So far, he says he has sold over
2,500 improvised timber coffee
berries separating machines. He
says the machine has enabled
farmers produce high quality cof-
fee and save on the cost of trans-
porting their produce to facto-
ries.
Kiprotich explains that the
factory-made pulper in the mar-
ket retails between Sh15,000 and
Sh30,000 depending on the make
but he sells his machine at
Sh5,000 which, he says, is a huge
saving for farmers.
It was disturbing to see cof-
fee farmers in parts of Baringo
North using their hands to re-
move the husks from coffee to get
the berries. Others used stones to
crush the coffee and ended up
with low-quality berries that do
not fetch good money, says Kip-
rotich, a teacher of English and
German at Kapsogo Secondary
School in Baringo.
The machine, he says, is
named Kimaco, which is a prex
for Kiprotich/Mangeni Compa-
ny. Mangeni was his high school
friend and partner during the sci-
ence congress.
To make the Kimaco machine,
one needs timber, a long rod,
nails, tin, which is used to make
the crusher, and paint to make it
durable.
He says that both the original
have even formed societies and
are collecting all our coffee and
selling directly to the Coffee
Board as opposed to before when
we depended on the factories,
says Aengwo.
The farmers wish is for more
farmers to get hold of the innova-
tive machine.
Kiprotichs plan to work with
youths is already bearing fruit. I
have trained two one of them is
now making the pulpers in
Kilingot area of Baringo North
and another one, Ezekiel Kipke-
ch, is in Australia studying. If I get
support, I will train more youths,
he says.
Cheruiyot Siala, the coffee li-
aison ofcer for Western Rift re-
gion, says the improvised pulpers
have served farmers in counties
such as Baringo, Elgeyo/Marak-
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Top performers
usually list medicine
as top career choice
but some are nding
this dream a mirage
Education
with Benjamin Obegi
TOP Mark
With Gardy Chacha
School Spot
With Titus Too
Secrets to
passing exams
To achieve the top grades that all learners
aspire to, a student must prepare well ahead of
time as nothing happens out of the blue.
Start off by developing the willpower to excel.
Majority of world problems are solved because a
person or a group of people showed genuine
interest in accomplishing a task. Once the interest
is apparent, it will act as the drive to your
ambitions to excel in your exams.
With so many other activities available to
engage you in life, you must dene how you will go
about accomplishing your academic work. You will
need to set aside time away from school that
you can use to go through what you have covered
with your teacher, as well as enhance your
understanding of different concepts.
As you endeavour to excel, focus on making it
honestly: any thoughts of cheating during
examinations or getting assistance of whatever kind
that would leverage the eld to your benet
compared to your classmates will likely serve
against you. One, it will eat away at your belief in
your own excellence. Two, if caught, you stand to
lose even the little you have worked for.
It is also important to be disciplined at a
personal level. This calls for good ethics while
interacting with your teachers as well as peers. For
instance, instead of spending your time making
noise, it would be prudent to use that time going
through previous lessons taught.
As you accomplish all this, understand that
learning is a journey that you ought to travel with
peers with similar dreams. As such, you will need to
be in a group of classmates that help each other
with studying and understanding.
Pressure on A students to join
cream careers causes problems
W
hen examination re-
sults are announced
every year, it is com-
mon for Kenyans to
hear the high scorers talk about
their dream careers dentistry,
medicine, engineering and ar-
chitecture. The Kenya Certicate
of Secondary Education (KCSE)
is widely considered to be the
sole determinant of careers and,
therefore, the future of thou-
sands of students. For many,
scoring a straight A guarantees
them a path to a profession of
choice. However, some students
are unlucky even after landing
good KCSE grades and dream ca-
reer courses.
Recently, the University of
Nairobis Arts students wel-
comed a new student who told
them he was more comfortable
studying economics than medi-
cine, his original career of choice
after scoring an A from a top na-
tional school. After only a few
classes, he felt his calling was
elsewhere.
The student was only joining
a growing list of those who are
dropping courses that have been
TOP CHOICE: Most A students pick medicine as the rst career of
choice. However, some nd the going tough and opt out.
traditionally considered the best
in terms of leading to well-pay-
ing careers.
When Alfred Matara joined
the University of Nairobi in 2000
to study architecture, he was the
envy of his former secondary
school classmates. However, af-
ter three years of study accom-
panied by constant drinking, he
got poor grades in his exams and
was advised to repeat the class.
Instead, he left the university
and has not been since that day
in 2004. He told The Standard
from his rural village in Kisii, I
was not happy in the course that
came as a result of my good
grades. Even after telling my par-
ents that I preferred to study ed-
ucation, they insisted that I
should do architecture. But my
passion lay elsewhere so I did
not continue.
For Levy Owiti, also an A
scorer, his passion did not lie in
dentistry, a course his father
wanted him to study, but in com-
merce, which he is currently un-
dertaking at a private university.
He says: My dad wanted me
to be a dentist but after joining
Moi University, I realised I was
not cut out for that. So I dropped
out and stayed home for a year
before I was able to convince my
father that I wanted a different
course. A good career is not
equivalent to the high grades you
may get in high school. The pas-
sion you bring to any training is
what matters most.
According to Muchira Kago, a
physics teacher at Alliance Girls
High school, it is not necessarily
true that someone who scores a
straight A will excel in a career
that admits only top students.
He says: It is not correct that
if a student scores high grades he
or she will succeed in the profes-
sions that society holds in high
regard. What happens after these
students join university? We are
not told how they fare but we
have cases of students who drop
out of pharmacy, medicine, en-
gineering and other such presti-
gious courses. Average students
who choose courses that are re-
garded lowly do better and end
up driving our economy. The
question is; what after the top
grades in secondary school?
Eunice Wambani, a career ex-
pert, says the problem lies in sat-
isfaction.
Parents still play a role in
choosing careers for their chil-
dren. We may want them to be
doctors but do we think about
their satisfaction? Even when
they follow our advice, they do
not bring passion to their cours-
es. The A students who could
have become good professionals
elsewhere easily drop out of class
and waste away. Society is the
problem, she says.
Setting standards does
it for Kapsabet Girls
Kapsabet Girls High School in
Nandi has been true to its motto:
An icon of success as it has worked
to join other academic powerhouses
in the Rift Valley as well as
nationally.
The institution has evolved from
an African Inland Mission (AIM)
station in 1919 to what it is today.
Its alumni include former President
Daniel arap Moi, who is presently
the patron of the school.
We have recorded consistent
improvement in the Kenya
Certicate of Secondary Education
since 2001, when the school scored
a mean grade of 6.0, to 2013 when
we attained 9.293, says Susan
Chelanga, the Kapsabet Girls
School principal.
In last years exams, the school
was ranked in position 79 national-
ly. It improved from position 91 the
previous year. The school entered
191 candidates for the examination.
Our students are doing very
well in sciences and are enrolled in
competitive disciplines at university
level.
The principal says the institution
has put in place elaborate
programmes that have helped to
gauge and boost academic
performance every year.
We set goals and strategise
around our projected performance
levels at the beginning of the year.
This involves the teachers, students,
parents and the board of manage-
ment, she says.
Chelanga says students and
teachers set targets for individual
classes and subjects that have to be
achieved at the end of the year.
Once they nish, the principal gives
her own target, which is higher.
She says periodical examina-
tions are set to review if the targets
are achievable. Students are
rewarded if they achieve the
principals targets.
If students hit the set target in
the periodical examination, it is
reviewed and higher targets set.
The syllabus is completed early
to give students enough time to
revise, she adds.
We also encourage exposure of
students through contests and
symposiums to build their academic
condence. For sciences, more
practical orientation is done, says
Chelanga.
Debates are also enhanced to
boost performance in both English
and Kiswahili.
Best of all is that motivational
speakers are often invited to inspire
the students and offer early career
guidance.
The schools
administra-
tion block.
[PHOTO: TITUS
TOO/STAN-
DARD]
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C H B f 13
J B A h 18
A E F d 23
26 13 22 22
g G D J 29
Solution No. 1822
4 3 8 9 6 5 2 1 7
7 9 1 8 4 2 5 3 6
6 2 5 7 3 1 9 4 8
1 5 6 4 2 8 7 9 3
9 8 3 1 7 6 4 5 2
2 7 4 3 5 9 6 8 1
3 4 2 5 1 7 8 6 9
5 6 9 2 8 3 1 7 4
8 1 7 6 9 4 3 2 5
YESTERDAYS Solution
STANDOKU Imejin
1823 COFFEE BREAK
8 2 9
2 5
1 4
6
1 3 2 5
3 2 1 5
7
9
4 2
6 7 5
8 9 2
4 5 8 1
7 3 6 9
Using all the letters
of the alphabet,
ll in the grid. To
help you, there
are three cryptic
crossword-style
clues:
Top line: A less
hairy race? What
nonsense! (10)
Middle line:
Question the
material, say. (7)
Bottom line: Sign
them in readiness
for complaint. (10)
To start you off,
here is one of the
letters.
By Rosy Russell
All rows, columns and 3 by 3 grids
(dened by bold lines ) have the
numbers 1 to 9 appearing only once.
Some of the numbers have been
entered. Complete the whole table
by inserting the correct numbers.
Capricorn (Dec 22 - Jan 20)
You can improve just about all areas of
your life this month. Energies are working
in your favorthis is a time. A change in
lifestyle is likely resulting from recent
changes in your environment.
Aquarius (Jan 21 - Feb 19)
Communication levels are high and
important information can be exchanged
today. You may not appreciate the
emotional energy of someone you
meet, however. He or she could appear
aggressive or pushy.
Pisces (Feb 20 - Mar 20)
New ideas come when you are either
listening to the radio or reading the
paper today; perhaps an internet site
is informative. You gain an important
piece of information to help you form an
opinion.
Taurus (April 21 - May 20)
Status and security goals need rethinking
now in order to take advantage of
changing situations in your life. Your career
is a focus for this, but your personal life is
also involved.
Gemini (May 21 - June 21)
Today is a workday that calls on you to
work quickly. This time there may not be
a lot of accuracy but you are careful and
manage to meet difficult deadlines. Your
support systemlike your family, home
and those who give you nourishment
becomes more secure at this time.
Cancer
(June 22 - July 22)
There is an urge to probe and examine
many of your goals these days and you
may find yourself working through some
strong internal changes. By looking at
these changes one at a time, you will be
able to formulate a few future plans.
Courtesy: dailyhoroscopes.com
YESTERDAYS SOLUTIONS
Horoscopes
Sudoku
Codeword Puzzle
(Mar 21 - April 20)
You have ideas about health
techniques, religious and
philosophical beliefs. But your
ideas could be in ux and you
may nd yourself musing over
these subjects in the next few
weeks.
difcult
The letters have a distinct
value between 1 to 9. The totals
vertically and horizontally have
been given. Solve all the values.
NO 5183
NO 5182
A B C D E F G H J
4 9 7 1 6 8 5 2 3
YESTERDAYS solutions
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
S
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
N T M Y F O D
W
Z A T
S C H Q E B U K L R
G
J V
P
X
Leo (July 23 - Aug 22)
Fate sends opportunity your way, especially
if you listen to your instincts and give your
sense of curiosity a free rein. Travel and
education can help get some of the answers.
Virgo
(Aug 23 - Sept 23)
There is a heavy sense of responsibility that
is a part of you today and you do your best
to complete all the tasks with a bit of time
lef. Good eye-hand coordination and a
sustained effort make almost any task run
well.
Libra
(Sept 24 - Oct 23)
A Legal controversy is best avoided now, if
at all possible. Educational plans may need
changing. You may be thinking that these
plans do not suit you as well as you would
like.
Scorpio
(Oct 24 - Nov 22)
This is a time to settle down to that career
you really like. Your career could assume
a much more determined and solid form.
Your organisational abilities and sense of
responsibility will be what guides you and
proves successful.
Sagittarius
(Nov 23 - Dec 21)
Good things are attracted to you this
wednesday. Your experiences will be out of
the ordinary and you will likely feel more
generous than usual. Great opportunities
may emerge in work affairs. This is a period
when you take your work more seriously
than usual.
Aries
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Solution No. 1822
4 3 8 9 6 5 2 1 7
7 9 1 8 4 2 5 3 6
6 2 5 7 3 1 9 4 8
1 5 6 4 2 8 7 9 3
9 8 3 1 7 6 4 5 2
2 7 4 3 5 9 6 8 1
3 4 2 5 1 7 8 6 9
5 6 9 2 8 3 1 7 4
8 1 7 6 9 4 3 2 5
Across
1 Bob Mar ley s musi c (6)
7 Stretch (8)
8 Drop (4)
1 0 Wi nd i nstr uments (6)
1 1 Younger i n year s (6)
14 Obser ve (3)
1 6 Restr i ct (5)
17 Other wi se (4)
1 9 Yel lowi sh-pi nk colour
(5)
21 As yet (2, 3)
22 Note val ue (5)
23 Cover s (4)
26 Uni t of pur i ty of gold
(5)
28 Pi tch (3)
29 He flew too near the
sun (6)
30 Fi xed al lowance (6)
31 Hand tool s (4)
32 Dr i ve (8)
33 Teacher s (6)
Down
1 Type of lotter y (6)
2 Poi nted beard (6)
3 Sl i pper y fi shes (4)
4 Thi n and bony (7)
5 Axi om (5)
6 Vi tal organ (5)
8 Ado (4)
9 Boy s name (3)
12 Nothi ng (3)
13 Lubr i cated (5)
1 5 Bul gar i an capi tal (5)
1 8 Shr ub or smal l tree
(5)
1 9 Swi ndle (3)
20 Male sheep (3)
21 Pl ace, locate (7)
22 Spoi l (3)
23 Most recent (6)
24 Pl ant (4)
25 Scorches (6)
26 Cheroot, for example
(5)
27 Synagogue mi ni ster
(5)
28 Levy (3)
30 Bombast (4)
ACROSS: 1, Scoff 6, False 9, Library 10, Egg on 11, Eerie 12, Dupes 13, Fatigue 15, Fly 17, Acid 18,
Soiree 19, Denim 20, Lashes 22, Digs 24, Try 25, Quartet 26, Lotus 27, Pivot 28, Salty 29, Regu-
lar 30, Feeds 31, Types.
DOWN: 2, Cognac 3, Florid 4, Fin 5, Argue 6, Freedom 7, Ayes 8, Stie 12, Dukes 13, Fault 14, Tipsy
15, Fruit 16, Yeast 18, Sinus 19, Demotes 21, Arrive 22, Dreary 23, Gentle 25, Queue 26, Lord 28,
Sat.
YESTERDAYS EASY solutions
Easy Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Indicates theres nothing in a
few beers (6)
7 Chief country with a prominent
shoreline (8)
8 The place for the low soldiery?
(4)
10 In which to be accountably in-
debted (3,3)
11 Very little time (6)
14 A drink to help make you alert
(3)
16 Rises irregularly, gentlemen (5)
17 Could she be good for a song?
(4)
19 Arrived at the corner with a
beast of burden (5)
21 A bit old to be seeing some-
one? (5)
22 Best! (5)
23 Cove with a bit of beach, ap-
parently (4)
26 One of no importance to Oscar
Wilde? (5)
28 A snake round ones neck! (3)
29 Dra-
matic utterances actors cant
hear? (6)
30 Cooled that hot enthusiast
Edward (6)
31 A rising singer (4)
32 Deep ssure exploited by cav-
ers and some seamen (8)
33 Just the chap to wander
around? (6)
DOWN
1 Weapon of Shakespearean char-
acter (6)
2 Close down before time, almost
(6)
3 Wherein to be sheltered, if only
outwardly (4)
4 Ed Davis cleverly gave warn-
ing (7)
5 Am run ragged in Belgium! (5)
6 Has a poor work rate, but is lef
in the side, possibly (5)
8 Being decorative, is carefully
drawn (4)
9 Diocese in southeast Middle-
sex (3)
12 Love of football (3)
13 Nominal asset, possibly (5)
15 Pasty person? (5)
18 A detective so upset at fare-
well (5)
19 In a crack-up, maybe a write-
off (3)
20 Methodical start by the po-
lice (3)
21 In Ireland, a deceived girl (7)
22 A roll or bun (3)
23 He wrote, maybe on card (6)
24 Henry from Shanklin (4)
25 Its handy when cutting curves
(6)
26 One usually has hands over
face (5)
27 Has one such feelings when
confused? (5)
28 Sound sheepish (3)
30 A puce jumper (4)
ACROSS: 1, ES-say 6, Curse 9, Ca-U-tion 10, Knock 11, Mitre 12, Fru-it 13, Nap-pies 15, G-as 17, Ex-it 18, Sa-
lome 19, Cr.-awl 20, G-eckos 22, Nile 24, Ha-h 25, Fl-out-ed 26, Medal 27, Steer 28, Fists 29, Tearful 30,
Fried 31, Gears.
DOWN: 2, Syn-tax 3, A-cc-ept 4, Yak 5, Stars 6, Co-mic-al 7, Unit 8, St.-ream 12, Fears 13, Neigh 14, Pinch 15,
Got it 16, Sewed 18, Swell 19, C-over-ed 21, E-aster 22, Nubile 23, Letter 25, Fair(L)y 26, Mete 28, Fug.
YESTERDAYS CRYPTIC solutions
Cryptic Puzzle
WEIRD NEWS
Life is a dream for the wise, a
game for the fool, a comedy for
the rich, a tragedy for the poor.
Sholom Aleichem
Two students have been
suspended after their teach-
er accidentally showed
pornography on a classroom
projector.
The children, at a high school
in Kansas City, were suspend-
ed after they shared a picture
one of them took during the
class. The image, on the
teachers personal laptop,
shows a naked woman in a
compromising position,
according to KCTV.
The mother of one of the
students said her daughter
came home crying.
She said her daughter sent
the picture to her boyfriend
who posted it on Facebook.
The two were suspended.
The mother of the boy said:
I believe my son got in
trouble because the school
was trying to hide
something.
The teacher, who has worked
at the school since 2002, has
been put on paid leave while
the incident is investigated.
Mirror Online
Students, teacher suspended over porn in class
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
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FOX CINEPLEX SARIT CENT RE,
WESTLANDS
SCREEN I THE OTHER WOMAN (U16)
At 11.00AM, REVOLVER RANI (TBA) At
2.30pm, NON STOP (PG) At 6.45pm, 2
STATES (U16) At 9.00pm
SCREEN II AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2 IN
3D (PG) At 11.00am, 1.45pm, 6.40pm,
9.15pm., THE OTHER WOMAN (U16) At
4.30pm.
PLANET MEDIA CINEMAS - KISUMU
SCREEN I RIO 2 (GE) At 11.30am,
1.30pm. NON STOP (PG 13) At 3.30pm, THE
OTHER WOMAN (16) At 6.00pm, 8.40pm,
SCREEN II THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER
MITTY (PG) At 3.00pm, 6.00pm, 8.30pm
NYALI CINEMAX MOMBASA
SCREEN I THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2 3D
At 6.30pm, NON STOP At 6.45pm, KAANCHI
At 9.00pm, THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2 2D
At 9.15pm.
Cinema Guide
Nairobi 102.7 I Nyeri 105.7
Meru 105.1 I Kericho 90.5
Kisumu 105.3 I Mombasa 105.1
Nakuru 104.5 I Eldoret 91.1 Kitui: 93.8
I Kisii: 91.3
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DISCOVERY CHANNEL
07:00 Diamond Divers
07:50 Fast N Loud
08:40 Car Vs Wild
09:30 Storage Hunters
09:55 Auction Kings
10:25 Baggage Battles
10:50 How Do They Do It?
11:20 How Its Made
11:45 Gold Rush
12:40 Gold Fever
01:35 Ice Cold Gold
02:30 Storage Hunters
It portrays the 1910 Mexican revolution
through an unlikely duo: Rawbone, a
smalltime assassin, and John Lourdes, a
Bureau of Investigation agent. The two are
thrown together when Rawbone is caught
smuggling munitions from Texas into Mexico
and Rawbones lawyer arranges a deal.
YESTERDAYS TRIVIA: Clovereld 2
TV Quiz
03:00 Auction Kings
03:25 Baggage Battles
03:55 Diamond Divers
04:50 The Big Brain Theory
05:45 Fast N Loud
06:40 How Do They Do It?
07:05 How Its Made
07:35 Sons Of Guns
08:30 Baggage Battles
09:00 Auction Kings
09:30 Manhunt
DStv Highlights
Todays Schedule
5:00 Pambazuka
6:00 Powerbreakfast
9:00 Afrosinema
11:30 Naswa
12:00 Gabriela
13:00 Live at 1
14:00 Cheche rpt
15:00 Afrosinema
16:00 Citizen alasiri
16:10 Mseto east africa
17:00 Pavitra rishta
18:00 Un refugio
19:00 Citizen nipashe
19:35 Kansiime
20:05 Wild at heart
21:00 Citizen business
centre
22:00 The Tempest
23:00 Afrosinema
0.00 Citizen late night
news
1:00 Afrosinema
4:30 BBC
4:55 Morning Prayer
5:00 Aerobics
5:30 Damka
8:00 Good Morning Kenya
9:00 Parliament Live
11:00 Daytime Movie
11:00 KBCc Lunch Time
News
1:30 Moving The Masses
1:30 Grapevine
2:30 Parliament Live
4:30 Spider Riders
5:00 Club 1
6:00 Spiders
7:00 Darubini Live
7:30 Road To Success
8:05 The Platform Live
9:00 Channel 1 News
9:45 National Cohesion
Live
10:30 Bold & Beautiful
11:30 You Are The One
12:00 Club 1
12:45 BBC
5:00 Password Rpt
6:00 AM Live
9:00 Irrational Heart
10.00 Maid In
Manhattan
11:15 The Young & The
Restless
12:00 Rhythm City
12:30 Scandal
1:00 NTV at 1
1:30 Backstage
2:00 Golden Heart
3.00 Password
4:00 NTV at 4
4:15 Password
Reloaded
5:00 The Beat
6:00 Dyesebel
7:00 NTV Jioni
7:30 La Patrona
8:30 Baileys Wedding
Show
9:00 NTV Tonight
10:00 Movie
12:00 NTV Late Night
12:15 CNN
5.00 Command Your
Morning
6:00 Morning Express
9.00 Tendereza
10:00 My Eternal
11.00 Planet Earth
12.00 Tomorrow Today
12.30 Adema
1.00 Newsdesk
1.30 Road to Brasil
2:00 Afri-Screen
4.00 Mbiu Ya KTN
4.10 Batman Of The Future
4.30 Avengers Assemble
5.00 Baseline
6.00 Her Mothers
Daughter
7:00 KTN LEO
7:30 Real Househelps of
Kawangware
8.00 Los Rey
9.00 KTN PRIME
10.05 Jeff Koinange Live
11.00 The Diary
12:00 Road to Brasil
12.30 CNN
Pick Of The Day 7.30PM
5.00 Praiz
6.00 K24 alfajiri
9.00 Lady of the rose rpt
10.00 Naijasinema
12.00 Al jazeera news
13.00 K24 newscut
13.30 Gumbaru school rpt
15.00 The couples show
rpt
16.00 Mchipuko wa alasiri
16.10 Team raha
17.30 The loop
18.30 K24 Mashinani
19.00 K24 saa moja
19.35 Gumbaru skool
20.05 The couples show
21.00 K24 evening edition
21.50 Kikwetu super chef
rpt
11.00 Naijasinema rpt
1.30 Al jazeera
In this weeks episode: The guys decide to treat themselves to an Easter picnic but things
turn nightmarish. How will they get out of this one?
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
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Nairobi 102.7 | Nyeri 105.7 | Meru 105.1 | Nakuru 104.5 | Kitui 93.8 | Kisumu 105.3 | Mombasa 105.1 | Kericho 90.5 | Edoret 91.1 | Kisii 91.3
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Social Media
with Kenny Kaburu @Kennytoonz
Rugby teams dismal performance in
Glasgow irks Kenyans on social media
The recent spate of terrorist attacks in
Mombasa and Nairobi ushered in a sober
security conversation under hashtag
#NationalSecurityKe
@Fi_Kiruthi: Ethiopia, Uganda and Rwanda have
their troops in Somalia as well. So what are we doing
or not doing?
@Lizabbyw: Sincerely, when we leave home . . .
handle our days errands and get back home SAFE, its
all Gods grace.
@Safariwithselle: Our security agencies need
every citizens support to tackle this menace. Security
is everybodys responsibility.
@Emma999Too: Terrorists should nd one nation
that accommodates their ruthlessness, relocate and
leave the rest of the world alone in #Peace!
@LandOwnerSingen: I hope the corrupt immigra-
tion ofcials are sleeping well while their brothers are
losing lives.
Social Media
Light Side
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SQUAD:
Kenyans dash
to the nish line
during mara-
thons enable
fans devise new
ways of
encouraging
their runners.
@Wanyigha: My dear Kenyans, we need to be
accountable and it begins with us. What is your role in
national security as a citizen?
@Emma999Too: Where corruption thrives,
terrorism thrives, and so will religious biases and
intolerance. Is this what we want in the name of God?
@Lincoln_ke: How much do you love Kenya? Its
time to ght for it ercely! Be alert! #WarOnTerror is
against all Kenyans. Make a choice now
@PatolskiC: Security starts with everyone so it is
high time we stopped accusing the President and
Lenku.
@Mandere: Collective security is an arrangement
in which each citizen accepts that the security of one
is the concern of a
@LandOwnerSingen: The manpower and
resources we are using in Somalia are enough to
protect our borders.
@Ireri_TheOne: If terrorists can have the audacity
to attack our citizens in OUR land, then its like we are
losing the #WarOnTerror.
@nicholaskarani: Politicising every serious and
all petty issues was our undoing. Thats when the rain
started beating us
@IsaiahGithinji: It takes a long time to develop a
team. Give Paul Treu (the coach) the support and time to
build a team. No instant coffee magic here.
ChikoLawi: Haki #Kenya7s .....My heart can take no
more. How is it you give me more stress and heartache
than my ex-girlfriend?
@V_mwenda: I cant believe this. Canada defeating
us? No semi-nal. No cup. How long will we wait for a
trophy to come to Kenya?
@Gmwelu: What happened to our #pride? After
London we really need to ask these tough questions.
@Inboxmeiya: #Kenya7s team are becoming
specialists in failure just like Moyes and Wenger.
@Karanimutonga: Weve been over-reliant on the
same crop of players for over four years. Lets give Paul
Treu time to build a new team.
@Karanimutonga: Towards the end of last season
our team had started losing momentum. Its not about
Paul Treu. Its a team under transition.
Granted, bullying is common in
our society as some individuals
try to impose their dominance
on others. Generally, bullying
takes many forms, including
physical, verbal, emotional
and now cyber. Hitherto, the
most common forms of bullying
included monolisation, the
common mistreatment of Forms
One students in high school by
their seniors. However, most
institutions are now tough on
bullying and the cases are on a
downward trend.
Mobile phone bullying through
texts and calls has also been
checked by courts and mobile
networks as the practice now
attracts stiff penalties.
Online, cyber bullying is
gathering pace largely because
there is no effective legislation
in place to monitor the Internet
and punish the culprits.
There are many ways to avoid
being a victim of cyber bullying.
Avoid posting personal
information that might give
the bullies enough ammunition
to attack you online. Dont
befriend strangers or reply to
their correspondence.
Its prudent to avoid replying
to messages in anger it
will create a vicious cycle of
vengeance and counter attacks.
Its also advisable not to forward
chain mail, hoaxes or long
emails.
Mostly, cyber bullies pick
their random targets from the
addresses included in chain
mail. Remember to protect your
privacy by not posting private
information on social networks
and making sure privacy
settings are activated when you
are online
Cyber bullying
is on the rise but
you can avoid it
Freedom that is not so good
With the increased cases of dysfunc-
tional marriages witnessed, a village in
Bahati District in Nakuru County is no
exception. Three young divorced women
seem to be celebrating their freedom in
style. They have turned to prostitution
and their clients include grizzly old men
or underage boys.
Every evening, they lock their school
going children at home as they go for
night shift in resorts along the Nakuru-
Nairobi highway. They can be spotted in
the fast-growing townships posing as
scantily-dressed barmaids serving
patrons who are mainly long-distance
truck drivers.
These young mothers in their 30s had
at least two children each with their
former husbands.
-Paul Kariuki
Unusual disciples Of
Christ invade stage
The matatu sector may be
associated with many ills including
drunken and rude crews, with
commuters exploited through
haphazardly hiked fares at the
slightest notice.
So it was a surprise last weekend
when members of this sector plying
routes between Nakuru town and
Lanet-Danger, together with their
colleagues operating on the nearby
Nakuru-Umoja Phase II road, held an
impromptu roadside crusade at Umoja
II stage in Nakuru County. They drew a
sizeable crowd that far rivalled those
of pastors operating in areas whose
outdoor crusades draw only members
of their congregation.
Dressed in their work clothes
and with identication badges
hanging from their necks, they
looked more like sales agents from
a corporation than disciples of
Christ. They did manage to pray
for the conversion of some lost
souls but its not clear under what
umbrella they were meeting.
Not many were convinced, with
some taking exception that these
matatu crews rarely shy away from
paying bribes to cops, contrary to
their preaching. And not long ago,
a traitor among them was found
murdered and abandoned by the
roadside. Its said he was tied to a
speeding matatu and dragged
until he died one dark night. The
case was dismissed for lack of
evidence, with those arrested
being set free.
By Paul Kariuki