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PETITION | For the rst time in Kenyas history, a free Judiciary decides who gets State power
Top courts date with destiny begins today

Willy Mutunga Philip Tunoi Justice Ibrahim Smokin Wanjala Njoki Ndungu Jackton Ojwang
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DISASTER PREVENTION
MINISTRY ISSUES FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES ALERT
Families asked to move to safer areas as rainy season sets in. P. 6
Starting with the status conference this morning, six judges will by end of this week decide Railas petition against Uhuru in State House race Story on Page 2
INTERNATIONAL
REBELS SEIZE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE AS THEY STORM CITY

Central Africa Republican leader Bozize ees country P. 18
INDEX
News P. 2-11, Back Opinion P. 12-13 Letters P. 14 County P. 16-17 World P. 18-24 Business P. 25-26 Sport P. 41-47
No oces, homes for governors

BY NATION TEAM
newsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com Most governers-elect will have to seek alternative oces following a major row over oce space between the county leaders and the central government. Several governors, who will take the oath of oce on Wednesday, yesterday complained that they had neither offices nor official homes to operate from once they are sworn in. Many said they would use their private oces and homes to run the aairs of their respective counties for the time being. But the Transitional Authority chairman Kinuthia Wamwangi CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
WINNING TEAM | Kenyan athletes score major victories at championship
More people have phones than toilets

P9 UN report says six billion own handsets while only 4.5 billion have access to latrines
Emily Chebet (left) crosses the nish line to win the gold medal in the senior womens race of the World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, yesterday. Japhet Korir (right) won the senior race. Kenya won ve gold medals to cap a weekend of sporting heroism for various Kenya sports teams. STORIES AND PICTURES ON PAGES 42 & 43.
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PETITION | Judges to hold pre-hearing conference this morning before actual case starts on Thursday
DAILY NATION Monday March 25, 2013
Long week for Uhuru, Raila as case begins

Supreme Court ruling in landmark suit expected on Saturday after two days of submissions
BY AGGREY MUTAMBO
amutambo@ke.nationmedia.com begins afresh with the registration of voters. Yesterday, President-elect Kenyatta, his deputy, Mr William Ruto, Mr Odinga and Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka all urged Kenyans to stay calm and wait for the Supreme Court to determine the petition. Speaking in Eldoret, Mr Kenyatta appealed for calm as the country waits for the verdict. We will talk more after the ruling date, he said. In Kisumu, Mr Odinga told a congregation at the lakeside citys ACK Church that Kenyans should remain peaceful in prayer. The case in court is not a subject of public discussion, but we believe that the truth, which will set Kenya free, will be known when the verdict is delivered, he said. At the Nairobi Baptist Church, Mr Musyoka, who was Mr Odingas running mate in the March 4 election, called for peace ahead of what he said was a crucial week. It is important at this time that people get together and pray so that we can maintain that unity of purpose as Kenyans, he said. Yesterday, it emerged that the Supreme Court plans to THE ISSUES
What parties in case have said

Mr Odingas Petition
He is seeks to overturn the results announced by the IEBC on March 9, 2013 and the whole electoral process. He claims that in many areas, the number of votes cast exceeded registered voters. The registered voters mysteriously grew overnight by a large proportion on election eve. The IEBC failed to correctly count, tally and verify presidential votes.
AND BERNARD NAMUNANE

bnamunane@ke.nationmedia.com he eyes of Kenyans are this week xed on the six Supreme Court judges, who today narrow down the sticky issues in the petition that Prime Minister Raila Odinga has led against President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta. It is going to be a long week for Mr Odinga the Cord presidential candidate and Mr Kenyatta, who contested on the Jubilee Coalition ticket, as they await the verdict of the Supreme Court. The judges, led by Chief Justice Willy Mutunga, could either dismiss the petition, order a re-count of the presidential votes, settle on a re-run, or rule that the whole process
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Mr Uhuru Kenyattas response

He says that Mr Odinga and Cord are trying to bring a constitutional coup through the Supreme Court. That Jubilee won in an election that was free and fair and that the result cannot be overturned based on a hypothesis. Mr Odingas petition has no proof and is just an expression of bitterness arising from his loss.
Public discussion
Prime Minister Raila Odinga, his wife Ida, and Kisumu governor-elect Jack Ranguma at the St Stephen Anglican Church in Kisumu yesterday where they joined other Christians in marking Palm Sunday.
Today, the judges will have a pre-trial hearing of the petitions challenging the validity of the presidential results and zero down on the main issues raised by the litigants. Apart from the petition led by Mr Odinga challenging the declaration of Mr Kenyatta as winner of the presidential election, there is another led by a civil society group, the African Centre for Open Governance (Africog). Also before the court is a petition led by some members of Mr Kenyattas campaign team, social media activists Dennis Itumbi and Moses Kuria and a third person, challenging the inclusion of spoilt ballots in the calculation of votes attained by each candidate. The objections raised by Mr Kenyatta and Mr Ruto, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and its chairman Issack Hassan, will also be narrowed down to what will be argued verbally in court. The court shall conduct a pre-trial conference with all the parties in the petitions to frame contested and uncontested issues in the petition; consider consolidation of petitions in cases where more than one petition is led; Court to give directions or orders in relation to any interlocutory matters; and court to give any suitable directions for the expeditious disposal of the petition or any outstanding issues, a brief from the Judiciary said. During the sitting today, instructions on additional evidence and the volume of documents by the interested parties will also be given. The actual hearings of the petition are expected to start on Thursday and could continue un-interrupted until concluded. The Court shall, within two days of the pre-trial conference, commence the hearing of the petition. Save
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Mr Issack Hassans response

IEBC conducted free and fair elections and that Jubilee won. The election was neither a sham nor a travesty as Cord alleges.
sit through Good Friday with the hope of delivering a ruling on Saturday. The decision could, however, come without the six judges giving the reasons for reach-
ing the verdict. A temporary time table and a media brief gave an insight into how the three cases, which have been led by dierent litigants, will be heard and determined.
in exceptional circumstances as may be determined by the Court, the hearing of a petition once commenced shall proceed uninterrupted on a day to day basis until its conclusion, the document stated. The brief further said that the Supreme Court does not necessarily have to give reasons for the verdict on the day it delivers the ruling. The court may, at the close of any hearing, give its decision but reserve its reasons and in any such case, the reasons may be delivered in court by any judge whether or not he sat at the hearing, it said. In the first petition, Mr Odinga, who contested for presidency on a Cord ticket, argues that the IEBCs decision to declare Mr Kenyatta as winner should be invalidated because some places had more votes cast than the registered number of voters. Mr Kenyatta, of TNA in the Jubilee Coalition, was declared winner on March 9 after garnering 6,173,433 votes against Mr Odingas 5,340,546, but Mr Odinga of ODM in Cord disputed the results. IEBC announced that Mr Kenyattas tally meant he had scored 50.07 per cent of the total votes cast, enough to avoid a runo. The second petition was led by Ms Gladwell Otieno of AfriCog and Zahid Rajan who have argued that the election was not free and fair because there were abnormal and unexplained patterns of additions and subtractions of entries in the voter register. The third challenge came from Mr Itumbi, Mr Kuria, a TNA strategist and Ms Florence Sergon. The bench will be made up of Dr Mutunga and judges Njoki Ndungu, Smokin Wanjala, Jackton Ojwang, Philip Tunoi and Mohamed Ibrahim.
Declared winner
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CHRISTIAN CALENDAR | Holy week commemorates Jesus entry into Jerusalem
Palm Sunday celebrations across Kenya

Kenyans urged to maintain peace as they await the outcome the Supreme Court petition
BY NATION TEAM
newsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com
undreds of thousands of Catholics yesterday poured out into the streets in towns across the country to celebrate Palm Sunday. In Nairobi, President Kibaki joined other Christians for a Palm Sunday mass at the Consolata Shrine Catholic Church in Westlands, Nairobi where the sermon was delivered by Father Eugene Ferrari. In Mombasa, Archbishop Boniface Lele led Catholic faithful in a Palm Sunday procession which begun outside the Star of the Sea Primary School along Nyerere Avenue. In Nyeri, Archbishop Peter Kairo urged Kenyans to maintain peace as the country eagerly awaits the outcome the Presidential petition led at the Supreme Court.
Pope Francis kisses a baby as he leaves at the end of a mass at St Peters Square at the Vatican on Palm Sunday yesterday.
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The Archbishop was addressing hundreds of Catholic youths from Nyeri County at St Pauls Seminary in Mathari who were marking the World Youth Day celebrations a day which coincided with the Palm Sunday. Elsewhere, Christians gathered in large numbers at Our Lady of Consolata Cathedral Church in Nyeri town to celebrate Palm Sunday. Fr Joseph Kathurima delivered the service in which he highlighted the importance of the day. This is an auspicious day in the Christian calendar, and it is the Sunday before Easter and the rst day of the Holy week commemorating Jesus entry into Jerusalem when the crowd strewed palm leaves in his path. At Kiamuiru Catholic Church, Special Programs Minister Esther Murugi asked people living in areas prone to oods to move to higher grounds. Reports by Lilian Onyango, Daniel Nyassy, James Ngunjiri and Muthini Stephen
World Youth Day
Faithful during the Palm Sunday celebrations in Nakuru yesterday, while below, Mombasa worshippers from the Holy Ghost Cathedral Church sing hymns to mark the Palm Sunday yesterday.
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Left, two-year-old Flora Achieng Ochieng in Nairobi and a girl in twigs along Kimathi street in Nyeri palms yesterday
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President Mwai Kibaki after attending a mass service at Consolata Shrine yesterday.
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RALLYING CALL | Prime Minister warns central government against interference in counties
Cord urges calm as top court hears its petition

Raila says verdict of Supreme Court will set Kenya free
BY AGGREY MUTAMBO
amutambo@ke.nationmedia.com
AND MOSES ODHIAMBO
newsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com
eaders of the Cord alliance yesterday urged supporters to entrust their hopes with the Supreme Court as it handles the petition challenging presidential poll results. The alliances presidential contender Raila Odinga yesterday said Kenyans needed to understand systems that would guarantee a brighter future for the country, and that the Supreme Court was one of them. The case in court is not a subject of public discussion but we believe that the truth, which will set Kenya free, will be
AHEAD
An event-packed week
n Poll petitions: Judges to the Supreme Court are set to start hearing three cases challenging the outcome of the March 4 poll. n Governors swearing in: Leaders elected to be in charge of county aairs are expected to take oaths of ofce on Wednesday. Senators and MPs will be sworn in a day later. n Easter: Christians are set to celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ this week.
known when the verdict is delivered, he told the faithful at Kisumu ACK Church. He said Kenyans should remain peaceful in prayer as the country ultimately triumphs over forces of darkness. In Nairobi, his running mate in the March 4 election Kalonzo Musyoka called for peace ahead of what he termed as a crucial week. Speaking after Palm Sunday service at Nairobi Baptist Church, Mr Musyoka said this week would demand that Kenyans show the value of nationhood. It is important at this time that people get together and pray so that we can maintain that unity of purpose as Kenyans, especially during this crucial week, he said. We need to reect on the meaning of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ as the only person who was able to conquer death. This week, judges of the Supreme Court are expected to start hearing three petitions led to challenge the results announced two weeks ago by the electoral commission, which declared Jubilees Uhuru Kenyatta as the winner of the top seat race. Besides being an Easter Week, where Christians celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the recently elected governors are expected to be sworn in countrywide on Wednesday. Elected senators and MPs are also expected to take oath of oce on Thursday before they vote in Speakers.
Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka (centre) addresses journalists after attending a church service at Nairobi Baptist Church, Ngong Road, yesterday.
Mr Odinga said county governments should not be interfered with by the national government since they are the epitome of power distribution. The governors are appointees of members of counties who have elected them; any form of interference of roles from the central government shall not be tolerated, he said. Mr Musyoka on his part avoided talking about the petitions but said the swearing in of county leaders would indicate the reality of devolution. He was accompanied by Makueni Governor Kivutha Kibwana, Kitui Senator David Musila, Makueni Woman Representative
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Nyiva Mwedwa and Makueni MP Dan Maanzo. Kenyans are eagerly waiting for the judgment on the petitions before the Supreme Court. There are people who would want their will to be done, but we will let Gods will be done through the Supreme Court, said Mr Musila. Mr Maanzo dismissed salary scales announced by Salaries and Remuneration Commission for MPs as unconstitutional. He said it was wrong for the commission to set salaries for lawmakers yet they do not have any contract apart from the votes they garnered during elections.
MPs unhappy Amani yet to decide with pay asked on coalition to back to step down
BY NATION CORRESPONDENT
Members of Parliament who are dissatised with the pay set by the salaries commission have been asked not to take oath of office and seek other jobs instead. Civil society members yesterday warned the politicians against interfering with the work of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission, saying it was working within its constitutional mandate.
Anyone dissatised with what the commission has set should look for other jobs that are better paying
National Civil Society Congress president Morris Odhiambo
Some of the newly-elected MPs have threatened to bring a motion that will seek to disband the commission if it insists on reducing the salaries of the lawmakers. But the civil society have told o the MPs and warned them against interfering with the work of an independent commission. Anyone dissatised with what the commission has set should look for other jobs that are better paying, said National Civil Society Congress president Morris Odhiambo.
The Amani Coalition has declared that it will tread carefully in deciding whether to form an alliance with Jubilee or Cord. After deliberations in the just concluded retreat in Naivasha, Amani leaders decided that they would enter into serious negotiations based on the countrys interests and not individual benet. Although Amani campaigned with the intention of forming the next government, any post-election agreement would be done with Kenyans interests superseding individual concerns, former Amani deputy presidential candidate Jeremiah Kioni said. We made promises to Kenyans during our campaign period and any post-election pact has to be done with these things in mind, said Mr Kioni. He added that the coalition was yet to decide on whether to support Cord or Jubilee. When negotiating, it is prudent to angle for something tangible. Taking a cup of tea with Jubilee does not mean we have moved to the alliance, he added.
On the issue of Amani supporting one of its MPs to vie for the deputy Speakers post, Mr Kioni (above) said they were looking at available options including chairing committees. A coalition member privy to the deliberations but who declined to be named said Amani had the strength to tilt the numbers in favour of either Jubilee or Cord during the Speakers election. Any of the two leading coalitions cannot aord to ignore the Amani factor in tilting the political equation inside Parliament, said the source. Others interviewed include Bungoma governor-elect Kenneth Lusaka who dened the retreat as a bonding session for Amani partners and a chance to evaluate how the alliance performed in the polls.
Tilt political equation
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DISASTER PREVENTION | Families asked leave homes as heavy rains season sets in
Murugi issues alert on floods

Ministry ready with food and funds to tackle any calamity during wet season
BY MUTHINI STEPHEN
smuthini@ke.nationmedia.com pecial Programmes minister Esther Murugi has called on people living in ood-prone areas to move to higher grounds, as the heavy rains season sets in. We are anticipating heavy rains. Weve however stocked our warehouses with enough food and other necessary humanitarian supplies in readiness for any eventuality, she said. The minister was speaking at Kiamuiru Catholic Church after attending the Palm Sunday Mass. She added that the Japanese Government had given Kenya enough resources to cope with disasters. We were given about Sh500 million by Japan and so we are as prepared as can be, said the minister. She said the government was able to overcome the ooding crisis in Budalangi with help from the World Bank. FORECAST
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NANYUKI
Arrest warrant out for tutors over rape

A Nanyuki court has issued a warrant of arrest against two teachers suspected of raping their pupils in Laikipia North. Chief magistrate Jesse Nyaga issued the warrant against Mr Joseph Kuraru and Mr Johnson Kimaiyo on Friday after they failed to appear in court to plead to the rape charges. Police claim the teachers raped the Standard Eight pupils, who are sisters, a week ago. The suspects were locked up but later released on cash bail. Mr Nyaga ordered they be rearrested and arraigned in court.
Weathermans predictions
The Meteorological Department indicates that long rains are expected in most parts of the country with Western and Nyanza likely to experience above normal rainfall Lightning strikes are expected in western Kenya especially Kisii and Kakamega counties while ooding is probable in Budalangi, Kano and Tana River areas Cases of landslides/ mudslides are also likely in parts of Western, Central and Rift Valley regions
business would still be handled by permanent secretaries. The permanent secretaries were running the government when we were out campaigning and so there would be no vacuum even if the Supreme Court decides that we go for another election, she said. Additional report by Peter Obuya
NAIROBI
Mr Tobias Adera Ochieng rescues his sheep after his home in Kabuto, Nyando District was submerged by ood waters last year. The government has warned people living in ood-prone areas to move to higher grounds.
Ms Murugi, however said the problem in Nyatike and Nyando required the intervention of the Environment ministry to divert oodwaters water into River Nyando. What we have done is to issue alerts to the people in those areas to move to higher grounds until the rains are over, she said. Ms Murugi added that the Cabinet had prepared a disaster management policy that was pending parliamentary approval. The Nyeri Town MP-elect claried that she had not resigned from her Cabinet post as required in a directive from the Oce of the President but would do so this week. I havent resigned yet but will do so on March 27 in order to participate in the election of the Speaker. But my bags are already packed, she stated. The minister explained that those who will not have resigned by then will not be able to elect the National Assembly Speaker according to the law. She added that there would be no power vacuum if the ministers resign since government
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Traders yet to fully utilise tax registers

A random check on businesses in Nairobi by the Kenya Revenue Authority revealed that about a quarter of traders were not complaint with tax requirements. In a mock purchase on 51 retail outlets visited by the taxman on Thursday last week, 13 were not using the Electronic Tax Registers required by law. A KRA senior ocial, Mr Kennedy Onyonyi, yesterday said fraudulent traders in the city were arrested and charged after the exercise. He noted that consequences for non-compliance were severe.
Activists protest ban on public gatherings

The civil society has accused Inspector-General of Police David Kimaiyo of violating the Constitution by banning public gatherings and demonstrations. National Civil Society Congress president Morris Odhiambo yesterday said Mr Kimaiyo was violating the rights of Kenyans, and vowed to take up the matter with the Independent Policing Oversight Commission (Ipoa). The police chief last week banned all illegal groupings around the Supreme Court and public gatherings until a petition challenging the presidential poll results is heard and determined. The move is aimed at ensuring that we do not elicit unnecessary emotions, or generate apprehension or even tension, he said. But the rights activists have taken issue with the directive, saying it was tantamount to declaring a state of emergency. The Inspector -General cannot arbitrarily issue a blanket ban and we are saying that these purported directives violate the Constitution, which guarantees peaceful assembly and picketing, said Mr Odhiambo (below) in Nairobi. It is not the duty of the IG to regulate access to the court. The ability of the public to access the court is a key component of a free and fair judicial process. He said the top court had made arrangements to facilitate public access during the hearing of the petition. Mr Odhiambo said they would write to Ipoa and the Constitution Implementation Commission for advisory opinion on the legality of Mr Kimaiyos actions. He accused the IG of highhandedness, saying threats of war, invasion, disorder or disaster all of which are circumstances that could warrant such bans had not been demonstrated. This is like taking us back to the old days of suppression. Such actions are careless and could plunge this country into chaos, he added.
NAIROBI
NSSF launches drive for more members

The National Social Security Fund has launched an initiative to promote awareness about its services a bid to boost its membership. The drive that will educate consumers on the funds products aims to double its membership from 1.4 million to 2.8 million this year. NSSF Managing Trustee Tom Odongo yesterday said they had automated membership registration besides launching a mobile money payment system. NSSF is poised to transform into a mandatory public social security scheme.
Banned groupings
MAKUENI
Body of woman in river tragedy found

The body of a woman suspected to have drowned in Mashuru River last Wednesday was recovered on Saturday night, 35km downstream. A lorry driver and a female passenger were swept away by raging ood waters after they parked the vehicle near the river to harvest sand. The drivers body was retrieved on Thursday evening and taken to a local mortuary. Area police chief, Mr Joshua ole Leina has since asked residents with a missing relative to go Kilome Nursing Home mortuary to identify it.
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TALKS | Ocials vow to back MPs bid to dissolve commission
Cotu threatens to sue salaries team over law

Union opposed to notice that gives agency powers to veto deal between sta and employers
BY PETER OBUYA
potieno@ke.nationmedia.com orkers representatives and the team reviewing public servants salaries are headed for a clash over a controversial gazette notice giving the commission a key role in pay talks between employers and their sta. The Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu) yesterday gave the Salaries and Remuneration Commission a one week notice to withdraw the gazette notice or risk being sued for usurping the powers of the State Corporations Advisory Committee. The committee, Cotu says, has the mandate of conrming the sustainability of any negotiated Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between employers and employees prior to its implementation. Cotu assistant secretarygeneral Benson Okwara also warned that they are ready to mobilise workers to demonstrate against the move and call for the subsequent disbandment of the commission. It is erroneous for the salaries commission to usurp powers of another body with such impunity. It has no right to poke its nose into collective bargaining agreements and we are demanding that it withdraws this notice or we move to court, Mr Okwara said yesterday at the Cotu headquarters in Gikomba, Nairobi. He added that they will back proposals by MPs-elect to move a motion seeking to disband the commission after it reduced lawmakers earnings by half. According to Cotu, employees of parastatals are not public service ocers and thus the commission has no powers to review their salaries. Cotu also accused the commission of deliberately trying to disturb the industrial peace by trying to poke its nose on the processing of CBAs. Mr Okwara also referred to a letter from the AttorneyGeneral Githu Muigai dated September 25, 2012 and addressed to the State Corporations Advisory Committee secretary Stephen Kirogo stating that employees of state corporations are not public ocers.
Son in danger, claims ex-ICC witness father

The family of a former witness in the ICC case against Deputy President-elect William Ruto has claimed their sons life is in danger. The family has asked the government to give their son security following claims that officials from The Hague-based court are looking for him to reconsider his decision.
It is erroneous for the salaries commission to usurp powers of another body. It has no right to poke its nose into CBAs
Cotu oclal Benson Okwara
Parastatal vs civil service
Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu) assistant secretary-general Benson Okwara addresses journalists at his oce in Nairobi yesterday.
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The family claimed that the life of the witness was at risk following allegations that he was being trailed by some ICC ocials, who wanted to meet him. The government needs to guarantee security to our son after he voluntarily stepped down as a witness against Mr Ruto in the ICC case, the mans father, Mr William Kipkosgei (above), said. He called on the Oce of the ICC Prosecutor to contact their sons lawyer for any information concerning his withdrawal of his testimony.
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FERRY SERVICES | Management plans to embrace technology
Eight to be charged on child neglect claims

Motorists waiting to embark the Mv Likoni in Mombasa yesterday. The Kenya Ferry Services management plans to install ICT infrastructure that will help boost revenue collection.
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Eight parents in Ikutha area of Kitui County have been arrested for alleged child neglect. The parents to be charged in court today are accused of allowing their children to loiter and beg. The Childrens Department and Administration Police in a mission dubbed Okoa Mtoto , rounded up 15 street children and took them back home with a stern warning to their parents that they risked time in jail. (KNA)
KAJIADO
HYGIENE | United Nations ocial pledges action to improve health
Fears of donkey meat sales as carcasses found

Two donkey carcasses have been found dumped in a bush in Ongata Rongai. The nd on Rimpa Road in Kandisi area has raised fears of unscrupulous meat-sellers being on the loose in Ongata Rongai, Kiserian and Ngong areas of Kajiado County. Donkey owner Joseph Kinyua said his animal disappeared on Friday night only to be found slaughtered yesterday.
More people have phones than toilets

Six billion own handsets compared to only 4.5 billion with access to latrines, says study
BY JAMES KARIUKI
newsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com but it goes to the heart of ensuring good health, a clean environment and fundamental human dignity for billions of people. Plans are under way to reduce by half the number of people without access to a toilet by 2015, he said. Release of the study coincides with a planned study on the eect of liqueed waste in pit latrines to underground water sources by two university researchers. The researchers have raised fears of contamination of ground water, which is exploited for domestic and industrial use in many countries. Assistant Professor Jay Graham of George Washington University and Matthew Polizzotto of North Carolina State University estimate that 1.77 billion people use pit latrines, while 2.2 billion rely on underground water sources. Despite this correlation, very few studies have been conducted.
People who die from waterborne diseases each year

SANITATION
750,000
ore people around the world have access to mobile phones than toilets, a United Nations study says. Addressing an international press conference, UNs deputy secretarygeneral Jan Eliasson said out of the worlds 7 billion people, 6 billion have mobile phones compared to only 4.5 billion people who can boast having access to a working toilet. Lets face it this is a problem that people do not like to talk about,
Projects in Kenya
Many projects have been going on throughout Kenya aimed at ensuring that all communities have toilets. However, the proliferation of slums in cities has resulted in unhygienic conditions due to lack of toilets. Millions of shillings from the Constituency Development Fund have been used to build latrines in many public schools.
The situation calls for an in-depth study that will help identify technologies that can be used to protect ground water from contaminants from pit latrines. In August 2012, the Bill Gates Foundation began its own eort to build an aordable eco-toilet that uses less water to help reduce the number of people around the world without access to sanitary waste disposal. India, with 1 billion mobile phones, has the highest per cent of the worlds population without toilets, standing at an estimated 626 million individuals. China has only 14 million people without access to a toilet. However, there are also fewer cell phones in China, numbering 986 million. Lack of toilets has also been blamed for the deaths of more than 750,000 people annually from waterborne diseases.
LAIKIPIA
Poachers seized while trying to sell tusks

Two suspected poachers have been arrested while trying to sell four elephant tusks. Kenya Wildlife Service rangers arrested the poachers at Chumvi, Laikipia East District on Saturday as they tryied to sell the tusks. Area deputy conservation boss Aggrey Maumo said a suspect escaped. Last week, four poachers killed a black rhino at Ol Pejeta Conservancy.
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COUNTY AFFAIRS | High Court judges to swear in the governors-elect and their deputies
Row over oces forces governors to work from home

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 blamed the governors-elect for the crisis, saying, they had tried to forcefully evict provincial administrators from their oces instead of following the right procedures to secure oces. We had negotiated oce space for all the 47 governors, but they rejected them and instead tried to forcefully evict the Provincial Commissioners and County Commissioners. As a result, the central government told their ocers not to surrender the oces because the Central government must also function. This scuttled all our efforts to secure them oces. There is very little we can do now, Mr Wamwangi told the Nation. Chief Justice Willy Mutunga has already designated 47 High Court judges to swear in the governorselect and their deputies while the Transitional Authority, which is charged with overseeing the change from national to county government, has announced the ceremonies will take place on Wednesday. Mombasa governor-elect Ali Hassan Joho said he would run the county aairs from his private oce as he awaits completion of an oce that has been identied as the Governors oce. As we speak, there is no ofce or ocial residence for the governor. We have been told that it will take six months for the Governors oce to be ready, so I will be forced to use my private oce and my private residence in the meantime, he said. His Kili counterpart Amason Kingi also said he would operate from his private oce until new oces are established. We are yet to get an oce and even an ocial residence for the Governor. We have identified some oce, but there is a lot of work to be done on it. Ive been told it will take a month before it is ready so I will be forced to operate from my residence for the time being. In Machakos, governor-elect Alfred Mutua expressed hope that funds to put up oces and homes for governors would be released by next week. I think the problem of oce space and accommodation aects almost everybody. Im, however, not worried because we have identied a building which we are renovating to serve as our oce in the meantime, he stated, adding: We have been promised that money to build oces and ocial residences will be out before we are sworn, so Im not worried, he added. Faced by the crisis, Siaya County governor-elect Cornel Rasanga has said he is ready to commute from his home until the oces are set up. He said that the transition team had suggested that he commutes from Kisumu as they grapple with the idea of obtaining a house for him, but he turned down the oer. Kisumu is over 80 kilometres away from here and that is too far. I cannot accept to do that if I have to oer eective service to Siaya people who elected me, he told journalists in Siaya Town yesterday. He said the land allocated for the governors ocial residence had not been developed and therefore he cannot just sit waiting. The most important thing is that I start work immediately. I cannot idle around waiting for a government house. I have my house and there is nothing wrong with operating from there in the meantime, he added. In Vihiga, governor-elect Moses Akaranga also said he was ready to commute from his home after the Transition team admitted it was unable to secure him an ofcial house. He said his home was close to the proposed governors oce at Mbale shopping centre and he was also more comfortable in his own house. He lives in Manugi Village, 10 kilometres away from the Vihiga County headquarters. In Tana River County, renovations are under way in Hola Town to set up oces for the Governor, Senator and their sta. The Ministry of Trade oces are being renovated to serve as the governors oce, while the former County Council oces are being refurbished to accommodate the county assembly. Sources close to the governorelect, Mr Hussein Dado, said the Sh2 million sent to every county for renovations from the Transitional Authority was too little because there is nothing on the ground and we are almost exhausting the funds. Our source said there were no premises betting the status of the governor, and he will have to operate from a guest house. At Kwale, governor-elect Salim Mgalla Mvurya will have to commute from Mombasa 33 kilometres away as Kwale Town does not have suitable accommodation for him. Also in Kisumu County, governor-elect Jack Ranguma has no ocial home. He commutes from Kano, which is about 22km from Kisumu Town. In Migori County, governorelect Okoth Obado has said he has no problem residing in his house as the Transition Authority secures his ocial residence.
Unable to secure
Kenyatta International Conference Centres amphitheatre yesterday, where the Senate will hold its rst sitting on Thursday during which members will be sworn in before they elect the Speaker.
In Uasin Gishu, a decision has not been reached on whether the governor-elect, Jackson Mandago will be allocated the home of the former Eldoret mayor or that of the County Commissioner. Arrangements have been put in place to allocate the Governor ocial residence, although the process might take some time, the new County clerk, Mr Richard Chepkonga, said. The former Eldoret Municipal Council Town Hall will be the office for the governor, while Wareng County Council hall will be the new County Assembly. A committee of experts has been formed to oversee transitions in the county government,, Mr Chepkonga said, adding that the current local government ocials have been renovated to form new oces. In Baringo County, governorelect Benjamin Cheboi recently inspected the offices at the former Baringo county council hall, which will be his oce. In Bungoma County, governorelect Kenneth Lusaka said that he will have to operate from his home, which is about 35km away from county headquarters. Area County commissioner Jamlek Baruga said they have plans to rent a house for the governor as they wait for funds for building his residence. In Elgeyo-Marakwet, the governor will reside at the county commissioner residence. However, the oce space is still a headache. A building belonging to a local NGO has been proposed for governor-elect Alex Tolgos, who said that he was comfortable with the arrangement. In Trans-Nzoia County, governor-elect Patrick Khaemba has rejected the municipal council oces, saying, they are below standards. This prompted the authority to oer the Ministry of Lands oces. In Nyandarua, governor-elect Daniel Waithaka Mwangi will be forced to serve people from his house as he waits for the authority to nd an oce. His house is in Nyahururu Town in Laikipia County, whereas the county headquarters is in Ol Kalou. I have been informed that the government is yet to release money for constructing county headquarters in Ol Kalou and
BULLY MUTAI | NATION
My private residence
Still a headache
BACKGROUND
Governors given APs

Governors-elect in various parts of the country have already been assigned security and other trappings of power ahead of their swearing-in. The Transitional Authority allocated Sh2 million to each county for the ceremony while Chief Justice Willy Mutunga has identied ocers to swear in the county bosses, the rst time in the countrys history. This is part of the Sh6 billion allocated by the authority to facilitate the establishment of the county government and operations of the new governor and his sta.
since I cannot operate from my private oce, I have to serve people from my residential house, Mr Waithaka said yesterday. In Narok the governor-elect Samuel Kuntai Tunai has no private house and will have to operate from his Nairobi home to his oce. His oce is the former Narok County Council oce. Transitional Authority secretary Solomon Olooltuua said they are seeking a residence for the governor in one of the estates in Narok town. However Nakuru governor Kinuthia Mbugua has no problem. His oce, which is formerly the mayors parlour, has already been furnished. He has also secured a government house at Milimani Estate. In Nyeri County, Governor-elect Nderitu Gachagua will occupy the PCs residence following the transfer of former PC Japther Rugut to the National Youth Service as director-general. In Muranga, the governor elect Mwangi Wa Iria has to look for alternative accommodation as there are no suitable houses in Muranga town. In Kirinyaga County, Governorelect Joseph Ndathi is yet to be allocated a residential house. The problem is also being experienced in Homa Bay County where the governor-elect Cyprian Awiti has not been allocated an oce and residence. Stories by George Sayagie, Muchemi Wachira, Ouma Wanzala, Barnabas Bii, Tom Matoke, Wycli Kipsang, Philomen Suter, Eric Ngobilo, James Ngunjiri, Samuel Karanja, George Munene, Kennedy Kimanthi and Brian Yonga
Look for alternative
From a guesthouse
I have no problem operating from my house as they set up the ocial residence
Migori County Governor-elect Okoth Obado
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ANALYSIS | Macharia Gaitho
Security team bent on silencing dissenting voices

he statement released late on Wednesday night by Public Service Head Francis Kimemia might have seemed like a routine advisory, but it signalled an impending crackdown on dissenting voices. That an urgent meeting of the National Security Advisory Council can be called late in the night to address increasing tension would suggest an imminent threat to national security. On closer scrutiny, however, it emerges that the threat necessitating an emergency late-night meeting was not the danger of a major new terrorist attack, a military invasion by a neighbouring country or the outbreak of major civil strife. The threat lay in the impasse over the presidential election results after the Cord alliance candidate, Prime Minister Raila Odinga, challenged in court the electoral commissions verdict that the winner was Deputy PM Uhuru Kenyatta who contested on the Jubilee coalition ticket. From the moment Mr Odinga said he would challenge the presidential election result in court, he embarked on a series of public activities designed to bolster his support base. He continued with his public campaign even after ling his petition before the Supreme Court on March 16, and towards the end of last week was organising a series of countrywide rallies to drum up his case. Taking his campaign to the public was a risky and unwise strategy in a climate where any moves towards mobilising the public are weighed against the events of ve years ago, where protests against President Kibakis disputed re-election escalated into the bloodbath that almost dismembered the nation. Indeed, Mr Odinga opened himself up to attacks from the Kenyatta camp alluding to the mass action he called after losing a suspect count in 2007 spiralled out of control.
Mr Odingas claims that he was the winner of the March 4 elections provoked a response from Presidentelect Kenyatta. The public exchanges between supporters of Mr Odinga and Mr Kenyatta were heating up when on Wednesday, Chief Justice and Supreme Court President Willy Mutunga ordered a halt to canvassing of the case outside the courtroom. Almost immediately, Mr Odinga cancelled his rallies, reportedly on advice from his lawyers. Despite Mr Odinga taking the initiative to call o the rallies, Mr Kimemia still found it t to call a late-night session of the security committee to address a supposed emergency. A statement that came out of the meeting, released by government spokesman Muthui Kariuki, came up with a raft of measures to address the supposed security threat, most notably a blanket ban on processions and rallies organised by the PM. Considering that Mr Odinga had already cancelled his planned rallies, it appears the intention of the tough warning was to signal to the public that it was the security committee that had forced him to back down. The badly-crafted statement read, in part: Such meetings could obsolete (sic) gains made from the peaceful conduct of elections which demonstrated to the world that Kenyas democracy had matured and inves-
Cord supporters gather outside the Supreme Court March 16 when Prime Minister Raila Odinga led a petition challenging the declaration of Uhuru Kenyatta as winner of the presidential election. The government has banned all public gatherings and processions until the petition is heard and determined.
tors were already releasing investment capital. Another intention of the message was to send the signal that Mr Odinga was Prime Minister in name only; that he was no longer part of the command structure that was now reporting to President-elect Kenyatta irrespective of the fact that a Supreme Court decision was awaited to determine the electoral outcome. In direct reference to the court hearing, the government statement issued a stern warning to Mr Odingas supporters, referring to them as idle, noisy mobs congregating outside Supreme Court of Kenyaany attempts to disrupt, discredit or intimidate the Courts, IEBC or other institutions of the State will not be tolerated. But as Mr Kimemia was issuing this warning, it was clear that he chose to ignore a move to intimidate the Judiciary by Mr Kenyattas supporters. This was in the form of a public campaign on social media targeting Justice Mutunga and other Supreme
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Another intention of the message was to send the signal that Mr Odinga was Prime Minister in name only...he was no longer part of the command structure now reporting to Presidentelect Kenyatta
Court judges the Kenyatta camp is apparently nervous about. After the election petition was led, bloggers and social media activists known to work for the Kenyatta campaign machine under the Team Uhuru banner started posting on social media a harsh campaign seemingly aimed at setting the ground for a move to force the CJ out of the case on grounds that he was close to Mr Odinga, and to civil society groups that had led their own petition. The main evidence was past remarks by Mr Mutunga, before he joined the Judiciary, expressing admiration for Mr Odinga. The campaign also drew links between Mr Mutunga and various key players in civil society groups dating back to his time as founder-director of the Kenya Human Rights Commission and later as a key local ocial of the Ford Foundation. The intention was to place the Chief Justice at the centre of what was projected as a grand conspiracy
involving western nations and their development agencies operating in Kenya together with major civil society groups that have beneted from funding. The online campaign soon moved to the mainstream newspapers with a series of opinion articles in the past week echoing the same theme. What raised suspicion, however, was that most of the articles were reaching the newspapers through circuitous routes, but ultimately were traceable to the same grouping of operatives serving as media liaisons for political campaigns. In tone, style and content, they were remarkably similar, almost as if written by the same person. The biggest giveaway was that they were nearly all written under ctitious names. All claimed in similar fashion that the petitions against Mr Kenyattas electoral victory were inspired by western countries through local civil society groups; that the CJ had close links to such groups and was a known admirer of Mr Odinga; and therefore must be removed from the Supreme Court panel that will hear the election petition. Some of the social media postings went further to demand the removal of Justice Jackton Boma Ojwang on claims that his wife was associated with ODM. Others listed the judges suitable to hear the petition. The Supreme Court presently has six judges pending the swearing-in of Deputy Chief Justice Kalpana Rawal. The Court must have a quorum of no less than ve judges, so if two are removed, it would not be able to hear the case. There is no indication, however, that Mr Kenyattas legal team is linked to the campaign against the CJ. There has also been no hint as yet that a formal application will be launched to have him withdraw. Mr Gaitho is Managing Editor Special Projects, Daily Nation.
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12 | Opinion
Harness the power of sport to unite Kenya

hat a sporting weekend its been for Kenya! From Hong Kong where Kenya reached the semi-nals in the IRB Sevens World Series Circuit, to Poland where the cross country team scooped more than half of the gold medals on oer; and in Calabar, Nigeria, where Harambee Stars deed all odds to hold the mighty African champions to a 1-1 draw in a 2014 World Cup qualier, Kenyans had every reason to celebrate. This wonderful sporting weekend comes against a backdrop of heightened political polarisation following the March 4 General Election in which the outcome of the presidential poll remains on hold pending determination by the Supreme Court. It was, therefore, refreshing and immensely gratifying to see the whole country, regardless of race, tribe, religion and sex burst into wild celebrations as Francis Kahata delivered his sublime free kick with surgical precision to give Harambee Stars the lead in Calabar. In Hong Kong, Dennis Ombachis sprint from his own half, while riding a myriad of tackles, to convert that crucial try against France in the nal pool match was an exhilarating experience. And yesterday in Bydgoszcz, Poland, Faith Kipyego, Emily Chebet and Japhet Korir outkicked the competition to lead Kenya to win three of the four individual gold medals on oer and ve of the eight gold overall to cap a triumphant journey to the World Cross Country Championships. This was indeed a weekend that underlined Kenyas place as a sporting powerhouse. Congratulations to the teams are in order. Sports ensure that we punch above our weight on the global stage, and it is the one area we come together as one united nation. Our wishes are that the spirit displayed during Kenyas successful sporting weekend be extended to other aspects of our national lives.
DEMOCRACY | Rasna Warah
Build on Stars success

arambee Stars on Saturday registered the best result since their 1-0 victory over Cape Verde, which secured the country a place during the 2004 African Nations Cup tournament. This was no ordinary match. Kenya were up against the African champions for a ticket to the Fifa World Cup to be staged in Brazil next year. Harambee Stars, spurred on by new coach Adel Amrouche, held their nerve against the giants for the entire contest. The 1-1 result against the three time African champions and past Olympic success proves that Kenya, indeed, has the talent and pedigree to dine with the mighty. Despite her prowess in athletics, rugby, cricket and volleyball, Kenya has yet to show the world her full potential on the football pitch. Football administrators in the country should seize this opportunity and build on this result to take Kenya to the next level. Kenya still has to play Nigeria at home, plus the other group F challengers. The 2015 African Nations Cup Qualiers are also set to begin in a few months. Adequate preparation and nancial incentives will be key to future successes.
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he 2007/8 postelection violence poisoned relationships across the Kenyan society. Family members belonging to dierent ethnic groups started to view each other with suspicion. Colleagues stopped communicating with each other. Traders cancelled deals with suppliers who were not from their ethnic groups. Neighbours who once lived in harmony started fencing their compounds. Men and women who were injured, raped or looted during the post-election violence never recovered from their tragedy; they are the walking wounded in our midst. The 2013 election was supposed to change all this. We were to enter a tolerant era, with a new Constitution, a reformed Judiciary and a more informed citizenry that would enable the transition from narrow, ethnic-based politics to the politics of inclusion. And in some ways, it did. The alliance between President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy, Mr William Ruto, bridged a rift that seemed insurmountable just ve years ago. It promised to end the violence and suspicion that has characterised the Kikuyu-
Change of guard should encourage openness, not breed fear and exclusion T
Kalenjin relationship. The issue-based politics of their rival, Mr Raila Odinga, also heralded a new political dispensation, where integrity became an important aspiration. As a member of an ethnic group that is not even ocially recognised as one of Kenyas tribes (and as a woman), I am deeply aware of what it means to be inconsequential and irrelevant in a Kenya where the Big Five ethnic groups tend to dominate all political discourse. Whats worse, the discourse is now becoming religious. Take, for instance, the declaration by some Jubilee Alliance supporters that God had anointed Mr Kenyatta to lead Kenya. If we are to believe this, then we may as well not have any elections in the future because those who are anointed cannot be dethroned. Moreover, the heavy undertones of evangelism in Mr Rutos speeches have had the eect of alienating Kenyas nonChristian communities, who are afraid that there will be no room for them in a Christian country. The more insidious impact of this realignment has been most evident in the way supporters of the Jubilee Alliance have been criticising members of civil society organisations. A diagram circulating on the Internet has names and photos of individuals who the authors perceive to be anti-Jubilee stooges of the West. This is clearly a witchhunt aimed at ridiculing, silencing or ostracising individuals perceived to be a threat to the status quo. It has been suggested that civil society organisations are working on behalf of foreign interests because they are funded by Western donors. Using this logic, is the Kenya government also a stooge of the West because it received $1 billion dollars in aid from the US? Interestingly, many of the people mentioned in the list have actively fought against corruption and other ills within government. Is it possible that this purge is aimed at eliminating
A country without an active civil society is like a country without a free media: It becomes intolerant and totalitarian... State resources are used to suppress dissent rather than bring about development
further discussion on nancial scandals such as Goldenberg and Anglo Leasing? I have in the past been a critic of civil society organisations. I believe many but not all are briefcase NGOs that have perfected the art of writing proposals and holding workshops. However, I would rather live in a country that has a vibrant civil society than one where there are no organisations or individuals that question the States excesses. A country without an active civil society is like a country without a free media: It becomes intolerant and totalitarian, it breeds paranoia. State resources are used to suppress dissent rather than bring about development. This does not augur well for democracy and freedom of expression. If given a chance, I think Mr Kenyatta has the potential to be a great president. He has said that he will work towards uniting people rather than alienating them. However, the politics of exclusion now being associated with his party are making people question his ability to govern; they are threatening to take us back to the days when fear and conformity determined all our relationships. rasna.warah@gmail.com
Opinion 13 THE CUTTING EDGE

BY THE WATCHMAN
WHICH WAY WOMEN? The March 4 General Election has once again just conrmed that we are still a long way from appreciating the fact that women have a role to play in local and national leadership, remarks Patrick W. Ndege. He adds: Women performed so dismally that none of them was elected President, Governor or Senator, despite the comprehensive civic education in the run-up to the poll. What is wrong with women getting elective leadership positions, fellow Kenyans? His contact is patrickndege52@gmail.com. PRESIDENTIAL QUESTION. During Presidentelect Uhuru Kenyattas recent visit to Mombasa, Onyango Alare says, he was quite surprised to note that he and his wife ew in two dierent planes. Couldnt they have travelled together, as other leaders have always done, in order to cut costs? I am old enough to have seen three presidents, but never have they ever used separate planes to go to Mombasa at the same time. Why this display of extravagance, and yet there is still a petition challenging his election? His contact is onyangokalare@yahoo.com. WHERES THE PIN? KRAs explanation that it cannot issue taxpayer Pricilla C. Chepkwony with her Personal Identication Number, which she badly needs to transact business, simply because they have not updated their system is the imsiest that her son, Charles Mutai, has ever heard. What business of hers is it ensuring that they update their system? All she needs is her PIN to be able to carry out a land transaction and how long must she wait? he asks. His contact is charlesmutai82@gmail.com.
DELICATE BALANCE | David Griggs
lbert Einstein once said that if he had just one hour to nd a solution on which his life depended, he would spend the rst 55 minutes dening the problem. Once he knew the right question to ask, he could solve the problem in less than ve minutes. Today, humanity faces such a life-threatening problem: How are we to provide adequate nutrition and a decent quality of life to the global population without irreparably damaging our planetary life-support system? To find a solution, we must start by clarifying the problem. Humans have fundamentally altered the Earths ecosystems. By interfering with the carbon, nitrogen, water and phosphorus cycles, human activity changes the atmosphere, oceans and forest and diminishes biodiversity. As the environmental consequences of human activity become increasingly apparent, so does humanitys responsibility to mitigate them. Last year, at the United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, world leaders agreed to create a set of universal Sustainable Development Goals, which would change the playing eld for future economic policy to safeguard our life-support system. Thats easy to say. But where does one start? For almost three decades,
We can ensure enough food supply today and protect environment for the future A
A new approach is needed. Rather than separate pillars of sustainable development , the economy must be seen as servicing society, which, in turn, thrives within a secure natural environment. Viewed Providing food for the present and securing this way, sustainable the environment for the future are global development should challenges. be redefined as development that sustainable development has meets the needs of the present while safeguarding the Earths been dened as development that meets the needs of the life-support system, on which the welfare of current and future present, without compromising generations depends. future generations ability to After all, a healthy, thriving meet their needs. planet is a prerequisite for Related policies have reected healthy, prosperous lives. the view that sustainable The process of identifying development rests on three equal pillars: The economy, society, the Sustainable Development Goals, which are intended to and the environment. But this view is no longer enter into force in 2015, has begun in earnest. The goals must tenable. As the US Global have measurable, achievable Change Research Programmes objectives that extend beyond recent draft report on climate national policy; they must change points out, some kinds inspire regional and local of weather events have become administrations, businesses, more common, and more civil society and individuals intense, in recent years. In 2012 alone, the Arctic sea everywhere to change their behaviour. They should create ice dipped to a new low, as an goals for humanity that are area larger than the US melted; unprecedented heat waves struck grounded in shared values and in relevant science. Australia and other areas; record My colleagues and I have oods hit China and Japan; and published a report, Sustainable the UK had its wettest year on Development Goals for People record. But global responses and Planet , which outlines remain inadequate.
what is needed. We identied six universal goals for sustainable development: Lives and livelihoods, food security, water sustainability, clean energy, healthy ecosystems, and good governance. The next step is to dene measurable targets, such as better lives for slum dwellers or reduced deforestation. Progress in any of the six areas will require a comprehensive approach, with policies that span the economic, social and environmental domains. For example, eradicating poverty entails the provision of food, water, energy and access to gainful employment. Achieving food security is impossible without agricultural practices that not only support farmers and produce enough food to meet peoples nutritional needs, but that also preserve natural resources by, for example, preventing soil erosion and relying on more ecient nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers. The Millennium Development Goals succeeded because they marshalled international resources and funding to address a focused set of poverty-related issues. The Sustainable Development Goals must go a step further. Like Einsteins thought experiment, many lives depend on it. Mr Griggs is a director of the Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI) in Australia.
An M-Pesa agent transacts business. Gangs target them. SEEKING SAFETY. Alarmed that the incidence of insecurity is on the rise in Nyahururu Town and its environs, John Mwangi is calling for some quick intervention by Inspector-General of Police David Kimaiyo. A gang, he reports, has been robbing traders at gunpoint, almost daily. The worst aected are M-Pesa outlets and petrol stations. Residents, he adds, have been reporting the incidents to the Nyahururu Police Station, whose response has been rather lukewarm. For more details, his contact is johnmwagike@yahoo.com.
LET THERE BE LIGHT. Nearly four months since some crooks shamelessly vandalised the electricity transformer in the Nambale-Siekunya area of Busia County, Joseph Otwoma reports, the area residents have not had any power. He is, therefore, appealing to the Kenya Power manager in charge of the county to convey the peoples cries to his bosses so that they can intervene and either have the transformer repaired, or get a new one installed and electricity restored. His contact is otwoma.joseph@gmail.com. UNCLOG ROAD. The seemingly never-ending trac jams in Nairobis city centre, especially at the Haile Selassie Avenue/Moi Avenue roundabout (adjacent to Bomb Blast Memorial Park) have become unmanageable, moans Ian Mgenyi. He says it now takes one-and-a-half hours to navigate a distance of 200 metres. It is a huge inconvenience to people working in government ministries, companies and banks, and the general public! Trac police should help sort out the mess, he pleads.
Have a smooth-owing day, wont you!
CRIME | Edwin Osebe
ristotle once argued that the state is a creation of nature and that man is by nature a political animal. Kenyans have a state, but are they safe? This is the question that we should think about especially with the recent spate of robberies, carjackings, livestock thefts and other crimes. The police service faces numerous challenges, including inadequate resources, poor training, poor remuneration and inadequate housing. The United Nations recommends that the police to population ratio be 1:400 but the police to population ratio in Kenya stands at 1:551. This is an indicator that more needs to be done to modernise the police force to be at par with others from well-policed states. The National Police Service Commission recruited 7,000 police ocers last year, but these were not enough; more should be hired to achieve the required ratio. A country that is insecure can erode the development gains that have been achieved and, as a result, economic growth will stagnate. Investors will shy away from investing. Who wants to invest where there is insecurity? Who is suciently philanthropic to create wealth for thieves to pillage? Insecurity and development are inversely related; an increase in insecurity results in decreased development. Therefore, we need to hire more police
Fight insecurity to boost economic growth A

A country that is insecure can erode the development gains that have been achieved
ocers, equip and pay them well, buy more patrol vehicles, give them eective training and house them properly. Then shall we attract investments and build condence in the business community. It is worth noting that the recruits curriculum was reviewed in line with the Justice Ransley Commission proposals. Cadets will be in college for 21 months, including a three-month internship, whereas constables are trained for 15 months, including three months as interns. The minimum requirement for recruits is a C (plain). Previously, the minimum requirement was a D (Plain). The minimum age has also been increased to between 18 and 28 years for KCSE holders and 30 years for those with specialised skills. The quality of training needs to be improved at the Administration Police Training College, the General Service Unit Training College and the Kiganjo Police College. The training should be developed in such a way that it is in sync
with current crime trends. Most universities have introduced courses that are tailored to meet the needs of persons working in the security industry. Some universities have even signed agreements with various security departments to train their sta. This is a step in the right direction. Similarly, the public should cultivate a culture of co-operation with the police. The two should be partners in the war against crime and the goal should be the creation of a crime-free society. Social Contract theorist Thomas Hobbes wrote in his book, Leviathan, that because people are naturally rational, they agree to leave the state of nature and enter a social contract. Men formed governments because of their need for protection. In exchange, the people gave up their rights, including the right to revolt and the right to punish. Through this social contract, they agreed to accept a rational government to enforce rational laws. It is critical that the government guarantees the security of each Kenyan, irrespective of class. Then shall we enter the highway of prosperity and our goal of achieving Vision 2030 will be a reality.
Mr Osebe holds a Master of Arts in Sociology (Criminology) degree and is a PhD student at JKUAT. (eduosebe@yahoo.com)
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To the editor
Run a campaign on how to deal with carjackers
It is unfortunate that we continue to lose innocent Kenyans on the hands of armed robbers. It is even sadder when our police ocers are not spared. Even as our security agents continue to pursue these crooks, whose rightful place is Shimo la Tewa, I think it would be wise for citizens to be put through security grills, just like we do the re grills. Obviously, nobody can out-run a bullet. With armed gangs, trying to run or drive away puts your life on the line. In case you are belted, politely seek assistance in loosening the belt. Many people have been shot doing this as gangsters think their victim is trying to reach for a weapon. NJENGA MAINA, Mombasa
The editor welcomes brief letters on topical issues. Write on e-mail to: mailbox@ ke.nationmedia.com. You can also mail to: The Editor, Daily Nation, POB 49010, Nairobi 00100. Letters may be edited for clarity, space or legal considerations.
TALKING POINT
May Chinua Achebe, the father of the African novel, rest in eternal peace
he literary fraternity in Africa and beyond has suffered a big blow. The death of the founding father of African literature and master storyteller, Chinua Achebe, is a tragedy in the literary circles. Achebe has exited the stage, but left an indelible mark in the annals of world literature. This is a man who took African literature to great heights at a time when Africa appeared like a literary desert. Achebe played a pivotal role in African literature, a eld that had not been recognised in the mainstream world literature. In fact, way back in the 1970s at a writers conference in Makerere, Uganda where Achebe was in attendance there was a heated debate on the denition of African literature since little had been written and recognised. This prompted Achebes famous remark: Lets nd out where the rain started to beat us. Achebe was a master storyteller who represented the society in vivid ways. Any person reading his works easily identies with what he addressed. His rst novel, Things Fall Apart (1958) is widely read and has shaped world literature. Personally, I have read the novel several times and each time I read, it appears new. Achebe presented the colonial experience from the African standpoint and he did so without sliding into the labyrinth of romanticising the African past. Things Fall Apart is a novel that sets out to oer crucial moral lessons to its audience.
Emails from correspondents
SHORT TAKES
EXPECT MORE TAX: Kenya covers 581,309 km while Texas, the second largest of the 50 states in the United States, covers 696,200km. They have a Governor and a Legislature consisting of 150 House Representatives and 31 State Senators. Per Capital Personal Income is $36,484 while Kenyas GDP is about $1,700. We will have 347 MPs, 47 Senators and 47 Governors, all earning astronomical wages. Add 22 Cabinet secretaries, and 2,000 County Assembly Representatives, and Kenyans can expect a huge tax increase. PAUL V. OTIENO, Oklahoma City STARS AGONY: Im a boxing fan, but I just couldnt wait for the Stars vs Eagles duel. I was nervous throughout the game, savouring the Stars lead, until the fateful of all minutes 94th. Now, there are some things one just feels should never happen, like the Eagles equalising at the eleventh hour. My teeth would rather have been pulled out using pliers without anaesthesia than for that to have happened. But thats now water under the bridge. My free advice to our boys: the best way to defend a lead is to attack. KIARIE PETER, Laikipia GIVE SERVICE: The swearing-in of County Assembly Ward representatives marks a crucial turning point in the governance of this country. The County Assembly Ward is the hallmark of devolution and when properly handled will change the lives of many Kenyans. Its the hope of many that the devolved governments will bring governance closer to the people and they will be able to have more say in matters aecting them. The reps should not be like most former councillors, who spent time lining their pockets with public land. PHILIP MBINDYO, Ukwala AMAZING MPS: The noise generated by the MPs-elect over what they termed as demeaning remuneration, is to say the least, laughable and should be ignored. It is good that the complaints are coming prior to the legislators being sworn into oce when they already know in advance what they will earn. I therefore dare any of them who feels that the pay is meagre to boycott the swearing in ceremony so that the aected constituency can straight away hold a by-election. It would help if MPselect got busy working on development plans for their constituencies. Money seems to be their top agenda. SILAS NYAMBOK, Athi River
Stop ads telling us to accept election results

Even after the Supreme Court warning that we desist from discussing the pending election petition in public, the IEBC, which is the rst respondent, has continued to use public money to make several adverts in what seems to be an attempt to force some millions of Kenyans unhappy with the outcome of the election to accept the results. Our laws are clear that people who are not happy with the results of any election may take their grievances to court. As a taxpayer, I get unhappy when I see my taxes being used to provoke Kenyans who feel the election was not credible; and soon after billions for BVR kits went to waste. SETH MWANGANI, Nairobi
Acclaimed Nigerian author Chinua Achebe (left) and former South African President Nelson Mandela chat on September 12, 2002 prior to Achebe receiving an honorary Doctor of Literature degree and delivering the third Steve Biko Memorial Lecture at the University of Cape Town.
The power of a storyteller, Achebe posits in his book, Morning Yet on Creation Day (1975), lies in his or her ability to appeal to the mind and reach beyond his or her particular circumstance and thus speak to dierent periods and generations. This is exactly what he has done in most of his works. Readers learn so much from Okonkwo, the cultural hero, and his tragic fall much as he tries to live up to the dictates of his culture. Achebes other literary works have also stood the test of time because of their relevance to the modern world. His novel, Arrow of God (1964), which explores the intersections of Igbo tradition and European Christianity, is a classic novel that further cements the African literary idiom. Complete with rich African sayings and idioms, the novel makes good reading. Achebe also made a representation of the post-colonial African situation in most of his works. His novels, A man of the People (1966) and Anthills of the Savannah (1967) are still very relevant to contemporary Africa, which is replete with massive post-independent disillusionment and grim pictures of the political situation. VIVERE NANDIEMO, Ikerege
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Media hate-speech will soon run out of steam

With time, hate speech on social media will zzle out on its own. Just like pornography which is on its death bed it will no longer excite any emotions. Let the people express their anger, frustrations and hopelessness masqueraded as hatred. It is not real, but a reaction to failing to attain a life long-ambition. It is blind desperation. Let the bitter of soul drink, scream and hurl insults to relieve their pain. One minister said some tribe was composed of cooks and watchmen. Another described a tribe as pot-bellied, bow-legged with stained teeth. Both did not amount to anything. JANE THOMAS, Nairobi
Criminal elements in KRA costing Kenya billions of shillings

Recent media reports now conrm that by February, out of Sh837 billion projected tax collections, only Sh452 billion had been collected. That is a miserable 54 per cent barely four months to the end of current nancial year. Simple maths, therefore, tells us that the country will have a tax collection shortfall of no less than Sh160 billion the highest since President Kibaki assumed power. The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has been silent on this matter, yet the bosses at KRA knew this was coming. A major reason why tax collections continue to deteriorate is because KRA has criminals within its ranks who steal government taxes. They under-declare customs duty in connivance with importers and keep part of the taxes for themselves. They demand bribes from taxpayers in return for debt forgiveness and ddle with books and returns. This is where Kenya loses around Sh500 billion a year because tax compliance is only 45% currently. The other reason is disorganisation. KRA abandoned VAT withholding agency system after it became dicult to keep proper books of accounts. They blamed discontinuation on a few forged certicates. But a few criminal elements should not have resulted in Kenya losing hundreds of billions of tax revenue. GEORGE CHEGE, Nairobi
SATURDAYS QUESTION
DEBATE QUESTION
What is your expectation of the newly sworn in county assembly ocials?

LINCOLN M KINYUA: Depletion of county funds and demand for salary increase, just like the yet-to-be-sworn-in MPs. DAN TUMBO: A clear plan on how to eradicate poverty and illiteracy. HILLARY CHEPKWONY: Deliver services to the people who elected them without leaving out any clans and proper allocation of money to respective projects. VICTOR ABUKA: In the counties where elections of speakers were competitive like Nairobi, you are likely to see growth and meaningful debates. In counties where the speakers elections were a replica of past mayors elections, you will see underdevelopment and rubber stamp-county reps. SHABIRA JAFRED-NDIGWA: Legislation that promotes economic growth in their counties and encourage peace; and accountability in use of public funds.
What do you consider most outstanding about Achebes books?

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DISPUTE | Senior State ocials linked to rip-o at Port of Mombasa, claims ocial
UK ECONOMIC WOES MAY HURT FLOWER EXPORT Slump likely to aect demand for Kenyas fresh produce. P. 26
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MERU
Row erupts over car screening

Freight lobby, importers and employees at the harbour up in arms over tender award for vehicle radioactivity inspection
BY GITONGA MARETE
gmarete@ke.nationmedia.com row has erupted at the Mombasa port over screening of second-hand vehicles imported from Japan, which are suspected to be contaminated with radioactive materials. Kenya International Freight and Warehousing Association (Kifwa) yesterday alleged that the procedure for inspecting the vehicles was shrouded in secrecy and that the charges were exploitative. The lobby also questioned why the screening tender was awarded to a private company, yet the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has the capacity to do the job. According to rates circulated by Analytical Quality Services, the rm awarded the tender, vehicles with an engine capacity of between 1,000 and 3,000cc are screened at Sh5,000, those between 3,000 and 5,000cc at Sh7,000 while those over 5,000cc are inspected Sh9,000. How did they arrive at the prices? Does it mean that radiation levels rise with the vehicles engine capacity? posed Kifwa Mombasa branch chairman Roy Mwanthi. With an average of 800 vehicles being cleared daily, it means more than Sh4 million is being illegally collected from importers. There is every reason to believe that somebody somewhere just wants to make money from innocent Kenyans, he said. Mr Mwanthi claimed that senior government ocials could be involved in the scam, and called for investigations into the tender award. The row was sparked o by a com-
MP disowns ex-aide facing graft charges

Igembe South MP-elect Mithika Linturi has denied that a man charged with corruption in a Meru Court last Friday is his aide. Mr Linturi said Gerald Kimathi Ithibua had resigned as his aide before the March 4 elections to vie for an elective seat. Mr Kimathi was charged alongside civil servant Pamela Wanjala Wakoli with failing to comply with tendering procedures. They faced 11 counts of corruption-related offences. The case will be heard on May 20.
NYERI
Church leader urges peace during petition

THE CLAIMS
What lobbies have alleged

n That Kenya Ports Authority is the one that detected radioactive materials in a sample of vehicles imported from Japan. n That the authority awarded the screening tender to a private rm, yet it has the capacity to do the work. n That the screening rates charged by Analytical Quality Services are exploitative. n That the tender award and screening procedure are shrouded in secrecy.
munication to port users by the Kenya Radiation Protection Board (KRPB) in Mombasa on January 30, in which it claimed that a number of secondhand vehicles had been discovered to contain high levels of radiation. The contamination is believed to have resulted from a nuclear power plant in Fukushima Daiichi, Japan, in 2011. Exposure to excessive radiation causes deformities and cancer, among other health complications. It is with immediate eect that all
A mechanic inspects a second-hand vehicle at a car sale centre on Mombasa Road, Nairobi. Motor importers want all interested parties involved in determining radioactivity screening charges at the Port of Mombasa.
motor vehicles will be scanned for radioactivity by service providers certied by KRPB. The results thereof will be interpreted and evaluated by the board before the vehicles are released to the public, principal radiation ocer Nixon Mdachi said. However, the board neither specied the rm that would carry out the screening nor the charges. Chairman of the Car Importers Association of Kenya Peter Otieno has also demanded withdrawal of the charges, saying, any tari introduced at the port should be agreed upon by all interested parties. A senior ocial at KPA, who sought anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter, said there was a tendency by government agencies operating at the port to levy unjustied charges on importers a situation that had made the port uncompetitive. This is unfair because port users are nding it expensive to do business with us. If we want to remain competitive within the region, we need somebody to tell these people that what they are doing is wrong. The extra charges are borne by the end user of the product, which is unfair, the ocer said. He said radioactive contamination was detected by KPA and wondered why the tender was awarded to a third party. The dispute has also attracted the attention of the industry regulator, Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA), which in a letter dated March 23, sought to seek participation of all stakeholders in resolving the dispute. KMA appointed a committee to handle the matter last week. The committee will develop standard operating procedures for scanning of motor vehicles, review the current charges levied by third party service providers and provide long term solutions in dealing with emerging radiation threats, KMA directorgeneral Nancy Karigithu said.
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Kenyans have been urged to maintain peace as the country awaits outcome of presidential poll petitions led at the Supreme Court. Archbishop Peter Kairo of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nyeri yesterday said leaders and their supporters should shun any form of as judges look into the case. There will be winners and losers just like in football but then we should not be throwing stones to each other, Archbishop Kairo told hundreds of youths at St Pauls Seminary in Mathari.
Engine capacity
TRANS-NZOIA
Woman killed as crime wave spirals

A 26-year-old woman has been raped and killed at Kipsongo slums in Kitale, barely 24 hours after two CID ocers were gunned down in the area. The body of the woman, only identied as Ms Aholowas, was found dumped in a pit at Chetoto Primary School, with deep cuts on the head. Assistant Chief 1 Bramwel Makokha yesterday said the woman was last seen drinking at a local bar with some men on Saturday night. He said they were pursuing the suspects.
Catholic leader urges Kenyans to respect marriage

Mombasa A Mombasa cleric has urged Kenyans to respect marriage. Archbishop Boniface Lele (right) of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa said their churchs stand is: One man, one wife; one wife, one man. He said suggesting that married people should carry condoms around was unacceptable. Referring to a controversial advert on condom use that has been suspended from national television, Archbishop Lele said he opposed such a commercial because it demeans the family. In one of the scenes, two women are seen talking at a marketplace about their families, with one of them saying her husband is on a trip. Her colleague reminds her to use a condom while having sex with her boyfriend. The cleric advised couples to avoid taking too much alcohol to ensure their judgment is not impaired. Archbishop Lele was addressing journalists yesterday after leading the faithful in a Palm Sunday procession, which started outside the Star of the Sea Primary School on Nyerere Avenue. The faithful carried palm fronds to signify Jesus triumphal entry into Jerusalem before he was arrested, tortured and crucied, only to rise again on the third day. If your wife enters that time of womens cycle, you as the husband, must wait for the good days. You must not go out of your matrimony because it is a sin, the archbishop said, adding that the Catholic Church advocates natural family planning methods. At the same time, the cleric urged Kenyans to remain peaceful and wait for the Supreme Courts decision on a case challenging the presidential election results.
MIGORI
Mother and children held over father death

A woman and her two children have been arrested in Migori County in connection with the death of the husband. They were picked from their home in Masaba Village, Kuria West, District soon after the body was found hanging on a tree in the neighbourhood yesterday. According to area police boss Paul Kiogora, further investigations revealed that the old man was killed inside his home and the body hanged on a tree. Police said the body had multiple injuries inicted by other objects.
Sex with boyfriend
Remain peaceful
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LIVING | Partners in lth
INSECURITY | Death of victims blamed on revenge attack
Killing of four herders linked to grazing wars

The feuding groups engage in perennial ghts over pasture lands and water
BY BARNABAS BII
bbii@ke.nationmedia.com
Police hunt for lover of slain Italian

Mombasa Detectives in Kisauni are looking for a woman in connection to the killing of an Italian tycoon in Mtwapa Town last week. Kisauni DCIO Shedrack Juma said a hunt for the woman suspected to have lured Mr Lorenzo Lebanta, 67, to his death has been intensied, adding that once arrested, she would be charged with his murder. He said that according to Mr Lebantas wife Maria Awino Odhiambo, the suspect was having an extra-marital aair with her husband. Mr Juma told the Nation that Maria reported her husbands disappearance on March 15, two days after he left the family to go to the beach, but had not returned since then. They suspected the victim could have been abducted. The police ocer added that on Wednesday last week, unknown people called a distraught Maria to inform her that her husband had been killed in Mtwapa Town. She alerted us and we dispatched a team, who joined her in the search. They moved around the town until last Friday when they received reports of a body in a 30-foot soak pit in a building under construction, he added. The body of Mr Lebanta, who has been in the country for more than 10 years, was discovered stued in a sack, and police suspect his killers dumped him there after killing him elsewhere.
AND WYCLIFF KIPSANG
wkipsang@ke.nationmedia.com our herdsmen were killed and scores of others injured in retaliatory attacks between Pokot and Turkana pastoralists over the weekend. Three Turkana herdsmen and a Pokot raider were killed in a erce gun battle after an attack at Kaakong Village in Turkana South District. The raiders moving in groups surrounded the village in the early morning attack and started shooting at the herdsmen who were grazing their animals, district police boss John Bosco Muutu said. The attackers stole an unknown number of animals in the Saturday raid, he said, adding, the injured herdsmen were taken to Lokichar sub-district hospital. Some of the raiders are suspected to have escaped with bullet wounds, and security personnel are pursuing them, aded Mr Muutu said. He appealed to pastoralists in the region to be vigilant
while grazing their animals to minimise cattle raids. Some of these raids can be avoided if pastoralists graze their animals in their respective elds instead of letting them cross over to other areas, the ocer said. Conict over grazing elds between Pokot and the Turkana herders has fuelled bloody confrontations and revenge attacks between the two communities.
Number of people killed by armed raiders in Baringo since January
12
Some of the raiders escaped with bullet wounds and security personnel are pursuing them
John Muutu, Turkana South police boss
At the same time, a 95year-old man was shot dead on Saturday night by suspected Pokot raiders at Chemorongyon area in Marigat District. Mr Lomukuria Chemacheis death comes just two days after a 70-year-old woman was killed by another group of raiders in the neighbouring Arabal area. This brings to 12 the number of people killed by armed raiders since January in Baringo County. Baringo South Constituency MP-elect Grace Kipchoim condemned the killings and asked the government to beef up security in the area. And four members of a Kenyan family that was held hostage in Ethiopia to pressure Turkana herdsmen to return stolen animals, have been freed after talks by elders and administrators from the two countries. Conict Early Warning ofcial David Etabo said a team of Turkana leaders, including Senator-elect John Munyes, helped secure their release after a week in captivity. The four, including a child had gone to Kangaten Village in Ethiopia in search of food when they were abducted. Turkana herdsmen had earlier attacked the area and made away with about 100 goats.
Never returned
A man shelters himself from the scorching sun inside a garbage structure as a cow feeds from it at Ruringu in Nyeri yesterday. It was not clear why the man chose to rest in the smelly spot.
JOSEPH KANYI I NATION
Africa court stops Caution over quick eviction of Ogieks x on IDPs shelter
Arusha A regional court has issued orders stopping the Kenyan government from evicting Ogieks and allocating land they claim is their ancestral home. The minority community won the case at the Arushabased African Court on Human and Peoples Rights on March 15. The Kenyan government was ordered to stop allocating land around the Mau complex which the Ogieks have claimed is their heritage. In 2009, frustrated by the lack of progress through local judicial process, the Ogiek led a case with the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights. The commission referred the matter to the African Court in 2012, on the grounds that it raised serious and mass human rights issues. The Ogiek Peoples Development Programme (OPDP) and Centre for Minority Rights (Cemiride) argued that for many years, the Ogiek have suffered displacement or have been threatened with eviction from their ancestral lands, and action was urgently needed to protect their livelihoods and their survival. This ruling from the African Court is a positive step towards realisation of justice for the Ogieks, said OPDPs executive director Daniel Kobei. This was the first time the African Court, which has been in operation since 2006, has intervened to protect the rights of an indigenous community. They are seeking freedom to enjoy their economic, social and cultural rights, which are enshrined in the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights and Kenya is a signatory, said Mr Kobei. More than 15,000 Ogieks live in Mau Forest, one of the countrys main water catchment areas.
BRIEFLY
KAJIADO MACHAKOS
Nakuru
Water catchment
The Ministry of Special Programmes was yesterday asked to widely consult before moving internally displaced persons to new settlement schemes. A rights group said efforts to resettle victims of post-election violence, Mau evictees and squatters in areas where they were likely to face hostilities was awed. The Kenya National Organisation for Victims of Ethnic Clashes said such arrangements exposed the resettled families to ethnic tensions. It is unfortunate that some government ocials are rushing the process of resettling landless victims without working out logistics for their peaceful resettlement, said the ocials of the lobby in a statement issued in Nakuru. Some politicians are
inciting the public to oppose central governments attempt to resettle IDPs from other counties in identified settlement schemes. The lobby was reacting to latest disputes surrounding government eorts to resettle some 900 IDPs and Mau evictees at a 2,400 acre farm in Narok/Nakuru county boundary following opposition from local leaders.
Eight needy pupils get education assistance

Eight pupils of Athi River GK Prisons Primary School who qualied to join national schools have been awarded sponsorship up to university. UK-based Hatua organisation will provide all the requirements in addition to the pupils school fees. The lobbys head Michael Lenora said they had identied 11 schools at which they would sponsor the learners. When the get a chance in any of the 11 national schools, we promise to support them, he said.
Muthama and Mutua urged to bury hatchet

Residents of Machakos yesterday asked governor-elect Alfred Mutua and the senator-elect Johnstone Muthama to work together for the benet and development of the county. During the just concluded campaigns, Mr Muthama campaigned for Dr Mutuas competitors despite both running on a Wiper ticket. Mr Peter Mutua, a businessman at Kangundo town said their dierences will negatively impact the development of the county.
MAKUENI
ARUSHA
It is unfortunate that some government ocials are rushing the process of resettling landless victims
Kenya National Organisation for Victims of Ethnic Clashes
Man seized over death of 32-year-old woman

Police yesterday arrested a man in Kilome, Makueni County, over the killing of a 32-year-old woman. Mbooni deputy police boss James Baraza said the suspect was arrested at his parents home in Nunguni as he attempted to commit suicide. The ocer said that the man allegedly killed the woman on Friday night while on her way home from Upete market where she operated a salon.
Cause of Tanzanian lawyers death unclear

Information was not clear yesterday as to what caused the death of a prominent Arusha advocate in the city. Unconrmed reports said that Mr Nyaga Mawalla committed suicide on Friday night by jumping from an upper oor of a Nairobi hospital where he had been admitted. News about the Tanzanians death spread rapidly in Arusha, coming a few days after two traders in the town died mysteriously.
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PEACE PLEA | Prime Minister had called for talks to avoid a bloodbath
SWEET HOME Pakistans former military ruler Pervez Musharraf ies home despite Taliban threat P.23
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KHARTOUM
Bozize ees country as rebels enter palace in Central African Republic

Insurgents are in control of the city even though there is still some sporadic gunre, says witness
BY CHRISTIAN PANIKA
BANGUI, Central African Republic, Sunday ebels in the Central African Republic seized control of the capital Bangui today after a rapid assault, with President Francois Bozize reportedly fleeing the country. Fighters in the Seleka rebel coalition launched an oensive on Bangui after the collapse of a two-month-old peace deal in the notoriously unstable former French colony ignoring a call for talks to avoid a bloodbath. The whereabouts of Bozize, who himself came to power through a coup in 2003, remained a mystery. He has not been seen since his return from a brief visit to South Africa on Friday. A well-placed source told AFP he had left the country in a helicopter, but did not disclose his destination, while French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius conrmed only that he had ed Bangui. Ocials from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo-Brazzaville, meanwhile, said he was not on their soil, although it would be easy to cross the river Oubangui to reach the DRC. After a morning of gun battles centred around the presidential palace, witnesses reported widespread looting by armed men as anarchy reigned in the riverside capital in the wake of the seizure, with attacks on shops, houses and cars. The rebels are in control of the city even though there is still some sporadic gunre, a source in multinational central African force FOMAC told AFP. The ghting erupted after the rebels who rst launched an offensive against the government late last year moved in to the city on Saturday, facing little resistance from the poorly equipped and ill-trained national army. There were no official statements from the government about the latest developments, although a high-ranking military source conrmed: What is certain is that they (the rebels) have taken the city.
Sudan opposition gures detained
LENGTHY CONFLICT
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Seleka rebel coalition members take up positions in a village 12 kilometers from Damara, where troops of the regional African force FOMAC were stationed as the rebels advanced on Bangui.
We heard gunre everywhere in the city centre. It was chaos, said one witness. Everyone started running in all directions. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Sunday said there were many injured people ooding hospitals and medical centres in Bangui, and asked for secure access to the capital. The medical structures are not able to cope with this inux. The frequent electricity cuts... can have dramatic consequences on people who need help, said Georgios Georgantas, head of the ICRC delegation in Central Africa. Colonel Djouma Narkoyo, one of the rebel commanders on the ground, had told AFP on Saturday the rebels were ready to meet with regional African leaders on the crisis in the mineral-rich but deeply poor country, but refused to negotiate with Bozize. He had warned that if Seleka a loose alliance of three rebel movements captured Bangui, it would set up a new government. Seleka spokesman Eric Massi said from Paris that the rebels controlled the capital and military camps and were deploying throughout the capital, in order to launch security operations and prevent looting. A spokesman for Prime Minister Nicolas Tiangaye on Saturday had called on the rebels to accept talks to avoid a bloodbath. Tiangaye, an opposition gure, was appointed as part of a peace deal brokered between the government and the rebels in January, an agreement that broke down last week. Former colonial power France on Saturday called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss the deteriorating situation. France had not issued an evacuation order, but the estimated 1,250 French nationals in the country were advised to stay at home, said Romain Nadal, a spokesman for the presidents oce. It however sent some 350 troops to the landlocked country as reinforcements to back up the 250 soldiers already there, according to a senior French ocial. Seleka rst launched its oensive in the north on December 10, accusing Bozize of not abiding by the terms of previous peace agreements. Facing little resistance from the army, they seized a string of towns, defying UN calls to stop before halting within striking distance of Bangui. Late today, members of President Bozizes family sought refuge in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, a security source in Kinshasa told AFP. Some 25 Bozize family members are staying in a hotel or in religious housing in the city
Country has not known peace

In March 2003, the then army chief Francois Bozize (pictured below) seized control in a coup. In March 2006, Bozizes oce accused ex-president Patasse of destabilising the country and training rebels in neighbouring Sudan. In December 2012, the rebel coalition known as Seleka seized several towns before halting within striking distance of Bangui. On December 1, The government called on the army in neighbouring Chad for help in retaking the town.
Three Sudanese opposition members were detained after police forcibly dispersed a rally demanding the release of other opponents of the regime held for several weeks, their leader said on Sunday. We dispersed but after I left the place... three young men were arrested, Mr Farouk Abu Issa, head of the opposition alliance, told AFP. He said they had rallied on Saturday in support of six members of opposition parties detained for their connection with a conference in Kampala, Uganda, which led to a charter for toppling the 23year regime of President Omar al-Bashir (pictured). There were hundreds of women and men and children. The families of some of the detainees were there, Mr Issa told AFP.
DAKAR
Eight shermen killed as storm hits Senegal

Rescue operations are ongoing in northern Senegal for 15 shermen after heavy storms capsized several canoes and killed eight, police sources said on Sunday. Paramilitary police lifeguards were seen diving into the stormy waters of the River Senegal which runs into the Atlantic Ocean in search of the drowned shermen. The parents of the some of the missing shermen quoted some of the rescue ocials as saying that the bodies of the shermen could have been swept into the ocean by the heavy storm. (Tamba Jean-Matthew, Nation Correspondent)
KANO
127 prisoners escape in Nigerian jail attack

of Zongo, on the other side of the Oubangui river across from the Central African capital, according to the source who said his information came from a local community leader. The source could not say if Bozize had ed with his family. (AFP) TO COMMENT ON THESE AND OTHER STORIES GO TO www.nation.co.ke One hundred twenty-seven prison inmates escaped when gunmen attacked their jailhouse in Nigerias eastern Adamawa state, a prison chief said on Sunday. A total of 127 inmates escaped following the attack. So far, we have not recaptured any of them, said Adamawa state prison chief Andrew Barka. Only one prisoner, who was shot and injured in the leg, was left behind in the prison in the town of Ganye after the Friday attack, he said. (AFP)
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Khartoum frees 852 S. Sudan prisoners

Many were allegedly arrested as part of police crackdown on alcohol brewers
BY MACHEL AMOS
NATION Correspondent JUBA, Sunday tomorrow (Monday), and up on their arrival we expect some ministers to welcome them, the deputy head of mission said. Accordingly, South Sudan will release Sudanese that have been in her jails. It is what is stipulated in the agreement and it will also work like there will be exchange of prisoners from South to North, Mr Lul said in a statement to a local radio station. However, there appear to have been more South Sudanese prisoners in Khartoum than the Sudanese in Juba jails. The exchange is based on light cases that could be administered in the other country without jeopardizing the due process of justice. Many South Sudanese in the Khartoum prisons were allegedly arrested as part of police crackdown on alcohol brewers and consumers, including others arrested in relation to the referendum in January 2011. The sale and consumption of alcohol is prohibited under sharia law in Sudan. Those who really committed [grave] crimes will be treated separately, but in general there will be exchange of prisoners, Mr Lul explained. The two former foes have been at bitter odds since South Sudan seceded in July 2011 following a land mark vote. The status of the disputed Abyei region, border demarcation, security, and oil ow, among others have been sticking points of contention between the two nations. But this development could lessen tension between the two neighbours, adding on to a relative ease after the signing of a matrix to implement nine previous cooperation deals that had remained on paper. We really appreciate the commitment of the two countries, the South Sudan deputy head of mission said.
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ome 852 South Sudanese who have been languishing in jails in Khartoum have been freed, ocials have said. The deputy head of South Sudan mission to Khartoum, Manyang Lul Kon, said today that the detainees were set at liberty in accordance with a previous agreement to exchange prisoners between the two countries. It is great opportunity and indeed it is very great pleasure for our people who are released from jail, Mr Lul said. The rst batch will be 51, who will be leaving to Juba
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NATION Correspondent MOGADISHU, Sunday A navy contingency belonging to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) has started treating sick people in communities along the coast in Central Somalia. A navy ship came close to Hobyo town, about 510 kilometres east of Mogadishu at the weekend. Persons in need of treatment were taken on board while others were on a waiting list. Mr Abdifatah Mohamed Ahmed, a liaison between the sick individuals and the medical personnel on the ship, told the media that 60 sick persons were taken to the ship on Friday and received treatment. Two tag boats were used to shuttle the Somalis, said Mr Ahmed who stated that other 40 persons are waiting to get treatment. He added that the community members seeking treatment suffered from diverse illnesses including asthma, lumps on parts of the body and joint-aches. Mr Ahmed asserted that the oer of medication was the result of talks between Nato ocials and the leadership of Galmudug, a semiautonomous state in Central Somalia.
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC TO SUBMIT COMMENTS ON AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT STUDY REPORT FOR THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE COMPLEX (THE HUB KAREN) ON LR.NO 1159/379-384 & 1159/25 ALONG DAGORETTI ROAD AT KAREN, NAIROBI COUNTY.
Pursuant to Regulation 21 of the Environmental Management and Coordination (Impact Assessment and Audit) Regulations, 2003, the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has received an Environmental Impact Assessment Study Report for the above proposed project. The proponent (Azalea Holdings Ltd) intends to construct on a 20 acre plot, a commercial complex comprising: specialist shops; first green supermarket in Kenya,2000m2 central open space(community and social space),a blend of leisure options (cinema, gym/spa, jogging track, lake with fishing activities, orchid garden and extensive green areas,amphitheatre,etc),over 1000 vehicle parking, among others. Land Clearing Stage Potential Impacts Loss of vegetation and trees Noise from demolition activities Dust production Solid waste Excavation Stage Potential Impact Noise from excavation machines Dust from Excavation Activities Soil erosion Mitigation measure Restrict use of heavy machinery daytime only Sensitize workforce including drivers of construction vehicles. Use barriers to shield compressors and other small stationary equipment where necessary. Provide workers with PPEs Minimize the dust by wetting the ground before excavation Provide dust screen where necessary Control earthwork. Management of excavation activities. Install drainage structure properly. Ensure drainage plan proposed is implemented as per the plans. Install clear signs on the road next to site showing heavy vehicles turning Enforce speed limits for construction vehicles Use trained workers for the tasks Provide personal protective devices to the workers Sanitary facilities to be provided on the site. Mitigation measures to be used Landscaping plan to restore the vegetation. Re-planting of removed plant at the site. Perseveration of as much vegetation space as possible. Preservation of as much indigenous tress as possible Restrict use of heavy machinery daytime only Put up signs to indicate construction activates Sensitize workforce including drivers of construction vehicles. Use of water on piles of earth Avoid pouring dust from elevated section to the ground Provide dust screen where necessary Contactor to collect and dispose to authorized sites
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Mitigation Measure Restrict use of machinery to day time only. A stakeholders community board to be appointed to monitor the progress of the development throughout the development process. Put up signs to indicate construction activities Use barriers to shield compressors and other small stationary equipment where necessary. Maintain all equipment Provide workers with PPEs and minimize the dust by use of wet working Use dust screens to minimize spread of dust to neighbouring areas. Provide suitable PPE for all workers on the site. Use trained workers for the all tasks at the site. Ensure that a crew member is trained in basic first aid practices and basic firefighting. Place a fully equipped first aid kit on the project site. Install clear signs on the road next to site showing heavy vehicles turning Persons from the nearby communities to be employed to work on the site. To improve security workers will be picked from designated point and be drop inside the site. Security guards will be employed to manage security at the site and crowding of workers at the gate will not be allowed. Sanitary facilities to be provided on the site Maintain the project site orderly and organized and dispose garbage periodically. Setting contracts with licensed waste collectors.
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Mitigation measure Rain water harvesting Water table recharge strategy Black and grey water treatment Recycling of water in waste water treatment plant to be reused in flushing of toilets, irrigation of the gardens and supplying of ornamental lakes and features. Use of underground water storage tanks Greener designs which maximize use of natural day light without increasing the ventilation/cooling load. Interior finishes to maximize surface reflectance values for lighting Use of natural ventilation wherever possible and solar shading Use of renewable/low carbon technologies such as solar water heating, photovoltaics and ground coupled water cooling systems, etc. Use of a Building Management System (BMS) Comprehensive and self-sufficient waste and sewage system Setting contracts with licensed waste collectors. Using color coded bins and garbage containers Separation of waste and refuse at the source Sensitization training for cleaning team and tenants Using recycling bins with clear separation in public areas Improving the section near the complex entrance and exit to cater for turning traffic, into and out of the shopping complex Adequate and well planned parking spaces at the shopping complex. Separate access for deliveries and tenants. A well manned public transport stage all along the complex. Taxi bank within complex with organized easy access. Persons from the nearby communities to be employed on the site. Incorporate robust security arrangement at the shopping centre. Develop a Corporate Social Responsibility Program for the community. Use of policy on opening and closing hours of entertainment facilities at the shopping complex. The transformer for the complex should be housed indoor in a well-ventilated room. Generator to be fitted with soundproof canopies to limit noise generated.
The full report of the proposed project is available for inspection during working hours at: 1. Permanent Secretary, 2. Director General, NEMA Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources, Popo Road, off Mombasa Road, NHIF Building, Community Area, P.O. BOX 67839-00200, P.O. BOX 30s2t, NAIROBI NAIROBI 3. County Director of Environment, NAIROBI COUNTY A copy of the EIA report can be downloaded at www.nema.go.ke NEMA invites members of the public to submit oral or written comments within thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice to the Director General, NEMA, to assist the Authority in the decision-making process for this project. Kindly quote ref. no. NEMA/EI N5121952. Comments can also be e-mailed to dgnema@nema.go.ke B.M LANGWEN FOR: DIRECTOR GENERAL This advertisement is sponsored by the proponent
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It is harvest time for Mugabe as he visits Vatican

Soon, president, 89, will be campaigning for a new term when polls are called later this year
imbabwe President Robert Mugabe takes matters Vatican seriously. For the third time, he was there last week, this time to witness the installation of Pope Francis I. It was a good time for an international walkabout. Good news came from Zimbabwe, a rarity. A proposed constitution got an overwhelming Yes in a referendum. Mr Mugabe and his ZANU-PF party, now in a coalition with the opposition Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirais Movement for Democratic Change, had urged a Yes vote. Inaccurately, Western media accused Mr Mugabe of sneaking into Europe where the European Union has banned him from visiting because of his real, and sometimes imagined, governance misdeeds. Actually, Italy gives safe passage to such visitors destined to the Vatican, a non-EU member. Whether the Vatican condones Mugabes governance styleCatholic bishops in Zimbabwe dontis another story. Whatever, if any, communica-
Chinas new president begins visit in Tanzania

DAR ES SALAAM, Sunday
Chinas new President Xi Jinping jetted into Tanzania today at the start of a threenation Africa tour that underscores Beijings growing presence in the resource-rich continent. Xi flew into the nations economic capital Dar es Salaam from Moscow, the opening stage of his rst foreign trip since being anointed president 10 days ago. He is set to give a keynote speech on Monday covering relations with Africa and sign some 20 trade, development and cultural accords, before heading to Durban, South Africa to join an emerging economies summit. He wraps up the African tour with a visit to CongoBrazzaville. China-Africa cooperation is comprehensive, Xi said ahead of the trip, adding that Beijing valued friendly relationships with all African countries, no matter whether they are big or small, strong or weak, rich or poor. No matter whether it is rich or poor in resources, China treats it equally and actively carries out pragmatic cooperation that benets both sides, he said. China is the second-largest foreign investor in Tanzania, with stakes in agriculture, coal, iron ore and infrastructure, and Xi will be keen to showcase that Chinas approach to Africa is dierent from the West, said China expert Jonathan Holslag, head of research at the Brussels Institute of Contemporary China Studies. Tanzania offers Xi an important opportunity to highlight the historical dimension of Sino-African relations. China is reviving this partnership with Tanzania by investing heavily in its infrastructure such as railways that could provide a vital link to Chinese-run mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mr Holslag said. (AFP)
tion occurred between Mugabe and the Pope remains unclear. The Malay Daily newspaper though hinted at Mugabes wantinga papal Africa visit. Want isnt diplomatic. The Zimbabwean leader had joy. We are happy that our (constitutional) referendum has taken place at a time we have a new Pope. Presumably, thats a divine endorsement for a document saying discrimination is unfair unless it is found to be fair. Election officials said the referendum passed with 94.5 per cent of valid ballots. Well, less than 50 per cent of eligible voters cast ballots. It seems some Zimbabweans remember Mugabe and ZANU-PF rarely play by the rules. Additional good news were the friends of Zimbabwea grouping of 16 developed nations, including the
President Mugabe and his wife Grace at the Pope Francis inauguration mass on March 19, 2013 at the Vatican.
United States, Britain, France, Germany and multilateral organizations like IMF and the World Bankplans to meet in London this week to discuss re-engagement with Zimbabwe. Incidentally, Mr Mugabe doesnt say these countries provide development and food assistance to Zimbabwe. It hit US$651 million in 2009. A public acknowledgement wouldnt enhance Mugabes loathe for imperialists. Zimbabwean ocials will trumpet hoarse the merits of the new constitution. Obviusly! Considering the mutilation the Lancaster Constitution of 1979 that ended minority while rule has undergone, the new document is progressive. It contains a Bill of Rights, for example, mildly erodes presidential powers and limits holder of the presidency to two veyear consecutive terms. However, it isnt retroactive. Therefore, soon Mr Mugabe, 89, will be on the stamp for re-election mid this year, st in the air, shouting Pamberi ne Jongwe! Signs exist old tactics will re-emerge. While Mugabe was en-route to the Vatican, police arrested four prime ministers office staff and their lawyer. The ocials were gathering information on alleged corruption by government ocials. Criminal investigations, authorities claim, is a police preserve. For their lawyer, demanding police produce a search warrant is defeating the course of justice. Most indicative that Mugabes ZANU-PF oppressive tactics remain intact is a chronicle of their implementations since November the Human Rights Watch published last Tuesday. Conclusion: Police harassment and arrests of civil society activists has worsened as elections get closer. The HRW called for the imaginary: that the government put an end to that and prosecute the perpetrators. Its plausible Mugabe returned home after a few confessions and will do the right thing. Weeping Mary and many Zimbabweans will smile. (cmbitiru@hotmail.com)
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Police harassment and arrests of civil society activists has worsened as elections get closer
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25 killed in series of attacks in east Nigeria, police say

KANO, Nigeria, Sunday
Twenty-ve people were killed in eastern Nigeria when attackers blasted a jail, a police station and a bank with bombs, machine-guns and rocket-propelled grenades, police said yesterday. We have 25 dead from yesterdays attacks in Ganye, which included a chief prison warder, a policeman and a prominent politician, said Adamawa state police chief Mohammed Ibrahim. The gunmen attacked the prison, set free an unspecied number of prisoners, looted a bank and attacked two openair taverns, a prison ocial and police said. They used explosives and assault ries in their assault on the police station, during which they shot dead a policeman, Ibrahim said. He said seven people were shot dead in the tavern, six near the bank, while others were gunned down either outside their homes or on the streets. It was not immediately known how much money the gunmen took from the bank. (AFP)
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Mossad spy spilled secrets to Hezbollah

A man identied by media as an Australian-Israeli Mossad agent and found hanged in a Tel Aviv jail had passed secrets to Hezbollah before his death, an inuential German magazine reported on Sunday. News weekly Der Spiegel said Ben Zygier, a man known as Prisoner X who died in 2010 in an allegedly suicide-proof cell, had handed tips to the Lebanese militant group that led to the arrest of at least two people spying for Israel. The report found that Zygier had started working for Mossad in 2003, investigating European companies doing business with Iran and Syria. (AFP)
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NO FEAR | Ex-president dees Taliban warning
Pakistans former military ruler Pervez Musharraf waves upon his arrival at the Karachi International airport from Dubai, in Karachi yesterday.
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Musharraf returns home amid threat

I have been ordered by my people to come back and save our Pakistan, even at the risk of my life, he says
KARACHI, Sunday
akistans former military ruler Pervez Musharraf returned home today after more than four years in exile, defying a Taliban death threat and vowing to risk his life to save the country. I have come back home today. Where are those who used to say I would never come back? the former dictator, who plans to stand in a historic May 11 general election, told supporters at Karachi airport. The upcoming election will be the rst democratic transition of power in the history of the nuclear-armed country dominated by periods of military rule and struggling with a weak economy, chronic instability and poverty. Shortly before Mr Musharrafs arrival, Pakistan selected a caretaker prime minister, retired judge Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, to guide the country through the elections. Mr Musharrafs power base has all but evaporated and he is not thought likely to win more than a couple of seats for his All Pakistan Muslim League party, which he founded in self-imposed exile with the help of Pakistani expatriates. I am very nostalgic but very happy to be back after four years, he told AFP on his Emirates ight from Dubai. Mr Musharraf faces several court cases related to his time in oce and he remains a highly controversial gure in a country struggling to shake o the legacy of extended periods of military rule. The outgoing government has rolled back much of the constitutional meddling of Musharraf and his predecessors. Only hundreds of people greeted him at the airport, beating drums, dancing, waving ags and scattering rose petals. When he left the airport in a giant convoy, anked by security protection, no one lined the main highway. I dont get scared by anyone except Allah the Almighty... I have
come back by putting my life in danger, Mr Musharraf told his supporters. A court has granted him temporary reprieve from arrest, but he is wanted over the 2007 assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto; the 2006 death of Akbar Bugti, a Baluch rebel leader; and the 2007 sacking of judges. I have been ordered by my people to come back and save our Pakistan, even at the risk of my life. I want to tell all those who are making such threats that I have been blessed by Allah the Almighty, Musharraf said. Security concerns forced him to scrap plans to hold a public rally at the Karachi tomb of Pakistans founding father Mohammad Ali Jinnah after the Taliban threatened to send a squad of suicide bombers to assassinate him. In the southwestern city of Quetta, hundreds of tribesmen protested at Musharrafs arrival, chanting Americas friends are traitors! and setting re to a US ag with his picture over it, an AFP reporter saw. Musharraf seized power in a bloodless coup as army chief in 1999 but left the country after resigning in 2008, when Asif Ali Zardari was elected president following the murder of his wife, Bhutto. As ruler he became the target of Islamist extremists for making Pakistan a key US ally in the war on terror after the 9/11 attacks. He escaped three Al-Qaeda assassination attempts. (AFP)
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Syria insurgents refuse to recognise new rebel PM

BEIRUT, Sunday
Syrias mainstream insurgent Free Syrian Army does not recognise Mr Ghassan Hitto, a rebel prime minister chosen by dissidents after hours of heated debate last week, a rebel ocial told AFP today. We in the Free Syrian Army do not recognise Ghassan Hitto as prime minister because the (main opposition) National Coalition did not reach a consensus, at the March 18 vote, said FSA political and media coordinator Louay Muqdad. I speak on behalf of the (rebel) Military Councils and the Chief of Sta when I say that we cannot recognise a prime minister who was forced on the National Coalition, rather than chosen by consensus, Muqdad said. We call on Coalition members to make right what was wrong, he added, without elaborating. Mr Hitto won an election in Istanbul after 35 out of 49 Coalition members voted for him following some 14 hours of discussion in a closed meeting bringing together prominent opponents based both inside and out of Syria. But several key Coalition members, including official spokesman Walid al-Bunni, walked out of the meeting and boycotted the vote. And later at least 12 top Coalition members announced they had suspended their membership in the opposition body in protest against an election result they viewed as illegitimate. Some dissidents in Istanbul said the Muslim Brotherhood, a powerful opposition bloc that is part of the Coalition, had imposed Hitto as its candidate of choice in the election. With all due respect to Hitto, it is not possible for the FSA to recognise a prime minister who did not gather the consensus from all components of the Coalition, said Muqdad. His comments come a day after FSA chief of sta, Selim Idriss, said in a YouTube video that the Free Syrian Army, in all its groups and revolutionary entities, conditions its support and cooperation with a prime minister on consensus among the opposition. (AFP)
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Syrias main opposition National Council chief Ahmed Moaz alKhatib (left) with new Prime Minister Ghassan Hitto.
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Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky found dead in UK

Police shut down nearby streets as special teams check chemical, biological, radiological clues
LONDON, Sunday
olice sealed off the British home of exiled Russian oligarch and Kremlin critic Boris Berezovsky today and sent in hazardous material experts following the discovery of his body at the house. The 67-year-old was found dead in his mansion in the well-heeled commuter town of Ascot, near London, on Saturday afternoon. Late today British police said a search of the house by chemical, biological and nuclear experts had found nothing of concern. I am pleased to say the CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear) officers found nothing of concern in the property and we are now progressing the investigation as normal, said Superintendent Simon Bowden of Surrey Police. Earlier, his lawyer Alexander Dobrovinsky said his death may have been suicide brought on by depression over his debts. But since the tycoon survived one assassination attempt in 1995 and remained fearful of other bids to kill him, his death is bound to provoke speculation. Police shut down the streets surrounding the gated property overnight and sent in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) experts to investigate what they described as THE UPS AND DOWNS
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In 1995, Mr Berezovsky (pictured left) narrowly escaped an attempt on his life in which his driver was decapitated. Mr Berezovsky led suit seeking more than 3 billion in damages, accusing business rival Roman Abramovich of blackmail. He lost the case, was to pay 35 million (Ksh4.7bn) in legal costs. A 2011 divorce with his second wife Galina Besharova was dubbed the costliest in Britain.
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Instructions to Bidders 1. The following MUST be submitted together with the Proposal (s):Proof of Registration with the Ministry of Roads under category A or B a) b) Curriculum Vitae (CVs) of the proposed Key Personnel (signed on or after the date of this invitation by the CV owners) c) Certified copies of certificates and testimonials of the proposed key personnel (certified on or after the date of this invitation) d) Current Workload (Feasibility studies, designs, Environmental Impact Assessment Studies and construction supervision in infrastructure projects) e) Litigation history for the last three years f) List of similar Studies undertaken for the last 5 years g) Certificates of satisfactory performance from Employers/Clients for completed assignments h) Copy of Current Valid Tax Compliance Certificate. Failure by the bidder to attach any of the above information shall constitute grounds for disqualification for being non-responsive. The Employer reserves the right to carry out due diligence to verify the above information as submitted. 2. 3. A Consulting Engineering firm registered under the categories listed above can apply for any of the advertised Studies but shall only be awarded one (1) assignment. Consultants with more than four (4) ongoing feasibility, road construction supervision or design projects need not apply.
A complete set of Request For Proposal documents for each project may be obtained from the Procurement Manager at Blue Shield Towers, 10th floor during normal working hours upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Ksh.5,000 (Five thousand only) in Bankers Cheque payable to Kenya Rural Roads Authority. Completed Request For Proposal documents for the Consultancy services should be submitted to the Authority in plain sealed envelopes and clearly marked with the description: Request for Proposal for Consultancy Services for Feasibility Study, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Study and Preliminary Design of..............(Name of Project) or Feasibility Study of..............(Name of Project) as the case may be, and addressed to:Director General Kenya Rural Roads Authority Blue Shield Towers, 6th Floor Hospital Road, Upper Hill P. O. Box 48151 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya Or be deposited in the tender box on the 6th floor, Blue Shield Towers, Hospital Road, Upper Hill, Nairobi, so as to be received on or before 11.00 a.m, 25th April, 2013. Opening of the proposals will take place immediately thereafter in the presence of bidders or their representatives who choose to attend. The Authority reserves the right to accept or reject any proposal in whole or in part and is not bound to give reasons for the decision. The Bidders shall remain bound by their offers for 180 days from the date of bid opening. Eng. Mwangi Maingi, MBS, OGW DIRECTOR GENERAL
an unexplained death. Mr Berezovskys friend and fellow Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko was killed by radioactive poisoning in London in 2006, in what his widow has said was an assassination by Russian agents. Specially trained ocers are currently at the scene, including CBRN trained ofcers, who are conducting a number of searches as a precaution, a statement from Thames Valley Police said. They were present to enable police ocers to carry out their work, the statement said. Almost 10 hours after Berezovsky died, his body had still not yet been removed, it added. Police Superintendent Stuart Greenfield said: I would like to reassure residents that we are condent there is no risk to the wider
community. Mr Berezovsky was one of handful of businessmen who became billionaires following the privatisation of Russian state assets in the 1990s, but his fortunes had slumped in recent years. He was a confidante of former president Boris Yeltsin but fell out with his successor, President Vladimir Putin, eeing Russia in 2000 just in time to escape arrest on fraud charges. In London, Berezovsky became one of the Kremlins most outspoken critics, leading a circle of exiled Russian critics that had included Litvinenko before his agonising death. Paramedics were called to Berezovskys estate at 3:18 pm on Saturday and the Russian was pronounced dead at the scene. (AFP)
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UK WOES MAY HURT KENYAS FRESH PRODUCE TRADE Economic slump set to aect demand for owers and vegetables. P.26
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WAY FORWARD | Employees of aected bodies to be retained by scions of the Roads Authority
New agency to manage public roads

Draft policy by minister Bett says Kenya Roads Board, Rural Roads Authority and Urban Roads Authority shall revert to Kenya Roads Authority
BY GRIFFINS OMWENGA
gomwenga@ke.nationmedia.com anagement of the national road network is set to change as county governments take shape and in accordance with the Constitution. In a Bill prepared by Roads Minister Franklin Bett, the government is set to rationalise operations of all roads bodies in the country and has recommended the setting up of The Kenya Roads Authority, which shall be the sole manager of all roads both paved and unpaved. This follows a draft policy that takes precedence over the formation of county governments, which says: The National Government will endeavour to integrate the diverse transport modes to enhance synergies and minimise duplication and overlap. Accordingly, the Government will establish an agency of the National Government with the mandate for planning, design, development and maintainance of national trunk roads while conserving the environment; and devolve the mandate of managing, developing and maintaining county roads to County Governments, reads policy paper. The Kenya Roads Bill 2013 has been prepared by outgoing Roads minister Franklin Bett and is set to repeal a few sections of The Kenya Roads Act of 2007. This is the Act that created the Kenya National Highways Authority to be responsible for the national highways road network; the Kenya Urban Roads Authority to be
Stima Sacco starts cheque book service for members

Stima Sacco has partnered with Family Bank to introduce a cheque book for its members to boost its front oce services and grow its revenue streams. According to its chief executive officer, Mr Paul Wambua, the move would put the Sacco on equal footing with other nancial market players. We have seen growing interests from the micro nance segment as well as small and medium entrepreneurs. The cheque book, in addition to other services we have been oering, will make us equally attractive in the fast growing market, he said during the cheque book launch at the Kenya Institute of Education.
Sh208m
What Stima Sacco recorded in prots after tax in the 2012 nancial year. This was an 18.4pc increase from Sh175.6 million recorded in 2011.
Outgoing Roads minister Franklin Bett. The draft policy says: The National Government will endeavour to integrate the diverse transport modes to enhance synergies and minimise duplication and overlap.
responsible for the urban roads network; and the Kenya Rural Roads Authority to be responsible for the rural roads network. All these have been under the Ministry of Roads. Accordingly, the former Kenya Roads Board, Kenya Rural Roads Authority and Kenya Urban Roads Authority shall revert to the Kenya Roads Authority. The new trend in management of institutional aairs is to make them semi autonomous and self-sustaining in their operations, said Mr Bett. Further, The former authorities, boards and departments shall respectively become the Kenya Roads Authority, subject to such rationalisation measures as the Authority, in consultation with the Cabinet Secretary, may determine under this Act, says the Bill. Kenyas public road network comprises 160,886km, of which 61,652km is currently classied while 99,234km is unclassied. The estimated value of the road asset is Sh2.5 trillion. The Kenya National Highway Authoritys role will revert to the Directorate of National Trunk Roads. The current Director-General will become the pioneer director of the new body. The draft says the directors-general of the former Kenya Rural Roads Authority and the former Kenya Urban Roads Authority shall become directors of equivalent directorates of the Authority for the unexpired tenure of oce; in accordance with the Constitution. The report also says all employees of the authorities will be retained by the various scions to be created under the Kenya Roads Authority.
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The new trend in management of institutional aairs is to make them semi-autonomous and self-sustaining
Outgoing Roads minister Franklin Bett
Stima Sacco membership grew to 15,511 in 2012, a 21 per cent increase from the previous year, which the management found to be sucient for mainstream nancial services. Gains of interest through cheque services from our members will be absorbed by the Sacco. The members will benet from increased dividends, expansion and low transaction charges, said Sacco chairman Joseph Njoroge. Family Bank will clear the cheques on behalf of the Sacco, owing to banking regulation processes. The cheque is interfaced with our system. When a member comes to us, we will check if they have enough deposit in their account and then clear for them, said Family Bank chief marketing ocer Henry Karugu.
Reinsurer to build high rise property in Nairobi

Kenya Reinsurance Corporation will build a 22-storey commercial property on its 1.6 acres piece of land in Upper Hill, Nairobi, in the second half of the year. The local reinsurer has started a feasibility study for the project, which will lead to oating of tenders for design and construction, says managing director Jadiah Mwarania. The city centre is no longer an ideal location for most corporate business due to congestion of people and trac. We intend to develop an ultra-modern building that provides enough capacity for both people and vehicles, he said. Kenya Re is targeting corporate clientele and multi-nationals in the modern green building fitted with smart technologies to maintain optimal use of recycled energy and water. To reduce high power consumption, the building will have solar panels, said Mr Mwarania. The investment is expected to boost the reinsurers rental incomes from property, which stood at Sh575 million in 2012. Kenya Re has five commercial buildings: Reinsurance Plaza in Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu; Kenya Re Towers in Upper Hill and Anniversary Towers with total lettable area of 568,290 square feet. It has also developed real estates in Nairobi (Bogani Road Residential Scheme, Karen Ndege Road Housing Scheme, Waiyaki Way Residential Scheme, Plainsview Housing Estate and South C Housing Scheme), Eldoret, Kisumu, Meru and Mombasa. Local insurers have moved to diversify their investment in property and real estate portfolios to get better returns for shareholders, in addition to traditional underwriting business. The firms include Britam, UAP Insurance, Pan-Africa Insurance and CIC Insurance.
Mr Jadiah Mwarania, Kenya Re MD
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New deadline for nancial reporting quiz
BY NATION REPORTER
Global financial services firm Citibank has extended the applications deadline for its annual journalistic awards to April 5, from the expired March 8 deadline. The awards were launched in 1982 by the rm to recognise excellence in nancial and business reporting. The forum is open to all financial/ business journalists and freelancers, mainly with print media (newspapers and magazines), wire services and electronic media (radio and TV). The top journalists will get an opportunity to spend 10 days at a business seminar at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in New York where they will have a chance to interact with other journalists from around the world. The seminar will also be attended by award winners from over 20 countries.
ALARM | Sharp rise in price of beans
UK woes may hurt fresh produce trade

Economic slump may aect demand for Kenyan owers and vegetables
BY MUTHOKI MUMO
mumumo@ke.nationmedia.com resh produce exporters are concerned that economic woes in the United Kingdom could further harm their businesses at a time when sales are depressed due by regulatory changes in Europe. In a phone interview, the Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya chief executive ocer, Mr Stephen Mbithi, said an economic slump in the UK could aect demand for Kenyan vegetables and owers. In his Budget Day speech last week, the UKs Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr George Osborne, said the countrys economy would to grow by 0.6 per cent this year, half the rate that predicted last year. The rate cut caught us by surprise. The UK is one of the major markets for our hortiRIPPLE EFFECT
DIM | Kenyan exports already dampened by Eurozone rules
Other key sector that will suer

Tourism is the other main sector that will be aected by the downturn. UK is a key source market for tourists to Kenya. The number of tourists to Kenya from the UK in 2012 fell to 185,976 from 203,290 in 2011. This was attributable to political uncertainty in Kenya and the economic situation in the UK.
culture, said Mr Mbithi. Horticulture exports last year earned Kenya Sh89.87 billion, down from the Sh91.6 billion reported in 2011. According to Mr Mbithi, the UK absorbs about 37 per cent of Kenyas horticultural exports. The British economy is struggling to recover from an economic crisis, caused mainly by rising debt. The pound has this year alone lost about seven per cent of
Mr Stephen Odhiambo lls a tin with yellow beans at his stall in Oile market, Kisumu. Local traders get the beans from Busia at Sh200 per 2kg tin, up from Sh150 last year.
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its value against the dollar. A weak pound is bad news for us. The situation is not too alarming, but if the pound falls to 10 per cent against the dollar, we will be in the red, said Mr Mbithi. Rating agency Moody, in February, stripped the country of its triple-A credit rating on account of dim prospects for economic growth. Fitch Ratings, on the other hand, last week warned that it may cut its rating of the United Kingdom, citing its rising debt. The UK Oce for Budget Responsibility has predicted that the countrys gross debt will grow to 100.8 per cent of GDP by 2016, while debt levels are not expected to start declining until 2017. However, gures from February show that the countrys budget deficit was smaller than expected, boosting the Sterling to rise to a threeweek high. The horticulture industry is already suering reduced exports (about 10 per cent) to the UK and Europe after a chemical contained in pesticides used in Kenya was banned in those markets.
MINISTRY OF STATE FOR SPECIAL PROGRAMMES

P.O BOX 40213-00100 NAIROBI
TENDER ADVERTISEMENT TENDER NO. MOSSP/16/2012-2013 FOR SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF GREEN HOUSES
The Ministry of State for Special Programmes invites tenders from interested and competent companies to supply and install 30 greenhouses (farmers kits complete with irrigation accessories) for women and youth groups under the Livelihood Recovery Project funded by UNDP, in the project sites of Kisumu, Trans- Nzoia, Uasin Gishu and Nakuru counties. Interested eligible candidates may inspect or obtain the detailed tender documents from the procurement office on the 7th floor of Comcraft House (Hailesellasie Avenue) during working hours. Completed tender documents shall be sealed and market as stated in the tender document and be deposited in the tender at Comcraft House, (Hailesellasie Avenue) 7th floor or be addressed to:The Permanent Secretary Ministry of State for Special Programmes P.O. Box 40213-00100 NAIROBI So as to reach us on or before Friday 12th April 2013 at 10.30 am. Tenders will be opened immediately thereafter in the presence of bidders or their representative who choose to attend at our 4th floor boardroom. HEAD OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT For: PERMANENT SECRETARY
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Mr Jeremy Ngunze, CEO of CBA Kenya (left) and Mr Felix Bikpo, CEO of African Guarantee Bank, after signing a deal valued at Sh200m that gives credit guarantee cover for distributor nancing in support of CBAs Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) scheme.
Crown Paints CEO Rakesh Rao (left) hands over a Sh1 million sponsorship cheque to the Rotary Team: Mr Gerald Nyuguto, Chairman of 88th Rotary District Conference, District Governor Geeta Manek and District Conference PR head Phoebe Gitau (right).
Co-operative Bank of South Sudan chairperson Suzana Donato Deng (left) at a brieng by Fresha production manager Simon Mwangi (right) during a tour of Githunguri Diary Farmers Co-operative. Dr Deng was on a tour of Co-op Bank activities and partners.
Kenya National Highways Authority Director-General Meshack Kidenda exchanges contract documents with Mr Wail K Abuljebain of AECO (Abuljebain Engineering) for administration of Nuno-Modogashe Road. KeNHA has received Sh221m for the project.
The vice chancellor, Africa Nazarene University, receives a trophy from Mr John Nyanje, a law student who was the best oralist in the just concluded Justice P.N Bhagwati 3rd International Moot Court on Human Rights in Pune, India, on March 17, this year
Mr Dennis Mwaura, 22, receives a cheque of Sh20,000 from Ecobanks Rosemary Gitonga after winning a mini-draw of the Angukia Doh na Ecobank deposit mobilisation campaign.
Ms Mercy Mutiso, Pepsi PR and marketing executive, hands Abhay Bharat Shah (left) of Oshwal Academy, Nairobi, a bronze medal he won in the boys 100m backstroke category during the just concluded Pepsi-sponsored Nairobi secondary schools championships.
The new Bata Kenya MD, Mr Alberto Errico, and his wife (holding owers) open the rst Bata retail store in Kitengela, as company sta cheer on. Bata is taking its services closer to customers in commercial hubs within the Nairobi metropolis.
Electric Link directors and suppliers (left to right ) Lalu Samuel (MD, Clipsal), Mr Inder (GM, Electric Link), Mr Pyarali Nanji (chairman, Electric Link) and Mr Boby Thomas (MD, Electric Link). The rm has moved to Kijabe Street, Nairobi, and opened a new showroom.
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ACROSS 1 Next door to busy person, actor James staying in (6) 4 After service sister is full of love, such is music (4,4) 9 This person is about to enter academic eld (6) 10 Suggesting little devils telling stories (8) 11 Plant wolf maybe knocked over jumping across ancient river (9) 13 Musician gets casual break before start of term (5) 14 Popular holiday spot in Lake District? Towns reaction may be tricky (8,5) 17 Restrain tendency to oppose nuclear process? (5,8) 21 Stop working in a university, oering a nal word (5) 23 Respect reduced by half in Blairs response to cross?examination? (9) 24 Write in an impressive way (8) 25 Princess once in dock (6) 26 Sums of money advanced to protect unfortunate islands (8) 27 Shot left half buried in hide (6) DOWN
1 Scoundrel oering something the curate was euphemistic about? (3,3) 2 A mural is concocted to accommodate 100 images (9)
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Each number in our Codeword grid represents a dierent letter of the alphabet. For example, today 1 represents J so ll in J every time the gure 1 appears. You have one letter in the ontrol grid to start you o. Enter it in the appropriate squares in the main grid, then use your knowledge of words to work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you get the letters, ll in other squares with the same number in the main grid and control grid. Check o the list of alphabetical letters as you identify them.
1 Working Class 8 Irrupts 9 Firearm 11 Lampoon 12 Elicits 13 Pinot 14 Excoriate 16 Truncheon 19 Biter 21 Arduous 23 Triceps 24 Surgeon 25 Artisan 26 Roman Candles
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16 Science in brief: a spasm accompanies a form of neuritis (8) 18 Gear position in remodelled Renault (7) 19 Apes claim to be very important leading to aborrence (7) 20 Ruler shows extremes of devilry, unpleasant no end (6) 22 Picture of institute taken around end of June (5)
1 Wireman 2 Rapport 3 Insincere 4 Gae 5 Lardier 6 Stamina 7 Lilliputians 10 Misrepresent 15 Constrain 17 Undergo 18 Cholera 19 Bristol 20 Theists 22 Sonic
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AQUARIUS | JAN 21 - FEB 19 This is a time when you must not allow other people to make you feel lazy if you have decided to relax and do a bit of thinking,. No doubt after an hour or so of inactivity you will soon be itching to get started again anyway and although you have promised yourself an early night. PISCES | FEB 20 - MAR 20 Its a changeable day on the work front, but you need to be as exible as you possibly can. Dont shirk hard work but on the other hard dont be the one to volunteer. If you are tempted to talk your way out of a dicult situation, remember thou, even white lies go against you. ARIES | MAR 21 - APR 20 The stars put you on an odd mood. You are irritated by money diculties and just for once you dont feel you can trust a close friend. This could be a touch of paranoia setting in here. The best thing you can do is to keep your head constantly preoccupied, both during the day and in the evening.. TAURUS | APR 21 - MAY 20 This is a time when you are likely to be rushed o your feet. Luckily you have a lot of stamina which is just as well, because you are most certainly going to need it. There will be a tendency for you to become physically attracted to people you meet through your job. GEMINI | MAY 21 - JUNE 21 Your head is bursting full of a good ideas for the future, but money complications and obstacles may just stop you in your tracks. If you can be prepared to make slower progress you will be doing yourself a big favor. Make sure you have attended to all the practicalities. CANCER | JUN 22 - JULY 22 Today could bring stress and minor disagreements. Perhaps you will fall out with somebody over cash or an emotional issue. However this is not bad thing, because opinions always need to be aired otherwise they have a way of growing out of proportion . LEO | JULY 23 - AUG 22 You may be getting lots of good ideas which you believe are due to your intuition, but in actual fact you dont have all the facts at your ngertips and you could make a fool of yourself, so take care. Older people in your circle will try to avoid you because their life is full of bursting. VIRGO | AUG 23 - SEP 23 You are dealing with foreigners or planning any kind of trip. This should be a successful day. All Virgos will have reason to feel much happier about their future prospects, because something will happen today that could set the adrenalin pounding through their veins. LIBRA | SEP 24 - OCT 23 Develop a need for self improvement for some of you this may simply be a case of a new outt or a hairstyle but for others they may be a new outt or a hairstyle but for others, there may be a deep desire to improve. The minds if so dont hesitate to sign up on a fresh course of learning. SCORPIO | OCT 24 - NOV 22 It is unlikely that you will be getting on with a partner. The best thing to do is not to expect them to agree automatically to what you want, either at home or at work. In this way you will be considerate and possibly be able to avoid serious breaks in the relationship. SAGITTARIUS | NOV 23 - DEC 21 It might be a good idea to watch your possessions when you are on the move from place to place. Avoid any so called bargains when out and about in shopping centers. Head straight for the necessities and double check your change. CAPRICORN | DEC 22 - JAN 20 Hopefully you will be delighted to hear that the planets seem to be in a good mood for once. This means that even though nances have been complicated recently, they seemed bare righting themselves.
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NATIONAL LAND COMMISSION

VACANCY FOR THE POSITION OF COMMISSION SECRETARY
The National Land Commission was established under Article 67 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. Its functions and powers amongst others, include: (a) managing public land on behalf of the national and county governments; (b) recommending a national land policy to the national government; (c) advising the national government on a comprehensive programme for the registration of title to land throughout Kenya; (d) conducting research related to land and the use of natural resources, and making recommendations to appropriate authorities; (e) initiating investigations, on its own initiative or on a complaint, into present or historical land injustices, and recommending appropriate redress; (f) encouraging the application of traditional dispute resolution mechanisms in land conflicts; (g) assessing tax on land and premiums on immovable property in any area designated by law; (h) monitoring and having oversight responsibilities over land use planning throughout the country; (i) alienating public land on behalf of, and with the consent of the National and County Governments; (j) monitoring the registration of all rights and interests in land; (k) ensuring that public land and land under the management of designated state agencies are sustainably managed for their intended purpose and for future generations; (l) developing and maintaining an effective land information management system at national and county levels; (m) managing and administering all unregistered trust land and unregistered community land on behalf of the county government; and (n) developing and encouraging alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in land dispute handling and management. Pursuant to the provision of Article 250 (12) of the constitution, the Commission invites application from suitably qualified persons for the position of Commission Secretary. Duties and Responsibilities The Commission Secretary shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Commission and head of the Secretariat, and shall be responsible to the Commission. Specific duties and responsibilities will include: (i) (a) (b) (c) being the accounting officer of the Commission and shall be responsible to the Commission for: all income and expenditure of the Commission, all assets and the discharge of all liabilities of the Commission; and preparation and submission of the Commissions annual plans, programmes and estimates of revenue and expenditure of the Commission in every financial year. execution of the decisions of the Commission; day to day administration and management of the affairs of the commission including development and welfare of staff; (iv) ensuring staff compliance with public service values, principles and high levels of ethical standards; (v) being custodian of the Commissions records; (vi) providing strategic leadership to facilitate effective delivery of commissions mandate; and (vii) performing any other duties as assigned by the Commission or any other written law. For appointment to this position, a candidate must: (a) be a citizen of Kenya; (b) hold a degree from a university recognized in Kenya; (c) has had at least five years experience at senior management level; (d) has knowledge and experience in any one of the following fields: (i) public administration; (ii) finance and accounting; (iii) law; (iv) economics; (v) management; (vi) land and natural resources; or (vii) any other relevant field; and (e) meets the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution. Duration of service: The secretary shall hold office for a term of five years and shall be eligible for re-appointment for a further term of five years. Important Information to all Candidates: All candidates are required to submit, on application, clearance certificates from Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC), Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Credit Reference Bureau, Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) and the relevant professional body (ies). (ii) Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for interview. (iii) Shortlisted Candidates shall be required to produce originals of their National Identity Card, Academic and Professional Certificates and Testimonials. (i) How to apply Interested and applications to: qualified persons should submit
NAME tractor Tractor tractor Walking tractor Diesel engine Petrol water pump Submersible pump Petrol Engine Sprayer Hammer Mill Peanut Butter Machine Boat Propeller Electrical Motors Generator Generator Vibrating Spear Pipe Bender SPECIFICATION 25HP/4WD/hydraulic steering 35HP/4WD/hydraulic steering 50HP/4WD/hydraulic steering 15hp/with plough & rotavator JDS1100-16hp JD wp20-2 inch 1hp/220v-include control box and cable 3WF-2.6A-20 Ltr tank 500kg/hr coupled with 7.5 kw motor DM-ZY200A motor driven Petrol engine driven-15hp 15hp-high speed-three phase 20kva-silent type-automatic switch 40kva-silent type-automatic switch ZX-50*6M STE-2A Kshs 789,000 939,000 1,000,000 169,000 39,000 18,900 45,900 10,900 97,900 65,900 270,000 37,900 569,000 739,000 21,900 25,900
LAND DEVELOPER/ INVESTOR WANTED

Almost 2000 Acres
Features: 4-km of large permanent river frontage, Small lodge, Indigenous forest, surrounded by electric fence, natural spring. Neighbor building a championship golf course Location: One and half hour drive from Nairobi, Naivasha area. Requirements: Invest in the development, buy a chunk of the land or buy all the land any options open for discussion. Serious Cash Investors, Principles only.
NO AGENTS
Call: 0722-511549
The Chairman National Land Commission 1st Ngong Road Ardhi House 12th Floor, Room 1205 P. O. Box 44417-00100 NAIROBI All applications should reach the Commission three (3) weeks from the date of advertisement or earlier. Muhammad Abdalla Swazuri PhD, O.G.W. Chairperson National Land Commission.
More than 200 types of machinery in stock

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AGA KHAN HOSPITAL, KISUMU
VACANCIES
KUEHNE + NAGEL Ltd is one of the worlds leading logistics group with about 63,000 employees stationed at over 1000 locations in over 100 countries worldwide and are skilled in all forms of global transport by sea, air, overland and in providing high quality integrated logistics services. Kuehne + Nagel is headquartered in Schindellegi, Switzerland. Kuehne + Nagel seeks to recruit highly competent and self-driven individuals to fill in the following positions in our Nairobi Warehouse Department:
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
The Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu is an institution of the Aga Khan Health Service, Kenya which is an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network. The hospital is part of a network of health facilities in East Africa which include: Clinics, Aga Khan Hospital Mombasa, Aga Khan Hospital Dar es salaam and Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi. It provides medical care to the population of western Kenya region and works with leading clinicians in the country in the management of complex cases. The Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu has attained acknowledgment of its quality by achieving ISO 9001: 2008 accreditation, ISO 15189:2007 accreditation for laboratory services and is moving towards Joint Commission International Accreditation. The Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu has also expanded its services to Kisii, Kakamega and Busia Counties. The Hospital is seeking qualified candidates for the following positions:
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
PHARMACIST
Key Account Supervisor

Responsibilities: Maintain close communication with client and Kuehne + Nagels operations team to ensure uniform understanding of customer expectations relative to operational solutions, timeline, costs and results. Offer one stop solution for all contract and operational matters. Retain customer business and improve contractual conditions leading to increased profitability (risk reduction, price increase, pricing for additional services, billing methods etc.) Drive proactive continuous improvement process Qualifications, Skills and Competencies Degree in Business Management/Logistics. 3 years proven experience in management of a busy FMCG warehouse. Experience in use of a warehouse management system. Experience in management of customs bonded warehouses. Must be computer literate and with basic Accounting knowledge. Current managerial position with customer account management responsibilities. Project management skills are an added advantage. Excellent leadership, communication and organizational skills. Ability to effectively handle additional responsibilities without adversely affecting the core roles and responsibilities.
OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES To provide leadership in the management, use and control of pharmaceuticals in the hospital and to work with all stakeholders (doctors, nurses) in ensuring efficient, ethical and safe application of pharmacotherapy in patient management. REQUIREMENTS Bachelor of Pharmacy from a recognized institution. Registration Certificate and Practice License from Pharmacy and Poisons Board. At least one year working experience in a busy hospital setup. Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite will be an added advantage.
PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGIST
FACILITY MANAGER
OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY The successful candidate will be responsible for the formulation of short and long term strategies for the Division. Overseeing the Engineering, Biomedical, and Project Departments, the incumbent will supervise all operations related to these departments including environmental programmes and safety activities in compliance with all legal requirements. In addition, s/he will ensure an accessible and safe environment for the patients, visitors and staff in the Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu and its satellite facilities. REQUIREMENTS Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering with a Masters in Business Administration as an added advantage. Registered or eligible for registration with the relevant Engineering Body. At least 10 years experience in all Engineering areas including Electrical, Mechanical and Chemical Engineering and experience in hospital / medical equipment. Training and experience in Facility Management will be an added advantage. S/he must have excellent technical skills with proven ability to manage a team of professionals. Experience in a JCIA accredited hospital is preferred. Excellent PR and Communication Skills.
OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES To provide quality Pharmacy services. He/she will be expected to be an active member of the health care team in the Medical Centre. REQUIREMENTS Diploma in Pharmaceutical Technology from KMTC or equivalent from a recognized institution. Must be registered and licensed by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board. At least one year working experience in a busy pharmacy. Knowledge of computer packages will be an added advantage.
Warehouse Clerks
Minimum Qualifications Diploma in Logistics / Supplies management Secondary education with mean grade of C+ Good communication skill in both spoken and written Experience in use of warehouse management system will be a distinct advantage. Proven experience in inventory control and warehouse activities Qualified candidates should send their applications including a cover letter complete with a detailed updated CV, passport size photograph, certificates and testimonials, three referees with their contacts and your daytime telephone contact to the address below. Applications should be addressed to; The Human Resource Manager Kuehne + Nagel Ltd P.O. Box 69979 NAIROBI, 00400 KENYA to reach us on or before 28th March 2013. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
OPHTHALMOLOGY NURSE
OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY The successful candidate will be responsible for promoting and maintaining high standards of professional nursing care by planning, organizing, and providing nursing care services in the Eye Clinic while ensuring consistent provision of efficient and ethical care to achieve quality nursing care. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Triage patients. Provide Nursing Care based on laid guidelines. Ensure that equipment and supplies are in place for safe patient care. To support delivery of high quality Nursing Care. Participate in Continuous Nursing Education. Keep inventory and maintain stock levels of all equipment and supplies. REQUIREMENTS Registered Nurse KRCHN/BsN will be an added advantage. Training in Ophthalmic Nursing. BLS / ACLS certificate and other unit specific certification requirements. At least two years working experience in an Eye Unit. Valid Kenyan nursing practice license. Working knowledge of a Hospital Management Information System. Excellent PR and Communication skills.
VACANCIES
Job ref: HR-BR-03-2013 BEAT REPORTERS
SENIOR HOUSE OFFICER (Resident Medical Officer)6 POSITIONS KISUMU

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY The successful candidates will be responsible for providing consultations and quality clinical judgment to patients in Ambulatory and Emergency Medicine. REQUIREMENTS MBBS from a recognized University. At least one- year working experience. Must be Registered/Licensed by the Medical Practitioners and Dentist Board. Competency in emergency procedures e.g. ACLS, ATLS etc will be an added advantage. Excellent PR and communication skills. Merit Based Career Progression Guaranteed
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OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES The successful candidate will be responsible for executing systems, procedures and controls in the entire accounting function covering the accounting policies, procedures and control, manner of record maintenance and reporting requirements. REQUIREMENTS Possess a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting. At least a CPA (II) Sec 4. Minimum 2 years work experience. Good Interpersonal skills i.e. communication and negotiation skills. Problem solving and analytical skills. These are challenging positions with an attractive remuneration package. Applications including detailed curriculum vitae, names and contacts of three referees should be forwarded by 1st April, 2013 to: The Human Resource Department Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu P.O. Box 530-40100 KISUMU E-mail: ksm.recruitment@akhskenya.org Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
DENTAL SURGEON 1 POSITION BUSIA 1 POSITION KAKAMEGA

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY The success candidate will be expected to set up and competently manage dental services in the Medical Centre at Kakamega in accordance with our quality policy which emphasizes continuous improvement of service to meet and exceed customer expectation. REQUIREMENTS Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) from a recognized University. Registration by the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board. Current practicing License. At least two years experience after completing internship preferably in a hospital setting. Pleasant personality, team player.
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KENYA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY
IN COLLABORATION WITH
UNIVERSITY OF ELDORET KISII LEARNING CENTRE
PUBLIC NOTICE
CAVEAT EMPTOR
KAJIADO/OLOLOIKITOSH/KITENGELA/ 2490/2491
ITS HEREBY NOTIFIED for general information that the pieces of Land Title Deed number as captioned situated above in KITENGELA SHOLLINGE area in Kajiado County are registered and owned by our client by name ISAAC TUMPES. The mentioned parcels are NOT FOR SALE or other disposition. It has also come into our clients knowledge that the Green Cards of the above mentioned parcels are missing at the Lands registry in Kajiado. Any transaction entered or about to be entered will be a fraud. No other PERSON has an interest or right to and over the said piece of land and any person trespassing or encroaching on or attempting or purporting to deal with, use or occupy the said piece of land without our clients written and express authorization does so in breach of our clients legal rights and at his/her/its risk and will be dealt with accordingly. Dated at Nairobi this 25th day of March, 2013. Rogers Ombachi & Co. Advocates. Nanak House 1st Floor Rom 103 P.O. Box 11460-00100 NAIROBI
KAGUMO TEACHERS TRAINING COLLEGE

Vision: An excellent global education provider
APRIL/MAY 2013 INTAKE

MODE OF STUDIES- REGULAR, SCHOOL BASED & DISTANCE LEARNING
UNIVERSITY COURSES ENTRY REQUIREMENT SEMESTER FEE Dip/Cert in Business Management C-/D 25,000/15,000 Dip/Cert in Human Resource C/D+ 25,000/15000 Dip/Cert in Public Relation C-/D+ 25,000/15,000 Dip/Cert in Supplies Management C-/D+ 25,000/15,000 Dip/Cert in Project Management C-/D+ 25,000/15,000 Dip/Cert in Criminology C-/D+ 25,000/15000 Dip/Cert in Tourism Management C-/D+ 25,000/15,000 Dip/Cert in Childhood & Pri Education C-/D+ 25,000/15,000 Dip/Cert in Public Administration C-/D 25,000/25000 Dip/Cert in Social Work C-/D+ 25,000/15000 Dip/Cert in Community Development C-/D25,000/15000 Dip in Education Arts C 25,000 Dip in Education - Special Education C 25,000 Dip in Information Technology C 25,000 Proficiency in Computer Studies D+ 8,000 Cert in County Governance D+ 25,000 Dip in Hotel Restaurant Mgt C25,000 DIPLOMA/CERTIFICATE/KNEC/KASNEB/ICM EXAM BODIES COURSE ENTRY REQUIREMENT FEE PER TERM Dip/Cert in Business Administration C-/D+ 10,000/8,000 Dip/Cert in Store & Supplies Mgt C-/D+ 10,000/8,000 Dip/Cert in Human Resource Mgt C/D+ 10,000/8,000 Dip/Cert in Sales & Marketing C/D+ 10,000/8,000 Dip/Cert in Information Technology C/D+ 10,000/8,000 Dip/Cert in Social Work & Community Dev C-/D 10,000/8,000 CPA(i-iv) C+ and above 7,000 ATC(i-II) D+ and above 6,500 Dip/Cert in Computerized Secretarial C/D 12,000/10,000 Dip/Cert in Library & Info Studies C/D+ 12,000/10,000 Dip/Cert in ECD C-/D 12,000/10,000 ICTT(i-iv) D+/C+ 9,000 For admission visit our campus at Nyakongo towers 4th floor opp Kisii level 5,Kisii or call/sms (your name, KCSE grade, course of choice and postal address ) to 0715448475/0726430064/0789732058 Email: kimtcollegekenya@gmail.com HOSTELS ARE AVAILABLE
TENDER NOTICE
Tender No: KAG.TTC/PROC/PROP.MEN.HOST-PH-1/VOL.1 For PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF HOSTEL PHASE 1 UPTO FLOOR SLAB AT KAGUMO TEACHERS TRAINING COLLEGE KAGUMO TEACHERS TRAINING COLLEGE invites sealed Tenders for the PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF HOSTEL PHASE 1 UPTO FLOOR SLAB. Funding: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Expected start date on site: [10th June 2013] Expected completion date: [18th August 2013] Requirements: 1. Must be registered building contractor with the Ministry Of Public Works in category F and above. 2. Bid security of 2% of the tendered amount in form of a bank guarantee from a reputable bank or an insurance bond issued by an insurance firm approved by PPOA located in Kenya and should be valid for 120days. 3. Provide certified audited accounts for the last 3years. 4. Copies of tax compliance certificate and pin certificate. 5. Copies of certificates of incorporation/registration 6. Provide details of litigation history related to government contracts. 7. Provide evidence of having undertaken contracts of Kenya shillings ten million (kshs.10, 000,000) and above in the last three years. Interested eligible Tenderers may obtain further information from and inspect the Tendering Documents at the Procurement office of the college during working hours. Tender documents with detailed information may be obtained from the accounts office of the college during normal working hours upon payment of non refundable fee of Ksh. 3,500/= per set of documents. This shall be payable in cash or bankers cheque in favor of KAGUMO TEACHERS TRAINING COLLEGE. Duly completed Tender documents in plain sealed envelopes, clearly marked with the tender number and tender description should be deposited in the tender Box situated at the principals office or posted to: The CHIEF PRINCIPAL KAGUMO TEACHERS TRAINING COLLEGE P.O.BOX 18-10100, NYERI So as to be received on or before Tuesday 16th April 2013 at 12.00 P.M Tenders will be opened promptly thereafter in public and in the presence of Tenderers representatives who choose to attend. Late tenders will be returned unopened. Any form of canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification. Kagumo Teachers Training College is not bound to accept the lowest or any other bid. CHIEF PRINCIPAL/SECRETARY B.O.G
Section I. Invitation for Bids
African Union Mission in Somalia
SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF SECURITY EQUIPMENTS & TRAINING

Procurement Number: Lot 1: 2a/AMISOM/ADMIN/SS/2013- ID card detection Materials /Siren. Lot 2: 2b/AMISOM/ADMIN/SS/2013-VHF Radio Mast repeater & Licenses (Nrb). Lot 3 : 2c/AMISOM/ADMIN/SS/2013 Fire Equipments and Training . The African Union has received funds from European Union for the procurement of the above-mentioned goods and ancillary services, and now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the supply and Delivery of: Lot 1: ID card detection Materials /Siren Lot 2: VHF Radio Mast repeater & Licenses (Nrb) Lot 3 : Fire Equipments and Training Bidding is open to all suppliers who can demonstrate their Capacity and Experience in supplying and Delivery of Security Equipments & Training of staff how to use the equipment. Interested bidders may obtain further information and inspect the bidding document at the address below between 09:00 A.M to 05:00 P.M. The Bidding Document can be downloaded from our website http://amisom-au.org/ Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 23 April 2013 at 04:00 P.M by: Signed bid form Valid Trade Licence and VAT Registration Certificate Evidence of having performed similar type of tender Manufacturer Authorization Certificate Submitted Price Schedule for both Local and International Goods Bid security of 2% of bid price for each Lot ( Lot 1 to Lot 3)
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Real estate development, has increasingly grown with Kenya recognized as the leader in this industry within the East African region. The BUSINESS DAILY in its issue of March 29th 2013 will publish a feature on the role played by the top Estate Developers in Kenya. This feature will seek to highlight on; Financing the real estate deals Lease management Marketing and selling processes Land acquisition procedures To Advertise in this feature Call Bonface Jalango on 0724596333 or e-mail;bjalango@ke.nationmedia.com
Bids will be opened on 24th April 2013 at 03:00 P.M, in the presence of bidders or bidders representatives who choose to attend, at the address below. Late bids will be rejected and returned unopened to bidders. Clarifications should be addressed to: Dr. Sahr Gborie Sahr gborie@gmail.com or Mr Khalid Seid: khalidS@africa-union.org Telephone Number: +254207216224 Fax: +254207216775 The Address for the submission of Bids Secretary of the Local Tender Board African Union Mission for Somalia P. O. Box number; 20182-00200 Gigiri Drive 2nd Black gate After Botswana high commission Nairobi, Kenya
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Muhu Holdings 3rd Floor Kenyatta Market, Nairobi. P.O.Box 63279, 00619 Nairobi, Tel: 2720470
Wireless 020 2592949,020 2592990, Cell: 0722 715838/0786 318663, Email:garam@africaonline.co.ke,www.garam.co.ke
Under instructions received from the chargees advocates, we shall sell by public auction the under mentioned properties together with buildings and improvements erected therein
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PRIME AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY IN OL JORO OROK SETTLEMENT SCHEME, NYANDARUA DISTRICT
7.
PRIME COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IN MWEA, KIRINYAGA COUNTY
ON TUESDAY THE 26TH DAY OF MARCH 2013 AT 12.00 NOON OUTSIDE THE MAIN POST OFFICE IN OL JORO OROK TOWN All that parcel of land known as TITLE NO. NYANDARUA/OL JORO OROK SALIENT/21580 KWA GAHII AREA OLJORO OROK SETTLEMENT SCHEME NYANDARUA DISTRICT registered in the name of JOHN NDIRANGU NDEGWA c/o P.O Box 69-10106 Othaya and/or c/o P.O Box 723-00600 Nairobi. This property is situated approximately 400m off Nakuru-Nyahururu highway to the East of Kwa Gahii centre. It measures approximately 1.21 hectares (2.990 acres) and is undeveloped. The title is freehold interest and mains water and electricity services are available while drainage would be to septic tanks. 2. PRIME COMMERCIAL CUM RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN RUNYENJES TOWN, EMBU COUNTY
ON THURSDAY THE 28TH DAY OF MARCH 2013 AT 12.00 NOON OUTSIDE THE MAIN POST OFFICE IN EMBU TOWN All that parcel of land known as TITLE NO. RUNYENJES TOWNSHIP/280 registered in the name of ELIAS MURIITHI KINYUA c/o P.O Box 103-60102 Runyenjes. This property is situated within Runyenjes town centre. It is approximately 300 metres by road from the Matatu/bus station and few meters away from Runyenjes town market. It is easily identified by the name Denca Fox Cinema.. It measures approximately 0.0148 hectares (0.0365 acres) and is developed with a one-storey commercial cum residential building. Accommodation includes: ground floor: one (1) cinema/Video show room, four (4) store rooms, one (1) bathroom with overhead shower, one (1) toilet room with a W.C First floor: One (1) single residential room, one (1) three-bedroomed self-contained residential unit and a twobedroomed self-contained unit. The title is leasehold interest for a term of 99 years w.e.f 01.02.2002 at a revisable annual land rent of Kshs500 and mains water and electricity is connected while foul drainage is into a septic tank. 3. PRIME RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN KIGAA TOWNSHIP, EMBU
ON THURSDAY THE 11TH DAY OF APRIL 2013 AT 12.00 NOON OUTSIDE THE MAIN POST OFFICE IN MWEA WANGURU TOWN All that parcel of land known as TITLE NOS. MWEA/TEBERE/B/1817, 1818, 1819, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1837, 1838 & 1839 WANGURU TOWNSHIP KIRINYAGA DISTRICT all registered in the name of JULIUS MUTHII KINYUA t/a SHIRIKISHO MWEA ACADEMYc/o P.O Box 178-10303 Wanguru. These properties are situated approximately 200 metres off Wanguru Mosque murrum road and 500 metres due north of Wanguru Jamia Mosque. This road branches off Makutano-Mwea-Embu-Meru highway at Wanguru Jamia Mosque and Wanguru Muslim Academy which are located along Makutano-EmbuMeru Highway, within Wanguru/Mwea Township. Each parcel measures approximately 0.10 of a hectare (0.247 of an acre). Parcel No. 1817 is developed with two (2) blocks of classrooms (total 8 class rooms) & 1818 is developed with one block of class rooms (total 4 classrooms) Parcel No.1819, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1838 & 1839 are undeveloped, Parcel No. 1837 is developed with two (2) attached classroom blocks each block accommodating twelve (12) classrooms (total 24 classrooms) and an ablution block. The title for each plot is freehold interest, mains electricity and water services are available while drainage would be into septic tanks. All these plots form part of a proposed school compound. 8. PRIME VACANT PROPERTY IN JUJA FARM, THIKA DISTRICT
ON FRIDAY THE 12TH DAY OF APRIL 2013 AT 12.00 NOON OUTSIDE THE MAIN POST OFFICE IN THIKA TOWN All that parcel of land known as TITLE NO. RUIRU EAST/JUJA EAST BLOCK 2/234 JUJA FARM THIKA DISTRICT registered in the name of ROBERT MUHIA KARANJA c/o P.O Box 54790-00200 Nairobi and/or c/o P.O Box 656-00232 Thika g/t DANSON MUREITHI MURAGURI & CATHERINE WAIRIMU MUIRURI c/o P.O Box 54790-00200 Nairobi. The property is situated off Thika Super Highway and within Juja Farm scheme zone P in Kiambu County. This is approximately 1km off Juja town-Juja Farm murrum road, branching off to the opposite of Juja Farm Secondary School at Safaricom and Airtel Communication Masts. It measures approximately 1.3 hectares (3.211 acres) and is undeveloped. The parcel is planted with young Eucalyptus trees. The title is freehold interest and mains electricity and piped water are available for connection while drainage would be to septic tanks. 9. PRIME COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN MAJENGO, MOMBASA ISLAND (WITH ESTIMATED MONTHLY RENTAL INCOME OF KSH 100,0000)
ON THURSDAY THE 28TH DAY OF MARCH 2013 AT 12.00 NOON OUTSIDE THE MAIN POST OFFICE IN EMBU TOWN All that parcel of land known as TITLE NO. KAGAARI/KIGAA/T.328 registered in the name of ELIAS MURIITHI KINYUA c/o P.O Box 103-60102 Runyenjes. This property is situated within Kigaa Township approximately 400 meters away from the shopping centre. Kigaa township is itself approximately 2 kms to the south of Runyenjes town. From the Kigaa shopping centre, one drives past Kigaa Primary School, Kigaa Catholic Church and up to a left hand compact earth surface road junction. It measures approximately 0.05 hectares (0.124 acres) and is developed with a three-bedroomed residential house and a two-roomed servants quarter. The title is freehold interest and mains water and electricity services are connected. 4. PRIME RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN TURITU, KIAMBU MUNICIPALITY
ON TUESDAY THE 9TH DAY OF APRIL 2013 AT 11.00 A.M AT OUR OFFICES IN MUHU HOLDINGS HOUSE All that parcel of land known as TITLE NO. KIAMBAA/KANUNGA/2007 TURITU TOWNSHIP KIAMBU MUNICIPALITY registered in the name of ANTONY GEORGE KAMAU NJUGUNA c/o P.O Box 423200506 Nairobi g/t MARY WANJIKU NGATIA c/o P.O Box 4232-00506 Nairobi. This property is situated about 50 metres off the Kiambu-Kanunga tarmac road, within Turitu Shopping Centre and 3 kms from Kiambu Town, within Kiambu Municipality. It measures approximately 0.45 of a hectare (1.1115 acres) and is developed with a four-bedroomed bungalow, with an extension at the back to provide three more bedrooms, a pit latrine, a cattle shade and a borehole. The title is freehold interest and mains electricity and water are connected while drainage is into a pit latrine. 5. PRIME RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN THIMBIGUA, RUAKA KIAMBU DISTRICT
ON MONDAY THE 22ND DAY OF APRIL 2013 AT 12.00 NOON OUTSIDE THE MAIN POST OFFICE IN MOMBASA CITY All that parcel of land known as L.R NO. MOMBASA/BLOCK XII/76 MAJENGO MOMBASA ISLAND registered in the name of LEMMY K. MBOGORI c/o P.O Box 88660-80100 Mombasa. The property is situated on an unnamed road off Lumumba road in Majengo area of Mombasa Municipality. It lies about 100 metres east of Makupa Post Office within Mombasa Island. It measures approximately 0.0223 hectares (0.0551 of an acre) and is developed with double storey commercial cum residential block that is currently being refurbished into offices/stores. Accommodation comprises: (i) Ground Floor: two (2) rooms, shower room, WC (ii) first floor: landing passage, large office suite with showerroom/WC, open to sky terrace (iii) second floor: two (2) WCs, kitchen. The title is freehold interest and mains water and electricity are connected to the property. NB: The chargee may finance the successful highest bidder subject to such a bidder making prior arrangements with the company. 10. PRIME RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN WEBUYE MUNICIPALITY BUNGOMA COUNTY
ON TUESDAY THE 9TH DAY OF APRIL 2013 AT 11.00 A.M AT OUR OFFICES IN MUHU HOLDINGS HOUSE All that parcel of land known as L.R NO. KIAMBAA/THIMBIGUA/4719 RUAKA- KIAMBU DISTRICT registered in the name of JOHN KIMANI GITAU c/o P.O Box 6292-00300 Nairobi. The property is located about 500 metres off and to the east of Ruaka-Banana Road within Ruaka area of Kiambu district. The turn-off is near the Animal Farm Premises. It is approximately 16 kms from Nairobi City Centre. It measures approximately 0.04 hectares (0.099 of an acre) and is developed with a three-bedroomed bungalow. The title is freehold interest and mains electricity and water services are available while drainage would be into septic tank. 6. PRIME COMMERCIAL PROPERTY NEXT TO SWEET VALLEY GUESTHOUSE, KERICHO TOWN (WITH ESTIMATED MONTHLY RENTAL INCOME OF KSHS100,000)
ON THURSDAY THE 25TH DAY OF APRIL 2013 AT 12.00 NOON OUTSIDE THE MAIN POST OFFICE IN WEBUYE TOWN All that parcel of land known as TITLE NO. NDIVISI/KHALUMULI/2737 WEBUYE MUNICIPALITY registered in the name of PATRICK MANGENI YUSTO c/o P.O Box 535-50205 Webuye and/or P.O Box 145-50205 Webuye. The property is situated in Chetambe area along an unnamed murram road to Nilo approximately 800 metres from the fly-over on the tarmac Webuye-Bungoma highway, within Webuye Municipality, Bungoma County. The property is approximately 200 metres from Wintha Hostel and a further 1.5 kms from Webuye Town Centre. It measures approximately 0.2 of a hectare (0.4942 of an acre) and is developed with a three-bedroomed main single storey residential house, two detached single storey blocks comprising a two-bedroomed residential unit on one block and three single rooms on the other block and three ablution blocks. The title is freehold interest and mains services are connected. 11. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN SYOKISINGA, MACHAKOS COUNTY
ON WEDNESDAY THE 10TH DAY OF APRIL 2013 AT 12.00 NOON OUTSIDE THE MAIN POST OFFICE IN KERICHO TOWN All that parcel of land known as L.R NO. KERICHO MUNICIPALITY/BLOCK 4/456 NEXT TO SWEET VALLEY GUESTHOUSE KERICHO TOWN registered in the name of JOEL KIPKOSGEI SIGEI c/o P.O Box 1608-20200 Kericho g/t SMART GUARDS LIMITED c/o P.O Box 1608-20200 Kericho. The property is situated next to Sweet Valley Guesthouse within about 0.4 kms to the southeast of Kericho Town Police Station, off the Kericho-Nakuru Highway. It measures approximately 0.3673 of a hectare (0.908 of an acre) and is developed with three detached residential buildings comprising: (i) a block of four (4) flats two (2) on the ground floor and two (2) on the upper floor (ii) two (2) buildings (iii) two (2) other residential units. The title is leasehold interest for a term of 99 years w.e.f 01.02.1992 at a revisable annual ground rent of Kshs2,225 and mains water and electricity are connected. Drainage is by way of septic tank.
ON MONDAY THE 29TH DAY OF APRIL 2013 AT 12.00 NOON OUTSIDE THE MAIN POST OFFICE IN MACHAKOS TOWN All that parcel of land known as TITLE NO. KINYATTA/SYOKISINGA/76 KATANGI DIVISION YATTA DISTRICT MACHAKOS COUNTY registered in the name of DAVID MUTISYA MUTHIKE c/o P.O Box 7090106 Katangi g/t AGNES NTHENYA MWINZI c/o P.O Box 8012-00300 Nairobi. The property is located approximately 2.3 kms off Machakos-Katangi-Kitui Road, and off a rural access road, branching off approximately 2.5 kms to Katangi Trading Centre, past Malatani Primary School and approximately 800 metres due west of Malatani Trading centre, Malatani Village, Syokisinga sub-location of Machakos county. It measures approximately 2.58 hectares (6.37 acres) and is developed with a three-bedroomed residential house, an external two-roomed kitchen, water tank, animal sheds and an ablution block. The title is freehold interest. Water is drawn from nearby rivers while drainage is into a pit latrine. 12. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN SYOKISINGA, MACHAKOS COUNTY
ON MONDAY THE 29TH DAY OF APRIL 2013 AT 12.00 NOON OUTSIDE THE MAIN POST OFFICE IN MACHAKOS TOWN All that parcel of land known as TITLE NO. KINYATTA/SYOKISINGA/79 KATANGI DIVISION YATTA DISTRICT MACHAKOS COUNTY registered in the name of SAMUEL MUTUKU MUTISYA c/o P.O Box 70-90106 Katangi g/t AGNES NTHENYA MWIZI c/o P.O Box 8012-00300 Nairobi. This property is located next to the property described above. It measures approximately 1.62 hectares (4 acres) and is developed with a four-bedroomed residential house, three-bedroomed house, a two-roomed kitchen and an external ablution block. The title is freehold interest and mains electricity is not connected, water is drawn from nearby rivers while drainage is to a pit latrine.
CONDITIONS OF SALE (1). All intending purchasers are requested to view the property and verify the details as these are not warranted by the auctioneers. (2). A deposit of 25% must be paid in cash or bankers cheque at the fall of the hammer. The balance will thereafter be payable within thirty (30) days) and ninety (90) days for property No.9 to the chargees advocates. A bidding deposit of Kshs1million (by way of bankers cheque) will be mandatory for properties Nos. 4, 6 & 7 (3). For all the aforementioned property, details of encumbrances including names addresses e.t.c. together with user and any other restrictions plus rates/rents payable will be made available on request at our offices. (4). Sale of the above property will be subject to reserve prices and land board consent if applicable. (5). Conditions of sale are available on request at our offices and viewing of property is possible during normal working hours by prior arrangements with ourselves.
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Loving Simon, yet another year has gone by, to us what matters is not the number of years gone, what matters is whom you were and who you still are to us.You remind us of that radiant, handsome smiling face, the sudden laughter that inspired joy in everyone of us. Your care and concern for everyone without any discrimination, your sincere hard working nature, anti-corruption stance, honesty and devotion to duty that made you an enemy to the evil one. Simo, we miss you, your parents, your brothers and sisters, your cherished son Maddox, relatives and friends. You are always present and alive in our hearts till the end of time.
Its with acceptance of Gods will thwt we announce the demise of Alloys Momanyi Nyamote. Husband of Marcella Nyatichi and Eunia Mokeira. Father of Alex Nyamote, Michael Swoyo, the late Sabina Osoro, Winfrida Mogendi (USA), Elizabeth Akunga (USA), the late Bartholomew Ongeri (USA), John Mabeya, Motachi Momanyi (Principal Nyamwanga Sec Sch.), the late Peter Moiro, Roselyn, Otenyo, Juma, Nyangate. Father in law of the late Teresa Nyamote, Nyaruri Swoyo, Gilbert Osoro, Mogendi, Akunga Getate (USA), Milka Ongeri (USA), the late Kerubo Mabeya, Mary Momanyi, Teresa Moiro, Isoni Atuga, Teresa Otenyo. Korera, grandfather, great grandfather of many. Cortege leaves Nyangena Mortuary on Tuesday the 26th march 2013 for his Bomwanda home (Suneka) for viewing before proceeding to his nal resting place at Keginga Killage in Gesima Settlement Scheme on Wed 27th March 2013 for burial. Sokoro you came touched our hearts and enriched us. We thank God for the century you shared with us. May God rest your soul in peace
Funeral Announcement
6th Anniversery
KENYA PIPELINE COMPANY LIMITED
With humble acceptance of Gods will, we regret to announce the death of our father Richard Rotich Simat of Kenya Pipeline Company Ltd Eldoret which occurred on 19th March 2013 at Eldoret Hospital. Husband of Mary Kiplagat. Son of the Late Rotich Simat and Tabarno Rotich Simat. Father of Kipchumba, Jepchirchir, Kipruto, Kiprop, Jebet, Kiprono, Kiptum, Jelimo, Jeptoo and Kipngetich. Brother of Salina, Jane, Samson, Villaris and Pamela. He was a loving grand father of ve grandchildren.
Death and Funeral Announcement
Alloys Momanyi Nyamote

(1915-2013)
Simon Mburu Kibati
Family and friends are meeting for prayers and funeral arrangements at his home Kapkorom village Kapteren Sub-location Elgeyo Marakwet County daily from 6.00 pm. The cortege leaves Eldoret Hospital Mortuary on Tuesday 26th March 2013 for an overnight stay at his Kapkorom home. Funeral service and burial will be on Wednesday 27th March 2013 at his home.
Richard Rotich Simat

1962-19/3/2013
Death Announcement & Fundraising

Following the death Mr. Kenneth Thugge Kamau of Muguga, Kiambu, formerly of PanAfric Hotel & Treeshade Hotel, which occurred on March 20th 2013, in Stockholm Sweden the family wishes to invite friends and relatives to a fundraising to meet urgent funeral expenses on Tuesday 26th March 2013 at All Saints Catherdral from 6.00pm. Son of the late Kamau Wa Thirange and late Lucy Njeri wa Muguga. Husband of Juliet Njoki Thugge, and Doris Njeri Thugge. Father of Lucy Njeri Thugge (Sweden), Nancy Wambui Dolfe (Sweden), Dr. Kamau Thugge (Treasury), Mrs. Connie Kivuti, George Thugge, Mary Mumbi Thugge (Sweden), and Mrs. Karen Kimutwa Kinuthia. Step brother to Esther Nyaritui and Mbari Gatonye. Nephew to Karanja wa Gichungumwa.
It is with humble acceptance of Gods will that we announce the passing on of our dear Ann Kaimuri Muchena. Ann died on 17th March, 2013, through a gunshot wound after a robbery incidence at her sisters residence at Kitengela.
Dad in Gods hands you rest, in our hearts you live forever. Amen
Kenneth Thugge Kamau
Ann was a loving daughter of Mr. Fredrick Muchena and Mrs. Johanina Kaluntu Muchena (Gikongolo Village, Mbaranga sub location, Karama Divison, Meru County). Step-daughter of Susan Nthinga. She was dear sister of the late Ezekiel Muthee, George Kimathi (Buru buru Police Station) and Lydia Nkirote (Komorock Methodist), Purity Kagwira (Wangunyu Girls) and Jeremiah Marete (K.R.A), Salome Kajuju and Pastor Albert Akwenda, Joseph Kariithi and Florence Wanja (EPZ-Athi River), Dancan Murungi (Mbaranga Primary School). Step sister of Paul Thikanyi (K.W.S) and Telesia Abiba, Jonah Gitonga (Antuanduru Seconday) and Hellen Karambu, Timothy Kinyua (Kitui Prison) and Teresina Inokokobia, Titus Bundi and Ann and John Kobia. Aunt of Gacheri, Doreen, Gatwiri, Koome, Munene, Mutuma, Abigeal, Karimi, Kelvin, Nkirote, Muthomi, Karani, Kinya, Gitonga, Mukiri, Murangiri, Murithi, Makena and Mutethia.
Its with acceptance of Gods will that we announce the demise of Agnes Ciakaura Kabiti (Kirigi Village, Mwonge Sub-location.
Celebration of a Life Well Lived
Ann Kaimuri Muchena

1989 - 2013
Father-in-law of Swennings Nilsson (Sweden), Mikael Dolfe (Sweden), Wangari Kamau (USA), Gabriel Kivuti (Kenya), Pauline Bondo (Kenya), Pontus Barhm (Sweden), Ken Kinuthia (Kenya). Grandfather and great grandfather to many. Friends and relatives will meet on Tuesday, 26th (Fundraising), Wednesday 27th & Thursday 28th at the All Saints Cathedral from 5.30 p.m. and daily at his Muguga Home at Acre Ithano from 4.30pm. M-Pesa 0723-886313. Burial date will be announced later. The Lord is my Shepherd... Psalms 23
All Friends and Relatives who have been meeting at Accra Hotel and Massai Discovery, Kitengela will have a nal joint meeting at Maasai Discovery, Kitengela from 6.30 p.m. today Monday, 25th March 2013. The cortege leaves Kenyatta University Memorial Home at 6.00 a.m. on Tuesday, 26th March, 2013. Funeral and burial will follow at her Fathers home at Gikongolo Village, Mbaranga sub-location of Kalama, Meru County. In Gods hands you are in a better place. In our souls you will always be cherished forever. RIP.
Wife of late Mwaniki Mbungu Kabiti. Co-wife of Harriet Ciandeke Kabiti. Mother of late Elosy, Ngai, Josy, Winfred, late Beatrice, Late Virginia, Njiru Kabiti (Ministry of Trade Nairobi) and Wanja Murithi (lkuu Girls High School). Step mother of Kaburu Muketha (Eastern Produce Kakuzi Ltd Nandi Hills), Kanyua, Ciambaka, Muthee, Kangai, Jei and Kithinji. Mother in law of Peter Kiugu (Principal Kibirichia Boys), Major Roy Muriithi, Colonerius, Mugo, Micheni, Murithi Marika, Rose, Rosalind Muketha and Lucy Muthoni (Customs Lunglunga). Grand mother of Mike Micheni, Christopher, Christine, Mwende (Inmobia Mobile Technology), Fatuma, Sallyann Pendo among others. Survived by 24 great grandchildren.
Agnes Ciakaura Kabiti

Birth - 1925 Sunset- 19/03/13
Burial meetings at home from 4.00 p.m. every day in Chuka Kirigi Village and at Antonios Hotel Opposite Holy Family Basilica Church in Nairobi on Monday 25 th March and Tuesday 26 th March From 5.00pm. Burial will be held on Wednesday 27th March 2013. Burial services will be held at Kangoro PCEA church.
Gone Too Soon
John Kago Wanjihia

Daniel Kyalo Mwanza
It is with humble acceptance of Gods will that we announce the untimely death of our beloved Daniel Kyalo Mwanza through the brutal hands of robbers on 21st March 2013 in South B Nairobi. He was the son of Charles Mwanza and Winnie Kyalo (Kamuthganga, Machakos County). He was the husband of Rose Wanjiru Kyalo. Father of Charles Mwanza Juja Preparatory, Thika and Winnie Kyalo (Machakos Academy). Son-in-law of the late Francis Kariuki and Winnie Alice Kariuki of Kitui. Brother of Musyimi, Michael, Mutua, Musyoka, Kinuthia, Ruth and the late Kasiva. Brother-in-law of Kariuki Njuguna, Rose Kariuki and Rose Musyimi. Meetings for burial arrangements are being held at Old T.Tot hotel (Machakos) and KICC (Nairobi) and at the Machakos Golf Club from 5 pm from today Monday 24th March, 2013. Funeral details will be announced later. May his soul rest in eternal peace. Amen It is with humble acceptance of Gods will that we announce the passing on of John Kago Wanjihia son of the late Wanjihia Wanjema and the late Wangui Wanjihia. Husband to Esther Njeri and Teresia Wangui. Father to Teresia & Dominic W. Huru, Peter & Teresia Wanjihia Kago, Lucy & James Mbugua, Salome & Wilson Mugane, Joseph & Alice Njore Kago, Francis & Nancy Karanja (Wanjema), Ann & Paul Muchemi, Margaret & Rev. Michael Mwangi, Regina & Peter Nganga, Boniface & Cecilia Wanjihia, James & Ruth Wairia Kago, Philip & Lucy Kago, Francis & Esther Waruiru Kago, Stephen & Salome Kago and Rev. Fr. Moses Kago of Blessed Sacrament Buru Buru. Brother to the late Nyagititu Wakaba, Late Wanjema Wanjihia, Late Duncan Kiwara, Late Onesmus Muriu, Late Kariuki Wanjihia and late Mumbi Gakarau. Uncle to the Wanjemas, Kiwaras, Murius, Kariukis, Gakaraus and Wakabas. Grandfather and Great Grandfather to many. Family and friends are meeting daily at St. Pauls Catholic University Chaplaincy Hall and at his home in Kirangi Ndarugu from 6.00 p.m. starting from Friday 22nd March 2013. The cortege leaves Kenyatta University Mortuary on Wednesday 27th March 2013 at 8.00 a.m. followed by a funeral service at 11.00 a.m. at his home, Kirangi village Ndarugu, Gatundu South Kiambu County. If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, Whether we live or die we belong to the Lord (Romans 14:8)
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Celebration of a Long Life Well Lived
AFRICA INLAND CHURCH, Kenya UMOJA LOCAL CHURCH COUNCIL A.I.C UMOJA MEMBERS SOCIETY
Founded In 1895
Promotion To Glory
We announce with sorrow and humility, the promotion to glory of Josphat Kuria Gatihu. Josphat was the husband to the late Emily Wambui Kuria and the father to Francis Kimani Kuria, Christopher Kairu Kuria, Sabina Nyokabi, Teresia Njeri, Lucia Njoki, the late Daniel Kabata and the late Cletus Ngigi. He has left behind many grandchildren and greatgrand-children. Friends and relatives are meeting at his home in Mangu (behind St. Francis Girls High School) to prepare for his burial on Wednesday 27th March 2013.

It is with humble acceptance of Gods will that AIC Umoja members society announces the death of Rose Mwende Muindi popularly known as (Jane) which occurred on 20/3/2013 at Kenyatta National Hosptal. Daughter of Late Abiud Muindi and Late Rhodah Mutinda Muindi. Mother of Macdonald Muuo, Daniel Kyalo and the Late Diana Nduku. Mother-in law of Caroline Muuo. Grandmother of Elkanah Nzioki. Sister of Late Newton Mutisya and Late Boniface Musila, Joyce Mutoko, Dorcas Peter, Julia Francis, Florence Matata, Jemimah Muindi and Peter Muindi. Aunt of Jamhuri, Kyule, Mercy, Israel, Aidah, Muli, Jane, Musila, Jeniffer, Ndambuki, Sila, Eunice, Makau, Nthenya, Mumbua, Ndanu, Sam, among others. Sister-in-law of Dorcas Mutisya, Catherine Musila, Angela Nzomo, David Mutoko, Late Peter Kalatya, Francis, Cosmas Ndeti, Members of AIC Umoja Society will meet at the church on Thursday 28 /3/2013 at 6.00pm for prayers. Friends and family members meet daily at Her residence (Sultan Hamud), Her Rural Home Yandei Village, Kitaingo Sublocation. A funds drive will take place at AIC Umoja Nairobi on 28 /3/2013 at 6.00pm. All are welcome. The cortege will leave K.N.H Farewell Home on Saturday 30/3/2013 at 7.00am for funeral and burial services at her rural home,Yandei Village, Kitaingo sub-location, Mukaa District, Makueni County same day 30/3/2013 from 12.00 noon. Contacts 0727 489 859, 0723 808 000, 0724 838 902; 0727 770 135; 0722 793 579. 1st Thessalonians 4:14 we Believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we belief that God will take with Jesus those who have died believing in Him. May the Almighty rest her soul in eternal peace. Amen
It is with deep sorrow and humble acceptance that we announce the death of Isaac Kamanga Gacira, which occurred on 20th March 2013 at Metropolitan Hospital Nairobi. Loving husband of the late Lillian Mugeci Kamanga. Father of Sarah Wambui, the late Joshua Gacira Kenneth Mbuthia, Richard Chege, Faith Wanjiru, Mercy Kamau, Steve Gathua, Daniel Kamanga, James Kiragu and David Mwoya. He leaves behind 22 grand children and 3 great grandchildren. The cortege leaves Muranga County Council Mortuary on Wednesday, the 27th of March 2013 at 9.00 a.m, followed by the funeral service and burial at his Kiamara home, Iyego location, Muranga County the same day. There will be a fundraising today, Monday 25/03/ 2013 at Ebony House Tom Mboya Street next to Tuskys Imara. Well wishers donations can be sent by M-Pesa to mobile No. 0721 732 691
Isaac Kamanga Gacira

1921 -20/3/2013
The cortege will leave Kenyatta University Mortuary at 10:00 a.m. A church service will be held by the grave-side followed by the burial thereafter.
Josphat Kuria Gatihu
Jane Muindi (Mama Binti)
Dad fought a good ght, nished the race and kept the faith.
He has gone to the land where the sun will not set again.

We regret to announce the death of Virginia Wangeci Mugambi, daughter of the late Robert Mugambi and late Monica Watetu. Mother of Margaret Watetu (Muthoni), Robert Mugambi and Sophia Wanjiru. Sister of the late James Ndungu, John Gitonga, Mary Wanjiru, Isabella Mwaniki, Douglas Mucemi, Richard Wairiuko and Francis Wagura. Sister in-law of Rt .Major Mwaniki. Aunt of Sammy Muriithi, Humphrey Njagi, Carol Wambui, Monica Watetu, Charles Mugambi, Monica Munyasi among others. Grandmother of Tracy Wangeci, the late David Nganga, Martin Kingori, Yvonne Wangeci, Ivy Wangeci and Wachanga. Meetings are going on at Ebony Meeting Chambers 2nd Floor Room 1 daily from 5.30pm.

It is with humble acceptance of Gods will that we announce the passing on of Mary Mumbi Nderitu of Masepet Enterprises (Landless) Thika. Daughter to Samuel Nderitu Gatimu and Susan Wanjiku Nderitu. Mother of Samuel Nderitu, Peterson Wambugu and stella Wanjiku. Sister to the Late James Gatimu, Henry Mbare, Jeremiah Ndurumo, Ephraim Wangombe, Peter Maigwa, Zipporah Nyawira, Leah Wamuyu and Isaac Mwaniki. She was a sister-in-law, Cousin, an auntie ands grandmum to many. She was secretary of development committee of P.C.E.A Emmanuel Church. Friends and Relatives are meeting daily for prayers and funeral arrangement at her residence Landless Thika, Nairobi Kinangop Room 4b and Thika Coconut Grill next to Tuskys.
It is with humble acceptance of Gods will that we announce the passing of Pauline Wanjiku Kihiu of First Assurance at Nairobi hospital on 21st March 2013.
Wife of the late James Kihiu Ndungu and mother of Wendy Wambui Kihiu (Loreto Convent Valley Road). Daughter of Rosemary Wamuyu Githinji (SDV Transami) of Walazo Jet-Meere, Nyeri county. Daughter-in-law of Francis Ndungu Kihiu and Grace Wambui Ndungu of Mukurwe-Gatanga/South C. Sister of Margaret Gathigia. Sister-in-law of Kenneth and Carol Mwaura, Rachel and Isaac Wanyoike, Joan and Boniface Gitahi, Mary Ndungu, Judy and Cyrus Githaiga and Joseph Njau Ndungu.
Virginia Wangeci Mugambi

1943 - 2013
The cortege leaves Bishop Okoye funeral home Thika on Wednesday 27th March 2013 at 8.00 a.m. for Church Service at P.C.E.A Emmanuel Church Landless at 10.00 a.m. and thereafter burial at her munyu farm Thika. Our dear Mumbi you fought a good ght nished the race and kept the faith. God will crown you on that day. 2nd Timothy 4:7-8
Mary Mumbi Nderitu

4/4/1968 - 20/03/2013
Pauline Wanjiku Kihiu

1977 - 21st March 2013
The cortege leaves Ol-Jabet Medical centre mortuary on Wednesday 27th March 2013 at 9.00 am and thereafter funeral service at her Gatundia farm, Nyahururu from 11.00am. Rest in peace mum
Friends and relatives are meeting from Saturday 23rd March at KICC restaurant from 6.00 p.m. There will be a requiem mass at Our Lady Queen of Peace (South B.) on Tuesday 26th March at 2.00 p.m. Cortege leaves Kenyatta University mortuary on 27th March at 8.00 a.m for funeral service and burial at Mukurwe, Mukarara-Gatanga, Muranga county at 11.00a.m May God rest her soul in eternal peace.
It is with great sadness and humble acceptance of Gods will that we announce the passing on of Stephen Nganga waguchu.
Death And Funeral Announcement
He was the son of Daniel Nganga Waguchu (Arizona) and Lucy Njeri Waguchu. He was brother to Irene Njeri Waguchu. He was a nephew, a cousin and a friend to many. Family and friends are meeting at his fathers home in Kinoo (87), from 6.00p.m. The Cortege leaves Chiromo mortuary on 26th March, 2013 at 9:30 am for funeral service and burial at Langata Cemetery at I I.00 am
Stephen Nganga Waguchu

1986 - 20/03/2013
We announce the passing on of our beloved mama Grace Makokha Mabonga on Friday 22/3/2013. Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Khaemba Waudo (Butecho village). Wife of William Mabonga (Maridadi Farm Kwanza). Sister in-law of the late Khaemba, Nanjala, Wakhisi, Wafula, Conjefta and Netty. Mother of John Waudo (formerly of City Council of Nairobi). Timothy Maonga (LION), late Job Mabonga, Bishop Titus Maonga ( LEAD Ministries International), late Christopher Mabonga, Richard Mabonga (Deputy Principal St. Francis High School. Kolongolo), Margaret Mugo (Dagoretti Muslim Primary School), Janet Njoroge (Hotelier Nairobi), Emmanuel Mabonga (Kivaywa Secondary School), Rael Mabonga (NZOWASCO Webuye) and the late Simon Mabonga. Mother in-law of Flora, Anne, Florence, Margaret, Jackline, Mugo, Njoroge and Violet. Grand mother of Angela Kulavi, Dr. Maonga Masika, Peter Wechuli, Sheillah Maonga (UK), Medah Maonga (DO Ahero), Hon Allan Were, Caleb, Faraja, Elizabeth Njeri, Hannah Njeri, Jael, Dennis, Grace and many others. Sister of Hellen, Robai, Clara and many others. She was aunt, friend, advisor and mentor of many. Friends and relatives are meeting daily at Garden Square at 5.30pm. Fundraising will be held at the Railways Club on Tuesday 26/3/2013 from 5.30pm. The cortege leaves Chiromo on Thursday 28/3/2013 at 8:00 a.m. for service at Friends Church Maringo, thereafter for her Maridadi home in (Mama Chiles) Kwanza, Trans Nzoia. Burial will be on Saturday 30/3/2013. I have fought a good ght and I have won a race. 2,Timothy 4:7
Promotion to Glory
Grace Makokha Mabonga
A Time to Rest
Loved ones never die, they leave behind a legacy in our hearts that lives for ever
It is with humble acceptance of Gods will that we announce the promotion to glory of our beloved brother in Christ Richard Mwangi Kimotho, which occurred on Sunday the March 10th 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
Celebrating a Life Well Lived
Geoffrey Njathi Ngaruiya

(06/8/40 18/3/13)
It is with humble acceptance of Gods will that we announce the passing on of our beloved husband and father Geoffrey Njathi Ngaruiya. He was the Husband to Janet Gathoni Ngaruiya. Son of the late Amos Ngaruiya and the late Peris Wambui. Stepson to Mary Muthoni. Father to Anne Mukoma, Njeri Ngaruiya, Antony Ngaruiya, Patrick Njathi and Joan Njathi. Brother to the late Haron Gathuru, Esther Wanjiru, Harum Chege, Magret Njeri, Sherrif Kimani, Helen Wanjiku, Jane Ngaruiya, Steven Mwaura. Step brother to Haron Gathuru, Peter Njenga, Boniface Chege, Sara Wanjiru, Alice Wanja, Helen Wanjiku and Wambui. Brother in law to Ruth Ngaruiya, Alice Manyara, Hosea Manyara, Mary Mwaura, Sammuel Kimani, Ali Mbuthia & Rose Kimani. Father in law to Richard Mukoma and Esther Wambui . Grandfather to Leilani, Ryan, Jude, Tristan & Jaydan. Uncle to Edward, Wambui, Muriga & Angie, Sandra, Shiru, George and Anne, Njeri and Waweru, Pauline and Victor, Shellmith, Janet, Catherine, Waithanji, Wairimu, Micheal amongst others. The cortege leaves Lee Funeral Home tomorrow Tuesday March 26th 2013 at 8.30am for a service at St Andrews Church at 10am. Thereafter he will be laid to rest at Langata cemetery. May God rest his soul in eternal peace. In Gods hands you rest, in our hearts you remain forever.
He was the loving husband of Esther Wanjiru Mwangi (Nyahururu) and Anne Nyambura Mwangi of Atlanta Georgia. Son of Bancy Wangechi Kinyua (Nyahururu), Loving father of Bernard Kinyua Mwangi, Peter Kariuki Mwangi, Bancy Njeri Mwangi, and John Maina Mwangi, all of Nyahururu. He was a brother of Bernard Kinyua (B.K. Stores-Nakuru), Joan Wangu Karimi (Wangombe Autospares -Nakuru), and Dr. Peter Kariuki Kinyua (Albuquerque, New Mexico). He was a sonin-law of the late Mr. and Mrs. John and Lucy Maina, formerly of Nyahururu, and Mr. and Mrs. Zacharia and Grace Maina (Kinangop).
John Ngige Karungu

It is with humble acceptance of Gods will that we announce the passing on of John Ngige Karungu, formerly of Nation Media Group and TPS Serena, on March 19th 2013. He was the son of the late John Karungu Kihoi and the late Lilian Wambui Karungu. Step son to Phylis Wanjiru. Husband to Peninah Inyanje Karungu. Father to the late Doris Kusa, Carol Ayoti, the late Ken Karungu, Tom Kamau and Lilian Wambui Gauld(AUS). Father-in-law to Isiah, MaryTom and Brendan (AUS). Brother to the late Daniel Kamau and the late Ettah Njoki, Mary Wanjiku and the late James Macharia, the late Henry Mwaniki (Canary) and Margaret Wanjiku (USA), the late James Githua (Kiremanditi) and the late Margaret Nyakiringa, Julia Gichuru and the late Gichuru Mbuthia, Josephine Muthoni, the late Henry Anthony and Esther Nyokabi (USA), Patrick Chege and Jerusa Njambi, Jane Njoroge and John Njoroge, George Kamau(USA) and Serah Wairimu (USA), the late Elizabeth Nyambura, Paulyn Wambui and Moses Wainaina. Grandfather to Victor, Nina, Ivy, John, Jemimah, Faith, Gerishom, Rachel, Rachel May, Eva and Tracy. Friends and relatives are meeting daily at Christ is the answer Ministries (CITAM) Valley Road at 5.30 p.m. and at TOLKEN Farm (Kangakinga), Nakuru, at 4 p.m. requiem mass will be held on Tuesday 26th March from 2 p.m. at Holy Family Minor Basilica. The cortege will leave Montezuma Funeral home on Wed 27th March at 7 a.m. He will be laid to rest at his TOLKEN Farm on the same day, following a mass at the same venue, beginning at 10 a.m.
Richard Mwangi Kimotho

Sunrise: March 5th 1974
Friends and family are meeting daily for prayers Sunset: March 10th 2013 and support at Koked Restaurant in Nakuru town and at his familys residence in Baari - Nyahururu. The cortege arrives at Chiromo Funeral Home at Nairobi University at 2130hrs on Sunday the 24th of March, from West Cobb Funeral Home in Atlanta Georgia, U.S.A. The funeral service will be held on Wednesday 27th March 2013 at Baari, Nyahururu, Nyandarua County, at 1000hrs. We loved you Richard but God loved you most. 1 Thessalonians 2:8
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Kenya Sevens climb to fth

Ombachi strikes again on day three as coach Friday says team gave all they could in the event
BY CHARLES NYENDE
cnyende@ke.nationmedia.com allant Kenya climbed up to fth in the IRB Sevens World Series after nishing fourth yesterday in Hong Kong where the sixth leg of the world event was held. Fiji successfully defended the title coming from 19-0 behind at half time to stun World Cup Sevens champions Wales 26-19 in the nal. Rugby powerhouse New Zealand proved too strong for the semi-professional Kenyan side beating them 36-5 in the third place play-o at the packed 40,000-capacity Hong Kong Sevens Stadium. Kenya had earlier edged out familiar opponents Portugal 14-12 with another last-gasp score, a drop goal from Biko Adema with time on the clock already up. Duarte Moreira gave Portugal a converted try lead before Willy Ambaka and Kenyas man of the tournament Dennis Ombachi landed once each for a 12-7 half time score. Frederico Oliveira struck early in the second half for Portugal with a try in a tight aair that appeared headed for a victory by the Europeans before Adema pulled o the audacious drop
McLaren rattles Pakistan in nal ODI

Ryan McLaren took three wickets in 13 balls to spark a Pakistan collapse in the fth and nal oneday international against South Africa at Willowmoore Park yesterday. Pakistan struggled to 205 all out after being reasonably placed at 151 for four in the 35th over handing the initiative to the hosts in the winner takes all match. McLaren had Shoaib Malik caught at midwicket and three balls later, with the last delivery before the batting power play, he had big-hitting Shahid Afridi caught at deep square leg without scoring.
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Serena rolls into Miami fourth round

World No. 1 Serena Williams was rolling Saturday, even before she got to her third-round match against Ayumi Morita at the Miami ATP Masters and WTA hardcourt tournament. The American, seeking a record sixth Miami WTA crown, resorted to some unfamiliar transportation a bicycle to beat the trac into Key Biscayne and make her match. The trac was crazy and everyone was like, I have been here for an hour and Im staying like eight minutes away, Williams said. They were in the trac for an hour. Im like, OK, Im not going to make my match if I dont get there.
goal in the 15th minute. Dominated the match World champions Wales brought Kenyas march to Cup glory to a shuddering end with a 19-0 thrashing in the semi-nals. The big Wales dominated the match physically and tries from Lee Williams, Craig Price and Sam Cross were enough to put Kenya to the sword. Congratulations Wales, who were very clinical in that seminal and deserved the win. We just came up short but Kenya gave everything, tweeted Kenya coach Mike Friday after the
NOT IN MY HOUSE: Kenyas Willy Ambaka attempts to stop New Zealands Tim Mikkelson from scoring a try during the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens tournament over the weekend.
match. In the finals, impressive winger Cory Allen, with a brace of tries and one from Alex Weber had given Wales a seemingly commanding half time lead helped in part by the two-minute sendo of Fijian Ilai Tinai for a dangerous tackle. But like the true sevens masters they are Fiji came storming back in the second half with breathtaking, expansive running that Wales found dicult to contain. The elusive run-
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Kenyas victory over Portugal in the Hong Kong Sevens Cup quarter-nals
ning Osea Kolinisau came o the bench to score a hat trick of tries while Samisoni Viriviri added another to complete a remarkable comeback for Fiji who had their sevens legend Waisala Serevi inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame in Hong Kong over the weekend. We just said (at half time) that we needed hope and we need to keep the faith, to keep on working because 10 minutes is a lot of time in sevens, Kolinisau told irb.sevens.
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Spains Recari stretches LPGA lead

Spains Beatriz Recari had an eagle and one birdie in a threeunder par 69 on Saturday to stretch her lead in the LPGA Kia Classic to two strokes. Recari, seeking to add a second LPGA Tour title to the LPGA Challenge crown she won in 2010, had a 54-hole total of 11-under par 205 and a two-stroke lead over Australian Hall of Famer Karrie Webb. Webb had six birdies, but her four bogeys included two to cap her round at 17 and 18. Her two-under 70 left her on 207, one stroke in front of South Koreas I.K. Kim and American Paula Creamer.
Nakuru storm Enterprise Cup nal, home in on rare double

BY FRANCIS MUREITHI
fmureithi@ke.nationmedia.com Nakuru RFC are surely headed for a historical double after storming into the nals of the Enterprise Cup following their 219 win against of KCB at Nakuru Athletics Club on Saturday. After emphatically clinching their rst ever Kenya Cup title recently Nakuru aka Wanyore now look the favourites to win the Enterprise Cup, and a coveted double, when they face Mambwa who felled Nondies 35-25 in the other seminals on Saturday. The nals will be held on April 6 at RFUEA ground. It was hard-fought victory for Nakuru who made two in a row against the tough bankers. Nakuru played their hearts out and led 7-6 at the breather. But it was the rugged bankers who opened accounts in the fth minute when ying winger Darwin Mukidza slotted in a penalty. Moments later Mukidza, who was a thorn in the flesh of the Nakuru defence, was on the mark again when he drilled home another penalty for an early 60 lead. The lead was short-lived as Nakuru exploded in an attacking frenzy. Godrey Mbeya crossed over between the posts and Martin Mwita was sure with the conversion. KCB were a rejuvenated side in the opening 10 minutes of the second half but just could not break through the well organised Nakuru defence.
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2013 WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS | Japan-based Barsaton says his best yet
Kenyas world-beaters sweep

Chepngetich and Korir lead from the front as Kenyans easily retain global title in Poland
BY AYUMBA AYODI
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IN BYDGOSZCZ, POLAND
aith Chepngetich proved her might yesterday when she retained her World Cross country Championships junior womens 6km title in a stunning gun-to-tape performance before declaring her intentions for the World 1,500m title. While Kenya could have lost the junior mens 8km title, little-known Leonard Barsaton, who is based in Japan, won silver on his debut for Kenya and declared that the best is yet to be seen from him. The Kenyans controlled the junior womens race, with Agnes Jebet claiming silver as Caroline Chepkoech and Roseine Chepngetich nishing fourth and seventh respectively for the team title to also remain in Kenya. Chepngetich, who returned to Bydgoszc after a fourth place nish in 2010, took the eld through the rst lap in the snowy, hilly and muddy conditions. The Form Two student at Winners Girls, who also holds the World Junior 1,500m title, was joined by Jebet as the two stormed past the 4km mark and the nal lap to completely cut-o Ethiopias Alemitu Heroye who settled for bronze. Chepngetich descended the last hill like an antelope to clock 17 minutes and 51 seconds, followed by Jebet in a photo nish. Heroye time 17:57. The conditions were tough for everyone but I felt stronger, Chepngetich said. I communicated with Jebet and I told her we were still strong. I told her that we should wait for the nal climb before going for it. I still felt strong despite the adverse weather and the support from Jebet was amazing, explained Chepngetich, who can now look behind and reect on her chequered junior career. I cant believe this is my second victory but glory be to God since I really prayed for him to provide and he never disappointed, said the 19year-old Chepngetich adding that the rened training in Mount Kenya helped a great deal in their individual and team victory. I now want to focus on track in 1,500m then look forward to win the senior race in two years and then the 2016 Olympics Games, said the athlete from Bomet, who embraced athletis n 2009 while at Township Primary school in Keringet. She trains under coach Charles Ngeno. We planned never to see an Ethiopian and it really work as we pushed them back, said the Jebet, theclass eight pupil at Al Busienei Primary School. Its good to win silver after another similar
BY COPPERFIELD LAGAT
coppereld@ueab.ac.ke Die-hard athletics fans in Eldoret town yesterday thronged various social joints to follow Kenyas performance at the World Cross country Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. After attending the Easter Sunday mass service in various churches in Eldoret, many were eager to catch up with the proceedings in the event, given that most athletes in Team Kenya that travelled to Poland come from the region. But there was confusion among fans following uncertainty over the time the event would start as many jostled for space in hotels and restaurants which recorded booming business. Fans went into a frenzy as world junior 1,500 metres gold medals, Faith Chepngetich (above) retained the junior womens 6km title. Hotel attendants had a dicult time stopping patrons from climbing on chairs and tables to catch a good view of their idols on television screens. Chepngetich, 19, pulled a fast one in her race, winning in 17.51 minutes to become only the third woman ever to keep the title after the exploits of Viola Kibiwot (2001-2002) and Ethiopias Genzebe Dibaba (2008-2009). A female attendant at one hotel was heard proudly shouting wanawake siku hizi tuko juu (us women are on top of the game these days). Then there came the eagerlyawaited moment, the mens 12km race. There was deafening silence as Kenyas Japheth Korir and Hosea Mwok Macharinyang started the race against a strong eld of Ethiopians and Eritreans. Many watched with joy as Korir broke away from the leading pack to build a gap of 20 metres between himself and the chasing duo of Ethiopias Imane Merga and Eritreas Teklomariam Medhin. Korir sprinted to glory, followed by Merga as fans contentedly walked home. But Ethiopias Hagos Gebrhiwet conrmed his status as the favourite to take the junior mens title with a wonderfully assured and mature run, hitting the front with 500m to go before winning his rst major international championship medal. It was the rst gold medal of what could be, and should be, a star-studded career.
Big joy
Tough conditions
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Faith Chepngetichs winning time in the womens junior race at the World Cross Championships in Poland
exploits at the Africa Cross last year, said Jebet, who collected bronze in 5,000m at the World Junior Championships. Jebet come from a family that has completely embraced athletics with her seven of her siblings in competitive running. Things looked tough for Kenyan junior men after Barsaton was left alone with two laps to go to tackle the hungry Ethiopians as favourite Hagos Gebrhiwet ruled the roast. The Ethiopian , who clocked a World junior indoor 3000m record of 7:32.87 before running World junior 5000m record of 12: 47.53 at the Diamond League meeting in Paris before reaching the nals over the same distance at the London 2012 Olympic Games. The Ethiopian ideally ran a tactical race, only opting to breath behind Barsotons neck. He would then launch his tackle when ascending the last hill to descend with easy for victory in 21:04 followed by the Kenyan in 21:08 as another Ethiopian Edris Muktar won bronze in 21: 13. World The 2011 World Youth
2,000m steeplechase and the World Junior 3,000m steeplechase champion Conseslus Kipruto was the next Kenyan in fth place 21:40 as Ronald Kwemoi and Michael Bett nish ninth and 10th as Kenya lost on team title. It feels great to win silver on debut. I have only one message, prepare to see the reign of Barsoton since this is just but the start, said Barsoton, who left the country last year for Japan. It was just tough and my legs could hold it anymore. I just could move because they were all frozen, said Kipruto.
Kenyas Japhet Kipyegon Korir reacts at the nish line of the senior race of World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, yesterday. Kenya dominated the World Cross-Country Championships, Korir pulling o a shock victory in the mens race and Emily Chebet claiming the womens title.
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Results: Senior women: 1. Emily Chebet (KEN) 24min 24sec, 2. Hiwot Ayalew (ETH) 24:27, 3. Belaynesh Oljira (ETH) 24:33 Senior men: 1. Japhet Korir (KEN) 32:45, 2. Imane Merga (ETH) 32:51, 3. Teklemariam Medhin (ERI) 32:54. Junior women: 1. Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (KEN) 17:51, 2. Agnes Jebet Tirop (KEN) 17:51, 3. Alemitu Heroye (ETH) 17:57. Junior men: 1. Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH) 21:04, 2. Leonard Barsoton (KEN) 21:08, 3. Muktar Edris (ETH) 21:13.
The conditions were tough for everyone but I felt stronger.I communicated with Jebet and I told her we were still strong. I told her that we should wait for the nal climb before going for it
Faith Chepngetich, World junior champion
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to be seen after nishing second in a tough mens 8km race in wintry Poland yesterday
aside rivals to claim top honours
Siganga tops UAP series at Nyanza Club

BY LARRY NGALA
lngala@ke.nationmedia.com Mumias Golf Club player Eliud Siganga emerged tops in a eld of 89 golfers during the rst leg of this years UAP Insurance Golf series at the par-70 Nyanza Golf Club course at the weekend. But the handicap 24 Siganga almost gave up hope of nishing in the prize after a poor 16 points in the outward nine which had left him four points behind the early leader Ramesh Karia. I dropped a number of shots in the rst nine, scratched the eighth and I almost gave up but my team mates encouraged me, said Siganga, who started the back nine with three straight pars. Despite a bogey at the 13th, a double bogey at the 14th and three other bogeys at the 15th, 17th and 18th, an impressive 24 points saw him sign for a total of 40 points, to beat home players George Adongo, Georey Obuon and Raju Bhayani by one point. Adongo, like Obuon, combined 16 and 23 to take the runners-up prize, with Obuon going home with third-place honours. Bhayani carded 19 and 20 to settle for fourth place. Wyclie Nyambogo took the fth place on 38 points after beating Maurice Oduor on countback. Handicap 15 Rosemary Obara took the ladies title with a score of 34 points, while Royal Nairobis Ben Handa was the best guest with 32 points, winning ahead of yours truly who took the second prize on 27 points. Pacemaker Ramesh Karia ended up with the rst nine honours with his 20 points and taking the second nine prize was Jiten Pabari with 22 points. Speaking before the prize-giving ceremony, Kisumu County Governor Jack Ranguma said he would support eorts put in place by the Nyanza Golf Club management to improve the lake-side course and other club facilities. The governor-elect said golf was an important product in the tourism sector. One of my immediate plans towards the development of this (Kisumu) County is to partner with the management of this club to make sure that we improve and upgrade the clubs course into a full 18-hole course because it will play a key role in the County as part of tourism attraction. He thanked UAP Insurance for choosing to start its 2013 series in Kisumu. The companys managing director, James Wambugu, said Kisumu County was an important region which had contributed a great deal in the progress of the company. I was really encouraged by the turn out in todays event which shows how much you value UAP Insurance. We will continue supporting our partnership which goes back along way, said Wambugu.
Odongo second
Future plans
From left: Ugandas Timothy Toroitich, Eritreas Teklemariam Medhin, Kenyas Japhet Kipyegon Korir, Ethiopias Imane Merga and Ugandas Moses Ndiema Kipsiro compete in the senior mens race at the World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, yesterday. Kenya dominated the World Cross-Country Championships, Japhet Korir pulling o a shock victory in the mens race and Emily Chebet claiming the womens title.
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Sprint king Bolt oored over 400m in West Indies

Kingston, Jamaica
Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt, testing himself again over 400 meters, clocked 46.44secs on Saturday in a runner-up finish to Nicholas Maithland at the University of West Indies Invitational. It was the third 400m of the young season for Bolt (left), better known as the back-to-back Olympic champion in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m. Bolt , who also raced the 400m at the low-key Camperdown Classic and competed in the 4x400m relay at the Gibson Relays both in February started out well on Saturday. He led into the straight, but faded as Maithland took charge in the closing stages to win in 45.79. Im happy to nish the race injury free and looking forward to the rest of the season, Bolt said, adding that hes looking forward to his next competition, March 31 in Brazil. This will be my second time in Brazil, but this time to compete and I hope all the fans come out and support me, he said. In another heat, double Olympic sprint silver medalist Yohan Blake was also beaten, clocking 46.33secs to take second behind Allodin Fothergill (46.24). Blake, who is the reigning 100m world champion, said the run, his best over the distance, showed he is where he wants to be in the early stage of the season. I feel good to run my personal best over 400, Blake said. If the wind wasnt that strong, I would have gotten a faster time. But I still have to give good thanks. Im running some good times in the 400, so Im right where Im supposed be, said Blake, whose next outings are in Doha and Shanghai. Im just going to go back to training and prepare for those meets, he said. (AFP)
Bolt fades in race
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FORMULA ONE | Hamilton winds up third to grab his rst podium nish for Mercedes in race
Vettel snatches controversial win from Webber in Malaysia GP

World champion ignores team orders to overtake Australian on his way to his 27th win and top spot in championship standings
Seopang, Malaysia
orld champion Sebastian Vettel incensed Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber yesterday as he ignored team orders and pulled o a risky overtaking move to snatch victory in a contentious Malaysian Grand Prix. The German ace went wheel-to-wheel with Webber late in the race, earning a stern rebuke from team principal Christian Horner, before emerging in front and taking his 27th win, putting him on top of the championship standings. Afterwards, the team-mates exchanged words in the garage and Vettel apologised to a stony-faced Webber as they stood awkwardly on the victory podium. Third-placed Lewis Hamiltons rst podium for Mercedes was also tainted after team orders reining in Nico Rosberg, who appeared poised to overtake the illustrious Briton in the closing stages. Ferraris Felipe Massa nished fth, stealing the limelight from Fernando Alonso after the two-time world champion went out on the second lap with a collapsed front wing. Frances Romain Grosjean was sixth, outshining his Lotus team-mate and last weeks winner Kimi Raikkonen in seventh. Nico Hulkenberg, Sergio Perez and Jean-Eric Vergne rounded out the top 10 while McLarens Jenson Button was a late retirement. The race was preceded by a heavy shower and it ended in a stormy atmosphere in the Red Bull camp despite Vettels profuse apology to Webber. Both drivers had been told by their team to hold their positions until the end of the race to ensure the one-two nish. A heavy tropical shower in the hour before the race greased up the track to such an extent that several cars including Webbers slid o in the pre-formation drive. Massa dropped back o second place and Alonso damaged his front wing on the Red Bull of pole-sitter Vettel at an otherwise ultra-careful start. (AFP)
Results: 1. Sebastian Vettel (GER/Red Bull Racing) 2. Mark Webber (AUS/Red Bull Racing) 3. Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes) 4. Nico Rosberg (GER/Mercedes) 5. Felipe Massa (BRA/Scuderia Ferrari) 6. Romain Grosjean (FRA/Lotus) 7. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Lotus) 8. Nico Hulkenberg (GER/ Sauber) 9. Sergio Perez (MEX/McLaren Mercedes) 10. Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA/Scuderia Toro Rosso) 11. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Williams) 12. Esteban Gutierrez (MEX/Sauber) 13. Jules Bianchi (FRA/Marussia) 14. Charles Pic (FRA/Caterham) 15. Giedo van der Garde (NED/Caterham) 16. Max Chilton (GBR/Marussia) 17. Jenson Button (GBR/McLaren Mercedes) 18. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/Scuderia Toro Rosso). Driver standings: 1. Sebastian Vettel (GER) 40 pts, 2. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) 31, 3. Mark Webber (AUS) 26, 4. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) 25, 5. Felipe Massa (BRA) 22, 6. Fernando Alonso (ESP) 18, 7. Nico Rosberg (GER) 12, 8. Romain Grosjean (FRA) 9, 9. Adrian Sutil (GER) 6, 10. Paul di Resta (GBR) 4, 11. Nico Hulkenberg (GER) 4, 12. Jenson Button (GBR) 2, 13. Sergio Perez (MEX) 2, 14.
OUTSIDE EDGE | Clay Muganda
Cricketers also deserve share of limelight

here was an outpouring of emotion at the weekend which was proof that winners are loved and good performances inspire and invigorate fans who rally behind teams and inspire them to post better results. Kenyan sports fans can be very encouraging and demoralising in equal measure and this was evident mid last week when it was reported that the national football team, Harambee Stars had not been accorded good reception in Nigeria. Whether it was our very own Football Kenya Federation that had failed by not making proper travel arrangements was not the question but Kenyans went atwitter on the new media social media is too mainstream for me and spewed vitriol at Nigeria and its attendant football federation, which perceived to be the villains of the piece. We know the numerous shortcomings of our sports federations and we have witnessed the way visiting teams go through their paces, with advance parties getting here weeks before their ties for reconnaissance missions just to ensure that when their players come, everything is order and they do not have to hanker around. It all turned out comparatively well as Kenya managed to snatch a point and politicians started falling over themselves with donations for the footballers. In the meantime, all the national teams that were, or still are, posting good results out of the country were not even mentioned. One of the national sides that has received little or no mention at all is cricket which is picking up the pieces and has been putting up sterling performances in Dubai after an equally good outing in Uganda. This is not the first time that cricket is being accorded stepmotherly treatment and were it not for the development funds from the International Cricket Council, local cricket could have died a natural death because of lack of sponsors or donations from politicians. Corporate sponsors can only be sought after and it is the duty of the federation to do so, but moral support from the government should be unconditional and the sports ministry representatives should never wait for ocials to start warring for them to come in to arbitrate. Successive governments have always pledged to do more for sports, but that is where it all ends as they do not follow on their promises and this could be the reason why local federations dont act like others which ensure their teams are comfortable when they go on tours. Also, this is the reason we have set our standards so low that when we secure a draw, there is overall delirium as if we have won a major competition. If there is to be overall development in sports, the government will have to recognise all sports men and not only appreciate, but also support all disciplines equitably. claymuganda@gmail.com
Many shortcomings
Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany celebrates on the podium after winning the Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang yesterday.
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Hamilton sorry for driving into ex-employers pitstop

Sepang, Malaysia
Lewis Hamilton oered an apology to his new Mercedes team-mates yesterday after he committed the cardinal sin of driving into the wrong pitstop garage that of his ex-employer McLaren. Hamilton (left) prompted gasps and guaws when he drove up to his bemused former McLaren colleagues in his rst pitstop of the Malaysian Grand Prix, before being waved on to the Mercedes garage. And there were ironic cheers when Hamilton, a long-time McLaren employee before switching teams this season, stopped in the right place for his second pitstop. He eventually nished the race third. I just did a Jenson (Button). He did that a couple of years ago, Hamilton said. For so many years I used to drive into the McLaren pitstop and I dont know how I got it wrong, but a big apology to my team. For Button, the incident was one of the best of a race in which he botched a pitstop of his own by driving o with an unsecured wheel, and had to retire two laps from the end. That was quite funny, he said of Hamiltons mistake. Button committed a similar error at the 2011 Chinese Grand Prix. But Jenson Button shrugged o a pitstop hiccup which ruined his Malaysian Grand Prix and insisted McLaren had made great strides in improving their under-performing
Botched pitstop
car. Buttons challenge was eectively ended by the botched pitstop, when he drove o before his right front wheel had been properly attached on lap 36. But he said the race could have been interesting if he had been able to nish it. Button eventually retired on the 54th lap with vibration problems, with new team-mate Sergio Perez coming home in ninth. We had a problem with the pitstop and once you turn the car o, go back and change the wheel, youre never going to get a result, he said. We had a chance of getting a point in the end, but I was struggling with the front left. It kept locking up and it produced such a bad vibration. I think they were worried about the front left suspension because of the locking, so they called me in. (AFP)
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2014 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS | Origi, calm and composed, was rm in between the posts
Heres how the brave Stars performed

No one had given Amrouches charges any chance of survival, but they battled hard and stopped the African Champions away
BY ISAAC SWILA
iswila@ke.nationmedia.com arambee Stars went head to head with their much-fancied Nigerian opponents in world cup qualier on Saturday at the U. J Euseune stadium in Calabar. Though Stars had some big names in their roster, very few pundits gave them any realistic chances of pulling at least point. However the Adel Amrouches side rose to the challenge giving a good account of themselves by holding the African champions to a 1-1 draw thus earning the respect of Nigerians and the continent at large. Here is a critical review of the men that stood tall in Amrouches hunting mission.
Mulinge Munadi
The towering Ulinzi Stars utility defender is ageless as much as he is experienced the game. Did well in his left back frustrating Ogenyi Onazi, but will be at fault because for letting the cross comes from his cross that led to the buildup of the goal come from his territory -6.2
David Owino
At his club Gor Mahia, he is not appreciated much by the fact that he plays second ddle to Solomon Nasio. However the stout right back did his well in Calabar ensuring that Victor Moses did not do the damage. Owino however had a hard hspell in the early exchanges with Moses runs proving tiresome, but luckily for him, no damage came from his wing -6.0
Francis Kahata
The dreadlocked Thika United star proved that he can equally deliver on the big stage. His first half free kick was a gem of a goal that would have won Stars the match .He however spanned a neat chance early in the second half with just Victor Enyeama to beat after being put through by Oliech.7.8
Victor Wanyama
Big in stature and powerful on the ball, the man Scottish press like to call Victor proved just why he is Kenyas best export to Europe at the moment and why Sir. Alex Fergusson among other suitors are courting him. Very compact display and a gem in the heart of midfield .Man of the Match8.5
David Ochieng David Gateri

Picked to partner skipper Dennis Oliech in a two prong attacker, Gateri did not sparkle on Saturday and many at times was out of position when should have been high up the pitch to oer support to Oliech -6.0
Dennis Oliech
The Menace showed real leadership on the pitch. His speed caused trouble to his marker but lacked support to bury the chances. His best moment was the neat feed he made to Francis Kahata which the latter failed to convert-8.0
Brian Mandela
The lanky Sanlam Santos center half is no doubt the new key man in Stars central defense. He formed a solid defense that withstood most of thev Super Eagles attacks and literally refused to crumble amid pressure -7.2
Jamal mohammed
Brought on board due to his creativity and ideally should have unlocked the opposition but failed miserably. His in ability to initiate attacks made Kenya to be on the back foot for most spell of the game. Flop of the match 4.4
Johana Omollo
The Belgium based attacking midfielders talent has never been in doubt. But on Saturday he blew both hot and cold. Failed to hold onto crucial balls losing possessions to opponents at ease- 5.2 The 27 year old shot stopper has time and again proved to the safest pair of hands between Kenyas sticks and Saturday was no dierent. He kept the prowling Nigerian attackers at bay before letting Nnamdi Oduamadi rock buster deny Stars maximum points .Was meticulous and composed though-7.5
Whatever the word Cheche means, the Tusker FC newest kid on the block continues to flourish. In this match he once again proved his doubters forming a good understanding with Brian Mandel as they gave Nigerian attackers hard time 7.0
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Kanu: Kenya deserved the draw with us

BY ODINDO AYIEKO
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DARE TO DREAM | Kenya coach Adel Amrouche wanted his players to enjoy themselves on the eld
Against huge odds Stars stun

I couldnt believe I was watching Harambee Stars. I liked Wanyama, Oliech and especially our goal
BY ROY GACHUHI
gachuhiroy@gmail.com am scared of the feelings coursing through my bones. I am scared because I have not felt this way for decades. I am scared because it could all end in the familiar disappointment. But hard as I try, for the last several hours since the last whistle blew, this stubborn feeling has not gone away. Imagine this: I am daring to hope. Harambee Stars drew 1-1 with Nigeria in Calabar. Nigeria equalised in the dying seconds of added time. I am daring to hope. I have watched Harambee Stars versus the Super Eagles since 1978. At the City Stadium in 1980, I watched Stephen Keshi, captain of the then Green Eagles, launch a terrifying free kick from 25 metres out which Mahmoud Abbas stopped with both hands and then mysteriously let in the ball. When I later asked Abbas to explain himself, he said: Bwana, mimi nakwambia, nilisikia magoti yamekwisha nguvu kabisaaaa...! (Buddy, I am telling you, I felt my knees turn to jelly....! Wow! The impact was on the hands but the eect was on the knees. Truly mysterious. On Saturday, Keshi, Big Boss as they call him, chewed gum that could have stretched several kilometres if the movement of his jaws was arranged end to end. His African champions were frustrated by Harambee Stars. Victor Moses, he of the superlative appetite in the Nations Cup in January, was going nowhere. I couldnt believe I was watching Harambee Stars. I liked Victor Wanyama. I liked Denis Oliech. I especially liked the delicious free kick goal. And most of all, I liked Adel Amrouche. When he came, he said many things. But what stood out for me was his statement that he wanted his players to enjoy themselves. He wanted them to be happy. Football fans of my generation easily recall the father of this philosophy. It was Tele Santana, the Brazilian coach who put together Zico, Falcao, Socrates, Junior, Toninho Cerezo and Eder in 1982. That was the best team never to win the World Cup. Santana said to Brazil: Go out and enjoy yourselves. Be happy. Socrates, before his death, wrote a book about this. He remains one of world footballs iconic captains. Oh, Amrouche, your passion! I cursed when they showed you the red card. I am daring to hope. I really liked what I saw. It has been ages since I hoped for Harambee Stars. Before the match, I received an email from Abdul Yusuf, a Kenyan living in Germany. He wrote that Bernhard Zgolls 85-yearold widow told him that the father of our Olympic Youth Centres, who died in 2002, left this world still believing that Kenya was destined for football greatness. He told me he was on his way to see her, to pay tribute to her husband who would have been 86 today and thank her for
IN CALABAR, NIGERIA
Nigerians woke up to the realization that Kenya they had been held to a home by perceived minnows Kenya in an World Cup qualier. Nigerias great Nwankwo Kanu said their team was not at its best on the day and accepted they may have been lucky in the game whose ociating was questionable. Kenya led throughout the game until the nal two minutes of added time when substitute Nnamdi Oduamadi latched on to a ball in the box to score the equalizer. Said Nwankwo: We were so much under pressure. I think we did not play to our best and kudos to the Kenyan team. They gave so much and they deserve the draw. Kenyas condence refused to budge despite the introduction of Ahmed Musa for Obafemi Martins, Nnamdi Oduamadi for Sunday Mba and John Ugochukwu for Victor Moses. Nigeria had their big boys in the squad - John Mikel Obi, Victor Moses, Obafemi Martins, Vincent Enyeama yet they could not break the resolve of the Kenyan side captained by Dennis Oliech. The Nigerians dominated play. They had three quarters of the possession yet the Kenya defence was at its best. David Owino never allowed Victor Moses any space forcing Moses to shift wings, where he found hard-as-nails Mulinge Munandi. In the end he was so ineffective, he was substituted. Obafemi Martins, scorer of great goals in Europe, was expected to be the master assassin. He was the chief attacker but Kenya had Brian Mandela and David Ochieng - unknown players in African football to stop him. Nigerian fans started streaming out of the stadium at the 90th minute. They knew all was over. The referee gave them respite as he added ve minutes of play. It was their experience that counted. One nal attack brought them the goal they so desired and one all it ended.
Big boys in squad
Delicious free kick
Chance to rewrite history
Nigerians celebrated as if it was a win for them. Kenya lost a chance to rewrite history by becoming the rst foreign side to win in Nigeria in over three decades. Yet, in the draw the Harambee Stars had actually made their own history. Kenya had never picked a point away in Nigeria. Kenya and Nigeria meet again in June. The Nigerians say they will be coming to Nairobi to revenge, Kenya coach Adel Amrouche, who was questionably ejected o the touchline, said he will have to build a stronger team for the June show down. Great game it was. We have shown the world we can match big teams. Now we want to build from that game and ght for a ticket to the World Cup. Anything is possible.
If it is a dream, dont wake me up; if it is a lie, dont tell me the truth.

Lucky Dube, reggae musician
Top: Kenyas David Gateri (centre) vies for the ball with Nigerias Godfrey Oboabona (left) and Elderson Echiejile during their Fifa 2014 World Cup qualifying match on Saturday. They drew 1 - 1. Above: Nigerias John Mikel Obi (left) reacts as Kenyas Mulinge Ndeto kicks the ball during the match.
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what Zgoll did for Kenya. I have long wallowed in despair at our football managements cluelessness. They forgot Zgoll. They try to climb the tree from the top. They try to develop the game from the level of Harambee Stars where in fact it should be ending. They have no youth programme. Kinah Phiri of Malawi, the Electric Striker that I covered in the early 1980s, told me of Kenya: Even if they bring Sir Alec Ferguson, he wont succeed. I dropped my pen and stared blankly at the hotel swimming pool at this one. And Kinah is our friend. But I am daring to hope, scared though I am. I dont know what will happen next. I am holding on to the lyrics of Lucky Dube
No youth programme
If it is a dream, dont wake me up; if it is a lie, dont tell me the truth... I was really carried away by Harambee Stars performance. I hope it lasts. It was my sad fate to be born in a country that sickly worships tribalism. So, let me fall into line. For this moment only, not knowing what the future holds, let me proudly and loudly announce that Adel Amrouche is my tribesman. One of our own is at the helm of Harambee Stars so I am sure my tribe is going to eat. We almost ate Nigeria on Saturday. We shall eat them when they come here. With Amrouche, he who believes in happiness, who knows, it could be our turn to eat. Thank you. (Roy Gachuhi, a former Nation Media Group sports reporter, writes for The Content House. gachuhiroy@gmail.com)
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Nigeria and ignite spark of hope

Many armchair fans were convinced that poor Kenya would be slaughtered in Calabar
BY MOSES OJUANG
mojuang@yahoo.co.uk onfound them! Just who do they think they are? Patience has laboured our souls for long and for once, we gave them a real scare. Those armchair supporters who were already convinced we shall be whipped not less than four or ve times should hold their manhood cheap! The Green Eagles survived narrowly and they must be thankful for that. Since the Harambee stars arrived in Nigeria, the loud Kenyans on social media really decried the treatment meted out on them. If that was Nigerian hospitality, then we must redene what the term hospitality means. The ground they were allocated for training was the type you nd in forlorn areas of our villes where grass is a foreign word. Where they slept, we shall skip in fear of setting patriotic passions on high. One only hopes they will be repaid in kind if they do not know how well we cut corners too. It was amazing. Many years have passed in which they have beaten us by up to three goals in every match. And God knows they must have gotten so used to it that they came knowing they were the better side. They were not. I watched Nigeria beat hapless Kenyans back in 1988 at the African cup of nations and it really hurt my feelings. They were wearing white uniforms and they ran round our players as if we were atfooted. It was horrible for us young boys then. In those days, they were just known as the Green Eagles. Successive wins in their career turned them into the Flying Eagles which was bearable to many. When they won the Olympic gold medal in 1996, their famed ego bordering on delusion was inamed to amazing proportions and they immediately metamorphosed into the Super Eagles . They were the rst African team to win the Olympic gold medal in football and that was a plus to Africa. It was joy and I remember us dancing and shouting so loudly for them at Vibe Star Club in Thika on a very cold night. The tendency to praise themselves was lost to us while we celebrated African victory. A year later, they came to Kenya for a 1998 World Cup qualier. Harambee stars held them one all at Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani. The match realised a record attendance that I dont remember ever being surpassed. The doubting Kenyans were said to have thronged the stands just to watch the Super Eagles. The Nigerians later complained about the bumpy ground that interfered with their play. On the return leg at Lagos Sulurele Stadium, we watched the match on local TV via a signal from Nigeria that also carried commentary done by the west Africans and clearly meant for their audience. Kenya is well known in long distance running, but this is a dierent ball-game, started the commentator. Horombe Stars are used to their
bompy grond at Kasarani...they are overwhelmed by the Surulere Stadium, came another comment. Kenya has a few players who play in obscure leagues in the Middle East...they cannot compete against the star-studded Super Eagles, . Now this was ego at its best. That man behind those words didnt even know the names of Kenyan players and he annoyingly commentated: There goes another Horombe Stars player...but he is stopped by Taribo West!...you can depend on him anytime. It was 90 long minutes of insults and embarrassment and Harambee Stars fell three nil. The commentators voice still lingers in my mind with his last shout at the end of the match: France 98 here we coooom! Ironically, we had locked out Guinea when we beat them one nil at Kasarani. The Super Eagles went to the World Cup where they reached the second round. They could have changed their name to Space Eagles to massage their ego had they advanced. Last Saturday, they were so sure of making mince meat out of Kenya but it went awry fro them. They looked down and out and just when their frustration was reaching fever pitch they got a fortuitous goal that calmed the ire of the silenced fans. And boy, how they celebrated scoring an equalizing goal against us minnows Kenya, who were never given an iota of a chance in this match. You could have thought Nigeria had won the World Cup. Soon these foes shall come to Kenya and they should be shown hospitality commensurate with their idea of it. They should land in Nairobi three days before the match and a sleek bus be oered to take them somewhere to the east of Tom Mboya Street in Nairobi. The ner things of the citys night life should be unleashed on them in copious and unlimited amounts. And instead of taking them to a primary school and booking them in a sub-standard three star accommodation, we should give them the best on oer that part of town. If we treat them this well, they will have no reason to complain and when we beat them, the world will be watching.
Group F still open at halfway stage

BY DAVID KWALIMWA
dkwalimwa@ke.nationmedia.com Harambee Stars are still placed bottom of Group F in the ongoing World Cup qualiers despite the surprise 1-1 draw registered away to Nigeria on Saturday. That result, coupled with a solitary goal win by Malawi over hosts Namibia in Windhoek, means that Kenya are placed last in the Group after scooping two points from three games. At the halfway stage of the qualiers, Nigeria and Malawi are joint top of the group standings three points above Kenya, while Nambia are third with three points. Only the top placed teams in the 10 African qualifying groups will proceed to the next phase, which will involve a play-o, that determines which ve nations represent the continent at the 2014 Fifa World Cup. Kenyas three remaining xtures are at home to Nigeria and Namibia, plus away to bogey side Malawi. Harambee Stars need maximum points from this three engagements to stand a chance of topping Group F. Judging from the proceedings in Calabar, the task ahead is dicult but not impossible. The match that marked coach Adel Amrouches debut at the dugout, Kenya against all odds, held their nerve against the reigning African champions and former Olympic winners. So tight were the proceedings that the Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi had to replace his striking duo that included Sunday Mba who scored the winning goal at this years African Cup of Nations and former Inter Milan and Newcastle attacker Obafemi Martins. In mideld, the duo of Victor Wanyama and Belgium-based midelder Johanna Omollo held their nerve for the entire game and restricted the English-based duo of John Obi Mikel and Victor Moses at bay. CSKA Moscow forward Ahmed Musa, who had promised to heap misery on the Kenyans before the duel, came on as a second half substitute but barely managed a shot on target. Upfront, captain Dennis Oliech provided the killer pass that forced a Nigerian defender to bring down Gateri and in the process provide that perfect free kick for Francis Kahata. Oliech was at it again in the nal 10 minutes, as his through ball had Kahata on goal but the Thika United ued his chance with only Vincent Enyeama to beat. All the 14 gladiators deserve praise for repaying the shabby reception accorded to the team upon arrival in Lagos and giving Kenya the bragging rights over the west African nation for the rst time in history. And nally coach Adel Amrouche deserves the man of the match award. The Belgian mastermind, appointed only last month delivered on his debut. I am here to place Kenya rightfully on the football match and improve the lives of the players. Amrouche said during his unveiling.
France here we come
Scored winning goal
Ran round our players
Kenyas Johanna Ochieng (right) vies for the ball with Nigerias Ideye Brown. Below: Kenyas Jamal Mohamed (right) vies for the ball with Victor Moses.
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1963 senators to attend opening

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Six of the men that sat in House at independence to grace ceremony

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he surviving six members of Kenyas independence Senate have been invited to the opening ceremony of the new House created by the Constitution adopted in August 2010. Clerk of the Senate Jeremiah Nyegenye has sent out invitations to the six; Mr Philip Toikam Lemein from Narok, Mr M. A. Msallam from Lamu, Mr Julius Muthamia from Meru, Mr William Rotich from Baringo, Mr G.N. Kalya from Nandi and Mr Nathan Munoko from Bungoma. All but Mr Munoko were certain they would attend Thursday mornings ceremony at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre, where the 67-member House will be meeting until its chambers at Parliament
Buildings are complete. Mr Nyegenye added that the senators-elect have been invited for a briefing this morning in Nairobi. The ceremony will take place at KICCs amphitheatre. The rst sitting of the Senate and the National Assembly will likely be dominated by the elections of the speakers and deputy speakers, which are expected to become an extension of the contest between the two main coalitions. The Speakers are considered important because they are the political heads of the Houses they lead and the Legislature, one of the three arms of government. By yesterday, six candidates had picked the nomination forms for Senate Speaker. HISTORY
Mr Justin Muturi
They are old hands Ekwee Ethuro, Francis ole Kaparo and Farah Maalim plus outsiders Eric Omondi, Josephat Orangi and Jane Mwihaki Githaiga. For Deputy Speaker, ve
Mr Abdikadir Mohammed
candidates have picked the forms. They are Kembi Gitura (Muranga Senator-elect), Peter ole Mositet (Kajiado Senator-elect, Wilfred Machage (Migori Senator-elect), Martha Wangari (UDF Nominated Senator-elect) and Paul Wamatangi (Kiambu Senator-elect). Seven new faces in the political scene have expressed interest in the Speaker of the National Assembly post, creating a crowded eld of eight for the coveted seat. The seven are Mr Migudo Winja, Mr Machana Ontiri, Mr Harrison Wangoro, Mr Jacob Kithinji, Mr Amos Otieno, Mr Alex Otunga and Mr Koech Cosmas.
Mr Kenneth Marende
Going by the game of numbers, the contest is expected to be between Mr Justin Muturi, Garissa Town MP Aden Duale and Mr Abdikadir Mohamed. A mix-up in the graphic on the front page of the Sunday Nation wrongly suggested, that the three want to become Speaker of the Senate. For Deputy Speaker, Dr Joyce Laboso and Mr Daniel Maanzo have expressed interest. Jubilee will decide at their party caucus in Naivasha tomorrow who to give the position of Majority Leader in both Houses. Cord will have a similar strategy meeting at a Nairobi hotel.
Second time Senate will sit

Independence: The Constitution drafted at the second Lancaster House Constitutional Conference in February created the Senate and the House of Representatives. Numbers: The Senate then had 41 Senators, who had been elected to represent the districts at that time. Dissolution: This arrangement lasted for four years until 1966, when the House of Representatives and the Senate merged.
Kenya set for key role in renewable energy drive

BY NATION REPORTER
Kenya could become a manufacturing hub for East Africa in the production of renewable technology components, a study shows. The comprehensive study conducted by the World Future Council and the Heinrich Bll Foundation, shows that Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff policies (REFiT) are a promising mechanism to unlock renewable energy development in Africa. The policies encourage investment in the generation of renewable energy from individual home owners and communities as well as companies by guaranteeing to buy all the electricity produced from renewable sources. The report provides an in-depth analysis of existing and proposed renewable energy policies in 13 African countries: Algeria, Botswana, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda. The case studies examine the factors driving each policy and the socio-economic eects of renewable energy technologies as well as presenting prerequisites for their eective implementation. The study clearly shows that, when tailored to local conditions, REFiT policies successfully increase energy production of areas both on and o the electricity grid. Moreover, the decentralised nature of these technologies provides the opportunity to revitalise local democracy and self-governance by allowing for alternative models of ownership and governance. Mr Ansgar Kiene, director of WFC Africa, said at the launch of the report in South Africa at the weekend: Kenya is one of the REFiT pioneers in Africa having already introduced this policy in 2008.
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PATRICK SHAW
Was Kenyas most dreaded police hitman a law enforcer or an institutionalised criminal?
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Patrick Shaw was enlisted as a police reservist in 1959 before joing Starehe Boys Centre as an administrator. DAVID SMITH tells the story of a man it took, in the words of Georey Grin, lots of patience to appreciate
Investigating Patrick Shaw, Kenyas most dreaded cop

am looking for articles on Patrick David Shaw, I said, replying to a question from a librarian in the basement of Nairobis Macmillan Library. The librarians jaw dropped. Why are you interested in such a man? he asked. I had spent several Saturdays nding old Standard and Nation newspapers in the disarray of stacks in the basement of the library and had pored over articles from the 1970s and 1980s about the man known as Romeo 9 and The Crime Buster , one of the worlds most infamous lawmen. I dont know, I replied. I guess I just wanted to nd out if the stories Ive heard about Patrick Shaw were true. Did you ever see him in action? Yes, the librarian said. It was in 1985. In those days, Nairobi was very dierent. Armed bank robberies took place in broad daylight. There were so many gangsters and criminals. He recounted how he witnessed a robbery one afternoon across the street from the library at the Bank of India. Three armed men, brandishing weapons, made o with a trunk of cash. As the getaway car pulled away, an enormous white man pulled up in a white Volvo before any police could intervene and gave chase. He eventually caught up with the three robbers in Westlands, the librarian said. Then what happened? I asked. With a quick shrug of his shoulders and a quaint smirk, he replied nonchalantly: Shaw shot them all down thats usually how the stories end. Those who lived in Nairobi during the 1970s and 1980s will remember Patrick David Shaw, Kenyas largerthan-life lawman who served as an administrator at Starehe Boys Centre and patrolled the streets of Nairobi through the night. His life and identity 24 years after his death are laced with legends and tales of heroism and brutality. Unlike the tales of outlaws and lawmen of lore, the witnesses who saw Shaw in action are still living and the tales recounted are stranger than ction. A member of the Kenya Police Re-
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serve, Shaw was an intimidating man, standing six feet tall and weighing in at over 300 pounds (about 136 kilogrammes). He rarely slept, suering from a glandular disorder, choosing instead to spend his free time patrolling the streets of Nairobi in a white Volvo, hunting down criminals. He killed Nairobis most notorious gangsters and hundreds of others. He was probably the most prolic, if not the most unorthodox, lawman that ever lived. Born in 1936 in London, Patrick David Shaw was the son of a prominent doctor who died of tuberculosis when Shaw was very young. He never really knew his father, but he was very close to his mother and wrote to her every week, his sister recounts. In school he was brutally teased because of his weight and entered a life of mischief, always getting into trouble. He was never fond of school, his sister added, but had a tremendous sense of justice. It was the teasing at school that inuenced the Shaw that Nairobi later came to know. In the years that Shaw served as an administrator, Starehe was known for having zero tolerance to bullying. In the summer of 1955, at the age of 19, Shaw came to Kenya and worked as an agricultural ocer stationed in and around the Rift Valley and served as the leader of the Young Farmers Club. In those days he was known for being kind but mischievous. He would organise outings for us to agricultural shows and even allowed us to drive his tractor, a former Young Farmers Club member and student of Loreto Convent in Eldoret stated. It was all in good fun. After joining Kenyas police reserve in 1959, Shaw eventually moved to Nairobi where he worked for St John Ambulance and later Starehe Boys Centre as a school administrator. (Word has it that he was red from St John for driving an ambulance without authorisation and then crashing the vehicle). Shaw worked at Starehe with Geoffrey Griffin, founder and former director, and the two became close colleagues. He eventually became an administrator for the school, his salary sponsored with funds from Save the Children. He used much of his salary on the children, taking them to agricultural shows and the Nairobi National Park, among other outings. Though strict, he was very generous to us, one former student recounted. He would pick up ve of us in his Volvo and take us to the
He would pick up ve of us in his Volvo and take us to the Nairobi National Park. Before reaching the entrance a few of us would have to get out and hide in the trunk so Shaw wouldnt have to pay our entrance fees. Hed drive a way out of sight of the askaris before letting us out.
Nairobi National Park. Before reaching the entrance, a few of us would have to get out and hide in the trunk so Shaw wouldnt have to pay our entrance fees. Hed drive a way out of sight of the askaris before letting us out. After the safari, Shaw would pull over before the exit and have the same number of boys get back in the trunk but never the same boys that he put in while entering. Some of the students were referred to as Shaws Boys students he would cater to and also use as spies. He would take us to the of Eastleigh and Kibera and ask us to spy for him in the bars and restaurants, one of those boys, now all grown up, remembers. We would then report back and if the ID was positive, he would call in the reserves and surround the place. Pat Shaw always travelled in a Volvo,
which, like his weight, shooting, and running ability and intelligence, became an embodiment of his persona. It is said that the Volvo had been modied especially for him. It had a custom seat that he could lie back in, was tted with a CB radio and a blue rooftop light. It was in his car that he spent most of his time in the evenings, reading FBI manuals, memorising photos of wanted criminals, and occasionally sleeping. Shaw spent most of his spare time driving around the worst neighbourhoods looking for criminals and maintaining an aura of omnipresence in the criminal world. Despite his huge size, colleagues and witnesses described him as being lightening fast on his feet and able to run down and tackle suspects. When arriving at the scene of a robbery, his Volvo would be met by cheering crowds. On other occasions, though, those crowds would scatter in fear. He was also known for having a tremendous shot, able to shoot on point and from long distances. He would actually count the number of shots the thug would re, one former student of Starehe told me. He would wait for six rounds to go o, then go in for the kill. Like other folk heroes, Shaw was also seen by Nairobis populace as having supernatural powers and abilities.
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OFF THE STREETS
Hitmans role in building the enduring legacy of Starehe

Roger Martin, a former Starehe head and author of the book Anthem of Bugles, recounts that when the famous Brazilian Footballer Pele came to Kenya in 1976, Patrick Shaw had organised the Starehe Centres rst and second XI students to go to Jamhuri Park to watch a training demonstration. After a disagreement between Kenyas Football Federation and Peles sponsors, the demonstration was cancelled, leaving the boys, Pele, and the crowd of 12,000 high and dry. Seizing the opportunity, Shaw rushed the boys back to change into their uniforms and stand in for the missing teams. Impressed, Pele visited Starehe the next day to present a silver cup to the students and put on a dribbling show. Before boarding his plane back to Brazil, Pele cut a $5,000 (Sh425,000) cheque for Starehe. A man of determination is how Georey Grin, Starehes founder and former director, described Patrick Shaw. He knew where he wanted to go and took the shortest possible route to get there, Grin added. It was in 1962, while on a tour in London to promote Starehes Youth-Helps-Youth campaign, that Grin recounts rst meeting Shaw. Previously while on police patrol, Shaw had occasionally stopped his car outside the centre to observe the activities. While on leave back home in London, Shaw read about what the London press dubbed the Sunshine Kids and in turn made a call to Grins hotel room to request if he could assist. Grin obliged and Shaw acted as an escort for the remainder of the London visit. Martin references that upon his return to Kenya, Shaw began to volunteer more for Starehe and eventually took up the chairmanship of the house committee, which was informally responsible for the fundraising activities. Shaw resigned from the agricultural service in 1965 and when Grin offered him a position as administrative ocer, at a very modest salary, he accepted. The two went on to become close colleagues and friends a relationship that would last for nearly three decades. In 1969, Shaw rose to the ranks of assistant director in charge of administration. Martin described Shaw as someone who brought a willingness to shoulder any and every responsibility, and a meticulous attention to detail which were to prove of enormous value above all his skilfull supervision of all the centres building operations. In his autobiography, narrated by Yusuf Kingala, Grin details that if Shaw found a newly constructed wall that did not meet his approval, he would simply lean his massive weight on the side until it tumbled, and in turn, command the poor mason to rebuild it up to his specication. He lived in a bungalow on the centres grounds, carrying his gun and a crackling hand CB radio wherever he went. Due to his work with the police and his deep-seated commitment to respond to all incidents, whether during working hours or not, some felt that his work at Starehe was neglected. Grin described Shaw as someone who never left his oce until 8.30pm and could not understand the concept of what mere mortals termed a holiday. He would occasionally spend a month or two visiting Britain, Denmark, Sweden, and Austria, seeing his family, renewing friendships, Grin recounted, but still spending most of his time in actively raising help for Starehe. Shaw was also responsible for managing the extracurricular activities at the school, including the schools re-ghting squad. During one drill, Kingala alleges that Shaw directed the students to hose a British volunteer walking through the grounds (the two were not particularly fond of each other). When the volunteer demanded that Grin make Shaw apologise for his action, threatening to resign, Grin did not budge, citing the incident as minor and his rant as a storm in a cup of tea. In the end the volunteer left. It was not the only altercation Shaw had with a volunteer. One former UK volunteer, serving as a chemistry teacher, became fond of disciplining students by spraying a re extinguisher in class. Kingala reminisces that he would warn students show me your prep or Ill have Mr Shaw sit on you Shaw earlier complained to Roger Martin that each time a re extinguisher was used on
Top: Patrick Shaw (at the back) during his days as an administrator at Starehe Boys Centre. Inspired: Some of Starehes former pupils are among Nairobis most senior ocers.
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He was like an angel, a taxi driver told me one day. He never forgot a face and knew where to nd all the criminals. Legend has it that criminals who came face to face with Shaw were so overcome with fear that their guns would drop from their hands. He was always the rst to arrive on the scene of a crime he was everywhere, one shopkeeper told me. Wherever he drove his Volvo, criminals would take refuge. I remember when Shaw came on the scene crime dropped substantially. Shaw would always be the rst to enter a building where criminals were holed up, or the rst to enter after a bomb threat was given. He would take his Volvo into the most dangerous places at night, like River Road, one woman remembers, where the normal police force wouldnt dare to venture.
425,00o
Amount in Kenya shillings that football legend Pele donated to Starehe Boys Centre, thanks mainly to Patrick Shaw and students under his charge.
a student for disciplinary purposes, it cost the centre Sh104 to replace the valve. Perhaps you will request him not to do this in the future, he sarcastically suggested in a memo. The volunteer, in a farewell speech at the nal assembly, brazenly insulted the educational methods of Starehe (before ending with a jab at Shaw himself by thanking him from the heart of his bottom. Not amused, Shaw ensured that the volunteer was detained at the airport on suspicion that he was carrying game trophies on the way back to England. Shaw would also incorporate the help of the students in managing the Agricultural Society of Kenya shows in Nairobi and occasionally took them overseas for fundraising and promotion of the centre. Like the experiences with the Young Farmers Club, Shaw let the students get away with quite a bit even allowing the boys to briey y the plane. In one dramatic incident, a disorderly boy had punched a prefect, then tried to escape by feigning insanity to avoid being caned. He quickly crept under a building to block the director and administrator from reaching him. Attempts to ush him out were met with stone missiles. As darkness approached the incident evolved into a veritable crisis. As a resolution, Shaw suggested employing the help of the citys re brigade to ush the boy out with a jet of water. Luckily, Grin vetoed him (Kingala). Later, three students armed with garbage can lids as shields were sent to overpower and tie him up with a rope so he could be dragged out. Frequently, and allegedly at the displeasure of Grin, Shaw would at time take students with him on his nightly police patrols. In one instance, with the help of two boys, Shaw took down a street thief. The three were later presented with a Guinness Stout Award for Courage. Kennedy Hondo, a former assistant to Grin, recounts that on one evening in 1977 in Embakasi, Shaw with the help of three students and the police rescued a man stranded on a tree during a ood. A couple of weeks later near Nairobi West shopping centre, Shaw and a group of students rescued two Asian youths trapped on top of a car that had been washed 200 yards down the road a boy was enlisted to swim out to the vehicle with a rope. Street boys, also known as parking boys, were used as spies in his network and many were brought into the centre to be reformed. Besides using them to assist him in his police work and as spies, Shaw would encourage suitable students to enlist in the police, especially those who did not qualify for college. These former students would become integrated into the Nairobis Flying Police or nicknamed Mr Shaws Flying School. David Smith is researching the life of Patrick David Shaw. If the public wishes to share any information, stories or anecdotes on his life (as an agricultural ocer, administrator at Starehe, and police reservist) or of the real-life characters covered in this story, please email david_smith_ 247@yahoo.com . The identities of sources will be kept anonymous and in strict condence.
Tomorrow: The day Patrick Shaw gunned down Nairobis most infamous gangster, Nicholas Mwea, alias Wakinyonga
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A NOT-SO-LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
DAILY NATION Monday, January 11, 2010
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Geneva just ran away from the Olympics. So should we

It is news that did not surprise me at all. Citizens of a town in Switzerland voted against hosting the Olympics. It was only the mini version of the games the Winter Olympics and in 2022, but still they did not want them. The headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is in Geneva, Switzerland, and you would assume that the committee would be eager to bring the Olympics back home. I do not suspect that the IOC is domiciled in Switzerland because of the countrys stunning mountain views, but because of its laissez-faire attitude towards tax and bribery. Little wonder, then, that the IOC and FIFA choose to declare their prots in Swiss francs. In the past, IOC has been embroiled in previous bribery scandals (the 2002 Winter Olympics), but not as prolically as FIFA. Switzerland should host the Olympics and I mean the real one, not the ice games because, after all, it can aord to. It last hosted the Winter Olympics six decades ago. The country has a vibrant and extensive heavy industrial centre that manufactures chemicals. It also famously sits atop vaults clotted with more blood money than anyone else ever in the history of the world. So, it really owes the world a favour. Hosting the games would be the rst step in its rehabilitation. Why does Switzerland not want all those rumoured economic and cultural benets that come with hosting the Olympics? Talking of an Olympic legacy is hyperbole. The gigantism of the games makes them a bad idea for the environment and any one countrys economy, let alone a city. Initial estimates of holding the games always end up tripling. It has no economic benet to the hosts, has terrible environmental impact and passing out parades that remind you of North Korea. Kenyan leaders have in the past expressed their wish to have the country host the games, ignoring the massive cost required to pull it o. You should notice the language used to describe Olympic benets. They say the benets trickle down. The metaphor is not one of a gushing waterfall but a leaky tap. You would be mad to expect much benet downstream. Britain held the Olympics under a regime committed to austerity measures. They are now in a recession. Greece is still recovering from the Athens 2004 Games. The Olympics are a big party to sell fast food, hideous unnecessary junk, and sugary drinks that should be left to fossilrich Middle Eastern efdoms that want to launder their human rights records and make themselves seem acceptable on the world stage. Even the IOCs home country does not want to host the Olympics. Olympics are purely for export. The Swiss are not stupid enough to hold them in their own backyard.
Are these pollsters or tricksters?

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s we perform the post mortem of the recently concluded elections, many people wonder whether the opinion polls were wrong. The polls predicted a nail-biting race that would end up in a run-o. We were bombarded from all sides with analyses claiming that even miniature utters on the campaign trail are traceable by opinion pollsters spectrographs. The results were clearly beyond the range of most margins of error of polls that were at +/-3 per cent, showing that, according to the final tally, the opinion pollsters were dangerously out of step with the public. A few were agnostic to the opinion polls. In fact, many people never believed that opinion polls were hewn from fact. They always speculated that polls were unduly inuenced by political parties and that there was a silent majority that was not captured in the polls that could change the outcome. The government spokesman perhaps expressed this common view best. Muthui Kariuki, in article in an article in The Star, said that opinion polls were deeply flawed. He questioned the methodology, credentials, and integrity of the pollsters. He also recommended that the sector be professionalised to ush out all manner of quacks and would-be fortune tellers, terming the practitioners as patently fraudulent. Muthui concluded that pollsters were participating in advance psychological rigging of the next presidential polls. Tom Wolf of Ipsos Synovate mentioned once in a television interview before the election that he estimates that close to 30 per cent of all those interviewed in the polls were lying. Either they were not potential voters or would not vote in the way they say they would. His interviewer bless her soul who is apparently unburdened by the journalistic virtues of intellectual curiosity, never called upon Mr Wolf to clarify this. Face to face polls carried out during the day in households fail to factor in people who go to work. Polls conducted at night are
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JUST (NOT) IN TIME

There were tales of the astonishing speed with which Japan rebuilt infrastructure decimated by a powerful earthquake. Before-andafter pictures show a road that was shredded by an earthquake and remade in just six days. The Japanese have a reputation as Stakhanovite workers who put the collective good above individualism and with their Just In Time eciency strategies. I know that Just In Time eciency strategies were made in Japan because they made it to our secondary school history text books. The Japanese have completed the Namanga-Arusha highway. They are slated to build the Dongo-Kundu bypass in Mombasa. Japans altruism has been particularly pronounced in the roads and motorways sector, which I am sure is not entirely unrelated to the fact that they have such a large motor vehicle manufacturing industry. More roads would equal more space for the Toyotas in front of you. Made in Japan is a byword for eciency, discipline, timeliness, and high quality nish. Tokyo has over 12.8 million people and still somehow manages to work. The Japanese Shinkansen train was late by a total of only 0.6 seconds in 2010. Once, when the trains were late by 42 seconds due to a typhoon, it was thought of as a disgrace. The Japanese are serious about keeping time and it has helped make them a major industrial power worldwide. However, a Japanese rm has been tasked with constructing Westlands Ring Road. The completion date is listed as March 15, 2013. But construction is still ongoing. It does not look like the road will be ready by April 1 to my beady untrained eye. Perhaps that legendary Just In Time eciency got lost in translation on the way to Kenya.
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Opinion polls can end up with accidental biases in the sample even from the best intentioned men. But we have to admit that the elections were less than perfect in their conduct
likely to be met with hostility and miss out on the various denizens who congregate in bars. In his book How to Lie with Statitistics, Darrell Huff talks about the perils of opinion polling. He gives one instance where a study asked respondents what magazine they read at home. The results showed that many more people in America read Harper s (a high-brow politics and literature magazine) as compared to True Story ( a tabloid.) However, the monthly circulation gures said something else. Harpers had a readership in the hundreds of thousands. True Story sold millions monthly. So it was suggested by some that the most competent way to look at the voting in this election was not to ask voters their choice, but to look at their tribe. An insidious piece of agitprop disseminated in the media purported that tribe was the sole consideration in voting practices in the nation. It has largely been proven true. The pollsters were not entirely sure of how the wind would blow. The referendum polling could not be considered because it was not as fractious and did not inspire the passions a presidential election is bound to. It shows just how jaundiced our politics can be when our presidential
elections elicit more passion than a referendum on the Constitution. But, before condemning the pollsters, we should inquire why all three major rms gave the same close results but got it so disastrously wrong. Let us look at the side of the pollsters. The average time it took to vote was upward of three hours. The heat on March 4 was close to 30 degrees. The disorganisation, equipment failure, and other challenges experienced on election day aggravated the electorate. The opinion polls conducted by rms seemed to assume that voting will be a friction-free process. It was not. A complacency of IEBC commissioners (or is it a dereliction of IEBC commissioners? we should ask Philip Ochieng what the collective noun for IEBC commissioners is) presided over an election where nearly all security equipment failed. The biometric voter registration (BVR) and identication (BVI) kits were meant to ensure that repeat voting and garden variety electoral malpractices were impossible. The electronic tallying of votes, which was meant to add another tier of security to the results, went rogue.
The IEBC seemed to be caught off-guard by the high voter turnout and this lengthened the entire voting procedure. Samuel Johnson said that round numbers are always false. Round numbers always look as if they have been simplied for the benet of the innumerate. The number 10 and its multiples appeal to us because of our counting system that is in part based on the number of ngers we have. Reverting to manual tallying of results instead of using both electronic and manual tallying was bound to raise questions from the losing side. IEBC, despite spending billions of tax payers money, fell short of our collective expectations. Opinion polls can end up with accidental biases in the sample even from the best intentioned practitioners. But we have to admit that the elections were less than perfect in their conduct. In the meantime, as we ponder whether opinion polls were right or wrong, maybe the polling companies could give us an opinion poll on whether we trust opinion polls. Is he right? Send your comments to dn2@ke.nationmedia .com . Follow the online discussion at www.nation.co.ke/dn2
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My name is not my tribe
REDEFINING ETIQUETTE the digital way

Some people are so rude. Really, who sends an email or text message that just says Thank you? Who leaves a voice mail message when you do not answer, rather than texting you? Who asks for a fact easily found on Google? Dont these people realise that they are wasting your time? Of course some people might think me the rude one for not appreciating lifes little courtesies. But many social norms just do not make sense to people drowning in digital communication. Take the thank you message. Daniel Post Senning, a great-great-grandson of Emily Post and a co-author of the 18th edition of Emily Posts Etiquette, asked: At what point does appreciation and showing appreciation outweigh the cost? Senning sees it as part of the evolution of etiquette, with the younger generation creating new norms as technology changes, often to the objections of the older generation. That said, he added, it gives the impression that digital natives cant be bothered to nurture relationships, and theres balance to be found. Think of how long it takes to access your voice mail and listen to one of those long-winded messages. Hi, this is so-and-so... . In text messages, you dont have to declare who you are, or even say hello. Email, too, leaves something to be desired, with subject lines and hi and bye, because the communication could happen faster by text. And then there are the worst oenders of all: those who leave a voice mail message and then email to tell you they left a voice mail message. My father learned this lesson last year after leaving me a dozen voice mail messages, none of which I listened to. Exasperated, he called my sister to complain that I never returned his calls. Why are you leaving him voice mails? my sister asked. No one listens to voice mail anymore. Just text him. My mother realised this long ago. Now we communicate mostly through Twitter. Tom Boellstor, a professor of digital anthropology at the University of California, Irvine, said part of the problem is that oine and online communications borrow from each other. For example, the email term CC stands for carbon copy, as in the carbon paper used to copy a letter. But some gestures, like opening an email with hello or signing o with sincerely, are disappearing from the medium. In the late 1870s, when the telephone was invented, people did not know how to greet a caller. Often, there was just silence. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor, suggested that people say Ahoy! Others proposed, What is wanted? Eventually Hello won out, and it hastened its use in face-to-face communications. Now, with Google and online maps at our ngertips, what was once normal can be seen as uncivilised like asking someone for directions to a house, restaurant or oce, when they can easily be found on Google Maps. I once asked a friend something easily discovered on the Internet, and he responded with a link to lmgtfy.com, which stands for Let Me Google That For You. In the age of the smartphone, there is no reason to ask once-acceptable questions: the weather forecast, a business phone number, a stores hours. But some people still do. And when you answer them, they respond with a thank-you email. I have decreasing amounts of tolerance for unnecessary communication because it is a burden and a cost, said Baratunde Thurston, co-founder of Cultivated Wit, a comedic creative company. Its almost too easy to not think before we express ourselves because expression is so cheap, yet it often costs the receiver more. He said people often asked him on social media where to buy his book, rather than simply Googling the question. You are already on a computer, he exclaimed. Youre on the thing that has the answer to the thing you want to know! How to handle these diering standards? Easy: Think of your audience. The anthropologist Margaret Mead once said that in traditional societies, the young learn from the old. But in modern societies, the old can also learn from the young. Here is hoping that politeness never goes out of fashion, but that time-wasting forms of communication do. 2013 New York Times News Service
African names are a great way to honour our heritage but, unfortunately, they are now being used to single out ones tribe and divergent opinion on social media
love African names, so much so that many, years ago, I ditched my Anglican name except in ocial documents. African names have musical sounds not afforded by foreign names. Besides, it is my little protest against the colonialists and it makes me smug when the Westerners cannot pronounce it right it is my little victory when they cannot say the name musically . Last week, however, I considered readopting my English name, along with my fathers rst name (oops, he did not have one). They say whatever goes around comes around that irtation with the possibility of changing my name took me back years ago when I worked in Tanzania. I remembered how my Kenyan friends and I would laugh at Tanzanians for their tendency to use all Anglican names, none of their African ones. Oh, how harshly we judged them. They are trying to be English, we said about them. On our high horses, we were too stuck up to even consider that there might be a good reason for using Anglican names. Since the IEBC declared Uhuru Kenyatta the winner of the just concluded presidential race, Kenyas social media has been awash with hate (indeed, we have gone digital). Two people from dierent tribes can post the same comment, but their names will determine how that comment is understood by everybody else. I should know too, because when a few days ago I dared to state my disappointment in a politician who, in my humble opinion,
went overboard in his comments what followed was a social media bloodbath with the Kikuyus tearing at the Luos, and vice versa. It was a shame, and shocking. At the risk of sounding like our politicians, I was misquoted my argument that I did not attack the politician because he is of a dierent tirbe might have as well be written in Braille. A friend, one I have known for eons and happens to be from that ethnic group, caught me o-guard when she categorically told me o for my sentiments. A week later, I am still reviewing my wording to see whether it deserved what it got. At this point and time,
Two people from dierent tribes can post the same comment, but their names will determine how that comment is understood by everybody else.
having a neutral (read Anglican) name is the only chance of people reading your comments without getting unnecessarily judgmental. How did we get so deep into the poop-hole? Or have we always been in it has the faade we held pre-election built like a house of cards. Could it be, when all is said and done, that we are what tribe we were born, regardless of who we voted? What the vitriol on social media has taught us is that a name is not just a name, but the determinant of sentiments you express, in real life and on social media.
What the social media hate squad is thumping into us is that we should not bank on cross-tribal friendships because they might crumble every ve years when politicians start loudly and repeatedly reminding us whose turn it is to eat or what we should protect. What it has taught us, too, is that we never learn that we are suckers for being used to ght battles for selsh people who have no interest in us, and that is the sad truth. We have not learnt that politicians, or their families, never get their hands dirty, that if push came to shove, they would have their kin on rst class tickets to Safeland , leaving the rest of us to cut short our family trees. What we have not learnt is that it is not tribe against tribe, but the haves and the have-nots. Even then, the battle should not involve insults; it should be civilised. We have a constitution that aords us the tools to do this. We can nally re leaders we feel do not meet our expectations. We have systems in place that allow the slighted ones to challenge their misgivings. What else do we need? Together we rise above petty politics for our collective benet, separately, we fall smack on our faces, bruise ourselves, the only beneciary being that same politician who planted the hate seed in us. Over and over again, we prove to the politicians that we are not too sharp. We fuel their egos by stopping our lives for their selsh courses. And what do we get in return? Five years of being ignored, ve years of only seeing them on prime time news. Five years of us sweating it out in the oce, but with the added burden of words we might have said to somebody from a dierent tribe, somebody who exercised their constitutional (or is it tribal) right to vote for whoever they voted for. Or maybe, perhaps, Kenyans need to pray even more; it seems to be our
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ROSES N THORNS: ANSWERS TO YOUR RELATIONSHIP AND MARITAL ISSUES
Is it acceptable to abandon my faith for love?

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philip kitoto
Dear Kitoto, My name is Nicholas. I have been in a relationship for one year now. I am 26 and she is 22. We are planning to get married this year. The problem is that I am a Catholic, while she is a follower of the Redeemed Church. Neither of us is ready to join the others denomination. Recently, she suggested that I nd a neutral church. I do not want to abandon my Catholic faith despite my love for her. Please advise me. Hi As much us we are known to be social creatures, we are deeply spiritual beings. That is how God created us. Therefore, issues of religion play an important part in relationships. Religion helps to shape ones beliefs regarding burial, morals, values, and character. The inuence of religion in the birth and naming of children and the shaping of their values and morals is evident. Thus, the argument you are having with your girlfriend is realistic. If ignored, it could easily creep back into the relationship later. Traditionally, the practice is that a couple adopts the mans church. However, if going to the mans church becomes contentious, my advice to a couple is to choose a neutral one. A lot of dialogue is needed here. I notice that you love her deeply. As a result, no amount of sacrice can be compared to the love you have for her. If you still disagree, do not hurry with the wedding. Both of you look to be truly committed to your churches. The best option, as I have suggested above, will be to choose a church that would be doctrinally sound and able to minister and meet your needs. If you have not attended premarital counselling, plan to. This will help you appreciate the need for a joint vision.
I am employed and I have been the one taking care of the family with the little I earn. I have educated my children single-handedly because my husband was retrenched in 1998. At that time, my children were all still in primary school, save for the last one who had not started. After being retrenched, my husband decided to venture into the matatu business. Unfortunately, it did not work out and in less than ve years, he was penniless and frustrated. I had told him to look for another job because by the time he was retrenched, he was only 40. He declined, saying he did not want to be employed. I even sent his CV to prospective employers, but he refused to attend any interview he was called for. Although my marriage was not smooth right from the beginning, I stayed on because of the children. My husband is selsh with his money. He is abusive and harsh to me and the children. Of late, he has become so stressed that he has even threatened to kill his family. He refuses to see a counsellor. He sleeps a lot and does not want to see any of my friends in the house. I usually give him some money to buy credit for his phone, but he demands more. He does not appreciate my eorts. We have not been intimate for the past ve years, and I have never cheated on him. He has been upcountry for the last two years. I do not trust him now. The last time we met, I asked that we go for HIV testing before getting intimate. He took it negatively and accused me of having an affair. I do not know how to deal with this. Please help. Monica Hi I would like to start by commending you for a job well done, seeing your children through school single-handedly. Your action are heroic and deserve commendation. A man who loses a job then starts a business that fails can feel demoralised. Many such men would normally live o their wives, making demands of all kinds and looking for ways to intimidate and control their partners. The insecurity, intimidation, and abuse is a way of trying to remain in charge or to cope with his failures. Evidence of the stress and insecurity can be seen in his withdrawal and abusive utterances. I sense further that your husbands behaviours are a sign of depression. If this is the case, his threats must be taken seriously. Although I have not heard his side of the story, it is evident that your home environment may become dangerous. He wants to alienate you from your friends and neighbours by forbidding visitors. My nal suggestion is that you and your husband, collectively or individually, seek help from a counsellor. This is vital, both for personal healing and for dealing with the issues that are weighing your marriage down.
My husband is threatening to harm the family

Dear Kitoto, I am a regular reader of your column and I appreciate the advice you give. I have been married for 25 years and we have four children.
He has people spying on me all over the place

Dear Kitoto, I am married and blessed with four children. My husband beats me because he thinks I am cheating on him, yet I have never done so. He has friends following me to work. He also tracks me by calling our neighbours.
TO OUR READERS: Many counsellors now believe that the Kenyan family, the building block of our society and nation, is in a crisis. There is unhappiness and discord where there should be love and joy. We have put together a diverse team of experts, family and marriage counsellors, led by Mr Philip Kitoto, to help heal the family by oering advice and support. Readers questions will be answered on these pages and online at www.nation.co.ke. Send your questions to dn2@ke.nationmedia.com, or to The Editor, DN2, P O Box 49010, GPO 00100, Nairobi.
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threatened by your potential and how you present yourself? Maybe it has something to do with his perception of how he feels he is treated. Some men are threatened by such things and they think the only way to command respect is by forcing compliance. With his violent behaviour, it may not be wise to oer advice. I suggest that if his intimidating and abuse continues, seek legal redress. Otherwise, you could end up being hurt.
The man I left my hubby and child for has become cruel
Dear Kitoto, I am a 24. I started living with my husband three years ago. Before we moved in together, we were both married and I had one child from a previous relationship. My husband said he would not raise another mans child, so I decided to leave my child with his father. My current husband owns a big shop where he and his family wife and children work. When he oered me a job in the shop, I did not hesitate to take it. I worked as a cashier, but that was where problems began. I would work according to his instructions. One day, I went out for lunch as usual and left the cash box open because his wife was there. To my surprise, I returned from lunch only to nd that the money that was in had been stolen. This would happen a few more times. I could not take it any more, so I told him that I would quit. He beat me up and called me a thief. Since he used to visit my house with the cash, I decided to actually steal it one day. I did so and run away. However, after three days, I felt guilty and returned the money. I even apologised. He didnt show any anger, but since then calls me a prostitute, thief, and a crook. He even humiliates me in front of his wife and children. He beats me up and then apologises later. We have separated many times and I always go back to him because I do not want to be regarded as a prostitute. He now forces me to work as a shop attendant, but I am reluctant because of what I went through. We do not have a child yet. The man I left is now married. I am just stuck. Please help. Hi, I sympathise with you, but I do not understand what you are still doing in a relationship where you are not valued. You are treated like a slave and molested whenever the man desires. This relationship is not right for you and the best thing is to move on and care for yourself. If a man cannot accept you and your child, he is not worth committing to. Responsibility starts by our ability to make wise choices to the mutual benet of those involved. This man has learnt the art of manipulating you and you have conveniently allowed him to. Why would you tolerate such abuse? Through my counselling experience, I have found that women endure abuse in relationships for several reasons: First is the fear of the future. In situations where a woman nancially
depends on a man, there is an inherent fear of the unknown in case she decides to leave. The second reason is the fear of being branded a failure by family and friends. If a woman has faced abuse or separation before, she tries to endure the pain to make things work. Some end up breaking down in the process. Another reason has to do with the future of the children in terms of upkeep and education. Some women have ended up with deep physical and emotional wounds. When a woman accepts the abuse, she convinces herself that it is normal. She fears reporting the abuse to the authorities because she does not want to embarrass her husband. Some of these habits are catching up with you. It is important to ask yourself whether this is the life you want for yourself. I do not think abuse is something anyone would like to allow in their marriage. Learn to see yourself as an important and valuable person. Do not allow anyone to demean you. So, please wake up. At 24, the future is bright. Do not allow this man or anyone else to waste your precious life.
Help me gure out why friends ignore my problems

Dear Kitoto, Whenever my friends have problems, I listen keenly and share with them. But when it comes to my troubles, I am worried because they do not seem to be bothered. What could be the problem? Felix I do not know whether your question is general or referring to a particular situation. However, communication in all relationships is key. It helps to build common understanding and mutual love and support. When you love someone, it means you will listen to them. We should rst learn to listen before we speak. Listening attentively will help to avoid monologue that characterises most relationships. Communication is a two-way process. It is a dialogue, not a monologue. Secondly, own what your partner is saying. Therefore, if you can repeat what you heard and be able to summarise your partners thoughts, then they will feel that you own what they are saying. Third, show value. When you feel that your partner listens to you and owns what you are expressing, then those involved in the relationship feel valued. I only feel loved, important, and needed if my contributions are listened to and owned and valued. Finally, we feel love in a relationship when we are not only listened to, feel that what we say is owned, and therefore our presence valued, but also when we feel embraced. A feeling of embrace must go beyond the physical to a feeling of my friend empathises with me . So, if his is not happening, then your contribution, and your presence, is not of value. Do not allow yourself to be used. Let your friends know that you would also want to be embraced and valued. One writer said that if a couple knows how to talk and listen to each other with understanding and respect, then there will be few problems that cannot be overcome.
I have developed severe headaches, and I suppose its the result of the physical abuse and the head injuries he has inicted on me. He wants to have sex with me every night but I have no feelings for him any more. That is when the beating happens. My parents have warned him, but he does not care. They have now advised me to I leave him. What should I do? Emily Hi I empathise with you. I think that no one has the right to physically abuse another person, whether they are married or not. It appears to me that this has been
going on for a long time. I do not understand why you have tolerated the behaviour. It is clear that as a result of the abuse, your health is aected. First, you must refuse to tolerate the physical abuse any longer. He has to know that he has no right to hit you or abuse you in any way, even if you have disagreed on an issue. Where there is a diering opinion, civilised people make it their pride to respect each others views and making the choice to reason through issues until they are resolved, or just agree to disagree. Those who turn to physical abuse to gain an advantage or control over the other person have a problem. Secondly, make it clear to your husband that he risks legal action if
the abuse continues. Find someone who can help keep watch over his actions. I am of the opinion that the abuse should have been reported to the authorities long ago and legal redress sought. You need to defeat your fear and his desire to intimidate you. Thirdly, be careful not to keep giving him reason and opportunity to abuse you. Evaluate your actions and stop doing things that aggravate him. Instead, start doing things that help to create harmony and mutual respect. I think your man feels threatened. He is therefore insecure in the marriage. Could it have anything to do with how you dress and socialise, or is he
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Salaa was so ashamed of herself that she didnt want anyone to see her. She wept for many days. She lost not only her appetite but also her weight and self esteem too. She was crying in the night one day when she heard the voice of her grandmother whispering, Salaa! Salaa! My beloved grandchild, why are you crying? What
happened? The sad tone of your voice has reached me and I have come to nd out what the problem is. Oh Grandmother! Salaa cried more.Yes, its me, the voice said. Where are you?Im here. I can see you. Unfortunately, you cant see me.Why cant I see you?
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Olivia Wesula says the job of a virologist is a true test on patience

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A peek into Kenyas education
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TANGAZA, MUA MOUNT NEW BUSINESS COURSES
Tangaza University College in Nairobi has introduced an advanced degree course that emphasises the social aspect of entrepreneurship. The MBA Global Business and Sustainability (Social Entrepreneurship) programme aims to give potential entrepreneurs a chance to start or grow a business venture that has a social impact. The programme is taught by way of classroom and on-line studies, thus giving the entrepreneur the option to pursue an MBA without having to leave his or her business. In what seems to be an emerging trend, the Management University of Africa (MUA) has also launched three new executive programmes similarly targeting entrepreneurs and working professionals. The one-year courses are the Executive Bachelor of Finance and Investment Management, Executive Bachelor of Project Management, and Executive Bachelor of Entrepreneurship, are targeted at working professionals interested in growing their experience and skills in their careers. The deputy vice-chancellor, Prof Teresa Akenga, said the new executive programmes are designed to equip students with mathematical and business management skills while providing them with the expertise to deal with problems encountered in the business world. Says the dean of the School of Economics and Financial Studies, Dr Nicholas Letting: We have taken into account issues related to business start-ups, growth and sustainability, and investment options. The courses will be oered beginning April.
Whos to blame for the half-baked graduates?

Students blame absentee lecturers who would rather dish out hand-outs than stand in front of class to teach. On their part, lecturers accuse the present generation of students for showing little, if any, intellectual hunger
BY WILSON MANYUIRA
wilsonmanyuira@yahoo.com
ach morning as Ms Elizabeth Siameto prepares for work, she aspires to mould her students into successful graduates. Unfortunately, she says, that has not always been the case in the years she has done the job. Ms Siameto is a lecturer of botany at Narok University. Her sentiments echo the regret expressed by the the Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE), which has in recent years complained about the growing number of university graduates who score exemplary grades but are wanting in the applicable skills needed to perform at work. What should be a thin line between the training oered by institutions of higher learning and the demands of employers must be growing thicker by the day, given these concerns. What went wrong, and who is to blame? Is it that the ovens at the universities have rusted, thereby baking students only halfway? Is it the fault of the lecturers or the students? Simon Ikua, an aspiring lawyer, apportions blame, accusing the lecturers, students, and university administrations of placing emphasis on the wrong things. In higher education, the key players are busy with nonsensical issues, leaving the stem/bone of the matter unattended, he says. Mr Ikua recently completed his law course at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, and is scheduled to graduate later this year. He expounds on his statement: A lecturer is busy attending to his or her personal agenda. The student is running up and down, chasing things that dont add value to his or her degree. The universities major priority is infrastructure development, and the guardian or parent only brags in the village about his or her university children without the
DT DOBIE STARTS ONLINE ACADEMY FOR SALES TEAM

DT Dobie Kenya Limited has introduced an interactive online learning system in its automotive academy. The programme was developed at the Paris headquarters of CFAO, the parent company, which is a global distributor of motor vehicles and pharmaceutical products. Philippe Delunsch, the DT Dobie sales and marketing director, said: This is a modern computer technology for training sales executives. The academy was started in midJanuary, and 59 sales executives have been registered. He added: This will help improve their selling skills in an eective and ecient way while saving costs on travel and accommodation for trainers from overseas. According to Delunsch, the course software, which consists of 12 modules, is downloaded from the CFAO website to the trainees machines, and is accessible by use of passwords. Each subject has an entry and exit quiz for participants to solve. Automatically generated results are instantly posted on the website for viewing by supervisors. The grades achieved by the sta guide the management in assessing their performance and giving assistance where necessary. In addition, the programme can be used as a tool to determine promotions, explained Delunsch. In his view, the DT Dobie academy is also an online forum to identify specic talents of individuals and encourage them in their areas of expertise. As an automotive company, we are concerned about customer delight and want to ensure that they are more than happy at all times, he said.
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slightest knowledge about their progress there. Although it may not be possible for a lecturer to always attend all the stipulated hours of teaching in a semester, Michael Maina, a Second Year entrepreneurship student at Moi University, complains that some have formed the habit of skipping too many lessons.
It is understandable when a lecturer misses two or three lectures, but when this stretches to threequarters of the required number, it is downright negligence, he says. He further complains about a popular habit among some lecturers to give their students hand-outs as a substitute for teaching. Some CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
If you visit the room of an undergraduate, the rst thing you will see wont be books, but a music equipment with largerthan-life music coming out of it Elizabeth Siameto, lecturer at Narok University
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SO YOU WANT TO BE A VIROLOGIST...
DAILY NATION Monday, January 11, 2010
CAREER
SMART MOVES
A job that tests patience

BY PAULINE KAIRU
polinekairu@yahoo.com irologists specialise in learning everything about viruses. They do so to establish the impact of these organisms on humans and animals so that interventions against infection can be designed. Ms Olivia Wesula has been at this job for close to ve years. She took up the profession following her curiosity about viruses, and particularly after internship at the viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) laboratory at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri). Now she is a mentor to others at the Mt Kenya University, where she is an assistant lecturer at the School of Health Sciences. After earning a Bachelors degree in medical laboratory science at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology ( JKUAT), and following her internship at Kemri, she got the chance to pursue arbovirus research under a US military HIV research project in Kenya known as the Walter Reed Project. In fact, thats what jump-started her career in virus research. She now holds a Master of Medical Virology degree, and is studying for a PhD in the same. Basically, her work entails studying arboviruses a group of viruses that are transmitted through arthropods. Her extensive research in the area is currently focused on tick-borne viruses and their prevalence in Ijara District in North Eastern Kenya. Here, she seeks to establish the genesis of frequent fever among the pastoral communities. She has to traverse the vast lands in order to sample ticks from both livestock and wildlife. Such is the kind of work involved.
Passing the tough interview question about being red

BY JULIAH KARIMI
Karimijuliah@gmail.com Elections can be equated to a restructuring of an institution. On many occasions, restructuring results in the retrenchment of some employees. Thus, the recent General Election, in which several former parliamentarians were shown the door by the electorate, brings to mind the dicult subject of job loss. In the corporate world, a job loss can occur through retrenchment, firing, or resignation. It can also occur when a company folds. These things happen and we must be prepared to move on. Usually, that requires that you explain how and why you left your previous job. But how do you explain to your next employer about your job loss in a way that limits suspicions about your abilities? How do you stay impressive to emerge tops from a list of other qualied job candidates who dont have the burden of explaining some loss of a job? If you have resigned, you could simply say you left to search for search for bigger challenges or to nd wider room for growth. If you have been dismissed, the pause that follows the question about your loss of employment can be awkward and embarrassing at an interview. But thats usually if you have not prepared yourself to face a question concerning the job loss. Being prepared for the inevitable question will save you the awkwardness of trying to cover one lie with another. I remember a friend in such a predicament, who had attended an interview at a prestigious law rm. He was asked the question: Why did you leave your previous organisation? Having been red from his former job, he stammered for a while and eventually answered that he had left to find a more fulfilling alternative. Well, you must be careful not to tell a lie like this. You can bet a reference check will be performed. If you were fired or dismissed, admit it and explain that from it, you learnt lessons that have made you a better person, and that you are condent you will not make similar mistakes in the current organisation. Of course by the time you say this, be sure you are prepared to explain the lessons you learnt from that rst mistake and how they will impact on the job you are seeking. If you resigned, explain why you did so. It could be that you left because you felt the environment was not conducive for learning. Explain why you feel the organisation you aspire to join is dierent, and therefore conducive. An employers main aim is to counter any answers you have. The trick is to be prepared at all times. Think like the interviewer and practise your answers. An interviewee who is a step ahead of the interviewer is considered smart and knowledgeable. Additionally, using the questions asked to prepare your own questions is a plus. This shows that you are quick on your feet and that you can solve problems without too much delay. Desist from badmouthing your former boss, even if they were terrible and thus the reason for your departure or job loss. In fact, do not say too many things about your former employer, whether good or bad. You would seem insincere about your intentions. The focus of any interview should be to show your strengths, not your ability to analyse the weaknesses of others. Talking about what you are good at will cast you in a better light. Demonstrate your ability to shift from your last job to the current one by suggesting new ideas. But this requires much research into the company. Together with a show of passion for the job, it could shift interests in your favour. The two could overshadow the past mistakes you might have made. Employers value employees who do not complain. The fact that you are searching for a new job means you want change. The worst thing you can do is to keep saying all the things your former job was not. If you were red, taking ownership for the mistake you made shows that you have matured and that the position will only serve to improve your work ethic. Having been fired from your previous position, you might start getting a little desperate to get a new job. The downside to desperation is that you reect what you feel in any subsequent positions. Stay objective. Remember only the positive things. Identify the most important things that your last position has taught you and keep a list. With it, you will be able to expand your goals and objectives.
You must also be a good communicator because as a researcher, you will often nd yourself presenting research ndings at conferences and in publications Olivia Wesula, virologist
The job tests ones patience, she says. In her present project, for example, she has had to screen more than 10,000 ticks. Hers is a job that involves both field and laboratory work. For that reason, she advises, one has to be a good time manager while at the same time being exible enough to accommodate emergencies. Ms Wesula weighs the importance of her job against the fact that it is people like her who play the critical role of tracking, identifying, and predicting the emergence of viral infections, thereby
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enabling other specialists in the medical chain to plan their work. The job, therefore, demands a high level of attentiveness lest the entire medical chain is misled. But Ms Wesula is concerned that not many local universities give the field the level of attention it warrants. In fact, she says, there are few virologists in the country, the reason she has decided to become a university lecturer and teach MKUs undergraduate and postgraduate students in collaboration with the Institute of Primate Research. In a job where one must know how to classify ticks and other important vectors down to the species level and link them to their respective hosts and further to the viruses they carry, it is necessary that one is studious. That calls for a robust reading culture, which is further necessary to keep up with developments in
the eld. You must also be a good communicator because as a researcher, you will often nd yourself presenting research ndings at conferences and in publications, says Ms Wesula. Besides, you may be required to write proposals for funding of projects. Because much of the work is executed in collaboration with other professionals, being good with teams and collaborations is a matter of necessity. Ms Wesula explains that she has to be vaccinated against a number of viral diseases such as hepatitis B and yellow fever viruses as a precaution because of exposure to potentially infected samples. Hers is a research-oriented discipline, but it is only one of the many paths that a virologist may choose to follow. One could pick alternative careers in disease control, medicine, agriculture, and veterinary medicine.
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lecturers attended less than half the allocated lessons, instead preferring to issue hand-outs, then set exams at the end of the semester. He says this is a show of laziness and lack of interest that defeats the purpose of education A former university student who did not wish to be named blames such negligence for his present woes. It is three years since he completed his studies, yet he is yet to graduate because the marks of eight units he studied cannot be traced. Some of his results never came out and his attempts to follow up on the matter were not taken up by the frequently absent lecturers. He agrees that anyone would be justied to refer to him as a half-baked graduate. Although some universities have put in place systems to enable students to rate their lecturers, the students are generally dismissive of the initiative, terming it an exercise in futility. They consider it to be just a formality because no action is usually taken against the poorly rated lecturers. Maina says that he does not ll the rating forms anymore. However, a lecturer who prefers not to be named argues that hand-outs are supplementary, not the main, notes. He contends that it is globally acknowledged that a teacher gives about 30 per cent of the knowledge and the student hassles to acquire the rest. On her part, Ms Siameto blames the students. She says that while she does not dispute the assertion that some lecturers fail to attend some classes, the students of this generation are dierent. I dont know whether it is us the lecturers or the parents who dont motivate them, but it is clear that their minds are not fully focused on learning. According to her, most students are not eager to learn. There is no passion for creativity, she argues, and the students priorities are skewed. There is no intellectual hunger in the modernage students, like what I experienced during my time, she says. If you visit the room of an undergraduate, the rst thing you will see will not be books, but a music equipment with larger-than-life music coming out of it. Concerning hand-outs, Ms Siameto explains that there are dierent types of students, making it necessary for lecturers to dish out notes. There are those who will understand the lesson when the lecturer is teaching, and there are those who need to read the hand-outs and notes to better understand the concept.
CAREER
STUDYING ABROAD
Varsity selection starts even before high school

BY MAHUL SHAH
mahul@aec-australia.com
ou have been asked to choose subjects for high school. Your choice will determine whether and what you can study in a foreign college or university and, ultimately, your career. Choosing subjects can, therefore, be a daunting task for a teenager. Throw in diverse advice and pressure from parents, family, teachers, and friends, and the young person can get even more confused. Where then do you start? Identify your strengths and also what you really like to do. Taking on subjects that you are not strong in will only bring down your nal high school results. It will also deny you the chance to have an enjoyable study experience. A weak score may further lock you out of courses at university. Think about what careers you want to get into. Work backwards to what qualication you need to get into this career. Have a look at several universities and their prerequisite subjects for entry. These are the subjects you must take. For example, if you want to become an engineer, then you
must make sure that you have chosen physics and maths. If you want to become an environmental scientist, then maths and
chemistry are a must, with biology being optional. You also need to make sure that the subjects you choose oer a
range of study, are manageable, and provide you with a variety of skills. Bear in mind the need to have time for co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. Sport, clubs and societies, leadership (prefect), and volunteer work will help to enhance your academic performance and give you multiple skills. Go out and get work experience. Ultimately, you need to know if the career you are thinking of is what you really want to do. By getting rst-hand experience, you will be able to make an informed decision on your career and, therefore, your subject choices. There will always be compulsory subjects. Maths and English are a must. Then, depending on what curriculum you follow (for example, KCSE, O/A levels, IB) you will have a choice of subjects. Ordinarily, you will be required to take at least one science and one humanities subject. Remember that humanity subjects such as history, geography, economics, or business studies, are usually not a pre-requisite for entry into university. Science subjects such as physics, chemistry, and biology can be pre-requisites. This means that if you are not sure of what you want to do at
university and have not taken science subjects, many degrees (and careers) will not be available to you. So now that you have an idea of what you may want to study, what do you do next? Enrol in maths, English, and subjects you know you will need. You have to thereafter choose from electives. Do not take a subject because your friends have done so, or your favourite teacher is teaching it, or the lesson is planned for just before lunch and the classroom is near the canteen. Make these choices yourself rst, then consult your parents, older siblings, and teachers. Make sure that you have a variety of subjects that you have enrolled in. You will nd that you will be strong in some and may need to try harder in others. By having a broad range of subjects, the work load of one should balance the workload of another. In the long run, you will be the one who has to attend class, learn, and study. Take subjects that you enjoy, that challenge you, and which will help you with your chosen career pathway. The writer is a director at the International Education Centre
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TECHNOLOGY
INSTITUTIONS
Lets agree once and for all; hate speech is a tough nut for the govt
ore than once, I have discussed how dicult it would be for the government to manage hate speech in the virtual world. This reality is now dawning. When the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communication, Dr Bitange Ndemo, took up the responsibility of executing the task of monitoring hate speech, he said that the ministry was up to the task and would ensure that speeches likely to encite violence around election time would be stopped. A law was enacted to allow the monitoring of communication, although there was a feeling among many people that the action would amount to violation of privacy. And so the communication PS executed what was supposed to be a master plan for preventing hate speech. There were television and radio ads, which in this case did better than the online campaigns that also happened simultaneously. Well, in the end, the public electoral language degenerated. It was foolhardy for the government to imagine that containing hate speech would be a walk-over. It had been assumed that simply buying computers, servers, and software would do the trick until a staggering number happened: 300,000. That, as of Friday, was the number of hate speech messages that were being blocked every day, according to the government. Whether it was true or not is for the pundits to determine. But assuming that it was correct, it would still represent a fraction of the actual number. Technologically, the government
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was not going to be able to handle the kind of data trac an election would bring. The sheer volume of data eclipsed Christmas and New Years put together for the simple fact that an election was not a two-day event, but one that carried on for months before and after. The effort it would take to go through the amount of data, even with the best computers and servers, would be a Herculean task. It simply comes down to this: Too much data leads to an overload and in the end, it becomes virtually impossible to stop it from happening. Technology, no matter how expensive and powerful, simply has its real-world limits. The other problem would be lingual. In this case, computer programmes are designed to nd certain strings of text and determine if they constitute hate speech. Never mind the context. The mere fact that you used certain words in a message meant that a computer could cut you o and put you on a list of those to be scrutinised henceforth. This added to the already high volume of data that the government was struggling to deal with. Finally, there was the tiny matter of social media that the government still had to deal with, as well as email and instant messages. In the case of social media, the presence of the government was just a single campaign in a battle already going south. Social media was always going to be a loss for them because it was easier to do, and the government had to deal with not-so-willing third parties who had other agendas on their table. By the looks of things, again, the sheer
volume of data dealt a huge blow to the plan and anonymity made it worse. When the PS went on TV a few days ago asking ISPs to issue public IP addresses to all Internet-faring devices, it was to help them track down the owner of the said IP addresses, but that in itself was too little too late. What did they overlook? What if the person was not using his or her computer and perhaps was in a cyber cafe with an idle attendant who could tell you if the last customer was male or female? What if the person used an anonymiser programme like Tor, or proxies, or even a virtual private network, all of which are readily and easily available for absolutely free? What then? Worse, most instant messaging services are so heavily encrypted
that it would take too much eort to break in and actually see what was happening inside. Hate speech is, indeed, intolerable in our society today, but the government-prescribed solutions are not even denting the issue. The governments approach to hate speech in many ways shows that it lacks a true understanding of the people, the problem, and the solution at hand. With the government threatening prosecutions, it would be very interesting to see them try and prosecute even 1,000 people over hate speech. After all, the sheer number of people implicated in hate speech would overwhelm the Judiciary for a number of years. Something also not truly anticipated. kahenya@virn.net
Chairman of the National Cohesion and Integration Commission Mzalendo Kibunjia (right), deputy police spokesman Charles Owino (centre) and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information Dr Bitange Ndemo, at a past press conference in Nairobi on hate speech.
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Policies should address link between education and economic growth

BY NYAGA KINDIKI
nyagajonah@yahoo.com The new governance structure will have three tiers of policy formulation to govern its operations at senate, national and county assemblies. Counties will be given some powers by the central government to make relevant legislation to govern resources for various development projects formerly administered by the central government. Often, there is a wide gap between policy on paper and policy in practice. The technocrats at national and county levels will be expected to be sensitive when considering factors that inuence enforcement of policies in order to contribute to economic development. In particular, they will be required to consider basic facts regarding gaps in formulation and enforcement. However, when it particularly comes to enforcement, there is one major ingredient that must be looked at keenly and from a very basic point of view. It is education. Ignorance and illiteracy are among the major factors that inuence the implementation and the enforcement of policies. Often, more informed communities take up the opportunities brought about by government policies, whereas ignorant and illiterate communities may be reluctant to do so. It follows that education has a crucial role. As the new governance structure takes form, and given the skewed development in the country, the education sector could do with some policy reforms. Of importance would be the development of systems that would remove hindrances to the acquisition of knowledge across the nation. The county leadership at both political and technocrat levels will be required to educate the members of the public as concerns the enforcement of government policies in the devolved government. This is because policies at each level will be addressed in dierent ways, depending on their nature and scope. They will vary in their purpose, complexity, target groups, distribution of costs and benets, and location of their impact. This process will not be straightforward but complex and messy. It will not be easily tied up in neat theoretical packages. It means the policy formulation process will create challenges, both to the technocrats and the recipients, the latter being the local communities. These challenges must be solved within context. Policies do not tell us what to do but create circumstances that open up broad options that can then be narrowed to suit specic outcomes. For example, at county level, policies will be more distant in conception from practice because they will confront other realities and circumstances like poverty, negative politics, lack of materials and other change circumstances in which the national and county governments will operate. The formulation and enforcement of education policies at national and county levels should therefore bear in mind the crucial importance of education to economic growth. The ability and inability to evaluate and accept or decline policies are factors of education. They will determine how policies are enforced at both national and county levels. Poor economic growth can further be linked to education through low income. Lack of proper education contributes to low income. People who are so aected would not be able to support the policies that require community participation in terms of nancing them. Also, unemployment and lack of job opportunities as well as poor wages and salaries of workers, all which are most prominent among the less educated, aect economic development. Such is the importance of education. Thats why careful thinking is necessary when it comes to making education policies. Because we are in a new beginning in Kenya in terms of governance, there is a need for the national school curriculum to address devolution. Education should then go as far as indoctrination directed at creating admiration of ones country, consequently nurturing citizens who are committed to national economic development. The writer is a professor of international education management and policy analysis at Moi University

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WINNING TEAM | Kenyan athletes score major victories at championship

More people have phones than toilets

DAILY NATION Monday March 25, 2013

Long week for Uhuru, Raila as case begins

What parties in case have said

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Mr Uhuru Kenyattas response

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Mr Issack Hassans response

DAILY NATION Monday March 25, 2013

CHRISTIAN CALENDAR | Holy week commemorates Jesus entry into Jerusalem

Palm Sunday celebrations across Kenya

World Youth Day

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DAILY NATION Monday March 25, 2013

Cord urges calm as top court hears its petition

AND MOSES ODHIAMBO

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Tilt political equation

DAILY NATION Monday March 25, 2013

Murugi issues alert on floods

Arrest warrant out for tutors over rape

Traders yet to fully utilise tax registers

Activists protest ban on public gatherings

NSSF launches drive for more members

Body of woman in river tragedy found

DAILY NATION Monday March 25, 2013

DAILY NATION Monday March 25, 2013

Cotu threatens to sue salaries team over law

Son in danger, claims ex-ICC witness father

Parastatal vs civil service

BILLY MUTAI | NATION

When it comes to safe, clean water storage theres...

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DAILY NATION Monday March 25, 2013

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FERRY SERVICES | Management plans to embrace technology

Eight to be charged on child neglect claims

HYGIENE | United Nations ocial pledges action to improve health

Fears of donkey meat sales as carcasses found

More people have phones than toilets

People who die from waterborne diseases each year

Poachers seized while trying to sell tusks

DAILY NATION Monday March 25, 2013

Row over oces forces governors to work from home

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Governors given APs

Look for alternative

DAILY NATION Monday March 25, 2013

ANALYSIS | Macharia Gaitho

Security team bent on silencing dissenting voices

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