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Its sweet news for
teachers, candidates
Government strikes deal on promotion and recruitment of teachers to ward
off confrontation with Knut, seeks to ease burden on parents by giving more
cash to free primary education and scraps exam fees for 2015
Ruto conrms
Mombasa
terrorists were
out on bond
By MACHUA KOINANGE and CYRUS OMBATI
Deputy President William Ruto has crit-
icised the courts for giving terror suspects
bail even as police face the new challenge
posed by easily available bomb-making
material.
The Standard exclusively revealed yes-
terday that the late Jamal Mohamed Awadh
and Suleiman Mohammed Sayyed, two of
the suspected terrorists behind the attack
on a bus in Mombasa last Saturday, had
previously been arrested by police in a raid
on the Musa Mosque in February. Ruto said
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By RAWLINGS OTIENO
It is good news for teachers, candidates and
parents after the Government announced waiv-
ers and allocations to be included in the upcom-
ing budgets to improve and lower the cost of ed-
ucation. Beginning next year, candidates sitting
national examinations at the end of primary
and secondary education will no longer pay ex-
am fees. Teachers are also big winners as Sh2.3
billion has been set aside to promote 7,500
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THE GOODIES
A total of Sh4.4 billion set aside to
promote 7,500 teachers and hire
another 5,000
No more examination fees for KCPE
and KCSE candidates starting next
year
Government to foot electricity and
water bills and costs for paying
subordinate staff
Annual Government subsidy for
each child in public primary schools
increased from Sh1,020 to Sh1,530
Girls over 10 years old to receive
sanitary towels
More than 30,000 young graduates
to be employed after completing the
Kenya Future Leaders Programme
Insecurity
Deputy President William Ruto
Education Cabinet Secretary Peter Kaimenyi (right) with Kenya National Union of Teachers Chairman
Mudzo Nzili at Jogoo House, Nairobi, yesterday after he announced that the Government will promote 7,500
teachers and hire another 5,000 in July. [PHOTO: WILLIS AWANDU/STANDARD]
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard Page 2 / NATIONAL NEWS
the two were out on bond and their
families conrmed they both died on
Saturday in the attack in Mombasa.
The terrorists are using cheap mo-
tor vehicle ball bearings sold by car
spare parts shops as well as nails from
hardware stores to make their Impro-
vised Explosive Devices (IEDs) more
deadly.
Bomb experts told The Standard
they had established a pattern in their
use in the attacks on two public ser-
vice vehicles on Thika Superhighway
in Nairobi and the Mombasa attack as
well as a recent explosion at an eatery
in Eastleigh, Nairobi.
Yesterday, Ruto asked magistrates
and judges to be strong partners in
the war on terror, saying some sus-
pects linked to recent blasts had been
freed on bond.
We call on the Judiciary to be a
strong partner in the war against ter-
ror. We call on all players in the jus-
tice, law and order sector to stand
with Kenyans, Ruto said.
Security is our collective respon-
sibility, said the DP, adding: What we
are witnessing now is a terror group
on the run. This is a group that is des-
perate. It is our responsibility to take
the war to them.
SUSPECTS RE-ARRESTED
A judge recently blamed the liber-
al Constitution of Kenya 2010 and
laws that allow terror and capital of-
fence suspects to be granted bail by
the courts.
The Prevention of Terrorism Act,
however, provides that terror suspects
can be detained beyond 24 hours with
the authority of the courts, if police
prove it is necessary.
Yesterday, Ruto said records indi-
cate that many terror suspects that
jumped bail were linked to recent
bloody campaigns of terror.
He also named Fuad Abubakar
Maswab, who is believed to have ed
to Somalia while out on a Sh10 million
bond and his co-accused Jermaine
John Grant who had been re-arrested
while in possession of explosives.
Those who have ed to Somalia
intend to continue their terror activi-
ties. While they are abroad, the cases
against them cannot proceed, seri-
ously impairing the quest for justice
and law enforcement, Ruto said.
At least 22 terror suspects are re-
ported to be out on bond.
The DP spoke during a press brief-
ing after meeting security chiefs in his
Nairobi ofce in the wake of terror at-
Kenya battles
Shabaab militia WAR ON TERROR
tacks in Nairobi and Mombasa.
Meanwhile, The Standard learnt
that IEDs placed in soft target areas,
specically public places, that have
now become the weapon of choice for
terrorists, have one hardware compo-
nent for deadly impact: motor vehicle
ball bearings. The parts retail at only
Sh200 in used motor vehicle part out-
lets that easily place them in the
hands of terrorists.
HUMAN VICTIMS
Yesterday, Mombasa police said
the IEDs detonated at a busy Mwem-
be Tayari bus station in Mombasa on
Saturday were rigged with thousands
of ball bearings to inict maximum
damage on its human victims in an
explosion.
They also appear to point towards
one bomb maker or training manual.
The simultaneous blasts in buses on
the Thika Superhighway, Nairobi on
Sunday is a tactic favoured by Al-Qae-
das Somalia afliate Al-Shabaab.
Besides the ball bearings, nails and
nuts, investigators also found traces
of acetone, petrol and unidentied
chemicals and liquids from the scene
of the bus stage blast.
A bearing is a machine element
that constrains relative motion and
reduces friction between moving
parts to only the desired motion.
The ball bearing weaponises an
IED to another level, an impeccable
security ofcial told The Standard.
It is now the biggest headache be-
cause terrorists can buy the ball bear-
ings for Sh200 in Gikomba or other
second hand market places and add-
ed to the bomb material make an
IED.
When the IED explodes, the small
pellets y in different directions in-
icting hot burns and severing
limbs.
Think of it like over 100 hot bul-
lets discharged at the same time y-
ing in different directions, the secu-
rity source says.
In the Sunday attack in Nairobi,
three of the victims had their legs sev-
ered. Many other victims were
maimed. Used car parts sellers and
dealers in second hand car parts
should be suspicious of buyers who
are buying large quantities of ball
bearings, he warned.
In addition, he advised matatu se-
curity personnel scanning boarding
passengers that if their detector picks
up anything inside a bag, they should
insist on opening it to inspect the
contents.
If they open and nd a contrap-
tion with ball bearings and a cell-
phone attached to it, they should
know they have an IED, said the
source.
He said that in the case of the Sun-
day attack in Nairobi, he believed the
suspects boarded the two matatus
near the Khalsa/OTC terminus, and
alighted before the Roasters Inn bus
stop. The two IEDs were remotely ac-
tivated using a cell phone, he says.
The suspects planted the IEDs
and alighted. Sadly nobody saw the
IEDS on time.
BLACKMAIL STATE
Yesterday, DP Ruto urged the pub-
lic to be vigilant and help security
agencies with information.
It is not an opportunity for nger
pointing. All of us have a responsibil-
ity for ensuring our safety at large. We
are on top of the situation and all you
are seeing are kicks of a dying horse,
said Ruto.
Five drivers and conductors of the
two buses attacked in Nairobi on Sun-
day were arrested and will take a plea
today for failing to stop the attack.
They were detained at Kasarani
police station where they were ques-
tioned for failing to screen passengers
and luggage.
Ruto spoke a day after two blasts
that killed three people and left 86
others injured on Sunday evening on
two buses along Thika Road in Nairo-
bi.
The Government will not allow
terrorists to dictate or blackmail us in-
to changing our local or foreign poli-
cy. We will not withdraw until Somalia
has a stable and secure government
free from terror, Ruto said.
Present was Inspector General of
Police David Kimaiyo, Director Gen-
eral of National Intelligence Service
Michael Gichangi, head of civil ser-
vice Joseph Kinyua, Interior Cabinet
Secretary Joseph ole Lenku and
healths James Macharia.
MORE ABOUT THE
TWO ATTACKS
Explosive devices in Mom-
basa and Nairobi were similar,
pointing to one bomb maker or
training manual
Bomb maker may be using
attacks as testing grounds to
adapt for bigger attacks
Simultaneous blasts on Thika
Superhighway are a tactic fa-
voured by Al-Qaedas Somalia
affliate Al-Shabaab
Materials for making IEDs,
including fertiliser, potassium
chlorate, ball bearings and
nails are readily available and
cheap
Investigators found traces of
acetone, petrol and unidenti-
fed chemicals from the scene
of the bus stage blast
Records indicate that many
terror suspects that jumped
bail were linked to recent
bloody campaigns of terror
State asks courts, citizens to
Deputy President William Ruto addresses the Press outside his Harambee House
ofce, yesterday. With him from left are: Inspector General of Police David Kimai-
yo, Cabinet Secretaries Joseph ole Lenku (Interior) and James Macharia (Health),
National Intelligence Service Director General Michael Gichangi and other of-
cials. [PHOTO: GOVEDI ASUTSA/STANDARD]
By JAMES MWANGI
and PKEMOI NGENOH
Even after two days of consecutive twin blasts
claimed lives and injured scores in Mombasa
and Nairobi counties, some matatu operators in
Nairobi remain casual on safety of commuters.
Barely a day after two explosives ripped off
two PSV buses along the Thika Superhighway on
Sunday, business went as usual with little worry
about security issues.
Yesterday The Standard conducted a spot
check across some of the major matatu termini
within and outside the city centre and witnessed
lax security measures. Mwiki Sacco and Githurai
45 Sacco buses were attacked with Improvised
Explosive Devices on Sunday evening but since
yesterday no efforts had been made to screen
passengers boarding the Githurai 45 buses along
Ronald Ngala, Nairobi.
SUSPICIOUS LUGGAGE
Business at the busy, congested stage went
on oblivious of dangers posed by such igno-
rance. Commuters boarded unchecked with
their luggage.
Around the city, very few matatu Saccos car-
ried out security checks. At the Bus Station, few
bus operators conducted checks but most 14-
seater matatus did not bother.
Similarly, commuters appeared unconcerned
of the people boarding with bags and other sus-
picious items.
At the busy Railways terminus The Standard
could not spot any vehicle screening passengers
before boarding, so was the case with many 14-
seater operators along Race Course and other
streets. However, the Mwiki matatus along Race
Course had were screening passengers and their
luggage.
The Umoinner Sacco staff told The Standard
the attacks have forced them to conduct the se-
curity checks throughout.
Ours is not when an explosive attack or car-
jacking is reported. Screening has become our
daily routine and we hope others will embrace
this measure, he said.
The twin blasts on the Thika Superhighway
left at least two dead and dozens injured, at least
three had their legs severed.
Women and children were among the casu-
alties in the latest campaign of terror. It came as
police revealed that two men suspected to be be-
hind a terror attack on a bus in Mombasa on Sat-
urday had been arrested and released by the
courts.
PSV operators still lax about security measures despite brazen attacks
Continued from P1
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard NATIONAL NEWS / Page 3
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BY STANDARD REPORTER
A police informer and suspected
counter-terrorism agent has been
shot dead at his house in Shella, Kili
County.
Alyaan Mohamed, who was a li-
censed gun owner with alleged ties to
police, was shot in the head when a
man stormed his house on Sunday
evening and opened re on him then
ed without taking anything.
Acting Malindi OCPD Charles Rot-
ich yesterday said the victim was as-
sassinated.
Mr Rotich said the attack on Mo-
hamed occurred at around 8.30pm.
We are told the man did not utter
any word but he brandished a pistol
and shot him once in the head, the
OCPD said adding that the bullet went
through the skull and exited injuring
the victims brother-in-law, who was
with him, on his left leg.
SURVIVING RELATIVE
The OCPD said the shooter es-
caped on foot. We believe it is an as-
sassination as by the time of shooting
the police informer was armed with
his licensed pistol and the suspect did
not steal his gun, mobile phone or
money, he said.
Mohamed and his unnamed
brother-in-law were rushed to the
Tawq hospital in Malindi town where
the police informer was soon pro-
nounced dead. The surviving relative
was treated and discharged.
Sundays killing came barely four
months after the killing of two other
police informers with links to Kenya
and US counter-terrorism agencies.
In October last year, Faiz Mo-
hamed Bwarusi was beheaded by
people believed to be members of the
Al-Shabaab and his headless body
discovered dumped at Mambrui
beach near Malindi.
Early this year, veteran police re-
servist Ahmed Abdalla Bakhshwein
was shot dead by suspected Al-Sha-
baab militants.
Police spy
assassinated,
brother hurt
By NGARI GICHUKI
and MAUREEN ABWAO
Victims of the Sunday twin blasts
on Thika Road recounted the horric
events but some were in too much
pain to speak.
Sharon Achieng, a Standard Six
pupil at Murima Primary School, who
was aboard the Mwiki bound bus to-
gether with two of her siblings, a cous-
in and her father, had just arrived in
the city from Siaya ready to resume
school on Monday when the terrorist
struck.
We had boarded a bus from town
headed to Mwiki and on reaching Thi-
ka Road Mall we saw some smoke in
the vehicle and then heard a loud
bang. We managed to jump through
the window as the bus came to a halt,
but I ended up breaking one of my
legs, said Achieng yesterday.
JUMPED OUT
We were rushed to Neema Clinic
in Karasani before being brought here
(Kenyatta National Hospital), she
added. Despite the pain, she puts on
a brave face as she narrates the or-
deal.
With difculty, she stretches to
point to her other two siblings and
cousin who are fast asleep on the beds
next to her.
Their uncle Samuel Ochieng, who
also had his child in involved in the
blast, said the children although in
stable condition, had broken their
limbs while jumping out of the bus in
a bid to save themselves, with the
youngest among them being only
ve.
Sharons father Francis Otieno was
discharged from Aga Khan Hospital
but declined to address the Press as
help fght terrorism
he rushed to his wifes aid who broke
into tears on seeing her children.
Dorothy Kalekye who was on the
Githurai bound bus together with her
friend sustained severe burns on the
legs.
I was with my friend heading
home from town when I heard a loud
blast. The explosion was too loud that
it has affected my ears as I cannot
hear properly, said Kalekye, who was
visibly in pain.
We had just boarded the bus as
usual and we did not know that explo-
sives had been planted inside the bus
and neither did we see any suspicious
character in the bus, she added.
With tragedy being still too fresh in
the minds some of the victims chose
not to speak, as they looked still trau-
matised. One of the doctors at the fa-
cility said all patients are in a stable
condition although for needed time to
recover from the trauma.
Earlier, President Uhuru Kenyatta
had said security forces had already
thwarted a number of attempted at-
tacks.
Praising the security teams, Uhuru
assured them of further support that
they need to keep us safe, adding:
My governments pursuit of extrem-
ists and their agents will continue; un-
der law, it will be intensied. Those
who chose to murder innocents will
be defeated, he said.
A victim of the Thika Road twin bus blasts at Kenyatta National Hospital, yesterday. [PHOTO: WILLIS AWANDU/STANDARD]
Traumatised victims narrate ordeal that left
several with broken limbs, severe burns
I was with my friend
heading home from town
when I heard a loud blast.
The explosion was so loud,
it has affected my hearing
Dorothy Kalekye, a victim
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard Page 4 / NATIONAL NEWS
and ferried in a vehicle that had been
donated by the local county govern-
ment.
They were reportedly taken to
Central Police Station in Nyeri the
same night, but were not recorded in
the Daily Occurrence Book as the case
should have been. Incidentally, the
ve were found dead the following
day and there were no spent cartridg-
es on the scene, reads the statement,
which signed by IMLU Executive Di-
rector Peter Kiama.
According to autopsy reports, the
four male bodies had gunshot wounds
and there indications that they were
shot at close range, some at distance
of not more than 30 cm.
The reports further claim the fe-
male body showed that she died from
asphyxia (lack of oxygen) due to hang-
ing.
There were signicant physical
injuries to the hands and wrists in two
of the bodies which may suggest
physical assault of the deceased be-
fore they were shot dead.
CLOSE SURVEILLANCE
Security sources that cannot be
quoted as they are not authorised to
talk to the press, have intimated that
police were interested in the two
young men who had just returned
from Somalia.
They were under the radar of se-
curity agents. They had travelled to
Nairobi and we suspect they were
planning an operation in Nyeri when
they were eliminated.
Another source privy to investiga-
tions said the youths have for the last
few months been under close surveil-
lance over their involvement in terror-
ism. These are cases which have al-
ready been identied and proled
and their activities were being moni-
tored very closely.
In fact, no police ofcers or secu-
rity agent from Nyeri was involved,
and most came to know about the
Were ve Nyeri
youths executed
over terror links?
Villagers view the bodies of ve people that were found dumped in Tagwa
Forest. Mohammed Salim Karanja addresses journalists soon after his son
Yusuf Mwangi was killed. [PHOTOS: FILE/STANDARD]
By STANDARD TEAM
Five people whose bodies were
found dumped in a forest in Nyeri a
fortnight ago could have been killed
after they were suspected of involve-
ment in terrorism.
Sources have revealed that two of
them had secretly travelled to Somalia
where they received military training
before sneaking back into the country.
Three days before they were executed,
the two were said to have travelled to
Nairobi on an undisclosed mission.
A relative to one of the deceased
revealed that they were informed, by
a person whom he declined to name,
that the youth were killed over suspi-
cion of being members of the terror
group.
The fresh details contradict initial
reports that the ve, Yusuf Mwangi
Mohammed, also known as Pique, 18,
Mohammed Kaburu, 19, Kelvin Ki-
huri, 25, Simon Kingori, and Martha
Wairimu Gitonga, 25 were common
criminals who had been terrorising
Nyeri residents.
When their bodies were discovered
in Tagwa Forest on April 16, shocked
relatives told journalists that they
were picked by police as they left a
popular bar in Ruringu where they
had been watching a football match.
Relatives of the deceased have
since clammed up and are unwilling
to talk just as the witnesses who ini-
tially testied that they saw the vic-
tims being loaded into a police vehicle
outside the pub.
We have established that some of
the potential witnesses have gone
underground and have not recorded
any statements with the police to as-
sist in establishing what actually hap-
pened on the night of April 16, 2014 at
around 10.00pm.
In a press statement issued yester-
day, Independent Medico- Legal Unit
(IMLU) alleged that the deceased
were picked by four police ofcers
deaths just like any other member of
the public, said our source.
But IMLU in its statement linked
four police ofcers, all of them sta-
tioned in Nyeri, to the deaths.
The source explained that the gang
had crucial information about recruit-
ment of youths into Al Shabaab
months.
Late last year, police in Nyeri ar-
rested a youth in Ruringu on suspi-
cion of being an Al Shabaab member.
The suspect, who was handed over to
the anti-terror police after his arrest
was believed to have been away in
Somalia previously, alongside his
brother who was killed in the war-torn
country by Kenya Defence Forces.
He later escaped and came back
to Kenya, and a report was made at a
Nyeri police station after he allegedly
threatened an imam of local mosque.
The imam had allegedly objected to
his suggestion that they build a mod-
ern mosque, after he failed to disclose
the source of the funds to be spent in
building the mosque, said a senior
police ofcer.
Although the police have been
linked to the killings, Nyeri County
Police Commander Agnes Lihabi has
dismissed the accusations and urged
anybody with information to volun-
teer it to the police to facilitate inves-
tigations. Similarly, Nyeri Central
OCPD Adiel Nyange said no report of
arrest was made in any of the stations
or posts Occurrence Book.
IMLU believes there is a series of
extra-judicial killings where victims
have been abducted from their homes,
killed and their bodies dumped in
mortuaries far away from their
homes.
INNOCENT
We have recorded similar cases in
Kakamega in the last few months.
Indeed, since 17th April we have re-
ports that two other persons were
abducted by known police ofcers in
Karatina. The body of one of them was
found at Muranga District Hospital
Mortuary yesterday with injuries sug-
gesting that he had been tortured
before his death.
Ms Gladys Wangui, an elder sister
to Wairimu, says her sister was inno-
cent. They hailed from Kwa Huku in
Kieni Constituency and was married
to a Mr Gitonga, before they separat-
ed.
They have two children, who stay
with my mother in Kieni since my
sister came to Nyeri to look for a job.
She had just worked at the bar for
about one month. She previously
worked at a popular eatery in Nyeri.
town, said Wangui.
By STANLEY MWAHANGA
and WILLIS OKETCH
Mombasa police believe that more
than one home-made bomb was
detonated at a busy bus stage in
Mombasa in the Saturday evening
blast. Police ofcers also revealed
yesterday that the Improvised Explo-
sive Devices were rigged with thou-
sands of ball-bearings to inict maxi-
mum damage.
Besides ball-bearings, nails and
nuts, investigators also found traces
of acetone, petrol and unidentied
chemicals and liquids from the scene
of the blast.
From the trajectory of the marks
(of the ball-bearings) it is not possible
that one device was exploded, said
CID ofcer Henry Ondiek.
Last evening, a local ofcial admit-
ted that Suleiman Mohamed Said,
who died in the blast alongside Jamal
Mohamed Awadh, had criminal re-
cords but their families denied that
they were terrorists with links to the
controversial Musa Mosque as alleged
by police on Sunday. Police suspect
that the two were planting or detonat-
ing the devices.
A local chief described Jamal as a
petty offender but stated he had no
information of his alleged links to ter-
rorism.
JIHADIST CONVENTION
On Sunday, Ondiek, a senior CID
ofcer in Mombasa, said Suleiman
and Jamal were arrested when police
stormed the mosque to end an out-
lawed jihadist convention on Febru-
ary 2 this year and later released.
Suleimans family defended him
against allegations that he was in-
volved in terrorism activities.
I lost my son and now they are
linking him to terrorism acts and
claim that he was arrested at Masjid
Musa. My son has never even set foot
in the mosque. He doesnt even go to
the mosque, he was just a mere tout
trying to fend for his family, Leila
Hatif, Suleimans mother said in
Mombasa yesterday.
Still yesterday, a woman who
claimed to be Awadhs sister defended
him against the terrorism allegations.
A list provided by police on February
3 shows that a Mohamed Awadh was
among those captured in the raid.
Separately, detectives involved in
the probe told The Standard that the
two male victims appeared to have
taken the full impact of the blast,
leading to fewer deaths.
The detectives say the suspects
bodies were ripped apart by the blast,
but Suleimans family claims that his
body was largely intact but had a huge
hole in the head and huge cuts in the
abdomen.
Police: More than one bomb exploded in Mombasa on Saturday
Kenya battles
Shabaab militia WAR ON TERROR
A General Service Unit ofcer disperses a crowd at Mwembe Tayari on
Saturday after experts blew up an abandoned suitcase wrongly suspected to
be bearing a bomb. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard Page 6 / NATIONAL NEWS
next three years, no pupil or student
will pay any money to get education
in public learning institutions.
We are moving towards offering
free basic education from early child-
hood education to the secondary
level. We have increased the capita-
tion for each pupil that includes the
examination fee, said Kaimenyi.
Kaimenyi said the Government
would also foot the electricity and
water bills and meet the cost of pay-
ing the subordinate staff.
This is designed to eliminate levies
charged by schools that burden par-
ents. All these will be implemented
progressively for the next three nan-
cial years of the Jubilee Government.
Currently, the capitation for each
pupil is Sh1,020 but come next year,
the amount will be increased by be-
tween 44 to 50 per cent which trans-
lates to between Sh448 to Sh510 per
pupil. This means that the capitation
for each child will be between Sh1,468
and Sh1,530 per child.
Since the inception of the Free
Primary Education in January 2003,
enrolment has increased from 5.9 mil-
lion to 8.7 million pupils currently in
public schools.
Last month, Wajir South MP Ab-
dullahi Diriye moved a motion in
Parliament to compel the Govern-
ment to increase the capitation per
child from Sh1,020 to 3,060 citing the
ever-rising ination levels.
The CS maintained that it is the
State in new
bid to upgrade
school system
Education Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi (centre) with Knut secretary
general Wilson Sossion (right) and chairman Mudzo Nzili address the press.
Kaimenyi said Sh2.3 billion has been set aside to promote 7,500 teachers.
PHOTO: WILLIS AWANDU/STANDARD}
teachers and an additional 5,000 tu-
tors are to be recruited from July.
And parents who have borne the
brunt of rising school fees will also
receive a reprieve, as the Government
will foot some service charges in
schools blamed for raising levies and
also increase the subsidy for stu-
dents.
These are among the goodies Edu-
cation Cabinet Secretary Jacob
Kaimenyi announced yesterday dur-
ing a press conference at the Kenya
National Union of Teachers (Knut)
headquarters where he met the union
ofcials.
Kaimenyi explained the measures
are to implement the Basic Education
Act, but it was also evident the inter-
ventions were aimed at averting a
looming confrontation with teachers.
The Government promised to increase
the capitation for the Free Primary
and the subsidised secondary educa-
tion in all public schools.
Authorities moved to forestall an
industrial action that had been called
by Knut by accepting to recruit 5,000
teachers in the next nancial year
beginning July.
Apart from bridging teachers
decit, the Government has set aside
Sh2.3 billion to promote 7,500 teach-
ers, a move calculated to avert an-
other looming confrontation with
teachers. Kaimenyi said that in the
role of the Government to make sure
that the teacher-pupil ratio meets the
international standard.
Girls over 10 years old will be sup-
plied with sanitary towels after the
Government increased the budget for
the items from Sh200million in the
last nancial year to Sh 400million.
According to Kaimenyi, in the next
three years, students in all public Sec-
ondary schools will have lunch at
school at the taxpayers expense. We
will make sure that all students in
secondary schools get lunch at the
school. We want to fully implement
the Basic education Act as it is, said
Kaimenyi.
For promotion of teachers, the
Government needed Sh3 billion but
has only allocated Sh2.3 billion, fall-
ing short by Sh700 million, which
Kaimenyi says they will look for ways
to x. Talks and consultations are still
underway. We will look for a way of
xing the decit, added Kaimenyi.
The second phase of the teachers
commuter allowance has also been
factored in the budget at a cost of
Sh3.8 billion, which the teacher will
start enjoying at the end of July this
year.
GRADUATES JOBS
Knut Secretary General Wilson
Sossion said the union had requested
the Ministry of Education Sh18 billion
for recruiting 40,000 teachers and
another Sh5.9 billion for implement-
ing the CBA signed last year to pay for
commuter allowance. We have had
consultations with the CS and dia-
logued. We have been given part of
what we requested and it seems the
Government is committed to full its
pledges, said Sossion.
However, the Government seems
to be silent on the issue of Early Child-
hood Development Teachers after
Knut had requested 28,000 teachers
that could have cost Sh4.8 billion. The
Government is also moving to de-
ethnicise and erase stereotypes by
coming up with the Kenya Future
Leaders Programme that seeks to
make young graduates patriotic citi-
zens.
According to Kaimenyi, the pro-
gramme will employ more than 30,000
graduates once they nish their stud-
ies and they will be deployed across
the 47 Counties and not in their
original home counties. We are ne-
tuning the programme that will create
employment for young graduates. We
must promote national cohesion and
strengthen primary education out-
comes, said Kaimenyi.
The graduates will be rst trained
on lobbying skills, communication
and leadership skills using a curricu-
lum being developed by the Kenya
Institute of Curriculum Development
before they are deployed.
Already, the Government through
the Education ministry has set aside
Sh355 million to kick off the drive, a
move that will make young graduates
get internship in various organisa-
tions and companies once they
graduate.
KAIMENYI OPENS BASKET
OF GOODIES...
Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaime-
nyi announced that beginning
next year, candidates sitting na-
tional examinations at primary
and secondary level will no lon-
ger pay exam fees
Sh2.3 billion has been set aside
to promote 7,500 teachers and
an additional 5,000 tutors are
to be recruited from July
The State promised to increase
the Free Primary and the sub-
sidised secondary education
funding in all public schools
Schools reopen
amid difculties
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NATIONAL NEWS / Page 7 Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard
Uproar over
Government
plan to raise
varsity fees
By KENNEDY OKWACH
Parents are disgruntled
with the Governments failure
to streamline the high tuition
fees being charged by schools
as students begin to report
back to school today.
They say they expected the
task force established by Edu-
cation Cabinet Secretary Jacob
Kaimenyi to review school fees
to come up with recommenda-
tions before the start of this
term.
Most schools are now de-
manding that parents pay the
full fees for second term or at
least 75 per cent of the charges
before children are admitted
back. A parent of a student at
Chavakali High School said the
institution, which charges
Sh25,000 in second term, has
asked guardians to pay at least
Sh15,000 before students can
be admitted. He said this has
burdened parents who cannot
raise the required money, forc-
ing them to either delay send-
ing their children to school or
transfer them to other
schools.
Some parents cannot raise
the whole school fees or the
required percentage, he said.
By ALPHONCE SHIUNDU
and RAWLINGS OTIENO
The chairman of the power-
ful Public Accounts Committee
(PAC) of the National Assembly
now wants the Jubilee admin-
istration to stop the planned
fee increase for university stu-
dents.
Mr Ababu Namwamba
(Budalangi) said the new
amount will make university
education the privilege of stu-
dents from rich families.
The PAC chairman said it
was wrong for the Cabinet Sec-
retary of Education, Prof Jacob
Kaimenyi, to wake up one
morning and decide that the
fees have to be increased, be-
cause the last time the fees was
revised was a long time ago.
Kaimenyi, a week ago, was
quoted saying he was planning
to form a team to review the
fees for university students.
Fees is a major problem. It
is a big burden to parents,
guardians and students.
If you say you want to in-
crease, so many of the bright
students in our public univer-
sity will not be able to get uni-
versity education, Namwamba
told The Standard yesterday.
The PAC chairman queried
the Jubilee administrations
pledge to improve access to
education, given that there was
a team already reviewing the
fee structure for secondary
schools, with indications
showing that an increase in the
fees is inevitable, given the rise
in the cost of living over the
years.
SPENDING HABITS
We run the risk of leaving
higher education to the rich,
said Namwamba, a key player
in the opposition coalition,
CORD.
The MP, whose team has
been auditing the countrys
budget, and who is privy to
rst-hand reports of the Audi-
tor General about the spending
habits of all ministries, said
there was sufcient money in
Government to allow the State
to fund higher education.
If this Government is seri-
ous about access to education,
they have two options: They
either set aside sufcient funds
to make university education
free, or they should make it
purely loan-based as it is in the
United States, he said.
Namwamba queried why
the Government was keen on
Parents unhappy with high cost of secondary education
paying Sh1.4 billion to Anglo-
Leasing rms, instead of
pumping the money to higher
education.
Already, there is an MP,
Irungu Kangata (Kiharu), who
is preparing a Bill to increase
the capacity of the Higher Edu-
cation Loans Board (Helb), to
have all university students get
loans to study.
Yesterday, university stu-
dent leaders asked Kaimenyi to
form a task force to seek opin-
ion before the planned review
of school fees that has elicited
an uproar among learners.
The leaders warned Kaime-
nyi that if the task force is not
formed in the next 14 days,
they will be left with no option
other than to stage peaceful
demonstrations across the
country to force his resigna-
tion.
Led by Kenya Universities
Students Organisation (Kuso)
President Babu Owino, the
leaders said they were irked by
lack of consultation as the
main stakeholders, should
Kaimenyi make his threat
real.
Prof Kaimenyi has not
only declared war on univer-
sity students but has shown
that the Government has no
vision to uplift the majority
poor who toil everyday.
He must institute a task
force within 14 days, failure to
which we will evict him from
ofce, said Owino.
The leaders, drawn from
the 31 universities and con-
stituent colleges, demanded
that the fees be reviewed
downwards by at least 50 per
cent.
You cannot increase fees
yet loan offered by Helb is not
enough. Even if they increase
the Helb loan, its still students
who will pay, he said.
Currently, Helb issues a
minimum of Sh35,000 and a
maximum of Sh60,000 per stu-
dent per year.
Schools reopen
amid difculties BACK TO SCHOOL
Page 8 / NATIONAL NEWS Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard
EU commits to foster good relations and
increase economic support to Kenya
By SOPHIAH MUTHONI
and FAITH RONOH
The European Union (EU)
has praised the existing cordial
relations with Kenya.
At the same time, the union
has committed to deepen the
ties between the two interna-
tional actors.
EU Ambassador Lodewijk
Briet said the decades-long ties
in trade, security, development,
and health that the two actors
have been enjoying will contin-
ue to be strengthened.
Mr Briet made the remarks
yesterday during the launch of
the European Union (EU) Eu-
rope Week at the National Mu-
seum. The celebrations are to
mark EUs continued partner-
ship with Kenya.
Under the theme Partner-
ship through development,
the event comes with a photo
exhibition to showcase some of
the projects the EU has been
undertaking in the country.
The exhibition will be run-
ning all week and there will be
a series of activities around
Nairobi to engage Kenyans of
all backgrounds, said Briet.
Some of the activities sched-
uled for the week include the
launch of a project to tackle vi-
olence against children, a mu-
sical fusion extravaganza at Ke-
nyatta University, a free entry
public expo and a trade and in-
vestment forum at KICC.
The events will all culmi-
Ngilu order to reform ministry affects services
BY CYRUS OMBATI

Services at the Ministry of Lands
have been grounded following an or-
der by Cabinet Secretary Charity Ngi-
lu to suspend all transactions for 10
days starting yesterday.
Mrs Ngilu said the move was to fa-
cilitate reforms at the central registry.
She launched the exercise and invited
the media to witness it.
She, at the same time, appointed
Jane Ndiba as the senior deputy chief
lands registrar to oversee operations.
Armed police ofcers were placed
on fourth, sixth and ninth oors that
house the National Lands Commis-
sion ofces. Apparently, the suspen-
sion has affected NLC operations.
They are not allowing us to even
move a le from one ofce to another.
Even distribution of letters cannot be
done, said an insider at the ofces.
Staff members were required to pro-
duce their identication cards to be
allowed in.
But the commission criticised Ngi-
lus latest appointment, arguing that
the Public Service Commission (PSC)
is the one mandated to make the ap-
pointment. Another ofcial claimed
CS directs offces
including those of
independent NLC be
closed for 10 days
open and declared that if any of their
les go missing, the minister will be
held responsible.
The commission is independent
and they should only bar people from
going to the ministry ofces and not
ours. This is nasty and should not
happen at all, said Ms Mukolwe.
Ngilu, in an advert appearing in
the daily newspapers, announced the
department would be closed for 10
working days starting Monday, to re-
Lands Cabinet Secretary Charity Ngilu at the Registrar of Lands ofces in Nairobi yesterday. [PHOTO: BEVERLYNE MUSILI/
STANDARD]
nate in the launch of the annu-
al EU report on European De-
velopment contribution to
Kenya.
LIVING STANDARDS
Gracing the occasion, In-
formation, Communications
and Technology (ICT) Cabinet
Secretary Fred Matiangi said
Kenya values the assistance
from the EU especially on im-
proving the living standards of
the most vulnerable.
Dr Matiangi said the EU-
backed programmes in the
country have helped in reduc-
tion of poverty.
The EU-funded commu-
nity development programmes
in different sectors targeting
the poor have enabled the un-
derprivileged to gain access to
improved health care. They
have also reduced maternal
deaths, improved food security
and access to safe drinking wa-
ter, he said.
Dr Matiangi pointed out
that ICT, being one of the pil-
lars of Vision 2030, substantial
nancial, material and human
resources have been devoted
to entrenching ICTs in the de-
velopment of the country.
To this end, the Govern-
ment has laid out an elaborate
ICT infrastructure, he added.
Information, Communications and Technology Cabinet Secretary
Fred Matiangi and European Union Ambassador Lodewijk Briet
during the launch of the photo exhibition at the National Muse-
um in Nairobi, yesterday. [PHOTO: JENIFFER WACHIE/STANDARD]
PSC had not approved the appoint-
ment and was planning to re-adver-
tise the position.
STANDOFF
The suspension of services
prompted a standoff between the
NLC and police, who barred the com-
missions ofcers from accessing their
ofces.Whereas NLC ofcials had said
their operations would continue as
usual, police who had been under in-
structions barred them from access-
ing their ofces.
The ofcers also turned away the
public who had turned up to seek ser-
vices. Ngilu brought in more than 30
university students to assist her staff
carry out the audit in the two-week
period. But NLC termed Ngilus action
as illegal. The shutdown effectively
halts issuance of title deeds country-
wide. NLC Vice Chair Abigael Mukol-
we however insisted that ofces would
view central land registries, and that
services would resume on May 19.
The commission said it will open
its services as usual and urged the
public go there to be served in a sep-
arate advert.
Pursuant to the law, the commis-
sion is an independent constitutional
body and regulates its own proce-
dures. In this regard, the commission
would like to inform the general pub-
lic that the commission will be open
for business as usual, said Mukol-
we.
COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN
She said Ngilus directive was ille-
gal and could cost the country mil-
lions of shillings in losses because she
did not consult the commission.
Some of the ofces she said will
be closed are under the commission,
yet she did not consult us as it should
be before making the announcement.
We are there to serve the public but
we do not understand why they are
blocking the public, said Mukolwe.
The central registry, the Nairobi
registry and the records registry will
all be closed for the exercise. Howev-
er, the records registry is under the
commission, ofcials said.
To realise these objectives, the
Lands Directorate has set up a pro-
gramme aimed at re-engineering our
business processes with a view to re-
ducing the turn-around time on ser-
vice delivery, the notice by Ngilu
read.
Page 9 Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard
Page 10 / NATIONAL NEWS Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard
Shock as gang
of 100 strikes,
injures scores
By PETERSON GITHAIGA
As the country continues to
reel under the upsurge of crime,
there was a trail of blood and tears
in Kitengela, Kajiado County, yes-
terday. A gang of about 100 men
armed with machetes, clubs and
other crude weapons left scores of
people injured during a retaliatory
attack.
The gang attacked members of
the public indiscriminately in an
orgy of violence that lasted hours.
Shocked residents narrated
how they witnessed the day light
attack, and how they feared for
their lives.
Mrs Monicah Mweni was going
about her business of selling fruits
when the gang struck. I saw more
than a hundred men armed to the
teeth and shouting war songs.
When they arrived near our house,
we run for safety and left them de-
stroying cars and houses, said
Mweni. Another local, John Mach-
The gangsters were
armed and sang war
songs as they carried
out retaliatory attack
aria said they suspected the gang was
on a revenge mission after members
of the gang were attacked on Sunday
night, prompting to death of two.
A contingent of Administration
Police ofcers and their regular coun-
terparts from a nearby Kitengela Po-
lice Station gave chase and arrested
two culprits who were hiding in an
iron sheet rental house within the
town. Police red for more than four
hours as they pursued the gang that
torched a vehicle.
TWO KILLED
Area OCPD Edward Wafula Masibo
told The Standard that his ofcers
were still pursuing the attackers and
will ensure they bring them to book.
This is an organised gang that is out
to breach peace in our county but we
will not give them a chance. I have or-
dered the security agents to ensure
that we nab them, said Wafula.
He added that at least two people
were killed on Sunday night while sev-
en people have been critically injured
and admitted to hospital following
the retaliatory attack.
I am sending a stern warning to
these criminal groups that they will
face the full wrath of law if they con-
tinue with these heinous activities,
said the police boss.
The two suspects we have in cus-
tody will help us with investigations
to bring other culprits to book.
Area Member of County Assembly
Daniel Kanchori called for urgent
need for police to ensure they dili-
gently work on tip offs from members
of the public to curb such bloody in-
cidences.
He said it was high time police of-
cers worked closely with members of
the public, who might be having cru-
cial security information, to enhance
security.
HOW EVENTS UNFOLDED
At least two people were
killed on Sunday night when
two warring groups engaged
in a fght
Yesterday, seven people were
critically injured and admitted
to hospital following a retalia-
tory attack between the two
groups
A gang of about 100 attacked
members of the public indis-
criminately in an orgy of vio-
lence that lasted hours Police
fred for more than four hours
as they pursued the gang that
also torched a vehicle
A vehicle that was burnt by an or-
ganised gang that attacked residents
of Kitengela, Kajiado County, yester-
day. INSET: Administration Police of-
cers arrest a man after the attack.
[PHOTOS: PETERSON GITHAIGA/STAN-
DARD]
By ISAIAH LUCHELI
A suit challenging a multi-million
shillings tender by the Kenya Medical
Supplies Authority (Kemsa) that had
paralysed the supply of surgical equip-
ment to public hospitals has been dis-
missed.
The Public Procurement Oversight
and Review Board dismissed the ap-
plication by Leadstar Company Lim-
ited, which wanted the procurement
of non-pharmaceutical surgical tubes,
blades and cannulas and safety boxes
nullied.
The board notes that this tender
involves the issue of supply of equip-
ment which are to be used in public
hospitals for the treatment of patients
and notwithstanding the fact that the
board has already found that all the
grounds for review set up by the ap-
plicant lack merit. It would be in pub-
lic interest if patients can access the
equipment without any further undue
delay, the board ruled.
Board chairman Paul Gicheru,
who read the verdict, added that the
company had failed to clinch the ten-
der after it failed to meet some of the
requirements which included the la-
beling of equipment. Failure to prop-
erly label the supplies would open a
oodgate for counterfeited goods,
said Gicheru.
Leadstar had sought for a review
on the grounds that Kemsa had vio-
lated the Public Procurement and
Disposal Act, the Public Procurement
and Disposal Regulations and the
Constitution by evaluating the com-
panys tender document contrary to
instructions to bidders and require-
ments of the tender document.
Kemsa gets green
light to supply
medical tools
Woman in sons murder suit jailed for ten years
By FRED MAKANA
A woman who killed her four-year-
old son and dumped his body in a well
after a domestic quarrel was jailed for
10 years by a Nairobi court.
High Court Judge Nicholas Ombija
convicted Jane Gathiga Maina for the
murder of her son at their home in
Kingeero, Wangige within Kiambu
County on October 3, 2010.
However, her husband Walter
Njuguna Maina was set free for lack of
evidence after Justice Ombija found
that he had no common intention to
kill the boy. A scufe arose between
him and Jane over Sh3,000 on the fate-
ful day.
FOUND GUILTY
The court heard that on the fateful
day the childs body was found with
strangle marks.
A postmortem examination report
presented before the court by Govern-
ment pathologist Johansen Oduor
during the trial showed that the boy
died of strangulation.
Following a trial at the court, Mrs
Maina was found guilty of willfully
murdering her son. The judge con-
victed her on the strength of circum-
stantial evidence adduced by various
prosecution witnesses.
Lawyer Omae, who represented
the rst accused, argued that the two
had a peaceful marriage and would
not have plotted the murder of their
son. He pleaded for leniency for the
accused, saying she has another child
she gave birth to while in custody.
Justice Ombija directed Mrs Maina
to appeal within 14 days.
Incase the mother is handed a
death sentence it will be harsh to the
child and I request the court to do jus-
tice to the innocent child, Omae
said.
By CAROLINE RWENJI
Labour Cabinet Secretary Kazun-
gu Kambi can now breathe easy. A pe-
tition led by an activist challenging
his academic qualications has been
dismissed.
High Court Judge David Majanja
dismissed the case in which activist
Charles Omanga and eight others
sought to have the Labour CS com-
pelled to reveal his credentials.
Justice Majanja said in his judge-
ment that the petitioner had followed
the wrong approach in seeking the in-
formation. The petitioner argues that
this provision (Article 35) is self pro-
pelling and that a person is entitled to
apply to the court directly for such in-
formation to be given. In my view, this
is the wrong approach, he said.
Mr Kambi (left), the court said,
cannot be coerced to provide the in-
formation before a State organ, insti-
tution or body is given an opportuni-
ty to provide the information.
The petitioner must demonstrate
that the information sought is re-
quired for the protection or exercise
of any right or fundamental freedom,
Justice Maganga said.
The petition, he further said, failed
as the petitioner failed to show how
he requires Kambis degree to protect
any of his fundamental freedoms.
In the petition led on January 22,
Omanga challenged Kambis appoint-
ment as the Labour CS and further
sought to have the court compel the
him to provide a self declaration form
and produce his university degree.
FUNNY BEHAVIOUR
Omanga accused Kambi of con-
ducting himself in a manner incom-
patible with the status of a degree
holder.
He claimed that that is reason
enough to believe that the Labour CS
is not a degree holder and that he gave
false and misleading information on
his competence.
Kambi termed the petition as mis-
conceived as that the information is
available. The petitioner, he said, has
failed to direct the request to the right
body.
The petitioner has not indicated
that he intends to enforce a right or
fundamental freedom as the manner
of appointment and removal of a Cab-
inet Secretary is provided for by the
Constitution and in the circumstanc-
es the court cannot be called upon to
conduct a review of the appointment
or commence the process of remov-
al, he said.
Court now throws out petition on Kambis credentials
Jane Gathiga Maina with her husband Walter Njuguna Maina at the Milimani
Law Courts yesterday. Mrs Maina was jailed for 10 years for the murder of
her four-year-old son at Kingeero, Kiambu County.[PHOTO: FIDELIS KABUNYI]
Page 11 Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard
Page 12 / NATIONAL NEWS Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard
Kithure
accuses
leaders of
abusing law
By MOSES NJAGIH
Senate Majority Leader Prof
Kithure Kindiki has criticised the
sudden wave of impeachment of
governors by members of county
assemblies, warning that it will
slow down devolution.
Kindiki said the constitutional
clause allowing MCAs to impeach
county bosses must be used spar-
ingly and as a last resort to avoid
incapacitating governors.
Impeachment should not be
used as the weapon of rst resort.
It should be used sparingly and
only when all other avenues have
been exhausted. It should never be
that whenever a governor has
done something wrong then MCAs
rush to bring him down, said
Kindiki.
In a press conference yester-
day, the Tharaka Nithi senator said
the drafters of the Constitution an-
ticipated that impeachment would
only be the ultimate measure
when all other avenues have been
exploited.
He said it was discouraging
that MCAs were now abusing the
provision and using the leeway to
blackmail and issue threats to gov-
ernors, hampering their perfor-
mance.
It (impeachment) is not meant
to be abused to incapacitate gov-
ernors from doing their work. It
should be brought only when
there are serious allegations of
breach of law. It must not be em-
ployed on frivolous grounds, he
said.
MCAs in several counties have
either begun the impeachment
process or given indications of
their intention to send the county
bosses home over various allega-
tions, prompting senators caution
that they will only entertain a pro-
cess backed by strong grounds as
stipulated in the law.
Duale: Let KDF
stay in Somalia
By STEVE MKAWALE
National Assembly Majority
Leader Aden Duale says Kenyan
soldiers should not be withdrawn
from Somalia.
Duale dismissed calls for an ex-
it plan for Kenya Defence Forces
troops serving under the African
Union Mission in Somalia (Ami-
som), saying peace has to be re-
stored. We must stand by our
troops serving in Somalia. The se-
curity personnel need support of
all Kenyans in the face of rising
terror threats. We are not going to
leave Somalia, said Duale.
Speaking in Kuresoi South
Constituency, Nakuru County, Du-
ale said Kenya was yet to meet its
objectives in Somalia. Until we
eliminate terrorists, KDF shall re-
main in Somalia, he said.
Welcome to Nigeria, Mr President!
President Uhuru
Kenyatta inspects
a guard of honour
mounted by the
Nigerian Armed
Forces at State
House, Abuja,
Nigeria. Uhuru
received a 21-gun
salute, the highest
military honour
given to a visiting
Head of State, with
the Nigerian
military band play-
ing the two
countries national
anthems.
The President,
accompanied by
First Lady
Margaret Kenyat-
ta, is on a three-
day state visit.
[PHOTO: PSCU]
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Will senators
fury over MCAs
favour Wambora?
By MOSES NJAGIH
Senate reconvenes this afternoon
for a special session to deliberate on
the fate of Embu Governor Martin
Wambora, following the county chiefs
second impeachment.
The sitting comes as highly placed
sources indicated to The Standard
that the embattled governor could
benet from the heat directed at
members of county assemblies
Senate is unhappy
with MCAs for using
impeachment clause
to blackmail and hold
governors at ransom
THE GOINGS-ON IN THE HOUSE
The Senate last week received the instru-
ments of impeachment from the County As-
sembly of Embu, prompting Speaker Ekwe
Ethuro to call senators, who are currently on
recess, for a special sitting
The meeting is expected to deliberate on
the way forward, following the new process
The High Court nullifed the initial pro-
cess that had seen the House send Wambora
home, granting him a major reprieve
Khalwales team of 11 senators had ap-
proved Wamboras impeachment, a position
upheld at the vote by 45 of the 47 senators
(MCAs) by senators over the im-
peachment wave in counties.
A group of senators led by Major-
ity Leader Kithure Kindiki (pictured)
and Kipchumba Murkomen (Elgeyo/
Marakwet) turned the heat on MCAs
at the weekend, accusing them of em-
ploying blackmail and impeachment
threats to gain favours from gover-
nors.
Yesterday, senators appeared di-
vided on the new procedure, with
some saying it will be unnecessary to
constitute another special committee
to determine the matter, given the
grounds for impeachment are the
same as those earlier handled by the
rst committee headed by Kakamega
Senator Boni Khalwale.
CASE DETERMINED
Khalwales team of 11 senators had
recommended the impeachment of
By PAMELA CHEPKEMEI
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK)
has moved to court to stop the Gov-
ernment from paying out Sh1.4 bil-
lion to non-existent companies in the
Anglo Leasing scandal.
LSK is seeking court orders stop-
ping the Treasury and the Attorney
General from paying any money re-
lated to the 18 Ango Leasing types of
contracts.
Also being sought is an order com-
pelling the Cabinet Secretary for Trea-
sury Henry Rotich and the AG Githu
Muigai to produce in court evidence
of any payments made so far to First
Mercantile Securities Corporation
within seven days.
LSK through lawyer James Mwa-
mu told the High Court in Nairobi that
the Government of Kenya was about
to move Parliament to approve the il-
legal payments.
Judge David Majanja certied the
case urgent and directed LSK to serve
the Cabinet Secretary Treasury and
the Attorney General for hearing to-
morrow.
The judge however, declined to is-
sue interim orders stopping the Gov-
ernment from making any pay-
ments.
Justice Majanja said he was satis-
ed that the case was urgent but pay-
ments were not likely to be made
soon.
The payment of $12 million is not
so imminent as to demand an ex parte
order, he ruled.
Mr Mwamu said the application
was urgent because Kenyans would
be made to pay billions to non-exis-
tent entities, if the court did not inter-
vene.
By BENARD SANGA
The Industrial Court in Mom-
basa yesterday halted a special
conference organised by the
Dock Workers Union (DWU) top
brass to formalise the unions de-
fection from the Central Organi-
sation Trade Unions (Cotu) to the
Public Servants Trade Unions Ke-
nya (Pusetu).
DWU ofcials had convened
the meeting scheduled for yester-
day afternoon to validate its de-
fection to Pusetu and kick-start
the process to enable Kenya Ports
Authority (KPA) to start submit-
ting members contribution to
the new entrant.
DWU Secretary General Si-
mon Sang requested KPA to sub-
mit the over 6,000 DWU mem-
bers contribution to Pusetu as
from next month through a no-
tice.
Union members contribute
Sh100 every month and the move
may deny Pusetu cash to roll out
a recruitment exercise in Mom-
basa scheduled to start this week
as earlier announced by Sang.
Upon reading the claimants
application led under certi-
cate of urgency it is hereby or-
dered that there shall be no meet-
ing of the special conference as
advertised, the court ruled.
The Industrial Courts direc-
tive was reached at after some
union members opposed to the
defection led a notice to stop
the meeting that was expected to
approve that members contribu-
tions be remitted to Pusetu.
Dock workers
move to
Pusetu halted
Wambora, a position upheld during
the vote by 45 of the 47 senators, with
only Baringos Gideon Moi opposing
while Embus Lenny Kivuti ab-
stained.
Wamboras case was determined
by the House long ago and that is the
Senates position. It would be a waste
of time for us to again go back to the
committee stage to listen to issues
that had been canvassed, said a sen-
ator who sat in the Khalwales com-
mittee but declined to be named to
avoid appearing to be anticipating
debate, which is an offence in Stand-
ing Orders.
However, Murkomen, who also sat
in the Khalwale-led committee, said
he expected the House to treat the
new impeachment apparatus as
though it has never been brought to
the attention of the house.
Our proceedings must be as if we
have never handled this matter be-
fore. We will look at all the evidence
afresh, ignoring the rst proceedings
that we had, said the Elgeyo/Marak-
wet Senator.
He added: If he (Wambora) brings
a new line of defence that he had nev-
er brought, we will evaluate it on its
own merits and if he presents his case
well, we may as well acquit him of the
charges.
Murkomen said Senate must re-
spect the ruling of the High Court,
which nullied the initial process,
and treat the current impeachment
afresh following the stipulations of
the law.
LSK seeks court help on Anglo Leasing payment
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A
free Press, said Albert Camus, can, of course, be
good or bad, but, most certainly without
freedom, the Press will never be anything but
bad.
Kenya joined the rest of the world in marking the
World Press Freedom Day. This is a day that the United
Nations General Assembly, acting on the recommenda-
tions of Unesco, proclaimed in 1963 in Windhoek,
Namibia. The 2014 celebration is anchored on three
themes: the safety of journalists; the rule of law; and the
sustainability and integrity of journalism.
In Kenya, there is so much for the Fourth Estate to
celebrate, yet there lurks unending fear of dark forces
rolling back the achievements made so far. More than
ever before, the led are holding their leaders to account
for decisions they make while in service. A properly
curious Press has made that possible. The Kenya Editors
Guild has decried constant threats and intimidation by
the State. It is not enough for the Executive to issue
statements about the Governments commitment to
supporting Press freedom. Government needs to match
words with deeds. And one way of doing that is enabling
journalists to access information through enactment of
the Freedom of Information Act, in compliance with
Article 35 of the Constitution.
Lack of information and the secrecy that surrounds
Government dealings is one reason why sometimes
journalists get it wrong. When journalists are left to
guesswork, there is bound to be distortions of facts and
misrepresentation. The Government needs to appreciate
the role the Press plays in informing and educating the
public. As the Fourth Estate, the Press plays a critical
role in holding the feet of the other arms of Government
to the fire and celebrating the achievements of those in
Government. It works for the common good. Govern-
ments are used to mischief and would like to sweep
under the carpet acts of misdemeanor by those in its
ranks. A Press working in a freer environment will no
doubt be a force of good for all.

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A
s schools open for the second
term this week, all indications are
that the education sector is
headed for more upheavals. First, the
Kenya Union of Post Primary Education
Teachers has already threatened a strike
next month over the non-payment of leave
allowances, responsibility allowances and
promotions for its members. It is also up
in arms over the delayed hiring of new
teachers to help scale down the prevalent
teacher shortage countrywide as well as
capitation.
That aside, many of the parents in the
low-income bracket are an unhappy lot. At
the beginning of the year, the huge
amount of fees and other levies charged by
schools (based on their needs) raised an
outcry across the country.
President Uhuru Kenyattas interven-
tion amplified the seriousness of the
matter.
Consequently, he ordered his Secretary
for Education to give the matter due
attention and gave hope to parents.
While setting up a task force to look
into the fee issue, Joseph Kaimenyi gave it
two months to complete the task.
Yesterday, his Principal Secretary Belio
Kipsang defended the delay in tabling the
report as earlier intended, citing a number
of reasons.
While pleading for more time for the
task force to complete its work, he further
warned that its recommendations would
only be effected next year. This is not
reassuring.
Urging parents to honour the fee
structures that caused an uproar necessi-
tating the setting up of the task force is
unfair. It is an indication the ministry
lacks the will or the seriousness to resolve
the high fees problem.
Education is a fundamental human
right that should not be infringed upon
through charging fees that limit access to
it. A countrys level of development has a
direct bearing to its literacy levels. Though
Kenyas is relatively high, the rising costs
of education is making school unafford-
able.
Further, as the Government gives the
impression it will handle the matter at its
own pace. Principals have pleaded with it
to hasten the disbursement of fee subsi-
dies and increase the same for day
secondary schools. Previously, government
delays in remitting these funds compelled
some schools to hike their fee to meet
operational costs.
This is understandable in view of the
unstable market prices of food, but what
comes out is uncoordinated efforts by the
Government.
However, all is not lost for the parents.
In his budget proposals for the year
2014/2015, Treasury Cabinet Secretary
Henry Rotich allocated money to the
ministry, which, if approved by Parlia-
ment, will see the Government pay for,
among other things, examination fee,
salaries for subordinate staff, bills for
water and electricity in schools. The
actualisation of this proposal will occasion
great relief to parents.
It should not be lost on the Govern-
ment that there are a number of bright
students who have not reported to schools
for lack of fees. The plight of these
students should be considered keenly.
They should not lose hope of a better
future because of where they come from.
At the same time, Prof Kaimenyi must
take control, dialogue with teachers and
agree to modalities that will ensure
tranquility and restore order.
Constant disruptions are affecting the
quality of education in the country.
Set your DVR for Rio 2016
When the International Olympic Committee
rejected Chicago and two other nalists and
awarded the 2016 Summer Games to Rio de
Janeiro, there were tears in Daley Plaza and
an early Carnaval in deliriously happy Brazil.
Nearly ve years later, its fair to ask: Who
was the real winner? Rios plans for a vast
amount of development to prepare for the big
show in 2016 have fallen far behind schedule.
Theres talk of an Olympic-size debacle. The
expected price tag for the Rio Games has
jumped by at least 30 percent from the original
estimate. Workers seeking higher pay have
taken advantage of the increasingly tight
construction schedule to stage strikes and
slowdowns...
Ukraine: The temptation to walk away
from conict must be resisted
However reluctant everyone must be to
admit it, the ghting in Ukraine appears to
have passed the point of no return. Following
the shocking incineration of more than 30
people in Odessa in the south, and an unknown
number of deaths at various ashpoints in the
east, it is no longer hyperbole to talk of war
on Europes eastern frontier. This is the new
reality. The Wests Ukrainian strategy based on
gently drawing the country into the orbit of the
European Union, and hoping Moscow wouldnt
notice lies in ruins. Ukraine is now divided into
east and west, though the frontier between the
two is shifting...
Children need help to ensure their
unlimited potential blossoms
That one step, leads to the future, the path
to dreams.This slogan for child welfare week,
which starts on Childrens Day on Monday, was
composed by a seven-year-old girl in Chiba
Prefecture. The slogan evokes a sense of the
unlimited potential of children. We should nurture
it with care. An increasing number of primary
schools across the nation have been holding
an event, dubbed one-half coming-of-age
ceremony, to commemorate children reaching
the age of 10, half the 20 years they must reach
to come of age. The event, for fourth graders,
became popular after a Japanese textbook
introduced it about 10 years ago...

Palaver
Goats eat just about any-
thing and it is very hard to nd
a really sick one. Thus, it came
as no surprise to learn that
the animals milk can actually
improve the CD4 count in HIV
positive people. Several people
attest to it. Of the many plants
it eats, some could actually
provide a cure for Aids. How
about cutting off the middle
(man) ...er... goat in the chain?
Four legs good, two legs
bad. That was the rallying call
for Snowball in George Orwells
Animal Farm in the rebellion
against man. In Sudan, the an-
tagonists refused to listen to their
brothers in Africa, but when John
Kerry of America came, it was
immediate acquiescence. Palaver
is not racist by any measure, but
then is it white skin good, black
skin bad?
There is nothing like a
magistrate or judge to deate
the egos of our highly opinion-
ated legislators? Dont I like
our learned brothers! Walahi,
dont mess with the law.
Abdulahi Diriye, the MP for
Wajir South caused a breach of
peace at the JKIA thinking he
could get away with it because
he was an MP. Wrong. Senior
Principal Magistrate Timothy
Okello was not amused and
made the legislator Sh50,000
poorer.
What is the matter with some
Kenyans? The more the Govern-
ment deports foreigners, the
more foreigners get in. For a few
thousand shillings, some Kenyans
are ready to sacrice their coun-
try. And they are getting ingenous
by the day. Imagine letting in
foreigners using an ambulance!
Who would think of anything like
that?
Embu residents, denitely
sick of their chronically myo-
pic leadership, have gathered
enough signatures to convince
the courts to send all the com-
batants home so they can elect
true leaders afresh. And about
time too. MCAs had better
watch out, you
may terrorise
the governors
and rene your
extortionist tac-
tics for personal
aggrandisement,
but you will never armtwist
the electorate, who gave you
status. They will have the last
laugh, as always!
And nally...
And a naked man who had
been running and doing push-ups
in a Portland street was struck by
a car and killed early on Sunday,
reports AP. Portland police said
they received two phone calls
about the man but he was killed
before they arrived at the scene.
A third call said a car had hit the
man, police said in a statement.
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OPINIONS / Page 15 Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard
Planning for a mortgage? Think twice
It means that credit myths can
be debunked, and interest rates
customised for each borrower ac-
cording to their level of risk.
By making it more attractive
for people to borrow and make
timely repayments lest it affects
your credit scores negatively, the
lending base is widened and in
the long term, banks can report
even higher prots and lower de-
faults. But as with all great initia-
tives, this one seems to have dis-
sipated in a cloud of smoke.
Seeing as the hapless Kenyan
once again nds himself at the
mercy of the banks, I welcome
the conversation around creating
a secondary mortgage market
with unabated excitement.
AND OTHERS?
By introducing an avenue that
mops up excess liquidity from ar-
eas such as pensions funds (I
hope NSSF is listening), maybe a
few more Kenyans can look for-
ward to living in their dream
homes.
While that is developing, let us
also hope that the Treasury com-
mittee tasked to look into interest
rates comes up with a framework
that can be put into place while
respecting supply and demand
forces.
And if none of these initiatives
works, maybe we can all just stage
a mass boycott and carry our
money around. Mattress account,
anyone?
Ms Ngima is a strategy, nance and
governance expert
tania.ngima@gmail.com
C
redit-scoring is an in-
strumental tool in de-
termining who quali-
es for a loan, at what limits and
subject to what interest rates.
A few years ago, when there
was talk of actively using Credit
Reference Bureaus to evaluate the
level of risk by lending institu-
tions, I was very excited. Finally,
my meticulous loan and bill-pay-
ing history was going to be re-
warded in a big way.
I had visions of walking into a
lending institution, lling in my
loan application forms and get-
ting approval at a single-digit rate
without having to pay an arm and
a leg in monthly instalments.
I even thought about getting a
mortgage, and stopping the end-
less tussle with bank salespeople
when they came to hawk their 16
per cent wares to our ofce staff.
RENTAL INCREASES
That never happened. I am
still waiting though. This is the
thing: I have a fundamental prob-
lem with mortgages and how they
are marketed.
Yes, I know a house is an asset
and it frees you from the clutches
of arbitrary rental increases and
the often-inconsiderate land-
lords. But the gures tell a differ-
ent story.
Let us use an average price of
Sh10m, after a cursory look at the
housing market.
The lowest interest rate, if
youre really lucky is 14 per cent
and to be conservative, a 20-year
repayment period.
Using these most conservative
gures, your monthly payment
will be Sh124,350 and at the end
of the 20 years, you will have paid
Sh29.8m.
Of course, there are factors
such as the time value of money
and the ability to increase your
monthly repayments, reducing
your total interest on principal.
But still, paying Sh30m for a
10m house, is equivalent to pay-
ing double the price of the house
in interest.
DEFYING GRAVITY
The rationale that some mar-
keters give is that the value of the
house will appreciate signicant-
ly over the 20 years.
However, this is not in yours,
or anyone elses control.
Look at the US housing mar-
ket south of the 2007/8 nancial
crisis and how the housing prices
plummeted, leaving thousands
dealing with foreclosures.
Or even observe the develop-
ment or deterioration of certain
neighbourhoods. You will be
hard-pressed to correctly predict
which factors will make yours a
more, or less, attractive residence
in the next 10 years.
SPECULATIVE BUBBLE
In Kenya, the property market
has in the last decade experi-
enced signicant demand lead-
ing to a speculative bubble.
Whether or not these prices will
crash, or at the very best stabilise,
is anyones bet.
Given these parameters, are
you willing to put your Sh30m in
an investment that is currently
valued at Sh10m with the hopes
of future valuation?
There is a caveat, though.
If you are likely to make a sig-
nicant down payment, or nego-
tiate favourable borrowing rates,
or increase your repayments year-
on-year or even make extra pay-
ments on your principal, then a
mortgage may be marginally af-
fordable.
SUPER-NORMAL PROFITS
Year-on-year, the news on the
nancial lenders, specically
banks, is the same.
The Central Bank of Kenya
continues to encourage com-
mercial lenders to reduce the
spread a measure between the
average cost of lending and the
rate of return paid on deposits.
And every year the banks stu-
diously ignore CBK and other
like-minded evangelists and con-
tinue to report stellar growth with
ever-expanding protability from
spreads of between 9 and 14 per
cent.
One of the reasons that the in-
stitutions give for refusing to re-
duce the lending rates, even as
the Central Bank keeps the bench-
mark in the single digits, is cited
as catering for the risk of default.
Which brings us to credit rating,
again.
BAD APPLES
Using reports from Credit Ref-
erence Bureaus allows nancial
institutions to stop lumping all
borrowers into the same category
of risk and permits intelligent
lending.
TANIA NGIMA}
HOUSI NG
D
evolution is in the
hearts of majority of
Kenyans and it is the
responsibility of the relevant con-
stitutional organs to defend and
protect it.
The coming into being of de-
volved units early last year has led
to the realisation of enormous de-
velopment and if well protected,
there is no doubt that Kenyans
will enjoy more fruits that come
with Devolution.
GANGING UP
However, it is disturbing to see
some forces ganging up to frus-
trate, intimidate and try to humil-
iate governors in the name of
holding them accountable. This is
not the spirit of devolution.
Remarks by the Deputy Presi-
dent William Ruto at a function in
Muranga at the weekend, which
was attended by among others,
Senators, Members of the Nation-
al Assembly and MCAs touching
on the integrity of governors is the
tip of the iceberg.
MOSES WETANGULA } Hands off governors, theyve got work to do
The DP
and his group
outright-
ly intimidat-
ed governors
particularly
when speak-
ers (includ-
ing himself)
incited Mem-
bers of Coun-
ty Assemblies
against the
governors
It sent out a clear message that
the Jubilee administration is not
for the success of Devolution.
The DP and his group out-
rightly intimidated governors
particularly when speakers (in-
cluding himself ) incited Mem-
bers of County Assemblies against
the county bosses.
The meeting in Muranga was
like a lynch mob trading their
guns against governors, accusing
them of all manner of wrong-do-
ings.
BAD TASTE
The support for MCAs to rout
governors was in bad taste and
the Deputy President ought to
weigh his words when it comes to
such matters. Each governor is in-
dividually accountable for any
wrong-doing.
One governors mistake should
not be made to be a collective re-
sponsibility for all the governors.
We must stop this cheap and un-
popular politics.
Of concern is the manner in
which some senators are using
their ofces to harass and intimi-
date governors and their staff.
Annoyingly, some of these sena-
tors tend to speak with authority
as if they speak for the Senate
leadership.
This must stop. A governor is
not an appointee of anyone. They
are elected just like senators and
Members of the National Assem-
bly are and each one of these cat-
egories must respect the other.
Senators should desist from
making statements that could
have far-reaching implications
especially on constitutional mat-
ters that involve Devolution.
GUIDANCE
The Senate leadership should
provide guidance on what sena-
tors should say in public to avoid
having them over-stepping their
mandate every now and then.
Senators must stick to their
role as spelt out in the Constitu-
tion and should do their work
without interfering with that of
the governors.
As the Coalition for Reforms
and Democracy (CORD), we shall
not stand aside and look as some
forces try to kill Devolution in the
name of providing checks and
balances on county bosses.
Devolution must be left to
grow and governors allowed to
exercise their constitutional man-
date of fostering development at
the grassroots level.
CORD will not allow any organ
of the Government to frustrate
Devolution for personal gains.
This is not why Kenyans voted
for the Constitution in 2010; they
supported it in place of a centra-
lised system of government.
Endless supremacy battles will
only slow down the governors
work and in the end, kill Devolu-
tion completely.
Mr Wetangula is the Bungoma
County Senator and Senate Minority
Leader
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Decisive action needs to be taken
against these killers now
Kenyans are living in fear each day. A
week ago a car blew up at the entrance
to Pangani police station. Two buses were
blown up on Thika Road Sunday and on
Saturday, four people were killed in two
terror attacks in Mombasa. Whoever is
behind the shedding of innocent blood
has an evil agenda. Lives are lost, people
maimed and some left blind. It will take
a lot of effort between the citizens and
the Government. Mmasi Memeti
No, this madness needs to stop by
all means possible:
Its barely 24 hours and our country is
rocking with blasts all over. The terrorists
have now decided to hit us like never
before. Starting with churches, bus
stops and even police stations! Where
next will the attacks be? The terrorists
are even going to sacred places where
worshipers are gathered and ring at
innocent people. These incidents need
to stop since we cant live on like this.
Our security sector needs to pull up their
socks by ensuring that they outdo these
ruthless killers and not being surprised
by their frequent attacks. For how long
will we let our guard down and watch as
our beloved perish at the hands of cruel
attackers? Does it mean we should avoid
social gatherings since our attackers
might be there doing what they do at
their best? Risper Kwamboka
Bring bus owners on board the
ght against attacks
After the recent two bomb attacks that
killed three people and injured more
than 70 others in a couple of explosions
involving two buses, the ght against
terrorism appears to be drifting to a
menacing security task. This depicts
that terrorist have resorted to employ
unimaginable tactics aimed at killing
people even in smaller scales. The
saccos managing the buses should aide
the security forces to ensure that their
clients, who are the travellers, are safer.
We should bring them on board so as to
minimise the terrorist attacks targeting
travellers. Japheth Ogila
Can our security agencies words be
taken as guarantees of safety?
Have you, as a Kenyan citizen, ever asked
and weighed your safety from the Al
Shabaab wherever you are? Im afraid
am getting scared of these heartless
beings despite the fact that our security
ofcers try as much as they can to
console our hearts every time terror
attacks occur. Is it that the ofcers cant
just block these Al Shabaab agents totally
or have they become invisible in their
operations? Samuel Odhiambo
State must tackle corruption
to scale down terror attacks
Sunday evening, two buses are
attacked with explosives along Thi-
ka Road leaving three people dead.
Just before that on Saturday, two ex-
plosions go off in Mombasa killing
four people.
It has now become a common
thing for Kenyans to wake up to
such breaking news of explosions
that leaves many dead and some
critically injured. Recently, Kenya
has been on the spotlight with
blasts in major towns. This is clear
indication that our security man-
agement is wanting, something
which should make us Kenyans a
very worried lot. The Kenya police
have even admitted that security is
a very big challenge. Where does
this admission by the police leave
us?
These frequent attacks have
been blamed on the presence of the
Kenya Defence Forces in Somalia.
Last year, Kenyas security was
ranked among the worst in Africa in
an Ibrahim Index of African Gover-
nance (IIAG) report. Kenya was po-
sition 42 near the edge of the bot-
tom-placed and ranked as poor in
personal security for its citizens
and visitors.
Ms Hadeel Ibrahim, the found-
ing executive director of the Mo
foundation, said after the report
came out that Kenyas security situ-
ation has been largely affected by
its unstable neighbours.
The report also showed that Ke-
nyas involvement in the Somali
conict including the deployment
of forces in the country contributed
greatly to poor security. More than
a year now and the security situa-
tion in the country is worse.
The country decided to focus
more on terrorism related crimes
early this year with the police car-
rying swoops and arresting people
with no valid identication docu-
ments. Has this bore any fruits?
Let us face the real situation
here. Yes, the war and presence of
our Kenyan troops in Somalia is
one of the contributing factors to
insecurity in Kenya!
But some other countries like
Ethiopia and Uganda also have
their troops in Somalia. Why are
they not experiencing such attacks?
I blame it on corruption. Corrup-
tion at the immigration depart-
ment, at our borders and even in-
side the police service itself.
Last month during the Eastleigh
crackdown dubbed Operation
Usalama Watch there were allega-
tions of corruption. One ethnic So-
mali claimed that he was asked for
a bribe of Sh10,000 by a police of-
cer to secure his release. Those who
could not afford to pay the bribe
were detained.
Anyone who has visited the im-
migration department can also
agree that it can take you less than
three days to have your documents
ready, just by parting with some-
thing small.
Prof Anyang Nyongo once re-
ferred to the department as a den
of corruption.
That is the reality of things that
the Government is trying to run
away from.
The clean up should just start at
the immigration department and
the Kenya police.
{Nixon Kanali, Nairobi, Kenya}
Page 16 / READERS DIALOGUE Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard
County units have a role in security
Constitutional requirement that
the security of the State is the car-
dinal duty of the national govern-
ment is taken out of context.
What the provision implies is
that the national government pro-
vides stewardship on security is-
sues while at the same time work-
ing with other stakeholders. This is
the trend the world over. Kenyas
two levels of government can im-
prove the state of security by com-
bining efforts.
It is imperative for county gov-
ernments to get involved in provid-
ing security for residents in their
jurisdiction.
First, the county governments
should make allowance for CCTV
cameras in the county budgets.
Embracing technology has helped
many nations in the developed
world to enhance security.
Second, procurement of securi-
ty vehicles by counties is a step in
the right direction. Past scenarios
where the police departments
lacked functioning vehicles should
not arise. I congratulate those
counties which have invested in se-
curity vehicles as a way of improv-
ing police mobility and response to
distress calls.
Third, county bosses have an
obligation to get data of all people
in their areas. The Nyumba Kumi
initiative is a good starting point.
Our porous borders have made it
easy for foreigners to gain entry in-
to the country.
I urge the county governments
to actively participate in security
surveillance.
Finally, lighting of the streets is
a major security measure in urban
areas. Kenyans remember fondly
the lighting of the streets by Esther
Pasaris. Can the counties borrow a
leaf from the Pasaris project?
Security is our collective re-
sponsibility.
{Benard Amaya, via mail}
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Feedback
Leaders got it wrong on
Mumias Sugar woes
Reading the article Leaders
want overhaul of Mumias Sugar
Management, I was not moved.
I am still certain that politicians
from Mumias sugar zone have
terribly failed the electorate.
The three leaders, Kakamega
Governor Wycliffe Oparanya,
Senator Boni Khalwale and
Mumias East MP Ben Washiali
are not rst timers in elective
positions.
The problems affecting the
leading sugar miller in the
country did not start with the
management of suspended CEO
Peter Kebati. Over the years,
when Oparanya, Khalwale and
Washiali were serving as Butere,
Ikolomani and Mumias MPs
respectively, farmers in the
region continued to grow poorer
and poorer. Here, farmers are
paid peanuts and the payment
happens after more than
six months of waiting upon
harvesting of the cane.
If MSC collapses, which is a likely
possibility if the current state
of affairs is anything to go by,
time will harshly judge governor
Oparanya, senator Khalwale
and other elected leaders from
the region. They should not
allow this to happen under their
watch.
The question that should be
pressing hard on Oparanya
should be why cane farmers
are the poorest and this has
exacerbated under his watch
when he was elected as Butere
MP in 2002.
As a son of a farmer, I have
tasted and felt the agony of cane
farmers in the region.
Mr Oparanya, with due respect
sir, act now or else Kakamega
County will defend the top
position on poverty index
ranking in the next four years.
Over to you, county boss.
{Kennedy Aseka, KIMC,
Nairobi}
Religion should not
be an excuse to kill
There is a Chinese proverb that
says if there is righteousness in the
heart, there will be beauty in charac-
ter. If there is beauty in character,
there will be harmony at home. If
there is harmony at home, there will
be order in the nation. If there is or-
der in the nation, there will be peace
in the world.
The unending terrorism acts like
those in Roysambu, the Mwembe
Tayari explosion among others that
have left people dead and scores with
horrendous injuries in the recent past
are clear indication of lack of human-
ity.
Although the perpetrators of ter-
rorism acts do them in the name of
religion, it is factual that almost all re-
ligions in the world teach the same
principle for moral, ethical and char-
acter development. Hence, such acts
should be condemned in the stron-
gest terms possible.
Any religion that advocates for
killing and maiming of innocent peo-
ple should be regarded as demonic.
Freedom of worship should not be
a leeway to commit abhorrent acts.
{Titus Pala, Kisumu}
Its illegal not to raise
minimum wage
The question of how much the
lowest paid worker in Kenya earns
raises legal, economic and political
contestations.
On Labour Day, government
failed to announce a raise in the min-
imum wage, breaking a well estab-
lished and rational tradition.
The move left employers happy,
workers further oppressed and the
Government with the dilemma to
justify.
The Constitution guarantees ev-
ery worker the right to fair remunera-
tion (Article 41).
{Edward Kahuthia, Nairobi}
Intel gathering is key
in war on terror
That Nairobi and towns in North
Eastern and Coast regions have borne
the brunt of the sporadic terror at-
tacks by Al Shabaab militia group and
their sympathisers, is clear to Ke-
nyans.
But the onerous duty by the State
to preempt these recurrent terror at-
tacks in these predictably vulnerable
regions is still wanting.
The State needs to shift its anti-
terrorism focus on preempting terror
attacks rather than reacting after ter-
rorists have struck.
Our countrys spy networks
should be enabled to collect timely
intelligence on the enemy.
{George Kajilwa, Kakamega}
NATIONAL NEWS / Page 17
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard
By ERASTUS MULWA
Six MPs are lobbying for the
amendment to Article 181 of the
Constitution to shield governors
from threats of arbitrary impeach-
ment by Members of County As-
semblies (MCAs).
The legislators, David Kareithi
(Tigania West), Victor Munyaka
(Machakos Town), John Munuve
(Mwingi North), Vincent Musyoka
(Mwala), Kanini Kega (Kieni), and
Susan Musyoka (Machakos) said
MCAs are misusing their powers
with regard to removing gover-
nors from ofce.
Reacting to recent media re-
ports that indicated that Macha-
kos Governor Alfred Mutua could
be impeached, the lawmakers
said they will seek the support of
all MPs to ensure governors are
not left under the mercies of
MCAs. They were speaking after a
funds drive in Machakos Town
constituency.
INVERTED PRIORITIES
Dr Mutua is said to have fallen
out with some MCAs in his Coun-
ty, who have been accusing him of
pursuing inverted priorities on
development matters. The MPs
said the Constitution has serious
loopholes, which if unchecked,
are likely to be abused by selsh
politicians.
The current law on impeach-
ment of governors is quite defec-
tive and subject to abuse by MCAs
and even senators. That, in itself,
is a threat to devolution, said Dr
Munyaka.
Musyoka, who vowed to table
the motion as soon as Parliament
reconvenes, said the Bill would
help protect devolution from
those who intend to pull the
country backwards.
I can tell you for certain that
I will be bringing that motion on
the oor of the House so that we
convince lawmakers to substan-
tially increase the legal threshold
required for removal of a governor
from ofce, Eng Musyoka said.
However, Musyoka and Mu-
nyaka downplayed allegations
that there was a looming divorce
between Governor Mutua and his
deputy Bernard Kiala.
By PAMELA CHEPKEMEI
Three judges have disqualied
themselves from a case led by the
Central Bank of Kenya Governor
Njuguna Ndungu seeking to stop his
criminal prosecution over a Sh1.2 bil-
lion security systems tender.
Yesterday, High Court Judges Isaac
Lenaola and Mumbi Ngugi said they
could not handle the case because the
judges in the Constitutional and Hu-
man Rights Division have been men-
tioned adversely in the media over the
Justice Isaac Lenaola
has since forwarded
fle to the Chief Justice
to appoint a judge to
handle the suit
THREE HIGH COURT JUDGES QUIT
CASE OVER PUBLICITY
Yesterday, High Court Judges Isaac Lenaola
and Mumbi Ngugi said they could not handle
the case because the judges in the Constitu-
tional and Human Rights Division have been
mentioned adversely in the media over the
matter
Judge Ngugi, who was scheduled to hear the
petition yesterday, said she could not proceed
because Prof Ndungu fled the application on
Friday against the Ethics and Anti Corruption
Commission. Justice Lenaola forwarded the
fle to Chief Justice Willy Mutunga to appoint
a judge outside the Constitutional and Human
Rights Division to hear the case
matter.
Justice David Majanja was the rst
to decline to handle the matter. Judge
Ngugi, who was scheduled to hear the
petition yesterday, said she could not
proceed because Prof Ndungu led
the application on Friday against the
Ethics and Anti Corruption Commis-
sion.
In an urgent application, Prof
Ndungu accused EACC of contempt
of court. He argues that he will not get
a fair trial because of a news article in
one of the dailies attributed to the
commission.
I have read the application and
the implicit concerns and imputa-
tions contained in it. I disqualify my-
self from dealing with the matter,
said Ngugi.
She directed that the matter be
taken to Justice Lenaola in charge of
the Constitutional and Human Rights
Division, who also said he could not
hear the case.
By CYRUS OMBATI
A civil society group has urged
President Uhuru Kenyatta not to as-
sent to the controversial National Po-
lice Service (amendment) Bill, saying
it violates the Constitution.
International Centre for Policy and
Conict Executive Director Ndungu
Wainaina said yesterday among oth-
ers the changes resulted in the cen-
tralisation and monopolisation of
power by the Executive and mini-
mised checks and balances on the ex-
ecutive by other institutions.
He said there is no need for the Bill
to be signed into law because the
Constitution guarantees legal and in-
dependence of the National Police
Service removing administrative and
bureaucratic control by the civil ser-
vice and political class.
The National Police Service Act
2011 is a very transformative law. It re-
moves ambiguities, overlaps, duplica-
tions and contradictions in the Na-
tional Police Service including
command structure and accountabil-
ity, said Wainaina in a statement.
The proposed law seeks to deny
the National Police Service Commis-
sion (NPSC) exclusive powers to re-
cruit the Inspector General of Police
(IG) and his deputies, in the event the
posts falls vacant and instead vests
the powers on the President and Par-
liament. The lawmakers also ap-
proved the establishment of a service
board, which shall consist of IG, his/
her deputies, Director of Criminal In-
vestigations Department Ndegwa
Muhoro and head of human resource
of the service.
ACCOUNTING OFFICER
If made law, the Bill will see the IG
become the accounting ofcer of the
National Police Service (NPS). The
legislation further afrms the role of
the Kenya Police Reservists (KPR) to
be part of the NPS.
According to the Bill, any person
seeking to remove the IG and his two
deputies from ofce should petition
the National Assembly and not the
NPSC as it has been. The President
will have the powers with the approv-
al of Parliament to constitute a panel
within 14 days of the IGs post falling
vacant, comprising of representatives
from various bodies to recruit the next
IG.
If the Bill is made law, representa-
tives from the Ofce of the President,
Public Service Commission, NPSC,
Independent Policing Oversight Au-
thority, Kenya National Commission
on Human Rights, National Gender
and Equality Commission and Law
Society of Kenya, will participate in
hiring of the IG unlike now when NP-
SC is supposed to hire the IG.
Dont sign police Bill, lobby urges President
Wetangula, Kikwete in talks
on integration and security
By GEOFFREY MOSOKU
Senate Minority Leader Moses
Wetangula yesterday held talks with
Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete at
State House, Arusha where they dis-
cussed various issues including re-
gional integration and security.
The two leaders said unity of pur-
pose will be integral in the realisation
of the East African Confederation,
which they said will help foster eco-
nomic growth for member states.
Mr Wetangula said Tanzania is a
major stakeholder in the regional eco-
nomic block and urged leaders to
unite to avert the 1978-like disagree-
ments that led to the collapse of the
then East Africa Community.
He thanked President Kikwete for
his commitment in ensuring the re-
gion is united as a way of attracting
investors to the region. President Kik-
wete said Kenya and other East Africa
states stand to gain more if the lead-
ers unite for the sake of develop-
ment.
He said the East Africa region
would be an economic hub if all ef-
forts were concentrated on the reali-
sation of the regional confederation
without anyone trying to play the big
brother role.
WORK TOGETHER
On security, Kikwete urged politi-
cal leaders to work together to end in-
security, saying matters security are
not just a preserve of the Government
but all stakeholders. Wetangula urged
politicians to work together to end the
senseless killings in South Sudan and
escalating cases of insecurity in Ke-
nya.
ICPC executive director Ndungu
Wainaina
Salma Mohammed, sister to Suleiman Mohammed who died during the Satur-
day blast at Mwembe Tayari in Mombasa County, breaks down while address-
ing the press yesterday. She denied claims that her brother was a terrorist and
was arrested during the Masjid Musa raid. [PHOTO: KELVIN KARANI/STANDARD]
MPs in bid
to protect
governors
Justice Mumbi Ngugi
Justice Isaac Lenaola
Justice Lenaola said the judges in
the division could not handle the case
because of the adverse publicity. He
forwarded the le to Chief Justice Wil-
ly Mutunga to appoint a judge outside
the Constitutional and Human Rights
Division to hear the case.
INTERIM ORDERS
He further extended interim or-
ders issued on February 14 stopping
EACC and the Director of Public Pros-
ecutions (DPP) from arresting and
charging Ndungu.
In the meantime, the wider inter-
est of justice would dictate that the in-
terim orders issued are extended, he
said.
The case will be mentioned on
May 13 before Justice Lenaola.
Ndungu is challenging a decision
by the DPP, Keriako Tobiko, giving
EACC the green light to charge him
over irregularities in a Sh1.2 billion se-
curity systems tender.
Ndungu accuses the DPP of in-
fringing his fundamental rights. In the
petition, he argues that he was not in-
volved in the tender process and that
an authorised body awarded the ten-
der. Ndungu, who became CBK Gov-
ernor in 2007, argues that he is the
Chief Executive Ofcer and is not in-
volved in the tendering process.
He said the award of the tender to
Horsebridge Ltd is outside his juris-
diction and he cannot be held culpa-
ble for it. However, the DPP says he
found satisfactory evidence that
Ndungu conferred a benet to the
company that won the tender.
Ndungu says the contract was
awarded to Horsbridge Ltd after the
Public Procurement and Administra-
tive Review Board ordered that it
should be awarded in October 2012.
Judges disqualify
themselves from
CBK boss case
Too much to bear
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NOTICE / Page 19 Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard
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Roads CS,
governors
meeting
postponed
BY ROSELYNE OBALA
The planned consultative
meeting between governors and
the Cabinet Secretary for Roads
Michael Kamau was yesterday put
off indenitely.
Ministry ofcials informed the
Council of Governors (CoG)that
the meeting had been postponed
until further notice.
Your Excellency, this is to po-
litely inform you that the meeting
to discuss classication of roads
and division of Mechanical Equip-
ment that was scheduled for May
5 at the Kenya School of Monetary
Studies has been postponed and
you shall be informed of the new
date, read part of the message
sent to governors by CoG Trans-
port Committee Chairman Jack-
son Mandago.
It continued: In the mean
time, all county governments will
relook at the classication of
roads and share the report.
Mr Mandago, who is also the
Uasin Gishu governor, urged his
colleagues to engage their county
executives in charge of roads and
the chiefs of staff.
CONSTITUTIONAL FUNCTION
The governors have in the past
censured the Government over
attempts to deny counties their
constitutional functions. CoG
Secretary General Ken Lusaka
said governors are prepared and
ready to meet with the national
government over the roads is-
sue.
We were very ready for this
meeting. We have had our in-
house meeting and decided on
the way forward, he said adding:
The faster the ministry sets a
date for a consultative engage-
ment, the better. Governors want
to take over their responsibilities
and embark on improving the
road networks in their counties.
Lusaka, who is the Bungoma
governor said the matter should
be sorted out once and for all, and
warned that delays will slow
county development.
Governors have poked holes
in the draft Road Bill 2014 and
told the Roads ministry to relook
at the legislation.
United forever...
Kakamega-
based lawyers
protest outside
the Kakamega
Law Courts
yesterday over
poor legal
infrastructure in
the town. They
boycotted duties
and demanded
for the rein-
statement of the
Land and
Environment
court, infra-
structure
upgrade in
courts and
increased
funding for
State-appointed
lawyers
representing the
poor under the
pauper brief
scheme. [PHOTO:
BENJAMIN SAKWA/
STANDARD]
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Thugs break into
Mutulas house,
steal electronics
BY CYRUS OMBATI
Thugs broke into the Nairobi home
of Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo
Junior in Riverside and stole house-
hold goods worth thousands of shil-
lings.
Mr Mutula had left the house and
gone shopping at the nearby Kasuku
centre Sunday evening only to return
and nd the house broken into.
Apparently, the attack took place
The Sunday evening
incident saw the
Makueni senator lose
household goods worth
more than Sh300,000
RECENT ROBBERIES IN UPMARKET
ESTATES IN NAIROBI
In mid-February, three men broke into the
residence of Margaret Kamene Matheka, an au-
ditor with the Education ministry and stole two
mobile phones and a Toyota Rav 4
On January 13, fve armed thugs broke into
radio presenter Caroline Mutokos Nyari resi-
dence in Nairobi and stole household and elec-
tronic goods and other valuables
In late February, Felister Muli of the Ministry
of Public Works was waylaid by four thugs out-
side her house in Kileleshwa. She was robbed
of Sh24,000, an iPhone and forced to reveal
her ATM and M-Pesa PINs
in less than 20 minutes, ofcials
said.
Mutula told the police that he lost
Sh20,000, electronic household goods,
mobile phones and jewellery valued
at more than Sh300,000.
Nairobi police boss Benson Kibue
said no one was in the house at the
time of the attack as his family had al-
so travelled. The Senator does not
have a guard.
The burglars timed when he had
left the home. We are investigating the
incident because they seem to have
known his movements very well, said
Kibue.
Housebreaking incidents in Kile-
leshwa have become rampant with no
arrest or recovery of the stolen prop-
erty.
Police statistics show up to six in-
cidents are recorded weekly and there
has been no recovery so far amid
BY STANDARD REPORTER
Kenya has received global recogni-
tion for her successful deworming
programme.
A meeting of medical experts and
researchers held in France last week
during the Soil Transmitted Helmint-
hes (STH) Community Day com-
mended Kenyas school-based de-
worming programme as a shining
example of the power of partnership
across ministries, the public and pri-
vate sector in ghting worms.
Speaking at the event, Health Cab-
inet Secretary James Macharia said
parasitic worms disproportionately
affect school-age children, negatively
impacting their health and educa-
tion.
The programme aims at treating
ve million children each year for at
least ve years. The announcement
comes hot on the heels of Sh10.2 bil-
lion in fresh funding to tackle intesti-
nal worm amongg African children.
Spearheaded by the Investment
Fund Initiative and the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation, the funding will
help countries scale up deworming in
children, catalyse country demand for
treatment and develop new tools to
check transmission of worms in chil-
dren.
Mr Macharia said the Kenyan pro-
gramme treated 5.9 million children
aged between two and 14 years in its
rst year, covering 13,000 schools.
The programme is implemented
by the counties through a partnership
of the ministries of Health and Educa-
tion.
BY ERIC ABUGA
Lawyers have been told to em-
brace Alternate Dispute Resolution
(ADR) mechanisms to enhance faster
solving of disputes.
The East Africa Law Society (EALS)
President James Mwamu said Article
159 of the Constitution provides for
ADR for justice and equity.
Arbitration, mediation and rec-
onciliation are among ADR forms that
should be exploited extensively in the
wake of increasing case backlog in
courts, Mr Mwamu said.
He said Order 46 of the Civil Pro-
cedure Rules (formerly Order 45),
which deals with arbitration under
court orders, has been expanded to
cover other ADR mechanisms.
The EALS president was speaking
at the Continuing Legal Education
Seminar on ADR in Kisii County yes-
terday.
Speaking at the seminar, lawyer
Helene Namisi said restorative justice
is also reparative justice and that
more focus should be given to the
needs of the victim, offenders and the
involved community.
She said under the system, vic-
tims have the opportunity to meet
their offenders in a safe and struc-
tured environment.
Namisi said the goal of ADR is to
hold offenders accountable while
providing support and assistance to
victims.
The essential process of media-
tion is important to resolve disputes
leaving both parties satised with the
settlement. Law rms should have
mediation departments towards fast-
er resolution of disputes, said Nami-
si.
Lawyers told to
embrace out of
court system
claims of police laxity.
The attacks go up during week-
ends. We have arrested suspects in the
past but they were released by the
courts, which complicates our cases,
said an ofcer involved in the investi-
gations.
BLACK MARKET
The goods are at times sneaked in-
to the black market or dealers where
they are sold to unsuspecting buyers.
Even as the cases increase, police
seem unable to contain the menace.
An ofcer aware of the incidents
said they know of three prime sus-
pects including a Tanzanian national
who are behind the attacks.
They collude with guards and
caretakers and they usually take very
little time in the attacks, said the of-
cer.
In one incident, the same gang had
two years ago raided the home of an
MP in the same area and stole a num-
ber of electronic goods.
They however, intentionally left
his gun on the cupboard and accord-
ing to police, this is because they did
not want to be pursued.
Robberies in high-end estates in
Nairobi are on the rise, with thugs
seemingly targeting political leaders.
In February, Makueni MP Daniel
Maanzo and his wife Catherine Maan-
zo were attacked and robbed at their
home in Hardy, Karen at 3am. The
gang was armed with crude weap-
ons.
Kenya wins accolades for successful deworming
Mutula Kilonzo Jnr
James Macharia
Wambui was duly elected,
Supreme Court rules
Highest court reverses
Court of Appeal
verdict and reinstates
prominent Othaya
businesswoman as MP
By WAHOME THUKU and
KURIAN MUSA
Othaya MP Mary Wambui can
breath a sigh of relief after the
Supreme Court reversed the
nullication of her election, allowing
her to complete her ve-year term.
The Supreme Court yesterday
allowed her petition challenging the
nullication.
The unanimous decision by
seven judges last evening brought to
an end a one-year legal and political
battle for the Othaya seat held by
retired president Mwai Kibaki since
1974. And by reinstating her, the
court also saved the taxpayers more
than Sh35 million set aside by the
IEBC for a by-election, which was
scheduled for April 29 but stopped
by the same court two weeks ago.
The decision turned on an
acknowledgement by the Supreme
Court that a petition led by
Wambuis main challenger Peter
Kingara at the high court in April
last year was time barred.
The petition had been dismissed
by the High Court in Nyeri in
September last year but Kingara
appealed to the Court of Appeal
which nullied Wambuis election
saying it had been marred by
massive irregularities.
VARIOUS GROUNDS
Wambui moved to the Supreme
Court to challenge the nullication
on various grounds.
But the ground that worked for
her was the argument that Kingaras
petition at the high court had been
led out of time and should never
have been allowed.
The argument was based on a
decision made by the Supreme
Court in February, stating that an
election petition should be led
within 28 days after the declaration
of the results at the constituencies
by the returning ofcers.
Section 76 of the Election Act
provided that a petition should be
led within 28 days after the
gazetting of the results. That section
was however nullied by the
Supreme Court, holding that the
time should be counted from the
date the results are announced. The
court made the decision in a case
involving the election of Mombasa
Governor Ali Hassan Joho
Wambui, through her lawyer
Cecil Miller, argued that since that
section had been declared unconsti-
tutional, that took effect from the
date it was enacted in 2011 and
should never have been used in
ling a petition.
VITAL ELEMENT
But Kingara submitted that the
decision in Joho case could not
apply to his petition, since the
Supreme Court had not made that
determination when he led it. The
Supreme Court judges ruled that
their decision in February could
apply backwards to all other
petitions except those that had
already been concluded.
The court held that Wambui had
been validly elected.
Time, as a principle, is compre-
hensively addressed through the
attribute of accuracy, and empha-
sised by Article 87(1) of the Constitu-
tion, as well as other provisions of
the law. Time, in principle and
applicability, is a vital element in the
electoral process set by the Constitu-
tion, the judges held.
The judges agreed with the high
court decision that there was neither
reason nor basis for this court to
order scrutiny and recount of the
votes cast in Othaya.
This court has been keen to
ensure predictability, certainty,
uniformity and stability in the
application of the law, Judge
Mutunga read in the ruling.
The judges did not go to other
constitutional and legal issues raised
by Wambui and contested in her
petition. They allowed it and
reversed the nullication by the
Court of Appeal. They however
ordered all the parties to meet their
own costs of the cases.
Soon after the ruling, Wambuis
supporters who jammed the
courtroom broke in song and dance.
She gathered them outside the court
premises for prayers.
The MP said the judges had
nally granted her justice after a
long struggle in the court corridors,
Its now time to go and wok for
the people of Othaya, she added.
The Supreme Court ruling could
have a bearing on other pending
petitions, which may have been led
out of the 28-day time frame.
Othaya MP Mary Wambui with her lawyer Cecil Miller outside the Supreme
Court celebrate after the election petition challenging her election was dis-
missed. [PHOTO: KURIAN MUSA / STANDARD]
SIGH OF RELIEF
The unanimous decision by
the seven judges last evening
brought to an end a one-year
legal and political battle
for the Othaya seat held by
retired president Mwai Kibaki
since 1974
The decision turned on an
acknowledgement by the
Supreme Court that a petition
led by Wambuis main
challenger Peter Kingara at
the high court in April last
year was time-barred
Page 23
SCARE: Leopard killed after
straying into house
There was a moment of panic in
a Naivasha estate after a leopard
strayed into a house where a minor
was sleeping.
Screams rent the air in Kihoto estate
near Lake Naivasha as members of
the public moved in to rescue the
minor. Minutes later the wild animal
that is also suspected of killing tens of
livestock in the area was killed by the
members of the public.
The owner of the house was however
left counting losses running into
thousands of shillings as some of
his household goods were damaged
during the incident.
According to Enock Kimani, a witness,
the wild animal entered in the house
whose door was open and headed to
the kitchen. He said neighbours who
spotted the big cat enter the house on
Monday raised the alarm prompting
the public to intervene.
TERROR FIGHT: Sirma tells
human rights groups off
Former Cabinet Minister Musa Sirma
has condemned human right groups
over criticism of the police operation
to ght terrorism and crime in the
country.
Sirma who is also a former Eldama
Ravine MP said it is wrong for human
rights groups to defend criminals who
are causing security tension in the
country that might affect economic
development.
He added that the lobby groups
always complain and demonstrate
when police ofcers are reported to
kill criminals and terrorists in the
country but they do not care about
the ofcers welfare.
It is unfortunate for them to only
walk on streets demonstrating when
police kill criminals and terrorists but
not when the police ofcers are killed
by the same thugs, said Sirma.
Page 21
NYERI COUNTY
NAKURU COUNTY
NAKURU COUNTY
Monday, March 24, 2014
C
oun
cil locks out public
tran
sport from
city C
B
D
Residents received
the move varmly
as matatu operators
protested, but nov
council says all is vell
By KEPHER OTIENO
The Municipal Council of Kisumu
in conjunction with the trafc police
department has successfully locked
public transport out of the towns
centre.
Thanks to the combined forces,
no 14-seater matatu and boda boda
operates in the central business
district now.
And residents have praised the
effort, arguing sanity has been
restored in the CBD and trafc ow
was now smooth.
No matatus or boda bodas are
allowed to pick or drop passengers
at the CBD. The ban also applies to
tricycles and it has been in effect for
the past one week, though amid
protests.
Distances shortened
The authorities have also blocked
Oginga Odinga Avenue up to
Standard Chartered Bank junction to
ease trafc ow.
Passengers are now being
dropped at Jomo Kenyatta Highway
and trek to town.
The move follows successful
negotiations between the authority
and matatu operators whose
distances have now been cut short.
We are happy because the plans
have reduced our distance by
one-and-a-half kilometres, said a
matatu operator George Onyango.
According to the town authorities
the plan aims to decongest the city
and will remain in force until 2013.
Thereafter the council will
develop fresh plans to accommodate
the increased number of private cars
in town, a source from the council
said.
Already, the number of private
cars streaming in the town has
peaked and the trafc department
anticipates the gure will rise.
The councils enforcement ofcer
in charge of the trafc order Adrian
Ouma said they would not back
down on the move.
WIN-win situation
Eng Ouma said matatu owners
appreciated the directive because
they still charge the same bus fare
despite the distance being short-
ened.
It is a win-win situation, the
matatu operators have all the
reasons to smile same as the
council, he said, as he asked them
to co-operate.
Kisumu Mayor Sam Okello
thanked the residents for allowing
them to bring sanity within the CBD.
There have been complaints of
matatu disorder within the CBD,
which have been disrupting smooth
operations of businesses.
With the new measures in force
people can now go about their
business easily without disruptions
by blaring sounds.
Nyanza PPO Njue Njagi promised
to support the council to restore
sanity and warned that those who
resist change would be arrested and
charged.
Eng Ouma said matatu owners
appreciated the directive because
they still charge the same bus fare
despite the distance being short-
ened.
It is a win-win situation, the
matatu operators have all the
reasons to smile same as the
Trafc Police ofcer redirects a matatu driver at Kisumu Bus Park entry, yes-
terday. Kisumu Municipal Council has re-routed trafc from the central busi-
ness district to de-congest the town. [PHOTO: TITUS MUNALA/STANDARD]
WHAT WAS AT STAKE
when the Council announced
the plan to reroute public
transport from the C8u, it was
received with mixed reactions
Pesidents welcomed it, say
ing it would help in planning
the town and reduce matatu
noise
At frst, the public transport
operators complied for hours
before they regrouped to
protest the directive
however, yesterday the
council said operators and
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TANZANIA: Two suspects
ashed out of hotel, killed
Two suspected notorious
criminals who have been
terrorising tourists in Masai Mara
have been lynched by a mob
in Musoma, Tanzania. Nelson
Segeria and his accomplice were
ambushed inside a guesthouse in
the town and attacked by an irate
mob, which had identied them
as known gangsters. According
to Mara Triangle Chief Executive
Ofcer Brian Heath, two other
members of the gang escaped, but
security ofcers recovered one
AK-47 rie with 427 bullets.
Two suspected notorious
criminals who have been
terrorising tourists in Masai Mara
have been lynched by a mob
in Musoma, Tanzania. Nelson
Segeria and his accomplice were
ambushed inside a guesthouse in
the town and attacked by an irate
CORNERED: Two suspects
ashed out of hotel, killed
Two suspected notorious
criminals who have been
terrorising tourists in Masai Mara
have been lynched by a mob
in Musoma, Tanzania. Nelson
Segeria and his accomplice were
ambushed inside a guesthouse in
the town and attacked by an irate
mob, which had identied them
as known gangsters. According
to Mara Triangle Chief Executive
Ofcer Brian Heath, two other
members of the gang escaped, but
security ofcers recovered one
AK-47 rie with 427 bullets.
Two suspected notorious
criminals who have been
terrorising tourists in Masai Mara
have been lynched by a mob
in Musoma, Tanzania. Nelson
Segeria and his accomplice were
Kisumu County
Kisumu County
Kisumu County
The places
vhere babies
choose their
ovn names,
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Taita Taveta University College Principal Prof Hamad Boga (right) receives a
present from Prof Rainer Hampel of University of Applied Sciences, Germany,
at the college in Voi town. [PHOTO: RENSON MYAMWEZI/STANDARD]
By RENSON MNYAMWEZI
Taita Taveta University College has
entered a partnership with German
universities to boost its engineering
courses.
The Principal, Hamad Boga, said
TTUC and University of Applied Sci-
ences in Germany have agreed on a
partnership, where both two institu-
tions will be sending their researchers
and students on exchange
programmes,
TTUC has also entered into such
collaboration with Jomo Kenyatta
University of Agriculture and Technol-
ogy (JKUAT), Technical University of
Mombasa, the University of Mining
and Technology in Ghana, National
Metallurgy Laboratories (NML) in
India and the University of Curtin
Australia.
Others partnerships include Uni-
versity of Applied Sciences Zittau/
Goelitz in Germany, and Technical
University of Freiberg in Germany,
which is a leader in Mining Education
and Research in Germany.
MINING EXPERIENCE
He said other areas of mutual
benet include starting educational
co-operation and research collabora-
tion, student exchange programmes,
proposing projects on research col-
laboration, joint research grant ap-
plication, exchange researchers and
curriculum development.
Speaking during an interactive
conference on higher education at the
university yesterday, Prof Boga said
the collaboration would help the
county grow in areas of mining engi-
neering, research and exchange
programmes to students.
There are over 200 engineering
universities in Germany and Kenya
would greatly benet from the joint
collaboration between the two insti-
tutions, said the Principal.
He announced that the County
Government will support the initia-
tive, by sponsoring some students to
TTUC partners with German
varsities on mining courses
study in Germany.
We have established the networks
of universities in areas of engineering
to build capacity of local students, he
said.
ENORMOUS DEPOSITS
Addressing a high powered delega-
tion of professors from Germany,
Boga said although the county is en-
dowed with enormous mineral de-
posits, such resources were yet to be
exploited for the benet of the local
community in areas of poverty alle-
viation and employment.
He told the delegation that the
College Council has already approved
the establishment of the School of
Mines, Engineering and Technology.
The proposed school will have
departments of Civil Engineering,
Mechanical Engineering, Mining and
Mineral Processing Engineering, En-
vironmental Engineering and the
Gemology Centre, for value addition
of raw minerals.
The colleges immediate catch-
ment area has enormous potential for
commercial minerals, gemstone and
high value natural resources. There is
need for training in some of these
emerging areas, Boga told the foreign
in mining engineering among other
areas so as to develop the mining in-
dustry in Kenya. We have a lot to do in
areas of research and offering techni-
cal support to Kenyan students for the
development of the countrys econo-
my, he said.
delegation.
Leader of the delegation, Prof
Rainer Hampel of the University of
Applied Sciences said institutions of
higher learning in Germany are ready
to offer technical support and re-
search to local universities.
It is important to share knowledge
By PATRICK BEJA
The Government through State
Department of Fisheries (SDF) in-
tends to improve indigenous shing
techniques to boost sh-catch among
coast shermen.
The project, funded by Kenya
Coastal Development Project (KCDP)
and the World Bank, will enable sh-
ermen to maximise on sh catches
and improve their livelihoods.
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Re-
search Institute (KMFRI) will be the
implementing body and targets sh-
ermen under the Beach Management
Units (BMUs) at the Coast.
Coast regional SDF representative
Mr Nicholas Ntheketha said this when
he commissioned modied malema
trap at Mwaembe landing beach in
Msambweni, Kwale County, last
week.
DATA SHARING
Ntheketha emphasised the im-
portance of sheries stakeholders
sharing information regarding sh
landings by providing accurate data.
The date would inform the devel-
opment of management plans for
different sheries along the entire
coastline, said Ntheketha.
SDF has already completed prawn
and ring net management plans,
while Tuna and small and medium
pelagics are in the nal stages. We are
currently working on lobster, sea cu-
cumber, ornamental and sport shing
management plans, he said.
The testing exercise involves
malema shers from Msambweni
BMU network, including 200 sher-
men from Mwaembe, Mkunguni,
Munje and Mwandamu BMUs.
The BMUs will be working with
data collectors from KMFRI, SDF,
Wildlife Conservation Society, East
African Wildlife Society and Cordio-
East Africa.
The exercise, to be undertaken for
the next six months involves testing
the efciency of different mesh sizes
in gated malema traps.
By TOBIAS CHANJI
An MP allied to the Coalition of
Reforms and Democracy (CORD) has
broken ranks with his fellow politi-
cians over disbanding of Independent
Electoral and Boundaries Commis-
sion (IEBC) over claims that it bungled
last years general elections.
Lungalunga MP, Khatib Mwashet-
ani, who is also the deputy party
leader of Ford Kenya, said that dis-
banding of IEBC will not offer any
reprieve for Kenyans now.
CORD leadership has on several
occasions called for the disbandment
of IEBC following KTNs expose on
how the commission handled the
elections.
Already, a CORD activist Wafula
Buke has petitioned the National As-
sembly over IEBC disbandment.
RISKY AFFAIR
The electoral body did its work
while the ruling on who, between Ju-
bilee presidential candidate Uhuru
Kenyatta and CORDs Raila Odinga,
won the election ended in court.
I dont want to speculate, but
what I know is that IEBC did its work
and the last ruling was done by court
judges, he said.
Mwashetani made the remarks
while addressing journalists at Shi-
moni primary school, during a two-
day free medical camp.
He argued that if Kenyans were to
decide that the electoral body did not
perform as expected, then all elected
leaders will have to go home.
The MP noted that it is risky affair
because a fresh election must be
called, if a section of Kenyans con-
tinue claiming the electoral body
failed.
Plans underway
to boost shing
techniques
MP breaks rank with colleagues over IEBC disbandment
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By BENARD SANGA
A new report by a youth
lobby group has revealed
that less than 15 of the 47
counties have made
budgetary allocations to
address the issue of youth
unemployment.
The Youth Congress
report paints a grim picture
on the county governments
efforts to address this issue
despite the national
governments deliberate
measures to empower
youth.
However, speaking to
The Standard, Isaac Ruto,
chairman of the Governors
Council, dismissed the
allegation saying although
counties have not set aside
specic allocation for the
youth, many of the
programmes being carried
out on the ground are
beneting them.
GIVEN PRIORITY
The counties have
developed roads in the
villages, built hospitals,
provided water and involved
youth in decision making.
But there is an ongoing
campaign that could bring
down devolution that does
not recognise this, Ruto
said.
Giving an example, Ruto
said in his Bomet County,
youth have always been
given priority whenever the
county is hiring its labour
force, with some getting
internship and clerical jobs.
However Youth Congress
convener, Raphael Obonyo,
said youth allocations made
by the 15 counties are a
drop in the ocean.
Some of these counties
have set aside as little as
Sh30 million for the youth
while others have made
allocations without
indicating their specic
use, notes the audit report
complied in July last year
but unveiled last week.
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
The report further
observes that without clear
guidelines on how the funds
will be utilised, it creates
room for mismanagement
of funds.
Also faulted is the hiring
policy and criteria used in
most counties that requires
potential candidates to have
ve to ten years working
experience which affects
absorption of youth into the
public service.
The report cites youth
unemployment as the
biggest impediment to the
countrys economic growth
and development, urging
the devolved units to make
the youth agenda a priority.
Speaking to The
Standard, constitutional
lawyer Martin Oloo says
although the national
government has made good
progress in addressing
youth issues, the same
cannot be said of counties.
The new Constitution
recognised youth as a
marginalised constituent
and to avoid their issues
getting clouded in other
government activities, it
created provisions making it
mandatory for government
to intervene and empower
the youth, Dr Oloo said.
Report fnds
counties
not keen on
youth agenda
Importers say their vehicles missing at the Port
By PATRICK BEJA
Importers of used motor
vehicles have said their
vehicles, impounded at
various private Container
Freight Stations (CFSs) in
Mombasa after being declared
older than the permissible
eight years, have gone missing.
Association of Importers of
Motor Vehicles (AIMV)
national chairman Peter
Mambembe raised the alarm
yesterday, saying majority of
the 4,000 cars they stopped
from getting destroyed
through the courts in 2012 are
missing.
The importers allege that
the vehicles could have been
stolen at the CFSs or secretly
destroyed by the Government.
Mambembe said after
members were allowed by the
Kenya Bureau of Standards
(Kebs) to re-export the
vehicles, they could not nd
most of them.
Out of 4,000 vehicles, we
have only managed to trace
80, he said.
The chairman estimated
cost of the vehicles and loss of
business at about Sh6 billion
and threatened to take CFSs
and Kenya Ports Authority
(KPA) to court to have them
provide the missing vehicles.
In a letter dated March 24
this year, Kebs allowed
importers of vehicles, eight
years and more, to re-export
them.
Kenya Revenue Authority
also gave the importers a
similar letter dated March 26,
this year.
Following these orders,
Mambembe said AIMV
members were planning to
re-export their vehicles to
Uganda and South Sudan.
MOMBASA COUNTY
MOMBASA COUNTY
A lorry ferrying beer overturned in Embu town and this young
man was among the many who looted and became intoxicated
from the free drink. [PHOTO: KIBATA KIHU/STANDARD]
Thirsty no more!
COAST NEWS / Page 25 Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard Page 26 / NAIROBI & CENTRAL NEWS
An elderly woman beads a necklace at the new Maasai Market in Kitengela
town. She is among the 250 traders who ock the market every Friday to sell
their wares. [PHOTO: JECKONIAH OTIENO/STANDARD]
By JECKONIAH OTIENO
Midmorning Friday and Gladys
Nanai displays her wares, just as she
has done since the Maasai market
started in February this year, at a hotel
next to the Athi RiverNamanga High-
way in Kitengela.
Nanai is among 250 traders who
ock the market every Friday to sell
their wares. Initially, they were about
150 but their numbers have since
grown and the small space at Sandal-
wood Hotel, where the market oper-
ates, is now getting congested.
Nanai says bringing her wares to
the market gives her something to do
unlike before when she would stay at
home as a housewife because the
nearest Maasai Market was in Nairo-
bi.
This market has given women
something to do and many have ben-
etted because it is near us, she
says.
Nanai says they do not have many
customers but believes that with
proper marketing, more people will
be made aware that they do not have
to go all the way to Nairobi to buy
commodities that are readily available
at the county.
EMPOWER WOMEN
Social rights activist Lanoi Par-
muat, one of the brains behind the
market says the market in Kitengela is
just part of a wider plan to decentra-
lise the market to rural Kajiado.
Devolution to the grassroots will
help women who cannot make it to
Kitengela for various reasons like poor
infrastructure to also nd a way of
earning a living, she said.
Parmuat was speaking at a fashion
parade held last Friday to showcase
the various aspects of Maasai culture
like dress, songs and dance.
Parmuat said the markets main
aim is to economically empower Maa-
sai woman and her words are echoed
by Nanai who says the days when
Maasai women sat at home and
Lifeline for residents as Maasai
Market comes to Kitengela
waited for handouts are long gone.
For Anne Enelila, another trader at
the market, the idea of the market
could not have come at a better time.
She said she has suffered for a long
time having to sell her wares at some
remote part of Embakasi behind the
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
I do carvings which I had to carry
all the way to Embakasi but now I do
not have to travel that far because the
market is near where I live, she said.
VIABLE BUSINESS
Enelila said with the trade, which
she has engaged in for years, must not
be underrated saying it has seen her
children through school and college.
She says the county government
needs to promote the market through
advertising and create additional
space so that more traders can show-
case their wares.
But the Maasai market is not just
for the Maa as traders from other
communities also have a chance to
display and sell.
One such trader is Harrison Irungu
who runs a shop in Kitengela but
chooses to work at the market every
Friday exhibiting his wares that reso-
nate with the Maasai culture.
County executive member in
charge of trade and tourism Florence
Waiganjo Mayiani, has promised that
the Kajiado County Government will
promote the market in order to uplift
the residents economic status.
Irungu, like all the other traders at
the market, wish that the market days
would be at least twice a week and
that stalls would be erected so that
their business do not have to suffer
when the weather is unfavourable.
By JAMES MUNYEKI
Leaders in Nyandarua County
have faulted the national government
for failing to liberalise the pyrethrum
sector.
Led by Ndaragwa MP Waweru Ndi-
ritu, they said many investors have
been forced to turn to other sectors
since the law has blocked them from
putting up pyrethrum industries in
the region.
The Government has been giving
promises that the sector will be lib-
eralised to allow other companies join
in but this has not been forthcoming.
Many investors come to Nyandarua to
put up factories but the law bars
them, he said.
They now want Agriculture Cabi-
net Secretary Felix Kosgey to have the
law changed so that other players can
join the sector apart from the Py-
erthrum Board of Kenya (PBK) saying
the Boards failure to pay farmers has
made them uproot the crop.
DECLINED ACREAGE
Waweru said if nothing is done, the
sector may just die off because farm-
ers have now shifted to dairy and
horticultural production, and small
scale businesses which they consider
more productive.
Acreage under pyrethrum in this
region has declined immensely. This
crop has for a very long time been the
backbone of the economy in this re-
gion and it is a shame that the govern-
ment continues to watch as farmers
uproot the crop, he said.
He was speaking at Pondo Trading
Centre during a meeting with pyre-
thrum farmers.
A farmer, David Njoroge, said they
are still willing to cultivate the once-
vibrant cash crop but only if other
players are allowed into the sector to
bring in a bit of competition.
This is the only way farmers can
stop relying on other crops that do not
yield as much prot as pyrethrum. We
want our leaders to make this issue a
priority, he said.
By ERIC WAINAINA
Traders in Kiambu County have
been asked to ensure they pay fees
and charges levied by the county gov-
ernment.
The directive comes after the
county executive reverted to using
revenue rates previously used by the
defunct local authorities following
nullication of the 2013 Finance Act.
County Enforcement Director
Kangethe Nungari said some leaders
are using the nullication to incite
traders against paying the levies.
Kangethe further said the county
is not in contempt of Court as alleged
by some leaders and business asso-
ciations.
OLD FEES
He said the constitution allows
county governments to generate rev-
enue by charging for services ren-
dered, adding that the court ruling did
not stop the county from using the old
rates to collect its levies.
Kangethe told business associa-
tion ofcials who feel aggrieved by
this new move to seek court redress
instead of inciting traders.
Traders should steer clear from
people spreading lies that they are not
supposed to remit charges, he said.
The 2013 Finance Act, which was
meant to supplement the County
2013/2014 budget, was nullied after
traders moved to court saying some
charges were punitive and would
push most traders out of business.
Kangethe said the county is in the
process of developing a new Finance
Bill of 2014/2015. He said they have
already advertised in the local dailies
for all stakeholders to present their
views and locals to participate fully.
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By JAMES MWANGI
and ERASTUS MULWA
Nairobi County Assembly will intro-
duce a County Urban Agriculture Promo-
tion and Regulation Bill to boost food
security in the city.
Governor Evans Kidero said the hor-
ticulture and livestock sectors earned city
residents Sh149 million and Sh18 billion
respectively last year.
The governor said there are plans to
establish 17 green houses for each sub-
county for outdoor farming activities.
The green houses are also expected to
serve as training centres for youth.
About 200 moist beds and 544 multi-
storey gardens will also be set up in the
densely populated areas.
Some city residents have already ad-
opted these farming techniques to grow
vegetables.
According to a Crops Ofcer in Maka-
dara, the multi-storey technique, also
called vertical gardening, hosts several
plants but occupies less space compared
to plants grown on a level ground.
Multi-storey garden with leafy vege-
tables can earn one a net income of
Sh35,000, she said.
The technique requires use of poly-
thene or sisal bags which are lled with
fertile soil, sand and manure.
Justus Mathumbi, a farmer in East-
lands, advises farmers to mix the soil with
manure thoroughly.
ARBITRARY IMPEACHMENT
Meanwhile, Some six MPs have begun
a crusade aimed at insulating governors
from threats of arbitrary impeachment
by Members of County Assemblies
(MCAs).
The legislators, who include David
Kareithi (Tigania West), Victor Munyaka
(Machakos Town),John Munuve (Mwingi
North), Eng Vincent Musyoka (Mwala),
Kanini Kega (Kieni), and Susan Musyoka
(Woman Representative Machakos)
claimed MCAs were misusing their pow-
ers with regard to removing governors
from ofce.
Speaking on Sunday after attending a
funds drive in aid of AIC Yakamete in
Machakos Town constituency, the legisla-
tors vowed to sponsor a motion seeking
an amendment to Article 181 of the Con-
stitution, which spells out the procedure
of impeaching county chiefs.
Reacting to recent media reports indi-
cating that Machakos Governor Alfred
Mutua could face the wrath of MCAs, the
lawmakers said they will lobby the sup-
port of all legislators in the House to en-
sure governors are not left at the mercy
of MCAs.
Dr Mutua is said to have fallen out
with a section of MCAs in his county, who
have been accusing him of pursuing in-
verted priorities on development mat-
ters.
Led by Dr Munyaka, the legislators
said there is a serious loophole in the
Constitution, which if unchecked, is
likely to be abused by selsh politicians.
The current law on impeachment of
governors is quite defective and subject
to abuse by MCAs and even senators,
said Munyaka.
Law on city
farming in
the offng
NAIROBI COUNTY
Multi-
storey
garden
with leafy
vegetables
can earn
one a net
income of
Sh35,000
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard
Page 28 / CENTRAL & EASTERN NEWS
Elephants at a watering zone in
Laikipia County. The jumbos
sometimes attack people who get
close to them. [PHOTO: FILE/
STANDARD]
MURDER: Man lynched
over witchcraft claims
A 60-year-old man was yesterday
lynched by an angry mob in
Kanjoro sub-location, Tharaka
North District over witchcraft.
According to area OCPD Osborn
Kadenge, the man by the name
Njagi Ntwakiraria was killed
after residents claimed he was
responsible for the death of a ve
-year-old girl after casting a spell
on him.
The girl, who had gone to the river
to fetch water came back home
complaining of stomachache.
After inquiry, she said she met
Ntwakiraria who stopped and
greeted her. Residents then went
to look for him to undo the spell.
Unfortunately the child died before
he arrived.
INVESTMENT: Institution to
help shareholders invest
A nancial institution has
embarked on a programme to train
shareholders on investment before
offering loan services.
Itoleka Financial Services
Association (FSA) manager Patrick
Wambua Kingole said the institution
was committed to helping small-
scale entrepreneurs grow their
businesses through awareness
campaigns.
We must have a positive attitude
where we think of success and not
failures. We must grow nancially
and socially, Kingole said.
The association made a
Sh20,981,750 prot last year
compared to Sh14,948,891 million
recorded previously.
KITTY: Kitui increases cash
for the marginalised
The Kitui County Government
will increase the mandatory reserve
for youth, women and people with
disabilities in the government
tenders in order to empower the
marginalised in the county.
Governor Julius Malombe said
the county had deliberately crafted
the Community Level Infrastructure
Programme, which provides
Sh4.375 million for each ward to
nance projects identied by the
ward residents in specic sectors.
This year, we have allocated
Sh4.3 million each to the 40
wards to initiate projects on roads,
education, health and water
sectors, said Malombe.
He said the projects range from
Sh1 million and below and are
spread out in the county.
By JOB WERU
and ERIC WAINAINA
A 10-year-old boy is ghting for his
life at Cottage Hospital in Nanyuki,
after he was attacked by a rogue ele-
phant at Mumonyot area in Laikipia
County.
The boy, identied as Katiba Arero
was grazing his familys sheep and
goats at Loisokut area when the rogue
jumbo attacked him from behind. His
father, Mr Arero Kilesi said the boy
was chasing some goats that had gone
astray, when he turned and saw an
elephant charging at him.
He tried to run away but he could
outpace the animal. It grabbed him
and tossed him away, said Kilesi.
The boy sustained serious face
injuries and a fracture on the left
foot.
Children who were nearby said
the jumbo was trying to locate where
he was, but fortunately, it did not nd
him as he lay in a nearby ditch scream-
ing, said Kilesi.
MARAUDING JUMBOS
KWS rangers rushed to the scene
and shot the jumbo. Arero was rushed
to Doldol District Hospital and was
later referred to Cottage Hospital in
Nanyuki town, some 60 kilometres
away.
The attack occurred barely a few
Rogue elephant injures
boy in Laikipia attack
months after a jumbo, which was in a
herd of others caused destruction at a
homestead in Kimanjo, before hurling
an elderly man out of his house, be-
fore trampling him.
Last month, farmers in different
areas in Laikipia County decried wan-
ton destruction of their crops by ma-
rauding elephants.
In the last two weeks, the animals,
said to be trespassing from Ol Pejeta
Conservancy destroyed hundreds of
acres of vegetation, leaving farmers
without hope of harvesting their
crops.
JOB OPTIONS
The herd of about 20 jumbos de-
stroyed crops in Tigithi division of
Laikipia Central district, where they
are said to invade the farms as early as
6pm, and leave at dawn.
We have tried to inform the man-
agement of the conservancy and the
Kenya Wildlife Service to contain the
animals but we have not gotten any
help, Ann Wangare, a farmer at Ngo-
bit location said.
And in Endana area in Laikipia
East district, a similar number of jum-
bos are terrorising farmers, causing
huge loses. Yesterday, Segera ward
representative Charubo Kaparo said
the residents are living in fear of being
attacked by the animals.
Residents have for the last two
weeks spent the nights outside, trying
to chase the animals away. It is very
By KAMAU MAICHUHIE
An MP has threatened to lead the
public in kicking out investors in his
constituency, who he claimed are
exhibiting slavery tendencies.
Juja MP Francis Waititu Munyua
said some investors were mistreating
workers in their companies, in the
name of offering them employ-
ment.
He claimed apart from overwork-
ing the workers, underpaying them
and exposing them to unpalatable
working conditions, some compa-
nies were subjecting their employees
to physical torture.
The MP was addressing scores of
workers from a quarry company who
had staged demonstration protest-
ing against their sacking, after de-
clining to sign what they termed as
oppressive contract fronted by the
employer.
All companies must ensure they
follow all the labour laws. Those who
fail in doing so will have to leave,
the MP said.
By JOSEPH MUCHIRI
Residents were treated to free
beer after a lorry ferrying alcohol
overturned in Embu town.
The driver lost control of the lorry
while driving along Mama Ngina
Street but managed to jump out be-
fore it overturned.
A large crowd,comprising mostly
young men, arrived at the scene and
helped themselves on the free beer
as others rang their friends to join
the party.
A police ofcer on patrol tried in
vain to stop the youths. A dozen po-
lice ofcers, led by Embu West OCPD
Elias Korir, later arrived at the scene
and chased away the youths.
But the youths used their teeth
and pieces of metal to open the beer
bottles and braved police clubs as
they scrambled for the free beer.
They expressed anger at the po-
lice for spoiling their party saying
there was no reason for the beer to
go down the drain while they were
thirsty.
Petty offenders to clean county as punishment
MP accuses investor of slavery Free beer party after lorry overturns
By ERIC WAINAINA
The Kiambu County Government
has entered into partnership with
the probation department and
county courts, to have petty offend-
ers undertake environmental con-
servation activities as their punish-
ment.
The programme was launched
yesterday by the county Water and
Environment Secretary Esther
Njuguna, Kiambu chief magistrate
John Oyiego and Atiang Mifullah, the
national coordinator community
order program in Kiambu town.
Present were Magistrates, county
probation and county ofcers, who
joined over 50 petty offenders in a
one-day probation sentence handed
by a Kiambu law court.
CLEANING EXERCISES
Ms Njuguna said the programme
will be rolled out in all sub-counties,
where petty offenders committed by
the judiciary to community service
will be doing various environment
management projects on specied
days and areas.
We will be coming together on
the 5th of every month (county of-
cials, courts and offender) to carry
out cleaning in our towns, planting
trees and other environmental con-
servation projects across the county,
Njuguna said.
Mr Onyiego said the offenders
will be spending seven hours to
carry out the activities, at no cost.
Often, drunkard and disorderly
suspects are arrested in daily swoops
and committed to community ser-
vice punishment.
In Kiambu, the are six courts, Ki-
ambu, Thika, Kikuyu, Limuru, Ga-
tundu and Githunguri and Njugu-
na.
The county secretary also an-
nounced that the county has set
aside Sh35 million, to be used in
various environmental management
projects, adding that they will con-
tract youth groups to undertake
garbage collection around home-
steads.
KIAMBU COUNTY
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KITUI COUNTY
dangerous because they can be at-
tacked by the animals, said Kaparo.
Meanwhile, youth in Kiambu
County have been encouraged to em-
brace agriculture and take it as an
equal employer.
Machel Waikenda, the County Sec-
retary in charge of Youths and Sports
affairs said the youth must be creative
and exploit any available income gen-
erating activities, since white-collar
jobs are no longer available.
Agribusiness has great opportuni-
ties that can help millions of young
people, especially with the Jubilee
governments promises of enhancing
agriculture as a way of creating jobs
and ensuring food security, he said .
The county government, he said,
has laid down programmes to help
youth in the county start income-
generating activities.
LAIKIPIA COUNTY
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard NYANZA NEWS / Page 29
Residents view some of the recovered electronic appliances at Kondele Police
Station believed to have been stolen by seven suspects currently in custody.
[PHOTO: TITUS MUNALA/STANDARD]
By MITIRO DOMNICK
Kisumu Countys Kondele Estate
has been in the news for all the
wrong reasons with residents and
businessmen keeping off the area
due to insecurity.
The area rst hit headlines during
the 2007/2008 post election violence
and today has groups such as
Baghdad Boys, China and American
Squads operating in it.
The area has been struggling, for
the last four years, to build a positive
image to woo investors and now,
wrangles between the American and
China Squads are being perceived by
many to have been a blessing in
disguise.
Former Prime Minister Raila
Odinga visited the area some time
back, when the two groups started
wreaking havoc, and called for an
overhaul of top police ofcers in the
county.
TOP COP
He also pushed for the immedi-
ate return of an ofcer who had
previously worked at the Kondele
Police Station.
This saw, Lawrence Wanyama, a
man feared by criminals in the area,
Police raid Obunga Estate,
recover several stolen items
return to the station as the OCPD.
Soon after Wanyamas return, he
together with his deputy Joe Lekuta
and a contingent of police ofcers
carried out a raid following several
complaints of stolen property.
The raid targeted Kamakowa,
Nyawita, and Seka Seka villages in
Obunga Estate and various home
appliances were recovered.
The goods, including mattresses,
electronic devices, and motor cycles
have been displayed to residents for
them to claim their lost property.
RECOVERED GOODS
Vincent Okoth, a resident at
Manyatta Estate who recovered a
tent and a computer monitor said
his property had been stolen from
his ofce in Lolwe.
I am happy to have recovered
my tent. I have suffered considerable
loss since the stolen items are an
integral part of my business, he
said.
Speaking to the Press, Wanyama
conrmed that seven suspects are in
police custody over the stolen items.
Investigations as to the role
played by these suspects are already
complete and they are waiting to be
taken to Court, said the OCPD.
He, however, said one major
suspect had escaped to Nairobi but
promised that police are on the look
out and would arrest him if he dares
set foot in the county.
Wanyama attributed the recovery
to community policing which he
said had been very helpful in the
exercise.
He also assured residents of
police commitment to ghting
insecurity and urged members of the
KISUMU COUNTY
public to do the same saying this will
combat rising cases of insecurity.
Security cannot not be exclu-
sively left in the hands of the forces.
Residents need to play their part and
we urge them to report incidences
no matter how small or insignicant
they appear, he said.
By KEVINE OMOLLO
National Police Service Commis-
sion Chairman Johnston Kavuludi
has defended the commissions role
in the on-going vetting exercise.
Kavuludi was responding to
journalists in Kisumu who were
questioning him over instances of
sacked ofcers being reinstated after
appealing.
He dismissed claims that the
commissions work is in vain and
said it is every Kenyans constitu-
tional right to appeal and be heard.
CONSTITUTION BOUND
Kavuludi said the commission is
a creation of the constitution and
has to respect it.
The law under Section 7 of the
National Police Service Act stipulates
that any ofcer aggrieved by the
decisions of the commission has a
right to appeal through the commis-
sion appeal structures or seek justice
through the courts if they feel they
have been unfairly heard by the
commission, he said.
Kavuludi spoke as he launched a
police vetting stakeholders sensiti-
sation programme in Nyanza and
Western Region in preparation for
the fourth phase of the vetting
exercise which starts next week.
Kavuludi on
the spot over
vetting process
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Nominated Senators Joy Gwendo
and Martha Wangari during the
funeral of Aloyce Mundu in Chiga,
Kisumu County, over the weekend.
[PHOTO: TITUS MUNALA/STANDARD]
CREDIT: AFC to open branch
in Nyamira County
Nyamira County is set to benet
from the Governments plans
to expand Agriculture Finance
Corporation (AFC) branches,
which would cushion farmers from
exorbitant interest rates charged by
commercial banks.
The plan would help decentralise
credit services for farmers.
A new AFC branch would be set
up in Nyamira so as to bring the
service closer to the people, said
AFC chairman Patrick Osero.
Currently, AFC has 43 branches
countrywide. Over 90 per cent of
residents in Nyamira depend on
farming for their livelihood but lack
of access to affordable credit, which
chokes investment in agriculture.
NEPOTISM: County accused
of favouritism on jobs
Claims of nepotism and clanism
have come to haunt Nyamiras
County Public Service Board, after a
job applicant claimed she had been
shortchanged.
Ms Isabella Anundas name
appeared on an announcement
published on The Standard of March
26 after successfully applying as an
ECDE teacher at Blessed Generation
Orphanage found in Nyamaiya
ward.
Ms Anunda was stunned when
the board refused to give her an
appointment letter last week.
They said my position was
disputed since I do not come from
the ward, despite having passed the
interview, she said.
LOYALTY: Kidero, Otieno
defended over betrayal
Rangwe MP George Oner has
defended Nairobi Governor Evans
Kidero and Rongo MP Dalmas Otieno
over claims by Nyanza politicians
that the two were disloyal to the
Orange Democratic Party.
Oner said remarks by Homa Bay
Senator Otieno Kajwang, Siaya
Senator James Orengo and Gem MP
Jakoyo Midiwo were meant to create
divisions among Nyanza leaders.
The MP said such politicians
were causing divisions in the
Luo Community when they were
supposed to protect the existing
unity by playing accommodative
politics.
It is bad to make reckless
statements on development
conscious leaders who are out to
develop Nyanza, said Oner.
By RUSHDIE OUDIA
Leaders from the Jubilee coalition
have told the Coalition for Reform
and Democracy to stop blaming the
national government for failing to
deliver on promises, since they
(CORD) have more governors.
Nominated senators Joy Gwendo
(TNA) and Martha Wangari (UDF) hit
out at the opposition for critisising
Jubilee over service delivery, yet they
were doing little themselves in their
counties.
They said CORD has more gover-
nors than other coalitions and should
ensure that they spearhead develop-
ment through the counties they con-
trol.
You should not point ngers at
the national Government every time,
complaining of tyranny of numbers
yet you also have a good number of
governors, said Ms Gwendo.
Ms Wangari said the larger number
of governors from CORD should
translate into more resources reach-
ing to the people.
CORD has an upper hand to de-
liver to the people than other coali-
tions. But they keep on critising the
Government and wasting crucial time
they should be using to serve the
people, said the senator.
In rejoinder, a section of CORD
leaders refuted the assertions by the
Jubilee, CORD in war of
words over service delivery
Jubilee senators, insisting that the
national Government has performed
below par.
Suba MP John Mbadi termed the
Jubilee senators sentiments as es-
capist and an admission of failure,
saying it is the mandate of the na-
tional Government to govern the
country.
They should surrender to CORD
so that we show them how to spell out
the economic path for progress. A
CORD leadership would result into
economic growth, job creation and
affordable cost of living, he said.
He accused the Government of
sabotaging resource ow to the coun-
ties, leading to stagnated growth be-
ing witnessed in most counties.

NON-PERFOMING COUNTIES
Mbadi asked Jubilee to deliver
on national Government functions
and co-ordination of all macro-eco-
nomic activities to spur economic
growth.
The budget policy frame work is
developed at the national level and
that informs economic growth of the
country, said Mbadi.
The Suba legislator said it is the
national Treasury that has the man-
date, capacity and responsibility to
give the overall economic activity.
Rarieda MP Nicholas Gumbo said
CORD was monitoring development
projects in all its counties and de-
manded that the governors stick to
the coalitions manifesto.
By NAFTAL MAKORI
Multinational tea companies op-
erating in Nyamira County have
been urged to establish a secondary
school in the tea estates to benet
local children.
Mekenene Ward MCA Alfayo Nge-
resa raised concern that children
whose parents work in the tea estates
do not have access to a secondary
school.
The expansive tea plantations
have a few primary schools, but not
a single secondary school.
Speaking at function held at Sotik
Highlands Primary School, Ngeresa
observed discussions with estate
owners on need for such an institu-
tion had taken long to yield fruits.
The companies need to invest
not only in better housing for the
workers, but a secondary school,
good roads and intensied security
patrols to deter crime, said Ngere-
sa.
The Kenya Plantations and Agri-
cultural Workers Union ofcials
were present.
By ERIC ABUGA
Police ofcers in Kisii County are
searching for an armed gang that
gang raped two female bar atten-
dants in Kegati area.
The midnight attack at Club Re-
sort Kegati that lasted four hours
comes barely a week after a similar
ordeal at another club in Kisii town.
Witnesses said the thugs, dressed
in police uniforms, stormed the bar
a few minutes to midnight, and car-
ried away drinks to a vehicle parked
outside the premises.
The thugs, who also dismantled
television screens and speakers,
raped the two female attendants,
after tying up the watchman. Admin-
istration Police Chief Inspector Ron-
ald Kirui said that the management
at the resort reported the matter to
the nearby Kegati AP camp hours
after the thugs and ran away.
We are yet to arrest the culprits
and are requesting the public to give
us any information that can lead to
the arrests, said Kirui.
Calls for change of tact in pushing for IEBC disbandment
Tea rms urged to build schools Thugs who raped two women on the run
By STANLEY ONGWAE
The Coalition for Reforms and
Democracy (CORD) has been faulted
for employing wrong tactics in its
bid to have the Independent Elec-
tions and Boundaries Commission
(IEBC) disbanded.
Five MPs from Nyanza said the
Opposition coalition was not well
informed to take the issues of IEBC
disbandment to Parliament.
They said there was no doubt the
Jubilee Government enjoys a mas-
sive support in Parliament and so it
would be difcult to have the motion
passed in their favour.
I am sure anyone serious about
dissolving the Issack Hassan team
knows well that it is an effort in futil-
ity, and pushing it in whichever
manner will only lead to a big blow,
said Ndhiwa MP Agostino Netto.
TYRANNY OF NUMBERS
Netto said legislation was the
only way that the CORD coalition
could succeed in overcoming the
tyranny of numbers enjoyed by the
government in Parliament.
Jared Kopiyo (Awendo) said unity
among CORD MPs and senators is
paramount in having important
matters, such as dissolving the elec-
tions body, passed.
It is saddening that unity of pur-
pose has not fully prevailed in the
opposition. If we want to pull in uni-
son, then we should have all issues
that we consider pertinent in Parlia-
ment taken seriously, said Kopiyo.
The MPs were reacting to recent
remarks from some quarters that the
opposition was weak and it was dif-
cult for CORD to successfully pass
meaningful motions in both Hous-
es.
They asked CORD principals to
add more efforts that will ensure
unity among the opposition legisla-
tors.
The MPs were speaking in Awen-
do town, during a funds drive in aid
of International Christian Church.
MIGORI COUNTY
KISII COUNTY NYAMIRA COUNTY
NYAMIRA COUNTY
MIGORI COUNTY
NYAMIRA COUNTY
Gumbo stated that the bulk of the
deliveries remains with Jubilee, since
three quarters of the resources go to
the national Government.
He said that there are many things
County governments cannot be
blamed for, such as the run-away se-
curity.
Jubilee has the mandate to de-
liver, ours is accountability, said
Gumbo.
His Kisumu East counterpart
Shakeel Shabbir concurred, saying
that many counties are unable to de-
liver, with the exception of Machakos,
Mombasa, Homa Bay and Nairobi,
which are manned by CORD gover-
nors Alfred Mutua, Ali Hassan Joho,
Cyprian Awiti and Evans Kidero re-
spectively.
We want accountability from
both sets of governments, if develop-
ment is to be achieved in the whole
country, said Shabbir.
KISUMU COUNTY
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard Page 32 / WESTERN NEWS
Agriculture CS Felix Koskei at DO
grounds at Shianda, Mumias where
he released subsidised fertiliser for
cane farmers. [PHOTO: CHRISPEN
SECHERE/STANDARD]
HARMONY: Elders term
Mulembe club a peace van
Elders of the Luhya community are
seeking to disabuse a notion that a
recently formed investment club is
exclusively meant for members of
the community.
Busia County Council of Elders
is in fact going out of their way to
encourage members of other ethnic
backgrounds resident in the county
and country at large to invest in
Mulembe Investments, especially
now that it has been transformed
into a bank.
Council chairman Jonathan
Wabala said joining the newly
formed club will promote peaceful
coexistence and equitable
distribution of resources amongst
the various communities. He said
there was need to have an advisory
council at the county level.
EFFICIENCY: MCAs want
executives reshufed
Members of the Vihiga County
Assembly have asked governor
Moses Akaranga to reshufe his
executive committee to bring
efciency in service delivery.
Led by the deputy minority
leader and Mwibona County rep
Zakayo Manyasa, the MCAs said
the governor has already gauged
the level of competency of his
ministers in the past year and
knows their strengths better and
which dockets they can serve in
better.
We want the governor to
reshufe his cabinet so that
the ministers can be placed in
dockets where they can work more
efciently, said Manyasa.
POVERTY: Residents told to
venture into business
Residents of Kakamega County
have been urged to support
and invest more in business
enterprises, development projects
and agriculture to become
economically stable.
Kakamega Governor Wycliffe
Oparanya (above) told residents
that his government will initiate
development projects in the county
to help eradicate poverty.
He was speaking during the
launch of Uwezo Fund capacity
building programme at Musingu
High School in Ikolomani, where
he said his government will
allocate Sh20 million to fund
youths, women and people living
with disabilities once the County
Assembly passes the motion on its
allocation.
By ROBERT WANYONYI
The Government is considering
another bailout for cash-strapped
Nzoia Sugar Company to enable the
rm clear its outstanding arrears to
cane farmers.
Speaking on a tour of the sugar
rm in which he also delivered
subsidised fertiliser to be issued to
cane farmers, Agriculture Cabinet
Secretary Felix Koskei called for
stringent management of the next
allocation of funds to clear farmers
outstanding arrears.
The CS advised the respective
managements of the various sugar
rms that benetted from an earlier
government bailout programme to
give priority to the farmers instead
of using the cash to pay off suppli-
ers.
Dont feel happy in begging.
Instead of resorting to serve your
suppliers, strive to serve your
farmers because they are of more
importance and you can cease to
exist if they stop delivering to you
the raw materials that you need,
said Koskei.
FARMERS DEBTS
The CS said he will hold discus-
sions aimed at securing cash for
cash-strapped sugar factories with
the Government to offset pending
debts to farmers.
CS: State plans to bail out
cash-strapped Nzoia Sugar
Koskei said the ministry was in
the process of sourcing for tractors
to serve farmers in all the 47
counties in order to save them the
agony of having to use traditional
ploughing methods.
We want to have some tractors
accessible to farmers at least at a
sub-locational level so as to ensure
the farmers use less towards farm
inputs but produce more, said
Koskei.
The secretary announced that
the Government had sourced 40,000
metric tonnes of subsidised fertiliser
that will be disbursed to all govern-
ment-owned sugar factories in the
country to distribute to their
contracted farmers.
INDUSTRIAL SUGAR
Bungoma Governor Kenneth
Lusaka urged the management of
Nzoia Sugar Company to involve the
county government in its day-to-day
activities so as to avoid situations
where the sugar rm is nding itself
in nancial problems every time.
Mr Lusaka suggested that the
government considers appointing
his minister of agriculture Patrick
Koyi on the oncoming board of
management in order for his county
government to know how to
intervene in situations like the
current one. The sugar rm owes
farmers several months arrears,
totalling to over Sh400 million in
spite of having been given another
Sh387 million in another bailout late
By BRYAN TUMWA
Kakamega County Assembly
has skipped recess to deliberate on
crucial bills in the house as it
grapples with the passage of several
others pending.
Yesterday, three bills were put to
the second reading after the
completion of the public participa-
tion process following the rst
reading.
Musa Wangila, the chairman of
the Planning, Trade and Tourism
Committee said The Abattoirs, the
Alcoholic and the Tourism Bills
were before the house as part of the
assemblys measure to maximise on
the time meant for recess for the
passage of the crucial bills.
We have put a lot of emphasis
on public participation because it
is one of the hallmarks of the new
Constitution.
It is crucial to ensure that public
involvement is undertaken before
any laws are brought into force,
said Wangila.
By BRYAN TUMWA
Advocates in Kakamega and
Vihiga counties yesterday began a
boycott bringing activities in all the
courts to a standstill.
The 71 advocates from the two
counties afliated to the Law
Society of Kenya (LSK) began the
industrial action demanding for,
among other things, the reinstate-
ment of an environment and land
court in the region to reduce the
huge backlog of cases pending
since 2010. They also protested at
the dilapidated infrastructure in the
courts as well as the under funding
of the Pauper Brief Scheme.
The advocates congregated at
Kakamega Law Courts wearing
yellow ribbons on their arms and
vowed not to appear in court unless
their grievances are addressed.
Carlestous Shifwoka, the LSK
chair in the region, said advocates
will not resume their roles in the
courts unless an environment and
land judge is deployed at the court.
Bongomek victory as judge nullies county job list
MCAs sacrice recess for bills Advocates on strike for environment court
By DANIEL PSIRMOI
Bungoma County Public Service
Board will be forced to restart the
process of recruiting 13 chief
ofcers after a high court declared
the earlier recruitment process
unconstitutional.
This follows a successful
petition by members of the
marginalised Bongomek commu-
nity.
Making the landmark ruling on
Monday, High Court Judge Alfred
Mabeya also declared that the
Bongomek is a minority commu-
nity and should be treated as a
special interest group by the local
county government in any
subsequent appointments.
UNFAIRLY EXCLUDED
The judge said members of the
community, which according to the
2009 census has a population of
3,704 people, had proved to the
court that they were unfairly
excluded from the chief ofcers
positions.
In rejecting the list presented
by Governor Ken Lusaka, the
community, through its lawyer
Oncharo Kebira, argued that there
was discrimination and lack of
afrmative action for minorities in
contravention with articles 10(2b),
19(2) 23(3), 27 (4) and 56(a-e) of
the Constitution.
This court nds the constitu-
tional rights of the Bongomek, who
are one of the ve main indigenous
inhabitants of the county, have
been grossly violated in the
recruitment and deployment of
county chief ofcers. Despite
having no representative in any of
the plum leadership positions in
Bungoma County, their sole
nominee who appeared before the
interview panel did not get the job,
said Judge Mabeya.
He further said the Bungoma
County Assembly vetted the chief
ofcers and approved the names
even after the group served the
Speaker with the petition.
BUNGOMA COUNTY
KAKAMEGA COUNTY KAKAMEGA COUNTY
BUSIA COUNTY
KAKAMEGA COUNTY
VIHIGA COUNTY
last year.
Let us be involved in the
running of these sugar factories
because they are situations in which
legislation is required, said Lusaka.
But even before the Cabinet
Secretary left the venue, a clash
ensued between Kenya Sugar Board
Nzoia zone director Saulo Busolo
and the sugar company director
Rosalinda Simiyu as they argued
over the legality of the sugar rms
board of directors.
Busolo attributed the nancial
quagmire facing the company on
weak leadership of the board,
pointing out that the rm has been
having only two board members,
current chairman Abiud Simiyu
Wasike and Rosalinda running the
day to day affairs and drawing huge
allowances.
But Rosalinda accused Busolo of
owning a company behind the
importation of cheap industrial
sugar into the country.
BUNGOMA COUNTY
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard RIFT VALLEY NEWS / Page 33
Ofcer who forged
papers quizzed by CID
By ALEX KIPROTICH
and PATRICK KIBET
CID ofcers from Nairobi yesterday grilled
embattled Nakuru County Trade minister Sam
Gitau over forgery of his academic documents
and bribery attempts.
Gitau was summoned to CID headquarters
after our sister publication, The Standard on
Sunday, ran an expos on how he falsied his
academic documents that he used to apply for
the position of the County Executive Commit-
tee member, which he got.
We summoned him this morning (yester-
day) and right now he is being grilled, said a
CID ofcer in the team.
This was corroborated by a senior Nakuru
county ofcer, who spoke to The Standard on
condition of anonymity, that Gitau had
informed them that he would not report for
work as he had been summoned to CID ofces
in Nairobi.
Gitau indicated in his application that he
graduated from Brunel University yet the
university has denied having had him as their
student.
BRIBERY CLAIMS
He also indicated that he obtained a mean
score of B- in the Kenya Certicate of Second-
ary Education exam and 571 marks in the
Kenya Certicate of Primary Education. Knec
results printout, however, indicate that he
scored D+ and 387 marks respectively.
And yesterday, it emerged that the county
minister attempted to bribe a civil rights
activist to stop him from cooperating with The
Standard in exposing the alleged fraud.
M-Pesa statements from James Mugo, Chair
of Counties Efciency in Development
(Cedev), whom The Standard worked with in
the expos, show that Gitau sent him
Sh150,000 to make him withdraw from the
investigation.
In the statements in our possession and
which have been presented to the CID for
further investigation, Gitau sent Sh65,000 on
April 22 followed by Sh10,000 on the same day.
On April 29, Gitau further sent Sh35,000 and
another Sh40,000, all amounting to Sh150,000.
Mugo, who has since recorded a statement
with the CID, said attempts to transfer back the
money has not been successful as only
Sh50,000 went through.
I told him to stop sending me money
because my conscience would not allow me to
be corrupted to stop an issue of public
interest, he said.
After Mugo sent him a text to stop transfer-
ring money to his M-Pesa account, Gitau in a
text message agreed to stop.
It is ok. You may return the money by
M-Pesa if that is what you wish. Thanks and
God bless, he said in a short text message.
However, after sending back Sh50,000,
Mugo has not been able to send more as the
transfer does not go through.
Gitau was rst appointed the county
executive member in charge of Health before
he was moved to his current portfolio by
Governor Kinuthia Mbugua
The Standard on Sunday revealed that
Gitau alleged to have graduated from the
University of Brunel in the United Kingdom
with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business
Management, a fact the university has denied.
ANOTHER PROBE
Nakuru County Public Service Board Chair
Dr Waithanji Mutiti yesterday said the County
Service Board will set up a meeting to discuss
the matter.
We are set to meet and deliberate on the
way forward given that the board is not the
appointing authority in this case, Mutiti said.
An impeccable source intimated to The
Standard that Gitau will be relieved of his
duties today after it became apparent that
indeed his documents were forged.
Everything is conrmed and there is no
option but to let him go this morning, said the
highly placed source.
The County Service Board report is to just
exit the minister. It is unfortunate, but that is
the only way to sort out the matter and bring it
to closure, said the source.
But even as the county executive grapples
with the issue, Cedev has written to the County
Governor seeking for documents of yet another
county minister over suspicions that his papers
are not clean.
Mugo in his letter is requesting the county
executive to furnish them with copies of
County Finance boss Francis Mathea.
We are seeking your assistance in obtain-
ing certied copies of the above mentioned
person Francis G Mathea, who serves in your
government as county executive committee
member in charge of Finance. The reason for
making this request is to enable us carry
thorough investigations on matters pertaining
to academic papers, reads the letter to
Mbugua.
According to the County Government Act
2012, the governor is in charge of appointing
county executive members with approval of
the county assembly.
Nakuru County Trade boss
had indicated he graduated
from Brunel University, but
institution has denied having
him as their student
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An overloaded car in Chepseon, Kericho county. Probox cars are still operating
as PSVs in the area despite being banned by the Ministry of Transport. [PHOTO:
KIPSANG JOSEPH /STANDARD]
PETITION: State told to
curb runaway insecurity
Leaders from Nakuru County
have asked the Government to nd
a lasting solution to the runaway
insecurity in the country.
Led by Bahati MP Kimani
Ngunjiri, they said it was a shame
that the Government had failed to
rid the country of terror suspects.
We cannot have our churches
guarded by security ofcers
because of Al Shabaab or any
criminals. The Government must
ght them, said Ngunjiri.
Nakuru Deputy Governor Joseph
Ruto also called on President
Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy to
take all the necessary measures
to assure Kenyans of security. The
leaders were speaking at Gathioro
Catholic Church in Nakuru.
MANHUNT: Police pursue
suspect in night attack
Police in Nakuru have launched
a manhunt for a middle-aged man
who attacked a trader in Engashura
village, Bahati Sub-county at the
weekend.
Conrming the incident, Bahati
OCPD Duncan Nguthu said the
trader, who requested anonymity
because of security reasons was
heading home with his family
at around 8.15pm when he was
attacked by two armed men.
The businessman was driving
back home when the suspect and
his accomplice attacked him at
the entrance of his home, said
Nguthu. The gangsters are said to
have shot at the trader, prompting
him to re back.
INSECURITY: County
unveils plan to end crime
The Narok County government
will put up street lights and
rehabilitate roads to enhance
security, Governor Samuel Kuntai
has said.
Kuntai reiterated the need to
tame insecurity in Narok town to
attract investors.
We will strive to light up all the
streets in Narok town, which is a
busines hub for the county. Money
has also been set aside to pave
roads in the town and its environs.
All these measures are aimed at
enhancing security, he said.
Speaking during a consultative
meeting between local traders and
the county government, Kuntai
asked residents to cooperate
with the police and other law
enforcement agencies to end crime
in the area.
By BOAZ KIPNGENO
Thousands of herders in
Samburu County are reported to be
relocating to neighbouring areas as
the dry spell in the region persists.
Several herders are said to have
abandoned their homes and moved
to other areas in search of pasture
and water, with over 60,000
residents said to be facing starva-
tion.
Herders from Lodungokwe areas
have crossed over Wamba to Sarara,
with those in Serolipi moving
towards Marsabit County.
Others from Oldonyiro in Isiolo
County are said to have moved to
Samburu East.
Wamba area assistant chief
Partrick Lembwakita said most
homesteads are now deserted due to
the mass migration.
Unless a miracle happens, there
is going to be a big crisis as the next
rainy season will be in October,
Lembwakita revealed yesterday.
The situation, according to local
leaders, may fan another round of
tribal clashes in the area, especially
between the Samburu and Borana
communities.
If Samburu and Borana meet at
Kom where the two communities
usually graze their animals during
the dry season, a ght will denitely
Herders relocate in search of
pasture, water as drought bites
break out, Lembwakita said.
Lembwakita said the movement had
also led to attacks along the main
roads in the region.
Armed herders who have no
food have now resorted to attacking
vehicles plying the route, he said,
have also been ocking to local
markets to sell their animals.
Everyone is trying to sell some
of their livestock to buy food, but
the demand is low, leading to poor
prices, Lembwakita added.
Samburu County Commissioner
Wilfred Nyagwanga said most
families that depend on livestock
face starvation.
RELIEF FOOD
The Kenya Red Cross Society
(KRCS) said more than 60,000
people in Samburu North and East
are in dire need of relief food.
Samburu County KRCS Coordi-
nator Gitonga Mugambi said the
relief food being distributed by the
national government is not enough
as it targets only a small portion of
the population. The national
government distributes only 400
bags every three months to about
seven per cent of the total popula-
tion in the county, Mugambi said.
Although the World Food
Programme also distributes relief
food in the region, this is usually not
enough and does not reach most of
the families who need it. WFP
distributed food last month and
they are now in off season. The
By ROBERT KIPLAGAT
Four people have been killed by
wildlife and another injured and in
Central Rift, Baringo County, in the
last one month.
The latest incident took place at
Ngambo village in Marigat after a
man was attacked by a water buck.
The man identied as Rigana
Ole Lemut,45, is said to have been
hunting when he was ambushed by
the antelope.
Baringo County Kenya Wildlife
Service (KWS) Warden Kenneth ole
Nashuu said the killing of the man
by the antelope was the rst such
incident in the area.
The water buck is a large animal;
and the males are generally about
25 per cent larger than the females.
The males have horns as long as
40 inches which are widely spaced.
Barely a week ago, grief gripped
Kiptagich village in Kuresoi North
after a stray elephant killed two
people.
By OSINDE OBARE
A non-governmental organisa-
tion has said woman in pastoralist
communities are poor due to lack
of access to basic services such as
health and water.
Justice and Peace Centre Kitale
Programme Ofcer Immaculate
Shamalla consequently urged the
county governments of Pokot and
Turkana to initiate economic
activities that can accelerate
women empowerment.
Speaking during a civic educa-
tion drive for Pokot women in
Kitale, Shamalla said there is urgent
need to empower women in the
two counties.
At the same time, leaders from
the region said lack of access to
judicial services was fuelling rape
and delement cases in the
expansive Pokot County.
The leaders called for the
establishment of mobile courts in
the region.
Medic found procuring abortion for school girl held
Deaths from wildlife attacks surge NGO links lack of water with poverty
By FRED KIBOR
A medical practitioner has been
arrested in Iten town, Elgeyo/
Marakwet County after he was
found procuring abortion for a high
school student.
Administration Police (AP)
ofcers from Iten, who were acting
on a tip-off, pounced on the doctor
at his private clinic in the town just
after he had administered the
abortion drugs on the girl.
The girl, 17, a Form Three
student from a leading public high
school in the area, was reportedly
taken to the clinic by her boyfriend
to terminate the pregnancy.
The medic was arrested and
taken to Iten police station while
the girl was rushed to Iten County
Referral Hospital.
Keiyo AP Commander Joseph
Biwott said the abortion was
completed at the hospital and the
girl has since been discharged.
The doctors report at Iten
hospital showed that the pregnancy
had been terminated, said the
local AP boss.
He said the duo would be
charged in court for procuring an
illegal abortion.
REVOKE LICENCE
I am appealing to the Medical
Practitioners and Dentist Board to
revoke the licence of the suspect
because he been reported to be
conducting backstreets abortion for
some time now, in the area.
Elsewher, police in Keiyo South
District have recovered a decom-
posing body of a middle-aged man
suspected to have committed
suicide at Kaptagat Forest.
The body was found by herders
grazing their animals in the forest
who alerted the police.
According to the local OCPD
Wilmot Mwakio, the body of the
man was still hanging from a tree
with a rope around his neck.
He said the body was taken to
Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital
in Eldoret.
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NAKURU COUNTY
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situation, however, is still bad
because the rains have delayed,
Gitonga added.
Nyagwanga noted the Govern-
ment distributed 500 bags of maize,
200 bags of beans and 50 cartons of
cooking oil last month.
There is a technical committee
who are assessing the situation
especially in Samburu North and
Samburu East as we wait for more
food, he added yesterday.
Nachola Ward Representative
Lawrence Lorunyei said most
residents have been going without
food. The Samburu County
government recently provided 100
tonnes of free seeds to farmers in
arable parts of Samburu Central, but
lack of rains has made it impossible
for them to carry out any farming
activities.
SAMBURU COUNTY
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on this project as soon as the contract is awarded and also be prepared to dedicate enough staff &
resources to the project to accomplish all requirements in a timely fashion.
The PR Company will participate in regular meetings with our staff as necessary to ensure that the
objectives of the PR campaign are achieved. Our team will be working very closely with the selected
company to ensure that all opportunities are maximized.
PR Campaign Objectives
1. Position us as innovative and dynamic
2. Build credibility of our organization
3. Publicize and popularize our organization among key stakeholders through the use of traditional
and new media
4. Prole us as a leader and an authority in our eld
Scope of Work
1. The PR companys primary job will be to develop angles pertaining to the services we offer and to
see how to get the most mileage from them through the media.
2. The selected company will need to develop an overriding PR and Communications Strategy from
which they will be able to communicate broadly the strengths and activities of our organization.
3. The PR company will also need to develop key messages to support and amplify who we are and
what we do including, but not limited to, our Vision.
4. The PR plan should include, but is not limited to the following elements:
- Communication activities that will be employed
- PR tools that will be used and how
- Other opportunities that can be suggested e.g. speaker opportunities etc
- Media monitoring
- Monitoring and evaluation tools and criteria
- CSR project suggestions and how to gain the most mileage from such activities
5. A robust social media strategy and roll out plan.
Deliverables
1. Plan describing how your agency would undertake the described PR and Communications
campaign.
2. Marketing Plan.
3. Creative proposal for advertisement.
4. Below the line activation plan
5. Social media strategy and roll out plan
6. A budget for the above.
Note: Mandatory inclusions with your proposal
Logo
Slogan
Requested information
1. Company Prole
2. Mandatory requirements
- Certicate of registration
- Tax compliance
- NSSF & NHIF Compliance
3. Proof of experience 5 references
4. Demonstrate experience in execution of through-the-line campaign.
5. Overview of proposed stafng for the project; bios of staff to be dedicated to the project.
6. Staff qualication- with inclusion of awards, accolades and industry membership.
7. Show membership with industry related bodies.
8. Show company accolades and award recognition for outstanding work/service.
9. Estimate of professional services fee and explanation of direct expenses.
Completed proposals in plain sealed envelopes clearly marked Expression of Interest for Provision
of Public Relations, Publicity and Communications Service, the National Youth Council should be
addressed to:
The Principal Secretary,
Ministry of Devolution and Planning
Treasury Building
P.O. Box 30005-00100, NAIROBI.
and placed in the Tender Box on the 9
th
Floor of Treasury building so as to be received on or before
10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 13
th
May, 2014. Bids will be opened immediately thereafter in the presence
of the bidders or their representatives.
Head, Supplies Chain Management Services
For: PRINCIPAL SECRETARY
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR PROVISION OF PUBLIC RELATIONS,
PUBLICITY AND COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE
THE NATIONAL YOUTH COUNCIL
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard Page 36 / RIFT VALLEY NEWS
The owner of this house at Sambalat area in Elgeyo-Marakwet deed orders
to demolish his house to pave way for construction of a road leaving the
contractor with no choice but to grade part of it away. [PHOTO: KEVIN TUNOI/
STANDARD]
West Pokot Governor Simon
Kachapin.
By PETER OCHIENG
and ROBERT KIPLAGAT
The planned meeting to end
perpetual clashes between the
Turkana and Pokot communities
scheduled for today and tomorrow
has been called off.
The cancellation of the meeting
came as another raid was reported
in parts of Turkana County where a
number of livestock were stolen on
Sunday afternoon.
Pokot and Turkana elected
leaders had indicated that they
would hold the peace meeting with
other national and county govern-
ment ofcials in Kapenguria to nd
a lasting solution to the conict.
DECADES-LONG FEUDS
Loima MP Protus Akujah
conrmed the Sunday raids, saying
it was unfortunate that they had
taken place at a time when they were
working on a strategy to end the
decades-long feuds between the two
communities.
To make matters worse, we even
realised that our counterparts from
Pokot were not keen on the joint
peace meeting, he said.
He said area Governor Josephat
Nanok had agreed to cater for the
transportation and facilitation of
other local leaders to attend the
meeting.
We were planning to travel to
Kapenguria on Monday before the
attack took place. There is a
likelihood that the raid was meant to
jeorpardises it, he explained.
Turkana South MP James
Lomenen expressed concern over
what he described as lack of
Meeting to
discuss Pokot,
Turkana feuds
called off
cooperation from their neighbours
in efforts to ensure peaceful
coexistence between the two
communities.
We were going to discuss
important matters such as border
demarcation, cattle rustling and
resource sharing. It is unfair for
other leaders to say they are not
ready, he said.
Turkana Governor Joseph Nanok
said he had received a message
conrming the rescheduling of the
meeting to May 28 and 29 at the
same venue, to allow for leaders
from both areas to agree on the
agenda.
In a swift rejoinder, Pokot
Governor Simon Kachapin refuted
claims that they had sabotaged the
meeting, saying it had been called
off because some leaders were not
aware about it.
He said he was the one who had
proposed the meeting, adding that
The assembly Committee on
Heritage, Gender, Culture and
Community Services chaired by
Cyrus Kibii (Lembus Kwen) settled
on the animal after collecting views
from the public.
Greater Kudu is a rare and
unique antelope only found in
Baringo County therefore it is
appropriate as county symbol as it
represents the unique and pristine
wildlife and the other symbols
suggested such as cows, goats are
found everywhere, read the report
by the committee.
the postponement was meant to
ensure all leaders attend.
Pokot Senator John Lonyangapuo
echoed Kachapins sentiments,
adding that leaders from both
parties must be involved in efforts to
end perennial clashes between the
two communities.
RARE ANTELOPE
Meanwhile, Baringo County
Government is set to have the
Greater Kudu, a rare antelope found
in the area, as part of the countys
symbols.
By NIKKO TANUI
Kericho Senator Charles Keter
has asked multinational tea
companies in the region to surren-
der at least 50 acres for the expan-
sion of Kericho town.
Keter said they were pressed for
land to expand the town especially
in the wake of adoption of the
devolved governments system.
There is no land to even
construct county government
ofces. That is why I think the time
has come for Kericho leaders to sit
down with the multinational tea
companies in the county and ask
them to surrender 50 to 100 acres o
in the fringes of Kericho town for its
expansion, said Keter.
Speaking during the ofcial
opening of Safaricom shop in
Kericho town, Keter said the rms
own land in the county through 99
year lease and the local community
has a right to demand for a portion
of it for the towns expansion.
The multinational companies
own the land through lease, but we
have a right to ask them to surrender
a portion of it because it belongs to
members of the local community,
said Keter.
Unilever Kenya, James Finlay, and
Williamson are some of the multina-
tional tea companies in Kericho
County.
By PETER OCHIENG
Moi Teaching and Referral
Hospital in Eldoret plans to expand
the accident and emergency
department to handle increased
cases of road accidents and assault.
The expansion plan was mooted
two years ago, but due to nancial
constraints, it had been put on hold.
The new enlarged unit would be put
up next to the executive car park.
The announcement was made by
the hospital Deputy Director in
charge of Clinical Services Wilson
Aruasa during a consultative
meeting at the hospital yesterday.
NEW PLAN
We are working closely with
relevant authorities within the
hospital to ensure that patients
involved in accidents and assaults
are treated in a proper environ-
ment, he said.
He also revealed that the
hospitals engineering department
had indicated that the new plan
would be an improvement of the
existing structures.
John Kibosia, the Chief Executive
Ofcer of the facility, said the new
unit would be the rst in the North
Rift.
Now county eyes
tea rms land
to expand town
MTRF to expand
accident and
emergency unit
By WILBERFORCE NETYA
Leaders in West Pokot County
are calling on the national govern-
ment to speed up the construction
of Kitale-Lodwar highway to boost
trade in the area.
Area Governor Simon Kachapin
said the poor state of the highway
that links the region to other parts
of the country had even made
revenue collection impossible.
He said the county is endowed
with various mineral resources
which remained unexploited due to
the dilapidated state of the road.
Construction of a highway
costs billions of shillings, which we
dont have. It is the responsibility of
the national government to
rehabilitate it as it falls under its
mandate. They should fast-track its
rehabilitation to save us further loss
of business, he said.
The county chief explained that
his government was already
rehabilitating feeder roads and
opening up new roads in remote
parts of the county.
MARGINALISED AREAS
He said the county still relied on
national revenue allocation from
the national government since local
revenue collections was still low.
Speaking separately, Kapenguria
MP Samuel Moroto reiterated the
need for the Government to help
develop infrastructure in margina-
lised counties.
Moroto observed the money
disbursed to marginalised counties
as equalisation fund were not
enough to tackle the myriad
challenges they face.
West Pokot got only Sh24 million
as its share of the 0.5 per cent of the
total national revenue set aside for
the 14 marginalised counties.
What can Sh24 million do in
this vast county with numerous
challenges, posed the legislator.
He called on the Jubilee
administration to help uplift the
living standards of residents
through provision of better social
amenities.
Motorists plying the highway
have also been complaining of
constant mechanical breakdowns
of their vehicles due to the numer-
ous potholes along the route.
By GILBERT KIMUTAI
Council of Governors Chairman
Isaac Ruto has called for the
protection of the Senate to enable it
play its role in devolution.
Mr Ruto said there was need for
a close collaboration between the
Senate and county governments in
rolling out devolution.
The principle of separation of
powers is continuously getting
blurred with more functions meant
for the Senate getting assigned to
the National Assembly, Ruto said.
Speaking in Bomet yesterday,
Ruto said there was need for
continuous engagement between
the governors and senators to
minimise the turf wars that have
been witnessed in the past.
DEVOLUTION ON COURSE
We held open and frank
discussions on the need to hold
regular consultations on matters
relating to devolution and other
affairs in the counties, Ruto said,
referring to the consultative
meeting held in Eldoret at the
weekend.
The meeting brought togetehr
senators, governors and constitu-
tional commissions ofcials.
Separately, Senate Majority
Leader Kithure Kindiki said
devolution was on course and no
one can derail the process.
It is not possible to ignore or
wish away the ofce of the county
governments and the institution of
the Senate, Kindiki said.
Government told to upgrade crucial county road
Ruto wants Senates powers enhanced
WEST POKOT COUNTY
KERICHO COUNTY
MIGORI COUNTY
TURKANA COUNTY
Cant move, wont move
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F B E F 31
E H J A 15
G J C B 24
23 15 23 23
A D C H 14
Solution No. 1821
4 1 5 2 8 6 3 7
7 6 8 3 1 4 9 2 5
2 9 3 6 5 7 8 4 1
9 8 1 7 6 3 2 5 4
5 3 4 1 8 2 7 9 6
6 2 7 5 4 9 1 8 3
8 5 6 2 3 1 4 7 9
1 7 2 4 9 5 3 6 8
3 4 9 8 7 6 5 1 2
YESTERDAYS SOLUTION
STANDOKU Imejin
1822 EASY
4 6 5 7
3
6 2 1 9
2 3
9 8
6
5
2 7 4 8
5 1 7 6
5 8 3 7
1 3
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard
puzzling
38
Using all the letters
of the alphabet, ll
in the grid. To help
you, there are three
cryptic crossword-
style clues:
Top line: I insisted
on accelerating. (3,
2, 4, 4)
Middle line: Dance,
run to a pont, wildly
to prove your stami-
na.(9, 4)
Bottom line: APri-
vate list of secret
intent? (1, 6, 6)
To start you off,
here is one of the
letters.
By Rosy Russell
All rows, columns and 3 by 3 grids
(dened by bold lines ) have the
numbers 1 to 9 appearing only once.
Some of the numbers have been en-
tered. Complete the whole table by
inserting the correct numbers.
Capricorn (Dec 22 - Jan 20)
Keep little reminders around to direct you
toward your goals. These may be sea-
shells if you want to go to the ocean or
stick-on stars, if you are training to be an
astronaut or an astronomer, etc.
Aquarius (Jan 21 - Feb 19)
Professional possibilities are promising.
Keep yourself up-to-date with the new
work opportunities. This is a good time to
be shrewd in your financial decisions. You
should expend great zest in your money-
making plans.
Pisces (Feb 20 - Mar 20)
This is a very good day for job-related
eventspractical insights will come with
ease. You could represent for your compa-
ny and may find yourself communicating
about your skills.
Aires (Mar 21 - April 20)
You can take full advantage of your posi-
tion in the workplace today. You are able
to prioritize your time and projects. You
seem more able than ever to be in control
of your life.
Gemini (May 21 - June 21)
Probing conversations find you at your
mental best this morning. Your analytical
abilities are good and you are prepared
for your day. Others tend to navigate to-
ward you for your input regarding work
issues.
Cancer
(June 22 - July 22)
You may shine in your particular job to-
daya promotion is possible. You could
represent or speak for your company.
There is an opening to some business
travel if you want it. This could include
trips to colleges or high schools in a re-
cruiting type of mode.
Courtesy: dailyhoroscopes.com
YESTERDAYS SOLUTIONS
Horoscopes
Sudoku
Codeword Puzzle
(April 21 - May 20)
For the most part, your time is
spoken for today. It may be dif-
cult to tend to what you feel
you would like. Compromise
and cooperation needed today.
DIFFICULT
The letters have a distinct
value between 1 to 9. The to-
tals vertically and horizontally
have been given. Solve all the
values.
NO 5182
NO 5181
A B C D E F G H J
9 6 4 7 8 3 2 1 5
YESTERDAYS SOLUTIONS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
D
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
L E O S P A
G B R X
M V W I D N Y Q C K
H
Z
U
F
T
J
Leo (July 23 - Aug 22)
Your inventive imagination will get you out
of some tight places today, including a dif-
ference of opinion in the workplace. You are
open-minded, democratic and enthusiastic,
and you have a denite sense of mission.
Virgo
(Aug 23 - Sept 23)
You may be receiving a great deal of confu-
sion about what you are to accomplish at
work today. Go to your immediate manager
and ask for a chart of the extras tasks. This
way you can assure your manager that the
jobs will be completed.
Libra
(Sept 24 - Oct 23)
Easy does it; think through your obligations
before taking the initiative at this time, you
shine in your professional affairs. You are at
your mental best with clear thoughts. You
can add creative and unusual touches to
whatever you are working with or on today.
Scorpio
(Oct 24 - Nov 22)
This is an active day with an exchange of
ideas in the workplace. Your ability to remain
cool under dif cult circumstances affords
you a great deal of command. You seem to
be enjoying the way in which your work, as
well as your personal life, is taking shape.
Sagittarius
(Nov 23 - Dec 21)
Your vanity and your pride may hinder inter-
actions today. Think before becoming too
involved in bragging. Take on an attitude of
self-condence but know that condence
within yourself.
Taurus
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard
puzzling
Across
1 Eat greedily (5)
6 Untrue (5)
9 Book collection (7)
10 Urge, incite (3,2)
11 Weird (5)
12 Hoodwinks (5)
13 Exhaustion (7)
15 Insect (3)
17 Sour-tasting sub-
stance (4)
18 Private evening party
(6)
19 Jeans fabric (5)
20 Whips (6)
22 Lodgings (4)
24 Attempt (3)
25 Group of four (7)
26 Water lily (5)
27 Fulcrum (5)
28 Saline (5)
29 Normal (7)
30 Gives food to (5)
31 Sorts (5)
Down
2 High-quality brandy
(6)
3 Excessively ornate (6)
4 Flipper (3)
5 Quarrel (5)
6 Liberty (7)
7 Yes votes (4)
8 Smother (6)
12 The fists, slang (5)
13 Failing, defect (5)
14 Slightly drunk (5)
15 Apple, for example (5)
16 Raising agent (5)
18 Bodily cavity (5)
19 Relegates (7)
21 Turn up (6)
22 Doleful (6)
23 Mild (6)
25 Wait in line (5)
26 Nobleman (4)
28 Was seated (3)
ACROSS: 3, Gloss 8, Natal 10, Kayak 11, Jar 12, Camel 13, Nonstop 15, Woman 18, Him 19, De-
note 21, Similar 22, Prop 23, Here 24, Gangway 26, Enamel 29, Lob 31, Serum 32, Venison
34, Lines 35, Tin 36, Alien 37, Panic 38, Silly.
DOWN: 1, Major 2, Warship 4, Leap 5, Skewer 6, Salon 7, Rabat 9, Tan 12, Comical 14, Tim 16,
Money 17, Never 19, Dangles 20, Spies 21, Solar 23, Habitat 24, Gemini 25, Won 27, Newly 28,
Mules 30, Sonic 32, Veil 33, Sin.
YESTERDAYS EASY SOLUTIONS
Easy Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Two points, say, for a try (5)
6 Swear that cures are possible (5)
9 In action, perhaps, an about-turn
calls for care (7)
10 Criticism of one at the door? (5)
11 Sort of joint cut at an angle (5)
12 When mouldy, could there be fur
on it? (5)
13 Rest and food for babies (7)
15 Of the town kind, as at Gates-
head? (3)
17 Being way out is no longer the
thing (4)
18 She danced a mans head off! (6)
19 Be slow to give credit for breaking
the law (5)
20 Lizards at long last giving audible
echoes (6)
22 May be seen as a line on the map
(4)
24 It sounds the same with the end
cut off (3)
25 Holding out, ran away, thus being
scorned (7)
26 A gong that may barely clink (5)
27 Use that handy wheel (5)
28 Cockney dukes (5)
29 Overtly sad about the rent? (7)
30 Not given a roasting, but unrea-
sonably red (5)
31 In cars, theyre generally forward
(5)
DOWN
2 In sound English, not the price of
vice! (6)
3 Admit theres a metric measure in
tangled tape (6)
4 Animal of many a kind? (3)
5 Celebrities who should set a shin-
ing example (5)
6 Some pumice in the coal? Thats
funny! (7)
7 One piece of ammunition (4)
8 The way a wild mare can run (6)
12 Is afraid fares must be revised (5)
13 That of a horse refusing to jump?
(5)
14 Arrest for robbery (5)
15 Understood to be grasped (3,2)
16 Swede shattered when stitched
up (5)
18 Its great to expand (5)
19 More than over-protected? (7)
21 Its annual, this noted ower (6)
22 Attractive and marriageable (6)
23 The character of a communica-
tion (6)
25 Brownie fairly short of money?
(5)
26 Measure out the meat as men-
tioned (4)
28 Bad atmosphere in the refugee
centre (3)
ACROSS: 3, Bliss 8, Pip-ER 10, T-it-an 11, But 12, Sagas 13, Peter-Ed 15, Par-is 18, Roc 19, All-ude 21,
Bedtime 22, La-Rd. 23, Cut-e 24, Cover-up 26, Edison 29, Rep 31, Pan-t-s 32, Next day 34, Atlas 35,
Ian 36, Litre 37, Ne-w-ts 38, Tread.
DOWN: 1, Vibes 2, Met-ered 4, Lead 5, Staple 6, Sisal 7, Ra-p-id 9, Put 12, Section 14, Rod 16, Run up 17, S-
even 19, Amperes 20, Sleep 21, Bruin 23, Cup ties 24, Cost-er 25, Re-X 27, Davit 28, Start 30, P-ant-O 32,
Nana 33, Daw.
YESTERDAYS CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS
Cryptic Puzzle
WEIRD NEWS
Think of all the beauty still left
around you and be happy.
Anne Frank
A dog with an irrational fear
of the outside has finally
been on his first walk in a
year. Eighteen-month-old
chocolate Labrador, Jack
was so terrified of going
outside he would shake, cry
and even play dead to avoid
leaving his house.
But thanks to a dog
psychologist, Jack has
overcome his fear and has
been able to go out.
Jack had stayed indoors
ever since he was puppy and
had never been for a walk,
despite how much his
worried owner, Judy Huddle-
ston tried to coax him.
Judy from Melton Mowbray,
Leics, said: We dont know
what caused Jacks phobia,
but we think he was
spooked by something when
he was a young puppy.
Judy hoped it was a phase
Jack would grow out of but
after a year of Jack staying
indoors, she realised his
agoraphobia was a serious
concern.
Mirror Online
Agoraphobic dog goes for his rst walk in a year
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
FOX CINEPLEX SARIT CENT RE,
WESTLANDS
SCREEN I REVOLVER RANI (TBA) At
11.00AM, NON STOP (PG) At 1.45pm,
AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2 IN 3D (PG) At
4.00pm, THE OTHER WOMAN (U16) At
6.45pm KAACHI (PG) At 9.00 pm
SCREEN II AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2 IN
3D (PG) At 11.00am, 1.45pm, 6.40pm,
9.15pm., THE OTHER WOMAN (U16) At
4.30pm.
PLANET MEDIA CINEMAS - KISUMU
SCREEN I RIO 2 (GE) At 11.30am,
1.30pm. NON STOP (PG 13) At 3.30pm,
THE OTHER WOMAN (16) At 6.00pm,
8.40pm,
SCREEN II THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER
MITTY (PG) At 3.00pm, 6.00pm, 8.30pm
NYALI CINEMAX MOMBASA
SCREEN I 2 STATES At 6.00pm, THE
AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2 2D At 6.30pm,
THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2 3D At 9.15pm,
BHOOTNAATH RETURNS At 9.15pm.
Cinema Guide
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard
tv guide
Nairobi 102.7 I Nyeri 105.7
Meru 105.1 I Kericho 90.5
Kisumu 105.3 I Mombasa 105.1
Nakuru 104.5 I Eldoret 91.1 Kitui:
93.8 I Kisii: 91.3
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DISCOVERY CHANNEL
07:00 Diamond Divers
07:50 Fast N Loud
08:40 Car Vs Wild
09:30 Storage Hunters
09:55 Auction Kings
10:25 Baggage Battles
10:50 How Do They Do It?
11:20 How Its Made
11:45 Gold Rush
12:40 Gold Fever
01:35 Ice Cold Gold
The movie starts as a monster of unknown
origin destroys a building. As they go to inves-
tigate, parts of the building and the head of
the Statue of Liberty come raining down. The
movie follows their adventure trying to es-
cape and save a friend, a love interest of the
main character.
YESTERDAYS TRIVIA: Boo U
TV Quiz
02:30 Storage Hunters
03:00 Auction Kings
03:25 Baggage Battles
03:55 Diamond Divers
04:50 The Big Brain Theory
05:45 Fast N Loud
06:40 How Do They Do It?
07:05 How Its Made
07:35 Sons Of Guns
08:30 Baggage Battles
09:00 Auction Kings
09:30 Manhunt
DStv Highlights
Todays Schedule
5:00 Pambazuka
6:00 Power
Breakfast
9:00 Afrosinema
11:30 Naswa
12:00 Gabriela
14:00 Afrosinema
16:00 Citizen Alasiri
16:10 Mseto East Africa
17:00 Pavitra Rishta
18:00 Un Refugio
19:00 Citizen Nipashe
19;35 Tahidi High
20:05 Wild at Heart
21:00 The big
question
22:00 The tempest
season
premier
23:00 Afrosinema
0:00 Citizen Late
Night News
1:00 Afrosinema
4:30 BBC
4:55 Morning Prayer
5:00 Aerobics
5:30 Damka
8:00 Good Morning Kenya
9:00 Parliament Live
11:00 Daytime Movie
11:00 KBC Lunch Time
News
1:30 Moving The Masses
1:30 Grapevine
2:30 Parliament Live
4:30 Spider Riders
5:00 Club 1
6:00 Spiders
7:00 Darubini Live
7:30 Road To Success
8:05 The Platform Live
9:00 Channel 1 News
9:45 National Cohesion
Live
10:30 Bold & Beautiful
11:30 You Are The One
12:00 Club 1
12:45 BBC
5:00 Password Rpt
6:00 AM Live
9:00 Irrational Heart
10.00 Maid In
Manhattan
11:15 The Young & The
Restless
12:00 Rhythm City
12:30 Scandal
1:00 NTV at 1
1:30 Backstage
2:00 Golden Heart
3.00 Password
4:00 NTV at 4
4:15 Password
Reloaded
5:00 The Beat
6:00 Dyesebel
7:00 NTV Jioni
7:30 La Patrona
8:30 Beba Beba
9:00 NTV Tonight
10:00 The Hostel
10:30 Movie
12:00 NTV Late Night
5.00 Command Your
Morning
6:00 Morning Express
9.00 Tendereza
10:00 My Eternal
11.00 Planet Earth
12.00 Hapa Kule
12.30 Junior
1.00 Newsdesk
1.30 Road to Brasil
2:00 Afri-screen
4.00 Mbiu Ya KTN
4.10 Legion of Super Heroes
4.30 The Ultimate Spider
Man
5.00 Baseline
6.00 Her Mothers Daughter
7:00 KTN LEO
7:30 Gavana
8.00 Los Rey
9.00 KTN PRIME
10.05 E-Curve
10.30 Monster-in-laws
11.00 The Diary
12.00 Road to Brasil
CNN
Pick Of The Day 10.05PM
5.00 Praiz
6.00 K24 Alfairi
9.00 Baade achhe (It
Seems So Beautiful)
10.00 Naijasinema
12.00 Al Jazeera News
13.00 K24 Newscut
13.30 Mabeste rpt
16.00 Mchipuko wa alasiri
16.10 Team raha
18.00 The source
18.30 K24 Mashinani
19.00 K24 saa moja
19.30 Almasi
20.05 Corazon apasionado
21.00 K24 evening edition
21.50 Mishoni
22.30 Alfajiri social hour
rpt
23.30 Naijasinema rpt
1.30am Al Jazeera

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trillion 2014/15 Budget.
The overall decit (including
grants) is projected to be about
Sh342.6 billion.
The budgetary shortfall is to be
bridged through next external -
nancing (Sh149.8 billion) and net do-
mestic borrowing (Sh190.8 billion).
Kenyas total public debt has risen
from Sh750 billion in June 2005 to
Sh1.91 trillion by June 30, 2013.
Domestic debt and external debts
rose from Sh315.57 billion and
Sh434.45 billion to Sh1.06 trillion and
Sh852.6 billion in a similar period, re-
spectively.
According to the National Trea-
BY JAMES ANYANZWA
Taxpayers are set to shoulder bur-
den of servicing the countrys grow-
ing public debt to the tune of Sh324.92
billion in the next nancial year.
According to the National Trea-
sury, a total of Sh122.92 billion and
Sh24.51 billion will be used to -
nance interest payments on internal
and external debts respectively dur-
ing the scal year starting on July 1.
An additional Sh177.47 billion will
be used for repaying internal and ex-
ternal debts, which would have ma-
tured in the 2014/2015 nancial
year.
Of this amount, a total of Sh150
billion will be used for redeeming in-
ternal debts, which arise when the
government borrows by issuing trea-
sury bills and bonds, while Sh27.47
billion will be spent on paying off ex-
ternal debts.
CONSOLIDATED FUND
The payments are part of the
charge on the Consolidated Fund
Service (CFS), which was allocated
Sh362.5 billion during this years
budget to cater for among others,
debt repayments and pensions for
the public ofcers.
According to Central Bank, bonds
valued at Sh78.77 billion and Sh152.99
billion are due for retirement in 2014
and 2015 respectively.
Payments are part of the
charge on Consolidated
Fund Service, which was
allocated Sh362.5 billion
during this years budget
The National Treasury is also con-
sidering issuing $2 billion sovereign
bond to fund the countrys infra-
structural projects.
Part of the proceeds of the bond
will also be used to repay a syndicat-
ed loan for a two-year $600 million
credit secured from Citi Bank (Lon-
don), Standard Bank (South Africa)
and Standard Chartered Bank (Lon-
don) that is repayable in mid this
year.
According to the 2014/2015 Bud-
get Estimates, the Government tar-
gets revenue collections, including
appropriations-in-aid of Sh1.18 tril-
lion to fund part of the mega Sh1.8
Debt Portfolio
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard

QuickStop
Kenya makes headway
in business reforms
Efforts by the Government
to facilitate a conducive
environment for doing business
have gained steam with the
Ministry of Industrialisation
and Enterprise Development
reporting a variety of positive
milestones. Cabinet Secretary
Adan Mohamed disclosed that
an inter-ministerial effort to
spearhead rapid reforms to
Kenyas Ease of Doing Business
has begun to bear fruit. Mr
Mohamed who was Speaking
from Abuja, Nigeria ahead
of the 24th World Economic
Forum for Africa, disclosed that
through a collaborative effort
with relevant stakeholders, the
Ministry is now documenting
positive reforms for the benet
of local and foreignw investors.
Kenya Airways receives
second Dreamliner
Kenya Airways has received
a second 777-300ER aircraft,
highlighting the airlines drive to
expand and modernise its eet.
The aircraft landed at the Jomo
Kenyatta International Airport
in Nairobi yesterday from
Seattle in the US, where it was
manufactured by Boeing. It was
received by Evanson Mwaniki,
Chairman of the Kenya Airways
Board of Directors. It has a
capacity of 400 passengers and
over 20 metric tonnes of cargo.
The delivery of the 777-300ER
comes only weeks after the
airline received its rst ever
Dreamliner, named Great Rift
Valley, which was unveiled
at JKIA by President Uhuru
Kenyatta on April 5, 2014.
This is the second 777-300ER
aircraft that the airline has
acquired. Speaking when he
received the aircraft at JKIA,
the airlines Group Chairman,
Evanson Mwaniki, said that
the KQs eet expansion will
increase its competitiveness
by delivering a world-class
experience to customers.
Tourism ministers set
to meet in Seychelles
World Tourism Organisation
(WTO) Commission for Africa
Ministerial Meeting 2014 that
took place in Luanda, Angola,
has voted unanimously to hold
their 2015 Ministerial Meeting
in the Seychelles. The meeting
follows the call by Alain St
Ange, the Seychelles Minister
responsible for Tourism and
Culture, to bring the meeting
to the Indian Ocean islands
to coincide with the Carnaval
International de Victoria of
April 2015. Mr St Ange said
that this would be great for
the Indian Ocean region and
for the Seychelles in particular.
It will be a great opportunity
to showcase the work by
Seychelles to use culture and
put the people of the islands
at the centre of the tourism
industrys development of the
islands, he said.
Philip Mwakio
Business
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sury the share of domestic debt has
been higher due to unreliable exter-
nal debt ows and cited that the cost
of servicing these debts are worrying.
The amount of money the Govern-
ment spends yearly on repaying
loans has risen from Sh49.55 billion
in June 2004 to Sh137.63 billion in
June 2013.
SCHEDULED LOANS
This is mainly as a result of an in-
crease in the level of debt stock as
well as repayment of previous re-
scheduled loans.
The National Treasurys monthly
debt bulletin indicates that the level
of public and publicly guaranteed
debt stood at Sh2.12 trillion or 50.9
per cent of the Gross Domestic Prod-
uct (GDP), as at the end of January
this year.
The increase, which is 0.46 per
cent at the end of December 2013 po-
sition, is mainly attributed to in-
crease in domestic debt.
By NICHOLAS WAITATHU
Thirty Savings and Credit Co-op-
eratives (Saccos) will be blacklisted
from offering banking hall services af-
ter failing to meet statutory require-
ments set by the regulator.
The credit unions regulator Sac-
co Societies Regulatory Authority
(Sasra) yesterday warned that the
said Saccos have failed to meet the
Sh10 million core capital threshold
among other governance require-
ments. In 2010, Sasra management
with the industry players formulated
Sacco Societies (Deposit Taking Sacco
Business) Regulations, 2010 to enable
the credit unions deepen their nan-
cial and management abilities.
Sasra chief executive ofcer Cari-
lus Ademba yesterday warned that
come June 17, 2014, the Saccos would
be barred from offering Front Ofce
Service Activity (Fosa) and instead
forced to revert to provision of Back
Ofce Service Activity (Bosa). The
Saccos were given four years, from
2010, to be compliant or else denied
a licence to operate.
Bosa refers to Saccos operating
their services like loans and repay-
ments but dont have a banking hall
where direct access of cash is avail-
able in the case of Fosa. The blacklist-
ing will now force the affected Saccos
to deal through other banks or
through the Co-operative Bank, which
is mostly used by Saccos.
After a series of meeting and con-
ducting a due diligence assessment of
the operational and nancial viability
of these Saccos since the enactment
of the regulations, we have concluded
that the institutions have failed the
requirements test, Ademba said. The
inability to raise minimum core capi-
tal of Sh10 million due to their small
size is informed by historical manage-
ment challenges faced by many of
these Saccos.
A number of these Saccos operat-
ed Fosa services without having
strong business justication even as
they faced competition from giant
credit unions, commercial banks and
deposit taking micronance banks.
Regulator to bar Saccos not meeting Sh10m capitalisation rule
Taxpayers to bear Sh325 billion
public debt maturing in 2015
National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich released consolidated
fund service that caters for debt services. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]
The Government
targets revenue
collections, including
appropriations-
in-aid of Sh1.18
trillion to fund part
of the Sh1.8 trillion
2014/15 Budget.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard Page 42 / TODAY IN BUSINESS
African skies still the
riskiest, says IATA
By MACHARIA KAMAU
There has been a signicant improvement
in safety of the African skies but they still re-
main the riskiest in the world.
Instances of accidents involving aircraft
went down by half in 2013 compared to 2012
across Africa but industry players note the
aviation industry is yet to bring down these
incidents to compare with other regions
globally.
Raphael Kuuchi, the vice president of the
International Air Transport Association (IA-
TA) said while there has been an improve-
ment of more than 50 per cent recorded in
Africa in 2013 compared to 2012, Africa still
has an unimpressive safety record compared
to any other aviation region of the world.
Kuuchi spoke yesterday during a confer-
ence by the African Airline Association
(AFRAA) on aviation supply chain manage-
ment in Nairobi.
The African industry is at the moment im-
plementing the Abuja Declaration and the Af-
rica Strategic Action Plan for safety, agreed on
in July 2012 by Transport ministers of the Af-
rican Union, in what experts see as an oppor-
tunity to permanently improve safety.
The declaration and strategy requires air-
lines, civil aviation authorities and bodies
managing airports to raise aviation safety
standards to match global levels by 2015.
By MARGARET KANINI
Only eight per cent of Kenyans who are
insurable have insurance covers, demon-
strating the low penetration among Ke-
nyans, UAP insurance Managing Director,
James Wambugu has said.
According to Wambugu this can be at-
tributed to insurance products that do not
meet customer needs, poor customer expe-
rience, lack of access to these services and
lack of customer education, among other
factors.
Insurance rms should make it their re-
sponsibility to educate and simplify insur-
ance for majority of Kenyans who have no
clue on what it entails. Kenyans should de-
velop habit of thinking about insurance be-
fore undertaking any task, he said.
He noted that Kenyans were also at-
tached to the traditional methods of risk
management especially with the increase of
chamas and harambees, where when one is
involved in an accident, they can have these
groups contribute money to help bring them
out of the situation.
Wambugu was speaking during the
launch UAPs partnership with the Fountain
Enterprises Programme (FEP) holdings in
Nairobi yesterday. The agreement will see
the insurance company directly increase its
customer base by at least 32, 000, courtesy
of FEP members.
FEP consists of specic investment rms
mandated to identify and initiate innovative
and sustainable investments projects.
Only 8pc of Kenyans
have insurance cover
AFRAA secretary general Elijah Chingo-
sho said safety remained the biggest image
challenge confronting African aviation.
He added that though improvements
have been recorded in recent years, Africa
still has the highest number of accidents of
7.5 per million departures compared to the
global industry average of 2.2 per million de-
partures.
Hilary Kioko, the director general of the
Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) said
co-operation among aviation industry play-
ers across the continent would signicantly
improve the industry.
PARTNER STATES
Within the East African Community un-
der the Civil Aviation safety and Security
Oversight Agency, partner states have been
able to harmonise regulations, share human
resources and train their respective of-
cers, he said.
He added that African countries needed
to further liberalise their skies to improve
connectivity and embrace the principle of
open skies. He said there are currently few
direct ights between African cities.
Passengers have to make tedious and
long connecting ights to y between coun-
tries that are geographically close some-
times having to connect through other re-
gions like Middle East, he added.
AFRAA Deputy
Regional
Director
Prosper Minto
(left), Secre-
tary General
Elijah Chingo-
sho (centre)
and Hilary
Kioko, the
director
general of the
Civil Aviation
Authority, at
the Aviation
convention in
Nairobi.[PHOTO:
JONAH ONYAN-
GO/STANDARD]

USDOLLAR EURO
BUY SELL MARG BUY SELL MARG
AB C 86.80 87.00 0.20 120.47 120.70 0.23
EQUITY 86.85 86.95 0.10 120.50 120.68 0.18
I & M 86.75 86.95 0.20 120.39 120.69 0.30
DIAMONDTRUST 86.85 87.10 0.25 120.73 120.89 0.16
NI C 86.80 87.00 0.20 120.47 120.70 0.23
ECOBANK 86.70 86.85 0.15 120.39 120.54 0.15
1ST COMMUNITY 86.80 87.00 0.20 120.45 120.76 0.31
PRIME 86.80 87.00 0.20 120.40 120.70 0.30
MIDDLEEAST 86.50 86.70 0.20 120.40 120.70 0.30
CFC STANBIC 86.85 87.05 0.20 120.24 120.54 0.30
CITIBANK 86.80 87.00 0.20 120.47 120.76 0.29
C B A 87.00 87.20 0.20 120.70 121.09 0.39
NB K 86.80 87.00 0.20 120.45 120.76 0.31
BARCLAYS 86.70 86.90 0.20 120.25 120.54 0.29
STANDARD 86.95 87.15 0.20 120.60 120.89 0.29
KC B 86.85 86.95 0.10 120.53 120.69 0.16
BOA 86.80 87.00 0.20 120.45 120.76 0.31
CO-OP 86.80 87.00 0.20 120.39 120.54 0.15
USDOLLAR 86.8944
STGPOUND 146.6133
EURO 120.5892
SARAND 8.2562
KES/ USHS 29.0929
KES/ TSHS 18.8736
KES/ RWF 7.8026
KES/ BIF 17.6653
AEDIRHAM 23.6579
CAN$ 79.2536
SFRANC 99.0741
JPY(100) 85.1663
SW KRONER 13.4350
NOR KRONER 14.6133
DANKRONER 16.1571
IND RUPEE 1.4464
HONGKONGDOLLAR 11.2086
SINGAPOREDOLLAR 69.5267
SAUDI RIYAL 23.1685
CHINESEYUAN 13.9154
AUSTRALIAN$ 80.6250
Source: Central Bank
EXCHANGE RATES
BANK RATES
FOREX BUREAU
LAST12MONTHS SECTOR PRICES PREVIOUS SHARES
MAIN INVESTMENT MARKET
NAIROBI STOCKS
NSE All Share Index.Down 0.25 points to close at 151.60.
NSE 20-share Index. Down 29.29 points to close at 4930.63.
05/05/14
05/05/14
05/05/14
PER US DOLLAR PER EURO
BUY SELL MARG BUY SELL MARG
Amal Express Forex Bureau 86.80 87.50 0.70 114.00 118.00 4.00
Amana Forex BureauLtd 86.40 87.50 1.10 119.00 121.00 2.00
Arcade Forex BureauLtd 86.00 87.30 1.30 118.00 122.00 4.00
Aristocrats Forex Bureau 86.00 88.00 2.00 119.00 121.00 2.00
Bay Forex Bureau(NBI) Ltd 86.60 87.40 0.80 119.40 121.00 1.60
Central Forex BureauLtd 86.70 88.00 1.30 119.50 121.00 1.50
City Centre Forex Bureau 86.80 87.80 1.00 118.50 121.50 3.00
Commercial Forex Bureau 86.00 87.50 1.50 119.00 121.00 2.00
Continental Forex Bureau 86.70 87.20 0.50 119.60 121.00 1.40
Cosmos Forex BureauLtd 86.70 87.50 0.80 119.30 121.50 2.20
Crater Forex BureauLtd 85.90 87.90 2.00 119.50 122.50 3.00
Crown BureauDe Change 85.50 87.50 2.00 118.50 121.00 2.50
Forex BureauAfroLtd 86.50 87.50 1.00 118.00 121.00 3.00
Gateway Forex BureauLtd 86.80 87.30 0.50 119.50 121.00 1.50
Hodan Global Forex Bureau 86.80 87.50 0.70 120.00 122.00 2.00
HurlinghamForex Bureau 85.80 87.30 1.50 116.50 122.00 5.50
IslandForex BureauLtd 86.50 87.20 0.70 120.00 121.00 1.00
Junction Forex BureauLtd 86.00 87.50 1.50 118.50 122.00 3.50
Kaah Forex BureauLtd 86.60 87.20 0.60 115.00 120.00 5.00
Kenza Exchange BureauLtd 86.00 88.00 2.00 119.00 121.00 2.00
LeoForex BureauLtd 86.35 87.40 1.05 119.30 120.90 1.60
Link Forex BureauLtd 86.70 87.50 0.80 119.00 121.00 2.00
Maritime Forex BureauLtd 86.30 87.40 1.10 119.00 121.20 2.20
Metropolitan BureauLtd 85.50 89.00 3.50 117.00 123.00 6.00
Moneypoint Forex Bureau 86.00 87.00 1.00 114.00 122.00 8.00
Morgan Forex BureauLtd 87.00 87.40 0.40 119.50 120.50 1.00
Nawal Forex BureauLtd 86.50 87.50 1.00 119.00 122.00 3.00
Net Forex BureauLtd 86.60 87.30 0.70 119.50 121.00 1.50
Offshore Forex BureauLtd 86.70 87.30 0.60 119.50 121.50 2.00
Pacic Forex BureauLtd 86.50 87.20 0.70 119.30 121.00 1.70
PeakTop Exchange Bureau 86.50 87.20 0.70 119.30 120.50 1.20
Pearl Forex BureauLtd 85.90 86.90 1.00 118.00 119.00 1.00
Pel Forex BureauLtd 86.50 88.00 1.50 119.50 121.50 2.00
Princess Forex BureauLtd 86.60 87.30 0.70 119.00 121.00 2.00
Satellite Forex BureauLtd 86.50 87.40 0.90 119.20 121.00 1.80
Sky Forex BureauLimited 86.80 87.30 0.50 119.30 120.80 1.50
SterlingForex BureauLtd 86.00 87.70 1.70 119.20 121.60 2.40
Trade BureauDe Change 86.50 87.00 0.50 119.00 121.00 2.00
Warwick Forex BureauLtd 86.60 87.50 0.90 118.80 121.00 2.20
Bakaal Express Forex Ltd 86.70 87.50 0.80 116.00 124.00 8.00
Wanati Forex BureauLtd 85.60 87.40 1.80 118.00 121.00 3.00
CBD Forex BureauLtd 86.70 89.00 2.30 118.00 122.50 4.50
Nevada Forex BureauLtd 86.00 86.90 0.90 117.00 121.00 4.00
Gala Forex BureauLtd 86.70 87.30 0.60 119.50 121.00 1.50
Lion BureauDe Change Ltd 86.30 87.30 1.00 118.59 121.40 2.81
GrandRoyal Forex Bureau 86.70 87.20 0.50 119.30 120.30 1.00
UNIT TRUSTS 02/05/14
KLM treats shoppers to a new experience at Mall
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines recently treated shoppers to a new experience
that exhibited culture, ease of information technology, promotions and
knowledge on aviation products at The Junction Mall. The weekend
activation was meant to create awareness around new developments
that the airline has been undertaking since the beginning of this year.
This is on the heels of KLMs recent summer schedule that has since
increased capacity for emerging markets for Europe, America, Middle
East, Asia and other continents. With the aid of the newly launched ipad
by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, shoppers were able to browse through
maps and images of their favourite and dream destinations, make
bookings online or nd facts about any destination of their choice. It
was an opportunity for regulars to receive relevant reports on air and
travel and the aviation industry as a whole.
HIGH LOW AGRICULTURAL
31.00 21.00 Eaagads Ltd Ord 1.25 AIMS 29.50 30.00 3,800
124.00 80.00 Kakuzi Ltd Ord.5.00 116.00 -
167.00 110.00 Kapchorua Tea Co. Ltd Ord Ord 5.00 AIMS 135.00 -
625.00 450.00 The Limuru Tea Co. Ltd Ord 20.00 AIMS 620.00 -
30.00 19.40 Rea Vipingo Plantations Ltd Ord 5.00 27.50 -
19.95 11.25 Sasini Ltd Ord 1.00 17.05 17.35 29,900
350.00 210.00 Williamson Tea Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 AIMS 288.00 277.00 300
AUTOMOBILES&ACCESSORIES
50.00 21.00 Car & General (K) Ltd Ord 5.00 31.25 34.00 9,500
- - CMC Holdings Ltd Ord 0.50 13.50 -
13.50 9.00 Marshalls (E.A.) Ltd Ord 5.00 9.05 -
7.70 4.50 Sameer Africa Ltd Ord 5.00 7.45 6.95 152,700
BANKING
19.15 15.00 Barclays Bank of Kenya Ltd Ord 0.50 17.00 17.00 377,100
137.00 54.00 CFC Stanbic of Kenya Holdings Ltd ord.5.00 135.00 134.00 56,300
248.00 141.00 Diamond Trust Bank Kenya Ltd Ord 4.00 236.00 236.00 4,500
39.75 29.50 Equity Bank Ltd Ord 0.50 39.00 38.50 987,800
37.50 22.00 Housing Finance Co.Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 36.25 36.00 1,062,000
145.00 85.00 I&M Holdings Ltd Ord 1.00 129.00 130.00 68,400
51.00 35.50 Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd Ord 1.00 49.75 50.00 1,706,200
39.25 18.50 National Bank of Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 29.25 28.75 13,600
68.00 48.50 NIC Bank Ltd Ord 5.00 63.50 63.50 23,800
340.00 271.00 Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Ord 5.00 306.00 309.00 4,800
23.50 14.50 The Co-operative Bank of Kenya Ord 1.00 22.75 22.75 272,000
COMMERCIALANDSERVICES
5.10 3.40 Express Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 AIMS 4.95 4.75 100
- - Hutchings Biemer Ltd Ord 5.00 20.25 -
14.70 8.30 Kenya Airways Ltd Ord 5.00 11.95 12.30 235,800
16.50 5.00 Longhorn Kenya Ltd Ord 1.00 AIMS 12.80 12.90 9,800
400.00 271.00 Nation Media Group Ltd Ord. 2.50 309.00 309.00 3,000
247.00 44.00 Scangroup Ltd Ord 1.00 46.75 48.75 3,500
39.00 24.50 Standard Group Ltd Ord 5.00 30.00 30.00 1,100
56.50 40.00 TPS Eastern Africa Ltd Ord 1.00 40.75 41.25 4,000
24.00 14.00 Uchumi Supermarket Ltd Ord 5.00 14.25 14.20 28,300
CONSTRUCTION&ALLIED
98.50 60.00 ARM Cement Ltd Ord 1.00 85.50 85.00 4,400
225.00 170.00 Bamburi Cement Ltd Ord 5.00 170.00 -
91.00 75.00 Crown Paints Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 90.00 90.00 500
18.00 13.80 E.A.Cables Ltd Ord 0.50 15.40 15.40 32,800
110.00 56.50 E.A.Portland Cement Co. Ltd Ord 5.00 95.00 -
ENERGY&PETROLEUM
17.90 10.00 KenGen Co. Ltd Ord. 2.50 11.50 11.60 139,400
11.80 7.90 KenolKobil Ltd Ord 0.05 8.90 8.90 2,085,000
20.75 13.50 Kenya Power & Lighting Co Ltd Ord 2.50 14.90 14.90 170,000
- - Kenya Power & Lighting Ltd 4% Pref 20.00 8.00
5.50 5.50 Kenya Power & Lighting Ltd 7% Pref 20.00 5.50
28.75 12.65 Total Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 27.25 26.75 22,900
13.00 13.00 Umeme Ltd Ord 0.50 13.00
INSURANCE
20.00 7.30 British-American Investments Co. Ord 0.10 18.00 18.10 513,600
11.45 4.20 CIC Insurance Group Ltd Ord.1.00 11.30 10.45 2,565,700
325.00 217.00 Jubilee Holdings Ltd Ord 5.00 310.00 310.00 500
21.00 13.10 Kenya Re Insurance Corporation Ord 2.50 19.10 19.50 56,500
23.00 9.20 Liberty Kenya Holdings Ltd Ord.1.00 22.00 22.00 35,400
145.00 51.50 Pan Africa Insurance Holdings Ltd Ord 5.00 137.00 136.00 900
INVESTMENT
41.00 17.05 Centum Investment Co Ltd Ord 0.50 38.25 38.75 413,600
6.00 3.50 Olympia Capital Holdings Ltd Ord 5.00 4.70 4.75 4,800
37.75 20.00 Trans-Century Ltd Ord 0.50 AIMS 24.00 23.75 19,500
MANUFACTURING&ALLIED
- - A.Baumann & Co Ltd Ord 5.00 AIMS 11.10 -
190.00 100.00 B.O.C Kenya Ltd Ord 5.00 147.00 137.00 100
635.00 521.00 British American Tobacco Kenya Ord 10.00 566.00 571.00 1,100
67.50 30.50 Carbacid Investments Ltd Ord 1.00 33.25 34.25 26,200
426.00 212.00 East African Breweries Ltd Ord 2.00 298.00 297.00 29,600
3.90 1.90 Eveready East Africa Ltd Ord.1.00 3.55 3.50 31,600
7.20 4.40 Kenya Orchards Ltd Ord 5.00 AIMS 7.20 -
5.05 2.85 Mumias Sugar Co. Ltd Ord 2.00 3.10 3.15 1,602,600
27.00 14.00 Unga Group Ltd Ord 5.00 26.00 26.00 500
TELECOMMUNICATION&TECHNOLOGY
13.40 6.15 Safaricom Ltd Ord 0.05 13.00 13.10 13,778,900
GROWTH ENTERPRISEMARKETSEGMENT(GEMS)
25.00 4.40 Home Afrika Ltd Ord 1.00 4.85 4.80 840,000
03/05/14
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MONEY FUNDS Daily Yield E. A. Rate
British-American MoneyMarket Fund 9.34% 9.79%
CIC MoneyMarket Fund 9.51% 9.94%
GenCapHela Fund 10.79% 11.24%
ICEA MONEY MARKETFUND 8.62% 9.00%
Madison Asset MoneyMarket Fund 9.15% 9.54%
Old Mutual MoneyMarket Fund 6.52% 6.72%
CBA MoneyMarket Fund 6.15% 6.35%
OTHER FUNDS Buy Sell
British-American EquityFund 202.58 209.02
British-American Balanced Fund 192.26 197.88
British-American Bond Plus Fund 145.49 148.46
British-American Managed Retirement Fund 133.91 135.04
CIC Fixed Income Fund 9.11 9.34
CIC EquityFund 13.21 13.90
CIC Balanced Fund 13.04 13.65
GenCapEneza Fund 124.35 120.00
GenCapIman Fund 116.21 110.40
GenCapHazina Fund 118.56 114.41
GenCapHisa Fund 126.73 122.29
ICEA BONDFUND 99.55 100.56
ICEA EQUITY FUND 140.11 147.49
ICEA GROWTH FUND 140.52 147.91
Madison Asset Balanced Fund 69.31 73.13
Madison Asset EquityFund 56.00 59.45
Old Mutual EquityFund 377.31 404.28
Old Mutual Balanced Fund/Toboa 154.75 164.79
Old Mutual East Africa Fund 150.26 159.02
Old Mutual Bond Fund 102.09 104.52
Commercial Bank of Africa EquityFund 156.05 165.66
Banking on MICE tourism
By PHILIP MWAKIO
Hoteliers are heavily banking on Meetings, In-
centives, Conferencing and Exihibition (MICE ) to
stay aoat in the wake of a general downturn in
overseas tourist arrivals into Kenya.
According to General Manager of the scenic
Lake Bogoria Spa Resort, Lydia Dentewo, confer-
ence tourism is the largest and fastest growing seg-
ment of modern tourism.
This is despite the fact that Economic Survey
2014 suggests that the MICE tourism segment,
which entails meetings, incentive group travel,
conferences and exhibitions, also fell victim last
year to the general downturn in tourism fortunes.
After sustained growth for several years, the sub-
sector fell by 4.5 per cent last year.
The number of MICE events in 2010 stood at
2,783, rising to 3,304 in 2011 while reaching a re-
cord number of 3,666 in 2012, before sliding back
in 2013 to levels below the 2011 mark with only
3,148 such events registered.
Ms Dentewo said Kenya had over the years
steadily improved its rankings in Africa as a pre-
ferred MICE destination.
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NEWS OF THE
Nigeria First Lady orders arrest
of protesters against abductions
GRAPHIC NEWS Sources: Sunday Trust; Amnesty International; START, University of Maryland
2013: Boko Haram Islamic
militants and splinter group Ansaru,
carry out 213 attacks, resulting in
over 1,800 deaths
Mar: More than 1,130 killed in
14 incidents, including 600 in attack
on Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri to
free some 1,000 detainees
Apr: More than 570 people killed
in 18 incidents, including 105 in
attack in Zamfara State and 75
in bomb attack at Nyanya
bus station during morning rush hour
Apr 16: 234 girls abducted from
school in Chibok
May 1: Bomb attack in Abuja kills
at least 19 people
Jan 2014: In 16 attacks, 332
people are killed, including 250 in
final two weeks of month
Feb: 13 attacks leave 355 dead.
Attacks on colleges in Yobe and
Borno states kill 96 people, while
25 women are abducted. Attack
on town of Izghe kills 106 people
entire town razed
Since the start of the year more than 2,400 people have been killed in
attacks by Boko Haram. As well as strikes on schools, the militant group
has hit miIitary instaIIations incIuding the Nigerian Army's main barracks
Lagos
N I G E R I A N I G E R I A
Abuja
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of plan to attack
Sheraton hotel
near Lagos
C A M E R O O N
Boko Haram
activity
Refugees
States with
Sharia law
States under emergency rule
Internally displaced people: 300,000 40,000
13,000
ADAMAWA ADAMAWA
BORNO BORNO
Maiduguri Maiduguri
BAUCHI BAUCHI
KADUNA KADUNA
ZAMFARA ZAMFARA
NIGER NIGER
PLATEAU PLATEAU
KOGI KOGI
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LAGOS, Monday
A leader of a protest march for
276 missing schoolgirls said Nige-
rias rst lady ordered her and an-
other protest leader arrested, ex-
pressed doubts there was any
kidnapping and accused them of
belonging to the Islamic insurgent
group blamed for the abductions.
The rst ladys ofce denied
there were any arrests.
Saratu Angus Ndirpaya of Chi-
bok town said State Security Ser-
vice agents drove her and protest
leader Naomi Mutah Nyadar to a
police station yesterday after an
all-night meeting at the presiden-
tial villa in Abuja, the capital.
She said police released her but
that Nyadar remains in detention.
Deputy Superintendent Daniel Al-
tine, police spokeswoman for Abu-
ja, said she had no information but
would investigate.
HELD INCOMMUNICADO
As AP journalists waited outside
the Asokoro Police Station in Abuja
where Nyadar was being held, they
watched a vehicle from State House
drive up, saw her bundled into the
car and driven away.
Ayo Adewuyi, spokesman for
rst lady Patience Jonathan, said
there was a meeting but he was un-
aware of any arrests. The rst lady
did not order the arrest of anybody,
and I am sure of that, he said.
More than 300 girls were ab-
ducted April 15 from Chibok Gov-
ernment Girls Secondary School, of
whom 53 girls escaped and 276 re-
main in captivity.
But Ndirpaya said Mrs Jonathan
accused them of fabricating the ab-
LUANDA, Monday
US Secretary of State John Kerry
threatened sanctions and other con-
sequences for South Sudans rebel
leader Riek Machar if he refuses to
commit to peace talks aimed at ending
more than four months of ghting that
has killed thousands.
Kerry ew to South Sudan on Fri-
day, securing a commitment from
President Salva Kiir to y to Ethiopia
for face-to-face talks with rival Machar.
But Kerry failed to win a similar com-
mitment from Machar when he later
spoke with him by phone.
He has a fundamental decision to
make. If he decides not to (go) and pro-
crastinates, then we have a number of
different options that are available to
us, said Kerry, speaking to reporters in
Angolas capital Luanda, his last stop
on a nearly week-long trip to Africa.
Let me make it clear, if there is a
total refusal by one party or the other
to engage ... not only might sanctions
be engaged, but there are other serious
implications and possible conse-
quences, he added.
Kerry, who said that UN Secretary-
General Ban Ki-moon would go to
South Sudans capital Juba on Tuesday,
noted that these consequences also in-
cluded accountability for atrocities
committed in the conict.
There are any number of possibil-
ities, Kerry said.
The South Sudanese army battled
Machars rebels in and around the
northern oil town of Bentiu on Mon-
day, dampening hopes over the re-
newed peace efforts.
South Sudan became the worlds
newest state when it declared inde-
pendence from Sudan in 2011. But the
international goodwill that accompa-
nied the new nations birth has been
replaced by dismay since ghting
erupted in mid-December between
troops backing Kiir and soldiers loyal
to Machar, his sacked deputy.
More than one million people have
ed their homes and there have been
allegations of abuses on both sides.
Machar, in an interview on Satur-
day with the Sudan Tribune, was quot-
ed as saying he thought a face-to-face
meeting with Kiir could be counter-
productive. But Kerry, who said he
had read the interview, noted that
Machar had not ruled out a meeting.
Kerry appeared to hold out hope
that it might still happen.
He expressed some doubts but he
didnt say he wouldnt go, Kerry said
in Luanda, noting that Machars wife
was in Ethiopia, where the face-to-face
talks were meant to take place.
Reuters
US threatens sanctions against South Sudan rebel leader
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
She is also said to have
dismissed the whole
story of kidnapping as
mere frabrication
RoundUp
JUBA: Sacked army chief says
Khartoum arming rebels
South Sudans outgoing army chief
General James Hoth Mai accused
neighbour and old foe Sudan of
arming rebels ghting his troops in an
increasingly ethnic conict allegations
quickly dismissed by Khartoum. Mai said
it was an open secret that the Khartoum
government was backing insurgent leader
Riek Machar in a bid to destabilise South
Sudan, which seceded from Sudan in
2011 after decades of north-south war.
Khartoum has been helping (Machars)
militia all along, Mai said at his residence
opposite the presidential palace in the
South Sudanese capital Juba. Sudanese
authorities denied having any link to the
rebels.
PRETORIA: Witness feared
Pistorius might shoot
A defence witness in the murder trial of
South African track star Oscar Pistorius
told the court she feared the double
amputee would shoot himself with the
gun he used to kill his girlfriend February
14, last year. Carice Viljoen and her
father Johan, the manager of Pistorius
up-market Pretoria housing complex,
were rst on the scene after the 27-
year-old shot dead his girlfriend, Reeva
Steenkamp. She said she feared Pistorius
might use the gun he had left upstairs
to kill himself after emergency services
staff asked him to fetch the already dead
Steenkamps identication. Pistorius
defence hinges on his assertion that he
heard a noise in the middle of the night
and thought it was an intruder climbing
into the bathroom adjoining his bedroom.
ISMAILIA: Egypt probes
suspected death from MERS
Egyptian authorities are investigating
whether a 60-year-old woman who has
died in the city of Port Said had the SARS-
like Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
(MERS). If conrmed, it would be Egypts
rst death from the virus. The woman
had recently returned from an Islamic
pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, where the
MERS coronavirus emerged in 2012, Helmi
el-Efni, a Health Ministry ofcial from the
city on the Suez Canal, said on Monday.
The MERS coronavirus is from the same
family as the SARS virus, which killed
around 800 people worldwide after rst
appearing in China in 2002. MERS can
cause coughing, fever and pneumonia.
Authorities last week reported Egypts
rst MERS case, a man who had recently
returned from Saudi Arabia and was being
treated at a hospital in Cairo.
TRIPOLI: Libya conrms
Maiteeq as new premier
The head of Libyas parliament has
conrmed businessman Ahmed Maiteeq
as the countrys new prime minister,
according to a decree signed by him on
Monday, one day after a deputy speaker
had declared Maiteeqs election invalid.
The divisions in the assembly highlight
growing political turmoil in Libya, where
the government and parliament are
unable to assert their authority in a
country awash with arms and militias
from the 2011 ouster of Muammar
Gadda. Parliament elected Maiteeq on
Sunday after chaotic voting in parliament
but First Deputy Speaker Ezzedin al-
Awami initially said the businessman had
failed to obtain the necessary quorum but
on Monday, the House president, Nouri
Abu Sahmain, asked Maiteeq to name a
new cabinet in two weeks. Agencies
ductions. She told so many lies,
that we just wanted the government
of Nigeria to have a bad name, that
we did not want to support her hus-
bands rule, she told AP in a tele-
phone interview.
She said other women at the
meeting cheered and chanted, yes,
yes, when Mrs Jonathan accused
them of belonging to Boko Haram,
an Islamic insurgent group that has
claimed responsibility for the ab-
ducted girls.
They said Mrs Nyadar and I
were Boko Haram, she said, adding
that Nyadar and herself do not have
daughters among those abducted,
but are supporting the mothers of
kidnapped daughters.
Mrs Jonathan said the women
had no right to protest, especially
Nyadar, whom she identied as the
deputy director of the National Di-
rectorate of Employment. Jonathan
said Nyadar should resign her gov-
ernment post, Ndirpaya said.
In a report on the meeting, Daily
Trust newspaper quoted Mrs Jona-
than as ordering all Nigerian wom-
en to stop protesting, and threaten-
ing should anything happen to
them during protests, they should
blame themselves.
It was unclear what authority
Mrs Jonathan would have to give
such orders.
Protesters said they are also con-
cerned that they have been unable
to reach two other people who were
at the meeting: the principal of Chi-
bok Government Girls Secondary
School, Asabe Kwambura, and the
towns local government chairman,
Bana Lawal.
They were supposed to meet
with us this morning, they were last
seen at the (presidential) villa, and
we suspect they are being kept there
to stop them speaking out, said
Tsambido Hosea Abana, chairman
of the Chibok community in Abuja,
who has a sister and three nieces
among the missing girls.
AP
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard NEWS OF THE WORLD / Page 45
Philippines, US in war
drills on maritime threats
MANILA, Monday
Thousands of Philippines and US
soldiers began annual war games,
the rst under a new security pact
with the US, focusing on maritime
security in the face of Chinas grow-
ing naval presence in the disputed
South China Sea.
The joint exercises Balikatan
(shoulder-to-shoulder) would test
the combat readiness of the two old-
est allies in this part of the world to
respond to any maritime threats, in-
cluding piracy and humanitarian as-
sistance and disaster response.
The new security pact was signed
last week just hours before US Presi-
dent Barack Obama visited. Obama
said the agreement was a testament
to Washingtons pivot to Asia and
was an ironclad commitment to
defend the Philippines.
TERRITORIAL CLAIMS
The Philippines has territorial
disputes with China over the South
China Sea, which is said to be rich in
energy deposits and carries about $5
billion in ship-borne trade every
year. The Spratlys in the South China
Sea are also claimed by Brunei, Ma-
laysia, Taiwan and Vietnam.
Tensions in the Asia-Pacic re-
gion have increased due to excessive
and expansive maritime and territo-
rial claims, undermining the rule of
law, Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert
The exercise tests
combat readiness of the
two allies to respond to
situations like invasion
BEIJING, Monday
Chinas state media have pub-
lished for the rst time the photo-
graph and resume of Premier Li Keq-
iangs wife, a professor of English
who has translated several books on
American literature.
State news agency Xinhua said Li
was married to Cheng Hong, who is
aged 56 or 57.
The couple, who left on Sunday
for an ofcial tour of Africa, have one
daughter and met at the elite Peking
University.
The move to put Cheng on dis-
play reects a new effort by China to
cultivate soft power and burnish its
image on the international stage.
Cheng has taught in the foreign
languages department of the Capital
University of Economics and Busi-
ness for more than 30 years.
She specialised in English teach-
ing and research and was responsi-
ble for a research project on natural
literature and eco-criticism.
Chengs unveiling is unusual, as
Chinese leaders generally keep se-
cret their personal lives.
The wife of former Premier Wen
Jiabao never travelled with him,
though the wives of former premiers
Li Peng and Zhu Rongji accompa-
Chinese state media unveil
premiers wife for rst time
Chinese Premier
Li Keqiang and
his wife Cheng
Hong wave as
they arrive at
the airport in
Addis Ababa.
[PHOTO: REUTERS]
del Rosario said at the opening cer-
emony at an army base in Manila.
The aggressive patterns of be-
haviour aimed at changing the status
quo threaten peace and stability in
the region. Balikatan 2014, with its
focus on maritime security, strongly
supports our capabilities to address
these challenges.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokes-
woman Hua Chunying said all sides
needed to work constructively to
maintain stability in the region.
We hope the relevant US-Philip-
pines drills can work in this direc-
tion, she told a daily news brieng.
BOMBING RUNS
On Saturday, a navy plane
dropped food and water to troops
stationed on a transport ship that
ran aground on the disputed Second
Thomas Shoal in the South China
Sea. Chinese coast guard ships have
set up a blockade around the shoal.
Nearly 5,500 American and Filipi-
no troops are taking part in the two-
week drills in different parts of the
main island of Luzon. The war games
will see US F-18 ghters rehearse
bombing runs and troops involved
in live re drills.
Under a new security pact, signed
last week during Obamas visit, the
US will have wider access to local
bases and construct facilities to store
supplies and equipment for 10 years
in exchange for increased support on
maritime security and humanitarian
assistance.
The annual war games come un-
der the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty,
part of a web of security alliances the
United States built in the Asia-Pacif-
ic region during the Cold War.
Reuters
nied them on trips.
Chinese President Xi Jinpings
wife, Peng Liyuan, has decisively
broken the mold of Chinese rst
wives, who have kept an intention-
ally low prole since the 1970s.
Peng, a famous singer, has been
photographed playing steel drums in
Trinidad, strolling hand-in-hand
with a coffee farmers daughter in
Costa Rica and snapping pictures
with her iPhone in the shadow of
Mayan ruins in Mexico.
Chinese leaders wives have usu-
ally kept a low prole because of the
experience of Jiang Qing, the widow
of the founder of Communist China,
Mao Zedong.
Reuters
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PRETORIA: South Africa
goes to polls this week
South African President Jacob Zuma
said he anticipates an election victory
this week for the ruling African
National Congress. Zuma also said he
had been unfairly labelled as corrupt
because of a scandal surrounding
more than $20 million in state
spending on his private home. South
Africas state watchdog agency had
released a report concluding that
Zuma inappropriately beneted from
state funding and should pay back
some money for alleged security
upgrades at the presidents rural
Nkandla residence. While unease with
Zuma has grown, it is not expected to
shake core support for the ANC, which
has dominated politics since 1994.

BANGKOK: Quake causes
some damage in Thailand,
A strong earthquake shook northern
Thailand and Myanmar, and some
light damage was reported. People
were evacuated from the terminal
of the main airport in Chiang Rai, a
northern Thai city near the epicenter
of the 6.0-magnitude temblor. Pieces
of the building ceiling fell but there
was no damage to the runway or ight
disruptions, airport General Manager
Damrong Klongakara said. No one
was hurt at the airport, but Damrong
said the terminal and its roof were
still being checked for further
damage. Broken windows and cracks
in building exteriors and roads were
visible in the region. Agencies
Ukraine dares Russia with move
of special forces in the east
ODESSA, Monday
Ukraines Interior Minister said
he had drafted a new special forces
unit into the southern port city of
Odessa after the outrageous failure
of police to tackle pro-Russian sepa-
ratists in a weekend of violence that
killed dozens.
Fighting continued near the east-
ern city of Slaviansk where Ukrainian
troops have been, somewhat tenta-
tively, pressing a campaign to end
pro-Russian rebellion. A Reuters cor-
respondent said gunre seemed to
be coming closer to the city centre.
REBELLION SPREADS
The violence in Odessa, a south-
western port with a broad ethnic mix
from Russians and Ukrainians to
Georgians and Tatars, is seen as a
turning point in Kiev; a warning of
dangers if rebellion spreads beyond
the Russian-speaking east.
Interior Minister Arsen Avakov
said the new Odessa force was based
Pro-Russian armed men take positions near the town of Slaviansk, eastern
Ukraine, yesterday. [PHOTO: REUTERS]
Loss of control of Odessa
would deal a huge
economic and political
blow to Kiev authorities
ATHENS, Monday
A yacht and a dinghy crammed with immi-
grants trying to enter Greece capsized in the
eastern Aegean Sea, leaving at least four dead
from drowning and more than 20 others miss-
ing, authorities said.
It was the third such fatal accident in the
country this year.
It was not immediately clear what caused
the overloaded craft to overturn before dawn,
about four miles north of the island of Samos
near the Turkish coast.
The Greek coast guard said 36 people 32
men, three women and a child were pulled
out of the sea alive. The bodies of two women,
a man and a boy were recovered from the sea.
The death toll was expected to rise signicant-
ly since divers were not yet able to get into the
overturned yacht. The nationalities of the mi-
grants were not yet known.
Survivors said about 65 people had been on
the 10-metre yacht and the two-metre dinghy
that had set off from Turkey.
We cant give a precise number of missing
people with any certainty, Coast guard spokes-
man Nikos Lagadianos told AP.
The child and one man rescued from the ac-
cident were own to Athens to be hospitalised.
The capsized craft were being towed to Sa-
mos.
AP
Smuggling boats capsize, four migrants
drown on coast of Greece
on civil activists who wanted to help
the Black Sea city in these difcult
days. The entire leadership of the lo-
cal police had been sacked and could
face criminal action.
The Odessa violence was the
deadliest since Moscow-oriented
president Viktor Yanukovich ed to
Russia in February and pro-Russian
militants launched uprisings in the
industrial east.
The police in Odessa acted out-
rageously, possibly in a criminal
fashion, Avakov said on his Face-
book page. The honour of the uni-
form will offer no cover.
Ukrainian leaders have made it
clear they see the police force across
wide areas of the country as unreli-
able in the face of rebellion they say
is backed by Moscow and led on the
ground by Russian special forces.
The units Avakov referred to emerged
partly from the uprising against
Yanukovich early this year.
That could fuel anger among the
governments opponents, who ac-
cuse it of promoting fascist mili-
tant groups, such as Right Sector,
which took part in the Kiev uprising
over the winter.
Loss of control of Odessa would
be a huge economic and political
blow for Kiev, which accuses Mos-
cow of scheming to dismember
Ukraine, a country the size of
France.
Odessa, a city of a million people,
with a grand history as the cosmo-
politan southern gateway for the
tsars empire, has two ports, includ-
ing an oil terminal, and is a key trans-
port hub.
DEEP CRISIS
It would also heighten Western
concern that Ukraine, already cul-
turally divided between an industri-
al, Russian-speaking east and a more
westward looking west, could disin-
tegrate. Neighbouring Nato and EU
countries would face a deep crisis in
relations with Moscow, which sup-
plies much of Western countries en-
ergy via Ukraine.
Kievs anger focused on the Odes-
sa police decision to release 67 large-
ly pro-Russian militants after sup-
porters besieged and stormed a
police station on Sunday.
The crowd of several hundred
chanted Odessa is a Russian city!
Russian is the rst language of many
of its residents.
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PROPERTIES
L1/PROPERTIES FOR SALE
GODOWN, Msa Rd, 52m. nego. 0720-
482484.
HORERIA VALUERS: 2249410. Plains-
view Est, 3br maisonette + dsq, 14m.
KILELESHWA, Offer not to be missed
quick sale near Kenya High School
main road near Kasuku Center, 4
bedroomed 3 ensuites, town house
with sq for 24 parking. Call Tell 0735-
130413 or 0723-502051.
KILIMANI 2-3br apt, ens, 12m. 0725-
714438.
KILIMANI/Hurlingham near Yaya
Centre, under construction will be
ready by June 2014 - 3 bedroomed
all ensuites, apartments, deposits
can be paid for 3 months Loan
can be arranged for 15 years for
viewing call Tell. 0735-130413 or
0723-502051.
LAVINGTON, new 5br & sq, all en-
suite town hse, Ksh 43m ono. 0722-
178508.
OFF Enterprise Rd, godowns. Tel.
0727-300450/0786-300450.
PAY, deposit in two years move in
the third year loan arranged for 15
years, very affordable, Lavington
Buy a 3 bedroomed all ensuites
apartment with sq, in the best ar-
eas of Nairobi-under construction
will be ready by Dec 2015. A gold-
en opportunity for investment and
a gift for the family prestigious
residential project with all features
of a modern project with beautiful
interiors with architectural integri-
ty and high construction standards
style and elegance close to schools,
shpping centres and hospitals for
booking and viewing plans contact
Tel-0735-130413 or 0723-502051 or
0728-111998.
RONGAI, 5br, 2 ensuite on 1/8,
wall fence, asking 13m ono. 0736-
341480.
info@villacarekenya.com 0722-
512803, 4447444, 0727-116712,
0770-386578.
VILLACARE: Embakasi, Nyayo Es-
tate, 3br, master ensuite, spacious
rooms, sale KSh 8m. Call 0727-
116712.
VILLACARE: Kileleshwa, Olekejuado
Rd, Coolbreeze Flats, 3br, master en-
suite, s/pool, gym, sale KSh 18m.
VILLACARE: Upperhill, Kiambere
Rd, 3br, master ensuite, s/pool,
gym, ample parking apt for sale,
KSh 22m.
YAYA, exc apt 3bd. 0721-846422.
L4/PROPERTIES TO LET
1BR, Kileleshwa, 40,000. 0720-
484284.
BURU V, 2 br, 1br, 25k, 13k. 0722-
617887.
BURU, 1 & 2br, secure. 0707-
537670.
GIGIRI, Whispers Ave, 5br bunga-
low, gwing 2br, dsq, ac. 0718-
702234.
IMARA Daima, 3br. Call 0721-
287142.
KAREN, 5br hse, 230k. 0733-
712064.
KAREN (Muteero), 3br, m/ens,
own compound, 35k o.n.o. 0722-
140360.
KAREN, 2br furnished hse, garden,
60k. 0733-740081.
KAREN, 2br guestwing, vacant, 20k.
0722-297773.
KAREN, Kufuga Rd, 3 bedroomed
mansion on acre, Shs 165,000.
0721-287142.
KILI, 4br hse, 120k. 0733-712064.
KILIMANI area, 2br, all ensuite with
pool and club hse, asking 75k. 0736-
341480 or 0723-942474.
KILIMANI, mnst, 3br m/ens, gden,
75k. 0722-505024.
MWIMUTO, 4br bungalow, ens, va-
cant, 45k. 0770-281469.
NAIROBI West, 3 bed rooms, mai-
sonet, available, call owner. 0715-
686803.
OFF Othaya Rd, self-contained
4bdr maisonettes, dsq, 140k. 0722-
730082.
info@sigimoenterprises.com
0724-002605, 0722-938873, 0722-
633057.
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furnished. Call 0722-938873.
SIGIMO: Kileleshwa, Kandara Rd,
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furnished apt, 170k, 200k respec-
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3br apt, furnished, master ensuite
with a jacuzzi, s/pool, gym, KSh 140k.
Call 0722-938873, 0724-002605.
SIGIMO: Kilimani, D/Pritt Rd, 3br
+ dsq, master ensuite apt, fur-
nished, 150k. Call 0722-938873,
0722-633057.
SIGIMO: Westlands, Waiyaki Way,
3br master ensuite apt, s/pool, gym
club house, KSh 90k, 2br KSh 75k.
VALLEY Arcade, 3br apt. 0738-
255410.
info@villacarekenya.com 0722-
512803, 020-4447444, 0722-
938873.
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maisonette, 5br on an acre land,
300k.
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3br, all ensuite with sq, furnished,
100k.
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nished, serviced, all ensuite with
dsq, called young gardens, 250k.
VILLACARE: Riverside Mews off Riv-
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ter ensuite, 120k. 0722-938873.
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VILLACARE: South B, Eagle Plains
Estate, 4br + dsq maisonete, KSh
80k.
VILLACARE: Tigoni, 4br, all ensuite
with 2 guest wings on 1 acre plot, am-
bassadorial hse, KSh 300k.
WESTLAND, 3br exe apt, 2 ens + dsq,
owner. 0722-719121.
WESTLANDS, 3br apt, 65k. 0707-
537670.
WESTLANDS, 4br town hse with
family & sq 4 one, asking 140k. 0736-
341480 or 0723-942474.
YAYA, apt 3bd large. 0721-
846422.
L9/PLOTS/LAND FOR SALE
BABA Dogo, 2N. plot fully serviced,
800k. 0722-297773.
HORERIA VALUERS: 2249410.
Garden Est, ac, Thome I, 1 acre,
50m ono.
HORERIA VALUERS: Karen, Rhino
Park Road, 10 acre plot, 40m pa.
2249410.
KAMULU 1/8 acre, title. 0733-
438297.
KAMULU Shopping Centre touching
Kangundo Road. 0722-528924.
KAREN, 1 acre, Bugani Rd. 0720-
484284.
KAREN, prime, acre. Call 0721-
287142.
KITENGELA 20 acres. 0733-
438297.
NGONG Matasia, 3/4ac, clean title,
5m. 0756-908194.
ONGATA Rongai, 1/2ac commercial
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WAGA: 1ac, 2
nd
row behind Na-
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340967, info@wagaholdings.com
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WAGA: 40x60 (several plots), 260k,
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L10/PREMISES/OFFICES TO LET
GODOWNS, 5-10,000 sq ft Msa Rd.
0722-204686.
WAGA: Kilimani, godown/office,
5,000 sq ft, 220k + VAT. 2213022,
0701-340967, info@wagahold-
ings.com
WAGA: Lagos Rd, shop, 600 sq ft,
40k, g/w 6m.
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0723043765.
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CYCLING: Froome wins time
trial for Romandie victory
Chris Froome won the nal time
trial stage on Sunday at the
Tour of Romandie to take the
overall victory in the Tour De
France warm-up race. The British
rider defended his Romandie
title and aims to become the
fourth straight winner at the
six-day Swiss race to win cyclings
signature event in July. Froome
started Sundays 18.5-kilometre
(11.5-mile) stage trailing leader
Simon Spilak by one second but
nished in 24 minutes, 51 seconds
to beat the Slovakian by 29
seconds. Spilak nished second
overall. Rui Costa of Portugal was
third, trailing Froome by 1:32.
Froome beat time-trial world
champion Tony Martin of Germany
by one second on Sunday. AP
GOLF: Holmes seals
return with Quail win
JB Holmes survived two late
bogeys to win the US PGA Tour
Wells Fargo Championship on
Sunday, his rst title since he
underwent brain surgery in
2011. Holmes red a nal-round
71 on the par-72 Quail Hollow
course for a 14-under total of
274 and a one-stroke victory
over Jim Furyk. Furyk stormed
into contention with a seven-
under 65, but overnight leader
Holmess effort capped by a
three-footer for bogey at the
last was good enough for a
third career title. His previous
two came at Phoenix in 2006
and 2008.
TENNIS: Serena wins in
Madrid, Djokovic out
Serena Williams brushed aside
Belinda Bencic of Switzerland
6-2, 6-1 to open her defence of
the Madrid Open title on Sunday,
while Maria Sharapova beat Klara
Koukalova 6-1, 6-2 in the rst
round. In the mens tournament,
Novak Djokovic withdrew before
the start of the event because
of a right wrist injury that had
already affected his play at Monte
Carlo last month. I did everything
possible in order to play in
Madrid, Djokovic said. But
unfortunately my right arm injury
has ared up again. The top-
ranked Williams won nine of 10
games during one stretch to take
control of her rst match since
taking a month-long break.
Dallas Mavericks DeJuan Blair (45)
comes down with a rebound against
San Antonio Spurs Tim Duncan in the
nal seconds of the second half of
Game 6 of an NBA basketball
rst-round playoff series on Friday.
[PHOTO: AP]

SAN ANTONIO
The San Antonio Spurs
ended a hard-fought rst-round
series in emphatic style on Sun-
day, routing the Dallas Maver-
icks 119-96 to advance in the
NBA playoffs.
The Spurs, top seeds in the
Western Conference, were pushed
to a decisive seventh game by the
eighth-seeded Mavs, but with their
season on the line responded with
the runaway win that gave them a
four-games-to-three triumph in the
rst-round series.
I think our best game was to-
night, Spurs coach Gregg Pop-
ovich said of his team that had
led the league in the regular
season with 62 victories.
We played very, very well,
and I think it was one our best
games of the year.
Tony Parker scored 24 of his 32 points
in a rst half, when San Antonio connected
on a sizzling 68.4 per cent of their shots
from the eld to build a comfortable cush-
ion.
We have a lot of respect for Dallas,
theyre a great team, Parker said. They
made it very hard on us. The whole series
it was a hard ght.
FIVE ASSISTS
Manu Ginobili nished with 20 points,
ve assists and six steals and Danny Green
added 16 points for the Spurs, who will host
the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday in
game one of their second-round series.
I think our movement was good today
and I think were getting back to playing
Spurs basketball, Parker said. Were going
to need it against Portland, theyre a
very good team.
The Mavericks were trying to be-
come just the sixth number eight seed
to knock off a top seed.
But on Sunday they struggled of-
fensively, with Dirk Nowitzkis 22
points leading the way and Devin Har-
ris contributing 17 points off the
bench.
JUMP SHOT
Monta Ellis, who had averaged 24
points over the previous ve games,
contributed only 12 points on 3-of-11
shooting.
Nowitzki opened the scoring with a
jump shot, but San Antonio promptly
won 18 of the next 23 points and nev-
er looked back.
Dallas, who trailed 46-68 at
halftime, opened the second
half with back-to-back three-
pointers.
The Mavericks cut the
lead to 14 late in the third
quarter, but San Antonio
closed out the period on a
14-5 scoring run.
We got hit by a tidal wave early, said
Dallas coach Rick Carlisle. They had their
best game today. Theyre the best of the
best, and theyve been great for a long time.
Theyve got a great chance, obviously.
The Mavericks havent made it out of the
rst round since beating the Miami Heat
for the NBA crown three years ago.
The game was the last of a record ve
game sevens in the opening round of the
playoffs.
The total already matches the NBA re-
cord for the most seventh games in all
rounds in any playoff year.
AFP
Spurs rout Mavs to
set up clash with
Trail Blazers
RUNAWAY
VICTORY
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FastTrack
FOOTBALL: Rongo shine
in Migori tournament
Ten-man Rongo beat Awendo
FC 1-0 to emerge the champions
of the Migori County annual
tournament at Migori Stadium
at the weekend. Rongo, who
dominated the game, netted the
only goal through Clinton Okoth.
Earlier, Rongo had hit hosts Suna
West 1-0 in the semi-nals, while
Awendo had eliminated Suna
East 3-2 in post-match penalties
to advance. In the womens
category, Awendo beat Suna East
3-0 to emerge the champions. In
the semis, Awendo had beaten
Nyatike Ladies 7-0. The winners
got Sh50,000, the runners-up
30,000 while the rest took home
trophies.
Nick Oluoch
FOOTBALL: Greenyard
edge Tickles at Mesora
Greenyard beat Tickles 5-4
in the Wazee Pamoja League
at Mesora grounds over the
weekend. Zeddy Otieno and Ken
Otieno scored a brace each, with
Uche Chisia netting one to give
the home team a deserved win.
Sammy Mbugua, Phillip Kaunda,
Tom Olabiro and Johnson Karonji
scored one each for Tickles.
In another match played at
Jericho Lower grounds, Nzoia
recorded a slim but productive
1-0 win against league debutants
Runoff. Jambo edged Ujuanga
2-1 in another encounter while
Paradiso beat Seniors 2-1 as
Tipples whitewashed Paris 4-0.
Rebecca Gichana
FOOTBALL: Kolongolo
thrash Kitale
Kolongolo FC beat Kitale
Community 5-0 in a National
Division One match played at
Mumias Boys Muslim grounds
in Mumias town, on Sunday.
Kolongolo were quick to nd
the net through Bakari Okutoyi
just after 9 minutes. Kitale
Community were hit again when
Julius Obwamu doubled the
lead for the hosts on 25-minute
mark. Kolongolo put the match
beyond their visitors soon after
the second half kicked off when
Bakari Okutoyi completed his
hat-trick on 53rd and 89th
minutes. Salim Amanya had
scored the fourth after 78
minutes.
DREAM SQUAD NAMED
Kwanthanzes Lowen joins
Africa Youth Games team
Rabadia strikes half a century to guide
Samaj to NPCA tournament title victory
By OSCAR PILIPILI
Hosts Shree Cutchi Leva
Patel Samaj (SCLPS) cricket
team beat Nairobi Nookers by
19 runs in the Nairobi Province
Cricket Association 40 overs
cricket tournament nal to lift
the title last Sunday.
Nookers won the bat and
elected to eld.
SCLPS (pictured) scored
205 for the loss of 9 wickets in
40 overs, thanks to the ne bat-
ting performances of Sham Ra-
badia, who scored 51 runs, and
Raj Bhudias contribution of 28
not out.
Jolet Abraham bowled well
for Nookers, taking 2 wickets
for 30 runs in the rst innings.
Nookers fought well but
were bowled out for 186 all out
in 39 overs, thanks to brilliant
knocks by former national
team wicket keeper Kennedy
Otieno 66 and Pramod Seth
45.
In bowling, Nikhil Nathan
and Pravin Rabadia claimed
four wickets each and conced-
ed 31 runs apiece on their way
to stopping Nookers.
Bhudia took two brilliant
catches during the exciting -
nals.
Rabadia was named Man
of the Match while Otieno was
declared Best Batsman.
Nathan displayed great
bowling skills during the
match and it came as no sur-
prise when he was declared
Best Bowler of the nal while
Bhudia was content with the
Best Fielders award.
The umpires, Narendra
Dave and Subhash Modi, en-
joyed umpiring the incident-
free and exciting nal, thanks
By OSCAR PILIPILI
National volleyball womens
coach Catherine Mabwi has
named a 12-member squad for
the second edition of the Afri-
can Youth Games scheduled
for Gaborone, Botswana, on
May 22-31.
The team started residen-
tial training at Nyayo National
Stadium yesterday.
Mabwi has selected six
players from Kwanthanze
High School. The six are Kwan-
thanzes new captain Ann Lo-
wen, Teresa Akai, Lilian Lelei,
Lilian Kavinya and Yvonne
Wavinya.
Wavinya is still remem-
bered for masterminding
Kwanthanzes dramatic recov-
ery against Lugulu to win the
National Championships last
year.
In one of the major up-
sets witnessed in high school
games, Kwanthanze rallied
from their 8-14 decit in the
fth set to beat Lugulu 16-14,
with Wavinya scoring all the
points for her team.
Lowen, Akai, Lelei and
Kavinya were also part of the
Kwanthanze squad that won
the nationals and went ahead
to clinch the East African
Games title.
VETERAN COACH
Mabwi, the veteran youth
coach, who is also a former
professional and national team
player, has identied two play-
ers each from National Youth
Talent Academy (NYTA) and
Mautuma High.
The players from the Nairo-
bi-based centre of excellence
are Newtel Nanyama and Glo-
ria Mogoi.
Mautumas duo of Nelica
Wabwire and Linet Muremi
have also made the cut and are
expecting to make their maid-
en international debut soon.
The Mautuma girls volley-
ball team is one of the most re-
spected sides in Western Kenya
secondary school circles.
KEY ROLE
Wabwire and Muremi
played key role in Mautumas
qualication to the Nzoia Re-
gional Games last season.
The youth team also fea-
tures Winnie Tabut of Kosi-
rai and Sarah Were of Kongoli,
Bungoma County.
Tabut was a key gure in
the Kosirai team that bagged
bronze, both in the nationals
and the East African Second-
ary School Games last year.
The team has been train-
ing at Moi International Sports
Centre Kasarani for the last
two months in readiness for
the AYG.
Mabwi said: We shall
train at Nyayo for the start but
we shall be playing build-up
matches against NYTA at Kasa-
rani.
Mabwi praised the select-
ed players, saying they were
among the best in their age
group.
The players are very
promising and all have poten-
tial to make the senior national
team, she said.
The African Youth Games
is an international multi-sport
event held every four years to
complement the current All-
Africa Games.
The rst games were hosted
by Rabat, Morocco, in 2010.
opilipili@standardme-
dia.co.ke
KENYA VOLLEYBALL SQUAD
Ann Lowen Kwanthanze
Newtile Nanyama NYTA
Lilian Lelei Kwanthanze
Linet Muremi Mautuma
Teresia Akai Kwanthanze
Lilian Kavinya Kwanthanze
Gloria Magoi NYTA
Winnine Tabut Kosirai
Yvonne Wavinya Kwanthanze
Sarah Were Kongoli
Beldine Ajigo Kwanthanze
Nelica Wabwire Mautuma
to the players for playing the
match with a good spirit.
Modi said: I would like to
take this opportunity to thank
the captains of both teams
Hitesh Varsani (SCLPS) and
Amit Thingan (Nookers) for
leading all their players to a
fantastic and exciting nal.
Varsani said: The match
was very competitive and I
would like to praise my team-
mates for their great display
that ensured we emerged vic-
torious.
The nal match that was
hosted by the management of
the SCLPS under the banner
of NPCA brought the curtains
down on the NPCA season.
NPCA chairman, Tom Tiko-
lo, said: I want to take this
opportunity to thank all the
teams that participated in the
tournament. It was because
of the presence of these teams
and their desire to play that
made the event a success.
Meanwhile, 23 years since
he took part in the failed 1992
campaign, Craig McDermott
will mentor Australias fast
bowlers at the 2015 World Cup
after re-signing with Cricket
Australia as assistant coach
with the national team for two
years.
Recognising the success of
the Test bowling battery against
England and South Africa, CA
have upgraded McDermotts
contract and increased his re-
mit to cover major tours across
all formats.
Lilian Kavinya of
Kwanthanze
(right) attacks
the blocks from
Lugulu during
past national
games.
[PHOTO:FILE/
STANDARD]
WAMUNYUA REIGNS
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard Page 52 / FEVERPITCH
Referees
course begins
at Nyayo
...as Munyao claims Sunset
Golng Society title in Nyali
Joe Muchiri and Julius Mwachoya in a XADO Subaru GC8 during a
past rally.
By OSCAR PILIPILI
Kenya Motor Sports Club
(KMSC) will run Formula Club
Series (FCS) 3 Rally entirely on
private quarry farm roads in
Athi River plains on Sunday.
Ofcials said drivers and
navigators will be using the
rally to test their cars ahead of
the Rift Valley Sports Club KCB
Nakuru Rally which returns to
Eldama Ravine on May 24-25.
FCS3 Clerk of the course,
Jaswinder Chana said the Athi
River event promises thrills
and spills given that the route
course is all on private land.
This will be the second
consecutive event that KMSC
is organising this month fol-
lowing the successful conclu-
sion of the Kenya National Au-
tocross Championship 3 held
at Jamhuri Park last Sunday.
This FCS rally is a mix of
long, fast and twisty roads. En-
tries opened today and we are
expecting at least 25 drivers to
sign up, Chana said yester-
day.
The (Additional Supple-
mentary Regulations (ASRs)
and entry forms are also out so
we urge all competitors to read
through and keep abreast with
the key regulations of this ex-
citing form of rally, said Cha-
na, who is also the 2013 Group
S/SPV Rally champion.
The FCS was introduced
this year to whip up the enthu-
siasm of young budding driv-
ers to join the rally sport. This
season it has been to Isinya
in February courtesy of Sikh
Union Nairobi and in Migaa in
late March organised by Rallye
Athi River to host Formula Club Series Rally
By MAARUFU MOHAMED

Mombasa Golf Clubs for-
mer Chairman Johnstone Wa-
munyua posted 38 stableford
points to emerge the overall
winner of the Empires of the
market Three C teacher Award
tee-off golf tournament played
at the par 71 club course on
Saturday.
The day-long 18 holes sta-
bleford tournament that at-
tracted 160 golfers from the
club, Nyali, Malindi, Leisure
and Vipingo, was organised
by the Three C Consultancy
to reward the best teachers
from primary and secondary
schools from the six counties
at the Coast.
The programme launched
last February was graced by the
Kenya Ports Authority chair-
man Danson Mungatana.
Handicap 14 Wamunyua
sank a rare birdie on the par
ve-14th hole ,added six level
pars on six holes and played
a mixed pot of bogey shots on
the rest to claim the trophy.
Its my rst major victory
this year but its a good win,
Wamunyua told FeverPitch.
Qambar Somji, playing off
handicap 10, posted 35 points
to claim the runners-up slot,
a point ahead of handicap
18 Mwangi Mburu who was
third and handicap 20 Duncan
Kingori who nished fourth
on 33 points.
OVERALL WINNER
At Nyali course, handicap
two George Munyao posted a
count back score of 35 points
to claim the 2014 Sunset Golf-
ing Society trophy after ty-
ing on the same points with
runner-up handicap 19 Ijaz
Sheikh. Taking the third place
was handicap 24 D Kairuthi
who had 34 points.
At the par 72 Leisure Lodge
Resort course, handicap 21
Luke Doig posted 38 points to
emerge the overall winner of
the Club nite event played last
Wednesday with 120 golfers in
attendance.
MAIN AGGREGATE
Elsewhere at the Thika
course that forms part of the
scenery in the Tarzan Mov-
ies, the two-day 2014 Winston
Churchill Aggregate Subsid-
iaries event played on Satur-
day and Sunday, was won by
Patrick Ciano who had a total
gross score of 143 after posting
74-69 gross on both days.
Ciano, who beat a team of
145 golfers, was a point ahead
of J Gachomba who nished
second after playing a 68-76
gross in both days while Paul
Kamau Waweru was third
placed on 145 gross.
In the main aggregate sec-
tion, Jeremiah Karanja was the
winner on a total of 140 gross,
while Patrick Kingori emerged
the runner-up on a score of
142 gross. He was followed in
third place by Limurus John
Karichu on 143 gross.
By REBECCA GICHANA
Football Kenya Federation
(FKF) Nairobi branch has or-
ganised a ve-day beginner
referees seminar at Nyayo Na-
tional Stadium.
This is the rst time the
branch is organising such a
course owing to shortage of
match ofcials.
Speaking during the open-
ing ceremony FKF chairman
Sam Nyamweya asked other
branches to follow suit.
Kenyan referees are doing
well because they are compe-
tent and hardworking. This is
the reason our referees are on
top of their game. This course
offers a big opportunity for the
improvement of football in the
country. I urge the referees ap-
pointing committee to be fair
when making their appoint-
ments, said the FKF boss.
Nyamweyas sentiments
were echoed by referees tech-
nical chairman Elly Mukolwe
who said: The training has
come at an opportune time
because in the next three years,
we want to see ve referees in
the Fifa list.
OTHER WEEKEND RESULTS
LIMURU: Dimensions Architects Charity
Golf Winner- O. Githere (19)-42
Pts, R-Up-Robert Waithaka (15)-39), third-
Hannah Njenga (30) -38 Pts.
NYAHURURUCLUB: Friends fromNairobi
event Winner-Simon Ngugi (06)-41 pts,R/
Ups-Maina Dennis (15)-37pts, Third-Isaac
Githui (07) -37pts.
VET LABSPORTS CLUB:Techno Mobiles
event Winner-Peter Mambo(22)-38pts,
R/Ups-Kavi Khamar (22) -38pts, Third-3
-Jared Ouko (13)-38pts.
SIGONA
Vaisakhi Golf Cpmpetition Results; Winner:
Kimemia F Mwangi 40pts; R/up; Rajesh
Karia: 37pts; Third: Vinay Shah 37pts;
Fourth:Kinyanjui Ndenderu 37pts; Fifth
Kiran MPatel36pts; Guest Winner: Gailey
Singh 35pts; First Nine; Ajitabh Choda
22pts; Second Nine Minesh HAria 20pts
By GILBERT WANDERA
Abdulrahman and Saad Ad-
vocates beat Red Catalans 3-1
in a Division Three match of
the Left-foot league match on
Sunday.
Goals by Abdulatif Abdirizak
and then two goals in the sec-
ond half from Usmam Zedco
in the 55th and 64th minutes
sealed the victory.
The consolation goal for
Catalans came through Boni-
face Kioko in the 67th minute
through a penalty.
In other Division Three
matches on Sunday, I-Hub
edged Gheto Boys 2-0 with
Housing Finance and West
Ham United drawing 2-2. Si-
lent Assasins and Schindler
also ended in a barren draw as
Amiran Lions held Samba 1-1.
Rhino Special Products
continued with their good
performance after overcoming
Lavington United Church 2-1
and Toyota Kenya edged out
Ravers Toto Sports 1-0.
In the Division Two catego-
ry, All Saints Cathedral hit Safa-
ricom 4-1 even as Emmerdale
fell 2-0 to ICC.
Astra Aviation and Nyayo
were also big winners in this
category. Aviation beat Disc-
ples 3-0 while Nyayo hit Jericho
Adventist 2-0 and Astral Avia-
tion A hit Bethel B 1-0.
Saad stop
Red Catalans
Sports Club.
FCS rallies have also been
designed to help organisers
carry out training of ofcials in
the run-up to Kenya National
Rally Championship (KNRC)
events.
Top drivers have used the
series to test their machines
ahead of the KNRC races.
Among them were round
one winner Onkar Singh Rai
and Mahesh Halai who tested
their EVOX and Subaru N12
cars in Isinya ahead of season
opening KCB Malindi Rally.
Jaspreet Singh Chatthe aka
Jassi also used RSC FCS 2
as a bonding session with his
new Zambian navigator Dave
Sihoka who incidentally is
the reigning Africa navigator
champion.
Among those expected to
enter the FSC 3 this weekend
include newcomers Nishal
Shah and Ahvit Bij in a VW Golf
GTI, defending F2 champions
Dennis Mwenda and Edward
Njoroge in a Totota Sprinter
GT, winners of Round 2 Steve
Mwangi and his namesake Ste-
ven Nyorri in a Subaru Impreza
N10.
opilipili@standardme-
dia.co.ke
George Munyao follows his
tee during the Sunset
Golng Society trophy
tournament at Nyali Golf
Club on Saturday.
[PHOTO:MAARUFU MO-
HAMED/STANDARD]
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard FEVERPITCH / Page 53
TUSKER IN TROUBLE
By BOSCO MAGARE
Fervent support by
Chemelil Sugar fans pro-
pelled the millers to overturn
Thika Uniteds 1-0 lead, which
threatened to break their Ke-
nyan Premier League (KPL)
unbeaten record.
Playing before partisan
Chemelil Sugar supporters
who lled the Chemelil Sports
Complex terraces, visiting
Thika United stunned the
millers with a 75th minute
goal.
Incensed by Thika Unit-
eds lead, Chemelil Sugar fans
resorted to an unprecedented
form of support.
The fans, led by Tobias
Ouma Ongudi, Ochieng
Jabucher, Barnabas Okony-
ene, Ouma Nyawara and
Omondo Abor, blew vu-
vuzelas and engaged in wild
cheering and drum beating.
The fans, transported to
the stadium on boda bodas,
matatus, cane haulage trac-
tors and buses, rallied the
millers to turn the tide against
Thika United.
Spurred by the enthusias-
tic support of their fans who
had travelled from Kisumu
City, Nandi Hills, Kapsabet,
Ahero, Koru, Muhoroni, Mi-
wani, Kopere and Katito, the
hosts changed tack and, in a
span of 10 minutes, levelled
the scores in the 80th minute
through a blistering shot by
Stephen Wakanya.
This cancelled Thika Unit-
eds 75th minute goal scored
by second-half substitute
Moses Arita whose shot went
past the millers custodian,
Jairus Adira.
RUNNER UP
Wakanya, who was last
season declared the second
runner-up best KPL Young
Player of the Year, latched on-
to a superb cross by Hillary
Echesa to score during the
match ofciated by Nakuru-
based Denis Omweno.
Omweno reduced Thika
Uniteds arsenal to 10 men af-
ter red-carding Dick Clay for
a foul tackle on Chemelils
Gershon Likonoh.
Chemelil Sugar were
awarded a free-kick outside
the box area only for Echesa
to swirl the shot to score the
millers all-important goal in
the 89th minute past Thika
United custodian Hamzi
Mwangi, sending the home
fans into wild celebrations as
crest-fallen Thika United
players and technical bench
remained speechless in the
centre of the pitch for almost
20 minutes.
Chemelil fans were enthu-
siastic as the teams nal re-
sult propelled them to the top
of the league standing albeit
for a day before KPL defend-
ing champions Gor Mahia
moved into the driving seat
on Sunday after edging Sony
Sugar 1-0 in Afraha Stadium,
Nakuru.
The Nyando Sugar-belt
based premier side Chemelil
Sugar has maintained an his-
toric and unprecedented un-
beaten record in the on-going
Tusker Premier League.
Home fans cheer Chemelil Sugar to victory

NATIONAL SUPERLEAGUE
KENYAN PREMIER LEAGUE
P W D L F A GD PTS
Gor Mahia 11 7 2 2 16 8 8 23
Chemelil Sugar 11 5 6 0 9 3 6 21
KRA 11 6 2 3 7 8 -1 20
Sofapaka 11 5 3 3 21 11 10 18
Tusker 11 5 3 3 15 13 2 18
Thika United 11 3 6 2 10 9 1 15
Western Stima 11 4 3 4 15 15 0 15
Muhoroni Youth 11 4 3 4 7 12 -5 15
Sony Sugar 11 3 5 3 9 6 3 14
AFC Leopards 11 3 5 3 5 5 0 14
Bandari 11 3 4 4 11 11 0 13
Ulinzi Stars 11 2 7 2 8 8 0 13
City Stars 11 2 6 3 7 9 -2 12
Mathare United 11 2 4 5 3 6 -3 10
KCB 11 1 3 7 11 19 -8 6
Top Fry Nakuru 11 1 2 8 5 16 -11 5
Homeboyz 7 5 1 0 12 4 +8 17
Zoo Kericho 7 5 0 2 16 10 +6 15
Busia United 8 4 2 2 8 8 0 14
West Sugar 7 3 3 1 10 6 4 12
Nzoia United 7 3 2 2 8 7 1 11
Agro Chemical 7 3 2 2 7 4 3 10
St Joseph 6 2 4 0 5 3 2 10
Shabana 6 3 0 3 9 5 4 9
Finlays 6 2 1 3 5 6 -1 7
GFE 105 7 1 1 5 4 9 -5 4
Hotsprings 8 1 0 7 3 13 -10 3
Karuturi Sports 6 0 1 5 2 14 -12 1

UON 7 4 3 0 11 3 8 15
Kangemi United 6 3 2 1 9 6 3 11
Eastleigh Youth 7 3 3 1 6 5 1 11
JMJ 5 3 1 1 7 4 3 10
Mumbi Nationale 5 3 1 1 6 4 2 10
Sparki Youth 6 3 0 3 8 7 1 9
Kibera Celtic 6 2 2 2 6 5 1 8
Yatta Combine 5 2 2 1 2 1 1 8
Isiolo Youth 5 2 1 2 5 4 1 7
Takaye 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 5
West Ham 5 1 2 2 4 6 -2 5
Coast United 5 1 2 2 4 7 -3 5
Red Eagles 4 0 2 2 2 5 -3 2
Magarini 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 1
Kitengela Shooter 5 0 1 4 3 9 -6 1
Jericho All Star 4 0 0 4 2 8 -6 0
Green Berets 6 6 0 0 17 2 15 18
KEMU 7 3 2 2 15 11 4 11
Mnarani 5 3 2 0 6 3 3 11
Brighter Stars 6 2 3 1 10 8 2 9
Strathmore Unv 6 2 3 1 78 -1 9
Kanjeru United 4 2 1 1 5 4 1 7
Tum 6 2 1 3 9 11 -2 7
Kulun 6 2 0 4 9 16 -5 6
Limuru Vysa 5 1 2 2 9 8 1 5
Vimbwanga 4 1 2 1 4 5 -1 5
Fresha 3 1 1 1 2 3 -1 4
Police 3 1 0 2 7 6 -1 1
Mua United 4 0 2 2 5 8 -3 2
Chogoria 4 0 1 3 3 10 -5 0
Alaskan 3 0 0 3 2 7 -5 0
NATIONAL DIVISIONONEZONEB2
LOCAL FOOTBALL STANDINGS
DIVISIONONEZONE1A
Chemelil Sugar fans celebrate after the millers 2-1 win over
Thika United at Chemelil Sports Complex on Saturday. [PHOTO/
BOSCO MAGARE/STANDARD]
Tusker coach Francis Kimanzi (left)
and AFC Leopards assistant
coach Juma Abdalla reacts at
the weekend after beating
Tusker 1-0. [PHOTOS:DENNIS
OKEYO/STANDARD]
By GILBERT WANDERA
When the Kenyan Premier
League (KPL) season started,
former champions Tusker
looked like they would win it
hands down.
The brewers enjoyed great
dominance and led in the
standings for a good part of
the rst leg.
Tusker were dominant in
six of their seven matches, of-
ten coming from a goal down
to win their xtures.
But recent results have
proved that the honeymoon is
over for Tusker.
The brewers went down 1-0
to AFC Leopards on Saturday,
marking their third loss in a
row this s eason. The loss came
after losses to Chemelil Sugar
(1-0) and Sofapaka (4-2) and
has almost thrown them out of
the title chase.
Sofapaka, another top title
contender, have also lost three
matches and like Tusker, look
to have fallen out of conten-
tion for the top prize.
But Tusker coach Francis
Kimanzi has refused to give up
and believes his side has just
been unlucky so far.
BAD LUCK
Asked whether he thinks
the latest loss has condemned
his sides title ambitions, the
coach said: My focus is on the
number of matches remaining
to end the season. Ours has
been more of bad luck than
poor performance.
My players have been
giving their best on the pitch
but have been unlucky when
it comes to scoring and so we
will continue to work on it.
For AFC Leopards assis-
tant coach Juma Abdalla, the
win could not have come at
a better time and he believes
it will turn their performance
around.
This as an important vic-
tory for us and will give us lots
of condence in the remaining
matches, he said.
HISTORICAL WIN
It was a his-
toric win for
Leopards
who had
not beat-
en Tusker
s i n c e
1998.
T h e
w i n
marked a
maj or
turn around for Leopards who
are yet to appoint a head coach
since ring James Nandwa for
poor results.
And despite Gor Mahias
off-pitch problems, the cham-
pions picked another impor-
tant win after stopping Sony
Sugar 1-0 at Nakurus Afraha
Stadium on Sunday.
The win enable Gor to re-
main at the top of the stand-
ings with 23 points and they
look set to defend their title.
Elsewhere, former Gor Ma-
hia striker Edwin Lavatsa won
the Algerian Cup with his club
MC Algiers at the weekend.
Algiers edged out JS Kabylie
1-0 in the nal, giving the Ke-
nyan his rst trophy in a for-
eign country.
The victory enables MC Al-
giers to play in next years Con-
federations Cup tournament.
Lavatsa joined the Algeri-
an outt at the beginning of
this season after Gor Mahia
failed to renew his contract.
gwandera@standard-
media.co.ke
Spate of losses dent the
brewers title ambitions
FOOTBALL: Amrouche
names 17 for Comoros tie
National team Harambee Stars
head coach Adel Amrouche has
called up 17 local players for the
May 17 Africa Cup of Nations
qualier against Comoros.
Amrouche has included three
new faces in the team among
them impressive Kenya Revenue
Authority (KRA) midelder
Geoffrey Omusula, Hillary Otieno
from Kariobangi Sharks, Ulinzi
Stars defender Oliver Kipruto
as well as Mathare Uniteds
Harrison Mwendwa. Gor Mahia
goalkeeper Jerim Onyango makes
a come-back to the team as well
as Wycliff Kasaya (AFC Leopards )
and Wilson Obungu (Bandari).
THE SQUAD:
GOALKEEPERS: Wilson Obungu (Bandari),
Wycliffe Kasaya (AFC Leopards), JerimOnyango
(Gor) DEFENDERS: James Situma (AFC), David
Owino (Gor), Musa Mohammed (Gor), Mulinge
Ndetto (Ulinzi), Oliver Kipruto (Ulinzi), Joackins
Atudo (Tusker), Hillary Otieno (Kariobangi
Sharks)
MIDFIELDERS: Antony Akumu (Gor), Clifton
Miheso (Sofapaka), Paul Kiongera (KCB),
Geoffrey Kataka (KRA), Harrison Mwendwa
(Mathare Utd). STRIKERS: Allan Wanga (AFC
Leopards); Jacob Keli (AFC Leopards)
Page 54 / FEVERPITCH Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard
Atletico Madrids Gabi Fernan-
dez (right) duels for the ball
with Levantes Sissoko.
Madrids draw meant that
Atletico can clinch the title
if it takes four points from
its last two games because
it holds the head-to-head
tiebreaker over Madrid if
they end up level on points.
Atletico hosts Malaga next
weekend before nishing the
season at Barcelonas Camp
Nou.
Now the league is that
much more interesting,
Atletico coach Diego Sim-
eone said after his teams
nine-round winning run
came to a halt at Ciutat de
Valencia stadium.
Levante pressed Atletico
early and was rewarded
when Papakouly Diops cor-
ner kick hit Atletico left back
Filipe Luis in the chest. The
ball bounced out of reach of
scrambling goalkeeper Thi-
baut Courtois before settling
into the net in the seventh.
Atletico improved after
bringing on substitutes Arda
Turan and Adrian Lopez af-
ter half-time but conceded
again when striker David
Barral beat Courtois in the
69th.
Far from bemoaning the
setback, Simeone said de-
feat was the best thing that
could happen to his team to
keep it focused on the run-in
not only to the league title
but also to the Champions
League nal with Madrid
on May 24, a week after the
league concludes.
Three weeks of high in-
tensity and emotion await
us, Simeone said. This is
the ideal moment for my
men, for my players. We have
three nals ahead of us and
we have to concentrate on
the rst of those against Mal-
aga next Sunday.
Four days after its com-
manding 3-1 victory at Chel-
sea to reach the nal of the
Champions League, Atletico
was brought down by the
modest Levante side that has
outperformed expectations
thanks to coach Joaquin Ca-
parros defensive focus and
Keylor Navass goalkeeping.
We didnt want to mess
up a title for anyone, I hope
they (Atletico) win it, Barral
said. We want to nish the
league in the best fashion.
The match was marred
at the nish by a group of
Atletico fans who directed
racist jeers at Diop. The play-
er from Senegal responded
by doing a dance. He later
called for an end to such rac-
ist displays.
Valencia arrived to the
Bernabeu after its demoral-
ising exit from the Europa
League seminals when it
conceded an injury-time
goal to Sevilla on Thursday.
Continued From P56
Juventus secure title, Milan end wait for derby win
anks, with three out of An-
drea Pirlo, Claudio Marchisio,
Paul Pogba and Arturo Vidal
forming a uid triangle in the
middle.
The only big change this
season has been in attack
where the xed Carlos Tevez-
Fernando Llorente partnership
has replaced the previous sea-
sons chopping and changing.
However, with Pirlo past his
35th birthday and Conte deter-
mined to avoid complacency,
the club may be tempted to
shake up the team, especially
if they want European success.
The biggest question mark
hangs over the future of 21-
year-old midelder Pogba,
who has blossomed since
joining two seasons ago from
Manchester United, where he
failed to make the team.
Although Juventus have
identied him as a potential
successor to Pirlo, some of
Europes biggest clubs have
also shown interest and there
has been speculation that Real
Madrid and Paris St Germain
would both be prepared to pay
up to 70 million euros ($97.06
million) for the Frenchman.
TRANSFER TARGETS
Juventus might nd that
sort of money too good to re-
sist, although general manager
Giuseppe Marotta insisted on
Sunday that Pogba would be
staying.
Its unthinkable that he
would leave, Marotta told Sky
Sport Italia. Paul is intelligent
and knows that he has the
chance to improve here.
Well sit down calmly with
Conte next week, he added.
Were proud of our coach, one
of the best in the world. Hes
part of Juventus patrimony.
Europe, however, has been
a different story. Having gone
out to Bayern Munich in the
Champions League last sea-
son, Juventus then fell in the
group stage this term and were
beaten in the Europa League
semi-nals by Benca.
Conte said that it would
need some old-fashioned Ital-
ian cunning rather than big
spending to improve on that
record.
Its not easy for us to ac-
quire players who cost 30 mil-
lion euros or even 15 million,
he said. But nobody is ever
happy to play an Italian team
in Europe. Our teams are stub-
born, in spite of the difcult -
nancial times. Reuters
JUVES SCUDETTO
Atletico, Barca and Madrid drop points
MILAN
Juventus, winners of a third
successive Serie A title on Sun-
day, must now decide whether
the formula which has given
them a rm grip on Italian
football will keep working
for another season and make
an impact in the Champions
League.
With second-place Roma
losing 4-1 at Catania, Juventus
eight-point lead became in-
surmountable because Roma
only has two matches remain-
ing. Also, AC Milan got a 65th-
minute goal from Netherlands
midelder Nigel de Jong to
beat Inter Milan 1-0 in the city
derby and stay in the hunt for
a Europa League spot.
Juventus have been re-
markably stable during the last
three years. Gianluigi Buffon
has been almost ever-present
in goal with defenders Andrea
Barzagli, Leonardo Bonucci
and Giorgio Chiellini nearly
always forming the three-man
defence.
The mideld has invariably
featured Switzerlands Steph-
an Lichtsteiner and Ghanas
Kwadwo Asamoah on the
Juventus supporters cheer
their team in a past UEFA
Europa League clash against
Benca on May 1 in Turin. Juve
won the Scudetto on Sunday.
[PHOTO: AFP]

ITALIANSERIEA
SPANISHLALIGA

EUROPEAN STANDINGS
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
P W D L F A GD PTS
Man City 36 25 5 6 96 37 +59 80
Liverpool 36 25 5 6 96 46 +50 80
Chelsea 37 24 7 6 69 26 +43 79
Arsenal 37 23 7 7 66 41 +25 76
Everton 37 20 9 8 59 39 +20 69
Tottenham 37 20 6 11 52 51 +1 66
Man United 36 18 6 12 60 41 +19 60
Southampton 37 15 10 12 53 45 +8 55
Newcastle 37 15 4 18 42 57 -15 49
Stoke City 37 12 11 14 43 51 -8 47
Crystal Palace 36 13 4 19 28 43 -15 43
West Ham 37 11 7 19 40 49 -9 40
Swansea City 37 10 9 18 51 53 -2 39
Aston Villa 36 10 8 18 39 54 -15 38
Hull City 36 10 7 19 37 48 -11 37
West Brom 36 7 15 14 42 55 -13 36
Sunderland 36 9 8 19 38 57 -19 35
Norwich City 37 8 9 20 28 60 -32 33
Fulham 37 9 4 24 38 83 -45 31
Cardiff City 37 7 9 21 31 72 -41 30
Atletico Madrid 36 28 4 4 75 24 +51 88
Barcelona 36 27 4 5 99 32 +67 85
Real Madrid 35 26 5 4 100 34 +66 83
Athletic Club 36 20 8 8 65 38 +27 68
Sevilla 36 17 9 10 66 50 +16 60
Real Sociedad 35 16 9 10 59 51 +8 57
Villarreal 36 15 8 13 54 43 +11 53
Valencia 36 12 10 14 49 50 -1 46
Celta de Vigo 36 13 7 16 46 52 -6 46
Levante 36 11 12 13 33 42 -9 45
Rayo Vallecano 36 13 4 19 45 74 -29 43
Espanyol 36 11 8 17 39 47 -8 41
Malaga 36 11 8 17 37 45 -8 41
Elche 36 9 12 15 29 47 -18 39
Granada 35 11 4 20 30 53 -23 37
Almeria 36 10 6 20 41 71 -30 36
Getafe 36 9 9 18 32 53 -21 36
Osasuna 36 9 8 19 29 60 -31 35
Real Valladolid 35 7 14 14 34 54 -20 35
Real Betis 36 5 7 24 31 73 -42 22
Juventus 35 30 3 2 75 23 +52 93
Roma 36 26 7 3 72 23 +49 85
Napoli 35 20 9 6 64 36 +28 69
Fiorentina 35 18 7 10 59 38 +21 61
Inter Milan 36 14 15 7 57 36 +21 57
Torino 36 15 10 11 55 45 +10 55
Parma 36 14 12 10 55 45 +10 54
AC Milan 36 15 9 12 54 46 +8 54
Lazio 35 14 10 11 49 47 +2 52
Hellas Verona 35 16 4 15 56 58 -2 52
Atalanta 35 14 5 16 40 47 -7 47
Sampdoria 36 12 8 16 43 54 -11 44
Udinese 36 12 6 18 41 52 -11 42
Genoa 36 10 11 15 38 46 -8 41
Cagliari 35 9 12 14 34 46 -12 39
Chievo 36 8 6 22 31 53 -22 30
Bologna 36 5 14 17 27 55 -28 29
Sassuolo 35 7 7 21 34 65 -31 28
Catania 36 6 8 22 30 64 -34 26
Livorno 36 6 7 23 39 74 -35 25
PSG 35 25 8 2 76 20 +56 83
Monaco 35 22 9 4 59 28 +31 75
Lille 36 19 11 6 41 22 +19 68
Saint-tienne 36 18 9 9 50 32 +18 63
Lyon 36 16 10 10 55 43 +12 58
Marseille 36 15 11 10 51 39 +12 56
Bordeaux 36 13 12 11 47 41 +6 51
Reims 36 12 12 12 42 47 -5 48
Lorient 36 12 10 14 46 49 -3 46
Toulouse 36 11 13 12 43 50 -7 46
Nantes 36 12 9 15 37 40 -3 45
Bastia 36 12 9 15 40 56 -16 45
Montpellier 36 8 18 10 45 47 -2 42
Nice 36 12 6 18 30 41 -11 42
Rennes 35 9 13 13 41 41 +0 40
Guingamp 35 10 8 17 31 40 -9 38
Evian TG 36 9 11 16 34 51 -17 38
Sochaux 36 9 10 17 35 57 -22 37
Valenciennes 36 7 8 21 35 60 -25 29
Ajaccio 36 3 11 22 34 68 -34 20
Bayern 33 28 3 2 93 23 +70 87
Dortmund 33 21 5 7 76 38 +38 68
Schalke 04 33 18 7 8 59 42 +17 61
Leverkusen 33 18 4 11 58 40 +18 58
Wolfsburg 33 17 6 10 60 49 +11 57
Borussia Mgla 33 16 7 10 58 40 +18 55
Mainz 05 33 15 5 13 49 52 -3 50
Augsburg 33 14 7 12 45 46 -1 49
Hoffenheim 33 10 11 12 69 69 +0 41
Hertha BSC 33 11 8 14 40 44 -4 41
Hannover 96 33 11 6 16 43 57 -14 39
Werder Bremen 33 10 9 14 41 64 -23 39
Eintracht Fran 33 9 9 15 39 55 -16 36
Freiburg 33 9 9 15 41 58 -17 36
Stuttgart 33 8 8 17 49 61 -12 32
Hamburger SV 33 7 6 20 49 72 -23 27
Nurnberg 33 5 11 17 36 66 -30 26
Eintracht Brau 33 6 7 20 28 57 -29 25
GERMANBUNDESLIGA
FRENCHLIGUE1
FEVERPITCH / Page 55 Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard
Timothy Kiptoo celebrates winning a past cross-country race at
Uhuru Gardens. [PHOTO:FILE/STANDARD]
Sevens rugby team lose 26-5
to England in World Series
By BS MULAVI
The national rugby team
jumped up two spots to sev-
enth position in the Interna-
tional Rugby Board (IRB) World
Series after collecting twelve
points at the Glasgow Sevens
in Scotland.
Kenya lost to England 26-5
in the Plate nals but they will
be happy that they slightly
improved from their previous
performances.
This is the highest number
of points that South African
Paul Treu has attained since
taking over as the head coach
and he will be hoping extend
this form to the next round in
London this weekend.
By virtue of having nished
as the losing Plate nalists,
Kenya has been pooled in an-
other tough group comprising
Canada, USA and Samoa in
their title hunt in London.
Canada had a much im-
proved performance in Scot-
land where they beat Kenya in
the quarternals and went on
to the Main Cup nals where
they lost to New Zealand.
IMPROVE RANKING
This performance has seen
Canada jump to sixth position
in the overall standings with 82
points, which is 10 more than
what Kenya has on 72.
The clash between the two
sides is likely to have a direct
impact on who will top the
group in London and qualify
for the Main Cup quarter-
nals.
Samoa on the other hand
have had an inconsistent sea-
son so far. However, they are
still ranked one place below
Kenya with 69 points. Samoa
will give Kenya a tough time in
the tournament and Treu and
his troops will have to be at
their best to beat them.
Kenyas only perceived sim-
ple match will be against USA,
who are having a torrid sea-
son and are currently ranked
13th in the standings with 38
points.
ERRATIC FORM
However this does not
mean they will be an easy team
to beat, as they have shown
their sparks at different tour-
naments, and they can easily
prove to be resurgent in the -
nal tournament of the season.
Treus target for the season
was to gain the consistency in
team performances and to im-
prove on display of the game.
Last season, under English-
man Mike Friday, the team
nished the World Series with
99 points and in fourth place.
This means even if Kenya win
the London leg and get all the
22 points on offer, they will still
come short of the benchmark
achieved last season.
Meanwhile New Zealand
beat Canada 54-7 in the nal of
the Glasgow Sevens to win their
fourth Cup title of the 2013/14
HSBC Sevens World Series.
Scott Curry and Ben Lam
scored two tries each as Gor-
don Tietjens side were ruth-
less in victory against a Canada
side playing in their rst-ever
Cup nal.
The win leaves New Zea-
land 19 points ahead of sec-
ond-place South Africa in the
Series standings, and on course
to win a 12th title in 15 years.
Their coach will be hoping that
they can extend this form to
the next round in London.
brian.sagala@gmail.com
By ERICK OCHIENG
Africa Cross Country
bronze champion Timothy
Kiptoo was beaten to second
place in the Nairobi Inter Sta-
tions Kenya Prisons Athletics
Championships held at Nai-
robi West Prison grounds at
the weekend.
Kiptoo, running for Pris-
ons Staff Training College
(PSTC), could not display the
same form that saw him break
a seven-year 5000m Kenya
Prisons record last year when
he clocked 14:40.00 to nish
behind Kamitis Jonathan Ko-
sgei in 14:28.07.
Kiptoo, the 2011/12 KCB
Cross Country jackpot win-
ner, said the loss was a wake-
up call for him ahead of the
national championships and
that he needs to step up his
performance.
Nairobi West Prison put
a brave show to top in the
teams category. The Nairobi
West Prison warders, who
suffered a setback when their
houses got burnt down a week
ago, put up a spirited ght to
clinch the contests overall
title with 312 points.
The Ofcer in Charge of
Nairobi West Prison James
Mureithi said it was hard to
assemble a team when the
warders were traumatised by
loss of their valuable posses-
sions in the inferno.
Nairobi West amassed
11 gold, nine silver and ve
bronze medals to carry the
day ahead of Kamiti with
eight gold, six silver and nine
bronze medals.
Nairobi Command com-
pleted the last podium nish
with 280 points from six gold,
seven silver and 13 bronze.
Peter Mwangi, Harry Lan-
gat and Cecilia Maria emerged
tops, each securing two titles
in the one-day event.
In long jump, Langat of
Nairobi Command improved
his personal best by leaping to
6.62 metres to better his pre-
vious 5.34m in the mens cate-
gory which was a warning sig-
nal to Kenya Prisons national
champion Tera Langat.
Langats teammate Wel-
lington Nyakundi also im-
proved his personal best by
managing 6.53 metres to be
placed second and improve
his former mark of 5.34m,
which he attained last year.
Langat bagged his second
gold in mens triple jump by
managing 14.63 metres ahead
of teammates Duncan Push-
enee (14.00m) and Josephat
Oyunge (12.92m) for Nairobi
Commands clean sweep.
Maria of Nairobi Com-
bined clocked 4:43.03 to se-
cure the womens 1,500m title
before going ahead to win the
800m race at 2:17.9. Nairobi
Wests Peter Mwangi won in
in shot-put with a 10.53m
throw and hurled the discus
26.35 metres away.
KENYA LOSE PLATE FINAL
Kosgei stuns Kiptoo to win Prisons Inter Station race
Fijis Waisea Nacuquin in action during
the Glasgow Sevens pool match against
Kenya, part of the IRB Sevens World
Series, at Scotstoun Stadium in
Glasgow, Scotland. [PHOTO:AFP]
FEVERPITCH
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
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QUEST
TIGHTENS
Real Madrids forward Cristiano
Ronaldo (right) vies with Valen-
cias defender Joao Pereira during
their Spanish league match at the
Santiago Bernabeu stadium in
Madrid on Sunday. [PHOTO: AFP]
BARCELONA
Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid both slipped
up in the Spanish league on Sunday to tighten a
compelling title race even further.
Atleticos march toward its rst title since 1996 hit
a bump when it lost 2-0 at Levante, although its city ri-
val failed to make up much ground as Madrid needed
a spectacular injury-time equaliser from Cristiano Ron-
aldo to salvage a 2-2 draw at home against Valencia.
Barcelona had written off its title defense after draw-
ing 2-2 with Getafe on Saturday, but its rivals stumbles
have put it right back in the hunt.
Barcelona trails Atletico by three points, while Ma-
drid was left ve points behind with an extra game to
play after Ronaldo deftly used the sole of his right boot
to turn in a cross in the 92nd minute.
It was a tough round for all three at the top and the
league is more wide open than ever, said Madrid coach
Carlo Ancelotti. I always said it would come down to the
last game.
Atletico lose, Real
Madrid draw as
race gets tough
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Analysts raise concerns over assault on salaries
as Government deductions increase, leaving
hard-pressed workers with little to live on
SHRINKING PAYSLIPS
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard
2
By MARGARET KANINI
Humphrey Muturi, 39, is the new director
of business banking at Barclays Bank
Kenya. Before this posting, he worked
at Standard Chartered Bank as general
manager, SME banking.
How do you describe yourself?
I am very passionate about empowering
business people especially small and
medium enterprises and family businesses
and walking with them on their journey
to prosperity and growth.
What is your job about?
My primary responsibility is to drive the
business banking agenda at Barclays Bank
Kenya. This means I eat, sleep and think
about companies that want a boost to grow.
While doing my job, I am guided by
the perspective of having customers
understand and nd solutions to their
needs. I help customers keep their most
critical clients, identify their business edge
and capture it for prosperity.
There are other banks that target the
segment you do. What differentiates you
from them?
We have managed to place Barclays as
a trusted nancier that helps clients grow.
We have created a relationship-managed
model, which is what most businesses want
to help them bridge the gap between where
they are today and where they aspire to be
tomorrow.
Most international banks have almost
a similar segment, but we have tried to
add value to our product. Our segment
is entirely driven by the customer. For
instance, we sit with clients who want to
expand their businesses and come up with
bank products that meet this need.
We also nance export and import trade
for clients. To this end, we offer them
letters of credit that are sent to suppliers
in whichever country they are based since
any document from Barclays Bank is well
recognised internationally. We also offer
bill avalisation, invoice discounting and
eet nancing, among other products.
What informed the decision to launch
business banking at Barclays?
This is a segment that can boost
Kenyas economy greatly. SMEs contribute
approximately 70 per cent to Kenyas
economy, so we must include them in our
everyday decision making and running of
organisations.
Business environment literacy is critical
to the growth of any organisation. Do
you offer training on this?
I will also say that nancial literacy is
critical to the growth of any organisation.
We have a business club that is
exclusively for Barclays Bank members
or clients. Through this club, we train our
clients on the hard and soft skills they need
to manage their businesses.
Club members are also exposed to the
external market as the bank organises trips
to different countries, which exposes them
to how their fellow SMEs and entrepreneurs
are conducting business.
Our members also get to share personal
experiences and offer each other solutions.
What are the major challenges in this
market segment?
One of the major challenges is nancial
illiteracy. When most businesses start
off, they look at the opportunities while
avoiding the risks. We, therefore, help our
clients develop positive jaws, so that they
can work with costs, but ensure these do
not exceed revenue.
About 90 per cent of Kenyan business
people or entrepreneurs are not aware that
their costs could be growing faster than
their revenues but this does not mean the
business should be shut down.
We also have challenges of not being
able to quickly process security for our
customers and offer faster lending.
Any new products in the pipeline?
We have two main initiatives that we
plan to launch. The rst one is to start
offering our nancial support to farmers
agriculture has been left lagging for a long
time. The second is to nance commercial
property development from end to end.
We shall sit with both developers and their
clients to see what they need most and help
them acquire it.
We are also going to enhance our digital
systems so that local customers can access
their accounts from any country with a
Barclays Bank.
bizbeat@standardmedia.co.ke
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>> CORPORATE FOCUS
CorporateInterview
In accordance with the Communications Commis-
sion of Kenyas Mobile Termination Rates (MTR) glide
path, the next reduction phase is set for July 2014.
From this date, mobile phone operators will begin
paying Sh0.99 for call terminations, down from the
current Sh1.15, which was set last year. According to
CCK, Safaricom accounts for 77.5 per cent of voice
trafc, meaning it terminates most of the calls.
The lower rate is expected to make penetration
slightly easier for the newly registered Mobile Virtual
Network Operators (MVNOs) who will pay Safaricom
less to terminate calls, which means they could po-
tentially offer competitive voice rates.
According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statis-
tics, overall ination for April increased to 6.41 per
cent, year on year. The rise was mainly driven by an
increase in the costs of food and transport. The food
and non-alcoholic drinks index rose by 1.66 per cent
as a result of the prices of more food items recording
increases compared to those whose prices dipped.
The transport index increased by 3.62 per cent on
the back of higher costs of petrol and bus fare. The
housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels index
went up by 0.33 per cent due to higher costs of cook-
ing fuels, but electricity costs decreased (-0.48 per
cent) on account of forex charges dropping.
Sh0.99 6.41%
Cost of call terminations
from July.
Ination rate in April.
Barclays Banks Humphrey Muturi.
[PHOTO: WILBERFORCE OKWIRI/STANDARD]
A NUMBER OF recent books
have lauded the connection
between walking just for its own
sake and thinking. But are
people losing their love of the
purposeless walk? Walking is a
luxury in urban areas. Very few
people are obliged to do much of
it at all. Cars, motorcycles, buses
and trains all beckon.
Instead, walking for any
distance is usually a planned
leisure activity. Or a health aid.
Something to help people lose
weight. Or keep their tness. But
theres something else people
get from choosing to walk. A
place to think. And it is a
particular kind of walking; not
the distance between your house
and the kiosk, but a more
aimless pursuit. A Stanford
University study has also shown
that walking on a treadmill
improves creative thinking.
There is something about the
pace of walking and the pace of
thinking that goes together.
Walking requires a certain
amount of attention, but it
leaves great parts of the time
open to thinking. I do believe
once you get the blood owing
through the brain it does start
working more creatively. Your
senses are sharpened, says
Geoff Nicholson, author of The
Lost Art of Walking.
Im far more likely to nd a
solution by going for a walk than
sitting at my desk and
thinking. BBC
In brief: Need to get your creative
juices owing? Take aimless walks
NumbersoftheWeek
New credit rating model
ropes in informal sector
ASSESSING RISK:
Wider net: System to enable small
businesses get loans from banks
institutions, contribute tax revenue
By JAMES ANYANZWA
P
lans are underway for
informal and unorganised
businesses to secure credit
from formal nancial institu-
tions such as commercial banks.
This follows the development
of a credit rating system for the
business units.
Mr Sam Omukoko, the
managing director of Metropol
Credit Reference Bureau (CRB),
said the rating system seeks to
help small businesses, most of
which are unregistered and lack
proper accounting records,
secure credit from formal institu-
FINANCIAL ACCESS <<
This credit rating system is intended to
empower SMEs to enable them borrow
from commercial banks,
SamOmukoko
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard
3
Business Beat
tions, as well as reduce inci-
dences of tax evasion.
We have developed a credit
rating system to identify the risks
of small businesses. This is
necessary because if you have a
good rating, commercial banks
will not ask you for collateral and
may reduce their interest rates
and appraisal fees, Mr Omu-
koko said.
This programme is going to
change the way business is done
in the country in addition to
bringing the cost of doing
business down.
Omukoko said 80 small
businesses in Nairobi have
equipment.
SMEs are also viewed as
insecure and costly businesses to
deal with because they often lack
the required collateral or
capacity to absorb large amounts
of money from nancial rms.
But the Government has
identied micro, small and
medium enterprises (MSMEs) as
one of the key drivers of Vision
2030. Therefore, the sector is
expected to play an effective role
as an engine for economic
growth, poverty eradication and
unemployment creation, and is
crucial in meeting projected
development objectives.
janyanzwa@standardmedia.co.ke
already been rated. The target is
to reach 500,000 businesses by
December.
Among the businesses being
targeted are unregistered
businesses, registered businesses
whose owners do not keep
accounting records, and
registered businesses with some
makeshift form of bookkeeping.
Others include businesses
that are registered but whose
proprietors keep unaudited
books of accounts, and those
that are registered and keep
audited books of accounts.
This credit rating system is
intended to empower SMEs to
enable them borrow from
commercial banks, Omukoko
said.
Among the institutions that
have embraced the system, he
said, are Equity Bank, Kenya
Commercial Bank and Century
Micronance Bank.
Once rated, small businesses
can borrow between Sh10,000
and Sh500,000, depending on
their size, at competitive rates.
There are about 7.5 million
SMEs in Kenya and the sectors
contribution to Gross Domestic
Product stands at about 40 per
cent. It also provides about 80
per cent of the total employment
in the country and contributes
more than 92 per cent of new
jobs created every year.
However, a large number of
SMEs lack creditworthiness and
management capacity, so they
have trouble securing funds for
their business activities, which
include procuring raw materials
and products, and investing in
We
have
developed
a credit
rating
system to
identify
the risks
of small
business-
es.
Business Beat
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard
4
By JACKSON OKOTH
and MACHARIA KAMAU
I
ntense lobbying saw
employers get their way on
Labour Day after the
Government declined to
increase the minimum wage.
The salary increment has in
recent years been given on this
day set aside to celebrate work-
ers. Last year, it was increased
by 14 per cent.
But Labour Cabinet
Secretary Kazungu Kambi
made it clear last Thursday
that there would be no
addition to employees payslips
just yet.
The trouble is that this
particular document is likely to
shrink further from June 1.
This is when the State
pension outt, National Social
Security Fund (NSSF), imple-
ments new deductions.
The deductions will
increase contributions to NSSF
from a at rate of Sh200 to
Sh1,080 per month for those
earning Sh18,000 and or more.
And more in this case
could mean Sh100,000 or
Sh500,000, which means the
new rates will put more
pressure on low-income
earners than on department
heads or top management.
INCREASED CONTRIBUTIONS
But it is not only NSSF that
is planning on raiding the
payslip.
The National Hospital
Insurance Fund (NHIF),
another statutory body, has
been planning to increase its
member contributions for
some time now.
NHIF said it is currently
sorting out the issues that have
stood in its way including
court cases and workers
could begin
contrib-
uting
as
much Sh2,000 per month to
the fund by the end of this
year.
And then there are the
unions that represent workers
in various sectors of the
economy that are asking for
more contributions from their
members.
Further, the Kenya Revenue
Authority (KRA) in addition
to its pay as you earn (PAYE)
deduction has widened its
tax net to include withholding
tax on all bonus and dividend
payments made to company
employees and members of
savings and credit societies.
But it is not just the
ordinary Kenyan that is feeling
the impact of the numerous
deductions.
Last week, Homa
Bay MP Peter
Kaluma disclosed
that his Sh899,025
salary as a
parliamentarian is
entirely taken up by
loan repayments, PAYE,
sacco contributions, upkeep
costs and other deductions.
Mr John Mwaniki, the
chief executive of Securities
Market Consultants Limited,
said that while the NSSF
deduction of Sh1,080 might
seem a small amount for
top-tier employees, it would be
WAGE EROSION:
Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu) Secretary General Francis Atwoli, left, hugs Labour Cabinet Secretary Kazungu Kambi during
Labour Day celebrations in Nairobi. Cotu has sought court orders to stop an increase in some statutory deductions. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]
Workers face new raid on shrinking
>> LABOUR
The ideal payslip should only have the statutory
deductions that include NSSF and NHIF.
However, a typical payslip has other deductions
that include loan repayments, JohnMwaniki
a heavy addition not only for
low-income employees, but
also some middle-level staff.
The ideal payslip should
only have the statutory
deductions that include NSSF
and NHIF. However, a typical
payslip has other deductions
that include loan repayments,
Sacco contributions and
Higher Education Loans Board
(HELB) repayments, he said.
Thus, the revision on NSSF
rates will have a direct effect
on peoples payslips and the
effect varies across the divide.
The new rates raise the
deductible amount by between
80 per cent on the lower
category and 440 per cent on
the upper category. This will
signicantly affect personal
expenditure lists and we expect
behavioural change on
disposable income.
He noted that in the face of
mounting pressure on the
payslip, salaried workers would
need to adjust their nances to
avoid a situation where they
might be forced to pawn off
personal belongings or borrow
from loan sharks to help them
remain nancially aoat.
One of the best nancial
re-engineering tools involves
debt restructuring, which is
tailor-made to suit ones debt
load.
It is possible to restructure
some of the deductions, like a
bank loan, without much
strain. This includes reschedul-
ing the loans by increasing the
repayment period on outstand-
ing loan balances. One can also
reduce their shares in the
Sacco with an equivalent
increase in NSSF contribu-
tions, said Mr Mwaniki.
PULLED IN ALL DIRECTIONS
But for people like Dennis,
27 and single, nancial advice
often goes right over his head.
I have absolutely no way of
improving the state of my
nances if I did, Id have
gured it out by now, he said.
He works for what he calls a
large company, so he asked
that his surname not be used
for fear of victimisation.
My relatives, church
pastors and former classmates
know where I work and believe
Im doing well. And with
schools opening this week, Im
getting calls from people
asking for assistance to pay
their childrens fees, but I am
barely earning enough to
sustain myself. Im being
pulled in all directions.
Would he consider moving
to cheaper accommodation to
lower his expenses?
I cant. Theres my social
status to consider. I cannot just
live anywhere given where I
work. Besides, it would require
that I move further away from
my ofce, so my transport
costs would increase, said
Dennis.
There are economists who
argue that increasing wages
would make the situation
easier for people in Denniss
situation.
The entire country benets
when more people have more
money to spend. Business
begins to look up as consump-
tion increases, and we have
less people struggling to stay
aoat, said Mr Joab Some.
But then there are those
who criticise this argument,
saying wage increments
weaken the economy.
If you increase the price of
something, then you decrease
the demand for it. What we
need to focus on is increasing
the skills of low-income
earners, said Mr Ron Kenda.
The Federation of Kenyan
Employers (FKE) has also said
increments to workers pay
should be pegged on their
productivity and prevailing
market forces, not just the cost
of living.
The demand for better pay
will always be there, but we
have to see how to manage
Burdened employees:
The Government declined
to increase minimum
wages on Labour Day, a
month before new pension
deductions take effect
Business Beat
5
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard
MARKET VALUE:
LABOUR <<
The case by Cotu [against NHIF
increments] is still in court, but we are
consulting with a view to having them
withdraw the case, SimeonKirgotty
minimum wage. We have to
ensure that increases in
minimum wages do not take us
back, said FKE Executive
Director Jacqueline Mugo.
Ms Wanjiku Mwangi, a
mother of two, also agrees with
Mr Kendas economics.
I stopped hiring a full-time
househelp in January when I
learnt about the requirement
to pay them a minimum
Sh9,200, in addition to paying
their NSSF contributions.
Where would I get that kind of
money? Frankly, I nd it unfair
since I would be housing and
feeding them. But rather than
run into trouble with the law
like Ive seen a friend do, Ive
opted to just get someone to
come to my house twice a
week. I pay her Sh500 a day,
she said.
Im lucky my kids, aged
nine and 12, get home at
around 6pm and are respon-
sible, so I can afford to do this.
I also run my own business. If
they dont nd me home, they
know to go to our neighbours
house until I get home. So far,
its working well.
But for people who only rely
on their wages to make ends
meet, the slightest additional
deduction is jarring.
For instance, under the
proposed NHIF rates, the
lowest-paid employee earning
Sh6,000 will contribute Sh150,
while those earning upwards of
Sh100,000 will part with
Sh2,000 a month.
But remember that after
taxes and the current NHIF
and NSSF deductions of Sh320
and Sh200, respectively,
someone earning Sh100,000 a
month will take home less than
Sh70,000.
COPE WITH EXPENSES
And with their middle class
status, they are likely to face
the so-called middle class
problems like exorbitant rent,
parking fees, high costs of fuel
and entertainment expenses.
Their lifestyles leave little for
savings, if any, let alone the
space for an additional Sh2,000
The nal part of Nokias sale to
Microsoft is nalising the payoff to its
former chief executive, Stephen Elop.
He has received $33.5 million (Sh2.5
billion), which is 30 per cent higher
than thought due to the link to the
companys stock that has risen since
the sale was announced.
As for that share price, Nokia was
once worth $150 billion (Sh13 trillion)
only seven years ago, but has now
been sold for just $7 billion (Sh608.3
billion). How did all of this market
value disappear?
The idea of creative destruction
was popularised by Joseph Schumpeter
in his 1942 book, Capitalism, Socialism
and Democracy. He described how the
economy underwent long cycles as new
technologies were adopted, while at
the same time existing technologies
were made obsolescent and replaced.
The transition from old to new was
rarely seamless and led to the rise and
fall of not just individual businesses
but entire industries.
For Nokia, it was the culmination of
a rapid rise and fall. It introduced its
rst handheld mobile phone in 1987
and by 1998 had overtaken Motorola to
become the global market leader in
handset sales. In 2005 it sold its one
billionth phone. Its peak was probably
in 2007. By then, its share of the global
handset market had reached 40 per
cent, including nearly half the
smartphone market at the time, with
its market capitalisation hitting Sh13
trillion.
Last year, its global market share
had fallen to just 15 per cent and this
was mainly accounted for by its range
of cheaper phones. Its share of the
global smartphone market was just 3
per cent.
So in the last few years, Nokia has
seen billion of dollars evaporate. How?
Back in 2007, Steve Jobs walked
onto the stage at the Moscone Center
in San Francisco, pulled an iPhone out
from his pocket and talked of a
revolutionary product that would
change everything. The rest is history.
Apples take off, along with Googles
Android system, has mirrored the
decline at Nokia.
So where did Nokia go wrong? Was
it just the latest victim of creative
destruction in the digital age?
In January 2012, after more than
130 years of history, Kodak led for
bankruptcy. It had once sold more than
90 per cent of all lm in the US and its
little yellow boxes could be seen all
around the world. Although it was
coming under increasing pressure from
Japans Fujilm, the death of the
company was simply because they
were out-innovated in the technology
they had pioneered for over a century.
Ironically, Kodak had developed a
prototype for the digital camera in
1975. But by the time they realised it
was a game changer, it was too late.
Cannon and Fuji had already estab-
lished a decisive lead in the digital
camera market.
Kodak is not an atypical story. A
large incumbent company, successful
for decades, nds it difcult to adapt
to new technologies while it makes
good prots in the traditional business
areas. They are then left adrift once
the whole industry has shifted for
good. The lesson is adapt or die.
Is this also true of Nokia?
Nokia was innovative in hardware
and was the dominant force at the
outset of the smartphone market.
However, Apple, and then Android, saw
the value of software. Perhaps Nokia
showed a lack of urgency.
In the high technology era, consum-
ers expect constant innovation and are
quick to punish the products that fall
behind. The pace of creative destruc-
tion has quickened and brands are no
longer as resilient as they once were.
BBC
Nokia, Apple and creative destruction
deduction.
Im dreading the NSSF fee.
Being deducted an additional
Sh2,000 a month will com-
pletely throw off my already
tight budget, said Dennis.
Ive actually been applying
for new jobs to cope with my
expenses; I cant survive on my
companys brand. Students in
my former school are saying
they want to be like me, but
knowing the reality of my
nancial situation, I dont
want to be like me.
The new NSSF rates are
intended to help workers save
payslips
It is
possible
to restruc-
ture some
of the de-
ductions,
like a bank
loan, with-
out much
strain.
an amount for their retirement
that would assist them start a
business or live off of without
burdening the society.
The new NHIF rates are to
enable the fund foot in-patient
and out-patient hospital bills,
as well as cover complex
medical procedures, such as
dialysis, for its member. As it is
currently, it only pays in-
patient costs, and even then, to
a certain limit.
The outcome of a court case
involving NHIF and the Central
Organisation of Trade Unions
(Cotu) appears to be the only
obstacle in the way of the
increments.
While they may take a while
to implement, the higher
contributions to NHIF are
imminent. The State-owned
medical insurer said it is
currently negotiating with
Cotu.
The case by Cotu is still in
court, but we are consulting
with a view to having them
withdraw the case. We have a
meeting with them this
month, said NHIF Chief
Executive Simeon Kirgotty.
HOUSEHOLD OBLIGATIONS
The deductions on the
payslip aside, Kenyans have
also had to contend with a rise
in cost of living, a situation
made worse by the Value
Added Tax (VAT) Act that
imposed a 16 per cent levy on
essential goods and services,
making it more difcult to
meet household obligations.
And last month, the cost of
a basket of goods and services
increased by 6.41 per cent,
which means Sh100 now buys
a smaller quantity of items
than it did in March.
County governments have
also introduced levies, fees and
charges to meet their scal
obligations, but these have
increased the prices of goods
as traders transfer the new
costs to consumers.
Clearly, increased levies
like property rates and
business licences have had an
impact on ones spending
power. And as counties seek to
collect revenue, there is a
danger that more will have to
be paid by individuals, said
Mr Nikhil Hira, a tax partner at
Deloitte East Africa.
The current wave of
insecurity is also impacting on
individuals, as one needs to
pay more for security. It could
also have an impact on
insurance premiums.
bizbeat@standardmedia.co.ke
Business Beat
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard
OPINIONS <<
[Indirect costs of staff turnover include] the
cost of lost knowledge, skills and contacts
that the person who is leaving is taking with
them out your door, Margaret Kioko
6
W
e have blamed terrorism,
corruption and poor
attitudes for low levels of
economic activity and, therefore,
joblessness. But there is another
soft cause rarely talked about
but equally serious: failure to pay
debts.
A friend of mine recently told
me that if you borrow Sh10,000
from him, he will give you
Sh1,000 free rather than lend you
money he will never get back.
Talk to most Kenyans and they
will complain about a debt that
was never paid or one they
never paid back in the hope that
the lender would forget. No
wonder they ask in most funerals
if the deceased had a debt.
If all my debts were paid,
some dating back 20 years, I
could upgrade from a Vitz to
something that would help me
make a statement.
Economists dene Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) as
money in circulation multiplied
by velocity. This is where the drag
on the economy comes through
debts.
If people do not pay their
debts, money does not circulate
(velocity reduces) and this
reduces the GDP. The same way
reduced velocity on the road
makes you cover less distance
with the possibility of having to
pay for lodging if you do not
reach your destination.
We normally do not keep
money in our pockets, we spend
it creating demand for goods and
services, and by extension, jobs.
For example, when you go
shopping, you give jobs to
manufacturers, distributors,
cashiers and others along the
supply chain. Even when you take
your money to the bank, it is not
stored in vaults; its lent out, more
debts .
ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
Yet, paying debt is not part of
our culture. In fact, debt collec-
tion has created lots of jobs!
Landlords have to close houses to
get rent, auctioneers are also
doing very well. It is also
suspected that lots of unex-
plained murders may result from
debts, another cost to the
economy.
The Government has also
joined in debt management with
the licensing of credit reference
bureaus (CRBs), which keep track
of your ability to pay debts. The
argument is that if you pay your
debts regularly, you are more
creditworthy, and if you go
borrowing money from nancial
institutions, you can get it at a
lower interest rate. This is
intended to incentivise debt
payment.
Banks, too, worry about debts,
captured by non-performing
loans, and even provide for them
in their accounts. They go to great
lengths to get your background
information to gauge if you will
pay your debt. CRBs are making
their work easier. When you do
not pay your debts, you deny
other people a chance to put that
money into circulation and grow
the economy and create jobs.
Incidentally, the Government
is very good at paying debts
defaulting can have serious
economic consequences. There is
even a whole section at Central
Bank that deal with debts. Many
governments, including in
developed countries, cannot run
without debts.
Some have argued that
remnants of our traditional
culture have made debt payment
very hard. We want to be helped
and see debt as help. Lots of
people, including the well
educated, are dishonest. But
paradoxically, our traditional
cultures put a premium on
honesty.
The more plausible explana-
tion is that there isnt a big
enough penalty for not paying
your debts.
For those aspiring for big jobs,
now the penalty is big, but for the
vast majority who refuse to pay
little money and are not in debt
registers, they can get away with
it. There are also not many people
who have gone to jail for not
paying debts, at least in Kenya.
It is also possible that despite
high literacy rates, we still do not
understand how a modern
economy operates.
MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL
Debts are not bad because
there shall always be people or
governments with surplus money
and some with decits. Through
banks or even shylocks, the two
groups mutually benet from
each other by keeping the money
circulating and growing econo-
mies and creating jobs. Non-
payment of debt breaks this cycle
and slows the economy.
Imagine what happens if you
do not pay your Mama Mbogas
debts, who may have another
persons debt .
In the next one month, lots of
discussions on the Budget will
make the headlines. We shall keep
discussing who will get more
money and who loses. In this
formal discussion, we forget soft
issues that matter, like debt
payment.
We could estimate that if
Kenyans paid their debts on time,
we could add around 3 per to
GDP growth and easily reach the
targeted 10 per cent growth rate
needed to make Kenya a middle
income economy (without
rebasing).
If we paid our debts on time,
we would go a long way towards
making the economy more
vibrant and reduce the number of
unhappy people owed lots of
money and create lots of jobs.
If you owe someone a debt
(including dowry), please pay
(wewe ripa), you will have played
your small but important role in
turning round the reluctant wheel
of progress. You could help in
making Kenya the Swahili Tiger.
The writer is a senior lecturer at
University of Nairobis School of
Business.
xniraki@gmail.com
Results from Deloittes Best
Company To Work For survey has
shown that one of the key reasons
employees voluntarily leave an
organisation is not the company or
the work, but the immediate
manager.
This places accountability for
employee retention rmly in the
hands of the managers in our
organisations.
Understanding why employees
stay with an organisation is just as
important as grasping why they
choose to leave.
SEASONED EMPLOYEE
Few human resource professionals
know that the cost of replacing one
employee equals one to three times
their annual salary and total benets,
plus the additional cost of lost
revenue that the seasoned employee
would likely have generated.
But that is not all.
Tougher to measure are the
hidden costs associated with staff
turnover, which most companies do
not calculate.
Firms fail to calculate the hidden,
indirect opportunity costs that impact
both directly and indirectly on the
bottom line.
What are the costs you should be
factoring in to determine the real cost
of employee turnover to your
organisation?
Direct costs to ll a vacant
position include sourcing costs,
advertising, rsum screening,
interviews, background checks and
assessments costs. Then there is the
on-boarding and orientation costs,
training costs, and the cost to
temporarily cover an employees
duties, such as overtime for other
staff or temporary stafng wages.
Indirect costs include conducting
the exit interview and the administra-
tion cost to process a resigning
employee. There is also the cost of
lost knowledge, skills and contacts
that the person leaving is taking with
them out your door.
An employer should also worry
about the cost of the managers time
in understanding the work that
remains and how to cover it until a
replacement is found; the cost of the
hiring managers time; and the
reduced productivity of the staff/
team who are covering a vacant
position.
The rm also has to bear the cost
of losing customers that the employee
is going to take with them, or the
amount it will cost you to retain the
customers of a salesperson or
customer service representative who
leaves.
DECREASED CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
After an employee leaves, there
will be decreased customer satisfac-
tion and errors. A new employee has
to be trained, hence there will be low
productivity for a while the
experienced workers will be over-
taxed to cover for the new employee.
How should employers deal with
this?
It is important for them to shift
the paradigm of viewing employees
as a cost.
Employees are in fact an appreci-
ating asset the longer they stay
with an organisation the more
valuable they become over time
they learn the systems, products,
services and how to work optimally
within the organisation to deliver the
desired business results.
Research shows companies that
effectively appreciate employee value
enjoy a return on equity and assets
more than triple that experienced by
rms that do not.
When looking at Fortunes 100
Best Companies to Work For, stock
prices rose an average of 14 per cent
per year from 1998 to 2005 for these
rms, compared to 6 per cent for the
overall market.
The Deloitte survey, which was
launched last month, will explain
what employees value, whether or
not employers are meeting these
expectations, and some of the key
drivers of staff retention.
Employers that persist in viewing
employees as a cost are creating
their own barriers to realising a
return on their most important assets
their employees.
The writer is a human capital
consultant with Deloitte East
Africa. The views expressed here
are the writers.
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ECONOMICINSIGHT
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MARGARETKIOKO
The real cost of high staff turnover to your organisation
Some
have ar-
gued that
remnants
of our tra-
ditional
culture
have made
debt pay-
ment very
hard. We
want to be
helped and
see debt as
help.
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard
8
By JAMES ANYANZWA
and MACHARIA KAMAU
T
aking economic growth
as the base, everything
that could have gone
wrong during Uhuru Kenyattas
rst year as President did just
that.
His Jubilee Administration
faces a delicate balancing act
in its bid to grow a stagnating
economy, control the balloon-
ing public sector wage bill,
reach out to the poor and
vulnerable, and deliver on
pre-election promises that
could determine the likelihood
of winning a second term in
ofce.
But with several economic
engines virtually knocked out,
Kenya has been running on
one motor the last three years
the so-called emerging
sector, which envelopes mobile
money transfer services,
mining and Internet activity.
However, even the motor for
these high-growth sectors is
slowing.
The economy grew by a
modest 4.7 per cent against
analysts projections of
between 5 and 5.5 per cent,
and the Governments forecast
of 6 per cent.
And as the Government eyes
double-digit growth, it is
emerging that the sectors
expected to drive the economy
to middle-income status by
2030 may not do so, calling for
a major policy shift.
ECONOMIC PILLAR
The economic pillar for the
Governments long-term
development plan was crafted
to improve the prosperity of all
Kenyans by achieving and
maintaining a sustained
economic growth rate of at
least 10 per cent from 2012.
However, in October last
year, the double-digit growth
target date was revised to 2017.
This is contained in the
second Medium Term Plan
(MTP) that covers the 2013-
2017 period.
But the economys lacklus-
tre performance is raising
concerns over whether this
dream is tenable in the near
term.
The economy grew by 4.6
per cent in 2012, and 4.7 per
cent in 2013. The National
Treasury projects a growth rate
of 5.8 per cent this year and
seven per cent by 2017.
However, at the current
pace of growth 0.1 per cent
per year and if all things
remain constant, the country
will achieve 10 per cent growth
in 2057.
First, I dont think we are
on track with Vision 2030, but I
think we have the time to get
on track. We are not spending
enough to develop the country.
Our recurrent expenditure is
still too high, said Mr Nikhil
Hira, a tax partner at Deloitte
East Africa.
I rmly believe that the
economy can pick up in a big
way if we put the right policies
in place.
Rising incidences of
insecurity, increased costs of
living, growing public debt and
a fragile economy appear to be
the Governments biggest
headaches.
In the rst Medium Term
Plan (2008-2012), former
President Mwai Kibakis regime
identied six priority sectors
that contribute more than 50
per cent of the total value of
the products and services
Kenya produces in a year,
otherwise known as its Gross
Domestic Product (GDP).
These sectors also account
for nearly half of the countrys
total formal employment.
They were agriculture,
manufacturing, tourism,
wholesale and retail trade,
IT-enabled services, and
nancial services.
But a closer look at these
critical sectors shows they have
not performed to expectations,
and may require key policy
interventions to turn them
around.
AGRICULTURE
The performance of the
agricultural sector, which
contributes about 23 per cent
of the countrys GDP, declined
last year.
Poor rainfall and unfavour-
able international prices for
key export crops dampened the
sectors growth to 2.9 per cent
in 2013, against growth of 3.8
per cent in 2012.
But according to the
Governments Economic Survey
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE:
>> SPECIAL REPORT
I dont think we are on track with Vision 2030, but
I think we have the time to get on track. We are not
spending enough to develop the country,
Nikhil Hira
2014, the credit extended to the
sector from commercial banks
expanded by 3.9 per cent in
2013 from 7.4 per cent in 2012.
The overall value of
marketed production slowed to
Sh344.61 billion from Sh334.73
billion, partly due to depressed
production of certain major
crops like maize, beans, coffee,
cut owers and fruits.
The sector was, however,
Double-digit dream: Kenya was
expected to grow by at least 10 per
cent from 2012, but key sectors still
performing below expectations
Driving growth: Uhuru battles to x a virtually stagnant economy
agriculture, and offers signi-
cant opportunities for export
expansion.
It accounted for 8.9 per cent
of GDP and provided 12.4 per
cent of the jobs created in the
formal sector in 2013.
The industry is among the
few performers, growing 4.8
per cent in 2013 compared to
3.2 per cent the previous year.
But analysts note that
manufacturing can grow by
larger margins if basics, such as
cheaper electricity and good
infrastructure, are put in place.
According to economists at
the Kenya Institute for Public
Policy Analysis and Research
(Kippra), the sectors below-par
performance is a result of
drought, high costs of produc-
tion and credit, and competi-
tion from imported goods.
Its contribution to GDP
declined to 9.2 per cent in 2012
from 9.6 per cent in 2011, and
its contribution to total wage
employment has gradually
0.1%
The increase in economic
growth in 2013 from the
previous years 4.6 per cent.
boosted by increased produc-
tion of tea, wheat, vegetables,
potatoes and sugarcane on
account of the good prices paid
to farmers last year.
In the horticulture sub-
sector, the value of marketed
fresh produce declined by 7.9
per cent last year as a result of
low export volumes and
depressed unit prices in the
international market. Failed
rains this year could make
things worse.
MANUFACTURING
The sector has high
potential for employment
creation, is a stimulus for
growth of other sectors such as
worsened to 12.9 per cent in
2012 from 13.9 per cent in
2008.
Kippra notes that the cost of
doing business is a major
concern for manufacturing
rms in developing countries,
and has dominated policy
debates due to its adverse
consequences on investments
and protability.
In their Kenya Economic
Report 2013, the institute
pointed out that the inux of
counterfeits and volatility in
international oil prices also
affects the sectors perfor-
mance.
Manufacturing in Kenya is
predominantly agro-based, but
in newly industrialised
countries, food manufacturing
constitutes a small share, with
the manufacture of chemicals,
electronics and machinery
constituting over 40 per cent of
the total value added.
According to analysts,
revitalising the sector requires
policy incentives geared
towards high-value manufac-
turing, inter-rm linkages and
enhanced foreign direct
investments (FDI).
TOURISM
The story of the tourism
sector reads like that of
athletes at the top of their
game who are set back by an
injury and their chances of
recovery get worse and worse
the longer they are benched.
The industry has suffered
major setbacks in recent years,
each leaving it weaker.
Last year was no an
exception and the sectors
performance declined.
The number of international
With two engines
virtually knocked out,
Kenyas economy has been
running on one motor in
the last three years, and
Business Beat
9
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 / The Standard
SPECIAL REPORT <<
The cost of doing business is a major
concern for manufacturing rms in
developing countries, and has dominated
policy debates, Kippra
visitors decreased by 11.2 per
cent from 1.71 million in 2012
to 1.51 million in 2013.
Sector earnings fell by 2.1
per cent from Sh96 billion in
2012 to Sh94 billion in 2013.
Further, the hotel bed-
nights utilisation rate declined
by 3.9 per cent, compared to a
decline of 2.2 per cent in 2012.
The drop in occupancy rate is
particularly attributed to a
decline in tourists arriving
from traditional source
countries in Europe for hotels
at the Coast.
According to the Govern-
ment, visitor arrivals declined
in the third quarter of last year
due to a re accident that
damaged the international
arrivals lounge at the Jomo
Kenyatta International Airport
(JKIA) in August.
Other factors that contrib-
uted to the drop include the
increasing number of insecu-
rity incidences and sluggish
economic growth in tourist
source markets.
The sectors performance
fell below medium-term
targets, underscoring the need
for the Government to imple-
ment strategies to reverse its
dwindling fortunes.
These include increased
goods it produces.
The trade balance also
deteriorated by 6.3 per cent in
2013 mainly on account of a
reduction in domestic exports.
ICT
The communications arm of
the sector grew by 6.2 per cent
in 2013, but this was lower than
the 8.6 per cent increase it
registered in 2012.
The general industry was,
however, on the rise, with the
number of mobile connections
and Internet subscriptions
increasing.
The number of mobile
connections rose from 30.4
million in 2012 to 31.2 million
in 2013, while Internet
subscriptions rose from 8.5
million in 2012 to 13.3 million
in 2013.
The amount of money
transacted through mobile
money transfer services also
grew from Sh672 billion in June
2012 to Sh914 billion as at June
2013.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
The sector generally
performed well last year, with
activity at the Nairobi Securi-
ties Exchange (NSE) increasing.
The benchmark NSE
20-Share Index went up 19.2
per cent to 4,927 points from
4,133 points in 2012. The total
number of shares traded
Driving growth: Uhuru battles to x a virtually stagnant economy
investment in infrastructure,
improved security, implemen-
tation of Vision 2030 agship
projects like resort cities, and
continued diversication of
source markets.
TRADE
Wholesale and retail trade
form the largest component of
domestic trade and provide
opportunities for employment.
The sector has played an
important role in the growth
and development of the
economy.
However, according to
ofcial data, Kenyas total
exports declined by 3 per cent
from Sh517.8 billion in 2012 to
Sh502 billion in 2013.
Total imports increased by
2.8 per cent from Sh1.37 trillion
in 2012 to Sh1.41 trillion in
2013.
This has led to the export-
import ratio deteriorating from
37.7 per cent in 2012 to 35.5
per cent in 2013, which
generally means the country is
paying more for imported
items that it is receiving for
By NICHOLAS WAITATHU
It is unlikely that the Government will be able to rely on tradi-
tional sources to increase revenue collection from Sh973 billion
to Sh1.2 trillion to fund the 2014/15 Budget.
Instead, tough measures will be required to widen the tax
base as well as crack down on tax defaulters.
National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich said the
Government intends to increase total revenue collection to
Sh1.18 trillion in the next nancial year to fund a record Sh1.8
trillion Budget.
But the economic climate has not always been conducive to
the Governments targets. The high cost of doing business has
seen some investors skirt Kenya in favour of neighbouring
countries, and the political climate and emerging threat of
terrorism have made matters worse.
In 2012/13, a volatile political environment and non-passage
of the controversial Value Added Tax (VAT) Bill saw the Kenya
Revenue Authority fail to meet revenue collection targets.
According to data from the taxman, Sh800.4 billion was
collected against a target of Sh881.2 billion.
The Government is further challenged by system weaknesses
that lead to the loss of at least 30 per cent of its annual Budget.
Dr Thomas Kibua, a senior economist at the African Develop-
ment and Economic Consultants, has noted that the Govern-
ment loses funds to inated consultancy fees and public
procurement deals.
Tax leakages have denied the country a lot of revenue as the
taxman has not intensied efforts to crack down on defaulters.
Equally, the country loses a colossal amount of money every
year due to corruption in Government, added Mr Kareithi
Murimi, a tax analyst.
KRA has also been facing difculties collecting revenue from
some sectors due to a lack of data. For instance, in the property
market, rental income collection has remained depressed as
there is not enough information on the identity of landlords and
the rent they charge.
And with economic growth increasing at a near glacial pace,
going up just 0.1 per cent last year from 4.6 per cent in 2012, it
may be particularly difcult for the Government to achieve its
highest ever revenue target this coming nancial year.
However, Mr Rotich last week said KRA would fast track a raft
of measures to expand the revenue base and eliminate tax
leakages. The modernisation of VAT legislation is also expected
to simplify tax collection and enhance revenue yield.
The country will also need to enhance accountability and
maximise State agencies absorption capacity to avoid the
wastage of funds, said Samuel Nyandemo, a senior economics
lecturer at the University of Nairobi.
nwaitathu@standardmedia.co.ke
The headache in
boosting revenue
to Sh1.2 trillion
Kenya Revenue Authority Commissioner General
John Njiraini.
increased by 38.7 per cent to
7.6 billion from 5.5 billion over
a similar period.
Shareholders wealth, which
is measured by market
capitalisation, increased 51 per
cent to Sh1.92 trillion from
Sh1.27 trillion in 2012.
Further, the assets of the
insurance sector grew by 18.4
per cent to Sh358 billion in
2013.
The general insurance
business increased 10.6 per
cent to Sh129 billion, while
assets of the life insurance
business grew 24.1 per cent to
Sh195.9 billion.
According to the Economic
Survey 2014, liabilities of the
entire insurance industry
amounted to Sh259.8 billion,
representing a 14.2 per cent
growth from 2012.
Gross premiums in the
sub-sector also increased last
year, going up 20.6 per cent to
Sh131 billion from Sh108.6
billion the previous year.
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ROBERT
I would like to applaud Maryanne
for her enterprising nature. At 23, she
has made such great strides in wealth
creation. She is the kind of young
person more people should be
encouraged to emulate. Kudos for
highlighting her story.
JUNE
I have just read Maryannes story and
Im very inspired. I graduated from
campus last year and hold a degree in
communications, but Ive been unable to
get a job. Ive spent a lot of time in front
of the TV and in town with friends, but
her story has made me realise Im
wasting my prime years. I want to get
started in agriculture. Im sure I can
convince my parents to allow me to use a
small portion of their shamba to grow
something. Please send me her contacts
so that I can seek her advice on what
crops to grow, and which ones would
have the best market as I am quite
desperate to make money.
JOHN
Your edition last week had a lot of
wake-up calls. From XN Irakis letter to
the youth on job creation, to the two
young ladies you proled who are
making do with what they have rather
than relying on their education to get
white-collar jobs. I hope the youth of
Kenya are reading and paying
attention.
KINUTHIA
I have truly enjoyed the article on
creating wealth from seedlings. Kindly
assist me with Maryannes number. I
would like to know where she got that
Swedish soil she mentioned she
imported, plus the planting trays. Her
business idea sounds viable, and I, too,
know people desperately looking for
good quality seeds.
LUDO
Thank you for your inspirational
stories each week. I liked the story of
the lady involved in horticulture.
Please send me her contacts as I would
like to purchase some seedlings for a
greenhouse I have.
JABEZ
I would like to know how to build the
kind of greenhouse Maryanne said she
started with. Kindly help me get in touch
with her.
CAROL
I am a farmer in Kajiado County
and I also have seedlings for sale. How
can I nd a market for them? Please
send me Maryannes contacts as I
would like to discuss a partnership.
RODNEY
I have a greenhouse in Thika and Im
interested in starting another one purely
for seedlings. Kindly get me in touch with
Maryanne, Im interested in that special
soil from Sweden that she mentioned.
STELLA
Thank you for the very educative
stories you give us each week. They are
a good challenge and show us that
young people are thinking hard about
how to contribute to our economy. I
just pray that they get the necessary
support they need to continue
excelling at what they do.
WANJIKU
I enjoyed your wealth creation idea of
selling seedlings. I dont think people
appreciate the great potential in this
sector, I have experienced it rst hand
and encourage others to get involved.
Grow your money with tree tomato venture
By LILLIAN KIARIE
I
n a small village near
Limuru Town, there is a
garden that yields rich
juices and rened fruit salads.
Mr Benson Nyingi, who
owns the garden, is making a
good living selling blueberries,
strawberries, tree tomatoes and
sweet melons, exploiting a
market whose potential is still
unrealised.
The Ndenderu resident says
he left his former position as
horticulture manager after
disagreeing with his employer
on pay.
I was fully dedicated to the
job and did not picture myself
doing anything else. However,
when the need arose and I
asked for a raise, I got a
response that frustrated me
and I realised my growth
prospects in the company were
limited. If I was to make a
comfortable living, I had to be
brave and branch out, Mr
Nyingi says.
To give himself a safe
landing after quitting, he leased
an eighth of an acre in
Ndenderu. He started off
growing strawberries.
The strawberries ourished
and I started earning from the
farm. I was actually making
more than what I earned as a
manager.
I was able to rent another
eighth and started planting tree
tomatoes, mostly because they
are perennial, require little
attention and are high yield-
ing, he says.
Fuss free: The fruit is easy to grow,
thrives in most climates and is ready
for market eight months after planting
INVESTMENT IDEAS:
Nyingi planted the red oratia
variety after getting seedlings
from a farmer in his village. The
variety produces larger fruit
than most others.
I initially planted 150
seedlings each cost Sh125.
The loamy soil was good for the
tree tomatoes growth and I
was pleasantly surprised by the
produce.
His rst harvest raked in
three kilogrammes of tree
tomatoes from each plant. He
sold each kilo at Sh150.
I made about Sh55,000 with
minimal strain. This plant does
not require much work after
planting. I have made it a habit
to irrigate the plant with a 17kg
bucket of water every Wednes-
day, and I spray pesticides
occasionally, and thats it, he
says.
DECENT INCOME
Today, Nyingi has more than
350 plants and 5,000 seedlings
of the red oratia. When the fruit
is in season, he says he harvests
upwards of 600kgs of it, and it
has brought in a decent
income.
As an employee, I had to
rent a house in Limuru town
and even kept off having
children for fear of a higher
budget. But today, I own several
acres, Ive constructed a house
and my children attend good
schools.
Nyingi opted for the red
oratia variety because, unlike
the dwarf tree tomato, 97 per
cent of its yield is edible, and it
has a shelf lifespan of six
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I made about Sh55,000 with minimal
strain. This plant does not require much
work after planting,
Benson Nyingi
months.
When it is very ripe and
squishy, you can store it for
another month without it going
bad. Farmers should be advised
not to sell tree tomatoes at
throwaway prices when they
get ripe as they can be sold to
individuals who make juice
from the fruit.
It is not difcult to get into
tree tomato farming.
The plant, also known as
tamarillo or matunda ya damu
in Kiswahili, is shallow rooted
and grows to a height of 3 to 5.5
metres. The fruits are long
stalked and grow in clusters of
three to 12. They are smooth
and egg-shaped, with their skin
colour ranging from orange or
yellow to deep purple and
blood red.
The plants grow in perme-
able soil and are not tolerant to
waterlogging. To retain soil
moisture, you can apply mulch,
which has the added advantage
of slowing the growth of weeds.
Soils with a pH of 5 to 8.5 are
the most favourable.
The fruit grows best in areas
with plenty of sunlight, but in
dry climates, you will need to
provide shade.
In areas with a lot of wind,
you may need to prop up the
plant when its laden with fruit
as it has shallow roots and
could easily be blown over.
The fruit can be grown from
cuttings or seeds. Cuttings give
you shorter plants that are
suitable for windy regions,
while seeds produce taller
trees.
A single tree can produce
more than 20 kilos of fruits a
year, if well taken care of.
Mr George Wambugu is
another farmer who has found
success with tree tomatoes.
Three years ago, he was a
small-time businessman selling
pharmaceuticals in Iringa,
Tanzania. His big break came
when he learnt about the fruit
and started growing the red
oratia variety in Kenya.
PEST RESISTANT
He started off planting his
tree tomato seedlings in a
quarter acre. To his surprise, he
had fruits ready for market
within eight months.
But instead of selling his
yield in kilos, he sold each fruit
at Sh10, raking in Sh200,000
from his plants.
With the proceeds, he set up
a tree nursery and expanded
his plantation.
Demand for the fruit has
grown, and he now gets
customers from as far aeld as
Mombasa, and sells his Kenya
Horticultural Crops Develop-
ment Authority-certied
seedlings at a minimum Sh50
each.
He says that the plants are
generally pest-resistant, but
may be occasionally attacked
by green aphids and fruit ies.
This can be prevented by
spraying pesticide.
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Our services are not standard; we provide
last-mile logistics into remote frontier
areas,
GreggSmith
BUSINESS STRATEGY <<
Why Africa? What informed
FSGs business strategy to
target the continent with its
logistics services?
Gregg Smith: There are a
number of reasons for investing
in Africa. While Africa and
African markets present
tremendous investment
opportunities for business in
different sectors, its current
infrastructure void presents
challenges to penetration in
many parts of the continent.
That void, however, offers
opportunity for companies with
expertise in integrated logistical
supply chain infrastructure that
supports access to markets by
opening up previously inacces-
sible areas to investment and
business.
Our Chinese partners doing
business in Africa approached
us wanting logistical and supply
chain support for their opera-
tions on the continent. Consid-
ering Africa is expected to
attract infrastructure investment
to the tune of $1 trillion (Sh87
trillion) over the next 10 years, it
makes sound business sense to
position our expertise in supply
chain logistics in alignment with
this growth potential.
Our goal of establishing a
broad-based logistics business
will require signicant invest-
ment beyond aviation.
We also expect to make
investments in maritime and
construction assets, among
others. Notably we intend on
making signicant investments
in local human resources in
terms of hiring, training and
deploying workers.
Our long-term vision is to
establish and support the
technical trades so that our
workforce is truly Kenyan.
Why Kijipwa and Phoenix
Aviation?
Kijipwa was appealing to FSG
due to its strategic position near
the Port of Mombasa, and the
legendary reputation of its
founder, Mr Alan Herd. Mr Herd
has been a leader in Kenyan
aircraft maintenance for
decades.
With respect to Phoenix
Aviation, the particular business
was appealing for a number of
reasons. First, Phoenix has an
incredibly talented team; FSG
believes its pilots, technicians
and management are world
class. Second, it is a large
operation capable of serving a
diverse customer base. Phoe-
nixs current eet is also well
suited to support a variety of
missions.
Finally, Phoenixs leadership
team shares FSGs vision of
building a much more robust
business, centred on the Kenyan
aviation sector, a business that
has the nancial capital to
invest and grow with the
increasing number of multina-
tional businesses moving into
East Africa.
In a previous interview with a
local newspaper, you were
insistent that FSG is not a
security contractor, but
extremely vague on what
exactly you mean by logistics.
What is the nature of the
logistics services you plan to
offer to the Government, NGOs,
and mining and construction
companies?
Overcoming the logistical
supply chain challenges in
Africa lack of road or rail
access to remote areas and a
difcult aviation environment
we bring tier-one aviation
logistical capability. We
transport people, supplies and
highly specialised equipment to
areas difcult to reach by any
other means.
Our services are not
standard; we provide last-mile
logistics into remote frontier
areas. We will leverage both our
aviation and construction to
enable and enhance access to
remote areas.
With aviation, through
non-scheduled passenger and
cargo, we will support United
Nations missions as well as
mining and exploration sites.
With our construction
expertise, we will build runways
and airstrips in remote areas as
well as roads and rail infrastruc-
ture from our landing sites to
camps that we support, be they
exploration, mining or UN
mission camps.
Where required, as part of
our last-mile logistics, we have
the capability to construct
camps to support these
operations.
What is the nature of FSGs
parent companys ties with the
state-owned Citic Group in
Hong Kong?
FSG is a publicly owned
company with shares traded on
the open market. While we do
not have a majority share-
holder, our two largest
shareholders are Citic Group
and Hong Kong-based entre-
preneur Johnson Ko, each
owning about 20 per cent
shareholding.
Citic Group and Johnson Ko
both have seats on our board.
Beyond that, like any public
company, we have very many
shareholders.
China is already the dominant
player in Africas mining and
construction sectors. Is FSGs
African strategy purely a
business ploy to tap into the
billions of dollars in Kenya
Government projects con-
tracted to Chinese companies,
given FSGs close ties with
Beijing/Hong Kong?
FSG is a pan-African
business that will be headquar-
tered in Kenya. Our intention
and our business plan call for
us to work throughout Africa,
and not just in Kenya. We hope
to have many customers and
we certainly hope the Chinese
companies are part of those.
However, we hope to work
with local and multinational
companies from anywhere in
the world, with the UN and
Why Hong Kong rm prefers Nairobi
as hub for its EA logistics business
Mr Gregg Smith, CEO of Frontier Services Group, sees
potential in Kenyas aviation industry due to the
high demand, lack of capacity, growth in the East
African Community and investment in the trading blocs
mining sector. The logistic services company recently
acquired 49 per cent of Kijipwa, a Kili-based, family-
owned aviation rm, and has major shareholding in
Phoenix Aviation. He spoke to Peter Okongo.
AVIATION SERVICES:
NGOs all making up our broad
customer base. We want to work
with any company that has
logistical and supply chain
requirements that would benet
from our last-mile services.
What informed FSGs decision
to base its East Africa ofces in
Nairobi?
We believe that Kenya has a
terric talent pool that we
intend to bring into the
business and develop because
our delivery model is based on
local expertise in all the
countries where we will do
business. The aviation infra-
structure in Kenya is suitable as
the hub of our operations, and
the regulatory environment is,
comparatively, conducive to
regulatory compliant foreign
investment.
FSG has a strategy to become
the premier provider of logistics
services in Africa. We believe
that the highest-value logistics
services start with aviation and
the best market to launch in is
Kenya, which is recognised as
an African aviation hub and is
certainly the gateway to East
Africa.
What will distinguish the
medical evacuation (medevac)
services FSG plans to offer
from what is already in the
Kenyan market and make it a
protable venture, given that
in Nairobi we already have
AAR, Kenya Red Cross and the
Flying Doctors Service?
The additional medevac
capacity, leveraging our
last-mile aviation and construc-
tion capability, penetrate closer
to the sites and frontier
environments where people are
working. We can position our
aircraft and doctors closer to
the sites, shortening the
emergency response time.
We believe that our
medevac offering will be
complementary to those
already present in the Kenyan
and other African markets.
In addition, we are looking
to offer an increased level of
care, given the nature of the
customers we will support. We
are considering airlifting
trauma surgeons into the site
when the nature of the
emergency makes patient
evacuation life threatening.
This will require specialised
aircraft that supports mobile
surgery units.
What is the initial sum that
FSG will invest in setting up
its operations in Nairobi?
As previously disclosed, our
initial investment will exceed
$30 million (Sh2.6 billion).
Can you put numbers to the
size of local and foreign staff
that will be operating in your
Nairobi ofces?
Our operating headquar-
ters will be in Kenya, and the
majority of our executives will
be in Nairobi. However, we
expect to have employees
throughout the country,
initially in Nairobi and
Mombasa.
At the onset, our employ-
ees will number in the
hundreds and we anticipate
this number to grow to the
thousands in three to ve
years. The majority of these
positions will be skilled
employees and we expect
those to be locals in Kenya and
in other African countries.
As our delivery model is
through developing local
expertise, we will have a 1:1
expatriate to local ratio in our
rst 12 months for skills
transfer and skills building.
bizbeat@standardmedia.co.ke
Our
Chinese
partners
doing
business in
Africa
approached
us wanting
logistical
and supply
chain
support for
their
operations
on the
continent.
Gregg
Smith
By PASCAL MWANDAMBO
As the rate of the countrys
population growth hits worrying
levels, the need for affordable
housing has never been more
pressing.
And with mortgages and home
prices out of the reach of the
majority, there has been a drive to
bring down the costs of construc-
tion by introducing affordable and
durable materials that would lower
costs.
Voi town in Taita Taveta County
has witnessed rapid growth in the
recent past and the growing
demand for affordable, quality
housing is one of the major
challenges the county government
is grappling with.
However, a local organisation has
been working around the clock to
produce housing materials that
promise to lower construction costs
by at least 30 per cent.
The Malewa Trust was started in
2004 as a community-based
organisation (CBO) to improve
environmental awareness in Voi and
its environs, as well as build the
youth and womens nancial
capacity.
According to the CBOs founder
and chairman, Mr Chris Campbell
Clause, one issue that was noted
with concern was that most makers
of housing blocks made their
materials stronger by heating them
in huge kilns that used wood.
ROASTING BLOCKS
We noted that roasting blocks in
kilns was destroying forest cover
and damaging the environment, so
we sought to come up with a more
innovative and environmentally
friendly approach, he told Business
Beat.
To do so, Malewa Trust ventured
into making interlocking blocks,
which are durable, affordable and
more reliable for local construction
demands.
The construction industry in Voi
is growing so rapidly that the need
for affordable construction
materials has never been more
apparent, said Mr Campbell, who
used to build shelters for refugees
at the Daadab camp.
If the demand for the organisa-
tions blocks is anything to go by, he
is right. The trust has employed 20
local youths who earn an average
Sh1,000 a day, which is higher than
the average payment rate for casual
labourers in the town.
Most of the construction blocks
in Voi come from Thika, which is
more than 300 kilometres away. By
going for the innovative interlocking
blocks, we wanted to ll the gap in
the construction industry in the
town by providing reliable and
affordable materials using what is
locally available, says Campbell.
AFFORDABLE
He says the trust has 30,000
blocks in Voi town and another
150,000 in Taita village in the
outskirts of Maungu township.
The blocks we have at the
moment are enough to put up about
20 two to three-bedroomed houses
in Voi town.
We are encouraging more youth
and women to join the trust to that
they can build their nancial
capacity through making and selling
blocks.
Each block is sold at Sh25, which
is cheaper than most other
construction materials.
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The Sh25 building blocks making home ownership a reality
REAL ESTATE:
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We never thought groundnuts would give
us a steady ow of cash and be embraced
by the community,
Titus Obundu
>> ENTREPRENEURS
Farmers strike gold with
fast-growing groundnuts
By GRACE WEKESA
R
esidents of Khwisero
Constituency in Kaka-
mega County are
embracing groundnut farming
as sugarcane growing loses its
appeal.
The community has resorted
to growing groundnuts due to
poor yields from sugarcane,
high costs of inputs and low pay
received from millers.
Groundnuts, on the other
hand, are high yielding, disease
resistant, mature after six
months and certied seeds are
widely available.
FLOW OF CASH
Mr Titus Obundu, the
chairman of the Shirombe
Self-help Group, which grows
groundnuts, said of the crop:
We began the project two
years ago, and each day our
membership is growing. We
never thought groundnuts
would give us a steady ow of
cash and be embraced by the
community.
The group has more than
1,500 members. Those looking
to join them are required to pay
a Sh500 registration fee.
Quick uptake: Former sugarcane
growers nd a steady income by
making peanut butter from the crop
Malewa Trust
employees
with some of
the interlock-
ing blocks
they have
made. [PHOTO:
PASCAL
MWANDAMBO/
STANDARD]
Mr Obundu says they opted
for groundnuts because the
crop matures after a short time
and does not require much
labour.
The group plants the red
valencia variety of groundnuts.
Their idea, however, was to get
into value addition.
Therefore, after harvesting,
the nuts are dried, roasted,
ground and processed through
a machine to make peanut
butter. Salt is the only ingredi-
ent added, and a nearby factory
does the packaging.
Our farms are small and in
most cases our members lease
land from the community to
increase their harvest and
enable us produce enough
peanut butter for sale, Obundu
said.
They grind 100 kilos of nuts
a day for peanut butter.
A hundred kilos is still low
for us, but this is attributed to
the lack of enough land to grow
groundnuts on. We hope to
grind 1,000 kilos a day to meet
the market demand, which
keeps growing daily, said Ms
Agnes Amanya, the treasurer of
the group.
Shirombe makes between
livestock has increased in the
last six months, and we are
trying hard not to disappoint
our clients.
She said the groups biggest
challenge at the moment is
getting Kenya Bureau of
Standards (Kebs) certication.
She said the lack of the Kebs
label on peanut butter has
limited them to making sales
within Kakamega County and
in parts of Bungoma.
FIGHT POVERTY
The lack of Kebs certica-
tion is holding back our
expansion as we can only sell
the product in this region,
despite getting opportunities to
take it to other counties.
However, we are still engaging
Kebs on this, she said.
The group is hoping the
Kakamega County government
will support their project,
which they say has the poten-
tial to increase the countys
income, eradicate poverty and
VALUE ADDITION:
Sh6,000 and Sh8,000 on a good
day, with the higher range
achieved during exhibitions, on
market days and at the end of
the month.
They package the peanut
butter in 800 and 400-gramme
containers, which retail at
Sh250 and Sh150, respectively.
The Kenya Agriculture
Productivity Programme
(Kapap) is spearheading the
project and has provided
training for farmers on new
farming technologies and value
addition.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Mr James Libaako, the
Kapap co-ordinator for Butere,
said farmers in the Mumias/
Butere zones have taken up
groundnut farming with a lot of
zeal.
Many farmers in the area
have now resorted to growing
groundnuts because of their
immense benets, such as
resistance to disease and quick
maturity. We are working
closely with them to offer
advice and ensure they follow
the right channels from
planting to selling.
The crop has also provided
livestock feed.
The feed from groundnuts
increases milk and egg
production, Ms Fridah
Shikuku, a member of the
Shirombe group, insists.
As a result, demand for
groundnut leaves for feeding
create employment opportuni-
ties for the youth.
A lack of packaging materi-
als and storage and transport
facilities are among other
challenges the group faces.
They are forced to bring in
packaging containers through
middlemen in Nairobi as they
cannot access the materials
locally.
Our funds are limited and
the little we get is used to buy
materials and invest in the
project. We have to get our
packaging material from the
city, which at times delays our
getting the product to the
market, said Obundu.
The group plans to form a
co-operative society to help
them save and access loans to
expand their business and
empower members.
They also intend to start
leasing land from neighbouring
towns to increase the acreage
under groundnuts.
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By JACKSON OKOTH
Fraud and Nigeria are often mentioned in the
same breath.
Tired of the increasing debit and credit card
fraud, the Central Bank Governor of Nigeria in
2009 decreed that all Nigerian banks replace
their customers Automated Teller Machine (ATM)
cards from an archaic and easily hacked
technology to one that was more secure.
The move helped lower incidences of ATM
fraud by more than 90 per cent by 2010,
according to Nigerias central bank.
In South Africa, credit card fraud reached
Sh36.5 billion in 2008, a 146 per cent increase
from the previous year, according to the South
African Banking Risk Information Centre. This
increase in fraudulent transactions also saw the
country begin to migrate to more secure cards in
2009.
Taking the cue from the Nigerians and South
Africans, the rest of Africa, including Kenya and
Rwanda, is shifting the security technology used
on ATM cards.
Kenyan banks are emulating their Nigerian and
South African brothers by replacing the use of
magnetic stripe technology in their ATM cards
with chip and pin technology.
The great migration should happen by the
end of this month. After this, any costs associ-
ated with fraud involving non-compliant cards
will be borne by the issuing bank.
The shift in Kenya is intended to reduce
fraudulent transactions, which were estimated to
have nearly tripled to Sh1.6 billion in the rst
nine months of last year, from Sh655.6 over the
same period in 2012.
Magnetic stripe technology, where a magnet
strip is placed at the back of a card with a users
information, has one major drawback: fraudsters
are able to copy the data stored on the card using
simple card-reading devices, and reproduce it.
The new chip and pin technology the countrys
banking sector is adopting relies on, like the
name suggests, a chip inserted in the card that
bears a users condential information. The chip
is heavily encrypted, making it much harder to
clone.
Further, it requires the use of a pin (personal
identication number) instead of a signature in
all instances, which improves transaction
security.
In France, the 2006 introduction of chip cards
reduced losses to card fraud from Sh2.1 billion to
Sh602.5 million. And since 2008, when migration
to the technology was completed, no card cloning
has been reported, according to Frances central
bank, Banque de France.
The technology Kenya is adopting will comply
with the EMV standard, which is also being used
by countries in Europe, Latin America and Asia.
EMV is a set of standards dened by Europay,
MasterCard and Visa, hence the acronym. But the
E in EMV does not exist anymore. Europay
merged with MasterCard International to form
13
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No one knows how this thing is going to
play out, but the Anglo Leasing ghosts and
their lawyers arent stupid and must have
closed obvious loopholes, MohamedWehliye
BANKING <<
EMV MIGRATION:
Why we must pay Anglo Leasing debt
companies or countries in the
secondary markets, and then
seek repayment of the full face
value together with interest,
penalties and legal costs.
If this repayment is not made
by the borrower, the creditor can
impound assets of the country
or company in an effort to force
repayment. They can turn a
bond purchased for ve cents
into a repayment of a full dollar,
a phenomenal return on
investment.
In the case of Argentina, the
vulture funds bought the
countrys debt cheaply when it
had an economic crisis and
speculated that the country
would go bankrupt. When it did
COMMENT:
MOHAMED
WEHLIYE
T
he Anglo Leasing-related
rms and the court
judgements they
obtained in the United
Kingdom and Switzerland
bring to mind the current court
battles between Argentina and
some American vulture
funds.
Vulture funds are funds
run by investors who purchase
cheap debt from distressed
and defaulted, they refused to
join the vast majority of
Argentinas creditors in agreeing
to reduce the amount they were
owed. The South American
country had reached an
agreement with most of its
private creditors to pay 30 cents
for every dollar owed under a
restructured debt deal.
NML Capital, a US hedge
fund that pioneered vulture
fund activity by winning a case
against Peru in the 1990s, sued
Argentina. It won a landmark
case last year in which a New
York court asked Argentina to
pay the full face value of the
bonds the rm held. Argentina
has refused to pay because if it
does so, it would have to pay all
the other creditors who
accepted the restructured deals
and moved on.
It has appealed to the US
Supreme Court and if it does not
succeed there, the country may
have to default once again to get
out of the current mess.
Of course the magnitude of
the problem we face with our
own Anglo Leasing vultures is
not as big, but the consequenc-
es, if we fail to pay them, will be
very real and equally painful.
No one knows how this
whole thing is going to play out,
but the Anglo Leasing ghosts
and their lawyers arent stupid
and must have closed all the
obvious loopholes. They are
denitely ready to attack.
As Cabinet Secretary Henry
Rotich and other Treasury
mandarins noted, the vultures
rst target will be the proposed
Eurobond the country plans to
issue in the next few months.
All governments need to fund
themselves, and Kenya is no
exception. But with these two
court orders hanging over its
neck, the Government could
nd it much more difcult to
sell its debt in the international
markets. And if it did, it would
denitely have to pay a pre-
mium given that it will have to
disclose the fact that there are
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Kenyan banks join African
race to end ATM card fraud
H
ow much do you really
know about what is
happening in the minds
of your customers and clients?
How many decisions do you
make based on what people are
saying on social networking
sites, blogs and discussion
forums?
Many organisations in
Kenya are realising that the
traditional methods of data
gathering, storage, analysis and
reporting need to be redened
especially for customers who
increasingly express their
preferences and transact with
companies through interactive
channels.
Leveraging big data on these
interactions is a way to gain
deeper, meaningful insights
about customers and clients.
Big data is a technology
industry term that describes
data collection in large
quantities, complex and
difcult to process with regular
tools and applications.
Big data is rapidly expand-
ing, and is mostly generated by
Web 2.0 applications (social
networks, video-sharing sites,
blogs, discussion forums, etc),
and machine-generated data
from various devices connected
to the Internet, such as servers,
sensors, mobile devices and
cameras.
REAL-TIME DECISIONS
Big data is particularly
relevant for Kenyas nancial
services sector. Banks are
making real-time decisions
based on data provided by
mobile and Internet technolo-
gies, which are facilitating
tremendous customer base
growth.
Insurance companies are
keen to replicate this same
growth using mobile transac-
tion platforms.
They are not alone. Accord-
ing to PwCs Africa CEO Survey,
98 per cent of business leaders
in Africas nancial services
sector are looking for new ways
to increase customer demand
and loyalty.
Half of them see shifts in
consumer preferences and
behaviours as a serious
business threat; 77 per cent say
that users of social media
inuence their business
strategy.
Big data can be used to
How to squeeze more value
out of big data investments
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE:
IN BRIEF:
SociBot: Robot that
knows how you feel
Capable of mimicking human expressions and
emotions, the SociBot is designed to bring a
human touch to teleconferencing or to imitate
your friends.
Its like having a real presence in the room,
says Nic Carey, research co-ordinator at Engi-
neered Arts, the company behind the device.
You simply upload a static photo of the face
you want it to mimic and our software does the
rest, animating the features down to subtle mouth
twitches and eyes that follow you around the
room.
The face of a disembodied colleague staring
out from a silvery helmet might not be what youd
expect at your average teleconference, but the
company thinks it could transform the way we
interact over long distances by simulating the
subtleties of human expression, recreating the
things that may be lost on a at screen when using
applications like Skype or FaceTime.
Designed to be gender and ethnically neutral,
the translucent mask is projected on from within,
the chosen face 3D-mapped on to its surface, and
speech perfectly lip-synched, while the head turns
and tilts as it talks.
The SociBot retails at Sh2.1 million.
3D: Forget bricks,
print your house
Architects in Amsterdam have started building
what they say is one of the worlds rst full-sized
3D-printed houses.
The structure is being built using a plastic
heavily based on plant oil. The plastic can be
sourced from recycled waste materials, such as
packaging materials. The team behind the house
claim it is a waste-free, eco-friendly way to design
and construct the cities of the future.
The pieces printed out will be slotted together.
It is expected to take years to complete.
It is expected that 3D will continue to
revolutionise the future. Already, a survivor of a
serious motorbike accident, Mr Stephen Power
from the UK, had pioneering surgery to recon-
struct his face using a series of 3D-printed parts.
Lawsuit: Samsung
to pay Apple Sh10b
Samsung has been ordered to pay $119.6
million (Sh10.4 billion) to Apple by a US court for
infringing two of its patents.
A jury in California delivered its verdict in a
federal court in San Jose on Friday in the latest
lawsuit involving the two tech giants.
Apple had sought $2 billion (Sh173.8 billion) at
the trial, accusing Samsung of violating patents
on smartphone features, including functions such
as the slide to unlock from its device.
The court also ruled that Apple infringed
Samsungs patents and awarded $158,000 (Sh13.7
million) in damages.
The verdict will probably come as a blow for
Apple, which portrayed Samsung as resorting to
the dark side of intentional copying.
The gure would appear to reect the jurys
belief that Apples settlement claim was unfairly
inated; Samsung argued all along that it should
be far lower, not least because some of the
patents were never even incorporated into the
iPhones software.
Samsung denied any wrongdoing and sought
$6 million (Sh521.4 million) after arguing Apple
had infringed two of its smartphone patents
related to camera use and video transmission.
Twitter: Firm tries
out mute feature
Twitter is trialling a feature in its mobile apps
that allows users to mute accounts that are
becoming irritating.
Unlike the block function, which is designed to
stop communications with an undesirable user
completely, muting is intended to be temporary.
It will mean users can block out people who,
for example, live tweet football matches every
weekend, or post about TV talent shows.
Many third-party Twitter apps have offered a
mute option for some time.
According to technology news site The Verge,
selected users running Twitters Apple iOS and
Google Android apps reported seeing the feature
appear.
The Verge described muting as a stealth
unfollow, ideal for ignoring work colleagues.
Twitter has not commented specically on its
plans for rolling out the mute feature.
But in a blog post about experimentation,
the company explained: You may see some
features that your friend doesnt see, or
vice-versa. This is all in service of making Twitter
the best it can be. We appreciate your help in
doing that, so thank you.
Compiled from agencies
leverage information about
demand, preferences, transac-
tions, social media and more to
inform decision making.
It is time for nancial
services organisations in Kenya
to start using the vast volumes
of consumer information in
their data centres and in
cyberspace.
Proling and targeting new
customers based on spending,
investing and online habits,
while targeting existing
customers to cross-sell, will
provide a competitive edge.
Organisations may struggle
to set up their data warehouse/
business intelligence systems to
improve the quality of manage-
ment decisions. Even if they get
it right, they may only have a
partial view of their systems
possibilities, unless they can
mine data for deep insight on
customers.
That insight is derived from
buying preferences and social
media behaviour, and informa-
tion from location-tagging
technology. Knowing who your
customers are, what they want,
and how and where they want it
leads to better and faster
decision making.
Organisations want infor-
mation that reveals how
individuals are using products
and services they buy to deliver
more personal, higher quality
experiences. Never underesti-
mate what a surprise gift or spa
voucher may achieve with your
top customer or target!
Knowing what internal and
external data to collect, how to
analyse and interpret it, and
feeding this insight into your
management or board meetings
might be the edge you need to
design your next successful
product or ground-breaking
sales strategy.
POSSIBLE RISKS
Even as organisations
explore the possibilities of
using big data, they must focus
on possible risks, such as
privacy. Organisations leverag-
ing the power of big data must
understand the legal implica-
tions and requirements of
information gathering and seek
permissions from governments
and individuals.
Information security is also
a concern; organisations must
properly dene who has access
to data.
Ownership and control of
data, cyber security, data
integrity, large volumes of data,
hardware reliability, speed of
assessing data and regulatory
compliance are other common
issues to keep on the radar.
Experts in data mining and
associated skills can help rms
explore this new frontier.
Kenyas nancial services
sector is setting the pace in East
Africa and beyond by leverag-
ing technology to provide
avenues for business growth
and deeper customer engage-
ment. Big data allows organisa-
tions of all kinds to see ahead
and differentiate themselves in
the marketplace.
The writer is a manager with
PwC Kenyas Risk Assurance
Services practice and an IT risk
assurance specialist.
bizbeat@standardmedia.co.ke
TIMOTHYOKAFOR
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Knowing who your customers are, what
they want, and how and where they want
it leads to better and faster decision
making, Timothy Okafor
TECHSPHERE <<
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We cannot afford to be left behind because a
weak system here is a threat to the entire
global nancial system,
Habil Olaka
>> BANKING
African banks rush to shut
the door on data thieves
We must pay Anglo Leasing debt
EMV MIGRATION: COMMENT:
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MasterCard Worldwide. The EMV
standards are now controlled by a
not-for-prot-company called EMVCo,
which is jointly owned by MasterCard,
Visa, American Express, JCB and China
Union Pay.
We cannot afford to be left behind
because a weak system here is a threat to
the entire global nancial system, said
Mr Habil Olaka, the chief executive of the
Kenya Bankers Association (KBA).
We are proud that Kenya is currently
one of the few countries in Africa that
have adopted the EMV compliance
standard, placing the country at par with
other leading countries in enhancing
fraud mitigation systems. By meeting the
global standard for credit and debit card
payments, our banks will be able to
materially deal with the risk, leading to an
increase in consumer condence in using
credit and debit cards.
According to KBA, by the end of last
month, more than 70 per cent of the
cards in Kenya had been converted to
chip and pin technology and certied
EMV-compliant by Visa or MasterCard.
To coincide with the issuance of the
new EMV cards, banks last year com-
pleted the upgrade of their ATMs and
point of sale (POS) terminals to comply
with the security standard.
And with this, local nancial institu-
tions are expected to shut the door on the
global network of data criminals and their
collaborating hackers, phishers and
dumpster divers who trawl banking
systems, looking for loopholes that will
enable them empty accounts.
LOOKING FOR LOOPHOLES
It is important to note that the
magnetic stripe cards still work, and
customers can still use these cards, said
Mr Olaka. But we appreciate that
customers are keen to have the EMV-
compliant chip cards, and I would like to
reassure them that banks are working
hard to issue them.
To mark ATM Awareness Month, we will
run a series of informative articles on the
EMV migration. Next week, we discuss
the benets of chip and pin cards.
bizbeat@standardmedia.co.ke
some international court
judgements against it and which
it has failed to settle. Investors
dont like people who dont pay
their debts, irrespective of how
those debts were incurred.
Kenyan assets outside the
country will also be vulnerable
to conscation to enforce these
court decrees. After years of
pursuing Argentina through
foreign courts, NML Capital, for
example, impounded Argen-
tinas naval vessel, Libertad, in a
Ghanaian port in October 2012
after obtaining a court order
from a Ghanaian court.
But it is not only physical
assets that these vultures will
be targeting. They will also be
after the Governments cash. If
the Government went ahead
and issued the bond without
settling this debt, the Anglo
Leasing vultures could still
catch up with it on the virtual
streets of the international
nancial markets.
The Kenya bond will be a
dollar-denominated debt, and
whenever youre dealing in
dollars, various intermediaries
are going to be transferring the
money into US bank accounts.
Faced with an inability to
directly affect GoK action, the
vultures could instead go after
these banks. Armed with the
judgments, they will force the
concerned institutions to pay
them with the money Kenya
hands over to pay bondholders.
UNFAIR AND PAINFUL
Paying the Anglo Leasing
vultures is surely unfair and
painful. Any debt arising from
these fraudulent deals is no
doubt also illegitimate. But we
cant run away from them now if
there are court orders issued in
international jurisdictions
where we want to do business.
Unfortunately, international
law does not exempt citizens of
a corrupt regime from repaying
a debt incurred by corrupt
ofcials for nefarious purposes.
Government debt is supposed to
be paid, no matter who runs the
country.
Just like South Africans today
bear the debts of the apartheid
regime that borrowed from
private banks to nance the
military and police and repress
the African majority, we
Kenyans have to bear today the
burden of past corrupt regimes.
We have no choice but to
defer to international norm and
accept responsibility for these
debts because defaulting would
hurt our chances of managing
the economy.
The Sh1.4 billion debt could
in effect force us back into the
domestic markets, fuelling
ination and a high cost of
credit. That would cost us 20
times the gure we are trying to
protect in one year alone.
In any case, this debt wont
go away. It will continue to pile
up and some administration
would have to settle it one day
in the future. Let us pay the
vultures, but also make sure
we get them so that they dont
get to enjoy the fruits of their
labour.
Those saying, Cant pay,
wont pay, would have to give
us an alternative course of
action. They would have to tell
us how intransigence would not
extract a toll on the nations
economy and exclude us from
international capital markets.
The writer is a senior vice
president at Riyad Bank, Saudi
Arabia.
bizbeat@standardmedia.co.ke
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While the market was largely upbeat during the
week (41 counters up), the benchmark NSE 20
Share Index was broadly unchanged at 4,959.91,
StandardInvestment Bank
Stock Price % week on week % year to date
Safaricom 13.10 0.4% 20.7%
KCB 50.00 0.5% 5.8%
Equity Bank 38.50 6.2% 25.2%
KenolKobil 8.90 -0.6% -11.9%
Stock Price % week on week % year to date
Liberty Kenya 22.00 14.6% 46.2%
Kenya Orchards 7.20 9.9% 140.0%
CFC Stanbic 134.00 8.1% 54.0%
CIC Insurance 10.45 7.2% 75.6%

Stock Price % week on week % year to date
Bamburi Cement 170.00 -8.1% -19.0%
BOC Kenya 137.00 -7.4% 9.6%
Standard Group 30.00 -7.0% 15.4%
Longhorn Kenya 12.90 -3.7% -4.4%

Accounting
for last
weeks
largest net
inows, KCB
closed at
a 52-week
high of Sh50.
The bank
released
results for
the rst
quarter
of 2014,
reporting
an 11 per
cent rise
in interest
income.
While the market was largely upbeat during
the week (41 counters up), the benchmark NSE
20 Share Index was broadly unchanged at
4,959.91. The NSE All Share Index notched 0.9
per cent higher as large caps beneted from
heavy investor trading.
Equity turnover went up by 2.9 per cent to
Sh3.7 billion. Foreign participation went down
14.1 per cent as local investors remained active.
The gainers list had newcomers, with Liberty
Kenya at the top of the list, adding 14.6 per cent,
week on week, to its value. Media reports
indicate that the insurance company is consider-
ing a buyout in Strategis (a Tanzania-based
insurance company) as part of the ongoing
restructuring of its Tanzania business. Crown
Berger also rose 7.1 per cent after releasing FY13
results last week. The company reported a 16.4
per cent rise in revenue from the previous year.
CIC notched 7.2 per cent higher as local investors
took positions on the counter in anticipation of
the bonus shares the company is set to issue.
Foreign investors bullish run on Equity Bank
continued last week, leading the counter to a
new 52-week high. Equity Bank notched 6.2 per
cent higher to close at Sh38.50. The bank is set
to issue 300,000 smartphones to retailers as it
prepares to launch mobile operations this
month. Accounting for the weeks largest net
inows, KCB also ended on a 52-week high of
Sh50. The bank released 1Q14 results, reporting
an 11 per cent rise in interest income.
On the losers list, Bamburi topped the list,
having hit a 52-week low to close the week at
Sh170.
Standard Investment Bank
Top Gainers
Top Movers
Top Losers
NSE All Share Index 151.85
Market capitalisation Sh2.111 trillion
Total shares traded 27,759,000
Equity turnover Sh916,508,389
Statistics as at May 2, 2014
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