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BY DAVID MACHARIA
@DavidMacharia1
davemash1@gmail.com
AND BERNARD OGEMBO
@benogeh
Ogembobernard@yahoo.com
T
he former leader of the out-
lawed Mungiki sect Maina
Njenga survived death by a
whisker when gunmen sprayed his
vehicle with bullets.
However, four men and a woman
in his company died on the spot. Two
other men were seriously injured
JOSEPH KURIA | NATION
Former Mungiki leader
Maina Njenga at Nyahu-
ruru General Hospital yes-
terday after being shot by
unknown people. He was
later transferred to a Nai-
robi hospital. Inset: The
mangled vehicle in which
he was travelling.
ATTACK | Maina Njenga in hospital after lover, driver and bodyguard shot dead in ambush
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END OF
SHOW?
P. 3 Tusker
Project Fame, the
popular reality
TV programme,
may be coming
to an end despite
hopes for a new
season
Now Cord calls for
security reforms
Back Opposition says senior
military and intelligence team
comes from one community
Lifestyle A letter by 26 women to
the Pope declaring love for men of
the cloth stirs fresh celibacy debate
We want to marry
your priests, please
News P. 2-11
Opinion P. 12-13
Letters P. 14
Sunday Review P. 15-31
Business P. 36-41-32
World P. 42-44
Sport P. 46-51
INDEX
Ex-Mungiki
boss escapes
as ve killed
Why Ruto moved
to save Waiguru
from the sack
President and his deputy support Devolution minister for fear of splitting Jubilee
coalition and exposing cabinet secretaries to blackmail by politicians Page 15
POWER GAMES | Deant Linturi vows to collect more signatures to impeach Uhurus ally
with Mr Njenga suering gunshot
wounds.
One of the four slain men, Dickson
Mwangi, was Mr Njengas rst cousin.
The woman, Grace Wairimu Nyam-
bere, in her 20s, lived in his Kitengela
home as the woman of the house,
according to sources. She moved in
after the burial of Mr Njengas rst
wife Virginia Nyakio in 2011. She
is said to be the daughter of gospel
musician Elizabeth Nyambere.
Yesterday, Mr Njengas entourage of
two vehicles, a Subaru Forrester and
a Premio which carried his security
detail, was attacked at Ngirigacha, on
the Gilgil-Nyahururu road. Mr Njenga
was in the Subaru. The scene of the
bloody incident is about 10 kilometres
from Nyahururu town.
Maina survives ambush as lover, driver
GUN ATTACK | Motorcade of two vehicles was attacked at Ngirigacha area, along the Gilgil-Nyahururu road
Mr Njengas mission to Nyahururu
was not immediately known but close
relatives conded to the Sunday Na-
tion that some of his close associates
have a project in Nyandarua and
Laikipia counties.
Mr Njenga suered bullet wounds to
his left hand and right shoulder when
the two vehicles were sprayed with
bullets. Witnesses said Ms Wairimu
was not shot but was thrown out of the
vehicle, which rolled. One of the dead
men was driving the Premio.
A shaken Mr Njenga and the two
injured men were taken to Nyahururu
district hospital and then transferred
to a city hospital last night.
The Subaru had 25 bullet marks
while the other vehicle had nine.
The windows of the vehicles were
completely shattered.
A witness at the scene said after the
shooting, Mr Njenga walked out of
the bullet riddled vehicle into the one
that took him to hospital. The other
victims had to be helped out.
Nyandarua County Police com-
mander Hamisi Mabeya, who was
accompanied by the county CID boss
and Nyandarua West district deputy
County Commissioner Paul Famba,
said it was not clear what transpired.
He appealed to anybody who might
have witnessed the shooting to help
police with information.
Scene of crime police ocers col-
lected items from the bodies in a bid
to identify the victims. Soon after
the shooting, hundreds of curious
residents travelled from Nyahururu
town to the scene.
The attackers may have chosen the
area because it is isolated. On either
side of the road are two expansive
farms, one belonging to Kenya Ag-
ricultural Research Institute and the
other a new site for Animal Health
Industrial Training Institute farm.
On arrival at the hospital, Mr
Njenga and the two survivors , a man
and a woman, were taken for x-ray
and admitted. The woman appeared
to have been shot in the stomach and
the man had a broken leg.
Nyandarua Governor Daniel Wait-
haka visited the scene but declined
to talk to the press.
Mr Njenga has in the past re-
nounced Mungiki and is now a
pastor who runs his own church
in Kitengela. Recent reports have
indicated a power struggle between
factions of ex-Mungiki adherents and
active gang members.
JOSEPH KURIA| NATION
Police ocers and residents of Ngirigacha area carry one of the four bodies to a police vehicle before they were taken to the
Nyahururu mortuary. RIGHT: A woman who survived the attack is wheeled to hospital.
We do
not know
yet what
transpired
and anybody
who could
have
witnessed
the shooting
should help
police with
information
Mr Famba
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SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
2 | National News
BY JOHN MUCHIRI
jmuchiri@ke.nationmedia.com
The future of the regions big-
gest reality show remains unclear
with reports that East African
Breweries Limited (EABL) may
be considering ending their six-
year sponsorship.
Tusker Project Fame (TPF),
which is relayed in reality show
format, pits a number of contest-
ants from East Africa against
each other. Every week, they are
trained in singing, performance
and presentation, while audiences
and judges are tasked with voting
out those performers who do not
seem to progress in their lessons
each week.
EABL did not immediately
provide an ocial comment, but
a manager, who requested ano-
nymity, was non-committal.
At the moment, Im not in
a position to confirm or deny
those rumours. What I can tell
you is that the company is plan-
ning the new nancial year, and
it shall be decided whether the
sponsorship will go on or not,
said the ocial.
The big question is, should
Tusker go ahead and close the
door on this reality show?
Popular TPF judge Ian Mbu-
gua says that he would not be
surprised if Tusker pulled out of
the reality show.
I have been a TPF judge since
it started, says Mbugua. The way
things have been going of late, I
feel it is about time for Tusker
to step back and re-evaluate the
reality show, and see where they
have been going wrong.
He agrees that while TPF is
a brilliant idea, the end result is
not. The outcome, after all those
years, is not satisfactory at all.
David Muriithi, who was a
judge during the rst season of
TPF, looks at it dierently.
Other than the loss of that aspi-
rational value that many upcoming
musicians have every year, lots of
suppliers and jobs will be on the
losing end too, says Muriithi.
Is this the
end of Tusker
talent show?
BY BILLY MUIRURI
bmuiruri@ke.nationmedia.com
At least three pieces of
land, buildings and millions
of shillings in cash are at
the centre of a vicious war
between former adherents of
the Mungiki sect and some
land dealers in Kajiado and
Machakos counties.
A fallout between ex-
Mungiki leader Maina Njenga
and the owner of the plot
where his Hope International
Church is situated in Kitengela
precipitated the land clashes
that have now left at least
seven people dead.
Mr Njenga is alleged to have
fallen out with the close as-
sociate over a con game that
has seen some of his ardent
supporters lose money in land
and property deals.
The land dealers collected
at least Sh60,000 from youths
to subdivide chunks of land
which have now turned out
to be private property.
Other youths were asked to
buy shares worth Sh200,000
to own, among other things,
three buildings in Kitengela.
The property in dispute
spread across Kitengela and
Olooloitikoshi locations,
according to documents ob-
tained by Sunday Nation.
Most of Mr Njengas fol-
lowers are now claiming
their money back from the
land dealers who in retalia-
tion have hired some of the
former adherents of the sect
as their defence forces.
Investigations show the
problem has persisted for
more than 10 years but only
became public after Mr Njenga
and his ally diered.
Some of Mr Njengas fol-
lowers are already eking out
a living elsewhere, hence their
ability to pay for the shares
while the group linked to the
ex-Mungiki leaders associate-
turned-foe is yet to benet
from the sects exploits and
now want their share.
Central in the controversy
is the ownership of Kiandas
Ltd, an investment company
originally called Kianda kia
Gema. The company had been
founded by the early Kikuyu
settlers in Kitengela and
owned more than 10 prime
properties in the area.
About 200 youths were
lured to buy shares of Ki-
andas Ltd, which owned the
building that hosts the popu-
lar joint Midas Restaurant in
Kitengela and another com-
mercial building behind Kobil
Petrol station, formerly known
as City View building.
Local administration of-
cials who cannot be named
for protocol reasons conrmed
Kiandas Ltd had failed to fulll
its part of the bargain, result-
ing to the uprising among the
shareholders.
Share certicates available
shows they were signed by,
among other officials, Mr
Njengas former ally.
If the directors of Kiandas
had allowed ownership of the
properties to the youths, this
matter would not have es-
calated, said a government
ocial.
The battle also emanates
from the rent of the church.
The church pays rent to the
estranged wife of Mr Njengas
former associate, according to
money transfer records avail-
able. The latest money sent to
her was on Friday and accord-
ing to the woman, the money
was to pay for some of her
childrens school fees. She is
a mother of three.
However, a source in Mr
Njengas rival camp disputes
this and says the church does
not pay rent but compensates
for destruction of some build-
ings in the compound.
The place is not worth
Sh20,000 a month. We gave
them the church in good faith
and did not know it would
come to this, he said .
Another controversial
property is a rental house in
Makadara estate in Athi River
whose incomes shareholders
of Kiandas Ltd do not enjoy.
Both properties rake in more
than Sh100,000 a month,
documents seen by the Sun-
day Nation show.
The secrets of
Kitengela land wars
exposed as Njengas
followers demand
occupation
BILLY MUIRURI | NATION
The Portland Cement land that former Mungiki members are ght-
ing over, among other properties.
To many people who
know Maina Njenga, each
day is lived as it comes.
More than 20 of his clos-
est associates have died
under a hail of bullets
and only a skeleton of his
inner circle from the 2002
elections, when he unsuc-
cessfully vied on a Kanu
ticket for the Laikipia
West parliamentary seat,
are still alive.
Yesterdays incident re-
minded his associates of
brutal murders that have
been visited on his allies.
However, it also remains
the rst time he has per-
sonally been a target of
assassins.
He has lost close rela-
tives in earlier attacks. In
fact, Dickson Mwangi, the
driver who chaueured
him to Nyahururu and
who died in a hail of bul-
lets, is his rst cousin. The
slain woman, Grace Wair-
imu, in her 20s was living
in his Kitengela home and
was said to be his partner.
The fate is not exactly a
new experience.
In April 2008, Njengas
close condants Ndungu
Wagacha and Naftaly
Irungu who managed
Mungiki aairs while
he served a jail term at
Naivasha Maximum Se-
curity Prison were shot
near Kwa Mathole a few
kilometres from Limuru as
they headed to Naivasha.
Wagacha was the acting
chairman while Irungu
was the treasurer of the
sect.
But in 2010, Njenga ene-
mies would target his wife
Virginia Nyakio and her
driver George Njoroge.
The two are said to have
been abducted along
Langata Road as they
headed to Ongata Rongai,
killed and dumped at
Gakoe Forest in Gatundu.
Nyakio, Njengas ocial
wife and mother of his
three children, had her
throat slit open while
Njoroge had been hit on
the head from behind
with a heavy object.
Njengas soft voice and
a seemingly harmless
demeanour disarms
those who meet him rst
erasing the image of
a man whose name was
previously associated with
murder and brutality.
Even as a pastor, he is
surrounded by smartly
dressed youth, clean
shaven and often in black
suits (he is said to abhor
long hair).
My team must be smart.
We moved away from
sning those stu and
being dirty, he said three
years ago.
A man who hates city
life, Njenga loves to host
visitors in his homes and
will not easily go to posh
hotels in the city. He loves
hotels in the rich Karen
suburb and wont stay
anywhere for more than
two hours.
MAINAS FATE
Living dangerously, thats
Njengas everyday life
and bodyguard are shot dead
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
National News 3
BY SUNDAY NATION TEAM
@dailynation
newsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com
A
n ominous picture hit
the front page of the New
York Times newspaper last
week.
It captured a University of
Nairobi student with a bewildered
look, caught between baton-wield-
ing police ocers called in to quell
a protest that had spilled onto the
streets and turned ugly.
It is no mean feat to get any-
thing Kenyan covered by the New
York Times. Its one of the highly
regarded newspapers in the US,
published out of the city after
which it is named and which is
Americas nancial capital.
In Britain, the Daily Mail and
The Telegraph also played up the
pictures from the student riots.
Although they are independent
newspapers that make their own
editorial judgment, conspiracy
theorists were quick to judge it
as part of a wider conspiracy by
Western nations to punish the
Jubilee government in line with
the choices have consequences
statement made by a former US
diplomat for Africa, Mr Johnnie
Carson.
Western media have also
increasingly been giving height-
ened coverage to acts of terrorism
and insecurity in Kenya which
the government says is out of
proportion with the reality in the
country.
Western diplomats in Nairobi
have strenuously insisted that they
did not mean to punish Kenya by
issuing travel advisories and are
only acting in the best interests of
their countries, a position that is
hardly believable in government
circles.
Critics of the advisories say it is
the same diplomats 18 of them
who closed ranks two months ago
to write a joint commentary about
corruption in Kenya and that it is
only one part of a clever scheme to
discredit the government or bring
it under their control.
Immediately after London
issued travel advisories caution-
ing their citizens against visiting
certain parts of Kenya, some tour
rms followed up by evacuating
hundreds of tourists. President
Uhuru Kenyatta responded by
stating that Kenya would look
for tourists from alternative
sources.
Tourism Cabinet Secretary
Phyllis Kandie knows the gravity
of the problem in her in-tray only
too well. Tourist arrivals dropped
by about 15 per cent in 2013 com-
pared to the previous year leading
to a revenue loss for the industry
of about Sh2 billion and closure
of no less than 20 hotels in the
Coast, according to government
statistics.
Political scientist Peter Kag-
wanja says that the West is
undoubtedly out to punish the
Jubilee coalition and possibly
cause Kenyans to drive the gov-
ernment out of power for its open
association with China.
The conspiracy is deeper and
practical than it is appearing. When
you begin to think of a campaign,
the rst thing that you factor in
is the media. There is an eort to
create an impression in the public
that Kenya is not working, that the
two leaders are unable to govern.
There is a consistent plan, said
Prof Kagwanja.
He says that in his reading, there
is a connection between the uni-
versity riots and the advisories and
then the assertion by the Opposi-
tion that Jubilee is failing.
There is an Egyptian script.
Whether it will succeed or not,
they are trying it. Within one
year of (former Egyptian Presi-
dent) Morsis election, the West
sponsored a popular uprising. You
smear and then move in for the kill
by getting Opposition politicians
to mobilise the people and bring
them out on the streets and then
publicise it to the world. Within
that chaotic environment, create
a transitional authority and then
an election follows and they can
pick a person of their choice, said
Prof Kagwanja.
According to him, the West is
reacting to the recent high-prole
visit by Chinese Premier Li Ke-
qiang and the deepening of ties
between Beijing and governments
in the East African region.
The Chinese leader coming to
Kenya would itself not have been
a big problem. But for Kenya to
mobilise the regions leaders and
bring them for a high prole event
was read as an aront, Prof Kag-
wanja said.
Mrs Kandie thinks that those
issuing travel advisories and the
media coverage of recent events in
Kenya have been blown out of pro-
portion. Our countrys image and
reputation is being slowly eroded
by exaggeration of and over-reac-
tion to these incidences by some
of our foreign partners leading to
extreme travel advisories, to the
point of evacuation, that are caus-
ing hotel closures and job losses,
she said. But the most critical and
most hurtful aspect is the erosion
of the condence in this country
and this destination. Our reputa-
tion as a tourism destination is
at stake.
Mrs Kandie is also critical of
media coverage accorded to Kenya
abroad. It is a well-known and
understood fact that foreign
media rely heavily on our local
media as reference points on the
stories they report on insecurity.
Naturally foreign media when lift-
ing stories from local reports will
often misrepresent the situation
to our national detriment.
I am not suggesting by any
means that you divert from telling
the truth, or water down stories,
I am merely asking for a height-
ened awareness of the impact of
our headlines, judgment in craft-
ing them and a constant eye on
national interest, she added.
State House in part believes
that the advisories and the intense
media coverage the country has
received lately from some foreign
media houses is part of a bigger
conspiracy against Kenya.
The plan to justify evacua-
tion of tourists and lockdown of
embassies was evidence. It was
surprising to see last weeks uni-
versity riots on the front pages of
some major Western newspapers
yet the needless riots didnt even
get much of front page coverage
in Nairobi, said a State House
spokesman Munyori Buku.
According to Mr Buku; Dip-
lomatic rumours to make Kenya
look bad nally met the printing
press.
But Kenya will soldier on, he
said. This weeks measures to
boost local tourism and seek visi-
tors from emerging markets will
bring a lasting answer to these an-
tics. Kenya will liberate itself as it
did when the tax collection ended
the humiliating bowl-in-hand days
of begging for aid.
Mombasa Senator Hassan Omar
does not believe there is a con-
spiracy against Kenya by Western
power but says it is possible that
Kenyas traditional Western allies
have been rattled by Jubilees dal-
liance with Beijing.
Maybe they are unsettled by
the Chinese but whether there
is a conspiracy is something Im
Is there Western
conspiracy to end
Jubilee rule before
its ve-year term?
Government and some political experts believe the travel
advisories, evacuation of tourists, negative media coverage
in the USA and other local happenings are all part of an
Egyptian like script aimed at crippling government and
inciting Kenyans to rise against it
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | I fault the West because Kenya has been a traditional ally, Mr Hassan Omar says
On Friday, the French sought to justify
their updated travel warning on Kenya
but reiterated support for the war
against terrorism.
The Deputy Head of French Mission
in Nairobi Emmanuel Renoult said the
update was routine and added the
French continue to collaborate with
Kenya to combat terrorists.
Without being able to give you de-
tails, I can conrm that our security
services share intelligence and work
together closely. I would like to add
that France together with its EU part-
ners is substantially contributing to the
support of AMISOM. We pay for the
salaries of the contingent deployed,
including the KDF. For France alone,
this nancial eort represented $100
million in 2013, he said.
France is a major source of tourists
to Kenya behind the UK, US, Italy,
Germany and India. But a number of
French companies have also invested
in Kenyas tourism sector in the Coast.
Kenya and France are both threatened
and we share a common and strong
interest in ghting Al Shabaab. We
share the same determination. Our
joint commitment to ght terrorism
was rearmed by President Kenyatta
and President Hollande when they met
on April 3 in Brussels, said the French
diplomat.
JUST ROUTINE
France justies decision to update travel warning to Kenya
Sh2bn
Amount of money Kenya lost
last year due to drop in tourist
numbers to the country
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
4 | National News
I
t is not entirely clear what per-
suaded the British government to
issue a warning that its citizens
should avoid all but essential travel to
the coast on May 14. Mombasa was
simply added to a list of places in
Kenya that tourists should avoid a
list that already included Eastleigh,
Garissa, slum areas in Nairobi and
any part of the country within 60
miles of the Kenya-Somali border.
Along with those areas, the UK is now
advising against travel to Mombasa
Island and within 5km of the coast
from Mtwapa creek in the north,
and down to and including Tiwi in
the south.
It is impossible to tell whether this
decision was inspired by the recent
spate of terrorist attacks in Kenya,
or was the result of new information
regarding a specic threat to British
citizens that has not yet been made
public. The wording of the alert noted
that There is a high threat from ter-
rorism, including kidnapping and
that this threat came from extrem-
ists linked to Al-Shabaab, a militant
group that has carried out attacks in
response to Kenyas military interven-
tion in Somalia. But these words were
nothing new almost identical phrases
had appeared on the UK governments
website to describe the situation in
North Eastern Province.
Given this, it is hard to interpret the
action of the British government as
implying that risks previously iden-
tied in other parts of the country
have now spread to Mombasa which
would seem strange, given that the
Coast has been subject to low level
attacks for some time or that the
British have received information
about a new and specic threat to
British nationals at the Coast. This
is part of the problem with terrorism
the need for secrecy and to protect
sources mean that governments have
to advise their people on what to do
without actually being able to tell
them why they should do it. In turn,
this lack of context makes it hard for
ordinary people to be able to make
an informed choice.
In the case of the statement
by the UK government, a further
problem was that the details of the
advisory were largely lost in the
media reporting that followed. Few
television stations or newspapers
made it clear that the warning only
applied to the Coast, and did not
aect Nairobi or the national parks.
The BBC ran the headline: UK tour-
ists evacuated from Kenya following
terrorist threat. CNN followed suit:
Vacationers evacuated from Kenya
after warnings of high threat of
terrorism. As a result, holidaymak-
ers are now cancelling their trips to
Kenya whether they were planning
to go to the Coast or not.
The basic numbers are extremely
worrying. It is estimated that around
200,000 British travellers head to
Kenya every year, out of around 1.5
million foreigners who arrive annu-
ally. This makes the UK the number
one source of Kenyan tourists, fol-
lowed by America (107,800), Italy
(87,790), Germany (63,000) and
France (50,000). (Ocially at least,
there were only 11,700 Chinese visi-
tors in 2013, just 2.8 per cent of all
arrivals). In the days following the
British travel advisory, 900 tourists
cut short their vacations. Two major
British based-operators, Thomas
Cook and First Choice, ordered their
customers in Kenya to be evacuated.
TUI travel, a British leisure group, has
now cancelled ights to Mombasa
until October.
On its knees
The impact of these developments
has been dramatic. Some hotel own-
ers were forced to watch, helpless, as
guests walked out part way through
their stay, leaving previously full
hotels empty. The Associated Press
reported that of the 157 guests staying
at Kampas Diani Sea Resort, only 20
remained after the British exodus.
According to Lucy Karume, the head
of the Kenya Tourism Foundation,
the industry is on its knees. It is
estimated that Kenyan hotels and
restaurants will lose over $50 mil-
lion between now and October.
Things were starting to get dicult
for Kenyan hotels and restaurants
even before the travel warnings is-
sued by foreign governments. The
number of travellers recorded in 2013
was 16 per cent lower than in 2012
as a result of uncertainty around the
general elections and high prole at-
tacks such as the Westgate atrocity.
According to the Ministry of Tourism,
total revenues fell by 4 per cent from
$1.14 billion in 2012 to $1.02 billion
in 2013 as a result.
The negative consequences of
terrorism for the tourism industry
is bad news for the Kenyan economy.
Around 600,000 people are directly
employed by tourism, and the number
of people who indirectly rely on
holidaymakers for their livelihoods
is likely to be well over 1 million.
Overall, tourism represents Kenyas
second largest source of foreign ex-
change revenue, and contributes an
estimated 12.5 per cent to the GDP.
The longer that fears over terrorism
keep people away from Kenyas hotels
and national parks, the more likely it
becomes that the economy will fail
to deliver the 5.5 per cent growth
projected for this year.
Sadly, things are likely to get worse
before they get better. Shots of dis-
gruntled and stressed holidaymakers
returning to the UK having had their
trip of a lifetime cut short have
been broadcast on prime time TV
and radio. BBC Radio 5 Live, one of
the countrys most popular stations
with over 6 million regular listeners,
ran a two-hour phone on the story.
Shortly after, hundreds of people who
planned to visit the country cancelled
their reservations. Clearly, it is not
true that there is no such thing as
bad publicity.
In the wake of the British travel
advisory, stories about terrorist
attacks in Kenya have been given
greater prominence in the British
media. Once again, Kenya is being
depicted as a country beset by
violence and instability. Those of
us who know East Africa well un-
derstand that the danger is not as
high as it is sometimes made out to
be, but it is dicult to communicate
this to people with little knowledge
of the country.
So what can the government do?
The biggest challenge is obviously to
develop a more credible and eec-
tive plan for tackling terrorism. All
governments struggle to deal with
modern terrorism, with its particular
combination of suicide attacks and
decentralised organisation. But the
response of the Kenyan government
so far has lacked clarity and direction.
Simply throwing more money at the
military and the security forces is not
the answer. Collecting better infor-
mation, and developing the capacity
to act on it, is critical. It is striking
that in both of the most high prole
terrorist incidents in Africa in the
last 12 months Westgate and the
recent kidnapping of schoolgirls in
Nigeria by Boko Haram security
forces had advance warnings but
failed to respond.
But this will take some time, and
the tourist industry is in desperate
need of help now. We know that the
Kenyan tourism industry is resilient
and that numbers bounced back after
the embassy bombings in 1998 and the
post-election violence in 2008. How-
ever, in both cases it took between two
and three years for tourist numbers to
return to previous levels. What can be
done to help the industry?
Three policies could make a dier-
ence. First, the government needs to
develop a more eective advertising
campaign to paint a positive and more
accurate picture of Kenya. It is not
enough to complain about foreign
travel advisories there is a more
positive story about the country to
be told, but it is the responsibility of
the government to tell it.
Second, the 16 per cent Value
Added Tax imposed on the sector last
year should be suspended. The tax
has increased the cost of tourism at
the worst possible time; and a waiver
would help the sector to survive.
Finally, the government could do
more to push forward the idea of
reforming the East African Com-
munity to make it more tourist
friendly. While the EAC appears to
have made some progress towards
establishing a stronger regional infra-
structure, the proposal to introduce a
common visa that would allow visi-
tors to travel throughout the region
with minimal red tape has yet to be
implemented.
Dr Cheeseman is the Director of the
African Studies Centre at Oxford Uni-
versity. niccheeseman@gmail.com
Theres hope, despite the chaos
BAD PUBLICITY | Kenya is being depicted as a country beset by violence
The tourism
sector is
facing yet
another bad
season, but
with a little
ingenuity,
Uhuru can
turn things
around,
argues, Nic
Cheeseman
Sh4.3bn
Estimated revenue Kenyan hotels
and restaurants are expected to
lose between now and October
FILE | NATION
Tourists enjoy a sun
bath at the White-
sands Beach Resort
in Mombasa. Tour-
ists numbers have
gone down due to
the recently issued
travel advisories by
the British and US
governments.
FILE| DAILY NATION
Police corner
one of the riot-
ing University of
Nairobi students
last week. Inter-
national media
have been giving
prime time and
space to events in
Kenya lately.
reluctant to buy. These are our partners in
other areas like security and counter-ter-
rorism. You need to make an assessment
of what has gone wrong and then try to
share some fact and gures so that it be-
comes the basis on which you can have
a joint approach as partners, Mr Omar
told the Sunday Nation. Mombasa is one
of the counties that has borne the brunt
of attacks.
He however criticized the Wests re-
sponse to terror attacks in Kenya.
I fault the Western because Kenya has
been a traditional ally. Also, this is about
business markets and business. Our reac-
tion should have been; how do we sort
out the problems so that the numbers of
tourists can ow. It is a fallacy to think that
Chinese will come where there is insecu-
rity. Is there a way that we can improve
security so that tourists and indeed all
Kenyans are safe? The approach should
have been totally dierent. Advisories
should be preceded by consultation,
said the Senator.
Tourism consultant Arthur Mahasi says
that the Tourism ministry must counter
the adverse advisories with a deliberate
charm oensive to woo tourists.
Appropriate strategies have always
worked for many unstable countries. If
travel advisories are not countered, tour-
ists will think what their government says
is the gospel truth, Mr Mahasi said.
He proposes that immediately a terror-
ism activity occurs, the country through
embassies should organise conferences
for industry players in the originating
countries to supply hard facts about the
actual status in the country.
If tourists dont want to visit Mombasa
because they fear being attacked, it is not
the whole country which is on re. They
can be re-routed to safer places such as
Western or the northern Kenya tourism
circuit, said Mr Mahasi.
Reported by Mugumo Munene, Abiud
Ochieng and Aggrey Mutambo
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
National News 5
Even pastors
marry from
among their
ock...
Kuppet
Kisumu branch
chair Zablon
Awange
FILE | DAILY NATION
Kenya National Union of Teachers chair Mudzo Nzili (left) with his Secretary
General Wilson Sossion and other ocials. Mr Nzili has said teachers will
not accept a new code that bars them from engaging in business.
Teachers oppose
new code that bans
political expression
Also contained in the code of
conduct are clauses that outlaw
suggestive touching and engaging
in for-prot business ventures
REJECTED | Union to lobby Teachers Service Commission to amend policy
Business: Provision bars
teachers from engaging in
prot-making ventures.
Physical contact: Teachers
will not be allowed to make
physical contact with col-
leagues of the opposite sex
in a suggestive manner.
Political views: Teachers
will be prohibited from
voicing their political opin-
ions in public forums.
REACTION
Oensive
clauses
BY ANGELA OKETCH
@angieoketch
AOketch@ke.nationmedia.com
T
eachers have vowed to
oppose a proposed code
of conduct which, if im-
plemented, will bar them from
engaging in prot-making ven-
tures or fund-raisers.
Kenya National Union of
Teachers chairman Mudzo Nzili
yesterday declared they will not
accept the code which he said will
also bar them from voicing their
political views in public.
Ocials from the two teachers
unions yesterday called for the
removal of the oensive clauses or
they will reject the document.
Mr Nzili described the rules as
colonial, saying they had been
fought by founding Vice-President
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Odinga
while a teacher at Maseno School
before independence.
We are engaging the Teacher
Service Commission to have the
oending clauses removed before
the nal draft is produced and
presented before the National
Assembly for debate. Should
they fail to agree with our terms,
teachers will denitely reject the
document, he said.
According to the rules made
public by the TSC during a stake
holders forum on Thursday at the
Kenya School of Government,
teachers will not be allowed to
make physical contact with their
colleagues of the opposite sex in
a manner that may be considered
suggestive.
He said that they have engaged
their lawyers, who are engaged in
talks with the TSC, and that the
document will not be nalised if
the clauses are retained.
Mr Nzili said the clause bar-
ring teachers from engaging in
business is something from the
colonial ages, and appealed to
drafters of the policy to be more
imaginative.
It is not mandatory that when
a teacher has a business s/he has
to be present to conduct it. As
long as the businesses do not in-
terfere with my work, TSC should
not get involved he said.
He described individuals be-
hind the proposed laws as too
conservative. We have many re-
sponsibilities, and the little money
being paid to teachers is enough
to sustain them, he said.
Kenya Union of Post Pri-
mary Education Teachers,
Kisumu Branch Chairman, Za-
blon Awange, said that the new
laws will not see the light of day,
and said they only are meant to
punish the teachers.
Barring teachers from engag-
ing in fund raising will jeopardise
their relationship with the local
community in which they teach
because it will be hard for them
to get guests to conduct haram-
bees in their schools if they do
not participate in community
aairs, he said.
Mr Awange said the clause on
suggestive physical contact was
ambiguous and in bad taste.
Several people who are in
the same profession get mar-
ried. Where is the problem if
teachers do so as long as it does
not aect their work? he posed.
Even pastors married from their
ock and still preach in those
churches, he said.
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
6 | National News
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
7
BY CHRIS WAMALWA
IN DELAWARE
T
he Kenyan embassy in Washington
DC is facing a crisis, with a com-
bination of factors threatening its
ability to operate to capacity.
Inquiries by the Sunday Nation reveal
that under-stang, nancial constraints,
low sta morale and an apparent lack of
political goodwill from Nairobi threaten
to compromise functions at the once
prestigious mission.
There have been increased complaints
from Kenyans living in the US on various
issues including delayed or unhelpful re-
sponse to inquiries and lack of access to
the acting head of the embassy.
For almost a year now, this embassy has
not had a full-time envoy. Ms Jean Kamau
is referred to as acting ambassador but her
roles and responsibilities are still restricted
to those of a senior consulate ocer, said
a source in the embassy who requested
not to be named.
Ms Kamau, who took over from Mr
Elkana Odembo last year, is officially
referred to as the charge daaires and
has less diplomatic influence than an
ambassador.
Mr Jacktone Ambuka, a socio-political
analyst based in State College, Pennsyl-
vania, believes the current situation may
be a result of the frosty relations between
the two countries.
Ms Kamau nds herself between a rock
and a hard place. The demands on her are
so many yet she has not been given the
powers to act on them. The onus, however,
is on President Uhuru Kenyatta. The sooner
he realises that America is an important
strategic partner the better it would be for
Kenya, he said.
The failure of the embassy to honour
invitations for some important events in the
US points to a much deeper problem.
We were not surprised when the em-
bassy was not represented at a dinner to
honour Kenyan athletes in Boston last
month. That embassy has gone to the dogs
since Jubilee took over. We have also tried
without success to get Ms Kamau to come
to our annual function in Allentown, said
Mr Sam Njoroge, a Kenyan who lives in
Allentown.
Mr Denzel Musumba, a presenter at
Border Radio, says the atmosphere at
the embassy has completely changed
since last year. The embassy used to be
a busy, lively place but that is no longer
the case. I was there recently to attend a
meeting and realised many of its sta had
gone back to Kenya, he said.
Two previous ambassadors Mr Peter
Ogego and Mr Odembo have been cred-
ited with improving responsiveness at the
embassy. Our source at the Washington DC
embassy said the sta were overwhelmed
by demands from Kenyans living in the US,
and visiting Kenyan Government ocials
and politicians.
The current number of staff cant
handle phone inquiries and letters of in-
vitation from those living here, let alone
the never-ending stream of governors,
senators, students and other government
ocials from Kenya, he said.
He added that it was impossible to have
long-term plans as the terms of service for
most ministry sta that had been seconded
to the embassy ended late last year.
Next month, the Smithsonian Institu-
tion in Washington DC will be focusing on
Kenya in its annual event that showcases
cultures from dierent countries. The ac-
tivities require a high level of co-ordination
by the embassy but, so far, there has been
little eort in mobilising the Kenya popula-
tion in the US.
Since last year when it recalled more
than 30 diplomats, the Jubilee govern-
ment is yet to ll the positions in some
key countries.
The Sunday Nation contacted the Foreign
Aairs ministry in Nairobi for a comment
two weeks ago but, despite promises by
Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho, no
response has been forthcoming.
When contacted on Friday, State House
spokesman Manoah Esipisu initially prom-
ised to nd out why the ministry was not
responding, but he later dismissed the
concerns. They (Kenyans in the US)
know the right channels to use to lodge
complaints. The government does not re-
spond to complaints lodged in the media,
said Mr Esipisu.
Crisis as Jubilee neglects
its Washington embassy
FILE | NATION
Acting Ambassador to Washington DC, Jean Kamau
WASHINGTON | Kenyans living in the US lack basic assistance as mission is both understaed and under-nanced
The embassy
used to be a
busy, lively
place but
that is no
longer the
case, Mr
Musumba
Jubilee
ignores
mission
that
thrived
under
the grand
coalition
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
8 | National News
BY BOB ODALO
@odalobob
bodalo@ke.nationmedia.com
AND STELLA CHERONO
@stellacherono
scherono@ke.nationmedia.com
W
hen police in Nairobi shot
dead three suspected
gangsters in Westlands last
Monday, they may not have realised
their bullets marked the end of an
era.
One of the suspects was a man who
security sources have described as the
grandfather of crime because of his
age and experience.
Mutua Maingi was a 68-year-old
mild-mannered man, who had the
appearance of everybodys favourite
grandfather. But information pieced
together by the Sunday Nation paints
a picture of a man of many faces.
To the police who shot him dead
after a chase, and later released de-
tails of his alleged activities, he was a
notorious gangster wanted for many
crimes.
To neighbours in Ongata Rongai,
Nairobi, where he lived, he was a small
time trader selling roasted potatoes
and maize.
But at his rural home in Kawauni
village of Kangundo in Machakos
County, Maingi was a philanthropist
who led an expensive lifestyle and
wore designer suits.
He was neat, his hair well cut. He
was quiet and was always ready to
listen, said a villager who declined
to be named because he was afraid
of retribution from Maingis accom-
plices.
Villagers used to associate him with
crime in the 1970s but this perception
zzled out after he moved much of his
activities to Nairobi. He would come
home every weekend, say neighbours
who were, however, too scared to dis-
close their names.
In Kangundo, he loved the company
of police ocers or military person-
nel, who happened to be on leave or
o-duty. He posed as a police ocer
or some sort of security or intel-
ligence man.
Many people believed he was
a police ocer working in Nairobi
with the Flying Squad, said another
neighbour.
A week before he died, he had been
seen drinking in a Kangundo pub with
a police ocer. His drinking mates
were all convinced that he was a po-
lice ocer, and his death has ignited
intense conversations on the secre-
tive life he led, said a police ocer
in Kangundo.
He had a short temper, especially
after drinking. He would become
argumentative and, in the process,
draw his gun menacingly and since
people knew he was a police ocer
and not a thug, many left it at that,
says a villager.
But one aspect of his life puzzled
those who knew him. Maingi would
give a ride to any person who was
travelling to Nairobi, but would al-
ways drop them o in Tala market,
said a villager who gave his name as
Musembi.
At the nearby Kawauni Catholic
Church, he was among the ardent
faithful, who was recognised by the
church leadership and the faithful.
He had money and he contributed
generously towards all church func-
tions. It is something he has done
for many years. Try telling the faith-
ful here that he was a thug and they
will turn against you, said Thomas
Kengwa, a teacher in the area.
He was, however, very cautious.
He would make and meet pledges,
but he always made sure his name
was not on the roll of those who had
made contributions, said another
villager.
Underground rooms
Married and blessed with children,
Maingi lived in a house neighbours
estimate has seven bedrooms and
which others say has underground
rooms.
Maingi used his proceeds from
crime to invest in real estate. He is
said to own property in Nairobi.
Local women will always remember
his generosity, which topped during
Christmas.
He would collect old women and
shower them with gifts, recalled
a journalist from the area.
For newspaper vendors,
Maingi was a valued customer,
who bought copies of all the dai-
lies. He would take about four
hours going through the papers.
All that time, he would be in his
car with the windows rolled up,
said a vendor.
Maingi is said to have attended
school up to Class Seven. His father
died last year aged about 120 years.
When he met his death, Maingi was
living with his mother, who is said to
be over 100 years.
Police in Nairobi, especially those
operating in Westlands, Gigiri and
Kileleshwa, knew him as a swift man
who changed his looks by altering his
beard and hair. He was said to be the
leader of a gang of seven robbers.
In mid morning on Monday, a gang
of four, one armed with an AK-47 rie,
entered the Sarit Centre in Westlands.
The gang was planning to rob a busi-
nessman dealing in cameras, laptops
and electronics.
They were accosted by police oc-
ers who had been on their trail for a
week and three of them were gunned
down after an hours chase. Maingi
was among those killed.
Police had been on his case for
more than
Grandfather of crime lived as a
maize vendor and philanthropist
Maingi roasted maize in
Rongai and elsewhere
in Nairobi but lived in a
seven bedroom mansion
in Machakos County
DOUBLE LIFE | The 68-year-old used his proceeds from crime to invest in real estate in Nairobi, where he owned property
STELLA CHERONO| NATION
End of the road: The vehicle which Mutua Maingi was
using on Monday when he met his death in Westlands,
Nairobi, following a botched robbery attempt. Maingi,
68, lived a double life, fooling police in Rongai and his
neighbours in rural Kawauni, Kangundo.
four months and they suspected him
of masterminding a series of robberies
in Nairobi. The suspect, according to
Gigiri police boss Vitalis Otieno, was,
despite his age, one of the deadliest
and most influential criminals in
the city.
When police arrived at Sarit Centre,
they approached the criminals and
ordered them to surrender. They had
just located their target and were try-
ing to steal money and electronics
from the shop, he said.
When police confronted them, they
ran out of the mall into a waiting car
and drove off through Brookside
Road. Plainclothes officers in an
unmarked car followed their vehicle
onto the street which has residential
houses on both sides. Another marked
police vehicle blocked the road from
the other end.
One of the suspects had an AK-47
rie and was seated on the rear seat.
He kept ring at the police vehicle
while another suspect who was later
killed drove the vehicle, Mr Otieno
said.
When the suspects saw a police
vehicle at the end of the street, they
tried to make a U turn, but their bul-
let riddled vehicle landed in a ditch.
The suspect who had the rearm
managed to get out of the vehicle as
he kept ring at the police ocers.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 11
AK-47
The type of rie that the suspects
used to re at police ocers
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
National News 9
BY MIKE SSEGAWA
mssegawa@ug.nationmedia.com
I
t is 1.15pm, and before I have
my sumptuous lunch at the
Sarova Whitesands Beach
Resort and Spa in Mombasa, I
decide to put down a few thoughts
of my six-day visit to three dier-
ent parts of Kenya with a Ugandan
delegation.
This is a beautiful coun-
try, I remember my colleague
Edgar Batte saying earlier. Abu
Mwesigwa had chimed in: Un-
fortunately, some Kenyans dont
know what they have and that is
why they let outsiders disrupt
their peace.
Here were Ugandans enjoying
what God gifted Kenya.
This was a dream holiday com-
ing true. However, I could have
freaked out had I been faint-
hearted. A day before my ight
from Kampala last Saturday, a
bomb had gone o in Nairobi.
A few days earlier, British
tour rms had evacuated their
clients fearing for their safety
after some Western govern-
ments issued travel advisories,
especially against travelling to
the Kenyan Coast.
It is some of these places that
I was due to visit on invitation of
the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB),
who are now looking to Uganda
to boost the number of foreign
tourists.
On May 17, I boarded a Kenya
Airways ight from Entebbe and
landed at Nairobis Jomo Kenyatta
International Airport after a 50-
minute journey.
The Immigration officer al-
lowed me a six-month stay in
Kenya despite my telling him that
I was spending only six days.
During my stay, I have spent
nights in four hotels: Stanley in
Nairobi, Sarova Mara in Maasai
Mara Game Reserve, Swahili
Beach in Diani, South Coast
and the Whitesands from where
I am working now. From the four
hotels, Whitesands seems to have
the highest number of guests,
and guess what, the majority
are Africans.
The friend who had warned me
on Facebook about travelling to
Kenya would certainly have been
put to shame by the number of
visitors.
He had seen my photos as I
enjoyed swimming at the grand
Swahili Beach. Cowardly attacks
would not stop me from visiting
the Mara, the beautiful beaches
in Diani, and enjoying swimming,
scuba diving and watching dol-
phins in the Indian Ocean at the
reef near Wasini Island.
Now at the mainland in Mom-
basa, I cannot imagine fear would
deny me such an experience.
And forgive my language, only
stupid Kenyans could collaborate
or allow foreigners to deny them
to enjoy this immensely endowed
country.
On Saturday, together with
six colleagues from Uganda, we
spent a night at Stanley. The at-
tention to detail of the sta was
my highlight.
I was in a beautiful room facing
Kimathi Street. I later ventured
into the night, starting out at
Mojos and Tribeka, just opposite
Nation Centre. I later relocated
to Club Rumours on Tom Mboya
Street. It was full-house in the
entertainment spots as Arsenal
fans celebrated their rst trophy
in nine years.
We danced to local music, and
Ugandan artistes like Jose Cha-
meleone, Radio and Weasal also
played through the night. I walked
back to my hotel room at 3.20am
and slept for two and half hours
before I was woken up to catch a
ight at Wilson Airport.
Our ight on a Safarilink plane
to the Mara was lled with for-
eigners. A few Europeans I spoke
to dismissed the travel advisories
and said they were having fun in
Kenya.
Sundowner in the wild
Kenyans have heard so much
about the Mara and I am the
wrong person to talk about it. But
its good to note the sundowner
in the park, dinner in the wild in
the dark night, the tent bandas at
the Sarova Mara Lodge, and the
animals that were kind enough
to come out to be seen.
Uganda is increasingly becom-
ing Kenyas friend in deed. Even
as the tourist industry is getting
a beating from travel advisories
and terrorism threats, Ugandans
have not stopped visiting.
In fact, more are arriving, not
for business or jobs but for holi-
days. According to KTB statistics,
Ugandans have overtaken South
Africans as the continents top
visitors to Kenya with Nigeri-
ans coming second. Last year,
Ugandan tourists arriving by air
numbered 47,398, South African
were 36,409 and Tanzanians were
28,561. Ms Ann Kanini, the pub-
lic relations ocer for KTB says
they have rolled out marketing
programmes in Uganda, South
Africa, Nigeria, China and India
because those markets are less
sensitive and can take advantage
of the low seasons to enjoy Ken-
yas wonders.
Most Ugandans who come to
Kenya for honeymoon or holidays
largely go to the beach, says Ms
Kanini.
Now Kenya wants to increase
awareness of more destinations
they can visit such as the ma-
rine parks in Wasini, the luxury
beaches in the South Coast, Na-
kuru, Naivasha, and parks like
the Mara.
Cooperation between Uganda
and Kenya is picking up well and
in the last two years, Kenya has
engaged more than 10 key tour
operators from Uganda, Ms
Kanini says.
Kenya wants Ugandans to visit
more than the regular sites. When
I arrived at the Coast through
Ukunda airport, a flight that
took one hour and 20 minutes
from Nairobi, we checked into
the Swahili Beach Hotel near
the airport. The hotel can eas-
ily be mistaken for a traditional
structure plucked out of the 18th
century Arabic-cum-Indian epoch.
The rooms give a feel of the life
of sultans of yesteryears and the
swimming pool stretches down
to the beach.
On our fourth day, we drove
70km south, stopping at Shimoni
in Kwale County. Here, we passed
the slave caves, and boarded the
Dolphin Dhow. We headed into the
ocean, towards Wasini Islands, a
land of 3,500 residents. The island
sits on a coral reef with mangrove
trees as vegetation.
In the middle of nowhere, we
saw light blue water and our guide,
Hamis Ali a young man who
speaks Arabic, German, French
and Spanish in addition to English
and Kiswahili and his local Digo
language told us we could swim.
What? I asked. Here, he said,
are beaches in the middle of the
sea because of the coral reef that
rises and it is gifted with sands
like you nd on the main beach.
As we swam on a reef in the Indian
Ocean, we could see the Tanzania
mainland in the distance. Not far
from where we were swimming,
we saw three pairs of magnicent
dolphins.
Our guide told us that the Digo,
the small tribe on the island, look
after the dolphins. We dont swim
with dolphins but dolphins are al-
lowed to swim with us, he said.
It is here in the middle of
nowhere but feeling like I am
living in paradise that I looked
around and the only Kenyans on
board were the dhow captain, our
two guides and KTB representa-
tives. Down in the reef we saw
all kinds of sh, and the corals
which are soft unlike the rocky
ones on the mainland. Ms Kanini
could only ask, do you see what
Ugandans who end their trips in
Mombasa miss? She was right.
As the sun went down, we
rushed back to Shimoni, but not
before visiting Wasini Island. We
walked through the coral park that
is under the care of a womens
group on the island, where a
wood bridge stretches through
the mangrove forest and connects
two villages. We were warned not
to walk barefoot on the island be-
cause the corals were acidic.
At Shimoni, as darkness
approached, we entered the
historical slave caves from
where those captured from the
hinterland, as far as Uganda,
were detained in a warehouse
and shipped to faraway lands.
That broke down my spirit but
I appreciated it as part of East
Africas history.
We later returned to Mombasa.
As I signed out on Friday, the
front desk manager at Sarova
Whitesands told me that many
Ugandans have spent nights at
the hotel.
And they know how to spend
their money, Jayne said.
Ms Kanini only wishes Ugan-
dans who come for wedding and
honeymoons at the Whitesands
venture into places like Wasini and
experience the marine parks.
With my ight only two hours
away, I tell my friend on Facebook,
What travel advisories were you
talking about?
EDGAR BATTE | NATION
Monitor publications Features Editor Mike Ssegawa at the Marine Park in
Wasini, South Coast.
Kenyans dont know
what a beautiful
country they have
NEW MARKETS | Kenya Tourism Board reaches out to South Africa, India, China, Uganda and Tanzania for tourists
Monitor
publication
journalist
tours the
Mara
and the
beautiful
sandy
beaches at
the Coast

As we swam on a
reef in the Indian
Ocean, we could
see the Tanzania
mainland in the
distance.
_
Ssegawa
From June 12, companies
would be allowed to pay for
their employees going on
their annual leave and deduct
such expenses in their taxes
The move is aimed at boost-
ing the tourism sector,
which is under threat due to
increase in terror attacks by
Somali militants Al-Shabaab
Last week, British tour rms
evacuated more than 300
visitors from Kenya following
a warning by the UK govern-
ment of impending terror
attack
This has led to losses
CRUCIAL INDUSTRY
Boost for tourism
47,398
The number of Ugandan tourists who
visited Kenya last year.
EDGAR BATTE | DAILY NATION
The writer and his colleagues swim in the Indian Ocean.
Right: Giraes at the Maasai Mara.
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
10 | National News
BY BENSON WAMBUGU
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A
t least 350 former MPs have
been dealt a severe blow
after a judge declined their
plea to compel the government
to pay them an annual pension
of more Sh400 million.
Six former legislators led by
Mr Wanyiri Kihoro had sought
orders to compel the Parliamen-
tary Service Commission to pay
pension and gratuity amounting
to Sh100,000 per month to all
former legislators.
Their argument was pegged
on a report made on November
12, 2009 by a tribunal on remu-
neration of MPs headed by retired
appellate judge Akilano Akiwumi
recommending that former legis-
lators be paid pension as most of
them were living in squalor.
The tribunal proposed that
each MP who served from 1963 to
2007 be paid a minimum pension
of Sh100,000 monthly to meet
basic needs like food, clothing,
medicine and transport.
Mr Kihoro was joined in the
petition by Mr Andrew Kiptoon,
Mr Mohammed Galgalo, Mr Mark
Mwithaga, Mr Adam Bonaya and
Mr Robert Kipkorir to urge the
court to eect the recommen-
dations, saying some of them
were getting a monthly pension
of Sh2,685.
Former MPs are part of the
face of the Kenyan leadership
landscape outside Parliament,
more so at the grassroots levels,
where people look up to them
for all manner of support, guid-
ance, leadership and just about
everything, said Mr Akiwuni in
his report.
The retired judge further argued
that former legislators held the
burden of social responsibility,
meeting the challenges of basic
needs of local people imposed on
them by circumstances beyond
their control, and it would only be
fair to pay them a pension.
Mr Akiwumis report was
tabled in the last Parliament
and Speaker Kenneth Marende
presided over the debate that
adopted the recommendations
which had a raft of benets for
serving and former legislators.
The former MPs argued in
the court that the recommenda-
tions by Justice Akiwumi were
consistent with the practice in
the Commonwealth and the East
African Community.
On May 12, High Court Judge
David Majanja dismissed the
petition on grounds that the
Akiwumi Tribunal had no pow-
ers to determine remuneration
of any nature.
He said the Akiwumi team had
only been appointed to review the
terms and conditions of members
and employees of the National
Assembly and report to the PSC
which, in turn, would table the
report to Parliament.
The judge rejected the former
legislators argument that the
tribunal was, in nature, a court
under Article 170 of the Con-
stitution.
Mr Justice Majanja ruled that
the Constitution had empowered
the Salaries and Remuneration
Commission to set the remu-
neration and benets of all state
ocers.
In his concluding remarks,
however, the judge said the
petition evoked great sympathy,
adding that since the former leg-
islators had served the country
diligently, it is only fair that
due consideration is given to
their plight to enable them live
in dignity.
Cushion former colleagues
He called on sitting MPs to
pass relevant laws to cushion
their former colleagues against
poverty.
Yesterday, Mr Kihoro said
they would not appeal against
the High Court decision but will
soon table a bill in Parliament to
amend the Parliamentary Pension
Act, 1984.
He said that under the umbrella
of Former Parliamentarians As-
sociation, they will deliberate on
the matter in a meeting on June 4
and thereafter seek audience with
House Speaker Justin Muturi.
Judge says
tribunal
had no
powers to
determine
pay
Court rejects former MPs
plea for Sh400m pension
BLOW | Legislators wanted to be paid Sh100,000 monthly
FILE | NATION
Mr Wanyiri Kihoro.
In November 2009, a
report by retired Justice Aki-
lano Akiwumi recommended
that former MPs be paid
pension to enable them live
in dignity.
Former Speaker Kenneth
Marende presided over a
debate in Parliament that
adopted the report
In his judgment, however,
Mr Justice David Majanja
said he was touched by the
former MPs plight and called
for a law to cushion them.
HIGHLIGHTS
Judge touched
by petition
FILE | NATION
Justice (rtd) Akilano Akiwumi.
Sh2,685
Amount movers of the suit claim
some former legislators currently
get in monthly pension
He managed to escape, with the
rearm, on foot through one of the
feeder streets, the ocer said.
Maingi died after being shot in
the head and chest. In his pockets,
police found a home-made gun,
three supermarket loyalty cards,
three ID cards belonging to dif-
ferent people, his own ID card
and cash.
From the car, police recovered
several fake car number plates,
unknown liquids in bottles, sev-
eral mobile phones, unused SIM
cards, handcus and a fake satel-
lite phone.
According to the police, Maingi
had been involved in several rob-
beries in Westlands, Kileleshwa
and Runda.
We have CCTV footage taken
during a robbery on Peponi Road.
The man was one of the robbers.
In the footage, he is seen holding
an AK-47, Mr Otieno said.
He showed journalists CCTV
footage of a robbery at 12.59 on
March 8 on Peponi Road, where
Sh1.24 million was stolen from a
businessman.
The man in the photo is seen
holding an AK-47 rie behind a
black metallic gate. He is clad in
a light blue shirt and a brown pair
of trousers.
The footage, he said, was one
of those that have been handed to
the police by businessmen.
Police ocers, who had been
looking for Maingi, said one of
his accomplices, who was also
gunned down, lived in the same
Ongata Rongai and sold compact
disks.
Grandfather
of crime
lived as a
maize vendor
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
National News 11
THIS AND THAT | Murithi Mutiga
O
ne of the greatest challenges
to the implementation of
devolution is coming from
an unlikely source: The Judiciary.
The string of judgments
upholding and then overturning
the election of governors over the
last year cannot have done much to
boost the process of taking services
closer to the people.
Governors and the executive
committee members they appoint
preside over the management
of billions of shillings allocated
annually for a diverse array of
services.
Toppling them after a petition
has real life consequences unlike
removing, say, an MP who is a
legislator and whose replacement
by another man or woman will not
make a major dierence.
This means that the petitions
challenging the election of
governors should be handled and
disposed of at least in the rst three
months after the General Election
so that these people can get on with
their jobs.
As things stand, there has been a
mini-circus where the High Court
rules one way, the Court of Appeal
the other and the matter ends up
at the Supreme Court with no clear
date for nal resolution, leaving the
governors and county residents in
an uncomfortable limbo.
Take the case of Nairobi. It is often
said that the capital city generates
six out of every Sh10 worth of the
countrys gross domestic product
( GDP).
Today, it is unclear whether the
governor will still be in oce in the
next three months and whether all
the plans his executive team have
made will have to be torn up and
started afresh.
Will the deals, for example, said to
have been struck with some Chinese
rms for mass transit trains have to
be binned if the governor is ousted
and fails to win re-election? How
eectively are the county executive
committee members carrying out
their duties as they await the nal
judgment?
In other counties, governors
lost their appeals and went to the
Supreme Court seeking to reverse
the judgments.
That means you have politicians
with billions of shillings at their
disposal thrown into a corridor of
uncertainty as to how long they will
continue holding oce.
At best, you will see those oces
used to campaign for re-election
and, at worst, you might witness
large-scale looting.
Chief Justice Willy Mutunga and
his team can do something to change
this state of affairs. One option
would be to petition Parliament
to amend the Constitution so that
all governors petitions start in
the Supreme Court and end there
within, say, 90 days after they are
led.
This will give the counties a
leadership that is freed from
endless court challenges and aord
governors the space to carry out
their mandates. The package of
changes should include extending
the timeframe within which a
presidential petition can be heard
and disposed of to a slightly longer
period of, say, 28 days.
Most moderate Kenyans
appreciate that the Supreme
Court was faced with an impossible
situation after the last election which
was not of their own making.
The drafters of the Constitution
and by extension all the Kenyans
who did not urge an amendment
over-reacted from the 2007/8 crisis
and demanded that presidential
petitions should be heard and
settled within 14 days.
Amend law
That is an incredibly short period
and the judges basically found
themselves with their hands tied.
To prevent such a situation in
future, Parliament should amend the
law to provide for the presidential
petition to run for 28 days and then
for all the governors petitions to be
heard within three months after
the presidential petition has been
disposed of, in the years when the
results of the presidential election
tally are challenged.
That would mean all governors
petitions start and end in the highest
court in the land.
The Supreme Court, after all, is
not a very busy court, and should
be able to handle those cases that
arise.
Such amendments will free
county chiefs to get some work
done in the very short ve-year
window they have, even as one
hopes that in time, as judges write
their decisions, they will recall
Speaker Kenneth Marendes counsel
that the law does not operate in a
vacuum and that judgments should
be examined against the political
economy of the nation.
mmutiga@ke.nationmedia.com
CJ should nd a way to halt circus
in courts over governors elections
Counsel:
The law
does not
operate in
a vacuum
and
judgments
should be
examined
against
political
economy.
There has been a mini-circus
where the High Court rules
one way, and the Court of
Appeal the other.
T
he oce of the Attorney-General has in the
past few weeks come under intense scrutiny
over its handling of two cases linked to the
controversial Anglo Leasing saga. Critics, including
President Uhuru Kenyatta and the Law Society of
Kenya, believe that had there been a strong defence
the government would not have been forced to pay
Sh1.4 billion to two companies that won cases in
Switzerland and London against Kenya.
Before 2010, the AG was the governments
nominal legal adviser, protector of public interest
and prosecutor in all court cases. Besides, the
oce had security of tenure giving its holder
extensive powers. But the oce has since
independence been accused of behaving like an
appendage of the presidency and the party in
power. By tolerating the breaching of the law
and failing to stop various human rights abuses,
successive AGs have often been timid in exercising
their responsibility to Kenyans.
The 2010 Constitution was meant to repair
the damage done to this key position. When he
was sworn in, Prof Githu Muigai a man of
impeccable credentials and extensive experience
was expected to restore the image of the
AGs oce following what some thought was a
dissatisfactory two decades under Mr Amos Wako.
While the oce of the Director of Public
Prosecutions took over some powers, the
AG remains the principal legal adviser to the
government, including in international cases. He
is, therefore, expected to protect public interest
before all else. The recent criticism, which the AG
and his senior ocials have defended themselves
against, should provide an opportunity to examine
the way things are done in this important oce.
How Kenya is represented in international cases
should particularly be given attention to avoid past
mistakes.
Prof Muigai should make deliberate eorts to
answer his critics by restoring Kenyans condence
in an oce that has traditionally had a sullied
image.
Githu ought to audit
operations in his oce
H
uman-wildlife conict has for years been a
delicate subject whose ideal balance Kenya
is yet to strike. But reports yesterday that
14 hyenas are suspected to have been poisoned
to death by residents living near Maasai Mara
National Reserve in the last three weeks are a sad
reminder that more needs to be done.
In the past, elephants and lions have also been
targeted after supposedly killing livestock and
destroying crops. Added to the increased poaching,
the situation may soon get out of control if left
unchecked.
The Kenya Wildlife Service should particularly
look beyond the strategies it has used over the
years to ensure even-handedness in the protection
of wildlife and humans. Relying on the law is good,
but it should not be the only basis to solve this
intractable problem. KWS and county governments
need to do more to engage local communities,
some of which have genuine grievances.
It is important to emphasise that apart from
being Kenyas natural heritage that attracts tourists
and promotes the countrys image, wildlife also
plays a signicant role in ecological balancing.
We hope the authorities will take robust action to
ensure other animals do not suer the same fate as
the Mara hyenas.
Act now to save animals
Do we want an Attorney-General who will
play politics with the law? I do not want to
play that kind of politics. Barbara Mikulski
QUOTED
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
12 | Opinion
The mandate of gover-
nors and the president is
derived from the people;
county commissioners
are civil servants. We
therefore ask them to
confine themselves to
their mandate ... We
shall acknowledge their
powers to coordinate but
not to interfere. Meru
Governor Peter Munya
cautioning county com-
missioners to keep o
county matters.
OPINION MAKERS | What they said
I have complied with
the legal provision on
allocation of duties, and
if anyone calls me to an-
swer on why Rugut was
transferred, I am willing
to clarify and respond to
any questions Devo-
lution Cabinet Secretary
Anne Waiguru defending
herself against claims
that she unlawfully had
former National Youth
Service boss Kiplimo
Rugut transferred.
I understand that
people moving across
borders owing to natural
disasters are not likely
to qualify for refugee
status ... Environmental
reasons are not recog-
nised as grounds for the
award of refugee status
The Environment
Cabinet Secretary Judith
Wakhungu advocating
recognition of popula-
tions made refugees by
natural disasters.
Manoah Esipisu
is not the President.
The only person who
is mandated by law to
order the payment is
His Excellency ... You
are criminally responsi-
ble Public Accounts
Committee chair Ababu
Namwamba to Treasury
PS Kamau Thugge on
the payment of Sh1.4
billion to two Anglo
Leasing rms without
the Presidents orders.
If Duale or Kindiki
has not spoken, then
Jubilee has not spoken.
Others are free to talk,
that is healthy ... but in
terms of ocial script,
then the leaders are the
ones who should give
the ocial position
Senate Majority Leader
Kithure Kindiki while
dismissing the motion
to impeach Devolution
Cabinet Secretary Anne
Waiguru.
Armative action:
If its crime, please
leave me out of it
T
he liberal worlds career
woman is verily like the
Khazari Jew of Euro-
America. She insists on having
her cake and eating it. The idiom
I have italicised means to enjoy
both of two alternatives which are
completely incompatible.
Like all human individuals and
communities, the Khazari Jews
commit every kind of crime.
But Khazari propaganda has ef-
fectively deployed Europes horrendous Holocaustic
crimes against Jewry to convince the entire Western
intelligentsia that to criticise any act by a Khazari
individual or group is to commit anti-Semitism.
By creating a situation which raises a certain ethno-
religious community above criticism by this clever but
diabolical stratagem the Khazari have permanently
moored to the ground the entire faculty of moral, po-
litical and critical choice of whole nations in Europe,
North America and Down Under.
This manner by which the Western Jew has his cake
and eats it thus jaundicing the faculty of judgment of
an entire geo-cultural continuum ever since the Second
World War ended has been described for us even by
Khazari Jewish individuals, including such inimitable
intellects as Noam Chomsky, Michael Kiernan and
Moshe Menuhin.
In similar fashion ever since the triumphs of the
Anglo-Saxon Suragettes national womens move-
ments have sought equality with men in all areas of
social life while, at the very same time, demanding
certain dista privileges which are unavailable to
menfolk.
Throughout this week, we, in Kenya, heard that,
on account of the gender injustices which they have
suered for so long, women should be legally allowed
to perpetrate everything which the Constitution bans
as criminal. We heard that no law ocer should ever
lay his hands on Ms Charity Ngilu no matter what
she may do.
We were told that no custodian of the law should
ever touch Ms Anne Waiguru not even for the pur-
poses of the due process simply because, being a
woman, she has automatically been cleansed by the
many centuries of sexist injustices and cruelty that
her father and brothers have perpetrated against her
gender.
Even I support every eort that a society may col-
lectively make to enable all hitherto oppressed classes,
tribes, races, sects, genders and individuals to catch
up rapidly with the rest of the national or international
society. If armative action is the name of it, then
please enlist me among the soldiers in its vanguard.
But if crime is among the items in your list of af-
rmative actions, then please leave me out of it. No,
I do not know that Ms Ngilu and Ms Waiguru have
used their ocial political positions to commit crimes.
Even if I had any tangible evidence against them, it is
to a process of inquiry and adjudication that I would
submit it.
And that, it seems to me, is all that anybody has
done against Ms Waiguru. It is unfortunate that Par-
liament itself an extremely controverted institution
was the initiator of that action. But it is completely
within its supervisory duty to seek to investigate a
cabinet secretary suspected of a crime and, if it nds
him or her guilty, to recommend dismissal.
But, just as no black London criminal can legitimately
demand acquittal merely because Londons whites
have mistreated the black race for ve centuries, so no
woman criminal can hope to go scot free just because
men have mistreated womankind ever since patriarchy
reared its hideous head three millennia ago.
In the 21st century, I expect every properly educated
male human being to readily see the urgent need to
liberate his mother, wife, sisters and daughters from
the mental straitjacket of bigoted patriarchal upbring-
ing so that all of them can contribute freely and fully
all their immense nature-given talents to humanitys
uplift.
But among the best methods to achieve this is to
weed all criminals women and men alike out of all
our processes of preferment in service delivery.
ochiengotani@gmail.com
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OPINION | Nduva Muli
I
n some of the recent articles and
broadcasts in the local media,
the Ministry of Transport and
Infrastructure has been subjected
to totally unwarranted and baseless
allegations on its handling of certain
aspects of road safety.
At issue, apparently, has been the
ministrys alleged insistence that
the night travel ban on passenger
service vehicles (PSVs) was still on.
In light of these unfounded and mis-
informed allegations, we feel it is
necessary to set the record straight
and discount some of the miscon-
ceptions that have festered around
this critical issue.
For starters, the Cabinet Secre-
tary and by extension the ministry
of Transport and Infrastructure is
not aware of any ban on night
travel by Public Service Vehicles.
To give the policy intervention its
rightful name, what the ministry has
done, through the National Trans-
port Safety Authority (NTSA), is to
introduce a much-needed regulatory
framework to govern night travel in
the country.
It is instructive to note that by
coming up with a regulatory regime
for night travel, what the ministry
did was perfectly in order and
within the laws of Kenya. The law,
specically under the NTSA Act,
gives the Cabinet Secretary ex-
ecutive authority, which he can
invoke to carry out the mandate of
the ministry so as to ensure safe and
ecient movement of goods and
services within our country.
This is exactly what the Cabinet
Secretary has done. And it is what
the ministry will and must continue
to do. The sanctity of human life
and property on our roads and our
transportation channels is too criti-
cal to be postponed or held hostage
for the convenience of a few.
Road carnage in our country was
getting out of hand and the weight
of responsibility was on our shoul-
ders. We could not just fold our arms
and whimper into acceptance of the
status quo.
In any case, there has always been
a plausible body of statistics to show
that most fatal accidents occurred
during the night because of the
actions of unregulated operators,
including long-distance truckers and
PSVs. Driver fatigue as a result of
driving over long distances without
breaks and the paucity of systems
of accountability such as a passen-
ger manifests and eet management
systems was also to blame.
Abide by law
Under the regulations, several
PSV operators have so far applied
for and obtained licences for night
travel.
The National Transport and
Safety Authority is reviewing these
applications. As a ministry, we shall
continue to support those who abide
by the law and ensure the violators
are punished. It is important to
clarify that vehicles plying shorter
routes such as Nairobi to Kiambu
do not fall under the long distance
spectrum. These distances are
governed by commuter distance
spectrum. What is classied as long
distance involves movement on
longer routes such as Mombasa to
Busia or Nairobi to Kisumu. These
are distances that cannot be covered
within the stipulated eight hours,
including breaks.
A few months after the PSV reg-
ulations were introduced, we feel
vindicated. Latest statistics show
that in absolute numbers, road
accident fatalities are down 21 per
cent this year, compared to the same
period last year. More signicantly
the loss of lives of passengers in
PSVs has dropped by 47 per cent
when compared against the same
period last year.
Still, our job still remains largely
undone and a lot of challenges
remain. We shall not rest on our
laurels. Safety challenges regard-
ing heavy commercial vehicles,
motorcycles and pedestrians need
to be addressed and we can assure
Kenyans we will address them in
due course.
Earlier this week, the Cabinet Sec-
retary Transport and Infrastructure
launched a Highway Patrol Unit that
is fully equipped to address cases
of violation of the trac laws and
regulations in all respects. Drivers
on Kenyan roads must realise that
impunity on our roads must and
will come to an end. I urge all road
users to drive by the rules or face
the consequences.
Mr Muli is the Principal Secretary
State Department of Transport
in the Ministry of Transport and
Infrastructure
Ministry acted within the law
on regulation of night travel
Loss of lives of passengers in
PSVs has dropped by 47 per
cent when compared against
the same period last year
Correction:
Ministry
is not
aware of
any ban
on night
travel by
PSVs
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
Opinion 13
P
resident Uhuru Keny-
atta and Law Society
of Kenya chair Eric
Mutua have strongly criticised
the State Law Oce over its
handling of the Anglo Leasing
case that led to Kenya paying
Sh1.4bn to two rms.
A visibly angry Mr Kenyatta,
at a press briefing at State
House, chided Attorney-Gen-
eral Githu Muigai for sloppy
representation, while Mr Mutua
summed up the legal defence
as highly unprofessional, and
has demanded that Mr Muigai
resign, even threatening him
with disbarment.
The Consumer Federation
of Kenya holds no brief for
the trio in any way, but could
it be that both President
Kenyatta and Mr Mutua are
being grossly insincere over
what appears to be a decep-
tive mob-justice against Mr
Muigai and his team?
Unlike previous Presidents,
President Kenyatta had a de-
tailed formal hand-over from
the Kibaki administration,
where he chose to retain Mr
Muigai, who didnt have to be
vetted afresh.
The President has chaired
Cabinet meetings with Prof
Muigai as one of the mem-
bers. It amounts to mischief,
therefore, for President Keny-
atta to feign ignorance on the
substance of the briefs he has
either been getting or ought
to be getting from Prof Muigai
on why and how the case was
supposedly bungled.
Indeed the President was
unconvincing to have publicly
criticised the SLO, knowing full
well that, beyond his lamen-
tations and suggestions, he
wields exclusive power to act
on the matter.
On his part, and with tre-
mendous respect, Mr Mutua
and the LSK are being oppor-
tunistic, overly reactive and
playing to the public gallery.
Both have been around as
the Anglo Leasing cases were
running locally and interna-
tionally. In this regard, it is
unconvincing for Mr Mutua
and the LSK to be seen to
react to legal issues around
the case in the manner a non-
legal NGO would.
In any case, Mr Mutua has
been adversely mentioned
in the Malili Ranch scandal,
where shareholders were
cheated out of their land, as
a prime suspect, and should
stop issuing idle threats.
Stephen Mutoro,
Secretary-General, Consumer
Federation of Kenya.
Uhuru, Mutua criticism of the
Attorney-General unwarranted
TALKING POINT
FILE | NATION
Attorney-General Githu Muigai (left) and Solicitor-General Njee Muturi
whose handling of the Anglo Leasing case has been criticised.
The Cutting Edge
BY THE WATCHMAN
STATE HAS FAILED LAND-OWNERS: The govern-
ment and law courts have totally failed Kenyans by
nullifying bona de titles to Nairobi South B land
by invoking the buyer-beware rule too liberally, says
Wamahiu Muya, adding that they are letting those
who conned others live to enjoy their loot. He adds:
It is only the State that certies whether a title is
genuine and if the Registrar of Lands issued the
certicate, the State should compensate any person
who was loses money through its negligence or cor-
ruption. His contact is muya@optonline.net.
STOP THE NONSENSE: The plot by MPs to im-
peach Devolution Cabinet Secretary Waiguru for
allegedly sacking someone by SMS is utter non-
sense, says Devere Mwangi. SMS is an advanced
and acceptable mode of communication in todays
world. If you can use SMS to transfer money, check
examination results, pay bills, and book hotels and
travel, what is wrong with being sacked through an
SMS? Whatever the means, the information is the
same; you have been red! His contact is devere_
mwangi@hotmail.com.
REVIVE LANDLINE SERVICES: When the French
Orange company took majority shares in Telkom
Kenya, landline owners had high hopes of improved
services that have since been dashed, says Anil K.
Shah. Orange, he adds, completely ignored this
part of the agreement under the excuse that cables
were stolen or vandalised, reaching a point where
hardly anybody has a workable landline. The At-
torney-General should look into this. His contact is
anilkshah@me.com.
CONFISCATE DIRTY PROPERTY: Having done
such a commendable job of ushing out and deporting
foreigners living in the country illegally, Mark Muraguri
says the government should now investigate whether
any of the ransom extorted from ship owners whose
vessels were hijacked by pirates in Somalia waters was
invested in Kenya. If any is traced, Mark proposes, such
property should be conscated by the government to
send out a strong warning that our country will not be
used as a haven by drug trackers and pirates.
SIEGE MENTALITY: The directive by Inspec-
tor-General of Police David Kimaiyo outlawing the
tinting of private motorists car windows that was
later quashed by a court should have been di-
rected at the mother of all tints, the walls around
buildings, says X.N. Iraki. He adds: That culture of
hiding behind walls creates a siege mentality that
negates freedom and innovation. His contact is
xniraki@gmail.com.
WHAT AILS KENYA: Attorney-General Githu
Muigai has aptly summarised what ails Kenya
that we have more morticians than surgeons,
notes John Mukui, adding: Examples are legion.
We have more critics than writers, more supervi-
sors than workers, our professors we only hear of
while they are reciting, Solidarity forever, men
squandering family resources on alcohol and drugs,
road hogs breaking all the trac rules, and pub-
lic health personnel selling drugs. His contact is
jtmukui2000@yahoo.com.

Have a surgical day, wont you!
E-mail: watchman@ke.nationmedia.com Mail: The
Watchman PO BOX 49010, GPO 00100, Nairobi.
Fax 2213946
HANDS OFF WAIGURU: The male-dominated Parlia-
ment wont be allowed to impeach Devolution Cabinet
Secretary Anne Waiguru, warns Janet Kui. She adds:
In the past year, two prominent women have been
shown the door, and many others were victimised but
just bore the pain in silence. But the men get away
with anything, including forging academic certicates,
the Anglo Leasing-scandals and outing the Constitu-
tion. Keep o Waiguru and let her do her work. Her
contact iskui.janet@yahoo.com.
To the editor
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sundaynation@ke.nationmedia.com. You can also mail to: The Editor,
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clarity, space or legal considerations.
Im an optimist, happy to
see something positively life-
changing happening. This is
one reason Im looking forward
to Brazil successfully hosting
the World Cup this year.
So when the Chinese agreed
to nance the standard gauge
railway, I was cautiously elated.
Im optimistic this project will
be key to economic and politi-
cal developments in Kenya and
East Africa.
Now, Im conversant with
the global politics of com-
merce and economy, and want
to point out that China alone,
while an important global po-
litical and economic power, is
not enough. The US and her
allies in Europe, Canada, Aus-
tralia, Japan and others cannot
be ignored. Incidentally, these
are also the biggest markets for
China, just as for Kenya.
The EU, for instance, con-
sumes most of our agricultural
products, and accounts for the
biggest chunk of our tourists.
The US market is an important
market to us in more ways than
one. Academically, the West re-
mains an important destination
for Kenyan students.
Granted, investments from
China are growing in impor-
tance and so is her middle
class, which is important for
tourism, but it would be fool-
hardy just to look at China,
which, in turn, is trading with
the West we want to ignore
which, by the way, still leads in
technological innovations.
China is rising and will
maintain the pace, yes, but in
a highly globalised world, we
need everybody.
In a nutshell, our policies
need to embrace dialogue and
work with both East and the
West. We need all the capital
and markets we can get. The
imbalance in trade between
Kenya/Africa and China are
too huge and our minuscule ex-
ports to the East require urgent
nudging to signicantly grow
to reasonable margins.
Harisson Ikunda, Nairobi.
Lets not kid ourselves; we need the West
May 25, 1984
The former MP for Kitale
East, Mr Frederick Gumo, has
withdrawn from the Kitale East
constituency by-election sched-
uled for June 11.
Mr Gumo announced the
surprise decision in Nairobi
shortly after Kanu headquar-
ters announced clearance of
six candidates, including Mr
Gumo, for the race.
The names were released by
the Kanu national treasurer,
who is also Minister of State
in the Oce of the President,
Mr Justus ole Tipis.
The six were: Masinde Muliro,
Frederick Gumo, Julius Kiprono
Bii, Wilson Koech, Daniel Kibi-
wott Yeto and John Chege.
Announcing his decision, Mr
Gumo said he was stepping
down for the sake of peace
and unity in Kitale East.
Mr Gumo said he was grateful
to the people of the constitu-
ency for giving him the chance
to represent them in Parliament,
and thanked President Moi for
having appointed him assistant
minister in his government.
Thirty Years Ago Compiled by Augustine Nyagah
FILE | NATION
Mr Frederick Gumo.
Columnist Murithi Mutigas senti-
ments last Sunday regarding the airing
of X-rated content on local FM stations
cannot go unsupported. Radio stations
have thrown caution to the wind and
bombard us daily with uncensored
material that is, for all intents, por-
nography and immorality.
As the body charged with the
mandate to oversee professional and
ethical standards in the media, the
Media Council of Kenya has failed in
its mandate to ensure oensive content
is not aired. Radio journalists cannot
be allowed to operate without restraint
yet its the councils responsibility to
oer accreditation to all bona de local
and foreign journalists.
James Murimi, Kwale.
Spare us the daily
vulgarities on radio
That Nairobi Senator Mike Mbuvi
(Sonko) could place a direct phone call
to President Uhuru and so easily ma-
nipulate him against authorised action
by his own government was shocking
and should not have happened.
Worse, the populist Senator put the
president on speaker phone (without
the head of states knowledge) for all,
including media, to hear. Imagine what
damage this would have caused had
the president tripped in his speech in
the belief that the conversation was
private! And what guarantee is there
that the senator wont use his new-
found inuence to his advantage? Why
is the president handling the senator
with kid gloves when it was Uhurus
name that secured him the Nairobi vote
and not vice-versa?
Francis Njenga, Nakuru.
Is there no policy on
calls to the president?
Its sad to learn that close to 4,000
Kenyans have so far been declared
redundant since the USA, UK, France
and Australia issued travel advisories
against Kenya. If not contained, this
might cripple our economy which is
already struggling, and shift potential
investment to neighbouring countries
and the region.
More worrying is the sudden de-
preciation of the shilling in relation to
major international currencies. With
potential budget decits in the 2014-
2015 estimates, a struggling tourism
industry and a sagging wage bill, this
could very well be the beginning of
socio-economic and political unrest,
which government must take pre-emp-
tive measures to contain.
Enock Onsando, Mombasa.
Act now to pre-empt
economic sabotage
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
14 | Letters
PORTRAIT OF THE MAN
BEHIND SHADOWY ANGLO
LEASING-TYPE DEALS
It is not enough that little-
known Anura Perera has
just extracted Sh1.4 billion
from Kenyans, but now
wants Treasury to pay him
Sh3 billion more. P. 20
SUNDAY
REVIEW
POLITICS, OPINION, ANALYSES, BUSINESS
BITS & PIECES |
Gakiha Weru
SERVED BY A GSU WAITER
Once, years back when I wasnt
too scared of Nairobi streets, the
cop invited me for a drink at the
GSU camp at Kenya Broadcast-
ing Corporation. Under a tattered
jungle tent, we were served cheap
beer from AFCO stores and drank
straight from the bottle, some-
thing I had never done before.
The waiter was a GSU corporal
in jungle fatigues and when I
asked for a glass, he looked at me
with that no-nonsense cop stare
and mouthed jinga! under his
breath. I never went back!
gweru@ke.nationmedia.com
NO REPRIEVE FOR LIBYANS
A former Libyan army general has
unleashed a military operation
against perceived religious ex-
tremists. The target is some 1,700
armed groups that sprang up in
the merry days of the Arab Spring.
None of them is willing to give in
an inch to anybody, and another
Somalia could very well be in the
making. For the folk who dreamt
of living happily ever after Gadd-
a, the Arab Spring was either an
ambitious experiment that went
horribly wrong, or a cruel con job.
THE STATE OF OUR POLICE
In the recent past, cops have been
on the receiving end from sundry
quarters following the wave of
unprecedented terrorist attacks.
I, too, have hurled a few brickbats
in their direction from the safety
of my desk. But sometimes real-
ity stops you in your tracks. This
week, we learnt that police get an
average of two litres of fuel per
vehicle per day. Conservatively,
two litres will give you 20 km on a
good day. With some of these hard
facts, it is delusional to expect the
men and women in blue to be on
top of their game.
SALUTE FOR A CIVILIAN
And contrary to what some people
believe, I have many good friends
in the police force. One of them
is a senior cop whose sense of
drama sometimes makes my day.
Some time back, I stopped to
greet him at a roadblock. When
he recognised me, he froze, placed
his swagger stick under his arm
and executed a smart salute.
Thinking that I was a big shot
cop from somewhere, his juniors
followed suit. It felt good though
I couldnt salute back its illegal
for civilians to salute. When I re-
turned to the car, the fellow travel-
ling with me eyed me suspiciously.
He is a businessman and I could
guess what was going on in his
mind. Since then, he avoids me
like the plague.
BY ANDREW TEYIE
@Muholo
ateyie@ke.nationmedia.com
AND TIMOTHY KEMEI
@timothykemei
timothykemei@gmail.com
D
eputy President William
Ruto moved to save
Devolution Cabinet
Secretary Anne Waiguru from
impeachment by Parliament
for the sake of harmony in the
Cabinet and in Jubilee, the Sun-
day Nation has learnt.
Mr Ruto waded into the issue
when he realised that the number
of MPs signing up to impeach
Ms Waiguru for alleged gross
misconduct and abuse of oce
was swelling by the day.
And yesterday, Mr Ruto, for
the rst time, publicly told MPs
planning to sack the minister
to instead confront him and
President Kenyatta and to stop
scheming against their juniors,
adding that the presidency
took full responsibility for ap-
pointments and transfers in
government.
Leave Waiguru alone. Ap-
pointments and transfers are
done by the Public Service
Commission, the President and
myself. If you have any questions
about Kiplimo Rugut, ask me
or the President, not Waiguru.
Mambo ya kufuata mtu mdogo
wacheni kabisa (stop pursuing
our juniors), he said in refer-
ence to the former National
Youth Service director-general
whose recent transfer sparked
controversy.
The Deputy President added:
When you voted, you voted for
me and Uhuru. Did you see
Waigurus name? Wacheni hiyo
kelele kabisa (stop the noise). In
any case, Rugut has not been
sacked, hes been transferred,
said Mr Ruto, speaking in Keri-
cho County.
The replacement of Mr Rugut,
a career civil servant, with Dr
Nelson Githinji, attracted criti-
cism from a section of Rift Valley
MPs who alleged ethnic bias in
public appointments. Mr Rugut
comes from the Deputy Presi-
dents Rift Valley stronghold.
The controversy has caused
tension in the Jubilee Coalition.
It is these noises that the Deputy
President has now come out to
silence.
About 150 MPs from both
sides of the National Assembly,
led by Igembe South legislator
Mithika Linturi, have endorsed
the petition against the Devolu-
tion Secretary.
Critics of Ms Waiguru allege
that apart from ignoring the
tribal arithmetic, she showed
disrespect by supposedly
transferring Mr Rugut through
a mobile phone text message.
Last week, Ms Waiguru told
the Sunday Nation she did not
send such an SMS ahead of Chi-
nese Premier Li Keqiangs visit
to NYS, adding that she followed
the correct procedure. She is also
accused of disrespecting Youth
Enterprise Fund chairman Gor
Semelango before she sacked
him in March.
I have complied with the
provision in the law on allo-
cation of duties. We used the
central posting units and Mr
Rugut was among other 11 civil
servants who were transferred.
If my ministry was wrong in its
posting, so were the other min-
istries, she said.
Yesterday, Mr Ruto said that
wrangling within the coalition
was aecting service delivery.
The DP told MPs to con-
centrate on managing the
Constituency Development
and Uwezo Funds, and to leave
matters of appointments to the
President and myself.
He singled out Nandi Hills
MP Alfred Keter who had ear-
lier said he was speaking out
on such sensitive issues that Mr
Ruto could not publicly comment
on due to his position as Deputy
President.
I have not sent Keter (Alfred)
to speak for me. I am my own
spokesman. Those who talk to us
from morning to evening about
my community and my religion
should give us a break. Tribalism
will destroy this country. Some
leaders have faces of leadership
but are merely brokers. Whats
wrong with transferring someone
to serve in another government
department? asked Mr Ruto.
According to a top ocial in
Why Ruto told o Jubilee MPs
on move to impeach Waiguru
DPs defence of
embattled Devolution
Secretary a calculated
move to present
himself as a leader
above tribal politics
JACOB OWITI | NA-
TION
Deputy President
William Ruto is
welcomed by
Kericho Woman
Representative
Ms Hellen Chep-
kwony during
her homecoming
party at Ngoina
Primary School
yesterday.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 16
150
MPs who have endorsed
motion to impeach Devolution
Secretary Waiguru
Tribalism will destroy this country. Some leaders have faces of leaders but are mere
brokers. Whats wrong with transferring someone to serve in another department?
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
15
the Oce of the President who could
not be quoted because he is not au-
thorised to speak to the media, Mr
Ruto believes that Ms Waigurus
impeachment would destabilise
the Jubilee government and make
the Cabinet, largely comprising
technocrats, vulnerable to external
machinations. It is also believed Cord
legislators are using the tensions in
Jubilee to paint the ruling coalition
as dysfunctional.
The move by the Deputy President
may slow down the push for the pro-
posed motion. Some MPs are said to
view Ms Waiguru as too powerful and
abrasive and are keen on humiliating
her. A legislator who requested ano-
nymity claimed that if left unchecked,
Ms Waiguru could assume the powers
of a prime minister and overshadow
the Deputy President. Running
the Devolution ministry allows Ms
Waiguru easy access to President
Kenyatta as most policies and func-
tions require close consultations with
State House.
On Tuesday last week, more than
20 URP MPs and four senators met in
Biblica Hotel in Nairobi where they are
believed to have resolved to support
the plans to kick out the CS.
The Deputy President felt the mo-
tion could actually pass in Parliament
considering the numbers that it was
attracting. He was concerned that the
debate could have taken a tribal angle.
He also felt that the coalition would
be divided if he allowed the motion
to continue, seeing that a majority of
Jubilee MPs who had signed it were
from URP and the government ocer
(Mr Rugut) in question was from Rift
Valley which is his political bedrock,
said the ocial from OP.
The presidency also feared that
the successful impeachment of Ms
Waiguru could strike fear in minis-
tries and reduce Cabinet Secretaries
to parliamentary lapdogs who would
do anything to avoid suering the
same fate. Some of the favours MPs
are known to seek are employment
of their supporters and government
tenders.
On Thursday, it is said that the
Deputy President reached out to the
Leaders of Majority in Parliament and
Senate, Mr Aden Duale and Professor
Kithure Kindiki, to take charge of the
process and stop the impeachment.
Mr Duale, Prof Kindiki and some
Jubilee legislators then called a press
conference to back Ms Waiguru. The
move followed similar support by
women MPs led by Runyenjes MP
Cecily Mbarire and ODM Nominated
Senator Janet Ongoro.
Yesterday, Mr Duale told the Sunday
Nation that the motion had nothing
to do with the Jubilee coalition.
Coalition motions are done
through structures and systems
and the Leader of Majority is the
spokesman of the coalition, said
Mr Duale.
Mr Duale said that Jubilee will hold
a Parliamentary Group meeting be-
fore legislators resume their sittings
to convince Mr Linturi to abandon
the impeachment motion. However,
he noted that MPs including members
of Jubilee coalition have an oversight
role on the executive.
Our members also have an
oversight role given to them by the
Constitution. On their own they can
bring a motion. But we will discuss
as a family. We have serious issues
including the budget, security and
fullling our promises to Kenyans
to address, said Mr Duale.
Yesterday, Mr Linturi said that
there was separation of powers be-
tween Parliament and the Executive,
and argued that, as an MP, he was
exercising his oversight role.
The Leader of Majority is obligated
to defend government in the House.
The oversight role of MPs cannot
be compromised. It is intimidation
when people demonstrate because
I am doing what I am supposed to
do. I have taken an oath to defend
the Constitution of Kenya, said Mr
Linturi.
The legislator said he would not
abide by Mr Rutos call.
There is no turning back. Forget
about people demonstrating. The
streets cannot help you. People must
know where to put their defence. You
cannot intimidate Linturi by going
to the streets. She is mistaken, said
Mr Linturi.
There has also been a urry of ac-
tivity on social media and statements
from political operatives and public
relations practitioners in support of
Ms Waiguru.
Mr Rutos move is likely to make
some of the MPs who were in support
of the motion to reconsider their stand
and give Ms Waiguru a lifeline.
Jubilee leaders rally behind Waiguru
LONE WOLF | Mr Linturi dees superiors and vows to press on with motion
JACOB OWITI | NATION
From left to right: National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale, Kericho Senator
Charles Keter and Senate Majority Leader Kithure Kindiki. Mr Duale has distanced
the government from a motion to impeach Devolution Secretary Anne Waiguru.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15
The DP felt that the
coalition would be divided
if he allowed the motion to
continue, seeing that most
of those who signed are MPs
from the URP side,
Jubilee ocial
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
16 | Sunday Review
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
17
T
he biggest threat facing
Kenya today, and which
the twin Houses of Parlia-
ment should address as a matter
of national importance and with
utmost urgency, is not Ms Ann
Waiguru.
It is the insecurity that is
running rampant all over Kenya
and which is threatening to run
businesses into the ground and
Kenyans into penury.
They used to say in the
United States of America that
if you want to know you have
a congressman, you confront
her with a problem and, if she
comes up with a bill to tackle
and solve it, then you know you
have a legislator.
The prime objective of the
Jubilee government must be
the protection of Kenyans and
their property at all times.
No single Kenyan should live
in fear of his neighbour or fear
for his or her property.
Security means the school
children in Mandera walking
to and from a faraway school
should do so without fearing
for their safety.
Insecurity means the Euro
bond we seek to oat shortly
could be in jeopardy because
businesses are being blown up
in Nairobi.
Security means small busi-
nesses thrive and become
tomorrows multinationals
because they are able to get
credit, invest and grow.
Security means teachers and
pupils will concentrate on their
duties as will all cadres of the
countrys work force. Security
means all of the states machin-
ery is all-seeing, all-hearing and
all-knowing and, therefore,
ahead of criminals.
Every inquiry, opinion poll or
survey says Kenyans are increas-
ingly worried about insecurity.
This is the clearest signal yet to
the twin Houses of Parliament
to call the Executive to account;
to call the government out on its
campaign pledges; to call time
on the lethargy of the security
apparatus.
The Coalition for Reforms
and Democracy (Cord) gets it
right in its assessment of the
performance of the government
over the last one year but, alas,
buries the brass tacks in a mass
grave of brickbats. These dis-
tract from its central and crucial
demand: A national conference
to discuss the issues bedevilling
Kenya, chief among them inse-
curity.
I believe Jubilee will not call us
to such a gathering. Governing
parties are loathe to sit with the
opposition to discuss the state
of the country, let alone how the
country should be governed.
Second, such a conference is
likely to mutate into a refer-
endum on the performance of
government and Jubilee will
have no truck with that kind of
gathering.
Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter
gets it wrong too. He avers,
to the delight of Cord, that
President Kenyatta and Deputy
President William Ruto were not
ready to govern at the time they
were elected, but then goes o
in a tangent. He declares that
he will support Mithika Linturis
motion to impeach Ms Waiguru,
the Devolution and Planning
Cabinet Secretary.
If you diagnose the problem
to be the President and Deputy,
why then take aim at their ap-
pointee? Ms Waiguru holds the
Devolution and Planning docket
which gives her signicant in-
uence across ministries and
chairs the Inter-Government
Council that brings together
governors, her Cabinet Sec-
retary colleagues and the
Transitional Authority.
Better still, politically she is
reputed to have the Presidents
eye and ear. Indeed, others say
she is the Presidents right and
left hand.
Ms Waiguru could be to Presi-
dent Kenyatta what Mr Kipyator
Nicholas Kiprono arap Biwott
was to President Moi, but she is
not the President. Like Winston
Churchill could well have said,
she is not the lion; she is only
the roar of it.
The lion is the appointing
authority. And so it would
appear Mr Linturi gets it but,
through a circuitous route, he
says Parliament will impeach
Ms Waiguru for violating the
Constitution and intimidating
public servants. Why only her?
Then he threatens: if the Presi-
dent fails to sack her, Parliament
will impeach the President.
Parliament may impeach Ms
Waiguru, but Parliament will not
impeach the President. If you
have not noticed, let me tell
you good people; the Presi-
dent is ruthless in pursuit of
his goals. Just look at his deci-
sion on Anglo Leasing and the
delegation of his powers to the
helmeted men and women in
the counties.
But the President is terribly
vulnerable on insecurity. So Par-
liament must force him to bring
that ruthless streak to stream-
line the security apparatus and
end the cycle of violence that
threatens to turn Kenya into a
failing state. Parliaments prior-
ity must be xing security and
not Ms Waiguru.
Opanga is a media consultant.
opanga@diplomateastafrica.com
Lawmakers should move fast to end insecurity
Oversight:
Twin
Houses
should
call the
Executive to
account
THE WEEK THAT WAS | Kwendo Opanga
Problem threatens to
run businesses into
the ground and
Kenyans into penury

No single Kenyan
should live in fear
of his neighbour or
fear for his or her
property.
T
here has
been quite
some ex-
citement over
the whole ques-
tion of Western
tourists being
warned by their
own govern-
ments about
travelling to Kenya. Last Sunday,
our President was quite emphatic
about our ability to look for tour-
ists elsewhere.
While the British High Commis-
sioner did not deny that they had
issued a travel advisory to their
people, he, however, qualied that
the warning was against going to
Mombasa, not the whole of Kenya.
If, indeed, it is about terrorism,
then the attacks we have seen in
recent times are not restricted to
Mombasa.
Some people are reading more
than just the justication of terror-
ism in the actions of the Western
nations. There are those who
think it is probably a reaction to
the warm relations that seem to
have developed between Kenya
and China. Or are such thoughts
too far-fetched? I would not think
so. For more than 40 years, we
remained closely tied to the Bret-
ton Woods institutions such as the
International Monetary Fund and
the World Bank. I am told that
such a scenario was part of what
was known as the Washington
Consensus.
The paradigm shifted some
years back and we moved on
to the millennium development
goals and poverty reduction as
the key themes. What has been
the participation of our develop-
ment partners in these efforts
over the years? China is now a
key player in our socio-economic
development and one hopes that
some of the mutual agreements
will help propel that process of
poverty reduction. Certainly they
have their own interests just like
all the others have had but of
immediate interest to me is what
is in it for us.
There was a time in the 1960s
and 1970s when there was a great
divide between the West and the
East and the emerging free states
of Africa aligned themselves to
either side depending on factors
particular to each. If in fact as
conspiracy theorists would say
the West is pulling out their tour-
ists to sabotage our economic base
because of our association with
China, would that be a renewed
bout of the East-West divide? The
relationship that is of greatest in-
terest to us is the one that enables
us to build good roads, a good
railway, generate and distribute
electricity, and so on.
A relationship of ideas may
be good but it is not enough. As
we look for tourists elsewhere, it
might be a good idea to market
ourselves to other African coun-
tries as a tourist destination. I
am convinced that there is great
potential in Mother Africa.
Father Wamugunda is Dean of
Students at the University of Nai-
robi. wamugundaw@uonbi.ac.ke
MY THOUGHTS |
Dominic Wamugunda
We need not
look West,
Africa is full
of potential
Waiguru doing a good job, so why the ak?
STRAIGHT TALK | Ahmednasir Abdullahi
Behind the
scenes:
We must
ush out,
name and
shame the
masters
who are
pulling
the strings
behind the
scenes
S
ome Members of Parlia-
ment, especially those
allied to the United Re-
publican Party (URP), have the
habits and ethics of alley cats.
They also hound and hunt
like hungry hyenas. They bark
loud like wild dogs. They have
an insatiable appetite for money.
Their greed is astonishing. Their
moral compass is dened by the
content of their bellies at a given
moment. They slash and burn.
Nothing will stop them until they
break up the government, even
though they have no idea what
follows such a break-up.
They came for the Judicial
Service Commission and the
Judiciary just because a lady
from their region was sacked.
They started a tribally-inspired
and illegal inquiry to save. They
then swiftly convicted all in sight.
Kenyans cheered them instead
of condemning them.
Eventually the High Court
soundly put them in their right-
ful place. But they had tasted
blood!
They then came after Charity
Ngilu, the Minister for Lands,
simply because they wanted to
sanitise fake and fraudulently
acquired title deeds issued more
than a decade ago. They saw her
as a threat and a force that must
be neutralised.
They tried to decapitate her
politically. They maligned her
for selfish, temporal goals.
They unsuccessfully tried to
impeach her.
Then they went for Labour
Minister Kazungu Kambi. His
crime? He transferred the Reg-
istrar of Trade Unions to a better
job. But because the Registrar is
from the Rift Valley, a motion to
impeach the minister was quickly
led in Parliament. Now Kambi
spends a lot of his time, energy
and resources ghting the bid to
impeach him.
Now they are after the blood
of Anne Waiguru, the Minister
for Devolution. Her crime? She
promoted and then transferred
the former head of the National
Youth Service, who also comes
from the Rift Valley. Signatures
were quickly collected. False
and scandalous charges were
framed and Waiguru is ghting
for her job.
Surely, when will the political
thuggery of URP and its surro-
gates ever stop? Who will save
the country from the endless
blackmail of this party?
Waiguru, by all accounts, is
doing an excellent job in her
docket. She is both diligent and
hardworking. She is forceful and
is a go-getter. She is focused and
visionary. I have never met her
in person and I am not holding
her brief. But, as Kenyans, we
must stand up to bullies who
are picking on a carefully pre-
selected group of individuals and
are intent on destroying them
one by one.
Waiguiru holds a very powerful
docket. That docket is also the
epicentre of many institutional
reforms initiated by the Jubilee
administration.
She has put in place proc-
esses and procedures that have
shut out powerful rent seekers.
Her docket has huge contracts
and tenders worth billions of
shillings.
Her ministrys budget is very
enticing to wheeler-dealers. She
has many enemies who are sim-
ply unhappy that they dont have
their hands in the till.
When such a person is at-
tacked for the good work she is
doing for Kenyans, it is criminal
to keep quiet. It is our civic duty
to ght o those who want to
destroy her.
In the last two weeks, some
MPs have undertaken a well-
choreographed and politically
orchestrated campaign against
Waiguru. I dont blame those who
are pushing the papers in this
insidious campaign. Most are
merely habitual rent-seekers only
too willing to undertake such a
shameless political enterprise for
the right pay.
Those we should ush out,
name and shame are the mas-
ters who are pulling the strings
behind the scenes. The Judici-
ary, Kambi, Ngilu and Waiguru
are being fought by the same
force.
This force seeks to intimidate
Kenyans by showing that it can
pick its victims at will and de-
stroy as and when it desires.
It also targets victims it thinks
are forceful, reformists and pose
real threat to both its political
designs and corrupt intentions.
This force is hell-bent on having
its way. This force can only be
stopped by the collective will and
actions of Kenyans.
Let us ght and stop this dark
force. We owe it to ourselves and
our country.
Senior Counsel Ahmednasir
Abdullahi is the publisher,
Nairobi Law Monthly

Now Kambi spends a

lot of his time ghting
the bid to impeach him
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
18 | Sunday Review
T
he rst problem with the
proposed reforms at the
National Youth Service is
the choice of Mr Mutahi Ngunyi
as the public face of those re-
forms.
Mr Ngunyi is a polarising
personality whose tyranny of
numbers claims are regarded
by sections of the population
as the intellectual alibi for what
they see as a compromised 2013
General Election.
Mr Ngunyi often manages an
air of mystery around him, and
his involvement in a project of
this nature is likely to create
suspicions that would have been
better avoided.
People will look for snares that
may be hidden in the clever words
selected to justify the project.
It is not a question of compe-
tence, which Mr Ngunyi possesses
aplenty, but one of trust.
There is a section of the popu-
lation that views Mr Ngunyi as a
tool of special interests, render-
ing him particularly unsuitable to
advise on a project which, even
without politicisation, would
be hard enough to sell to the
public.
The second problem is the
approach adopted by Ms Anne
Waiguru. When she recently got
into trouble with her colleagues
in Jubilee who questioned the role
of Mr Ngunyi in the NYS reform
process and how his services had
been procured, she answered that
she could not discuss this because
the service is a security organ.
This was a reclassication of
the status of NYS, which would
make Geoffrey Griffin, the
founder, turn in his grave.
The NYS is not a security
service, either in law or in the
understanding of those who
founded it.
The law establishing the service
denes its functions as training
of young citizens to serve the na-
tion, and the employment of its
members in tasks of national
importance and otherwise in
the service of the nation.
The common understanding
is that the service imparts skills
on the youth that will give them
a better chance to establish sus-
tainable livelihoods.
Being a former NYS service-
man, I was surprised by the
reclassication by the minister
of this service, which is enough
to raise suspicions about the
real purposes of the proposed
reforms. The fact that the service
is regimented may have led the
minister to assume that it is a se-
curity service. The NYS does not
bear arms, and is not trained in
the use of arms, often a dening
feature of security services.
It needs to be remembered
that this is not the rst time an
attempt has been made to change
the nature of the service. Between
1983 and 1990, former President
Daniel Moi introduced a require-
ment that all students leaving
high school must go through
the service, as a pre-condition
to joining public universities.
Mois experiment was
launched without prior public
consultation, without changing
the legal requirements for entry
into university to conform to the
new arrangements, and without
amending the law governing the
service to align it with the new
role.
To accommodate the uni-
versity students at the service,
whose numbers were much
larger than the regular recruits,
the government had to carry out
a crash programme of building
additional physical facilities in the
two NYS colleges at Gilgil and
Naivasha. These facilities later
became massive white elephants
when, in 1989, Moi changed his
mind about pre-university NYS
training.
The proposed number of
21,000 recruits per year, up
from the current 2,000, would
be daunting for the service and,
if this plan goes ahead, the chal-
lenges of handling the increased
numbers must be identied and
addressed beforehand.
The government is entitled to
the benet of doubt about the pro-
posed changes to the NYS regime.
The rationale for these changes,
however, must be explained and
a public buy-in sought. Sustain-
ability, which Mois reforms never
considered, will be an important
issue when evaluating the pro-
posed changes.
Understandably, there is suspi-
cion about the intentions behind
the proposed reforms. The use
of the Administration Police to
carry out the political activities
of the Kibaki government during
the 2007 elections, which ended
disastrously, is still remembered
and demonstrates that the gov-
ernment is not above this kind
of conduct.
The government must, there-
fore, assure that the reforms are
not an attempt to turn the service
into some kind of political militia
for the elite.
Conceptually, the youth service
is welcome as it comports with
arrangements around the world,
in which governments endeavour
to provide young people with
opportunities to serve their
communities.
These programmes are re-
garded as promoting youth voice,
reection, and leadership.
In some countries, these pro-
grammes are compulsory for
sections of the population, for
example, young university gradu-
ates, while in others they provide
opportunities for skilled young
professionals to give part of their
time as service to society.
Care must be taken to ensure
that the wrong expectations
are not created about these
programmes. In a country like
Kenya, with a large unemployed
youth bulge, there is the risk that
the service will be seen as employ-
ment, which it is not. The South
African service has had to deal
with this very challenge.
As part of sustainability,
Mr Ngunyi should advise that
changes regarding the future of
the service must be incorporated
in amendments to the NYS Act.
This will avoid the kind of
extra-legal forays that were tried
in the past, and which were then
abandoned as soon as the rulers
lost interest, having committed
huge public funds, and changed
the personal choices of many
people.
gkegoro@gmail.com

There is suspicion
about the intentions
behind the proposed
reforms.
OPINION | George Kegoro
Say it:
State must
assure
that the
reforms
are not an
attempt
to turn
the service
into some
kind of
political
militia for
the elite
Whats the rationale for proposed changes at NYS?
S
canning the horizons, Ken-
yas body politic is evidently
awash with a new wave of
rhetoric and populist bravado,
heralding a return to the polar-
ising politics of mass protest.
Discernibly, there is a creeping
sense of deja vu in the air that
the nation is fast sliding back to
the acute elite polarisation that
preceded the catastrophic 2007
election and its violent aftermath
and nearly pushed the country
down the cli.
The new bout of elite schism
between the ruling Jubilee and the
rival Cord opposition is revolving
around three developments.
Tension has mounted following
the governments unveiling of en-
hanced powers of a restructured
system of local administration,
which Cord stalwarts interpret
as an assault on their last bas-
tion of power in counties.
Although Cord has not gener-
ated an alternative blueprint to
tackle Kenyas runaway insecurity,
it is mobilising public opinion
around resurgent crimes involv-
ing local, criminal militants and
escalating terrorist attacks that
are now pushing the economy
to the ropes.
Additionally, there is a blame
game between opposition and
government pundits over who was
responsible for the feeble defence
of the country in international
courts against claims lodged by
international companies linked to
the controversial Anglo Leasing
scam, leading to huge nancial
losses that saw the country pay
Sh1.4 billion.
Moreover, even as the political
class publicly pays lip-service to
Kenyas new republican Constitu-
tion, cynicism abounds that the
new supreme law is not serving
their immediate interests.
Also feeding this cynicism is the
failure by the power elite to get a
rm grip on Kenyas new bi-polar
state, comprising 47 counties and
a national government as its two
centres of power.
This has posed the classic
dilemma of power relations
between the two levels of gov-
ernment. Kenyas elite has to
come to terms with devolution
as work in progress and as
a power issue that is poised to
shape the countrys politics for
generations to come.
In the 21st century, over 200
years after America went fed-
eral, it is still debating the new
federalism started by Ronald
Reagans devolution revolu-
tion that allowed more powers
to the states vis-a-vis the federal
government, especially in regard
to resources.
Despite this, Kenya is still stuck
in the politics of interregnum
where the old order is clearly
dying, but the new democratic
order refusing to be born. Faced
with the dilemma of power in the
countrys new bi-polar order, both
Jubilee and Cord are air-brushing
out-of-date models of power to
advance their positions and, in the
process, imperilling democracy.
On the one extreme, Jubilee is
decrying what it views as a hang-
ing state power, suspended and
conned to the centre with no
roots in counties and, therefore,
unable to steer its development
agenda in devolved structures.
To nip this problem, wonks
in both the Kibaki and Uhuru
administrations have invoked
the Weberian model of bureau-
cratic power to enhance their
power in the counties through
a restructured system of county
administration existing alongside
elected county governments.
Ideological issues
The county administration has
been met with resistance, which
initially took a legal dimension
when the High Court declared the
newly appointed 47 county com-
missioners unconstitutional. On
June 14, 2013, the ruling was over-
turned by the Appeal Court.
But it has taken on a political
slant, even within Jubilee. Some
of us have had ideological issues
in regard to the existence of the
oce of the county commission-
ers, said the chairman of the
Governors Council and Bomet
Governor, Mr Isaac Ruto.
The President has reassured
governors that county com-
missioners will not undermine
devolution or their powers. But
a new law is needed to dene the
power relations, safeguard demo-
cratic governance and avoid the
risk of two centres of power in
counties.
At the other extreme end of the
continuum, Cord has come out
guns blazing against the enhanced
powers of county commissioners,
accusing Jubilee of resurrecting
the all-powerful provincial admin-
istration that was the nerve centre
of the imperial presidency of the
Kenyatta and Moi patrimonial
state where the government was
an extension of the ruler.
Cord raised the stakes by calling
for President Kenyattas ouster.
The simmering confrontation
has thrown up three conicting
visions of power likely to dene
the future of power.
One is a Weberian vision of
power that seeks more power
for bureaucrats as a silver bullet
to resolve the problem of devel-
opment, security and public law
and order in counties.
Bureaucratic power draws a
line between development (as
good) and politics (as evil), thus
casting the county administration
as a depoliticised space replac-
ing party-based democracy as a
space of political mobilisation for
development, law and order.
The other is an anarchic vi-
sion of power that seems to give
a pride of place to mass protest
over legal-rational approaches as
an instrument of regime change,
and a pathway to state power.
This week, Cord announced
an elaborate plan to hold public
rallies across the country to pro-
vide the nation with a message of
hope and sell the idea of Uhurus
ouster, likely to fuel more intra-
elite confrontation.
This carries the unmistakable
echoes of the 2013 Egyptian
Script: the civilian-led ouster of
democratically elected President
Mohammed Morsy that followed
three well-calibrated steps: (1)
paint the regime as tyrannical and
steering the country to economic
and political failure; (2) opposi-
tion groups and individuals to
make the country ungovernable
by mobilising tens of thousands
of anti-regime protesters and
massing them into the streets
of all major cities, demanding
the presidents resignation; (3)
civilian-backed military putsch
removes the incumbent and in-
stalls a transitional technocratic
government (in Egypts case,
headed by the Chief Justice of
the Constitutional Court, Adly
Mansour).
The train seems to have already
left the station. A Cord report
released on May 21 and sensa-
tionally titled: The Lies that
Jubilee Tells, accused Jubilee of
putting the country in political
failure. A culture of protest has
already returned to the streets
signied by riots by sections of
university students, in mainly
opposition strongholds.
Kenya must return to reason
and embrace a democratic vision
of the future of power based on
the new Constitution.
Prof Kagwanja is the Chief
Executive of the Africa Policy
Institute. pkagwanja@gmail.com
OPINION | Peter Kagwanja
Democracy needs to be defended, but let reason prevail
Echoes of
Egypt:
Planned
mass ral-
lies to sell
the idea of
an Uhuru
ouster are
likely to
fuel more
intra-elite
conicts.
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
Sunday Review 19
BY KENFREY KIBERENGE
kkiberenge@ke.nationmedia.com
H
is identity remains as secretive
and shadowy as the deals he
signed with the Kenya gov-
ernment.
The only thing most Kenyans
know is that businessman Anura
Leslie Perera is a man who has just
extracted Sh1.4 billion for deals that
remain controversial. He is named as
one of the masterminds of the deals
in the Public Accounts Committee
that President Kenyatta chaired in
2006 when he was Gatundu South
MP and Opposition chief.
And he is not done: Mr Perera
wants another Sh3.05 billion from
the National Treasury which is also
part of the questionable Anglo Leas-
ing-type deals.
Few Kenyans, though, have an idea
of how the brazen businessman looks
like or his background.
Kenyans only got to hear that
he is the man receiving the Sh1.4
billion paid to First Mercantile Se-
curities Corporation and Universal
Satspace, which are associated with
the businessman.
The payment, which has generated
heated controversy, was received by
Caroline Edwards and Travers Smith
LLP, a UK-based law rm.
According to Attorney General
Githu Muigai, Mr Perera appeared
in court and gave evidence during
the hearing of the appeal cases that
saw Kenya slapped with the Sh1.4
billion bill.
It has been said that these compa-
nies had no owners. On the contrary,
the court record itself copies of which
you will see, will show you Mr Perera
who described himself as the manag-
ing director appeared in court and
gave evidence, the AG told a parlia-
mentary committee.
But just who is Anura Leslie
Perera? The State-sanctioned Price
Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) report on
valuation and forensic audit of secu-
rity contracts relating to the Postal
Corporation of Kenya says Mr Perera
is Sri Lankan by birth and holds an
Irish passport.
PWC investigators used interviews,
computer imaging, searches and
seizures to construct a background
check on Mr Perera. By the time the
report was released in June 2007, he
resided in Nicosia, Cyprus, where he
is believed to have signicant busi-
ness interests.
Mr Perera also has business inter-
ests in Kenya, Tanzania, the United
Kingdom and the United Arab Emir-
ates, the report said.
Mr Perera worked for Ryce Motors
in Nairobi in the early 1980s before he
quit to venture into his own business.
He then started dealing with power-
ful individuals in the Kanu regime
through Kenyan proxies.
Cables released by Wikileaks indi-
cate that on March 2, 2006, former US
ambassador William Bellamy told his
bosses that Mr Pereras background
was shrouded in mystery. There is
no visa information available on the
Consular Consolidated Database for
anybody by this name, wrote ambas-
sador Bellamy.
He is nonetheless very dicult to
trace, and has proven a formidable
adversary for law enforcement person-
nel by operating indirectly through
a network of dummy corporations
in Switzerland, the UK, and else-
where which act as conduits for the
proceeds of the inated or outright
bogus procurement contracts he has
engineered over the years, the ambas-
sador wrote.
Former Ethics PS John Githongos
dossier on Anglo Leasing says that
in 1997, Mr Perera and Mr Deepak
Kamani worked from an oce build-
ing in Nairobi owned by Mr Perera
where they set up companies, includ-
ing Anglo Leasing.
The ambassador wrote that Mr
Githongos report, relying on an as-
sortment of sources including within
the Kenyan military, indicated that
Mr Perera was involved in a range of
questionable projects in the defence
and security sector.
Perera, for example, is widely be-
lieved to be at the centre of the Nexus
project, a military communications
complex on the southern outskirts of
Nairobi, added Mr Bellamy.
He noted that three years after the
Sh3.1 billion ($36.9 million) project
was completed, the Kenyan military
was yet to occupy the complex.
He said Kenya Department of
Defence (KDOD) tender committee,
which should have overseen imple-
mentation of such a big contract, had
publicly denied ever being aware of it.
KDOD sources told embassy DAO
(Defence Attach Oce) in mid-2005
that the project was likely without any
specic military purpose or plan in
mind, but rather for personal gain on
the part of top military brass, wrote
Mr Bellamy.
He said Mr Pereras connection was
through another European company,
Nedermar BV Technologies, for which
there was no information on the in-
ternet. It won the secretive contract
to build the communications centre
on a SIPDIS turn-key basis, but its
origins and ocers remain a mystery,
the ambassador reported.
In a newspaper advert on May 1,
Treasury Secretary Henry Rotich said
the previous government negotiated
and paid Sh1.54 billion for the Nexus
project. The Wikileaks cables add that
Mr Perera was also believed to be the
mastermind of procuring a naval frig-
ate for the Kenyan Navy beginning
in 2003. The advert by Mr Rotich
said the previous government also
negotiated and paid Sh3.74 billion
for the naval ship.
FILE | NATION
The Kenya Navy ship linked to one Anglo Leasing deal. Inset: Mr Anura Perera.
Anura Perera, the billionaire
behind questionable deals
IDENTITY | The businessman is Sri Lankan by birth and holds an Irish passport
In a newspaper advert, Treasury
CS said government had paid for
various Anglo Leasing projects.
Therefore, the allegation that
this is the only government that
is paying the so-called Anglo
Leasing contracts is incorrect and
misleading, said the CS.
This week the Parliamentary Ac-
counts Committee wondered
why it was only contracts related
to Mr Pereira that were being
paid among the 18 Anglo Leasing
type deals.
ANGLO LEASING
Government paid
for other contracts
The money government paid for the
naval ship project, which was part of
Anglo Leasing deals
Sh3.74bn
A June
2007
report said
he resided
in Nicosia
Cyprus and
he worked
for Ryce
Motors in
Nairobi in
early 1980s
Fear of losing out on
gas deal with Qatar
led to Sh1.4bn payout
BY ANDREW TEYIE
@Muholo
ateyie@ke.nationmedia.com
President Uhuru Keny-
atta used his Executive
authority to pay the Sh1.4
billion Anglo Leasing bills
to save a gas deal worth $1
billion between Kenya and
Qatar, the Sunday Nation
has learnt.
We also established that
long before the President
used his Executive author-
ity, National Treasury
Cabinet Secretary Henry
Rotich and Attorney-Gen-
eral Githu Muigai signed
an agreement to pay
Universal Satspace and
First Mercantile US$8
million and US$8.3 mil-
lion respectively before
April 28 in letters dated
April 3, 2014, prepared
by company lawyer M.M.
A. Malik.
According to a top
Office of the President
ocial who did not want
to be named because he
was not authorised to
speak to the media, Mr
Rotich called President
Kenyatta when the talks
were going on to inform
him that Kenyas credit
worthiness was being
questioned during the
signing ceremony last
week.
He is said to have
told the President that
the question of whether
Kenya can pay $1 billion
when they have dicul-
ties paying $16 million
Anglo Leasing bills came
up. He is said to have told
the President that the ball
was no longer in his court
since he has done every-
thing required of him as
Cabinet Secretary, said
the top OP ocer.
Yesterday, President
Kenyattas spokesman
Manoah Esipisu said the
government does not
discuss details of nego-
tiations.
We do not discuss de-
tails of our negotiations,
be they in reference to
gas or anything else. We
focus on results and we
make this available to
the public. The one fact I
can emphasise is that gov-
ernment is committed to
reducing electricity prices
by at least 40 per cent over
36 months and it will do
so, Mr Esipisu said in a
telephone conversation.
According to the $1 bil-
lion cheap gas deal with
Qatar, Kenya will import
1 million tonnes of natural
gas from Qatar to run 700
megawatt power plants in
Mombasa and Lamu. The
power plants will add
5,000 megawatts to the
national grid.
Under the agreements
negotiated by Mr Rot-
ich and Energy Cabinet
Secretary Davis Chirchir,
Kenya will convert gas to
electricity at less than 10
cents per kilowatt/hour.
This is a fraction of the
current electricity gen-
eration of 25 cents per
kilowatt/hour.
The alleged faltering
gas deal plus a situation
where government was
penalised Sh740 million
for rescheduling a syndi-
cated loan payment due on
May 15 for three months
and the countrys inability
to execute Sh264 billion
Euro bond, were the trig-
gers for the President.
The Euro bond was
stuck due to 2009 and
2013 court decisions re-
quiring that government
pays Anglo Leasing bills.
The National Treas-
ury has had to extend the
period for the syndicated
loan that is due today
(May 15, 2014) for three
months at a cost of $1.2
billion, being the exten-
sion fee of $6.6 million
and interest for the three
months of approximately
$5.4 million, says a brief
from National Treasury
seen by the Sunday Na-
tion.
The crisis led President
Kenyatta to hold a meet-
ing with the Parliamentary
Budget Committee led
by Chairman Mutava
Musyimi at State House
where he told them that
he had decided to use his
Executive authority to
pay the bills after giving
legislators adequate time
to discuss and resolve the
matter in vain.
Yesterday, Suba MP
John Mbadi, who is a
member of the commit-
tee, confirmed that the
meeting took place but
he did not attend.
We were informed by
the committee chairman
that we had an appoint-
ment with the President.
However, I refused to
attend because I did
not see the need since
Parliament is supposed
to act independently of
the Executive, said Mr
Mbadi in a telephone
conversation.
We established that 50
MPs endorsed the Presi-
dents decision after he
explained to them to
ramications of not pay-
ing up. President Kenyatta
went ahead to hold a press
conference where he said
he had no choice but to
pay, and blamed Sheria
House.
We do not discuss
details of our
negotiations. We
focus on results and
make this available
to the public,
Esipisu
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
20 | Sunday Review
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
21
BY KENFREY KIBERENGE
@KenKiberenge
kkiberenge@ke.nationmedia.com
T
he electoral commission is
drowning in debt.
Sources said the commission
has over Sh2 billion in debt since the
last General Election, and has only
paid about half of it.
The commission owed lawyers who
represented it during the presidential
petition last year almost Sh400 mil-
lion for their services.
The high-prole case at the Su-
preme Court was handled by a team
of 13 law rms, which billed Sh380
million in legal fees.
Independent Electoral and Bound-
aries Commission chairman Issack
Hassan was represented by lawyer
Ahmednasir Abdullahi, while Mr Paul
Nyamodi and Mr Aurelio Rebelo held
brief for the commission.
On Tuesday, commission vice-chair-
person Mahiri Zaja revealed that voter
registration has been going on for over
a month, but claimed the institution
had no money to publicise it.
We dont have funds. So we said
well do it quietly, Ms Zaja told the
Justice and Legal Aairs committee
at Parliament.
Ocials declined to comment de-
spite having promised to respond to
questions sent on email.
We are cash-strapped. We are
drowning in debt. We have pending
bills from suppliers and we have been
asking them to bear with us. We have
so far paid about Sh1 billion, a source
at the electoral body who cannot be
named said. We owe one newspaper
Sh82 million. But we are talking with
Treasury for more funds. They have
assisted especially with by-elections.
Some polling clerks, who were em-
ployed on short-term contracts during
the March 4 elections, are also yet to
be paid after more than a year.
Another source said the com-
mission will face another headache
after Treasury and Parliament cut
its budget from the requested Sh25
billion to Sh17.3 billion.
We had planned meticulously
to irreducible minimum, said the
source.
Another nancial issue is came from
the legal requirement to advertise all
its processes. We were required to
publish the nomination political party
list. We asked the courts to allow us
make a small advert in the newspapers
drawing people to our website. They
refused, the source added.
The Sh380 million bill for the law-
yers could be the largest amount of
money made by law rms in Kenya
in a short period.
The high-voltage presidential peti-
tion was led at the Supreme Court
on March 16 and the court gave its
ruling on March 30.
This year, lawyers raised their fees
by 40 per cent, despite the Compe-
tition Authority of Kenya protesting
over the possibility of price-xing.
The Law Society of Kenya had
initially proposed that the charges
be raised by between 80 and 100
per cent.
Electoral commission saddled
with debts of over Sh1 billion
Institution
owes
various
suppliers
for services
oered
during last
years polls
FILE | NATION
Electoral commission ocials prepare election materials in Bungoma. The com-
mission is registering voters but it says it is cash-strapped.
LAWYERS | 13 law rms billed government for Sh380 million in legal fees
We owe one
newspaper
Sh82 million,
but we are
talking with
Treasury for
more funds,
IEBC ocial
Hassan: We are
not registering
voters secretly
BY ISAAC ONGIRI
@ongiri2
iongiri@ke.nationmedia.com
Independent Electoral
and Boundaries Com-
mission (IEBC) chairman
Issack Hassan (right)
yesterday denied that
the body is engaging in
clandestine registration
of voters.
He said that the ongo-
ing voter listing rolled
out in 290 constituencies
countrywide longer than
a month ago is within the
electoral bodys mandate
and should be seen as a
normal exercise.
Speaking with the Sun-
day Nation, Mr Hassan
stated that the commis-
sion has been unable to
publicise the exercise due
to lack of funds.
We only have Sh8m
at the moment to carry
out the exercise. We have
been unable to advertise
and to conduct voter edu-
cation on the registration
because we dont have
money, he said.
The IEBC chairman
disclosed that the com-
mission is yet to pay
Kenyan media houses
millions of shillings
incurred in advertising
carried out ahead of last
years elections.
He noted: This com-
mission has nothing
to hide on the ongoing
exercise. If we get the
resources, we will adver-
tise and conduct voter
education and go ahead
to register people from
where they are.
The IEBC boss said
that the commission
has currently resorted
to the social media sites
Facebook and Twitter to
reach out to Kenyans.
He revealed that the
commission has verbally
communicated to gover-
nors and county assembly
ward representatives to
mobilise citizens in their
areas to register.
Mr Hassan called on
politicians to urge their
supporters to register
instead of running unnec-
essary campaigns against
the commission.
He said that the com-
mission is planning to
roll out major vote list-
ing exercise in all the
1,450 wards around the
country later this year
if its proposal on voter
listing is endorsed by
Parliament.
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23
BY CHRIS WAMALWA
In Delaware
W
hen he arrived in Bos-
ton in mid-March at
the tail-end of one
of the worst winter seasons
ever recorded in the north-
east coast of the US, ODMs
leader Raila Odinga was am-
biguously reported to be a
guest at the prestigious African
Presidential Centre in Boston,
Massachusetts.
Coming just weeks after the
botched February 28 ODM
elections at Kasarani Stadium,
many questioned his decision
to leave when his party was
faced with a crisis. Before
he left, Mr Odinga set up an
interim team to run the party
bringing together the faction
led by Mombasa Senator Has-
san Joho and Budalangi MP
Ababu Namwamba with that
of nominated Senator Agnes
Zani and Funyula MP Paul
Otuoma. The former PM left
Prof Anyang Nyongo as the
acting party leader.
The fact that Raila came
to the US soon after the ODM
elections controversy was a co-
incidence because the Boston
University engagement had
been planned much earlier,
said Mr Sammy Maina, one of
Mr Odingas allies in Boston.
Political commentator Jack
Ambuka of State College,
Pennsylvania, said Mr Odinga
left Kenya at a time when his
political inuence was being
questioned.
It was as though Raila
landed in the US on a plane
that had lost one engine. Some
people believed he had taken
cover in the US to escape the
swirling controversy around
him following the bungled
ODM elections, he says.
Mr Odingas trip was also
viewed with suspicion, with
some Jubilee legislators ques-
tioning his admissibility in the
Boston programme, which they
claimed was only for retired
heads of state. Others also al-
leged Mr Odinga had travelled
to seek medical attention.
With no forthcoming expla-
nation, doubts abound over the
real motive of the trip.
The idea that Mr Odinga,
an accomplished politician,
can spend two months away
from Kenya to attend some
school in America is unbe-
lievable. I know he has been
up to something sinister, said
Mr Joseph Kinuthia of Ridley
Park, Pennsylvania.
But Mr Maina told the Sun-
day Nation the reactions were
surprising and naive.
Of course we understood
the confusion and anxiety
because we gave out scanty
information about his trip,
he said.
He believes some of the criti-
cism came after a wide ranging
interview Mr Odinga gave to
Radio Boston early during his
trip, where he gave the Jubilee
government a reluctant pass
after one year in oce. The
Kenyan embassy in Washing-
ton DC also ignored Mr Odinga
during the trip.
Following the interest the
study tour was attracting, the
former PMs team was forced
to ask Mr Charles Stith, direc-
tor of the African Presidential
Centre at Boston University,
to issue a clarication.
He told us not to be con-
cerned with such rhetoric
coming from some Kenyan
lawmakers and promised
to deal with it himself. The
following day, he issued a
statement that stopped the
people who were questioning
Railas Boston programme,
said Mr Maina.
In the statement, Mr Stith,
a former US ambassador to
Tanzania, explained that Mr
Odinga was invited to the
US as a statesman and a
representative of the democ-
ratisation trend in Africa. He
said Mr Odinga qualied for
the invitation because he was
well placed to address the
current state of democracy
in Africa.
Referring to comments
made by Kirinyaga Central MP
Joseph Gitari, who had argued
in Parliament that it was inap-
propriate for Mr Odinga to be
included in the programme, Mr
Stith said:
He doesnt understand
what our centre does. Instead
of criticising us for inviting Mr
Odinga, members of Kenyas
ruling party should take this
as a badge of honour. Being
selected to participate in a
programme as prestigious as
ours speaks well of the coun-
try, he said.
Mr Maina said that Mr Od-
ingas programme at Boston
University was extensive,
elaborate and demanding. Mr
Odinga has delivered lectures
in Morehouse College, Univer-
sity of Princeton, Elizabeth
City State University, Univer-
sity of Columbia, and Harvard
University and at the Univer-
sity of Massachusetts, Boston,
where he is based.
But Mr George Osewe, the
former PMs personal assistant
in the US tour, told the Sunday
Nation that Mr Odinga still had
to nd time to engage in other
issues beyond the Boston Uni-
versity assignment.
Mystery persists over
Raila tour in the US
US TOUR | Many doubt former PM was just on study leave
As Mr Odinga (above)
prepares to return on May
31, some observers say he
went to the US limping
and licking wounds that
date back to the last Gen-
eral Election but leaves
more rejuvenated. He is
going back a very strong
leader ready to play his
part Abubakar Rajab of
Delaware.
UPON RETURN
Ready to lead
Opposition
Cord leaders gear up for ex-PMs homecoming
BY ISAAC ONGIRI
@ongiri2
iongiri@ke.nationmedia.com
Cord leaders are planning
a series of events in prepara-
tion for a huge reception for
their coalition leader, Mr Raila
Odinga, who is scheduled to
return home next Saturday.
The coalition is planning
to take advantage of Mr Od-
ingas return to reinvent itself
following criticism that the
Opposition has failed in its
watchdog role.
The climax of the former
Prime Ministers home-com-
ing is being planned similar to
the one organised for former
Opposition leader Kenneth
Matiba in 1992 and will be
at the Kenyatta International
Conference Centre where Mr
Odinga is expected to address
supporters.
Kisumu Senator Anyang
Nyongo, who has been acting
as ODM party leader during
Mr Odingas two-month tour
of the US, is taking charge of
the planning.
Today, the Cord leadership
will be in Ruaraka for a politi-
cal rally. Yesterday, the team
was in Mlolongo where they
addressed their supporters
as they seek to pin down
President Uhuru Kenyattas
government now dogged by a
myriad of controversies. Wiper
leader Kalonzo Musyoka ad-
dressed the rally.
President Kenyatta is cur-
rently being criticised for
authorising payment of Sh1.4
billion to two Anglo Leasing
companies.
The economy is also under
threat due to rampant in-
security which has resulted
in cancellation of visits by
tourists.
The planning of his
homecoming will crystalise
this week. Coalition leaders
want to make it a big event
and people are waiting to see
him after his long absence,
said Mr Odingas spokesman
Dennis Onyango.
Prof Nyongo is expected to
release the ocial programme
of events.
Nairobi Governor Evans
Kidero, Bungoma Senator
Moses Wetangula, Siaya Sena-
tor James Orengo and several
MPs are part of the planning
committee.
The event will also focus on
insecurity and corruption.
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Cord leaders Kalonzo Musyoka (left) and Anyang Nyongo.
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President Uhuru Kenyatta and Bungoma Governor Kennedy Lusaka (second left), Kimilili MP Suleiman
Murunga (left) and Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula (right) leave Mapela Primary School after Lu-
sakas homecoming ceremony last Saturday.
Khalwale was asked not
to attend Uhuru event
POLITICS | Governor was wary of senators sharp tongue
BY JUSTUS WANGA
@Justuswanga
jwanga@ke.nationmedia.com
H
ours to Bungoma
Governor Kenneth
Lusakas thanksgiv-
ing ceremony where President
Uhuru Kenyatta was the chief
guest last weekend, the mat-
ter of Senator Boni Khalwales
presence was weighing heavily
on his mind.
Mr Lusaka had personally
invited Dr Khalwale to the
fete but, after wide consul-
tations, he called and asked
him to stay away to ensure
the sharp-tongued senator
did not end up disrespecting
the President .
I could not have invited him
to embarrass the President.
And therefore my request to
him was informed by that. The
President was honouring me
by coming and, as the host, I
had a duty to ensure nothing
nasty happened, Mr Lusaka
told the Sunday Nation.
Dr Khalwale, however, was
surprised at the turn of events
and he told the Sunday Nation
how his conversation with Mr
Lusaka went.
On Friday evening, Gov-
ernor Lusaka called to say I
do not want you to come to
my function. But I asked him,
We agreed this morning that
I would attend, you even sent
me a card, a text message and
called me, what has happened?
But he told me we think you
have hot political blood and,
therefore, things might get out
of control.
It is then that I told him that
I was not even planning to at-
tend and that I had chosen to
go to Busia instead. He told
me thank you very much my
brother.
Mr Lusaka defended his
change of heart, saying the
request to the senator was
done in good faith.
My request that he keeps
o was a gentlemans agree-
ment and not done in bad
faith. On the material day, I
was surprised to see him walk
towards the arena.
Before Saturdays event,
Mr Khalwale and Bungoma
Senator Moses Wetangula
had given President Kenyattas
functions in western Kenya a
wide berth.
The Kakamega senator said
Mr Wetangula helped him to
change his mind.
Dr Khalwale says that on
Friday he went to Kakamega
because he knew he was going
to honour the governors re-
quest.
I met with my political
advisers who told me that be-
cause I had not attended the
previous visits by the Presi-
dent, those in Mumias, Busia
and Mululu, and because I had
said I would only attend if the
President was coming for de-
velopment, I should not go to
Bungoma because, after all, it
was just a thanksgiving.
But on Saturday morning,
he says he woke up and found
that Mr Wetangula had tried
to call him.
Wetangula had tried to reach
me after midnight so I called
him immediately. Against what
the two of us had agreed, he
told me he had decided to at-
tend the function and, because
we work as a team, he asked me
to accompany him. I knew the
governor would take oence
but again what was wrong in
attending? he said.
Dr Khalwale said he had
planned to attend the burial
ceremony of Mr Chris Okemos
uncle in Busia. I even sent
my security team to Busia,
he said.
Governor Lusaka, however,
denied a claim that he was
acting on the request of the
Presidents men who were
uneasy with Dr Khalwales
presence.
That is not true; what
happened was that on second
thought, I concluded that the
senator might go overboard in
his speech, he said.
And true to the governors
fears, when the bullghter
-- as Dr Khalwale is popularly
known -- took to the stage, he
accused the government of
a lacklustre response to in-
security, and questioned his
handling of the Anglo Leasing
scandal and the empowering of
county commissioners.
Dr Khalwale told the
President that he should have
subjected the proposal to give
county commissioners execu-
tive powers to the National
Assembly and the Senate for
debate. On payment of debts
to Anglo Leasing companies,
the senator said: The assets of
those behind the Anglo Leasing
scandal, who are known to the
government, should be seized
and auctioned to pay o the
debts.
Mr Kenyatta said empow-
ering commissioners would
enhance services at the county
level. He also told Dr Khalwale
to give him space to implement
his development agenda.
Even as we do politics, we
must respect one another.
There is no need for politics
of enmity because, at the end
of the day, all these things
are directed at improving the
lives of Kenyans, the Presi-
dent said.
Mt Elgon MP John Serut
later criticised Dr Khalwale,
vowing to block him from ad-
dressing rallies in Bungoma.
Even if we have our own is-
sues, that was the wrong forum
to address them, he said.
I knew Mr Lusaka
would take oence but
again what was wrong
in attending?
Senator Khalwale
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formed person. The governor does not
employ; the Public Service Board does.
Q: In what status did you nd the Trans
Nzoia economy and where are you driv-
ing it?
A: Our reputation is that we are a food
basket, but that is not the case. More than 50
per cent of our people live in poverty. Another
60 per cent suer food insecurity. The levels
of unemployment are also very high. We have
had to ask ourselves a lot of questions. For
instance, why has maize production declined
tremendously over the years from 30 bags
per acre to 15. People have become poorer
over the years. Our aim is to increase maize
production. Marketing is another major chal-
lenge and inputs have become unreliable. We
should stop practising agriculture the same
way our grandmothers did.
Q: So what is your new thinking around
the sector?
A: As I told you earlier, marketing has been
a major challenge. Farmers are exploited
by middlemen. Our aim is to help farmers
manage their produce after harvest. We are
building stores in every sub-county and each
will come with a drier. It is unfortunate that
the maize produced here is milled in Thika
and Mombasa.
We want to put up a major milling plant
for maize our and animal feeds. Cultivation
of maize comes with another challenge; the
fact that we only harvest once a year. Our
lands lie fallow for about ve months, from
November to March. We must grow other
crops alongside maize.
A study has revealed that this county is
suitable for the cultivation of coee, avocado,
bananas and even tomatoes. These are areas
in which our county suers a decit. We can
do contract farming with an arrangement in
which prices will be pre-determined.
We have bought 45,000 banana
seedlings and are asking farmers
to get the seedlings. The county
government is encouraging
greenhouse farming. We have
identied 250 model farmers.
This way, we hope that we
will have added value to our
production.
Q: The problem with subsidy
is that it denies the farmer
control of costs. How would
you ensure that farmers get
value from the coopera-
tion?
A: Our intention is to link the
farmer to the market. The best
way is to negotiate the price up
front with the hope that the
farmer will not require subsidy
after some time. It should be a
short-term measure. The fact
that the president has launched
an irrigation scheme that will
grow maize in lower Galana at
the Coast is likely to have an
impact on us.
The area is warmer and
could easily produce nearly
40 million bags of maize. This
will lower the cost of the staple
and our economy, which is de-
pended on maize, will collapse.
The same will apply to sugar
cane. It takes 18 months for
the crop to mature in western
Kenya but 15 at the Coast. The
Comesa safeguards will soon
be ending. That is why we must
change tact.
Our dream is to mobilise
resources and reduce poverty from 50 to 30
per cent through agriculture and industry. We
have three gravity water irrigation schemes
and want to expand them to six. We also
want to increase food production through
construction of dams with a target on the
export market.
Q: What have you done to boost road
network?
A: The roads are passable. We have done
fairly well in the area. We have paved over
1,000 kilometres of rural roads. But we
have a problem with division of labour on
construction of roads between the county
and national government. The Constitution
talks of national and county roads yet we
have agencies such as Kenya Urban Roads
Authority and Kenya Rural Roads Authority,
which should not be there.
Q: And where are the jobs for young
people?
A: I am extremely concerned, and I must
say this, that our universities are producing
people who cannot be employed. They are
sending to the market too many unskilled
people. The emphasis is on quantity, not
quality. The universities have put too much
emphasis on arts instead of science and
mathematics. Kenyans should be in a posi-
tion to export human labour and earn value
from the investment.
The best plumbers in Uganda are Kenyans.
Kenyans are the engine of the hotel industry
in eastern Africa. That is why I nd this talk
of brain drain nonsensical. We should invest
in training and export of labour.
Q: Do you agree with the proposition that
the whole of the education sector should
have been devolved?
A: The drafters of the Constitution conned
me to handling of polytechnics and nursery
school education. I dont want to be conned.
I want to build a college of technology, which
is unequalled in the region where essential
skills such as plumbing, masonry, welding,
electrical work, among others are trained.
This way, we will build a strong army of skilled
people, which we require to grow the economy
and help transform livelihoods. Development
of education infrastructure should have been
fully devolved. My county has mud-walled,
jigger-invested classrooms. Yet the Constitu-
tion bars me. That is the connement I am
not going to honour.
Q: Kitale District Hospital is very con-
gested. Is there hope for change of things
for the better in the sector?
A: The sector takes 30 per cent of our al-
location. I once served as Health PS and I
was familiar with shortage of drugs in our
hospitals. We had a lot of deciencies in
management of drugs. We are working on
Kitale District Hospital, which is one of the
most congested in the country.
The county government has also started
negotiations to purchase a building whose
construction was abandoned about 11 years
ago. We want to make it a level ve hospital
as well as teaching and referral facility so
that we can train doctors right here.
We have already started a medical train-
ing college with 40 nursing students. The
county government has ordered ambulances
for each sub-county.
Khaemba: Devolve all education functions
INDUSTRIES | County to put up a major plant for processing maize into our and animal feeds
Governors Lounge
FOCUS ON TRANS NZOIA COUNTY
Governor says devolving services in education will enable
counties to build technical institutions for the youth
By EMEKA-MAYAKA GEKARA
gmayaka@ke.nationmedia.com
T
rans Nzoia Governor Patrick Khae-
mba is eloquent and steadfast. Mr
Khaemba is also disciplined and am-
bitious. The former PS is optimistic about
the ability of devolution to change the face
of Kenya. But he says the country must x
its education system, brand of politics and
learn a lesson or two from Rwanda.
Q: What is the status of devolution?
A: Devolution oers one of the greatest
opportunities for growth for the country. It
can only be compared with the 2002 Narc mo-
ment, which we squandered. I am concerned
that commitment for its implementation is
not 100 per cent. Any system is as good as
the commitment to its implementation.
We are at crossroads. We cant aord to
lose devolution. But our brand of politics
must change, be value-driven, accommodate
more dialogue and progressive criticisms. We
spend too much time hurling insults at each
other. That is why some countries develop
and others stagnate.
Q: So why has Kenya stagnated?
A: The biggest challenge with Africa is
leadership. African leaders are vulnerable
and succumb to manipulation and bullying
by outside forces. Kenya is a nation of short-
cuts and quick results. Most of the time we
have no commitment or passion for anything.
What values are Kenyans willing or ready
to die for? Nothing. We lack passion to
achieve our goals. Look at our politics, we
are focused on the theatre of the absurd. A
Tanzanian politician told fellow countrymen
that if you want to watch comedy, just tune
to Kenyas TV news.
Q: You were a PS and top ocial at the
African Development Bank. What values
do you bring to your new job?
A: While working as PS, I was almost doing
the same kind of job, but without politics.
The focus is on things that can impact on
the people and change the way Kenyans do
things. The problem with Kenya is we con-
tinue doing things the same way and expect
dierent results. That is why countries, which
were at our level at independence have left
us far behind.
Q: What is your understanding of trans-
formational leadership?
A: Kenya has produced excellent politicians
but not leaders. Leaders should have a vision
and lead people to achieve it. People without
a vision perish. Counties require leaders who
can transform peoples lives through sound
economics, engage in value addition to create
jobs, ensure people have water, access medical
care, have sucient food, reduce poverty and
ensure that families have stable incomes.
Q: Your colleagues Paul Chepkwony of
Kericho and Martin Wambora of Embu
are fighting impeachment. What has
gone wrong?
A: We have new laws with checks and
balances. My suggestion is that we should
dialogue before we resort to impeachment.
As things stand, we are eating ourselves. The
Constitution never envisaged things will be
the way they are. The country should set
very high standards, extremely high for
impeachment of elected leaders, otherwise
the objective may be lost.
We have a situation where if you do not yield
to certain demands, some of them personal,
it is claimed that you are not accountable
and that forms the basis for impeachment.
Governors dont handle everything, we have
delegated some of the responsibilities to chief
ocers. Had the same standard been applied
in the past, we will not have had any govern-
ment since independence.
Q: You face allegations that you have been
pushing farmers to use Mavuno fertiliser
because you have a relationship with the
manufacturer?
A: One of our key plans is to improve agri-
culture in this region. So after we concluded
our budget, we hired a consultant to look at
why the productivity of maize in our region
had declined. We found out that the soils are
extremely acidic because of DAP fertiliser,
which had been used over the years. We
needed to move to non-acidic fertiliser, for
example Mavuno.
We also had to start liming our farms to
reduce acidity. It was advised that
Mavuno was the most suitable
for our circumstances because
it has 11 other minerals. So
when I went round asking
farmers to use Mavuno,
some people said that
I was an agent of the
manufacturer. That
is not true. But we
were determined
and ensured that
unlike before, the
deliveries were
made at village
level.
Q: There are
accusations
that you have
made skewed
appointments
in favour of
certain com-
munities.
A: That is not
correct. Major-
ity of Kenyan
communi ti es
are represented
in this county.
The few jobs we
have had have been
equitably distributed
amongst communities.
An individual making
those allegations
is the most
m i s i n -
I am
extremely
concerned,
and I must
say this,
that our
universities
are
producing
unskilled
people,
Khaemba
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County by County
EMBU: Disappearance of
Speaker investigated
Police are investigating the disappear-
ance of County Speaker Justus Mate,
who has now been found, while on
ocial duty at a Nairobi hotel. The
Speakers personal assistant, Mr Elias
Kathiga, said Mr Mate received a call on
Monday afternoon from an individual
believed to be a police ocer.
Charles Wanyoro
LAMU: County launches
three new ambulances
Governor Issa Timamy has launched
three new ambulances purchased by
the county government. This is among
many initiatives put in place by Lamu
to boost healthcare in the region.
Dr Timamy said the vehicles will be
posted to areas with acute patient
transportation diculties, more so
Witu, Kiunga and Faza.
Kalume Kazungu
SIAYA: Road construction
resumes after stalling
The construction of the Siaya-
Ruambwa road has resumed
after stalling for one month over
a payment dispute between the
national government and contractor
China National Overseas Engineering
Corporation . Yesterday, the MP
thanked residents for putting pressure
on the national government to ensure
the work continued.
Nelcon Odhiambo
County by County
TANA RIVER: Displaced
families to be resettled
The county government will resettle 65
families that were displaced during the
ethnic violence that rocked the area
before 2013 General Election. County
Government spokesman in charge
of Public Relations, Mr Ali Wario said
Governor Hussein Dhado, while laying
a foundation stone on a mass grave
of the 53 villagers killed during the
conict promised to provide temporary
tents for the families.
Bozo Jenje
KAKAMEGA: County asked
to hire midwives
The county government has been
challenged to allocate funds for hiring
retired midwives to provide services to
expectant mothers. Doctors and nurses
from Kakamega are concerned about
the high number of women dying due
to complications related to child birth
after failing to access services from
skilled attendants, who are insucient.
Benson Amadala
SIAYA: Unlawful petrol
businesses face closure
County Commissioner Joseph
Kimiywi will next week lead a massive
crackdown against illegal petrol
businesses in Siaya. I have obtained
a court order that has given me the
authority to go to the region and
unearth all the illegal tanks containing
petrol, he said. Mr Kimiywi observed
that the trade poses a great threat to
residents lives. Nelcom Odhiambo
NYERI: Farmers call for
dissolution of tea outt
A section of tea farmers wants the
Kenya Tea Development Agency
disbanded for failure to pay annual
mini bonus.
The farmers have threatened to
boycott tea picking and paralyse
operations of factories in their
respective zones.
James Ngunjiri
NAROK: Case on mogul
scheduled for June 19
A case against tycoon Rah Devani,
in which he is accused of forcing a
helicopter pilot to make an emergency
landing and breaking the aircrafts
windscreen, will be heard on June 19.
Narok resident magistrate Zainabu
Abdul set the date.
George Sayagie
WAJIR: Free studies for
student teachers
Students from the county who choose
to work in the teaching profession will
benet from full scholarships. This was
one of the resolutions adopted at a
county conference called to discuss
ways of improving education standards
in the region. Stephen Muthini
BUSIA: Traditional crops
to reduce food shortage
Farmers have been encouraged to
undertake cultivation of traditional
high value crops in order to boost food
supply, alleviate hunger and reduce
the regions poverty level. County
Executive Member for Agriculture
Moses Osia also asked farmers to
embrace farming crops that easily
adapt to climate change. Linet
Wafula
BARINGO: Women in bid to
end starvation
A womens lobby has launched a
campaign to save starving people
in the county. At least seven people
have died of hunger in Baringo. Mrs
Susan Chesyna, the chairperson of
the Foundation of Women Rights,
blamed the current deaths to lack
of preparedness on the part of the
national and county governments.
She appealed to well-wishers to make
donations.
Francis Mureithi
Garissa Governor Nathif Jama lays the foundation stone for a new 100-bed maternity wing at the Garissa Referral Hospital.
Looking on is the Executive for Health Sophia Sheikh Omar and the hospitals medical superintendent Dr Musa Mohamed.
The governor last week launched various development projects worth an estimated Sh800m. ABDIMALIK HAJIR | DAILY NATION
KERICHO: Impeachment
hearing set for Friday
Residents will continue to follow
impeachment proceedings against
Governor Paul Chepkwony, whose job
still hangs in the balance. The Senate
has set up a committee which will on
Friday investigate the allegations laid
out against Mr Chepkwony.
Timothy Kemei
KISII: Seven for Bonchari
parliamentary election
Seven candidates have been cleared
by the Independent electoral and
Boundaries Commission to run for
the Bonchari parliamentary seat.
They are immediate former MP Oroo
Oyioka (ODM, pictured below),
Zebedeo Opore (Ford People), Charles
Onyancha (Wiper), David Ogega (DP),
Paul Matagaro (KNC), Charles Mogaka
(NLP) and Georey Omwando (KSC).
Jackline Moraa
HOMA BAY: Youth and
women handed tools
Governor Cyprian Awiti will continue
the distribution of more than Sh50m
worth of equipment for youth and
women empowerment in the countys
40 wards. These include 400 welding
tools, 240 water pumps and 120
sewing machines.
Maurice Kaluoch
MIGORI : Road repairs and
poly construction starts
Contractors begin repair on 40 roads,
and the construction of 10 polytechnics
launched this week by Governor Okoth
Obado. The projects, which are set to
cost more than Sh200m, are part of
Migoris development programmes this
nancial year.
Elisha Otieno
KISUMU: Fete planned to
honour actress Lupita
The County Assembly Committee
on Tourism is set to come up with a
criterion of honouring actress Lupita
Nyongo (above) after her Academy
Award win this year. This follows a
directive by Speaker Samuel Ombogo
on Thursday to work on the matter
after Nyakach Ward Representative
Maina Koko asked the House to
celebrate Ms Nyongos achievement.
Silas Apollo
NYAMIRA: New assembly
ocials assume duty
Members of County Assembly and
the Service Board will ll vacancies of
Speaker and Clerk after the former of-
ce bearers were kicked out over their
alleged involvement in a controversial
Sh30 million insurance tender. Applica-
tions for the positions were closed on
Friday. Henry Nyarora
BOMET: Open day for court
draws near, says magistrate
Acting Senior Resident Magistrate
Virginia Karanja says the open
day for users of the county court,
slated for Friday, will bring on board
all stakeholders at the ongoing
construction of the law courts pre-fab
site at the county headquarters.
Georey Rono
VIHIGA: The environment
takes centre stage
Preparations to mark World
Environment Day on June 5 are in
top gear, with numerous week-long
environmental activities that will be
undertaken by residents being lined
up. The county government has
already begun planting of 300,000
seedlings.
Derick Luvega
NAKURU: Governor
discloses sports plan
The county government will con-
struct a sports academy in Naivasha
to ensure youths who are talented in
various disciplines earn a decent liv-
ing through sports. Deputy Governor
Joseph Ruto revealed that work on the
sports complex will begin in the next
nancial year. He said that his county is
proud to be associated with Kenya Cup
winner Nakuru Top Fry Rugby Club.
Francis Mureithi
MERU: Ocials warned on
interference with counties
County commissioners have been
warned against interfering in the
running of devolved units. The
caution from Governor Peter Munya
(above) comes after President Uhuru
Kenyatta delegated powers to the
commissioners.
Kennedy Kimanthi
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
Review 27
BY RICHARD MUNGUTI
@RichardMunguti
rmunguti@ke.nationmedia.com
A
judge has gone to court over
the controversial question of
when judges who were ap-
pointed under the old Constitution
should retire.
The case by Lady Justice Dr Joyce
Khaminwa was certied as urgent
by Justice David Majanja on May 23,
who said the judge has raised serious
constitutional issues on her individual
rights which needed to be resolved at
a full hearing.
Justice Majanja ordered the judge
to serve her court papers upon the
Judicial Service Commission and the
Chief Registrar of the Judiciary Ms
Anne Amadi for hearing on May 26.
Justice Khaminwa is challenging a
notice served upon her by the JSC
to quit oce on June 3 2014 upon
attaining the age of 70.
A letter to the judge from the JSC
dated April 28, 2014, says: ...delibera-
tions about judges retirement age and
it was resolved that all Judges shall
retire at the age of 70.
In the letter, the judge was informed
by Ms Amadi that she had attained
the mandatory retirement age.
But the judge has opposed the move
by JSC saying she was appointed
under the repealed constitution
which required them to retire upon
attaining the age of 74.
In the case led under a certicate
of urgency by her husband, Dr John
Khaminwa, the applicant is asking the
court to restrain the JSC and the Chief
Registrar jointly and severally, and bar
them from acting on or implementing
the decision to retire her.
Dr Khaminwa says in the certicate
that the judge is anxious that she may
be retired prematurely for the simple
reason that she was appointed before
FILE | NATION
High Court Judges Murugi Mugo (left) and Joyce Khaminwa. Ms Khaminwa has sued the Judicial Service
Commission to challenge a decision to retire her at 70 years instead of 74.
Judge sues to bar
JSC from retiring
her prematurely
AMBIGUITY | Old and new laws provide for dierent ages of retirement for judicial ocers
the current constitution came into
operation August 27 2010.
The constitution caps the retire-
ment age of judges at 70 which does
not apply to those judges who have
been oce before the new law came
into operation, Dr Khaminwa told
Justice Majanja.
The lawyer states that the Sixth
Schedule of the Constitution pro-
nounces, under Section 31 (1), that :
Unless this Schedule provides oth-
erwise, an person who immediately
before the eective date, held or was
acting in that oce established by
the former constitution shall, on the
eective date, continue to hold or act
in that oce under this Constitution
for the unexpired period of the term
of the person.
The judge says the respondents
(JSC and the Chief Registrar) acted
beyond their powers and duties, and
do not possess powers to employ and
or retire judges unilaterally.
Justice Khaminwa who has a
pending competence matter before
the Judges and Magistrates Vetting
Board, says the decision to retire
judges is malicious and intended to
undermine the judicial process in
the country.
Judges appointed under the old
constitution insist they should retire
at 74 years as provided under the old
law, and not the 70 years set by the
new Constitution.
On May 4 Chief Justice Willy Mu-
tunga conrmed to the Sunday Nation
that the JSC was addressing the
matter and would seek legal opinion
before arriving at a decision.
Dr Mutunga said the JSC had drawn
up a list showing when all the current
judges are due for retirement., and
that those serving and had exceeded
70 years are doing so with the author-
ity of the Commission.
The law
caps the
retirement
age of judges
at 70, but
this does
not apply to
judges who
were in oce
before the
new law
Dr Khaminwa
High Court Justice says
she was hired under the
old constitution, and
should be allowed to
work under its terms
Families left homeless after demolition
BY JOHN NJAGI
@johnnjagi2
jnjagi@ke.nationmedia.com
Hundreds of families were yes-
terday rendered homeless after
their houses were destroyed at the
Ruai Riyuda Settlement Scheme in
Kayole.
Some of those aected claim to be
victims of the 2007-2008 post-elec-
tion violence that broke out in Rift
Valley, who were settled on the land
by the government last year.
However, Kayole police boss Joseph
Ndegwa said they are not IDPs but
trespassers.
There was heavy police presence
the more than 100 houses were
attened but in a dramatic turn of
events, the demolition came to a halt
after Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko
intervened.
Private developer
The angry residents destroyed
part of a perimeter fence put up by a
private developer, who had obtained
a court order to have the families
removed from the land.
One of the victims, Mr Moturi
Mokua, said this was the second
time they were being evicted. Ini-
tially, they were given a piece of
land on which to settle in 2008 but
were later evicted by a politician who
claimed ownership.
We were settled on land that is not
far away from here but were evicted
and lost everything. Now we have
been evicted again. Where are we
expected to go.
The families who were settled on a
50x100 acre plots, were not given time
to take out their belongings. Even so-
cial amenities constructed on their
land including a church, school and
even toilets were brought down.
We do not know where to go be-
cause all our belongings were inside
our houses and now everything has
been lost, said Ms Eunice Gesare,
who also claimed to have been set-
tled on the land for the past seven
years.
Utalii Rard representative Mr Wil-
son Ocholla urged the residents to
rebuild their houses, saying the land
did not belong to an individual, but
to the Nairobi County Government,
pledging to mobilise his counterparts
to donate building materials for the
aected families.
I can assure you they (alleged land
owner and his backers) will not win.
We will make sure Nairobi Gover-
nor Evans Kidero will be Monday
(tomorrow) so that he address this
issue amicably.
The residents blamed a city
legislator and a county assembly
member of working with a private
developer and former politician to
evict them, saying the court order
to evict them from government land
is not genuine.
ANTHONY OMUYA
I NATION
A woman and
her daughter
stand next to
what remained
of her belong-
ings after their
house was
attened yes-
terday at the
Ruai Riyuda
Set t l ement
Scheme.
BY BILLY MUIRURI
bmuiruri@ke.nationmedia.com
Twists and turns have marked the
start of the road to ll the Mathare
parliamentary seat only a day after
the Supreme Court ruled there will
be repeat polls. But even then, the
confusion that had gripped the case
had not dissipated by yesterday as
the court will still sit tomorrow to
determine when the by-election will
be held.
There had been uncertainty as to
whether the June 28 deadline issued
by IEBC could still hold following
the long legal battle that started at
the High Court.
But the weekend has seen political
players in the city lay out their arse-
nal in readiness for the long overdue
contest on who exactly won between
former MP George Wanjohi (TNA)
and petitioner Steven Kariuki (Cord)
won the seat on March 4 last year.
TNA is split over which mode of
nominations to use. While party
chairman Johnson Sakaja threw
the battle for the ticket open and
four aspirants paid up, Nairobi MPs
want Mr Wanjohi retained as the sole
aspirant.
Cord, on the other hand, is strug-
gling to consolidate support from
Wiper and Fork Kenya for ODM
choice Kariuki.
When the Supreme Court made its
ruling on Friday, the chorus was that
Wiper and Ford Kenya would back
Mr Kariuki. However, lawyer An-
thony Oluoch insists he will run.
Yesterday, Mr Kamanda categori-
cally ruled out subjecting Mr Wanjohi
to a nomination. This will be very
unfair to him. He has spent more
than a year ghting in court. No-
where else have we had an ousted
MP subjected to a nomination. We
will support his bid, Mr Kamanda
told Sunday Nation.
Mr Kamandas view, which was
backed by highly placed sources at
State House, was also echoed by Em-
bakasi North MP Mwangi Gakuya.
If it is not Mr Wanjohi, most of
us (city MPs) will keep away from
the campaigns. We shall talk to our
people on the need to support the
incumbent, he said.
But aspirants who had paid the
nomination fees of Sh200,000 said
the decision would unfairly deliver
the seat to Mr Kariuki.
Those who have paid are Jackson
Mwangi who vied in Starehe in the
last elections, Gabriel Muthuma, a
telecommunication expert, former
Huruma Councillor Ndungu wa
Grace and TNA activist Samson
Ojiayo. Mr Mwangi and Mr Muth-
uma are front runners for the TNA
ticket, if their ground work so far is
anything to go by.
I am in the race. My formidable
campaign machinery is roaring. The
whistle has been blown. I am best
placed to y the TNA ag due to my
experience in the local politics, said
Mr Mwangi.
Mr Muthuma said it would be sui-
cidal to give a direct ticket to anyone.
I can assure you the ground wants a
Confusion reigns as
Mathare poll beckons
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
28 | Sunday Review
BY GITONGA MARETE
gmarete@ke.nationmedia.com
T
he government may lose at
least $10 million (Sh860
million) from a global cli-
mate change mitigation fund due
to corruption allegations against
top ocials from the National
Environment Management Au-
thority, it emerged yesterday.
According to the Consumers
Federation of Kenya, Nema
should not be entrusted with
the management of the fund
due of the corruption allegations
against the agencys ocers.
Yesterday, Cofek secretary
general Stephen Mutoro said:
We believe that Nema is not
the right agency to manage the
fund, given the way it is currently
constituted.
The decision that should have
been made on March 19, 2014
has been put on hold after the
Adaptation Fund Board Secre-
tariat raised several questions
regarding Nema. We are not
against the funding but we want
accountability, Mr Mutoro told
Sunday Nation on phone.
In a letter sent to the Board
secretariat on March 26, Cofek
states: Our petition is based on
the basis of many issues in the
public domain which point to
serious governance challenges
at Nema, wrote Japeth Ogutu,
Cofek Programme Ocer.
The Kenya Climate Change
Adaptation Fund is administered
by a Board in Geneva, Switzer-
land, and was expected to be
implemented by Nema, Kenyas
environment watchdog.
According to the project pro-
posal, the programme presents
key components, including
enhancing climate resilience in
agricultural, agro-forestry and
pastoral production systems to
improve food security, improv-
ing water systems and disaster
management among vulnerable
communities. It proposes to de-
velop and implement integrated
adaptive mechanisms to increase
community livelihood resilience
to climate change.
The fund, which is supposed to
benet selected counties in the
country, is also used in strength-
ening institutional capacity in
agencies dealing with climate
change mitigation measures,
including Nema.
An ocial at the Environment
ministry who could not be named
as he is not authorised to speak
to the media, said the proposal
had been redrawn and was await-
ing review before submission.
Integrity issues
The delay was also occa-
sioned by the integrity issues at
Nema but that has been settled,
he claimed. Both Nema Direc-
tor General Georey Wahungu
and Principal Secretary an the
Environment Ministry could not
be reached for comment.
Early this year, businessmen
in Mombasa accused top Nema
ocials of demanding bribes
before issuing them with
licenses. In one of the cases in-
volving the proposed Carnival
Village Apartments and Marina
on plot no.MN/1/7664 at Mom-
basa Tudor Creek, some Nema
officials are alleged to have
cancelled the licence three
times after the consultant, Mr
John Mwandary, failed to bribe
them. Mr Mwandary was found
dead in his car along Jomo Ken-
yatta Avenue early February in
mysterious circumstances.
In a sworn affidavit, Mr
Mwandary had claimed that
Mr Wahungu and a Mombasa
County Nema director had de-
manded Sh3 million from him,
and sought court orders to stop
the ocials from interfering with
his project.
In another case, the director
of Mwawako Shipping Agencies
Ltd, Mr Peter Omatangi, alleged
that two senior Nema ocials
had demanded Sh2 million to re-
instate the rms revoked licence
for waste oil business in Kili.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption
Commission is investigating the
matter.
Kenya could lose out on climate fund
FILE | NATION
National Environment Management Authority Director-General Georey Wahungu who was early this year
accused by a Mombasa businessman of trying to extort a Sh3 million bribe.
ACCOUNTABILITY | Several top ocials from environment agency accused of corruption
Consumer
lobby
petitions to
have Nema
replaced
as fund
manager

We believe Nema is not the right

agency to manage the fund given its
current constitution
Mr Mutoro
Kabogo sets
up fund for
youth, women
BY LUCAS BARASA
Kiambu Governor William Kabogo
has signed into law a Bill that gives
the youth, women and people with
disability access to affordable
credit.
This is aimed at enabling the
beneciaries start income-gener-
ating activities.
Mr Kabogo signed the Kiambu
County Youth Women and Persons
with Disability Fund Bill 2014 after
it was approved by the County As-
sembly last week.
The Act provides access to capi-
tal and nancing facilities to micro
and small enterprises owned by the
youth and women and will have
friendly borrowing terms.
The fund, he said, will be dis-
bursed through nancial institutions
and will not require any security as
the youth in their respective groups
will co-guarantee each other.
The governor said they had set
aside Sh300 million for the kitty
this nancial year.
Kiambu is the rst county to have
its own youth and women fund. Mr
Kabogo said the kitty will comple-
ment other funds by the national
government.
County Youth and Sports Aairs
Executive Michael Waikenda said
the aim of the Act is to promote
establishment of small businesses
and industries in the county.
The Act, he added, is a major
boost to the youth, who have been
complaining of lack of jobs. With
good business proposals, they will
easily get capital and grants to ex-
pand and start businesses.
BY ELVIS ONDIEKI
@OndiekiMogere
eondieki@ke.nationmedia.com
The Speaker of the Kisii County
Assembly has been found guilty of
gross abuse of oce for frustrating
the work of an ocer under him.
Mr Kerosi Ondieki will now be
investigated by the Ethics and Anti-
Corruption Commission (EACC)
after an Industrial Court judge
found that he had undermined Mr
James Omariba, the clerk of the
county assembly.
Mr Justice Byram Ongaya, in a
judgment delivered on Friday, said
Mr Ondieki flouted the County
Government Act by, among other
actions, evicting Mr Omariba from
his oce and converting it into a
boardroom following a rift between
the two.
The judge ordered Mr Omariba
to serve the judgment to the EACC
within seven days.
(EACC shall) undertake appro-
priate investigations and action in
accordance with its constitutional
and statutory authority and func-
tions in view of the leadership and
integrity issues exposed in this
case, he said.
Justice Ongaya made the nd-
ings at the end of a case that Mr
Omariba had led.
Court nds
Speaker guilty
of misconduct
Switch from agriculture to
mining, Taita women urged

We are pushing for the

arrest of the culprit
Mrs
Lay, Taita-Taveta Woman Rep.
BY JONATHAN
MANYINDO
jmanyindo@ke.nationmedia.com
Women in Taita-Taveta
have been urged to get into
the more rewarding mining
industry and not dwell on
agriculture.
Taita-Taveta County
Woman Representative
Joyce Lay and Governor
John Mruttu have called
on women not to give in to
intimidation from players in
the male-dominated sector.
According to Mrs Lay,
rain-fed agriculture has often
failed farmers, and time has
come for women to diversify
their income avenues.
Recently, the county gov-
ernment, in collaboration
with the Tsavo Minerals
Organisation, held an exhi-
bition to expose small-scale
miners to potential buyers,
as a way of creating an or-
ganised market for them.
At the event, Mrs Lay said
the display of high-value
gemstones was proof that
Taita-Taveta had enough re-
sources to sustain the needs
of its people, but that there
was a need for legislation to
eliminate cartels.
At the same time, Mrs Lay
warned that investors who
violate womens rights would
be dealt with.
We have pushed for the
arrest and prosecution of a
woman investor who has
been frisking her female
workers in their private
parts to ascertain they
havent stolen gemstones,
she said. We will make an
example out of her.
Voi MP Jones Mlolwa,
speaking at the same func-
tion, encouraged small-scale
miners to desist from trad-
ing with middlemen as they
would only exploit them.
Meanwhile, Governor
Mruttu said his government
had bought two compressors
to aid in mining. Taita-Taveta
has deposits of sapphire,
tsavorite, tourmaline, green
garnets and rubies, among
other minerals.
Gatundu MP died
of heart failure, says
postmortem report
BY OLIVER MUSEMBI
osembi@gnmail.com
AND SAMUEL KARANJA
schege@ke.nationmedia.com
Gatundu South MP Joseph
Ngugi Nyumu died of a mas-
sive heart attack, according to
a postmortem report.
Speaking on behalf of
the family, Gatanga MP
Humphrey Njuguna, who
is chairing the burial com-
mittee, said there was no
foul play in the legislators
sudden death.
We have to accept the
postmortem results al-
though our departed friend
did not have a history of
heart disease, Mr Njuguna
said yesterday after attend-
ing a prize giving ceremony
at Kiunyu Girls Secondary
School in his constituency.
Mr Nyumu, 41, collapsed
and died at his home in
Runda, Nairobi. He will be
buried at his Gitare village
home, Gatundu, on Friday.
We were very close and
even went to the gym to-
gether. I didnt know him to
have any health problems. We
are all very shocked but we
have to accept the outcome,
Mr Njuguna said.
He appealed to the public
not to speculate on the MPs
death now that the cause of
death was conrmed.
The postmortem results
coincided with what doctors
told the family on Wednesday
when the MP died.
Detectives took samples
from the MPs house after
his death in what they said
was meant to remove any
doubts over the death.
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
Sunday Review 29
BY KITAVI MUTUA
@KitaviM
kmutua@ke.nationmedia.com
Broken promises by succes-
sive governments to tarmac
the Kitui-Kibwezi road domi-
nated public hearings by the
Parliamentary Budget and
Appropriations Committee in
Kitui County last week.
The residents told the par-
liamentary session chaired by
Subukia MP Nelson Gaichuhie
that their views amounted to
nothing as no regime had
shown any commitment to
tarmac the road.
The chorus of criticism was
kicked o by the County Min-
ister for Finance and Economic
planning Simon Mundu who
narrated the long history of
broken government pledges
dating ve decades ago.
Mr Mundu said President
Kenyatta should fulfill his
campaign promise to tarmac
it because locals had suered
neglect since Independence
despite paying tax.
This is part of the North-
ern corridor an international
highway holding the key to un-
locking the economic potential
of eastern region he said.
Broken promises take centre stage
BY EVERLINE OKEWO
eokewo@ke.nationmedia.com
T
he conict between the
national and county
governments over con-
struction of roads is headed to
Parliament.
The controversy has risen
from the lack of a clear dis-
tinction of the roads under
the county and national gov-
ernments.
The other challenge is the
multiplicity of agencies dealing
with roads.
Kisumu West MP Olago
Aluoch said Parliament will
debate the matter arguing that
the county governments do not
have the capacity to manage
the construction of roads.
Already, governors are piling
pressure on the national gov-
ernment to disband the Kenya
Urban Roads Authority (Kura)
and the Kenya Rural Roads Au-
thority (KERRA) saying their
roles should be taken over by
the devolved units.
Mr Aluoch yesterday told
Sunday Nation that he has
drafted bill on roads to be ta-
bled in Parliament next month
in order to give clear guidelines
on road construction.
No capacity
County governments do not
currently have the capacity to
manage roads functions unless
clear guidelines are set by the
Parliament, said Mr Aluoch.
The Kenya National Highway
Authority (Kenha) classies
Kenya roads in three catego-
ries namely International trunk
roads (Class A), National trunk
roads (Class B), primary roads
(class C), secondary roads
(Class D) and minor roads
(Class E).
According to Siaya Governor
Cornel Rasanga, there is a lot
of duplicity in management
of roads.
He said that there are
roads being done by Kura
and KERRA, under the con-
stituency development fund,
the national government and
Kenha.
His Busia counterpart, Sos-
peter Ojaamong also blamed
the confusion on the lack
of proper classification of
roads.
Trunk roads (linking cities
and county headquarters)
should be managed at the
national level so that counties
can focus on urban, peri-urban
and rural roads development,
operations and maintenance,
said Governor Rasanga.
Currently, the function of
constructing roads is still
under the central government
making it hard for the counties
to allocate funds.
Kisii Governor James Ong-
wae said Kura still maintains
roads in the counties. As such
the road funds are challenged
to projects that are being man-
aged by a national government
agency.
Given that the Kura and
KERRA still manage county
roads, it becomes very dif-
cult to have the our vision of
having better roads, said Mr
Ongwae recently.
He added that instead of
the central government chan-
nelling funds for construction
of roads to Kura and KERRA,
the money should be sent to
counties.
Fourth Schedule
Bungoma governor Ken Lu-
saka said in a meeting held last
month What we had agreed on
earlier was that trunk roads be
left to the national government
and the others devolved to the
counties.
The Fourth Schedule of
the Constitution accorded us
this function. The ministry of
roads needs to devolve this
function, said Mr Lusaka
who is the Governors council
secretary for roads.
We want this matter
brought before the house
committee to enable con-
struction of major roads that
had been stopped in the coun-
ties, Mr Olago said in a phone
interview yesterday.
FILE | NATION
Motorists drive on a stretch of road in Nairobis Eastlands in Kari-
obangi South. Many Kenyan urban roads are in deplorable states.
Row over roads
function headed
to Parliament
MP to table Bill
as governors say
counties should
manage roads
DEVOLUTION | National government still has major control
UDF targets 94,000 new
members by end of year
BY GALGALO BOCHA
@gallgallo
gbocha@ke.nationmedia.com
The United Democratic Party
plans to register 94,000 members
across the country by years end
when it will launch its nationwide
membership recruitment drive.
In an exclusive interview with the
Sunday Nation on the sidelines of
a four-day partys retreat in Lamu
County, UDF Chief Executive Ocer
Petronila Were added that they aim
to register more than 2000 members
in each of the 47 counties.
Ms Were said the partys leader-
ship had also agreed that elections of
various positions be held before the
end of October as part of its strate-
gies to revitalise the party ahead of
the 2017 General Election.
Strategies for the grassroots
elections are on course, but I will
not divulge some key issues delib-
erated upon because they have to
be forwarded to National Executive
Council for adoption, she added.
She hinted that among positions
to be declared vacant include that
of Party Leader and Deputy Party
Leader currently held by former
deputy premier Musalia Mudavadi,
and Jeremiah Kioni respectively.
We shall conduct competitive,
democratic elections. There shall
be no position reserved for specic
persons, she added.
Ms Were stated the party will
have a national outlook under the
new leadership, adding that members
have forwarded their proposals on
how UDF should be re-branded.
Party leader Musalia Mudavadi ad-
dressed the retreat twice on Thursday
and Friday where he told members
that talks are ongoing between the
party and the New Ford Kenya on
future political partnership.
In terms of representation, we
are bigger than Kanu, Wiper Demo-
cratic Party and New Ford Kenya. We
shall retain the same come 2017, but
we must all work very hard to ensure
that, said Mr Mudavadi.
The members also discussed
UDFs performance in and out of
Parliament.
Members the party
hopes to recruit in
the drive in each
of the 47 counties
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30 | Review
Drought-ravaged Baringo pleads for help
MITIGATION | County government has set aside Sh150 million to initiate irrigation projects
BY WYCLIFF KIPSANG
@wsang08
wkipsang@ke.nationmedia.com
L
eaders from the often conict-
ing Tugen and Pokot peoples
in Baringo County, where more
than 10,000 people are facing star-
vation, came together yesterday and
appealed to the government and other
well-wishers to help the drought-rav-
aged county.
County leaders Senator Gideon
Moi, Governor Benjamin Cheboi, MPs
Asman Kamama (Tiaty), Grace Kiptui
(Woman Representative) and Mem-
bers of the County Assembly met
in Loruk area and distributed more
than 2,000 bags of maize which were
donated by the Geothermal Develop-
ment Company.
Mr Moi welcomed plans by the
company to generate more than 3,000
megawatts of electricity in the county
as more than 100,000 hectares of land
will be put under irrigation from the
water that will be produced.
We call on our people to discard
retrogressive cultural practices like
cattle rustling which may scare away
potential investors from our resource-
rich county, said Mr Moi, who is chair
of the Senate Energy Committee.
Mr Cheboi said that the hunger
ravaging the county was aggravated
by rampant insecurity in some parts
which prevented farmers from plant-
ing last season. e said the county
government was working with the
central government to distribute
relief food, with more than 10,000
bags of maize and 3,000 bags of beans
and an assortment of other foodstus
already distributed.
As a lasting solution, Mr Cheboi
said the county government has plans
to put more than 50,000 hectares of
land under irrigation, with Sh150
million already set aside for 12 new
irrigation projects.
Not time to ght
Mr Kamama pleaded with the
pastoralists to co-exist peacefully
as they move in search of water and
pasture for their livestock. We need
to share the limited resources we have.
This is not the time to ght, said Mr
Kamama.
He said that the hunger situation in
the county was the worst in Kenyas
history, and called on the national
government to end the problem.
The country needs a massive food
intervention drive for which county
governments have no capacity. The
central government should take over
to avert death. Nobody should die
of hunger, said Mr Kamama, whose
constituency is the worst hit by the
drought.
Ms Kiptui cited lactating mothers,
the elderly and children as the most
aected. We urge leaders to warn
government early enough to facilitate
proper planning and response, said
Ms Kiptui.
Geothermal managing director
Silas Simiyu said they will keep
supporting people in areas that fall
under geothermal energy zones.
Residents
urged not
to ght for
the scarce
resources
available
Lets discard retrogressive
cultural practices like cattle
rustling which may scare
away potential investors
Baringo Senator Gideon Moi
FILE | NATION
Hungry Baringo residents eat wild fruits. Leaders have at-
tributed the famine that threatens 10,000 residents to failure
to plant as a result of insecurity.
Kenyans attacked in Migingo
BY ELISHA OTIENO
elisha_otieno@yahoo.com
Fifteen Kenyan fisher-
men were yesterday injured
following a clash with their
Ugandan counterparts at the
disputed Migingo Island in
Lake Victoria.
The victims sustained in-
juries after they were pelted
with stones.
At least ve Ugandans also
sustained injuries.
The clash broke out in the
morning when the Ugandans
blocked Kenyans shermen
from shing.
A bitter argument ensued
before they turned against
each other, said Mr John
Obunge, the Migingo beach
management unit chairman.
Ugandan security ocers
based at the island red in
the air to disperse the riot-
ous shermen.
The ocers also thwarted
Attempts by some Ugandans
to torch houses belonging to
Kenyans.
We are investigating the
source of conict and we will
punish the trouble makers,
said an Ugandan ocer who
asked not to be named because
he is not authorised to speak
to the media.
Kenyan officers, who are
co-guarding the island, pro-
vided rst aid to the injured
Kenyans.
Mr Obunge said their has
been systematic frustrations
and intimidation of Kenyans
working in the island.
It seems their ultimate goal
is to push us out of here, he
told the Sunday Nation.
Just last week, three Kenyan
shermen were arrested by the
Ugandan authorities .
The trio was set free fol-
lowing protests from the
Kenyan shermen and trad-
ers after spending two days
in the cells.
They had been picked near
Mugabo beach in Migori
County while shing .
The Ugandans claimed
they arrested the trio over the
mysterious disappearance of
an boat engine belonging to
a Ugandan fisherman last
week.
FILE | NATION
Fishermen setting out to catch sh in Migingo Island in Lake Victoria recently. Fifteen Kenyans were
yesterday injured during a ght with their Ugandan counterparts.
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
Review 31
Death list:
He had
achieved
two-thirds
of the
ambitions on
his death list.
Dying teenage cancer victim raised Sh590m
LETTER FROM LONDON | Gerry Loughran
S
tephen Sutton was only
15 when he was diag-
nosed with terminal
bowel cancer.
I make no apology for re-
turning to this dire topic for
the second straight week be-
cause Stephens story is not so
much one of misery and pain
though they are there as of
courage and inspiration.
Upon receiving his death
sentence, Stephen, from
Burntwood in the Midlands,
drew up a list of 46 things he
wanted to do before the end
came. Over the next four
years, this led to him doing a
sky dive and a bungee jump,
playing drums in front of
90,000 people at a European
championship football match,
getting a tattoo, travelling to
Brazil for Carnival, writing
a joke book, hugging an el-
ephant and nding someone
with more surgical scars than
his own 47 centimetres in
total.
But above all was a cam-
paign he started to raise
10,000 (Sh1.4 million) for
the Teenage Cancer Trust.
Donations trickled in at a
respectable rate, but when
he posted a sele online, the
image went viral. It showed
Stephen in a hospital bed, an
oxygen mask over his face, but
smiling broadly and holding
two thumbs up. The Prime
Minister, David Cameron,
visited Stephen in hospital
and celebrities queued up to
oer praise and gifts.
Donations reached and
passed the 10,000 mark
and went on climbing past
1 million, past 2 million.
When Stephen regained
some strength, he was allowed
home and, unbelievably, some
people used social media to
charge him with fakery and
deceit. A torrent of public
anger stopped the naysayers
in their tracks and Stephen
was reportedly unworried.
Two weeks ago, by now
19, Stephen was readmitted
to hospital with breathing
diculties caused by the re-
growth of tumours. Shortly
afterwards, his mother, Jane,
announced that he died
peacefully in his sleep. He
had achieved two-thirds of
the ambitions on his death
list and his mother praised
her courageous, selfless,
inspirational son,
The Facebook post an-
nouncing the boys death
was shared more than 120,000
times within an hour of pub-
lication and, as the ow of
donations became a flood,
engineers worked hastily to
boost server capacity for his
online page. Some 60,000
(Sh8.8 million) poured into
the Trust in just two hours
and at last report, the total
stood on the brink of 4 mil-
lion (Sh590 million).
Last word from Jane Sut-
ton: My heart is bursting
with pride but breaking with
pain.
* * * * *
Beware! The food police are
closing in.
Two international pressure
groups are demanding that
the food industry worldwide
be regulated like the tobacco
industry because obesity
poses a greater global health
risk than cigarettes.
Consumers International
and the World Obesity Fed-
eration say global deaths due
to over-eating rose from 2.6
million in 2005 to 3.4 million
in 2010. They want new rules,
enforced by governments, to
include reducing the levels of
salt, sugar and saturated fat in
food, restricting TV advertis-
ing for children and putting
pictures on food packages
showing the damage inicted
on people by obesity, similar
to photos of damaged lungs
on cigarette packs.
When I worked in the US in
the 1970s, I was often stunned
by the size of some people. This
was not the case in Britain.
Now, however, a walk down any
UK street will nd plenty of
men and women of enormous
girth waddling into fast food
shops for a burger, a sausage
roll or a bag of chips.
A blogger on this topic
reported seeing a hospital
nurse snacking on a bottle of
Coke and a packet of salted
crisps.
Demands on the National
Health Service by overweight
people suering from diabe-
tes, heart disease, high blood
pressure and strokes result
in longer waiting times for
all and hugely increased
costs which have to be met
by the ordinary citizen paying
increased taxes.
Few would disagree that
some controls are needed,
but citizens rights groups
prefer targeted solutions.
Many people are fat because
they eat frozen foods all the
time. Why? They dont know
how to cook.
One argument is that money
would be better spent on edu-
cation than regulation.
* * * * *
Father OMalley looked
out of his window and saw a
dead donkey on his lawn. He
called the police and asked
Sergeant Jones if he would
send a couple of constables
along to deal with it.
Now Sergeant Jones con-
sidered himself a bit of a wit
and decided to have some fun
at the expense of the padre.
Well, now, Father, he said,
it was always my impression
that it was the reverends who
took care of the last rites.
There was silence on the
line for a moment, then Fa-
ther OMalley replied, Aye,
that is true, but we are also
obliged to notify the next of
kin rst, which is the reason
for my call.
Gerryo69@hotmail.com

Mother said he
died peacefully in
his sleep
I
n the past few weeks, this
country has lost several
doctors due to various
causes. The recent killings of
doctors in Nakuru and Meru
are particularly noteworthy
because they poignantly
illustrate the state of our
nation.
Firstly, outside of medical
circles, these killings have
gone virtually unremarked and
police have, as usual, chalked
them down to normal thug-
gery. This reects the general
situation in this country, where
we have accepted that we can
lose such important members
of our society and not be
shocked.
We are so preoccupied with
ethnic sharing of the national
cake that we are unable to
appreciate the fact that the
scarce health worker resource
continues to be depleted in
preventable ways.
Secondly, these killings dem-
onstrate the dicult working
conditions that many health
workers are having to contend
with as they serve the thank-
less populace. Many doctors
are working extremely hard
to save lives, often without
anyone to relieve them when
they are tired. They work long
hours and have little time for
their families or friends.
Unfortunately, when they
burn out and decide to take a
break, they are often accused
of having abandoned their
patients to go and enjoy
themselves. And when they
continue working despite
their inevitable problems,
they become error-prone and
are crucied for every small
mistake they make. When their
luck nally runs out, they nd
armed thugs waiting for them
when they come home after a
long night at work. This once-
gloried profession has lost its
lustre, and now carries the risk
of premature mortality and a
lifetime of suering.
Thirdly, the fact that these
unfortunate deaths have not
triggered talk of a crisis in
the health sector clearly dem-
onstrates that both the national
and county governments are
only paying lip-service to the
health of their people. Meas-
ures have not been taken to
protect health workers and
ensure that they operate in a
more conducive environment.
The national government has
all but abandoned health work-
ers, leaving them at the mercy
of county administrations that
often dont have the foggiest
idea on how to manage a health
workforce.
As a result, health workers
are continually being threat-
ened with the sack for a variety
of ills, real and imagined. Every
so often, a governor lashes out
at these thankless ocers who
are trying to avoid supervision
and promises citizens that he
will make them work or re
them if they are lax in their
duties. Many have resigned
as a direct consequence of this
intimidation, while others have,
in the past, been released to
the national government in an
undisguised move to eliminate
foreign professionals from
some counties.
A Kiswahili saying aptly
captures the current state of
aairs: Usiwatukane wakunga na
uzazi ungalipo (Do not insult
midwives while women still
give birth). As things stand,
health professionals feel
badly treated, insulted and
abandoned by the political
class while, on the other hand,
citizens are demanding more
and more from them.
Perhaps if we knew that eve-
ryone will at some point need
to see a health professional, we
would plan dierently. Maybe
we would allocate more funding
to the health ministry, use the
funds to train and hire more
health workers, and procure
equipment and supplies that
would make their work more
eective, and rewarding?
But maybe nobody cares!
Dr Atwoli is a consultant psy-
chiatrist and senior lecturer
at Moi Universitys School of
Medicine. lukoye@gmail.com
BAROMETER | Lukoye Atwoli
Doctors killing signies a worrying trend
Dicult:
Killings
show the
dicult
working
conditions
that many
health
workers have
to contend
with.
The national
government has
abandoned health
workers.
P
r e s i d e n t
U h u r u
Kenyattas
handlers last week
reportedly pulled
down a post on his
Facebook timeline
announcing the
swearing-in of
Nelson Githinji as
the new National
Youth Service
(NYS) director, amid a barrage of com-
plaints of ethnic bias.
Dr Githinji, a Kikuyu, was picked by Plan-
ning minister Anne Waiguru, also a Kikuyu,
to replace Kiplimo Rugut, a Kalenjin.
The NYS appointment has generated
much more heat on other public platforms,
including the Parliament Buildings where
Igembe South MP Mithika Linturi has
given notice of a motion seeking to have
Ms Waiguru removed from oce.
A rent-a-crowd-type street demo was
held in Nairobi on Friday to condemn Mr
Linturis anti-women conspiracy.
Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter, who is in-
creasingly fashioning himself as the face
of Kalenjin nationalism, has also weighed
in with his usual lamentations at a public
meeting in the Rift Valley.
But it was the Facebook upheaval that
caught my attention, given the predictabil-
ity of the debate on the other platforms.
A majority of the Facebook dissenters
were Kikuyu names, with the common sen-
timent being that the Presidents action
amounted to ethnic bias in appointments
to public oce or exposed their commu-
nity to resentment by others. Ordinarily,
you would expect this type of crowd to
lionise President Kenyatta, citing the right
of everyone who qualies for a public job,
including a Kikuyu, to be appointed.
So what occasioned the change of tone
in the NYS case? Wasnt Dr Githinji, with
his wealth of skills and experience in the
public service (he is a former State House
comptroller, no less) and the private sector,
as qualied as his other tribesmen who
have got plum government jobs?
Did the Facebook dissent reect a signi-
cant shift from the us vs them attitude to
ethnic relations that has informed similar
debates in the past? It is too early to tell,
and the matter should be at best treated
as an isolated incident.
The ethnic heritage of the other man
involved in this controversy deserves
further examination though. Would Mr
Ruguts transfer, demotion or promotion
to sports secretary have caused ruckus in
the ruling Jubilee coalition if he were, say,
a Luhya, Luo, Kamba, Turkana or Taveta?
Most likely not, considering that just about
every past appointment has aected a per-
son from one or the other community.
The sudden outbreak of ethnic sensitiv-
ity among a section of Jubilee supporters
on Facebook was, therefore, most likely
informed by anxieties about the possible
consequences of upsetting the Kalenjin, a
key partner in the tyranny.
The perception of Kalenjin untouchabil-
ity was perhaps best expressed in lawyer
Donald Kipkorirs recent controversial
Facebook post, advising his friend and
colleague Ahmednasir Abdullahi against
taking on Deputy President William Ruto
in his newspaper column.
Otieno Otieno is chief sub-editor,
Business Daily. Twitter @otienootieno.
jkotieno@ke.nationmedia.com
Facebook
upheaval over
Rugut transfer
pretentious
OUTSIDE THE BOX |
Otieno Otieno
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
32 | Regulars
BY MILLICENT MWOLOLO
mmwololo@ke.nationmedia.com
Community conservancies are crucial
to the survival of wildlife, both within
and outside of parks. Approximately
70 per cent of all Kenyas wildlife live
on community or private land outside
parks. The 30 per cent of Kenyan wildlife
that resides in animal parks often spend
much of their time outside the parks, and
is therefore often heavily dependent on
both the pastures and the tolerance of
the community and private landowners
for its survival.
Wildlife conservancies in Kenya have played
a great role in educating communities on
the importance and value of wildlife and
environmental conservation. This has
helped stem human-wildlife conict and
engage communities on the various ways
in which they can co-exist harmoniously
with wildlife.
Wildlife conservancies rehabilitate
endangered tracks of land previously
threatened by expanding agriculture,
charcoal burning and conict with
humans.
For instance, Olare-Orok and Motorogi
Conservancies in Maasai Mara rent land
from Maasai landowners on a monthly
basis in order to safeguard the priceless
wildlife and habitats of the Maasai
Mara. This has seen Maasai pastoralists
reduce their livestock herd sizes in core
conservation areas, some of which have
been identied as havens for big cats,
The causes of human wildlife conict
BY MILLICENT MWOLOLO
mmwololo@ke.nationmedia.com
H
umanwildlife conict refers to the
interaction between wildlife and
people and the resultant negative
impact on people or their resources, or
wild animals or their habitat. It occurs
when growing human populations overlap
with established wildlife territory, creating
reduction of resources, loss of life and wild
animals.
The role of conservancies in wildlife protection
is encouraging community participation and
collaboration in managing wildlife resources
through devolved structures.
An important aspect in developing positive
value of wildlife resource is to reduce the
negative aspects of wildlife on human
activities. Wildlife can be compatible to a
greater or lesser degree with some form
of land use, particularly pastoralism and
ranching. However, densely settled areas
and agricultural land are not compatible with
many kinds of wildlife. In response to this,
KWS has been erecting electric fences and
other forms of barriers to contain amimals
in their habitat.
Electric fences have been erected along the
and it has provided the local ecosystem with
comfort zones.
As the ever-expanding human population
comes into conict with wildlife, conservancies
have been helping communities to initiate
and promote community-driven conservation
programmes.
This has transformed perceptions as
communities residing alongside wildlife
habitats begin to view wildlife as an asset
and not a liability. A growing number of
communities are now adopting the principle
of sustainable use of natural resources by
converting large areas of their land away
from unviable livestock farming and now
recognize that sustainable utilization of
their wildlife and conservation can improve
livelihoods and alleviate poverty. This has
seen harmonious co-existence between
communities and wildlife.
Wildlife conservancies are scattered across
the country. They include: the world re-
known Lewa Conservancy, Meibae Wildlife
Conservancy, Westgate Wildlife Conservancy,
Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kalama Community
Conservancy, Soysambu Conservancy, Mugie
Conservancy, Mt Kenya Wildlife Conservancy
and Animal Orphanage, Kitirua Conservancy,
Naboisho Conservancy, Olare-Orok and
Motorogi Conservancies, amongst others.
Apart from meeting the basic needs
of the wildlife in their locales, wildlife
conservancies employ security staff who
take regular patrols in the conservancy
to improve security. This has resulted in
reduced wildlife poaching and an increased
sighting of initially rare wildlife species.
perimeter of certain parks and reserves in
order to minimize human wildlife conicts.
These include: Lake Nakuru National Park,
Northern part of Nairobi National Park, Mt.
Kenya National and Aberdare parks.
Some communities living closer to animal
parks have begun to erect fences. The fences
are solar-powered.
The farming communities have also found
solutions that are compatible with the
protection of wildlife like digging moats
around their land, planting barriers of thorny
plants that are difcult for elephants and
other wildlife to penetrate or grow crops
that are not eaten by wild animals like chilli.
Kenya embarks
on national tree
planting drive
BY MILLICENT MWOLOLO
mmwololo@ke.nationmedia.com
Planting trees is a must if Kenya is to save
the environment and the wildlife in it for
posterity.
After decades of deforestation, conservation
of the environment is gaining attention. In
November last year, President Uhuru Kenyatta
embarked on a national tree planting drive
that will see 50 million trees planted in various
parts of the country by 2017.
The project seeks to increase forest cover in
the country which was at paltry 5.2 per cent
to 10 per cent by 2030. The project is ongoing
and is being carried out through schools under
the Kenya Scouts network, all the way from
primary schools, through secondary schools
to Scouts Rovers in institutions of higher
learning.
The tree seedlings are being obtained for free
from the Kenya Forest Service.
The Benets of Tree Planting
Trees combat the greenhouse effect: To
produce its food, a tree absorbs and locks away
carbon dioxide in the wood, roots and leaves,
while releasing the oxygen back into the air.
Trees provide oxygen: A mature leafy tree
produces as much oxygen in a season as 10
people inhale in a year. If we plant 20 million
trees, the earth will get with 260 million more
tons of oxygen.
Trees clean the air: Trees help cleanse the air
by intercepting airborne particles, reducing
heat, and absorbing such pollutants as
carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen
dioxide.
Trees increase property values: Real estate
values increase when trees beautify a property
or neighbourhood.
Trees shade and cool: Trees cool the country
by shading homes and streets, breaking up
urban heat islands and releasing water
vapour into the air through their leaves.
Trees control noise pollution: Trees mufe
urban noise almost as effectively as stone
walls.
Trees save water: Shade from trees slows
water evaporation.
Trees help prevent water pollution: Trees
reduce runoff by breaking rainfall.
Trees slow soil erosion, storm and water run-
offs: Trees reduce ash ooding. In erosion
control, tree roots bind the soil, holding it in
place.
Trees provide shield from ultra-violet rays:
Trees help prevent skin cancer and reduce
UV-B exposure by about 50 per cent.
Trees provide food: Apart from producing
fruit for humans, trees provide food for birds
and wildlife.
Trees mark the seasons: Is it the dry or wet
season? Look at the trees.
Trees create economic opportunities: Fruit
can be sold to provide income. Business
opportunities in green waste management
and landscaping have risen in urban areas.
Trees bring communities together: Tree
planting exercises bring communities
together.
Trees provide a canopy and habitat for
wildlife: Trees make up the natural habitat for
animals and birds.
The conict takes many forms ranging from loss of
life or injury to humans, and animals both wild and
domesticated, to competition for scarce resources to
loss and degradation of habitat.
For small-scale farmers, elephant crop-raiding is often
an emotional issue. Livelihoods can be lost in a single
night. In the Mount Kenya area, hardly a day goes by
without an incident occurring between a farmer and
elephants. Elephants inhabiting the wildlife sanctuaries
in the region easily stray outside the park perimeters
and cause havoc to crops and homes and even injure
and kill human beings.
Confrontation can take place around water points. But
injuries and deaths also occur when farmers try to drive
wildlife off their land.. In some areas, buffaloes and
baboons are also a problem to farmers.
Solutions to human/wildlife conict
Human wildlife conict is a big problem in Kenya due
to the increased human population and the lack of a
national land use policy.
In the current draft wildlife policy and legislation, the
government through the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS)
A crowd drives off a hippo which has strayed out of its natural habitat. Human/wildlife
conict remains a major problem in Kenya. Photo/JACOB OWITI
WILDLIFE PROTECTION AND
nvironmnt consrvation
SEMI ARID REGIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (SARES)
Semi Arid Regions Environmental Services (SARES), is a private firm with an
objective of improving forest cover, creating employment (environmental related),
and improving food security in the semi arid regions of Kenya. SARES has being
very successful in tree planting for the last 10 years due to the lasting solutions
for tree planting challenges we came up with. They include:-
(a) Local tree seed collection training - most of farmers fail to plant trees for
lack of knowledge on source of seeds, SARES trains them on seed collections
and breaking of dormancy.
(b) Youth involvementSARES targets the young pupils in both primary and
secondary schools and train them on climate change, form environmental
clubs and establish tree nurseries. They thereby grow up with a passion for
the environment.
(c) Organic pest attack solution SARES has come up with a solution for
pest attack on trees made from medicinal plants like neem tree and repels
termites when applied.
(d) Saline water and soapy water solution SARES trains farmers to use
calcium ammonia nitrite (CAN) Fertilizer to treat salty water(20gms in
200litres of saline water) and wood ash in soapy water mostly in boarding
schools; this purifies the water in 8hrs.
(e) Water retaining Polymerdue to prolonged droughts, SARES supplies these
crystals which are planted with trees and retain moisture in the soil reducing
irrigation frequency by 50% during dry seasons, Black humus powder is also
used to enhance soil quality.
(f) Trees of importanceSARES trains the community on the right trees which
provide food, medicine and money e.g. moringa oleifera, mangifera indica
(mangoes), pawpaws, and melia volkensii (mukau).
SARES also trains farmers on moringa tree farming and supplies moringa leaf
powder which is a food supplement rich in vitamins A,B1,C,E,K, MINERALS e.g.
magnesium, iron, copper, zinc, etc, and is highly medicinal All our products are
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A
s one would expect Kenyas
environmental watchdog National
Environment Management Authority
(NEMA) is one of the core state agencies
in the country with its crucial mandate of
ensuring a safe and clean environment for all
Kenyans.
NEMA leads from the front
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
is an initiative on environmental factors that
seeks to evaluate the inter-linkages between
environmental degradation with economic
and social consideration and will help identify
environmental impacts and measures that
could mitigate certain conditions that pose
a threat to a clean environment.
SEA can analytically and systematically
integrate environmental issues into PPP
formulation through a rigorous stakeholder
engagement process among others.
These guidelines are part of a series of
environmental-management guidelines that
fall under the Environmental Management
and Coordination Act (EMCA), 1999 and
the Environmental (Impact Assessment and
Audit) Regulations, 2003.
It is in this line that the Authority has
embraced SEA with various activities
supporting this initiative having kicked off
with a capacity building workshop for county
ofcers having been held. The ofcers
included county executive members, chief
ofcers and county directors of environment
drawn from 15 counties in the Western and
Nairobi regions in the 2nd week of April,
2014.
The Authority to fully implement and
strengthen the policy, plan and programme
making process, thereby providing a
number of immediate and long-term
benets for development agencies, planning
authorities and governments, successfully
spearheaded the launch of National
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
on 13th May 2014. This auspicious occasion
was graced by none other than the Cabinet
Secretary for Environment Water and
Natural Resources Prof Judi Wakhungu.
The guidelines target a broad readership,
including government agencies (responsible
for decision making, formulating policies, and
reviewing and commenting on environmental
reports), environmental experts (involved
in SEA practice), academics (interested in
and active in the environmental assessment
eld from a research, teaching, and/or
training perspective), civil society, and other
interested stakeholders.
These guidelines will
give direction on how
SEA practice in Kenya
will be conducted
using best practice
approaches as adopted
both during the drafting
and subsequent
reviews. Three ofcers
enhanced their capacity
building on Strategic
E n v i r o n m e n t a l
Assessment (SEA)
in a training held in
Sweden.
Establishment of
green points
The Green economy
is a concept that
encompasses all
activities or actions
that help reduce carbon emissions into
the atmosphere. Further it upholds the
efcient use of natural resources and
energy while enabling economic growth that
supports creation of job opportunities and
improvement of livelihoods thus alleviating
poverty.
In line with this concept, the Authority
initiated a Green Points Projects where
the Green Points will be centres which in
addition to providing modern ofce space to
staff, will act as platforms for NEMA to inter-
face with county governments, communities
and private sector.
The Green points are developed with an
environmental friendly concept where as
little resources as possible will be used to run
the centres. The architectural designs are
drawn to blend with the local environment,
with enough lighting to allow for natural
lighting as opposed to using electricity.
There shall be provision of water harvesting
and solar energy installation.
The Green points will also provide room
for the local community to exhibit their
innovation and serve as an incubation centre
for new ideas and innovations. Once complete
these will be one innovation that NEMA will
have put in place for the community to
learn from. Construction in Homa Bay is in
progress. Two other Isiolo and Embu have
been identied and sites have been handed
over to contractors to start construction.
As for Taita Taveta, the green point is
complete and is set for launch on June
12th 2014 in an event to be ofciated by
His Excellency Ambassador of Denmark to
Kenya, Geert Aagard Andersen.
Accreditation as National Implementing
Entity (NIE)
The United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international
environmental treaty whose objective is to
stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations and
to tackle impacts of Climate Change. Kenya
is a Party to this treaty and its subsequent
Kyoto Protocol.
National Implementing Entities are country
specic institutions accredited by the
Adaptation Fund Board to receive direct
nancial transfers from the Fund in order
to carry out Climate Change Adaptation
projects and programmes.
NEMA successfully underwent a very
rigorous and systematic evaluation by the
Adaptation Fund Accreditation Panel after
its application to Adaptation Fund Board.
During this evaluation NEMA demonstrated
that it has the stafng, experience, expertise,
and internal controls necessary to properly
operationalise the role of an NIE. The authority
also demonstrated adequate capabilities
in nancial integrity and management,
institutional capacity, transparency and self-
investigative powers.
It is against this background that NEMA-
KENYA was accredited as the National
Implementing Entity (NIE) for Kenya by
the Adaptation Fund Board during its 16th
Meeting held on 17th March, 2012 in Bonn,
Germany. Globally NEMA-Kenya becomes the
twelfth National Implementing Entities (NIE).
This accreditation is a highly prestigious and
honourable recognition and serves as prove of
competence, efciency and trustworthiness
of NEMA at international level.
Following the accreditation, the Authority
has since embarked on establishing the
necessary internal structures and guidelines
in readiness to kick-off the NIE operations.
Development of Strategic Plan
The Authority initiated the development
of its 3rd strategic plan 2013-2018. In this
strategy, the Authority envisions being
a world class environment management
Authority. The objectives of this strategy are
to:
Coordinate stakeholders and lead
agencies in order to create synergy in
management of the environment;
Ensure compliance with environmental
legislation and policies in order
to maintain a clean, healthy and
sustainable environment;
Strengthen and develop institutional
capacity for effective and efcient
management of the environment;
Build and nurture strategic partnerships
aimed at enhancing sustainable
management of environment and
Enhance the use of communication
as a tool to achieve the Authoritys
performance objectives.
It is envisioned that the Strategic plan will
provide an overall strategic direction to the
management of the Authoritys resources
since it is already anchored in the current
approved work plan. The plan and gives
a specic direction to areas like nancial
strategy, awareness creation strategy and
general organizational development in order
to fully execute the mandate, of a clean and
healthy environment, that the citizens of
Kenya has entrusted with NEMA.
The Strategic Plan is now complete and it
is set to be launched any time in the next
couple of weeks.
ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION
That the environmental matters are high
on the developmental agenda of Kenya is
exemplied by the fact that our Constitution
avers for a clean environment in the
preamble.
NEMA is a government regulatory
body formed by an Act of parliament,
The Environmental Management and
Coordination Act (EMCA 1999); with its
mandate to supervise and coordinate all
environmental functions within the country.
It also implements environmental policy on
behalf of the government.
Within the devolved system of government
NEMA is operating both at national and
county levels, being mindful that some
environmental management functions
have been devolved such as control of
noise pollution and waste management.
Environmental standards remain the same
throughout the country.
In pursuit of this mandate NEMA is currently
enforcing the following regulations;
EIA/EA regulations of 2003
Biodiversity regulations of 2006
Waste regulations of 2006
Water quality regulations of 2006
Controlled substances regulations of
2007
Wetlands regulations of 2009
Noise regulations of 2009
Other draft regulations are in the pipeline
including Air Quality regulations and the
Chemicals regulations
Other key instruments that the Authority
deploys in safeguarding the environment are
the annual State of Environment report and
the National Environment Action Plan. It is
worth noting that in the course of our duties
NEMA partners closely with other Ministries,
Departments and agencies; of late the
Authority has developed a robust platform
for collaborations with the private sector.
Strategic Environmental Assessment
(SEA) guidelines launch
NEMA has implemented Environmental
Impact Assessment and Environmental
Audit since 2004. Over time NEMA has faced
challenges because the Environmental Impact
Assessment (EIA) process inadequately deals
with cumulative, synergistic, secondary, and/
or long-term impacts which can be addressed
when policies, plans, and programs (PPP)
are subjected to a Strategic Environmental
Assessment (SEA) process.
NEMA is operating both at
national and county levels,
being mindful that some
environmental management
functions have been
devolved.

The Cabinet Secretary for Environment,

Water and Natural Resource Prof Judi
Wakhungu (L) anked by NEMA Board
members and Director General Prof
Geoffrey Wahungu (R), when she launched
the National Strategic Environmental
Assessment (SEA) guidelines earlier this
month.
The NEMA Green Point at Mwatate in
Taita Taveta that will be launched next
month on 12th June, 2014. The centre
has been built through the support of the
Royal Government of Denmark through
Danidas Natural Resources Management
Programme.
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BY MWANIKI WAHOME
@mwanikiwahome
jwahome@ke.nationmedia.com
T
he price of land along
the Lamu Port South
Sudan-Ethiopia Transport
corridor has more than tripled
since the project was mooted,
with experts anticipating a fur-
ther rise once it kicks o.
Developers and land specula-
tors have gone on a buying spree,
setting prices on an upward trend
in anticipation of good returns
from businesses, particularly
in real estate and service in-
dustries.
We handle more than 20
land transactions in areas
around Lamu every month. We
expect that property values will
continue appreciating just like it
happened with property around
the proposed Konza City, said
Mr Justus Munene, a property
valuer with Dayton Valuers.
Mr Munene said the land prices
had gone up by between three and
ve times in the last four years.
For example, in Lamu, an acre is
going for Sh4 million, from less
than Sh1 million four years ago,
while in Isiolo, a similar parcel
will fetch Sh7 million.
We are seeing some crazy
prices in some areas, particu-
larly where some key facilities
are expected to be set up. This
will peak when construction
begins, he said.
An announcement by Energy
Secretary Davis Chirchir last
month that tendering for a new
pipeline will be nalised soon is
expected to raise land transac-
tions in Lamu and surrounding
areas.
Some investors are also eyeing
land in Turkana County where
oil has been discovered, and are
positioning themselves to reap
from the anticipated windfall.
Experts say areas that are likely
to reap from the new-found inter-
est include Lamu, Isiolo, Garissa,
Turkana and North-Eastern parts
of the country.
People have been asking
me how they can acquire land
in the Lapsset corridor purely
for speculative purposes, Mr
Ibrahim Mwathane, chair of the
Land Development and Govern-
ance Institute, said.
Like it happens whenever
major roads and by-passes are
constructed, land prices are
expected to appreciate along
the corridor as people move
and settle due to anticipated
opportunities, Mr Mwathane
said government needs to dis-
close where the corridor will
pass through to enable county
governments plan and advise
the people.
Experts say locals along the
corridor will come under pres-
sure to sell their parcels which
have been lying unexploited for
a long time.
The price of land could in-
crease more than before Mr
Mwathane said.
The greatest challenge, accord-
ing to experts, is that most of the
land has not been demarcated,
because it is held in trust for the
communities by their respective
counties.
Among the top land buyers are
international companies, invest-
ment clubs, savings and credit
societies and individuals.
The Lapsset project intends to
connect Kenya to South Sudan
and Ethiopia in an undertaking
poised to boost regional trade.
It has several components that
include roads, ports, resort cit-
ies, an oil pipeline and airports
that will drive the achievement of
Vision 2030 Kenyas blueprint
towards attainment of a middle-
income economy.
The Lapsset project is
meant to strengthen Kenyas
position as a gateway and
logistics hub in the region to
facilitate trade and promote
integration. It will open up
pastoral regions as the next
growth frontier towards spur-
ring socio-economic growth
Lamu, Turkana, Isiolo and
Garissa counties expected to
benet most from project
Among the top land buyers
are international companies,
local businessmen, invest-
ment clubs and Saccos.
PROPERTY PRICES
Lamu, Turkana
to benet most
Land owners reap big as property
prices in Lapsset corridor go up
SPECULATION | Investors also eyeing Turkana County where oil has been discovered
FILE | NATION
A grader repairs a sec-
tion of the Lamu-Witu
Road within the pro-
posed Lamu Port South
Sudan-Ethiopia Trans-
port corridor. Specula-
tors have gone on a
buying spree, putting
property prices on an
upward trend, with an
acre currently going for
Sh4 million.
Valuers expect prices to peak with
the onset of actual construction as
developers go on buying sprees
Land prices have risen up
to ve times but will peak
when construction begins,
Justus Munene, Dayton Valuers
This weeks indicators
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MARKET TURNOVER
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Bond: Sh6.3bn; Sh16bn
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Compiled by Joshua Masinde
Tari policy
on renewable
energy to aid
investment
BY GEOFFREY RONO
AND TIMOTHY KEMEI
newsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com
The Ministry of Energy has
formulated a new policy to facili-
tate purchase of power from private
investors.
Under the feed-in-tari policy,
Kenya Power is required to sign
power purchase agreements with
investors to accelerate investment
in the development of renewable
energy.
Energy Secretary Davis
Chirchir said the policy was
aimed at attracting private inves-
tors in electricity generation and
facilitate resource mobilisation by
providing investment security and
market stability for investors.
He spoke when he presided over
the launch of a one megawatt solar
power plant -- the Williamson Tea
Innovative Solar Park at Changoi
Tea Factory in Bomet County --
last week.
Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto,
British High Commissioner Dr
Christian Turner, Williamson Tea
managing director Alan Carmichael
and director for Solar Century Dr
Dan Davies attended the forum.
Mr Chirchir said his ministry was
laying emphasis on generation of
renewable power, and was consider-
ing the introduction of net metering
which allows residential and com-
mercial customers who generate
their own electricity from solar
power to feed electricity they do
not use back into the grid.
Dr Davies said the solar project
will help the company cut energy
costs by at least 30 per cent.
We applaud Williamson tea for
investing in solar energy to support
the companys growth, he said.
Mr Alan said the new source of
power will reduce consumption of
diesel, adding that they will no
longer suffer disruptions when
there is a power blackout.
The governor said his govern-
ment was currently undertaking
mega hydro power projects to cut
down on huge electricity costs and
persistent power blackouts.
30
Percentage that Williamson Tea
will save in energy costs
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BY MUTHOKI MUMO
mumumo@ke.nationmedia.com
T
he question about what
the real intentions of a
French mobile company
were in buying Telkom Kenya
might never be answered.
However, Orange Groups exit
from Uganda could oer useful
insights into the companys mode
of operation.
An analysis of the rms busi-
ness in the last few months reveals
an exit formula, one the company
has already put on wheels.
In December 2013, Orange
Group had a 65.93 per cent stake
in Orange Uganda. By March
2014, those shares had risen to
95 per cent. Two months later,
this now fattened cow has been
put to the market.
The increase in Orange
Groups participation in Orange
Uganda took place as part of a
capital increase strategy, aimed at
strengthening the balance sheet
of Orange Uganda, Orange Group
press ocer Tom Wright told the
Sunday Nation via e-mail.
Orange Group entered the
Ugandan market in 2008 through
an acquisition of a 53 per cent
stake at Hits Telecom. Perform-
ance in Uganda remained poor,
with reports indicating that the
company reported net losses
since 2009.
This relatively weak position
would not have made Orange
Uganda the most attractive
asset to potential investors
but, perhaps, this was com-
pensated for by the increased
shareholding. Currently, Hits
Telecom and others own only
ve per cent of the company.
The companys business in
Uganda are similar to the story
played out in Kenya so far. The
only dierences are in the num-
bers involved, the dates and the
main characters.
Orange Group, then known
as France Telecom, entered the
Kenyan market in 2007. The gov-
ernment was privatising Telkom
Kenya and Orange Group, then
known as France Telecom, was
the successful bidder, acquiring
a 51 per cent stake.
At the time, it was expected that
Orange Group would turn around
Telkom Kenyas fortunes, which
wou culminate in listing on the
Nairobi Securities Exchange.
That dream amounted to little.
The company continued to regis-
ter losses. Currently, it is on the
edge of insolvency and has a 7.2
market share by subscription, ac-
cording to the Communications
Commission of Kenya.
Eorts were made to rescue Tel-
kom Kenya. The two shareholders
the Government and Orange
Group agreed to recapitalise
Telkom Kenya and restructure
its balance sheet. For failing to
meet its obligations, government
saw its stake fall from 49 per cent
to 30 per cent.
Orange Group now holds 70 per
cent of Telkom Kenya. Another
fattened cow, now perhaps more
attractive to potential investors.
Despite reports that Orange
Group has already notied the
government of its intentions
to quit the Kenyan market, the
company is yet to provide more
details, insisting that it is simply
carrying out a strategic review in
which new investors are a pos-
sibility, not a certainty.
I can conrm that Orange is
conducting a similar review proc-
ess with regard to its business in
Kenya. One option would be to
nd new partners in this coun-
try to ensure that the necessary
nancial and operating resources
are available to maintain invest-
ment and support the continued
development of operations, said
Mr Wright in a separate e-mail.
The divestment of Orange
Groups interest in Telkom Kenya,
partially or entirely, will have to
overcome the hurdle of on-going
court proceedings. The company
has been barred from selling to a
third party pending the settlement
of a lawsuit in which 997 former
workers are seeking payment of
severance benets.
What Oranges exit
from Uganda says
about the company
FILE | NATION
An Orange shop at the Teleposta Towers in Nairobi. The mobile rm has announced plans
to exit the Kenyan market.
STRATEGY | Groups business point to tendency to accumulate shares before selling to new investors
Firm has
notied
Kenyan
government
of intention
to quit

Orange is
conducting
a similar
review
process with
regard to its
business in
Kenya,
Orange Group
Press Ocer
Tom Wright
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29.10.2012
Name: Nimrod Mochama
Age: 12 years
Place the child went
missing: Tassia
Date child went missing:
4.4.2014
Name: Moses Odera
Age: 9 Years
Place the child went
missing: Zimmerman
Date child became missing:
2011
Name: Mercy Wanyangu
Age: 6 Years
Place the child went
missing: Kisumu
Date child became missing:
October 2012
Name: Kenneth Wambua
Age: 3 Years
Place the child went
missing: Athi River
Date child became
missing: 03.03.12
Name: Victoria Anyango
Age: 8 Years
Place the child went missing:
Ruiru
Date child became missing:
15.06.2013
Name: Jennifer Njeri/Mitchell
Age: 8 Years
Place the child went missing:
Police Band South B
Date child became missing:
21.04.2014
Name: Duwain Mwangi
Age: 3 Years
Place the child went
missing: :Kariobangi
Date child became
missing: 2012
Name: Asman Hushu
Age: 7 Years
Place the child went missing: Korogocho
Date child became missing: 2004
Name: Joseph Odhiambo
Age: 13 Years
Place the child went missing: Nakuru
Date child became missing: 06.07.2013
Name: Michael Kimani
Age: 9 Months
Place the child went missing: : Nakuru
Date child became missing: June 2012
Name: David Wisdom
Age: 4 Years 8 Months
Place the child went missing: Mtwapa
Date child became missing: May 2013
Name: Pius Waka
Age: 1 Year
Place the child went missing: Kayole catholic
Date child became missing: May 2013
Name: Esther Wanjiru
Age: 10 Years
Place the child went missing: Kipipiri
Date child became missing: 2007
Name: Susan Adhiambo alias Sussy
Age: Miaka 5
Place the child went missing: St John
Korogocho
Date child became missing: 6th January 2014
Name: Priscilla Anyango Titi
Age: 12 Years
Place the child went missing: Kisumu
Date child became missing: 6th May 2013
Name: Esther Nduta
Age: 1 Year
Place the child went missing: : Huruma
Name: Kennedy Mutisya
Age: 4 Years
Place the child went missing: : Mathare
area 2
Date child became missing: 2012
Name: Lentus Mawira
Age: 14 Years
Place the child went missing: Ruaraka
Date child became missing: 12.12.12
Name: Bahati Muli
Age: 16 Years
Place the child went missing: 2002
Date child became missing: Kibera
Name: Grace Buhasio
Age: 3 Years
Name: Baby Sharon
Waeni Mulandi
Rescued: Ruaraka
Age: 3 Months
Name: Benjamin
Rescued: Eldoret
Age: 2 Months
Name: Baby Nalia
Rescued: Kawangware
Age: 8 Months
Name: Simon
Rescued: Eldoret
Age: 2 Months
Name: Baby Jimmy Kibaki
Rescued: Kariobangi
Age: 4 Months
Name: Melvin Murimi
Rescued: Chuka
Age: 3 Years
Name: Stephen Oduor
Rescued: Baba Ndogo
Age: 5 Years
Child Welfare Society of Kenya Contacts: 0713908835 / 0713908826
We wish to appreciate all the families that have come to claim their children.
TWENTY FOUR PARENTS ARE LOOKING
FOR THEIR CHILDREN. HAVE YOU SEEN
THEM?
These boys and girls went missing in various places
across the country and at different dates and their
parents are looking for them.
Child Welfare Society of Kenyas (CWSK) under its
family tracing and reunication program is appeal-
ing to the members of the public who may have any
information leading to locating these childrens to
contact:
Child Welfare Society of Kenya,
Telephones: 0713908835, 0713908826
Email: cwsktoto@childwelfaremail.co.ke/childwel-
faresocietyofkenya@gmail.com
Place the child went missing: Emuhaya
Date child became missing: 21.10.2010
Name: Glory Wafula/Glory Esther
Age: 3 Years
Place the child went missing: Nakuru
Date child became missing: July 2013
Name: Stephen Muchiri
Age: 7 Years
Place the child went missing: Dandora
Date child became missing: April 2012
Name: Dickson
Age: 2 Years
Place the child went missing: : Nanyuki
Date child became missing: August 2012
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
Advertising Feature 39
T
he meaning of life is that
it stops. I hope reading
that sentence placed at
least a comma in the ow of
your life. What did Franz Kafka
mean when he wrote it?
Our time on this earth ends.
In all cases. Theres a full stop.
For some, the full stop comes
at the end of a long, winding
tome; for others, it intrudes
early in the story. But for all of
us, life ends.
Two things. First, we dont
know when our full stop is com-
ing. Really, we dont. We may
expect to live seven decades or
more, but thats just playing
probabilities. You probably
wont die tomorrow, but you
might. Whoever you are.
Second, we dont know what
happens after we die. Really, we
dont. We might ascend into
heaven or be plunged into hell.
We may simply end this version
of our reality and continue with
others.
Or we may just terminate.
Some have faith to guide them
beyond the full stop, others
dont. The full stop happens
regardless of what we believe.
So then. Its a short life, we
dont have much time, and we
dont know how much. So what
are we going to do?
What are you going to do? Are
you going to fritter your time
away in arguments, for exam-
ple? Lots and lots of puerile
fights and squabbles? Much
trading of insults, hurling of
abuse, petty scoring of points?
Many do that, incessantly and
repetitively, and I wonder how
much time they think they have
to actually live.
Perhaps you think the key
purpose is to accumulate wealth,
as pretty much everyone in this
country seems to. Do the deals.
Beat the competition. Fight for
the bonus. Scrabble for more,
and more, and more. Be what
Steve Jobs said he wouldnt
be: the richest person in the
cemetery.
Whats the game here?
People, it all stops. You dont
take it with you, that wealth you
waste every precious moment
piling up around you. It gives
you some freedoms and some
pleasures in this life, no doubt;
but what next?
After a while, its just the
mounting stress of ownership
and the creeping fear of loss.
Money is not the juicer that
allows you to squeeze more
drops of joy out of this exist-
ence than anyone else. And if
money doesnt give you much
happiness in this life, it wont
give it to your heirs and de-
scendants either.
Life is not lived in the race
to outdo others, to have more
than them, to sneer and put
them down, to snatch and
grab. Life is lived, truly lived,
in good moments: moments of
peace, moments of goodwill,
moments of contentment,
moments of wonder, mo-
ments of accomplishment. No
individual moment lasts, but
taken together, they add up to
a good life.
If we want to trade those pre-
cious moments for many more
moments of bile, cynicism envy
and self-adoration, thats our
choice to make.
There is great beauty on this
earth. The sun shines through
the leaves, and we miss it. Chil-
dren laugh, and we dont hear
them. People are kind, and we
ignore them. All because we
dont know which moments
to treasure, and which ones to
discard quickly.
A lifes purpose is to build
something, improve some-
thing, leave this place a little
better than you found it. Some
will produce great works, oth-
ers small accomplishments.
The point is to do something,
anything, that adds to all thats
good in the world. To do it well,
with good intention, and with all
our heart. Then, we are alive.
Its not for me to tell you how
to spend your remaining time.
Just know it will end soon, and
dont get into a last-minute
panic searching for the point
of it all as the end approaches.
The point is all around you,
every day.
www.sunwords.com
Life must end, so invest your time wisely
SUNNY DAY | Sunny Bindra
Totality:
No
individual
moment
lasts, but
taken
together,
they add
up to a
good life
FILE | NATION
The whole point of living is to do
something, anything, that adds to
all the good that is in the world.

A lifes purpose is
to build something,
to leave this place a
little better...
W
ith every passing
day, technology is
overtaking our daily
lives. Regardless of age, gen-
der, career or economic status,
smartphones are fast becoming
ubiquitous.
More than two million Ken-
yans now own smartphones.
Add the computer, tablet and
other high tech devices and
your life is surrounded by a
myriad gadgets which, to some,
have become best friends.
Many of us rely on the phone
to do everything, from saying
I love you to Im quitting,
from checking bank balances
to selling stu on OLX, from
sharing photos and videos to
streaming content on the web.
We can carry out a plethora of
daily tasks, right from the
palms of our hands.
At the dinner table, its the
norm to constantly check for
texts, e-mails, tweets, What-
sApp and Facebook updates. In
a darkened movie hall, people
are always multi task on their
phones while watching a movie.
Some people even walk with the
phone to the toilet and text and
take calls from there.
Over dinner, in church, at a
funeral service and even when
carrying on a face-to-face
conversation, the smartphone
is guaranteed to keep you in
tune and in touch. It is common
to see careless people texting
while driving despite the fact
that it is six times more dan-
gerous to text and drive than
to drink and drive.
Because of this over-depend-
ence on the smartphone, many
people suer from the fear of
losing it, even if only for a few
minutes.
The I-must-have-my-phone-
with-me-at-all-times mindset
has become such a real prob-
lem. Theres now a name coined
for the fear of being without
your phone: nomophobia
no- mo(bile) phone-phobia.
Nomophobia is the fear of not
being able to connect to the
digital world by the means of
a mobile phone.
Separation anxiety
Although there is no ICD-10
code (the required classication
for any medical condition) yet
for this specic aiction, re-
searchers into the phenomenon
describe nomophobic people as
individuals who suer from the
anxiety of not having their mo-
bile phone.
The anxiety commonly mani-
fests itself when the person
notices their smartphone has
a low battery, no Internet con-
nection, or if it is missing and
one is therefore out of the loop
with friends, family, work and
the world. We are ever so busy
with gadgets that we intrude
into other peoples space.
As our culture becomes
ever more tech savvy and
tech hungry, phone-free zones
will become more and more
common. Just like we have
smoke-free zones in public
places, we are starting to see
quiet corners, where phone calls
are restricted. Its because com-
mon courtesy is often thrown
out the window when were on
the phone.
Some airports are now oer-
ing lounges that are cellphone
free. Just like with cigarettes,
the mobile phone pendulum is
beginning to swing as more and
more people acquire nomopho-
bic tendencies.
Considering the smart-
phones new abilities and
capabilities, they are now being
used like digital Swiss Army
Knives, replacing possessions
like watches, cameras, books
and even laptops. Today, the
smartphone is capable of
being an alarm clock, digital
camera, and even a television,
which causes users to become
heavily dependent on it.
Moderation
Psychologists advise that,
while nomophobia could pos-
sibly never receive a diagnosis,
it is certainly a rising trend. If
you constantly nd yourself
using your smartphone at odd
times, such as at the dinner
table, while driving, or even in
the washroom, try your best
to refrain from it and use it
only when it is safe and not
considered rude.
Setting limits for yourself
and engaging with family and
friends face-to-face can help
calm the anxiety of continu-
ously checking your phone.
Sam Wambugu is a monitor-
ing and evaluation specialist.
Samwambugu@gmail.com
When you cannot live without your phone
TECHNOLOGY | Sam Wambugu
Triggers:
Anxiety
manifests
when ones
phone lacks
Internet
connection,
is low on
battery or if
its missing
Family Bank
plans to open
100 branches
BY FRANCIS MUREITHI
fmureithi@ke.nationmedia.com
Family Bank expects to open
100 more branches in the country
by next year.
This is in line with the banks plan
to increase its business and attain
top-tier status bank by 2016.
The bank registered a Sh1 billion
prot for the rst time since it was
formed in 1984 as a micro nance
institution.
Chief executive officer Peter
Munyiri said the bank will open
12 new branches this year.
We have opened three branches
and we plan to have over 100
branches by next year and also
expand our ATMs and agency
banking, said Mr Munyiri.
He said in his 2013 nancial up-
dates to shareholders that the bank
has so far installed 118 ATMs and
customers can access more than
1,100 others through its partnership
with Kenswitch and PesaPoint
We have an elaborate agency
banking as we want to make our
presence felt among small and
large-scale entrepreneurs, said
Mr Munyiri.
The bank is also seeking to reach
more than ve million Kenyans
living abroad through its Mkenya
Daima Diaspora Account.
We have held road shows in
South Africa, China and in the
United Arabs Emirates and other
countries where we have signi-
cant population of Kenyans, said
Mr Munyiri.
New wagon
design to ease
steel haulage
BY SUNDAY NATION
REPORTER
Rift Valley Railways and Roof-
ing Rolling Mills, a Kampala-based
steel manufacturer, are to develop
wagons that are expected to ease
the transport of steel by train.
Railways group chief executive
Darlan de David said at a press
conference that this had been made
possible after their engineers devel-
oped wagons that can rmly secure
large steel coils during transit.
Each trainload using this tech-
nology carries an average of 1,000
tonnes of steel, an equivalent of 50
truckloads. This means, based on
current volumes, we will take about
400 heavy lorries o the roads
every month, De David said.
This will decongest roads and
reducing the impact from dust
and fuel emissions on roads, he
added.
Oliver Lalani, Roongs Rolling
Mills executive director, said: This
will enable Rift Valley Railways to
deliver large quantities of heavy
steel in a single shipment.
Mr Lalani said the Roongs $125
million Kampala factory relied on a
steady supply of large volumes of
raw material most comeing from
halfway across the world to meet
the demand in the region.
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
40 | Business
BY JOSHUA MASINDE
@masindej
jmasinde@ke.nationmedia.com
P
lans by US retail giant
Walmart and French re-
tailer Carrefour to enter
the Kenyan market and expand
in Africa are tipped to intensify
competition for the continents
burgeoning middle class.
Carrefour, has booked space at
the Two Rivers Mall whose con-
struction is set to be completed
in October this year.
Kenya will be the Majid Al
Futtaim-owned retailers sec-
ond destination in Africa after
Egypt, in a market that also
has the worlds largest super-
market chain, Walmart, very
interested.
Carrefour has expanded across
the globe with a presence in 38
countries in the Middle East,
Asia, Russia and Africa. The su-
permarket is, however, expected
to expand to more countries in
sub-Saharan Africa after Two
Rivers. This year, it is expected
to enter six new markets.
Walmart, through its South
African subsidiary, Massmart,
projects to open 90 new outlets
across Africa in three years, and
has, as well, booked space at the
Garden City Mall along Thika
Road.
The supermarkets aggres-
sive expansion, which bought
a majority stake 53 per cent
in South Africas Massmart in
2012, will start next year with
an outlet in Kenya. The store
will be branded Game Store,
and will retail under its South
African subsidiary brand name,
Massmart.
The Kenyan store is part
of our plans to open 90 stores
(in Africa), including in South
Africa, Massmarts communica-
tions manager, Annaleigh Vallie,
said in an e-mail interview.
The retailer has a total of 346
stores in South Africa alone, 11 in
Botswana, seven in Mozambique,
three outlets each in Namibia
and Lesotho, two each in Ma-
lawi and Nigeria, and one each
in Zambia, Ghana, Swaziland,
Tanzania and Uganda.
Ms Vallie said that Massmart
has identied many compelling
growth opportunities in African
countries outside of South Africa
with the priority now being cen-
tred on East and West Africa.
Consultancy firm, Deloitte
estimates that Africas middle
class has tripled over the last 30
years, and is expected to grow
to 1.1 billion by 2060.
Kenyas largest retail store,
Nakumatt also has plans to
open stores in Ethiopia, Nigeria,
Botswana and Zambia.
This is part of our pan Afri-
can expansion, and are currently
engaged in a series of feasibility
studies, said Nakumatt Hold-
ings managing director, Atul
Shah in an interview with Sun-
day Nation.
FILE | AFP
A shopper at a Carrefour Supermarket in Bangkok. Carrefour, along
with retail giant Walmart, are in plans to establish stores in Kenya.
Walmart
and
Carrefour,
have
already
booked
space in
upcoming
malls in
Runda and
along Thika
Road
Global retail giants eye Kenya
OPPORTUNITY | Africas middle class projected to grow to 1.1 billion by 2060
Nakumatt is looking to
expand to Ethiopia, Nigeria,
Botswana and Zambia. Fea-
sibility studies are ongoing.
Uchumi has also an-
nounced plans to set up
more branches in Kenya,
Tanzania and Uganda to
add to its 33 branches
across East Africa
On its part, Naivas wants
to consolidate its grip in
Kenya before venturing into
external markets.
EXPANSION CRAZE
Local stores plan
regional outlets
County to
revive honey
production
BY WYCLIFFE KIPSANG
wkipsang@ke.nationmedia.com
The county government of Bar-
ingo has started to revive honey
production.
Speaking last week at the Kenya
School of Government in Kabarnet,
during a pre-launch of a honey con-
ference to be held in June, Baringo
Governor Benjamin Cheboi said
that the county has a big potential
in honey production.
The county has more than
135,000 beehives which produce
only 579 tonnes, which earn the
county about Sh144 million every
year.
The conference will bring to-
gether researchers, stakeholders
and scholars to share knowledge
on modern technology to improve
the business.
We want to turn around the
trade including seting up collec-
tion points. If fully exploited, honey
can earn the county more than Sh5
billion a year, said Mr Cheboi.
Mr Cheboi advised farmers to
form cooperatives to avoid being
exploited by middlemen.
We want to move from a tra-
ditional to commercial business,
said county executive for agricul-
ture Lukah Rotich.
We want to turn around
the trade by reorganising
it to include collection
points
Governor Benjamin Cheboi
FOR THE YOUTH | Partnership
PHOTO | SALATON NJAU
From left: Post Bank managing director Nyambura Koigi, Kenya Institute
of Public Policy Research and Analysis Policy analyst Moses Njenga and
Save the Children Kenya country director Duncan Harvey at the launch
of a bank account that specically targets adolescents. The launch was
at the Stanley Hotel in Nairobi on Friday.
Sh440 million Taveta customs centre
to ease cross-border goods movement
BY SUNDAY NATION
REPORTERS
The construction of a
one-stop customs centre
costing Sh440 million at
the Taita-Taveta border
post is expected to improve
trade between Kenya and
Tanzania.
Taveta is among Kenyas
eight border posts that have
been earmarked to have the
one-stop customs oces.
According to Taveta
town administrator Shari
Mohamed Rashid, the com-
pletion of the two customs
centres at Sh80 million and
Sh360 million will spur busi-
ness in the region.
Up to 40 trucks pass
through the town daily but
with the one-stop centre,
this is expected to increase
to more than 60, because
clearance time will reduce
by 50 per cent.
Where a truck takes four
hours to be cleared, it will
now take two hours only,
Mr Rashid said.
Also planned are a four-
kilometre runway airport
and a 50-acre inland port
which will handle cargo
destined to Tanzania, Ma-
lawi and Zambia.
While hosting the East
African Affairs Principal
Secretary Mwanamaka Ma-
bruk in his Wundanyi oce
last week, Governor John
Mruttu complained that
Tanzanias strict regulations
over the free movement of
people and goods is bad for
integration.
The PS said that since the
signing of the regional pro-
tocol four years ago, there
has been an improvement
in the movement of goods
and services across the two
countries.
There are some issues
that member states are in
the process of implementing
before the free movement of
persons, goods and services
can be fully operationalised,
said Ms Mabruk.
Some of these include
issuance of identity cards
that will be recognised
across all member states
which, so far, only Rwanda
had issued. Kenya is still in
the planning stages.
Ms Mabruk was accom-
panied by the director for
one-stop border posts, Theo
Lymo. We cannot succeed
by accusing each other of
shortcomings arising from a
few procedures. Instead, we
have to adopt the changes
gradually, she added.
According to Ms Mabruk,
regional integration could
not be meaningful if non-
tari barriers still existed
at the borders.
Ms Mabruk said that the
new oces would reduce
the cost of clearance by 30
per cent through automated
network systems involving
agencies such as the Kenya
Revenue Authority.
Mr Rashid said he hoped
that the standard gauge
railway will be linked to
the Voi-Taveta line to ex-
ploit the agriculture-rich
Kilimanjaro region.
Reporting by Mwakera
Mwajefa and Jonathan
Manyindo
LABAN WALLOGA | NATION
The proposed customs
centre at the Taveta-Holili
border.
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
Business 41
WORLD
THAI PM DETAINED IN PURGE BY
NEW MILITARY RULERS
But her supporters vow to go on with
demos against the coup P.44
French forces ght with CAR militia as tensions rise
Paris, Saturday
French forces clashed with former
members of the Central African Re-
publics Seleka rebellion today, a
military spokesman said.
Around 20 gunmen in pick-up
trucks shot at the French troops, who
returned re, destroying one of the
three vehicles, Gilles Jaron said.
He said no French soldiers were
killed in the clash. It was not clear
whether the opposing side suered
any casualties.
Deeply impoverished Central Africa
has been gripped by crisis since the
mainly Muslim Seleka alliance seized
power in a March 2013 coup led by
Michel Djotodia.
Splinter groups of Seleka rebels
later went rogue, embarking on
a campaign of killing, raping and
looting.The abuses prompted mem-
bers of the Christian majority to form
vigilante groups, unleashing a wave of
tit-for-tat killings that has left thou-
sands dead and close to a million
displaced.French president Francois
Hollande(left) has sent addition 3,000
troops in Africa. (AFP)
A group of children in Tanza-
nia who are naturally immune to
malaria are helping scientists to
develop a new vaccine.
US researchers have found
that they produce an antibody
that attacks the malaria-causing
parasite.
Injecting a form of this antibody
into mice protected the animals
from the disease.
The team, which published its
results in the journal Science, said
trials in primates and humans were
now needed to fully assess the vac-
cines promise.
Prof Jake Kurtis, director of the
Center for International Health
Research at Rhode Island Hos-
pital, Brown University School
of Medicine, said: I think theres
fairly compelling evidence that this
is a bona de vaccine candidate.
However, its an incredibly dif-
cult parasite to attack. Its had
millions of years of evolution to
co-opt and adapt to our immune
responses - it really is a formidable
enemy.
Trapped inside
The study began with a group of
1,000 children in Tanzania, who
had regular blood samples taken in
the rst years of their lives.
A small number of these children
- 6 per cent developed a naturally
acquired immunity to malaria, de-
spite living in an area where the
disease was rife. The survival
rate was over two-fold longer if the
mice were vaccinated compared to
unvaccinated.
There are some individuals
who become resistant and there
are some individuals who do not
become resistant, explained Prof
Jake Kurtis of the Center for Inter-
national Health Research
The team found that an an-
tibody produced by the immune
children hits the malaria parasite
at a key stage in its life-cycle.
It traps the tiny organism in
red blood cells, preventing it
from bursting out and spreading
throughout the body.
Tests, carried out in small groups
of mice, suggest this antibody could
act as a potential vaccine.
(BBC)
Immune
children aid
malaria
vaccine hunt

There are some

individuals who
become resistant
and there some are
some individuals
who do not become
resistant,
Prof Jake Kurtis
Mogadishu, Saturday
S
omalias Shabaab rebels
launched a brazen attack
on the national parliament
today , setting o a car bomb
and storming the building with
suicide commandos, leaving at
least ten dead, police and wit-
nesses said.
Security sources said the
complex attack involving
bombs and gunmen with suicide
vests was nally brought to an
end after more than four hours
by Somali security forces and
African Union troops.
No overall death toll was im-
mediately given but a police
ocial and government source
said 10 people, including sev-
eral attackers, were conrmed
dead.
Local media reports said as
many as 20 people may have
been killed, including eight
attackers.
Witnesses said Shabaab mili-
tants, the Al-Qaeda-linked group
ghting to overthrow Somalias
internationally-backed but frag-
ile government, stormed into the
complex in central Mogadishu
while scores of MPs were meet-
ing inside.A huge car bomb went
o outside the gates of the parlia-
ment shortly before midday, and
a string of smaller blasts followed
by intense gunre were heard
coming from inside.
A spokesman for Shabaab
confirmed the group was re-
sponsible.
The so-called Somali parlia-
ment is a military zone. Our
ghters are there to carry out a
holy operation, Shebabs mili-
tary spokesman, Abdulaziz Abu
Musab, told AFP by telephone.
AFP reporters at the scene
said a number of people were
wounded. Ocials said at least
two MPs were hurt and taken
to hospital.
I was shocked when I heard
the blasts and a gunbattle. I
had to run for my life, a female
Somali MP said after escaping
the battle.
Recent Shabaab attacks have
targeted key areas of govern-
ment, or the security forces,
in an apparent bid to discredit
claims by the authorities that
they are winning the war against
the Islamist ghters.
Prime Minister Abdiweli
Sheikh Ahmed said in a
statement that all MPs were
accounted for and the attack
was under investigation, but
praised the swift response
of Somali National Army and
AMISOM security forces.
The terrorists have once
again shown that they are against
all Somalis, by killing our inno-
cent brothers and sisters. These
cowardly, despicable actions are
not a demonstration of the true
Islamic faith, he added.
The UNs top envoy to Somalia,
Nicholas Kay, also condemned
the attack against the people of
Somalia for which there can be
no justication.
Assasinations
The parliament attack ap-
peared to be a repeat of an
assault on February against the
heavily-fortified presidential
palace, which saw a car bomb
go o at the gates of the Villa
Somalia followed by an attack
by suicide gunmen which left
at least 16 dead including the
attackers.
In that attack, the Shabaab
gunmen were dressed in police
and military uniforms.
Last month two Somali MPs
were also assassinated by the
Shabaab in shooting and bomb
attacks inside Mogadishu, and
the Shabaab said they hoped to
kill all MPs one by one.(AFP)
MPs
among
those
injured
in brazen
attack
WAR | AU soldiers assisted army to root out the terrorists
Eight killed after Shabaab gunmen
storm Somalia parliament in siege
MOHAMED
ABDIWAHAB | AFP
A wounded So-
malia MP) runs
for cover during
an attack on the
Somali parlia-
ment in Mogad-
ishu yesterday.
Al-Shabaab
rebels launched
a major attack
on parliament,
setting o a car
bomb and pene-
trating the build-
ing with suicide
commandos,
leaving at least
eight dead.
Westgate: The militants
, who also claimed
responsibility for the
September 2013 attack on
Nairobis Westgate mall in
which at least 67 people
were killed, have carried out
a string of other high-prole
attacks in Mogadishu this
year.
Kicked out: Hardline
insurgents once controlled
most of southern and central
Somalia, including large
parts of the capital, but were
driven out. of xed positions
BACKGROUND
Militants also
attack Kenya
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
42 |
BY REX CHIKOKO AND AFP
M
alawis political crisis deepened
yesterday after the High Court
allowed the tallying of votes to
continue, just as President Joyce Banda
declared the elections null and void.
Law Society and Democratic Progressive
Party (DPP), an opposition party, rushed
to court and obtained the order.
High Court Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda
stopped the execution of the Presidents
directive and ordered for a judicial review
of the order.
Lawyers representing the opposition
said the ruling means that counting of
votes at the National Tally Centre in
Blantyre will continue.
Presidents camp was tight-lipped on
their next course of action after the rul-
ing.
President Banda had earlier declared
this weeks chaotic election null and void
and called for a fresh vote, throwing the
impoverished nation into crisis.
Banda, who has claimed there were seri-
ous irregularities with the poll, declared
fresh elections should be held within 90
days but said she would not stand as a
candidate, to give Malawians a free and
fair election.
As president I have used the powers
conferred upon me from the Constitution
to declare the elections null and void, she
said in remarks broadcast on radio.
But opposition leader Peter Mutharika
said Saturday that a move by President
Joyce Banda to annul this weeks election
over claims of irregularities was illegal.
Nothing in the constitution gives the
president powers to cancel an election,
said Mutharika, who partial results showed
was well ahead of Banda in the polls. This
is clearly illegal, unconstitutional and not
acceptable. There were chaotic scenes at
the tally centre in Blantyre when word
went around that the poll had been nulli-
ed, with police ordering a shutdown of
the tally centre.
Banda alleged people had voted mul-
tiple times, ballots had been tampered
with, presiding ocers arrested, and the
computerised voter counting system col-
lapsed. Her supporters have alleged that
her chief adversary Mutharika who is
already facing pre-election treason charges
may be behind the irregularities.
They earlier said they would not con-
cede defeat.
With about a third of the votes counted
Mutharika, 74, had 42 percent, while Banda
has 23 percent, according to preliminary
results announced by the electoral com-
mission late on Friday.
Mutharika is the brother of late president
Bingu wa Mutharika, who died in oce
two years ago. He allegedly attempted to
conceal his brothers death by ying his
body to South Africa to block then vice
president Banda from coming to power as
the constitution decreed.
Malawi in crisis as court
orders vote to continue
GIANLUIGI GUERCIA | AFPN
Opposition leader Peter Mutharika, who was leading in partial results announced by the
electoral commission, addresses a press conference last week.
POLITICS | Outcome shows ruling party has lost but they have refused to concede
President
Banda had
ordered
tallying
stopped
and new
elections
held
I have used the powers conferred upon
me from the Constitution to declare
elections null and void
President Joyce Banda
Nothing in the Constitution gives the
president powers to cancel elections,
Opposition leader Peter Mutharika
REACTION
You do not have such
powers, says parties
Khartoum, Saturday
At least 28 people have been killed in renewed
ghting between two Sudanese ethnic groups,
tribal sources said today.
Battles between the Hamar and Maaliya
tribes began Thursday in the border region
of West Kordofan and East Darfur states, tribal
leaders from each side told AFP.
Over the past two years, as Sudans econ-
omy weakened, inter-communal clashes over
resources have intensied in Sudans Darfur
region, a February report by United Nations
chief Ban Ki-moon said.
Tribal militias have become involved in
those conicts, he said. Thirty-two people
from both sides were killed, a Hamar leader
said, but a Maaliya source reported 28 deaths
up to Friday night.
Village burnt
Fighting might start again at any time,
the Maaliya chief said, adding tensions were
sparked by the theft of some cattle.
Local leaders contained the situation but
then unknown people came on camels and
burned a Maaliya village, killing six, so ght-
ing started again, the Maaliya source said.
The Hamar leader said certain parties,
whom he did not identify, want to disrupt
reconciliation eorts planned for late May
between the two tribes. In December, the UN
said Hamar-Maaliya ghting killed 38 people
in West Kordofan, just over the border from
East Darfur. A dispute over grazing rights ap-
parently sparked the clashes.
Fighting between the tribes erupted again
in March and April in North and East Dar-
fur, leading people to ee their homes into
West Kordofan, the UNs Oce for the Co-
ordination of Humanitarian Aairs said on
Thursday.(AFP)
28 die and dozens
injured in Sudan
tribal violence
SWEARING IN | Uhuru in SA for inauguration
PHOTO| PSCU
President Kenyatta attends the the inauguration of South Africa Presi-
dent Jacob Zuma at the Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa yester-
day. Mr Zuma won his second and last term in elections this month.
BY CIUGU MWAGIRU
ciugumwagiru@yahoo.co.uk
The rst round of Egypts
presidential elections begins
tomorrow in a series of dra-
matic regime changes that have
rocked the country.
After undergoing protracted
changes since the January 15,
2011 revolution that kicked
out former strongman Hosni
Mubaraks regime, the nation
has been rocked by instability,
chaos and bloody violence.
The much-anticipated polls
on May 26 and 27 are there-
fore expected to usher in a
breath of fresh air for anxious
Egyptians.
In international relations,
the country has abandoned the
domineering United States,
its erstwhile most important
backer, and consequently
turned to Russia.
In the meantime, Egypt
has also been pitted against
African countries like Ethio-
pia and Sudan on the use of
the Nile waters.
The front runner in tomor-
rows presidential race is
Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, the former
Egyptian Army chief who be-
came his countrys defence
minister before declaring his
candidacy for the presidency.
Eager to shed his military
image and gun for oce as
a civilian, the former military
boss dropped the title of eld
marshal and strategically re-
signed from the military. He
is however still widely per-
ceived as the candidate for
the military and the political
and business elite.
Widely popular among many
Egyptians tired of the pro-
tracted post-Mubarak chaos,
Sisi is expected to easily defeat
his sole opponent, Hamdeen
Sabahi.
The latter was third in the
rst round of the 2012 vote in
which Muslim Brotherhoods
Mohammed Morsy was elected
then deposed by the military.
His relatively lack-lustre
campaign has sought to por-
tray him as the candidate of the
2011 uprising against President
Mubarak.
Arrests
Predictably, the regime
changes have come at a price.
The country is facing threats
from Islamic fundamentalists
and peace has remained elusive
since Morsys removal in July
last year.
Islamist militants have
attacked and killed over a
hundred soldiers and police
officers, either for revenge
or to spark an insurgency. A
crackdown on the brotherhood
supporters has left 1,400 killed
and 15,000 jailed. The volatile
country has however been un-
able to bury former president
Morsys ghost, a fact attested
to by the violence in Cairo last
Wednesday.
It is however clear that de-
spite the crackdown, Egypts
radical Islamists cannot be
taken for granted.
Egyptians to cast ballot
under Islamists shadow
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
International News 43
Los Angeles, Saturday
Seven people have been
killed and seven others
wounded in a mass shoot-
ing in a small college town
in southern California, US
media reported today.
The Santa Barbara County
Sheri described the shoot-
ing in the town of Isla Vista,
near the University of Cali-
fornia campus, as a mass
murder by a gunman, CNN
reported.
The gunman, who was
driving a black vehicle and
shot at pedestrians in several
spots in the town, is among
the victims, police told local
media.The gunman also died
after exchanging re with po-
lice, authorities said. It was
not clear whether the fatal
gunshot was self-inicted or
delivered by police.
Driving a black BMW, the
suspect opened re on pe-
destrians from his vehicle at
several locations in the town
of Isla Vista in Santa Barbara
on a busy Friday night.
You Tube video
Police are analysing both
written and videotaped
evidence that suggest this
atrocity was a premeditated
mass murder, Santa Barbara
County Sheri Bill Brown
told a press conference.
We have identied nine
separate crime scenes,
Brown said, describing the
situation in the streets of the
college town as chaotic.
We have obtained and
are currently analysing
videotaped evidence that
suggests that this atrocity
was a premeditated mass
murder.
He said police were famil-
iar with a YouTube video
entitled Elliot Rodgers
Retribution, in which a man
says he is aged 22 and vows
revenge on women, with
whom he says he has never
had an intimate experienc
TV footage showed am-
bulances and police cars
swarming the campus.
Authorities believe the
shooter acted alone and are
investigating a threatening
video posted by the alleged
gunman on YouTube.They
have not yet released the
suspects name. The shooter
twice exchanged gunre with
police from his car before
crashing into a parked vehi-
cle. When police approached
him, the suspect was dead of
an apparent gunshot wound
to the head, Brown said.
Police said they recovered
a handgun from the sus-
pects vehicle. The shooting
hit as the academic year
was winding down, with
some students preparing
for graduation ceremonies,
while others were about to
take nal exams.
School shootings have
become a tragic periodic
occurrence in the United
States in recent years, from
the December 2012 massa-
cre at Newtown, Connecticut
that left 20 small children
dead to the Virginia Tech
college shooting in April
2007 in which 33 people,
including the lone gunman,
lost their lives.(AFP)
Gunman kills seven
at US college amid
mass murder fears
We have obtained and
are currently analysing
videotaped evidenced
that suggests that
this atrocity was
premedicate murder,
Sheri Bill Brown
BANGKOK, Saturday
F
ormer Thai prime minister
Yingluck Shinawatra has
been detained by the mili-
tary junta that seized power in a
coup, a source in her Puea Thai
party said today.
It is conrmed that she was
detained by the military since she
reported to the junta yesterday, said
the source, who was present when
Yingluck answered a call to report
to the army on Friday.
We are unsure of her wherea-
bouts because the military
conscated her mobile phones and
those of her aides, said the source,
who had served in Yinglucks gov-
ernment.
Yingluck was removed from of-
ce in a controversial court ruling
earlier this month that set the stage
for the military takeover announced
on Thursday by army chief General
Prayut Chan-O-Cha.
She was among 155 prominent
gures from both sides of Thai-
lands bitter political divide who
the army has said were summoned,
which also included her successor,
now-deposed caretaker premier Ni-
wattumrong Boonsongpaisan.
Most of those summoned appear
to have been Puea Thai members
or prominent supporters.
They were also banned from
leaving the country, a step
analysts said appeared aimed at
averting formation of a govern-
ment-in-exile.Yingluck reported to
a Bangkok army facility on Friday
morning.
The Bangkok Post quoted mili-
tary and other sources as saying she
was subsequently taken to another
unspecied army installation.
Yinglucks aide Wim Rungwat-
tanajinda told AFP on Friday the
former premier was thought to have
been taken to a military camp near
a hospital.( AFP)
Former PM
detained by
military in
Thai purge
Yingluck was kicked out by court
due to abuse of oce but supporters
have vowed to continue with demos
COUP | Supporters of exiled billionaire held as junta conscates passport
CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT | AFP
Top: An anti-coup protester is taken away from the site of a gathering by
Thai soldiers in Bangkok yesterday. Ousted PM Yingluck Shinawatra waves
to her supporters after a court ruling early this month. She is now in deten-
tion after a coup.
155
The number of people who were
arrested by soldiers, a day after
overthrow condemned by US
MOSCOW
Ill respect Ukraine
poll, pledges Putin
Russias President Vladimir
Putin has said he will respect
the outcome of Ukraines
presidential election. Speak-
ing in St Petersburg, he
said Russia was prepared
to work with whoever was
elected Ukraines president in
Sundays vote. It is the rst
time Mr Putin has explicitly
indicated that he will accept
Ukraines election result.
Presidential candidate Yulia
Tymoshenko, who is lagging
behind frontrunner Petro Po-
roshenko in opinion polls, has
called for a referendum to be
held next month on Ukraine
joining Nato, describing mem-
bership as a strategic solu-
tion on how to bring peace
back to Ukraine. (BBC)
BRIEFLY
AMMAN
Pope in Jordan for
Middle East visit
Pope Francis made an ur-
gent plea Saturday for peace
in war-torn Syria as he kicked
o a three-day pilgrimage
to the Middle East. And he
called for religious freedom
to be upheld throughout a
region ravaged by war and
bloodshed, where a dwindling
Christian population faces
daily persecution. At a sta-
dium in the city, where Fran-
cis will celebrate an afternoon
mass, thousands of people
were packing into blue and
red chairs in front of a large
altar, behind which hung post-
ers of John Paul II and John
XXIII, who were made saints.
The three-day tour, will also
take him to Israel and the Pal-
estine. (AFP)
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May 25, 2014
Classieds/Transition 45
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1-0
Sony Sugars
victory over Kenya
Commercial Bank in
Awendo yesterday
ATHLETICS
Double Olympic Cham-
pion Mo Farah has pulled
out of todays London
10,000 as he is not yet t
enough to race. Farah, 31,
was set to defend his title
in the 10km road race,
which would have been
his rst race since the
London Marathon in April.
CRICKET
Ex-England batsman
Kevin Pietersen has
rejected claims he was
disinterested during
the winter Ashes series
against Australia, saying
he was fully motivated
to play for his country.
Pietersen is Englands all-
time leading run-scorer.
TENNIS
Rivals plot to stop Serena at French Open
Maria Sharapova hopes sweet Paris macarons might help, Li Na
looks to a savvy coach, and Alize Cornet wants some backing from
her home crowd if they are to halt the steamroller that is Serena
Williams in the French Open.
The American at 32 may be well into the veteran ranks in Paris,
but she believes that like a good wine she is getting better with
age. She dominated last year when she won her second title in
Paris and her 17th Grand Slam crown in New York.
NBA
Sterlings wife to sell Clippers
Embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Ster-
ling has surrendered control of the NBA club to his
estranged wife Shelly, who is in talks with the league
to sell the team, according to media reports Friday.
Celebrity gossip website TMZ reported Sterling,
banned for life from the NBA this month by league
commissioner Adam Silver for racist comments real-
ized the league would force him to sell the club.
BY AYUMBA AYODI
@AyumbaAyodi
sayodi@ke.nationmedia.com
T
he 2012 Olympics 5,000m
bronze medallist Thomas Lon-
gosiwa yesterday won Kenya
Prisons Services Athletics Champi-
onships title over the distance in a
new record time of 13:33.0.
Longosiwa, from Central beat
sti challenge from previous record
holder Timothy Kiptoo, 2012 World
Half Marathon bronze medallist John
Mwangangi and Fredrick Musyoki.
The runners were huddled together
for the better part of the race before
Longosiwa broke away to win.
Longosiwa erased Kiptoos time of
13:38.0 set in 2011. Longosiwa is eyeing
the Commonwealth Games title.
In the womens race, the 2010 Africa
400m hurdles bronze winner Maureen
Jelagat continued to rene her act
ahead of Club Games trials on July
7 when she won the 400m title. Jelagat,
Kenyas representative at the London
Olympics and 2013 Moscow Worlds,
Longosiwa sets
Prisons record
ATHLETICS | Jelagat sweeps aside opponents
London Olympics
bronze medallist beats
strong challenge to
claim 5,000m race
clocked 53.1, to miss the Club Games
qualifying time by 0.1 seconds. She had
also won the 400m hurdles title.
In the mens race, Nairobis Kiptoo,
who captained Team Kenya to the 2013
World Cross Championships in Poland,
nished fth in 13:48.6.
Rift Valleys Wilfred Kimitei claimed
silver in 13:40.1 as teammate Franklin
Ngelel clocked 14:41.1 for bronze. Musy-
oki (13:56.1) from Central was sixth
while Mwangangi (14:00.0) eighth.
It was a highly tactical race.
Everything is about hope and good
preparations and if you play your part
well, God denitely rewards you, Lon-
gosiwa. His next target is to win gold
at the Commonwealth Games due July
23 to August 3 in Glasgow, Scotland.
He said Kenyans can beat Olympic
and World champion Mo Farah on
his home soil if they embrace team
work. We always plan as a team but
everybody goes separate during the
nals, Longosiwa said.
Among those vying for places
in the 5,000m team for the Com-
monwealth Games are World bronze
medallist Isaiah Kiplangat and 2006
Commonwealth Games champion
Augustine Choge. Nancy Kimaiyo
reigned supreme clinching a double
with victories in womens 3,000m
steeplechase in 9:52.2 and 10,000m
in 33:29.0. Former World marathon
record holder Catherine Ndereba n-
ished ninth in 10,000m nal.
It was a highly tactical
race. Everything is
about hope and good
preparations and if you
play your part well, God
denitely rewards you
Thomas Longosiwa
CHRIS OMOLLO | NATION
Thomas Longosiwa
sprints to the nish
line to win the mens
5,000m title in a
new record during
the Kenya Prisons
Athletics Champion-
ships at Kasarani
yesterday.
Sport
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13:33.0
Thomas Longosiwas new Prisons
record in the 5,000m race
13:38.0
The previous record that was set by
Timothy Kiptoo in 2011
Unbeaten Flames edge Storms in basketball league match
BY CAXTON APOLLO
aayienga@yahoo.o.uk
Flames of the United States Inter-
national University-Africa rallied from
behind to defeat Storms 29-24 in their
womens basketball Premier League
match in Makadara yesterday.
In another womens league match
at the same venue, hosts Strathmore
University rocked Kenyatta University
Oryx 64-13 after a huge 37-6 lead at
the break.
At Upper Hill School, Nairobi,
Trailblazers torched Thikas Baraka
Xtreme 58-43, Little Prince humiliated
Parklands Baptist 58-28 while Jomo
Kenyatta University of Agriculture and
Technology beat Africa Nazarene Uni-
versity 54-46.
Flames who have now won their
rst two matches red a three-pointer
through Doreen Nyaga with Maurine
Andalia also making early contribu-
tions. The duos eort saw Flames take
a low (5-4) rst quarter lead. Storms
changed their game plan with veteran
Sylvia Omollo, Lynette Mukiri and
Susan Akinyi teaming up to outscore
the students (7-3) in the second quar-
ter. Storms, who had a painful (50-51)
loss to Kenya Ports Authority at Nyayo
stadium last weekend, showed signs of
recovery as they led (13-8) at half-time.
Flames, under coach George Mayienga,
defended their unbeaten record.
BY FRANCIS MUREITHI
fmureithi@ke.nationmedia.com
Former World Youth bronze med-
allist Caroline Chepkoech stole the
show to won the womens 5,000m
title during the South Rift Valley
Athletics Championships at Afraha
Stadium, Nakuru yesterday.
The 20-year -old Chepkoech who
trains at the K-Shiners Club in Bomet
under her coach, Sam Sitoni, won the
race in 10:27.5 to book a place in the
regions team for the national cham-
pionships in Nairobi next week.
Im happy I have won. I will now
take part in the senior event in Nai-
robi and I hope to make the team
for the Commonwealth Games, said
Chepkoech, a Form Two student at
Akshar Secondary in Sotik.
Chepkoech who nished fourth
at last years World Cross Country
Championships in Poland, said she
is ready for the national trials and
remains optimistic of featuring either
in the Commonwealth Games or the
Africa championships.
Her coach Sitoni was full of praise
for the youngster. If she maintains
her tempo, then she will cause many
upsets in the senior category during
the national trials, said Sitoni, who
won the World Half Marathon title for
Kenya in 1980. In the mens 5,000m
race, David Bett of Sigowet Club,
Kericho dominated to win the title
in 11:06.9, ahead of John Langat of
Nakuru (14:.08.4). Ronald Kipkemoi,
also of Nakuru, was third in 14:17.0.
I know the Commonwealth Games
trials will not be easy but Im psycho-
logically and physically prepared to
face the big boys, said the 22-year-
old Bet, winner of the World Junior
Championship in 2010 in Canada.
Bet also coached by Sitoni.
Two-time World Cross Country
champion (2010, 2013) Emily Chebet
of Bomet won the 10,000m race after
in 32:43.4, ahead of Nakurus Abigael
Wanjiku (35:41.0). Zipporah Chebet
was third in 35:54.1.
Japheth Korir led his teammates
to a 1-2-3 nish as Kericho County
ruled the mens 10,000 race. Korir
won in a time of 28:52.8 ahead of
Isaac Langat (29:09.10) and Hilary
Langat (29:12.7).
Chepkoech
stars at Great
Rift challenge
10:27.5
Time Caroline Chepkoech clocked
to win the womens 5,000m title at
Great Rift Valley athletics event
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
46 |
BY AYUMBA AYODI
@AyumbaAyodi
sayodi@ke.nationmedia.com
T
he stage is set for all-Kenyan
match-ups in the semi-nals of
this years edition of the Kenya
Rugby Union (KRU) Bamburi Rugby
Super Series after the conclusion of
pool matches yesterday at Nakuru
Athletic Club.
Ndovu beat Chui 27-10 at the Nakuru
Athletic Club to top Pool A and will
now meet Pool B runners-up Kifaru
in the semi-nals on Saturday at the
Kenyatta Stadium, Machakos.
Beat Rwenzori
Yesterday, Kifaru bundled out Ugandan
franchise Rwenzori 32-22 at the same
venue to seal o Pool B second place
and qualify alongside winners Papa.
Kifaru collected seven points, two
behind winners Papa.
Papa had earlier beaten Rwenzori
25-6 in their opening match in Kam-
pala. Despite loss to Ndovu, Chui still
reached the semi-nals as Pool A run-
ners-up and will now meet Papa.
Ndovu had earlier tossed out another
Ugandan side Victoria 40-6 before
trampling upon Chui for a clean run
in the Pool with 10 points.
We didnt have a solid rst half. We
lacked continuity after failing to protect
our possession, Ndovu coach Domi-
nique Habimana said yesterday after
victory over Chui. Habimanas team
is headed for a semis showdown with
Kifaru. It will be a good game. We
are quicker than them (Kifaru) and I
hope to put up a quality side against
them.
Chui had also beaten Victoria 10-3
in their opener in Uganda. Rwenzori
were quick on the blocks to dominate
possession before going ahead cour-
tesy of Adrian Kasitos penalty three
minutes into the duel.
Kifaru hit back through scrum half
George Mutuku to tie 3-3 before Mu-
tuku converted Pius Shiundus try for
a 10-3 lead. Kifaru however battled to
a 22-10 win in full time.
Semis xtures: (All matches on Saturday
at Kenyatta Stadium, Machakos): Ndovu v
Kifaru; Papa v Chui.
FILE | NATION
Ndovus Isaiah Nyariki (with the ball) beats Ruwenzori defenders in last years Bamburi Rugby Super Series tournament at RFUEA grounds. Ndovu have reached this
years semi-nals set for Saturday at Kenyatta Stadium, Machakos.
Cup title set to remain in Kenya
BAMBURI RUGBY SUPER SERIES | Habimana backs his side to oor local opponents
Champs Ndovu lead from
front as local franchises
all win to reach semis
BY THE GRUNDY
sportsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com
Action resumes at Ngong
Racecourse and Golf Park today
following last Sundays Kenya
Oaks break.
This afternoons meeting fea-
tures eight races that include the
Delamere Gold Vase a George
Drew Challenge series at 2.35pm.
But racing starts at 12.50pm with
the Jill Harley Memorial Trophy, a
sprint over 1,200m.
Here, winners of the Breeding
Futurity and Champagne Stakes
both junior classic do not qualify.
That leaves Royal Silk and the King
of Burma to sort it out with Espio-
nage a possible spoiler of the party.
Todays races also include the Berly
Markham Trophy over a mile and
half where Henry Muyas Manly
Wharf will be hunting for a third
straight victory.
Lucky Mascot, with James
Muhindi, is a strong challenger who
can not easily ignored. The story
will probably be the same in the
days top race, the Delamere Gold
Vase over 2,060m where Westonian
with Lesley Sercombe atop, will be
seeking a fourth straight win.
Racing resumes
at Ngong today
BY DEJA VU
sportsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com
Although Westonian (Lesley
Sercombe) is almost veering away
from his groove, he could still oblit-
erate Irish Garden (Daniel Tanui)
at level weights in the 2,060m
Delamere Gold Vase, a George
Drew Challenge Series. Westonian
is Kenyas nearest duplication of
Frankel, having placed twice and
won 10 from 12 starts.
Parting Shot did not radiate os-
tensibly on Derby Day, but should
reach the frame here. Wonnitestand
may need restoration - she was last
seen socializing in December.
Tiger In The Woods must be
napped to shake o Santa Anna
and Shakara Man for The Lake
Naivasha Handicap - a definite
Jet among Boeings.
Westonian for
Gold Vase race
12:50 - Race 1 - The Jill Harley Memorial Trophy:Dist:
1,200m. A handicap for two-year-olds only. For win-
ners (winners of Breeding Futurity and Champagne
Stakes ineligible) and two-year-olds, which have run
two or more times.
1 (2-2) King of Burma (SAF) (J. Muhindi) 58.5 5
2 (3-4-1)Royal Silk (SAF) (P. Mungai) 58.5 6
3 (5-2-4) Espionage (D. Miri) (1.5) 57.0 4
4 (5-4-10) Danny (P. Lesengei) (5.0) 52.0 3
5 (11-6-14) Kijana (J. Lokorian) 50.0 H 2
6 (8-6-8) Royal Glint (D. Tanui) 50.0 1
1:25 - Race 2 - Lake Naivasha Handicap:
Dist: 1400m. A handicap for three-year-olds
and over rated 30 and below at closing.
1 ( 3- 2- 3) Tiger In The Woods (L Sercombe) 58.0 6 (SAF)
2(8-7-1) Santa Anna (P. Kiarie) 57.0 2
3 (5-4-6) Shakara Man (SAF) (C. Kimani) (5.0) 54.0 H 4
4 (4-9-3) Carla (J. Muhindi) 53.0 3
5 (3-10-4) Capelvale (P. Ngugi) (5.0) 52.0 H 7
6 (2-1-4) African Dream (R. Kibet) 51.0 H 5
7 (2-2-2) Hectic (J. Lokorian) 50.0 H 1
2pm - Race 3 - The Beryl Markham Trophy:Distance:
2400m. A handicap for three-year-olds and over rated
30 and below at closing.
1 (6-2-4) Bolt (Le. Sercombe) 62.0 1
2 (3-4-1) Lucky Mascot (J. Muhindi) 57.0 5
3 (5-1-1) Manly Wharf (H. Muya) 55.0 2
4 (w-5-7) Rankin (C. Kimani) (5.0) 54.0 7
5 (8-1-5) Hunting Call (SAF) (P. Kiarie) 52.0 4
6 (10-8-8) Al Murad (SSL) (J. Lokorian) 50.0 6
7 (1-4-5) Trebbiano (L. Karanja) (5.0) 50.0 3
2:35pm - Race 4 - The Delamere Gold Vase (George
Drew Challenge Series):
Distance: 2060m. An open handicap race for
three year olds and over. Four year olds and over
to carry 58.5 kg.Three year olds 54 kg. Mares
and fillies allowed 1.5kg. No riding allowances.
1 (1-5-2) Irish Garden (SAF) (D. Tanui) 58.5 4
2 (4-4-5) Mpowered Mpire (P. Mungai) 58.5 3 (SAF)
3 (2-2-5) Parting Shot (R. Kibet) 58.5 7
4 (1-1-1) Westonian (SAF) (Le. Sercombe) 58.5 5
5 (1-3-6) Shufti (SAF) (J. Lokorian) 57.0 1
6 (4-3-6) Usurper (SAF) (P. Kiarie) 57.0 2
7 (1-5-8) Wonnitestand (M. Kariuki) 57.0 6
3:15-Race 5-The Lake Turkana Handicap: Distance:
1200m. A handicap for three-year-olds and over rated
20 and below at closing. Unrated maidens to be handi-
capped 3kg less than the top weight.
1 (6-2-2) Kaptivate (Le. Sercombe) 60.0 5
2 (7-5-6) Call The Tune (H. Muya) 59.0 7
3 (5-1-7) Iceland (P. Mungai) 59.0 H 8
4 (9-6-5) Jabal Aswad (J. Kultiang) (3.5) 59.0 4
5 (2) Mean Mistress (SAF) (R. Kibet) 58.0 3
6 (w-5-1) World Of Approval (J Muhindi) 58.0 1 (SAF)
7 (8-3-7) Pelican Street (D. Miri) (1.5) 55.0 H 2
8 (8-7-3) Akalat (J. Maina) (5.0) 50.0 6
3:50 - Race 6 - The Lake Nakuru Maiden: Distance:
900m. Maiden race for two-year-olds only at start-
ing. To carry 56.5kg. Fillies 55kg. First time starters
allowed 2kg.
1 (11) Ashmore (R. Kibet) 56.5 2
2 (7) Manzhouli (P. Lesengei) (5.0) 56.5 9
3 (6-4-3) Russian Beauty (J. Lokorian) 55.0 4
4 (7) Starblest (D. Miri) (1.5) 55.0 1
5 - Half Cut (Le. Sercombe) 54.5 6
6 - Joshua (E. Njenga) 54.5 5
7 - Princess of Persia (P. Kiarie) 54.5 7
8 (w) Rie Range (J. Muhindi) 54.5 8
9 - Wildest Dream (H. Muya) 53.0 3
4:25-Race 7- The Louis Cup: Distance: 2800m. A
handicap for three-year-olds and over rated 17 and
below at closing. Unrated maidens to be handicapped
3kg less than the top weight.
1 (5-3-2) Blossom Hill (Le. Sercombe) 62.0 2
2 (5-10-9) Dynastys Eclipse (J Kultiang) (3.5) 60.0 1 (SAF)
3 (8-7-1) Bancroft (J. Muhindi) 58.0 H 11
4 (5-8-4) Almeria (SAF) (D. Miri) (1.5) 55.0 H 3
5 (8-8-4) Barbados (SAF) (P. Kiarie) 54.0 6
6 (9-2-6) Njabini (P. Mungai) 53.0 10
7 (4-6-5) Trigger Happy (R. Kibet) 53.0 H 9
8 (8-w-7) Smart Sam (J. Lokorian) 51.0 8
9 (4-5-2) Soyuz H. Muya 50.0 5
10 (2-11-6) Sudden Spirit (P. Ngugi) (5.0) 50.0 H 7
11 (5-10-5) Trifecta (D. Tanui) 50.0 4
4:55 - Race 8 - The Lake Victoria Maiden: Dist: 1400m.
Maiden race for two-year-olds only at starting. To carry
56.5kg. Fillies 55kg. First time starters allowed 2kg.
1 (12-7) Bestow (H. Muya) 56.5 4
2 (13-9) Foretu (D. Tanui) 56.5 1
3 (5-4) King Google (SAF) (P. Mungai) 56.5 6
4 (4-11) Out Of Africa (R. Kibet) 56.5 2
5 (6- 3- 2) River King (J. Muhindi) 56.5 3
6 (12-6) Chanella (P. Kiarie) 55.0 8
7 (3-6) Dragonara (M. Kariuki) (1.5) 55.0 7
8 - Take Pride (Le. Sercombe) 53.0 5
Ngong runners
Selections:
12.50pm: Royal Silk, Espionage
1.25pm: Tiger In The Woods, Santa Anna
2pm: Bolt, Lucky Mascot
2.35pm: Westonian, Irish Garden
3.15pm: Kaptivate, Iceland
3.50pm: Russian Beauty, Ashmore
4.25pm: Blossom Hill, Njambini
4.55pm: King Google, Out of Africa
Selections:
12.50:Royal Silk - King of Burma
1.25pm: Tiger In The Woods - African Dream
2pm: Manly Wharf - Lucky Mascot
2.35pm: Westonian - Irish Garden
3.15pm: Kaptivate - World of Approval
3.50pm: Russian Beauty - Ashmore
4.25pm: Blossom Hill-Bancroft
4.55pm: River King- King Coogle
We didnt have a solid rst
half. We lacked continuity
after failing to keep
possession. It (semis tie)
will be a good game
Dominique Habimana,
Ndovu coach
BY AYUMBA AYODI
sayodi@ke.nationmedia.com
Rugbys most coveted trophy - the
Webb Ellis Cup will visit Kenya on
August 14 and 15 this year during its
tour of the world that will take it to
three African countries ahead of next
years Rugby World Cup nals.
Kenya Rugby Union chairman
Mwangi Muthee said an elaborate
plan is being put in place to ensure
the trophy will be easily accessible to
fans. The trophy which was made from
gilded silver in 1906 will be availed for
public viewing over two days, followed
by a reception later at the British High
Commissioner to Kenyas residence
in Nairobi.
African qualiers
Muthee said the association would
have liked to have the trophy tour
before African qualifiers for next
years Rugby World Cup but expressed
optimism that Kenya 15s team shall
have qualied for the nals. Kenya
is preparing for this years Confed-
eration of African Rugby Division 1A
Championship (Africa Cup) on June
28 to July 5 in Madagascar.
Africa Cup champions Kenya are
up against 2011 Rugby World Cup
finalists Namibia, Zimbabwe and
hosts Madagascar in matches that
will double up as 2015 Rugby World
Cup qualiers.
The tour of the trophy will inspire
people from all walks of life to play
and support the game, Muthee said.
Rugby has changed the lives of many
and inuenced their character.
Coveted trophy comes to Nairobi ahead of 2015 World Cup
The tour of the trophy will
inspire people from all walks
of life to play and support
rugby, which has changed the
lives of many and inuenced
their character
Mwangi Muthee, KRU chair
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
Sport 47
BY ISAAC SWILA
@IsaacSwila
iswila@ke.nationmedia.com
S
truggling Kenyan Premier
League outt KCB last week
axed four of their experienced
players citing poor performance.
The quartet are KPL 2008 Most
Valuable Player Francis Ouma, former
Gor Mahia and Thika United striker
Ezekiel Odera, Georey Muhando and
Congolese attacker Manopi Koko.
KCB coach Rishadi Shedu said he
made the hard decision of ooading
the players based on their perform-
ance. He said he wants to build a
coherent squad ahead of the second
leg. The mid-season transfer window
opens on June 1.
The bankers, who have earned the
dubious reputation of being pace
setters in the league, have found the
going tough this term.
Yes, its true I have dropped the
four players. We looked at the per-
formance of the team and the weak
links. I had to eect changes and un-
fortunately the four had to go, the
former Bandari coach said.
Our aim is to beef up the squad
and we will be strengthening the de-
fence and mideld once the transfer
window opens.
KCB have picked just one win from
12 matches, while drawing three and
losing eight.
Scoring has been one of their major
undoing with the attacking quintet of
Ouma, Odera, Chrispinus Onyango,
Paul Kiongera and Andrew Murunga
scoring just 11 goals in 12 matches
between them as the team conceded
20 from as many matches.
Dismal run
Their dismal run claimed their head
coach Juma Abdallah who has since
moved to giants AFC Leopards.
The sacking portends gloom to
careers of Ouma and Odera, that
had once showed a lot of promise.
Shortly after winning the Golden
Boot and the best player awards in
2008, Ouma sealed a lucrative deal
with Tanzanian side Azam in 2009 but
his stay there did not last long as he
went to Europe for unsuccessful trials
with Italian Serie A side Parma.
Ouma later made it to lower league
football in Portugal.
The goal poacher returned to Kenya
in at the end of the last decade and
had stints with his old club Mathare
United, Sony Sugar and former league
champions Sofapaka before joining
KCB this season.
KCB axe veteran
forward Ouma
TUSKER PREMIER LEAGUE | New coach Shedu to recruit heavily during June transfer period
Also shown the door
at the struggling club
are Odera, Muhando
and Koko of Congo
SULEIMAN MBATIAH | NATION
KCBs Francis Ouma shields the ball from Georey Kokoyo of Ulinzi Stars during
their Tusker Premier League encounter at Afraha Stadium on May 3. Ouma, the
2008 KPL Player of the Year, was last week dumped by KCB.
BY ISAAC SWILA
iswila@ke.nationmedia.com
Gor Mahia defender Solomon
Nasio has been discharged from
the Kenyatta National Hospital
(KNH) after a successful nose
surgery.
The player was admitted at the
facility last Tuesday to undergo
the procedure that was aimed at
correcting the deviation of the
nasal septum the cartilage wall
separating the nostrils of the
nose.
The delicate procedure took
ve hours. An overwhelmed
Nasio, who is currently recuper-
ating at his home took time to
hail Kenyans who rallied to his
aid.
My pain was a plan, my grief
was a gift, my trial was a test and
because I endeavoured to
endure, the Lord endeavoured
to give me more. Thanks to
everyone for your prayers and
support. May the Good Lord
bless you, he wrote on his Face
Book page.
The right back broke his nose
last year in playing for Gor
Mahia against Karuturi Sports in
Naivasha.
When Nation highlighted his
plight nine days ago, countless
football fans came to his aid.
They contributed money that
enabled him pay for the nose sur-
gery. He is expected to return to
action soon.
Gors Nasio
on the mend
My pain was a plan, my
grief was a gift, my trial
was a test and because I
endeavoured to endure, the
Lord endeavoured to give
me more
Solomon Nasio, Gor player
BY SUNDAY NATION REPORTER
sportsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com
Kenya Commercial Banks ounder-
ing campaign continued yesterday after
they fell to a 0-1 defeat to Sony Sugar
in the only Kenyan Premier League
match of the weekend at the Awendo
Green Stadium.
Long-serving Sony striker Marwa
Chamberi (left) scored the all-impor-
tant goal from the spot in the 16th
minute after he was brought down in
the six yard box by KCBs centre half
Kevin Omondi.
The bankers who were without Francis
Ouma, Ezekiel Odera, Koko Manupi and
Georey Muhando, all of whom were
given the boot by the club under new
coach Rishadi Shedu.
Desperate for a win to turn around
their season Shedu, paired Paul Kiongera
and Andrew Murunga in a two-prong at-
tack but they could not nd their way
past a mean Sony defense.
Sony coach Zedekiah Zico Otieno
stuck to his tried and tested back four
comprising of Joseph Omweri, Alfred
Onyango, Charles Odette and skipper
Sylvester Wanyama. They provided
good cover for custodian Lucas In-
deche, foiling attempt after attempt
from KCB strikers.
Buoyed by the home support, the
sugar millers Chamberi and Edwin
Oduor combined well in attack.
Spot on Chamberi gets Sony Sugar past struggling bankers
2008
Year Francis Ouma scorched the
Tusker Premier league to earn player
of the year and golden boot titles
Monaco
Lewis Hamilton has hinted that he
may inict Senna-style revenge on
his Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg
in todays Monaco Grand Prix as pay-
back for the Germans controversial
pole-claiming performance in qualify-
ing yesterday.
Race stewards are holding a lengthy
investigation into the authenticity of a
mistake made by Rosberg which evi-
dently incensed Hamilton. The world
championship-leading Briton, who has
always held an emotional fascination
with three-time champion Brazilian
Ayrton Senna, suggested he may copy
one of his idols moves.
Asked to compare his currently
strained relationship with his team-
mate and closest championship rival
Rosberg with the infamous rivalry at
McLaren of Senna and Frenchman
Alain Prost, Hamilton said he was
thinking of taking his own action.
When a BBC reporter asked: Are
you even more like Senna and Prost
now? Hamilton replied Essentially.
Then asked if he would sit down (with
Rosberg) and sort it out, the Eng-
lishman said: I dont know if Senna
and Prost sat down and talked it out.
I quite like the way Senna dealt with
it, so Im going to take a page out
of his book. It was not clear what
Hamilton was referring to, but Senna
deliberately drove Prost o the circuit
in one infamous Japanese Grand Prix
in 1990 when their relationship had
deteriorated beyond repair.
In Saturdays qualifying session,
28-year-old German Rosberg, who
is three points behind Hamilton after
ve races in the drivers champion-
ship, lost control of his car on his
nal ying lap and went o down the
escape road at Mirabeau, prompting
waved yellow ags to slow down the
rest of the eld behind him.
This resulted in Hamiltons lap
being wrecked. He had to ease o
- despite being slightly faster than
Rosberg at that stage - and abandon
his bid to improve his time. (AFP)
Hamilton hints at revenge on Rosberg
BORIS HORVAT | AFP
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg drives in the pits of the Monaco circuit during the
qualifying session of the Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo yesterday.
1st row: Nico Rosberg (Mercedes); Lewis
Hamilton (Mercedes)
2nd row: Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull);
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
3rd row: Fernando Alonso (Ferrari);
Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)
4th row: Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso)
Kevin Magnussen (McLaren)
5th row: Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso);
Sergio Perez (Force India)
6th row: Nico Hlkenberg (Force India);
Jenson Button (McLaren)
7th row: Valtteri Bottas (Williams);
Romain Grosjean (Lotus)
8th row: Pastor Maldonado (Lotus);
Felipe Massa (Williams)
STARTING GRID
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
48 | Sport
1. Rajbir Rai/Tim Challen (EVOX)
2. Baldev Chager/Ravi Soni (EVOX)
3. Ian Duncan/Amaar Slatch (EVO9)
4.Jaspreet Chatthe/G. S. Panesar (EVOX)
5. Onkar S. Rai/Gavin Laurence EVOX)
6. Azar Anwar/Julius Ngige (EVO8)
7. Petter Horsey/Bella Erskine (EVOX)
8. Alasdair Keith/T. Maliq (Subaru GC8)
9. Jasmeet Chana/Ravi Chana (EVO9)
10. Mahesh Halai/K. Halai (Subaru N12)
11. Ronak Shah/Riyaz Ismail (Subaru N12)
12. Karan Patel/T. Khan (Subaru GC8)
13. Jon Somen/R. Hechle (Ford Escort)
14. S. Mwangi/S. Nyorri (Subaru N10)
15. Eric Njogu/T. Kimondo (Subaru N8)
16. Manmeet Singh/A. Mirza (Subaru STI)
17. Aslam Khan/F. Khan (Porsche 911)
18. Iain Freestone/A. Aswani (Ford Escort)
19. Gurmit Thethy/D. Kalsi (VW Golf)
20. Eric Bengi/T. Gikuhi (Toyota RunX)
TOP 20
Rai vrooooms to his maiden rally win
MOTORSPORT | Series leader Baldev returns second, Duncan third while birthday boy Azar nishes sixth
BY ABDUL SIDI
sportsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com
T
here is a new kid on the rally
block. Rajbir Rai secured his
rst-ever career victory of the
Kenya National Rally Championship
by winning the KCB Nakuru Rally in a
Mitsubishi Lancer EVOX yesterday.
It was also navigator Tim Cullens
rst taste of victory though he has
been in the scene longer than his
driver.
Rajbir, 23, who made his rally debut
two seasons ago, nally outclassed his
seniors to win one of the most signi-
cant rallies of the season. He is the
son of Sarbi Rai, the former national
champion. I am really excited to have
won my rst rally though I must say I
was lucky because of Ians punctures.
It is good feeling. I thank my dad for
all the tips and support he has con-
tinued to give me, said Rajbir.
Safari Rally and National champion
Baldev Chager survived a u all day
long to nish second at the wheels of
the Mitsubishi Lancer EVOX with his
navigator Ravi Soni.
The crew has regained the lead of
the overall standings of the KNRC
with 220 points. KCB Director Retail
Banking Division, Annastasia Kimtai
and Baringo County Governor, Ben-
The 23-year-old leaves
big boys choking on
cloud of dust to claim
victory in Nakuru race
jamin Cheboi agged o the cars from
the KCB Bank in Eldama Ravine.
The highly anticipated reworks
form the Proton ST2000 of Carl
Tundo zzled out earlier than ex-
pected after it hit a culvert barely ve
kilometers into the rst competitive
stage of the day. It put an end to Tun-
dos chances of extending his lead at
the top of the series, and also Protons
second victory on the trot after its
debut victory in the last rally.
It was a bad note that did not go
well after trailing in Baldys dust.
That is part of rallying. We ripped
ANWAR SIDI | NATION
Rajbir Rai, navigated by Tim Cullen, negotiates a corner during the KCB Nakuru Rally at Kerio Valley yesterday. Rai won the
race. Series leader Baldev Chager was second while Ian Duncan returned third.
o the wheel after hitting a culvert
in the rst stage. Car is ok though
sad to retire so early, said Tundo,
the former national champion. Ian
Duncans chances of winning his
rst rally of the season ended after
his Mitsubishi Lancer suered two
punctures while in the lead.
He finally finished third while
Jaspreet Chatthe was fourth barely a
week after securing second place in
Zambias round of the 2014 African
Rally Championship. Three-time
national champion, Azar Anwar was
placed sixth on his 60th birthday.
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
Sport 49
Germanys Klose
closer to record
CHASING A DREAM | I feel good and Im on the right path... I assume I will be 100 percent ready, he says
Berlin
G
ermanys veteran striker Miro-
slav Klose has said he will be
100 percent ready for next
months World Cup in Brazil, where
he aims to break the tournaments
goal record.
With 14 goals at three previous
World Cup finals, the 35-year-old
Klose is just one short of Brazil
striker Ronaldos record of 15 for the
all-time goal-scorer.
As one of only two strikers in the
squad, the veteran says he will be
ready when Germany open their
Group G campaign against Portugal
in Salvador on June 16 after being
blighted by injury at his Italian club
Lazio from the end of March until the
start of May.
I assume I will be 100 percent
ready for the tournament, said the
ex-Bayern and Werder Bremen star
from the German teams training
camp in north Italy on Friday
I feel good and Im on the right
path. The tness coaches knows me
very well and they know exactly what
I need, so everything is moving in the
right direction. Klose said his priority
is to the team, rather than claiming
goal records.
For me, the main thing is to be t
and the most important thing is the
team, he said. I am convinced that
when the team plays well, then the
striker will also get his chances.
But
anyone
who knows
me is aware
that the goal-
record is a target
o f mine. Germany play
t h e USA and Ghana in
their other Group G matches. There
was bad news from the German camp
on Friday as defensive midelder Lars
Bender, 25, was ruled out of Brazil
2014 with a thigh injury.
We all know what a good footballer
Lars is and he played a good season,
said Klose. You need good players
like that and I am really sorry for him
that he is now injured.
While Klose has always played as
a striker, but says he can just as eas-
ily slot into the attacking mideld
if needed. Basically, I can play the
False Nine, but regardless of who has
experience, at the end of the day the
coach makes the decision, said Klose.
I just want to train so that the World
Cup doesnt pass me by.
Mertesacker missed rst three days
Yesterday, coach Joachim Low wel-
comed Philipp Lahm and Manuel
Neuer into Germanys pre-World
Cup camp before holding a closed
doors training session to ne-tune
their Brazil 2014 plans.
German captain Lahm, who has
laboured with an ankle injury, and
goalkeeper Neuer (shoulder) nally
joined the squad late on Friday hav-
ing missed the rst few days in north
Italy where Lows squad assembled on
Wednesday for their ten-day camp.
The Bayern Munich pair had re-
mained in the Bavarian capital to
receive intense treatment from the
German Football Association (DFB)
medical sta under head doctor Hans-
Wilhelm Mueller-Wohlfahrt.
Arsenal centre-back Per Merte-
sacker has also joined the Germans
having missed the rst three days
after the birth of his second child. His
Gunners team-mate, midelder Mesut
Ozil, was unable to train yesterday
due to a slight cold. (AFP)
Road to Brazil 18 Days to G -AL!
Rome
Italian international Riccardo Monto-
livo (right) admits a miserable domestic
campaign with AC Milan has left him red
up for the Fifa World Cup.
Milan could only nish eighth in the
recently-completed Italian Serie A season
as they missed out on European football
for the rst time in 16 years.
Im personally coming into the compe-
tition really charged up, Montolivo said
to Gazzetta dello Sport.
There is so much will to bounce back
from a negative season. No-one at Milan
can be satised with the campaign weve
had, neither individually or collectively.
We need to learn from the mistakes
weve made and try to be competitive
next season. I just hope that I can do
well with the national team. The 29-year-
old midelder, who came up through the
Azzurri youth ranks before making his
debut with the senior team in 2007,
has another reason to do well in South
America. He wants to help Italy make
amends for their dismal display in South
Africa four years ago. With Andrea Pirlo
out injured, Montolivo started all three
games for the Azzurri but could not help
the defending champions avoid a shock
early exit from the tournament.
Our desire is to bounce back after what
happened four years ago, he said. The
World Cup in South Africa proved to be
a negative experience and we cant wait
to put things right. (Fifa.com)
We want to put things right, says Italys Montolivo
New York
US coach Jurgen Klinsmann
defended his decision to dump all-
time American top scorer Landon
Donovan (above) from his World
Cup squad, saying yesterday the
32-year-old striker simply wasnt
good enough.
The other strikers we see that
inch ahead of him, Klinsmann
said. We feel those guys are a
little step ahead of Landon in
certain areas. Thats why we made
that decision.
Former German star interna-
tional and coach Klinsmann noted
how Donovans game has evolved
as he has grown older with fewer
1-on-1 attacks and charges into the
penalty area.
He reected how players gain
experience as they get older but
maybe physically they lose a little
bit of an edge.
He has done an amazing job
the last 10 days he was here. He
has done everything right, Klins-
mann said. It has been not easy.
These are very close decisions.
Its not a decision against a player,
in this case Landon. Its a decision
for another player.
We coaches had the feeling
over the last few days. We had an
inkling a little bit. We sensed it
was the right time now.
Klinsmann, whose US team
opens in Brazil against Ghana on
June 16, cut his squad on Thursday
from 30 in training camp to the -
nal 23-man lineup due to Fifa next
month, saying he and his sta felt
the timing was right and the selec-
tions were clear.
Its a dicult situation for all of
the players coming into a camp. It
hangs like a cloud over the group
for eight, nine, 10 days. If you wait
it gets even heavier, he said.
Its a huge boost for everybody
in the 23. We can start prepar-
ing for the details going into the
match with Ghana.
Klinsmann said that if a US for-
ward is hurt before the US roster
is locked into place, he would call
on Donovan, who has 57 interna-
tional goals and sought a fourth
World Cup appearance. If its a
striker, the rst one that I call will
be Landon Donovan, Klinsmann
said. For now, he is Lan-done. And
that was a shock for some of his
long-time teammates. (AFP)
Klinsi defends
Donovan snub
For me, the main thing
is to be t and the most
important thing is the
team. I am convinced
that when the team plays
well, then the striker will
also get his chances. But
anyone who knows me is
aware that the goal-record
is a target of mine
Miroslav Klose
He has done an amazing
job the last 10 days he
was here. He has done
everything right. It has
been not easy. These are
very close decisions. Its
not a decision against a
player, in this case Landon.
Its a decision for another
player
Juergen Klinsmann, USA coach
With 14 goals at three previous nals,
evergreen striker is just one short of
Ronaldos mark for the all-time scorer
Our desire is to bounce back
after what happened four years
ago. The World Cup in South
Africa proved to be a negative
experience and we cant wait to
put things right
Riccardo Montolivo
PHOTO | AFP
Germany striker Miroslav Klose
trains in San Martino, Italy, on
Friday.
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
50 | Sport
London
D
avid Luiz is on the verge of
joining Paris St Germain
after Chelsea on Friday re-
vealed they have agreed a deal to sell
the Brazil defender to the French
champions.
Luizs move is reported to be worth
a world record fee for a defender of
$84 million (Sh7.39 billion) and the
transfer will be rubber-stamped once
he has agreed personal terms and
passed a medical.
Chelsea Football Club and Paris
Saint-Germain have agreed terms
for the transfer of David Luiz to the
French club, a statement on Chel-
seas website announced. The move
is now subject to David Luiz agreeing
personal terms with PSG and passing
a medical examination.
PSG representatives are believed to
have own out to Brazil to complete
Luizs medical at the World Cup hosts
training base on Friday.
Shatter record
The French clubs willingness to
shatter the record for a defender was
motivated by their desire to seal a deal
before Barcelona or Bayern Munich
could swoop for the centre-back.
PSG claim the formalities of the
deal will be completed on June 10 to
ensure Luiz can concentrate on the
forthcoming World Cup.
A statement on the PSG website
read: Paris St Germain, Chelsea FC
and David Luiz would like to conrm
that they reached an agreement re-
garding the terms of an upcoming
transfer of the Brazilian defender
that would occur during the next
transfer window which is to start on
10 June 2014.
In accordance with the players
wish to prepare for and play in the
World Cup in his home country in
the best possible conditions, both
clubs and David Luiz wished to
reach an agreement as soon as pos-
sible between, on the one hand, Paris
St Germain and Chelsea FC, and on
the other, between the Parisian club
and the player, in order to formalise
the transfer as soon as the transfer
window opens.
The hefty price convinced Chelsea
to o-load Luiz, who was primarily
TRANSFER | Moneyed French club beats Barcelona, Bayern to prized defenders signature
Clubs agree terms on
the sale of Brazilian
defender for record fee
used in a defensive mideld role by
Blues manager Jose Mourinho after
being unable to break up the central
defensive partnership of John Terry
and Gary Cahill.
Highest fees
Luiz, who joined the west London-
ers from Benfica for 21.3 million
(Sh3.15 billion) in January 2011, made
only 19 appearances in the Premier
League this season, although he did
help Chelsea eliminate PSG from the
Champions League quarter-nals.
The 27-year-olds fee will beat
the two previous highest fees for
a defender, both paid by PSG for
Marquinhos, who cost 30.1 million
(Sh4.45 billion), and Thiago Silva,
who arrived from AC Milan for 35.3
million (Sh5.22 billion). Meanwhile,
the previous best deal received by
an English club for a defender was
when Rio Ferdinand left Leeds for
Manchester United for 30 million
(Sh4.44 billion) 12 years ago.
The healthy prot Chelsea have
made on Luizs sale is likely to be re-
invested in the squad, with Atletico
Madrid striker Diego Costa reportedly
Mourinhos number one target.
With Luiz on the way out after 143
appearances for Chelsea, Mourinho
is likely to give more opportunities to
highly-rated young defender Tomas
Kalas, who impressed in the teams
2-0 win at Liverpool towards the end
of the season. (AFP)
Chelseas Luiz set to join PSG
AFP PHOTO
Chelsea defender David Luiz during their English League Cup match against
Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in London on October 29 last year.
Sh7.4b
Estimated transfer fee that
Chelsea and Paris Saint-Ger-
main have agreed for Luiz
Chelsea Football Club
and Paris Saint-Germain
have agreed terms for
the transfer of David
Luiz to the French club
Statement on Chelseas
website
BRIEFLY
MADRID
Villarreal to close
stand for anti-racism
Spanish La Liga side Villarreal
said Friday they will close part
of their stadium for a Europa
League match in an anti-racism
gesture after one of their fans
threw a banana at Barcelonas
Dani Alves.
The club will close part of the
stands in its El Madrigal stadium
for the Europa League qualier in
late August in a gesture of respect
over the racist incident which put
Spanish football on the spot.
For this match Villarreal will
close o the area where the in-
cident occurred involving a fan
and Dani Alves, the club said in a
statement.
LONDON
Long-serving Ameobi
to leave Newcastle
Nigeria striker Shola Ameobi is
to leave Newcastle after 14 years
with the Premier League club.
Ameobis current contract expires
imminently and after discussions
with Magpies boss Alan Pardew,
he has decided to bring down
the curtain on his long spell at St
James Park.
The 32-year-old was handed his
senior debut by Bobby Robson as
a teenager, but often struggled to
establish himself in the starting
line-up. Ameobi, whose younger
brother Sammy remains a mem-
ber of Newcastles squad, made
397 senior appearances, 178 of
them as a substitute, and scored
79 goals.
BASTIA
Makelele appointed
Ligue 1 side coach
Paris Saint-Germain assistant
boss Claude Makelele has nal-
ised a two-year deal to manage
Bastia, the Ligue 1 side conrmed
on Friday.
This will be the 41-year-old
former Chelsea, Real Madrid and
PSG midelders rst full mana-
gerial role.
He will arrive in Corsica tomor-
row to sign a deal to succeed Fre-
deric Hantz, who in a four-year
spell gained Bastia promotion to
Ligue 1 with a 10th place nish
last term.
Makelele will be assisted by
former Bordeaux player Didier
Tholot, 50, who coached Ligue 2
Chteauroux from June 2010 to
late 2013.
LONDON
Evra signs new deal
with Man United
Patrice Evra ended speculation
that he was set to leave Manches-
ter United by signing a one-year
contract extension with the Pre-
mier League club on Friday.
France left-back Evra was
reportedly considering quitting
United after eight years but, fol-
lowing the conrmation of Louis
van Gaals appointment as the
teams new manager, he has
decided to extend his contract,
which was due to expire next
week, by another 12 months.
Evra seemed likely to leave
after it emerged that United had
tabled a bid for Southamptons
England left-back Luke Shaw.
London
Ten-man QPR clinched promotion
to the English Premier League in
dramatic fashion as Bobby Zamoras
stoppage-time strike secured a 1-0 win
over Derby in the Championship play-
o nal at Wembley yesterday.
Harry Redknapps side were re-
duced to 10 men for the final 30
minutes after Gary ONeils red card,
but Zamora punished a mistake by
Richard Keogh to steal victory against
the run of play and ensure the west
Londoners will make a quick and lu-
crative return to the English top-ight
after last seasons relegation.
It was a real smash and grab raid
by QPR, who struggled to nd any
rhythm even before ONeils dismissal
and had only one shot on target in
the entire match, but although Derby
dominated they had only themselves
to blame for failing to make the most
of their chances. QPRs triumph made
them the rst team to win promotion
after nishing fourth in the second
tier for 16 years.
But the historical signicance of the
victory will pale in comparison to the
relief felt by QPRs Malaysian owner
Tony Fernandes, who has funded a
70 million (Sh10.36 billion) wage
bill reportedly higher than Spanish
champions Atletico Madrid, while also
coping with annual losses of around
65 million (Sh 9.62 billion).
Promotion to the Premier League,
where QPR will now land a minimum
windfall of 80 million (Sh 11.84 bil-
lion), was essential and Redknapps
men have delivered.
We were trying to take the game
to penalties and were hanging on for
our lives, Redknapp (right) said. I
would be a liar if I said I thought we
would score, but we worked hard and
it was a fantastic goal. For Derby
manager Steve McClaren, Wembley
once again proved the most painful
of venues. (AFP)
Zamora res QPR back into Premier League
We were trying to take the
game to penalties and were
hanging on for our lives.
I would be a liar if I said I
thought we would score, but
we worked hard and it was a
fantastic goal
Harry Redknapp, QPR coach
SUNDAY NATION
May 25, 2014
Sport 51
BY JOHN NJAGI
@johnnjagi2
jnjagi@ke.nationmedia.com
C
oalition for Reform and
Democracy (Cord) lead-
ers have called for a total
overhaul of the security system
to curb increased insecurity.
Siaya Senator James Orengo
called for professional manage-
ment of the national security.
Speaking during a rally in Mlo-
longo, he called for the sacking
of National Intelligence Service
boss Michael Gichangi, Direc-
tor of Criminal Investigations
Ndegwa Muhoro and Kenya
Defence Forces chief Julius Ka-
rangi whom, he said, were from
the same community, and had
failed to curb rising insecurity.
We must eliminate ethnicity
in the countrys national security
system. This idea of ensuring
that national security manag-
ers come from one community
is unfair, he said.
Former Deputy Speaker Farah
Maalim supported calls for the
sacking of top security chiefs,
saying they had failed to ght
terrorism.
He said that for the govern-
ment to succeed in fighting
insecurity, it should de-ethnicise
the security department.
Ruaraka MP TJ Kajwang asked
why the government was spend-
ing too much money on security
surveillance instead of investing
in intelligence gathering.
Kakamega Senator Boni Khal-
wale said there was an emergence
of the Kiambu maa who were
misadvising the President and
were likely to plunge the country
into economic paralysis.
We are afraid that the Kiambu
maa, like in the 1970s, is return-
ing and this time it is threatening
the countrys economy by cutting
deals that will bring the country
on its knees, he said.
Nominated Senator Elizabeth
Ongoro criticised the payment
of Sh1.4 billion to companies as-
sociated with the Anglo Leasing
scandal.
She said that making such pay-
ments using taxpayers money
was akin to enslaving Kenyans.
Machakos Senator Johnstone
Muthama said Kenyans would
hold demonstrations against
decisions which were not in the
interest of the people.
MARTIN MUKANGU | NATION
Senators (left to right) James Orengo, Johnstone Muthama and Boni Khalwale arrive in Runda, Nairobi, yes-
terday, to condole with the family of the late Gatundu South MP Joseph Ngugi Nyumu.
Leaders say
national
security
managers
are from
the same
community
Overhaul security agencies: Cord
TERRORISM | Orengo says professional management of security lacking
Were afraid
that the
Kiambu maa,
like in the 70s,
is returning.
- Khalwale
ATHLETICS
LONGOSIWA SETS NEW
PRISONS RACE RECORD
London Olympics bronze win-
ner breaks 5,000m record set
in 2011 by Kiptoo. P.46
SPORT INSIDE
MOTORSPORT
Youngster Rai stuns the big boys to
claim his maiden rally win in Nakuru. P.
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The annual Safaricom-spon-
sored gospel awards ceremony
Groove Awards, will be held at
the KICC in Nairobi on June
1. Most fans expected it to be
held at the Safaricom Stadium,
Kasarani but officials have con-
firmed the city centre venue.
The event is organised by Mo-
sound and NTV is the media
sponsor.
Groove
Awards to
be held at
the KICC
R
apper Juliani and actress
Brenda Wairimu seem to be
back in love. This was clear on
Thursday night when Brenda
walked in with Juliani during his
media party held at the
IMAX cinemas.
Juliani was appreciating
the media with a party,
for supporting his music
career, ahead of his
album launch next
month. I know I am
here to appreciate
you as my media
partners, but no-
body should touch
my beautiful
woman Brenda,
Juliani joked
as he made
his speech.
He has now
partnered with
Orange to sell
and support his
album.
Juliani and Brenda:
We are still together
SHOWBUZZ
with JOHN MUCHIRI @moshiiri Miguel to
perform at
MAMAs
American R-n-B singer Miguel
will be the headline act at this
years MTV Africa Music awards,
to be held in Durban, South Africa
on June 7. The last MAMAs, held
in Lagos, Nigeria, three years ago,
had acts like Rick Ross and Eve
performing. Other African artistes
slated to perform include Mafiki-
zolo, Davido, Flavor, Tiwa Savage
and Professor.
From East Africa, only Sauti Sol,
Amani, Diamond, Radio and Wea-
sel, have been nominated in differ-
ent categories.
Artistes meet
Wario on current
music situation
A section of Kenyan
artistes and several other
music industry stakehold-
ers on Thursday morning
met the Cabinet Secretary
for Youth, Sports and Cul-
ture, Hassan Wario, over
the current state of the
music industry.
The artistes, who met at
the CSs office at Kencom
House, Nairobi, shared
their grievances in the mu-
sic industry and asked the
CS to act on them. Among
the issues discussed in the
closed door meeting in-
clude the regulation of the
music industry sections
through the music policy
and bill set to be tabled in
parliament.
Some of the artistes
present included Nonini,
Jua Cali, Nameless, Mercy
Myra, among other stake-
holders like the Music
Industry Association
chairman Arthur Kamau
and Performance Rights
Society of Kenya chairper-
son, Angela Ndambuki.
Mr Wario promised them
that by the end of August,
the draft music policy will
be done and the Music Bill
tabled in Parliament.
Radio and Weasel: Break up or publicity stunt?
Ugandas top music group, Radio and Weasel, seems to have
split. In the past week, there have been speculation on whether
the two have parted ways, as sources close to the two reveal that
they are no longer working together.
Last week, through their Facebook page, the two said that they
will soon make a major announcement. Rumours of their break
up started when they both started doing separate songs in the
past three months.
However, even after their Facebook post, they are yet to make
any other announcement as promised. Critics say that it could be
a publicity stunt as they may have a new album coming up.
2 May 25, 2014 Sunday Nation
ONEONONE
In a competitive part of the music industry
where the same names have always
dominated the deejaying circles, Joram
Ndege aka DJ Xclusive, started from the
bottom and worked his way up where he
now rubs shoulders with the best. He spoke
to JOSEPHINE MOSONGO
BUZZ: What is your real name?
Joram Ndege but my stage name is DJ Xclu-
sive. I chose that because my style is dier-
ent from what the current crop is doing. I
bring a dierent exclusive feel to the party.
You are now a DJ but that is not what you
went to school for, how come?
I studied Aeronautical engineering in col-
lege but jobs were scarce. Luckily music
has been a passion ever since I was a kid.
I started deejaying when I was in college
at functions and got a little pocket money.
I had seen the likes of DJ Pinye making a
career out of it and since I could deejay I
decided to try out it.
How was it starting out?
It was hard. I have been a DJ for seven
years and I think it is only in the last one
and a half years that people have started to
know and recognise DJ Xclusive. I started
out in Karatina.
It was a challenge at rst but I thought if I
could do it there where no-one knew me, it
would be easier in Nairobi. Kaytrixx, who I
have been friends with, started inviting me
to shows and the rest as they say is history.
Ive known him ever since he was in Co-
deRed. I used to do one or two gigs with
them but as an MC hes one of the people
who have helped me grow as a DJ. We have
a company called Spin Cycle made up of six
deejays: two are Mombasa-based DJ Fauz
and Bones while DJ Kaytrixx, Scream,
Mr T and I are in Nairobi.
Are you more of a club DJ, a radio DJ, or a
television VJ?
Id like to say Im an all-rounder because I
do clubs, radio, television, concerts, private
and corporate events. I do whatever comes
my way because at the end of the day its
about paying the bills. I wouldnt want to
restrict myself by saying Im ocially a
club DJ.
How important is to have a good working
relationship between artistes and DJs?
Right now its not at its best because ar-
tistes use DJs as a scapegoat. But its not
that DJs do not play local music, theres just
not enough local content. Artistes also have
to understand that there is a dierence be-
tween a club DJ and a radio DJ.
In the club Ill play what is being requested
by the fans, so if they are requesting more
Naija music who am I to tell them no? Be-
cause of competition, if I dont play that
kind of music theres another DJ in another
club who will play their requests and Ill
lose out.
But on radio theres more local music be-
ing played. Its a little bit shaky now but
Im hoping we can get an opportunity to sit
down and nd a way forward for the indus-
try. We have to co-exist.
But local music is not played as much as
music from other African countries, espe-
cially Nigeria and South Africa. Why are
we not exporting our music as much as we
should?
Nigerian and South African music is being
overplayed because these guys have content
and they shoot good videos. You may not
understand what they are saying but their
producers make tracks that are hits in An-
gola, Botswana and Kenya, and thats what
we want for our artistes.
Our artistes need to do more in terms of
branding their music, How do they distrib-
ute their music? How many artistes have
websites or YouTube channels? You will be
surprised how many dont.
If Davido releases a song a today I will get
it within an hour. In Kenya you have to
beg some artistes to give you their music.
Branding is important.
The same way we dont appreciate our lo-
cal designers is the same way people wont
appreciate our music. Look at what most of
the artistes wear: Gucci ,Versace, Sean John
yet we have Vazi and Epic Nation apparel
by local designers. Its a mentality we have
to change and see artistes supporting each
other.
Ive also only seen a couple of artistes
wholl tweet and ask people to vote for
Sauti Sol for the MAMAs. We can clearly
see we are not supporting each other, how
do you expect the rest of the country to get
behind you?
What can we do to get more Kenyan songs
on rotation and quality music at that?
Artistes need to know their market and
sound. A band like Elani knows its market
and is sticking to it. We also have some
of the best video producers in Africa
like Enos Olik, Kagwe, Deeley and
Musyoka.
You do not need to go to South
Africa to do your video or
call the Clarence Peters
of this world to come do
your video. The quality of
music is good, the videos
are improving but its not
enough. You cant make
music for me to listen to
in the house then come
to the club and expect
me to play it.
Do you have groupies
now that you are well
known?
DJs have groupies
depending on how
you want them to
perceive you. I have
female fans but I dont
believe I have reached
that level where I can say
I have groupies. Im still a
small sh, if you respect
your female fans and show
them that you appreciate
them as fans you will get ahead.
Its good to know where to draw the
line; they might even end up not
respecting you.
Does that mean you have a girl-
friend or are you married?
Do I look like I can be married
at my age? (Laughs) Yes, there is
someone in my life but Ive tried as
much as I can to keep my private
life private. The moment it is in
the public domain everyone wants
to own you.
On the outside looking in,
deejaying seems to be a fun pro-
fession. But what are some of the
challenges you face?
The perception that DJs should have a cer-
tain car, and be surrounded by ladies isnt
accurate. At rst when I told some of my
relatives that I was a DJ their rst impres-
sion was that I had entered into a world of
booze and women.
Its the perception that kills it. Again it can
be fun but quite demanding. If Im playing
from Wednesday to Saturday, it means Im
sleeping during the day and it takes a lot
to get back into the motion. It also takes
a lot of commitment. DJs havent really
known their value yet, because the money I
wouldnt take for a certain gig would be ap-
propriate for another DJ.
If I quote a certain amount of money for a
gig and a bigger, more established DJ than
me is asking for less, why should I be given
that money?
Is there rivalry in the DJ circles?
Not rivalry per se but healthy competi-
tion. Guys will always want to get ahead.
We do not have DJ awards here so
the number of gigs you get a year is
a reection of how good you are.
Right now guys are waiting to see
who will deejay the Safaricom Live
concert.
Why did you leave Kiss TV?
It reached a point where I had to
make a decision. They had of-
fered me a job but according to
my expenses I didnt feel what
I was getting was enough so I
had to look the other way. But
Im so grateful to DJ Mr Dru and
DJ Hypnotiq for what they have
done for me. I had a show with
Easy FM before they re-branded
to Nation FM, so Im on a wait-
ing list right now until they are
done with the process.
Do you see yourself later in life
practicing what you studied for?
Im hoping Ill get to use my engineering
papers at some point and hopefully start an
aviation college. But music will always be a
part of me; I sing and Im working on new
concepts. We have seen DJs and bands
working together and I would like to be an
integral part of a band.
Compared to other African countries how
is the local deejaying sector doing?
Kenya has the best DJs in Africa in terms of
skills. We are just lagging behind in brand-
ing. A case in point: there is a DJ Xclusive
in Nigeria who is Wiz Kids ocial DJ and
his career has skyrocketed thanks to Wiz
Kids star power. I would love to tour with
Octopizzo or Kaligraph. Right now we have
DJ crme and DJ Joe representing on MTV
but we have room to do better.
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STREET, NAIROBI, WILL BE HOSTING DJ KAYDEE THIS
AND EVERY OTHER SATURDAY. THE DJ WILL PLAY THE
BEST MIX OF MUSIC PLUS YOUR REQUESTS ALL NIGHT.
DJ Xclusive
May 25, 2014 Sunday Nation 3
B
logs have become so
popular that it is dif-
cult to imagine a time
when they were nonex-
istent. Anyone with access to a
computer and internet is most
likely familiar with the term
blogging and has a friend or
two who run a blog. And if not,
then they most likely have one
of their own.
You have also probably in one
way or the other contributed to
an existing blog by spending
numerous hours reading, com-
menting, liking or sharing it with
other people on dierent social
media platforms.
Blogging took a while to catch
on before it became popular in
1999 and subsequent years after
that. Perhaps the reason it has
caught on, especially in this era,
is the constant hunger and need
for instant and new information.
The need to always be kept in
the loop and share wisdom with
other people is part of the driv-
ing force that has widely popu-
larised blogs.
Today, there is the annual
Bloggers Association of Kenya
(Bake) awards that recognises
some of the countrys most pop-
ular blogs and it has been a hit
with bloggers and the corporate
world, a clear sign that blogging
is a force to reckon with.
Everybody has
something to say and in
one way or the other desires
to leave an indelible mark
online. With the continuous
rise in popularity of blogs,
many people have turned
to blogging by creating
their own pages for the
world to see and read.
It is not only for the techies.
Blogging is now such a hit with
people of all ages and groups,
from entertainment, fashion,
technology to agriculture, sports,
news and even mothers.
Having a blog means that a
writer already has an express
route to self-publishing in what-
ever area of expertise he or she
likes and is involved in.
The blogosphere has become
an outlet for people to share
ideas, entertain, educate and
even pave way for their future
careers as professional writers.
Were it not for blogs, bloggers
would have been stuck writing in
their diaries with no one to share
information with.
However, bloggers bask in the
knowledge that their words have
an inuence on their readers and
a very well written and captivat-
ing story could stir up some
chatter or spark a controversial
debate, says James Wamathai
of Bake, a body that promotes
c o n t e n t
creation on the web
in Kenya.
Building a readership is
not an easy task and usually
takes longer than one expects,
but there is a certain it factor
or magic that some bloggers
have which makes them become
popular and generate a lot of traf-
c to their blogs, he says.
But why do people ock to cer-
tain blogs and not others? Popu-
lar blogs are written by popular
people who attract others, it does
not necessarily mean that they
have skill or knowledge.
They could have both but it
could also be something as sim-
ple as charm, wit or the ability
to captivate and engage people
in conversation that they want
and need to be a part of, adds
Mr Wamathai, Bakes director of
F i n a n c e
and Partner-
ships.
He adds: For that
reason, bloggers need to
be likeable with a good at-
titude and personality because a
blog is a type of communication
between the reader and the blog-
ger. As long as the conversation
keeps going, the information will
keep owing which means blog-
gers will always have something
to tell their readers.
This constant need for infor-
mation appeals to bloggers and
it is what they have capitalised
on to make money from the
trac coming to their sites. As
they immediately publish their
work they simultaneously post it
on Facebook and Twitter where
readers continue to tweet and
share it with friends and further
boost the magnitude of their on-
line presence.
Blogging is no longer just
a favourite past-time but has
now become lucrative, making
it a full-time job for many blog-
gers. In Kenya, blogging started
in 2005 and at the time, they
were mostly personal blogs like
Roomthinker, Juliana Rotich, Ory
Okolloh and Shiko Mombasa.
In 2010 moving forward, they
became bigger and better and
new bloggers like Hapakenya,
kachwanya, techweez, bikozulu,
Sitawa Wafulas self-titled blog
and Sharon Mundias ThisisEss
emerged.
Ghaa, an award-winning
entertainment blog, niaje.com,
Kenyan-post, nairobiwire and
techmoran are among the most
popular blogs in the country.
According to Mr Wamathai,
blogs like these with massive
readership make money through
advertising, social media mar-
keting and sponsored content
and through this they have man-
aged to employ writers. This has
consequently made blogging a
career that pays.
On average blogs can
make between Sh100,000 to
Sh500,000 a month, but being a
business this goes into pay-
ing their writers for big
blogs and web hosting,
he adds.
Apart from using so-
cial media as a way of
promoting blogs, blog-
gers also buy Facebook
and Google ads that im-
mensely increases their
online presence.
Making the leap from
blogging as a part-time
passion project to a full-
time profession is a
dream that many blog-
gers would love to see come
true and especially in monetary
form. However, getting that huge
following that starts with a small
circle of friends to a widespread
group of people is a hurdle that
not many can jump over, yet it is
the rst step.
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Why blogging is now
a protable venture
In an age where money is the end game, it is no surprise that blogging, once a
part-time fun activity, has turned into a full-time career and a lucrative business.
Josephine Mosongo takes a look at blogging as a worthwhile endeavour and
what it is about blogs that has made everyone jump on the bandwagon
4 May 25, 2014 Sunday Nation
SCREENSHOTS
I
always love shows about peo-
ple who live in small towns,
tucked away in their little
corner of the world minding
their own business until an out-
sider comes in to disrupt it.
Resurrection is a supernatural
series about dead people who
return to life, no, not as zombies
but as living beings. The really
disturbing bit is they have not
aged a day since their deaths.
Among the rst people to
return is eight year old Jacob
Langston (Landon Gimenez)
who is found in a rice eld in
China and brought back to
America by Immigration agent
J. Martin (Marty) Bellamy
(Omar Epps).
Marty dees orders and de-
cides to return the boy to Ar-
cadia where his parents Henry
(Kurtwood Smith) and Lucille
Langston (Frances Fisher) live.
The only problem is, their son
Jacob died 32 years ago. Now in
their 60s, the Langstons can
only react in anger at being re-
minded that they lost their only
son to a drowning accident. But
Jacob appears to be their son in
every way at the age he died.
Marty teams up with the local
doctor, Maggie Langston who
happens to be Jacobs younger
and now older cousin to try and
solve this mystery.
As an infant, Maggie was
present at the same accident
that claimed her mother who
was married to the local Sheri
Fred Langston. Fred wants to
nd out how and why Jacob is
still alive just as much as he
wants to keep his secrets buried
that might come out should the
whole truth be uncovered.
Jacob appears to be a normal
healthy boy and somehow re-
members everything that hap-
pened including the day he died.
In subsequent episodes the dead
who they now call the returned
appear, but it is not clear how
they popped back into the living
world or what they want.
It is not until Marty gets deep-
er into the investigation and gets
tangled up in Arcadias secrets
and lies that he the returned are
a test to the people of Arcadia
especially to those who claim
to be staunch Christians yet do
not believe in the miracle that is
right in front of them.
Resurrection is not as punchy
as it should be but really picks
up in the nal three episodes
when things start to go haywire
in the sleepy town and the army
has to step in to contain the situ-
ation.
However that proves to be
very dicult because they are
just as normal as the next hu-
man being. Resurrection takes a
while to unravel which might be
its only downfall but if you give
it a chance you might even give
the upcoming second season a
shot.
What this series basically asks
is What would you do if a lost
loved one showed up wanting to
pick up where he/she left o?
Resurrection
By JOSEPHINE MOSONGO
GIZMOCORNER
Sony continues their work on
a range of acclaimed compact
cameras under the popular
Cyber-shot RX series, and have
introduced the pocket-sized
RX100 III camera along the
way. This particular camera
makes use of the very same
high-resolution 20.1 MP 1.0-
type back-illuminated CMOS
image sensor that is found on
the existing RX100 II model,
while featuring the powerful
BIONZ X processor that al-
ready sees action across several
high-end Sony cameras such as
the full-frame 7, 7R and 7S
models. With its unique
new ZEISS lens on the
RX100 III camera, it
is capable of covering
the popular 24 -70mm1
focal length with a wide
F1.8 F2.8 aperture.
This is no mean feat,
especially when you
take into consideration
the 70mm telephoto
end of the lens, where
the maximum F2.8 aperture
would enable it to gather about
twice as much light as its pred-
ecessors (at 70mm), which
means portrait subjects are able
to be captured against beautiful
background defocus.In addi-
tion, the wide aperture would
also enable the lens to capture
moving subjects clearly sans
any blur due to camera and/or
subject shake. It enables full HD
recording at a data rate of 50
mbps alongside lower
compression for im-
proved video quality.
Sony Cyber-shot
RX100 III camera
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Jabulani
Fena Gitu HIT
F
ena came when our music industry was
crowded with popular terrible singers, gave
hope to the listeners, or at least to those who
know good music.
Her voice, song writing skills, song arrangement,
production; all stellar. Fena is an amazing singer, too
much talent in one body. With less than two years
since she came to the limelight, Fena has built a solid
online fan-base for herself and not on one occasion
has she let them down. Some Kenyan artistes need
to emulate Fenas work ethics as far as music is con-
cerned, she takes her time before she releases a new
track or video and when she does, the work that was
put into it speaks for itself.
Earlier this week Fena released Jabulani the rst
single o her just released album Fenamenon, which
is an amazing concept. The track Jabulani is set
against the usual mixture of Afrobeat, RnB and Soul
and if youre a fan on Fena youll realise from the rst
listen that nobody has made this track but her; its in-
tensely personal, deep and beautifully executed.
Jabulani is a the work of a focus group, Fena made
this track for the dead in spirit, she made this track
for that kid whos tried many times and failed. Jabu-
lani delivers a sucker-punch of the usual day-to-day
struggle in less than four minutes.
The track, produced by Jaaz Odongo is laced with a
slow and smooth beat, just a simple key, snare, strings
and bass here and there making it easy to get the vo-
cals word for word.
This is a song you listen to if youve had a hard day,
the hook goes something like; rejoice in your strug-
gle, rejoice in your pain Jabulani
The African music scene is getting bigger by the
day, and its only artistes like Fena and the likes that
can sell Kenya to the rest of Africa and the world,
with the right media push this track should be mas-
sive across the larger East African area, this is a hit.
HAIWI HAIWI
BY WENDY
KIMANI
Wendy Kimani kicked o her mu-
sic career in the reality show Tusker
Project Fame. Her vocal prowess im-
pressed many during the competition
and its a fact that she can do both
high and low pitch tones very comfort-
ably.
In this song, Wendy has collabo-
rated with one of Sauti Sols nest
voices, Bien and this was a good move
because the two artistes compliment
each other very well, as far as their vo-
cals are concerned.
The ne zouk beat in this song gives
the two artistes a chance to show o
their vocal prowess, without giving
much attention to their lyrical content.
They make the song more fun to listen
to and move a bit on the dance oor.
This is a great song for Wendy and
she has proven many times that she
is a good artiste with good taste in
music. All she needs to do is just be
consistent in releasing songs.
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May 25, 2014 Sunday Nation 5
B
logs have become so
popular that it is dif-
cult to imagine a time
when they were nonex-
istent. Anyone with access to a
computer and internet is most
likely familiar with the term
blogging and has a friend or
two who run a blog. And if not,
then they most likely have one
of their own.
You have also probably in one
way or the other contributed to
an existing blog by spending
numerous hours reading, com-
menting, liking or sharing it with
other people on dierent social
media platforms.
Blogging took a while to catch
on before it became popular in
1999 and subsequent years after
that. Perhaps the reason it has
caught on, especially in this era,
is the constant hunger and need
for instant and new information.
The need to always be kept in
the loop and share wisdom with
other people is part of the driv-
ing force that has widely popu-
larised blogs.
Today, there is the annual
Bloggers Association of Kenya
(Bake) awards that recognises
some of the countrys most pop-
ular blogs and it has been a hit
with bloggers and the corporate
world, a clear sign that blogging
is a force to reckon with.
Everybody has
something to say and in
one way or the other desires
to leave an indelible mark
online. With the continuous
rise in popularity of blogs,
many people have turned
to blogging by creating
their own pages for the
world to see and read.
It is not only for the techies.
Blogging is now such a hit with
people of all ages and groups,
from entertainment, fashion,
technology to agriculture, sports,
news and even mothers.
Having a blog means that a
writer already has an express
route to self-publishing in what-
ever area of expertise he or she
likes and is involved in.
The blogosphere has become
an outlet for people to share
ideas, entertain, educate and
even pave way for their future
careers as professional writers.
Were it not for blogs, bloggers
would have been stuck writing in
their diaries with no one to share
information with.
However, bloggers bask in the
knowledge that their words have
an inuence on their readers and
a very well written and captivat-
ing story could stir up some
chatter or spark a controversial
debate, says James Wamathai
of Bake, a body that promotes
c o n t e n t
creation on the web
in Kenya.
Building a readership is
not an easy task and usually
takes longer than one expects,
but there is a certain it factor
or magic that some bloggers
have which makes them become
popular and generate a lot of traf-
c to their blogs, he says.
But why do people ock to cer-
tain blogs and not others? Popu-
lar blogs are written by popular
people who attract others, it does
not necessarily mean that they
have skill or knowledge.
They could have both but it
could also be something as sim-
ple as charm, wit or the ability
to captivate and engage people
in conversation that they want
and need to be a part of, adds
Mr Wamathai, Bakes director of
F i n a n c e
and Partner-
ships.
He adds: For that
reason, bloggers need to
be likeable with a good at-
titude and personality because a
blog is a type of communication
between the reader and the blog-
ger. As long as the conversation
keeps going, the information will
keep owing which means blog-
gers will always have something
to tell their readers.
This constant need for infor-
mation appeals to bloggers and
it is what they have capitalised
on to make money from the
trac coming to their sites. As
they immediately publish their
work they simultaneously post it
on Facebook and Twitter where
readers continue to tweet and
share it with friends and further
boost the magnitude of their on-
line presence.
Blogging is no longer just
a favourite past-time but has
now become lucrative, making
it a full-time job for many blog-
gers. In Kenya, blogging started
in 2005 and at the time, they
were mostly personal blogs like
Roomthinker, Juliana Rotich, Ory
Okolloh and Shiko Mombasa.
In 2010 moving forward, they
became bigger and better and
new bloggers like Hapakenya,
kachwanya, techweez, bikozulu,
Sitawa Wafulas self-titled blog
and Sharon Mundias ThisisEss
emerged.
Ghaa, an award-winning
entertainment blog, niaje.com,
Kenyan-post, nairobiwire and
techmoran are among the most
popular blogs in the country.
According to Mr Wamathai,
blogs like these with massive
readership make money through
advertising, social media mar-
keting and sponsored content
and through this they have man-
aged to employ writers. This has
consequently made blogging a
career that pays.
On average blogs can
make between Sh100,000 to
Sh500,000 a month, but being a
business this goes into pay-
ing their writers for big
blogs and web hosting,
he adds.
Apart from using so-
cial media as a way of
promoting blogs, blog-
gers also buy Facebook
and Google ads that im-
mensely increases their
online presence.
Making the leap from
blogging as a part-time
passion project to a full-
time profession is a
dream that many blog-
gers would love to see come
true and especially in monetary
form. However, getting that huge
following that starts with a small
circle of friends to a widespread
group of people is a hurdle that
not many can jump over, yet it is
the rst step.
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In an age where money is the end game, it is no surprise that blogging, once a
part-time fun activity, has turned into a full-time career and a lucrative business.
Josephine Mosongo takes a look at blogging as a worthwhile endeavour and
what it is about blogs that has made everyone jump on the bandwagon
4 May 25, 2014 Sunday Nation
SCREENSHOTS
I
always love shows about peo-
ple who live in small towns,
tucked away in their little
corner of the world minding
their own business until an out-
sider comes in to disrupt it.
Resurrection is a supernatural
series about dead people who
return to life, no, not as zombies
but as living beings. The really
disturbing bit is they have not
aged a day since their deaths.
Among the rst people to
return is eight year old Jacob
Langston (Landon Gimenez)
who is found in a rice eld in
China and brought back to
America by Immigration agent
J. Martin (Marty) Bellamy
(Omar Epps).
Marty dees orders and de-
cides to return the boy to Ar-
cadia where his parents Henry
(Kurtwood Smith) and Lucille
Langston (Frances Fisher) live.
The only problem is, their son
Jacob died 32 years ago. Now in
their 60s, the Langstons can
only react in anger at being re-
minded that they lost their only
son to a drowning accident. But
Jacob appears to be their son in
every way at the age he died.
Marty teams up with the local
doctor, Maggie Langston who
happens to be Jacobs younger
and now older cousin to try and
solve this mystery.
As an infant, Maggie was
present at the same accident
that claimed her mother who
was married to the local Sheri
Fred Langston. Fred wants to
nd out how and why Jacob is
still alive just as much as he
wants to keep his secrets buried
that might come out should the
whole truth be uncovered.
Jacob appears to be a normal
healthy boy and somehow re-
members everything that hap-
pened including the day he died.
In subsequent episodes the dead
who they now call the returned
appear, but it is not clear how
they popped back into the living
world or what they want.
It is not until Marty gets deep-
er into the investigation and gets
tangled up in Arcadias secrets
and lies that he the returned are
a test to the people of Arcadia
especially to those who claim
to be staunch Christians yet do
not believe in the miracle that is
right in front of them.
Resurrection is not as punchy
as it should be but really picks
up in the nal three episodes
when things start to go haywire
in the sleepy town and the army
has to step in to contain the situ-
ation.
However that proves to be
very dicult because they are
just as normal as the next hu-
man being. Resurrection takes a
while to unravel which might be
its only downfall but if you give
it a chance you might even give
the upcoming second season a
shot.
What this series basically asks
is What would you do if a lost
loved one showed up wanting to
pick up where he/she left o?
Resurrection
By JOSEPHINE MOSONGO
GIZMOCORNER
Sony continues their work on
a range of acclaimed compact
cameras under the popular
Cyber-shot RX series, and have
introduced the pocket-sized
RX100 III camera along the
way. This particular camera
makes use of the very same
high-resolution 20.1 MP 1.0-
type back-illuminated CMOS
image sensor that is found on
the existing RX100 II model,
while featuring the powerful
BIONZ X processor that al-
ready sees action across several
high-end Sony cameras such as
the full-frame 7, 7R and 7S
models. With its unique
new ZEISS lens on the
RX100 III camera, it
is capable of covering
the popular 24 -70mm1
focal length with a wide
F1.8 F2.8 aperture.
This is no mean feat,
especially when you
take into consideration
the 70mm telephoto
end of the lens, where
the maximum F2.8 aperture
would enable it to gather about
twice as much light as its pred-
ecessors (at 70mm), which
means portrait subjects are able
to be captured against beautiful
background defocus.In addi-
tion, the wide aperture would
also enable the lens to capture
moving subjects clearly sans
any blur due to camera and/or
subject shake. It enables full HD
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compression for im-
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Fena Gitu HIT
F
ena came when our music industry was
crowded with popular terrible singers, gave
hope to the listeners, or at least to those who
know good music.
Her voice, song writing skills, song arrangement,
production; all stellar. Fena is an amazing singer, too
much talent in one body. With less than two years
since she came to the limelight, Fena has built a solid
online fan-base for herself and not on one occasion
has she let them down. Some Kenyan artistes need
to emulate Fenas work ethics as far as music is con-
cerned, she takes her time before she releases a new
track or video and when she does, the work that was
put into it speaks for itself.
Earlier this week Fena released Jabulani the rst
single o her just released album Fenamenon, which
is an amazing concept. The track Jabulani is set
against the usual mixture of Afrobeat, RnB and Soul
and if youre a fan on Fena youll realise from the rst
listen that nobody has made this track but her; its in-
tensely personal, deep and beautifully executed.
Jabulani is a the work of a focus group, Fena made
this track for the dead in spirit, she made this track
for that kid whos tried many times and failed. Jabu-
lani delivers a sucker-punch of the usual day-to-day
struggle in less than four minutes.
The track, produced by Jaaz Odongo is laced with a
slow and smooth beat, just a simple key, snare, strings
and bass here and there making it easy to get the vo-
cals word for word.
This is a song you listen to if youve had a hard day,
the hook goes something like; rejoice in your strug-
gle, rejoice in your pain Jabulani
The African music scene is getting bigger by the
day, and its only artistes like Fena and the likes that
can sell Kenya to the rest of Africa and the world,
with the right media push this track should be mas-
sive across the larger East African area, this is a hit.
HAIWI HAIWI
BY WENDY
KIMANI
Wendy Kimani kicked o her mu-
sic career in the reality show Tusker
Project Fame. Her vocal prowess im-
pressed many during the competition
and its a fact that she can do both
high and low pitch tones very comfort-
ably.
In this song, Wendy has collabo-
rated with one of Sauti Sols nest
voices, Bien and this was a good move
because the two artistes compliment
each other very well, as far as their vo-
cals are concerned.
The ne zouk beat in this song gives
the two artistes a chance to show o
their vocal prowess, without giving
much attention to their lyrical content.
They make the song more fun to listen
to and move a bit on the dance oor.
This is a great song for Wendy and
she has proven many times that she
is a good artiste with good taste in
music. All she needs to do is just be
consistent in releasing songs.
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May 25, 2014 Sunday Nation 5
GIG GUIDE SUNDAY, JUNE 1: THE BLANKETS AND WINE
SHOW WILL BE GOING DOWN AT THE CARNIVORE
GROUNDS. SHOW STARTS FROM 10 AM TILL LATE.
with WAMBUI KIBUE
L
es Sapeurs is an almost
cult-like group consisting
of amboyant male dress-
ers who pride themselves
in wearing bold outts.
They are also referred to as La Sape
which is an abbreviation of the Soci-
ety of the Advancement of elegant
people, centered on Brazzaville in the
Republic of Congo.
Though they were recently brought
into focus by singer Solange Knowles
who last year themed her Losing
You music video on La Sape and
again as an ongoing central theme of
a worldwide 2014 Guinness beer mul-
timedia campaign, the movement can
be traced back to the colonial period
in Congo.
During this time their French colo-
nialists, known for their great sense
of style endeavored to style up the
locals by exchanging second hand
clothing items for loyalty from the
chiefs. The elite at the time included
the houseboys and lower level clerks.
These houseboys took to their mas-
ters style as a means to combat the
inferiority labeled on them.
The Sapeurs dressed amboyantly
in bright colored suits and shirts and
with matching hats and ties. They
went as far as using their French
connections to obtain second hand
clothes straight from Paris. Every
Sapeur (an adherent of La Sape) has
their own unique style, certain looks
are especially popular especially
the pastel-colored three-piece suits
which are a staple of any Sapeurs
ensemble.
The look is complete with a tie, cravat
or bow tie and the obligatory pocket
square elegantly peeping from an im-
maculately tailored blazer. Cigars and
pipes lit or unlit are used to give the
complete look added ourish.

In the early 1970s, the Sapeurs prided
themselves on making political state-
ments through their detailed outts
as a way of not conforming spe-
cically chosen to both irk and defy
their leaders order that all French
Congolese should dress in traditional
African costume and enjoy only their
indigenous culture.

This has since evolved, today, using
what is at their disposal, the group
has twisted the ethic to create some-
thing entirely their own.

The Sapeurs are mostly men and are
not only about whats in fashion, they
are about style and the labels they
covet.
Sapeurs all have the same dream: go
to Paris and return to Brazzaville as
an aristocrat of ultimate elegance. As
a Sapeur you have to nd your very
own unique style.
A good Sapeur has to know the rules
of harmoniously matched colours
without being excessive. Their idea of
perfection is to combine a maximum
of three colours for each outt.
Much as being a Sapeur is about
style, its also about how to behave in
a social context. It is more signicant
to know the rules of elegance than
have a Dior or a Versace outt and
not know how to dress.
Ironically the Sapeurs are not rich,
most of them work menial jobs like
farmers, taxi drivers, carpenters and
spend half of their income to fuel
their fashion addiction. Others are
known to borrow their fellow Sapes
clothes or depend on their European
counterparts to bring them second
hand clothing from abroad.
Today, they can be found in fashion
capitals like London, Brussels and
Paris. A Sapeur has to be respectful,
non-violent, well-mannered and an
inspiration through their attitude and
behavior.
Italian photographer Daniele Tama-
gni wrote a book, Gentlemen of
Bacongo: The Importance of Being
Elegant in which Paul Goodwin de-
scribes this art in the introduction as
It is at once a throwback to colonial
patterns of behavior and conditioning
while at the same time signaling a
particular post-colonial appropriation
of the masters style and manners
and remixing them for todays society
of the spectacle.
@MissAngelsmile
FASHIONFIX
6 May 25, 2014 Sunday Nation
GIG GUIDE FRIDAYS: ENJOY AN OUT OF TOWN EXPERIENCE
AT THE SPORTSMANS ARMS HOTEL IN NANYUKI WITH THE
BEST OF MUSIC AT THE PIRATES CLUB, INSIDE THE HOTEL.
SUNDAYS IS SPECIAL FOR FAMILY FUN DAY
I
am sure we have all noticed the
sky is grey and the tempera-
ture has dipped a few degrees
as well in the last one week.
Now you may think is due to the
normal moodiness that is typical of
atmospheric conditions but another
explanation exists that I believe we
should consider.
Last weekend Arsenal won the FA
Cup, their rst trophy in nine years,
an eternity by any measure, and they
did so by having to come from 2-0
down inside the rst 15 minutes.
What does this have to do with
the weather? Its pretty simple, the
circumstances I have just outline
above, combined with the high
number of Arsenal fans in this coun-
try meant that at some point on Sat-
urday evening there were thousands
upon thousands of sighs of relief
renting the air. On top of the sighs
was an equally ridiculous amount of
hollering going on at the same time
as well.
To balance things out the uni-
verse unleashed a serious cold front
to counter the warm front created
by nine years worth of sighs and
that ladies and gentlemen is why its
been chilly this week.
Another equally good explana-
tion but with less science behind it
is that the football version of hell
freezing over since the rate at which
Arsenal has been going, it was gen-
erally accepted they would win a tro-
phy again on a cold day in hell.
The weather aside, you would
think after getting lucky once in
nine years, the Arsenal board would
decide to let Arsene Wenger leave
on a high. Sadly, the man is about
to be or has already been oered a
new three year contract to remain in
charge at the Emirates.
Three years is a much shorter
time to get lucky again but if the
show is anything like its been the
last nine years, it will make for good
entertainment just not for Arsenal
fans.
Enough about the Arsenal and
onto the remarkable bunch of guys
known as Atletico Madrid. Many
doubted them, many thought they
would never make it, especially when
had to deal with the so called mighty
Barcelona in their nal game.
Well they drew with Barca to win
their rst title since 1996 and de-
servedly so. The coach is brilliant,
the players are talented and consist-
ent and they deserve the honour.
This is a team whose journey to
the top has been sure and steady
over the last couple of years just like
it was for Borussia Dortmund not so
long ago and just like the Germans,
I think this team is going to remain
among the elite for a while to come.
They might lose Diego Costa to
Chelsea for good money but they
might get Fernando Torres back
and with David Villa still in house
that could re-ignite one of footballs
best attacking partnerships.
Finally, Kenya beat Comoros Is-
land 1-0 in the rst leg of the quali-
ers for CAN 2015. The victory is all
well and good but the score line is
just too slim for my liking. The Co-
moros are a team we should obliter-
ate by at least ve goals and at that
point we can talk about qualifying
for CAN 2015.
HARDBALL
Why it has been chilly this week
with PHARIS KIMARU
Arsenal players wave to fans from the top of an open
topped bus during the Arsenal victory parade in
London on May 18, 2014, following their win in the
English FA Cup final football match on May 17, 2014
against Hull City. AFP PHOTO | WILL OLIVER
OURPIX
Because You Said So Improv Comedy show
1 2
6
7
3
1. Actors Patricia Kihoro and Mugambi Nthinga play
out a scene during an Improv-Comedy show dubbed
Because you said So at the Michael Joseph Centre in
Nairobi.
2 and 7. Colgate moment. The audience was in
stitches.
3. Citizen TVs Terry Ann was in attendance
4 and 5. Actors Yafesi Musoke and Jason Runo, June
Gachui
6. The show producer and actor Jason Runo
GERALD ANDERSON | NATION
4
5
Machakos Gover-
nor Dr Alfred Mu-
tua with singer
Jimmy Gait and
comedian Papa
Shirandula at
the Machakos
Peoples Park in
preparation for
next Sundays
Brazil Carnival
at the park spon-
sored by Mul-
tiChoice Kenya
and Coca Cola.
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RETURN OF JOY
ADAMSON TO THE
MUSEUM
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lifestyle
Your skin
and the
periods
FASHION
PAGE 4
Dear Pope, we
want to marry
your priests
26 women have written
the head of the Catholic
Church over their aairs
with priests. Kenyans
weigh in on the debate
P.4-5
Poetry that
brings out the
best in verse
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Nakuru hosts
major arts
festival
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Self control
for will-
power
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MEN AND WOMEN
FREEWITH YOUR SUNDAY NATION. May 25, 2014
Some time ago, I came across a
study that said teachers give better
grades and more attention to attrac-
tive students.
In high school, I dont think my
maths teacher cared whether you had
a beard or had hair growing out of
your ears (I went to a girls school). If
you got an answer wrong, he stamped
your hair with a dirty blackboard
duster. He had no favourites.
I could give more examples of
teachers Ive met along the way who
treated all their students equally. Of
course, this isnt to say that the study,
done in the US, is inaccurate; it is a
fact that human beings are partial to
attractive things. And people.
I remember one teacher who often
directed all his questions to three
particular classmates who can be
described as good-looking. If all 45
of us raised our hands, he always
chose one of the three. Within a short
time, the rest of us learnt to keep our
hands down, because raising them
was futile.
If youre honest, you tend to coo
more and linger longer over cute
babies, as opposed to the not-so-cute
ones. On many occasions, Ive over-
heard a group of people commenting
on the good looks of a particular child
singled out of a group. Its something
most adults do unconsciously, but
there are some who are brutal about
it, some who do not bother to hide
their bias.
When I joined the Nation Media
Group as an intern almost 10 years
ago, a fellow intern and I were as-
signed a feature story that required
the input of an expert. Jackie, the
other intern, managed to contact a
certain professor in one of our public
universities. The academic agreed to
grant us an interview, which was to
take place at the university.
We arrived on time, and Jackie
introduced the two of us to him. He
was an elderly man, probably in his
late 60s. Jackie asked the rst ques-
tion, and after he had answered it,
I made to ask a follow-up question,
only for him to stop me on my tracks
in a most cruel manner. Who asked
you to speak? She is the one who
requested for the interview, so I will
only speak to her, he barked.
I was stunned. And embarrassed. I
could see that Jackie was as surprised
as I was, and painfully embarrassed
on my behalf. Looking back, I should
have walked out, but I sat in that of-
fending room, in that oensive mans
presence for the next 30 minutes, try-
ing hard not to dget, lest he ordered
me out.
Now, I dont think Im ugly, but
Jackie was what those romantic nov-
els would describe as a pretty little
thing. She was petite, had large eyes
(I hear these are the most attrac-
tive), a pretty smile, and an endear-
ing girlish way about her. Ive always
been a great reader of non-verbal
cues, and I could tell that the elderly
professor, who acted as if I wasnt
there during those 30 minutes, was
besotted with pretty Jackie.
I dont quite recall, but it must
have taken me some time to get over
that unnecessary and outright cruel
rejection. For some reason, try as
I might, Im unable to conjure that
professors face, and would not rec-
ognise him if I saw him today. Nor do
I recall what Jackie interviewed him
about, what the article was about, or
whether I helped write it. Perhaps
this blur was my unconscious way of
dealing with that unwanted memory.
True, attractive people will always
be good to look at, and will perhaps
be sneaked ahead of the queue by
their admirers once in a while. But
surely, isnt it insensitive and quite
unnecessary to treat the least unat-
tractive around us with disdain?
cnjunge@ke.nationmedia.com;
@cnjerius. The writer is editor, Living
magazine in the Daily Nation
I COULD TELL
THAT THE
ELDERLY PRO-
FESSOR WAS
BESOTTED WITH
PRETTY JACKIE.
Looks should not invite disdain
Some people give
attractive individuals
special consideration,
but they can be hostile
to those who are not
as blessed in the looks
department
people
MY WEEKEND
caroline
njunge
FILE | NATION
William Masvinu,
the winner of
ZImbabwes Mr
Ugly contests in
2012 and 2013,
with his wife Al-
ice Chabhanga.
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SUNDAY SERMON
Have you ever been in an of-
ce or at a party when someone
asks: Have you heard the latest
about so-and-so? Weve all been
present for a gossip session at one
point or another. Some will absent
themselves and refuse to take
part. Others will eagerly prod the
speaker to make the story as juicy
as possible.
According to St Johns ac-
count, the nal prayer of our Lord
Jesus Christ when he was with his
apostles was a prayer for unity:
Father, may they all be one as we
are one.
Gossip is one of the most ef-
fective ways of destroying the
unity that Jesus prayed for. Jesus
said that unity would be a sign
almost like a miracle leading
others to believe. Gossip is like a
miracle in reverse, indicating the
presence of evil.
St Paul instructed both Timothy
and Titus to be on guard against
gossip when he sent each of
them to be in charge of one of
the churches. When writing his
second letter to the Corinthians,
he was grieved to think that
this Christian community was in
danger of being torn apart by
jealousy, bad temper, quarrels,
slander and gossip.
Think about the apostles words
for a moment. We are never happy
to see jealousy in other people.
We feel even worse when some-
one gets carried away by bad
temper. A quarrel causes all kinds
of ill-feeling and resentment. Why,
then, do we sometimes feel a
secret pleasure in slander and
gossip?
The answer lies in a certain
weakness we do not easily recog-
nise. For some odd reason, pride
leads us and we are all proud
to think that we are better if we
hear news that our neighbour has
fallen low. We may be careful to
avoid expressing delight in public
upon seeing the weakness of an-
other person. But it is no better for
us to sit in a small group and start
gossiping.
One of the saints put it in
graphic words: To destroy is not
difficult. Any unskilled worker
knows how to drive his pick into
the noble and nely hewn stone
of a cathedral. To construct, that is
what requires masterful skill.

Fr Joe Babendreier;
jbabendreier@yahoo.co.uk
What would Christ do about gossip?
THE UNIVERSE SPEAKS to me through food.
Honestly, I swear it does. You could say, Im one
of those people who eat some of their lessons.
Fortunately, I havent suered constipation yet so
it cant be all bad. Think about it. Most of us will eat
every day, unless we are fasting. As such, we must
answer ve critical questions about this most daily
of rituals that is so central to human existence: how,
what, when, why and where you eat. How then can
the act of putting something edible in your mouth
be anything less than profound?
Yet eating can be one of the many mindless,
automatic things we do every day. For a long time I
felt that we were missing something by performing
our daily activities without being present or as
the New-agers would call it, being in the moment.
Its probably a consequence of our modern busy
lifestyles that we dont have time to give food time
but it wasnt always so in most traditional cultures.
Sharing a meal had signicant social status. In
fact, as children, we were taught to always accept
the oered meal on visits. It was rude to dismissively
say, Im not hungry!. Now, my children roll their
eyes when I tell them this and insist, That doesnt
make any sense! It was equally rude not to oer a
guest in your home anything to eat. It meant they
were unwelcome. Chinua Achebe famously intro-
duced this through the breaking of the kola nut by
the characters in his novel Things Fall Apart. Sharing
a kola nut is an important part of Nigerias Igbo cul-
ture and symbolises good relations.
Yet it is not just Africans who place such high sig-
nicance on food. Many other cultures, notably, the
French, Italians and Japanese do so too. Spiritually,
breaking bread as a group is important, more so in
the Christian faith. Jesus shared his last supper with
his disciples before his crucixion, breaking bread,
passing the wine and telling them to do so regularly
in His remembrance.
Two years ago, I was invited to a Caribbean
culinary event, and curious as to how Island food
would taste, I went. What surprised me was how
similar to our local food Caribbean cuisine was.
They had their yams, sweet potatoes, vegetables
and meats seasoned with spices. That experience
gave new meaning to the phrase comfort food.
Was it possible that African slaves, even while
forcibly removed from the continent centuries ago,
carried with them their culinary preferences and
possibly, some recipes survived?
Our lives are made up of days, and our days are
lled with rituals and activities, and some, like shar-
ing a meal are opportunities for grace, sustenance
and rejuvenation. So I ask again, how, what, when,
where and why will you eat? Where possible, eat
slowly, mindful of the blessing that food is, of the
fact that you have before you what many countless
starving children do not. As your mother taught
you, show some respect for your food, give thanks
to the Almighty and share with those who lack. As
for answering the what, you will be driven by
your palate, nutrition advice and some acquired
tastes just for the fun of eat, I mean it. For instance,
I prefer my food as fresh as possible, getting to my
sufuria not more than two weeks after it was har-
vested, and preferably not having gathered any air
miles. We can all be creative with the question of
where you eat. Our homes will be rst choice, but
there are so many dierent eateries to try. How will
you know what your favourite food is if you dont
experiment? Go to a new restaurant and sample
what they have to oer. Its a big beautiful world of
taste, refuse to stay in a self-imposed food bubble.
As for when, most nutritionists insist on three
solid meals a day, so perhaps theres a reason why
it generally takes about six hours for one to feel
hungry. Finally, to the why. Eat to feed your body,
soul and nurture relationship.
carole@carolemandi.com
SOCIETY >> CAROLE MANDI
The art of
breaking
bread
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Sunday May 25, 2014 SUNDAY NATION
2 Lifestyle
BY JOHN FOX
johnfox@idc.co.ke
It must have been the fth or sixth
time we had visited Elsamere the
delightful house and garden on the
west shore of Lake Naivasha that was
once the home of Joy Adamson. We
have enjoyed taking our guests there
for the walks along the waters edge,
the magnificent Colobus monkeys
in the acacia trees, the fascinating
Adamson memorabilia and, especially,
the excellent afternoon teas.
Yet again, we watched the video
documentary on Joys life. It showed a
lot about her relationship with animals
but very little about her relationship
with her husband, George.
She was quite a bitch, wasnt she?
I put to the guide who had shown the
video and invited questions. It was a
rather insensitive thing to do, because
the guide clearly knew little or nothing
about Joys predatory behaviour
with men and her incredibly mean
treatment of George in about more
things than money. The reality was
that, for all their 36 years of married
life, George had very little joy of Joy.
In only eight years, Joy had three
husbands and poor George, third
in the line, had to suer knowing that
she had a string of aairs while they
were married. George and Joy came
from very different backgrounds
and lifestyles. When they rst met,
he was a penniless game warden,
happiest when on safari in the arid
lands; she was a sophisticate from
Europe, appreciating music, literature
and art. Apart from the initial sexual
attraction, what brought and kept
bringing them together was their
shared love of the wilderness and its
wildlife. But perhaps what kept their
marriage going was the fact that they
lived most of the time apart.
Joy had violent and frequent mood
swings. George never knew how
she would receive him sometimes
with passion, often with scorn. One
incident early in their relationship
and before they were married, is
indicative of Joys unpredictability.
Joy was camping out for months,
painting owers on Mount Kenya.
At weekends, George would drive up
from his HQ in Isiolo, leave his car
high up the mountain track, and then
tramp another two hours to her camp.
In his diary, he records one occasion
when she would have nothing to do
with him when he had climbed up
through the forest. In fact, she told
him she had changed her mind about
getting married.
This is what George wrote: Went
out for a walk to talk over things. On
the opposite slope saw a bualo. I
went straight o and shot it. I reckon
it must have been Joys face that
George had in his gun sights.
Certainly, Joy lavished more love
on the animals she looked after
than she ever did George. And this
woman, who never experienced a
stable relationship with a human
being, somehow managed to have
astonishingly close relationships with
animals especially with Elsa the
lioness.
It was the story of Elsa, in books and
lm the lioness that Joy and George
found as a cub, nurtured and returned
to the wild that made a fortune for
Joy (she never gave George a shilling
of it, even though he took the lead in
the rehabilitation work). And, it was
this cantankerous, egocentric lady
who used her fortune in such a way
that it could be said she did more for
the conservation of wildlife than any
other person.
But there is another very special gift
that Joy Adamson had. She painted
over 300 owers of Kenya and over
600 ethnic portraits. All her paintings
of owers and of people are accurate;
many of them have a freshness,
a brightness, and a vitality. This
priceless collection is in the hands of
the National Museum in Nairobi.
When I rst visited the Museum,
Joys paintings were on display. They
were taken down after the renovations
and extensions of the late 1990s.
The Museum Society of volunteers
persistently campaigned to bring
them back. They succeeded.
Last Monday evening, I attended
the opening of the Joy Adamson
Exhibition in the Museums
centrepiece Hall of Kenya. All around
the gallery, there are 51 of Joys
watercolour paintings of Kenyans
in their traditional dresses and
Kenyas owers, animals and sh. The
exhibition is a celebration of Kenyas
cultural heritage, and a chronicle of
Joy Adamsons work as an author,
illustrator and conservationist. This
exhibition will stay until June 2015.
When Sport, Culture and Arts
Cabinet Secretary Hassan Wario gave
his talk at the opening, he said: We
have resurrected Joy Adamson by
putting back her paintings!
Joys husband George was, as many
said, a gentleman. If his ghost was
looking down on the gathering in the
Hall of Kenya last Monday, he would
have been very happy for Joy.
John Fox is Managing Director, iDC
The return of Joy Adamson
to the National Museum
travel
GOING PLACES NAIROBI
The opening of
the Joy Adam-
son Exhibition
at the National
Museums, Nai-
robi.
PHOTO | JOHN
FOX
EVERY TIME SAFARICOM an-
nounces its nancial results, the same
question is asked: isnt this company
making too much money? This time
round, the prot after tax was Sh23
billion. Is that too much? The answer
depends on how you look at it.
Viewed in isolation, Sh23 billion is a
lot of money. But looked at in relation
to the company that generated it, a
dierent picture emerges.
First, Safaricom Limited is owned
by about 700,000 shareholders. Two
of them Vodafone and Government
of Kenya hold 75pc of the company.
Thus, Sh17bn out of the Sh23bn be-
longs to these two.
The other 699,998 (so to speak)
shareholders share out a quarter of
the prots Sh6bn! Thus the aver-
age minority shareholder owns only
Sh8,500 of the prot. But that still
doesnt give the right picture.
The correct position is that about
695,000 shareholders of Safaricom
own less than 100,000 shares each.
Cumulatively, they control only 4.4pc
of the company an average of
Sh1,450 per shareholder!
But the shareholders will not
be paid all the prot earned. They
will only get Sh0.47 per share in
dividend. Since the company has
40 billion shares, the total payout is
Sh18.8bn. Out of this, Vodafone will
get Sh7.52bn and the government
of Kenya Sh6.52bn. The remaining
699,998 shareholders will share
Sh4.7bn. The 695,000 small inves-
tors will share about Sh827 million
an average of Sh1,200 each.
Now, is this fair? Of course it is:
those who invest more should, obvi-
ously, earn more! In business, there is
nothing like equal treatment!
If you are one of the small inves-
tors and you feel that Sh1,200 out of
Sh23bn is too little, then you should
simply buy more shares the going
price is about Sh13 each.
But then we can ask: where is the
wisdom in buying something at Sh13
and then earning Sh0.47 from it per
year? If the earnings remained con-
stant, it will take you 28 years to get
back your Sh13 through dividends!
Not very wise, is it?
Again, we are looking at it the
wrong way. Safaricom dividend
payouts have been growing steadily
from Sh0.2 in 2010 to the current
Sh0.47. That is an average annual
growth rate of about 19 pc. Very few
companies in the world beat that!
If that growth is sustained, it will
take you just 10 years to earn back
your investment. Not bad, eh?
www.MungaiKihanya.com;
Twitter: @MungaiKihanya
Safaricoms super prots put into perspective
WORLD OF FIGURES MUNGAI KIHANYA
MOTORING GAVIN BENNETT
DISPOSABLE RAZOR
blades hold an important
secret of modern life. They
used to have one sharp
edge on a piece of steel
as sti as a craft knife. It
gave a safe shave than a
re-usable cut-throat razor
sharpened on a leather
strop.
Then some genius
figured that you could
get twice the value by
sharpening both edges,
and making the piece of
steel much imsier. Enter
Wilkinsons Sword and
Gillette, with a product
that was cheaper to
make but that sold for
more. Granted, the shave
was better than anything
before it.
After several decades,
another genius realised
you only needed the
edge, not the metal
between the edges, and
we got the now familiar
sharp steel edge, set in a
plastic clip. Even cheaper
to make. Even more
expensive.
Several years later,
we were offered two
edges in the plastic clip,
not on opposite sides
but side-by-side, set at
an angle that ambushed
unsuspecting hair follicles
so cleverly that the
perfect shave got even
more perfect. And the
price went up again.
Not for several more
years were we given the
chance of even more
perfectly perfected
perfection, with three
cutting edges in each
plastic clip, on the logic
that if cutting twice gave
a smoother shave than
cutting once, then cutting
three times would be even
better. Really?
But the truth of that
is not the issue. The
important question is
this: do you believe that
when a mad professor
in a product research
department, looking at a
blade in a plastic clip and
wondering what would
happen if he put more than
one blade, didnt consider
several options? Start
with two. Try three. And
probably more.
You do not need to
be a genius to gure out
that if the twin blade is
just as good, then the
three-blade is a con. And
if the three-blade is better,
then the manufacturer
deliberately withheld
superior technology for
several years, in order to
use one research nding
to milk the gullible
consumer twice.
Elaborate cons
This sort of thing
happens a lot in business
and marketing. Why
make ve improvements
all at once for a single
sales campaign when you
can make them one at a
time and surprise your
rivals and delight your
customers ve times?
The truth is that there
is more spin in marketing
than in a dentists
drill. And I find both
equally discomting.
You can use that
awareness and thought
process to evaluate all
sorts of sales pitches. For
example, are the latest
car engines, or the latest
new-improved lubricants,
the very best technology
manufacturers and oil
companies can produce
at viable and competitive
cost? Or are they sitting
on knowledge that
could make them just as
cheaply, and even better?
Either that is
happening, or all fuel-
saving gadgets and oil
additives are a con.
gavin.bennett@africaon
line.com
New and improved is
often empty sales pitch
SUNDAY NATION Sunday May 25, 2014
Lifestyle 3
style
How we thwarted
plan to impeach
Bensouda
Humour
PAGE 9
BY CAROL ODERO
@CarolOdero
oderocarol@gmail.com
Awomans skin is like a
mini battleground. Lots of fac-
tors come to play underneath it,
erupting on the surface always
when you least desire it. Noth-
ing does a number on your skin
like periods do.
Some women are lucky. Their
skin stays normal through-
out the year. Others are not so
lucky. But once you understand
the hormonal dynamics you
can apply a skin care treatment
schedule around it.
It isnt as regimented as it
sounds. Ideally, a menstrual
cycle takes about four weeks
or 28 days. It varies with every
woman. If you tend to break out
during your period or have acne-
prone skin you are most likely to
benet from taking note of this.
Around three weeks to your
period your skin gets oilier.
Your sebaceous glands work
overtime. Testosterone levels
spike, which means you have
less oestrogen. This heightens
the androgens in your system.
According to Wendy Lewis in
her book Complexion Perfection,
Acne begins when the body
starts to produce hormones
called androgens. Hormones
trigger attacks, especially an-
drogens that are produced by
ovaries and adrenal glands in
women.
They cause sebaceous glands
to get larger. When they get
over-stimulated, acne ares up.
According to Natalie Savona
and Patrick Holford in their
book Solve Your Skin Problems,
women with more androgens in
their system tend to grow hair
in places men do. Such as chins
and upper lip.
Nothing to fret about. It is
what it is. It also gives you a
stronger libido, so its not all
bad news! Adding that Oestro-
gen, on the other hand, makes
skin softer and smoother. Skin
is prone to breaking out around
your period.
Lewis says, This is most
common at about five days
prior to the beginning of the
cycle and remains for 7-10 days,
so you should adjust your skin
care regime to account for those
monthly uctuations.
On week three, sebum pro-
duction increases, overwhelm-
ing your skin. By now we know
increased sebum production
plus oiliness and a less than
quick sloughing system equals
breakouts. This is the best
time to go for a deep facial to
preempt pimple break out. It
is, as well, the best time to do
a facial peel with glycolic or
salicyclic acid. Here is another
bonus fact.
This is the best time to wax,
tweeze or do any painful proce-
dures on your skin. Your skin is
at its least sensitive and least
painful a week after the last day
of your period.
Two weeks to your period
you start to notice, especially
if you have oily skin, that your
pores are more noticeable. You
now see why the deep facial was
necessary. Your skin is shinier
and this is the time cystic acne
is likely to erupt after building
up underneath your skin the
previous week.
Watch your diet. Chances
are, it coincides with cravings.
You want salty, greasy fries or
really sweet creamy cakes and
biscuits loaded with sugar. If
there ever was a time to not in-
dulge, this would be it. Instead,
eat healthier, so that you can
prevent the bloat that almost
inevitably seems to occur on
the week of your periods. If you
havent noticed, your weight on
the week of your period goes up
by one to 2.5kgs.
It can be preempted by smart
eating, drinking lots of water,
more fruits and vegetables and
exercise. It comes back to bite
you if you dont do it, and then
when your period rolls around
you will feel unattractive and
have a whole week of fat days.
Your skin is also drier, so a hy-
drating face mask wont hurt.
Are you on anti-depressants
or steroids? They can exac-
erbate breakouts. If you have
problem skin it would be good
to invest in a spot treatment.
Use it twice a day, morning
and night right after you tone.
Women on birth control pills
have less testosterone levels and
are less likely to break out.
There is a reason derma-
tologists prescribe Diane 35 to
women with acne. It soaks up
the male hormone, which as
indicated earlier, causes brea-
kouts.
On the week you nally get
your period, your skin is at its
most sensitive, irritable and
quite inflammatory. Treat is
very gently.
The week before and the week
of your period are the worst for
any kind of skin treatment. It
hurts more. Dont even tweeze
your eyebrows. You will look
less radiant because there is less
blood circulating. If you get re-
ally exhausted, more than usual
around this time, check your
iron levels.
It would be far too much
trouble to keep shifting your
products around in anticipation
of hormonal changes. The best
remedy is to be consistent and
practice good skin hygiene.
When your periods end, your
skin, especially if you had cared
for it, looks radiant. In addition,
your moods may have evened
out, your clothes seem to t
better and your hormones have
settled, with oestrogen and
testosterone coming to a happy
equilibrium.
If you wear foundation you
notice you seem to need less
though previously you couldnt
seem to wear enough powder
or dab excess oil fast enough.
You can literally walk around
without makeup and look great.
Your skin bounces back. Dont
celebrate too much, because
the next week the cycle starts all
over again.
Keep tabs on the changes you experience
during dierent times of the month and
then invest in products best suited for
each of the stages in the four-week cycle
Taking care of the
skin during your
menstrual cycle
Women need to take special care of their skin to avoid break
out of hormonal acne during their periods.
PHOTO | FILE
THE WEEK
BEFORE AND
THE WEEK
OF YOUR
PERIOD ARE
THE WORST
FOR ANY
KIND OF SKIN
TREATMENT
Keeping
your childs
skin radiant
BEAUTY
WE PLACE TOO much
emphasis on caring for the
adult skin. It is, however, just
as important to take care of
childrens skin because the
earlier we start, the better the
results.
Children seldom have skin
issues because the elastic-
ity and moisture content of
their skin is very high. They
are also spared the hormonal
problems that start in their
teenage. The focus should,
therefore, be cleanliness and
overall health of the skin.
Keep your child clean by
giving a daily bath using
warm water and baby soap.
Baby soap may be used up
to the age of 13 because it is
mild. Avoid the use of beauty
soap, body wash and deodor-
ant soap on children below
13, which might irritate the
tender skin.
After cleaning the skin, ap-
ply moisturiser in the form of
baby lotion or baby jelly. This
is important because it helps
to keep the skin from appear-
ing ashy. Select those with
mild perfume or those without
perfume.
It is unnecessary to perfume
children because their bodies
do not produce odour. A daily
bath is all that is needed.
In case your child develops
ringworms rashes (mashilingi),
start the treatment as soon as
possible. Visit a pharmacy for
anti-fungal cream. Ensure that
you purchase a type that does
not contain steroids.
Irene is the national director,
Safe Skincare Initiative; safes
kincareafrica@gmail.com
YOUR SKIN
irene
njoroge-
kristian
Sunday May 25, 2014 SUNDAY NATION
4 Lifestyle
We all have trouble with
willpower. Remember trying to
lose weight? Or taking up run-
ning? Or revising for exams?
Our self-control drops even
more if were tired or hungry.
And our ability to make good
decisions too. A famous study
showed that judges are less ob-
jective when theyre hungry!
Supermarkets discovered
this long ago. When youre tired
after all that shopping, youre
more likely to be tempted by
sweets, hence the chocolate
bars by the check-out.
So make important decisions
in the morning after a good
breakfast!
Making good decisions is also
a struggle if youre making lots
of them which is why work-
ing on several self improvement
projects simultaneously is so
hard. Because whenever you
work on one, you reduce your
reserves of self control.
So if youre trying to drink
less, read more and stop smok-
ing, the more willpower you put
into one, the less youll have for
the others.
Therefore, instead of making
resolutions all at once, make
them one at a time, starting
with the easiest one. Because
succeeding with that one will
strengthen your willpower for
the harder ones.
Develop good routines
And get enough sleep because
sleep deprivation messes with
the parts of the brain involved
in decision-making, which is
why most things go bad in the
evening.
Youre more likely to skip the
gym after work compared to
the morning. Diets fall apart.
Impulsive crimes are mostly
committed after midnight.
Developing good routines
also helps. Avoiding tempta-
tion. And minimising stress.
We make bad decisions under
pressure, so allow enough time
to nish your work. Think over
problems overnight. Fix the car.
Avoid back-to-back meetings.
And all you can eat at buets!
Keep an eye on your friends
because behaviours are catch-
ing. So if your best friends
putting on weight, youre likely
to as well. If a colleagues quit-
ting smoking, youve also got a
better chance of stopping. De-
cisions are also easier if theres
two of you. So instead of having
to persuade yourself to go run-
ning every morning, set up a
schedule with a friend.
Dont be too hard on yourself
either. Occasionally giving in to
temptation can help you stay
on track in the long run. Thats
why so many cultures have a
Carnival before Lent.
Willpower grows the more its
used. So the harder you try, the
better it gets. And that matters,
because you need self-control
to be successful. A famous
experiment showed that small
children who waited for a large
reward instead of taking an im-
mediate small one, did better in
school and grew up to be more
successful adults.
Can you help your children to
develop better self-control?
Yes you can. By being a con-
sistent and reliable parent. Kids
who grow up in homes where
they cant trust adults prom-
ises go for immediate rewards
rather than working for the
long-term.
So work on your willpower.
And your kids. Its worth all
the eort!
nyumbayangu@me.com
Exercising self-control to build willpower
Make decisions one at a time, sleep enough,
keep an eye on friends habits, indulge yourself
once in a while it will help keep you in check
chris
hart
MEN AND WOMEN
relationships
CHILDREN
WHO WAIT
FOR LARGE
REWARDS
INSTEAD
OF TAKING
SMALL ONES
DO BETTER
AT SCHOOL
AND SUC-
CEED MORE
AS ADULTS
BY KENFREY KIBERENGE
@kenkiberenge
kkiberenge@ke.nationmedia.com
They claim to be women in love who
want nothing less than marital bliss with
the men who have stolen their hearts.
But it seems that not even the fabled
power of love can surmount the barrier
they face to full their common wish to
marry Roman Catholic Church priests.
But so determined are these 26 Italian
women that they have written to Pope
Francis asking him to change the cen-
turies-long vow of celibacy that is a key
pillar of priesthood.
Dear Pope Francis, the smitten
women wrote, we are a group of women
from all over Italy (and further aeld)
and are writing to you to break down the
wall of silence and indierence that we
are faced with every day.
For close to a dozen centuries, Catholic
priests have been required to observe
celibate chastity as a sacrice to God. In-
deed, the church holds that celibacy is a
gift. But clearly that did not bring closure
to the debate as the letter to the Pope,
which received considerable publicity
this week, shows.
Small sample
Each of us is in, was or would like to
start a relationship with a priest we are in
love with, the women wrote, adding that
it was hard to break the solid and beau-
tiful bond they have with the priests.
The women claimed they were just a
small sample of believers being forced
to live in silence because of their rela-
tionships with the priests. The authors
of the request signed o with their rst
names and the initials of their surnames
alongside their home towns. But they re-
portedly included their full details in the
envelope and invited the Pope to contact
them for further details.
They wrote: As you are well aware,
a lot has been said by those who are in
favour of optional celibacy but very little
is known about the devastating suering
of a woman who is deeply in love with a
priest. We humbly place our suering at
your feet in the hope that something may
change, not just for us, but for the good
of the entire Church.
Pope Francis must surely have an
idea of this suering of a woman who
is deeply in love with a priest. As arch-
bishop in his native Argentina, he kept
friendship with renegade bishop Jer-
onimo Podesta who abandoned celibacy
and married his secretary Clelia Luro in
1971. And when Podesta died in 2000,
the archbishop, then called by his name
Jorge Bergoglio, would talk to his friends
widow at least once a week, a tradition he
maintained even after he became Pope
Francis until the woman died last year. In
their conversation, Luro said they spoke
about many things including the vow of
celibacy which Luro called a requirement
the world no longer understands.
I think that in time, priestly celibacy
will become optional, Luro once said.
She must have said that to the man of
God who, in an interview with a Rabbi
friend of his, said celibacy is a disci-
pline, not a matter of faith, adding it
could change.
But maybe not during his papacy, if at
all. In his book, On Heaven and Earth,
published last year, Pope Francis wrote:
For now, I am in favour of maintaining
celibacy, with all the pros and cons that
come with it, because in 10 centuries
there have been more positive experi-
ences than errors.
The womens plea did not escape notice
in Kenya where discussion on celibacy
has also often divided opinion.
Mr Wilberforce Akwale, a priest who
left the Roman Catholic Church and got
married in 2009, said time has come for
Vatican to reconsider the vow.
The women are right. I know a number
of priests who are living a double life in
clandestine relationships and marriages,
he said.
Unfair to lover
He explained he was in a secret rela-
tionship until 2009 when he went public
and decided to get married after realising
he was being unfair to his lover.
We now have four beautiful children,
he told Lifestyle, adding that celibacy
should be optional.
Some priests in Kenya whose desire for
marriage could not be accommodated
opted to start the Reformed Catholic
Church.
But beyond Catholic priests, the letter
by the 26 women has also stirred debate
on whether it is proper for a member of
the congregation to initiate a relationship
with a pastor.
Ms Millie Sereira, 24, says some
women believe that a man of the cloth is
naturally a good person.
And its not just women. Even most
men start attending church when they
want to nd a wife. The assumption is
that churchgoers are virtuous, she says.
Asked if she would approach a pastor
or priest for a romantic relationship, Ms
Pereira, 24, said: I wouldnt go out of
my way to get one but if I nd a pastor
who is likeable, why not?
However, Mr Richard Omosa supports
the 26 women for having the courage to
make their position known openly.
It is better if they are allowed to marry
so that there will be no issues about se-
cret lovers. They should make their rela-
The debate on priestly celibacy has been
revived by a group of women asking for
permission to marry Catholic priests. Will
the Pope end the centuries-old practice?
We are in love with priests;
feature
IT IS MISCHIE-
VOUS TO TRY
AND FORCE
THE POPE TO
LIFT IT ON
THE BASIS OF
THE CARNAL
CRAVINGS OF
26 WOMEN
AMONG BIL-
LIONS OF
CATHOLICS,
- Ms Dorothy
Kweyu
Head of the Catholic Church in Kenya John Cardinal Njue
and the Popes Representative Archbishop Charles Balvo.
PHOTO |FILE
Archbishop Karl Raymond Rodiq (centre), Head of the Ecumenical Catholic Church of Christ,
accompanied by Fr Godfrey Siundu (right), Fr Benedict Simiyu (left) after their consecration as
bishops in Kitale in 2009. ABOVE: Fr Siundu at his wedding to Stella Nagila in 2006. Fr Siundu is
the head of the Reformed Catholic Church in Kenya.
Sunday May 25, 2014 SUNDAY NATION 6 Lifestyle
tionships open to avoid having children
out of wedlock, he said.
But Ms Susan Mukami, a journalism
student in Nairobi, says women who
enter into forbidden relationships with
pastors and priests are committing
blasphemy and should be ejected from
the church.
I honestly have never admired my pas-
tor. But I guess it all boils down to my
upbringing, she oers.
Shuan Muhoja, a staunch Catholic,
insists that it is clear priests should not
marry and have made a decision out of
their own free will. He believes the 26
women are exposing priesthood to ridi-
cule by writing to the Pope with such an
outrageous request.
The women can look for men in other
places if they are after marriage, he
says.
Others believe that pastors and priests
are faithful partners.
No disease
A priest, for example, has been in the
system for years so the chances of him
carrying a bad disease are zero, said a
woman, who requested not to be named.
Ms Dorothy Kweyu, an editor with Na-
tion Media Group and a staunch Catho-
lic, cannot understand what is bothering
these women and their lover priests:
One can only pity them. Why dont the
priests just quit and do the honourable
thing, which is to get married and live
openly as man and wife? she asks.
And for the women, what is the logic
of falling in love with a priest when you
know that the ordination vows they took
bind them to celibacy? Priestly celibacy
must be based on sound theological doc-
trine and since it is entirely voluntary,
it is mischievous to try and force the
Pope to lift it on the basis of the carnal
cravings of 26 women among billions of
Catholics, Ms Kweyu adds.
Good men
Relationships expert Anthony Kagiri
says some women tend to fall for men
of God since they assume that they are
good men.
There is the perception that be-
ing closer to God makes them good
people. That is why you see that you
have a good number of married women
getting attracted to them, he says, add-
ing that married women will fall for them
as the escape from their unsatisfactory
relationships in search of a good man.
He also says that the mens positions
make them vulnerable.
As spiritual leaders, people go to them
when they have issues. Some women
end up identifying with them especially
when they provide a listening ear. Such
women feel more at home when someone
listens to them and helps them deal with
issues.
But this holy tag has sometimes been
broken with various news reports of pas-
tors or priests caught in indiscreet mo-
ments, with some accused of adultery.
For the Catholic Church in Kenya, the
letter by the 26 women to Pope Francis
may not change much. Kenya Conference
of Catholic Bishops Secretary-General
Vincent Wambugu declined to comment
on the matter, instead referring Lifestyle
to the Apostolic Nuncio (Popes ambas-
sador) to Kenya, Archbishop Charles
Daniel Balvo.
That is a matter that is coming from
Rome, Wambugu said.
But Archbishop Balvo, through an aide,
said he would not comment as he had
only read about the issue in the media,
adding that he had not received any of-
cial communication from the Vatican.
A lecturer at Tangaza Colleges Insti-
tute of Youth Studies in Nairobi, Sahaya
Selvam, says he is not surprised that
women would be attracted to priests.
I think priests are well-groomed and it
is not surprising that women want a re-
lationship with priests. In the developing
world they are better educated than the
ordinary population and hence the pos-
sibility for attraction.
About women claiming that they have
had relationships, they could be true but
that does not nullify that there are priests
who live their celibacy very well. Some
may struggle with it but they sacrice,
he says.
Past Popes, including John Paul II
and Benedict XVI, have been guarded
in making public comments on celibacy.
And despite some considering him to be
open-minded, Pope Francis has avoided
the topic.
Fr Selvam, who is a Catholic priest, says
that the decision to marry or not is not for
the Pope alone.
It would have to be a collegial deci-
sion. Will it happen very soon? We do not
know. In the Orthodox churches there are
priests who marry and those who dont
marry; would the Catholic Church adopt
that? We do not know. Would it reduce
cases of sexual abuses? I do not think so.
This is a complex issue, he says.
In his 1992 Apostolic Exhortation, Pope
John Paul II reminded the clergy about
the position of the Vatican II Fathers:
The synod, in the conviction that
perfect chastity in priestly celibacy is a
charism, reminds priests that celibacy is
a priceless gift of God for the Church and
has a prophetic value for the world today.
This synod strongly rearms ... that the
priesthood be conferred only on those
men who have received from God the
gift of the vocation to celibate chastity.
The synod does not wish to leave any
doubts in the mind of anyone regarding
the Churchs rm will to maintain the
law that demands perpetual and freely
chosen celibacy for present and future
candidates for priestly ordination in the
Latin rite.
Pope Francis is yet to respond to the
26 women in Italy and we do not know
whether he will take a stand with, or
against his predecessors. Until then,
and maybe even after that, the celibacy
debate continues.
feature
can we marry them please?
54
The number of Kenyan priests who
have left the Roman Catholic Church
for the Reformed Catholic Church.
Head of the Catholic Church in Kenya John Cardinal Njue
and the Popes Representative Archbishop Charles Balvo.
PHOTO |FILE
Pope Francis
embraces a child
after celebrating
his rst Easter
Mass at St Peters
Square at the
Vatican on March
31, 2013.
PHOTO |FILE
By MARTIN MWANGI
Catholic priesthood is volun-
tary. A young man desiring
to become a priest applies by
writing to the congregation
or diocese to be accepted
into the seminary. That marks
the beginning of a long life of
what is known as Prayer and
Discernment through guid-
ance of a vocational director.
This is aimed at helping the
aspirant make the decision
to live the priestly life or quit.
This period between joining
and ordination takes at least
seven years. In some instances
one waits for up to 14 years. A
friend waited for 18.
When the congregation re-
ceives a letter from an aspir-
ant, the young man is invited
to go to live in the community
for a programme known as
Come and See. Basically a
period, between six months
and two years, during which
he gets a taste of what priest-
hood entails. Therefore, the
aspirant is expected to live in
a secluded community for all
the duration, and experiment
the vows of priesthood obe-
dience, poverty and chastity.
If he likes what he sees, he
then requests to begin priestly
formation. Many who start this
journey leave for dierent rea-
sons. Some are unable to live
away from the world, while
others either cannot cope with
one, some, or all of the vows.
Some leave voluntarily; others
are sent packing.
I know, because I once wanted
to become a Catholic priest.
When I began that journey,
there were 12 of us. Some
left in the rst year and the
number kept thinning as the
years wore on. I left after six
years (my reasons are a story
for another day). To date, ve
remain, and all of them are
ordained priests. I meet them
when time allows and they are
happy doing what they do.
The question of celibacy
living the rest of your life
without sex, wife or children
is one that confronts the
seminarian from the rst day
he joins. Going to the parish
for Sunday mass and seeing
a couple with their children
coming to church forces the
seminarian to think about his
choice of living without a fam-
ily. Besides, the seminarian is
no eunuch. He feels like every
other young man, desires sex-
ual contact with a woman like
any man his age and discusses
the various beautiful parish
lasses with his fellow seminar-
ians. In some instances, they
even establish friendships with
the opposite sex, but are ex-
pected to keep it like a brother
would with a sister. This is an
issue that one has to face up
to every morning for as long
as one is in the seminary. After
some time, one is supposed to
kneel before God and man to
vow to live in obedience, pov-
erty and chastity. But this is
always optional. One can leave
if one chooses to.
My experience is that the
priesthood is a beautiful vo-
cation. The giving up of the
pleasures other men enjoy and
choosing to live in obedience
to God and your superiors;
deciding in a world of mate-
rialism to share everything
you have with your colleagues
(poverty); and choosing to
abstain from sex and normal
family to dedicate your life to
serving humanity is a desir-
able sacrice. When I was in
the seminary, I lived with very
holy priests, some who had
been in the priesthood for
over half a century and who
were happy with their call-
ing. They were 100 per cent
celibate. I also lived with some
who were struggling with
their celibacy; the likes of the
Italian women refer to in their
letters to Pope Francis. Some
of these were still hopeful of
living their vows fully one day
they were trying; some were
on the verge of quitting.
My stand has always been that
priesthood should remain as it
is. Those who think practising
any of the vows is impossible
should leave and let those
who can thrive. But lately, I am
confronted by the question of
those who can still make very
good priests but would also
want to live in a family setting
with wife and children. I think
of my friends who persisted
through philosophy and theol-
ogy, well-educated humans
who want to give their all
to God and man, but whose
sexuality often comes in the
way. Do we also ask them to
leave? Should the Catholic
Church adopt the Eastern Rite
practice of voluntary celibacy
where only those who as-
pire for the highest position
of bishop are disallowed to
marry? But how many bishops
can there be in any one gen-
eration? I have read that Pope
Francis, before he became
Pope, once wrote that celibacy
is a matter of discipline not
faith, and that it can be done
away with.
Maybe this is a question we
should leave to the priests to
answer for themselves. Do
they want to marry? I think
the Church of Christ would still
persist, however that question
is answered.
The writer is Deputy Chief
Sub-Editor, Sunday Nation;
mwangim@ke.nationmedi
a.com
MY STORY
Let the fathers decide!
SUNDAY NATION Sunday May 25, 2014 Lifestyle 7
BY KENFREY KIBERENGE
@kenkiberenge
kkiberenge@ke.nationmedia.com
They claim to be women in love who
want nothing less than marital bliss with
the men who have stolen their hearts.
But it seems that not even the fabled
power of love can surmount the barrier
they face to full their common wish to
marry Roman Catholic Church priests.
But so determined are these 26 Italian
women that they have written to Pope
Francis asking him to change the cen-
turies-long vow of celibacy that is a key
pillar of priesthood.
Dear Pope Francis, the smitten
women wrote, we are a group of women
from all over Italy (and further aeld)
and are writing to you to break down the
wall of silence and indierence that we
are faced with every day.
For close to a dozen centuries, Catholic
priests have been required to observe
celibate chastity as a sacrice to God. In-
deed, the church holds that celibacy is a
gift. But clearly that did not bring closure
to the debate as the letter to the Pope,
which received considerable publicity
this week, shows.
Small sample
Each of us is in, was or would like to
start a relationship with a priest we are in
love with, the women wrote, adding that
it was hard to break the solid and beau-
tiful bond they have with the priests.
The women claimed they were just a
small sample of believers being forced
to live in silence because of their rela-
tionships with the priests. The authors
of the request signed o with their rst
names and the initials of their surnames
alongside their home towns. But they re-
portedly included their full details in the
envelope and invited the Pope to contact
them for further details.
They wrote: As you are well aware,
a lot has been said by those who are in
favour of optional celibacy but very little
is known about the devastating suering
of a woman who is deeply in love with a
priest. We humbly place our suering at
your feet in the hope that something may
change, not just for us, but for the good
of the entire Church.
Pope Francis must surely have an
idea of this suering of a woman who
is deeply in love with a priest. As arch-
bishop in his native Argentina, he kept
friendship with renegade bishop Jer-
onimo Podesta who abandoned celibacy
and married his secretary Clelia Luro in
1971. And when Podesta died in 2000,
the archbishop, then called by his name
Jorge Bergoglio, would talk to his friends
widow at least once a week, a tradition he
maintained even after he became Pope
Francis until the woman died last year. In
their conversation, Luro said they spoke
about many things including the vow of
celibacy which Luro called a requirement
the world no longer understands.
I think that in time, priestly celibacy
will become optional, Luro once said.
She must have said that to the man of
God who, in an interview with a Rabbi
friend of his, said celibacy is a disci-
pline, not a matter of faith, adding it
could change.
But maybe not during his papacy, if at
all. In his book, On Heaven and Earth,
published last year, Pope Francis wrote:
For now, I am in favour of maintaining
celibacy, with all the pros and cons that
come with it, because in 10 centuries
there have been more positive experi-
ences than errors.
The womens plea did not escape notice
in Kenya where discussion on celibacy
has also often divided opinion.
Mr Wilberforce Akwale, a priest who
left the Roman Catholic Church and got
married in 2009, said time has come for
Vatican to reconsider the vow.
The women are right. I know a number
of priests who are living a double life in
clandestine relationships and marriages,
he said.
Unfair to lover
He explained he was in a secret rela-
tionship until 2009 when he went public
and decided to get married after realising
he was being unfair to his lover.
We now have four beautiful children,
he told Lifestyle, adding that celibacy
should be optional.
Some priests in Kenya whose desire for
marriage could not be accommodated
opted to start the Reformed Catholic
Church.
But beyond Catholic priests, the letter
by the 26 women has also stirred debate
on whether it is proper for a member of
the congregation to initiate a relationship
with a pastor.
Ms Millie Sereira, 24, says some
women believe that a man of the cloth is
naturally a good person.
And its not just women. Even most
men start attending church when they
want to nd a wife. The assumption is
that churchgoers are virtuous, she says.
Asked if she would approach a pastor
or priest for a romantic relationship, Ms
Pereira, 24, said: I wouldnt go out of
my way to get one but if I nd a pastor
who is likeable, why not?
However, Mr Richard Omosa supports
the 26 women for having the courage to
make their position known openly.
It is better if they are allowed to marry
so that there will be no issues about se-
cret lovers. They should make their rela-
The debate on priestly celibacy has been
revived by a group of women asking for
permission to marry Catholic priests. Will
the Pope end the centuries-old practice?
We are in love with priests;
feature
IT IS MISCHIE-
VOUS TO TRY
AND FORCE
THE POPE TO
LIFT IT ON
THE BASIS OF
THE CARNAL
CRAVINGS OF
26 WOMEN
AMONG BIL-
LIONS OF
CATHOLICS,
- Ms Dorothy
Kweyu
Head of the Catholic Church in Kenya John Cardinal Njue
and the Popes Representative Archbishop Charles Balvo.
PHOTO |FILE
Archbishop Karl Raymond Rodiq (centre), Head of the Ecumenical Catholic Church of Christ,
accompanied by Fr Godfrey Siundu (right), Fr Benedict Simiyu (left) after their consecration as
bishops in Kitale in 2009. ABOVE: Fr Siundu at his wedding to Stella Nagila in 2006. Fr Siundu is
the head of the Reformed Catholic Church in Kenya.
Sunday May 25, 2014 SUNDAY NATION 6 Lifestyle
tionships open to avoid having children
out of wedlock, he said.
But Ms Susan Mukami, a journalism
student in Nairobi, says women who
enter into forbidden relationships with
pastors and priests are committing
blasphemy and should be ejected from
the church.
I honestly have never admired my pas-
tor. But I guess it all boils down to my
upbringing, she oers.
Shuan Muhoja, a staunch Catholic,
insists that it is clear priests should not
marry and have made a decision out of
their own free will. He believes the 26
women are exposing priesthood to ridi-
cule by writing to the Pope with such an
outrageous request.
The women can look for men in other
places if they are after marriage, he
says.
Others believe that pastors and priests
are faithful partners.
No disease
A priest, for example, has been in the
system for years so the chances of him
carrying a bad disease are zero, said a
woman, who requested not to be named.
Ms Dorothy Kweyu, an editor with Na-
tion Media Group and a staunch Catho-
lic, cannot understand what is bothering
these women and their lover priests:
One can only pity them. Why dont the
priests just quit and do the honourable
thing, which is to get married and live
openly as man and wife? she asks.
And for the women, what is the logic
of falling in love with a priest when you
know that the ordination vows they took
bind them to celibacy? Priestly celibacy
must be based on sound theological doc-
trine and since it is entirely voluntary,
it is mischievous to try and force the
Pope to lift it on the basis of the carnal
cravings of 26 women among billions of
Catholics, Ms Kweyu adds.
Good men
Relationships expert Anthony Kagiri
says some women tend to fall for men
of God since they assume that they are
good men.
There is the perception that be-
ing closer to God makes them good
people. That is why you see that you
have a good number of married women
getting attracted to them, he says, add-
ing that married women will fall for them
as the escape from their unsatisfactory
relationships in search of a good man.
He also says that the mens positions
make them vulnerable.
As spiritual leaders, people go to them
when they have issues. Some women
end up identifying with them especially
when they provide a listening ear. Such
women feel more at home when someone
listens to them and helps them deal with
issues.
But this holy tag has sometimes been
broken with various news reports of pas-
tors or priests caught in indiscreet mo-
ments, with some accused of adultery.
For the Catholic Church in Kenya, the
letter by the 26 women to Pope Francis
may not change much. Kenya Conference
of Catholic Bishops Secretary-General
Vincent Wambugu declined to comment
on the matter, instead referring Lifestyle
to the Apostolic Nuncio (Popes ambas-
sador) to Kenya, Archbishop Charles
Daniel Balvo.
That is a matter that is coming from
Rome, Wambugu said.
But Archbishop Balvo, through an aide,
said he would not comment as he had
only read about the issue in the media,
adding that he had not received any of-
cial communication from the Vatican.
A lecturer at Tangaza Colleges Insti-
tute of Youth Studies in Nairobi, Sahaya
Selvam, says he is not surprised that
women would be attracted to priests.
I think priests are well-groomed and it
is not surprising that women want a re-
lationship with priests. In the developing
world they are better educated than the
ordinary population and hence the pos-
sibility for attraction.
About women claiming that they have
had relationships, they could be true but
that does not nullify that there are priests
who live their celibacy very well. Some
may struggle with it but they sacrice,
he says.
Past Popes, including John Paul II
and Benedict XVI, have been guarded
in making public comments on celibacy.
And despite some considering him to be
open-minded, Pope Francis has avoided
the topic.
Fr Selvam, who is a Catholic priest, says
that the decision to marry or not is not for
the Pope alone.
It would have to be a collegial deci-
sion. Will it happen very soon? We do not
know. In the Orthodox churches there are
priests who marry and those who dont
marry; would the Catholic Church adopt
that? We do not know. Would it reduce
cases of sexual abuses? I do not think so.
This is a complex issue, he says.
In his 1992 Apostolic Exhortation, Pope
John Paul II reminded the clergy about
the position of the Vatican II Fathers:
The synod, in the conviction that
perfect chastity in priestly celibacy is a
charism, reminds priests that celibacy is
a priceless gift of God for the Church and
has a prophetic value for the world today.
This synod strongly rearms ... that the
priesthood be conferred only on those
men who have received from God the
gift of the vocation to celibate chastity.
The synod does not wish to leave any
doubts in the mind of anyone regarding
the Churchs rm will to maintain the
law that demands perpetual and freely
chosen celibacy for present and future
candidates for priestly ordination in the
Latin rite.
Pope Francis is yet to respond to the
26 women in Italy and we do not know
whether he will take a stand with, or
against his predecessors. Until then,
and maybe even after that, the celibacy
debate continues.
feature
can we marry them please?
54
The number of Kenyan priests who
have left the Roman Catholic Church
for the Reformed Catholic Church.
Head of the Catholic Church in Kenya John Cardinal Njue
and the Popes Representative Archbishop Charles Balvo.
PHOTO |FILE
Pope Francis
embraces a child
after celebrating
his rst Easter
Mass at St Peters
Square at the
Vatican on March
31, 2013.
PHOTO |FILE
By MARTIN MWANGI
Catholic priesthood is volun-
tary. A young man desiring
to become a priest applies by
writing to the congregation
or diocese to be accepted
into the seminary. That marks
the beginning of a long life of
what is known as Prayer and
Discernment through guid-
ance of a vocational director.
This is aimed at helping the
aspirant make the decision
to live the priestly life or quit.
This period between joining
and ordination takes at least
seven years. In some instances
one waits for up to 14 years. A
friend waited for 18.
When the congregation re-
ceives a letter from an aspir-
ant, the young man is invited
to go to live in the community
for a programme known as
Come and See. Basically a
period, between six months
and two years, during which
he gets a taste of what priest-
hood entails. Therefore, the
aspirant is expected to live in
a secluded community for all
the duration, and experiment
the vows of priesthood obe-
dience, poverty and chastity.
If he likes what he sees, he
then requests to begin priestly
formation. Many who start this
journey leave for dierent rea-
sons. Some are unable to live
away from the world, while
others either cannot cope with
one, some, or all of the vows.
Some leave voluntarily; others
are sent packing.
I know, because I once wanted
to become a Catholic priest.
When I began that journey,
there were 12 of us. Some
left in the rst year and the
number kept thinning as the
years wore on. I left after six
years (my reasons are a story
for another day). To date, ve
remain, and all of them are
ordained priests. I meet them
when time allows and they are
happy doing what they do.
The question of celibacy
living the rest of your life
without sex, wife or children
is one that confronts the
seminarian from the rst day
he joins. Going to the parish
for Sunday mass and seeing
a couple with their children
coming to church forces the
seminarian to think about his
choice of living without a fam-
ily. Besides, the seminarian is
no eunuch. He feels like every
other young man, desires sex-
ual contact with a woman like
any man his age and discusses
the various beautiful parish
lasses with his fellow seminar-
ians. In some instances, they
even establish friendships with
the opposite sex, but are ex-
pected to keep it like a brother
would with a sister. This is an
issue that one has to face up
to every morning for as long
as one is in the seminary. After
some time, one is supposed to
kneel before God and man to
vow to live in obedience, pov-
erty and chastity. But this is
always optional. One can leave
if one chooses to.
My experience is that the
priesthood is a beautiful vo-
cation. The giving up of the
pleasures other men enjoy and
choosing to live in obedience
to God and your superiors;
deciding in a world of mate-
rialism to share everything
you have with your colleagues
(poverty); and choosing to
abstain from sex and normal
family to dedicate your life to
serving humanity is a desir-
able sacrice. When I was in
the seminary, I lived with very
holy priests, some who had
been in the priesthood for
over half a century and who
were happy with their call-
ing. They were 100 per cent
celibate. I also lived with some
who were struggling with
their celibacy; the likes of the
Italian women refer to in their
letters to Pope Francis. Some
of these were still hopeful of
living their vows fully one day
they were trying; some were
on the verge of quitting.
My stand has always been that
priesthood should remain as it
is. Those who think practising
any of the vows is impossible
should leave and let those
who can thrive. But lately, I am
confronted by the question of
those who can still make very
good priests but would also
want to live in a family setting
with wife and children. I think
of my friends who persisted
through philosophy and theol-
ogy, well-educated humans
who want to give their all
to God and man, but whose
sexuality often comes in the
way. Do we also ask them to
leave? Should the Catholic
Church adopt the Eastern Rite
practice of voluntary celibacy
where only those who as-
pire for the highest position
of bishop are disallowed to
marry? But how many bishops
can there be in any one gen-
eration? I have read that Pope
Francis, before he became
Pope, once wrote that celibacy
is a matter of discipline not
faith, and that it can be done
away with.
Maybe this is a question we
should leave to the priests to
answer for themselves. Do
they want to marry? I think
the Church of Christ would still
persist, however that question
is answered.
The writer is Deputy Chief
Sub-Editor, Sunday Nation;
mwangim@ke.nationmedi
a.com
MY STORY
Let the fathers decide!
SUNDAY NATION Sunday May 25, 2014 Lifestyle 7

really pushed for me to be impeached,
but as it turned out, reason prevailed and
I was dropped from the list of would-be
impeachees.
We were all in the dark of what was hap-
pening until last Tuesday when Bensouda
called me. I was in class so I disconnected
her severally but she kept on calling. I
then texted her saying that I was in class.
Get out, was her SMS response. I got
out and ashed her. When she called, I
could feel anger in her voice.
What is this I am hearing, she said.
Are you behind this plot to chase me
from Mwisho wa Lami?
No, I said. Which plot are you talking
about?
She then told me that she had gone to
the County Education oce for a routine
visit only to nd that teachers of our
school and some parents had presented
a petition to the County Education oce
asking that she be transferred.
I have worked with Kwame for long
and this never happened, she went on.
It is just three weeks since I promoted
you and you want to take over from me
this early?
I cried my innocence, telling her that
I was hearing about the plot from her. I
have been busy crafting an eective stra-
tegic plan that will take this school to the
next level.
Ok, nd out about the plan and let me
know, she told me before hanging up.
So as to be an eective deputy, I had
distanced myself from teachers and it was
dicult to get information about their
plan. But I knew that I would get this info
from Tito, my most loyal sta member. I
sent him an SMS asking that we talk but
he immediately responded saying that
meeting me would be useless as he did
not know what was being planned.
I suggested that we meet at night and
he agreed, after I reminded him that we
planned to increase his PTA salary.
He came to my place at 8p.m. and nar-
rated to me how the teachers planned to
demonstrate on Thursday morning as
soon as Bensouda arrived. Kwame is the
leader and he is joined by other parents,
including Rasto, Alphayo and Nyayo. I
relayed this information to Bensouda and
she went into action.
Plan of action
First she called Nyayo and told him
to pick his money the next day for the
pit latrine he dug for the school. Nyayos
grudge with Bensouda was that he had
not been paid his dues for months.
As for Rasto, Bensouda asked me to
see him with a special message. I told
him that going forward, there would be
some small allowance paid every time he
attended the PTA meeting.
As chairman of the Parents Teachers
Association, Rasto had frequently com-
plained that he did not benet from his
roles. After I told him of the news, and
that there would be at least three meet-
ings every month, Rasto was quite happy.
For Alphayo it was easy, we promised to
The 2010 Constitution may have
given people many powers, but as my col-
leagues realised last week, these powers
are limited. As the whole world knows,
other than me, no other teacher here
likes Bensouda right from the day she
reported.
As a result of this resentment, most of
my colleagues would do anything to see
Bensouda leave. And although they had
always planned to do something, last
week was the rst time they attempted to
have Bensouda leave.
It would appear that it all started
when I was promoted and Kwame was
demoted. Although my promotion was
long overdue, there were those whose
ignorance told them that I was not de-
serving of such an appointment. Demot-
ing Kwame meant that he had quite a lot
of idle time on his hands; and as they say,
an idle mind is the devils garage.
Kwame, it has emerged, spent the last
two weeks devising ways of impeach-
ing Bensouda from our school. Sources
closer to the source told me how his
initial plan was to impeach Bensouda
and me.
Leave Dre alone, Lutta said, accord-
ing to my sources. He is just a puppet,
the real problem is Bensouda. Once you
deal with Bensouda, Dre is nothing.
My source, who is intimate to the
original source, told me that Mrs Atika
How we thwarted teachers
plan to impeach Bensouda
humour
mwalimu
andrew
STAFFROOM
DIARY
IT IS JUST
THREE WEEKS
SINCE I
PROMOTED
YOU AND YOU
WANT TO
TAKE OVER
FROM ME....
Bensouda
After the meeting,
we went to another
with the PTA mem-
bers. Rasto, Alphayo,
Nyayo among others
parents had been
invited.
buy a tree from him to be used to get
posts for fencing.
With the three sorted out, it was time
for the teachers. I will handle, them, said
Bensouda. I asked her how but she went
into no details, only telling me to ensure
that I arrive at school early on Thursday
the day for the planned protest. I was
in school by 7.30a.m. resplendent in my
brand new blue Kaunda suit. From what
I had gathered, the teachers planned to
arrive at around 10a.m. so I was not sur-
prised when I found no teacher around.
At around 8a.m., a GK vehicle arrived
in school. The dreaded Education Quality
Assurance Ocers had paid us a visit. By
then; other than me, only Madam Ruth
and Tito had arrived.
The ocers came into my oce for a
meeting. As we talked, I could see Tito
and Ruth make frantic calls alerting other
teachers of the developments.
We were later joined by Bensouda. By
the time the meeting ended at 9.20a.m.,
almost all the teachers had reported and
were in class! Kwame arrived at around
10a.m. and had diculties explaining why
he was late yet he had a class at 9.30a.m.
The fact that he had no lessons plan or
schemes of work made matters worse for
him. Saphire arrived at 11a.m. and was
ordered to go back home. He went back
happily.
Education bosses
There was a sta meeting at 12.30p.m.
The ocers reprimanded teachers for
dierent reasons. The leader of the team
even told Kwame that he may be lucky to
be retained in the service.
They promised to come back in a fort-
night to assess if their recommendations
had been implemented. After the meeting,
we went for another with the PTA mem-
bers. Rasto, Alphayo, Nyayo among other
parents had been invited. Two crates of
soda had been bought and a sumptuous
lunch was also served.
In the meeting, the parents, led by the
chairman Rasto praised Bensouda and I
for the good work we were doing in the
school. The ocers left after lunch. With
the key parents happy with Bensouda and
most teachers kept busy with preparations
of schemes of work, no-one remembered
about the planned impeachment.
I, however, heard that the teachers will
plan for impeachment again and when I
told Bensouda, she responded: Let them
try, I always have sucient ammunition!
***
Dear Fiolina,
I would like to take this space to publicly
apologise to you, the laugh of my life, for
having not been truthful on one important
matter that has caused you enough suer-
ing. I would like you to know that Branton
is not my sister Yunias daughter as every-
one has made you believe.
Cate tricked me into having Branton
with her, fully against my will, and I am
keen she doesnt repeat it again. I hope
you nd it in your heart to forgive me,
and that this clears the way for Branton to
come home and stay with us as from July.
With laugh, Dre.
mwalimuandrew@gmail.com
www.facebook.com/mwisho-walami
Barber wanted Must be able to discuss the
International situation intelligently - also cut
hair.
***
Salesman: What size would you like your tennis
shoes?
Hetty: Exactly the same as the other ones,
except a little larger.
***
Theres no harm in being an egg-head, as long
as you know when to break from the shell.
Biting o more than they can chew, gives
Diplomats a Summit Ache.
The rst woman to get married didnt know any
better. But, it was inexcusable for the second.
Humans are designed to carry a days load of
troubles - not a whole years worth at once.
***
Chris: Why le for divorce now?
Jilly: I wasted my youth on you for fty years!
***
Student: How is it that I always catch a cold in
the head?
Doctor: It will always settle in the weakest
body-part.
***
Lawyer: Did you see the man assaulted?
Witness: No, but I heard his cries for help.
Lawyer: That is not satisfactory evidence.
Judge: I am holding you in contempt of court
for laughing.
Witness: Did you see me laugh?
Judge: No, but I heard you.
Witness: Is that satisfactory evidence?
***
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with some broken clouds. They will be xed
before arrival.
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on the wing - feel free to indulge.
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JOKES
SUNDAY NATION Sunday May 25, 2014 Lifestyle 9
AN INSPIRING, enlightening
exhibition and a fun-lled sport-
ing event were the highlights of
the cultural event that was held
to pay homage to a literary icon.
Kenya Bengali Cultural and
Welfare Society, known for
propagating social welfare and
culture, celebrated Rabindra
Jayanti to mark the birth of No-
bel Laureate Guru Rabindranath
Tagore.
A poet playwright and music
composer, Tagore reshaped In-
dian music and drama and gave
the world the beautiful verse
Geetanjli.
The verse went on to make
him the rst non-European to
be awarded the Nobel Prize
in Literature. The genius was
highly inuential in introduc-
ing the Indian culture to the
West besides bestowing to the
world of music his Rabindra
Sangeet.
Two of his compositions were
chosen as National Anthems,
one by India and the other by
Bangladesh. Tagore was a great
friend of Mahatma Gandhi the
apostle of non-violence. He was
knighted by the British but he
declined citing their repressive
policies in India.
The Kenyan Societys celebra-
tions paid homage to the great
Guru in a betting manner, giv-
ing the audience an unforget-
table experience.
Benet mankind
Elsewhere, Glimpses into
the Ismaili Imamat are being
presented in an extra ordinary
exhibition titled Rays of Light at
the Aga Khan Pavilion, Limuru
Rd, Nairobi. This exhibition
which opened last Monday,
pays tribute to the Ismaili Mus-
lim Imams in general and the
Hazar Imam, His Highness the
Aga Khan, in particular.
The exhibition displays how
the Ismaili Imamat has fostered
harmony, lifted the dignity of
man and created various cen-
tres around the world for the
benet of mankind. The exhibi-
tion runs until next week.
Finally the fun lled Holiday
Bazaar Amazing Safari organ-
ised by East FM entered its nal
round yesterday.
This rather exciting event is
more like a treasure hunt and
from the 18 teams that entered
the initial rounds four nalists
are vying for a cash prize. The
result will be announced this
evening.
Allaudin Qureshi; allaudin_
qureshi@yahoo.com
Society
celebrates
literary icon
ASIAN SCENE
the company of our dear bottle.
Wesongas work is composed with excep-
tional humour even when the writer is angry
at the conspicuous fetishes we have come to
worship as the basics of life (e.g. big houses
bought on bank loans we cant pay back).
It is not surprising that Leo Tolstoy is
Wesongas favourite author. The poet ad-
mires greatly Tolstoys How Much Land
Does a Man Need, an 1886 short story about
a poor man who develops a possessive lust
for land. In communion with Satan as he
seeks more and more wealth, Tolstoys
peasant character, named Pahom, forfeits
everything, including his humanity.
Wesongas poems are written in simple
language that is knotted into fresh meta-
phors to signal the multiplicities that dene
our existence. From its eloquence and sensi-
tive treatment of dicult topics, including
the poets own profession as a banker, this
book is perfection in verse form.
The only discomfort I felt when reading
the various pieces in Jam on our Faces is
that, while the poet severally makes fun
of the rehearsed simplistic Power-Point
presentations beloved by the corporate
world, Wesonga allows himself to pander to
bourgeois morons, something a poet should
never do. He explains even literary allusions
in footnotes. Those who dont know who
Dickens is have no time reading poetry; they
can go have tattoos on their nose tips.
I didnt know TIA is the new urban
language for This is Africa. Actually, Id
bulked at the mention of the term because
I thought it was Sheng for the naughty
English word spelt with an f and which
rhymes with duck. However, archaic as I
am in cool urban lingo, I know Oscar Wilde
(1854-1900) is not an 18th-century artist
as Wesonga claims in one of his glosses.
I have to pause here and thank the Kindle
version of Jam on our Faces for throwing
away Wesongas glosses. Well done, Kindle.
Please do not reinstate them. Go further and
delete those footnotes from the poems.
Although he now lives a comfortable
life as a banker, Wesonga has experienced
the hard times that his poetry reects. He
was born in the late 1970s to a policeman,
Henry Oduori Opili, and a housewife, Phil-
ister Awori.
HIs upbringing
He lost his father when in Standard Four.
His mother raised the poet-to-be together
with her other 10 children.
When his mother succumbed to colorectal
cancer in 2009, Wesonga turned to poetry
to mourn her and come to terms with the
void that she left behind.
Her demise greatly inuences my writ-
ing, he says, without elaborating. I didnt
push him for an explanation.
The best of his poetry is metaphysical,
expressing the limbo we sometimes nd
ourselves in when something precious is
taken away from us. Even when not ad-
dressing death, the poems are full of a sense
of loss, in which we are robbed of something
dear, or conned of our property by a bank
ocial.
Overall, Wesongas Jam in Our Faces is a
work of mourning in the Freudian sense.
The poems occupy that uncanny space that
Sigmund Freud gestured to in Mourning
and Melancholia (1917), in which the subject
is still attached to the lost one but is trying
to reinvest the free libido in a new object.
Wesonga avoids lapsing into melancholia
through humour and by treating the objects
of his gaze without sentimentalism. You
dont hear any direct self-deprecation.
Although the uency of his poetry might
belie a person born with a unique talent for
language, Wesonga confesses that he could
not write a correct sentence at the age of 13,
thanks to the beatings at his school and the
adult domestic chores he had to do for his
family to make ends meet. His writing, he
says, is never about money. A healthy con-
versation is all I seek, he says.
BY EVAN MWANGI
evanmwangi@gmail.com
Im not boasting, but it is true that Ive
reached that stage in life when I can read
nothing new and still survive on the old Plato
I read as a very serious young man.
So, a few weeks back, I wrote my editors
and told them I was done with literary com-
mentary. I swore I would never mention the
word poetry to anybody ever until (may be)
British car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover
launched a new brand called Range Rover
Poetry, for which Id swap my current fetish
on four wheels: Range Rover Autobiography
(with many extras, including what an out-
landish character, describing a similar model
in the Ghanaian Nii Ayikwei Parkess novel
Tail of the Blue Bird, lists as radio, satellite,
CD-changer, TV, manicure, pedicure, parlia-
ment.
The bourgeoisie like me come into contact
with anything literary only if a commodity of
fetish value (e.g. a luxury car) is given a brand
name that shares something with a literary
genre or technique. It is also true that even
academics shy away from poetry, claiming
that it hurts their brains.
But Ive had to recant my farewell to poetry
after reading Anthony Wesonga Oduoris de-
but book of poems, Jam on our Faces, a work
that exposes my own weaknesses to me.
The poems mock the fetishes of the Kenyan
upper class while capturing the anxieties of
the rest of us as we grapple with our various
destinies, in a world where your spouse will
desert you just because s/he has successfully
applied for a mortgage.
Wesongas work is an attempt to under-
stand human nature: our survival instincts,
weaknesses, prejudices, and fatal aws.
As a born-again Christian who has read
quite a bit of Plato, I am an enemy of pornog-
raphers and other miscreants of that nature.
I would cringe every time Wesonga tended
towards an erotic reference in his poems, as
the writer tries to explore our sexual desires
some deeply hidden, others ambivalent,
and many tentative.
The redeeming grace is that sexual themes
in Jam on our Faces are explored with de-
cency, unlike in the pornography of the
1970s that we used to read after 4:30p.m. in
The poems mock the fetishes of the
Kenyan upper class while bringing to
the fore the anxieties that the rest of the
aspiring class grapples with
books&culture
Poetry anthology epitomises
the best in modern verse
MY
WRITING
IS NEVER
ABOUT THE
MONEY. A
HEALTHY
CONVER-
SATION IS
ALL I SEEK
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mr Wesonga, a banker,
studied literature at the
University of Nairobi,
where he also did his Mas-
ters in International Stud-
ies. He is currently working
on a series of short stories.
Sunday May 11, 2014 SUNDAY NATION
10 Lifestyle
Sunday May 11, 2014 SUNDAY NATION
10 Lifestyle Sunday May 25, 2014 SUNDAY NATION
The cover of Jam on our Faces. PHOTO | EVAN MWANGI
A treat for cinema lovers
A Kenyan production is among
three lms to be shown at the
23rd European Film Festival at the
Alliance Franaise in Nairobi today.
Bob Nyanjas The Captain of
Nakara will be screened at 3p.m.
It is a story of Muntu, a small time
criminal who, afraid of losing the
woman of his dreams, pretends to
run a protable venture. But his
honest attempts to turn his lies into
reality fail. Next Goal Wins, a British
comedy, will follow at 5:30p.m, and 9
Mois Ferme (English title Nine Month
Stretch) at 7:30p.m.
Strengthening lm industry
This months edition of the Lola
Kenya Screen Film Forum will be held
tomorrow at the Goethe-Institute.
The meet aims to critique,
encourage and explore ways of
integrating lm production in Kenya
and Eastern Africa with other
sociocultural and economic sectors to
come up with a vibrant lm industry.
Participants watch and discuss
short lms from Eastern Africa,
exchange ideas and network every
last Monday of the month.
Trigger warnings on literature
Students in the US have requested
for trigger warnings to be included
in books such as Chinua Achebes
Things Fall Apart that deal with topics
like rape or war.
According to the New York Times,
the request was formally made
by the student government at
the University of California, Santa
Barbara.
The newspaper cited similar
requests from students at Oberlin
College, Rutgers University, the
University of Michigan and George
Washington University.
A draft trigger warning policy
from Oberlin, quoted in Inside Higher
Education, a daily online publication,
used Achebes text as an example. It
said the novel may trigger readers
who have experienced racism,
colonialism, religious persecution,
violence, suicide, and more.
Compiled by Carlos Mureithi;
@CarlosMureithi
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LAST
WEEKS
SOLUTION
CODEWORD SUDOKU
SENIOR CROSSWORD
Last Weeks Solution ACROSS
1 Virtually a stray, welcoming
freedom at last (6)
4 Upset to be packing sh
thats out of date (8)
10 City professors position on
transport for the disabled (4,5)
11 Mock turtles original
relative (5)
12 Song warning of
dangerous seas (3,4)
13 Universal excitement
following a sign (7)
14 A golden thank you that
comes from the heart? (5)
15 Return to help in highly
thought of broadcast (8)
18 Working in court he has no time
for showing lack of courage (8)
20 The ultimate in diet bread
and sh (5)
23 Film company look for
provider of music (7)
25 Early Christian given a job
the Spanish rejected (7)
26 Eager to begin opening
occasion (5)
27 Red tape sees equipment
and morale destroyed (9)
28 Dicult patient gets tough (4,4)
29 Looks for ight being
announced (6)
DOWN
1 Supporter backed authentic
environment for love of trees (8)
2 Killer whos no stranger to
drama? (7)
3 A village disheartened after
croppers permitted absence
(4,5)
5 High street oces eager
bunch due a break (6,2,6)
6 Cereal boxes had initially
produced such swearing (5)
7 Learned English and Italian
in vulgar surroundings (7)
8 Finally, Close Encounters
returns honour (6)
9 Jumper asks for
administrators of rough
justice (8,6)
16 One cant appreciate the
gravity of ones journey (9)
17 The gloomy quality of a
bright sky? (8)
19 Swap leaders of ill-dened
industry such as this (7)
21 Forbidden access from the
exterior (7)
22 Delivery address (6)
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Its Story time...
I have rubbed
shoulders with
presidents
PHOTO/ Charles Kamau
Essence Mudibo, a
Standard 3 pupil at
New Light Academy in
Nairobi.
W
ith tight security
around her, eight-
year-old Essence
Angel Mudibo holds a bouquet
of owers, and wears a broad
smile. She waits patiently for
President Uhuru Kenyatta and
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta
to alight from their vehicle
and walk towards her. She
is the ower girl, ready to
welcome the rst family at
the launch of the Standard
Gauge Railway in Mombasa.
She knows too well that these
are very important people
in society, but she remains
calm and warm. Essence has
presented owers to dignitaries
on various occasions but always
looks forward to the next
opportunity.
I look at it just as a normal
thing, after all, I know my dad
is somewhere near me and
nothing bad can happen, she
says.
She does not fear the mean-
looking men in black who
guard the President, she says,
and in most cases, she doesnt
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with was to always stay true to your-
self and never let what somebody
else to distract you from your goals.
And so when I hear about negative
and false attacks, I really dont invest
any energy in them, because I know
who I am.
- Michelle Obama (Americas First
Lady)
2)) Keep away from people who
try to belittle your ambitions. Small
people always do that, but the re-
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that you, too, can become
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T
his week we bring you the story
of Essence Angel Mudibo, a
pupil at New Light Academy.
She is only eight years old but has
rubbed shoulders with presidents
and other dignitaries in various
government functions. Besides,
she has featured in a TV advert.
Essence is a condent young girl with
big dreams. She easily stands out
amongst her peers. Read about how
she became the presidents ower
girl and her experiences sharing a
platform with the high and mighty in
our cover story.
In What You Say we sought
to nd out if children know the
importance of vaccines. Read the
views of those we interviewed on
Page 4.
And did you know that Internally
Displaced Children have rights which
should not be violated despite the
situation they nd themselves in?
Read all that in Children and Law
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For some time now terrorists have
been troubling our country a lot.
Innocent civilians and security oc-
ers are being increasingly killed and
injured by runaway terrorists in vari-
ous parts of the country. Tourism,
trade and going to places of wor-
ship have also become a risky aair
since no one knows exactly when
the terrorists will strike.
Kenyans should be extra alert and
report any suspicious characters.
They should also watch out for lug-
gage that is left unattended and
report to the police. We should all
take security measures seriously.
However, we should not let peo-
ple who want to spread fear in our
country get away with it.

Hassan Malik Mohamed, Garissa
Lets all be alert
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JAYDEN WARURI WANGOMBE
Happy birthday Jay as you turn one year old.We
love you so much and know that no day day
passes without us praying for you. May God
shower His blessings upon your lives.Happy
wishes from dad, mum, sis Nazzmar Wangari
and all your relatives.
TSAVO QT SHIKU
Thank you QT for bringing so much joy into our
lives. You are a gift and a blessing to us and you
make us proud in every way. We love you so
much. Best wishes from mom Veroh, dad Mwangi,
grandparents, cousins, aunties and uncle Jack.
JOSHUA KIPRUTO
Happy birthday as you turn one. We thank
God for his favour upon your life. Best wishes
from dad Wycli Kim, mum Risper Kim, sisters
Galina and Gracious, brother Emmanuel, cousin
Beverlyne, auntie Elizabeth and Bishop George
Kamunya.
TRACY NYAGUTHII NGIGI
As you celebrate your third birthday, we wish you
good health. May you grow up to be a blessing to
us all. Best wishes from mum Joyce and dad Ngigi.
We love you.
NJUGUNA KANGETHE
Happy birthday son, may you grow to be a God-
fearing man and the years ahead bring you hap-
piness and blessings. Love from dad and mom.
JEZREEL RUTH ODUOR
Happy ninth birthday Jezreel. May Gods favour
and blessings be upon you now and always. Love
and best wishes from dad John Mark, mum Nellie,
sis Melodie, cucus, gukas, aunties, uncles, cousins
and friends.
TYMON MUTUA
You are now four years old. Happy birthday
Tym. We thank God for the gift of life. We pray
for His guidance, care and blessings throughout
your life. May you grow to be a man of honour
God-fearing and obedient. Happy birthday
wishes from parents Josephine and Isaac, sis
Jasmine, bro Jayson, friends, classmates and
teachers Nyeri Good Shepherd Academy.
TERRY MATHEMBO MWOLOLO
Happy birthday wishes Terry as you turn four.
Nothing compares to the feeling when I see you
my little angel grow up so wonderfully into a
kind girl. You will always be my little princess.
May God ll your life with good health, favour
and may you grow to be a woman of honour
who fears God. Happy birthday wishes from mom Millicent Mwololo,
grandparents Gregory Mwololo and Alice Loko, aunt Connie Math-
embo and cousins Cynthia, Linet, Evans, Andrew and Elvis.
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NESTA KAMAU MUTUURA
Nothing compares to the feeling of pride
parents have when they see their little
daughter grow up so wonderfully into a
kind, young man. No matter how many
birthdays come and go, you will always
be our little prince. Happy birthday
wishes from dad Mutuura , mum Virginia,
auntie Nyambura, Kare, Uncle fIfty and wife,
, Brother Kemet-Nu, Shosho, Guka, Friends.
I rub shoulders with presidents
FROM THE COVER
even notice them.
After handing over the owers
to either the First Lady or the
President, her work is done. But
I usually dont go home, so I hang
around at the function for a little
while, she says.
She has given owers to many
other senior government ocials
on dierent occasions. For instance,
when former President Daniel Arap
Moi was opening the Imara Daima
Railway Station last year, she was
the ower girl at the occasion. Still,
when former Prime Minister Raila
Odinga was opening the Makadara
Railway Station.
I used to only see these people on TV
and it feels good to hang around them
and give them owers, says Es-
sence, a Class Three pupil at New
Light Junior Academy, located in
Nairobis Komarock estate.
Essence rst got the opportunity
to be a ower girl during the launch
of the Standard Gauge Railway in
Mombasa late last year, says her
father, Norman Mudibo, who is a
communications and public rela-
tions specialist. I was asked to get
an eight-year-old girl who can be
a ower girl at the launch, says Mr
Mudibo. Time was not on our side
so I suggested my daughter to be
the ower girl and thats how the
journey began.
Apart from presenting owers to
dignitaries, Essence has also fea-
tured in adverts on TV. In 2012, she
was featured
in the
Supa
Loaf
bread
advertisement. She is very con-
dent in public places, so when she
was auditioned for the advertise-
ment, it was easy for her to be
picked for the ad, says Mr Mudibo.
Learning new things
Essence loves school, she says.
I love learning new things every
day. Religious studies remains her
favourite subject, but Essence also
loves singing in church and dancing
too.
I love gospel songs because they
teach me and others how to live in
the right way, she says.
She is always in the top three po-
sition in her class of more than 100
pupils. I like paying attention to
my teachers and do my home-
work on time, thats why I perform
well in class, she says. She looks at
her mother as her role model.
My mother always advises to
read hard and do the right thing.
When she rst boarded a plane to
Mombasa with her family, she made
a decision that she would be a pilot
when she grows up. Being a pilot
is a very challenging job and that is
why I aspire to be one, she says.
She has many friends both at
home and at school. However, she
prefers playing with her younger
brother Eugene, who is ve years
old. Her wish is to present owers to
former President Mwai Kibaki some
day. I think he is very funny and I
would like to crack jokes with him,
she says.
Above: Essence presents First Lady Margaret Kenyatta owers at the launch of
Standard Gauge Railway in Mombasa last November.
Below left: Essence poses for a photo.
Below right: Essence with her father Norman Mudibo.
Cover: Essence poses for a photo.
PHOTOS | CHARLES KAMAU AND COURTESY.
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S
he was born on May
7, 1991 in Kericho. She
is a Kenyan long-dis-
tance runner. She was the
silver medalist in the 5000
metres at the 2013 World
Championships. She is
a two-time world junior
champion in the 3000
metres (2008, 2010) and
has also won gold med-
als at the 2007 World
Youth Championships
in Athletics and 2008
Commonwealth Youth
Games.
She has been a success junior athlete in cross country running,
taking the silver medals in the junior team and individual com-
petitions at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
and improving to the gold medals at the 2010 edition. She made
her rst international appearance at the 2007 IAAF World Cross
Country Championships in Mombasa. She nished 23rd in the
junior race.
1. What is the name of the athlete?
(
what
you say
BY PATRICIA MUNDIA
pattymundia@gmail.com
A
n Internally Displaced Person
(IDP) is a person or group of
people who have been forced
or made to leave their homes for any
of following reasons;
1) Armed conict; people will move
in order to avoid the eects of conict
or because of conict has occurred and
thus forced them to leave.
2) Large Scale Development; This
could be through the construction of
dams or mining. Such development
is usually for the benet of the com-
munity and country as a whole. In such
cases the community which has been
displaced is compensated or re-settled
elsewhere. Other reasons include viola-
tions of human rights and natural or
manmade disasters.
Children are usually the most af-
fected by internal displacements. Many
IDP children may be victims of harsh
violence or are separated from their
families and therefore get neglected.
They are at risk of death, sexual exploi-
tation, recruitment to armed conicts,
early marriage and forced labour,
trauma and maiming, etc.
In most cases, displaced children
nd themselves without shelter and
food. This is how some of these rights
were violated during the Post Election
Violence in Kenya which took place in
2007/2008.
1) Education
Thousands of children had their
homes and schools destroyed. Teach-
ers were also aected because the vio-
lence made it impossible for them to
report to work. When schools were re-
opened, many pupils could not report
back because roads were barricaded
and gangs armed with crude weapons
made transport insecure.
2) Health
Children who were less than ve
years of age were found to be mal-
nourished in the IDP camps. There
were also problems of water and sani-
tation as many children were found
to have diarrhea and other related
illnesses.
3) Insecurity
Many children ended up alone and
unaccompanied. They ended up with
people they did not know and this ex-
posed them to dangers such as sexual
abuse, forced labour and physical
harm.
Internally Displaced Children have
the same rights as all other children
in Kenya and are entitled to the same
protection when these rights are vio-
lated. These rights are found in the
Constitution, the Childrens Act, The
Sexual Oences Act, The Penal Code
and Employment Act, among other
laws.
The government has the primary
responsibility of ensuring that children
are protected during displacement. The
Prevention, Protection and Assistance
to Internally Displaced Persons and
Aected Communities Act (commonly
known as The IDP Act) was passed
in 2012 and it provides on how IDPs
should be treated and how they can
be assisted especially where long term
solutions are needed.
- The writer is an advocate of
the High Court of Kenya
children and law
WHAT ARE THE RIGHTS OF INTERNALLY
DISPLACED CHILDREN?
Boniface Gachuhi, 12
When there is an out-
break of diseases like po-
lio, the ministry of Health
announces that there will
be immunization of all
children of a certain age
to give them protection
Mercy Anyango, 12
Immunization is good since
it helps children to get pro-
tected from diseases like
polio and other dangerous
diseases. Parents should
ensure that children are
immunized as required.
Aryan Kachra, 10
Its a right of every child
to have good medical
care. Therefore, its the
responsibility of every
parent to take his children
for immunization. This
protects the children from
diseases like polio and TB.
Arnav Kachra, 10
Its good for all children to
be protected against dis-
eases. That is why children
are taken for immuniza-
tion to protect them from
diseases like polio and u.
These immunisations are
given free of charge and to
children of certain age who
Lynn Kulola, 11
Children are usually immu-
nized against diseases like
whooping cough, tetanus
or polio. Parents should
ensure their children are
immunized to protect
them from contracting
these diseases when there
is an outbreak.
ANSWERS ON PAGE 8
young nation
Beryl Chepngeno, 11
All children should be immu-
nized against various diseases
as they grow up. Some of these
diseases include polio and mea-
sles. These immunizations are
usually given free of charge and
it is good for all children to be
immunized.
WHY CHILDREN SHOULD
BE VACCINATED
The government usually announces
immunization exercises targeting
children to give them protection against
various diseases. This week some
children speak on what they know about
immunization. They spoke to MWORIA
MUCHINA.
pmuchina@ke.nationmedia.com
May 25, 2014
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Irene Musyimi, 13
Why do you think
Nyeri residents chose
you to become their
leader?
Nyokabi: I think its
because of my past
record. Long before
I joined politics, I got
involved in develop-
ment projects and
management of several schools in the county.
I did talks to pupils and parents in the area and
outlined how and why it was important to take
education seriously. As a lawyer, I also assisted
many people from the county by assisting them
at no cost to get justice. I believe that the fact
that I was also an active Catholic Church member
in the area also gave me an upper hand for peo-
ple to notice me as a leader.
Sarah
Adhia-
mbo, 12
What
else
have you
done
for your
county
so far?
Nyokabi:
I have been encouraging them to
ensure they take up Uwezo Fund
as credit to establish income gen-
erating activities. I help them to
realise their potential by showing
them the best practices in farming
and businesses.
chievers corner
PRISCILLA NYOKABI:
WOMAN REPRESENTATIVE
FOR NYERI COUNTY
By FRANKLINE AKHUBULA
@frankakhu
frankakhubula@gmail.com
P
riscilla Nyokabi is a
Woman Representa-
tive for Nyeri County.
Aged 35 years, Priscilla is
the youngest Woman County
leader. Before joining politics,
she was the CEO at Kituo cha
Sheria and was voted one of
the top 40 under 40 in the year
2009-2010. She also worked
at Mohammed and Muingai
advocates and ICJ Kenya. She
answers questions posed to her
by pupils of Rosegate School in
Mlolongo, Machakos County.
stars answer your questions
a
Salome Mumbe, 12
Whats the main work of a County
Woman Representative? How are
you helping women in villages in
your county? Nyokabi: They are just
like any other Members of Parliament
since they participate in making laws.
It is an elective post that was created
under the new constitution to cre-
ate room for more women to be in
leadership positions. I help women
by distributing free sanitary towels
to girls in the county. I promote
safe environment by encouraging
people to embrace solar and Ker-
osene use to preserve our forests.
I have partnered with Nacada
to discourage people from con-
sumption of alcohol especially
young people.
young nation
Waqho Malich, 13
How are you helping people
with disabilities in the country?
Nyokabi: Through Parliament,
I have participated in legislat-
ing laws that are friendly to
people with disabilities. The
constitution states that com-
mittees in Parliament should
have representation of people
with disability. With my fellow
leaders, I have made sure that is
upheld as per the constitution. I
have also been involved in help-
ing people with albinism have
easy access to sunscreen which
helps reduce chances of getting
cancer.
ORIGIN OF
WORDS/
THINGS/NAMES/
PHRASES
ROBOT
A robot is any machine that can
be programmed to carry out
instructions and perform chores that
are normally performed by human
beings. The name robot is borrowed
from an old Slavonic word robota,
which means servitude, forced
labour, or drudgery and was the
product of the European system of
serfdom where a tenants rent was
paid for in forced labour.
The name robot was the brainchild
of a Czech playwright, novelist
and journalist, Karel u010Capek
(1880-1938), who introduced it
in his 1920 hit play, R.U.R., or
Rossums Universal Robots. The
play, a futuristic thriller, was about
a frightening scenario in which
machines take over and implant
circuitry in human beings to turn
them into mindless zombies who
are willing to serve the machines
as workers or robots. The play
was a hit and since then, robots
have become popular characters
in science ction, novels, lms and
television shows.
Emmanuel
Ochieng, 14
How does it feel
being a woman
representative?
What are some
of the challenges
that politicians like
you face?
Nyokabi: It feels
good considering
that I am the youngest elected Woman County
Rep having been elected at the age of 34 years
old. It feels good to be able to sit and participate
at the highest level of decision making organ. I
think the main challenge is bringing development
to the people in the country bearing in mind
that the society is tribal and not development-
oriented. People dont listen to what you have to
say but from where you are come from.
Emmanuel Khay-
umbi, 14
What inspired you
to join politics?
Nyokabi: The as-
pirations to work
hand in hand with
like-minded people
whose desires are
to provide solutions.
I also wanted to be
part of the rst leaders to serve under the new
constitution. As a scholar in law, I wanted to see if
politics could spur development because leader-
ship is about giving solution so I believed I could
use my good education to provide solutions to
our people.
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Answers on page 8
S
he was born on May
7, 1991 in Kericho. She
is a Kenyan long-dis-
tance runner. She was the
silver medalist in the 5000
metres at the 2013 World
Championships. She is
a two-time world junior
champion in the 3000
metres (2008, 2010) and
has also won gold med-
als at the 2007 World
Youth Championships
in Athletics and 2008
Commonwealth Youth
Games.
She has been a success junior athlete in cross country running,
taking the silver medals in the junior team and individual com-
petitions at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
and improving to the gold medals at the 2010 edition. She made
her rst international appearance at the 2007 IAAF World Cross
Country Championships in Mombasa. She nished 23rd in the
junior race.
1. What is the name of the athlete?
(
what
you say
BY PATRICIA MUNDIA
pattymundia@gmail.com
A
n Internally Displaced Person
(IDP) is a person or group of
people who have been forced
or made to leave their homes for any
of following reasons;
1) Armed conict; people will move
in order to avoid the eects of conict
or because of conict has occurred and
thus forced them to leave.
2) Large Scale Development; This
could be through the construction of
dams or mining. Such development
is usually for the benet of the com-
munity and country as a whole. In such
cases the community which has been
displaced is compensated or re-settled
elsewhere. Other reasons include viola-
tions of human rights and natural or
manmade disasters.
Children are usually the most af-
fected by internal displacements. Many
IDP children may be victims of harsh
violence or are separated from their
families and therefore get neglected.
They are at risk of death, sexual exploi-
tation, recruitment to armed conicts,
early marriage and forced labour,
trauma and maiming, etc.
In most cases, displaced children
nd themselves without shelter and
food. This is how some of these rights
were violated during the Post Election
Violence in Kenya which took place in
2007/2008.
1) Education
Thousands of children had their
homes and schools destroyed. Teach-
ers were also aected because the vio-
lence made it impossible for them to
report to work. When schools were re-
opened, many pupils could not report
back because roads were barricaded
and gangs armed with crude weapons
made transport insecure.
2) Health
Children who were less than ve
years of age were found to be mal-
nourished in the IDP camps. There
were also problems of water and sani-
tation as many children were found
to have diarrhea and other related
illnesses.
3) Insecurity
Many children ended up alone and
unaccompanied. They ended up with
people they did not know and this ex-
posed them to dangers such as sexual
abuse, forced labour and physical
harm.
Internally Displaced Children have
the same rights as all other children
in Kenya and are entitled to the same
protection when these rights are vio-
lated. These rights are found in the
Constitution, the Childrens Act, The
Sexual Oences Act, The Penal Code
and Employment Act, among other
laws.
The government has the primary
responsibility of ensuring that children
are protected during displacement. The
Prevention, Protection and Assistance
to Internally Displaced Persons and
Aected Communities Act (commonly
known as The IDP Act) was passed
in 2012 and it provides on how IDPs
should be treated and how they can
be assisted especially where long term
solutions are needed.
- The writer is an advocate of
the High Court of Kenya
children and law
WHAT ARE THE RIGHTS OF INTERNALLY
DISPLACED CHILDREN?
Boniface Gachuhi, 12
When there is an out-
break of diseases like po-
lio, the ministry of Health
announces that there will
be immunization of all
children of a certain age
to give them protection
Mercy Anyango, 12
Immunization is good since
it helps children to get pro-
tected from diseases like
polio and other dangerous
diseases. Parents should
ensure that children are
immunized as required.
Aryan Kachra, 10
Its a right of every child
to have good medical
care. Therefore, its the
responsibility of every
parent to take his children
for immunization. This
protects the children from
diseases like polio and TB.
Arnav Kachra, 10
Its good for all children to
be protected against dis-
eases. That is why children
are taken for immuniza-
tion to protect them from
diseases like polio and u.
These immunisations are
given free of charge and to
children of certain age who
Lynn Kulola, 11
Children are usually immu-
nized against diseases like
whooping cough, tetanus
or polio. Parents should
ensure their children are
immunized to protect
them from contracting
these diseases when there
is an outbreak.
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Beryl Chepngeno, 11
All children should be immu-
nized against various diseases
as they grow up. Some of these
diseases include polio and mea-
sles. These immunizations are
usually given free of charge and
it is good for all children to be
immunized.
WHY CHILDREN SHOULD
BE VACCINATED
The government usually announces
immunization exercises targeting
children to give them protection against
various diseases. This week some
children speak on what they know about
immunization. They spoke to MWORIA
MUCHINA.
pmuchina@ke.nationmedia.com
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Irene Musyimi, 13
Why do you think
Nyeri residents chose
you to become their
leader?
Nyokabi: I think its
because of my past
record. Long before
I joined politics, I got
involved in develop-
ment projects and
management of several schools in the county.
I did talks to pupils and parents in the area and
outlined how and why it was important to take
education seriously. As a lawyer, I also assisted
many people from the county by assisting them
at no cost to get justice. I believe that the fact
that I was also an active Catholic Church member
in the area also gave me an upper hand for peo-
ple to notice me as a leader.
Sarah
Adhia-
mbo, 12
What
else
have you
done
for your
county
so far?
Nyokabi:
I have been encouraging them to
ensure they take up Uwezo Fund
as credit to establish income gen-
erating activities. I help them to
realise their potential by showing
them the best practices in farming
and businesses.
chievers corner
PRISCILLA NYOKABI:
WOMAN REPRESENTATIVE
FOR NYERI COUNTY
By FRANKLINE AKHUBULA
@frankakhu
frankakhubula@gmail.com
P
riscilla Nyokabi is a
Woman Representa-
tive for Nyeri County.
Aged 35 years, Priscilla is
the youngest Woman County
leader. Before joining politics,
she was the CEO at Kituo cha
Sheria and was voted one of
the top 40 under 40 in the year
2009-2010. She also worked
at Mohammed and Muingai
advocates and ICJ Kenya. She
answers questions posed to her
by pupils of Rosegate School in
Mlolongo, Machakos County.
stars answer your questions
a
Salome Mumbe, 12
Whats the main work of a County
Woman Representative? How are
you helping women in villages in
your county? Nyokabi: They are just
like any other Members of Parliament
since they participate in making laws.
It is an elective post that was created
under the new constitution to cre-
ate room for more women to be in
leadership positions. I help women
by distributing free sanitary towels
to girls in the county. I promote
safe environment by encouraging
people to embrace solar and Ker-
osene use to preserve our forests.
I have partnered with Nacada
to discourage people from con-
sumption of alcohol especially
young people.
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Waqho Malich, 13
How are you helping people
with disabilities in the country?
Nyokabi: Through Parliament,
I have participated in legislat-
ing laws that are friendly to
people with disabilities. The
constitution states that com-
mittees in Parliament should
have representation of people
with disability. With my fellow
leaders, I have made sure that is
upheld as per the constitution. I
have also been involved in help-
ing people with albinism have
easy access to sunscreen which
helps reduce chances of getting
cancer.
ORIGIN OF
WORDS/
THINGS/NAMES/
PHRASES
ROBOT
A robot is any machine that can
be programmed to carry out
instructions and perform chores that
are normally performed by human
beings. The name robot is borrowed
from an old Slavonic word robota,
which means servitude, forced
labour, or drudgery and was the
product of the European system of
serfdom where a tenants rent was
paid for in forced labour.
The name robot was the brainchild
of a Czech playwright, novelist
and journalist, Karel u010Capek
(1880-1938), who introduced it
in his 1920 hit play, R.U.R., or
Rossums Universal Robots. The
play, a futuristic thriller, was about
a frightening scenario in which
machines take over and implant
circuitry in human beings to turn
them into mindless zombies who
are willing to serve the machines
as workers or robots. The play
was a hit and since then, robots
have become popular characters
in science ction, novels, lms and
television shows.
Emmanuel
Ochieng, 14
How does it feel
being a woman
representative?
What are some
of the challenges
that politicians like
you face?
Nyokabi: It feels
good considering
that I am the youngest elected Woman County
Rep having been elected at the age of 34 years
old. It feels good to be able to sit and participate
at the highest level of decision making organ. I
think the main challenge is bringing development
to the people in the country bearing in mind
that the society is tribal and not development-
oriented. People dont listen to what you have to
say but from where you are come from.
Emmanuel Khay-
umbi, 14
What inspired you
to join politics?
Nyokabi: The as-
pirations to work
hand in hand with
like-minded people
whose desires are
to provide solutions.
I also wanted to be
part of the rst leaders to serve under the new
constitution. As a scholar in law, I wanted to see if
politics could spur development because leader-
ship is about giving solution so I believed I could
use my good education to provide solutions to
our people.
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Answers on page 8
O
nce upon a time, there
lived a king who ruled over
a kingdom called Persia.
Unfortunately, he was not blessed
with a son and this disturbed him a
lot he knew not who his heir would
be. When the time neared for him to
leave the throne, he was most dis-
tressed.
But a bright idea crossed his mind; he
gave 10 seeds to 10 boys. He told them he
would require the fruits of the seeds one
day. He then instructed them to go and
begin the task immediately because he
expected their eorts to bear fruits.
They hurried and planted their
seeds and each one of them was
hopeful they will germinate and bring
forth a good harvest. The only prob-
lem was that after two months the
seeds had not germinated.
The boys were dead worried be-
cause they had to give out their
yields. Nine of the boys each decided
to go and purchase new seeds and
plant them. They did just that and
their seeds bore vegetables.
The remaining boy was very wor-
ried and he imagined his seeds had
failed to germinate because he had
not followed the correct planting pro-
cedure; had not applied manure and
therefore had no yields to present to
the king. He would always cry himself
to sleep not knowing what his fate
would be.
Finally, the day of presenting the
yields came. The king had invited
many guests for the ceremony. When
the guests were settled in their seats,
he summoned the boys to the po-
dium.
The boys, who had purchased the
new seeds, walked past the crowd
very proud and happy and stood in
front of the king. But the king noticed
that one boy was missing. He im-
mediately asked his guards to get the
missing boy who was hiding in the
back benches and very ashamed of
himself.
The boy came to the podium but
he had nothing to present. The king
then explained that he had given the
boys boiled seeds and he denitely
knew they would never germinate.
He declared the boy whose seed
did not germinate, and who had not
cheated by buying grains to present
to the king, as his successor. The lone
boy was rewarded for his honesty.
He condemned the other nine boys
and compared them to people who
seek witchcraft to improve their lives
and those who engage in corruption.
The members of the kingdom were
very elated with their new king.
- VICTOR MUTURI
K
nown as the Mangalitsa or Mangalica, this pig breed
is found in Hungary. Its name means hog with a
lot of lard. Lard is fat from the abdomen of a pig that is
used in cooking, making candles, soap and cosmetics.
Not only does the Mangalica pig have a lot of lard, it also
has a lot of curly hair, which makes it resemble a sheep.
This woolly covering can be black or red, but is most
commonly pale yellow.
The Mangalica is the last pig in existence to have
this unusual woolly covering, and it was nearly an ex-
tinct animal by the 1990s, when fewer than 200 pigs
remained in Hungary. This is because their fat was
commonly used for cooking before vegetable oils were
introduced. Their fat is more unsaturated than normal
pigs fat so it melts at a lower temperature and is also
much healthier. Although it did not get ocially recog-
nised until 1927, the Mangalica pig had been domesti-
cated some 8,000 years ago in Asia, from where it was
brought to Europe.
easy sudoku
did you know?
its story time
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THE MANGALICA PIG HAS
SHEEPS LIKE WOOL
THE BOY WHO BECAME A KING
The rules of Sudoku are quite simple. You are presented with
a 6x6 grid of boxes, some empty, some lled with numbers in
the range of 1 to 6. That gives you 2 rows, 3 columns and also
2 larger squares of 2x3 boxes.
The idea of Sudoku is to completely ll the empty grid
squares with numbers in such a way that the following condi-
tions hold true:
1) Every row should contain the numbers 1 to 6 but should not
repeat the numbers 1 to 6 at any point within that row.
2) Every column should contain the numbers 1 to 6 but should
not repeat the numbers 1 to 6 at any point within that column.
3) Every 2x3 square should contain the numbers 1 to 6 but
should not repeat the numbers 1 to 6 at any point within that
square.
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ACROSS
3. Hair that grows
around a mans chin
6. A Muslim religious
leader or priest
7. Assistant to a mili-
tary ocer
8. A symbol represen-
tation of a country,
organisation, etc
11. To attack and
physically harm
someone
14. A long thin stick
with a curved handle
that is used as a walk-
ing stick
15. Highly impatient, eager
or curious
16. Any shared fund of
money
DOWN
1. Jump into the water with
head and arms going rst
2. A young sheep
4. The hard smooth outer
surface of teeth
5. The operational limit of a
ship, aircraft, etc.
9. A republic in East Cen-
tral Africa which lies along
the Great Rift Valley
10. An expression of sorrow
12. An area beside a very
steep slope
13. Ancient Romes loose
owing outer garment
SOLUTIONS ON PAGE 8
crossword
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SUD0KU
solutions
ALI EXCELS IN
SOCCER
sports time...
SPORTS QUIZ
Answers
1. Mercy Cherono
2. 2007
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ACROSS
3. Beard 6. Imam 7. Aide 8. Emblem
11. Molest 14. Cane 15. Agog 16. Kitty

DOWN
1. Dive 2. Lamb 4. Enamel 5. Radius
9. Malawi 10. Lament 12. Edge 12. Toga
CROSSWORD
BY MUNEENI MUTHUSI
mboyamuthusi
wamuthusi@yahoo.com
T
he year 2012 was Ali Saids turning point
in discovering his immense potential in
soccer he was voted the best player
in Copa Coca-Cola tournament. At that time
Ali was a Standard 7 pupil at Mwingi Primary
School. Now set to make his debut at the
Kenya Secondary School Sports Association
Term Two B games Ali is condent he will
give his best. He is one of the best players for
his school and the youngest in his team.
At an early age Ali, used to play football just
like the other boys everywhere in the country
would do. Ali would pass time playing foot-
ball with other boys with a home-made ball.
He never knew he was actually launching his
career and that his eorts would pay sooner
than expected.
The shy and a soft-spoken boy became
a hot commodity after writing his KCPE ex-
aminations last year. It was obvious he had a
talent in soccer, and he received a call to join
Kathungi School in Kitui County in order to
play for the school team.

Ball games
Last year Kathungi represented Kenya during
East African Secondary School Sports As-
sociation ball games at Lango College in Lira,
Uganda. Ali comes from a soccer playing fam-
ily. Two years earlier, in 2010 when he a Stand-
ard Four pupil at Mwingi Primary School, he
saw his elder brother Rajab Husein Bezema
board a plane to South Africa where he rep-
resented Kenya on a Milo Youth Tournament
which was also the curtain raiser for FIFA
World Cup on African soils.
After Rajab came home with all sorts of
good stories which he narrated to me all night
long, I told myself that I must also board a
plane some day to represent Kenya in football.
Thats when I started seeing football as some-
thing that can turn around someones life. I
started training with a focus on being suc-
cessful, Ali said.
Patrick Mutta, a youth trainer at Mwingi
Soccer Academy where Ali is a member, says:
Ali is equipped with basic soccer technical
knowhow and thoroughly trained on all forms
of soccer responsibilities at the youth acad-
emy. I am sure he would pass any tests any
soccer coach may subscribe on them.
Soccer lovers who have been following
Alis career keenly say that now that the boy
has joined one of the national soccer power
houses, Kathungi School, no doubt his God-
given talent will be enhanced and shaped tre-
mendously. A high school principal who
has been games master and a soccer
referee for a very long time Mr Stephen
Muritu Murungami said that Kathungi
School has the capacity to develop any young
player into a national class category.
Mr Muritu added that the evidence
was last year when the then lit-
tle-known Kathungi sprung from
nowhere to conquer the entire country
in soccer. What I may not be sure
about is whether they have the
resources. Kathungi is not a big
school as most people may think.
Therefore, for such caliber of
a school to compete against
big schools like Upper Hill is no
mean feat. The government should
identify schools like Kathungi and
equip them nancially to support
talented boys in soccer and other
sports, said Mr Murungami.
Recently, when President Uhuru
Kenyatta hosted teachers and stu-
dents for the national drama festival
State Concert at Sagana State Lodge
ordered the concerned ministries to
fast track the sponsorship of at least
one institution in every county which
would be centres of excellence in
sports and arts.

PHOTOS/ MUNEENI MUTHUSI
ABOVE: Group picture of Mwingi academy
where Ali Said trains when he is out of
school. BELOW: Soccer wizard Ali Said training
at Mwingi academy.
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