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CORD to form plebiscite committee with members from NGOs, religions, workers unions and parties
Railas strategy to
force referendum
This week Railas team unveils
members of its National
Referendum Committee, who will
lead CORDs push for amendment
of the Constitution through what it
terms as peoples sovereign power.
Oppositions coalition partners
ODM, Wiper and Ford Kenya will
each pick two members to join
nominees from civil society groups,
workers unions, religious and
marginalised groups.
The push for a referendum
starts with collection of a million
signatures as required by law, which
also requires that amendment by
way of popular initiative passes
through at least 24 counties.
If Cord manages to steer through
initial processes such as collection
of signatures and vote proceeds to a
referendum, it would rejoice as little
threshold is required to approve
outcome of vote.
1 2 3 4
Messi
The world watched as individual brilliance took
on quality team when Germany tackled Argenti-
na last night in what promised to be a compelling
World Cup final with two teams battling for global
glory at Maracana Stadium. Football pundits and
experts had given their predictions, most of them
giving Germany an upper hand due to their consis-
tent performance from day one. Here in Kenya, pol-
iticians and sports personalities felt Argentina would
carry the day.
The conditions were favourable for Germany to
win their fourth World Cup and complete the trans-
formation to a new style of play and a new future.
Two of the most creative and attacking teams were left
standing, and it was clear this years World Cup would
go out with a bang.
Clash of Titans:
Germany
vs Argentina
SEE FULL STORY ON PAGE 6
STORIES ON PAGE 2,3,47&48
Mueller
Page 2 / NATIONAL NEWS Monday, July 14, 2014 / The Standard
Fans shift their support
during World Cup WORLD CUP FINAL DAY
Which team should Brazilians sup-
port in the World Cup final? Germany,
which humiliated them in the semi-fi-
nals? Or Argentina, their hated rival,
which could raise the trophy on Bra-
zilian soil?
At some point in the last four
weeks, fans of 30 of the World Cups
32 teams have had to decide which
team to adopt as a second choice. As
a thought exercise, wondering whos
rooting for which team is great fun. But
its been nearly impossible to measure
until vast amounts of social-media
data came along.
A new analysis by Facebooks da-
ta science team analyzed migrations
of fan support from one country
to another throughout the tourna-
ment, stage by stage. Its based part-
ly on the contents of peoples posts,
which means it is largely a reflection
of the views of people who follow the
World Cup at least to some degree. In
the chart above showing global opin-
ion, Brazil, the US and Mexico have
a strong influence on the results, be-
cause of their size, Facebook popula-
tion and high interest in the World Cup.
Heres the same chart as the one above,
but just for Facebook users who live in
Brazil. (Anyone but Argentina seems
to hold true as a cheering strategy.)
A couple of quick notes: The first
comes from peoples status updates:
When people said that they were
watching a game, some were prompt-
ed with a choice between the flags of
the two countries playing and asked
to choose which they were rooting
for. Other times, people posted a clear
preference for one team in their sta-
tus updates, like #GoUSMNT in sup-
port of the American team. Finally,
Facebook asked some visitors on the
trending World Cup Facebook page to
say which team they were rooting for.
The data science team processed these
responses and normalized them into
a single estimate for the share of that
An analysis of Facebook
activity reveals how
support shifted during
the tournament
How fan loyalty changed during the World Cup proceedings
BRASILIA
Workers prepare for the closing cermony prior to the 2014 Fifa World Cup -
nal match between Germany and Argentina at the Maracana Stadium in Rio
de Janeiro. [PHOTO / AFP]
countrys Facebook users who pre-
ferred a given team. As caveats, re-
member that Facebook penetration
rates vary across countries and that
Internet users are not necessarily rep-
resentative of the general population.
About 300 million people around
the world participated in World Cup
conversations on Facebook the
highest level of conversation around
a single event that Facebook has ever
had, according to Dustin Cable, a da-
ta analyst at Facebook. Its also worth
noting that some of the patterns here
are also evident in a study of public
opinion in 19 countries that YouGov
conducted for The Upshot before the
World Cup.
Mexico has a huge fan base in the
US and plays many of its own na-
tional teams games on U.S. soil.
That could explain why soccer
fans in the U.S. supported the
two teams roughly equally in
the Round of 16. In an in-
teresting twist, support for
Germany and Argentina
in the final is split right
down the middle.
Users who said they
were from Argentina al-
so tended to support other
South American countries,
particularly Chile, Colombia
and Uruguay (even if the feel-
ing isnt mutual). Colombia, in
particular, had a strong showing
in the quarterfinals, when they were
playing against Argentinas arch-rival,
Brazil. Argentines are, not surprisingly,
fully behind their country in the final.
Argentina, Germans on Facebook
supported their team in increasing
shares as the tournament went on, as
their options for alternatives narrowed.
The Dutch chart looks similar to the
one for Germany, except for the obvi-
ous difference that it stops before the
final.
The biggest surprise of the tour-
nament at least, until that other one
was Spains early exit. This present-
ed an unexpected choice for Spanish
fans, who seemed to have a hard time
deciding which team to support. One
clear trend was Spanish fans choice
for South American teams over Euro-
pean ones.
England, like Spain, had a surpris-
ingly early exit from the tournament;
American soccer fans may be some-
what heartened to see that many
soccer fans in Britain turned to the
Yanks in the Round of 16.
Mexican fans did not return the
favor. In both the group stage and
the Round of 16, only about 2 per-
cent of Mexicans on Facebook pre-
ferred the American team. Once
Mexico lost, fans supported most-
ly South American teams, strongly
favoring Colombia in the quarterfi-
nals and Argentina in the semifinals
(as well as, presumably, in the final).
Below, the preferences of Facebook
fans from the other World Cup teams
leading up to the final. (There was
not enough data for these teams to
see rooting preferences for the final
most of the activity comes on the day
of the game.)
Agencies
Daniel Francisco Venezia, an
Argentina soccer fan
dressed as Pope Francis,
kisses an Argentine ag
before the nal World Cup
match in Buenos Aires,
Argentina, yesterday. (PHOTO/
AFP)
Page 3 Monday, July 14, 2014 / The Standard
Which team should Brazilians sup-
port in the World Cup final? Germany,
which humiliated them in the semi-fi-
nals? Or Argentina, their hated rival,
which could raise the trophy on Bra-
zilian soil?
At some point in the last four
weeks, fans of 30 of the World Cups
32 teams have had to decide which
team to adopt as a second choice. As
a thought exercise, wondering whos
rooting for which team is great fun. But
its been nearly impossible to measure
until vast amounts of social-media
data came along.
A new analysis by Facebooks da-
ta science team analyzed migrations
of fan support from one country
to another throughout the tourna-
ment, stage by stage. Its based part-
ly on the contents of peoples posts,
which means it is largely a reflection
of the views of people who follow the
World Cup at least to some degree. In
the chart above showing global opin-
ion, Brazil, the US and Mexico have
a strong influence on the results, be-
cause of their size, Facebook popula-
tion and high interest in the World Cup.
Heres the same chart as the one above,
but just for Facebook users who live in
Brazil. (Anyone but Argentina seems
to hold true as a cheering strategy.)
A couple of quick notes: The first
comes from peoples status updates:
When people said that they were
watching a game, some were prompt-
ed with a choice between the flags of
the two countries playing and asked
to choose which they were rooting
for. Other times, people posted a clear
preference for one team in their sta-
tus updates, like #GoUSMNT in sup-
port of the American team. Finally,
Facebook asked some visitors on the
trending World Cup Facebook page to
say which team they were rooting for.
The data science team processed these
responses and normalized them into
a single estimate for the share of that
An analysis of Facebook
activity reveals how
support shifted during
the tournament
How fan loyalty changed during the World Cup proceedings
BRASILIA
Workers prepare for the closing cermony prior to the 2014 Fifa World Cup -
nal match between Germany and Argentina at the Maracana Stadium in Rio
de Janeiro. [PHOTO / AFP]
countrys Facebook users who pre-
ferred a given team. As caveats, re-
member that Facebook penetration
rates vary across countries and that
Internet users are not necessarily rep-
resentative of the general population.
About 300 million people around
the world participated in World Cup
conversations on Facebook the
highest level of conversation around
a single event that Facebook has ever
had, according to Dustin Cable, a da-
ta analyst at Facebook. Its also worth
noting that some of the patterns here
are also evident in a study of public
opinion in 19 countries that YouGov
conducted for The Upshot before the
World Cup.
Mexico has a huge fan base in the
US and plays many of its own na-
tional teams games on U.S. soil.
That could explain why soccer
fans in the U.S. supported the
two teams roughly equally in
the Round of 16. In an in-
teresting twist, support for
Germany and Argentina
in the final is split right
down the middle.
Users who said they
were from Argentina al-
so tended to support other
South American countries,
particularly Chile, Colombia
and Uruguay (even if the feel-
ing isnt mutual). Colombia, in
particular, had a strong showing
in the quarterfinals, when they were
playing against Argentinas arch-rival,
Brazil. Argentines are, not surprisingly,
fully behind their country in the final.
Argentina, Germans on Facebook
supported their team in increasing
shares as the tournament went on, as
their options for alternatives narrowed.
The Dutch chart looks similar to the
one for Germany, except for the obvi-
ous difference that it stops before the
final.
The biggest surprise of the tour-
nament at least, until that other one
was Spains early exit. This present-
ed an unexpected choice for Spanish
fans, who seemed to have a hard time
deciding which team to support. One
clear trend was Spanish fans choice
for South American teams over Euro-
pean ones.
England, like Spain, had a surpris-
ingly early exit from the tournament;
American soccer fans may be some-
what heartened to see that many
soccer fans in Britain turned to the
Yanks in the Round of 16.
Mexican fans did not return the
favor. In both the group stage and
the Round of 16, only about 2 per-
cent of Mexicans on Facebook pre-
ferred the American team. Once
Mexico lost, fans supported most-
ly South American teams, strongly
favoring Colombia in the quarterfi-
nals and Argentina in the semifinals
(as well as, presumably, in the final).
Below, the preferences of Facebook
fans from the other World Cup teams
leading up to the final. (There was
not enough data for these teams to
see rooting preferences for the final
most of the activity comes on the day
of the game.)
Agencies
Daniel Francisco Venezia, an
Argentina soccer fan
dressed as Pope Francis,
kisses an Argentine ag
before the nal World Cup
match in Buenos Aires,
Argentina, yesterday. (PHOTO/
AFP)
Parliament will be stripped of its
powers to have a say in internal mili-
tary deployment, if proposed amend-
ments see light of the day.
The Statute Law Miscellaneous
(Amendment) Bill 2014 seeks to delete
sections of Article 241(3), which pro-
vides for the procedure for local mil-
itary deployment, essentially diluting
the input of the National Assembly in
case the Government wants to use the
military internally.
Pursuant to Article 241(3) of the
Constitution, the military can be de-
ployed locally on two grounds : Assist
and co-operate with other authorities
in situations of emergency or disas-
ter or to restore peace in any part of
Kenya affected by unrest or instability
While the Kenya Defence Forc-
es Act is clear that under the above
circumstances, the National Assem-
bly can only be informed whenever
there is internal deployment to assist
in emergency or disaster, the provi-
sions of the Constitution are specific
when it comes to deployment of the
military internally to restore peace
since the latter requires express au-
thority of Parliament.
This means that the Govern-
ment through the Cabinet Secretary
for Defence will only be required to
merely gazette the start of the oper-
ation and de-gazette the end of the
exercise without necessarily seeking
MPs approval in what is seen as part
of the Governments strategy to cut
down military deployment bureau-
cracy and scale up the use of the mil-
itary to combat run-away crime in the
country.
The Government has been under
attack from the former Prime Minis-
ter Raila Odingas CORD for failing to
firmly deal with raging insecurity in
the country in the wake of killings in
Mpeketoni, Hindi and Wajir which the
Government has attributed to ethnic
conflict fanned by criminal gangs.

TERRORIST THREATS
In August last year, President Uhu-
ru Kenyatta created a new military
command to combat rising crime and
terrorist threats inside the country de-
spite criticism from security experts,
civil society groups and a section of
politicians who termed the move
an attempt to militarise the country
by letting the Kenya Defence Forces
(KDF) take up roles assigned to the
Kenya Police Service (NPS).
The Nairobi Metropolitan Com-
mand, was to come under KDF, spe-
cifically to deal with security threats
such as terrorism, drug trafficking and
proliferation of small arms in the cap-
ital.
It is yet not clear if the command
took up its roles given that attacks
with and around the city have been on
the increase and with the KDFs visi-
bility doubtful in crime scenes with-
in the city.
The Government had argued that
the creation of the command was ne-
cessitated by the need to have a well
State wants to deploy KDF without MPs say
Move to stop seeking
Parliaments nod on
deployment seen as
States strategy to scale
up use of military to
combat rising crime
co-ordinated and trained force on
standby to deal with emerging threats.
Security personnel was often
caught off guard by terrorists, but the
Government argued the command
was the ultimate solution that would
not only be responding to attacks but
help in forestalling the attacks as well.
In the above case, the President
was widely criticised for not seeking
the approval of Parliament in dispens-
ing his executive orders as the com-
mander-in-chief of the Kenya De-
fence Forces (KDF).
The proposed amendment seeks
to delete the section : Where KDF
is deployed for any purpose contem-
plated in subsection Article 241(3)
(1)(b) and (c), the Cabinet Secretary
shall inform the National Assembly
promptly and in appropriate detail
of the reasons for such deployment,
place where the Defence Forces is be-
ing deployed, number of persons in-
volved, period for which the military
is expected to be deployed and expen-
diture incurred or expected to be in-
curred.
The proposed amendment also
seeks to delete a section of the law
that requires the President to inform
Speaker of the National Assembly in
office. I believe what we now have is a
Bill that represents the best interests
of all Kenyans, he said.
The Cabinet Secretary will only
be required to gazette the start of an
operation when the country wants to
deploy the military locally, de-gazette
the operation once it ends and pro-
vide a report to Parliament, he add-
ed.
However, the plan to amend the
Bill has received criticism from sev-
eral quarters.
Kitutu Chache South MP Rich-
ard Onyonka who is also a member
of the Defence and Foreign Relations
Committee termed the move uncon-
stitutional and warned his colleagues
against rushing into it blindly.
The drafters of the Constitution
had a reason for making it necessary
to seek parliamentary approval for
military deployment. When address-
ing insecurity, we need to be careful
not to erode the gains we have made,
he said.

POLITICAL EMOTIONS
International Centre for Policy
and Conflict (ICPC) boss Ndungu
Wainaina faulted the move and ac-
cused politicians of playing to polit-
ical emotions rather than critical un-
derstanding of the provisions of the
Constitution.
It is a tragedy that both the PNa-
tional Assembly and the Senate are
passing laws that are not only incon-
sistent with the Constitution but also
undermines the very principles of the
law. The Constitution envisaged all
scenarios and provided for a demar-
cation of functions of the NPS and the
KDF, he warned.
He accused Parliament of under-
mining the spirit of the Constitution
that provided for a strong and vibrant
police service and urged for laws that
seek to strengthen the intelligence
case Parliament is on recess for break
of more than seven days.
If passed, this section will be delet-
ed: If the National Assembly is not in
session during the first seven days af-
ter the deployment of KDF as contem-
plated in subsection (3), the Defence
Council shall, through the President,
provide the information required in
that subsection (3) to the Speaker of
the National Assembly.

CONTROVERSIAL SECTIONS
But National Assembly Majority
Leader Adan Duale termed the Bill
long overdue and noted that Parlia-
ment will still reserve the constitu-
tional mandate to sanction or reject
military deployment.
We need to ensure that we re-
move the roadblocks on the way that
may derail the process of deployment
of the military locally so that we can
respond faster and swiftly, Duale
said.
The Majority Leader noted that
some of the contentious sections that
Kenyans had raised concern on have
been deleted from the Bill to be intro-
duced in the House in a few days.
We have worked on the Bill and
removed some of the controversial
provisions like that touching on Non
Governmental Organisations, Sala-
ries and Remuneration Commission
chairperson and Inspector Generalss
Kenya Defence Forces patrol the streets of Fafadun township during the vicious battle to reach Kismayu Port. RIGHT: Ki-
li County Governor Amason Kingi (left) confers with a senior KDF ofcial on the MRC raid at Mtondia along the Kili
-Malindi road last week. A new Bill is seeking to strip Parliament of its powers to have a say in internal military deploy-
ment. [PHOTOS:FILE/STANDARD]
y B JAMES MBAKA
gathering wing of the service rather
than to assign to the military.
Lessons learnt from other coun-
tries around the world is that when
the military gets involved in internal
security matters, they tend to under-
mine constitutional democracy and
entrench military democracy.Ken-
yans must fight to keep the military
off matters security internally, unless
we want to militiralise the country. If
that happens, then Kenyans will re-
gret that decision, Ndungu said as
he accused the Government of slowly
and consistently militarising the po-
lice, if the amendments sail through.

REFORM SERVICE
He said unlike the police who are
allowed to live in civilian houses and
interact with civilians, the law prohib-
its military officers from staying out-
side the barracks.
Centre for Law and Research In-
ternational Executive Director Mor-
ris Odhiambo said militarising inter-
nal security was not the way to go for
Kenya.
Having the military take on po-
lice functions shows that police have
failed in their mandate and indicates
governments lack of will to reform
and build the capacity of the police
service so that it can effectively do its
job, he said
Problems of insecurity can be
dealt with only if we deal with organs
of police themselves. We cannot run
away from that fact by introducing
concepts like deploying the military
internally which ultimately do not
make sense, Odhiambo added.
He noted that the military is
not trained in policing but they are
trained to protect our borders from
external aggressions. Let us do what
has to be done, which is reforming
the police by removing the bad ap-
ples from the force, said Odhiambo.
Majority Leader Aden Duale
said the Bill was long over-
due and noted that we need
to ensure that we remove the
roadblocks on the way that may
derail the process of deploy-
ment of the military locally so
that we can respond faster and
swiftly
International Centre for Pol-
icy and Confict boss Ndungu
Wainaina faulted the move and
accused politicians of playing to
political emotions rather than
critical understanding of the
provisions of the Constitution
Kitutu Chache South MP Rich-
ard Onyonka termed the move
unconstitutional and warned
his colleagues against rushing
into it blindly
MIXED REACTIONS
TOWARDS AMENDMENTS
Lessons learnt from other
countries around the world
is that when the military
gets involved in internal
security matters, they tend
to undermine constitutional
democracy and entrench
military democracy
Page 5 NATIONAL NEWS / Monday, July 14, 2014 / The Standard
President Uhuru
Kenyatta (second left,
facing camera) at
State Lodge in
Kakamega town for
Iftar prayers. With
him are Deputy
President William
Ruto (right), Majority
Leader in the National
Assembly Aden Duale
(second right), Mining
Cabinet Secretary
Najib Balala (left),
Leader of Majority in
the Senate Kithure
Kindiki (right, back on
camera) and Interior
and Coordination of
National Government
Cabinet Secretary
Joseph ole Lenku.
[PHOTO: PSCU]
President Uhuru Kenyatta was
warmly welcomed in Kakamega Town
on a mission to woo the Western re-
gion to support the Jubilee Govern-
ment.
The president led top Government
officials in a visit to the CORD strong-
hold.
President Kenyatta for the first
time spent a night at the neglected
State Lodge in Milimani Estate of Ka-
kamega town as he joined the Muslim
community for Iftar prayers.
In well-choreographed speeches
meant to lure Western Kenya Mus-
lim community into supporting Jubi-
lee Government, speaker after speak-
er reassured them that they were part
of the Government through numer-
ous appointments in the Cabinet as
well as in other positions.
Uhuru was accompanied by his
Deputy President William Ruto,
Leader of Majority in the National as-
sembly Aden Duale and his Senate
counterpart Kithure Kindiki, cabi-
net secretaries Najib Balala, Joseph
ole Lenku, Michael Kamau, and MPs
from the region.
The President promised to initi-
ate development projects that would
benefit residents of Kakamega Coun-
ty.
On Saturday morning, the Presi-
dent hosted delegations organised by
a section of MPs from the region at the
State Lodge and later addressed res-
idents of Kakamega town at the To-
tal Petrol station along the Kakame-
ga-Webuye highway.
He later attended the burial of the
late Harrison Makaka Okanga at Esh-
isiru village along Kakamega-Mumias
highway. Okanga was the pilot of the
ill-fated Somali-bound aircraft that
killed four people in Nairobi. The late
pilot was a brother of Jeff Okanga,
Kenyas High Commissioner to Ugan-
da.
The President then went to inspect
the Kisumu-Kakamega road where he
warned contractors who fail to per-
form.
He asked residents of Western to
reconcile their political differences
and refrain from being incited against
the Government.
Our intention is to unite the
country because we are a republic
that respects all tribes, religions and
races. We must all live together and in
an environment of peace for the pros-
perity of every citizen, said Uhuru.
In Kakamega, you elected CORD
to run the affairs of the county. And
you did not commit any mistake for
doing that. But as a government, we
cannot serve Kenyans when all the
time there are political activities in-
tended to cause wrangles and create a
lot of unnecessary noise, said Uhuru.
He said engaging in political ban-
ter would not eradicate the problems
of hunger, poor infrastructure and
lack of jobs.
He also promised residents that
the road projects that had been start-
ed would be completed to open up
the region for commerce.
The Navakholo-Bungoma road
will be constructed to ease the trans-
portation of goods and services along
that route, he said.
He also assured residents of Bu-
sia that the water project being built
in Mumias at a cost of Sh1.5 billion
would soon be completed and that he
would personally be at hand to launch
the project when the time comes.
President Uhuru also made a com-
mitment that in the next three years,
no parent would be required to pay
fees in both public primary and sec-
ondary schools in order to cater for
children from poor backgrounds.
He noted that his government had
already scrapped the registration fees
for candidates sitting national exam-
inations.
Also, in as much as the health
docket has been devolved and it is
now the responsibility of the gover-
Uhuru tours CORDs
turf to woo supporters
President promises to
initiate development
projects that would
benet residents of
Kakamega County
nor, I will work with the County Gov-
ernment of Kakamega to ensure there
are enough medical equipment. I will
ensure there are dialysis machines
and X-ray equipment at the Kakame-
ga County General Hospital so that
you will not have to travel long dis-
tances for medical care, assured the
President.
Sonko in his brief address to the
residents of Kakamega castigated
those who insulted the government in
an apparent reference to CORD lead-
er Raila Odinga, a move that angered
a section of the crowd.
Local leaders who attended the
presidents meetings include Deputy
Governor Philip Kutima, MPs John-
son Naicca (Mumias West), Emanu-
el Wagwe (Navakholo), Ayub Savula
(Lugari), Raphael Otaalo (Lurambi),
Yusuf Chanzu (Vihiga), Alfred Agoi
(Sabatia), Suleiman Murunga (Kimil-
ili), Senator Billow Kerrow (Mandera)
and MCAs, among other leaders.
Promised road projects that
had been initiated would be
completed to open up Western
region for commerce
Assured residents of Busia
that the water project being
built in Mumias at a cost of
Sh1.5 billion would soon be
completed to beneft them
Noted the Government had
already scrapped registration
fees for candidates sitting na-
tional examinations
Said in the next three years,
no parent would be required
to pay fees in both public pri-
mary and secondary schools
Said he will work with the
County Government of Ka-
kamega to ensure Kakamega
County General Hospital was
well equipped
WHAT PRESIDENT
UHURU PROMISED
CORD leaders have urged Pres-
ident Uhuru Kenyatta to listen to
the opposition to avoid ruining his
legacy.
Speaking in Magwagwa in
Nyamira County at the weekend,
the opposition leaders said the
President would expose his admin-
istration to failure if he disregards
divergent views.
The leaders, including ODM in-
terim Secretary General and Bu-
dalangi MP Ababu Namwamba,
ODM Executive Director Mager-
er Lagat, MPs Ben Momanyi (Bo-
rabu), Charles Geni (North Mugi-
rango), Simon Ogari (Bomachoge
Chache), James Gesami (West Mu-
girango), Richard Onyonka (Kitutu
Chache South) and Mathew Lem-
bruken (Laikipia), however avoid-
ed talk about the proposed consti-
tutional referendum.
Namwamba led CORDs on-
slaught on the Jubilee adminis-
tration for allegedly disrespecting
leaders in the opposition.
We may not have supported
you but we respect you as the du-
ly elected President of the Repub-
lic of Kenya. Please respect others
too, said Mr Namwamba.
LAXITY BLAMED
He said the wave of insecurity
across the country was due to laxi-
ty since those charged with the re-
sponsibility of protecting Kenyans
were sleeping on the job.
How can Lamu County have
numerous attacks yet there are
people employed to protect Ken-
yans? The President should not
hesitate to sack security agents
who are not performing, said the
Budalangi MP.
Mr Magerer said Kenyans were
interested in unity and peace for
development to be realised.
Onyonka said Gusii community
risked being sidelined unless lead-
ers unite.
Ogari cautioned politicians in
the area against joining briefcase
parties.
We must consult widely to de-
termine the communitys political
future and destiny, said Ogari, who
hinted Gusii MPs were hunting for
a new political party.
The leaders spoke at a fundrais-
er where Sh3 million was realised
to support churches in North Mu-
girango Constituency.
Listen to
Opposition,
MPs urge
Head of State
y B NAFTAL MAKORI
y B LUKE ANAMI AND BRYAN TUMWA
Cotu Secretary General Francis
Atwoli. [PHOTO: FILE]
The Central Organisation of Trade
Unions (Cotu) has revived demands
for dialogue with President Uhuru
Kenyatta to discuss how to tackle var-
ious challenges facing workers.
We want to sit with the President
as workers of this country. We have a
lot of questions that we would want
him to provide answers to, said Co-
tu Secretary General Francis Atwoli.
He also accused the Jubilee Gov-
President must now dialogue with workers, says Cotu boss
y B STANLEY ONGWAE
ernment of engaging in open corrup-
tion through what he termed as fraud-
ulent tendering processes.
It is an open secret that contrac-
tors and bidders in Government ten-
ders must cough up millions of cash
for them to be considered for the con-
tracts, in which most of them lose
out, said Mr Atwoli.
He said it was high time the Presi-
dent engaged all workers in the coun-
try to reassure them that issues af-
fecting them would be resolved.
All the workers in this country
want to get assurance of commitment
by the Government to end the kind of
corruption that is thriving like never
before and assurance that the Gov-
ernment has changed from its cor-
rupt way of doing things, said Atwoli.
He said investors were being
scared away by the way in which the
Government was engaging them.
He said the process of hand-pick-
ing contractors for public projects
had exposed the ills in the Govern-
ment.
He further launched a scathing
attack on Cabinet Secretary Kazungu
Kambi whom he branded as an idler
earning money for doing nothing.
Atwoli was speaking at the week-
end during the burial of the mother
in-law of CORD leader Raila Odinga
at Stella village in Uriri Constituency
in Migori County.
The Jubilee administration
has accused the Opposition
of attempting to kill inves-
tors confidence by throwing
the country into a campaign
mood.
Jubilee MPs claimed entre-
preneurs were jittery about in-
vesting in the country due to
political uncertainty.
Elgeyo Marakwet Sena-
tor Kipchumba Murkomen
and his Nandi counterpart
Stephen Sang, MPs Jackson
Kiptanui (Keiyo South) and
William Kisang (Marakwet
West) said investors preferred
the neighbouring countries
over Kenya due to the cur-
rent political situation. I was
shocked recently when an in-
vestor told me they are appre-
hensive of putting up their
businesses in Kenya because
of its unpredictable political
calendar, said Murkomen.
He said CORD was trying
to alter the political atmo-
sphere in the country by hold-
ing rallies and calling for mass
action. This is not the time
to politick but rather encour-
age investors into the country
to help support the Govern-
ments development agenda,
said Murkomen.
His sentiments were
echoed by Sang who said lead-
ers should demonstrate their
patriotism by championing
for development. Whether
you are in the Opposition or
in the Government, we should
all have passion in leading the
country to its best, said Sang.
The Nandi Senator dis-
missed the 13-point demands
made by CORD during its Sa-
ba Saba rally, saying the issues
should be discussed through
the structured constitution-
al organs.
The leaders were speak-
ing at St Patricks High School
in Iten during a celebration
to honour teacher Norman
Thomson, who helped the in-
stitution excel in sports and
sciences by collecting practi-
cal specimen.
The MPs said they would
rally citizens to boycott
CORDs planned mass action.
Stop damaging investor
condence, CORD told
y B FRED KIBOR
Raila lays plan for
mass appeal to
force referendum
Coalition for Reforms and Democ-
racy leader Raila Odinga is strategis-
ing on how to win mass appeal for his
teams push to amend the Constitu-
tion by piling pressure on President
Uhuru Kenyattas Jubilee alliance to
concede to Oppositions call for a ref-
erendum.
The strategy involves courting
various sectors of society to broaden
support to a cause the Opposition un-
veiled after President Kenyattas Gov-
ernment rejected calls for dialogue
on what CORD termed key challeng-
es facing the nation.
It is critical that the opposition
wins public goodwill given an amend-
ment to the Constitution by popular
initiative requires one million signa-
tures to trigger, as well as endorse-
ment by at least 24 counties and in-
evitably takes the route of Parliament
that CORD disparaged during the
clamour for dialogue.
This week, CORD is set to unveil
its 10-member National Referendum
Committee (NRC).
The team, which is being assem-
bled, has been extended to include
nominees from other groups such as
religious organisations, civil society,
CORD set to unveil
its 10-member
National Referendum
Committee this week
marginalised groups, farmers, work-
ers and youth to join the representa-
tives of political parties.
Each of the coalition parties
namely Orange Democratic Move-
ment, Wiper Democratic Movement,
Ford Kenya and other small parties
have been asked to each nominate
two people.
The inclusion of other groups is
seen as a strategy to make their ref-
erendum call popular among various
cadres of the nation.
CORD principals Kalonzo Musy-
oka, Moses Wetangula and Raila will
meet tomorrow to review the list of
nominees before agreeing on the fi-
nal 10 members.
The opposition is planning to
launch the team at either a public ral-
ly or a luncheon at which elders from
various communities, governors, sen-
ators, MPs and other leaders will be
invited.
Yesterday, Homa Bay Senator Otie-
no Kajwang and MPs Junet Mohamed
(Suna East) and Dan Maanzo (Makue-
ni) explained the push for a referen-
dum would finally take shape this
week during the launch.
CORD says it plans to collect the
one million signatures required by
law to force a plebiscite on the same
day the National Referendum is un-
veiled.
These names were to be in place
as early as last weekend but were de-
layed to give former Prime Minister
Raila Odinga time to accord his moth-
er-in-law a decent send-off, Maan-
zo explained in reference to last Sat-
y B GEOFFREY MOSOKU
urdays burial of Mama Rosa Ayoo,
mother of Railas wife Ida in Migori.
According to Kajwang, CORD
wants to convene an all-inclusive
technical committee which will come
up with issues that will be dealt with
at the proposed referendum.
We will not take more than a week
before unveiling the technical team
since we have been working over-
drive to craft the NRC which will in-
clude civil society, media, religious
groups, workers, farmers and other
marginalised groups, the Homa Bay
Senator said.
Junet said CORD will organise a
public ceremony to unveil the team
and also commence the collection of
the one million signatures.
However, CORD faces a bumpy
road in the quest to amend the su-
preme law as it must reckon with the
fact that the ruling Jubilee alliance
controls both the National Assembly
and Senate.
The ruling coalition is not enthusi-
astic about the push seen as the Op-
positions scheme to derail the Gov-
ernment and is likely to frustrate the
process by deliberately delaying de-
bate of the Bill.
Under Article 157, an amendment
by popular initiative will be submitted
to Parliament after passing through
at least 24 counties, and although
the House may not do much to reject
it, MPs can deliberately delay its ap-
proval or rejection since there are no
timeslines set by law.
This is the reason why we have
been calling for a bi-partisan ap-
proach so that when the Bill is brought
to the House, it is fast-tracked but as it
stands, even the House Business Com-
mittee may use its tyranny of num-
bers and fail to allocate it time, Kitu-
tu Chache South MP Richard Onyonka
cautioned.
Kajwang remained confident that
the process will be unstoppable since
the role of parliament is merely to
rubber-stamp the Bill and send it to
the people.
Maanzo argued that both Houses
of Parliament will not have an alter-
native other than to play their part,
as sabotaging it will be tantamount
to undermining the sovereignty of
the people who will have made their
voices clear through the one million
signatures.
If CORD manages to steer through
these processes and the vote pro-
ceeds to a referendum, the opposition
joy will emanate from the fact that a
small threshold is required to approve
the referendum.
According to Article 255, the pro-
posed amendment shall be approved
by a referendum if at least 20 per cent
of the registered voters in each of at
least half of the counties vote in the
referendum; and the amendment is
supported by a simple majority of the
citizens voting in the referendum.
This means even if only one mil-
lion people vote, a simple majority
will grant the Railas team its wish.
CORD principals Kalonzo Musyoka (left), Raila Odinga (centre) and Moses We-
tangula during the Saba Saba rally at Uhuru Park last Monday when the push
for referendum was launched. [PHOTO: FILE] Among the issues proposals in
the amendments is reforming
the Independent Electoral and
Boundary Commission (IEBC);
the very same body that is sup-
posed to oversee the process
CORD also wants increased al-
locations to county governments
to 40 per cent of the national
budget
MAIN ISSUES FOR VOTE IN
PROPOSED REFERENDUM
TENDER NOTICE
A General Service Unit ofcer corners a rioting youth at Kondele in Kisumu County on Monday last
week, the day the Opposition held Saba Saba rally at Uhuru Park in Nairobi. [PHOTO: COLLINS ODUOR/
STANDARD]
Saba Saba: Nyanza divided over outcome
vince the Jubilee Government
to conduct national dialogue
with the opposition outfit.
People feel their dreams
have been dashed. It is advis-
able that the top leaders in the
coalition engage other mem-
bers in coming up with such
resolves and not having four
people locked in a room and
coming up with resolutions,
Shabbir said.
Kisumu County Ford Ken-
ya Vice Chairman Felix Minda
said Kenyans were ignorant
about what they were antici-
The outcome of Coalition
for Reform and Democracys
Saba Saba rally held at Uhu-
ru Park last week has divid-
ed opinion in Raila Odingas
Nyanza backyard.
While some political and
religious leaders have laud-
ed the rally saying it provided
a platform for major reforms
in the country, others feel its
goals were not achieved.
CORD leaders had left their
supporters guessing what
would happen during the rally
that culminated in a 13-point
agenda to address the chal-
lenges facing the country to be
realised through a referendum
in a campaign dubbed Okoa
Kenya.
But what exactly did CORD
supporters, particularly those
in Nyanza expect during the
much hyped Saba Saba rally?
Kisumu East MP Shakeel
Shabbir feels that CORD lead-
ers ought to have done more
consultations with their rep-
resentatives at the grassroots
level to ensure the public un-
derstood their resolutions.
He said even the MPs al-
lied to the coalition were not
aware of the resolutions made
by CORD after it failed to con-
Budalangi MP
Ababu Namwamba
believes decisions
for national
dialogue and
referendum were
made hurriedly
pating, and ended up getting
what they did not know. He
says CORD leadership should
apologise to Kenyans for the
economic disruption occa-
sioned by the Saba Saba rally.
They had raised anxi-
ety and did not cool it down
during the rally. Some peo-
ple even fled their places of
residence for fear of the un-
known, he said
As grassroots leaders of
Ford Kenya, which is a key
member of the coalition, we
were never certain of what to
tell the people and our roles in
it, he added.
ODM interim Secretary
General and Budalangi MP
Ababu Namwamba concurs
that the decisions for nation-
al dialogue, which later culmi-
nated in a push for national
referendum, were made hur-
riedly.
As CORD, we must avoid
hurried decisions not thor-
oughly screened internally.
Some efforts like the push for
national dialogue could have
been handled better to deliver
the desired results. If not care-
fully calculated, the referen-
dum journey may also run into
headwinds, Namwamba said.
Mr Jared Okello, who lost in
the petition challenging Nyan-
do MP Fred Outas election in
the Supreme Court last week,
asked CORD to shelve its push
for a referendum after alleged-
ly failing Kenyans at the Saba
Saba rally.
It is now emerging that
CORD is championing for the
rights of few individuals in the
coalition to ascend to power
instead of addressing the chal-
BY DENNIS ONYANGO AND
KEVINE OMOLLO
Kisumu East MP Sha-
keel Shabbir feels that
CORD leaders ought to
have done more consul-
tations with their repre-
sentatives at the grass-
roots level to ensure the
public understood their
resolutions
Kabondo-Kasipul MP
Silvance Osele says cel-
ebrating the day was a
major step in recognising
Kenyans who fought for
multiparty democracy
WHAT THEY THINK OF
THE HYPED RALLY
lenges facing the country, he
said.
Holy Ghost Coptic Church
leader Father John Pesa said
many people expected that Ju-
ly 7, would mark the end of the
problems facing the country.
You dont have to create
fear in people to have things
solved. People thought the Op-
position would take over Gov-
ernment and when this nev-
er happened, everybody who
believed in the coalition now
feels disappointed, claims
Pesa.
However, Kabondo-Kasip-
ul MP Silvance Osele says cel-
ebrating the day was a major
step in recognising Kenyans
who fought for multiparty de-
mocracy.
Mbita MP Millie Odhiambo
believes the rally was success-
ful in the push to unchain Ken-
yans from serious challenges
facing them.
Those claiming Saba Saba
failed should tell us what they
expected us to achieve that we
did not, said Odhiambo.
The Government has read
the mood of Kenyans, that they
are tired of oppression, tribal-
ism and insecurity, said Rarie-
da MP Nicholas Gumbo.
People have expressed
their desire to exercise the
supreme power given to
them by the Constitution
to change the leadership
of this country, he added.
Elgeyo-Marakwet Sena-
tor Kipchumba Murkomen
has scoffed at Coalition for
Reforms and Democracys
(CORD) calls for a referendum.
Murkomen mocked the
Opposition for disparaging
Parliament only to indicate
they will forward their agenda
for referendum to the same in-
stitution.
You call Parliament a use-
less place then after making
your 13-point agenda you say
we will take to Parliament to
pass it for referendum. Why
dont you take it directly to
referendum? Because there
is no way you can go for ref-
erendum without Parliament,
so why are you abusing Parlia-
ment? he posed.
Murkomen spoke during
the funeral service for Andrea
Lonyangapuo, father of West
Pokot Senator John Lonyan-
gapuo yesterday when he de-
livered President Uhuru Ken-
yattas condolence message.
In his message, President
Kenyatta eulogised the late
Lonyangapuo as a friendly
and outgoing person who nev-
er went to school, but educat-
ed his children.
Nandi Senator Stephen
Sang praised Senator Lonyan-
gapuo for taking more Bills
to the Senate and especial-
ly in the calls for the Govern-
ment to channel more funds
to counties.
Pokot South MP David
Pkosing said Kenyans had giv-
en them tools of trade to work
through elections, adding that
the Opposition should wait
until 2017 since it was time
to work and not to engage in
talks.
His Endebbes counterpart
Robert Pukose said the Oppo-
sition must be there and they
ought to work together but do
so responsibly.
Trans Nzoia Senator Henry
Ndiema said there is need to
unite as Kenyans because the
economy was at stake due to
rampant insecurity and inves-
tors are shying away.
Senate Speaker Ekwe Ethu-
ro urged pastoral communities
to take their children to school
to end cattle rustling and erad-
icate poverty.
Bungoma Senator Moses
Wetangula said any Govern-
ment must have an Opposi-
tion to keep it in check, add-
ing that there is no ouster plot.
Kipchumba Murkomen
Jubilee scofs at calls for referendum as
Wetangula says there is no ouster plot
BY WILBERFORCE NETYA
rent year.
It goes ahead to say the increase in
operating revenue does not match the
increase in operating expenses.
The report notes that KPAs finan-
cial position reflects borrowings to-
taling Sh11.6 billion including a Sh9.7
billion loan owed to Japan Interna-
tional Corporation Agency for port
expansion.
development loans
In reply, KPA says it obtained loans
from CFC Stanbic Bank and JICA for
the purpose of funding the acquisi-
tion of cargo handling equipment
and the Mombasa Port Development
project.
The parastatal also says it is servic-
ing an unspecified amount loaned to
it by the International Development
Association (IDA) after the Kenya
Government stood surety. The loan is
supposed to be cleared in 2045.
The agreement was signed on
April 5, 2006 between the Republic of
Kenya and the International Develop-
ment Association. The borrower shall
pay the principal amount of credit by
one semi-annual instalment starting
May 2016 and ending Nov 2045, says
KPA.
The report further indicates that
there was an understatement of KPAs
total borrowing after Sh377 million
was excluded from the JICA loan bal-
ance, which was disbursed on June 28,
2013 but recorded in KPA books in Ju-
ly 2013.
Mourners, among
them Mvita MP
Abdulswaqmad
Nassir and his
Nyali Counterpart
Hezron Awiti
carry the cofn
bearing the body
of Mombasa
Businessman and
Director of
Modern Coast Bus
services Shahid
Butt for Islamic
Burial at the
Cutchi Sunni
Muslim Jannat
Cemetry at
Majengo in
Mombasa County
yesterday. [PHOTO
MAARUFU MOHAMED/
STANDARD]
Ruto wants
Nacada to
arrest killer
brews
Deputy President William Ru-
to has asked The National Author-
ity for Campaign against Alcohol
and Drug Abuse (Nacada) to put
its house in order, saying recent
deaths occasioned by illicit brews
have shamed the country.
Mr Ruto said Nacada should
up its game and called on po-
lice to change tack. Speaking at
Longisa African Gospel Church
during a fundraiser, he said Ken-
yans should not continue losing
their lives yet there is a body man-
dated to regulate sale of alcohol.
Nacada seems to be sleep-
ing on the job. We cannot accept
people dying every day. The oth-
er time it was Kiambu now we are
talking of Nandi, a visibly angry
Ruto said.
MANAGE ALCOHOL
He called on county govern-
ments to enact legislation to
manage distribution of alcohol.
The war on illicit brews can-
not be won if the county govern-
ments and other relevant author-
ities pull in different directions,
he said.
On devolution, Ruto called
on county assembly members
to work together with the gover-
nors so as to transform the lives
of Kenyans.
The counties have done a
good work and we can now see
a difference. The Jubilee admin-
istration will continue to support
devolution because it is at the
grassroots where the right deci-
sions can be made on the chal-
lenges that affect the common
man, he said.
He said the Government will
partner with all the counties in
ensuring that there are two Lev-
el Five hospitals in every county.
Man, 80,
kills self
The body of an 80-year-old
man suspected to have commit-
ted suicide was yesterday discov-
ered in a grazing field at Lamuria
in Laikipia County.
Samuel Warurus body was dis-
covered in a grassland in Mwak-
inya village, with an empty bottle
of an acaricide, a chemical used to
spray cattle, by his side.
Lamuria location chief Chris-
topher Ndirangu said Waruru is
believed to have committed sui-
cide while grazing his sons cattle.
He said the deceased had on
several occasions attempted to
take his own life due to depression
after his son was shot dead by po-
lice in Nairobi on suspicion of be-
ing a criminal.
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KPA in trouble
over unexplained
huge spending
The Auditor General has ques-
tioned the Kenya Ports Authoritys
(KPA) spending for the 2012/2013 fi-
nancial year, as it emerged that the
parastatal owed its creditors more
than Sh11.6 billion in that year.
A report by the Auditor General
for the period ending June 2013, also
Authority also on the
spot over Sh11.6 billion
owed to creditors and
increased operating
expenses
questions KPAs increased operation-
al expenses.
The Auditor General says the in-
crease in operating revenue indicat-
ed that there was a revenue leakage,
which may affect the long-term sus-
tainability of business at the port.
The report signed by the Auditor
General Edward Ouko on May 16 this
year, is the basis of Parliaments Pub-
lic Investment Committeea (PIC) in-
vestigation of KPAs accounts.
The report in part reads: ..as re-
ported in the financial statement for
the year ending 30 June 2013, op-
erational revenue increased from
Sh27 billion in the current year, be-
ing a marginal increase of 15 million
(0.06 percent). Operational expens-
es on the other hand increased from
from Sh18.5 billion to 21 billion in the
2011/2012 to Sh21.1 billion in the cur-
Hundreds mourners gathered to
pay their last respects to slain con-
troversial businessman Shahid Butt
who was buried at the Cutchi Muslim
Jamaat cemetery in Majengo, Mom-
basa yesterday.
Butts burial was delayed because
a special mortician had to be brought
to Mombasa to try and reconstruct his
skull, which was shattered by dozens
of bullets.
Mourners demanded investiga-
tions into the killing and lament-
ed the breakdown of law and or-
der in Mombasa and Coast region.
The funeral procession stretched
hundreds of metres from the Mas-
jid Azhar to the cemetery. Mourners
carried the body in a pier and walked
on foot to the Cutchi Sunni Mosque
sanctuary for final rites before burial.
The funeral was attended by leaders
in the transport industry and mem-
bers of the Muslim Association, of
which the late Shahid was a trustee.
Nyali MP Hezron Awiti said arbi-
trary shootings in the region are get-
ting out of hand.
They have killed tourists, reli-
gious leaders and now they have start-
ed eliminating investors. We are won-
dering whether it is the Al Qaeda, the
Mafia or the Government which is be-
hind these killings, he said.
Awiti threatened to organise
mass action that would start in Ny-
ali towards the Mombasa Cen-
tral Business District if the secu-
rity situation does not improve.
He urged Mombasa Governor Ali Has-
san Joho and Mombasa County Com-
missioner Nelson Marwa to sort out
their differences to foster peace.
Mvita MP Abdulswamad Sharrif
Nassir said the Coast region is turn-
ing into a war zone and called for the
removal of Interior Cabinet Secretary
Joseph ole Lenku.
We are finalising collection of sig-
natures to force the resignation of the
Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph ole
Lenku, he said.
Embakasi South MP Irshad Sum-
ra eulogised the late Butt as a man
who had employed hundreds of Ken-
yans in the transport industry, add-
ing that more than 30y people have
been killed in the last two years. That
is why as CORD we have been appeal-
ing to the Government to take charge
of the runaway insecurity, he said.
Three MPs from Western
Kenya have welcomed President
Uhuru Kenyattas visit to the re-
gion saying they now want to see
the promises fulfilled.
Mumias East MP Ben Washia-
li, Lugaris Ayub Savula and Ikolo-
manis Bernard Shinali said the
roads projects promised by the
Jubilee Government would spur
economic growth and urged the
contractors to speed up progress
on Kisumu-Kakamega-Webuye
roads.
We appreciate that the Presi-
dent visited us. However, we want
to see action on the ground,
Washiali said at a press confer-
ence at Golf Hotel yesterday.
Savula said: When the Presi-
dent was visiting, and inspecting
development projects, what he
was giving was an executive or-
der. He said within six months,
the Kisumu-Kakamega-Kitale
road should be complete. We as
elected MPs from the region will
do a follow up to ensure it is do-
ne.
They expressed concern that
unfulfilled promises might end
up antagonising them with the
people. The contractor had
abandoned the road but the Pres-
ident said he should be available
within the next two weeks. He
asked me to inspect and report
to him. This roads construction
is long overdue and we hope the
contractor will heed the presi-
dents order, Shinali said.
Western MPs
ask Uhuru to
full pledges
Controversial Mombasa businessman nally buried
BY CHARLES NGENO AND
GILBERT KIMUTAI
BY JOB WERU
BY ISHAQ JUMBE
BY LUKE ANAMI
BY STANLEY MWAHANGA AND WILLIS
OKETCH
AUTHORITYS DEFENCE OVER THE
LOANS FROM JICA AND CFC BANK
KPA says the loan is supposed to be
cleared in 40 years at an interest rate of
0.2 per cent per year and was being paid
after every six months in a year
The loan was signed in 2007 and is being
disbursed in instalments. It is expected to
be disbursed over a 12-year period from
the date of frst draw done in 2009
Authority says the loan was being used
for the purchase of goods and services
from supplier contractors or consultants
for the implementation of port projects
Methodist Church tells CORD to drop
calls for ill-timed referendum
Presiding Bishop
asks Opposition to be
responsible by avoiding
unnecessary political
tension and shelving
election talk
By PATRICK MUTHURI
The conservation of the
Mara River Basin has received
a boost after the Dutch govern-
ment through its embassy in-
jected Sh1.2 billion.
The Mau Mara Serenge-
ti sustainable water initiative,
a four-year-programme, is set
to boost water safety and se-
curity in the region and en-
sure self-reliance for people
living around the basin.
The move to secure the ba-
sin brings together a powerful
consortium of approximately
15 partner institutions, com-
prising Kenyan authorities, the
Dutch government, civil soci-
ety groups, non-governmental
organisations, the private sec-
tor and various knowledge in-
stitutions.
Speaking during the offi-
cial launch of the programme
at Mara Water Users Associ-
ations offices at Mulot along
the Bomet-Narok border, Mi-
chael McClain, a professor of
Ecohydrology at Unesco-IHE
Institute for Water Education,
said the project also aims at
strengthening organisation-
al and technical capacities of
local water resource manage-
ment authorities and water re-
source user associations.
As a nation, we highly rec-
ognise the vital role of water
in the sustainable develop-
ment of the basin and for that
reason we have formulated a
programme of activities span-
ning the entire basin, said Mc-
Clain.
Sh1.2bn Mara project to
promote water safety
By GILBERT KIMUTAI
Wamboras
brother kills
himself
By JOSEPH MUCHIRI
The Methodist Church in Kenya
(MCK) has rejected calls for a nation-
al referendum by the Opposition co-
alition.
The Church, through Presid-
ing Bishop Rev Joseph Ntombura,
termed Coalition for Reforms and
Democracys (CORD) demand as ill-
timed and causing unnecessary po-
litical tension.
The cleric who spoke yesterday
during an ordination ceremony at
the MCK Ruaraka Church said it was
wrong for politicians to subject Ken-
yans to an early campaign mood.
A referendum is definitely not
what we need at the moment. Poli-
tics that swings from referendum to
election campaigns all year round is
completely misplaced, he said.
Ntombura said CORD, being the
government-in-waiting, should
show some responsibility and polit-
ical maturity which can earn them
Kenyans confidence.
We would like to see our poli-
ticians being more responsible and
constructive since a responsible op-
position would definitely make a re-
sponsible government, he said.
What surprises me this time is
the way some of our politicians and
leaders are criss-crossing counties
campaigning for things that are out
of season. We will have time for elec-
tions when such issues can be ex-
pressed, but not now, he added.
Ntombura said the Jubilee Gov-
ernment has the mandate of Ken-
yans and should be given time to
deliver the promises it made during
campaigns.
He warned that unless Kenyans
unite to fight the common enemies
of ethnicity and corruption, the
country will be taking a wrong and
Methodist Church in Kenya Presiding Bishop Joseph Ntombura (right) prays
for Rev Joseph Mwenda (left) with his wife Julieta, and Rev Richard Kasaine
during their ordination at Ruaraka MCK in Nairobi, yesterday. [PHOTO: PATRICK
MUTHURI/STANDARD]
unfortunate route, which will impact
negatively on national cohesion and
economic growth.
Everybody should work hard to
fight these enemies. With a peaceful
environment and good infrastruc-
ture, the vices can be overcome eas-
ily, he said.
He noted that all efforts being
fronted and seen to go against the
national development agenda are
doomed to fail.
On the state of national security,
Ntombura reminded Kenyans that
Kenya belongs to God and no other
power can override that.
He called for restraint amongst
communities, especially in the
Coastal region where there has been
a spate of merciless killings in La-
mu County.
Kenyans should team up to
preach unity and pray for our na-
tion. This will give the Government
an opportunity to deliver because
it is capable, he said.
Last week, during the Saba Saba
rally, CORD dropped calls for na-
tional dialogue and demanded for
a referendum to address issues af-
fecting Kenyans, which they say the
State is unable to tackle or has
ignored.
The rival coalition present-
ed a 13-point resolution that
included their latest demand
for a referendum.
Clergy said CORDs demand
is ill-timed and causing unnec-
essary political tension
He said it was wrong for pol-
iticians to subject Kenyans to
an early campaign mood
He further said the country
didnt need a referendum.
He noted politics that swing
from referendum to election
campaigns all year round is
completely misplaced
Ntombura said CORD, being
the government-in-waiting,
should show some responsi-
bility and political maturity
WHAT CHURCH SAID
Shock engulfed Runyenjes
Sub-county yesterday after the
brother to Embu Governor Mar-
tin Wambora committed suicide.
Cyrus Njeru, 53, who worked
as a public health officer in
Runyenjes town took his life
about 11am by plunging into
Nthenge Njeru falls, where he
drowned.
Governor Wambora,who
spoke to The Standard on phone,
said Njeru was suffering from
depression and was under med-
ication, adding that Njeru will
be buried on Friday and family
members are meeting to make
funeral arrangements.
In a twist of fate, locals who
went to recover his body also dis-
covered the body of a 25-year-
old young man from Runyenjes
who went missing a month ago.
The second body was identi-
fied as that of Robert Muturi Mu-
go and was found tied to rocks at
the bottom of the falls.
Embu AP commandant Njue
Njagi said Njeru left his home in
the morning hours and did not
disclose where he was going.
Locals discovered his body
floating in the water and in-
formed the police. In efforts to
recover the body, we found an-
other body, he said.
Njagi said investigations in-
to the incidents have been
launched, adding that both bod-
ies were taken to Embu Level
Five General Hospital mortuary.
The Government has been
asked to drop the Sh17 billion lap-
top project for primary school pu-
pils and instead channel the mon-
ey into recruiting new teachers.
The parliamentary Public Ac-
counts Committee (PAC) Chair-
man Ababu Namwamba and
ODMs Executive Director Mager-
er Langat said though they sup-
port efforts to provide laptops
to Standard One pupils, Govern-
ment must prioritise employment
of teachers.
Namwamba termed as a drop
in the ocean the Governments
plans to recruit 5,000 teachers in
the current financial year.
The most important input in
the learning process is the teach-
er and the Governments plans
to employ 5,000 would not even
scratch the surface of the coun-
trys need for more teachers, said
Namwamba.
Speaking during a thanks giv-
ing ceremony at Mercy Girls Sec-
ondary School in Kericho Coun-
tys Kipkelion West constituency,
Namwamba said instead of buy-
ing laptops for the pupils, the
Government should construct
computer laboratories in all
schools across the country.
It should construct comput-
er laboratories in every school
where every pupil can gain com-
puter literacy, said Namwamba.
He argued should the Govern-
ment adopt the proposal, it would
save at least Sh7 billion.
At the same time, Namwam-
ba and Langat condemned the
recent mayhem at Mpeketoni,
Gamba and Hindi saying Kenyans
must learn to peacefully coexist.
The country must remain
united and we condemn those
trying to divide Kenyans along
tribal, religious and political
lines, he added.
The chairman also said the
Government must settle for na-
tional dialogue to resolve some of
the issues bedeviling the country.
Kenyans must be allowed to hold
national dialogue to come up with
formula to strengthen unity and
for development, he said.
Documents from court proceed-
ings in Geneva and London show
that Kenya may have undermined
its defence against Anglo Leasing-re-
lated suits because a local court had
deemed the forensic audit it had re-
lied on illegal.
It emerged that High Court in Nai-
Court records show
judge had ruled that
PwC audit declaring
tenders corrupt was
done illegally
robi had ruled that the Finance Min-
istry in 2007 broke the law by award-
ing PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
the contract to investigate the Anglo
Leasing contracts.
In the 2012 cases that took place
in Geneva and London, Kenya based
its argument on the PwC audit, which
the High Court invalidated in 2008 on
grounds the Treasury had usurped
the powers of the defunct Kenya An-
ti-Corruption Commission (KACC)
by awarding the PwC the contract to
investigate corruption. But the Gov-
ernment never presented the report
in any of the cases.
The decision means Kenya may
continue to lose Anglo-Leasing cas-
es if the judgment is not challenged.
On April 8, Attorney General Githu
Muigai wrote to Finance Cabinet Sec-
retary Henry Rotich telling him there
Turkana Governor Josephat Na-
nok will today accompany British
High Commissioner Christian Turner
on a visit to Ngamia 3 where Tullow
Oil made a historic find about three
years ago.
The visit, The Standard has learnt,
is part of Tullows wider ongoing
stakeholder relationship engage-
ments, where partners across the
public and private sectors get insights
on operational updates, key success-
es and challenges as well as providing
feedback to the company.
The visit forms part of a wider tour
Dr Turner will be making in the coun-
ty.
They will also be accompanied by
Tullow Kenya Country Manager Mar-
tin Mbogo and representatives from
the Energy ministry and delegates
from the UKs Department for Inter-
national Development and UK Trade
& Investment.
Tullow said it is still committed to
working with both the national and
county governments, the communi-
ties where it operates and other part-
ners to promote growth of a vibrant
oil industry in Kenya.
MURMURS OF DISSENT
There have been murmurs of dis-
sent in Turkana County, where some
leaders have criticised the multina-
tional firm sidelined locals while re-
cruiting personnel for its oil field.
Beyond its exploration activities,
Tullow said it is committed to ensur-
ing that host communities and Ken-
yans benefit from the nascent oil and
gas industry.
Over the last three years, Tullow
and its contractors have emerged
as major investors in the countrys
economy paying taxes amounting to
nearly Sh2 billion and more than Sh8
billion going to local suppliers, ac-
cording to reports.
The report released by the firm
says Sh4.1 billion came from supply-
ing Tullow Kenya directly, represent-
ing an increase of nearly 60 per cent
compared to 2012. It also notes that
70 per cent of their staff are Kenyan,
as are nine out of every ten employees
engaged by its contractors.
PRIORITY PROJECTS
This year, the company said it has
devoted nearly Sh400 million to invest
in social projects targeting priority ar-
eas that communities in Turkana have
identified as essential to long-term,
sustainable development, especially
water access and education.
Mbogo said the firm is working to
increase the revenue share taken up
by Turkana-based firms.
Turkana governor, British commissioner to tour oil eld today
Kiambu seeks new cofee, tea
markets to improve returns
The Kiambu County government
is working on a strategy to expand cof-
fee and tea markets to improve prices
that have been on the decline.
Governor William Kabogo said his
government is sourcing better mar-
kets for the regions key cash crops.
Kabogo acknowledged that mar-
keting of the two commodities grown
by majority in Kiambu, Githungu-
ri, Lari, Limuru, Thika, Gatundu and
Kiambaa sub-counties has been a
challenge, leading to the low returns.
Speaking at Kagwe in Lari, a tea
farming area, Kabogo said poor mar-
keting has played a part in high rates
of poverty and assured farmers that
his government would see the returns
are improved.
We will source markets for our tea
and coffee, which are rated to be of
better quality both locally and inter-
nationally. We want to ensure we get
good prices because this is among the
key pillars of boosting our economy
and creating more jobs, said the gov-
ernor as he wooed investors to ven-
ture into value addition of the crops.
There has been an outcry among
the farmers in the county over the
prices, which has led some to aban-
don the activity for the fast-growing
housing sector.
In Githunguri, coffee farmers have
decried low prices and said they were
contemplating marketing their cof-
fee through Nyeri County, which an-
nounced better prices.
Dr Turner will be touring more parts
of Turkana County.
Leaders: Hire
teachers with
laptop cash
Wako defended the Govern-
ments agreement with PwC
were no sufficient grounds to appeal
the 2008 decision.
Judge J G Nyamu ruled that the
firms report was tainted with illegal-
ity because the Treasury was not em-
powered by law to enter into such a
contract when the Anti-Corruption
and Economic Crimes Act stated on-
ly KACC had such powers.
The petitioners in London and Ge-
neva relied on the judgment to push
through their case for compensation.
Kenya was compelled to pay Sh1.4 bil-
lion to two firms based on the security
tenders after losing the suits.
According to the court documents,
KACC advocate whose name is only
given as Mr Ruto argued there was
nothing wrong with the ministry en-
tering into a contract with PwC, but
Justice Nyamu disagreed.
The Government is therefore
stopped from alleging that there may
have been pricing, financing or oth-
er irregularities or corruption in pro-
curement of the said agreement, said
Nyamu.
The judge agreed with the peti-
tioners argument that the agreement
between them and the Government
had an arbitral clause.
The Arbitral Article 13 in the agree-
ment stated that in the event of differ-
ences between the contracting parties
which cannot be amicably resolved
within 60 days, the disputed issue(s)
would be referred to arbitration.
In Geneva, the court said Kenya
had already ratified the contract by
paying some of the installments, a de-
velopment that could spell doom in
the Governments efforts to use the
Swiss government to further investi-
gations into the scam.
Why Kenya may
lose more Anglo
Leasing cases
BY NIKKO TANUI
BY JAMES ANYANZWA
BY ERIC WAINAINA
BY LONAH KIBET
DISPUTED AUDIT
The High Court invalidated the audit
on grounds the Treasury had usurped
the powers of the defunct KACC by
awarding PwC the contract to investi-
gate corruption
The court documents show former
AG Amos Wako (pictured), in the case
where two frms contracted to supply
security solutions had challenged the
involvement of PwC, gave a written
agreement to the two foreign compa-
nies stating that the Government had
power to enter into the agreement
Kiambu Governor William Kabogo (centre), county Roads secretary Njeri Gata-
baki and engineer Joseph Kamau during a roads inspection tour in Lari
sub-county, yesterday. [PHOTO: ERIC WAINAINA/STANDARD]
Deputy governors have condemned
last weeks withdrawal of their Machakos
colleague Bernard Kialas official car and
his security detail.
Last monday, Mr Kiala claimed that his
security and car had been withdrawn by
the Machakos county government and he
was forced to board a public service ve-
hicle to Nairobi to attend the CORD Saba
Saba rally.
But the Machakos county government
has denied claims of political witch-hunt-
ing, clarifying that the move was taken to
facilitate fitting of green number plates
to the vehicle after removing the private
white-and-yellow ones and that the Dep-
uty governor was assigned another vehicle
during the process.
Deputy county chiefs through their
Deputy Governors Forum have urged
Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua to adopt
more rational and respectful ways of solv-
ing issues between him and his deputy.
In a statement, the deputy governors
argued that there is need for their seniors
to treat them with respect and engage
them in consultation before making deci-
sions touching on governance and leader-
ship of the counties.
We are saddened by the incident in
which the Machakos deputy governors
official car and security were withdrawn
without following the necessary proce-
dures. The incident was demeaning and a
sheer ridicule of the office of the deputy
governor and it should be condemned in
the strongest terms possible, said Joash
Maangi, the secretary of the forum.
Mr Maangi said governors should stop
seeing the deputies as spare wheels.
y B JAMES MBAKA
y B BENARD SANGA AND PAUL
GITAU
in Pandanguo, where over 800
people from 180 families have
moved from their houses, said
Mr Abdhulkadir in a telephone
interview from Lamu.
Red Cross said families
from areas like Muvuno Kilate,
Kaisae Nyasa and Nyumba ya
Muti in Hindi, have fled their
homes and are camping either
in the Hindi police station or
nearby churches.
He said more people are
fleeing Lamu Island. He add-
ed that there is transport crisis
as some bus companies have
scaled down their services to
Lamu for fear of attacks.
The Standard, however,
witnessed police escorts of the
few buses that were operating
the route.
Meanwhile, the World Vi-
sion has closed its office in
Hindi and relocated all its staff
to Kilifi. World Vision oper-
ates water and sanitation pro-
grammes.
According to officials of
the organisation, the closure
was due to insecurity and that
they will reopen once the place
becomes safe.
Gunmen loot
foodstuf in
Mpeketoni
The militia looted
goods worth
Sh900,000 that
was being ferried
to Lamu
Heavily armed gunmen
yesterday hijacked a truck fer-
rying food supplies at Kore-
iny, near Mpeketoni along the
Mombasa-Lamu highway.
The attack came as an aid
agency withdrew its staff from
the area due to security con-
cerns.
According to the owner of
the goods, Kotecha Wholesale
Ltd, the militia looted goods
worth Sh900,000 that was be-
ing ferried to Lamu from Mom-
basa.
We lost the GPS near
Mapanya Social Hall near
Mpeketoni. The truck was
transporting 200 bags of sug-
ar, 15 cartons of fresh milk dry
cells, 40 bags of rice and tissue
paper, said Noel Nyambu,
the Kotacha Whole Suppliers,
Mombasa branch manager.
The Kenya Red Cross also
confirmed that there was an-
other attack in Jimi, Pandan-
guo, where the attackers stole
maize from a one acre land as
police said the gang may have
run out of foods supplies.
They attacked Jima and
stole maize from a one acre
land. The place is not safe
at all, said Mohamed Abd-
hulkadir, Lamu County Red
Cross manager.
He said in the two inci-
dents, no one was injured but
it has heightened fears and
many people are fleeing from
their homes to centralised ar-
eas like in Pandanguo town-
ship.
People even from Lamu
Island are fleeing. We will as
from tomorrow (today) start
supplying food and other aid
Deputy governors demand respect from their seniors
GOVERNMENT TAKE ON
THE COASTAL ATTACKS
Over 80 people have been
killed in Lamu and Tana
River counties in the spun
of one month by unknown
gunmen and despite police
camping in the area
Police suspect the thugs
are the same that had
launched a series of attacks
in Lamu
A contingent of police was
pursing the attackers into
the forests
On Friday, the attackers
attacked Pandanguo village
where they also broke into
Pandanguo Primary School
store and stole food items
before setting it on fre
Embattled Machakos Deputy Governor Benard Kiala boards a
matatu soon after his ofcial car was allegedly withdrawn. [PHO-
TO: FILE/STANDARD]
Cement rm fails to meet
threshold to bar judge
Supreme Court had
earlier held that
perception of fairness,
of conviction, of moral
authority to hear a
matter was the proper
test
The writer is a court reporter.
Email:iwahome@standardmedia.
co.ke
BENCH WATCH
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND LAND COURT AT NAIROBI
ELC CIVIL SUIT NO. 931 OF 2013
SUPERIOR HOMES (KENYA) LTD............................PLAINTIFF
VERSUS
EAST AFRICA PORTLAND CEMENT COMPANY......DEFENDANT
BENCH: HON LADY JUSTICE PAULINE NYAMWEYA
RULING: 04.07.2014
Students accuse law school head of contempt
Students who studied law in a
neighbouring country want PLO Lu-
mumba, the chief executive of the
Kenya School of Law (KSL), commit-
ted to civil jail for contempt of court.
The students Juliet Wanjiru
Njoroge, Vincent Omondi Owuor, Sol-
omon Wachira Ngari, Anthony Eregai
Elaini, Elizabeth Nanjendo Were and
Kevin Akonya want the CEO of
Council of Legal Education also com-
mitted to civil jail.
In their application, the students
want the court to order the two offi-
cials to personally pay costs for hav-
ing failed to heed the courts verdict.
They argued that three months
after the High Court ordered the two
officials to re-admit them to the law
school, they have not complied.
Through lawyer Steven Nzaku,
the students submitted that they had
served the CEO of KSL and the Secre-
tary of the Council of Legal Education
after the court issued the order.
Since the service of the court or-
der, the students have tried without
success to access the institution. The
CEO has continued to bar the stu-
dents from lawfully attending class-
es, submitted the lawyer.
The High Court had in April or-
dered that the students who studied
at the Uganda Pentecostal University
law school be re-admited to KSL after
their admission was revoked.
The students argue the institu-
tion failed to adduce evidence, had
reached the decision unilaterally and
had not given them an opportunity to
defend themselves against the allega-
tions before arriving at the verdict.
The institutions board said it had
revoked the students admission be-
cause the institution they had studied
in had dilapidated facilities while ad-
ministrative structures and staff qual-
ifications were below university stan-
dards.
In the letter signed by Prof Wanya-
ma Kulundu Bitonye, the then Chief
Executive of the school added that the
Ugandan institution did not have ac-
ademic resources to support law pro-
grammes.
It was therefore resolved that stu-
dents of should not be admitted at the
Kenya School of Law until all the is-
sues, in addition to others raised in
the comprehensive report, are ad-
dressed, the letter read in part.
The students were seeking to have
the school compelled to re-admit
them, which orders High Court judge
George Odunga granted.
Getting a judge to disqualify him-
self or herself from hearing a case can
be an uphill task. This is the reality
that the Managing Director of the East
African Portland Cement Company
(EAPCC) Kepha Thande has learnt.
Since September 2005, the EAPC
has been engaged in legal tussles
with Superior Homes (Kenya), a firm
owned by foreign investors that is
engaged in construction and sale of
houses in various parts of Kenya.
The dispute revolves around the
sale of 337 acres by EAPCC to Superi-
or Homes (Kenya) for construction of
a housing estate.
The land was to be hived off from
their 1,329 acres and sold at Sh292,000
an acre. While the process had al-
ready advanced, the EAPCC declined
to carry on with the transaction. The
cement firm failed to prepare a sale
agreement or to deal with the pur-
chaser in any other way.
Superior Homes Managing Direc-
tor Ian Hazlitt Henderson said Thande
intimated to him that the firm intend-
ed to sell the land to other parties.
Superior Homes (Kenya) took the
matter to court and obtained orders
compelling the EAPCC to complete
the transaction. When the cement
firm failed to comply, Superior Homes
(Kenya) filed contempt proceedings
against Mr Thande.
On May 21, 2014, Environment
and Land Court Judge Pauline Nyam-
weya issued an order that Thande be
personally served with the applica-
tion to have him committed to civil
jail for contempt of court. That deci-
sion angered the EAPCC.
On June 16, 2014, the company
filed an application asking the judge
to disqualify herself from the case. It
also asked that the order be set aside
or reversed. Further, the cement firm
asked that the file be taken to Chief
Justice Willy Mutunga to allocate it to
another judge.
The company argued that the
judges impartiality in the matter was
reasonably questionable. The EAPCC
was apprehensive that the judge was
biased or prejudiced against it and
she had granted unjust orders against
the company.
The learned judge has demon-
strated bias more recently when she
allowed that the respondents (EAP-
CC) managing director be served with
an application whereas he had an ad-
vocate on record, clearly demonstrat-
ing that she had decided the respon-
dents managing director had a case
to answer, without even hearing the
application inter-parties, the com-
pany claimed.
It argued that Lady Justice Nyam-
weya had failed to determine all the
issues placed before her, and instead
was skirting around the same and
only choosing to decide on the ones
raised by Superior Homes (Kenya).
The private firm said the applica-
tion was a diversionary tactic by the
cement firm.
The judge analysed the law and
authorities on how a judge should
disqualify himself or herself from a
case on the ground of bias.
NO EVIDENCE
The Supreme Court had earlier
held that perception of fairness, of
conviction, of moral authority to hear
a matter is the proper test of whether
or not the participation of the judicial
officer is called for.
The object in the recusal of a ju-
dicial officer is that justice as between
the parties be uncompromised, that
the due process of the law be real-
ised, and be seen to have had its role,
that the profile of the rule of law in
the matter in question be seen to have
remained uncompromised, the Su-
preme Court had decided.
Going by that decision and oth-
er authorities, Judge Nyamweya said:
This court has carefully considered
the argument made by the defendant
and applying the law and the princi-
ples on bias, it cannot identify any ev-
idence that would give rise to an ap-
prehension of bias.
She pointed out that in any case
before a court, there would be a de-
cision made either in favour of or
against another party.
If any party is aggrieved by that de-
cision, then the recourse is to apply
for a review or to invoke the appellate
jurisdiction (to appeal).
She said the fact that an order was
perceived to be detrimental to a par-
ty was not a reasonable ground for
a judges recusal on ground of bias,
saying if that was the case, then there
would be no judge left to hear and de-
termine disputes, as they would then
be considered biased in their rulings
and judgments.
Nyamweya said a decision of the
judge, which is supported by the law,
cannot give rise to a reasonable per-
ception of partiality.
She said the law and procedure
was that an alleged contemnor (a per-
son who commits contempt) must be
personally served with the allegation
made against him or her.
Paradoxically, this requirement
is for the alleged contemnors own
protection and fair hearing, to en-
sure that he or she is aware of, and
informed on the allegations made
in the application, to be able to ad-
equately respond and/or defend the
application. I therefore find it quite
puzzling and unreasonable to claim
that following the law and procedure
aimed at the defendants own protec-
tion because he faced the risk of com-
mittal to jail, would be an indication
of bias on the part of this court, the
judge ruled, saying the application
was not only ill-informed on the ap-
plicable law, but also frivolous and an
abuse of the court process.
The judge said it had been brought
to her attention by the Judicial Service
Commission that the EAPCC had filed
a complaint with the commission
raising the same grounds.
In the circumstances, I will recuse
myself from hearing this matter solely
for the reason that my response in the
said complaint and determination of
the same is likely to delay the hearing
of this matter. Its therefore prudent
for another judge of the Environmen-
tal and Land Court to hear this suit for
its expeditious disposal and in the in-
terest of justice, she ruled.
The court also declined to set aside
the order saying no ground had been
demonstrated by the EAPCC to war-
rant granting such an order.
On the application that the file be
placed before the CJ to appoint an-
other judge, the court said the EAPCC
had not indicated which provisions of
the law it was relying on. Besides, the
committal proceedings could only
be conducted by the court which is-
sued the order said to have been dis-
obeyed.
There is thus no legal basis for the
defendants request that directions be
given in this matter by the Chief Jus-
tice, and no other valid constitution-
al or substantive and credible reason
has been proffered that would merit
this file to be placed before the Chief
Justice.
The judge disqualified herself from
the case but declined to grant the oth-
er prayers. She ordered the EAPCC to
pay costs of the application to Supe-
rior Homes (Kenya).
I will recuse myself from
hearing this matter solely for
the reason that my response
in the said complaint and
determination of the same is
likely to delay the hearing of
this matter. Justice Pauline
Nyamweya
y B ISAIAH LUCHELI
y B WAHOME THUKU
The High Court in Nairobi. Inset, East
African Portland Cement Company
Managing Director Kepha Thande.
[PHOTOS: FILE/ STANDARD]
Namwamba wants Uhuru to sack security
chiefs over rising insecurity
Budalangi MP Ababu
Namwamba has appealed to
President Uhuru Kenyatta to
sack top security officials fol-
lowing rising insecurity across
the country.
The chairman of the par-
liamentary Public Accounts
Committee claimed laxity
among security bosses is to
blame for the current securi-
ty crisis.
How can gangs attack
police stations so easily and
spend hours terrorising Ken-
yans? The President should
sack all officers who cannot
perform to secure the coun-
try, Namwamba said, react-
ing to recent attacks in Lamu
and Tana River counties.
Namwamba was speak-
ing when he presided over
the opening of the Sh10 mil-
lion Mwakijembe Secondary
School in Kinango Constitu-
ency, Kwale County, on Satur-
day evening.
About 100 people have
been killed in the Lamu and
Tana River attacks since mid
Kenya is among 47 African coun-
tries set to benefit from a Sh400 mil-
lion (US$4.7 million) grant from Ro-
tary to boost the fight against polio.
The amount is part of Sh2 billion
($23.6 million) lined to support po-
lio eradication efforts in sub-Saha-
ran Africa.
The funding commitment comes
against a backdrop of reports indicat-
ing 218 polio cases in Somalia, Kenya
and Ethiopia by March 2014 and will
fund polio surveillance and technical
assistance activities targeting children
under five.
The support from Rotary will com-
plement efforts the Government has
undertaken to intensify immunisa-
tion across the country, especial-
ly along border points and amongst
pastoral communities that are major
targets of the initiative.
House-to-house vaccination will
also be conducted to ensure every
child is reached.
As part of the Global Polio Erad-
ication Initiative, the grant will play
a major role in helping eradicate the
disabling viral disease worldwide by
2018.
We are this close to ending polio
in Africa, said Ashok Mirchandani,
who chairs the Rotary African Region-
al PolioPlus Committee.
Kenya in
Sh400m boost
to ght polio
June. Police have been blamed
for responding late to the kill-
ings and failure to stop further
killings.
Deputy President William
Ruto who visited Lamu Coun-
ty recently ordered the police
to get the killers dead or alive,
within 48 hours.
Nambwamba was accom-
panied by Kinango MP Gonzi
Rai and ODM Executive Offi-
cer Magerer Langat, among
others.
Rai appealed to CORD lead-
Police agency to
recruit 10,000
ofcers today
Thousands of youths are this
morning expected to troop to re-
cruitment centres nationwide as the
National Police Service Commission
(NPSC) begins selecting candidates to
serve in the force.
Some 10,000 officers are to be re-
cruited in the police service for a
nine-month paramilitary training at
the Kenya Police Training College in
Kiganjo and Administration Police
Training College.
Commission Chairman Johnstone
Kavuludi said he had not received any
complaint but warned against bribery
to influence the exercise.
The recruiting panels were
trained properly and we are confi-
dent the exercise will go on well, he
said yesterday.
The selection will be done today
only and successful candidates are to
report on October 3, the commission
said, to avoid or reduce cases of cor-
ruption.
Process is set to
take place in various
centres with minimum
entry grade of D plus
Those who sat for their Kenya
Certificate of Secondary Education
(KCSE) examination last year and are
yet to receive their certificates are free
to apply for enlistment.
The commission said it will accept
2013 KCSE candidates with result slips
to be hired as police officers.
The police agency has reduced
the minimum entry grade to a D plus
from the previous C plain and put the
minimum age to between 18 and 28
years for KCSE holders, and 30 years
for those with specialised skills, in-
cluding diploma and degree holders.
The commission said it has ap-
pointed a team to spearhead the ex-
ercise at all 280 district centres.
Barracks at the police training col-
leges are being expanded to accom-
modate new candidates.
This was after the Treasury allo-
cated Sh2.9 billion for hiring of 10,000
police and Administration Police.
Kavuludi said 6,000 constables will
join the regular police and 4,000 the
Administration Police arm.
He said the recruitment panels will
be at the centres ready to receive ap-
plication forms from those interested.
A candidate must submit at least
one letter of recommendation from a
respected member of the communi-
ty such as a former head teacher, re-
ligious leader or community leader,
he said.
BY CYRUS OMBATI
LONAH JEPKEMEI KIBET
BY PATRICK BEJA
Budalangi MP Ababu
Namwamba.
er Raila Odinga to go slow on
national dialogue and refer-
endum rallies, saying the two
approaches had heightened
tension and contributed to a
slump in tourism.
The legislator asked Raila
not to burn the same country
he wished to lead.
I am calling upon Raila to
go slow on his rallies so as to
give tourism a chance to grow.
The sector requires peace to
thrive and we do not need such
rallies at the moment because
they contribute to tensions,
Rai said.
He said the constituen-
cy has received Sh882 million
since the fund was launched,
with Sh160 million allocated in
the current financial year.
Namwamba urged the Jubi-
lee Government to build com-
puter laboratories in all public
schools instead of providing
only laptops.
I will fully support the pro-
gramme if it includes comput-
er laboratories for all schools.
Computer laboratories are saf-
er, economical and serve more
students, Nambwamba said.
University of Nairobi lecturers carry the casket bearing the remains of their
colleague, Dr Lazarus Maurice Awiti, to the graveside in Mawego, Homa Bay
County, on Saturday. Dr Awiti, 67, was the elder brother of Homa Bay
Governor Cyprian Awiti. [PHOTO: COLLINS ODUOR/STANDARD]
Fare thee well
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Page 14 / EDITORIAL Monday, July 14, 2014 / The Standard
What really is the
problem at the Coast?
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Sobering lessons from the 2014 Fifa World Cup bonanza
WHAT OTHER MEDIA SAY...
There are more questions than answers as to what is cur-
rently going on in the coastal region, especially Lamu. But
the lack of proper and consistent information from the au-
thorities only worsens matters. Last week, prominent Mom-
basa businessman Shahid Butt, the proprietor of Modern
Coast Bus, was gunned down under unclear circumstances
by unknown gunmen. Preliminary reports indicated he was
shot down because of his terrorist-related activities.
This begs the questions; if the State is mandated to fight
terrorism, were State agents involved in the killing? Are there
individuals licensed to carry out executions on people sus-
pected of abetting terrorism in the country? On the other
hand, it is suspected that the killing could be as a result of
business rivalry. Whatever the case, an individuals right to
life is enshrined in the Constitution and the Government is
duty-bound to accord security to every Kenyan. The State
has clearly not acquitted itself very well in this regard. Truth
be told, it seems to have terribly failed in that obligation. An-
archy is taking root at the Coast. Events have confirmed that
security agents have been overrun and have no inkling of
what might happen next. Killers attack villages at will, shoot
and hack selected people to death and walk away unchal-
lenged to plan the next attack.
The Governments stand has been curious. Inasmuch as
it has endeavoured to explain the killings, it has not tackled
the security threat decisively. Alternately, the public has
been informed it was the Opposition using the Mungiki and
MRC to kill, or that it was ethnic cleansing.
The outlawed Mombasa Republican Council has been
blamed, but the outfit has since denied those claims. People
suspected to be terrorists have been arrested only to be re-
leased over lack of evidence. Lamu Governor Issa Timamy
was also arrested but later released without any charge.
Are there gang wars in Mombasa? Is there ethnic cleansing
and who stands to benefit eventually?
These are questions to which Kenyans demand answers.
People cannot be subjected to perpetual fear as if Kenya is
a failed state. The President and his deputy have never
ceased or tired of telling Kenyans they are firmly in control,
but have been at pains to prove it by making the country
safe.
In the last one month, football fans across
the world have been treated to the worlds most
prestigious soccer bonanza.
Those who could not travel to Brazil to wit-
ness the game first-hand had to contend with
watching it from the comfort of their homes. It
provided the much-needed distraction from
the vicissitudes of daily life. These wild flights
of fancy came to an end last night.
The contagious Samba spirit was evident on
and off-pitch as opposing teams embraced,
laughed and danced.
People of different races, cultures, beliefs,
political and religious persuasions came to-
gether to support their teams. They shared in
their triumphs and grieved in their losses.
The humiliation of Brazil at the hands of
Germany was unbelievable and sorrowful to
many. The resilience of Costa Rica and the uni-
ty of Team USA wowed many.
In Kenya, the event came at a time when
criminal elements had subdued the spirit after
a wave of attacks claimed lives and caused de-
spondency among the citizenry.
Prevalent insecurity prompted the Cabinet
Secretary for Interior Joseph Ole Lenku to ad-
vise against going to social places for fear of
terrorists staging an attack similar to the one
executed in Kampala during the 2010 Fifa
World Cup finals. So far, so good.
Meanwhile, Brazilians used the prepara-
tions time of the tournament to stage demon-
strations that drew the worlds attention to
their social and economic problems.
Faced with high corruption, high cost of liv-
ing, high unemployment rates and poor ser-
vice provision by the Government, many Bra-
zilians believed the State should have put these
billions to better use that would improve their
lives.
On the flip side, hosting the World Cup had
its positives.
There have been huge investments in in-
frastructure and environmental conservation
and generally the feel-good factor associated
with being thrust into the world stage. On the
whole, Brazil has proved to be a generous and
kind host.
But it fell down to earth after their disgrace-
ful exit in the semi-finals. The country awoke
to its myriad of problems and President Dilma
Rousseff could be staring at defeat in elections
scheduled for October.
Africa as usual, held out great hopes, only
to disappoint yet again.
A report in the Sunday Times (of London)
before the start of the World Cup, exposed how
African Football Federations were allegedly
compromised by Qatar in its bid to host the
2022 Fifa World Cup.
Revelations of how African football chiefs
got monetary inducements to influence their
voting for Doha to host the tournament cast
Africa in bad light.
And the dismal performance of African
teams seems to buttress those claims.
The world witnessed as some of the best play-
ers in the world club football were outmanoeu-
vred, outplayed or simply crumbled. Was there
foul play? Of all the African teams, Algeria and
Nigeria impressed.
The rest were a let-down.
In fact, the President of Cameroon Paul Bi-
ya has ordered a probe following the teams ex-
it at the group stage.
Indeed, Africa has the capacity to win the
most prestigious cup. African footballers ex-
hibit the best of individual skill on the field yet
no team from the continent has gone beyond
the quarter finals stage.
What is the problem?
Presumably, Kenyas Harambee Stars were the
only team at the World Cup that never played
a single match. It is hoped that the team has
brought home a few lessons.
There is no doubt that the world was (to
echo the Fifa 2014 World Cup motto) All in one
rhythm.
It is funny how young people start to
feel ancient at the age of 30, 21 or even
19, while older people refuse to think of
themselves as old at the age of 60, 70 or
even 80. At both ends of life, and at all points
in between, negative attitudes towards
ageing prevail. There is not much point,
however, in complaining that old people
used to be more respected in olden times.
They probably were, but there were fewer of
them then. What matters is to try to create
a modern idea of later life that gets the
balance right between recognising that older
people can continue to be productive citizens
for much longer than the old retirement
age, and looking after a large minority of old
people who will need intensive social and
medical care for a long period at the end of
their lives.
BRITAIN does not feel like a nation on the
verge of cracking up. Many have clutched
patriotic ags and wept this summerbut most
of them were fans of the England football team,
distressed by its rapid exit from the World Cup,
not activists demonstrating for and against the
break-up of their country. Yet a 307-year-old
union, which once ruled a third of humanity
and still serves as a role-model to many, could
be on the verge of dissolution, because the
people of Scotland will vote on independence
in a referendum on September 18th. Opinion
polls suggest the Scots will decide against
leaving, but it is the nationalists who have re
in their bellies, and Alex Salmond, the leader
of the Scottish National Party (SNP), is a strong
nisher (see article).
For more than a decade, the United States
has been watching nervously to see how
China would choose to wield its formidable
and growing economic, political and military
powers. The hope, as Robert Zoellick said in
2005 when he was a deputy secretary of state,
was that Beijing would become a responsible
stakeholder in the international system,
working cooperatively to foster economic
integration and the peaceful resolution of
global tensions. A more assertive China under
President Xi Jinping, however, has emerged
in the past year, raising doubts about its
commitment to peaceful evolution and
severely straining its relationship with the
United States.
Time we grew up about ageing Dont leave us this way Still at Odds With China
Page 15 OPINION / Monday, July 14, 2014 / The Standard
Palaver
Some things dont quite add
up. That thugs could break into
Gilgils NYS compound and walk
away with Sh12 million simply
does not add up. First of all, in
this digital age, what was all that
money doing at the facility over-
night? The compound is highly
guarded, how did thieves get in
unchallenged? Those and many
unanswered questions trouble
Palaver.

Is it proper that political leaders,
especially those allied to Jubilee,
should still be telling us at rallies
that the President and his deputy
are trying to unite Kenyans?
Why are we divided in the rst
place? It is 50 years from the
time we attained independence
and leaders are still trying to
unite Kenyans. Shame on them
all. Well, they are not trying hard
enough.
Heres another one from the
place where Sarah Palin: If youve
seen a lot of long-haired men on
Alaskas Kodiak Island, this might
be the reason. A new study nds
the City of Kodiak has the priciest
mens haircut in the US, on aver-
age at $26.67 (about Sh2,700)
per cut. The national average
is $13.95 (Sh1185) a cut. The
Kodiak Daily Mirror reports the
gure is included in a state Labor
Department report comparing
cost of living data for more than
300 cities.

oped@standardmedia.co.ke
For someone very good at ap-
portioning blame, John Mututho
must go! Yes, Mututho must
go. If he is doing his job well,
why are people still dying from
alcohol poisoning? Why are the
brews still there anyway? Several
people have died in
Kapsabet and
Eldoret after ta-
king illicit brew. Will
Mututho demand
the resignation and
arrest of the Nandi
and Uasin Gishu
governors as he did with Mach-
akos? Palaver thinks there is too
much death to keep listening to
platitudes.

While appearing before a parlia-
mentary committee, Gen Michael
Gichangi, the National Intelligen-
ce Service chief, is reported to
have told the committee he did
not know how illegal sugar got
into the country. And he is the
chief of intelligence! Just how
safe are Kenyans? After proceeds
from charcoal and
ivory are said to
be nancing Al
Shabaab activities
in Somalia and
Kenya, sugar has
been added to the
list! Have a sweet day, though.
Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kip-
chumba Murkomen has tabled a
Draft Bill in the Senate that seeks
to amend the Intergovernmental
Relations Act and the County Gov-
ernments Act.
The proposed amendments
seek to have Deputy Governors
coordinate functions of the exec-
utive committee as well as take
part in service delivery in the
counties. In the new order, gover-
nors will have to consult with their
deputies in the day-to-day run-
ning of county affairs.
Right now, they are assigned
roles as may be dictated by the
governors. The thing is, the Con-
stitution does not define clear
roles for governors and their dep-
uties. The functions of the gover-
nors as captured in Section 31 and
32 of the County Governments
Act is in its own ambiguous and
has been the cause of confusion
in the management of the coun-
ties. And as expected, there has
been hue and cry from the Coun-
cil of Governors regarding the
bills.
The thing is that deputy gover-
nors feel that they got the short
end of the stick. They feel that
their roles have been subjugated
to that of the governors. Recent
events in Machakos County in-
volving deputy governor Benard
Kiala is one such case. The ab-
sence of clear legislation to give
deputy governors defined roles
has reduced many of them to
spectators akin to the role played
by assistants ministers in previous
governments under the old con-
stitution.
According to the chairman of
the Commission for the Imple-
mentation of the Constitution
Charles Nyachae, the Committee
of Experts that drafted the Consti-
tution had hoped that mutual
agreement and understanding
shall make working relations be-
tween the two county bosses bet-
ter. What is more, both were elect-
ed on a joint-ticket. The reality on
the ground tells a different story.
Most deputy governors have
been reduced to reading newspa-
pers from morning to evening be-
cause they hardly get involved in
the daily operations of the county
government. Therefore the as-
sumption of Charles Nyachae that
mutual respect and understand-
ing shall create the harmony ex-
pected has hardly been achieved.
It is prudent therefore for the
Senate and the National Assembly
to intervene and amend the Acts.
The public cannot countenance a
situation where millions of shil-
lings are paid to an elected official
who can hardly be impeached
since he or she does not have any
functions in the county govern-
ment (remember the Embu Coun-
ty case).
The Kenyan people at least ex-
pect value for their money. Be-
No one drinks oil or smokes
gas. We eat food and that should
tell you what our priority should
be, quipped Dr Akinwumi Adesi-
na, the Minister for Agriculture
and Rural Development in Nige-
ria, in a televised debate at the
2013 World Economic Forum for
Africa. The crowd burst out in
laughter, but the comment
changed the conversations
course for the rest of the 55-min-
ute debate. Food business and
agribusiness is a current action
for a secure future. If Africa can
restructure and improve regula-
tory and business framework for
agribusiness, the continent will
command a whopping $1 trillion
by 2030, compared to $313 billion
in 2010. Currently, agriculture
and agribusiness together ac-
count for nearly half of Kenyas
GDP.
Agriculture is one of the eco-
nomic pillars of Kenyas Vision
2030, which is aimed at a sus-
tained minimum annual 10 per
cent growth. Research by the Ken-
ya Institute of Policy Research
(Kippra), indicates that agricul-
ture and agribusiness form the
biggest job-creators in the coun-
try. Growing media attention to-
ward agribusiness has drawn a
significant increased investment
in the sector.
However, most focus has been
To boost food reserve, the futures in agribusiness
Tere is
growth
oppor-
tunity for
agribusi-
ness in the
country,
with the
domestic
and global
markets
experi-
encing
growing
demand
for food
on the productive sector of agri-
business; what we traditionally
call farming. Research, however,
shows that out of 64 investment
opportunities in agribusiness;
production is just one of them.
The rest are spread in trade, agri-
culture value chain, value addi-
tion and technology. Financial
services providers like Transna-
tional Bank offer value chain en-
hancement products targeting
the agribusiness sector in the
country; facilitating the seed to
the mouth process; the econom-
ic agribusiness process chain
from the planting of crops, har-
vesting and distribution to the
consumer.
Most African countries have a
comparative food advantage;
with more than half of the worlds
arable idle land in Africa and a lot
of underutilised water resources,
Africa owns the natural machin-
ery of grand agricultural pro-
duction. There is growth oppor-
tunity for agribusiness in the
country, with the domestic and
global markets experiencing a
growing demand for food. Urban
consumption is set to increase on
the continent, with World Bank
predicting growths in urban mar-
kets of up to $400 billion by 2030.
This has a resultant increase in
investments in processing, logis-
tics, market infrastructure, retail
networks, trade and technology.
This further increases the con-
tribution of the agribusiness sec-
tor to the economy. Regional in-
tegration and cooperation is
opening East African markets to
Kenyas produce. Infrastrustruc-
tural investments including the
Standard Gauge Railway, the La-
mu Port, Southern Sudan Ethio-
pia Port (Lappsset) project and
Isiolo Resort City will open up
Kenya to more international mar-
kets by facilitating faster access to
these markets.
A major challenge to agribusi-
ness has been the lack of financial
system to support small scale
farmers, and value chain enter-
prises; that enable produce to
move from the farmers to the
markets. With the systems frame-
work clear, financial institutions
can then inject capital to boost
agribusiness through financial
services access to producers, and
working capital products for
manufacturers and processors.
Success in agriculture will
have a spiral effect on rural devel-
opment across the country. For
example, Bomet County is the
first maize-producing region to
harvest in July, four months be-
fore the produce from other
maize-producing regions hits na-
tional markets. The financing gap
in Bomet is the facilitation of pro-
duce to move to the market, not
warehousing. Transnational Bank
has provided capital assistance to
a local maize miller with the ca-
pacity to process tonnes per
month. This will create an imme-
diate market outlet for maize pro-
duced in Bomet and the neigh-
bouring counties. Many times,
farmers are at the bottom of the
financial investment products
pyramid. But also, low levels of fi-
nancial literacy in the rural areas
has been an impediment to
broadening the benefit of eco-
nomic development. The majori-
ty of unbanked farmers live more
than 20 km from a bank branch
or an ATM. Their average transac-
tional value is small, which cre-
ates unfavourable cost-benefit
ratios for the farmers access to
normal banking services. Sec-
ondly, the farmers need to access
conventional banking services to
expand to global trading. The
substituted banking services like
table-banking exist outside the
conventional banking framework
and are limited in their capabili-
ties to boost larger capital mar-
gins.
Deputy
governors
have been
reduced
to reading
newspa-
pers from
morning
to evening
because
they hardly
get invol-
ved in the
daily ope-
rations of
the county
govern-
ment
Why deputy governors want more work
SAMMY LANGAT }
MOHAMED GULEID }
sides, the Senate wants to make it
possible for the deputy governors
to be impeached in cases where
that is called for. Currently, the
law is silent on the matter. To bal-
ance off this, such punitive ac-
tions must come with responsi-
bilities.
The Intergovernmental Rela-
tions Amendment Bill also seeks
to make it possible for deputy
governors to have their own legal
platform to make it possible for
them to engage other organs of
government considering their
new roles.
The Bill will allow the deputies
to attend the Summit of Gover-
nors (an annual meeting of gover-
nors and the Executive) chaired
by the President. This has howev-
er caused fear among the ranks of
governors. I wonder what is so se-
cretive about attending a meeting
which should be for the good of
the counties?
The feeling among the deputy
governors is that the Council of
Governors has not been open.
In many counties, the expect-
ed harmonious working rela-
tionship between governors and
their deputies has been disrupted
by vested interests that often cre-
ate divisions between the two
county chiefs. This should worry
us.This was not expected at the
time of the election. The argu-
ment that instead of giving each
entity its own council or forum,
an association of county govern-
ments should be formed cannot
hold water. The county assembly
is a separate branch of govern-
ment and the executive cannot
have the same avenue for sitting
and holding dialogue with assem-
blies and speakers.
Otherwise their oversight role
will become null and void. The
two arms of government are sep-
arate and therefore they cannot
form an association together.
Probably a welfare association
similar to the defunct Lapfund
could be formed for the purpose
of pension and social security.
Back to the Murkomen Bill. If
passed, it would make it possible
for deputy governors to under-
take their constitutional mandate
and make a positive contribution
in the development of the coun-
ties.
Failure to enact this law, this
position shall henceforth become
a very unattractive office to vie
for. Any candidate who intends to
run for this may as well get pre-
pared to become a spare wheel
only to be used when a tyre bursts.

Mr Guleid is the Deputy
Governor Isiolo County and
vice-chairman of the Deputy
Governors Forum
Mr Langat is the Chief
Executive Officer, Transnation-
al Bank Ltd, a second-ranked,
4th-tier bank in Kenya
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The killer women of Kabete: Its
unfortunate we still continue to fan
such stereotypes in the 21st century.
The content lacks any empirical
evidence and is no diferent from the
tribal stereotypes that we are trying
to get rid of as Kenyans. Muhusi Kadau
There is nothing as bad as
stereotyping, making wild allegations
and labelling other people with
strange accusations based on
pigments of imagination. Just
because you come from a certain
geographical area does not make
you a criminal or an evil person.
Kabete women are simply victims of
circumstances, but strong enough to
live their lives. Jeannie
Chilling story! I am going to assume
that the issue is not environmental
but nature. And, so, if it is nature, the
question to explore is: how did the
women of Kingeero end up with a
monstrous human gene pool? Where
does the nucleus of this gene trace
back to? Spooky stuf! Tarik
Criminals escape with six guns
after attacking Pandanguo in
Lamu: Im giving police one year,
never mind 48 hours, to catch these
thugs who did this. And I bet they will
come empty handed or they will catch
poor innocent Kenyans. Aqil Mohdhar
The rst time these criminals
attacked Lamu, the President accused
local political network. This saw
rearrangement of security leadership
and punishment of the local police
commander alongside his juniors.
Then in less than a week, there was
an attack under the leadership of
a new security team, no one was
reprimanded, but the Mombasa
Republican Council were accused
despite Al shabaab continuously
taking responsibility for such raids.
These killings now merit intervention
by the International Criminal Court.
Nyakwaraga Khan
This is going out of control! Why are
we doing the same things repeatedly
and expecting diferent results?
Kamonde Lubembe
In serious and democratic countries,
someone takes the blame for
everything, even football coaches
resign when the team doesnt
progress, but here in Kenya things
are difrent we will die arguing along
tribal lines; so sad. Duke
We need to re-evaluate our security
strategy. As it is, our security
personel get outwitted by attackers
daily. Gibson Kinyua
Why it is possible NIS may
not know sugar smugglers
The issue of sugar smuggling
has of late become a real crisis and
last week a parliamentary commit-
tee was shell shocked when the In-
telligence Chief claimed that they
do not know the people behind the
new scheme.
Those who know the real effects
of the recent reforms at the Mom-
basa Port and transit goods trans-
port corridor can attest that indeed
it is possible that National Intelli-
gence Service may not know who is
doing this.
Over the past one year, the Gov-
ernment has been instituting quick
reforms at the port and the transit
goods transport corridor aimed at
facilitating trade with the EAC part-
ners. However, certain loopholes
have been created by the well in-
tentioned reforms that make
smuggling a piece of cake for sea-
soned smugglers.
Two of the reforms directed that
goods on transit must not be sub-
jected to verification at the port and
that all transit goods check points
along the corridor such as
Mariakani, Mlolongo and Gilgil be
removed.
Previously, transit goods would
be subjected to verification then
sealed by customs. Checkpoints
along the way ensured that the
goods were intact and that the tran-
sit trucks followed a specific transit
route.
So what the sugar smugglers are
doing is, using foreign identities,
they import transit containers filled
with sugar but declared as some-
thing else, lets say ceramic tiles.
When the containers leave port
they divert them along the way,
empty the sugar and replace it with
locally acquired ceramic tiles. At
the border, customs officers will
find the consignment tallies to dec-
laration and will raise no issue.
The other major reform in-
volved restructuring the power
structure within the port with the
Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) being
given the ultimate control and
powers to regulate all Government
agencies at the Port. Previously, it
was Customs that called the shots
at the port and this position gave it
mandate to exercise its security en-
forcement responsibility and would
thus liaise with and share informa-
tion with security agencies.
Right now the responsibility of
organising all agencies lies with
KPA whose objectives are only fast-
er and cheaper clearance of goods.
The role of Customs has been re-
duced to just collecting import tax-
es denying agencies such as NIS the
security information they shared.
The recently signed Port Charter
added to the fortunes of smugglers
by biding port players to specific
timelines thus restricting the time
security agencies could use to in-
vestigate suspicious cargo. The re-
cent flooding of the market with
GMO foods is also a consequence
of this as now each Government
agency is watching the clock.
If customs stops such consign-
ments it is the one that shall be
blamed for causing delays, so it
leaves the responsibility to the
agency legally empowered to deal
with GMOs.
The reforms were incited by
claims that customs and security
procedures were the ones causing
port congestion and inefficiencies
and thus the reforms were majorly
aimed at taming customs, forget-
ting that the latter has an all-im-
portant security role of checking
prohibited and restricted imports
and exports. As it is right now, we
dont have a grasp of what is enter-
ing this country, anyone can now
import anything.
Open letter to President Kenyatta
Sir, I am a law-abiding citizen. I
respect you as my President. I can
tell that you mean well for Kenya. I
wish you all the best as you plan
to steer the country to greater
heights.
There are well-known challeng-
es that the country is facing and I
am sure all citizens of goodwill and
all those who are paid by the Gov-
ernment to execute their duties will
make every effort to build a better
Kenya.
I am one of the many Kenyans
who are concerned about the mo-
dus operandi of CORD leader Raila
Odinga. When I say this, it does not
mean that I do not respect him. He
has in the past helped in democra-
tising the country.
It is in this respect that we ex-
pect him to execute his Opposition
functions with decorum, for he
knows very well that you were
democratically elected.
Sir, since you rejected national
dialogue, you can decide to address
the issues he has raised by involv-
ing everybody that needs to be
roped in.
Facts should be placed on top of
the table and wait to see what Rai-
la will say. From where I stand, I am
begging you to kick off the debate
on the Independent Electoral and
Boundaries Commission. You have
only three years left to the end of
your current term in office.
We need an IEBC that all the
sides are happy with, at least one
year to the next general elections.
Sir, as you know, the current state
of play is that the Auditor General
wants the IEBC top officials sus-
pended, to be hauled to court due
to engaging in procurement irreg-
ularities.
I fail to understand how the Au-
ditor General could arrive at such a
conclusion.
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YOUR SAY
Its disgusting and perturbing
to see the extent to which
some corporate entities can be
negligent.
While monopolistic companies
are known not to care a lot
about the welfare of the
societies they operate in, a
subsidiary of a major brewery
borders on criminal negligence.
While the company has a huge
unutilised compound, the rm
has never deemed it t to
introduce a client parking lot
for the tens of lorries that come
to collect their products, rather
these lorries are parked on the
road, leaving only a narrow part
of the road to be used by other
motorists and pedestrians.
Drivers of these transit lorries,
who are mostly foreigners,
have taken to lighting bonres
at night and cooking beside
this road, hence dumping
and spoiling the serene
environment. It is not unusual
to nd used condoms spewed
on the road side, something that
keen observers will attribute
to these drivers and their turn
boys.
The local community has
complained to the management
on the numerous accidents
that have been caused by this,
especially where pedestrians
are hit by boda boda
riders while avoiding these
dangerously parked lorries, but
this has only fallen on deaf ears
as the managers continue to
bury their heads in the sand as
they chase after prots.
Devolution on trial
in Isiolo County
Travel advisory
shows State cares
Fighting tribalism
starts with you
For the first time in the history of
Kenya, the public is keen on partici-
pating in policy and legislative devel-
opment as well as holding leaders ac-
countable and the Isiolo County
Government is not an exception. This
has bee brought by the new Consti-
tution.
The stark reality of governance in
Isiolo County calls for change, and
will certainly shift the way people re-
late and do business. Quality leader-
ship matters in any conventional so-
ciety.
The Isiolo County Government is
suffering under the burden of untried
political leadership. People expect
their lives and social relations to im-
prove and negative politics disposed
of. Yet there is more confusion than
light. Disorder at the county offices
and deceit on past political relations
is the coded language for governance.
Both the Executive and Legislative
organs of the Isiolo County govern-
ment need to shelf their parochial
and personal differences and serve
the public rather than resorting to ne-
farious acts and witch-hunt.
That Kenya issued a genuine trav-
el advisory against her former colo-
nial masters is music to my ears.
Kenya has finally come out of her
shell and held up her head high.
Whether her action is in re-
venge against the UK who in the last
couple of weeks issued a number
of advisories or just flexing her mus-
cles, I am very proud to be a Kenyan
at this point in history when my
country can advise me on my safety.
Though a friend travelling from
UK, among many others, will not
honour the advisory, the same way
some Britons dont honour advisories
against Kenya, it is nonetheless a
worthy move.
If choices have consequences, it
remains to be seen if Kenya will face
the music.
In the recent past, many Kenyans
have been talking about the height
of tribalism in this country. More of-
ten than not, I have heard peo-
ple bash our leaders for fuelling trib-
alism.
Think this is not the right time to
have tribalism. The worst part of this
scenario is that almost all Kenyans
are now tribal. We are so much con-
cerned about tribalism at the highest
level and less concerned about it at
the grassroots.We all have a chance to
fight tribalism, but first I must fight
the tribalism in me. My name must
never betray me.
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Beyonce, Jay Z
On the Run
Beyonc and Jay Z clearly wanted
to show the world there was nothing
but love between them on the latest
stop on their On The Run tour this
past weekend.
Performing at the MetLife Stadium in
New Jersey, Jay-Z could barely keep
his hands off Bey, planting a very
public kiss on her as she performed
in front of thousands in a lace
bodysuit. And she didnt seem to
mind a bit.
The pair are known for their racy
on-stage antics (their steamy
Grammys performance, anyone?),
but their joint tour has been compa-
rably tame, until now.
Earlier this month, Bey fuelled
cheating rumours concerning her
44-year-old husband when she
changed lyrics to her song Resent-
ment, but it seems the pair are now
keen to put any speculation about
their married bliss to rest.
Shaf e for Big Brother
show?
Rabbit: I am fasting with
Muslims
Word on the street has it that
celebrated radio host and
versatile showbiz personality
Shaf e Weru is being considered
to represent Kenya in this years
Big Brother Africa reality TV show
that kicks of in South Africa in
September.
The controversial star, who poses
a bad-boy persona, is said to be
among three other media
personalities, a fashion model
and a socialite being considered
for the global show.
However, Shaf e has remained
shy from discussing the issue.
Last year, Shaf e had been tipped
to represent Kenya in the reality
TV show. He later told the media
that he was not so interested with
staying in an enclosed house
while I could be out here making
money.
Hip-hop star Rabbit may not
be a Muslim but he is observing
the holy month of Ramadhan.
Exclusively, MondayBlues has
learned that the Ligi Soo singer
who is a confessed Christian is
fasting together with Muslim the
entire month.
I am not a Muslim but I do fast
during the holy month as it helps
me refocus on my dreams and
aspirations. It also helps me
discipline myself. I grew up with
Muslims and I actually believe in
fasting, Rabbit told Monday-
Blues.
It may look funny, but it works
for me. It is not like I am mixing
diferent faiths. No, I mean,
Christians do fast too, he
remarked.
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A popular award-winning
female singer is in trouble
with a Nairobi tycoon who
treated her to a luxury trip in
one of the beach resorts in
South Coast only for her to
deny him the pleasures he
was seeking.
Our source has it that the
two checked into the hotel on
Friday evening and were seen
having fun time but come
Saturday, the singer who also
hosts a karaoke show, was
shown the door, reportedly as
she refused to sleep with the
tycoon.
Our source has it that the
tycoon woke up a furious
man and demanded that the
singer be kicked out of his
room. When asked why the
two had differed, the girl said
the tycoon had been making
sexual advances, but she de-
clined. She said the tycoon
had only pledged to pay for
her video shoot worth
Sh300,000, the reason why
she had travelled to the
Coast, adding sex was not in
the agenda.
Singer denies tycoon
fundamentals
GOSSIP OF THE WEEK
Controversial Tanzanian actress Sabby
Angel wants to be put up in a ne room with
velvet white sheets and her choice wine
when she gets to Nairobi for the Kalasha
Awards next week.
Speaking to MondayBlues, the beauty who is
said to be dating a Mombasa showbiz guru,
said she wants a queens treat when she gets
to Nairobi, and a quiet, spacious room with a
kingsize bed is in her wish list.
I love quiet rooms. I love white bedsheets,
the sassy girl said.
Sabby demands
for ne room,
white bedsheets
A
n enviable sponsorship to have
celebrity radio personality and
writer Ciku Muiruris daughter
attend an international conference
in the United States has turned
scandalous, MondayBlues has learned.
The offer, which Upstream Group had promised to
sponsor Erica Njeri to the tune of USD 6000
(Sh528,000) for the Global Young Leaders confer-
ence that kicks off today backfired, and ironically
left Ciku chasing after her cash from the man who
was brokering the deal.
After showing interest to sponsor the rather
popular teen who is recalled for raising over Sh3
million for her cancer charity project that drew the
interest of Kenyas First Lady, Joe Watson Gakuo
(acting for Upstream Group) held a series of
meetings with Ciku in a uptown city hotel during
which Ciku was forced to put up expensive bills,
which Upstream Group was meant to refund. One
of the bills read Sh7,000.
But a few days to the global conference, Upstream
Group withdrew the sponsorship in unclear
circumstances after the young girl had processed
documents to travel besides making the other
necessary arrangements.
My boss had approved that sponsorship and had
presented the case to me. You will agree with me
that a company has the right to change and at the
same time, there was nothing binding us to the
sponsorship, a mail from Dominic to Ciku read in
part.
As this drama unfolds, Erica is in the United States
for the conference less the said sponsorship and
Ciku is still pursuing Upstream Group to refund
her cash.
I acknowledge having received that receipt and
Joe had asked me to process the refund and send
to you. Such refunds take 30 working days to
process and you will receive the refund on July 4,
2014 since I was instructed to expedite it. It
requires two more internal approvals, a mail from
Dominic of Upstream Group that was forwarded
to MondayBlues has it.
According to Ciku, the pledge has not been
executed yet.
How Cikus Sh528,000
deal turned a hoax
Erica
Joe
QuickRead
The Medical Practitioners and
Dentists Board has ordered the clo-
sure of a hospital in Nairobis Umo-
ja as it intensified a crackdown on il-
legal facilities.
The board also announced re-
newed campaign against unlicensed
medical personnel and facilities.
A letter dated July 8 and signed
by the boards registrar Dr Nicholas
Muraguri accused the management
of Victory Hospital in Umoja II es-
tate of failure to comply with previ-
ous orders to employ qualified per-
sonnel, purchase critical equipment
Two men have been arrested and
22 pieces of ivory weighing 95kg val-
ued at Sh950,000 recovered from them
along the Nairobi-Nakuru Highway.
The suspects, both Kenyans, were
driving in a saloon car headed for
Kampala, Uganda on Saturday night
when they were intercepted at the Gil-
gil Weighbridge. Police said they had
been trailing the men from Burubu-
ru in Nairobi.
According to the head of Special
Crimes Prevention Unit Noah Katu-
mo, the men had changed vehicles
twice to evade arrests.
They say they were taking the lug-
gage to a man in Kampala but we be-
lieve they are part of a large gang that
has been killing elephants here, said
Katumo.
The men are expected in court this
morning.
Last week, armed gangs killed
four rhinos and removed their horns
in private Ol Jogi ranch near Nanyu-
ki, which has been described as the
worst rhino poaching incident in the
country in more than 25 years.
The rhino carcasses were found
on two sites on the 58,000-acre ranch
and the poachers escaped with three
of the animals eight horns.
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A delegate
protests shortly
after former
Maendeleo ya
Wanawake
Organisation
Chairperson
Rukia Subow
stepped down as a
contestant during
the organisations
recent elections.
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KABUNYI/STANDARD]
Medical board shuts down hospital,
puts errant facilities on notice
All hospitals not meeting this require-
ment will be shut down until they do
so, he said.
He called on Kenyans to familiar-
ise themselves with their rights when
they go to hospitals to ensure they re-
ceive quality medical attention that
does not endanger their lives.
That is covered in the Kenya Na-
tional Patients Rights Charter pro-
Team reaches decision
after probing case
in which woman
blamed hospital for her
newborns death
Kenya and Korean governments
want to establish a multi-billion-shil-
ling institute to train scientists and
engineers to develop the country and
East Africa.
The Kenya Advanced Institute
of Science and Technology is to
cost Sh6.8 billion and will be locat-
ed within the Multimedia Universi-
ty of Kenya.
A delegation from the Korean
Economic Development Co-oper-
ation Fund (EDCF) led by a senior
technology and procurement spe-
cialist Jae-il Nam met Education
Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang at
Jogoo House over the weekend to
discuss the modalities of establish-
ing the institution.
Kipsang said the institution would
enable Kenya to produce experts to
manage an industrialising nation as
projected in the Vision 2030.
The main business project will
cover the Kenya Institute of Science
and Technologys (KIST) basic plan
and curriculum development, re-
search and laboratory education-
al supplies procurement, develop-
ment of human resources such as
faculty, software and hardware sup-
port needed for new buildings or ex-
pansions, said Kipsang.
Korea Exim Bank and the EDCF
are to proceed with business viabil-
ity research and inject funds while
KIST is spearheading the establish-
ment of an ICT specialised graduate
school as part of the Governments
development strategy.
The institution will enhance the
universitys capacity to produce sci-
ence, technology, and ICT experts.
Kipsang said the strategy is to de-
velop the next generation of well-
trained leaders and experts who
would promote industrial develop-
ment in Africa as well attract foreign
investments.
He said the facility would consist
of state of the art Korean ICT tech-
nology, advanced laboratories and
research facilities.
Kipsang noted that the Govern-
ment would turn to the Korea Insti-
tute of Science and Technology mod-
els to nurture the new institution to
be a science and technology facility
of higher education.
Also present at the occasion was
the Multimedia University of Kenya
Vice Chancellor Prof Festus Kaberia.
Joint bid to put
up Sh6.8b ICT
institution
Chief Registrar of the Judiciary
Anne Amadi wants a case filed by 11
judicial employees in the Industrial
Court struck out.
Responding to the case in which
the workers opposed her decision to
issue them with termination letters
in May, Amadi said the decision was
made by the Judicial Service Commis-
sion (JSC) and that she was just a sec-
retary to the JSC.
Amadi told the court she was act-
ing on powers delegated to her by the
commission, refuting claims she was
acting on her own behalf.
The claimants amended notice
of motion is misconceived and does
not disclose any reasonable course of
action in law, Amadi said.
In the same case, Registrar of the
High Court Judith Omange told the
court the 11 were not employees of
the Judiciary as they alleged in the
suit before Industrial Court judge Da-
vid Marete.
Omange argues they had been of-
fered internship at the High Court
but were transferred to the Industrial
Court to assist the division.
But the claimants argued an em-
ployer cannot issue termination let-
ters to a person whom he has not em-
ployed.
Police arrest duo, recover ivory Amadi wants case on sacked staf tossed out
duced by the board for the first
time last year, giving patients a
host of rights. However, many Ken-
yans are yet to read it.
The inspection report for the
closed facility showed the hospi-
tal is squeezed in a residential ar-
ea, has poor ventilation and light-
ing and stuffiness especially in the
wards. It added that the facility is in
a four-storey building with a nar-
row staircase without a lift making
the movement of patients prob-
lematic.
The tribunal established that
the hospital lacked critical medi-
cal facilities for newborns such as
an incubators and a functioning
suction machine.
The hospital failed to comply
with the boards orders to employ
a full-time registered medical doc-
tor as well as a nursing officer, ac-
cording to the report.
The board said the hospital was
given reminders on four occasions
before the decision to shut it down
was reached.
We want fairness...
and improve the hospitals general
conditions.
The hospital was taken to the
boards tribunal last month after Joan
Akinyi filed a complaint alleging the
facility was responsible for her new-
borns death. This prompted the
board to launch investigations.
An inspection team that visited
the hospital on July 2 said they estab-
lished that a doctor employed by the
hospital was not present and records
revealed he did not have a practicing
licence.
It also emerged that a nurse al-
legedly employed at the facility was
also not present during the inspection
and there was no documentation to
show she was the resident nurse.
The boards CEO Daniel Yumbya
yesterday put on notice other hospi-
tals not complying with the minimum
requirements.
We will not spare any institution
that compromises on the healthcare
they give to patients. Those seeking
treatment have a right to receive qual-
ity care in line with the Constitution.
Health PS Fred Segor when he
launched the patients charter.
Rutos top staf fears for his life after night raid
A senior accountant at Deputy
President William Rutos office is fear-
ing for his life after gunmen raided his
Ruai home in Nairobi looking for him.
Nelson Adeya told The Standard
that eight men raided his house at
midnight on Friday while he was away
and demanded to know his where-
abouts.
Adeya said the gang found his
househelp and son since he was away
in Eldoret.
The suspected criminals vandal-
ised his house and ransacked it but
did not steal anything.
They went to my bedroom which
they ransacked looking for me. This
was after they had cut the window
grill to access the house, said Adeya.
He said he did not know the mo-
tive of the attack and had not received
any threat at his workplace or home.
He added it was the first time gun-
men had invaded the area.
The thugs shot once in the air as
they escaped in a waiting car.
Embakasi OCPD Apolo Wanyonyi
said they are yet to make any arrest in
connection with the attack.
The police boss said Adeya had
He says a gang invaded
his home last Friday
night and demanded
to know where he was
before ransacking his
house
BY CYRUS OMBATI
reported the matter at Ruai Police
Station and investigations were on-
going with a view to arresting those
behind it.
We do not know the motive of
the attack and hope to establish it as
soon as investigations are complete,
said Wanyonyi.
Meanwhile, a night guard was
shot and seriously wounded in a rob-
bery on a house in Ongata Rongai.
A gang of five raided a house and
robbed its occupants of valuables
before they shot and wounded the
guard in the leg as they escaped.
Police say they shot and wound-
ed two of the gunmen as they es-
caped with the valuables, including
cash and mobile phones and no ar-
rest had been made.
Police are appealing to local med-
ical institutions to alert them in case
a patient with gunshot wounds seeks
treatment.
Elsewhere, a gang raided houses
along Masaba Road in Nairobis Up-
per Hill area, robbed residents of cash
and other valuables before escaping.
Police say they are yet to apprehend
any suspects following the Saturday
night incident.
The Water Resources Management Authority (WRMA) is mandated under the Water Act 2002 section 8
(i) to be the lead agency in water resources management in the country. The mandate includes among
others regulation of water use to ensure fair, equitable allocation and apportionment of the available
water resource.
It is notied for public information that pursuit to the requirement of the Water Act 2002 , Water
Resources Management Rules 2007 ,the National Water Resources Management Strategy and the WRMA
Strategic Plan 2012-2017 on water resources regulation, apportionment and allocation , that the Rift
Valley Catchment Area intends to carry out two abstraction and water pollution surveys of Mukungi,
Nandarasi and Kitiri Rivers and their tributaries and also around Lake Naivasha(within 2000 metres
contour line) in Lakes Naivasha Nakuru Sub Region an area of approximately 370.36kilometer square
and 552.2 kilometer square respectively.
The abstraction is intended to provide basic data and information on the water availability, apportionment,
and utilization within the two sub catchments and will form the rst step in the preparation of the water
management plans among them updating the water allocation plan.
In carrying out the survey the activities will include but not limited to the following:
Transecting along the river catchment identifying points of the water abstraction and pollution;
Following a provided check list (F-15-4-1), making notes of physical aspects of the diversion works,
and making appropriate measurements;
Making river gauging , assessing amount of water abstracted and collecting water samples to
provide insight into available ows, amount abstracted and water qualities levels at selected
reference points respectively;
Looking for and identifying a suitable respondent to provide additional information as outlined in
the check list;
Taking photographs of the abstraction works, point source pollution or any relevant aspects of the
system;
Looking for sites of riverbank destruction, pollution or other undesirable activities that may afect
the quality and quality of the water;
Water users and other stakeholders from the two catchments are requested to support this exercise by
availing themselves to the team/s and providing the necessary information.The exercise is scheduled to
commence as follows, Mukungi ,Nandarasi & Kitiri Rivers on 22
nd
July 2014 and Lake Naivasha on 4
th

August 2014 at Ndonyo Njeru and Naivasha towns respectively.
For further information or any enquiries consult the undersigned or the relevant Sub Regional Manger
The Regional Manager
Rift Valley Catchment Area
P.O.Box 1600 20100
Nakuru
Email wrmarvca@gmail.com
Sub Regional Manger
Lakes Naivasha (Naivasha) Sub Region
P.O Box1577 - 20117
Naivasha
Email Naivashawrma@gmail.com
PUBLIC NOTICE
POLLUTION AND ABSTRACTION SURVEYS TO BE
CONDUCTED IN RIFT VALLEY CATCHMENT AREA
KENYA RURAL ROADS AUTHORITY
Opening up Rural Kenya
Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua addresses the Press at a Nairobi hotel last
Thursday where he said Senator Johnston Muthama was behind his woes for
his political stand, which is at variance with the CORD leaders. Right: Wajir
Governor Ahmed Abdullahi. [PHOTO: COLLINS KWEYU/STANDARD]
Machakos, Wajir governors battle
against abuse of ofce charges
hammed Abikar, has presented a pe-
tition to President Uhuru Kenyatta
seeking dissolution of the county gov-
ernment and the probing of Governor
Abdullahi.
The lobby wants the Senate and
EACC to investigate the governor over
allegations of mismanagement of the
county affairs.
Mr Abikar said there are sufficient
grounds for the governor to vacate
office and for the county government
to be suspended. The unprecedent-
ed petition has caught the ODM par-
ty off-guard, giving the Jubilee admin-
istration new ammunition to push
Machakos Governor Alfred Mu-
tua and his Wajir counterpart Ahmed
Abdullahi are facing various corrup-
tion-related charges.
The latest Auditor Generals re-
port makes damning revelations on
how millions of shillings were used in
wrong projects and without due re-
gard to procurement procedures.
In one instance, Dr Mutua is ac-
cused of spending Sh2.9 million on
the funeral of the late Makueni Sen-
ator Mutula Kilonzo. Kilonzo hailed
from a different county.
However, Mutua blames his woes
on his political foe, Machakos Senator
Johnstone Muthama, who he accuses
of petitioning the anti-graft body, the
Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commis-
sion (EACC) to investigate him.
However, the EACC has retorted
that Mutua has no capacity to intimi-
date the commission and instead, the
commission wants him to appear be-
fore it and make clarifications.
Mutua has since moved to the
High Court to restrain the commis-
sion from arresting him over corrup-
tion allegations.
The Machakos governor instruct-
ed his lawyer, Wilfred Nyamu, to sue
the Director of Public Prosecutions,
the Inspector General of Police and
the Attorney General as the first, sec-
ond and third respondents respec-
tively.
dissolution petition
Separately, the Wajir Anti-Corrup-
tion and Justice Forum (Wajuf ), an
anti-corruption lobby group in Wa-
jir County, through its chairman Mo-
The two are accused of
misusing development
funds and breaching
the Constitution in
the running of county
afairs
A cross section of communi-
ty leaders from Wajir County have
dismissed a statement published
in local dailies last Monday accus-
ing the county government of cor-
ruption.
The leaders have joined the
Wajir County Public Service Board
(CPSB) to thrash claims by the
Wajir Anti-Corruption and Justice
Forum which published an advert
in the dailies, calling for the disso-
lution of the country government.
According to local politician Hali-
ma Ali Shina, calls for such a move
were malicious and being propa-
gated by disgruntled residents.
Ms Halima said it beats logic
that a Wajir local petitioned the
President to suspend the county
government. The politician who
vied for the Women Representa-
tive in the last polls lauded devo-
lution, noting that it was such a
blessing to the region. If one feels
disgruntled about governance of
any county leader, they should
go to courts rather than suspend
a whole county government on
mere allegations, she said.
Pastoralists Impact on Human
Rights (PIHUR) also dismissed
the accusations as far-fetched
while defending Wajir Governor
Ahmed Abdullahi from claims
of nepotism in recruiting county
staff and breach of procurement
laws and Constitution. The group
said major clans of Degodia, Aju-
ran, Ogaden and other minorities
had shared the countys positions
equitably. The allegations in the
advert were aimed at tarnishing
the governor yet he has done well
in distribution of resources irre-
spective of tribe or clan, PIHUR
leaders led by Khalif Omar Bunow,
Adan Ghalat and Mukhtar KHalif
said.
On Saturday, CPSB issued a re-
joinder rejecting claims of flout-
ing procurement law, abuse of of-
fice and violating the Finance Act.
Governor
absolved
from graft
CORD to a corner on matters of cor-
ruption.
In the petition, Abikar alleges that
Abdulahi has breached the Constitu-
tion with impunity, breached the Pub-
lic Procurement and Disposals Act,
disregarded the County Government
Act, as well as breached the Public Fi-
nance Management Act.
Article 192 of the Constitution
mandates the President to suspend
a county government if there are
enough reasons to prove that the
county is laden with internal con-
flicts affecting service delivery or is
war-ridden.
The issues we raise regarding the
security situation in Wajir and the
management of county affairs are
weighty, and fall within the circum-
stances and prerequisites contem-
plated in Article 192 of our Constitu-
tion, added Abikar.
Article 181 of the Constitution also
provides for removal of a county gov-
ernor on gross violation of the Consti-
tution or any other law or where there
are enough reasons to prove that the
governor has committed a crime un-
der national or international law and
in cases of abuse of office or other
gross misconduct.
If the petition goes through, Ab-
dullahi, who also chairs Council of
Governors Finance and Economic
Affairs Committee would be the first
county chief to lose his seat through
a petition.
Dagoretti North MP Simba Arati
has come to the defence of the now
embattled governor saying the Jubi-
lee administration should strengthen
devolution. He wants President Ken-
yatta to reject the petition.
Mr Arati wants the lobby group to
dialogue with the governor over the
issues.
The lobby group should under-
stand that Wajir County is now receiv-
ing funds for its development and is
no longer marginalised, he said.
RAWLINGS OTIENO
BY GEOFFREY MOSOKU
Dr Mutua is accused of
spending Sh2.9 million on the
funeral of the late Makue-
ni Senator Mutula Kilonzo.
Kilonzo hailed from a diferent
county
Mutua has since moved to
the High Court to restrain the
commission from arresting
him over corruption allega-
tions
A lobby group from Wajir
County wants the Senate and
EACC to investigate the gov-
ernor over allegations of mis-
management of county afairs
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Members of Elagata Wuas Group Ranch jump over the gate to governors of ce
at the weekend. They accused the county government and area politicians of
frustrating eforts to subdivide the groups 590,000ha land. [PHOTO: PETERSON
GITHAIGA/STANDARD]
Protesters storm county
head of ce over land row
They accuse county
leaders and politicians
of interfering with
running of ranch
Angry members of a group ranch
stormed Kajiado governors offices
at the weekend, accusing the region-
al government of meddling in the af-
fairs of the group.
The more than 100 protesters, clad
in shukas, scaled the gate to the of-
fices of Governor David Nkidianye on
Friday, claiming the county govern-
ment was interfering with the run-
ning of their ranch.
Carrying placards and twigs, the
members of Elangata Wuas walked for
three kilometres from Kajiado Town to
the governors offices to present their
grievances.
However, guards at the offices de-
nied them entry into the premises,
prompting them to jump over the gate
to seek audience with the governor,
who was hosting a United Nations
delegation that had paid him a visit.
The protesters paralysed activities
at the offices and it had to take the in-
tervention of Kajiado Central Mem-
ber of Parliament Joseph Nkaissery
to calm them down.
SUBDIVIDE LAND
Chaos and demonstrations will
not solve this matter, Nkaissery told
the demonstrators.
Led by their Chairman Joel ole
Nairugwa, the group accused top
county government officials and
some powerful politicians of frustrat-
ing their efforts to subdivide a section
of their 590,000ha land.
They claimed that plots that have
since been earmarked for construc-
tion of a market centre were to be al-
located to their members.
Elangata Wuas is a group ranch
and does not belong to the county
government. County officers have no
businesses advising us on how to use
the land, said Mr Nairugwa.
But Nkidianye, who later ad-
dressed them, said the matter will
have to be resolved by the court.
Im requesting you not to politi-
cise land issues as they are very sen-
sitive. We must be guided by the law
in anything we do, said Nkedianye.
Meanwhile, County Revenue
Authority (CRA) Chairman Mi-
cah Cheserem has said members of
county assemblies (MCAs) across the
country used money meant for de-
velopment initiatives on foreign trips
and other unnecessary travels.
While launching a model county
revenue legislation book at Kitenge-
la, Mr Cheserem cautioned the MCAs
to cut back on their foreign trips, add-
ing that the tours were yet to be trans-
lated into tangible results.
REVENUE ALLOCATION
It is high time MCAs showcased
what they learnt in their trips through
prudent development initiatives,
said Cheserem.
The module revenue legislation
book is meant to be adopted by all
county governments to guide them
on revenue allocation.
Cheserem also revealed that most
counties did not achieve their reve-
nue collection targets in the 2013/14
financial year. He singled out Western
Kenya counties as the worst offenders
in misuse of the cash.
The CRAs sentiments were echoed
by Nkedianye, who said it was un-
acceptable that the assembly used
Sh200 million on foreign trips.
I concur with Mr Cheserem that
we as governors and MCAs ought to
focus our county monies on develop-
ment initiatives and cut back uncalled
for luxurious foreign trips, he said.
Kajiado county assembly was
ranked 3rd on the list of county as-
semblies that had spent huge sums
of money on foreign trips.
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KAJIADO COUNTY
Monday, March 24, 2014
C
oun
cil locks out public
tran
sport from
city C
B
D
Residents received
the move warmly
as matatu operators
protested, but now
council says all is well
By KEPHER OTIENO
The Municipal Council of Kisumu
in conjunction with the trafc police
department has successfully locked
public transport out of the towns
centre.
Thanks to the combined forces,
no 14-seater matatu and boda boda
operates in the central business
district now.
And residents have praised the
effort, arguing sanity has been
restored in the CBD and trafc ow
was now smooth.
No matatus or boda bodas are
allowed to pick or drop passengers
at the CBD. The ban also applies to
tricycles and it has been in effect for
the past one week, though amid
protests.
Distances shortened
The authorities have also blocked
Oginga Odinga Avenue up to
Standard Chartered Bank junction to
ease trafc ow.
Passengers are now being
dropped at Jomo Kenyatta Highway
and trek to town.
The move follows successful
negotiations between the authority
and matatu operators whose
distances have now been cut short.
We are happy because the plans
have reduced our distance by
one-and-a-half kilometres, said a
matatu operator George Onyango.
According to the town authorities
the plan aims to decongest the city
and will remain in force until 2013.
Thereafter the council will
develop fresh plans to accommodate
the increased number of private cars
in town, a source from the council
said.
Already, the number of private
cars streaming in the town has
peaked and the trafc department
anticipates the gure will rise.
The councils enforcement ofcer
in charge of the trafc order Adrian
Ouma said they would not back
down on the move.
WIN-win situation
Eng Ouma said matatu owners
appreciated the directive because
they still charge the same bus fare
despite the distance being short-
ened.
It is a win-win situation, the
matatu operators have all the
reasons to smile same as the
council, he said, as he asked them
to co-operate.
Kisumu Mayor Sam Okello
thanked the residents for allowing
them to bring sanity within the CBD.
There have been complaints of
matatu disorder within the CBD,
which have been disrupting smooth
operations of businesses.
With the new measures in force
people can now go about their
business easily without disruptions
by blaring sounds.
Nyanza PPO Njue Njagi promised
to support the council to restore
sanity and warned that those who
resist change would be arrested and
charged.
Eng Ouma said matatu owners
appreciated the directive because
they still charge the same bus fare
despite the distance being short-
ened.
It is a win-win situation, the
matatu operators have all the
reasons to smile same as the
Trafc Police ofcer redirects a matatu driver at Kisumu Bus Park entry, yes-
terday. Kisumu Municipal Council has re-routed trafc from the central busi-
ness district to de-congest the town. [PHOTO: TITUS MUNALA/STANDARD]
WHAT WAS AT STAKE
When the Council announced
the plan to re-route public
transport from the CBD, it was
received with mixed reactions
Residents welcomed it, say-
ing it would help in planning
the town and reduce matatu
noise
At frst, the public transport
operators complied for hours
before they re-grouped to
protest the directive
However, yesterday the
council said operators and
Page 23
TANZANIA: Two suspects
ashed out of hotel, killed
Two suspected notorious
criminals who have been
terrorising tourists in Masai Mara
have been lynched by a mob
in Musoma, Tanzania. Nelson
Segeria and his accomplice were
ambushed inside a guesthouse in
the town and attacked by an irate
mob, which had identied them
as known gangsters. According
to Mara Triangle Chief Executive
Ofcer Brian Heath, two other
members of the gang escaped, but
security ofcers recovered one
AK-47 rie with 427 bullets.
CORNERED: Two suspects
ashed out of hotel, killed
mob, which had identied them
as known gangsters. According
to Mara Triangle Chief Executive
Ofcer Brian Heath, two other
members of the gang escaped, but
security ofcers recovered one
AK-47 rie with 427 bullets.
Kisumu County
Kisumu County
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where babies
choose their
own names,
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Nandi County government has
indenitely suspended all liquor
licenses in the county following
reports of a killer brew.
Speaking at Kapsabet District
Hospital, when he visited victims
admitted there, governor Cleophas
Lagat (picture), said the move
aims to contain distribution of the
product and avoid loss of more lives.
Hospital Superintendent, Francis
Maiyo, told the governor that the
of cial death toll, of those who have
succumbed to the killer brew, has
now risen from nine to 15.
The hospital is currently
overwhelmed since 40 more people
have been admitted for treatment
and most of them are too weak to
respond to treatment, he said.
Meanwhile, County Commissioner
Matilda Sakwa has urged residents
to desist from talking wines and
spirits packaged in sachets.
Speaking to The Standard, Sakwa
said four suspected distributors are
in custody and investigations are
still ongoing.
Traf c along Maili Saba-Cheparus
was paralysed when parents of
Chematich Secondary School
engaged police in running battles
when they attempted to eject the
schools principal.
Of cers stationed at Maili Saba
had been summoned by principal
Richard Jomo after he learnt that
the parents were coming to evict
him from the school over alleged
mis-management and dismal
performance.
The parents, led by Philip Kosegy,
accused the principal of high
handedness.
This school has posted poor
results every year and the principal
cannot tell us why, he said.
Jomo declined to talk to
journalists.
Illicit liquor death toll
now at 15, says medic
Police foil parents bid to
eject school principal
TRANS NZOIA COUNTY
NANDI COUNTY
Group ranches were dened as
a livestock production system
where a group of people joint-
ly hold title to land, maintain
agreed herd sizes, and own live-
stock individually but herd them
together
Boundaries are demarcated
and members are registered
The group ranch approach ad-
vocated a policy of destocking
through periodic livestock sales
aimed at achieving proper carry-
ing capacity
ABOUT GROUP RANCHES
Page 22 / CENTRAL NEWS Monday, July 14, 2014 / The Standard
A demographer has attributed low
population growth rate in Central re-
gion to high use of contraceptives and
not alcohol abuse.
Central Region Coordinator for
National Council for Population and
Development (NCPD) Fidelis Nd-
ungu said research has shown that
the number of women using modern
birth control methods are higher in
the region than anywhere else in the
country.
Speaking during the regional
World Population Day celebration for
Nyeri, Muranga, Kiambu, Nyandarua
and Kirinyaga counties held in Othaya
at the weekend, Ndungu said the re-
gions high contraception use can be
attributed to equally high literacy lev-
els, at 88 per cent and is second only
to Nairobi.
Although alcohol indirectly con-
tributes to declining population
growth, it is not the main factor. Peo-
ple must always bear in mind that al-
cohol abuse is not a family planning
method, she said.
The demographers sentiments
debunk a popular myth among poli-
ticians that alcohol abuse is wreaking
havoc on population expansion in the
region.
Ndungu said the only role alco-
hol abuse has been found to play in
reduced population rate is that it is
robbing many youths an opportuni-
ty to marry and procreate.
ALCOHOL ABUSE
Women will not marry men who
are abusing alcohol because they lack
personal grooming, a strong financial
base and bright future, she said.
Ndungu said Kiambu is the re-
gions leading county in annual pop-
ulation expansion at 2.8 per cent fol-
lowed by Nyandarua at 2.3 per cent,
Kirinyaga at 1.3 per cent, Muranga at
0.6 per cent and Nyeri at 0.5 per cent.
The national fertility rate is 4.6
children per woman while popula-
tion growth rate stands at 2.8 per cent
compared to Central regions 3.4 chil-
dren per woman and 1.6 per cent an-
A demographer has said high use of
contraceptives is the reason behind
low population growth in Central re-
gion. [PHOTOS: FILE/STANDARD]
Muranga County Governor Mwangi wa Iria. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]
Muranga governor Mwangi wa
Iria has said a proposal has been
made to have the teaching period in
primary schools in the area increased
so as to boost performance in nation-
al examinations.
The proposal was made by stake-
holders from primary and second-
ary schools, in a session chaired by
Nyagatugu Boys High School Princi-
pal Christopher Ngera, who had con-
vened a meeting with the governor to
address the countys dwindling edu-
cation performance.
Speaking at Karega Secondary
School during a prize-giving func-
tion, the governor said resolutions
made by the education stakeholders
will go towards revamping the sector,
which has been abandoned for years.
One of the recommendations
coming out of this meeting is to give
Move to revamp education sector
pressure lamps to schools that have
no electricity. This, and the teachers
motivation programme will see learn-
ing time extended to ensure effective
coverage of the syllabus, the gover-
nor said.
He said following these discus-
sions, the Department of Education
had been directed to compile a list of
primary schools without electricity to
ensure they all get pressure lamps.
SCHOOL THEFT
Kigumo MP Jamleck Kamau, who
had accompanied the governor, de-
cried theft of textbooks in primary
schools in his constituency.
Kamau said Karega Primary
School was raided on Thursday night
by a gang that fled with textbooks of
unknown value.
As parents and residents of this
area, we are duty-bound to ensure
protection of learning materials in
our schools for the sake of our chil-
dren, the lawmaker said.
Meanwhile, a Jubilee MP has said
Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Ole
Lenku should resign as he has lost
public confidence due to spiralling
insecurity.
Muranga county women repre-
sentative Sabina Chege said residents
at the Coast are now living in fear fol-
lowing attacks by criminal gangs de-
spite deployment of security agents.
Speaking at Gaturi Primary School
when she donated blankets to the el-
derly, Chege recalled that under Cabi-
net Ministers George Saitoti and John
Michuki, the security docket was well
managed and met the citizens expec-
tations.
She said Ole Lenku and his team
should step aside since they have
been unable to deliver.
Those handling security dockets
should do what they were put there
to do or pave way for those who will
perform. It is unacceptable for Ken-
yans to keep mourning due to terror-
ism-related activities, said the coun-
ty women representative.
Ofcial: Alcoholism not to blame for few births
MURANGA COUNTY
y B BONIFACE GIKANDI
y B WAINAINA NDUNGU
NYERI COUNTY
The Embu County government is
working on an initiative to provide
free sanitary towels to girls from poor
backgrounds enrolled in area primary
schools.
County Executive Member for
Gender, Children and Social Services
development Pamela Rita said they
would set up a kitty for buying the pads.
Speaking while handing sanitary towels
donated by Imani Rescue Foundation and
Industry Commerce Finance to 500 girls
from ve diferent schools at Macumo
Primary School in Embu West sub-county,
Rita said thousands of school girls in the
area could be missing classes during their
monthly periods for lack of pads.
Most parents here cannot aford the
pads. Some resort to using rags to handle
their menstrual ow while others prefer
to be absent till their ow ends. We will
make provision of the pads sustainable,
she said.
Rita said the situation could be worse
in Mbeere region of the county and
the border between Tharaka-Nithi and
Evurori ward.
The Meru County Assembly has
passed a Motion to set up mortuaries at
all the countys Level 4 hospitals.
A member of the Meru County
Assembly had moved the Motion
seeking construction of additional
morgues in the area.
Julius Kiriinya, a nominated member,
told the assembly that out of 14 Level
Four hospitals in Meru County, only one
has a functional morgue.
Kiriinya said the countys Level 4
hospitals are also faced with various
challenges in provision of morgue
facilities, including lack of enough
personnel and necessary equipment.
The Motion also seeks to have another
morgue put up in Meru Town as the
facility at the Meru Level 5 Hospital is
overstretched.
Timau and Nyambene District
hospitals dont have mortuaries. This
is a sorry state of afairs and we want
our county government to treat the
situation with the urgency it deserves,
he said.
Free sanitary pads for
pupils in Embu schools
Assembly passes Motion
for additional morgues
EMBU COUNTY MERU COUNTY
nual population growth.
Despite previous fears, we find
that the regional population expan-
sion and number of children per
woman meets the national aspiration
of 2.1 children per woman by 2050,
she said.
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I am doing
something to
promote peace
among warring
communities
Born in 1973, Tegla Loroupe grew up with 24 siblings in rural Kapenguria.
At the age of seven, she started going to school which involved a
barefoot run of ten kilometres every morning. It was at school that her
talent for running was spotted. However, with the exception of her
mother and older sister, she received little support for her dream to
become a runner. At one point, her father banned her from running
saying it was not ladylike. Yet, she overcame these obstacles to become
a 3 time world half-marathon champion and a 2 time world marathon.
In 2003, Loroupe found the Tegla Loroupe Peace Foundation and has
been successful in bringing members of warring communities together. In
2006, she founded the 10km Peace Race, which included 2,000 warriors
from six different tribes. The Tegla Loroupe Education & Peace Centre
was established in 2012 to cater for the growing number of children
being orphaned or displaced as a result of armed conflict. It enrolled 300
pupils, most of whom came from disadvantaged and poverty-stricken
backgrounds. The school has now drawn children from the conflict
affected areas of the Tana Delta.
Let us honour those who make a difference!
Tegla Loroupe
Nominee, Sports
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y B WAINAINA NDUNGU
National Land Commission chairman Dr Muhammad Swazuri (right) and his
vice-chairperson Abigael Mbagaya. Mwea Irrigation scheme tenants are seek-
ing titles to the land. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]
The County Government of Kirin-
yaga is seeking guidance from the Na-
tional Land Commission over non-is-
suance of title deeds to tenants of the
Mwea Irrigation Scheme.
Deputy Governor Julius Njiiri said
it was unjust for tenants, who have
lived in the historic scheme since it
was established in 1956, to continue
living in the same status decades af-
ter independence.
As a county government, we are
putting a very strong case to the Na-
tional Land Commission over the
plight of our people who continue to
live as tenants with the National Irri-
gation Board as the landlord, he said.
Speaking at Kangu Anglican
Church, Mwea East yesterday during
a jambo sale, Njiiri said most of the
tenants are remnants of former Mau
Mau war veterans who were settled
there upon completion of their de-
County seeks
help from
lands body
tention terms.
He said the guidance being sought
from the commission will fast track
the many attempts which have been
made in the past to have the tenants
issued with tittle deeds.
At the moment, the tenants on-
ly have allotment letters which they
cannot even use to secure bank loans.
I am urging the commission to ur-
gently embark on talks and alleviate
this land inequality, he said.
Previous leaders have tried to have
this matter resolved but nothing has
so far been achieved and an optimis-
tic Njiiri yesterday said with devolu-
tion now taking root, there are indica-
tions that the tenants will now get the
long awaited crucial land documents.
AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITY
Meanwhile, Ruiru MP Esther Gath-
ogo has decried few applications by
women and youth for the multi-bil-
lion shilling Uwezo Fund.
Gathogo said she expected youth
and women from the area to rush and
get the money but instead it has been
lying idle in the bank for the last one
from Ruiru and Githurai 45 at the
weekend.
The youth groups asked the gov-
ernment to relax some of the require-
ments needed for them to access the
funds.
Some of the requirements are
very strict and they are making youth
shy away since they feel they are not
qualified, said youth leader James
Okubasu.
month without groups coming foward
to apply for it.
It is high time youth and wom-
en countrywide grab this golden op-
portunity at their disposal and make
use of the funds that have specifically
been set aside for them. They should
start businesses which will help them
fight high unemployment and poverty
rates, she said.
The legislator made the remarks
when she met several youth groups
A stalemate between national and
county governments on funding of
former provincial general hospitals
(PGHs) is yet to be resolved, throwing
the running of the facilities into crisis.
Speaking in Nyeri town yesterday,
Nyeri Senator Mutahi Kagwe said
counties that had inherited the for-
mer PGHs are finding it difficult to
fund their operations without ade-
quate allocations from the national
government.
Nyeri PGH, for example, requires
Sh1 billion annually for it to run yet
the national government is only pro-
viding Sh100 million. Where is the
deficit going to come from? You can-
not call this devolution, Kagwe said.
TOO EXPENSIVE
The senator said counties host-
ing referral hospitals are greatly dis-
advantaged because they cater to pa-
tients from neighbouring counties,
yet only the host county is expected
to fund its operations.
Referral hospitals should still be
the national governments respon-
sibility until adequate resources are
allocated to the host county govern-
ment to enable it effectively manage
the facilitys operations, he said.
Hospitals face
cash crisis,
says Kagwe
y B MUNENE KAMAU AND KAMAU
MAICHUHIE
KIRINYAGA COUNTY
NYERI COUNTY
Impacts Mitigation measures
Occupation health and
safety risks
Development of Health and safety plan.
Workers to be provided with protective gear.
Exposure to risky
equipments
Create health and safety awareness among all workers.
Provide workers with appropriate working gears.
Soil erosion Control earthworks.
Install drainage structures properly.
Ensure management of extraction activities.
Landscaping.
Air pollution Stockpiles of earth shall be sprayed with water or
covered during dry seasons.
Provide dust masks for the personnel in dust generation
areas.
Sensitize construction workers.
Noise pollution
Sensitize workforce including drivers of construction
vehicles.
Put up signs to indicate construction activities.
Maintain all equipments.
Workers in the vicinity of high level noise to wear safety
and protective gear.
Dust generation Spray stock piles of earth with water.
Avoid pouring dust materials from elevated areas to the
ground.
Cover all trucks hauling soil, sand and other loose
materials.
Provide dust screens where necessary.
Soils and rocks from
excavation
This will be used in landscaping the disturbed site after
construction.
Destruction of vegetation.
Clearance of
vegetation
Plant a diversity of plants (ornamental and indigenous)
around the buildings once the project is complete.
Limit vegetation clerance on mandatory areas only
during construction phase.
During construction phase, limit trafc to designated
routes only to avoid unwarranted.
Exhaust emissions Vehicle and machine idling shall be minimized
Alternatively fuelled construction and petrol station and
supermarket machines/equipment shall be used where
feasible.
Equipment shall be properly tuned and maintained.
Water sources
Carry out initial water quality test.
Management of water usage. Avoid unnecessary wastage
of water.
Install automatic water conserving taps and toilets.
Harvesting of rain water.
Water reccycling.
Connect to the septic tanks to dispose of the waste water.
Site sanitation, solid
wastes, road safetey
Special attention to sanitary facilities on site.
Garbage shall be disposed of periodically.
Road signs on main roads.
Enforce speed limits for construction vehicles.
Fire risks The proponent shall ensure that the completed petrl
station and supermarket is ftted with safety facilities
including fre fghting equipments and fre exits.
Istall smoke detectors.
Put fre extinguishers at strategic sites during, operation
and decommissioning.
Ensure adequate water stocks and operational pressures
for frefghting during operation.
Post warning NO SMOKING signs at fre prone areas.
Mount safety signs to indicate the emergency exits and
restricted areas.
Increased energy
consumption
Pull of electrical machines when not in use.
Use high energy saving bulbs.
Install a solar power panel.
Inux of people into
the area
Screen petrol station and supermarket workers and
suppliers.
Give frst priority to the locals in employment
opportunities.
Provide 24-hour security guards.
Trafc alteration and
accidents
Stictly label drive ways as IN and OUT.
Indicate speed limit within the premises.
Ensure enough parking space for clients at the petrol
station and supermarket.
Failure to comply
with environmental
requirements
Set up self audits teams.
Conduct scheduled self audits and submit report to
NEMA.
Undertake corrective and preventive actions and
recommended improvements
The full report of the proposed project is available for inspection during
working hours at:
1. Principal Secretary, .
Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources,
NHIF Building, Community Area,
P.O. BOX 30126-00100,
NAIROBI
2. Director General, NEMA
Popo Road, of Mombasa Road,
P.O. BOX 67839-00200,
NAIROBI
3. County Director of Environment
MACHAKOS COUNTY
A copy of the EIA report can be downloaded at www.nema.go.ke
NEMA invites members of the public to submit oral or written comments
within thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice to the
Director General, NEMA, to assist the Authority in the decision-making
process for this project. Kindly quote ref. no. NEMA/EIA/5/2/1156.
Comments can also be e-mailed to dgnema@nema.go.ke.
Signature (Seal)
ZEPHANIAH O. OUMA
For: DIRECTOR GENERAL
This advertisement is sponsored by the proponent.
Page 25 COAST NEWS / Monday, July 14, 2014 / The Standard
y B WILLIS OKETCH AND JOACKIM
BWANA
Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo addresses journalists.
Defence faults Lamu killings probe
Inspector General of Police David
Kimaiyo came under criticism for ap-
pointing a junior officer as the lead in-
vestigator in a case in which two peo-
ple are facing charges over recent
attacks in the Coast.
Diana Ahmed Suleiman and Ma-
hadi Swaleh Mahadi have been
charged in Mombasa with killing 60
people in the violence.
Lawyer John Khaminwa, who is
representing Suleiman, faulted Ki-
maiyo for assigning Constable David
Kipkoros as the lead investigation of-
ficer in such a high-profile case.
The DPP is serious with his work
and that is why he has assigned senior
counsel in this matter. I dont under-
stand why the Inspector General de-
cided to assign a police constable this
case, said Khaminwa.
NEW EVIDENCE
But Senior Assistant Director of
Public Prosecution Alex Muteti in-
sisted the officer was competent to
sign an affidavit in which he wants
the court to review its decision to re-
lease Suleiman on a Sh500,000 bond.
The State wants the bond can-
celled on the grounds that new ev-
idence has emerged incriminating
him over the killings.
Khaminwa accused Kimaiyo of
lacking seriousness in handling the
matter, saying those behind the kill-
ings were still at large.
My Lord, you are being asked to
review your order by a police consta-
ble who I believe might not have the
experience required to do so. I be-
lieve matters of national importance
should be handled by senior officers
of the rank of assistant commissioner
of police, said Khaminwa.
The lawyer accused the police of
preferring defectives charges against
his client, saying it was illegal to
charge a suspect with more than 12
charges.
SIXTY COUNTS
He noted that his client was facing
60 charges, which was illegal.
Some people are playing with
criminal justice in this country. Why
were these people charged with 60
counts and yet the DPP knew very
well that this was illegal, asked
Khaminwa.
However, after a heated exchange,
Senior Assistant Director of Public
Prosecution James Warui said they
will advise Kimaiyo to assign a se-
nior police officer to lead the inves-
tigations.
Khaminwa also warned against
relocation of Suleiman from Malindi
Police Station to another holding fa-
cility, saying the Government should
not allow criminal gangs to intimi-
date it.
This was after Muteti had applied
for Suleiman to be remanded at Shi-
mo La Tewa Prison following fears
that his presence at Malindi Police
Station may lead to a raid of the post
by his accomplices.
The court ordered Suleiman to be
remanded at Malindi Police Station
and his co-accused Swaleh at Mom-
basa Port Police Station.
Yesterday Ali Bujra, a Lamu poli-
tician, was remanded for 10 days by
the High Court after police said they
need this time to complete their in-
vestigation. He was arrested in Lamu
on Thursday in connection with the
Lamu killings.
Intelligence reports indicate that
Idris Kamau, a Kenyan of Kikuyu
ethnicity, was the mastermind of
the spate of terror attacks in Lamu.
MOMBASA COUNTY
Taita-Taveta County is
grappling with an acute food
shortage, the county adminis-
tration has said.
Taita-Taveta Executive
Committee (CEC) member in
charge of Agriculture Ben Mga-
na said the county has a food
deficit of over 350,000 bags of
maize, and is now entirely de-
pendent on food supplies from
the Government and donors.
The CEC member said the
regions carbohydrates de-
mand is about 380,000 bags
annually, but was only produc-
ing roughly 26,000 bags.
MECHANISED FARMING
The county has so far
spent more than Sh1.27 billion
to buy relief supplies to feed
famine-stricken residents.
Most of the relief supplies
come from Eastern Province
and Tanzania. We need more
stock to take care of this defi-
cit, said Mgana.
He made the remarks at
Mwatunge Primary School in
Mwatate District when the
governor commissioned five
tractors worth more than Sh24
million to help improve food
security in the semi-arid coun-
ty.
The purchase is a major
boost to agriculture. The ma-
chinery will enable farmers to
produce more food for domes-
tic and commercial purposes,
said Governor John Mruttu.
Group wants county govt dissolved
Taita-Taveta faces acute food shortage
Wajir Anti-Corruption and Justice Forum
(Wajuf ), has presented a petition to President
Uhuru Kenyatta seeking dissolution of the Wajir
County Government.
The lobby group through its chairman Mo-
hammed Abikar wants the county government,
headed by Governor Ahmed Abdullahi, dis-
solved and governance matters handled by the
National Government until issues of alleged cor-
ruption and non-inclusivity are resolved.
There are grounds for the governor to vacate
office and for the entire government to be sus-
pended. There are issues which should be re-
solved as pertains to how the Wajir county gov-
ernment is being run, said Abikar.
In the petition, Abikar has accused the gov-
ernor of allegedly breaching the Constitution,
the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, disre-
garding the County Government Act and blatant
breach of the Public Finance Management Act.
Article 192 of the Constitution mandates the
President to suspend a County Government in
case of an emergency arising out of internal con-
flict or war or any other exceptional circum-
stances.
WEIGHTY ISSUES
The issues we raise regarding insecurity in
Wajir and management of county affairs are
weighty and fall within the circumstances and
prerequisites contemplated under Article 192 of
our Constitution, Abikar said.
If the petition sails through, Abdullahi would
be the first governor to lose his seat. He has how-
ever come out fighting, dismissing the allega-
tions against him and his government, saying he
has worked tirelessly for the people who elected
him into office.
WAJIR COUNTY
TAITA TAVETA COUNTY
y B RAWLINGS OTIENO
y B RENSON MNYAWMEZI
I believe
matters
of national
importance
should be
handled by
senior ofcers
of the rank
of assistant
commissioner
of police
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Kisumu MCAs raise
alarm over guns in
hands of youth
Kisumu Members of the County
Assembly (MCAs) have raised alarm
over alleged illegal possession of fire-
arms by the youth in the city.
In a report tabled in the Assembly
by the committee of administration
and security, the MCAs recommend-
ed that security officers in the region
investigate the matter and carry out
disarmament.
It noted that the armed youths,
particularly from the informal set-
tlements, have been causing hav-
oc through robbery, carjacking and
looting.
There should be a follow-up on
the Manyatta area over the alleged
ownership of firearms by the youth
in the area, read part of the report.
The findings came after the com-
mittee inquired into the increased in-
cidents of attacks on some MCAs.
The ward representatives lament-
ed that three of them have been vic-
tims of robbery and threats to their
lives. Among them is nominated MCA
Jane Omollo, who faced the wrath of
the armed youth when they poured
petrol around her house and attempt-
ed to set it ablaze.
THREATENING LEAFLETS
In another incident, the House
minority whip Carolyne Owen was
showed leaflets threatening her to
complete the development projects
in her ward, failure to which the gang
would take her life.
Speaking during the debate, the
committee chairperson Joshua Auko
asserted that investigations should
be done to restore order in the lake-
side city.
Some members of this assembly
have been targeted by these gangs.
Security apparatus should move with
speed to disarm those owning unli-
censed guns, he said.
Kajulu ward representative Simba
Opepo accused police officers of ne-
glecting their duties.
They (police) are no longer ef-
fective; why would there be unli-
censed guns in the hands of the pub-
lic yet they patrol these areas daily,
he posed.
Shauri Moyo ward repre-
sentative Prisca Misachi chal-
lenged the county government
to adopt the metro police to
reinforce security in the area.
SECURITY GAPS
Kisumu is a city, and the county
government is at liberty to recruit the
metro police to fill the security gaps
that may exist, she argued.
Nominated MCA Lydia Odhiambo
claimed there could be some security
officers colluding with gangs to help
them acquire guns. The report recom-
mended the issuance and training of
the MCAs on how to handle guns to
enhance their security.
However, the County Police Com-
mandant David Ngetich said the po-
lice had not received any report re-
garding possession of illegal firearms
in the area, and asked the MCAs to re-
port the matter to the authority.
The MCAs should report the mat-
ter to the police for proper investiga-
tions to be carried out, he said.
The MCAs recommended that
streetlights be installed in major high-
ways and in the informal settlements
to curb insecurity.
KISUMU COUNTY
y B DENNIS ONYANGO AND KASSIM
ADINASI
Kisumu County
Senator Prof
Anyang Nyongo
adressing Kisumu
Assembly, where
he defended a Bill
seeking to clip
governors
powers. [PHOTO:
COLLINS ODUOR/
STANDARD]
The county government
to adopt the metro police
to reinforce security in
the area
The issuance and train-
ing of the MCAs on how
to handle guns, to en-
hance their security
The security apparatus
to move with speed to
disarm those owning un-
licensed guns
MCA RECOMMEND
Kisii County Government is in the nal
stages of signing a Sh1 billion agreement
with an Indian investor to set up
agribusiness industries in the county.
The investor, Brij Kishore, owns a
manufacturing and export company in
India dealing with manufacturing of juice
processing, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals,
tea, cofee and food processing
machinery.
The investor will also partner with Kisii
University to carry out research.
Bungoma county commissioner Maalim
Mohamed has issued a one-month
ultimatum to residents of Mt Elgon in
possession of illegal rearms to surrender
them or face forceful disarmament.
Speaking at Banantega trading centre
in Chepyuk Ward, Mohamed said once
the amnesty period expires, an operation
to mop up the illegal rearms will be
launched in both Cheptais and Mt Elgon
Districts to not only disarm but also arrest
perpetrators.
Nyamira County Commissioner
Josephine Onunga has warned the public
against ofering bribes to secure jobs
during the ongoing Kenya Police Service
recruitment. Ms Onunga lamented that
several people were already canvassing
with senior civil servants, seeking favours.
She warned that any senior police
ofcer caught taking bribes risks being
disciplined severely.
I have been here for only two weeks,
but have seen many people coming to me,
asking that I help them. My response is
that police jobs are not for sale. People
will be recruited competitively and
transparently. No act of corruption will be
tolerated, said Onunga.
The exercise takes place today in
Nyamira South, Nyamira North, Masaba
North, Manga and Borabu.
Siaya County has doubled its bursary
allocation to Sh60 million.
The county Governor Amoth Rasanga
said the move is part of implementation
of the County Integrated Plan 2017, which
has education as one of its key pillars.
We shall endevour to support many
if not all orphans and less fortunate
children in the county to continue with
their education, he said, adding that the
demand for the bursaries has also been
growing in recent years.
Rasanga spoke at the weekend in Siaya
town when he presided over the rst ever
Siaya County Education Day.
We will make sure no child drops out
of school because of school fees. Parents
and guardians whose children qualify for
the sponsor should apply for the bursary
as soon as possible, he said.

Kisii County in bid to
promote agribusiness
Residents given one month to
surrender illegal rearms
Commissioner warns of
bribery at police recruitment
County increases bursaries
allocation to Sh60 million
KISII COUNTY BUNGOMA COUNTY NYAMIRA COUNTY
Siaya Governor Cornel Rasanga
Students hold
demo after
peers suicide
SIAYA COUNTY
BUNGOMA COUNTY
y B TITUS OTEBA ODIKORO
Students at the Kenya Medical
Training College, Bungoma Campus,
held a demonstration at the weekend
to protest alleged poor management
of the institution.
The students barricaded the busy
Bungoma road and paralysed trans-
port along the highway, accusing the
institutions management of ignoring
their plight.
COMMITTED SUICIDE
A student at the college who re-
quested for anonymity for fear of be-
ing victimised, accused the head of
the nursing department of relegat-
ing a second-year student to a low-
er class after she failed her mid-term
tests, prompting her to commit sui-
cide.
The students vowed to eject her
from the institution if she is not trans-
ferred.
Bungoma South OCPD Kirunya
Limbitu later led a contingent of Po-
lice officers to disperse the demon-
strators.
Efforts to get a comment
from the college principal Eliza-
beth Lehondo did not bear fruit.
The Busia County Government
will present a Bill in the Assembly that
seeks to ban politics at funerals and
rumour-mongering at social gather-
ings to curb anxiety among residents.
Busia Governor Sospeter
Ojaamong said politicians are turn-
ing funerals into political forums to
spread lies and negative propaganda
meant to demean the work of county
governments.
When things are not working the
way you want, there is a channel to be
followed. Funerals are not meant to
discuss development and politics, but
to mourn the departed. It is shameful
to use funerals and social gatherings
to attack leaders who you dont agree
with, said Ojaamong.
UNSPENT MONEY
This was in response to criticism
from Vincent Sidai, a Busia guberna-
Busia
Governor
Sospeter
Ojaamong
(left), when he
launched the
Busia Child
Information
Management
Digital System
at Busia
Polytechnic.
Ojaamong wants Bill to curb
rumour mongering in Busia
y B KENNEDY OKWACH
BUSIA COUNTY
torial aspirant in the 2013 General
Election, who during a funeral fault-
ed Ojaamongs government for slow
pace of development.
Sidai wondered why it has tak-
en the county government so long to
complete various development proj-
ects, yet even returned unspent mon-
ey to the exchequer.
It is one year since you came to
power and most of the projects initi-
ated under your guidance have never
been completed. If you work at that
rate, I wonder if anything will be com-
pleted in this county. We will congrat-
ulate you if you do well, but if you go
wrong, we have to reprimand you,
said Sidai at a funeral service in Ka-
tanyu, Teso North, also attended by
the governor.
An agitated Ojaamong observed
that it was wrong to judge governors
only one year after assuming leader-
ship. He asked politicians in Busia to
get get licences for political rallies if
they want to pass on their political
agenda.
Page 27 NYANZA/WESTERN NEWS / Monday, July 14, 2014 / The Standard
Participants at
a workshop held
at Kakamega
Hotel where
they learnt how
to use agricul-
tural lime for
improved soil
health,
productivity
and incomes for
small scale
farmers in
Western Kenya.
[PHOTO: BENJAMIN
SAKWA/STANDARD]
Agricultural researchers have
blamed the highly alkaline soils in
Western Kenya for the low crop yields
currently being experienced in the re-
gion.
The researchers from Kenya Agri-
cultural Research Institute (Kari) are
working with universities and agricul-
tural stakeholders in the private sector
to reverse the trend in a programme
that has been going on for the last
three years. David Mbakaya,princi-
pal research scientist at Kari said the
institutions Kakamega branch has re-
ceived a Sh59.1 million grant from the
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Af-
rica (Agra) to conduct research in the
region and advice farmers on mea-
sures to take for improved soil fertility.
The programme dubbed, Scaling
up integrated soil fertility manage-
ment in Western Kenya through an
innovative public-private partner-
ship, is a consolidated project of two
Agra Soil Health Programme (SHP)
supported projects implemented by
Kari-Kakamega between 2009 and
Soil alkalinity blamed for low yields
2013.
We are launching the projects
second phase that is supposed to run
for the next three years. We have iden-
tified the outstanding achievements
during the first phase and we want
to build on this. We have so far man-
aged to sensitise over 30,000 farmers
on the need to reduce soil acidity for
improved crop production, Mbakaya
said.
The scientist said by collecting
samples from Kakamega, Vihiga and
Siaya counties, they have discovered
that the soils PH scale averages 4.7
which means that the soils are acidic
and need lime to raise the PH
SOIL ANALYSIS
In phase one, we identified the ar-
eas that need lime then calculated the
amount of lime required to lift the PH
from 4.7 to 6 which is within accept-
able soil PH levels. We are now work-
ing closely with farmers because if the
PH rises above 8, the soils will be per-
manently destroyed, he said.
Mbakaya said the soil samples
were collected from Malava, Shinyalu,
Butere, Mumias, Emuhaya and Luan-
da then taken to Nairobi for analysis
and to soil testing labs in Kakamega in
order to compare the results for qual-
ity control.
We took 20 samples from each
sub- county and identified areas that
need lime. From this information, we
then ordered for lime worth Sh2 mil-
lion that should be delivered in the
course of the month, he said.
Martins Odendo, also a principal
research scientist at Kari and the proj-
ects coordinator said the areas where
the samples were collected had re-
ported food insecurity which was as-
sociated with alkalinity in soils. He
attributed this to use of inorganic fer-
tiliser, high rainfall in Western Kenya
that causes leaching of cations (posi-
tively charged ions) resulting in nutri-
ent imbalance and manure contain-
ing fumic acid.
BETTER YIELDS
Farmers can harvest between
three and four tonnes of yields per
hectare, but because of the soils con-
dition, they end up harvesting just
one tonne per hectare, Odendo said.
Johnstone Indira, Kakamega
county Ministry of Agriculture inter-
im chief officer, said the government
cannot move to the next level in ag-
riculture unless yields are optimised.
Scientists say the PH
level of soils found in
Western region need to
be raised from 4.7 to 6
KAKAMEGA COUNTY
KISUMU COUNTY
BUNGOMA COUNTY
y B BRYAN TUMWA
Kenya Medical Research In-
stitute (Kemri) has warned of
alarming rise in cases of multi-
drug resistant bacteria. Kemri
scientist and Chair of the Glob-
al Antibiotic Resistance Part-
nership (Garp)Kenya Sam
Kariuki said there was grow-
ing concern among care-givers
over the rising cases of multi-
drug resistant bacteria.
Although we do not have
comprehensive data on con-
sumption of antibiotics, we are
well aware of the growing des-
peration among caregivers due
to rising cases of multi-drug
resistant bacteria in the com-
munity and hospitals, he said
He said bacteria have be-
come resistant to most used
and affordable antibiotics.
INAPPROPRIATE USE
This leaves very few op-
tions to treat life-threatening
conditions in vulnerable pop-
ulations living with HIV/Aids
and other immuno-suppres-
sive conditions, he said.
World Health Organisation
Antimicrobial Resistances Sci-
entific Advisory Group Chair
Sally Davies said there is need
for more stringent guidelines
to reduce the inappropriate
use of antibiotics around the
globe to curb the spread of an-
tibioticresistant bacteria.
Center for Disease Dynam-
ics, Economics & Policy Direc-
tor Ramanan Laxminarayan
said the war against antibiot-
ics resistance must be won at
all costs.
Antibiotic effectiveness is
a valuable global resource that
we cannot afford to waste. Pol-
icy changes in Brazil, Russia,
India, China and South Africa
countries to conserve antibi-
otic effectiveness and should
replicated, he said.
A primary school in Bungo-
ma County has benefited from
free computers and internet
installation courtesy of a local
telecommunication company,
Valley Point, in partnership
with an American firm, Avan-
ti Communication.
Nzoia Sugar Company Pri-
mary School produced the top
candidate, Noel Kandawala, in
last years Kenya Certificate of
Primary Education (KCPE) in
Bungoma County.
He scored 432 marks out
of 500.
KIND GESTURE
Speaking on Wednesday
during the launch of the Inter-
net services at the school, Bun-
goma Governor Kenneth Lu-
saka hailed the firms for their
kind gesture, adding that the
initiative will boost e-learning
at the school.
Lusaka said his Govern-
ment and Valley Point Tele-
communication are also plan-
ning to donate computers to
more primary schools and al-
so have them connected to In-
ternet.
Valley Point Telecommu-
nications CEO Kelly Waluben-
go said his company used
Sh250,000 to buy the comput-
ers and install the Internet ser-
vices.
We started here because
the school produced the best
student in last years KCPE ex-
am, disclosed Walubengo.
Alarm raised over rising cases
of multi-drug resistant bacteria
School gets computers, Internet
y B MAUREEN ODIWUOR
y B TITUS OTEBA
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Narok County government plans
to recruit additional security person-
nel and improve infrastructure to help
fight poaching in Masai Mara Game
Reserve.
Area Governor Samuel Kuntai said
yesterday the county will also ensure
the officers have the necessary equip-
ment to fight the poachers.
The county has set aside money
in the current financial year to recruit
more rangers and buy equipment and
weapons to fight the menace. We have
also set aside Sh300 million for over-
all security operations in the reserve,
he said.
He spoke at Keekorok Lodge when
a Chinese body donated two more
vehicles to the county government
to boost wildlife protection in the re-
serve.
Last year, the Beijing Municipal
Government gave the county four Fo-
ton pickups, binoculars, cameras and
night vision for tracking down poach-
ers and monitor wild animals move-
ments in Mara. The two vehicles were
presented to the county by a member
the Communist Party of China (CPC)
Central Committee Guo Jinlong.
The Chinese initiative is part of an
agreement on cooperation and eco-
nomic partnership signed by Chinese
Premier Li Keqiang and President
Uhuru Kenyatta during the formers
visit to Kenya early this year.
PROMOTE TOURISM
In a ceremony that was witnessed
by Ambassador Lin Xianfa, Kuntai
asked China to invest in Maasai bead
work and promote tourism, and al-
so requested it to sponsor bright stu-
dents from the community students.
The governor thanked China for
standing with Kenya even as Europe
and America continue to advise their
citizens against visiting Kenya be-
cause of terrorism threats.
Mr Jinlong expressed hope that
the collaboration between Kenya and
China would grow even stronger, add-
ing that in the last two years there has
been a sharp increase in tourist arriv-
Narok Governor Samuel Kuntai
President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto joins Nandi tra-
ditional dancers at Kipchabo primary school in Chesumei Constituency Nandi
County yesterday. Ruto revealed plans to build fertilser factory in Eldoret.
[PHOTO:FILE/STANDARD]
Deputy President William Ruto
over the weekend revealed that the
Government plans to build a fertilis-
er factory in Eldoret.
The DP, who never gave specif-
ics on the exact cost of the fertiliser
said the facility is bound to change
the agri-business landscape in the
country, and would be complete in
two years.
We want to ensure the fertilis-
er menace is resolved once and for
all, by ensuring farmers are not on-
ly supplied with a quality and subsi-
dised product in time, but also one
that matches their soil PH and crops,
he said.
VALUE ADDITION
Ruto expressed the Governments
eagerness to scale up agri-business in
the country, by working hand in hand
with the county governments. This
Fertiliser plant to be ready in 2016
would ensure farmers increase their
productivity.
This is part of governments ef-
fort to increase value addition, and
expand the countrys agricultural pro-
duction for higher returns, while ex-
panding job opportunities for Ken-
yans, he said.
This is good news to farmers in
Uasin Gishu, Trans Nzoia and Nandi
counties, who have been scrambling
for the commodity over the years. Ru-
to, who was accompanied with Pres-
ident Uhuru Kenyatta, was speaking
during the launch of the Kipchabo Tea
Factory in Nandi over the weekend.
He said the Government was em-
phatic on transforming the lives of
Kenyans, by ensuring they got value
for their products.
President Uhuru promised to ex-
tend the subsidised fertiliser to oth-
er cash crop, especially those engaged
in tea, coffee and sugar cane farming,
after successful implementation with
maize.
This will ensure that farmers
fetch good market prices for their pro-
duce, ultimately improving the lives
of ordinary Kenyans, he explained.
SECOND TERM
According to area politicians the
factory will help solidify the Presi-
dents hold of the region, and even as-
sure him of a second term, given that
electorates had complained of lack of
significant life transforming projects.
Meanwhile, the Cabinet has ap-
proved the establishment of legal
framework for farmers to take their
produce to government stores, and
get paid when money is available.
Known as the Warehousing Re-
ceipt System Bill, the law will create
security in the agricultural market.
It will also reduce post-harvest
losses, currently estimated at 10 per
cent of the countrys total produce;
optimise utilisation of Kenyans stor-
age capacity and ensure there is grain
stock throughout the year.
County to hire more ofcers to ght poaching
NANDI COUNTY
y B MICHAEL WESONGA
The Government has given
Kapenguria District Hospital in West
Pokot County permission to run a
medical training college (MTC) start-
ing September. Health Principal Sec-
retary, Fred Segor yesterday said he
was impressed with the construction
of infrastructure at the facility.
He lauded the county government
for initiating a medical training insti-
tution in the area.
He said the need for admission
to medical training colleges was in-
creasing noting the completion of the
Kapenguria MTC will be a big boost to
the health sector.
Kapenguria hospital gets nod
to run medical training facility
WEST POKOT COUNTY
y B WILBERFORCE NETYA
y B KIPCHUMBA KEMEI
NAROK COUNTY
The Government has warned
suspected Pokot raiders who have
for the last one month attacked
villages in Marigat sub-county over
alleged boundary conict.
County Commissioner Peter
Okwanyo said the Government has
already posted a District Ofcer
with a new vehicle to Mukutani to
spearhead the ght against cattle
rustling.
The Government will proceed
with its plans to restore calm and
peace among members of the Pokot
and Illchamus communities. Those
behind the mayhem will not be
spared regardless of their political
or social status in the society, he
warned.
After years of what they term as
historical injustice, members of the
Isahakia community in Naivasha
are now banking on the National
Assembly committee on lands
to resolve a long standing land
dispute between them and Kenya
Agricultural Research Institute
(Kari).
The lands committee visited
the community to collect their
views and is expected to release its
reports soon.
The community was among the
rst to settle in Naivasha in the
1800s and according to records,
escorted Lord Delamere from
Somaliland to Kenya.

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) ofcers
and police recovered ivory worth
Sh4m near Gilgil weighbridge during
a two-hour operation.
Two suspects ferrying 22 pieces of
ivory were nabbed on Saturday along
the Nairobi-Nakuru highway.
The KWS ofcers from Major Crimes
Unit and their counterparts from
the Crime Prevention Unit had been
trailing the suspects from Nairobi,
following a tip of concerning a 90kg
cargo, before closing in on them.
Seven people have died after
consuming illicit liquor in Uasin Gishu
County. Five others were admitted to
Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital
(MTRH). MTRH administration
conrmed patients with alcohol
intoxication were brought in from
various parts of the county on Friday
evening.
Dr Francis Ogaro, the assistant
Deputy Director Clinical Services,
said they admitted 12 patients
but seven of them succumbed to
the efects of the drinks they had
consumed on Saturday night.
Government moves to
curb attacks in Marigat
Assembly to resolve
Isahakia land dispute
KWS recover Sh4m ivory
at Gilgil weighbridge
Seven die in Uasin Gishu
after taking Illicit brews
NAKURU COUNTY UASIN GISHU COUNTY
BARINGO COUNTY
NAKURU COUNTY
Prof Segor said there were 22,000
medical students in 38 medical col-
leges across the country, saying the
one being constructed in Kapenguria
will be the 39th.
MEDICAL CAMPUS
The county government has
pumped in millions of shillings into
the construction of the college and
the national government will support
the institution expected to commence
admission in September, he said.
The CS was speaking in Kapen-
guria during an inspection tour of
the ongoing construction of the pro-
posed Kapenguria MTC, which will be
the first of its kind in the county.
als from China to Kenya.
Through marketing and other ini-
tiatives, the number of Chinese tour-
ists visiting Masai Mara could reach
2.5 million next year, she said.
Poaching activities have been on
the rise in the recent past.
Principal Secretary Ministry of
health Prof Fred Segor.
Page 29 RIFT VALLEY NEWS / Monday, July 14, 2014 / The Standard
Eldoret
International
Airports
signage and
cargo handling
area. INSET:
Elgeyo Marak-
wet Governor,
Alex Tolgos.
[PHOTOS: KEVIN
TUNOI/STANDARD] Elgeyo Marakwet County has
launched a campaign to promote hor-
ticultural farming in the region.
Governor Alex Tolgos launched
the campaign by distributing a mil-
lion seedlings of assorted high yield
fruit crops to residents of Kerio Valley
to commence planting.
He said his government is going
to use the horticultural sector to rev-
olutionalise farming in the region that
relies heavily in livestock rearing for
economic security.
Crops distributed include tissue
cultured bananas, grafted mangoes
and avocados, which are fast matur-
ing and high yielding in comparison
to traditional types grown by resi-
dents.
The governor said the county has
great potential in horticulture, but the
sector has remained untapped be-
cause residents rely on locally avail-
able seeds that take a long time to ma-
ture and produce less.
As an incentive to farmers, my
Campaign to promote horticulture
government is giving free seedlings
for each crop that is bought and we
have also revamped extension ser-
vices to ensure these crops thrive by
giving education and supervision to
farmers, said Tolgos, while launching
the campaign at Tot in Kerio Valley.
The governor said research has
shown that the region is ideal for pro-
duction of fruits because of its rich
volcanic soils that require no fertiliser.
Traders from as a far as Ugan-
da and Mombasa flock this region in
search of mangoes and passion fruits,
among others, which are said to be
very juicy and rich in natural miner-
als, he said.
BETTER YIELDS
Tolgos said the county govern-
ment was focusing on improving the
deplorable road network to alleviate
the transport crisis experienced by
farmers, especially during the rainy
season, as they take their produce to
local and outside markets.
The Eldoret International Airport
has remained idle but we shall now
make good use of it by exporting fruits
to foreign countries. Residents should
therefore wholly embrace horticultur-
al farming without worrying where
they shall sell their products, said
the governor.
Recently the county and Minne-
sota State agreed to explore possibili-
ties of creating a partnership between
the region and the City of Rochester in
Minnesota to enable farmers export
mangoes to be processed in the US.
Francis Kiplagat, a prominent
mango farmer in Kerio Valley, told The
Standard the campaign will make the
region the best fruit producing zone.
We produce the best quality of
different varieties of mangoes and
other fruits. This initiative will en-
courage investors to set up process-
ing plants and enable us get attractive
prices for our product, Kiplagat said.
The farmer said having processing
plants set up in the region would be a
God-sent for thousands of fruit farm-
ers who have fallen prey to unscrupu-
lous middlemen who exploit them by
buying fruits at throw-away prices on-
ly to make a kill when they sell them.
Governor Tolgos says
the sector has great
potential but has
remained untapped
ELGEYO MARAKWET COUNTY
NAKURU COUNTY
KERICHO COUNTY
y B FRED KIBOR
Public health officers in Na-
ivasha have obtained a court
order from the Naivasha Law
Courts to dispose of more than
3,000kg of maize with high lev-
els of aflatoxins impounded
from a local school.
The toxic maize was re-
covered from Kinungi Prima-
ry School.
According to the Naivasha
Sub-county Public Health Of-
ficer Carolyne Vata, tests by the
Government Chemist had es-
tablished that the maize was
unfit for human consumption.
Vata added that they would
in the course of the week liaise
with the National Environ-
mental Management Authority
and other Government bodies
to destroy the 35 bags of maize.
We have obtained a court
order to dispose of the con-
signment with immediate ef-
fect, she said and attribut-
ed the contamination to poor
storage.
FOOD VENDORS
Speaking on phone, Va-
ta said they took samples of
the maize for tests after some
pupils who had consumed it
started complaining of stom-
achache.
We seized all the maize
and beans and took samples
to the Government Chemist
where the maize was found to
contain high levels of aflatox-
ins, she said
She added: The minors
have been treated and there
should be no cause for panic.
She at the same announced
that her office had launched a
crackdown on food vendors in
the town.
Vata noted that although
no case of disease outbreak
had been reported in the town,
selling food in the open ex-
poses consumers to diseases.
The Government plans to
set up a Sh32 million irrigation
project in the semi-arid Soin/
Sigowet Constituency in Ker-
icho County.
Agriculture, Livestock and
Fisheries Cabinet Secretary Fe-
lix Koskei said at least 400 acres
of land would be put under ir-
rigation in the first phase of the
scheme, which is to be com-
pleted by the end of the year.
Every family in the tar-
geted area would have at least
one acre of their land under
irrigation to grow various cash
crops, said Koskei.
MILLION TARGET
National Irrigation Board
(NIB) chairman Dr Sammy Le-
tema said an additional Sh40
million would be injected in
the projects second phase,
which is expected to cover at
least 700 acres of land.
Soin/Sigowet constitu-
ency is a large area with huge
agricultural potential, but the
only problem is water, said
Letema.
He said a total of 250,000
acres of land across the coun-
ty is currently under irriga-
tion and expects an additional
500,000 acres of land to be put
under irrigation by December
2017, to achieve the one mil-
lion target.
Area MP Justice Kemei said
another project aiming to sup-
ply water for Kericho residents
was under way.
Court allows health ofcers to destroy
consignment of contaminated maize
Sh32m Soin irrigation plan underway
y B ANTONY GITONGA
y B NIKKO TANUI
Name: lan Momanyi Gikenyi
School: Booker Academy - Mumias
Height: 5feet 3inches
Skin Colour: Dark
County of Origin: Kisii
Sub-County: Masaba South
Division: Masaba
Location: Enchoro
Sub-location: Riabigutu
Contact the following in case you come into contact with him.
Mr. David Gikenyi Obungu 0723896385 (Father)
Mrs. Iris Kemunto Ogendi Gikenyi 0727751578 (Mother)
Mr. John Mark Wandera 0733902420 (Principal, Booker Academy)
Bishop James Ogendi
(Nyamira Pentecostal Church) 0725258566 (Grandfather)
MISSING STUDENT
BOOKER ACADEMY
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E H J A 14
J A D C 25
H F G B 18
15 23 16 27
C F E G 24

Solution

No. 1880

8 6 4 7 9 1 2 5 3

9 2 3 5 4 8 7 6 1

7 5 1 6 2 3 8 4 9

1 4 6 2 5 7 9 3 8

3 9 2 8 1 4 5 7 6

5 7 8 3 6 9 1 2 4

4 1 5 9 3 2 6 8 7

2 3 7 1 8 6 4 9 5

6 8 9 4 7 5 3 1 2

SATURDAYS SOLUTION

STANDOKU

Imejin 1881 MEDIUM

7 2

8 7
3 2

9 7 5

2 1 4

3
4
2 5

4 8

9 7

9 2 1 6

6 8 4

puzzling
Using all the letters
of the alphabet,
ll in the grid. To
help you, there are
three cryptic cross-
word-style clues:
Top line: Did a lab
bug, up on ice, cre-
ate a disease? (7,
6)
Middle line: Links
in family body
parts? (13)
Bottom line: O Peg,
paint ball is terrib-
ly disgusting. (2,
2, 9)
To start you of,
here is one of the
letters.
All rows, columns and 3 by 3 grids
(dened by bold lines ) have the
numbers 1 to 9 appearing only once.
Some of the numbers have been en-
tered. Complete the whole table by
inserting the correct numbers.
Capricorn (Dec 22 - Jan 20)
You may find your personal growth and
career may depend on how you can
handle a very sensitive psychological
material that may be coming up now.
You benefit from analytical insights.
Aquarius (Jan 21 - Feb 19)
You could be most persuasive with
others. You express yourself clearly and
others will listen to you. Fine verbal
skills and a natural sense of justice ma-
kes legal work a distinct possibility.
Pisces (Feb 20 - Mar 20)
You could take a vacation from work
and explore more imaginative regions
perhaps tend to personal business as
well. Your friends need you this after-
noon and you may have to reorganise in
order to help.
Taurus (April 21 - May 20)
You Left to your own devices, you tend
to take a course that avoids responsi-
bilities and obligationsliving as if the-
re were no tomorrow. You find it easy
to work with other people and tend to
pour a lot of energy into those around
you.
Aries (Mar 21 - May 20)
Your abilities and common sense come
into play in the working world today.
You will know just what to do and can
act without haste.
Gemini
(May 21 - June 21)
You have worked in mass marketing and
have been thinking of stepping up your
career. There are several ways of doing
this but it is a good time to check out
the import-export business.
Courtesy: dailyhoroscopes.com
SATURDAYS SOLUTIONS
Horoscopes
Sudoku
Codeword Puzzle
(June 22 - July 22)
To complete a project today,
you are ready to forma team.
You have an easy way with
those in authority and can al-
ways talk your way into better
working benets for all.
DIFFICULT
The letters have a distinct
value between 1 to 9. The to-
tals vertically and horizontally
have been given. Solve all the
values.
NO 5269
NO 5268
A B C D E F G H J
2 9 5 1 8 6 3 4 7
SATURDAYS SOLUTIONS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
H I P
P
C A Y
E Q X
L M K V F W J Z U N
O
G
R
B
D
T
Leo (July 23 - Aug 22)
This is a good day, everything seem to run
smoothly. Now you have the ability for sus-
tained work that allows you to organise like
never before. Now you can bring to fruition
uncompleted tasks.
Virgo
(Aug 23 - Sept 23)
This is a good day to solve problems and
make important decisions. You will nd a
way around almost any obstacle and able to
guide yourself with ease. Your sense of inner
direction should lead to good work oppor-
tunities to help you improve your income.
Libra
(Sept 24 - Oct 23)
You may take your work a little more seri-
ously than usual as this week begins. A lot of
energy goes into getting things scheduled.
This is a time for new accomplishments, in-
sights and determination are in order.
Scorpio
(Oct 24 - Nov 22)
This is a great time to be with others and
work with them. You may be sought after as
just the person for a particular job. Your ma-
nagement abilities are in high focus.
Sagittarius
(Nov 23 - Dec 21)
You are an active person, with an incredible
drive to accomplish and achieve in life. Con-
servative by nature, you tend to stand up for
the status quo. This is a great time to be with
others and work together.
Cancer
S
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puzzling
Across
3 Ending in death (5)
8 Belief (5)
10 Girls name (5)
11 Pen part (3)
12 Closes (5)
13 Equilibrium (7)
15 Happen again (5)
18 Hill (3)
19 Capital of Zimbabwe (6)
21 Harass, torment (7)
22 Produces eggs (4)
23 Rip (4)
24 Stie (7)
26 Subsides (6)
29 Not at home (3)
31 Weary (5)
32 Craftsman (7)
34 Friendly, informally (5)
35 Pistachio, for example (3)
36 Confess (5)
37 Surcoat (5)
38 Warehouse (5)
Down
1 Of punishment (5)
2 Formal discussions (7)
4 Dull pain (4)
5 Of the stars (6)
6 Intense beam of light (5)
7 Distinctive smell (5)
9 Nothing (3)
12 Shrieks, shrill cries (7)
14 Signal agreement (3)
16 Provide food (5)
17 Prepared (5)
19 School subject (7)
20 Baa (5)
21 Out and away (2,3)
23 Entourage (7)
24 Demure (6)
25 Cabin (3)
27 Feathered friends (5)
28 Lukewarm (5)
30 Dead language (5)
32 Too (4)
33 Star (3)
ACROSS: 1, Shame 6, Count 9, Angular 10, Scald 11, Range 12, Total 13, Discern 15, Ate 17,
Acne 18, Merged 19, Carol 20, Eluded 22, Else 24, Dot 25, Contend 26, Altar 27, Panda
28, Visor 29, Archaic 30, Teems 31, Aster
DOWN: 2, Hectic 3, Malice 4, End 5, Huron 6, Caramel 7, Oral 8, Negate 12, Tread 13, Dated
14, Snout 15, Agile 16, Edged 18, Motor 19, Cellars 21, Locate 22, Ethics 23, Snooze 25,
Cache 26, Adam 28, Via
SATURDAYS EASY SOLUTIONS
Easy Puzzle
ACROSS
3 Notes from girls? (5)
8 Morning attire? (3-2)
10 Plucky but unpleasant female?
(5)
11 Thanks a lot for the titfer (3)
12 Figure the first mate is beset by
contradictions (5)
13 The horse was wounded, but
mended (7)
15 Some of the worst arsonists are
famous! (5)
18 An incredibly great flier (3)
19 We halt the production of rich-
es (6)
21 Needing money, they strode ag-
itatedly around Birkenhead (7)
22 Water polo, possibly, or other
game (4)
23 To do so gets Alfie no end up-
set! (4)
24 Activate the gum, perhaps (7)
26 Composer of a feature about
music production (6)
29 Pantomime cat? (3)
31 She shows Ken possesses a
warm heart (5)
32 To become fit is an accessible
possibility (7)
34 Its clear that detectives need a
bit of luck (5)
35 Salient feature of perjury (3)
36 Greatly exclamatory novel-
ist? (5)
37 The mettle, we hear, of a man
of iron? (5)
38 Tessa arranges the chairs (5)
DOWN
1 Admit you need money to go to
college (3,2)
2 In this, one truly was in the
cart (7)
4 Heaved outside when attentions
needed (4)
5 Clever sheets of writing (6)
6 A foreign saint (5)
7 Wear for fun? (5)
9 The bill for some table wines?
(3)
12 Not much of an army, but Cae-
sar had one (7)
14 Highball! (3)
16 A chap to exclude, however
saintly (5)
17 For protective cover, she has
50 (5)
19 The cows tail remained
wrenched (7)
20 Spot a skinhead getting a kiss
(5)
21 One generously putting a bit of
money in the door? (5)
23 Bringers of ultimate strife to
their men? (7)
24 Minuet, possibly, in waltz
time? (6)
25 Youngster going to the West
End (3)
27 Keep the eggs warm (as in the
kitchen?) (5)
28 Slept restlessly in animal
skins (5)
30 Fishy Dickensian house? (5)
32 Giver of a bright look to two
army men? (4)
33 One part in a brace, perhaps (3)
ACROSS: 1, Glass 6, Match 9, WI-shful 10, Asp-ic 11, S-pasm 12, D-arts 13, Wipe out 15, Pod 17, Hell 18,
Creamy 19, Sells(cells) 20, T.-Hanks 22, Puc-E 24, Eat 25, Du-lla-R-d 26, Sprat 27, Strap 28, Faith 29,
Lentils 30, Order 31, Y-E-arn.
DOWN: 2, Lass-i-e 3, Swive-l 4, Sic 5, Wheat 6, Must-ers 7, Alps 8, Cust-OM 12, D-UK-es 13, White 14, Pleat
15, Padua 16, Dy-fed 18, CL-out 19, Skipper 21, Ha-TT-er 22, Please 23, Crater 25, Dante 26, Sale 28, Fly.
SATURDAYS CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS
Cryptic Puzzle
WEIRD NEWS
A man who dares to waste one
hour of time has not discovered
the value of life.
Charles Darwin
A cocaine haul with a street
value of 25 million has been
found inside fake plastic banan-
as brought to the UK from
Colombia.
Four men have been arrested
after a police surveillance
operation saw officers track a
lorry from Dover to a warehouse
on a trading estate in Hartlip,
Kent.
Officers from the Mets Special
Projects Team watched as a man
unloaded the shipment before
locking up the warehouse.
When police raided the
warehouse they found 150kg of
cocaine compressed into plastic
bananas which had been hidden
among real fruit.
Police had also followed three
Colombian men to an internet
cafe in Stockwell, South London,
where e mail instructions about
the drugs are thought to have
been sent.
The men were arrested as they
left the cafe. Police say the lorry
driver was not part of the gang.
Mirror Online
25m cocaine haul hidden in fake bananas
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
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FOX CINEPLEX SARIT CENT RE,
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SCREEN I HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
2 IN 3D (PG) At 11.00am, 1.45pm, THE
FRUIT IN OUR STARS (U16) At 4.00pm,
HUMSHAKALS (GE) At 6.15pm, EK VILLAIN
(TBA) At 9.00pm
SCREEN II TRANSFORMERS : AGE OF
EXTINCTION IN 3D (TBA) At 11.00am,
2.15pm, 6.00pm, 9.10pm.
PLANET MEDIA CINEMAS - KISUMU
SCREEN I RIO 2 (GE) At 12.30pm,
2.30pm & 4.30pm
SCREEN II GODZILLA (16) At 6.10pm &
8.30pm
NYALI CINEMAX MOMBASA
SCREEN I TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF
EXTINCTION IN 3D, FAULT IN OUR
STARS At 6.30pm HOLIDAY At 9pm,
TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION IN
2D At 9.15pm
Cinema Guide
Tv guide
Nairobi 102.7 I Nyeri 105.7
Meru 105.1 I Kericho 90.5
Kisumu 105.3 I Mombasa 105.1
Nakuru 104.5 I Eldoret 91.1 Kitui:
93.8 I Kisii: 91.3
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07:00 Myth Busters
07:50 Dirty Jobs
08:45 Ultimate Survival
09:40 Border Security
10:05 Auction Hunters
10:30 Auction Kings
10:55 How Do They Do It?
11:25 How Its Made
11:50 Dynamo
12:45 The Big Brain Theory
01:40 MythBusters
02:35 Border Security
Miamis hottest all-white dance crew is busy
setting the town on re with their unzipped
hoodies and sex appeal. One day they go
to where the minorities hang out in order
to build up the street cred, and a wise old
Cuban man is all like, Here, let me teach ju
the handchake of my people.
YESTERDAYS TRIVIA: Batman 3-
Dark Knight Rises
TV Quiz
03:30 Auction Kings
04:00 Dirty Jobs
04:55 Ultimate Survival
05:50 MythBusters
05:45 How Do They Do It?
07:10 How Its Made
07:40 Sons of Guns
09:00 Storage Hunters
09:30 Sons of Guns
DStv Highlights
Todays Schedule
5: 00 Pambazuka
Musi c
6: 00 Power
Breakf ast
9. 00 Af rosi nema
11: 30 Naswa
12: 00 Gabri el a
13: 00 Li ve at 1
13. 30 Vi va Brazi l
Fi nal
14: 30 Afosi nema
16: 00 Ci ti zen Al asi ri
16: 10 Mseto East
Af ri ca
17: 00 Pavi t ra Ri sht a
18: 00 Forever
Yours
19: 00 Ci ti zen Ni pashe
19: 35 I nspekt a Mwal a
20: 05 Wi l d at Hear t
21: 00 Monday Speci al
22: 00 Af ri ca
Leadershi p
Di al ogue
00: 00 Ci ti zen Late
Ni ght News
1. 00 Af rosi nema
4:30 BBC
4:55 Morning Prayer
5:00 Aerobics
5:30 Damka
8:00 Good Morning Kenya
9:00 Parliament Live
11:00 Daytime Movie
11:00 KBCc Lunch Time
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1:30 Moving The Masses
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2:30 Parliament Live
4:30 Spider Riders
5:00 Club 1
6:00 Spiders
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9:45 National Cohesion
Live
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12:00 Club 1
12:45 BBC
5:00 Password Rpt
6:00 Live
9:00 Irrational Heart
10.00 Maid In
Manhattan
11:15 The Young &
The Restless
12:00 Rhythm City
12:30 Scandal
1:00 NTV at 1
1:30 Backstage
2:00 Golden Heart
3.00 Password
4:00 NTV at 4
4:15 Password
Reloaded
5:00 The Beat
6:00 Dyesebel
7:00 NTV Jioni
7:30 Tujuane
8:30 Mali
9:00 NTV Tonight
10:00 The Hostel
10:30 Movie
5.00 Command Your
Morning
6:00 Morning Express
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10:00 My Eternal
11.00 National Geographic
12.00 Just for Laughs
12.30 Gavana
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4.00 Mbiu Ya KTN
4.10 Kim Possible
4.30 Hulk and Agents of
Smash
5.00 Baseline
6.00 Los Rey
7:00 KTN LEO
7:30 Ajabu
8.00 Steve Harvey
9.00 KTN PRIME
10.05 Case Files
10.30 Prank My Mom
11.00 The Diary
12.00 IAAF
CNN
5.00 Praiz
6.00 K24Alfajiri
9.00 It SeemsSoBeautiful
Rpt
10.00 NaijasinemaRpt
12.00 Al JazeeraNews
12.30 Praiz
13.00 K24Newscut
13.30 Gumbaruschool Rpt
14.00 KeleleFMRpt
15.00 BrokenVow
In this weeks episode: Single but wont settle; settling the greatest food rivalries!
4:00AM Safari na Antony Ndiema
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1:00PM Konnect na Mwende and Clemo
4:00PM Maisha Jioni na Tina and Zuleka
7:00PM Rhumba Attencion na Mwashumbe
10:00PM Maji Makuu na Ali Hassan and Babu
12:00AM Hakuna Kulala
Pick Of The Day 7.30PM
16.00 MchipukowaAlasiri
16.10 TeamRaha
17.30 Beat Box
18.30 K24Mashinani
19.00 K24SaaMoja
19.35 Almasi
20.05 GumbaruSchool
20.30 KeleleFM
21.00 K24EveningEdition
22.00 Naijasinema: Nebkadineza
1.30 Al Jazeera
Devolution and Planning Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru (left), and Chairper-
son Salaries and Remuneration Commission, Sarah Serem at a recent function.
A new report warns of growing dissatisfaction in State jobs due to discrepan-
cies in compensation schemes. [PHOTO/JONAH ONYANGO/STANDARD]
geoning public wage bill.
The debate has however cooled
off, although the report lends cre-
dence to the often-believed notion
that several ghost workers exist within
the civil service and that civil servants
dont work as hard as their counter-
parts in the private sector.
Although the number of workers
in the public sector is known, theory
says, and is supported in reality, that
the wage contract is one in which
asymmetric information allows work-
ers to withhold effort (often resorting
to absenteeism) making the actual
Civil servants should be offered
incentives to ward off overtures from
the private sector and increase their
efficiency and productivity, according
to a report by the National Treasury.
The report titled, Public Sector
Wage Policy Study warns of salary
discrepancies within the civil service
and the private sector. It suggests that
the wage premium in the civil service
be made commensurate to workers
potential output and the labour mar-
ket situation in Kenya, which it notes
is heavily slanted in favour of the pri-
vate sector.
EXECUTIVE JOBS
The report says workers in the
private sector earn more, on average
than those who had worked their way
up the civil service ladder, while there
were discrepancies when it came to
decisions on public sector executive
jobs, which are often given as part of
patronage at the expense of produc-
tivity.
As a result, the Government may
be getting a raw deal from its most tal-
ented and marketable staff because
of growing unhappiness with the civ-
il service structure. In Kenya, there
is considerable unemployment, but
if one can get an executive-level job
in the formal sector, it tends to pay
better than the civil service, states
the report.
State may be getting a
raw deal from its most
talented staf due to
growing unhappiness
within the civil service
structure
On the other hand, discipline is
usually tighter in the private sector
and workers are normally prepared
to stay overtime because of the risk
of losing the job if they do not
GHOST WORKERS
In March, President Uhuru Ken-
yatta launched what was dubbed
a National Dialogue on the Public
Wage Bill. The forum was aimed at
commencing talks between the Sala-
ries and Remuneration Commission
(SRC) and public servants on what the
Government referred to as the bur-
Productivity
Monday, July 14, 2014 / The Standard
Business
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President Uhuru Kenyatta has tasked all ag-
ricultural agencies to increase the worth of lo-
cal produce through value addition in order to
boost their competitiveness at the global mar-
ket. President Kenyatta particularly instructed
the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA),
Kenya Tea Board and the Ministry of Agricul-
ture among other agencies to engage in the pro-
motion of value addition in factories in order to
fetch better prices in the international markets.
Kenyatta was speaking during the ISO
22000:2005 Certification of Food Safety Manage-
ment System at Kipchabo Tea Tactory, in Nandi
County, where he discouraged players from the
old practice of auctioning tea at the Mombasa
Port. We want to start seeing the jobs created
here at home for our young men and women
through value addition, he urged.
He also encouraged agencies to explore new
international markets for local produce instead
of concentrating on traditional markets. The
problem is that we have done well in increas-
ing tea production over the years but have done
little to explore new markets, yet we have unex-
plored markets within Africa and even China,
the President affirmed.
The Head of State praised the role played by
the Nyayo Tea Zones in sustaining the econo-
my and supplementing tea production by pri-
vate players. He said increased tea production
has created more employment in addition to se-
curing forests. To that end, I am directing that
all forested key water towers starting with Mau
and Embobut forests and all others in the coun-
try be used for tea production to safeguard them
for the sake of our posterity, he added.
The President said the State is committed to
providing subsidised fertiliser to tea, coffee and
sugar farmers in the country after successful im-
plementation of the initiative to maize farmers.
This will ensure that our farmers fetch good
market prices for their produce by expanding
production and ultimately improving the liveli-
hoods of ordinary Kenyans, he explained.
Deputy President William Ruto assured that
the Government will finalise construction of
a fertiliser factory in Eldoret in two years. We
want to ensure the fertiliser menace is resolved
once and for all by ensuring farmers are not on-
ly supplied with a quality and subsidised prod-
uct in time but also one that matches their soil
and crops, he stated.
Ruto said the State will scale up agri-busi-
ness to ensure farmers are served appropriate-
ly for increased productivity. He regretted that
only five per cent of locally manufactured tea
was consumed by Kenyans whereas 95 was for
export.
Uhuru urges agricultural agencies to embrace value addition
Report: Public-private wage
discrepancies bad for economy
y B KENNETH KWAMA
In Kenya,
there is
considerable
unemployment,
but if one can get
an executive-level
job in the formal
sector, it tends to
pay better than
the civil service,
-report.
y B MICHAEL WESONGA
The Chinese state media
branded Apple Incs iPhone
a threat to national security
because of the smartphones
ability to track and time-
stamp user locations. A
report by broadcaster CCTV
on Friday criticised the
iPhones Frequent Locations
function for allowing users to
be tracked and information
about them revealed. Apple
said in a statement that it was
committed to protecting the
privacy of its users, and that
no unique information related
to the user or the device was
transmitted when using the
location functions. Apple has
frequently come under re
from Chinese state media,
which accused the company
of providing user data to
US intelligence agencies
and have called for severe
punishment. Other US
hardware rms such as Cisco
Systems Inc and IBM Corp
have experienced a backlash
in China. -Reuters
The Taita-Taveta County
Assembly has passed a Bill
on funding for marginalised
groups in the county to boost
their business potential.
The Dawida-Tuweta(Datu)
Sawazisha Bill has allocated
Sh60m to assist the youth,
women and people with
disabilities get loans to
start small and medium
businesses. This is aimed at
boosting their livelihoods.
The Bill which has been
assented to by Governor John
Mruttu seeks to narrow the
gap between the haves and
have- nots in the county,
especially the marginalised
groups and to unite Taita
and Taveta communities,
said county speaker Meshack
Maghanga. Maghanga said
the loans would have a
exible grace period, adding
that those targeted under
the programme should form
groups in order to access the
loans. -Pascal Mwandambo
QuickStop
iPhone a danger to
security: China
County moots fund to
aid marginalised groups
effective workforce a fraction of the
nominal roll, states the report.
The report further says there is
need to create more jobs and make
them readily available because high-
er paying jobs usually force upward
salary revision.
SPUR GROWTH
It notes that efficient private sec-
tor activity supported by public and
merit goods such as security, unin-
terrupted communication and power
could greatly spur economic growth
and help address some of the coun-
trys job market requirements. If the
public sector fails to deliver the neces-
sary public and merit goods, then the
private sector has to incur extra costs,
therefore losing its competitive edge,
states the report.
Page 36 / TODAY IN BUSINESS Monday, July 14, 2014 / The Standard
so being used by multinational head-
quartered in the developed markets
to deny African countries their fair
share of tax from the profits made by
the African subsidiaries of the multi-
nationals.
Njiraini observed that there is
great need for countries especially
in Africa to pool efforts in confront-
ing the scourge of international tax
avoidance.
These efforts need to extend in-
to the area of double taxation agree-
ments where many developing coun-
KRA targets multinationals defaulting on tax
Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is
in the process of recovering Sh25 bil-
lion from multinationals that have in
the past employed crafty measures to
avoid paying taxes locally.
John Njiraini, commissioner gen-
eral KRA, said the revenue agency had
conducted 50 audits on transfer mis-
pricing by multinationals and found
they have over the years denied the
taxman Sh25 billion. He, however,
noted that there is more money in un-
paid taxes that KRA was in the process
of tracing.
Njiraini told a regional conference
that the multinational subsidiaries in
Kenya had in some instances been re-
porting losses or low profit levels but
the audits by the authority showed
they were indeed profitable but us-
ing tax avoidance measures.
Based on the data collected be-
tween 2007 and 2009 and which raised
serious concerns regarding profitabil-
ity and tax performance among ma-
jor corporate players in Kenya, KRA
commenced the process of establish-
ing capacity to address transfer pric-
ing and other related international
tax avoidance schemes, he told par-
ticipants at the annual African Inter-
national Business and Management
The taxman plans to
recover Sh25 billion
from corporations
that have in the past
avoided paying taxes
conference.
To date we have carried out over
50 transfer pricing related audits with
a total tax yield of Sh25 billion whose
collection is in various stages of en-
forcement. A significant proportion of
the audit effort has seen the claw back
of loss positions accumulated by the
companies meaning that these cor-
porates are now in tax payment posi-
tions in respect of their future opera-
tions, he said.
We will continue to focus aggres-
sively on this area and take advantage
of growing global consensus on mea-
sures to tackle the menace of interna-
tional tax avoidance.
The two-day conference was or-
ganised by the University of Nairobi
last week.
Njiraini also said there is need
to renegotiate double taxation trea-
ties that Kenya and generally Afri-
can countries have signed with other
countries, in particular the developed
markets, noting that these were heav-
ily skewed in favour of the developed
world.
The tax agreements, he said, are al-
tries have been getting raw deals due
to weak negotiation capability, he
said.
With developing countries now
awakening to the damaging reality of
international tax avoidance, the hope
exists for the developed world to push
for the re-negotiation of unfair double
taxation agreements that have served
to merely legitimise multination prof-
it and tax shifting, Njiraini told par-
ticipants during the Nairobi confer-
ence.

Governments investment in the
delivery of services is expected to
fetch better returns following plans
to certify procurement officers.
Kenya Institute of Supplies Man-
agement Chairman Chris Oanda said
misuse of resources in tendering oc-
curs as many officers are involved in
the process hence making it difficult
to pin down whoever is accountable.
Once this is in place, it will dras-
tically reduce wastage, enhance effi-
ciency and soundness in the manner
public resources are used, he said.
According to the procurement
law, anybody who is going to put a
stamp of authority on the procure-
ment report shall be held responsible
and this can work by having a certified
officer in place, Oanda noted.
For this to work out, he said pro-
curement officers need to go through
a certain set of examinations and are
successfully certified.
Oanda said this when he signed
a Memorandum of Understanding
with Kenya Accountants and Secre-
taries Examination Body (Kasneb)
on Friday to allow students in sup-
plies management and practitioners
go through the examinations and be
certified.
Practitioners in all the industries
should not be afraid to go through
the examination and be certified, he
urged.This, he said, will ensure there
is uniformity in the standards used in
the manner in which procurement of-
ficers execute their mandate.
The Supplies and Practitioners
Act 2007 has set responsibility for
procurement officers and are held
responsible in case of any abuse in
their offices.
Besides, this will enable any em-
ployer to have confidence in the abil-
ity and trust of the office bearer and
make the process a more predictable
accountability.We want to use the
tools available to get better results at
the end of the day, he said.
Kasneb Chief Executive Pius Ndu-
atih argued that all its profession-
als have a significant role to play in
entrenching ethics and good gover-
nance in executing their duties as per
their training and the same would be
expected of procurement officers.
He admitted that there have been
unethical practices by procurement
officers and the latest efforts is to
streamline the sector for better util-
isation of resources.
We will take them through the
professional system and acquire the
necessary skills and knowledge to en-
able one practise effectively, he said.
The first set of examinations is set
to be out by July 2015 with a piloting
done before end of this year.
New plan mooted to
cut resource wastage
Kenyan tobacco farmers have
joined their African peers in lobbying
for favourable policies.
Tobacco producers from Ken-
ya, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, and
South Africa have resolved to negoti-
ate with governments to be involved
in policy formulation to safeguard
their interests.
Representatives of tobacco grow-
ers, meeting under the International
Tobacco Growers Association (ITGA)
in Harare, Zimbabwe, last week said
government policies usually have a
major impact on their livelihoods and
should thus have their inputs.
ITGA President Francois van der
Merwe said tobacco growers are
alarmed that recommendations on
tobacco proposed for the next Con-
ference of the Parties (COP6) of the
Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control (FCTC).
The people driving these policies
are completely out of touch with re-
ality and fail to recognise the positive
economic contribution that tobacco
growing makes to Africa, he said.
This is a high-val-
ue cash crop very much suit-
ed to small-hold farming, and has
changed the lives of many African
farmers for the better. A proposed
product amendment by the Europe-
Kenya tobacco farmers join African
peers to lobby for friendly policies
an Union on ingredients used in to-
bacco is threatening burley tobacco
farmers globally.
The effect of ingredients banned
means that traditionally US-blend-
ed cigarettes cant be manufactured
anymore.
Some of the ingredients have tech-
nological purposes like controlling
the burn rate, acting as binders and
fillers and preventing the tobacco
from degrading.
President of Zimbabwe Tobacco
Association Gavin Foster said since
most of the tobacco produced in Af-
rica is exported, growers are naturally
concerned about efforts to change the
way tobacco is treated in the interna-
tional trading system.
If allowed, such chang-
es would prevent tobac-
co-producing countries from
legitimately defending and benefiting
from those exports.
y B MACHARIA KAMAU
KRA Commissioner General John Njiraini says some multinational subsidiaries
in Kenya have been reporting losses or low prot levels to avoid tax payment.
Tobacco growers are concerned over the new global market requirements.
y B CORRESPONDENT y B WINSLEY MASESE
TAX EVASION
. Audit of multinationals has discov-
ered widespread abuse of transfer pric-
ing the accounting worlds lingo used
to describe the costing of transactions
between multinationals and their sub-
sidiaries to declare losses and evade
taxation.
. KRA has forced over 10 multinationals
to rewrite their nancial statements,
turning Sh8 billion losses into prots.
To date we
have carried
out over 50 transfer
pricing related
audits with a total
tax yield of Sh25
billion.
Page 37 TODAY IN BUSINESS / Monday, July 14, 2014 / The Standard
y B ERIC OMBOK AND
CHARLES WACHIRA
CBA sees
mobile bank
key to growing
revenue
Commercial Bank of Africa
Limited, whose deputy chair-
man is the younger brother of
Kenyan President, Uhuru Ken-
yatta, plans to become the na-
tions biggest lender by clients
through its mobile-banking
service.
Closely held CBA plans
to increase the number of
M-Shwari mobile-banking
customers by 32 per cent to
more than 10 million by the
end of this year, Chief Exec-
utive Officer Jeremy Ngunze
said in a July 8, interview in
Nairobi. Those accounts hold
an average of Sh1,000 ($11.40),
he said. Shwari means smooth
in Swahili.
The banks M-Shwari unit
has a loan-loss ratio below the
industry average of five per
cent on the $80 million of lend-
ing it has made since starting
in November 2012, Ngunze
said. CBA will eventually target
all 15.2 million mobile-money
service customers on the net-
work of Safaricom Ltd., Kenyas
biggest mobile-phone opera-
tor.We shall then become un-
doubtedly the largest account
holder, including the top lend-
er by number of people in the
market, Ngunze said.
small loans
M-Shwari allows individ-
uals without assets to build a
credit record through regular
savings after which they are
allowed to borrow small loans
that can be increased progres-
sively to as much as Sh20,000.
Loans have to be repaid with-
in 30 days at a flat interest rate
of 7.5 per cent.
Safaricom and Kenya Com-
mercial Bank Ltd, on July 9,
introduced a mobile bank-
Bank targets all the 15.2 million
mobile-money service customers on
the Safaricom network
y B CORRESPONDENT
Low-cost housing developer, Urbanis Af-
rica, has started construction of 120 housing
units at Kisaju area in Isinya.
The houses, which are expected to be
completed in one and a half years, are under
phase three of the Kisaju View Park Estate be-
ing managed by the pan-African housing de-
velopment company.
Speaking during the ground-breaking cer-
emony, Urbanis Africa Chief Executive Officer
Cathy Achola-Warega said the company is in-
vesting Sh300 million into the project, which
will help meet the rising demand for afford-
able houses in the country.
Forty houses will be completed in six to
eight months time and the rest should be
ready in over a year, she said.
The houses are standard type two units,
which come with three bedrooms and a de-
tached staff accommodation.
Each home will be serviced with access
roads, treated and purified water, electricity
and full storm/sewer management.
The current project will bring to 1,000 the
total number of houses constructed at Kisa-
ju View Park Estate, which covers part of 293
acres of prime land.
2,040 houses
The company targets to build 2,040 hous-
es under the Kisaju View Park Estate Devel-
opment.
Ms Warega-Achola said houses under the
current project were 80 per cent sold off plan
at Sh2.8 million per unit and new buyers will
purchase at Sh3.5 million.
She said low-cost house buyers are exclud-
ed from the Nairobi market and Urbanis Afri-
ca is providing an affordable option for them
on the outskirts of the city.
Slow growth in low-cost housing is at-
tributed to lack of financial solutions target-
ing this sub-sector.
This is despite the sub-sector enjoying
high demand that has outstripped supplies
for lower cost housing.
Developer launches Sh300 million estate
ing product branded biasha-
ra smart, a Swahili phrase for
smart business, targeting small
companies.
CBA plans to have opera-
tions in 16 African nations by
2022, Ngunze said. The lender
will build a presence in South
Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethi-
opia, Mozambique, Angola,
Zambia and the Democratic
Republic of Congo through ac-
quisitions, joint ventures or di-
rect investments, he said. The
company also has operations
in Tanzania and Uganda.
In Tanzania, where CBA in-
troduced a mobile-money ser-
vice branded M-Pawa, which
means gift in Swahili, in May,
the bank already has 400,000
customers, Ngunze said.
Increasing capital require-
ments for Kenyan lenders will
boost financial stability and
spur mergers and acquisitions
among the 43 commercial
banks in East Africas biggest
economy, Ngunze, who is vice
chairman of the Kenya Bankers
Association, said.
The minimum capital re-
quirements are still pretty low
at $15 million, he said. There
is probably room for us to con-
sider increasing the level of
capital which perhaps would
force a level of consolidation
in this market.
CBA Deputy Chairman
Muhoho Kenyatta is also a di-
rector in other firms in which
the presidents family has in-
terests, including Brookside
Dairy, Heritage Holdings,
and Timsales, according to
CBAs website. The Kenyat-
ta family also has a stake in
Mediamax Networks Ltd.

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National Oil Chief Executive Sumayya Hassan-Athmani (second right) with winners during a recent stakeholders
meeting in Nairobi when the State rm held an annual conference to recognise and reward its outstanding business
partners. From left are Dr Francis Ngaru, Martin Njenga and John Gitau Njuguna.
Kenya Electricity
Transmission Company
(Ketraco) Manager Eng
Fanuel Tsuma (right)
takes Energy and
Information Committee
MPs through the system
used to manage the
National Grid at Malindi
Sub-Station during the
Committees tour of
Ketracco projects in the
Coast region. The MPs;
Roba Duba (in dark
glasses), Richard Tongi
(checked shirt), Aramat
Lemanken (bending), Dan-
iel Kazungu (pointing)
and Jackson Kiptanui.
Eng Clarence Ouma
(right), South Rift
Regional Manager
for Kenya National
Highways Authority
(KeNHA) takes judg-
es through the
parastatals
activities during
the recently
completed Nakuru
ASK show. The
authority emerged
the Best Medium
Government stand
and second best
Innovation stand.
I&M Bank General Manager for Marketing & Product Development Suprio Sen
Gupta congratulates the rst winner of the ongoing Return of I&M Riches
campaign, Ms Mandeep Degon, who is the director, ClapHam Holdings.
Chief of the Defence Forces Gen Julius Karangi receives
the new Hino-sponsored kits from Toyota Kenya
Chairman Amb Dennis Awori. KDF boxing team got
uniforms and training kit sponsorship from Hino worth
Sh500,000. Looking on are Nick Abaka (second left),
Charles Okoth (centre) and Simon Mulinge (second
From left: JKUAT Council chairman Dr Ekuru Aukot, Dr
Richard Leakey, Chancellor Prof Geofrey Ole Maloiy and
VC Prof Mabel Imbuga after honouring Dr Leakey, the
renowned Paleontologist and conservationist with an
honorary Doctor of Science degree during the Universi-
tys 23rd Graduation Ceremony.
Kenindia
Assurance
Company Chief
Executive Vinod
Bharatan
(right) with the
Overall Top
Agent Award
Winner Stephen
Muhanji when
the rm
awarded its
agents and
brokers on
Friday.
Safaricom Chief Executive Bob Collymore (left), KCB Group
Chief Joshua Oigara and relationship executive Pamela Achieng
(centre), view one of the devices that will be available at the
Safaricom platinum outlet opened at Sarit Centre last week.
Industrialisation Cabinet Secretary Adan Mohamed (right)
presents an award to Naku Sacco National Chairman Wilfred
Aima (left) in the just ended National Cooperatives Convention
at KICC, Nairobi. The Sacco, which received the trophy for the
most improved, is the umbrella for supermarkets with
Scolastica Mwangi (left) explains electrical installation projects
to Barclays Bank of Kenya Marketing, Communications and
Citizenship Director Caroline Ndungu and Director St Kizito,
George Kibe during a mentorship event held at the St Kizito
Vocational Training Institute, Githurai.
THROUGH THE CORPORATE LENSE
Smoke from a re at a police station is seen in Benghazi July 6, 2014. Growing instability in Libya is providing fertile
ground for militant groups to retreat, train and plan attacks against neighbouring countries. [PHOTO: REUTERS]
World
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A few days before he was elected
Egypts president in May, Abdel Fat-
tah al-Sisi discreetly visited tribes-
men living along the border with Lib-
ya. Tribal leaders there say Sisi,
former head of the army, urged them
to help Egypt confront what could be
a security nightmare for the biggest
Arab nation: Islamist militants oper-
ating just over the frontier in Libya.
Sisi asked us to stand behind the
security forces and army to help
them to control the border because
what is happening in Libya poses a
grave danger to Egypt, said Mo-
hamed al-Raghi, a tribal chief.
Wearing a flowing white robe and
a traditional black cap outside a
mosque, Raghi said he and other
tribal leaders had assured Sisi they
would help him.
TRAINING CAMP
Chaos in Libya has allowed mili-
tants to set up makeshift training
camps only a few kilometres from
Egypts border, according to Egyp-
tian security officials.
The militants, those officials say,
harbour ambitions similar to the al
Qaeda breakaway group that has
seized large swathes of Iraq; they
want to topple Sisi and create a ca-
liphate in Egypt.
A state security officer in Salloum
said Egyptian authorities see a threat
in Libya because of instability that
stretches from the border to the town
of Derna, an Islamist and al Qaeda
hotspot a few kilometres away.
We know of three camps in the
Libyan desert of Derna which are
Chaos in Sisis country
has allowed them to set
up makeshift training
camps only kilometres
from boundary
Egypt fears Islamist militants
gathering on Libyan border
close to the Egyptian border where
hundreds of militants are being
trained, said a state security officer
in Salloum. The official is in charge
of a unit that monitors militants
through agents who have penetrated
the camps.
Those militants are sympathetic
to different organisations including
the Islamic State (formerly known as
the Islamic State of Iraq and the Le-
vant). Others are Muslim Brother-
hood fugitives who are on the run
from death sentences they received
in Egypt. They train on a daily basis
in how to use weapons, he said.
The Brotherhood renounced vio-
lence decades ago and says it has no
links to violent militant groups. Lib-
yan officials denied the existence of
camps, and US sources said the
Egyptians may be overestimating the
scale of the threat.
However, Egyptian security offi-
cials believe the militants in Libya -
who they say include Egyptians, Syr-
ians, Palestinians and Afghans - are
a threat to Egypt, a strategic US ally
that has a peace treaty with Israel
and controls the Suez Canal water-
way, a vital global shipping route.
While Egypt has put down inter-
nal insurgencies in the past, the
threat from militants in Libya may
prove more problematic.
BOMBINGS AND SHOOTINGS
According to security sources, the
men in Libya are trying to join forces
with Egypts most lethal militant
group, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, which
is based in the Sinai Peninsula on the
other side of Egypt, near the border
with Israel.
The Sinai insurgency has shown
how even a small number of mili-
tants can mount a challenge to the
Egyptian state . Ansar has killed hun-
dreds of people in bombings and
shootings and proved resilient in the
face of army offensives. Yet Sinai res-
idents say its core amounts to only a
few hundred militants.
Any alliance between Ansar and
the militants near the Libyan border
could pose big problems for Egypt,
which is aching for stability after
three years of unrest triggered by the
Arab Spring uprising.
A member of Ansar said leaders
of the group had established ties
with senior militants along the Liby-
an border. While no joint operations
had been carried out in Egypt, mili-
tant leaders from Libya had travelled
to the Sinai at the end of April and
offered support, weapons, supplies
and fighters, he said.
Reuters
Pope Francis has been quoted as
saying that reliable data indicates
that about two per cent of clergy in
the Catholic Church are paedo-
philes.
The Pope said that abuse of chil-
dren was like leprosy infecting the
Church, according to the Italian La
Repubblica newspaper. He vowed to
confront it with the severity it de-
mands.
But a Vatican spokesman said the
quotes in the newspaper did not cor-
respond to Pope Franciss exact
words. The BBCs David Willey in
Rome says there is often a studied
ambiguity in Pope Francis off-the-
cuff statements.
He wants to show a more com-
passionate attitude towards Church
teaching than his predecessors, but
this can sometimes cause consterna-
tion among his media advisers, our
correspondent adds.
Anger at Vatican
In the interview, Pope Francis was
quoted as saying that the two per
cent estimate came from advisers. It
would represent around 8,000 priests
out of a global number of about
414,000. While the incidence of pae-
dophilia in the general population is
not accurately known, some esti-
mates have put it at less than five per
cent.
Among the two per cent who are
paedophiles are priests, bishops and
cardinals. Others, more numerous,
know but keep quiet. They punish
without giving the reason, Pope
Francis was quoted as saying.
I find this state of affairs intoler-
able, he went on. Above the inter-
view La Repubblica ran the headline:
Pope says: Like Jesus, I shall use a
stick against paedophile priests.
Vatican spokesman Father Fed-
erico Lombardi denied that Pope
Francis had said that there were car-
dinals who were paedophiles.
BBC
Pope Francis says one in 50 Catholic priests paedophiles
Rival militias battled Sunday
for the control of the international
airport in Libyas capital, as gunre
and explosions echoed through the
city and airlines cancelled some
international ights. A member of a
revolutionary battalion attached to
Libyas army chief of staf that took
part in the battle said erce ghting
raged between Libyan forces and allied
militias and a powerful militia from
Zintan that controls the airport. Those
living close by said troops surrounded
the aireld and red rockets at
buildings inside. Thick columns of
black smoke rose overhead and could
be seen from downtown Tripoli. There
were no immediate casualty gures
from the ghting.
A bomb killed seven members of
Algerias security forces, the second
deadly attack in the country in four
months. Militants attacked a military
convoy in Sidi Bel Abbes province
in western Algeria late on Saturday,
defence ministry said. Three soldiers
and four municipal guards were killed.
The terrorists carried out the attack,
a term used by the authorities to refer
to Islamist militants. Violence and
militant attacks are rarer since Algeria
ended its decade-long 1990s war with
armed Islamists, but the North African
branch of al Qaeda and other militants
are still active, especially in the south
where desert borders are porous.
Key political and religious groups
in strifetorn Central African Republic
threatened to boycott peace talks in
the Republic of Congo, saying their
countys future should be resolved
at home. French diplomatic sources
played down the threat, saying the
talks planned in Brazzaville this
month are aimed at bringing together
Christian anti-balaka militias and
Muslim Seleka rebels to negotiate
a ceasere which must be in place
before any real political process can be
launched. The former French colony
was plunged into violence after the
takeover of the majority Christian
country last year by Seleka, a mostly
Muslim rebel force. Its abuses while in
power led to the creation of defence
militia and cycles of killing.
Irans ofcial news agency is
reporting eight Facebook page
administrators have been handed jail
sentences from eight to 21 years. The
report by IRNA says the defendants are
convicted of plotting against national
security, spreading propaganda
against the ruling system and insulting
ofcials. It did not identify the
defendants or the Facebook pages.
The report said Sunday that the court
issued its verdict against the eight
young Facebook activists in April
following several court appearances.
Facebook is ofcially banned in Iran,
as are other popular social media
websites like Twitter and YouTube.
Rival militias battle to
control Libyan airport
Bomb kills seven
Algerias security forces
C.African Republic peace
talks on the brink
Iranian court sentences
Facebook activists to jail
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SALLOUM, SUNDAY
VATICAN, SUNDAY
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Palestinians, who ed their homes that are adjacent to the border with Israel, ride a motorised rickshaw as they make
their way to stay at a United Nations-run school, in the northern Gaza Strip July 13, 2014. Thousands ed their homes in
a Gaza town on Sunday after Israel warned them to leave ahead of threatened attacks. [PHOTO: REUTERS]
Thousands fled their homes in a
Gaza town on Sunday after Israel
warned them to leave ahead of
threatened attacks on rocket-launch-
ing sites, on the sixth day of an offen-
sive that Palestinian officials said has
killed at least 160 people.
Those who fail to comply with
the instructions will endanger their
lives and the lives of their families.
Beware, read a leaflet dropped by
the Israeli military in the town of Be-
it Lahiya, near the border with Israel.
Militants in the Islamist-ruled
Gaza Strip kept up rockets salvoes
deep into the Jewish state and the
worst bout of Israel-Palestinian
bloodshed in two years showed no
signs of abating despite mounting
international pressure to cease fire.
A Palestinian woman and a girl,
aged 3, were killed in Israeli air
strikes early on Sunday, Gazas
Health Ministry said.
LONG-RANGE SALVO
Hours earlier, the ministry said 18
people were killed when the house of
Gazas police chief was bombed from
the air in the single deadliest attack
of Israels offensive.
Despite intensified Israeli mili-
tary action - which included a com-
mando raid overnight in what was
Israels first reported ground action
in Gaza during the current fighting
- militants continued to launch rock-
et after rocket across the border.
A long-range salvo on Sunday
morning triggered air raid sirens at
Tel Avivs Ben-Gurion international
airport, which has not been hit in the
hostilities and where flights have
been operating normally, and some
city suburbs.
On Saturday night, Hamas - the
Islamist movement that rules Gaza -
made good on a threat to send rock-
ets streaking toward Tel Aviv at 9 p.m.
(1800 GMT) and other areas in heav-
Warning leaets were
dropped in Beit, a
settlement to over
70,000 Palestinians
Thousands of Gaza civilians
ee after Israeli warning
ily populated central Israel.
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis
sought shelter as Palestinians in the
streets of Gaza City cheered the
launchings, the biggest strike yet on
the Tel Aviv metropolitan area.
Those rockets and the ones un-
leashed on Sunday were intercepted
by the Israeli-built, and partly
U.S.-funded, Iron Dome missile de-
fence system that has proved effec-
tive against Hamass most powerful
weaponry.
No one has been killed by the
more than 800 rockets the Israeli mil-
itary said has been fired since the of-
fensive began, and during Saturday
nights barrage, customers in Tel Aviv
beachfront cafes shouted their ap-
proval as they watched the projec-
tiles being shot out of the sky.
The Gaza Health Ministry said at
least 160 Palestinians, including
about 135 civilians - among them
some 30 children, have been killed
six days of warfare, and more than
1,000 have been wounded.
Israeli leaflets dropped on Beit
Lahiya, where 70,000 Palestinians
live, said civilians in three of its 10
neighbourhoods were requested to
evacuate their residences and move
south, deeper into the Gaza Strip, by
12 pm.
The Gaza Interior Ministry, in a
statement on Hamas radio, dis-
missed the Israeli warnings as psy-
chological warfare and instructed
those who left their homes to return
and others to stay put.
PREVIOUS WARNINGS
The warnings cited roads that
residents could use safely and said
Israeli forces intended to attack ev-
ery area from where rockets are be-
ing launched. The military did not
say in the leaflet whether the strike
would include ground troops.
It was the first time Israel had
warned Palestinians to vacate dwell-
ings in such a wide area. Previous
warnings, by telephone or so-called
knock-on-the-door missiles with-
out explosive warheads, had been di-
rected at individual homes.
At least 4,000 people fled Beit La-
hiya and crowded into eight U.N.-
run schools in Gaza City on Sunday,
a spokesman for the United Nations
Relief and Works Agency said.
Some arrived on donkey carts
filled with children, luggage and
mattresses. One man, still in his pa-
jamas, said residents received phone
calls warning them to clear out.
What could we do? We had to
run in order to save the lives of our
children, said Salem Abu Halima,
25, a father of two.
Israel says a ground invasion of
Gaza remains an option, and it has
already mobilised more than 30,000
reservists to do so, but most attacks
have so far been from the air, hitting
some 1,200 targets in the territory.
International pressure on both
sides for a return to calm has in-
creased, with the UN Security Coun-
cil calling for a cessation of hostilities
and Western foreign ministers due to
meet on Sunday to weigh strategy.
Hostilities along the Israel-Gaza
frontier first intensified last month
after Israeli forces arrested hundreds
of Hamas activists in the Israeli-oc-
cupied West Bank following the ab-
duction there of three Jewish teenag-
ers who were later found killed.
Reuters
US Secretary of State John Kerry
said on Sunday major differences
persist between Iran and six world
powers negotiating on Tehrans nu-
clear programme, remarks echoed
by Tehran, with a July 20 deadline for
a deal approaching.
The United States, Britain,
France, Germany, Russia and China
want Iran to reduce its nuclear fu-
el-making capacity to deny it any
means of quickly producing atom
bombs. In exchange, international
sanctions that have crippled the
large OPEC members oil-dependent
economy would gradually be lifted.
Iran says it is enriching uranium
for peaceful energy purposes only
and wants the sanctions removed
swiftly. But a history of hiding sensi-
tive nuclear work from U.N. inspec-
tors raised international suspicions
and the risk of a new Middle East war
if diplomacy fails to yield a long-
term settlement.
Obviously we have some very
significant gaps still, so we need to
see if we can make some progress,
Kerry said ahead of meetings with
European Union foreign policy chief
Catherine Ashton and other EU for-
eign ministers who flew into the Aus-
trian capital at the weekend to kick-
start the faltering talks.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister
Abbas Araqchi delivered a similar
message. He was quoted by Irans Ar-
abic language al-Alam television as
saying that disputes over all major
and important issues still remain. We
have not been able to narrow the
gaps on major issues and it is not
clear whether we can do it.
Kerry arrived in Vienna in the ear-
ly hours after clinching a deal in Ka-
bul with Afghanistans presidential
candidates to end the countrys elec-
tion crisis.
SELF-IMPOSED DEADLINE
It is vital to make certain that
Iran is not going to develop a nucle-
ar weapon and that their programme
is peaceful and thats what were here
to try and achieve and I hope we can
make some progress, Kerry said in
Vienna.
Araqchi said that he was not pes-
simistic but also not very optimistic
about prospects for an agreement
ahead of the self-imposed deadline.
No proposal has been accepted yet.
We have not reached any agreement
over the enrichment (programme of
Iran) and its capacity.
He added that if the talks col-
lapsed, Iran would resume high-
er-level enrichment that it suspend-
ed on January 20 when a preliminary
accord the sides struck two months
before took effect. Iran won limited
relief from sanctions in return.
Reuters
Iran says major disputes remain in Vienna nuclear talks
German police allowed an anti-
Israel protester to use a megaphone
in a police car during a Free Gaza
demonstration in Frankfurt and he
shouted inciting slogans including
child murderer Israel and Allahu
akbar. Frankfurt police spokeswoman
Virginie Wegner said Sunday they
let the protester use the megaphone
because the demonstration had
turned violent and he had ofered
them to calm down the situation.
But instead of doing that, he shouted
anti-Israel slogans. A video shows a
crowd following the police car during
Saturdays protest and repeating the
chants blaring over the megaphone,
which also included Free Gaza.
Police on Sunday red rubber
bullets and used batons to disperse
hundreds of villagers protesting
the abductions and killings of four
Muslim traders in Indias remote
northeast, where ethnic tensions run
high. The protesters deed a curfew
and beat up one police ofcer in
Baksa district in Assam state, said
Magistrate Vinod Seshan. The traders
were abducted on Friday and their
bodies recovered Sunday. No one has
claimed responsibility for the killings.
The villagers later retreated into their
homes as army and paramilitary
soldiers intensied patrols. The region
was rocked by violence in May when
45 people were killed after gunmen
from the Bodo tribe set Muslim homes
ablaze and red at civilians.
Pope Francis has led tens of
thousands of people in St. Peters
Square in unannounced, silent prayer
for an end to the warfare in the
Mideast. Francis called for insistent
prayers for peace in the Holy Land
during his Sunday window appearance
to pilgrims and tourists. He said he
didnt consider in vain the June 8
peace prayer gathering he hosted at
the Vatican attended by the Israeli and
Palestinian presidents. Francis, who
made a Mideast pilgrimage in May,
urged people to avoid concluding that
violence and hatred win out over
dialogue and reconciliation.
Slovenes voted in a second early
election in three years amid growing
political instability. The balloting was
forced when outgoing Prime Minister
Alenka Bratusek resigned in May after
losing a power struggle within her
own political party. The government
of predecessor Janez Jansa formed
after an early vote in 2011 collapsed
last year when he faced corruption
allegations. Analysts have predicted
another coalition government and
more uncertainty after Sundays
balloting. The party of newcomer Miro
Cerar a law expert and the son of
Slovenian Olympic medalist Miroslav
Cerar is tipped to win the most votes,
around 30 per cent.
German police allow
megaphone used in demo
Indian police nd bodies
of four missing traders
Pope leads crowd in
silent prayer for Mideast
Slovenia votes in early
election amid instability
RoundUp
GAZA, SUNDAY
VIENNA, SUNDAY
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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy (second left ) arrives with police by car at the nancial investigation unit in
Paris. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was placed under formal investigation last week on suspicions he tried
to use his inuence to thwart an investigation of his 2007 election campaign. [PHOTO: REUTERS]
In accusing magistrates of perse-
cuting him, former French president
Nicolas Sarkozy is taking on an old
enemy in a fight that could hurt both
politicians and judges, fuelling a
sense of public disenchantment with
Frances ruling elite.
Sarkozys hopes of winning back
power suffered a heavy blow when,
after 15 hours in police custody, he
was placed under formal investiga-
tion on July 2, suspected of using his
influence to gain details of a probe
into his 2007 election campaign.
Now targeted directly in six inves-
tigations, he has fought back with ac-
cusations that the magistrates lead-
ing the current case are pursuing a
political vendetta against him.
It is a risky strategy, given that
most French appear to be satisfied
with the legal system and polls show
two-thirds believe the conservative
ex-president has been treated like
any other accused.
ROTTEN AT HEART
Already the far-right National
Front, which topped the polls in
France at Mays elections to the Eu-
ropean Parliament, is seeking to cap-
italise on the Sarkozy affair as further
evidence of something rotten at the
heart of the political establishment.
Its leader Marine Le Pen de-
scribed Sarkozys conservative UMP
party and President Francois Hol-
landes ruling Socialists as corrupt.
Eighty percent of Sarkozy sup-
porters suspect political machina-
tions. But in a sign of shared concern
about the risk of poisoning public
trust, senior figures from both the
UMP and the Socialists have cau-
tioned against raising concerns
about the integrity of the judiciary.
In portraying the legal system as
In portraying judiciary
as broken, Sarkozy is
borrowing a tactic used
in the past by his rivals
broken, Sarkozy is borrowing a tactic
used by his rivals on the left.
It harks back to a belief dating
from the time of Sun King Louis XIV
that judges are subordinate to the
noble power or executive, said Didi-
er Rebut, a law professor at Univer-
sity of Pantheon-Assas in Paris.
Christophe Regnard, head of the
USM judges union, said the justice
system is an easy scapegoat for pol-
iticians from all camps for pure po-
litical interest.
Now its the right attacking the
justice system but a few years back it
was the left, he said.
The very fact that judges can join
trade unions is a peculiarity of the
system that makes them vulnerable
to political attack.
Saying his arrest was driven by a
willingness to humiliate him, Sar-
kozy questioned how it was fair that
one of two judges in his case be-
longed to the left-leaning Syndicat
de la Magistrature (SM), whose po-
litical obsession is to destroy me.
The SM union called his attack a
classic diversionary tactic.
But colouring the affair is the fact
that the SM, which represents 25
percent of judges, spoke out against
Sarkozy during the campaign for the
2012 election, which he lost to Hol-
lande. More compromising still was
the discovery in its office last year of
a Wall of Idiots photo collage of
mostly right-leaning politicians, in-
cluding Sarkozy.
FINANCIAL COVER-UP
He could very well believe that
he wasnt judged purely on what he
did, but also on who he is, said law
professor Rebut. The fact that he
could think that poses a problem.
Eric Ciotti, a deputy from Sar-
kozys fractured and indebted UMP
- which faces its own legal inquiry in-
to an alleged financial cover-up - has
proposed a bill forbidding judges to
join unions.
But legal experts believe it un-
workable, given that the right to
union representation is protected by
the constitution - only soldiers can-
not belong to one.
Sarkozys accusations drew a rare
public rebuke from the head of the
Constitutional Council, Frances
highest authority. When politicians
start lashing out at judges ... its the
country that suffers, its president
Jean-Louis Debre said.
At the heart of the dispute is the
powerful role of Frances indepen-
dent investigating magistrates, who
combine aspects of the roles of judge
and cop - a key feature of an inquis-
itorial justice system that contrasts
with the accusatorial Anglo-Saxon
model. Rather than acting as pure ar-
biters, they take an active role in the
search for justice, gathering evi-
dence on behalf of each side and de-
termining whether it is solid enough
for a trial.
Reuters
Russia threatened Ukraine on
Sunday with irreversible conse-
quences after a man was killed by a
shell fired across the border from
Ukraine, describing the incident in
warlike terms as aggression that
must be met with a response.
Although both sides have report-
ed cross-border shootings in the
past, the incident appears to be the
first time Moscow has reported fatal-
ities on its side of the border in the
three-month conflict which has
killed hundreds of people in Ukraine.
Kiev called the accusation its
forces had fired across the border
total nonsense and suggested the
attack could have been the work of
rebels trying to provoke Moscow to
intervene on their behalf. The rebels
denied they were responsible.
Inside Ukraine, where combat
has intensified dramatically since a
rebel missile attack that killed doz-
ens of government troops on Friday,
local officials said 18 people were
killed in shooting incidents in the
two main rebel-held cities.
Kiev said it had bombarded a
convoy of 100 armoured vehicles and
trucks that had crossed into Ukraine
carrying in rebel fighters from Rus-
sia. It also said seven of its troops had
been killed in attacks.
Moscows bellicose response to
the cross-border shelling raises the
renewed prospect of overt Russian
intervention, after weeks in which
President Vladimir Putin had ap-
peared intent on disengaging, pull-
ing back tens of thousands of troops
he had massed at the frontier.
Russia sent Ukraine a note of pro-
test describing the incident as an
aggressive act by the Ukrainian side
against sovereign Russian territory
and the citizens of the Russian Fed-
eration, the Russian Foreign Minis-
try said in a statement warning of ir-
reversible consequences.
This represents a qualitative es-
calation of the danger to our citizens,
now even on our own territory. Of
course this naturally cannot pass
without a response, Russian Foreign
Minister Grigory Karasin said.
Russias Investigative Committee
said a shell had landed in the yard of
a house in a small town on the Rus-
sian side of the frontier, killing a man
and wounding a woman. The Rus-
sian town is called Donetsk, sharing
the name of the Ukrainian city of 1
million people that the rebels have
declared capital of an independent
peoples republic.
Reuters
Masked gunmen stormed a
coastal Malaysian resort, shot a po-
liceman and kidnapped another
then sped away in a boat toward the
southern Philippines, where Muslim
militants have carried out similar
raids in the past, a security official
said Sunday.
The latest kidnapping highlights
persistent security threats in Malay-
sias Sabah state on Borneo Island
and is believed to be spillover of vi-
olence from the southern Philip-
pines, a region where separatist mil-
itants and kidnap gangs are active
just a short boat ride away.
Eight gunmen wearing army fa-
tigues barged into the Mabul Water
Bungalow Resort late Saturday and
ambushed marine police officers on
guard there, said Abdul Rashid
Haron, who heads the Eastern Sabah
Security Command.
A policeman was killed in the
shootout and the gunmen, who had
their faces covered, fled on a boat
with another officer towards the
southern Philippines.
He said the gunmen may either
have been planning to kidnap some-
one at the resort or were targeting
marine police after recent increased
security on the island helped to curb
their activities.
AP
Russia warns Ukraine after shell crosses border
Militants storm Malaysia
resort, kill 1, snatch 1
German Foreign Minister Frank-
Walter Steinmeier is ying to Israel
on Monday for talks with both Israelis
and Palestinians to help negotiate an
end to the increasingly bloody six-day
ofensive there. The foreign ministry
conrmed a report Sunday in weekly
Bild am Sonntag newspaper which said
Steinmeier would meet with Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
and Palestinian President Mahmoud
Abbas. The newspaper quoted
Steinmeier as saying Hamas rocket
terror against Israeli cities and villages
has to nally stop. The region now
needs a coalition of sanity to nd ways
out of the escalation.
In the seventh bull run at this
years San Fermin festival in Spain,
four people sustained injuries along
Pamplonas narrow streets Sunday.
But none of the several thousand
daredevils that tested their bravery
and speed by running beside six
ghting bulls were gored in one of
the most crowded gatherings at this
years festivities. A 28-year-old woman
from Portadown in Northern Ireland
identied only by her initials, K.M.
and a Spanish man were hospitalized
with head trauma, while a 38-year-
old Spanish man was receiving medical
attention for rib injuries and a 30-year-
old man from southeastern Albacete
had abdominal bruising, the regional
government of Navarra said.
A 27-year-old man who was
allegedly at an illegal marijuana plot
is suspected of starting a wildre that
has burned more than 4 1/2 square
miles of forested land in northern
California. Freddie Alexander Smoke
III was arrested Saturday and accused
of recklessly causing a re and with
marijuana cultivation, both felonies,
re ofcials said Saturday. They said
he was delivering material to the pot
site in Shasta County when the exhaust
from his truck ignited dry grass. The
so-called Bully re has since grown to
nearly 3,000 acres, ofcials said.
German foreign minister
to y to Israel for talks
Minor injuries at Spains
bullghting
Man accused of starting
N. California wildre
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Thursday, July 10, 2014
6 Pages of
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Sports
Coverage!
STANDARD

FeverBriefs
GOLF: Gathu wins at
Safaricom Challenge
BOXING: Nakuru shine
at Inter-Club meeting
GOLF: Shiroya prevails
at Railway Ladies Open
Home player Maina Gathu won
the maiden Safaricom Golf
Challenge series at Nyeri Golf
Club on Saturday. Gathu, playing
of handicap 11, posted 22
stableford points in the rst nine
and 19 points in the second nine
for a total of 41points to prevail.
Handicap 19, Varidher Sokhi,
poster 38 points to nish second,
followed by Peter Mahinda on
37 points and Joachim Githinji
posted on 36 stableford points
respectively. Homie Mercy Mburu
red 33 points to take the ladies
medal. - Sammy Mose
Patrick Maina led Nakuru
Amateur Boxing Club to win the
Inter Club Boxing Championships
after they collected 14 points
at Madison Square Garden in
Nakuru over the weekend against
Kaloleni Clubs eight points. The
hosts won all their bouts. Maina
needed less than a minute to
knock out Ibrahim Onzere of
Kaloleni in the light heavyweight
bout on Saturday. Other
knockouts included matches
involving John Kariuki of
Nakuru against Shem Odhiambo
of Kaloleni in the lightweight and
the one pitting Salim Mustapha of
Nakuru against Simon Otieno of
Kaloleni. -Ben Ahenda
Fridah Shiroya, playing of handicap
16, posted a total of 73 stableford
points to beat a eld of 80 golfers
to emerge the silver winner of the
Railway Ladies Open Mug Sponsored
by CfC Life insurance at the Railways
Golf Club on Saturday. Handicap 14,
Purity Muthoni emerged as the rst
silver runner up with 74 points, while
handicap 13, W Gakuo managed the
second silver runner up on 75 points.
Lydia Otieno, playing of handicap
30, emerged the bronze winner on
75 points, while Shelsmith Muraguri,
playing handicap 31, posted 77
points to emerge the silver runner
up. Florence Maina posted 81 gross
to emerge the gross silver winner,
followed by Naomi Wafula on 84
points. -Rebecca Gichana
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Bridgid Butiki of
Tartar (right) tussles
for the ball with Joy
Wafula of Bishop
Njenga Secondary
during the Kenya
Secondary Schools
Sports Association
Term Two B games at
Moi Airbase. [JONAH
ONYANGO/STANDARD]
During the 20th century, it was un-
imaginable that a girls team from North
Rift would dominate school football.
Not with cultural challenges like Female
Genital Mutilation and early, forced mar-
riages hounding girls from the region.
The 21st Century has brought a
new dawn for the girl child and the re-
gion has admirably embraced sports.
The recent victory of Elgeyo-Marak-
wet Countys Moi Girls Kapcherop
in the Airtel Rising Stars Nakuru re-
gion games proved that football has
taken root among girls in the region.
That girls teams from the Arid and Semi-Ar-
id Lands of North Rift can compete at par
with those from football strongholds like
Kakamega, Kisumu, Mombasa and Nairo-
bi is heartening indeed.
Kapcherop defeated 2008 Nation-
al queens Itigo of Nandi 1-0 in the girls
final to retain the Nakuru region title.
Tartar of West Pokot is another great
that has demystified the myth that
girls from the region are not sporty.
Tartar, who are two-time National champi-
ons, are the current East African Secondary
School Games queens.
Tartar coach Julius Natoka cites edu-
cation and shifting cultural practices as
some of the reasons behind the chang-
ing trends in the North Rift sports arena.
Previously, girls from the region were not
enlightened with education and this kept
them in the dark, he said.
During yesteryear, parents were
not keen on educating the girl child
but currently, their rate of attending
school is equal to that of boys, he said.
At school girls interact with others and learn
many new things like sports, he added.
On culture, Natoka stated that spirited
campaigns by leaders against vices like
FGM and early/forced marriages are set-
ting the girl child free to participate in
sports.
The tactician also explained that girls
are long-distance runners by nature and
thus possess unmatched speed and en-
durance when on the field, underlining his
argument by saying that some of the best
players in Tartar and Kapcherop teams are
very good runners as well.
Girls from North Rift have the advantage
of running and if they get little football skills,
they become world-class players, he said.
Kapcherops key striker Florence Kibet is
a sprinter outside the football pitch and
has qualified for the East African Games.
Eunice Etot of Tartar has also qualified in
triple jump in East African Games.
Etot has qualified for East Afri-
can Games and Im in a dilemma as to
where to slot her since an athlete is not
allowed in two disciplines, he said.
Natoka said movement of people across
counties has helped develop sports in their
new settlement areas.
Although teams like Tartar and Kap-
cherop are dominated by indigenous play-
ers (from North Rift), they are strength-
ened by youngsters from other regions
of the country, to a considerable extent.
The tactician further indicates that Wiyeeta
of Trans Nzoia dominate the football scene
since they border the athletics zone of the
Rift Valley.
-opilipili@standardmedia.co.ke.
OSCAR PILIPLII
Girls from North Rift embrace football
as Kapcherop and Tartar dominate
CHANGING TRENDS
CHANGING TRENDS
Page 44 / FEVER PITCH Monday, July 14, 2014 / The Standard
y B REBECCA GICHANA
Kenya Methodist University
extend good run in FASU games

Kenyas represen-
t a - tives in the ongoing
Federation of Africa Universi-
ty Sports (Fasu) Games, Kenya
Methodist University (KEMU),
continued with their impres-
sive run in the competition af-
ter posting their second win
against Uganda yesterday.
The womens football
match played at the Universi-
ty of Nairobis School of Ken-
ya Science Campus started on
a high note with KEMUs Sha-
ron Bushenei scoring a brace
before national under-20 team
captain Neddy Atieno made it
3-0 in the 34th minute.
On resumption, the
home side failed to pen-
etrate the Ugandans de-
fence with the opponents
improving their attack in
search of a consolation score.
The Ugandans scored through
Barbara Nakiyenzi who made
matters 3-1 in the 59th minute.
KEMU won their opener 2-0
on Saturday afternoon against
Masinde Muliro University.
Neddy Atieno and Esse Akida
scored one each to earn their
teams maximum points.
Masinde Muliro University
will face Uganda today in an-
other encounter at the same
venue before Mount Kenya
University (MKU) Kitale Cam-
pus face Ghana in the second
rematch.
MKU lost to the West Af-
ricans 5-4 in post-match
penalties after a two-all
draw in regulation time
in their first meeting.
The teams will play against
each other three times because
they are the only teams taking
part in football.
MKU coach Francis
Lokoloko said his side played
well despite the short time
they had for preparations.
We were supposed to play
Uganda but they failed to come
and it will force us to play Gha-
na again.
My players were a bit
tired in our first match but
we will have to work hard to
make sure we win our match
today, said the tactician.
Lokoloko said his opponents
played a physical match es-
pecially in the first half and he
believes his is going to deliver.
In handball, Kenya will play
Egypt with Mozambique en-
tertaining Egypt in mens bas-
ketball.
Kenya will face Egypt in
the second match while Kenya
will play Uganda in the wom-
ens opener as Mozambique
take on Uganda in the second
match.
Athletics is scheduled for
today at the Nyayo National
Stadium with swimming ex-
pected at the Safaricom Stadi-
um,Kasarani. -enzioka@stan-
dardmedia.co.ke
Cherice Avalia of Kenya Methodist University in action
during their All African University Games football match
against Masinde Muliro University at Kenya Science
Grounds on Saturday. [PHOTO/DENNIS OKEYO/STANDARD]
Kenyas national womens rugby
side The Lionesses will take part in the
qualifying rounds of the IRB Womens
2014/2015 World Sevens Series.
The series are set for Hong
Kong from September 12-13, Ken-
ya Rugby Union has confirmed.
KRU chairman Mwangi Muthee said
the team the team is in good shape
and needs all the support to make it to
the highest stage in the global wom-
ens sevens rugby, the IRB Womens
Sevens Championships.
The team is currently in Uganda
for the Elgon Cup Championships.
The team is in good shape and their
participation in the Elgon Cup is a
morale booster to the players and we
look forward to a good tournament,
Muthee told FeverPitch.
Twelve teams are set to battle it out
for the four slots in order to qualify for
the International Rugby Board World
Women Sevens Series.
The teams include Kenya, Ja-
pan, China, South Africa, Brazil, Fi-
ji, Mexico, Hong Kong, France, Neth-
erlands, Portugal and Argentina.
The teams have been divided into
three pools of four teams each and will
be played at Shek Kip Mei Stadium.
LIONESSES SET
The two top teams in each pool, to-
gether with the two best third-placed
teams, proceed to quarter-finals.
The semi finalists automatical-
ly qualify for the next seasons World
Womens Sevens Series.
The four teams will join seven oth-
er accomplished sides that have al-
ready qualified in the IRB Calendar
of Events.
The are New Zealand, Austra-
lia, Russia, England, Spain, USA and
Canada, while IRB will invite the 12th
team to the tournament.
IRB Head of Competitions and
Performance Mark Egan said the
event will also prepare teams that are
salivating to feature in the 2016 Rio de
Janeiro Olympic Games in Brazil.
These are exciting times in World
Womens Rugby Sevens. With the 2016
Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro just
over two years away, teams will take
advantage of the competition to pre-
pare for the big games and therefore
we expect a hugely competitive and
high-quality qualification tourna-
ment for next seasons IRB Womens
Sevens World Series, said Egan.
The squad has Keziah Achieng,
Rosehilda Kamanga, Emily Achieng,
Rachael Adhiambo, Millicent Opa-
la, Stacey Awuor, Camilyn Oyuayo,
Mary Otieno, Mary Musieka, Doreen
Remour, Linda Nanda, Janet Ow-
ino, Celestine Masinde, Janet Okel-
lo, Irene Awino, Janet Midecha, Win-
nie Naima, Clementina Atieno, Sheila
Chajira, Dorcas Ocholi, Gentrix Mwa-
lo, Evelyne Odero and Linet Moraa.
The national side is coached by Enos
Otieno and Kevin Wambua, while Ben
Mahinda is the physiotherapist. Ange-
la Olum is the team manager.
-bahenda@standardmedia.co.ke
National womens rugby side to take part in IRB World Sevens Series. [PHOTO:DENNIS OKEYO/STANDARD]
National
womens
rugby side
to take part
in IRB World
Sevens Series
y B BEN AHENDA
The Council for East and Central
Africa Football Associations are
planning to start a regional Champi-
ons League, according to Secretary
General Nicholas Musonye.
We are impressed with the
growth of the Kagame Cup. With the
type of sponsorship coming on
board and the rise in competition we
are now planning to start our own
Champions League. But that will
mostly depend with the success of
this years edition, Musonye told Fe-
verPitch.
With the preparations for the
2014 Kagame Cup slated for August
8-24 in Kigali, Musonye believes
Rwanda Football Federation (Ferwa-
fa) in conjunction with the Rwan-
dese government are committed to
hosting a successful tournament.
The organisation and the plan-
ning of the tournament is perfect. We
were with SuperSport officials during
the draw ceremony in Kigali and ev-
erybody was pleased with what we
saw after evaluating the ground and
the TV set-up. As far as I am con-
cerned, the preparations for the
event are in top gear, said Musonye.
For the first time in history, four-
teen teams will be competing in the
tournament and from the interest
shown by the Rwandese sponsors,
Rwanda government and locals we
are looking forward to a successful
tournament.
Kenyan Premier League champi-
ons Gor Mahia have been drawn in
Pool B alongside last years finalists
APR (Rwanda), Djiboutis Telecom
and Flambeau of Burundi.
Defending champions VitalO of
Burundi will face Allan Wangas El
Merreikh (Sudan), Police (Rwanda)
and Benadeir (Somalia) in Pool C
while Pool A has Rayon Sport (Rwan-
da), Yanga (Tanzania), Coffee (Ethio-
pia), Atlbara (South Sudan) and KM-
KM (Zanzibar).
Apart from the trophy, the win-
ners of the tournament to be staged
at Amahoro and Nyamirambo Stadi-
um will get USD 30,000 in prize mon-
ey with the first and second run-
ners-up receiving USD 20,000 and
USD 10,000 respectively.
rokumu@standardmedia.co.ke
Cecafa
Champions
League in the
pipeline
y B RODGERS ESHITEMI
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y B ERNEST NDUNDA
Bayusuf ready to rumble
at Commonwealth Games
Kenyas multi-national re-
cord holder Hamdan Bayusuf
says he is ready to rumble at
his maiden Commonwealth
Games in in Glasgow, Scotland
from 23 July to 3 August 2014.
Hamdan is among 13 Ken-
yan swimmers, who are cur-
rently in top form, has set his
eyes on reaching the finals of
all the five individual races he
will be competing in during
the Commonwealth Games.
The swimmer, who jets out
of the country tomorrow with
the first bunch of athletes said,
despite fasting, he had adjust-
ed his training programme
from day to night. He will fea-
ture in the 50m free and back-
stroke, 100m free, 200m back-
stroke and in the relays.
I have been following an
elaborate programme set by
UK-based coach John Rudd,
said the 19-year-old swim-
mer, adding that he also
has an Egyptian coach Tam-
er Zinhom who has been
training with him locally.
I am set for the Common-
wealth Games, said Hamdan
during his swimming training
sessions at their home in Ny-
ali and at Bahari Beach Hotel,
where he does his gymnasium
programme.
He says his older brother
Fahad Bayusuf has been his
model. Fahad is a former Ken-
yan best-ever long distance
swimmer having represent-
ed Kenya in the World 25km
Swimming Championships
along Suez Canal in Egypt.
Kenya has some of its
youthful swimmers based in
the United Kingdom, South Af-
rica and the United States, thus
making them the best choice
to represent the country in the
Commonwealth Games.
The boys team will be
led by Jason Dunford who is
among the top African swim-
mers. Others in the team are
US-based Kimani Maina, Nai-
robi-based Micah Fernandes
and Mombasa-based duo of
Tory Pragassa and Issa Abdal-
lah.
Emily Muteti of Mombasa
and who was adjudged as the
best swimmer during the Cana
Zone Three and Four champi-
onships in Uganda in April
leads the female swimmers.
Other swimmers expected to
excel in Scotland are Daniela
Awori, Martha Opiyo and Ani-
ta Field all of Nairobi who rep-
resented the country in the Af-
rica Youth Games.
Others in the team are
Sylvia Brulehner, Talisa La-
noe and Rebecca Kamau.
With the current form of the
swimmers, we expect a good
show by the Kenyan swimmers
in Scotland, said Hamdan.
Abdulmalik Abdulkarim has
been named as the head coach
with Winnie Kamau as Team
Manager. -enzioka@standard-
media.co.ke
Hamdan Bayusuf,19, trains at his Nyali residene in Mom-
basa on Friday. He is among the Kenyan athletes traveling
to Scotland for Commonwealth Games tomorrow. [PHO-
TO:KELVIN KARANI/STANDARD]
At a primary school in Nairobi, pu-
pils are wrestling and kicking one an-
other, with the schools permission.
Beside the fighting pupils stands a
bearded old man clad in white over-
alls with a black-belt strapped across
his waist.
He shouts instructions to the re-
morseful fighters who rise from the
ground and bow for each other in a
show that would equal fair play in
football.
This was the situation when vet-
eran karateka Kaizer Karimbhai, the
chairman of Zahra Sign Systems and
his student Lucy Karobia toured Ka-
naani Primary School in Athi River,
to identify and tap talent among the
martial arts exponents.
A total of 38 children were involved
in the training that lasted for three
months.
The schools only concern was that
the students were not actually hitting
each other. They only practiced kicks
and punches blocked by pads.
And according to the schools head
teacher, Esther Mutua, the workshop
has helped the children in terms of in-
creased overall confidence and posi-
tivity.
These children come from the
nearby slums and face numerous
challenges and negativity at home.
The workshop taught them a differ-
ent outlook, she said.
Mutua feels the kids have gained
valuable karate skills and suggested
ARMED WITH SKILLS
that they compete with those from
other institutions, if possible.
According to the headteacher the
mission of Amara Charitable Trust,
which runs the school, was to empow-
er women and children. She feels ka-
rate classes will impact the children
in positive ways that they have nev-
er thought of.
It must be challenging for you
and Karobia to take time off you busy
schedule to help train these children.
We appreciate your dedication, Mu-
tua told Karimbhai.
According to her, more children
have shown interest in joining kara-
te classes and urged Karimbhai and
team to make arrangements towards
taking the initiative to a higher level.
According to Karimbhai, karate has
various styles, the most popular
around the world including Kenya be-
ing Goju-Ruju and Shotokan.
This sport is like any other. It is
governed by rules and regulations
and is an excellent game for develop-
ing character, fitness and the ability to
defend oneself, he said.
Karimbhai said martial arts
equip the practitioner with the
overall ability for self-defence on
the street where there are no rules.
According to Karimbhai, there are
conditions of training in the sport of
karate.
He spoke passionately about the
self-discipline required for one to be
a karateka.
The student should develop pa-
tience, tolerance and humility, he
stated.
Karimbhai further stated that mar-
tial arts should not be used indiscrim-
inately. Provocation is not an ex-
cuse, he cautions.
Martial art should be used only for
self-defense against physical attack
and even under such circumstanc-
es it should be used with restraint
and without malice, he explained.
Karimbhai said karate is an Olympic
sport and can be used as a tool to ed-
ucate our children.
A lot of people think its too ag-
gressive or violent, Karimbhai said of
the sport of martial arts.
But after a while, they see a differ-
ent perspective, he adds.
According to Karimbhai, martial
arts can teach you about culture, his-
tory, society, friendship, loyalty, dedi-
cation and so much more.
-opilipili@standardmedia.co.ke
FRONT ROW FROM LEFT: Veteran karateka Kaizer Karimbhai, Beatrice Zima and winfred Waene pose with Kanaani Primary
School upils after training.[PHOTO:COURTESY]
Kanaani
Primary School
pupils embrace
Karate
y B OSCAR PILIPILI
Kiambu County Football Tourna-
ment finals will be held this weekend
at the renovated Thika Municipal
Stadium.
The clash between Kiambu Com-
munity FC and Nelador FC will be
the first match to be played at the
venue since it was banned by Foot-
ball Kenya Federation a few months
ago due to its deplorable condition.
Confirming the new develop-
ment, Machel Waikenda, Kiambu
County Youth and Sports Secretary
expressed his delight at the refur-
bishment of the facility.
We are delighted that finally, the
stadiums which was previously host-
ing national matches before it was
banned due its poor condition will
host our own match, said Waikenda.
The whole project entailed lev-
eling the ground, fixing seats and
benches, he added.
Initially, the final was to be played
last weekend but later postponed to
this weekend due to some unavoid-
able circumstances. Selected players
from the two finalists will form a
County government-sponsored
team, Kiambu AllStars.
Kiambu Community FC and Ne-
lador FC have been doing rigorous
training and are all optimistic of lift-
ing the trophy. The winners will get
Sh100,000 in prize money while the
runners-up will take home Sh50,000.
The Kiambu County Government
sponsored-tournament has got at-
tention of County Assembly Mem-
bers who are sponsoring teams in
their respective areas.
Kiambu Town MCA James Njen-
ga, who has hired a professional
coach for Kiambu Community FC is
confident his side will lift the title.
Kiambu
tourney nals
set for Thika
y B ERIC WAINAINA
Arrangements for the Mombasa
Region Secondary Schools second
term B games have been complet-
ed.
All the six counties, forming
Mombasa region, have named their
teams for the games, which starts to-
morrow with the arrival of the teams.
Interestingly, the games will wit-
ness new champions in action after
the established schools were shown
the door at the sub-county level.
New champions emerged during
the Kwale, Mombasa, Kilifi and Taita
Taveta counties as the second term
B secondary school games.
In Kwale County games at Sam-
buru Secondary School, former boys
champions Waa High School re-
claimed the title after they dismissed
first timers Samburu Secondary
School 2-0 in the final.
Bakari Mwakiwa set Waa ahead in
the 27th minute before Odoo Bakari
put the issue beyond doubt in the
78th minute.
In girls football, title holders Waa
Gilr High School needed a last min-
ute of the extra time to edge out
stubborn Kwale Girls High school
2-1.
Schools set for
Mombasa Region
Term Two games
y B ERNEST NDUNDA
Page 46 / FEVER PITCH Monday, July 14, 2014 / The Standard
MATHARE SINK AFC
...as hosts
Bandari stop
Muhoroni
Youth, KCB
bounce back
Chants of Haki Yetu rent
the air after Mathare United
piled misery on struggling
AFC Leopards with a 2-1 vic-
tory in yesterdays Kenyan
Premier League match, at the
Nyayo National Stadium.
Mathare could have taken
an early lead in the fourth
minute, but Eric Mmatas goal
was ruled offside. But with
three minutes to the break,
Harrison Mwendwa fired a
powerful low shot to put the
Stanley Okumbis men ahead.
Leopards responded im-
mediately with a counter, but
new signing Humphrey Mie-
no fluffed his shot in front of
goal from Abdalla Jumas cor-
ner.
Leopards came out in the
second half determined to get
back in the game, but Bernard
Mangolis 50th minute at-
tempt in the area went wide
before good defensive display
from Noah Abich denied Ja-
cob Keli an equaliser.
And after the hour mark,
Mieno opened his goal scor-
ing account in the den with a
superb strike.
However, his celebrations
were was short-lived as
Whyvonne Isuza capitalised
on James Situmas defensive
blunder to hand Dutch coach
Pieter De Jongh his second
defeat in the league.
With no hopes of levelling
the scores, plenty of Ingwe
fans started leaving the stadi-
y B RODGERS ESHITEMI
Webuye hopeful despite Copa Coca-Cola tourney exit

Webuye Primary School players
are a determined lot despite failing
to make it to the national finals of
the Copa Coca-Cola U15 football
tournament for the second time.
Head coach Oloo Wambasi be-
lieves that one day, he will lift the
title with the side he has dedicated
his precious time to coach and
mould.
The coachs optimism in life
has helped the players to accept
their defeat positively. Last year,
they were denied a national slot on
goal difference against Bulimbo
FC. They, again, failed to contain
Murhanda FC in this years West-
ern Provincial finals that ended at
the weekend at Bukungu Stadium
in Kakamega County.
This means Murhanda FC
clinched the ticket to represent the
region at next months national fi-
nals in Nairobi.
Despite their painful losses,
Wambasi is admired by many for
standing by his players. If you
want to win you should also be
ready to accept defeat, he told his
players at the weekend.
Wambasi, who is also a life
coach, has helped mould players
with a difference. Players who are
ready and are willing to contribute
to the improvement of the society.
I encourage my players to pray. I
tell them to give help wherever
they can, says the coach.
I constantly remind them to
embrace education as football
without papers is not for the cur-
rent world.
Because of his passion for edu-
cation, Wambasi has volunteered
to secure scholarships for his play-
ers.
I am grateful to God in that
two of may players have received
sponsorships so far. Bebeto Masi-
ka got a full scholarship at the Ka-
kamega High School, while Austin
Wafula is on partial scholarship at
Mukumu Boys, he says.
The coach told FeverPitch that
he would be glad if sponsors came
on board to assist the players be-
Thika Uniteds Vincent Omumbo (left) and Benjamin Chaka of KCB battle for ball possession during
their Kenyan Premier League match at City Stadium, Nairobi, yesterday. [PHOTO.BONIFACE OKENDO/
STANDARD]
um in the 75th minute to
avoid further embarrass-
ment. And for those who re-
mained, instead of consoling
their players, they applauded
Mathare players. There was
no hiding place for AFC coach
De Jongh after the final whis-
tle.Its a difficult game play-
ing against a team with
counter-attack strategy.
We created numerous
scoring chances but failed to
convert them. I know there is
pressure from fans for results
and they are for sure entitled
to that, but I am just disap-
pointed like them, said a de-
jected De Jongh. But his op-
posite number Stanley
Okumbi was full of praise for
his players. I give credit to
the players, they played their
hearts out and we deserved
the win.
Six points from two tough
away matches is not easy and
I am proud of their perfor-
mance, said Okumbi
Following the defeat, Leop-
ards are now 13th on the log
with 19 points, four points be-
hind Mathare.
Leopards fans met to dis-
cuss the poor performance of
the team. Elsewhere, relega-
tion threatened KCB bounced
back from last weekends de-
feat to Sofapaka to beat Thika
United 3-1 as Shaban Kengas
lone goal helped Bandari beat
visiting Muhoroni Youth.
At Afraha Stadium, Erastus
Mwaniki was on target as Top
Fry AllStars stunned KRA 1-0.
y B ERICK OCHIENG
cause they have promising
talent.
We were out to redeem
our image this season,
says Wambasi, who made
key changes in the team
that paid off despite not
making it to the national
finals.
I swapped the custodi-
an and introduced new
forces in the striking and
defence,he says. Webuye
were happy to hit Bulimbo
FC at the weekend before
beating Teso FC,Bungoma
Sky, Bukembe, Kapsok-
wony and Mukhalanya on
their way to this years
Western Provincial finals
which they lost to Murhan-
da FC.
Webuye Primary School football team during Western
Province Copa Coca-Cola tournament nals. [PHOTO: ERICK
OCHIENG/STANDARD]
Page 47 FEVER PITCH / Monday, July 14, 2014 / The Standard
biggest security detail in Brazilian
history.
Inside the stadium, world leaders
including Russian President Vladimir
Putin and German Chancellor
Angela Merkel witnessed footballs
biggest match and one of sports
great occasions alongside Brazilian
President Dilma Rousseff. With such
VIPs attending, Brazil was taking no
chances at the very end of a
tournament that has been praised as
a surprising success.
Rio de Janeiros Copacabana
beach, meanwhile, was awash in the
sky-blue of Argentinas football
jerseys as thousands of rowdy fans
gathered hours ahead of the
championship match.
Rio officials have estimated that
at least 70,000 fans from Argentina
are in Rio.
Javier Gonzalez travelled 40 hours
by car from Buenos Aires. He and
four friends are holding out hopes of
finding tickets for the final but
only have $230 a piece to spend, far
less than what scalped tickets are go-
ing for. But he reckons Brazilians
with tickets will soon be desperate to
be rid of them.
Around the Maracana, where
74,000 spectators will cram in for the
final, lines of security forces wearing
camouflage uniforms and carrying
rifles stood watch. Roads were
closed and military helicopters
buzzed overhead, with Brazilian
authorities still wary that the violent
protests that marred last years
Confederations Cup warm-up event
may reappear.
But Brazil was hoping to blend the
serious issue of security with fun for
the fans.
Across the road from the lines of
military police, Argentina supporters
danced and sang in a cafe, eagerly
awaiting their chance to win the
World Cup for the first time since
Diego Maradonas team in 1986.
Messi will lift it! Messi will lift it!
the Argentines chanted, hoping that
their new star player Lionel Messi
will pick up the solid gold trophy at
the end. German fans were filtering
in, too, hoping for a fourth world
title. There were also supporters
wearing Colombia, Mexico, North-
ern Ireland and Brazil shirts, and
many more.
-Reuters
Merkel leads world leaders at nal
The protesters who many feared
would wreck Brazils World Cup par-
ty failed to show up. While the na-
tional team fell short of claiming the
coveted championship, the country
at least can say the tournament that
wraps up with Sundays title game
has gone off with only scattered
demonstrations.
Brazil avoided a repeat of last
years Confederations Cup when vi-
olent protests broke out in several
cities and more than a million peo-
ple took to the streets on just one
night to demand the government
spend on improvements for educa-
tion and other public services in-
stead of soccer. But the absence of
conflict during the World Cup came
less from dissipated anger than at-
tention being glued to the games
and police cracking down on even
small demonstrations.
Paulo Cavalcante, a 50-year-old
public servant, shouted himself
hoarse during last years protests,
even bringing his teenage daughter
along on the marches. But during the
World Cup, like many other Brazil-
ians, he chose to stay home.
The police had orders to break
the demonstrators, he said, refer-
ring to the early days of the month-
long tournament when officers
turned tear gas and powerful stun
guns on even small crowds of pro-
testers. I couldnt put my family in
harms way.
For Sundays final between Ar-
gentina and Germany in Rio de Ja-
neiro, authorities ordered the de-
ployment of more than 25,000
officers and soldiers, the largest se-
curity detail in Brazils history. On
Saturday, police arrested 19 people
suspected of vandalism and seized
gas masks, fireworks and firearms,
according to local media reports.
President Dilma Rousseff, who
bore the brunt of criticism over
spending on World Cup stadiums
and projects, rejoiced in having cre-
ated a festive and welcoming atmo-
sphere for fans that proved doubters
wrong. We competently maintained
peace and order, she told a group of
foreign journalists Friday night.
Whether such celebration will
serve her in the campaign for her
re-election in Octobers election re-
mains to be seen. Anger continues to
simmer over inflation, gripping pov-
erty and allegations of corruption.
The average Brazilian citizen has
deep grievances against the govern-
ment and is sympathetic to the uni-
fied demand of the street namely
that the government funnels the
same resources they put into orga-
nizing the World Cup into education,
health and housing, said Guillermo
Trejo, a political scientist at Notre
Dame University who focuses on so-
cial unrest in Latin America.
The peace of the last month is
due, in part, to the lack of a catalyst
something that would transform
widespread grievances and moral in-
dignation into a return to mass mo-
bilization, he said.
During the 2013 Confederations
Cup, small demonstrations over a
10-cent rise in bus and subway fares
in Sao Paulo quickly escalated. A po-
lice crackdown on the mostly young
demonstrators there provoked anger
nationwide, fueling the countrys
largest protests in a generation.
-AP
Brazil protests
zzled, but
roots of anger
remain
y B IRAJA
OH, NOT AGAIN!
Brazilians already downhearted
at missing out on reaching the
World Cup final watched in dis-
may Saturday as their national
team lost to the Netherlands 3-0
in the third-place match.
Across the nation, fans hoping
for some measure of redemption
were crushed as Brazil failed to
score and said their only solace
was that the country managed to
put on a good World Cup show for
Brazilian soldier Julio Cesar Cari-
oca compared his connection
with Brazils team to life itself.
You go into things with great
expectations, but rarely do those
expectations play out in reality,
Carioca said. Its football. Things
happen.
In Rio, tens of thousands of fans
watched the game on a massive
TV on Copacabana Beach and the
mostly Brazilian crowd stood in
silence as the Netherlands
knocked in one goal after another.
Argentine fans who have flood-
ed into the city ahead of their
countrys final match against Ger-
many on Sunday cheered and
chanted songs mocking Brazils
football prowess.
At the Alzirao street fest in Rio
where thousands cheered Brazil
in earlier tournament games, on-
ly a few hundred showed up on
Saturday and small business own-
er Angelica Morellato Seabra was
among them wearing Brazils na-
tional team jersey. She was dis-
gusted with the outcome.
Im trying to forget the whole
thing, but its going to be diffi-
cult, said Seabra, 56. If you draw
you forget, but if you lose like we
do, forgetting is impossible.
On Copacabana Beach, univer-
sity student Luiz de Almeira
shook his head in dismay each
time Brazil seemed like it would
score but missed opportunities.
Im proud of being Brazilian but
Im mad because we could have
been making history, the 20-year-
old business major said.
The team has not shown what
it is capable of doing and the only
salvation is that Brazil has man-
aged to show it could pull off a
good World Cup.
Nathalia Gomes, an 18-year-old
high school student, said she
hoped Brazils World Cup would
be remembered more for the peo-
ples hospitality than for the na-
tional teams losses, especially
Brazils 7-1 thrashing by Germany.
This World Cup should go
down in history for the friendli-
ness of the fans, for the party we
through and not for the 7-1 de-
feat, said Gomes, who watched
the game from Alzirao.
Artur Jose, a 33-year-old adminis-
trative assistant, said Brazils team
for the 2014 tournament will be
remembered as its worst ever.
We didnt have any sort of
strategy, no cohesion, no game
and only one good player, he
said, referring to Neymar, who
was knocked out of the competi-
tion with an injury. The one good
thing that might come out of this
humiliation would be if people re-
member this feeling at the ballot
boxes during the elections in Oc-
tober to select a new president.
Brazil is going through hard
times: On the pitch and off, he
said.
While many Brazilians objected
to the billions spent to put on the
World Cup, few protests material-
ized during the event. But
66-year-old Magali Garcia Linares
said the teams terrible perfor-
mance reinforced her opposition
to big spending by Brazil for inter-
national sporting events. The
country next hosts the 2016
Olympics.
How can you hold an event
like this in a country with zero
health, zero education? she
asked. The quantities that were
spent were vast and in vain. For
this World Cup, the only things
that were done were the visible
things that foreigners would see
and notice the invisible things.
-Reuters
Continued From P48
y B RIO DE JANEIRO
Dejected Brazilians watch
another World Cup loss
Brazils defender David Luiz (R) and Brazils midelder Oscar react at the end of the
third place play-of football match against Netherlands during the 2014 Fifa World
Cup at the National Stadium in Brasilia on Saturday. [PHOTO:AFP]
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel pose with the German national
soccer squad. [PHOTO:REUTERS]
Tens of thousands of fans flocked
to the World Cup final between
Germany and Argentina on yesterday
as millions of Brazilians and people
across South America celebrated the
last game in their monthlong football
festival.
Workers and supporters were
already arriving at the Maracana
Stadium by 9 am. local time, with
queues trailing around the stadium
seven hours head of kickoff. Security
forces were on site in the early hours
preparing for Brazils big day with
more than 25,000 police and soldiers
set to be on guard for the game,
according to officials, the
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WITH THE
Wanyonyis
Box Of ce:
CORD
politics
make great
trailer for
terrible
movie,
P.4
Politics of size is controversial: Some women say its a big deal,
Others feel its akin to a worker blaming the tools, P.8-9
Does size
really matter?
Fat bonuses
await thugs
this nancial
year, P.3
Page 2 / CRAZY MONDAY Monday, July 14, 2014 / The Standard
WACKYLEAKS
MCAs to y to Italy to
learn about spaghetti
Mark Mutahi teases,
mocks and satirises MCAs
for their much-talked
about penchant for for-
eign fact-nding and study
tours, which burden the
tax payer.
................................Page 3
POLITICALLY
INCORRECT
CORD politics; great
trailer for bad movie
Peter wanyonyi takes a
swipe at CORD, and how
poorly they handle their
matters. Columnist ar-
gues that they are full of
razzmatazz, pomp and
hype but poor on execu-
tion.
...............................Page 6
FEMINIST
Men, those pot bel-
lies are turn ofs
Furious Chege Muiru-
ri talks to men, and tells
them that they must stop
the double standsrds; they
want hot, curvy women
but do nothing to look
good themselves. He urges
them to stay t.
.............................Page 10
TEACHERS DIARY
Mr stingy heckled by
fellow teachers
Mwalimu Socrates tick-
les you with a tale about
a tight-sted teacher who
starved his colleagues
with a goat-like apparition
during staf party.
.............................Page 11
UGANDAN AFFAIRS
A day in the life of a
boda boda rider
Grace Nakato highlights
trials and tribulations of
boda boda men by regal-
ing you with a story of one
of them.
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KENYA HAKUNA MATATA
In order to appreciate our country more, just
imagine that many countries are at war, others
situated right in the middle of the path of
typhoons and cyclones, others smack in the
middle of the desert and some have just plain
crazy leaders. However, in Lebanon, men are
legally allowed to have sex with animals, but
the animals must be female. Having sexual
relations with a male animal is punishable
by death. Elsewhere, there are men in Guam
whose full-time job is to travel the countryside
and deower young virgins, who pay them for
the privilege of having sex for the rst time...
Reason? Under Guam law, it is expressly for-
bidden for virgins to marry. And if you thought
that is weird, did you know that in Hong Kong, a
betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adul-
terous husband, but may only do so with her
bare hands. The husbands lover, on the other
hand, may be killed in any manner desired. Ok
folks, why is that queue forming back there?
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ou notice how useless you are at your workplace when
you go on leave, and none of those you left behind to
sit in for you calls to ask why or how this or that is done.
Painful but very true. No? Seeing as I once boasted here of
how editing this magazine is more of a recreational activ-
ity and fun than work to me, my words came back to haunt me or so it
seems. I say this because I know you expected me back after three weeks,
but here I am (having fun?), even before my leave ends. Folks, be careful
what you wish for.
Called-off leave a side, lets delve into some grown folk talk; the politics
of size! There have been reports of men suffering from low self-esteem
and going into depression; locking themselves into their bedrooms to cry
and sob all day; sulking and refusing to talk to women; going on hunger
strike and refusing to even eat the other food served by their women and
even others committing suicide just because a woman insulted and em-
barrassed them by telling them that they sport a small member!
Gentlemen, there is more to life than that (small?) piece of muscle. I
mean, a man and his member are best of buddies (whoever claimed that
a dog is mans best friend, lied. In fact, he needs to have his head exam-
ined). Ladies, if you didnt know this, now you should; the moment a man
is born, and medical doctors and behaviourists can back me up on this,
he holds the said member (no pun intended) in high esteem.
They have a serious relationship with it. They love it. They play with it
(oh yes, they do!). They fondle it. They even quarrel and get angry at it, es-
pecially when it cant perform one of its core duties, which I wont explain
here. Basically, men deal with it like it has a personality. So much so that
some have a pet name, complete with a nickname to boot. They listen to
it, take instructions from it and its wishes are, at times, their commands;
even if it means getting in trouble on its behalf! Some men, nkt.
Of course, at times it gets unreasonable (I mean, it has a head, sorry,
mind of its own!) but insists that its ideas be implemented. Let me not
belabour the point; differently put, men are obsessed with their weapon
of mass procreation. You see that boss of yours who pretends to be very
serious? He suffers from this obsession. Does this thing pass for big or
small? is a question he grapples with on a daily basis.
Unfortunately, women discovered this obsession and strange rela-
tionship. And thus, to stroke a mans ego, all a woman needs to do is to lie
to him that he is gigantic down there, however small he may be.
But anyway, no man knows how big or small they are, because when
smitten, women always lie to them that their member is the capo di capi
tutti, (Godfather in English and Italian for boss of all bosses). But when
they fall out of love, they change the tune, heckle them, and claim the
opposite! Jeez! It tough being male around these parts.
Look, gentlemen, stow away that ruler, since medical experts have
done extensive research and revealed that size doesnt really matter
(okay, I know pessimists and cynics are dismissing my size-doesnt-re-
ally-matter claim as a nothing but self-reassuring catchphrase).
But surely, ladies, are small things big enough reason to end a relation-
ship? Like seriously? Come! Is it not true that, at times, it is women who
have huge demands? For a complete treatise on this Big Debate, flip over
to page 8-9 to see what legendary Oyunga Pala has to say.
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MCAs to y to Italy to see
how spaghetti is grown
A
s a testament to the
benefits of devolution,
jetlag has now entered
the daily vocabulary of
the peoples servants
who previously went by the title of
councillors. And the latest county to
join the frequent flier miles race is
doing so under the guise of diversi-
fying their agricultural base by hav-
ing the MCAs travel to Italy to get a
firsthand look and feel of spaghetti
farming.
We want to know everything
about the spaghetti crop, said one
MCA who sought anonymity because
he will be travelling with his girlfriend
without the knowledge of his wife. He
added that they must go for this study
tour to investigate the crop.
The types of soil it thrives in, the
wind conditions it can survive in,
the amount of rainfall it requires, the
preferable altitude, whether it can be
grown in greenhouses, what mea-
sures need to be put in place to pre-
vent post harvest losses... that kind of
thing, you know, said the MCA, with
a frown of seriousness plastered on
his face.
The trip to Italy by the MCAs has
been certified as urgent, and athori-
sation for the trip has had to be
rushed. It really has to happen now
because this is the planting season
for spaghetti in Northern Italy while
in the south they are harvesting now,
explained the chairman of the county
assembly agriculture committee.
There is no better time than now
to go and see both activities running
concurrently. Besides we need to
move fast with an opportunity like
this. We want to be the first in the
region and who knows, maybe our
neighbouring countries will be ex-
porting from us, added the MCA, as
he shrug up his shoulders.
BUSYBODIES
The MCAs from the county are
convinced that with the consump-
tion of spaghetti increasing locally it
is time the country started producing
its own and hopefully reach a level
where it can export the excess.
So while in Italy the MCAs will
also be looking to link with suppliers
of spaghetti seeds who will be critical
before the country can start to pro-
duce its own.
But confronted by journalists and
asked whether he was aware that spa-
ghetti is made rather than grown the
agricultural committee chair laughed
it off. Its the idlers, busy bodies and
the opposition in our county spread-
ing such rumours, he dismissed.
They said the same thing about yo-
ghurt but now we all know there are
cows in New Zealand that produce
ready to drink yoghurt... trust me. And
that reminds me... after we are back
from Italy we should be going to New
Zealand! he swore.
MOST LUXURIOUS
Besides idlers and the opposition
friends of underdevelopment and ret-
rogression are also levelling criticism
at the trip claiming that it is unnec-
essary and that priority should have
been given to things like roads, health
facilities and schools. Some Kenyans
have been waiting for these things
since independence, one of the trip
organisers said. They can afford to
wait a little longer!
Another MCA is frustrated that
members of the public dont seem to
realise the sacrifices he is making in
the service of the people. All these
numerous trips are taking a toll on
me... Jetlag, bad airline food... do you
know how awful airline food tastes
after just a few months of exposure to
fine dining? These are sacrifices you
simpletons wouldnt understand! the
frustrated MCA said, as he clicked in
disgust.
In the next foreign trip, I will not
accept to fly in the most luxurious cab-
in... the county will have to hire a pri-
vate jet for us! concluded the MCA.
Bonus-laden nancial year ahead for thugs
F
ollowing a successful
year during which vi-
olent robberies, kid-
nappings, homicides,
poaching, drug traf-
ficking, fraud and other crimes hit
the roof, crime syndicates have vot-
ed to reward their employees with
fat bonuses, making criminal gangs
some of the best paying organisa-
tions, locally.
But while crime practitioners are
celebrating, the news has not been
received warmly in some quarters
as employers in other sectors of the
economy fret that employers will flee
for greener pastures in the under-
world.
With these criminal organisa-
tions paying such huge bonuses
in complete disregard of the hard
economic times everyone is going
through, Im afraid some of the em-
ployees in our member organisations
will be lured away, said the chairper-
son of the Federation of Blood Suck-
ers of Kenya, the umbrella employer
body.
All the millions weve spent train-
ing our personnel will have gone
down the drain. We appeal to the
good conscience of the criminals to
reconsider their decision for the good
of the country! he said.
But criminals say their huge bo-
nuses are justified arguing that their
jobs entail a high amount of danger.
Let not the high crime statistics lie
to you that the risks of doing business
have reduced; we are one of the lucky
few who dont sink into poverty in old
age because, well, we die young! as-
serted one criminal only identified as
Scar.
OUTRAGIOUS PERKS
Have you heard anyone urging
gangsters to remit contributions to
the National Social Security Fund?
he posed.
The crooks also claim they have
many dependants owing to the kind
of lifestyle they live. In what might
not go down well with members of
parliament, they even boast of more
mistresses than the legislators.
Thats a lot of weave retouches
to support every other month, one
of them argued. The bonuses have
made MPs and MCAs feel less import-
ant since they have come to a rude
awakening that they no longer have
the monopoly of headlines when it
comes to outrageous perks. Some are
of the opinion that this might have
the unintended effect discouraging
young Kenyans from joining elective
politics in future.
This would be a disaster, said
one MCA. If the impression is created
that political leaderships is not lucra-
tive anymore, this will turn off young
Kenyans from becoming MPs and
MCAs in future. And if that happens,
who do you expect to do the looting of
national and county coffers? It is sim-
ply unconstitutional I tell you!
But even the beneficiaries are wor-
ried about the unintended long-term
consequences of the move. For one,
there is fear that the fat bonuses will
surely make the country an attrac-
tive work destination for delinquents
from all over the region.
This could mean that the average
local criminal will be edged out by the
more talented ones from the neigh-
bouring countries.
The government should step in
before foreigners flood the market
and we lose our jobs, said one ban-
dit for hire, who spoke on condition
of anonymity. But God forbid that
you think of me as a foreigner-hating
individual... Im just a thug, not a xe-
nophobe!
Other criminals are afraid
that extensive media coverage
of their windfall could lure lazy
colleagues to come after them.
I will be moving out of Eastlands
soon, confided a gangster going by
the name of Escobar. I dont want to
be robbed, he said.
Y B MARK MUTAHI
wackyleaks/WITH MARK MUTAHI
11th hour.
For the German team perfection
not flair was the objective. Remem-
ber these are the guys whose dance
is the Polka. The German Polka has
a unique ribald flair that no gyrating
Samba move can match.
WHAT COUNTS
I concede despite my inbred
prejudices that the Samba this time
around bowed to the Polka.
I learnt, that in cut throat competi-
tion, one needs more than emotional
energy to get out of a tight spot. Prim-
itive energy will only take you so far.
On the other hand the organic
nature of the Samba has a way of titil-
lating but football is not the carnival.
End result is what count.
What can national music tell us
about sporting prowess? Order brings
results.
Organisation translates to effi-
ciency. Passion can only take you so
far in sport as millions of Brazilians
proved in the 2014 World Cup.
If music indeed dictates a collec-
tive cultural personality, then a blend
of classical moves and fiery passion
maybe worth betting on long term.
A blend of fiery and jaunty classi-
cal with a burst of raw energy.
Day Brazilian Samba bowed
down to Classical Polka
thesecrazykenyans/OYUNGA PALA FINDS THE HUMAN IN THE KENYAN
Y
esterday Fifa World Cup
came to a close in Bra-
zil. Most of us watched
all the 64 entertaining
matches.
Each and every match had it own
intrigues and stood out from the
other. However, no team, including
those we may rank as weak got a
beat down of their life time like the
one Brazil got from Germany.
7-1 is not the kind of score line one
would associate with big teams in the
World Cup.
Unfortunately, that was the
thrashing that Germany Subjected
Brazil to. This, if you ask me was the
game many will not forget in the en-
tire World Cup.
Like most football enthusiasts,
watching Brazil get thrashed was a re-
ally painful experience.
The pundits for once were stopped
in their tracks. The problem is not los-
ing but losing badly.
If one has to lose, lose with pride
and blame it on the referee, but at 7-1
score on home turf is just plumbing
for loss from new record depths.
I quickly discovered that dissect-
ing the mental clichs governing foot-
ball prowess is much like figuring out
how to eat an artichoke using google
search.
This is what I learnt. The Germans were
merely keeping up to their standard of excel-
lence and resilience.
FOOTBALL LOSERS
This time the venue was
not engineering but Football.
Team Work is a sure bet anytime against gallant
Heroism. I hope the CORD brigade is reading
this. We watched as furious footed Brazilian
passion lost to calculated German strategy and
mindfulness. That Germanic national dedica-
tion to precision and efficiency played out pro-
verbial on the football pitch.
Domiciled in a country of perennial football
losers, we are accustomed to humiliating de-
feats. No matter how much passion fans express
in support of Harambee Stars, it has been one
trying loss over and again.
It has been a case of emotional investment
gone bust and scarred. Only recently Kenyan
rugby fans suffered a humiliating blow when the
national rugby team, one game shy of a historic
world cup qualification, lost to Zimbabwe at the
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S
omeone is going
to provide a good
medical scheme for
police officers. So it
means when cops
get shot and injured, they will
not be thrown at the back of a
Landcruiser or wheelbarrow?
Unbelievable!
Why didnt we think of this
before? Of course, police offi-
cers are government officers but
that is no excuse to take them
to government hospitals when
the ministers they were guard-
ing during the accident end up
at private hospitals so good they
smell like hotels.
For 50 years, it never occurred
to us that police need medical
cover. How the hell did we imag-
ine they were getting treated af-
ter getting shot in Baragoi? It is
just the same way we forgot that
women need sanitary towels,
Top cops get more expensive malaria
Ted Malanda draws on the wisdom of his royal Wanga
ancestors to try and understand a world gone mad
lifesacircus
A
fricans are funny.
You would think
they held dialogue
with dogs a ref-
erendum if you
may where mans alleged best
friends said they hate liver, kid-
neys, ribs and other choice
meats.
You would think dogs
told Africans, It is okay. We
dont like meat anyway be-
cause it causes cancer, rais-
es cholesterol and makes
us fat in the wrong places.
You just eat the meat. Us we
will nibble on the bones you
have gnawed dry.
That is why a typical African
man wolves down three kilos of
roast beef with a skinny girl at his
local, orders the butcher to park
eight kilos for madam, and then
tells the waiter, Nipakie hizi mi-
fupa nipelekee mbwa (pack these
bones for my dog).
JEALOUS HOUSEWIFE
There is something smug
about a man buying bones for his
dog in a pub. He has the same air
that a politician assumes when he
is handing out a small Constitu-
ency Development Fund cheque
to a gathering in the village. He
actually expects and gets ap-
plause for giving voters and tax-
payers their own money!
So like a politician, the African
dog owner believes he is doing his
mongrel a favour when he flings a
few saliva-coated bones of a bush
rat that the dog hunted. He actual-
ly expects the canine to bolt down
the driveway barking warm greet-
ings and wag its tail with profuse
thanks once the bones are hand-
ed over
like a small
CDF cheque.
I tell you this dog
loves me, he tells visitors. That by
the way is the same dog that lives
in a dark, leaking, flea-infested
hovel behind the mansion, virtu-
ally under house arrest.
It gets castrated without be-
ing consulted while its owner,
who prefers to eat meats flanked
by yellowing girls with ample be-
hinds, never notices that a dog
needs a partner.
Yet it is expected to bark at
anything and everything, patrol
the homestead with the efficiency
with which a jealous housewife
combs through her husbands
pockets and fight viciously when
thugs strike. You wouldnt expect
its owner to grab a machete and
Why waste tasty meat? Just
give the silly voters bones
walkwithme...
Masaku Sevens exposed more bosoms, various shades and sizes of
derrieres that will keep teenage bedroom posters pasted for a full
calendar year until the next Sevens. Much as I would love to steer
clear of this bit, it is clear that Machakos County has been in the
news for very many wrong reasons lately. After Machakos County
Assembly Speaker Bernard Mungata and was injured after he
literally got real egg on his face from accurate rotten egg missiles
launched by anti-budget MCAs, Governor Alfred Mutua was on
the warpath against all manner of enemies of development. He
considered insubordination by his deputy Benard Kiala as the last
straw when he joined a CORD rally on Saba Saba Day. The Macha
CEO, however, refused to let Kiala use a county vehicle without tell-
tale green plates to the rally and Mr Kiala became really creative!
And if you feel I am making these stories up, listen to this
twist in the tail. As if that was not the end of the drama
in Macha, the MCAs awarded themselves Sh3.6m to cater
for iPads to better face the digital future that is shining
brightly ahead of us. And with that, a truce was realised,
and the Machakos County Assembly approved a Sh8.9
billion budget for the 2014/2015 nancial year. Initially, the
Assembly had torpedoed a Sh9.5 billion budget terming it,
over ambitious and unrealistic. When I grow up, I also
want to be a politician, what about you?
So, the National Council for Population and Development wants
County Assemblies members to hang around the country as
domestic tourists and enact laws entrenching family planning so as
to stop unwanted births? I agree with the rst part but disagree with
the second. How about we get less government in our bedrooms?
They already have their grubby hands stuck so deep in our pockets
they are starting to painfully squeeze us into an early grave.

We all gufawed when the poor residents of Mbita saw
their rst car on a road in their neighbourhood, 40 years
after independence. Imagine what a relief it has been for
100-year-old Chuka town in Tharaka Nithi County will
nally get, not just one, but several new tarmac roads.
There is a silver lining to this Devolution business after all.

And, talking about monster mothers-in- law, The Globe, an
American supermarket tabloid incredulously claims the British
Queen Mother has about a year to abdicate but rst wants Prince
Charles to divorce Camilla! Even though I love the relative anonymity
of my existence, I sometimes wish some of these people could
introduce me to what they smoke.
Other than the wisecracks by Senator Moses Wetangula,
innuendos by Senator Bonny Khalwale, Senator
Murkomens clarications, Senator Mutahi Kagwes rich
experience, Senator Orengos demands, the innite points
of order by various colleagues, subtle ethocentrically-laced
jibes and blatant partisan sycophancy by any number of
distinguished members of Kenyas upper House, can I be
accused of spreading fact that Senator Machage is slowly
appearing to be the sole voice of reason left? Ok, now I
have said it, lets see who casts the rst stone. I have live
afternoon TV feeds to attest to this. Go on, start throwing...

And, Finally...
A friend e-mails me this Facebook storo detailing the arrest of an
American woman in what is being called the most extreme case
of stalking ever recorded. The 28-year-old allegedly called her
ex-lover 77,639 times in one week, sent him 1,937 e-mails, 41,229
text messages, 217 sung messages and 647 letters during that short
stretch. Wow! One number-crunching nut immediately tabulates that
it practically translates into: 11,000 calls every day. And, considering
one phone call rings for a minute and one day has 1,440 minutes...
24x60....So it can only have been 1,440 calls in a day, not the alleged
11,000. But she was still arrested. Now lets make this local: Can Raila
Odinga be arrested for stalking his prezzo? Do the daily No to
Dialogue-Yes to Referendum calls at funerals, political podiums, TV
talk shows, radio call-ins constitute stalking? Is there any creative
lawyer out there who can enlighten my good self?

Yours Truly
Y B TED MALANDA
do the job himself. Under-
standable since they dont
teach martial arts at university.
And in any case, you cant
fight when your belly is digest-
ing 12 lagers, two kilos of roast
beef, a platter of kachumbari
and a massive chunk of ugali.
FLINGS ENTRAILS
The Kenyan politician is
no different from this typical
dog owner. He is like the Afri-
can hunter who flings entrails
and bones at a dog, to thank it
for braving thorns to bring the
meat home and this after a
good, leisurely belch.
The politician is the tycoon
who takes home a cool million
a month for saying a few nasty
things at strangers funerals,
insulting one or two people,
issuing a couple of threats
and letting off the occasional
snore in the august house and
breaking the laws he makes.
He has a militia and tribes-
men, attack dogs who live in
squalor but are expected to
wag tails and fight to protect
the big man even if it means
killing each other in the pro-
cess. And these he pays with
cheap liquor, crumbs from
the high table and Sh50 notes.
Bones!
and that everyone needs tissue
paper even in prison.
NEVER SHOT ANYONE
So before NGOs started mak-
ing noise, we had never stopped
to wonder with what prisoners
were cleaning their bums, and
how women were coping with
menses. I guess we just had more
important things on our minds.
But there is something curi-
ous about this medical scheme,
though. It offers junior police of-
ficers, the ones who initiate, ex-
change or return fire, Sh8 million
for inpatient bills and Sh40,000
for outpatient care. Excellent.
Then in recognition of the
fact that MCAs and MPs are not
equal, it awards top command-
ers up to Sh200 million for inpa-
tient and Sh150,000 for outpa-
tient care.
It is like the bosses
get shot with bigger bul-
lets than police constables!
Yet the chances of a top com-
mander getting caught up in a
shoot-out by thugs is virtually
zero.
Indeed, one of them even told
an interview panel that he had
never shot anyone because that
is not his job. So why waste 200
million on such a fellow?
The worst accident a police
boss can suffer is a bloodied nose
in a bar fight or gout baada ya
kazi! Anyway, I spoke too soon.
The new, sweet medical scheme
has been suspended even before
it begins. Ouch!
politicallyincorrect/ A skewed look at the political scene
B
ad movies, the cin-
ema people tell
us, are the stuff of
nightmares. You
invest millions
even billions in getting a script
written, find an award-winning
director, cast for actors, shoot
the movie, sort out the produc-
tion, and then the darn thing
flops. The post-mortem usually
begins when the reviewers have
had their say, and those sadistic
souls can be scathing.
And so it is with political acts.
The whole of Kenya is one polit-
ical stage, and we watch various
political thrillers come and go.
This season, though, we are par-
ticularly hard up in the choices
department. Because the two
main political acts on stage the
ruling coalition and its main op-
ponents; the shouting coalition
are so horrible.
It all started rather well,
though. Just over a year ago, the
usual court cases came to an end
at the Supreme Court, and a new
government was sworn into of-
fice. Composed largely of young-
ish power-brokers, right from the
presidency downwards, it held
out the hope of a digital era in
government, one in which gov-
ernance would be a smart break
from the stodgy old past of road-
side declarations and electoral
skullduggery.
The new opposition did not
hold much hope, sadly. Com-
posed largely of the same old left-
wing stalwarts of old, it was now
peppered here and there by politi-
cal rejects from years past.
The stage was, as it were, set
for complete disappointment of
the voters.
And in this, it has not disap-
pointed. The government, as has
been lamented many times, ap-
pears to be in office but not in
power. Nothing seems to work,
and even the most basic of State
services like security are totally
absent. It is as if the president and
his deputy are literally, completely
absent from the scene.
But it is easy to criticise gov-
ernment when you are not the
government. It is easy to say this
should have been done in this and
that manner, without knowing the
sometimes astonishing complex-
ities of government bureaucra-
cies and the self-serving red tape
that government employees wrap
around everything.
What is difficult to under-
stand, though, is just why the
opposition is such a mess. CORD
allegedly runs the three most im-
portant cities in Kenya. Nairobi
is East Africas largest economy:
the capital city has a GDP roughly
equivalent to Tanzanias, and larg-
er than Ugandas.
Mombasa is the undisputed
gateway to East and Central Af-
rica, while Kisumu has the po-
tential to become East Africas
very own leisure Riviera. All three
cities are under the stewardship
of CORD, and their current state
speaks volumes about the oppo-
sition coalitions complete lack of
As constitutions go, ours is
pretty liberal. Granted, there
are niggles here and there that
need ironing out for example,
who really needs the money-
hungry Members of County
Assemblies? But if and when
government and the opposition
nally get down to working
on the wretched document,
one hopes they include one
crucial bit that has been
missing: term and age
limits. There is no decent
reason for anyone above
65 being in politics: how
do you make decisions for
the future when you wont be
there? And who needs an MP or
MCA or senator for more than
two terms?
ideas, and utter disdain for order
and organisation.
Any self-respecting opposition
party would have taken this op-
portunity to showcase its abilities
as a governing group. It would
have turned the three cities into
shining examples of what it would
do given stewardship of the en-
tire country. Instead, Kenyans are
treated to absurdities in the name
of governance, with the cake be-
ing taken by the incredible sight
of dry taps in Kisumu, which sits
on the shores of Africas largest
freshwater lake.
The high expectations we had
of Mr Raila Odinga and his coa-
lition have all disappeared, and
the man himself seems like a pris-
oner of the job. Like a bad movie,
Mr Odingas trailers were more
interesting than the movie itself.
Shame!
Buyer beware grave dangers of
Kenyas political messiahship
is sweet and messiahs want sin-
ners to repent, and live good lives.
They steadfastly refuse to buy the
messiahs act, and matters are
worse when it is a political messi-
ah, assigning himself the onerous
burden of delivering the lost souls
of some banana republic to dem-
ocratic heaven.
Unlike spiritual messiahs, po-
litical messiahs cannot just get
crucified and then acquire mar-
tyrdom and subsequent deifica-
tion. Political death brings oblivi-
on, so our political saviours try to
stick around as they can, avoiding
grooming any political heirs and
trying to recast their tricks just
one more time, every time, to
appeal to an audience that grows
ever more skeptical.
The act doesnt last, though,
for every politician has but a cou-
ple of lives. Our political messiahs
in the opposition CORD coalition
ultimately promised more than
they could ever achieve, and their
political death at the fizzled-out
Uhuru Park rally never mind the
brave face of constitutional refer-
endum demands and similar non-
sense was long overdue.
The government, on its part,
is doing all it can to fail to govern.
We are on our own, people.
CORD politics
make great trailer
for terrible movie
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Messiahs those strangely
prophetic beings who visit earth
from time to time, start or take
over a religion, and then disap-
pear with promises to come back
again at some future date are
melancholic figures.
They are sent to populations
that are inherently averse to be-
ing saved from whatever it is
that is coming their way, and
the messiah is usually met
with unbridled hostility that
borders on the murderous.
Indeed, in the well-known
case of Jesus, it did end up
with the messiah being strung
up on a tree, crying for mercy
from his unfeeling father.
The dangers of being a politi-
cal messiah are the same as those
of religious messiahs. The sinners
do not like messiahs, because sin
D
rama unfolded at
a village in Baha-
ti District, Naku-
ru County when
a man descend-
ed on his step mother with kicks
and blows, accusing her of sit-
ting on(hen pecking) his dad.
The man in his 40s accused the
woman of taking over their home,
and assigning herself roles that
were a preserve of his deceased
mother.
The woman was heading home
from a nearby private school
where she works as a cook when
the enraged man accosted her, de-
manding her to pack and leave the
homestead with her four children,
immediately.
He attacked her, calling her a
harlot who was just after his fa-
thers property. The woman who
has been married in the home-
stead for over ten years has four
children.
Three are from a previous rela-
tionship while the fourth one is a
product of the current union. The
old man, in his seventies, has nine
children all grown up and fending
for themselves.
Trouble began when the step-
mothers eldest child passed her
Wayward son kicks mother out
of home for sitting on his dad
Form Four exams, and was admit-
ted to a local university.
The stepfather couldnt raise
the tuition fees and contemplated
on selling a piece of his vast land
to send off his stepdaughter to the
university. This didnt go well with
his sons who stole the title deeds,
and hid them.
This sparked a string of argu-
ments as the old man has been
accusing the woman of stealing
the crucial documents.
The disagreements in the
homestead escalated last week
when the woman failed to attend
the burial of one of the stepsons
in-law since she was on duty.
BAD OMEN
This didnt go well with the son
who demanded to know from his
father what a mother that wom-
an was. He demanded that he
sends her away, insisting that the
woman was a bad omen to the
family.
However, the old man refused
to heed his sons advice. Angered
by his fathers failure to act, the
man made a resolve to take action
against his stepmother.
Wewe malaya toka hapa
uende kwako (Get out of here you
harlot, and go to where you came
from)! fumed the man.
When his father heard commotions
and came to intervene, the wayward
son dismissed him as a useless man.
At the peak of his anger, the man dis-
closed he was the one keeping the
missing title deeds, and swore no land
would be sold without his permission.
DISTRESS CALL
When residents responded to the
womans distress call, her husband said
it was a domestic issue and told them
not to report the matter to the police.
He instead led the enraged son home
leaving the bleeding wife behind.
Neighbours hired a car and rushed
her to Rift Valley Provincial General
Hospital, where she was treated and
discharged.
Upon hearing what befell their sis-
ter, the womans relatives stormed the
old mans home and took all her pos-
sessions. The old man called for dia-
logue but her relatives could hear none
of it. They left with their woman!
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thisstrangeworld thisstrangeworld
Some women will cheat on you for all
the wrong reasons. For instance, is the
size of a mans penis reason enough to
make a woman cheat on her husband or
boyfriend? Wonders OYUNGA PALA
Is his small member a big deal?
I
met a friend who is paid
to track trends online, and
she shared some interest-
ing stats. According to a
research report conducted
on married women a few months
ago by Plosone.org, the size of a
mans member does really matter,
but for all the wrong reasons.
The distressing report suggested
that contrary to prevailing stereotype
about organ size and corresponding
pleasure, the larger a mans penis, the
higher the chances of his wife cheat-
ing on him. I am not making this up.
The sample group of 545 wom-
en who were captured in this survey,
gave varying reasons for this conclu-
sion. Top of the list was sexual satis-
faction and how endowed brothers
generally do not always use their gifts
of nature to bring about world happi-
ness. Larger members are associated
withpainanddiscomfort whichinter-
feres with sexual satisfaction.
GIFTED MAN
Therefore a spouse who is at-
tached to a gifted man does not al-
ways have a happy ending to her
story, and is more likely to seek com-
pensation elsewhere in small packag-
es. Thats akin to presenting your wife
with a brand new Range Rover Sports,
and she ends up begrudgingly telling
her friends at work that all she wants
is a mountain bike!
Some women, however, hold size
in high esteem. Take, for instance, the
case of Diana Kemunto, a social work-
er who holds the view that size real-
ly matters.
Most women put a lot of premi-
um on the size. But some just pretend
that it doesnt matter. The size is suf-
ficient ground for a woman to cheat,
she says. She adds that most women
will not settle down with a man with a
small member. Reason? They believe
the smaller the size, the less the plea-
sure and satisfaction.
JUST PLOUGHING?
Tales have been told of bold go
getters who hit on men they spot
with bigger packages, for instance at
swimming pools!
However, not all women hold the
view. Some, and these are very few,
believe size doesnt really matter. Dor-
othy Wambo is one such woman. She
subscribes to the unpopular viewthat
size doesnt really matter.
I dont even think its all about
the size; it is all about satisfaction. I
dont believe that the bigger the bet-
ter, some men are big but are lousy
between the sheets, and their perfor-
mance is dismal, says Wambo.
She argues that it is not just about
ploughing and ploughing it re-
quires tact and skills. One thing
Im sure about is that no wom-
an will settle down with a
man who cant satisfy
her. And if she does,
she will definite-
ly cheat on him
at some point,
she adds.
A
team of researchers from the U.S. and Ke-
nya conducted a study on infidelity, and
found that every one inch longer in penis
length increased the likelihood of a wifes
infidelity by almost one and-a-half times.
Many men take great pride in the above-aver-
age size of their penises, believing that this physical gift
is the key to bringing sexual satisfaction to their female
partners.
Men boasting larger penises might want to
think twice: Every one inch longer in penis length in-
creased the likelihood of a wifes infidelity by almost
one-and-half times.
The authors of this newreport revealed that ap-
parently, most women associate large penises with pain
and discomfort during sex which precludes the enjoy-
ment and sexual satisfaction that women are supposed
to feel.
Despite many negative consequences caused
by infidelity, the behaviour is reported around the
world in many if not every culture.
Reports of extra-marital affairs range from 30
to 60 percent among men and 20 to 50 percent among
women, according to some research.
Some, the consequences of infidelity may in-
clude heart problems or even cardiac arrest brought
on by all the psychological stress involved in sneaking
around and the excitement of the actual if brief en-
counters.
What makes infidelity thrilling also makes it
deadly. Even in cases where it is simply suspected, in-
fidelity also gives rise to depression, domestic violence,
and in some extreme cases, spousal homicide.
Most obviously, extra-marital affairs cause sep-
arations, which is also bad for your health, with up to 50
per cent of all divorces in developed countries caused
by concerns of infidelity.
Additional information in this report was adopted
fromwww.medicaldaily.com
Size Matters: Larger
Penises Are Linked
To Wives Indelity
in Kenya, Study Says
MYTHICAL PROPERTIES
Obviously these findings have to
be challenged because a multitude of
egos and reputations are built around
the mythical properties of size. There
is a thriving industry that is dedicated
to organ enlargement and men all over
the world have broken their backs in
search of compensation for what was
believed to be a genetic disadvantage.
I am making reference to the au-
tomobile industry. All those funky
symbols that define masculinity, are
generally meant to distract potential
partners from focusing on what was
thought to be a shortcoming. Then to
be told that the alleged shortcoming
was never the issue, is simply cruel.
PERFORMERS SHEETSIDE
Menare socialisedto be performers
between the sheets, and size was what
we were led to believe was that secret
weapon that held the competition at
bay. Women have regularly dismissed
brothers who show up short in bed,
and African men who did not receive
the gift of elongation have often been
left holding the short end of the stick.
In the game of infidelity, men are
regularly gender profiled. Every man
in a relationship knows that he will be
assumed guilty until proven innocent.
Women will also conveniently find a
default reason for cheating on other-
wise committed male partners.
Every time a woman is caught in
an extra marital affair, it is generally
assumed that her husband drove her
down that road.
It is part of our societys warped so-
cialisation. Ones wife can slam a man
across the face with a frying pan, and
even his male colleagues will blame
him for provoking her fury.
The most common excuse female
partners level for infidelity is revenge
(tit-for-tat) domestic abuse and sexual
satisfaction, the latter, which is work-
ing its way up to a major sticking point
in contemporary relationships.
ONE SIZE-FIT ALL?
One canbe a goodmanandingreat
physical shape, but lets not kid our-
selves; how you express your worthi-
ness in bed remains a big part of the
great guy rating. All this can get very
confusing and conflicting for a young
man entering a new relationship with
the best of intentions. In my many
years of social commentary, I am yet
to meet a womancomplaining that her
husbands house or car, was too big!
I would still maintain that the proof
of the pudding is in the eating. At heart
of these prevailing misconceptions is
communication. The notion that one
size fits all is a fallacy. Individual pref-
erences vary, and committed men and
womeninrelationships eventually find
their points of convergence.
Relationships are two way street.
What really counts, is the size of the in-
vestment and commitment that both
partners make.
feminist/WITH CHEGE MUIRURI
Choices have consequences when
you sacrice work for marriage
chauvinist/WITH NIKKO TANUI
Please suck it
in bro, that pot
belly is a put-of
I
n the last few years we
women have uped our
game when it comes to
looking fabulous. And
all men will agree to
that. No?
We have learnt how to put on
makeup so our faces can look as
spotless like the women who live
in TV-land, we have adapted
to those painful and impossible
heels that men love so much. And,
we are often seen wearing un-
comfortable weaves, even in hot
weather because our African men
cant resist long straight hair.
PERFECT BUTT
Further, to get that enviable
hour glass figure and that perfect
butt lift that men are always lust-
ing after, we women are hitting
the gym in large numbers, but for
some reason our men seem com-
fortable to just sit and watch.
Call me crazy, but in the last
two years or so there has been a
rise in the pot belly sightings es-
pecially in men. And although
back in the day pot bellies was a
type of gold star saved for men
in their 50s as some sort of sign
that a man had been through the
battle field of life, and had brave-
ly navigated work and family life.
And had lived to talk about it.
Basically, the belly meant, I
have been there, done that, and
now do not bother me because
I am relaxing and waiting to see
my grandchildren as I wait for my
maker to come for me,. Nowa-
days once a man gets a job and he
is 25, he seems to get the licence
to blow up like a balloon.
Just this weekend I happened
to gatecrash a wedding courtesy
of a friend. And the first thing I
noticed apart from the interesting
mixture of magenta and orange
was that while the bride looked
stunning, and had probably been
working hard at the gym to look
fabulous on her wedding day, her
young husband who was under 30
had the pot belly that probably re-
sembled that of a woman who is
six months pregnant!
And I do not care how you spin
it, but the sight of those together
was not pretty! And for the love
of me I cannot understand why
men seem to be able to get away
with murder while we women are
given this impossible and strin-
gent rules of how we should and
I
t is without any
doubt that all the
initiatives to em-
power the girl child
are paying off. Now-
adays, there are as many
women as men in any given
company and some of these
alpha females are moving
up the corporate ladder fast-
er than their male counter-
parts.
But much as women are
racing up to the top of the cor-
porate ladder, they somehow
soon fizzle out because just
like beauty, the longevity of
women at any senior position
is as short as a shelf life of loaf
of bread.
My claim is backed by a
past local newspaper article
which went out looking for
women who at one time were
go-getters but slowly dropped
out of the scene never to be
heard of again.
For some of the women,
after bragging for years how
they did not need a man for
anything, later realised that
their biological clock was
ticking louder and louder, and
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should not look. Because why else
would men who are supposed to
be young and virile parade them-
selves all over town wearing their
pot bellies like it were a badge of
honour bestowed on them by, for
instance, the queen (of England)
herself.
CHUBBY CHASERS
Yet we women choose to be
graceful, and to keep our mouths
mum about what we really think
about men and pot bellies, often
leading men to make the very mis-
guided assumption from our si-
lence that we are all chubby chas-
ers. Because I mean why would
any self-respecting woman want a
man with a nice trim figure accom-
panied by nicely built muscles and
a nice firm butt?
Go to the gym and 90 per cent
of those in attendance are women,
9.5 per cent are old men who have
probably gotten a warning letter
from the doctor. And only 1.5 per
cent are young men.
How disappointing!
Well men, let me let you in on
a little secret that your woman will
never tell you because she is prob-
ably too polite and does not want
to bruise egos: we women do not
like pot bellies on our men.
So men please hit the gym or
you will lose your women to young-
er and pot less men, or worse the
shamba boy who probably has an
impressive six pack!
they had to get a man lest
they found themselves living
in a big house with no one
for company but pet cats.
CORPORATE WORLD
For some, their bitchy
attitude led them to fallout
with everyone in the office,
and when the environment
became too hostile for them
to bear they chose to run, or
in other words, quit the job.
For others, the compe-
tition from younger, pret-
tier and brainier females
led them look for greener
pastures before the younger
brood could displace them.
Now to the story of the
day, dear friend and readers
I bet that you know at least a
woman or two who quit the
corporate world for a quiet
marriage life which is a com-
mendable thing because the
only way to keep the human-
ity alive is to have women
who are ready to give birth to
the next generation.
SPARE THE DRAMA
But if there is one thing
that some of these women
who quit their jobs in order
to raise families often do is
to remind a man the huge
sacrifice they made.
Well, one of the most no-
ble things a woman on the
rise can do is to settle down
to raise a family, it is indeed a
sacrifice that any sober man
would be foolish not to see
and appreciate.
But if you quit, your job
in pretext that family comes
first to you but instead on
concentrating on your wifely
duties you want to keep re-
minding a man how high you
would have climbed the cor-
porate ladder, and the huge
salary you would be drawing,
you are not sincere and you
should spare all of us the ex-
cuse.
Simply put, if you choose
family, forget about what
would or could have been
and cherish the moments.
Does he love me?
Hi I have been dating my boyfriend
for a year now. Both of us nished high
school last year, but he keeps asking me
for money and credit all the time. I have
begun to wonder if he loves me or if he is
just using me, please help.
Julia Mombasa.
Stop giving him money or credit and
you will immediately know his intentions
from the way he will begin to treat you.
And next time, please remember that
women do not nancially take care of
men, it is the other way round!
In-law problems
My husband and I have been married
for a while. We recently had our rst
child a month ago and his parents who
are both healthy and live in ushago (his
rural home) claimed they were visiting for
two days because our house is full. But
it is now going to two months, and they
are still with us. We live in a small house
which does not really have enough room
for ve adults and a baby. They have
been sleeping in the living room, and our
daughter plus the house girl have the very
small second bedroom. I love my husband
but my patience is wearing thin, please
help?
Marie, Nairobi.
People will generally take advantage
of those who do not have boundaries. My
dear you need to place some boundaries
for your in-laws, and have a talk with your
husband.
Too busy for me
For the last four months or so, my
girlfriend of a year has suddenly become
too busy for me. She does not reply my
text or answer my calls. And when I
confront her she claims she is very busy in
school as she recently returned to school
to do her Masters. Please help I do not
know what to do?
Amos, Nairobi.
From my experience, when a woman is
too busy, it means you are no longer the
apple of her eye.
She dumped me
I have been dating my ex anc for the
last ve years. We were living together
for the past three years, and got engaged
last year in December. We were panning
our wedding for later this year when
she dropped the bomb. She told me that
she no longer wanted to get married
to me, and moved out. It has been two
month and she has refused to pick up
my call or to accept my phone calls. The
least she could have done is give me an
explanation for ending the relationship
but she has refused to even give me that.
I do not deserve this, I feel wronged and
disrespected. Please help.
Jef, Mombasa
Unfortunately you cannot make
someone be considerate or to treat you
right, let her be until she is ready. You
need to nd a way to move on without
getting an explanation from her because
she seems intent on not giving you one.
ateachersdiary/WITH MWALIMU SOCRATES
bulletin/WITH FERDINAND MWONGELA
Kenyan roads look like farmlands
D
eveloment in
Kenya hard-
ly happen
quickly, in
most cases,
it never happens! Especially
when it is something politi-
cians have promised wana-
nchi.
Constructing a kilometere
of road in Kenya takes decades.
Some road constructions only
seem to happen faster when
they are far way, like Alfred
Mutuas instant road.
Take the one at my door-
step - Outer Ring Road - for
instance. It looks like an aban-
doned cattle track. No repairs.
No maintenance. No nothing.
In fact, a few patches here and
there, done decades ago, make
it look like a badly sewn pair of
shorts.
SCREAM OUT
When driving along outer
Ring Road, one must exer-
cise self-control. Self-control
is needed to help one stop
themselves from screaming
out loud every time they find
themselves in a crater in the
middle of the road. This is even
worse when you are in a bus
and the driver has ideas and
manoeuvrings that would put
a F1 driver to shame.
BULLET-PROOF TANK
The good old government,
or whoever decides where
roads should be probably have
good reason for putting the
road here, but it might actually
be put to better use.
Along the road are farmers
who plant all manner of crops,
and occasionally nurse vege-
tables to maturity beside the
smoke-belching trucks with
heaving engines that use the
road on a regular basis.
These roadside farmers are
the chaps who might benefit
from a little more land to plant
Sukuma wiki. That is, if they
get creative and permission to
plant crops in some of those
potholes.
It wouldnt even be a lot
of work, for the road is ready
for planting, no ploughing re-
quired. Allowing those farmers
to get creative and enterpris-
ing is something Kamwana
might start considering soon.
Anyway, in the age of road-
side declarations, all Kamwana
would need while passing by
such roads is to pop his head
out of the tinted, bulletproof
tank I saw a while back on dis-
play at Nyayo Stadium.
He would then look at the
eager faces peering at him
from the roadsides.
The faces would be begging
but happy to see the tank visit
their humble, eer, farms.
He would then proceed
to give an order to the local
chief to immediately allow the
roadside farmers expand their
farms onto the dusty, muddy
roads. And by so doing solve
two problems at once, that of
a poor road and even poorer
farmers.
M
eta meta
school and
scandals are
bedf el l ows.
Like Siamese
twins, they are joined at the
hip. The most recent scandal
was kicked off by an innocent,
ex-Mogotio resident.
The scandal escalated into
a storm that engaged the entire
staff. For the last five years, the
administration has been reno-
vating the former students wood
work workshop into a staffroom.
Like many others across the
country, the workshop fell vic-
tim to the obsession with mean
points and school rankings. Sub-
jects like metalwork, drawing and
design, Home Science together
with fine art have borne the brunt
of this obsession.
Teacher Schola alleges that the
workshop machines, the unused
timber and assorted tools were
ferried to a yard owned by Okonk-
wos relative. While the veracity of
the rumour has never been ascer-
tained, no proceeds of their sale
were ever reflected in the schools
income column during AGMs.
The current staffroom has seen
many decades, and is dilapidated.
It leaks during rainy seasons, and
we are forced to resort to buckets
to harvest the rain water.
During a lunch break last term,
a ceiling board caved in on Mad-
am Donatta, rousing her from her
lunchtime nap, and spoiling her
new hairstyle. At least the inci-
dent made Okonkwo hasten the
renovation work.
Hopes of an ultra modern
staffroom complete with hot
showers to freshen up after PE
lessons have, however, remain in
Vision Meta 2050. The renovated
staff room was declared ready as
soon as Okonkwo arrived from
the heads conference in Momba-
sa. Colleagues, I am pleased to
announce that the new staffroom
is ready for your use, he declared.
He wasnt aware that members
had already surveyed it and
grabbed the spots they thought
best for their desks.
FASTING ANIMAL
Madam Magarita, the C.U. pa-
tron, felt that we should not enter
the new facility without prayers
while Thunder proposed a party
to celebrate the feat.
We should at least eat a goat,
he observed. Donatta who claims
that she doesnt touch red meat
was up in arms. She is as complex
as ladies come.
I have once taken her out,
and seen her chew a goats rib so
clean one could have used it as a
mirror! After a long debate, Aene-
as was given the task of buying
a goat while Donatta and schola
won the tender for buying five
chickens and sodas. On the offi-
cial staff room opening day, I had
hardly entered the school gate
when I heard Scholas voice.
Socs, have you seen the goat
that miser has bought for our par-
ty? She asked. Before I could even
respond, she pulled me towards
the kitchen. I was taken aback.
The herbivore was so scrawny it
with some members of staff heck-
ling and taunting Aeneas.
This is fraud. This thing is not
worth half the money. In fact, we
must call that organisation which
fights for the welfare of animals,
someone whispered in disbelief.
Okonkwo appeared and put the
matter to rest. He instructed the
bursar to order for meat from JJs,
our popular local joint. Tell Mr.
Aeneas to come to my office, he
shouted as he walked away.
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was either malnourished or had
been put on a dry fast for a whole
month. It was a miracle that it still
stood on its spindly legs.
TAUNTING AENEAS
Only the head and the horns
confirmed it was indeed a goat. It
wasnt worth half the money Ae-
neas had been given. Within no
time, the whole staff had come
out to see the goat. Some won-
dered whether it was an emaci-
ated cat with horns while others
vowed they would not touch it if
it was cooked. A protest ensued,
Mr Stingy heckled by colleagues for
buying skinny goat for staf party
GUEST COLUMNIST
Picturespeak Stirring hornets nest
GSU of cers clear the
road at Kondele in Kisumu
after it was barricaded by
youths on Saba Saba day,
before they cornered a
hooligan who was mocking
and taunting them. They,
of course, gave it to him!
[PHOTO: COLLINS ODUOR|STAN-
DARD]
ugandanafairs/GRACE NAKATO
Thrill-a-minute of
boda boda riders
N
akato is away
today and asked
me to regale you
with tales about
my life.
My name is Mukasa and I
am a boda-boda rider by choice.
I like the simple things in life
and cannot abide by sitting in
Kampala traffic jams, though
I hear the ones in Nairobi are
more legendary.
My life began in the village.
Much as I was a good student,
school fees were scarce and I had
to drop out in Secondary School
at Senior Two (Form Two). I came
to seek my fortune in Kampala,
and started off as a security guard.
Rules and regulations plus the
irregular hours and poor pay were
not my idea of making a good liv-
ing and planning for my family.
So when my uncle asked me to
partner with him in the boda-bo-
da business, I jumped on the
offer. Soon I saved enough and
bought the bike off my uncle, that
is when my life really begun.
I now own a plot and have a
special hire (cab), to take my cus-
tomers when it rains but my bo-
da-boda is my passion.
Why would I choose to hire a
driver for my cab one my wonder.
Firstly, there is no entertainment.
The police are the most hilarious.
One day I was stopped by a
traffic officer for jumping the
lights. As we haggled, this fel-
low told me to put a UGShs5,000
(Sh165) note in his pocket.
SECURITY GUARDS
We had to do the deed stealth-
ily because he should not be seen
taking bribes and yet we know
they are the most hungry people
in the country.
Luckily I had a UGShs1,000
(Sh33) note in my pocket which
I quickly folded and put in his
pocket and dashed to my bike.
As I whizzed past him, I saw
him casually slip his hand in his
pocket and pull out a brown note
while he was expecting a nice
bright green. He could only shake
his fist at me as I rode away laugh-
ing. The security guards are also
not the brightest nor have they
been well exposed.
Talking of security, I was once
arrested at the gate of Makerere
University for entering the prem-
ises. They told me to park my bike
and wait. I appeared humble and
even hung my head in remorse as
I waited. I knew that this would
make them think I was a fool.
The minute they turned to
converse, I jumped on my bike
and in one practiced move
gunned the engine and sped
down the road to another exit.
MAKE MONEY
The guards at the other end as-
sumed I had just dropped a Uni-
versity staff member and swung
the gates open for me. They only
saw the dust in my getaway wake.
The customers are also a grand
source of entertainment.
I am also reminded of one day
when I was approached by a lady
who told me she needs to take her
sister to Butabiika Hospital, this is
our mental health hospital.
She told me that I resemble her
sisters boyfriend, and therefore I
only need to say I would take them
home. So, we sandwiched the sick
sister between us, and I must say I
wished I was truly her boyfriend,
as I got a very nice massage and
the promise of better things once
we got home.
So if you are a looking to get
entertained and make money, join
me in the boda-boda business
and have the ride of your life.
Join KTN's Crime and Investigations Reporter,
Dennis Onsarigo as he goes back in time to
bring to life the unresolved cases of political
killings, family unions gone wrong, mistrials
and teenagers forced to spend the rest of
their lives behind bars.
SEASON 3
Monday
10:05pm
wemen/WITH TONY MASIKONDE
I
n the dating jungle,
people lie all the time.
However, depending
on how skilled they are,
it can be difficult to de-
termine when someone is lying
to you. Do you know how to rec-
ognise the signs that someone
is lying to you? Yours truly and
Frao were taken through a De-
tect-A-Liar crash course, by a
psychologist over a drink.
The good psychologists
claimed that some of the signs
are obvious while others are
more subliminal, but there are
ways to catch someone in a lie,
you just need to know what they
are. A person who is lying to you
wont make eye contact with you
or they make too much eye con-
tact. I believe many men have
faced this situation in the course
of their love life. According to the
psychologist, women are the best
liars!
When women are lying and
they notice you are suspicious,
they always look down at the
floor or away from your eyes.
Some try to stare you in the face
in a deliberate way because they
feel like making eye contact will
make what they are sayings more
believable. Liars avoid using con-
tractions. However, I believe men,
too, use the same strategies to lie.
And when you corner a liar, es-
pecially a woman, they always ask
a question like, where did you get
that information? while they try
to back pedal and come up with
an explanation for your question.
BLINK RAPIDLY
Liars adopt weird body lan-
guage. Liars often fidget, turn
away from the person to whom
they are speaking, blink rapidly,
smile less and have pitch changes
in their tone of voice. They may
cross their arms which is a sign
of being closed or trying not
to reveal too much information.
Sometimes people fidget exces-
sively when they are lying.
They could fidget with a part
of their body or touch parts of
their face, an ear or a nose or
play with keys or another item
that they have in their hand.
Women who lie provide addi-
tional information without being
asked for it.
They seem to think that by em-
bellishing their story you will find
it more believable. What happens,
unfortunately, is they tend to
make the story more complicated
and less believable.
The more elaborate the story,
the more likely that it is a fabrica-
tion and nothing near the truth.
A person who is telling a lie
will get defensive. They will do ev-
erything in their power to deflect
your attention away from them-
selves. And will get angry that you
are questioning their innocence.
People who are telling the truth
tend to go the opposite way, and
go on the offense.
CHANGE SUBJECT
This will become obvious to
you when you are trying to have
a conversation with a person and
they try to change the subject or
move the conversation in a differ-
ent direction. If a person is lying
Campusrover/WITH BILL ODUNGA
I
got confused when
Babu Owino (pic-
tured bellow) went
on TV to warn pol-
iticians against us-
ing students in the Saba Saba
supposed uprising. If you are
reading this and you do not
know Babu Owino, Google is
not your friend.
Well, the two-time Sonu
chairman has always put him-
self out as a revolutionary.
His politics most of the time
involves stone-and-run antics
when he does not get what he
What happened to comrade activism?
off university students.
These twists and turns did not
add up for me. They got me so
confused, I think I can feel a bout
of aneurysm coming. Well, let us
go back into history to under-
stand my point here.
SOCIAL CHANGE
In the past, students have
always taken a fore front in the
clamour for social change. Most
they tend to over-embellish in-
significant details while avoiding
important ones.
Frao does this all the time. His
stories are mysterious as they tend
to be deep where they shouldnt
and shallow where they should
have more information. The psy-
chologist said this, I shot Frao a
look and he looked down and I
knew I had nailed the bugger!
So gentlemen, please learn to
detect a liar early enough so that
you can then detach yourself from
her, before you invest a lifes sav-
ing in the stranger.
wants. Furthermore, he is said to
have met a CORD stalwart in Up-
per Hill sometime last week in the
run up to the much anticipated
Saba Saba rally.
Later on, leaflets found them-
selves in university halls, asking
comrades to come out and fight
for alleged tyrannical rule of the
present government.
Then just before the big rally,
Mr. Owino asks politicians to keep
Fast-forward to 2014. Nothing
happens. Zilch. Students keep off
the streets unless it has something
to do with them. They do not care
anything about social change in
the grand scheme of things.
Nowadays they rant on Face-
book, Twitter and in blogs. Be-
yond that, nothing else can hap-
pen. This is not even about their
decision to steer clear of the Saba
Saba rally.
Think of Boniface Mwangis
attempts to Occupy Parliament?
I can bet you that a meager 20%
of those who took part were uni-
versity students. We have become
selfish I guess. All we want, all we
are interested in is to finish our
courses, get our powers to read,
and then vamoose.
We will only go to the streets
if our fees are increased, when
there is a black out, when one of
us is murdered by the police or
when the food at the mess is not
that good. I do not know if that is
a good thing or not.
I am not sure if Babus deci-
sion to pull out of the rally is a rare
show of good leadership skills
that seldom raises its head once
in a while, or just because the said
CORD stalwart did not placate
him enough at Upper Hill Hotel.
Think about it.
of the politicians in the August
House came out in droves in riots
for democracy, those days.
Tear gas, beatings and poten-
tial jail terms did not scare them
or their zeal. Passion for democ-
racy ran deep those days.
I was not intelligible enough
in the 1990s (come on, I was still
a toddler), but there is so much
you can find out when you just
take a book and look inside.
How to bust a
lying woman
fortheloveofthegame/WITH ANIL BAKARI

You have seen them run around
the pitch like headless chicken after
scoring a goal. Looking at footballers
immediately after scoring a goal, one
would be forgiven for thinking they
have done something extraordinary
like discovering how the sun runs on
generators.
Well, scoring a goal is important
in any football game, whether at the
World Cup or village tournament, but
For the Love of the Game does not
think it is something to warrant the
exaggerated celebrations some play-
ers engage in, like somersaulting, un-
dressing and whatnot.
And as if that were not enough,
some footballers are taking the goal
celebrations a notch higher by for
instance taking a selfie after scoring!
Imagine! They are hiding the smart
phones God know where, and once
they score, they run to a corner of the
pitch and take a selfie.
That is what Kansas Citys Dom
Dwyer did last week during a match
with Chicago Fire in the US. After
scoring a goal, the player ran to the
edge of the pitch in jubilation, held a
smart phone and took a selfie.
Dwyer ran to the advertising
hoardings, was handed a mobile
phone and took a selfie with a team-
mate, reported UK Metro Sports. The
referee was so not amused, he handed
him an instant yellow card.
Footballer
celebrates goal by
snapping sele
A
s you read this
piece, it is exactly
nine days since the
Kenya 15s rugby
team dashed our
hopes of starring in the World
Cup. The team fell to, of all na-
tions, Robert Mugabes boys,
who flattened them 27-10.
Before the match, all indi-
cations were clear that Kenya,
who were top of the table of the
Confederation of African Rugby
1A competition, would qualify
for the World Cup since all they
needed was a point.
But trust our boys, they did
what they love doing when they
have raised our hopes heaven
high; disappoint.
Kenya never really competed
in the scrum-downs, and in stark
contrast to their game against
Madagascar, they were very poor
in their line-outs, a sport ana-
lysts wrote.
A lot has happened in the last
nine days for you to remember
the loss of the 15s rugby team,
which squandered Kenyas gold-
en opportunity in years.
But that loss is the eye opener
we needed as a country if we are
to get things right in future. For
the Love of the Game thinks it is
time we hold National Dialogue
on issues affecting our sports.
You will agree with me that
things are not going right in many
of our sports. From football to
athletics, crickets and safari rally,
If only Costa Rica or Colombia won World Cup
Only National Dialogue will
lift our poor show in sports
O
nce again, the big
boys squared it out in
the last four matches
of the World Cup.
The Netherlands,
Argentina, Germany and Brazil may
not have been a majoritys favour-
ite, but they booked their place in the
semi-final and finals after annihilating
their opponents, many of them who
were much better.
Take the case of Netherlands and
Brazil. They reached the World Cup af-
ter eliminating Costa Rica and Colom-
bia, which For the Love of the Game
believes ran out of luck in the tourna-
ment.
Costa Rica and Colombia, if you ask
me, played far much better than their
bigger opponents and deserved to star
in the finals.
Take the case of Costa Rica. The
little known team squeezed life out of
Netherlands in the 120 minutes they
played.
It took the ingenuity of the Neth-
erlands coach to bring in a new goal-
keeper to stop Costa Rica. The team is
the World Cup champion many foot-
ball fans deserved. It would have been
a breath of fresh air if Costa Rica or Co-
lombia had won the tournament.
Think about, what is new with the
current World Cup champion. Noth-
ing, if you ask me; same old stuff; the
epitome of domination and status quo.
sportingsnapshots
POLITRICKS: This is akin to how we cheer politicians as they visit foreign lands.
BEST FRIENDS FOR LIFE: Not even soccer can come be-
tween a Woman and her handbag.
SAFE UNDER LOCK AND KEY: More reason
footballers should wear mabati shorts
fortunes in the sports have been
dwindling, year in, year out.
Top on the list is football.
While the five African teams
went to the World Cup to square
it out with their peers like men,
the best our Harambee Stars
could pull out was get a holiday
trip to Brazil as tourists.
POORLY MOTIVATED
Pictures doing rounds on so-
cial media show that our nation-
al duty boys have enjoyed every
moment in Brazilian hotels,
beaches and stadiums.
While reaching the World Cup
may be a daunting task for our
ill-equipped, poorly motivated
Stars, why the team has failed
to reach Africa Cup of Nations
should form part of the agenda
of the national conversation.
At one time, cricket was a
sport Kenya was proud of as our
national team made minced
meat out of its opponents, in-
cluding in World Cup.
That now is all gone, and the
curse has spread to the sevens
rugby team, where memories
when Kenya would beat the likes
of Fiji and England are fading.
Hope is high in athletics, but
claims of doping have seen many
athletes suspended for the of-
fense and the world now looks at
us with suspicion as our athletes
run to the finishing lines.
Corruption and poor pay-
ment of athletes are among other
problems bedeviling our sports,
a reason why time is ripe for us
to hold a National Dialogue on
sports.
F
or centuries, farming
was the main source
of income for the peo-
ple of Asola-Fatehpur
Beri, twin villages in
northern India. But in recent times,
the men of Asola have managed to
completely reinvent themselves
from poor farmers to strong, well-
built bodyguards. Today, almost
90 percent of the men from the
50,000-strong village are employed
as bouncers at night clubs in nearby
cities like New Delhi.
In this village, there is not a sin-
gle boy who does not go to the gym,
said Vijay Pahelwan, head trainer at
the local akhada, or gym. All boys ex-
ercise. They are very careful towards
their body. No one drinks and no one
consumes tobacco. Most boys take
up wrestling at a very young age in the
hopes of making it to the Olympics.
But they always have the option of be-
coming a bouncer to fall back on.
Young wrestling student Keshav
Tewar, for instance, spends most of
his time at the gym. No matter what
other job I get when I grow up, Im go-
ing to be a bouncer, he said. Bounc-
ers have fit bodies and I want to make
my body fit too.
I have been going to the gym
since I was 15. And my wish was to
become a security person and I have
done that, said Viju Tewar, a bouncer.
Now I want my son to also become
a security person and get a healthy
physique.
Becoming a bouncer, of course, is
by no means an easy task. Young boys
are put through gruelling workout
sessions that last two to three hours
a day. As a part of their training, the
boys lift motorcycles and tractors,
and also practice yoga. Being most-
ly vegetarian, the students also need
to follow a specific diet to help them
bulk up.
ACCEPT BOUNCERY
My suggestion is they drink at
least three to four liters of milk a
day, said Vijay. A dozen bananas
and around half a kilo of fruit. During
lunch, they also consume 1.5 to 2 ki-
lograms of yogurt with three to four
pieces of flatbread. In the evening,
they should have two pieces of flat-
bread and one to 1.5 kilograms of al-
mond-infused milk. The non-vege-
tarian equivalent of the diet includes
an entire boiled chicken, 10 egg
whites, a dozen bananas, and 10 liters
of milk a day.
Dominated by the Gujjar com-
munity, Asola is slowly beginning to
accept bouncery as a legitimate pro-
fession. Its hard to say how the occu-
pation was first introduced to Asola.
Village where all
men aspire, train to
become bouncers
odds&ends
According to Vijay, it all started
when he was working out in the
village akhara one morning, 15
years ago. Vijay said that he was
approached by a pub owner,
who offered him 10,000 rupees
(Sh14,616) to bring five boys to
guard a wedding event in New
Delhi. The money was more
than the village boys had ever
seen before, so they jumped at
the opportunity.
IMPRESSIVE PHYSIQUE
Now, bouncers from Asola
are paid 1,500 rupees (Sh2,192)
a day and they earn anywhere
between 30,000 (Sh43,850)
to 50,000 (Sh73,083) rupees a
month. Theyre hired as long as
they have an impressive phy-
sique and no criminal record.
But Vijay insists that the boys
finish high school before they
go to work. I generally ask
them to study up to Class 12
and only then look at this as a
serious profession.
People sometimes look at
us in the wrong way, said Vi-
jay. They think we are crimi-
nals. But any boy who exercises
two times in the morning and
evening and goes to work is not
going to commit a crime. In
fact, it encourages good behav-
ior towards other people.
Although most men from
Asola are happy with their
choice of career, some arent
all that excited. 27-year-old
Kuldeep Tanwar, who works
as a bouncer at a private col-
lege near the village, said: We
get money to keep standing all
day, its not a happy situation.
Hopefully, the next generation
will turn out better. We will
have doctors, lawyers, engi-
neers.
Adopted from, BBC, The
India Telegraph
Worlds fastest talking woman who
yaps 11 words per second speaks out
M
otor mouth
Fran Capo is
a fast talker
the woman
can churn
out over 600 words a minute, or
11 words per second! At such high
speeds, you might not always be
able to understand what shes say-
ing.
But comprehensibility is obvi-
ously not what shes aiming for when
shes trying to break a record. The
Fast Talker Extraordinaire holds the
Guinness World Record for being the
fastest female talker in the world
she actually broke this record twice.
She was also featured in the Ripleys
Believe it or Not Planet Eccentric
Book and in the Book of Alternative
Records.
A native of New York, Fran has
always been a fast talker. Ever since
I was a kid, I started doing it, she
said. I didnt say, One day Im going
to grow up and be a fast talker, you
know. She started her career as a
stand-up comic and sort of stumbled
into breaking records along the way.
Her first attempt at the Guinness
Record happened in 1986 she was
working at a radio station at WBLS-
FM in New York at the time, doing
the weather and traffic in a parody
format. A local newspaper wanted
to do a story on her, so an interview
was arranged. When the interviewer
asked Fran what she was planning on
doing next, she had no idea what to
say. So she just blurted: Im thinking
about breaking the Guinness Book of
World Records for the Fastest Talking
Female.
BREAK THE RECORD
When the newspaper article came
out the next day, she received a call
from CNN asking to go on the Larry
King Live Show and attempt to break
the record. They told me they would
send a limo to pick me up at 8:00,
said Fran. That was only three hours.
They insisted because they wanted
me to do it the same night! Talk about
pressure. Thankfully, she was able to
find a replacement comic for her own
show and made it to the sets of Larry
King Live on time.
To break the record, Fran was
asked to recite something either from
Shakespeare or the Bible. I start-
ed reciting the ninety-first Psalm, a
could do it. As my speed increased, a
rush of emotions came over me. I was
both nervous and excited at the same
time.
I broke the record, becoming the
Worlds Fastest Talking Female by
speaking 585 words in one minute
in front of a national television audi-
ence, Fran recalls. My career took
off. In 1990, she broke the record
again at the Guinness World of Re-
cords Museum in Las Vegas, by read-
ing 603.32 words of a 17th century
British text in 54.2 seconds.
CONTROLS SPEECH
They actually have done studies
on my brain, like three hour-studies
with an EEG. And what they found
out is that the section of my brain
which controls speech works differ-
ent than a lot of other people. So my
brain actually sees it different. Once
I have it in my brain, literally, its al-
most like just taking it from my brain
and getting it out.

Adopted from www.odditycen-
tral.com
prayer for protection that my mom
had taught me. I began practicing,
over and over again, timing myself
with a stopwatch to see how fast I
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Brazil, Pg 4-5
B
razilians already downhearted
at missing out on reaching the
World Cup final watched in
dismay Saturday as their national team
lost to the Netherlands 3-0 in the
third-place match.
Across the nation, fans hoping for
some measure of redemption were
crushed as Brazil failed to score and
said their only solace was that the
country managed to put on a good
World Cup show for the world.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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BRAZILIANS IN
ANOTHER PAIN
HUMILIATION: Embarrassing moments are
over but the reality will put a permanent
stigma in their brains
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4-5
SHOCK
Scolari says future yet to be decided after loss
Brazil manager Luiz Felipe Scolari said his fu-
ture had yet to be decided and urged optimism af-
ter the hosts crashed to another heavy defeat in
their nal match of the World Cup on Saturday.
Brazil were soundly beaten 3-0 by the Netherlands
to nish a disappointing fourth and Scolari said he
would le a report to the Brazilian Football Confed-
eration (CBF) as planned and leave it up to them to
decide his fate.
That has to be decided by the president of the con-
federation, Scolari told a news conference when
asked about his future.
When we started we had a deadline to make our
jobs available at the end of the World Cup regard-
less of the result, added the 65-year-old.
And that is exactly what were going to do with a
nal report for the president.
Now we have to prepare our report and tell the
president what happened and allow him to analyse
this and life goes on.
The president-elect of the CBF, Marco Polo Del Nero,
said on Friday that Scolari should keep his job be-
cause of the good work he did during his 19 months
in charge.
Scolari said he had no reason to criticise his players
after Saturdays performance in the third-place
playof match and there was no need for them to be
mentally scarred by their experiences over the past
week.
Anything other than a sixth World Cup crown, and a
rst on home soil, was always going to be a failure
but the way Brazil capitulated to the Germans in
the semi-nal was truly shocking and their defence
again performed woefully on Saturday.
Losing 7-1 (to Germany) we have already spoken
about this many times, Scolari told reporters. It
was the worst in history I know that but we have to
see the positive things.
This generation is also going to be seen as the gen-
eration that started preparations for 2018 as one of
the top four teams in the world.
What am I feeling? I am feeling sad but I tell the
fans that any leader ,or any person leading a group
or nation, if they dont convey optimism then
theres nothing we can do.
We have to push the team forward we have to be
optimistic Thats what we have to do if we want to
make it.
After another poor display, the Brazil players
again had to say sorry to the home supporters.
We need to apologise to the fans, they booed us at
the end, which is normal, they have feelings too. Its
very tough, captain Thiago Silva said in a television
interview.
After the 7-1 todays game was very dif cult psy-
chologically, he added. But we need to look at
what we did wrong so we dont make the same mis-
takes again.
You need to be calm at moments like this. We
know that not everything we do is wrong. We were
knocked out and that leaves us frustrated and sad
but I think that life goes on.
However, midelder Oscar appeared totally deat-
ed.
What can you say. We came here hoping to win
third place but we didnt, it wasnt our day, he said.
We lost, theres nothing to say. We lost a goal in
two, three minutes and we were chasing the game.
We are all very sad, the people are very sad, but
we tried and we tried till the end.
THOUSANDS OF FANS WATCHED
THE MASSIVE GAME IN SILENCE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
Brazilian soldier Julio Cesar
Carioca compared his connec-
tion with Brazils team to life
itself.
You go into things with great
expectations, but rarely do those
expectations play out in reality,
Carioca said. Its football. Things
happen.
Argentine fans who have flooded
into the city ahead of their
countrys final match against
Germany on Sunday cheered and
chanted songs mocking Brazils
football prowess.
At the Alzirao street fest in Rio
where thousands cheered Brazil
in earlier tournament games,
only a few hundred showed up
on Saturday and small business
owner Angelica Morellato Seabra
was among them wearing Brazils
national team jersey. She was
disgusted with the outcome
Im trying to forget the whole
thing, but its going to be
difficult, said Seabra, 56. If you
draw you forget, but if you lose
like we do, forgetting is impossi-
ble.
On Copacabana Beach, universi-
ty student Luiz de Almeira shook
his head in dismay each time
Brazil seemed like it would score
but missed opportunities.
Im proud of being Brazilian but
Im mad because we could have
been making history, the
20-year-old business major said.
The team has not shown what it
is capable of doing and the only
salvation is that Brazil has
managed to show it could pull off
a good World Cup.
Nathalia Gomes, an 18-year-old
high school student, said she
hoped Brazils World Cup would
be remembered more for the
peoples hospitality than for the
national teams losses, especially
Brazils 7-1 thrashing by Germa-
ny.
This World Cup should go down
in history for the friendliness of the
fans, for the party we through and not
for the 7-1 defeat, said Gomes, who
watched the game from Alzirao.
Artur Jose, a 33-year-old administra-
tive assistant, said Brazils team for
the 2014 tournament will be remem-
bered as its worst ever.
We didnt have any sort of strategy,
no cohesion, no game and only one
good player, he said, referring to
Neymar, who was knocked out of the
competition with an injury. The one
good thing that might come out of
this humiliation would be if people re-
member this feeling at the ballot
boxes during the elections in October
to select a new president.
Brazil is going through hard times:
SAO PAULO
Brazils fans react after the
third place play-of football
match between Brazil and
Netherlands during the 2014
FIFA World Cup at the Na-
tional Stadium in Brasilia on
July 12, 2014. [PHOTO / AFP]
On the
pitch
and
off, he
said.
While
many Bra-
zilians
objected to
the billions
spent to put on
the World Cup,
few protests materi-
alized during the event.
But 66-year-old Magali Garcia
Linares said the teams terrible perfor-
mance reinforced her opposition to big
spending by Brazil for international
sporting events. The country next hosts
the 2016
Olympics.
How can you
hold an event
like this in a
country with
zero health, zero
education? she
asked. The quanti-
ties that were spent
were vast and in vain.
For this World Cup, the only
things that were done were the
visible things that foreigners would
see and notice. The invisible things,
things that really matter, were left
undone.
AP
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N
etherlands coach Louis van Gaal
said his teams run to third place
at the World Cup was proof that
there was more than one Dutch way of
playing the game.
Van Gaals side played a more defensive,
containing style than that preferred by
many Dutch coaches.We were able to show
a kind of football that is rather novel, in the
Netherlands at least, with players who
cooperate so well, Van Gaal said after
ending his World Cup with a 3-0 win over
hosts Brazil on Saturday.
A coach has to work based on the
quality of his squad and it worked out apart
from the fact that we are not world champi-
ons but really we were very, very close.
The Dutch dream of winning the World
Cup for the first time ended with a semi-fi-
nal defeat on penalties to Argentina in Sao
Paulo on Wednesday.
Van Gaal will now take over as manager
of Manchester United while former Real
Madrid and South Korea coach Guus
Hiddink will take over the Dutch team for
the second time ahead of the Euro 2016
qualification campaign.
The next coach of the team, I heard him
say he wants the Dutch way of playing
football. I have always played the Dutch
way and I also gave it something else, said
Van Gaal.
No rest for Van Gaal as Manchester United job beckons
SUCCESSS
Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal is in no
mood to take a break after leading his country
to third place at the World Cup on Saturday,
starting work with new employers Manchester
United on Wednesday, he told Dutch NOS tele-
vision.
Van Gaal is scheduled to return home with the
Dutch squad on Sunday after their 3-0 win
over Brazil in the third place playoff match in
Brasilia and will embark on his next venture
after taking just two days off.
That is no problem for me, I dont need a
holiday. Its great to have such an exciting
challenge, he said. To work daily with young
people is something that I dont need time off
to rest for.
Im looking forward to it. Ive only met two
people from the daily management at the club
- the chief scout and the chief executive
officer. And Ive met two of the owners. Its
time that I get to know more people at the
club.
Van Gaal will spend two days at Manchester
Uniteds training complex before flying to Los
Angeles with the team on Friday.
Manchester United have four friendly matches
in the U.S. and a possible fifth if they reach the
final of an eight club tournament in Miami on
Aug. 4.
In May, Van Gaal signed a three-year deal as
successor to David Moyes after the Scot parted
company with the club less than 10 months
into his tenure. Manchester United finished
seventh in the Premier League and failed to
qualify for Europe
- Reuters
TONY OWORI
Georginio Wijnaldum of the Netherlands (L) celebrates with coach Louis van Gaal after scoring his teams third goal against Brazil during their 2014 World Cup third-place playof at
the Brasilia national stadium in Brasilia [PHOTO/ REUTERS]
Perhaps this will open everyones eyes in
the Netherlands and make people realise
that theres not just one system, he added.
Van Gaal repeated his view that the third
place game was unfair given that Brazil had
an extra day to prepare for the fixture.
This match should never have been
played. It was played under unequal
conditions and FIFA should ask themselves
whether they should always give the host
country the advantage, he said.
Its not easy to build up the squad in
three days and Brazil had four days which is
a big difference and I think we played a
fantastic match under the circumstances.
Dutch winger Arjen Robben, the teams
most dangerous player throughout the
tournament, said there was no doubt that
the Netherlands had surpassed expecta-
tions.
Nobody expected us to be in the last
four. We fully deserved this third place the
way we played this tournament, he said.
The 30-year-old Robben declined to discuss
whether he had now played his final World
Cup game or would be back for Russia 2018.
Its four years away, still a very long time so
well have to wait and see.
As long as I enjoy it and the body
functions well I will continue playing for the
national teams because its a big honour.
- Reuters
VAN GAAL SAYS
SUCCESS BASED ON
DUTCH WAY WITH
NOVEL TWEAK
VAN GAAL SAYS
SUCCESS BASED ON
DUTCH WAY WITH
NOVEL TWEAK
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HOW WORLD CUP GIRLS BEAUTIFIED BRAZIL STREETS AND STADIUMS
COLOUR AND PAGEANTRY COLOUR AND PAGEANTRY
World cup has hit the peak with
teams playing their second group
games and so far Brazil has kind of
lived up to its hype both on the
pitch and off it. Huge number of
visitors are packing up stadiums
and local brazilians are cheering for
not only there team but also others
which makes it exciting. Today we
take a look at some of the beautiful
female fans which were spotted
during the group games.
From all what we saw, we can safely
say that Colombia has the beautiful
female fans and there is not even a
comparison. take a look at this
beauty which is our. beautiful fan
of the week
Brazil has alot to offer this summer
and their fans specialy girls have
been sensational in the crowds, the
other day they were cheering for
Bosnia when they played against
Argentina.
There was huge expectations of this
world cup to be one of the best ever
and the first weeks has been success
in every possible way.
The hottest girl spotted in the
stands has to be this colombia
beauty, her pictures are all over
internet since Colombia played
greece.
Not much was expected from
Bosnia and Mexico on the pitch but
their fans has supported them
which kind of lift the teams
performances.
England failed to
make it to the
next round of
the world
cup but
their
support was great and atleast they
get to play Costa Rica in the final
group game which is of course a
dead rubber.
Spanish team has been knocked out
of the world cup after two games
which is sad in two ways, we will
miss tiki taki and spanish beauties
like these.
South Korean and Japese fans are
the most behaved ones in world
cup, the other day Japan fan helped
crew to clean the litter after the
match.
USA showed against Ghana that
they have somthing to offer this
summer, their fans were great and
football or sorry soccer is on the rise
in states.
RIO DE JANEIRO
dfsadfsa
Brazils media poured fresh scorn on the Selecao
following their 3-0 loss to the Netherlands in the battle for
the World Cup third place.
The defeat came just four days after Luiz Felipe
Scolaris team was routed 7-1 by Germany, a result that
eliminated the hosts from the tournament.
The Brazilian team had no system and no idea,
wrote renowned football scribe Juca Kfouri in the Folha
de S.Paulo. The Estado de S.Paulo newspaper published a
picture of Brazils players with their hands on their hips
and forlorn expressions. Below it a caption read: After 10
goals in two games, Brazilians are left in shock.
Rio de Janeiros O Globo said Brazils shame had been
amplied by a series of unwanted records.
Among them was a new mark for goals conceded
during a World Cup (14) and Brazils biggest losing margin
in a World Cup match (against Germany).
To make matters worse Germany striker Mirsoslav
Klose broke Ronaldos World Cup scoring record with
his goal against Brazil, the newspaper added. Veteran
television commentator Galvao Bueno called for an
urgent transformation of the Brazil team.
The best way to change would be to look to Germany
for inspiration, Bueno said on the Globo network, citing
an overhaul of the countrys football structure in the early
2000s. They didnt have any shame in starting again from
zero and that hard work has now brought them back to
the top, he added. Former Selecao coach and 1994 World
Cup-winning captain Dunga told FIFA.com that Brazil
needed to be less reliant on individual talent and focus
more on team strategy.
[We] have to understand that a national team is not
a collection of the best players but the players who t in
with the kind of football youre trying to play, Dunga said.
There isnt that much diference between sides any
more. The problem is that here in Brazil we think that
exceptionally talented players dont have any kind of
tactical function to perform. Its that kind of mentality
that we need to change. - Xinhua
Brazil media demand urgent Selecao overhaul
DIVINE POWER: Pope
Francis has been
Argentinas fan
RECORD: Japan sent
oldest reporters
PENALTY: It was close
shave for Romero
Vatican may not be aware of this, but
Pope Francis has been sneaking out to
watch Argentina power to the nals in
Brazil if his facemask is anything to
go by. Is it possible that the Bish-
op of Rome was hiding behind
his popular facemask seen on
the terraces whenever Argentina
was in action? Albiceleste fans have been
taunting Brazilian fans that they have the
Pope, Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi,
which appears to have paid of.
Hiroshi Kagawa, 89 and Sokichiro Ushi-
ki, 82, are ofcially the oldest reporters to
cover 2014 Fifa World Cup. Fifa did ac-
knowledge Kagawa who has covered foot-
ball for over 60 years. In those years he
has been to 10 World Cup tournaments. His
compatriot Ushiki, who writes for Yomiuri
Shimbun, was on his 12th edition at
this World Cup. Russia hosts the
next edition in 2018 and it will
be unkind to write of these
senior citizens of world foot-
ball.
After the rough and tumble of this
World Cup, most players will sit back and
wonder what might have been had they
taken their chances, passed that ball at
the right time or just made that crucial
block. For Argentina goalkeeper Sergio
Romero it might hit him as to how close
the ball was to crossing the line after sav-
ing Ron Vlaars penalty.
Dutchman Vlaar took the rst penalty and
although Romero saved, the ball span for-
ward and then backwards it almost
crossed the line as the Argentine celebrat-
ed! It once happened to a Moroccan club
goalkeeper who despite blocking the ball
it spanned over the line while the goal
minder celebrated.
QuickReads
THE BIG TALK
Robin Toskin
in Sao Paulo
MY TEAM OF THE
TOURNAMENT
B
razil 2014 Fifa World Cup
will go down in history
books as one of the most
attacking where 170 goals from 63
matches were scored. Germany and
Argentina will surely add to the
offerings during the final at
Maracana on Sunday.
To cap this exciting tournament,
below is a run down of unadulterat-
ed best players at this tournament
devoid of big name syndrome.
Under coach Joachim Loew this
team should play against the best
players (listed below) that did not
grace the Brazil finals.
Goalkeeper
Keylor Navas (Costa Rica)
Guilhermo Ochoa, Manuel Neuer,
Tim Howard and Claudio Bravo
could as well take up this position,
but Costa Rica does not enjoy a solid
defence as the others. Navas
quarterfinal heroics that delayed
The Netherlands passage to semi
final via post match penalties marks
him out.
Defenders
Philip Lahm (Germany)
He is not the quickest of defenders/
midfielders, but the fact he had run
67.8km up to the semi finals tells a
story of an indefatigable player. And,
having to run 22.6km without
possession of the ball means his
tracking of opponents is good.
Javier Mascherano (Argenti-
na)
The Barcelona defender is often
criticised as the weak link in at the
back, but his right position as he
demonstrated at this World Cup is in
defensive midfield. Whenever things
went wrong in defence, Mascherano
would intervene like he did against
The Netherlands when he blocked
Arjen Robbens late attempt.
Matt Hummels (Germany)
Very good at aerial contests. He is
the epitome of German organisation
at the back.
The Borussia Dortmund
defender is rock solid and will stroll
into and settle at the back four of
any team.
Benedikt Howedes (Germany)
He clocked a speed of up to
30.5km/h pacing up the fullback left
position while hardly placing a foot
wrong. The Schalke captains
versatility at the back has been a
plus for Germany. Against Ghana,
Howedes partnership with Matts
Hummel prevented more
damage in that 2-2 draw.
Midfielders
Juan Cuadrado (Colombia)
The Fiorentina man gave
Colombia the width from which
James Rodriguez terrorized
defences. His pinpoint crosses
were a delight.
Georginio Wijnaldum (The
Netherlands)
Just as his second name is difficult
to pronounce, few people noticed
the contribution of the boy in jersey
20. Wijnaldum rarely misplaced a
pass. Tactically astute, he was used
to break up opponents play and
redistribute the ball. The 23-year-
old PSV Eindhoven midfielder did it
almost effortlessly. His goal, The
Netherlands third against Brazil,
was a good reward for his
attacking talent.
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
He does not need the World
Cup trophy to cement his place
on the table of football greats.
The Barcelona star virtually
carried Argentina to the finals of
this tournament weighing in with
four goals. Whenever Messi
slumped, the entire Argentina team
went flat.
Strikers
Neymar
The argument is all there for
everyone to see. His absence in
Germanys 7-1 rout of the hosts and
3-0 defeat to The Netherlands.
Whenever he was shut down, Brazil
too lacked ideas.
Arjen Robben
The Bayern star was a marvel to
watch at the World Cup at times
cranking up his speed up to 32. 2
km/h. Robben may have come in
for criticism for his love of the lawn,
but his searing pace, as Thiago Silva
learnt in their 3-0 loss to the Dutch,
is too much to handle for a
defender. At this World Cup, the
30-year-old attacker ran 79. 3km
making him the top runner at the
competition.
Thomas Muller
Deadly finisher. His World Cup
scoring record is awe-inspiring.
Colombias
midelder
Juan Guiller-
mo Cuadrado
controls the
ball during the
quarter-nal
against Brazil
at the Castelao
Stadium. [PHOTO
/ AFP]
RIO DE JANEIRO
Barring any eventualities, the 24-year-old
Bayern Munich star will hog many World
Cup records.
Subs
Guilhermo Ochoa (Mexico) GK
Tim Howard (USA) GK
Antoine Griezmann (France) Midfielder
Alexis Sanchez (Chile) Midfielder
James Rodriquez (Colombia) Striker
Ron Vlaar (The Netherlands)
Stefan de Vrij (The Netherlands)
Coach: Joachim Loew (Germany)
Tactically astute and knew which players
suited which fixture.
PLAYERS WHO MISSED 2014 FIFA
WORLD CUP
Goalkeepers
Petr Cech (Czech Rep), Kennedy Mweene
(Zambia), Adrin (Spain/West Ham)
Defenders
Branislav Ivanovic (Serbia), David Alaba
(Austria/Bayern Munich), Daniel Agger
(Denmark/Liverpool), Joo Miranda
(Brazil/Atletico Madrid)
Page 7 WORLD CUP SPECIAL / Monday, July 14, 2014 / The Standard
REALITY
The political crisis in the Ukraine will have no
impact on Russias preparations for the 2018
World Cup nals according to Vitaly Mutko, Rus-
sias sports minister who is also a member of FI-
FAs executive committee.
Mutko was speaking in the Brazilian city of
Rio de Janeiro on the day that Ukrainian war
planes bombarded separatists along a broad
front, inicting huge losses according to of cial
sources in the Ukraine capital Kiev.
In exchanges marking a sharp escalation in the
three-month conict, jets struck at the epicen-
tre of the battle against rebels near the border
with Russia, a military spokesman said.
Mutko, addressing journalists at the Russia
House at Rios Museum of Modern Art, said that
while Russia faced challenges in getting ready
for the 2018 nals over the next four years, the
situation in Ukraine was not one of them.
I cant see any major issues, he said.
Its a diferent subject and one that will not in-
terfere in the preparations for the World Cup at
all.
He also said there was absolutely no ten-
sion between Russian president Vladimir Putin
and soccers world governing body FIFA about
the 2018 nals.
Putin is due to arrive in Rio on Sunday where he
will watch the World Cup nal between Germany
and Argentina and also have talks with Brazilian
president Dilma Roussef and FIFA president
Sepp Blatter.
His visit will send a message in reassuring
the football family that the Russian government
fulls its obligations, said Mutko.
He would like to show what we have done so far
and express our immense gratitude to the organ-
isers of the current World Cup. We know how dif-
cult it is to organise such events and that you
have to sufer criticism.
There will be a formal ceremony during
which the President of Brazil and the president
of FIFA will give a ball or some other symbol of
the World Cup so we will feel fully edged hosts
of the next nals, he added.
Then everybody will turn towards Russia!
Among the challenges facing Russia is ensuring
there will be enough accommodation in some of
the 11 cities hosting matches and seeing an im-
provement in the Russia team, which is coached
by experienced Italian Fabio Capello, ahead of
the nals.
Russia went out of the World Cup in the
group phase in Brazil and Mutko said he would
like to see an improvement in the standard of
the domestic league.
Perhaps we dont have the right methods espe-
cially with youth football and I think our col-
leagues in England are thinking along the same
lines, he said.
He also said he thought Russia were disappoint-
ing in Brazil.
I think the team performed below its poten-
tial even considering all the circumstances. The
players should have played better here and
should have at least been able to progress to the
knockout stage, he said.
One challenge most outsiders believe Russia
should tackle is the threat of racism from Rus-
sian fans at the World Cup. Last week, Mutkos
FIFA colleague Jefrey Webb, the head of the gov-
erning bodys anti-discrimination task force, said
Russia faced a special challenge ahead of the
World Cup and might need its own Task Force to
deal with the problem.
-Reuters
The last place Brazilians
expected to be embarrassed
in the World Cup was on the
pitch.
But thats precisely what
happened for the second
straight game on Saturday as
Brazil bowed out of the
tournament after losing 3-0
to the Netherlands.
Local fans at Brasilias
Mane Garrincha stadium
were left scratching their
heads, wondering what
happened to their once-
feared national team.
I came here hoping we
were going to win and restore
our pride. That didnt
happen, said psychologist
Renata Barros.
She was one of thousands
of Brazilians who turned out
for the third-place playoff
match, willing to give the
team one more chance even
after Tuesdays humbling 7-1
meltdown against Germany,
Brazils first loss in a compet-
itive match at home in
almost 40 years.
Now, the countrys
consecutive failures threaten
to spoil a tournament that
exceeded everyones
expectations after facing
criticism for repeated delays
in building stadiums and
other infrastructure, much of
it also way over budget.
It was the other way
around - things worked fine
outside of the soccer field;
our team was the real
disappointment, said
Robson Cintra, an electrical
engineer.
After dreams of playing in
Sundays final were crushed,
many Brazilians could not
even bear to watch Saturdays
game.
Bars in major cities that
had been standing room only
a week ago were all but
empty. Some die-hard Brazil
fans even swapped stories on
Facebook about what they
would do instead of watching
what they rightly feared
would be another embarrass-
ment.
Inside the stadium,
however, the mood remained
festive with fans cheering
loudly for Brazil even after
Robin van Persies third
minute penalty put the
Dutch ahead.
But any hopes of a
comeback seemed to vanish
when Daley Blind put the
Netherlands up by two goals
at the 16-minute mark,
leaving the stadium silent.
By the end, Brazilians
were applauding the Dutch
teams cool control of the
game and wondering about
the future of soccer in what
many consider the sports
spiritual home. Bring back
Pele, read one sign held up
by a fan, a reference to the
legendary player who won
three World Cups with Brazil.
Though fans cheered for
their players before the
HARD REALITY SETS IN FOR BRAZIL
FANS AFTER WORLD CUP FLOP
BRASILIA
Ukraine situation will not afect 2018 World Cup
match, especially when an image
was shown of star forward Neymar
who was on the sidelines with a
back injury, they loudly booed
coach Luiz Felipe Scolari.
It was Scolari who led Brazil to
a record fifth World Cup title in
2002, and the Brazilian football
confederation brought him back
before this Cup in the hope that he
could work his magic again on
home soil.
But this Brazil team never quite
gelled and showed itself to be too
dependent on Neymars remark-
able talents, prompting fans and
local sports commentators to turn
against Scolari. Many are calling
for his resignation, and some are
even urging Brazil to bring in a
foreign coach for the first time in
its proud soccer history.
This shows that Brazilian
soccer needs to change, said
Airton Vantas, a government
employee and fed up fan.
- AP
Expections were high but
after poor performance,
they now know the truth
PINUP
Date of birth: August 8, 1951
Place of birth: Netherlands
Role: Current manager of
Manchester United
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