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PG4 News Beat Journalist Maribe faces murder Harambee Stars captain Victor Wanyama and striker Micheal Olunga lead their teammates in celebrating their second goal against charge today (WKLRSLDLQWKHLU $)&21TXDOLÀHUDW.DVDUDQL6WDGLXP\HVWHUGD\6WDUVZRQ1)05030%(&34/%&(8"!6WRU\EDFNSDJH Why Uhuru may rule beyond 2022
It will be decision time on Wednesday when a bill by Kiminini MP Wamalwa comes to the floor of House seeking to switch poll date from August to December—and if it passes, could trigger referendum to give President four more months in office >> pg 2
National exams PG 4 News Beat in jeopardy over Chiloba CBA stalemate accuses IBEC Knut boss Sossion insists chairman teachers strike plan on unless TSC responds to Chebukati the union's demands by of personal Friday>> pg6 vendetta NEWS BEAT Monday, October 15, 2018 / PEOPLE DAILY
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$WZROLODVKHV RXWDWOHDGHUV RQSOHELVFLWH +RXVHWRGHEDWHELOORQ E\0XWXNX0ZDQJDQJL #3HRSOH'DLO\.H Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu) secretary general Francis Atwoli yesterday took a FKDQJHRIHOHFWLRQGDWH swipe at politicians opposed to the proposed referendum. Kiminini MP Wamalwa pro- Speaking at St Christopher’s Catholic Church in Chumvi, poses polls day moved from Machakos county, Atwoli said it second Tuesday of August to was unfortunate that some politi- cians were giving conditions be- third Monday of December fore making their stand known on the referendum debate. E\0HUF\0ZDL Atwoli castigated Deputy Presi- #ZDQJXPDUFL dent William Ruto for “playing politics with the constitutional President Uhuru Kenyatta could reforms”. stay in office for at least four more Recently, Ruto said he would months at the end of his second support the referendum call only and final term in 2022, if a bill to if it was not to create positions for switch the election date from Au- some individuals to join govern- gust to December sails through ment. Parliament on Wednesday. If the bill— Constitution of Ke- If ap- nya (Amendment) Bill 2018— a µ1\DQ]DWR proved by brainchild of the Kiminini Mem- ber of Parliament Chris Wamalwa, Kiminini Member of Parliament Chris Wamalwa. Third Way Alliance leader Ekuru Aukot. VXSSRUWODZ the MPs, garners the 233 votes, which is the two thirds threshold to make it circumstances and traditions. from 416 to 194. Speaker Justin Muturi told MPs it will be law, it will be subjected to a refer- UHYLHZYRWH¶ However, hurdles that include The party also wants the 47 that the decision on a referen- endum. taken to the possibility of a referendum counties to be a single constitu- dum rests with Uhuru and not E\(ULF-XPD The MPs are expected to vote ei- would have to be overcome as a ency unit for purposes of parlia- Parliament. #3HRSOH'DLO\.H the Sen- ther electronically or through a roll change in the election date auto- mentary elections, elevate the According to him, neither the call on the Wamalwa Bill that seeks Leaders in Nyanza have de- ate for matically extends the President’s Senate to an Upper House with Speaker nor the Office of the to change the election date from clared that they will mobilise resi- term, which can only be done veto powers and introduce a sin- Clerk have the powers to deter- the second Tuesday of August ev- dents to voting for constitutional debate through a referendum. gle seven-year-term presidency. mine whether a Bill requires ap- ery fifth year to the third Monday amendments. If approved by the MPs, it will On the other hand, the Build- proval by a referendum or not, as and vot- of December every election year. Led by Siaya Governor Cornel be taken to the Senate for debate ing Bridges team that was put to- this falls within the jurisdiction The President will, however, Rasanga and Senator James Oren- ing and voting — and if affirmed, the gether by President Kenyatta and and powers of the President in have the last say as to whether the go, the leaders said the proposed Speakers of the two Houses will opposition Chief Raila Odinga terms and thus to interpret the country should go through a ref- amendments will end years of op- jointly take it to President Uhuru following the March 9 Hand- said provisions would be analo- erendum or not, a situation that pression for the people of Nyanza. Kenyatta for assent. shake, is also understood to be gous and tantamount to putting is likely to kick in campaigns in an “Political input of leaders from Article 255 says a proposed working on a raft of amendments the hat of the President on the environment that is already poi- some regions of this country have amendment to the Constitution to the Constitution to be actual- person of Speaker. soned by the disparate plebiscite not been felt because of laws that shall be enacted by a referendum, ised through a referendum ahead Should the bill get the support interests and the 2022 Uhuru suc- disadvantage them. For this rea- if the amendment touches on the of the 2022 poll. of 233 members; Muturi said cession debate. son, we work to see new law is in supremacy of the Constitution, In addition, a petitioner has the House Business Committee President Uhuru Kenyatta’s favour of all,” said Rasanga. territory of Kenya, sovereignty of also petitioned the National As- would thereafter schedule the Bill term is already shorter by a month Orengo said the referendum the people, national values and sembly to reduce the number of for consideration in Committee because of the Supreme Court will help amend clauses that are principles of governance, Bill of counties to 18 down from the cur- of the Whole House and Third that overturned the August 8 poll unclear in the Cosntitution. Rights, term of office of the Presi- rent 47 devolved units. Reading, which will be under- results and ordered a repeat presi- dent, Judiciary and commissions, Geoffrey Gatimu Njoroge fur- taken at later sittings. dential election on October 26. He Parliament; and devolved govern- ther wants the number of con- The Wamalwa Bill was intro- was sworn in on November 28. WEATHERTODAY ment. stituencies reduced to 246 and duced in the House in March on Members of the National As- The move comes at a time when have 54 nominated MPs – three grounds that changing the elec- sembly are expected to either vote there is a push to have all the from each of the 18 counties – in tion date would ensure that the s.AIROBI 30° in favour or against a proposal to amendments to the Constitution what will bring the total number poll dates reflect Kenya’s unique change the election date. consolidated into one so as to be of MPs down to 300 from the cur- circumstances and traditions. s-OMBASA 34° Yesterday, Wamalwa expressed subjected to a referendum. rent 349. Following last year’s election, confidence his bill will sail through Some of those pushing for refer- At the same time, religious the dates for 2017 Kenya Cer- s +ISUMU 30° the House with relative ease, say- endum include the Third Way Alli- leaders are also in the process of tificate of Secondary Education ing 250 MPs have given a commit- ance led 2017 presidential candi- crystallising pertinent issues that (KCSE) and Kenya Certificate of s .YERI 28° ment to support it. date Ekuru Aukot, who is seeking they think should be included in Primary Education (KCPE) had to His contention is that a General to reduce the number of MPs— a national referendum. be pushed after the polls to avoid s 7AJIR 40° Election should be held on a date Senate and National Assembly— Last week, National Assembly any disruptions. more favourable to Kenya’s unique PEOPLE DAILY \ Monday, October 15, 2018 #WhackyWorld 3 ZLWK.LPDWKLZD0XWHJL #NLPDWKLPXWHJL Out in the park The new toy In parenting skills, mum leaves dad far behind... 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.DNDPHJD VHWWRKRVW &KLOREDUHYHDOV KHUR¶VIHWH E\.LQ\XUX0XQXKH #NLQ\XUXPXQXKH President Uhuru Kenyatta GHHSFUDFNVLQ will on Saturday lead the na- tion in celebrating Mashujaa Day at Bukhungu Stadium in Kakamega County. State House Spokesperson Kanze Dena said among the ,(%&UHODWLRQV key issues the President would claimed that was a mere justi- address include security chal- Sacked CEO says fication for a pre-determined IN DEFENCE... lenges in the disputed Migingo end game. Island. axing meant to Fired IEBC chief executive Ezra “Anyone reflecting on what The Head of State will also Chiloba says his exit was already pronounce government’s give chair control has been happening at IEBC predetermined and the audit pro- revival plans of the troubled for the last six months will cess was a mere formality. of ‘agency wealth’ come to the same conclu- sugar sector in the Western and sion. This does not come as a He says he could not honour Nyanza regions. E\6HWK2Q\DQJR surprise. The outcome was al- summons to answer audit In what seemed as a prepa- #6HWK0DQH[ ready pre-determined and the queries because he was at- ratory move last week, Uhuru process was a mere formality,” tending classes at University met a delegation of Western The Independent Electoral he said. of Oxford. leaders led by Kakamega and Boundaries Commission County Governor Wycliffe (IEBC) chairman Wafula Che- 6WDJHPDQDJHDXGLW He accuses IEBC chair Wafula Oparanya at State House bukati and the fired chief exec- Chebukati of inability to withstand In what gives us a glimpse utive Ezra Chiloba once smiled constructive criticism, pressure. into high-stakes boardroom for the cameras side by side. Former IEBC chief executive Ezra Chiloba. 1)050'*-& wars at the electoral agency, However, it has emerged that Chiloba claimed everything beneath all the social mask lay chief executive,” he told People tend because he was attend- ers, who resigned early this 8KXUXPHHW was choreographed to push a toxic relationship. To Chiloba, Daily on the phone, adding ing classes at the University of year citing lack of trust in the him out and give Chebukati his dismissal did not come as a that his exit would be used to Oxford, where he is pursuing chair. ZLWKDUWLVWHV absolute control over resourc- surprise and as he revealed, explain away the governance a Masters of Science in Major “When five members in your es. FDOOHGRII there was a lot of tension brew- crisis in the electoral body. Programme Management. board are no longer with you, it “The audit queries following ing between him and the chair. On reports that he refused He accused IEBC commis- is not about them but, rather, an internal audit process that E\$OYLQ0ZDQJL Although 18 audit queries to honour summons to re- sioners of un-procedurally vot- you as a leader,” he said, while he sought to control from day #3HRSOH'DLO\.H and allegations of misconduct spond to audit queries and ing to send him on compulsory accusing Chebukati of inabil- one and one would conclude formed the basis for his sack- allegations of misconduct, leave to allow them to stage ity to withstand constructive An highly anticipated meet- that it was meant to fire the ing, the former chief executive Chiloba said he couldn’t at- manage an internal audit that criticism. ing between President Uhuru would justify their end. Chebukati has defended the Kenyatta and local artistes “The commission conduct- commission’s move to sack has been postponed after dis- ed an internal audit and raised Chiloba, saying he was found agreements on those to attend several issues, which I was nev- culpable of gross misconduct, emerged. er given a chance to respond and breach of procurement The meeting was mooted to. This is against standard and administration rules in re- during the burial of celebrated practice,” he said. lation to the 2017 General Elec- musician Joseph Kamaru last Chiloba said that is why tions and the fresh presidential week with the artistes wishing Chebukati also clashed with polls. He maintained Chiloba to carry forth Kamaru’s idea of the former IEBC commission- was granted a fair hearing. having a music society. Speaking to People Daily, one of the artistes claimed fa- vouritism in drafting the list of attendees had scuttled the 0DULEH¿DQFpWR meet. In a statement to news- WDNHPXUGHUSOHD rooms by Government Spokes- man Eric Kiraithe, however, E\3'5HSRUWHU case. Another suspect Brian Ka- the meeting was called off af- #3HRSOH'DLO\.H saine who had been arrested in ter more than 10,000 artistes connection with the murder expressed interest Journalist Jacque Maribe and was released on Thursday and her fiancé Joseph Irungu alias would be a prosecution wit- Jowie are set to take plea today ness. 6WDWHVHW in the Monica Kimani murder He was arrested after it was case. established Irungu used a gun WRLVVXH This is after Maribe (pic- that had been issued to him to tured) was found fit to stand attempt to commit suicide. ODQGWLWOHV trial. She was taken to Mathari The attempted suicide took Hospital in Nairobi where she place in Maribe’s house at the E\:LQVWRQH&KLVHUHPL was examined and found fit. Royal Park Estate in Langata #:FKLVHUHPL Irungu had earlier also been hours after the body of Moni- examined and found to be fit The government has pro- ca’s was discovered at her Kili- cessed 350,000 title deeds to be to stand trial. Maribe was de- mani house. Police are trying to tained at the Langata Women’s issued to the land owners this link the September 19 murder year to resolve land conflicts. Prisons while Irungu was held to the attempted suicide. at the Industrial Area Remand. Lands Cabinet secretary They received friends and Faridah Karoney has said relatives at the weekend. the title deeds issuance pro- Justice Jessie Lesiit last Tues- gramme will be completed in day gave the prosecution a the next five months. week for Maribe to undergo a Speaking at Cheboror Pri- mental test to establish her fit- mary School in Kesses con- ness to stand trial for murder. stituency, she said the govern- Irungu was also allowed ment is committed to enhanc- to seek medical attention for ing the lives of citizens by issu- treatment of a bullet wound on ing them with the vital papers his chest. to develop the land or use it as The prosecution is lining up a collateral to get loans from more than 10 witnesses in the financial institutions. PEOPLE DAILY \ Monday, October 15, 2018 NEWS BEAT
&-URRWVIRUDOWHUQDWLYHGLVSXWH 0RQLWRU UHVROXWLRQPHWKRGVWRVDYHWLPH IXQGVXVH E\'DYLG0DFKDULD “Soon you will see magistrates and succession cases that are recycled as #3HRSOH'DLO\.H judges advising people to seek ADR in parties insist on appeals and lawyers 03XUJHV Chief Justice David Maraga has the first instant in court,” Maraga said use a lot of English arguing in courts. We urged the public to embrace Alter- on Friday when he laid the founda- want to train mediators, who will help Alego Usonga MP Samuel native Dispute Resolution (ADR) tion stone for an ultra-modern Sh399 us resolve these disputes out of court,” Atandi has urged State to moni- mechanisms in resolving civil cases million court building in Ol Kalou he added. tor money disbursed to counties to save on time. town, Nyandarua county. Law Society of Kenya Nyahururu to ensure it is allocated to specific He said bulk of cases pending in The CJ said land dispute cases have Chapter official Chege Gakuhi urged projects. courts were civil, most of which can roped in Kenyans living in the dias- the CJ to retain the Nyahururu High He said this will minimise cor- Chief Justice David Maraga lays the be solved through mediation add- pora as many have been conned by Court, saying that it serves a large ju- ruption and incidents where bil- foundation stone for Ol Kalou Law ing that the Judiciary will train me- their relatives after they sent money risdiction that stretches to Samburu, lions have been disbursed but for buying and developing property- Nakuru, Laikipia, Nyandarua and parts Courts on Friday. 1)050%"7*%."$)"3*" diators to facilitate elders to preside little impact is felt on the ground. over most of the cases. for them. “We have so many pending of Baringo counties. Atandi spoke at Ugunja Con- stituency Development Fund of- fices where he joined the area MP Opiyo Wandayi in launching the 2018-2023 constituency strategic plan. “For devolution to be felt at the grassroots, it should be modelled along the CDF and resources be 1/&QRZEDUV released with specific projects to be undertaken,” he said. Wandayi said CDF had trans- formed the grassroots through provision of infrastructure adding ODQGGHDOLQJV that it is the only devolved fund Kenyans can easily identify with. -KNA RQ.HHQODQG &RSPXUGHU FDVHKHDULQJ Acting chairperson Abigael KEENʼS LAND ROW EHJLQVWRGD\ Mbagaya says decision taken John Keen served as an assis- to establish the real owner(s) tant minister for agriculture and E\1RYHQ2ZLWL MP for Kajiado North constitu- #3HRSOH'DLO\.H of the controversial property ency from 1969 to 1979. The hearing of a case in which a The politician had offered for police officer is accused of killing a E\5HXEHQ0ZDPELQJX sale the 270-acre land owned university student in Kisumu will #UHXEHQPZDPELQJX by the former politician in No- start today. vember 2014. Kehancha police boss Sebastian National Land Commission Ambani was found to be mentality (NLC) has halted activities and The squatters residing in the National Land Commission acting chairperson Abigael Mbagaya at a past press conference. 1)050'*-& fit to undergo trial after a mental transactions on the 264.5 acres of 264.5 acres of land had initiated examination. This was affirmed land formerly owned by late ty- plans to acquire the property af- by the Prosecutor Gloria Baraza. coon John Keen in Kilifi, pending ter Keen died. 1982 and it was now government ommendation in five months but We knew property. Last week, the squatters asked the Keen family not to do Ambani was arrested in Osiepe investigations to establish the real village, Kisumu East constituency John Keen owners of the land. led by Kibarani Member of County anything on the ground. Keen is among people who Assembly (MCA) John Mwamutsi Soila told the commission that and charged on with the death of This is after it emerged that the were allocated thousands of acres Brian Chacha in May. as the sole government took over the entire together with Keen’s daughter Pa- she was not aware if his father had of prime land, which include the mela Soila appeared before the reached an agreement to sell the The 22-year-old KCA University director land located between Pwani Uni- current land owned by Pwani student reportedly died of gun- versity and Young Men’s Christian commission which is investigating land to the squatters or whether he University, Sea Horse and Kenya land injustices in Kilifi at Watamu received money regarding the land shot wounds. of Coast Association (YMCA) areas from Power. High Court judge Fred Ochieng the tycoon, who was among those Constituency Development Fund acquisition. Devel- Squatters who reside on the Hall to get solution to the problem. However, she said the family last Wednesday, released Ambani owning huge parcels of prime land disputed land had before Keen’s on Sh500,000 bond and two sure- in the county. NLC vice chair Abigael Mbagaya was willing to resolve the matter opment death in 2016 initiated plans to ac- asked Soila to table documents to with the squatters amicably. ties of the same amount. The commission also asked quire the land through Ziwani Es- company more than 6,000 squatters to stop prove how they acquired the land. Daniel Karani Masha, a resi- tates Residents Association, which “If the land has a caveat why are dent of Kibarani said upon doing making any payments to the Coast has a membership of 6,000 people. -Kambi Development Company, associat- officers processing titles deeds, a search they found the land had However, they recently came government officers need to anal- been registered under company &RXQW\WR ed with the late billionaire, until a to learn after search that a caveat ruling is made in five months time. yse the caveat,’’ she said. associated to Keen and had a lease had been placed on the land in Mbagaya said they will give rec- of 999 years. YHWVWDIILQ JUDIWZDU :H¶OOUHYLHZQHZV\OODEXVPDWHULDOVVD\V.,&'ERVV E\.LUHUD0ZLWL #3HRSOH'DLO\.H E\,UHQH*LWKLQML tion’s officers, lecturers, quality and will intensify measures to lum and that the exercise was #JLWVKHH assurance officers, teachers in guarantee quality,” Jwan said. well on course. All Nyandarua County govern- The Kenya Institute of Cur- primary and secondary schools, He urged publishers and The KICD he explained has ment senior officers will be vetted riculum Development (KICD) and tutors from teacher training booksellers to release only evaluated and approved mate- afresh by Ethics and Anti-Corrup- has commenced reviewing colleges. books that have received req- rials by various publishers for tion Commission (EACC) . education materials towards He spoke even as he regret- uisite approvals by the institute all learning areas for this Early Governor Francis Kimemia implementing Competency- ted information circulating in for circulation. Years Education, Pre-Primary 1 said yesterday the move is aimed Based Curriculum (CBC). the social media, questioning and 2 and grades 1 to 3. at fighting corruption, adding that Director Dr Julius Jwan (pic- the content of some textbooks 2QJRLQJUHIRUPV KICD assured the materials the officers will also sign a new tured) said the institute has in and assuring that the quality Last month, the government are in the market and schools code of conduct in line with the the past week been subjecting has been guaranteed. allayed fears that the roll-out have been using them, even as it law. He said he has already formed the books to further quality as- “We regret information that of CBC could stall owing to in- appealed for calm to avoid wa- a sub-committee to put in place surance to ensure they meet has been circulating in the so- adequate learning materials. tering down ongoing reforms. measures, structures and systems required standards. cial media regarding the con- It affirmed that there was no KICD said the government to enhance corruption detection, He said school textbooks are tent of some text books and cause for alarm over learning decided to implement the new prevention and deterrence. approved after a careful evalu- other educational materials. materials for the next phase of curriculum in phases to guar- Kimemia spoke in Naivasha ation and review by the institu- We appreciate the feedback implementation of the curricu- antee high quality standards during a capacity building work- so far received from Kenyans on various assessments. shop for senior county officers. 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.')WURRSVµZRQ¶W $XGLWDLOLQJ OHDYH6RPDOLD\HW¶ VXJDU¿UPV E\36&8 Barracks in Gilgil, Nakuru. UHJLRQWHOOV #3HRSOH'DLO\.H KDF Day is marked to com- memorate Kenya’s fallen heroes JRYHUQPHQW Kenya will not pull its soldiers and heroines who died in line of out of Somalia until the troubled duty. E\'LFNHQV:DVRQJD country achieves peace, stabili- Uhuru said Kenyans appreci- #3HRSOH'DLO\.H ty and security, President Uhuru ate role played by KDF in secu- Kenyatta declared yesterday. rity operations and peace initia- Sugar industry stakeholders He said the Kenya Defence tives in the region, especially in want the government to conduct Forces (KDF) would continue war on terrorism. an audit on the State-owned sugar to operate under AMISOM un- He said Kenya cannot let factories to inspire confidence in til all terror networks in Somalia down its guard until the com- potential investors. are neutralised. plex transnational terror net- They said most factories col- “We shall continue our pres- works operating in the Horn of lapsed as a result of misman- ence in the country until the Africa region are obliterated. agement and corruption, thus a restoration of full security in Earlier, the President opened management and forensic audit would guide investors looking President Uhuru Kenyatta at the monument of fallen heroes during the Kenya De- Somalia,” said the President a Sh3.8 billion KDF food agro- Kenyatta during the seventh to revive the ailing firms. In the fence Forces Day in Gilgil, Nakuru county, yesterday. 1)0503"1)"&-.6/(& processing factory in the Ke- annual KDF Day at Kenyatta nyatta barracks. last seven years, the stakehold- ers said, the national government has pumped Sh16 billion into the sugar industry but with minimal success. They spoke during a consulta- tive meeting bringing together Governors Anyang’ Nyong’o and Wycliffe Oparanya (Kakamega), $GGUHVVWHDFKHUVGHPDQGV millers, farmers and county Ag- riculture executives from 14 lake region counties.
6WUDWHJLFSDUWQHUV The stakeholders resolved that RUIDFHVWULNH.QXWWR76& the Agriculture ministry should guide the audit efforts to revive STICKY ISSUES the ailing sector. Sossion maintains fate of The participants also proposed national exams depends on that State-owned millers should Performance appraisal: Knut be given a green light to source how commission responds is opposed to exercise and ad- for strategic partners for capital YLVHGPHPEHUVQRWWRÀOOIRUPV injection. to grievances on Friday “This industry affects 10 mil- Teacher delocalisation: Union RSSRVHGWRWUDQVIHURIWHDFKHUV lion people, more so farmers who IURPKRPHUHJLRQ are owed millions of shillings in E\,UHQH*LWKLQML arrears for cane deliveries,” said DQG(YDQV1\DNXQGL Teacher promotion: TSC says Oparanya (pictured). #3HRSOH'DLO\.H promotion is not automatic on The stakeholders said the Na- DFTXLVLWLRQRIGHJUHHV tional government in collabora- The Teachers Service Commis- tion with the counties and the sion has up to Friday to address Privatisation Commission should various concerns raised by the Ke- for a strike immediately (on Fri- develop a roadmap for revitalisa- nya National Union of Teachers, day), should the TSC fail to address tion of public sugar companies. The failure to which a countrywide their demands, which he said are They also want the govern- strike will be “inevitable”. union already contained in a Collective ment to write off debts owed by Knut secretary general Wilson Bargaining Act (CBA) they previ- the companies and roll out a short Sossion yesterday reiterated that, expects ously signed. Knut secretary general Wilson Sossion has urged TSC to address term bail-out plan for the firms. forthcoming national examina- On promotion, Sossion said: teachersʼ demands to avert a looming strike. 1)050'*-& “We have also agreed to have answers tions notwithstanding, the union “TSC unilaterally scrapped off the sugar development levy re- will rally its members for a strike to all our promotion of teachers in a circu- introduced to facilitate research , if TSC does not give a satisfactory smooth administration of Kenya the government with a view to lar they issued in May. This was il- development and infrastructure,” questions response to teachers’ grievances. Certificate of Secondary Education finding an amicable solution to legal and not only contradicts the said Oparanya. He told People Daily on phone and Kenya Certificate of Primary their demands. CBA but also provisions of Code of -Sossion the union is scheduled to meet Education exams. “I am asking the union officials Regulations.” with TSC officials on Friday for He said most being parents, to be fair to our children and allow “The union expects answers to a follow-up on previous forums teachers should not interfere with them to sit their national examina- all our questions. If they do not to address issues that have been exams given that they play a criti- tions in a peaceful and conducive come with satisfactory response bone of contention between the cal role in candidates’ future. atmosphere,” said the CS. on Friday, we will immediately call two parties. Matiangi assured parents that for a nationwide strike. ” They include teacher delocalisa- 3HDFHIXODWPRVSKHUH the government had put in place But speaking separately, Interior tion, performance appraisal and Addressing teachers at Meny- adequate measures to curb exam Cabinet secretary Fred Matiang’i teacher promotion. enya Catholic Church in Nyamira, malpractices and ensure the se- has pleaded with teachers to Sossion said the union will call Matiang’i petitioned teachers curity of candidates and exam shelve their strike plan to ensure unions to embrace dialogue with officials. 1HZELOOVHHNVWRUHVWUXFWXUH1<6WDPHWKHIW E\0HUF\0ZDL strengthen NYS and restructure it ensure improved governance struc- supervision from the Principal sec- #ZDQJXPDUFL to instil clear internal control struc- ture in terms of its finances,” said retary as the ministry deals with for- tures, among them an auditor to Kobia. mulation of policies,” she added. Tales of loss of funds and mis- track the usage of public funds. The CS said the ministry is cur- “You know, corruption has been management at the National Youth She said the National Youth Service rently working with a local audit rampant at NYS because only the PS Service (NYS) could be a thing of the Bill 2018, drafted by a multi-agency firm—PriceWaterhouseCoopers— is supposed to oversight the director past if a bill proposing changes at the taskforce formed early this year pro- to monitor procurement and ensure general. That is why whenever there agency sails through in Parliament. poses the creation of a council within regulations are complied with. has been a scandal,the PS and the DG Public Service, Youth and Gender NYS to provide the necessary gover- “Passage of the bill will give a clear are always been suspended.” Cabinet secretary Margaret Kobia nance for efficient service delivery. segregation of duties at the service The bill is currently in the public (left) said yesterday the bill seeks to “We are establishing a council to with the council taking charge of participation stage. PEOPLE DAILY \ Monday, October 15, 2018 NEWS BEAT 4XHULHVUDLVHGRYHU 6KPIRU&6VFDUV
PAC demands Pursuant to the provisions of THE ENERGY (PETROLEUM PRICING) REGULATIONS 2010, the maximum pump prices (in Kenya shillings per litre) for major towns during the period 15th October 2018 to 14th November 2018. to know The prices are inclusive of Value Added Tax (VAT) at 8% in line with the provisions of the Finance Act, 2018. 15th October 2018 - 14th November 2018 circumstances TOWNS MAXIMUM PUMP PRICES Super Petrol (PMS) Automotive Diesel (AGO) Kerosene (IK) under which the (KES/L) (KES/L) (KES/L) 1 Mombasa 113.10 107.10 106.21 two were paid 2 Kilifi 113.29 107.30 106.40 3 Likoni Mainland 113.46 107.46 106.56 the allowances 4 Kwale 113.46 107.46 106.57 5 Malindi 113.94 107.94 107.05 E\0HUF\0ZDL 6 Lungalunga 114.30 108.30 107.41 #ZDQJXPDUFL 7 Voi 114.59 108.59 107.70 8 Taveta 116.04 110.04 109.15 The National Assembly’s 9 Lamu 116.78 110.79 109.90 Public Accounts Committee 10 Hola 116.68 110.69 109.79 (PAC) has demanded to know 11 Nairobi 115.73 109.72 108.84 12 Thika 115.86 109.86 108.97 the circumstances under which 13 Machakos 115.86 109.86 108.97 two former Cabinet secretaries, 14 Kajiado 116.13 110.13 109.24 Judi Wakhungu and Dan Ka- 15 Makuyu 116.27 110.27 109.38 zungu were paid Sh7 million 16 Muranga 116.27 110.27 109.38 17 Sagana 116.36 110.36 109.46 each for car allowances. Former Mining CS Dan Ka- Former Environment CS Judi The committee demanded 18 Embu 116.86 110.86 109.97 zungu. Wakhungu. 1)0504'*-& 19 Kerugoya 116.88 110.87 109.98 to know why their respective 20 Narok 117.09 111.08 110.19 ministries made the payment 21 Nyeri 117.17 111.18 110.28 yet a presidential circular had confirmed to the committee procured a vehicle for the then 22 Namanga 117.27 111.26 110.37 capped the upper limit of car the circular, sent by then for- CS but failed to deduct the 23 Kiganjo 117.30 111.31 110.41 allowances for CSs at Sh2 mil- mer head of Civil Service Fran- amount from Sh7 million car 24 Chuka 117.35 111.34 110.45 25 Kitui 117.35 111.34 110.45 lion. cis Muthaura, had directed that allowance. 26 Mwingi 117.37 111.37 110.48 The committee, chaired the paying department was to Chelugui said that in order 27 Nanyuki 117.74 111.73 110.83 by Ugunja MP Opiyo Wan- hold the tax amounts for on- to correct the anomaly, he re- 28 Nkubu 117.96 111.96 111.07 dayi, also sought to know why ward submission to the Kenya quested the ministry to facili- 29 Mtito Andei 118.20 112.19 111.30 the two failed to remit taxes Revenue Authority (KRA). tate recovery of the Sh2.i mil- 30 Meru 118.22 112.22 111.33 On the other hand, Mining lion tax refund and remit the 31 Isiolo 118.74 112.74 111.85 amounting to Sh2.1 million, 32 Maua 119.98 113.98 113.09 from money advanced to them PS John Omenge, who had same to KRA. 33 Garissa 119.98 113.98 113.09 during their tenure in Cabinet. also appeared before the same “This Ministry pursuant 34 Marsabit 122.15 116.15 115.26 President Uhuru Kenyatta committee, said the ministry to Presidential Circular Ref. 35 Liboi 122.66 116.65 115.77 dropped Wakhungu (Environ- advanced Sh7 million to Ka- No CAB/56/2A of July 7, 2011 36 Wajir 123.41 117.41 116.52 zungu. procured a vehicle for the 37 Mandera 128.58 122.58 121.69 ment) and Kazungu (Mining) 38 Nakuru 116.20 110.41 109.52 from Cabinet but appointed He, however, failed to ex- then Cabinet Secretary Ms 39 Gilgil 116.20 110.41 109.52 them as ambassadors to France plain whether the then Mining Judy Wakhungu. The Ministry 40 Mogotio 116.25 110.46 109.57 and Tanzania, respectively CS spent the money to buy a however erroneously failed 41 Molo 116.34 110.55 109.66 Appearing before the com- car. to withhold tax amounting to 42 Olenguruone 116.92 111.13 110.24 mittee, Water and Irrigation This comes a month after Sh2,100,000 which is 30 per 43 Londiani 116.34 110.55 109.66 44 Nyahururu 116.42 110.63 109.74 Principal Secretary Joseph Water Cabinet secretary Simon cent of the Sh7 million autho- 45 Naivasha 116.52 110.73 109.84 Irungu was at pains to explain, Chelugui wrote to his Foreign rized car allowance.” 46 Marigat 116.85 111.06 110.16 who authorised the payments Affairs counterpart Monica The anomalies in the two 47 Kabarnet 117.37 111.59 110.69 to Wakhungu against the circu- Juma for assistance in recover- ministries were queried by the 48 Bomet 117.99 112.19 111.30 lar Ref. No. CAB/56/2A of July ing Sh2.1 million. Auditor General in the finan- 49 Maralal 120.06 114.28 113.38 50 Eldoret 117.20 111.40 110.51 7, 2011. In a letter dated August 15, cial year 2014/2015 and finan- 51 Kapsabet 117.21 111.41 110.53 The move came after Irungu Chelugui said the ministry cial year2015/16. 52 Webuye 117.38 111.59 110.69 53 Kitale 117.50 111.72 110.82 54 Kapenguria 117.88 112.09 111.20 55 Bungoma 117.91 112.12 111.22 0DOLGHQLHV 56 Malaba 118.34 112.55 111.66 5XLUX03ZDQWVIXQGV 57 Lokichogio 124.53 118.74 117.85 58 Kisumu 117.19 111.40 110.51 WULROLQNHGWR 59 Sondu 117.19 111.40 110.51 60 Oyugis 117.19 111.40 110.51 VHWDVLGHWR¿JKWFDQFHU 61 Kakamega 117.26 111.47 110.58 IDNHQRWHV 62 Bondo 117.46 111.67 110.78 E\2OLYHU0XVHPEL Meanwhile, Meru Hospice 63 Siaya 117.52 111.73 110.83 founder Bactrian Kiringo has 64 Kericho 117.64 111.86 110.96 E\.LQ\XUX0XQXKH 0DWKHZ1GXQJ¶XDQG.1$ 65 Nyamira 117.76 111.96 111.08 #NLQ\XUXPXQXKH #3HRSOHGDLO\.H reiterated the need for pre- 66 Kisii 118.08 112.28 111.40 ventive health care in manag- 67 Sotik 118.29 112.50 111.61 The government of Mali has Ruiru MP Simon King’ara has ing the rising cases of cancer in 68 Keroka 118.40 112.60 111.71 denied assertions that persons said Parliament should enact a Meru county. 69 Busia 118.40 112.60 111.71 arrested with fake currency law to mobilise resources for Speaking after completing 70 Homabay 118.75 112.95 112.07 notes are its citizens. cancer treatment. 71 Migori 118.96 113.17 112.28 a 7km Cancer Awareness and 72 Isebania 119.13 113.34 112.45 The honorary consul of Re- Speaking during a free medi- Fund-raising Walk, Kiringo In accordance with Section 102(w) of the Energy Act 2006, a person convicted of retailing petroleum products above the public of Mali Odudu Barbra cal camp in Ruiru on Saturday, said lifestyle change, including King’ara (pictured) said thou- maximum levels will be liable to a fine not exceeding Kenya shillings one million, or the withdrawal of their operating licence said the three were from Chad. proper diet and exercise, are or both. In this respect the consumers are requested to be vigilant in reporting non-compliant retailers to the authorities for “After further investigations sands of Kenyans continue to crucial in preventing cancer. necessary legal action. The Commission has installed a hotline number (0708 444 000), operational during normal working by Kenyan authorities, it has die because of the prohibitive “We should cultivate a tradi- hours, with a view of increasing its engagement with stakeholders to enhance enforcement and compliance activities. been established that all the cost of treating the disease. tion of having a balanced diet The Commission maintains a Short Message Service (SMS) based inquiry system for petroleum pump prices where members three men are citizens of a “Legislators should stop giv- and avoid feeding our children of the public can obtain the latest petroleum prices in major towns by sending the message: “price
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OF DAY’S E\$OYLQ0ZDQJL my office; Sonko is always ignoring Passaris said she has an investor #3HRSOH'DLO\.H me. If you are trying to build bridges, from Netherlands who wants to put up EVENTS start with elected leaders,” she said. a Sh10 billion recycling plant, where Nairobi Woman Representative Passaris said despite making efforts more than 40,000 youths will get em- Esther Passaris has faulted Governor to work with the governor, her efforts ployment, but getting audience with Mike Sonko for sidelining her in mak- have been futile as she is never invited Sonko has been a problem. ing key county decisions. to county events. “I have reached out to the governor Addressing the press yesterday, numerous times but it’s not working. Passaris (pictured) accused Sonko of 3XWXSSODQW Why can’t he just listen to me?” she not heeding the building bridges call, She added that she has been pro- posed. which was started by President Uhuru posing several projects to the County Kenyatta and Nasa leader Raila Odin- government but her proposals have She, however, pledged to continue ga. always been trashed despite being fronting her proposals, which she says Practical skills key, TSC “I have had a lot of frustrations in projects of goodwill. will make Nairobi a better city. to special needs teachers Special needs teachers have been urged to invest in research and practical skills to help the government success- 1DNXUX fully roll out the competence-based cur- riculum. Speaking during the 43rd Ke- nya Institute of Special Education (Kise) TXHULHV graduation ceremony, Simon Kavisi 1RUWKHUQZDWHUWXQQHO (pictured), who was representing Teach- ers Service Commission chief executive .HQ*HQ Nancy Macharia, urged the graduates to familiarise themselves with the new cur- riculum. TSC promised to partner with ODQGVDOH Kise to meet the rising demand for spe- IDFHVQHZFRQWURYHUV\ cial needs teachers. -ALVIN MWANGI E\.LUHUD0ZLWL Murang’a residents #3HRSOH'DLO\.H Duo to give progress of Nakuru County government has demand new questioned the sale of more than settlement in November compensation terms, 3,000 acres of land to KenGen by the A Nakuru court has controversial Ng’ati land buying com- granted Kapkures claim short-changed pany. MCA Paul Kimtai in land valuation The county has formed a commit- and his aide Rich- tee to investigate the land sale done ard Langat one three years ago without the involve- month to present ment of members of the land buying progress of an out- E\0DWKHZ1GXQJ¶X of-court settlement #3HRSOH'DLO\.H society. with the complain- “We have ant in a forgery The Northern Water Collector Tun- formed a com- case. Chief Magis- nel in Murang’a county is facing re- mittee to pre- trate Josephat Kalo on Friday said the newed controversy as residents claim pare a report matter will be mentioned on November they were short-changed during valu- and the way for- 16. The two, who were arrested in 2017, ation of their land. ward before we had been charged with forgery of land This comes as contractors finalise meet the Head title deeds for a plot in Nakuru and giving the laying of pipes taking water to of State,” he said. police false information. -ROY LUMBE Nairobi, which has raised fears among This came residents that their concerns will not as some mem- be addressed. bers of the land society from Maella, Kitengela residents raise Led by Simon Njoroge, whose coffee Naivasha, called for fresh sub-divi- alarm over chaotic PSVs bushes were destroyed in the piping sion of the land and cancellation of process, residents accused National the KenGen sale during a meeting As the country Land Commission (NLC) of taking held at the Naivasha sub-county of- mourns 58 people, them for a ride. fices that was chaired by Governor who perished af- Njoroge, who is now demanding ter an accident in Lee Kinyanjui (pictured) over the land Kericho last week, Sh10.5 million compensation for his WATER DEMAND issues. Kitengela resi- destroyed crop, said he will not give in to mistreatment at NLC offices as he )ROORZSURFHVV dents have raised Gatundu North residents want the sought clarification on why valuation Stakeholders claimed since the the alarm over un- government to settle a deal be- was poorly done, adding that NLC or- ruly public service tween them and Athi Water Ser- land dispute started more than vehicles (PSVs) dered Sh 2,000 payment for every cof- vices before commencement of the 20 years ago, 60 people had been that are endanger- fee tree felled. construction of Kariminu II dam in Ongoing construction of the killed, tens injured and property ing their lives. The town is characterised The residents want President Uhuru Kanyoni village. Northern Water Collector Tunnel at worth millions of shillings de- by speeding buses, especially during to intervene and unearth alleged cor- Kiriaini village in Gatanga, Murangʼa stroyed. rush hours, with school-going children ruption at NLC that has caused them The deal will see them supplied county. 1)050."5)&8/%6/(6 Naivasha MP Jane Kihara said being the most endangered. Residents anguish as well as steer the settlement with the dam water before the wrangles over land and society lead- KDYHDFFXVHGDUHDWUDIÀFSROLFHRIÀFHUV of a better deal. commodity is supplied else- A recommendation by Tropical of laxity in job. - CHRISTINE MUSA ership had affected development The controversial Sh6.8 billion tun- where. Farm Management Kenya calculates plans in the area while KenGen prop- nel is set to collect flood waters from the rightful compensation by taking erty manager Jennifer Odour said the )UHHGRPÀJKWHUVVHHN Irati, Gikigie and Mathioya rivers to Area MP Wanjiku Kibe and Chania into account the average income per company followed the legal process boost Ndakaini water supply to the MCA Martin Githaiga, among oth- tree annually, the seven-year coffee life ers, support the demand.w to acquire the land that has high geo- help to secure payout capital. cycle among others. thermal energy potential. At least 20,000 victims of colonial oppression in Kisii and Nyamira want the county govern- :H¶OOFRPHIRU\RX&6WHOOV0DUVDELWFKDRVSORWWHUV ments to help them secure Sh5.4 tril- and urged residents to refrain from we will deal firmly and decisively with lion compensation E\,UHQH*LWKLQML awarded by the violence, saying no perpetrator would anyone found culpable,” he said. DQG0LFKDHO.ZHQD be spared. Seven people lost their lives while British government. Mau Mau Govern- #JLWVKHH ing Council of Kenya secretary general Matiang’i (pictured) spoke yesterday scores were injured in ethnic clashes Joseph Omete said the funds were Interior Cabinet secretary Fred at his Harambee House office when he in the county during the weekend. channeled to World Bank for processing Matiang’i has issued a stern warning met leaders from Marsabit, following The seven died in separate clashes and they had written to the governors to those fanning hostilities in Marsabit the recent spate of sporadic inter- in Shurr, North Horr sub-county and to follow up the matter but nothing has county. community clashes in the county. Kubi Qalo, Saku sub-county. been done. -ROBERT OCHORO He said the culprits would face the “We’re aware the clashes are partly More security officers have been de- law regardless of their rank or status triggered by political incitement and ployed to the area to restore normalcy. PEOPLE DAILY \ Monday, October 15, 2018 NEWS BEAT *HQHVLVRI6KEDWKOHWLFVVFDP Auditor General report says billions could not be ac- counted for in the games held in Nairobi last year
E\3'&RUUHVSRQGHQW #3HRSOH'DLO\.H The recent report by Auditor General Edward Ouko revealing that Sh1.7 billion could not be ac- counted for during the 2017 World There Under-18 Championships in Nai- robi and other scandals within the was evi- State Department for Sports rein- dent lack forced the culture of impunity. The reports show that besides of profes- poor management, the Sports department is being used as con- sional duit for personal gain by a few input in public officers, their friends and co-conspirators who exclusively many “offer” services and goods. major The scandal earned the moni- ker “Wa-Rio Scandal” because the decision then Cabinet secretary for Sports, mak- Hassan Wario, was held respon- Young athletes compete during a past event.The World Under-18 Championships held in Nairobi in sible for the mess. SCANDALS AT ZHUHPDUUHGE\DÀQDQFLDOVFDQGDO1)050'*-& ing— This was partly in reference to 6325760,1,675< another scandal at the Ministry, seph Nkaiserry was appointed Source the 2016 Rio Olympics debacle to give the event the impetus it about which the Director of Pub- Auditor General Edward Ouko required to deliver a successful revealing that Sh1.7 billion lic Prosecutions Noordin Haji on could not be accounted for dur- event. Friday recommended the arrest ing the 2017 World Under-18 With the arrival of Nkaissery, and prosecution of Wario, the Championships in Nairobi. things changed. The momen- then Principal secretary Richard tum went up, enthusiasm among Ekai and top officials linked to the On Friday, Director of Public members became evident and scam. Prosecutions recommended work started moving faster and Wario and Ekai were appointed the prosecution of several of- deadlines were met. ambassadors after the last Gener- ÀFLDOVOLQNHGWR5LR2O\PSLFV In one famous closed-door ad- al Election. scandal dress when he toured Kasarani to According to multiple sources inspect progress of preparations, with knowledge of state of af- Nkaissery reportedly read the fairs at the State Department for jecture. After it was made public team, including LOC officials and Sports, signs that Wario’s tenure in the Kenyan media, the money Wario, the Riot Act. was headed for trouble started in was supposed to be refunded, but 2013 when Kenya celebrated its there is no evidence that this hap- 3HUGLHP 50th anniversary pened. “I have intelligence report that “A non-civil servant was ap- The then AK President, Isaiah you people are just chasing per pointed CEO for Kenya @50 cel- Kiplagat, who died in August 2016, diem then you go partying in bars. ebrations, yet he had no requisite and his long-serving secretary Some of you just attend meetings, knowledge of government op- general and later Vice-President even that which don’t concern erations and procedure,” said a David Okeyo, were been banned Former Interior CS the late Joseph Nkaissery. His intervention was you. Get it from me, from now on source. for life by IAAF for flouting integ- sought in the preparations for World Under-18 Championships work must be done. Those are the “The CEO did not understand rity rules, for, among other issues, 1)050'*-& instructions I have from my boss. government rules and procedure, diverting funds donated by Nike ships at Kasarani are still there, has its technical officials in the If things are not done properly, you made unilateral decisions, made for personal use. more than one year after the Department of Sports,” the source will be jailed,” Nkaissery report- payments arbitrarily, with appar- Joseph Kinyua, then treasurer, event took place, raising ques- added. edly said. ent connivance with the CS. By was also found guilty of the same tions about financial prudence The 2007 World Cross Country In his second tour of the Ke- the time things went completely offence, but was let off the hook of the decision. In the meantime Championships in Mombasa, Ke- nyatta University facilities, out of control and Saima Ondimu, because he was not bound by the advertisers are getting “free” pub- nya@50 and the recent World Un- Nkaisery, apparently well briefed then Senior Assistant Secretary ethics rules attached to Okeyo licity more than a year after the der-18 are just a few events where on the goings on, declined to tasked to run the show, so much and Kiplagat, then members of event was held. outsiders were hired as CEOs with be guided around. He told offi- damage had been done,” he said. the Council of IAAF. cials who wanted to guide him It was under Wario’s watch that resultant management problems. VFDQGDO around to “go and do your work. Nyayo National Stadium and “Either the ministry does not .HQ\D# “There was evident lack of I don’t want people to follow me Kasarani were closed at the same learn from past mistakes or some The Kenya@50 scandal was professional input in major de- around.” time, ostensibly for renovations people high up are complicit in followed by two global athletics cision making or professional His death in July 2017, therefore, for the World Under 18 Champi- these scandals,” said a source who competitions in Beijing and Nan- negligence that the departments may have come as a big relief for onships. Nyayo’s running surface understands government opera- jin, China, where the government charged with management was the cartels who proceeded to dig was, prior to this, so poorly done tions. paid for travel and accommoda- completely ignored,” a source say. their fangs into the public pie. that the surface peeled off in a tion, which had already been paid “No lessons have been learned 1NDLVVHU\DUULYDO Before that, officials were invari- matter of weeks. for by International Association of following the sandals in the min- Peter Kaberia took over as Sports ably competing for trips around Athletics Federations (IAAF). The istry since 1987 when an Ameri- Principal secretary four months to the country and abroad, what expenses are traditionally covered )UHHSXEOLFLW\ can called Dick Berg stole public the championships with so much with attendant personal benefits as grants to select member fed- The contractor, who did ques- money and ran away (during the gusto that he and the CS relocated and adventure. erations such as Athletics Kenya tionable job on the artificial turf All Africa Games). What is bother- to Kasarani where new offices The long and the short is that (AK). at Nyayo, was awarded the con- ing observers is why non-ministry were refurbished and furnished Wario’s tenure at Kencom House Why the double payments were tract anyway. staff are hired to handle key as- for them. Second Floor sank the ministry made was not properly explained, Billboards that were put up for signments, despite the precedent A few weeks to the champion- to new depths, that will take quite but can only be a subject of con- the World Under 18 Champion- by Dick Berg, and yet the ministry ships, the then Interior CS Jo- some time to salvage. PEOPLE SPEAK Monday, October 15, 2018 / PEOPLE DAILY OPINION
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Editorial Leaders must own up when things go wrong In the current tidal wave of grief arising from the Fort Ternan road massacre that claimed 58 lives, one voice among leaders struck a different tone. It was that of Interior Cabinet secretary Fred Matiang’i, who seemed to connect with the emotions of Kenyans when he declared readiness to take responsibility for the bloodbath. People Daily last Thursday dared Matiang’i, his Transport colleague James Macharia, Inspector Gen- eral of Police Joseph Boinnet and the National Trans- port and Safety Authority boss Francis Meja to take responsibility for the road carnage. So far, Matiang’i has owned up since policing falls under his docket. Findings attribute road accidents which claims about 3,000 lives annually in Kenya to human error underpinned by impunity whose weight, it would ap- pear, has smothered the capacity of those tasked with enforcing traffic regulations. Provisions of the Traffic Act are unambiguous and clearly spell out standards and requirements from driving schools, vehicle in- spection, passenger capacity, speed, certification, James Momanyi regulation are spelled out for police and NTSA. What is the use of rules that are not observed or enforced? Apathy, compromised ethics and inadequate politi- cal will have all conspired and consigned us to where Lowering teaching entry grades ill-informed we are—reduced to pleading for action by those whose duty its is to ensure roads stop being drenched The National Assembly Committee teacher colleges has reduced because Employment for P1 teachers is by blood of accident victims. on Education last week made a criti- of education reforms, which, among nowadays largely pegged on the year In a culture where public officers are predisposed cal proposal that could shape train- other things, capped university entry one graduated, in some sub-coun- to self-justification, responsibility-shirking becomes ing of teachers for pre-primary and grades at C+ (plus) and expansion of ties; they are giving priority to those the norm and mistakes of omission and commission primary schools. TVET institutions. who graduated in 2007. TSC employs beget and reinforce one another. Among the things The committee asked Education But TSC observed that lowering on average 10,000 every year. This crippling us as a country is the unwillingness of lead- Cabinet secretary Amina Mohamed the grades would affect the quality of means it will take more than 20 years ers to undertake honest self-assessment and ask and Principal secretary Belio Kipsang education at a time when the country to clear the current backlog, with all themselves what their achievements are, if any. We to prepare a policy paper on the en- is anchoring to equip the youth with conditions being constant. appreciate Matiang’i owning up. It will hopefully stir try grades to diploma and certificate skills needed in the labour market. The government should consider him to strive harder to correct things. programmes in teachers’ training The teachers employer also indicated scraping certificate programmes and The spiral in road accidents can and must be colleges ahead of stakeholders’ en- the issue of teacher shortage may not train only diploma teachers with a C stemmed. Kenyans recall that before 2015, the nation- gagement. This comes in the wake arise because there are about 290,000 (plain) entry to ensure they are quick- al examinations were tainted by among the bleakest of a dispute between Kenya National teacher trainees currently not em- ly absorbed into the labour market. narratives of irregularities. Then Matiang’i, as Educa- Qualifications Authority (KNQA) and ployed. Kenya targets to be an industri- tion minister, stepped in with determined leadership the Teachers Service Commission TSC is right. Education shouldn’t alised middle-income country, but and, with help from other officials, integrity of exams (TSC) over entry grades for teacher be relegated to a second-rate profes- unfortunately some policies, espe- was restored. Kenyans are also reminded of the late Education training. sion zone— a dumping ground for cially in critical sectors like educa- John Michuki whose no-nonsense approach restored A few months ago, KNQA, the agen- weak students. Lowering the entry tion, only work to blur the vision. sanity to an otherwise chaotic public transport sector. shouldn’t be cy mandated to set minimum en- grades for students is misguided on In developed economies such as Effective deterrent action will roll back impunity in relegated to try grades for training institutions, many fronts. South Korea, only the top 5 per cent public transport. If they ever listen to their conscience, lowered the entry grades to teachers The main reason students are not of high school graduates is recruited Boinnet, Macharia, Meja must do what must be done a second- training colleges to D (plain) for certif- applying for admission for certificate to pursue teaching. In Finland it’s the to end the slaughter. rate profes- icate and C- (minus) for diploma pro- and diploma teaching programmes top 10 per cent while in Singapore sion zone grammes. Initially, the entry grade was is because of the backlog in employ- and Hong they pick the top 30 per THOUGHT OF THE DAY D+ (plus) for certificate and at least C ment for trained teachers. cent. In such countries, most pre- (plain) for diploma programmes. Had the authority bothered to con- primary and primary teachers are KNQA’s move was immediately duct some research it would have degree holders. Knowledge is power. Information is opposed by TSC, whose part of man- learned that there are teacher train- This is what Kenya should be striv- liberating. Education is the premise date entails reviewing the standards ees who graduated over 10 years ago ing for instead of making teaching a of education and training of teach- and are yet to be employed. This has low-tier profession for bottom end of progress, in every society, in ers. According to KNQA, the number proved to be the main disincentive in performers. every family—Kofi Annan of students applying for admission to the profession. [email protected] PEOPLE DAILY \ Monday, October 15, 2018 PEOPLE SPEAK
Gathu Kaara STREET talk Revellers force MPs Hope as Matiang’i assumes road safety role out of Nairobi club Interior Cabinet secretary Fred So, it can be done, but it will require the the law. They must be heavily penalised Three MPs from Western Matiang’i has offered Kenyans a ray of same laser beam focus and obstinacy that in fines, even suspension of the license. region were reportedly given a hope that the government will finally be- Matiang’i has demonstrated in the other Previously, NTSA used to demand that rude reception at a popular club come serious with road safety. dockets that he has straightened out. all vehicles under a sacco whose mem- in Nairobi’s South B on Saturday Road safety in Kenya is a big joke. The What are the key drivers of road safety ber has caused an accident be removed night. The revellers shouted the latest bus accident which killed 58 people that Matiang’i must address? from the road until they are all inspected legislators down and accused shows the government’s little regard for First, the Michuki rules must be afresh and certified. This stopped for them of being traitors. They road safety. Kenyans know that when you brought back into effect. Safety belts reasons that are not clear. It must be re- told them to decamp from their board a public service vehicle (PSV), you must be worn by all passengers, standing instated. current party and join another better be praying throughout. passengers must not be allowed, drivers Kenya’s courts must wake up to the party within Nasa. The revellers were commemorating the death After the latest crash, Matiang’i said and conductors must wear uniform and challenges facing the nation and respond of rhumba maestro Franco Kenyans that the time for excuses was over. He not- have identification badges, garish colours appropriately. Even as road carnage con- when the trio arrived. The DJ ed that the government has been making must be replaced by standard branding, tinues, a court stopped the use of the had to appeal to the legislators know that excuses for too long. The response of gov- all loud music and TVs must be removed, breathalyser to deter drunk driving, thus to leave party to restore order. ernment officials to accidents has been and vehicles must be well lit at night. neutering efforts to catch drunk drivers. when you to visit the scene, issue tough statements Secondly, Matiang’i must introduce a The courts also stopped fresh vetting of board a PSV, and retreat back to their offices until the hotline where desperate passengers try- driving schools and drivers of PSVs, many Legislator in hot soup next crash. ing to stop reckless drivers can report for of whose licences are counterfeit. How over rash utterances you better Road accidents in Kenya have become action be taken before it is too late. In the will the battle against road carnage be A first time Nairobi MP had a be praying so normal that “small” accidents that last two bus accidents which killed several won if the courts keep siding with crimi- rough time on Saturday when throughout cause the deaths of “one or two” people people, the passengers had tried in vain nals who are destroying lives? his views on a party position hardly merit a mention anywhere. They to ask the driver to stop speeding. They To succeed, Matiangi must do what he got him in hot soup. The MP are kawaida (banal). were ignored. does best — be out there directing, su- had claimed the proposed Matiang’i has signaled that it is time to Third, speed governors must be rein- pervising and encouraging his officers referendum would clip the take the bull by the horns. He just needs to troduced and enforced. Speed governors as they go about implementing the ini- powers of a certain national go to the shelves and dust up the manual were ditched by PSVs long ago. They are tiatives he’ll put in place to address road leader. The security team at that used by former Transport minister indispensable to road safety. carnage. the event, who were shocked the late John Michuki who wrought a Fourth, owners must pay the price of It could also be a good idea for him to by the comment, reportedly revolution in road safety in Kenya. reckless driving. The owners should be focus the minds of Kenyans on good be- advised the legislator to keep Michuki’s reforms became so success- charged with causing death by criminal haviour on the roads through “accident- his comments to himself. ful that insurers started to cut premiums negligence, if not murder, and jailed for free” months, good behaviour days where as road fatalities had reduced due to im- long jail terms if found guilty. Only this motorists exercise courtesy to one anoth- Comments about proved discipline. Michuki achieved this kind of accountability will jolt PSV opera- er etc. Bad behaviour has been part of the with the same so-called corrupt police tors from their devil-may-care attitude. road culture in Kenya for too long — and case angers crowd force, the same courts and a cartel-driven Saccos must take responsibility for this is not confined to PSVs. A party to celebrate electoral public service transport sector. members who show scant respect for — [email protected] victory for a politician ended prematurely after an MP’s comments about a case Peter Waka involving a prominent leader angered the audience. The first- time MP had insinuated that the politician was facing the Hand washing crucial for child development charges for political reasons and that an opposition leader would Today we join the rest of the world in water and lack of hand-washing facilities. including hand washing facilities fitted with make the final decision on the marking Global Hand Washing Day. This Besides impacting on school attendance, soap and water as stated in indicator 6.2.1. case. The MP was heckled by year’s theme: “Clean Hands – A Recipe for the burden of diarrhoeal diseases and para- One of the low cost interventions targeted the crowd. Health” with a focus on the link between sitic infestations has a negative impact on by the Ministry of Health in ensuring Uni- hand washing and food hygiene. students’ growth, nutritional status, physi- versal Health Coverage is the scaling up of The day is meant to improve hand wash- cal activities, cognition, concentration and maternal and child health by ensuring ex- Youth tell off MCA ing habits using soap and running water. Re- school performance. Consistent hand- clusive breastfeeding and hand-washing to search has shown that many young children washing skills can also result in significant prevent transfer of diarrhoea related disease for parading wealth in developing countries do not wash their benefits in reducing incidences of gastro- through food during weaning. Emphasizing An MCA in Nairobi’s Embakasi hands with clean water and soap. intestinal and respiratory infections. the importance of personal hygiene as a part area was recently forced to Globally, every 23 seconds, a child dies Hand washing with soap and water is of health care will, therefore, go a long way in eat humble pie. The politician, from preventable causes such as pneu- more crucial for children under five and achieving “Health for All” by 2022. whose wealth is a source of Hand wash- monia and/or diarrhoea. The simple act of those of primary school going age. It is, This year’s national hand washing cel- speculation, drove around his ing with soap hand washing with soap is the single most therefore, very important that health educa- ebrations will be commemorated in Kitui constituency in a new car said effective way to stop deaths. It can reduce tion about hand hygiene is introduced at an county to celebrate the milestones in hy- to be worth millions. With the is the single the spread of pneumonia by 23 per cent and age where lifelong behaviour is established. giene realised as a result of advocacy by the new machine blaring out loud most effective diarrhoea by up to 45 per cent. Hand washing is most effective when it government and partners such as Amref music, the MCA alighted at a In Kenya, the need for hand washing edu- is done with clean water and soap. Govern- Health Africa. Advocacy and hand washing bus station on Donholm Road way to stop cation and practice in schools is most rele- ments around the world have put efforts to campaigns in schools have reduced child to meet the wrath of youth who deaths vant because of the high likelihood of faecal achieve UN Sustainable Development Goal mortality in this region, a clear indication gave him a piece of their mind contamination of the school environment. No. 6; ensure access to water and sanitation that if taught from an early age, hand wash- about his ostentatious display Many schools, especially in rural settings, for all, which is critical for successful realiza- ing could have far reaching positive impact of wealth. The MCA retreated to have few latrines, inadequate water sup- tion of effective hand washing with soap. We among children. his posh car humiliated. plies, poor quality of available water sourc- can achieve this goal if we can demonstrate —The writer is the programmes direc- es, water storage in containers that permit that a high proportion of our population is tor, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Amref hands to touch and contaminate stored using safely managed sanitation services, Health Africa in Kenya
#7ZHHWVWRWKHHGLWRU / / / @PeopleDailyKe / / / People Daily Long before the Kenya Vs Ethio- kenya #KenyavsEthiopia. Ahmed Mohamed@Asmali77: is lacking is good management. pia kick off at Kasarani, Twitter Wow. It is more than 3 hours was bubbling with excitement. Cess@cess_vee: Those people before the 4PM kickoff of #Ke- Pyew Waw@StillDigoz: The who arrived at the stadium as nyaVsEthiopia match in the #AF- game is at 4pm but guys are Mokaya Larry@MokayaLarry: early as 8am and the game is CON2019Q and Kasarani Stadi- already getting into the stadium It’s crazy here today, fan turn out um is fully packed. The patriotism 4pm, kwani you’re not hungry? this early. There’s a thin line be- TRUTH IS: The sin we try to cover up will is wild, total motivation for team Mtu anishikie kiti nimletee lunch. and the passion for is there. What tween patriotism and idleness. eventually bring us down. WITH A LIGHT TOUCH Monday, October 15, 2018 / PEOPLE DAILY
Ndung’u Mburu The government is very busy being busy There is no other country I’d rather be in than Kenya! Seriously! In which other country does the govern- ment give you permission to construct a building then after spending a fortune and getting a cabinet minister to launch it, that same government comes back to tell you “oh, look, what a nice building you’ve got there! We bet it’d look better if we pulled it down!” This is Kenya — the land of tea, Eliud Kip- choge and political comedians. Before we proceed, allow me to register my heartfelt condolences to the families of the 58 people who perished in the Kericho bus accident. What is absolutely breathtaking, mind boggling, utterly shocking and quite Kenya- The govern- nese is how effectively the government acted after the fatal crash by sending condolence ment is very tweets and a press conference by Inspector busy discuss- General of Police Joseph Boinnet. Could more have been done? Hmm? Like ing amongst what? Arrest the overloaded bus with no in- surance and a 72-year-old driver at the nu- itself in merous roadblocks between Nairobi and loud voices Kericho? Do you know how much work, personnel at funerals and money that would take? In this econo- my? When we’re trying to hold a referendum? on the need I mean, we just don’t have that kind of re- to or not to source base. We’re trying to look for the Sh12 billion Independent Electoral and Boundar- change the ies Commission chair Wafula Chebukati and of negligence by the guys who take 50- bamboozles me that some people are try- ers. What would you do if you were in his Constitution his people need for the referendum. Also, bye bobs on the road. What you also have ing to change the law of the land! shoes? bye Ezra Chiloba aka Chilobae, it was nice to understand is that the government is Who else are we adding in this Consti- Laugh? They say laughter is the best when it lasted (sorry ladies). busy. Very busy. tution to make it even more inclusive? medicine and I find it easier to laugh than Anyway, I digress; you clearly don’t know And for those doubting Thomases that The Chinese? Animals in twos? Speaking to cry because, again, I’m an African man how busy our government is. Please under- don’t get it yet, the government is very of which, is Migingo part of this deal or and crying is taboo (this includes crying stand that the government is busy supervis- busy discussing amongst itself in loud are we still “negotiating” with Museveni while laughing). ing the demolition of illegally built buildings voices at funerals on the need to or not to himuselefu? Having said that, I’ve stopped watch- that the government had previously ap- change the Constitution. This Constitution change debate busy- ing comedy shows. I now just turn on proved because the government never told The same Constitution that was de- ness is quite confusing. So confusing it is the news and watch politicians confuse the government that the government had scribed by the same people in the govern- that even Deputy President William Ruto themselves and us in the process! given all the necessary approvals. Catch my ment just the other day — 2010 — as “the can’t decide whether he wants it or not. Go Harambee Stars!! drift? No? Neither do I. Welcome to Kenya! most progressive in the world.” I don’t blame the man, though. You say In any case, tweets have sufficed in the So progressive it is, they said, that ev- No and warn people about taxes being The writer is a presenter at Kameme past. It’s not like this was the umpteenth ac- erybody – all 50 million of us – would be raised for your fellow hustlers to fund it, TV. cident that has taken Kenyans’ lives because in government. All-inclusive! It, therefore, then end up joining the clique of tax rais- [email protected]
MCA Gwinso How cameras exposed my dishonesty As a trusted Ward Rep, I receive nu- look. Later, I learnt that a number of my contest with Mama Watoto? Are you cra- given seats, not very far from the high merous invitations to functions. Most of colleagues had received the same invi- zy or something?” He looked genuinely table. We were then wowed by a bevy of these involve raising funds, even when tation. appalled. I was confused. I had thought beauties. I was thankful I wasn’t a judge: disguised as ‘goat devouring meetings’. We approached the Assembly Speaker the occasion was a perfect opportunity I wouldn’t have known whom to award I have turned down quite a number of to facilitate our travel and related allow- for couples to bond, but now this! since to me, all the contestants looked them. ances but he would hear none of it. “We “Listen, attend that event with her at bewitchingly gorgeous. However, there are some invitations cannot pay for you guys to go and ogle your own peril. Never say I did not warn I could not hide my excitement when I dare not turn down, like the one I re- at beauties,” he declared. We were un- you,” Matayo said with finality. I did not the representative of our county ap- ceived recently. Someone thought it deterred. After all, it would not cost us know what to do since Mama Hiro was peared on stage. Before she left, I sprang wise to invite me to the Miss Tourism much, at least according to MCA Ma- obviously already preparing for the great from my seat, headed straight to her, and Kenya Beauty pageant. The event, held tayo. I realised my colleague knew quite evening. I told Matayo as much. we posed for a few photos. What an eve- in Nairobi, involved a contest among top a lot about the event, so I decided to con- ning that was!. beauties from all the 47 counties. I was sult him for more information. 6SRXVHVDOORZDQFHV It was past midnight when MCA Ma- not just asked to attend the function: I “Bwana Gwinso, the event is worth “Simple,” he retorted. “Just tell her tayo dutifully dropped me home. “Just She gave me was to grace it. I know events to skip, and every cent you are going to spend, he the governor has called for an important say the talks on the spouses’ allowances an endear- this was surely not one of them. assured me as we took tea in his office. meeting the same evening to discuss al- are on-going,” he advised as we parted. I In it, I saw an opportunity to brush We agreed that, to cut down on costs, we lowances for MCAs’ spouses, and that if walked into the house and found Mama ing don’t- shoulders with the high, the mighty and were going to use his car. you miss, she will be disadvantaged.” Hiro still awake, no doubt waiting for the the pretty. But most important, it was “Yes, we can sit in front and let the I looked at Matayo’s head and mar- good news on her allowances. tell-me- a chance to give Mama Hirohito, the women gossip at the back,” I said. veled at how so much wisdom could be “Honey, things will work out,” I said as the-obvious daughter of my mother-in-law, a treat. “Which women?” Matayo asked, his cup lodged in there. Back in the house, I did I sank onto a seat next to her. I just heard It was long since I took her out, blame it of tea halting midway to his mouth. not have much difficulty explaining to her emit a deep sigh. She then handed look on my busy schedule. “Our wives, of course,” I answered. Mama Hiro why we would have to can- me her phone. On the screen was a pic- You should have seen the glow on her The Ward Rep returned the cup on the cel the outing. After all, she was going to ture of our county representative in the face when I informed her of the forth- table without it having touched his lips. benefit from our ‘meeting’. Miss Tourism Kenya pageant. Guess who coming trip. “Make sure you wear that He then gave me a look reserved for an Come 8pm on the day of the beauty was standing next to her wearing a mo- outfit I love most,” I said. She gave me irredeemable imbecile. “Bwana Gwinso, contest, Matayo and I breezed into the lar-to-molar smile? Mimi kwisha! an endearing don’t-tell-me-the-obvious you mean you intend to go to a beauty venue. We were ushered into the hall and [email protected] PEOPLE DAILY \ Monday, October 15, 2018 WORLD NEWS
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an apocalyptic scene in a city used to µVWURQJEORZV¶ death for “driving one of the vehicles 0RJDGLVKX6XQGD\ regular explosions at the hands of Is- used in the blast,” read a statement lamist group Al-Shabaab. from the court. Somalia today executed by fir- A year on, the Al-Qaeda linked group RQ+DPDV “Today, October 14, the death pen- ing squad a man linked to one of the which still governs large swaths of ter- alty was carried out against him.” 7HO$YLY6XQGD\ country’s deadliest attacks, a year after ritory, has never claimed responsibil- Isak was the driver of a vehicle the tragedy which left over 500 dead, ity, which observers attribute to the which he parked near an airport Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin a court statement and police sources public outrage caused by the attack. checkpoint shortly after the truck went Netanyahu today threatened to in- said. To coincide with the anniversary, a off, and was arrested for suspicious be- flict “very strong blows” on Hamas Hundreds of Somalis gathered at a military court announced early Sun- haviour. The target of his attack was after fresh violence along the border ceremony to mark the anniversary of day morning that a member of the unclear and there were no casualties with the Gaza Strip controlled by the the attack in which a truck packed with team involved in the attack, had been in the second blast. Islamist group. explosives blew up at a busy intersec- executed. -AFP “Hamas has apparently not under- tion, destroying some 20 buildings in Hassan Adan Isak, was sentenced to stood the message — if these attacks do not stop, they will be stopped in another way, in the form of very, very strong blows,” Netanyahu said during the weekly cabinet meeting. ,UDQVD\V Israel on Friday suspended fuel de- liveries to the Gaza Strip, after fresh protests along the border that saw 86ORVHUE\ seven Palestinians killed by Israeli 6DXGL¶WRUHWDOLDWH·LI troops. The suspension came days after DEDQGRQLQJ fuel supplies had begun running to the enclave, in a fresh bid to ease an Israeli blockade that has lasted more SXQLVKHGRYHUVFULEH QXNHGHDO than 10 years. A UN-brokered deal had seen Qa- 7HKUDQ6XQGD\ tar pledge $60 million (Sh6 billion) for Oil-rich kingdom fuel for Gaza’s sole power plant. -BBC vows to hit back in Iran president said today the Unit- ed States has lost against the Islamic case of sanctions republic’s “righteousness and wis- %XUXQGLVD\V dom” by walking out of the landmark over missing nuclear deal. journalist “Everyone knows America has lost %HOJLXPNLOOHG legally and politically by giving up on its international obligations and that 'XEDL6XQGD\ we have achieved victory,” said Presi- IUHHGRPKHUR dent Hassan Rouhani in a speech at %XMXPEXUD6XQGD\ Saudi Arabia warned today it would the University of Tehran to mark the retaliate against any sanctions im- beginning of the school year. Burundi today accused former co- posed on the kingdom over the disap- “There are but a few countries in lonial power Belgium of ordering the pearance of journalist Jamal Khashog- the world that would call the US with- assassination of independence hero gi, as the Riyadh stock market plunged drawal from the JCPOA (nuclear deal) and Crown Prince Louis Rwagasore in on growing investor jitters. a good move,” he added. 1961, a move likely to further poison From tech tycoons to media giants, “Those that are cautious express ties between the two countries. a host of Western companies are now disappointment, those that are more A government statement said Bel- distancing themselves from the Gulf frank say it was a mistake, and the out- gium was the “true backer of the as- state, imperilling Crown Prince Mo- spoken say it was illegal.” sassination of Rwagasore”, in the first hammed bin Salman’s much-hyped Washington pulled out of the 2015 direct accusation over the murder by economic reform drive. nuclear deal between Iran and six Bujumbura, which said it plans to US President Donald Trump threat- world powers in May and is reimpos- probe the six-decade old incident. ened ally Saudi Arabia on Saturday ing punishing sanctions on the coun- The statement said that Brussels with “severe punishment” if Khashog- try, hoping to pressure Tehran into “has yet to explain itself” over the kill- gi, who has been critical of Prince Mo- what President Donald Trump calls a ing of Rwagasore, who played a key hammed, was killed inside its Istanbul “better deal”. role in Burundi’s anti-colonial move- mission. The US is due to complete the reim- ment. But Riyadh vowed to hit back 0<67(5<9$1,6+,1* position of sanctions on November 5, -AFP against any action against it. Khashoggi, a Washington Post con- targeting Iran’s oil sector and central “The kingdom affirms its total rejec- tributor, vanished after entering the bank. consulate on October 2 to obtain tion of any threats or attempts to un- “There has never been a more spite- RIÀFLDOGRFXPHQWVIRUKLVXSFRPLQJ ful team than the current US adminis- 0LJUDQWWUXFN dermine it whether through threats to PDUULDJH impose economic sanctions or the use 6DXGLRIÀFLDOVDUULYHDWWKH6DXGL tration toward Iran, Iranians and the of political pressure,” an official source 7XUNLVKRIÀFLDOVKDYHVDLGWKH\ $UDELDQFRQVXODWHLQ,VWDQEXORQIRU Islamic Republic,” Rouhani said. FUDVKNLOOV said, quoted by state news agency SPA. EHOLHYH.KDVKRJJLZDVNLOOHGLQ- WDONVRQWKHGLVDSSHDUDQFHRIMRXU- He said nothing would change on He said Riyadh would “respond to VLGHWKHPLVVLRQDQGFODLPVKDYH QDOLVW-DPDO.KDVKRJJL1)050"'1 November 5 since “America has al- LQ7XUNH\ any action with a bigger one”, point- EHHQOHDNHGWRPHGLDWKDWKHZDV ready done whatever it can”. ing out that the oil superpower “plays WRUWXUHGDQGHYHQGLVPHPEHUHG media powerhouses like Bloomberg The other parties to the nuclear ,VWDQEXO6XQGD\ an effective and vital role in the world and CNN, have pulled out of next agreement — Russia, China, the UK, economy”. gains for 2018. week’s Future Investment Initiative France and Germany — have all pledged to continue to try to make Twenty-two people, including chil- As investors took fright, Saudi stocks Business barons including British (FII) in Riyadh, dubbed “Davos in the the deal work. dren, died today when a vehicle car- tumbled by around seven per cent at billionaire Richard Branson and Uber desert”. -AFP rying migrants reportedly heading for one point on Sunday, wiping out their CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, as well as -AFP EU member Greece plunged off the highway into a waterway in western Turkey. The vehicle, described as a lorry, 0XUGHUHG6DOYDGRUDQ$UFKELVKRS5RPHURFDQRQLVHG was travelling on a highway in the Izmir region close to Izmir airport 9DWLFDQ6XQGD\ his people”. Romero was killed by tine pontiff, Latin America’s first, when it flipped over and fell into the soldiers while giving Mass in 1980. has hailed both men for their brav- channel several metres below, state- Pope Francis has conferred saint- His killers have never been brought ery during difficult times and their run Anadolu news agency said. hood on murdered Salvadoran Arch- to justice. dedication to social justice and the The nationality of the migrants was bishop Óscar Romero (pictured) at a Pope Francis also canonised Pope oppressed. not made clear. Twenty-two people ceremony in the Vatican. Paul VI, known for making reforms to Among the other newly appointed were killed, the agency said, lifting an He praised the cleric — an advo- the Catholic Church in the 1960s. saints include an Italian orphan who earlier toll of 19, while 13 more were cate for peace during El Salvador’s The bestowing of a sainthood onto died of bone cancer aged 19 and a Ger- injured. civil war — for sacrificing his own Romero has long been called for by man nun. -AFP safety to be “close to the poor and Catholics in the region. The Argen- -BBC ,Q%ULHI BusinessPEOPLE DAILY / Monday, October 15, 2018 Hub
Kisumu MCAs push for fish processing plant REVENUE: Members of Kisumu County Assembly (MCAs) want fish :K\GLHVHONHURVHQH processing plants established in the region to help improve the fishing sector. While debating a motion on setting up the processing plants, the ward representatives said the county was losing a lot in terms of revenue SXPSSULFHVDUHXS because it lacks facilities to process its locally produced fish. A motion But motorists get AUSTERITY compelling the County department of Employer of Choice trade and industry to come up enabling reprieve after energy MEASURES by-laws to facilitate investments by regulator eased cost Last month, Treasury directed min- fish processing firms was moved by istries and State agencies to cut South West Kisumu MCA Erick Agolla. of super petrol by spending by over 70 per cent as He argued that the county being a Sh1.06 part of sweeping austerity meas- major fish producer was losing more XUHVWRSOXJWKHFULSSOLQJÀQDQFLDO GHÀFLWDPLGULVLQJQDWLRQDOGHEW essential revenue on the product due E\6HWK2Q\DQJR to lack of fish processors. He said #6HWK0DQH[ It is the toughest policy by the setting up the fish processing plants government in years and come would be key in improving the sector Kenyans will have to dig deeper as the Treasury begins to mobi- and fisher-folk livelihoods. Majority into their pockets for diesel and OLVHIXQGVWRÀQDQFH3UHVLGHQW leader Kenneth Onyango urged the kerosene after the Energy Regulatory Uhuru Kenyattaʼs “Big Four” county government to create an Commission (ERC) increased retail economic blueprint. enabling environment for investors prices in the latest fuel review. Motorists and households will pay intending to establish such industries. Sh1.60 and Sh0.43 more per litre, for – NOVEN OWITI diesel and kerosene respectively, be- Sh30b tween today and November 14. There is, however, a marginal re- Amount expected Samsung reveals prieve to consumers of super pet- from the new tax on rol after the retail price dropped petroleum products to radical smartphone by Sh1.06 inclusive of the recently help National Treasury ADVENTURE: Samsung has revealed passed eight per cent Value Added plug revenue shortfall. its latest Smartphone, the Galaxy A9, Tax (VAT). ERC director general Pavel Oimeke in a statement yesterday at- Unilever East Africa Human Resource director Salome Nderitu VAT on petroleum products from 16 which it says features the world’s first tributed new price movements to the rear camera with four lenses. The receives the Unilever Kenya Top Employer 2019 Award from Billy to eight per cent. Uhuru’s new fuel tax average landed cost of imported su- Elliott, the Top Employers Institute manager for Africa. Unilever is to help the National Treasury raise phone set to be released mid-next per petrol which ebbed 1.99 per cent up to Sh30 billion and plug revenue month is designed with social media KDVEHHQFHUWLÀHGDVWKHQXPEHURQHWRSHPSOR\HULQ$IULFDIRU from Sh74,940 per tonne in August to the fourth time. PHOTO: ALICE MBURU shortfall. in mind with the company saying Sh73,450 last month. that it is optimised for the “instagram Conversely, cost of diesel swelled +RXVLQJIXQG generation”. “The Galaxy A9 is tailored 2.11 per cent from Sh69, 108 per mean monthly US Dollar to Kenya sene will trade at Sh111.40 and 110.41 More money will be raised from for those who know what they want tonne to Sh70,565 and kerosene shilling exchange rate depredated by and Sh110.51 and 109.52 correspond- money transfer charges, sugar con- and go after it. It is the ultimate jumping 0.60 per cent from Sh72, 269 0.17 per cent from Sh100.71 per dol- ingly. Consumers in far-fetched areas fectioneries, betting companies and companion for capturing and sharing per tonne to Sh72,704 over the same lar in August to Sh100.88 per dollar in will pay more for the commodities winnings, VAT on kerosene and the everyday adventures, no matter period. Following the latest review, September,” Oimeke explained. due to transportation cost and other newly introduced housing fund. The where life takes you,” said Charles a litre of super petrol will retail at In Mombasa, the super petrol will logistics. Prices of kerosene have memorandum proposed a deletion Sh115.73 in Nairobi, while diesel and Kimari, Head of Mobile Division at retail at Sh113.10 with diesel and been a constant causality of the gov- of 0.05 per cent “Robin Hood” tax kerosene will retail at Sh109.72 and kerosene retailing at Sh107.10 and ernment’s bid to discourage use of regime, which had been proposed Samsung. He disclosed that since the Sh108.84. phone is designed to make life more Sh106.21 respectively. paraffin in favour of clean fuels, solar on the money transfers of at least The Free On board (FOB) price of and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cook- Sh500,000. Betting companies will convenient, it features Bixby, Samsung murban crude oil lifted in September Pay and Samsung Health and you can ing gas). be charged 15 per cent on top of the was posted at $80.35 (Sh8,035) per 7UDQVSRUWDWLRQFRVW New fuel prices come barely a 30 per cent they pay on corporate in- take advantage of the many multi- barrel, an increase of 7.06 per cent In Kisumu and Nakuru, super pet- month after President Uhuru Ke- come, while the winners will have to tasking benefits the Galaxy A9 offers, from $75.05 (Sh7,505) per barrel in rol will retail at Sh117.09 and 116.20 nyatta signed into law the Finance part with 20 per cent of their winnings including App Pair. –MILLIAM MURIGI August.“Over the same period, the respectively while diesel and kero- Bill 2018, which reversed the initial to the National Treasury. 6WDWHEDQNVRQHFRPPHUFHSODWIRUPVWRVSXUWUDGH E\)UHG$PLQJD such as Jumia to help bridge trade businesses in 2019,” said Jumia’s man- deficit with other countries. #IDPLQJD 15,000 aging director Sam Chappatte. “Our trade policy has underscored “Through this we hope to continue The government is banking on the role of e-commerce in Kenya’s Vendor base Jumia, playing a part in the digitisation of the economic development. Let us ap- digitising more small and medium the country’s leading economy and job creation, and to sup- enterprises (SMEs) to boost produc- preciate private sector efforts such one-stop online shop port the government’s Big Four agenda tivity and spur economic growth. as Jumia, geared towards providing seeks to build by next on youth employment,” he said. Speaking during Jumia Kenya’s a platform for trade promotion and year. Chappatte said this year’s Black Fri- 2018 Black Friday launch event, Trade increasing exports through digitisa- day will commence on November 2 Principal Secretary Chris Kiptoo said tion,” Kiptoo said. during this year’s Jumia Black Friday and last for the entire month under the the national economy depends a lot “Making SMEs successful is at sales extravaganza which will kick theme: “Every Friday is Black Friday this on SMEs which currently contribute the heart of the government’s Big next month. November”. Kiptoo also urged SMEs to up to 25 per cent of the gross domes- Four agenda on creating jobs for the During the launch, Jumia an- Jumia Kenya managing director Sam take advantage of the young techno- tic product (GDP) and employing 70 youth,” he added. nounced that it is planning to in- &KDSSDWWH OHIW DQG7UDGH3ULQFLSDO savvy youth who are now opting to shop More than 10,000 SMEs are already crease its vendor base to 15,000 by per cent of the workforce. Secretary Chris Kiptoo. 1)050"-*$& online due to the high rate of smart- selling on the Jumia e-commerce 2019. “We plan to invest significantly The PS further said it is possible to .#636 phone penetration in the country. leverage the power of online retailers platform with others planning to join in training for small and medium size PEOPLE DAILY \ Monday, October 15, 2018 BUSINESS HUB /DNHUHJLRQEORFWDNHRIIFORVH
it set for itself when its formation was growth for the benefit of our people Oparanya says no mooted in 2015. So far, only two out of ‘’ he said. There have been fears that communication has the 14 county assemblies have passed some of the counties were wavering the lake region economic bloc’s bill, a on their earlier commitment to work been received of any critical tool needed to legalise its ac- together through the bloc. tivities. Nandi County has been cited in the county seeking to By Friday, only the county assemblies past as among the counties whose lead- pull out of alliance of Kakamega and Kisii had passed the ership appears not to be fully commit- LREB bill. The bloc’s much talked about ted to the activities of the bloc. E\'LFNHQV:DVRQJD regional development bank also failed Only five governors attended the #3HRSOH'DLO\.H to meet its set operational deadline. Friday meeting although most of the During the meeting, LREB Chief counties were represented through The lake region economic bloc Executive Officer Abala Wanga raised their deputy governors. Nandi Gover- (LREB) will not split despite grow- concerns about the delay, terming it nor Stephen Sang’ was absent although ing concerns that some counties a major setback. He said they had an- his deputy attended. The five were Sos- could be deliberately delaying the ticipated that at least six county assem- peter Ojamong (Busia), Wilber Otichilo passage of a key bill to sabotage blies would have passed the bill before (Vihiga), Cornel Rasanga (Siaya) and the arrangement. the inaugural trade investment and Anyang’ Nyong’o (Kisumu). Giving the assurance, the lead- blue economy conference which kicks Briefing journalists after the meet- ership of the alliance said it would off on October 21, in Bomet. ing, Oparanya who read the resolutions insulate the bloc by asking its passed at the meeting, downplayed the Lake Region Economic Bloc members to keep off politics that 6KDUHGUHVRXUFHV fallout claims. Some assemblies have 0(0%(5&2817,(6 FKDLUPDQDQG.DNDPHJDJRYHUQRU could derail the region’s economic The conference whose theme is “Op- reportedly been calling for amend- :\FOLIIH2SDUDQ\D1)050'*-& rebirth, which is its key agenda. timising utilisation of shared resources ments into the bill before passing it. The Lake Region Economic Bloc con- Chairman of the bloc, Wycliffe for prosperity under the Big Four Agen- Oparanya said they had not yet re- sists of the 14 counties around Lake supporting the bloc and so far Ford Oparanya’s asked more than da ‘’ has been organised by LREB. ceived any official communication Victoria and its environs namely Siaya, Foundation has given it Sh20 million 700 Members of County Assem- LREB expects to use the four-day from Nandi County indicating they Homa Bay, Migori, Kakamega, Bun- goma, Busia, Vihiga, Trans Nzoia, Kisii, to strengthen the secretariat,’’ he said. bly (MCAs) during a meeting in event to showcase investment oppor- wanted to pullout. Speaking at the The resolutions passed by the meet- Kisumu to remember that the tunities available in the region. Nyamira, Bomet, Nandi, Kisumu and event, Bomet Governor Joyce Laboso Kericho. ing attended by 703 ward representa- aim of the new coalition is purely Oparanya, who is also the Kakamega said the bloc would enhance inter- tives, two MPs and a Senator from the Governor pleaded with the remaining business. “It is about business county trade and asked the leaders not (Agoa) to access the export market. bloc agreed to register a joint venture 12 county assemblies to pass the bill to that will empower our people to backtrack on their earlier commit- He said most counties were strug- to be used as investment vehicle for the help the regional bloc fast-track its ac- economically and nothing else,” ment in supporting it. gling to raise revenue to supplement proposed regional bank. tivities. He appealed to elected leaders he told the ward representatives She said 13 counties had signed an what they receive from the National “Following consultations with rel- in the bloc to shun politics that might attending the bloc’s county lead- agreement binding them to the bloc, Treasury. evant statutory bodies we are in the ership interactive meeting in the derail the economic unity that the alli- apart from Migori County. process of registering the joint venture lakeside town on Friday. ance was seeking to achieve. Nyong’o said the bloc plans to re- 5HJLRQDOEDQN as an investment vehicle for the bank,” But even as the LREB chair- “Let us remember that this organisa- vive the growing of cash crops such as “The formation of the regional bank Oparanya said. When the idea was man exuded confidence that the tion is not for politics. Our key objective cotton, tea and sugarcane and urged will greatly help us to raise funds for mooted, member counties were to con- plans were on course, it emerged is to consolidate our economic poten- member counties to take advantage development projects of our regions. tribute Sh200 million each towards the that the bloc had missed targets tial to help us realise socio-economic of the African Growth Opportunity Act Most investors have shown interest in formation of the development bank. 3,&63($.
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CAMPORAGE WITH MICHAEL MURAYA #PLFKDHOBPXUD\D Ladies and gentlemen, we are headed back to shagz The doom of examinations is ap- States—of Kiambu) and so on. ;OPZPZ[OLVUS`[PTL`V\^PSSÄUK mothers that they are part of a repro- ine how these peeps will confuse proaching and you know what that Funny will be how these urban as- those foreigners from USIU who ductive experiment for their biology the whole village when they rise to means? The reality of returning to similates will make sure they insist until November didn’t know what project, which forms an integral part make a testimony this Sunday. “Extol villages is slowly dawning! on the fact that they have been away “gishagi” means and who Jua Kali is, of the university course work! the Lord! My patronymic is Michael. After months of abandoning the for the better time of earth’s trip hanging on some Kathonzweni Trav- Then there is that set of kids who I am saved, liberated and emanci- god forsaken suburbs and adopting around the sun. They kids will plun- ellers vehicle blubbering vernacular since they joined campus, their ego pated. I cannot quantify the volume odd lifestyles and bizarre accents, der their remaining HELB coins by like they are possessed! shot up by 900 per cent and now they VM[OLÄ_LKTHZZVM.VK»ZISLZZPUNZ campo boys and girls are now get- going to one of the city’s malls, doing Atop the drama will perhaps be are Aristotles and esteemed schol- in my life because his goodness and ting ready to crawl back to their a huge shopping then dragging the that set of careless and carnally ac- ars who have to sound sophisticated mercy is directly proportional to my roots. Time has now come for self huge paper bags to the matatu stage tive peeps who are going back home at all times. They never have pets, it’s prosperity and favourable outcomes proclaimed ballers and swaggish to carry sugar and rice all the way to with a six-month pregnancy. These animal companions; nor do they give provided my salvation is kept con- braggers to go back to UK (read Khwisero as if shops in their villages kids with incoming kids will have a NPYSZÅV^LYZYH[OLY[OL`VMMLY[OLT stant!” (The translator suffers car- Ukambani Kingdom), US (United don’t stock sugar! hard time explaining to their grand- botanical tokens! So y’all can imag- diac arrest). 17 5Sba^]bbSR PEOPLE DAILY Monday, October 15, 2018
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Gang Ahmed Abdullahi bagged awards for Best Nyabuol 6WXGHQW1RQÀFWLRQDQG%HVW6RXQG Biel (right) receives Musician Jemedari award for and photographer Best Script. Matt on the decks. Silole Karasha. FILMAID FESTIVAL Back to my roots With a line-up of eleven performers, the Backyard Weekender took off on a high note at The Alchemist Bar. Among the acts of the night were Achieng, Abaki Simba, Udulele, The Kaya Collective, y story, My voice, Your move; ers, the gala participants and humanitarian or- th Chief and the Marshalls, Ayrosh and Tha Movement and more. The was this year’s theme for the 11 ganisations. Among those awarded for motion blend of percussion instruments with the various music sounds edition of FilmAid Festival held at pictures well rendered were Amina Rwimo for was a beautiful show of African talent in one space. Through the Tribe Hotel. The festival entailed Best International Film, Gang Nyabuol Biel for likes of Abaki Simba, the show was a reminder of the power of a week-long screening with se- Best Script and Ahmed Abdullahi Exceptional traditional African music instruments and why it is important to MSLJ[LKÄSTZJYLH[LKI`-PST(PK4LKPH[YHPULLZ 5VU¶ÄJ[PVUJH[LNVY`HUK)LZ[:V\UK;OLÄST preserve them in this age of massive digitisation. from Daadab and Kakuma refugee camps. festival was attended by dignitaries from vari- TEXT AND PHOTOS: CYNTHIA MUKANZI )LMVYL[OLJVYVUH[PVUVM[OLILZ[ÄSTTHRLYZ ous organisations. in various categories, there were panel discus- ZPVUZ[OH[WPX\LKTPUKZVMÄSTPUK\Z[Y`WSH` TEXT AND PHOTOS: CYNTHIA MUKANZI Amina Rwimo, winner of Best International Film.
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Maryan Dahir Adawe, receives award for Best Cinematography. Violinist Nelfrey Musicians Kimbasax and Ayrosh. Ongeri A YOUTH AFFAIR
The M-Pesa Foundation Acad- 1VL°4\JOLY\°^OV\YNLKIV[O emy in conjunction with Nairobi private and public schools in International School recently the country to embrace ICT as held an education forum for ed- a way of promoting innovations. ucation stakeholders and there- ;OL*:°ZHPK[OLNV]LYUTLU[PZ° after an interactive brunch. In W\[[PUN\WTLHZ\YLZ°°[VLUZ\YL attendance during the function, [OH[°SLHYULYZHYLNYHKLK\ZPUN which took place at dusitD2 technology, a move he said will was the first Vice President enable students identify their of Apple Inc (Education) John strengths and weaknesses to Couch and Cabinet Secretary make correct career choices. for Information, Communica- TEXT: HARRIET JAMES tions and Technology (ICT), PHOTOS: JOHN OCHIENG
ICT CS Joe Mucheru with John Couch, VP of Edu- cation, Apple Inc. DJ D-Lite, musician Wahu and Jane Mwangi of Kenya Association of International Schools.
Dr Stephen Walker, Kris Couch and his spouse Brittany Philip Odeka and Maxwell director teaching and Couch with Chris Banks co-chair at Ke- Ogonyo of National learning at M-Pesa Paul Githuka and Muthomi Rober of M-Pesa nya Association of International Schools. Intelligence Service . Foundation Academy. Foundation Academy. PEOPLE DAILY, Monday, October 15, 2018 Kenyans are still wait- ing for the state-of- the-art new stadiums promised by the Jubi- lee government when they assumed power 7. Nou Mestalla, Valencia, in 2013. Worse still, Spain renovations of Nyayo, Capacity: 54,000 Due Date: 2021 Kinoru and Kipchoge Cost: Sh36 billion The Nou Mestalla has been in construction for Keino stadiums have well over 12 years. The ground fell victim to Valen- stalled as contractors JPH»ZÄUHUJPHSKPMÄJ\S[PLZL_HJLYIH[LKI`[OL[V[HS collapse of Spain’s property market in 2008. But Major new demand for payment. after years of waiting, it’s now or never for the Nou Mestalla, because if construction doesn’t restart But while Kenya soon, the existing structure will have to be demol- ished. But the omens are good; in October 2017 drags its feet, some Valencia were given permission to restart construc- stadium around the world are tion, while earlier this year the club agreed a part- ULYZOPW^P[O+LSVP[[L[VOLSWÄUHUJL[OLI\PSKPUN not joking. process. 8. Lusail Iconic Stadium, upgrades Lusail, Qatar Capacity: 80,000 Date Due: 2022 Cost: Sh4.5 trillion underway ;OL3\ZHPS0JVUPJ:[HKP\TPZ[OLZOV^WPLJL]LU ue for the 2022 World Cup and is set to be used for [OLVWLUPUNHUKÄUHSNHTLZVM[OL[V\YUHTLU[0[Z tomeu back in March 2016, goes beyond just the KLZPNUPUJS\KLZHYLÅLJ[P]LWVVSVM^H[LYLUJPYJSPUN stadium, with improvements planned for the entire the stadium, with fans crossing six bridges to reach Barcelona campus, including a 12,000-seater arena it. The stadium is part of a project that will entirely for other Barca sports teams such as basketball. JVUZ[Y\J[[OLJP[`VM3\ZHPS^OPJO^PSSPUJS\KLWHYRZ 5. New National Stadium, and marinas. Its construction though has been Tokyo, Japan condemned by Amnesty International, who are concerned that some workers are going unpaid. Capacity: 68,089 Due Date: 2020 Cost: Sh110billion 1. Stadio della Roma, AS Japan’s new national stadium was originally de- signed by well-known architect Zaha Hadid but a Roma public outcry at spiralling costs led to a rethink at the Capacity: 52,500, expandable to 60,000 instruction of prime minister Shinzo Abe. The new Due date: 2020-2021 season design, by Kengo Kuma, has a natural feel, made Costs: Sh35.6 billion 3. New Sardar Patel up of a wooden frame and surrounded by foliage. Roma president Jim Pallotta is determined to It was originally hoped that the new arena would give the Italian club its own home after 65 years of Stadium, Gujarat, India be ready for the 2019 Rugby World Cup but it is ZOHYPUN[OL:[HKPV6SPTWPJV^P[OÄLYJLYP]HSZ3HaPV Capacity: 110,000 now expected to be ready for the 2020 Summer 9. Las Vegas Stadium, ;OLWYVQLJ[[VI\PSK[OL:[HKPVKLSSH9VTH^HZÄUHS Due Date: 2020 Olympic Games. USA ly given panning permission in December last year Cost: Sh9.7 billion Capacity: 65,000 but hit a snag when the mayor of the proposed site, The New Sardar Patel Stadium in Gujarat, India, Due Date: 2020 Virgina Raggi, rejected the proposal. A compromise will become the world’s largest cricket ground when Cost: Sh186 billion has since been reached, and the new stadium will it is completed in 2020. The stadium’s capacity is ;OL3HZ=LNHZZ[HKP\T^PSSIL[OLUL^OVTLVM be built on an old race track at Tor Di Valle, in the anticipated to be a whopping 110,000, which is the Oakland Raiders, who will relocate from Oak- south west of the City. 10,000 more than the Melbourne Cricket Ground land, California before the start of the 2020 season. (MCG), the current largest stadium for cricket. The The move was controversial but comes after stadium will cover 63 acres of land and will boast an years of searching for a new home away from the Olympic-sized swimming pool, 76 corporate boxes Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, which is re- and enough space for 3,000 cars and 10,000 bi- NHYKLKHZVULVM[OL^VYZ[NYV\UKZPU[OL5-3 cycles. The project is backed by Prime Minister Na- Their new home will be an indoor complex com- rendra Modi, and construction is already underway, WSL[L^P[OHNSHZZKVTLKYVVMHKQHJLU[[V[OL3HZ with the Gujarat cricket team and Rajasthan Royals Vegas strip. But if any Raiders fans get too carried aiming to move in by 2020. away they risk being locked up on-site, as the sta- dium’s design includes a jail and a courtroom. 4. New Puskas Ferenc 6. LA Stadium, California, 2. Espai Barca project, Stadium, Budapest, USA 10. Bernabeu redesign, Barcelona Hungary Capacity: 70,240 Madrid Capacity: Increase from 99,354 to 105,000 Capacity: 67,889 Due Date: 2020 Capacity: 81,044 (unchanged) Due date: 2020-2021 season Due Date: 2019 Cost: Sh592 billion Date Due: 2022 Cost: Sh42 billion Cost: Sh67 billion ;OPZPZVULL_WLUZP]LUL^OVTL;OL3VZ(UNL Cost: Sh66.5 billion The Espai Barca project plans to renovate the The new home to Hungarian football will open its SLZ:[HKP\T^PSSWSH`OVZ[[V[OL3(9HTZHUK[OL Real Madrid announced plans for a wholesale Nou Camp and drag it into the 21st Century. The doors in 2019 and will replace its namesake in Zu- 3(*OHYNLYZMYVT;OLWYVQLJ[PZZWLHYOLHKLK renovation of the Bernabeu last month. The proj- plans involve increasing the stadium’s capacity, as glo, Budapest, which was demolished in October by Rams owner and familiar face Stan Kroenke, ect, which according to President Florentino Perez well as adding a roof, underground parking and im- 2016. Hungary are not the footballing powerhouse now the majority shareholder at Arsenal, and it in- could rake in an extra €150million (Sh13 billion) per proving Wi-Fi access. they once were but they will be showcasing elite cludes retail space, a hotel, a park and some new season, will make the stadium become ‘more mod- ;OLÄYZ[[PLYVM[OLNYV\UK^PSSHSZVILYLTVKLSSLK football here in the very near future, as the ground homes on a 300-acre plot. The stadium will host ern’ and ‘more secure’. The new-look Bernabeu will to be more vertical, for a better viewing experience. has been chosen to host three group stage match- the Super Bowl in 2022 and is expected to host the OH]LHJOYVTLÄUPZOHUKMLH[\YLHYL[YHJ[HISLYVVM The project, unveiled by President Josep Maria Bar- es and a round of 16 match during UEFA Euro 2020. Olympics in 2028. new seats and two new towers. PEOPLE DAILY 19 Monday, October 15, 2018 Twoinone :LWK%$51$%$6$&+2.,
TUZMF Learning to fix MJGF relationships before they break TheACHOKIS 3HZ[^LLR[^VZPNUPÄJHU[[OPUNZOHW *UTBMMBCPVU Barnabas & Grace Achoki are pened—one was a pleasant surprise, a marriage and relationship coaches. holiday in the middle of the week. The [email protected] V[OLY^HZHZOVJR[OL[YHNPJHJJPKLU[ that happened on that same day at 5am at Fort Ternan leaving 55 people dead and 15 others seriously injured. To lose OUR TAKE SP]LZILJH\ZLVMZVTL[OPUN[OH[JV\SK be avoided is really painful. (JJVYKPUN[VZVTLVM[OLWHZZLUNLYZ There is an age difference of about 13 years be- ^OVZ\Y]P]LK[OLHJJPKLU[[OLI\ZOHKH tween you and your husband. Having been mar- lot of issues. First, it was overloaded with ried for 16 years, it means that you got married at ZVTLWLVWSLZLH[PUNVUZVKHJYH[LZPU 24 years and your husband was 37. This means between the seats, two, it’s breaks were that probably being that young, you hadn’t tasted UV[M\UJ[PVUPUNWYVWLYS`HUK[OPYKS`[OL life as they say, while your hubby may have had I\Z»ZIVK`^HZUV[I\PS[HJJVYKPUN[V enough of it. Now many years later, you are trying [OLZ[HUKHYKZVMW\ISPJ]LOPJSLI\ZLZ to relive a phase of your life that you missed— HZYLJVTTLUKLKI`[OL2LU`H)\YLH\ after all, it is said, life starts at 40. So it seems it VM:[HUKHYKZ2LIZ>LZLLT[VHS^H`Z has just started for you, while your husband on YLHJ[HM[LYZ\JOPUJPKLU[ZOH]LOHW the other hand is slowing down as he begins to pened. Suddenly, there’s an order by come to terms with retirement. Your sex life is -YHUJPZ4LQH5;:(»ZKPYLJ[VYNLULYHS GHðQLWHO\RQWKHULVHZKLOH\RXUPDQâVFRXOGEH to ban night travel. Then, bumps will be on the decline at this age and that could be why LYLJ[LKH[[OH[ZWV[HUKZ\JOSPRL[OPUNZ this is happening to you. >LKVU»[ZLLT[VOH]LNYHZWLK^OH[[OL 5V[NLU\PULSV]L ^OP[LTHU[H\NO[\Z¸7YL]LU[PVUPZIL[ Your entanglement with this young man who [LY[OHUJ\YL¹ has come into your life has further confused your This is what happens to our marriages situation. This is a deception because it is only HZ^LSS>L[LUK[VY\UMVYJV\UZLSSPUN exaggerating what it is that you are missing in HUKZLLROLSWVUS`HM[LYZVTL[OPUNKYHZ your marriage. What you need to realise is that [PJOHZOHWWLULK[VV\YYLSH[PVUZOPW(M you are only infatuated with him. Soon, reality will ter the damage has been done, people set in and you will realise that not all that glitters have been hurt and a family has been is gold. The young man may be in this because devastated, that’s when we remember of what he gets from you. Good sex without any [V^VYRVUV\YTHYYPHNLZ>LKVU»[KV strings attached, no fear of commitment, and what needs to be done to prevent things probably because of your money. Someone JVTPUN[OPZMHY>LPNUVYL[OL^HYUPUN nicely put it thus, “Ladies who mess with Ben- ZPNUZYLM\ZL[VOLLKHK]PJLKVU»[H[[LUK 10s and Boy toys don’t forget when you play with those marriage seminars, don’t read a little boys, you get peed on.” And sure enough, good book on marriage together or seek you will get peed on sooner than later. V\[HYLSH[PVUZOPWJVHJO[VOLSW\Z^VYR My 53-year-old hubby >H`MVY^HYK on our relational goals. So, first thing is to cut off this relationship They say “If it ain’t broken don’t fix however much you seem to be enjoying it. This P[¹)\[PUJVHJOPUN^LZH`¸0MP[HPU»[ won’t be easy of course, and so you will need can’t measure up to IYVRLUTHRLP[IL[[LY¹*VU[PU\V\ZS` someone to hold you accountable as you do so. working on your relationship to improve Secondly, manage your expectations and fanta- it is one sure way of preventing it from sies because if you don’t, you will still be feeling NYPUKPUN[VHOHS[VYLUKPUN[YHNPJHSS`SPRL my Ben-10 that you are missing something in your marriage. those people’s journey on that fatal Moi Thirdly, have a candid conversation with your +H`TVYUPUN)`^VYRPUNVU`V\YYLSH HTHTHYYPLK^VTHUHNLK`LHYZI\[0OH]LHIV`MYPLUK^OVPZ 4`O\Z husband. Let him know what you want. Guys [PVUZOPWP[^V\SKILOLHS[O`·HUKHU` band is 53 and we got married 16 years ago. Though he is a good provider, in sometimes think that as long as they are provid- thing that is healthy grows while on the [LYTZVMMVVKZOLS[LYHUKMLLZOLJHUILHIVYPUNTHU>LKVU»[[HSRT\JO ing for a woman, that’s enough. We believe that other hand, anything that is not growing HUK^OLUOLPZH[OVTLOL»ZHS^H`ZVUOPZNHKNL[ZJSHPTPUNOLPZSVVRPUNMVY with the necessary help and with the two of you is … yes, dying. So, in your marriage, I\ZPULZZ6U[OLV[OLYOHUKT`IV`MYPLUKPZM\USV]PUN0UL]LYNL[IVYLK^P[O having those necessary conversations you will be KVU»[ILYLHJ[P]LSPRLH[`WPJHS2LU`HU OPTHUKOLIYPUNZIHJRSPML[VTL0KVU»[^HU[[VKP]VYJLT`O\ZIHUKI\[0»T able to still have you cake and eat it. LUQV`PUNT`SPML^P[OT`IV`MYPLUKLZWLJPHSS`V]LY[OL^LLRLUKZ7SLHZLOLSW PUZ[LHKILWYVHJ[P]LMVY[OH[PZOV^[OL I [^VJHUYLTHPUVUL Citymamacita WITH CATHERINE NJIRU No groom? Well, I still do! Quote of the When you’re a woman of African quick as you tried to open it. Then, we Lulu’s side she decided to honour her ship. Something society isn’t ready to week descent, you somehow don’t enjoy liv- became adults and now the same par- father with the wedding he rehearsed swallow in yet. Being single by choice ing by your terms. When you’re young, ents wonder why no one has managed for 16 years. He didn’t get to read his clearly squashes the theory that a Hope for love, pray it’s the parents who are in charge. to open the cookie jar just yet. “We need speech though. Because before friends Prince Charming is required for a ful- for love, wish for love, When you’re finally independent, it’s grandchildren.” And every visit home is and a pastor, Lulu said I do to herself. I ÄSSLKSPML dream for love… but the husband—that is if you’re ‘lucky’ a grilling session, ‘unamleta lini’°;OL`»YL honestly don’t know what’s worse for Who would blame them anyway if don’t put your life on to get yourself a husband. Yes, lucky now asking about the same ‘Johnie’ this speech-rehearsing dad—an unmar- these shisha-smoking men are the hold waiting for love. —Mandy Hale because your very existence and suc- they threatened years back. ried daughter or daughter who marries ‘potential’ husbands available? If there cess is pegged on a man. So, when But if the name Jemimah Lulu rings a herself complete with a gown and audi- is a gap in these women’s lives, they we’re young, our fathers would issue ILSS[OLU`V\YMVSRZHYLQ\Z[ÄUL;OHUR ence. Lulu, in her words ‘didn’t want to KVU»[^HU[[VÄSSP[^P[OHYLSH[PVUZOPW stern warnings (through our mums of your gods. So Lulu’s father jotted down think about walking up the aisle. It’s not As the girl-child gets more and more course, that dare you get pregnant in her wedding speech when she was 16. the thing which keeps me up at night.’ empowered, the boy-child lags behind, his home, ‘ujue mahali utaenda’. So that Sixteen people, 16. So you can imagine She may sound feministic, but she’s no strong woman wants to spend her when Johnie (pun much intended) next the pressure this one had when at 32, no just a member of a new band of em- entire life building a man. The way I see door tempted us to open that cookie jar, potential Johnie. powered, independent women who it, the marriage institution is a ticking you remember thy father and close it as When the pressure was too much on KVU»[^HU[[VILKLÄULKI`HYLSH[PVU time bomb. 20 RANDOM SENSE BY EVELYN MAKENA @evemake_g PEOPLE DAILY Monday, October 15, 2018 International Day of Rural Women A rural African woman truly embodies the meaning of hardwork; a word defi ned as great deal of effort and endurance. These women account for the biggest BUILDING CAPACITY proportion of agricultural labour force, perform a great deal of unpaid care including looking after children, caring for the sick and take up most domestic chores Take in the household. They take up these roles in rural areas where poverty levels are disproportionately high. THEGURU International Day of Rural Women, marked every 15th of October acknowledges and appreciates the contribution African women and other rural women across the world make in boosting food security and nutrition, managing natural resources and building climate resilience. Among the other challenges that rural women battle is limited children from Rural women are roughly 7out of 10 of people in African agricultural workforce 1.6b are women poverty web and make up MYVTV\YTLU[VYZOPWWYVNYHTTL more than a Elizabeth Zero’s deepest desire is to NYHK\H[LKSHZ[TVU[OMYVT[OL quarter of the global popula- *(7@,0PUZ[P[\[L^OPJOPZZWVU Zero with one of the ben- give every underprivileged child in her tion ZVYLKI`.LYTHU`*VYWVYH[PVU HÀFLDULHVRI6PLOHVRI+RSH community a chance to attain their full [OL4HZ[LY*HYK-V\UKH[PVUHUK 1)0504$0635&4: potential through education. 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This is VRQDOGDWDRIXSWRSHR where the HAKI app comes in handy, ple using the site between 2015 at that moment when as arrest is emi- and March 2018, the search nent or legal advice is crucial, the app JLDQWDFNQRZOHGJHGODVWZHHN at the palm of can be used to obtain legal counsel, *RRJOHVDLGLWIRXQGQRHYL which can save anyone from unnec- GHQFHRIGDWDPLVXVH6WLOODV essary expenses and dreadful reper- SDUWRIWKHUHVSRQVHWRWKHLQ your hand cussions. cident, Google plans to shut The App’s other objective is to add down the social network per- PDQHQWO\ value to the legal ecosystem, which Richard Muhereza has come up 7KHFRPSDQ\GLGQ·WGLVFORVH can be seen in its promotion of legal lit- with a mobile application that allows WKH YXOQHUDELOLW\ ZKHQ LW À[HG eracy and provision of easy access to the problem in March because users to connect with lawyers lawyers. 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VLJQLÀFDQW FKDOOHQJHV LQ FUH footbridge. “Statistics show that one in every with mobile legal services. Partnerships conversations are ating and maintaining a suc- “They arrested me and despite being 10 Kenyans will spend time in police It is the third version of the cur- ongoing to branch out in Uganda, FHVVIXO *RRJOH WKDW PHHWV a lawyer, I had no idea that crossing the custody every year. This state of af- rent version of the app, which was South Africa, Rwanda and Nigeria. FRQVXPHUV· H[SHFWDWLRQV road under a footbridge is an offence,” fairs is unwelcome and unnecessary launched last year. The app can be downloaded from Given these challenges and the YHU\ORZXVDJHRIWKHFRQVXPHU recalls Muhereza. in a country and continent that seeks The app automatically connects Google’s play store. 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Wiggins PEOPLE DAILY Monday, October 15, 2018 OHKHKLÄIYPSSH[VYPTWSHU[LK -Daily Mail HEALTHBRIEF Free massages give the elderly new lease of life E\0LOOLDP0XULJL @millymur1 Nuga Medical Centre is ot even her age offering free heat therapy Extreme could hinder Esther sessions to the aged Wambui Muraya, preterm 84, from attending using special beds and daily exercises and waistline belts to bring a babies at risk therapyN session at Nuga Medical Centre in Kahawa West, Nairobi. spring to their feet of blindness The therapies are courtesy of a South Korean Company that pro- Up to 40 per cent of premature babies duces Nuga Best therapy products, born 32 weeks or earlier and weighing a unique intiative that is giving the less than 1.5 kgs in Kenya are at a high elderly quality life. risk of vision impairment commonly re- ferred to as Retinopathy of Prematurity The free heat massage therapy (ROP). offers them relief from back pain, si- Mothers expecting or with premature nuses, arthritis, diabetes and pros- babies born at 32 weeks or earlier and trate complications. weighing less than 1.5 kgs should be The therapy, which is adminis- 501A trained expert gives an elderly person a mas- well informed of the risks and health tered through a special bed or a sage. "#07&7KHEHQHÀFLDULHVGRVRPHZDUPXSV waistline belt, uses electricity and is -&'5(VWKHU:DPEXLDQGDIULHQGFRPHWRWKHIDFLOLW\ problems likely to occur after birth. One as early as 5am.#&-08: John Kinoti, director at Ka- of the major risks include loss of sight offered by trained chiropracticians. KDZD:HVW&HQWUH1)0504(&3"-%*5)"/" due to a condition referred to as Reti- nopathy of Prematurity (ROP). /DFNRIVSDFH PUJPYJ\SH[PVUVMLULYN`°°° During foetal development, blood ves- “I usually get here before five Each patient is expected to use ei- sels in the eye grow from the central o’clock so that I can be among the ther the bed or waistline belt for about part of the retina outwards; a process ÄYZ[WLVWSL[VNL[[OLTHZZHNL)` 40 minutes. Those who can afford it can that is usually completed a few weeks 6am this place is full,” says Wambui. buy the kit to use at home. “We believe before the normal delivery time. How- However, on this particular day expect that she will start walking without that many diseases originate from the ever, in premature babies the process ZOLKPKU»[THRLP[MVY[OLÄYZ[ZLZ support. I took that initiative because spine because all body nerves are con- is incomplete. In some cases the blood sion. She began going for the mas- she used to complain of back pain and vessels continue with normal growth nected to the spine and when you align sage therapy in August this year. the condition kept worsening. Currently while in others it may result in abnormal the spine, many diseases can be cured,” “Our 11 machines serve around growth. the pain has disappeared,” says Berne- said Kinoti. 200 people on a daily basis. Current- Dr Sarah Sitati, a Consultant Ophthal- dict Muraya, Wambui’s daughter. mologist at Aga Khan University Hos- ly, over 80 people are going without Unlike other massage therapies, the &RVW pital, says: “ROP is a condition that being attended to because of space Nuga Best therapy machine treats peo- A good number of Kenyans have appears one month after birth. It is as a and shortage of equipment,” says ple using thermal massage, a technol- bought the equipments for commercial result of abnormal growth of blood ves- John Kinoti, director at Kahawa West ogy that relies on heat energy to sooth the spine enabling communication be- use, “a manual bed goes for Sh128, 000 sels in the retina,” she says. Centre. muscles using automatic or manual tween the brain and the body organs while the automatic one goes for Sh280, “However, this blindness in preterm Before Wambui began therapy, massagers that repair the nervous sys- for a person to move normally even if 000. The belt costs Sh40,000 and joint babies can be managed. Using eye she had mobility problems and back tem through pressure and warmth, re- the spine bones had dislocated. The care Sh50,000. A five ball projector drops, ophthalmologists dilate the pains, which forced her to start us- newing energy, body organs and align- machines are embedded with tens of comes attached to some of the beds,” eye and examine it through an indirect ing a walking stick. However, three ing the spine. gemstones, which when heated release says Kinoti. ophthalmoscope to check the retina. weeks down the line, she is walking This therapy is administered through therapeutic rays, which according to The company has been in operation This procedure is conducted every two unaided. a special electric bed or a waistline belt. Kinoti, soothes the nerves, revitalises for four years and has 82 clinics coun- weeks until the condition regresses or “When I brought her here I didn’t The machines have the ability to align the cells, balances the spine and helps trywide. blood vessels mature. As a preventative measure, antenatal steroids are nor- mally administered to the mother dur- ing preterm labour to help curb health Nutrition complications. After birth, breast milk :LWK&+5,67,1(1'(5,78 Sugar tax will save our children has also been associated with reduced #GLHWÀW\ tions, the father of modern economy, onstrated evidence of increased lescents. Not even when most of risk of many severe complications of Adam Smith, said t “Sugar, rum, and domestic resources and improved these diseases develop after years prematurity. The 20 per cent tax on sweets tobacco, are commodities, which health outcomes. of unhealthy food choices, practices In order to control the prevalence of and chocolates should have come are nowhere necessaries of life, [but] According to the World Health Or- that start in childhood and continue the disease, the ROP National Working sooner. Oh, the money I have spent which are... objects of almost uni- ganisation, higher prices on tobacco into adulthood. Group, which consists of neonatolo- on chocolates. Seriously though, versal consumption, and which are, encourages smoking cessation and I have met parents who give their gists and ophthalmologists has started Kenya has been learning from other therefore, extremely proper subjects prevents initiation. children money other than packing training paediatricians, ophthalmolo- countries who went ahead with the RIWD[DWLRQúb A few years ago, Non-Communica- food. gists and nurses country wide to be ðVFDOSROLF\RQXQKHDOWK\SURGXFWV Across the globe from both develop- ble Diseases (NCDs) were viewed as But whether they actually get food conducting this screening on preterm in order to discourage consumption ing and developed countries where diseases of the rich. DQGQRWFDNHVDQGð]]\GULQNLVDQ babies, with the first phase being and produce healthy outcomes. Adam’s advice has been taken and The perception shifted a little to dis- other thing all together, given a good launched in Nairobi. - Milliam Murigi In his book, An Inquiry into the Na- taxes increased particularly on eases of the old. Rarely do we place number of schools are surrounded ture and Causes of The Wealth of Na- tobacco, there has been a dem- their relevance on children and ado- by fast food joints. 23 Monday, October 15, 2018 PEOPLE DAILY prominence. “The old system assumed that if one IDLOHGLQ.HQ\D&HUWLÀFDWHRI6HFRQGDU\ Education, there is another pathway to proceed in the education value chain. That has to stop. We are going to align Introduction of FHUWLÀFDWHVWRFRPSHWHQFH$Q\RQHFDQ RIIHUFHUWLÀFDWHVRUGLSORPDVEXWDOOZLOO Competence Based be aligned to the CBET framework and must also be approved by private sec- Education and tor, which is one of the consumers of the skills we are teaching,” Dr Desai said. Training framework Because training will be aligned to means univesitites will competence, with time universities will VRRQ ÀQG RXW WKDW LW ZLOO UHTXLUH PRUH soon find it untenable LQYHVWPHQWWRRIIHUFHUWLÀFDWHVDQGGL- plomas and instead decide to specialise to offer these with degrees. “We will be tight on quality DQGWKLVZLOOGHWHULQYHVWPHQWLQFHUWLÀ- programmes and cate and diploma courses,” he added. instead concentrate Starting from next year, all institutions will start offering training under CBET. on offering degree The State has already established as- sessment centres across the country courses and a pilot study has successfully been rolled out in 50 technical colleges. The labour market will play a critical E\-DPHV0RPDQ\L role in the implementation of CBET by #MDPRPDQ\L establishing the occupation standards PS Department of Technical and and offering internships and apprentice- he Ministry of Education Vocational Training Institutes ships to trainees. “Under the new sys- is set to launch the long- Dr Kevit Desai (centre) receives tem, students will be assessed as they awaited Competence Based an award of excellence to the go along by way of outcomes produced. Education and Training Kenyan government from Connie September, chair on In the past, teaching used to be theo- (CBET) framework that will retical, where students would sit exams streamlineT the roles and expectations South African MPs committee on Education (left) and Capa at the end,” the PS said. of various stakeholders in the sector. secretary Dr Olubunmi Owoso. In the envisaged changes, students Set to be launched later this month, BELOW: The PS receives a ZLOOÀUVWKDYHWRGHPRQVWUDWHDVNLOODQG the framework will cover the entire edu- gift from Nigerian Education show practically what they have learnt. cation ecosystem ranging from basic minister, Mallam Adamu Adamu. PHOTOS: COURTESY ´$ FHUWLÀFDWH RXJKW WR JHW RQH D MRE education, middle level colleges and There has to be value attached to the universities. It will spell out the roles and FHUWLÀFDWHRWKHUZLVHSDUHQWVZRXOGEH expectations of various stakeholders in wasting their time paying school fees,” the promotion of access, quality, equity he added. and relevance in the education sector. Last month, the Department of Voca- Principal Secretary in the State De- Bell tolls for varsities offering tional and Technical Education received partment of Vocational and Technical two continental awards in recognition of Education (TVET) Dr Kevit Desai told efforts in developing and reforming the People Daily that over the years, the TVET at a Commonwealth Association biggest challenge in Kenya has not KPWSVTHJLY[PÄJH[LJV\YZLZ of Polytechnics in Africa (Capa) function been about labour supply and demand in Nigeria. Kenya was recognised for its but rather the training of personnel with emphasis will shift to the quality and role in establishing a separate scheme the required competences. relevance of training offered and not of service for TVET trainers and trans- The past few months have witnessed who is offering it. The quality of train- ferring them from the Teachers Service supremacy battles pitting technical insti- ing should meet international standards Commission (TSC) to the Public Ser- tutions and middle-level colleges on one and institutions must realise that the di- vice Commission (PSC). side and universities on the teaching of SORPDVDQGFHUWLÀFDWHVRIWRGD\DUHQRW The State was also praised for its GLSORPDDQGFHUWLÀFDWHSURJUDPPHV like those of yesteryears,” the PS said. efforts in expanding TVET to improve According to the PS, while it was In August, the The Kenya National access and the provision of loans and DJUHHGGXULQJDVWDNHKROGHUV·HQJDJH- 4XDOLÀFDWLRQV $XWKRULW\ .14$ VDLG bursaries to TVET students to promote ment that due to the amendments of in a statement that the diplomas and equity. “The continent has noticed these the Universities Act of 2014, universities FHUWLÀFDWHVEHLQJRIIHUHGE\XQLYHUVLWLHV brave reforms and the steps our govern- FRXOGRIIHUFHUWLÀFDWHDQGGLSORPDSUR- PXVWÀUVWEHDSSURYHGE\WKH7HFKQL- ment has taken in the past six months JUDPPHVWKH\ZLOOVRRQÀQGLWXQWHQ- cal and Vocational Training Authority to address challenges in the sector. This able to do do and instead concentrate (TVETA).Desai argues that in the old gives us a chance to position ourselves on degree programmes only. system, which is going to be phased as hub for TVET in Africa where we can “After the launch of the framework, out, competence was not given much start to export skills,” the PS said. Mombasa slum school where cholera scourge consumes pupils E\5HXEHQ0ZDPELQJX open sewers covered with stinking litter. Wangeci is virtually a volunteer in as role models. “Some of our former #UHXEHQPZDPELQJX This is Matopeni Early Childhood the job because most pupils come pupils are now in secondary school. A congested path partly that snakes Education (ECD) School, the only in- from poor family backgrounds. Worse, My two children also started here through Matopeni slum near Kon- stitution for young learners at the slum. the slum dwellers have had to contend and the eldest is a Class Eight can- gowea market in Mombasa county Area community head Julius Kanam- with recurrent outbreaks of waterborne didate at Kengeleni Primary,” says leads to a makeshift school. It is a piu says it was started to provide hope diseases such as cholera and typhoid Kong’ombe Mramba, a resident. sweltering mid-morning and nearby is for slum children after it emerged that due to poor hygiene standards. Matopeni residents are crying graveyard. Beneath a towering syca- most of the children were getting ex- “We have so far lost more than 10 pupils. for help. They accuse political lead- more fig tree, a roofing sheet-walled posed to drugs and crime. “The popu- From 120 pupils now we have 109 pupils, after ers led by Governor Hassan Joho structure is jam-packed with pupils. lation of children was growing every one passed on last month…. cholera has been of using the area as a vote harvest- In the compound, some pupils can be seen year yet majority of them had nos striking this slum repeatedly because majority ing ground during electioneering but scrambling for space on the few available school to go to. They would end up in Pupils of Anti Rear Foundation Primary School of local households have no toilets and an- playing deaf and blind to their plights. desks under a tree. As the situation calms the streets, begging money or engag- at Matopeni area, Nyali in Mombasa County swer calls of nature anywhere. We only have as soon as political season is over. down, they struggle to pay attention to their ing in crime,” Kanampiu says. listen to their teacher Mary Wangechi during a one makeshift pit latrine which is open and all “There is no politician in Mombasa lesson. PHOTO: NDEGWA GATHUNGU class teacher, Mary Wangeci. The school is in The community head says the school was these pupils have to share,” regrets Wangeci. who doesn’t know about Matopeni. a sorry state. Besides bordering noisy palm born out of a meeting convened between few neighbourhood were mobilised to form the Despite its shortcomings, the nurs- Sadly, they forget us and our prob- wine drinking dens popularly known as man- concerned parents and area chief. Wangeci, a pioneer class in 2011. 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It was a balanced affair for the two sides in the first and second quarter before sporting scandal Challengers took advantage of poor defence - Pg28 and their opponents’ fatigue to win the last two quarters. Challengers kicked off their journey to the finals on high, thanks to their The one-stop sports shop... impressive finishing. It was however, a bal- @PeopleSports11 anced affair in the second match when Bay INJURY COLUMN Lakers entertained Natives in another closely WITH WYCLEF ODUO Muscle recovery techniques for athletes fought match that ended 64-63 in favour of Bay Lakers. The sides approached each other Whenever an athlete An athlete should not commence heavy 2. Working on the core muscles. rest, recovery and recuperation, the removal with caution right from the onset and it was or any other physically training until he or she has fully recovered The core is the Three Dimensional Corset of stress related reactions, e.g. increased not clear who was poised to win the series. active person trains, the from previous training, competition or trav- made up of your lower abdominal, pelvic muscular tension, establishing of a physical After playing to a level score in the first and demands to the body el. Allow adequate time for recovery, and ÅVVYKPHWOYHNTHUKSV^IHJRT\ZJSLZ0M and mental state which has an increased second quarters, and with final quarter also causes micro-injury to the body’s tissues modify training to optimize peak if getting you have any mal-alignment, lower back, hip receptivity to positive mental imagery and heading to a draw combination of lack and which eventually must heal. ready for an important event. The following or abdominal discomfort, this 3 Dimensional ÄUHSS`[OLLZ[HISPZOPUNVMHZL[SL]LSVMWO`ZP- mistake from either side was key in decid- This is the first step in increasing the are some practical tips to help you recover core can become dysfunctional. Normally it cal and mental arousal prior to warming up ing the winner. Bay Lakers had the last laugh ability of muscle to meet new challenges. X\PJRS`HUKZ[H`Ä[[VWSH`" ÄYLZPUHWYLHU[PJPWH[PVUVMHU`TV]LTLU[ for competition Many athletes would wonder winning by a whisker. - VIDEN OCHIENG The “healing” process not only restores the Whenever there is such a dysfunction it will how muscle relaxation can be achieved, this muscle to its previous strength and endur- 1. Resetting your joint balance eventually lead to a timing delay of an antici- PZ[OLZPTWSLL_WSHUH[PVU"WYVNYLZZP]LT\Z- Kabras draft in foreign ance, but it increases the strength and en- When joints are sore and fatigued, the pated or intended move. cular relaxation involves the active contract- players for new season durance of the muscle. natural balance and protective reactions Doing some ‘Core’ exercises helps recon- ing and relaxing of muscles. When a muscle Intensive research in sports medicine that the muscles have can be inhibited. ULJ[[OLJVYLHUKNL[P[ÄYPUNWYVWLYS`ILMVYL is tightened for 4-6 seconds and then re- indicate that fatigue is usually a temporary Your body will not be able to react as well to your next activities. This will help maintain laxed, the muscle returns to a more relaxed condition which disappears in a few hours if unexpected events or stay protected during alignment and ensure you have a stable plat- state. This process should be performed for the athlete has access to adequate rest, re- repetitive motions. form or base for the arms and legs to work the following parts of the body in turn - feet, covery techniques, nutrition, hydration and Ultimately, you are helping to improve off during activity. legs, thighs, buttocks, stomach, back, neck, emotional support. However if the training your posture and decrease your chance of shoulders, arms, hands, jaw, face and eyes load is excessive or it is administered before injury. You will achieve this by performing 3. Relaxing The writer is a physiotherapist, Harambee RUGBY: Kenya Cup runners-up Kabras recovery has occurred the state of fatigue some drills using wobble boards or foam Relaxation itself can be useful in a number Stars & Mathare United Sugar have signed three players from South can persist and even worsen. rollers. of circumstances including: the promotion of [email protected] Africa ahead of the 2018-2019 season. The players signed include centre Enzo Foutie, who used to ply his trade for the Boland Under-21 side in South Africa and number eight Johannes Claude, who played in the Varsity Cup for Tshwane University of Tech- nology (TUT) as well as top South African franchise Blue Bulls, and provincial outfit Boland Cavaliers. Logan Basson is the third player to have signed for the sugar millers. The utility back play across the back-line from fly-half to winger and fullback. He played Currie Cup rugby for Border Bulldogs ¶)ODVK· and Griquas. Newly-appointed head coach Henley Du Plessis, said the South African trio have settled in well and adjusted to the new environment in Kakamega. “The boys arrived a fortnight ago and have settled in well. They are getting acquainted to the new system and structure while at the same time WDNHVLW trying to gel with their team -mate,” added Du Plessis. - GIBO ZACHARY Influential IOC member Baumann passes on KNRC victory in Eldoret penultimate OLYMPICS: International Olympic Com- race hands Tundo yet another mittee has announced the death of Patrick Baumann, IOC member. He was 51. Bau- national rallying title mann was a central figure in the Olympic Movement. A former player, coach and E\&KDUOHV7KXNX citement that was bubbling referee, Baumann dedicated his life to bas- #3HRSOH6SRUW underneath and it exploded ketball and to the sports community. He on solid streams of joy at was deputy secretary general (1995-2002) Carl “Flash” Tundo savoured Chemweno Farm prize giving of the International Basketball Federation the 2018 KCB Kenya National ceremony. (FIBA), and then unanimously appointed as Rally Championship title at This went down in history secretary general by the FIBA Central Board Paps rally team Adin Haq driving a Range Rover does a nice corner at the Kabras Eldoret Rally held at Chemweno Farm Saturday. penultimate stage after reg- as his fourth national champi- INSET: carl Tundo and his co-driver savour their victory. PHOTOS: PHILIP KAMAKYA in 2002, a role he had held since. He was istering his fifth victory of the onship title and he was overly greatly instrumental in the transformation season. excited that after breaking the who finished with a total time in the overall classification tim- to win. This year’s champion- and growth of the sport in the international Carl achieved his feat at the longstanding Shekar Mehta’s of 01:26:49hours also in a B13 ings. ship was very competitive and basketball community, successfully sup- Chemweno Farm in Eldoret record of five Safari titles he ap- Evolution. Eric Bengi who swept the I want to thank the team and all porting the popularisation of 3x3 basket- and candidly admitted it was pered to close in on Duncan’s Kenya Motor Sports Federa- roads. In Eldoret came in the drivers who participated, “ ball, for instance. IOC President Thomas tough winning the title with six KNRC titles . Flash who was tion has since scrapped the B13 fourth with a total time of said Tundo Bach said: “This is a great shock, which has his hard pushing adversaries. navigated by Tim Jessop in a class while drivers compete on 00:22:09hourd with Amaanraj. Flash completes the series hit us all very hard. We can hardly believe “It was a really tough season B13 MistubishiEvo10 scooped a bigger turbo restrictor and Rai coming in fifth position with a total of 163 points while this terrible news. Particularly since, even as the other drivers have been the top position with a total sequential gearbox meaning clocking a time of (00:22:4hors) Baldev Chager takes second today, we have seen him working hard, pushing really hard. Tapio set time of 01:26:46hours. that Tubdi and Chager will be in group N Evolution X. place with a total of 134 points. as we always knew him, for the sport he the pace and imparted an all It was highly contested compelled to consider a Plan B. “I am very honoured and The final series of Kenya Nation- loved. We lose a young and sympathetic our attack antics,” said Tundo. championship with just a 3 Tejveer Rai came in third to privileged to win this year’s al Guru Nanak Rally champion- leader full of hope,” said Bach. His calm and assured march seconds difference from his seal the podium dash with a cu- championship. It was a really ship will be on November 17-18 -LYNETTE MATHEKA to the podium belied the ex- teammate Baldev Chager, mulative total of 01:29:51hours close call and I didn’t expect at the Stoni Athi in Athi-River. 3(23/(632576 Monday, October 15, 2018 / PEOPLE DAILY 27 RALLYING RIO OLYMPICS FOOTBALL P26 P28 P28 58*%< Mathare United gear up for next SPL season with new deal Chebet looks E\5RGJHUV1GHJZD Club CEO Jectone Obure said coach youngsters have shown a lot of matu- #1GHJZD5RGJHUV Francis Kimanzi will be facilitated to rity. We can only get better,” Kimanzi at X-Country sign players he needs. the club website. Mathare United are looking to “The deal with OdiBets came at the OdiBets Country Marketing Man- strengthen their squad with a view to right time for us. The future looks good. ager, Dedan Mungai, said their purse is world event challenging for honours when the new The coach is with the national team at ready to help Mathare United achieve season kicks off on December 8, thanks the moment and soon as he returns he their goals and their grassroots pro- next year to their Sh60 million three-year deal will advise on the players he has identi- grammes. with OdiBets. fied,” Obure said. “Mathare United is a people’s team, The 2008 Kenyan champions sealed Mathare United players line-up against Gor Mahia FC Coach Kimanzi praised the stride which perfectly fits with our ideals. We during their Sportpesa Premier League match at Moi made by his young players adding that (OdiBets) are the people and the people a top eight finish with a 1-1 draw with stadium in Kisumu. PHOTO: DANIEL OGENDO Ulinzi Stars on October 7 to bring to a the new season will provide yet another are us. Hence the name. Sisi ni Mathare. close a difficult season both financially wanga also hitting double digits with 10 stepping-stone for the youngsters. “We understand our customers and and on the pitch. goals for the Slum Boys. “I am happy with what we have done what they have been longing for. They Midfielder Cliff Nyakeya was one Having struggled to retain their best this year. There is some huge devel- asked for a good platform and more of the brightest stars of the campaign players, some of whom moved clubs, opment in the playing unit. We have pocket friendly minimum stakes and netting 14 goals with striker Clifford Al- Mathare United played some good football and the we obliged,” Mungai said. Sandra Chebet wins women’s 8km race during this year’s Ndalat Gaa Cross =LPVEDWWHU Country championships on Saturday. PHOTO: EMMANUEL MASINDE E\(PPDQXHO0DVLQGH #EDURPHR Former world Youth 6KXMDDLQ 2,000m silver medallist San- dra Chebet says her focus is to feature in the World Cross- Country next year. The 20-year-old Che- bet emerged the winner in 7XQLVLD senior women’s 8km cat- egory during the Safaricom- Resilient Cheetahs Shingirai Katsvere even after sponsored 10th edition held Tarisai Mugariri was yellow at Ndalat Gaa Girls’ High get the better of carded and off the pitch. Kenya School, Nandi County. responded with an unconvert- The Ndalat Gaa champi- Kenya in Tunis ed try at the stroke of half time onship is an annual event continental sevens through a Brian Wahinya after an celebrated in memory of its interchange with Cyprian Kuto for founder and former Athletics finals Kenya to head to the break trail- Kenya (AK) president Isaiah ing 7-5. Kiplagat who succumbed to E\%DUU\6LODK Tafadzwa Chitokwindo had cancer in August, 2016. #REHOBEDUU\ pace in the beginning of second Sandra said that she wants half which rattled the Shujaa de- to feature in the next year’s Zimbabwe Cheetahs beat a fence as he combined well with world cross-country , as she young Kenya Shujaa side 17-5 in all action Takudzwa Kumadiro was timed 27.53.8 to win the the finals of the Africa Men’s Sev- for the Cheetahs second try. Chi- title back to back in scorch- ens Cup title yesterday at Jemmal tokwindo was to add the decisive ing sun and also improved Stadium in Monatsir, Tunisia. third try in the dying minutes. on her time of 28.07.6 in the The Shujaa side was left to rue A buoyant Zimbabwe took ad- same course last year. their careless mistakes in their ter- vantage of the short numbers and Earlier defending champions Wokorach conversion started it Curtis Lukalo “I would say my target is to ritory when they gave away easy announced their return into the Uganda got stunned in extra time all for Uganda before a diving tries to get get a chance in Team Kenya balls. This win meant the South game with a try three minutes in. after losing 24-17 to the Cheetahs try at the corner and an Ian Mu- hold of Zim- for the World cross-country African side took away the title babwes lock championships and am go- Paceman Tafadzwa Chitokwindo’s at the main cup semi-finals. nyani try down the centre gave Fortunate after downing both East African try and one more at the hooter by It was 19-19 in regulation time Uganda advantage. The first half Chipenda in ing to train well so that I get heavyweights in the competition. Shingirai Hlanguyo after a spir- for both ends even as Zimbabwe saw a total three players ejected a a highly- the cut to the team,” said The Zims in the finals gave the ited sprint under the sticks and took advantage of poor defend- for bad play. intense match Chebet. Shujaa outfit literally no space converted, got the game all level. ing to force a tie. In the first half, The start of the second half that the Zims In a very competitive to manouvre as they diligently beat Kenya. In the lead up to the finals, Kenya Uganda was leading 19-0 and saw Uganda’s Aaron Ofoyrwoth PHOTO: FILE race, Chebet beat Chemu- closed the spaces. knocked out Madagascar 36-5 in looked poised to have a shot at the handed a second booking leav- susu Dam half marathon The 2017 runners-up Zimba- the semi-finals. finals for the second consecutive ing the defending champions to champion Delvin Meringor bwe took only five minutes to On Saturday, they had silenced season. Michael Okorach scored a play one man less for the rest of in 28:05.0 to second before go up with a converted try from Botswana 49-0 and Morocco 41-0. try inside 44 seconds and a Philip the game. former Africa junior 2,000m champion Norah Jeruto who completed the podium in 28:16.2. Ushuru produce spectacular form to make NSL play off Rhonex Kipruto , who won last year in junior category E\%DUU\6LODK earned a Premiership play-off slot twice con- their other protagonists Nairobi Stima per- continued with his winning #REHOBEDUU\ secutively. This year they face Nakumatt who formed worse on the field of play and off it spirit and won senior men’s finished the Sportpesa Premier League (SPL) as well. Just after being humbled 4-1 by the 10km race ahead of Lagos It was a déjà-vu moment as Ushuru season in lowly 16th place. rampaging Premiership returnees KCB at marathon champion Abra- booked a berth to the playoffs as the titanic “We have a week to prepare for perhaps Camp Toyoyo, the powermen’s tactician ham kiptum followed by Ju- National Super League (NSL) ended spec- the biggest contest of our lives. It is impor- Ibrahim Shikanda sensationally resigned. lius Tanki. tacularly. tant that we forget the past and focus on the The usually shrewd Shikanda looked disillu- Kipruto who missed to Indeed the 2018 season was one for the ar- two forthcoming fixtures. I would like us to sioned after the final whistle at the touchline. break the 10km world record chives and the experienced taxmen were one avoid mistakes this time round and my play- “I feel my job here is done! Of course I am dis- with two seconds said he was of the big gainers in a day of mixed emotions ers understand this,” Kenyatta told People appointed to have ended the season poorly off-season but decided to across the division. Sport in anticipation of the two play-off du- but sometimes you cannot change much. I compete in the race, coming Following their hard fought 1-1 draw with els against the shoppers slated for October need another challenge; nevertheless I am Francis Makori of Nairobi Stima (right) home with a win ahead of Bidco United Saturday at Machakos Sta- 21 - 28. very proud of my achievements over the attempts to block Ushuru’s Victor Omune Tuskys Cross country meet- dium, Ken Kenyatta’s side have gone into While the gods of favour smiled to Ushuru past two years,” said the ex-AFC Leopards shot in a past NSL match. PHOTO: RODG- ing next month in Eldoret. the history books as the only team that have who finished the campaign with 69 points, stalwart. ERS NDEGWA 28 3(23/(63257 PEOPLE DAILY / Monday, October 15, 2018 P26 RALLY P27 RUGBY P30 H/STARS &RXUWGDWH IRU:DULR Former Sports CS Hassan Wario (left) and his then PS Richard Ekai during a past event. INSET: From left; Former KNOCK officials Stephen arap Soi (deputy treasurer), Kipchoge Keino (president) and Francis Kinyili Paul (secretary). The five, alongside two other former Sports Ministry officials are set to be arraigned today over misappropriation of DQGFR funds meant for the 2016 Rio Olympics Games. PHOTOS: DAVID NDOLO procuring entity and if there is ecutions (DPP) that the six Ex-Sports CS, six former bosses from a genuine reason to prosecute, suspects be arrested and ar- ministry and NOCK to be arraigned over then the whole steering com- raigned for allegedly embez- mittee should be arraigned in zling Sh55 million out of the misuse of Sh55m meant for Rio Olympics court.” Sh 544 million, the govern- He also said there was need ment dished out to facilitate to surcharge $1,500 (Sh150,000) athletes participation in the E\&KDUOHV7KXNX Newly-appointed Kenyan that was paid to 80 athletes and summer games. #3HRSOH6SRUWV ambassador to Russia Ekai was the officials and that those who DCI had receive a report in arrested and is detained at Gi- did not utilise their tickets oth- December 2016 from disgrun- Kenya’s envoy in Austria, giri Police Station while Soi was er than the procured ones. tled Kenyan athletes on alleged Hassan Wario and his Russia arrested on Friday evening and mismanagement of millions of counterpart Richard Ekai are questioned for the better part 6XPPRQV shillings meant for Team Kenya among six suspects who are of Saturday. Detectives ordered Wario to at the Olympics. expected to be arraigned today Soi, who sources say could present himself to them or risk Among other allegations to answer to charges of mas- become a prosecution witness a warrant of arrest being issued against the officials implicated sive embezzlement of funds to testify against his former against him even as a search in the scam including allowing meant for Team Kenya during colleagues when the case kicks was mounted for the rest of the joy-riders to attend the games the 2016 Rio Olympics Games off, has exonerated himself suspects. by giving them tickets and al- in Brazil. from blame and especially on Police sources indicated that lowances at the expense of However, it is still not clear as issues touching on allowances summons had already been athletes who did not get cash to whether the court will defer and ticketing where anomalies sent to Wario to surrender bonuses for their exploits in the trial considering that only were noticed. pending the charges. the Games. Ekai amongst the suspects has The Director of Criminal The DCI undertook investi- been arrested so far. ,QÀDWHG Investigations (DCI) George gations, which established that Besides Ekai, others who He said the contentious is- Kinoti confirmed Ekai’s arrest various offences were commit- have been implicated in the sue of the alleged inflated $250 but clarified that he was the ted in the manner in which the scandal include former fi- (Sh25,000) per day instead of one who presented himself to funds allocated for the Games nance officer in the Ministry of $200 (Sh20,000) was effective police following order issued were managed. Sports, Patrick Kimathi Nkabu, from the Beijing 2008 Olympic earlier in the day. The statement stated that former National Olympic Com- Games. “Richard Titus Ekai, former the officials embezzled Sh22.4 mittee of Kenya (NOCK) presi- “We have been paying US PS, has just been arrested,” Mr million, purchased air tickets dent Kipchoge Keino, former Dollars 250 per day and all the Kinoti stated in a text message. worth Sh16.9 million, which Director of Administration in allowances paid was approved Reports later emerged that FK were not utilised besides the ministry of Sports, Harun by the steering committee that Paul also presented himself to over-payment of allowances Komen, ex-NOCK secretary was charged by the Cabinet the detectives while Kipchoge amounting to Sh15.9 million. Francis Kinyili (FK) Paul and Secretary (Dr Wario) and which Keino is out of the country. They also incurred expendi- Stephen arap Soi who was was composed of 25 individu- The development comes in ture on unauthorized persons Team Kenya’s Chef De Mission als,” said Soi. the wake of orders issued by amounting to Sh6.6 million, in Rio. He added: “I was not the the Director of Public Pros- Haji said. PEOPLE DAILY \ Monday, October 15, 2018 3(23/(63257 29 P26 RALLY P27 RUGBY P30 H/STARS CASH REWARDS FOR STARS Sh50 million -Deputy President (Pledge) Sh3 million - Nairobi Governor (Given) 6LJKWVDQGVRXQGV DW.DVDUDQL Deputy President among leaders who joined thousands of Kenyan fans as Harambee Stars demolished Ethiopia E\-DPHV0DJD\L Eric Johanna supplemented #PDJD\LMLP by skipper Victor Wanyama’s spot kick sent Kenya top of Two exquisite goals in the Group F. Johanna had the most prom- Kenyan fans show their love for opening half of a high stakes In the unlikeliest of angles ising of chances that went Ke- Harambee Stars as Kenya played Africa Cup of Nations quali- and pressed by opposition de- nya’s way, two half volleys from Ethiopia in a 2019 Afcon qualifier at fier and a second half penalty fence, Olunga turned partially an angle inside Ethiopia’s box. Kasarani Stadium yesterday. INSET: were sufficient for Harambee and curled the ball with his left Both were blocked by a tena- Deputy President William Ruto (in cap) Stars to beat Ethiopia 3-0 at foot neatly into the far corner cious defence. leads other dignitaries in support of Kasarani stadium yesterday. of the net, leaving Ethiopia’s Five minutes after Olunga the national team. PHOTOS: RODGERS NDEGWA & DPPS Stars shone when it mat- goalkeeper Samson Asefa gob- broke the deadlock, Johanna tered. Kenya needed victory smacked. Kasarani stadium, compounded Ethiopia’s woes to ensure passage from Group packed to the rafters ruptured. with a point blank bullet of possess with Gatoch Panom F to the grandest continental The game had been tight up a shot that sent Stars to the stringing fluid passes. They, football showpiece and Ke- until then with Ethiopia’s ‘tiki- break comfortably ahead. however, failed to find open- nya got an emphatic one. Two taka’ (swift passing) causing Johanna was again instru- ings in a defence marshalled marvelous first-half strikes problems for Stars. The hosts mental in the third goal as he by Brian Mandela and Musa from Michael Olunga and had mostly relied on breaks. was fouled in the box leading Mohammed. to the penalty that Wanyama The visitors returned after dispatched comfortably. the break with greater zeal, Coach Sébastien Migne pinning Kenya down but a tweaked his team a bit, deploy- well-drilled Migne’s squad These fans ing Eric Ouma and Johanna on held their own. Kenya put the tried to access the left and right sides of mid- game beyond Ethiopia with Kasarani stadium via field respectively with Francis Wanyama’s well-taken penalty the fence Kahata playing in traditional but Olunga, Dennis Odhiam- but security number 10. Ovella Ochieng bo and Ismael González could personnel was relegated to the bench. have extended the lead. were having Buoyed by an effervescent Stars are set for a bumper none of it. crowd led by Deputy President cash rewards after Ruto prom- PHOTO: William Ruto, Kenya played ised them Sh50 million while RODGERS with purpose, defending reso- Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko NDEGWA lutely when needed and at- made true his promise by tacking with zeal. handing the team Sh3 million Ethiopia were happy to immediately after the match. ¶+(15<+$6(9(5<7+,1*72%(*22'&2$&+· *(50$1<35(66+$00(5/2(:$)7(5'87&+/266 Thierry Henry has “everything” needed to become a good manager, The German press turned on Joachim Loew after the ham- France coach and former international teammate Didier Deschamps mering by the Netherlands left the future of Germany’s said of the newly-named Monaco coach. “Thierry’s ready,” Deschamps head coach in doubt with world champions France loom- told TF1. “He has everything” to be a good coach. “He’s throwing ing on Tuesday. “Not at the moment,” Loew replied in himself into an exciting, exhilarating project where he’ll have to take the post match press conference when asked if he can responsibility. It’ll be up to him to take the reins.” Former Arsenal star still decide his future following Saturday’s 3-0 drubbing, Henry was named Monaco coach on Saturday, his first job in club Germany’s heaviest defeat to the Dutch. Dutch captain management after leaving his position with the Belgian national team. Virgil Van Dijk gave the hosts a first-half lead before The 41-year-old French World Cup winner, who had been working as late goals by Memphis Depay and Georginio Wijnaldum an assistant to Belgium coach Roberto Martinez since 2016, returns capped a golden night for the Oranje in Amsterdam. “That to the club where he began his professional career. Henry replaces was a brutal and disappointing defeat, especially as we Leonardo Jardim, who in 2017 guided Monaco to their first Ligue 1 had the game under control in the first 30 minutes,” said title since 2000. -AFP Loew, whose contract runs until 2022. -AFP PEOPLE DAILY \ Monday, October 15, 2018 Download QR Code app on Google Play and scan this QR code with your smart phone for pic- tures, videos and more stories HARAMBEE STARS COACHES AT AFCON TOURNAMENTS 1972 - Cameroon -Under Jonathan Niva (Kenyan) 1988 - Morocco -Under Chris Makohka (Kenyan) 1990 - Algeria -Mohammed Kheri (Kenyan) 1992 - Ivory Coast - Gerry Saurer (Austrain) 2004 - Tunisia -Jacob ‘Ghost’ Mulee (Kenyan) 2019 - Cameroon -Sebastian Migne (Frenchman) 2019 AFCON QUALIFIERS Sunday: At Kasarani, Nairobi Kenya 3-0 Ethiopia (Olunga, Johanna, Wanyama) REACTIONS TO STARS WIN -Congratulations #HarambeeStars for the well deserved victory. Hongera and God Bless #Kenya! #AFCON2019 -President Uhuru Kenyatta -Congratulations #HarambeeStars for the GROUP F STANDINGS 3-0 victory against Ethiopia. We should now TEAM P W D L GF GA PTS fully support the national team ahead of the Kenya 4 2 1 1 5 2 7 #AFCON2019 tournament. #KenyavsEthiopia Ethiopia 4 1 1 2 1 8 4 Ghana 2 1 0 1 5 1 3 #AFCON2019Q -Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko S. Leone 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 (Disq) *(Disq) -Disqualified -When we pull together united as a people and get clear on our goals, we win. What a Erick Ouma of Harambee Stars (centre) shields the ball from Gusqsa game #HarambeeStars. All the best all the Shemret of Ethiopia during their 2019 Afcon qualifier at Kasarani place in Cameroon next year. Maverick French tactician way to #AFCON2019 -Nasa Leader Raila Stadium yesterday. BELOW: Stars striker Michael Olunga (left) and Odinga midfielder Dennis Odhiambo celebrate after the match. Kenya won in charge of Harambee Stars 3-0. PHOTOS: RODGERS NDEGWA Sebastian Migne then master- minded an ugly but vital draw The fully packed stadium away with Ethiopia last week intimidated Walia Ibex with then followed it up with the re- songs and dance that buoyed /RQJZDLWsounding victory at Kasarani Harambee Stars to a historic Harambee Stars yesterday to complete the job. feat. Migne joins the lofty steads of Kenya first played at the Cup hammer Ethiopia Jacob ‘Ghost’ Mulee who led of Nations in 1972 under Niva to all but seal Kenya to her last AFCON ap- then waited 14 years to make pearance in 2004, Gerry Saurer her second appearance in Afcon slot after and Jonathan Niva. 1988. The team then qualified The relatively young squad for the 1990 and 1992 finals be- 14-year absence that started for Kenya yes- fore going back to a 12-year lull RYHU terday, averaging 24 years is broken by Mulee in 2004. tipped for greater success giv- Ten coaches have taken E\-DPHV0DJD\L fying with one match to spare, en the right management and charge of the national team #PDJD\LMLP a phenomenon not associated support. Five of the starters ply since the 2004 showpiece in Tu- with Kenya. The writing was their trades locally. nisia, five of them locals serving Fourteen years and 10 coach- on the wall, though, from last “Football has changed and unsavory results to the nation. es down the line, a football- month as a lowly rated Kenya any team can beat another. Francis Kimanzi’s tenure was crazed Kenya finally climbed shocked the world with a re- You just have to look back at hailed as fruitful as the country back on stage for just her fifth markable victory over the Black the World Cup to realise that climbed FIFA rankings remark- appearance in the continent’s Stars of Ghana. there is no small team any- ably while Zedekiah Otieno premier football festival, the Shortly afterwards, Kenya more. Kenya can go places and narrowly missed qualification. Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon). benefited from a near act of god conquer. These players are very Twahir Mihidin, James The national team that has as world governing body FIFA talented and capable of doing Nandwa and Stanley Okumbi put up with mismanagement, proclaimed an indefinite ban well in the Afcon finals,” Migne had their stints too without mediocrity, ridicule and hos- on Sierra Leone citing govern- told People Sports. success. Antoine Hey, Henri tility from home fans finally ment interference. FIFA’s inter- Fans started milling into Michel, Adel Amrouche and endeared themselves to the vention altered group permu- the 60,000-seater China-built Robert ‘Bobby’ Williamson are nation by ending a long barren tations in favour of Kenya who Kasarani stadium as early as the foreign experts who tried run. needed to finish above either 8am after the government de- and failed to take Kenya to Af- And they did it in style, quali- Ghana or Ethiopia to book their cided to scrape gate charges. con post 2004. People Daily is published by Mediamax Network Limited at DSM Place, Kijabe Street, P.O. Box 24943, 00100 - Nairobi, Tel: 0730144100; 0709824000; 0204944100 Fax: 2228503 Nairobi and printed at our Printing Division on Mombasa Road, Tel: 04522641. Circulation: Union Towers, 1st Floor, Moi Avenue. Tel: 2519168. Advertising 2227693, 2228493. E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Copyright 2018. All rights reserved.