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INDEPENDENT MESSY DIVORCE BY-ELECTION FRESH AND DIFFERENT MIRAA GIFT IT’S MARIGA 3 NO PROOF OF FOR JUBILEE SEPTEMBER 2019 MARRIAGE IN KIBRA TUESDAY - LINTURI RACE KSh60 (TSh1,000, USh2,000) PG 6 PG 6 ACT RIFT LEADERS SAY KENYATTA SHOULD DONATE FAMILY PROPERTY TO SQUATTERS UKO Mau: MPs tell TAYARI? ZIMEBAKI Uhuru to give SIKU evictees land State pushes plan to fl ush out forest settlers, save water tower PG 4-5 28DAYS TO GO DEADLINE Mo Technologies 30 Sep DEVASTATED: Family members break down as volunteers retrieve bodies of their relatives who died in fl ash fl oods at the Hell’s Gate National Park in 2019 Naivasha, yesterday. Six relatives and a tour guide were swept away /REUTERS Don’t wait until the last minute! Exchange your older KSh. 1000 notes NOW! https://www.centralbank.go.ke/deadline/ 2 THE-STAR.CO.KE Tuesday, September 3, 2019 HELL’S GATE FLASH FLOODS NOD KCB gets approval to take I saw my wife, cousin, niece over National Bank of Kenya VICTOR AMADALA/ Central Bank of Kenya has approved the takeover of National Bank of Kenya (NBK), setting and nephew swept away the stage for final approvals on the deal. In April, KCB Group Plc declared its intention acquire KWS says the park in general is open but killer gorge is closed 100 per cent stake of National Bank of Kenya through a share swap deal, comprising 10 ordinary shares of NBK Police officers for every one ordinary share of KCB. carry away some In a statement on Monday, the banking regulator said of the the bodies the acquisition will strengthen both institutions lever- that were swept aging on their respective well-established domestic and by flash floods regional corporate, public sector and retail franchises. in Hell’s Gate “The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) announces that it National Park, has approved the acquisition of 100 per cent sharehold- Naivasha, while ing of National Bank of Kenya Limited (NBK) by KCB on an excursion Group PLC (KCB Group). The approval has been granted of the gorge. in accordance with Section 13(1) (e) of the Banking Seven people— Act,” CBK said. six members of Eyes are now on the Capital Market Authority (CMA) one family and a to suspend NBK’s trading on the Nairobi Securities tour guide—died. Exchange (NSE) and subsequent delisting upon ac- Their bodies ceptance of the offer by not less than 75 per cent of the were discovered Offer Shares, including scope for minority squeeze out. 30km from the In July, National Bank board reluctantly approved the gorge buyout, saying KCB Group undervalued the company /ANTHONY by almost 38 per cent in the proposed takeover offer. GITONGA The board, in the advisory circular to its sharehold- ers, said the fair valuation is one KCB share for every 6.23 NBK shares and not 1 for every 10 as offered. The offer requires that the 1,135,000,000 preference TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 TUESDAY, shares in the capital of the bank held by the two principal shareholders – the National Treasury (GOK) and National Social Security Fund (NSSF) – should be converted on a one/one basis into 1,135,000,000 new ordinary shares at the Completion of the Takeover Bid. NEW CURRICULUM CBC implementation is being rushed, says Mukurweini MP EUTYCAS MUCHIRI/ Mukurweini MP Anthony Kiai (pic- ANTHONY GITONGA through them and hot springs. soil down, resulting in flash floods tured) has faulted the implementation of the Compe- @TheStarKenya KWS said in a tweet that the vic- when it rains. tency Based Curriculum. tims included five Kenyan tourists, “There is no vegetation here and Speaking at the constituency on Monday, the MP Ivraj Singh Hayer saw his wife a Kenyan guide and a nonresident. once it rains there can be casualties said though CBC is a well-thought-out curriculum, its swept away by flash floods in a Two bodies were retrieved on Sun- and our animals are not spared ei- implementation was being rushed. Hells’s Gate gorge, then his cousin day night, while five others were ther,” he said The former marketing director of High Flyer/ Trail- was gone, then his nephew, then recovered on Monday The bodies in the latest disaster blazer books said the implementation could have been his niece. A tearful Hayer said they had were found about 30km from the rushed to meet some political expectations. They were among four of the sev- been informed that the area was scene of the drowning in a search “But perhaps these are teething problems and with en victims — including their guide safe and that the guides would help involving residents, the Red Cross, time we may see the smooth flow of the curriculum — who died in one of the gorges them in case of an emergency. KWS and police. A helicopter was but otherwise it is a better curriculum than the 8:4:4 within the labyrinth on Sunday He said that although it had be- involved. one,” Kiai said. night. gun to drizzle, they had been told Hayer’s brother Dilraj Singh said He spoke during a volleyball tournament where They were on an afternoon visit that it last rained in April so there he received a distress call from one the best teams from each ward met to find the overall to the famous hiking and camping was no cause for alarm. family member and tried to call winner for Mukurweini Volleyball League. site known for its narrow sand- “We did not see any problem with KWS officers. The games have been going on for three months. stone channels, steep cliffs and going down to the gorges and we “We have not received a call from Kiai said the games target all young people, from canyons with streams running met others on their way out so it KWS as of now and we are still grade one to tertiary colleges and universities as well as was all safe –until the unthinkable waiting but we thank residents those who have completed their studies. happened,” Hayer said. from this area for their tireless ef- “We are not confining ourselves to a certain age He said six of the family mem- forts to trace the bodies of our fam- group. What we are trying to do is nurture the talents STAR SURVEY bers jumped to one side and were ily members,” Dilraj said. irrespective of age bracket,” he said. lucky the floods did not reach KWS Central Rift Assistant Di- Kiai said those who have been in games for long TODAY’S QUESTION them. The rest were swept away. rector Aggrey Maumo led search will be trained as coaches and certified to train the “The guide was trying to save my efforts in the vast Suswa Hills youngsters. Do you think Knut officials nephew and they both slipped and where the bodies were found kilo- Nyeri is one of the leading counties in non-commu- were swept by the floods,” Hayer metres apart. nicable diseases, so even middle-aged and old people betrayed Sossion? said. Maumo told reporters the trag- are encouraged to come out and take part in the activi- edy occurred after heavy rains ties for a long healthy life, he added. DEGRADED GROUND pounded the hilly areas of Lon- The ground is literally hot in some gonot and storm runoff rushed YESTERDAY’S QUESTION places due to hot springs and geo- through the gorges. thermal activity in the area cover- He said that despite the “unfor- ing 68 square kilometres. tunate” deaths, the park is safe for Do you believe Mau evictions Seven years ago in 2012 years ago anyone to visit. are political? another flash flood washed away “We will not close the gorges, seven youths from PCEA Nairobi contrary to information out there, in Hell’s Gate National Park. KWS and this should not deter anyone YES 28% said since then they have created from visiting this park,” he said. clearly marked emergency exits in The killer gorge has been closed. case of flash floods. Relatives of the victims were be- Community leader Maenka ing contacted. NO 72% Kisotu said the upper ground has The breathtaking narrow en- been degraded by human activities trance to Hell’s Gate has been — tree-felling and charcoal burning formed by the erosion of sandstone — and there are no roots to hold the and quartzite rock. Tuesday, September 3, 2019 THE-STAR.CO.KE 3 BICYCLE PILGRIM CORRIDORS OF POWER We cycled to Mecca for the poor Pedal to Hajj pilgrimage also a way to fulfil one of five pillars of Islam MAGDALINE SAYA @TheStarKenya Why would anyone bicycle for 45 days from Nairobi to Mecca to per- form the Hajj? Four Nairobi men decided they would do it — ‘Pedal to Hajj’ — to help needy children at the Al Furaqan Training Institute in Namanga, Kajiado. POLITICAL And to fulfil one of their five pil- GOSSIP lars of Islam. And it hadn’t been done before, Who is doing what and where in the at least not for charity, they say. world of politics They aimed to raise Sh5 million through pledges. They only man- JUST what has the combative aged to raise 77 per cent of the tar- Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa (pictured) done get, Sh3.85 million, but are confi- to Deputy President William Ruto’s foot dent the balance will be raised by soldiers in Kilifi county? Some legislators well-wishers. our families,” Salim told the Star of a flight to Mecca. They slept in Mohammed from the region, who had shifted to the “The needs of society are be- yesterday.