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LUCKY TO BE ALIVE NIGHTMARE POLICE SAY ILL-FATED BUS HAD NO LICENSE FOR NIGHT TRAVEL Tragic Kericho bus crash survivors tell of their ordeal Survivors of the Fort Ternan bus crash that claims more than 50 lives Moi Day Horror yesterday blamed the bus manag- ment and crew. Dickson Muyamba, a 30-year- old survivor of yesterday’s tragic accident, said the ill-fated bus left Nairobi at midnight destined to Kakamega.

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REFERENDUM PUSH Kuttuny drafts Bill to create an executive Prime Minister

While most Jubilee legislators and other proponents of the referen- dum want many political positions abolished, Cherang’any MP Joshua Kuttuny has proposed the creation of a Prime Minister’s position.

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AUDIT QUERIES Poll agency Kenyans mourn lost millions as 56 people in suspect perish in Kericho contracts An audit report on the IEBC’s opera- tions before last year’s elections has grisly road crash revealed a possible loss of millions of shillings in suspicious contract deals. BY STAR TEAM / e Home Boyz bus that crashed and killed 56 people PAGE 9 at the Fort Ternan black spot in Kericho county was on an illegal night run, Police Inspector General VOICES Joseph Boinett said yesterday. Last night police arrested two WYCLIFFE MUGA directors of the bus fi rm, Bernard Shitiabayi and Cleophas Shiman- Water wars and yula. ey are held in a Kakamega police station. hydropolitics Kericho police commander James Mugera said the crash occurred after PAGE 20 the brakes failed. e driver lost con- trol of the bus descending the black spot area. It rolled, tumbling into a steep valley along Londiani-Muho- roni-Kisumu road, witnesses said. HELL ON WHEELS: Residents view the wreckage of the Home Boyz bus that crashed, near Fort Ternan in Kericho on CONTINUED ON PAGES 4 5 Wednesday dawn. Below, Survivor Dickson Muyambu at the Kericho Referral Hospital / SONU TANU 2 THE-STAR.CO.KE ursday, October 11, 2018

Dickson Muyambu at Kericho County Referral Hospital yesterday / KIPLAGAT KIRUI Kericho County Referral Hospital yesterday /KIPLANG’AT KIRUI MORE THAN 50 DEAD Bus crash survivors tell of their ordeal Passengers say bus was speeding but driver and conductors ignored their pleas to slow down

PATRICK VIDIJA, KIPLANG’AT KIRUI, to be picked from town.” to his rural home in Vihiga for the his conductors could hear none of CALISTUS LUCHETI & MAURICE ALAL He suff ered head and leg injuries. burial of his mother that was slated our pleas to slow down. It swerved @ eStarKenya He said that at the terminus, they for today.  e driver had stopped before veering off the road and exchanged three buses before they to allow passengers to relieve rolled several times downhill,” she

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2018 OCTOBER THURSDAY, were fi nally moved to the ill-fated themselves less than a kilometre said. Survivors of the Fort Ternan bus one. away from the accident scene, he Missee was in her sister’s company. crash that claimed more than 50 “ e bus was overloaded, forcing said. She kept asking about her, but no lives yesterday blamed the bus some passengers to sit on their “When the bus stopped, we information had been provided. management and crew for what luggage and soda crates, which alighted and relieved ourselves by Dismas Makhokha, 59, from befell them. were arranged for them on the aisle,” the roadside. Barely a kilometre Butula, Busia county, said it was Dickson Muyamba, a 30-year- Muyamba said. from there, the driver lost control unbelievable that he survived such old survivor of the grisly accident, From Nairobi to Naivasha, of the bus and it veered off the road a grisly crash. said the ill-fated bus left Nairobi at Muyamba said the bus wasn’t before rolling into the deep valley,” “It’s by God’s grace that I’m alive,” midnight destined for Kakamega. He speeding, but when they passed Muyamba said. he said. said the bus was initially scheduled the Gilgil weighbridge, the driver Linda Missee, another survivor, He was expecting to be in to leave the city at around 6pm but started speeding. confirmed that the bus was Kakamega by 6am. He was to was delayed until about 9.30pm. “ e bus driver and conductors overloaded and was being driven BUS WAS connect to Busia from the town. “We left the Machakos terminus were very rude.  ey failed to heed at high speed. “Upon reaching the tunnel at at around 9.30pm, but when we our calls to slow down.  e bus Most passengers who were sitting OVERLOADED about 4am, the driver started reached Kangemi, the bus made a was being driven at high speed,” on their luggage and soda crates speeding in way I’ve never seen in U-turn back to town,” Muyamba he added. perished on the spot. AND SOME my life. It seems the brakes failed said from his Kericho County “I’m lucky to be alive because I Narrating the ordeal, Missee, 28, PASSENGERS before it started to roll down the Referral Hospital bed. was seated at the back. When the said she was lucky to have survived slope,” Makhoha said. “The passengers got pissed off bus started rolling, I was thrown the accident. She said she had her USED THEIR He suff ered head injuries.  e and when they demanded an out of the window throw the rear seatbelt on. LUGGAGE AND survivor said he struggled to crawl explanation, the conductor said windscreen.” “The bus was being driven towards the road where a Good there were some more passengers Muyamba said he was travelling dangerously and the driver and SODA CRATES Samaritan rescued them. STAR SURVEY HIT OR MISS TODAY’S QUESTION Do you think a blanket night travel ban would reduce accidents?

YESTERDAY’S QUESTION Should Moi Day be abolished? ALI ROBA EMBU ASSEMBLY TSC Seedlings for forest project Jubilee MCAs reject chief whip Shabaab kills two teachers

Mandera county has embarked on Combat appears to be in the offi ng Al Shabaab militants killed two a programme to increase its forest at the Embu county assembly after non-local teachers on Tuesday and YES 54% cover to 10 per cent to minimise the Jubilee Party reinstated the Majority burnt the staff room at Arabia Boys eff ects of climate change. Governor chief whip who had been removed Secondary School in Mandera East More news on Ali Roba said the Environment last month by her colleagues.  e subcounty.  e attackers armed our website. department will distribute more than party dispute resolution committee with guns and grenades stormed NO 46% Scan this quick 60,000 seedlings to households and returned Margaret Kariuki to her the school at 1am.  ey proceeded response code public institutions such as schools position after she appealed her to the teachers quarters, killing the using your and health centers. September 13 removal. two on the spot as they tried to smartphone. See Page 27 See Page 26 escape. See Page 27 Thursday, October 11, 2018 THE-STAR.CO.KE 3 CORRIDORS OF POWER Alphonce Misee, the father of Susan and Linda, who survived the Kericho bus tragedy. Right, Susan /CALISTUS LUCHETU

POLITICAL GOSSIP Who is doing what and where in the world of politics

FAMILY GRATEFUL WHAT is happening at the police air wing? Disgruntled officers at the elite unit are silently cursing their seniors whom they accuse of Sisters headed to granny’s sitting on their promotions even after com- pleting their training. According to the officers, they are always promoted immediately after the flying course. But this has been misused burial survive bus tragedy by the bosses who have resorted to playing tribal cards and promoting only those from their tribes and the well connected, leaving the The father says the girls were expected home at 8am yesterday, only to get a rest in tears. One of the bosses, notorious for call from a good Samaritan at 4am telling him they were involved in a grisly crash frustrating his juniors was to have left ages ago, but is still around openly boasting how he will CALISTUS LUCHETU number. A woman asked me if I every town just to know where continue serving until he voluntarily decides to @TheStarKenya knew Linda and when I said yes, my sisters-in-law had reached, go home. The situation is so bad at the Wilson she informed me that she had but some two hours after we left Airport-based unit that the officers are now A family in Shinyalu, Kakamega, been involved in an accident and Nakuru, we got a call from our calling on Inspector General of Police Joseph has every reason to be grateful that she had a broken limb. When my mother-in-law informing us Boinnet (pictured) to personally and urgently after two sisters survived the Ker- I asked her about Susan, she said that Susan and Linda had been come to their aid. icho bus tragedy. she had no idea about her because involved in a tragic accident near Susan Misee, 36, and Linda many people had been seriously Kericho,” Daisy said. Misee, 27, were heading for their injured and were being ferried to The father said he is grateful to WHO is protecting and shielding a former grandmother’s burial in Burim- hospital,” Misee said God for saving his two daughters. head of a parastatal in the Ministry of Energy buli village. Their sister-in-law Daisy, “Although my daughters have ‘DESPITE from being investigated over malpractices in Their father, Alphonce Misee, younger sister Diana and a broth- been seriously injured, I thank procurement in the parastatal? Those in the said the two were expected home er, David, who were also travelling God for saving their lives and I THEM BING know say that a senior EACC official is out to at about 8am yesterday, only to from Mombasa for the funeral, want to sincerely send my heart- INJURED, I help the man get off the EACC radar. The EACC get a call from a good Samaritan said they were in constant com- felt condolences to those who lost sleuth is said to be collecting huge amounts of at around 4am telling him his munication throughout the jour- their dear ones,” he said. THANK GOD money as protection fees to help the ex-paras- daughters were involved in a grisly ney and they last talked to Susan Ther sisters are currently recu- FOR SAVING tatal chief who is fighting to clear his name in a road accident in Kericho. when they were in Nakuru. perating in Kericho District Hos- tender scandal. Some senior officers from the “I got a call from an unknown “We kept communicating after pital. THEIR LIVES’ parastatal who were implicated now want EACC boss Bishop Eliud Wabhukhala to personally intervene in the case they are made to carry CARTOON the cross of their former boss.

A politician from Western is rumoured to have resorted to enlisting the ‘super’ services of a witch doctor from a neighbouring country to help him in his election petition case with all indications pointing to a mini-poll. The despera- te man, who nowadays is rarely seen in public, is determined to win the case at whatever cost. Apart from visiting the ‘wise men’ from across the borders, the politician is also said to be holding prayer meetings frequently at his rural home; something that has confused his hand- lers further who have tried in vain to advise him that the two don’t go hand in hand.

A mega scandal is brewing at a powerful ministry situated within Nairobi’s Central Business District . Those in the know say that the scandal, which saw millions of taxpayers’ money embezzled, has divided several senior officers in the ministry. On Monday, a senior officer is reported to have contacted several bloggers to churn out articles portraying the former minister in the ministry as the one who led to the loss of cash. However, the plan is said to have backfired since the embezzlement of funds happened when the cabinet secretary had been transferred. 4 THE-STAR.CO.KE Thursday, October 11, 2018 NIGHTMARE POLICE SAY ILL-FATED BUS HAD NO LICENSE FOR NIGHT TRAVEL AND BRAKES FAILED AT BLACK SPOT news

Moi Day horror as 56 die in road crash Police arrest, detain two directors of bus firm at Kakamega police station

FROM PAGE 1 / “It is suspected the The Kakamega-bound bus they hurtled toward death. said he was experienced, competent driver of the ill-fated bus lost control operated under the Western Cross Preliminary investigations and always sober. as it was going downhill a few Express but the sacco has no office indicated that the 52-seater bus was Other passengers were touts metres before the flyover. He was at the Machakos Upcountry PSV carrying more than 70 passengers. travelling for the funeral of their attempting to negotiate the sharp terminus. A tout at the Machakos bus friends killed in another accident bend at the flyover but failed,” None of the sacco’s officials were station said most of the passengers involving a Climax sacco bus that Mugera said. at the yard where the six Homeboyz were open-air market traders and killed 12 people in Nakuru on The roof of the bus was ripped off buses park. hawkers who buy goods in Nairobi September 30. due to impact as the vehicle rolled The accident seems to have been to sell in markets in Kakamega. The 5am accident yesterday downhill. The accident scene was jinxed from the word go, with Drivers and touts at the station occurred at the Tunnel Flyover littered with bloodied luggage survivors talking of a long delay, recalled the final moments with the area. Fifty-two passengers died on and belongings of passengers, and overloading and dizzying speeds as bus driver, saying he was jovial. They the spot, while others died on the debris. way to various hospitals. Mugera said villagers and the The police initially put the death rescue team responded swiftly WITH THIS LATEST GRISLY ACCIDENT, KENYA IS ENTERING ITS toll at 50 but Kericho chief medical but it took more than one hour to officer Dr David Ekwam said 52 retrieve some bodies trapped inside BLOODIEST YEAR OF ROAD CARNAGE. OFFICIAL SAY 2,345 LIVES bodies were received at Kericho the mangled bus. HAVE BEEN LOST IN ACCIDENTS SINCE JANUARY, COMPARED TO County Referral Hospital mortuary. The driver has not been accounted By last evening the number had hit for, he said. 2,153 LIVES LOST LAST YEAR 56. ursday, October 11, 2018 THE-STAR.CO.KE 5 NIGHTMARE POLICE SAY ILL-FATED BUS HAD NO LICENSE FOR NIGHT TRAVEL AND BRAKES FAILED AT BLACK SPOT

Wreckage of the ill-fated EXPERT COMMENT Home Boyz bus KENYA’S that crashed in Kericho on WORST ROAD Wednesday morning. ACCIDENTS /SONU TANU EXPERT COMMENT ISAAC MUTASHI DATE: Apr 7, 1963 A bus carrying people Corruption 72 from church plunged into Tiva River DEAD fuelling death LOCATION: Machakos on our roads

he soaring road accidents in DATE: Nov 14, 1963 Kenya point to many factors, A bus plunged Twhich include attitude, driving into Thwake River 55 culture, civil, structural and mechanical engineering of our LOCATION: Machakos DEAD roads and vehicles. Most drivers are not serious and never follow to the traffi c code. For instance, drivers are increasingly Jan 6, 1991 DATE: on Facebook, WhatsApp or A bus slammed into tree speaking on phone, disrupting 47 after the driver lost control their concentration. Others are under the infl uence of alcohol DEAD LOCATION: Murang’a and drugs whereas some are fatigued or in the wrong frame of mind. Overloading, speeding and breaking all the rules is the norm. DATE: Oct 3, 1993 Lack of vehicle inspection also leads to an increase in the number Multi-vehicle accident of unroadworthy vehicles. involving a bus, truck & cars 35 All the above factors are fuelled LOCATION: DEAD by corruption since the drivers Nakuru/Eldoret Rd and vehicles owners know they can literally get away with anything. ese unholy alliances DATE: Jan 7, 1998 between drivers and the police is what is costing us, not only 58 A bus on Meru- in terms of human lives, but Nairobi route plunges economically as well. Our roads DEAD into Nithi River are also a contributing factor to accidents. To see a reduction of deaths on our roads, there is need to re-look at how our road DATE: Mar 29, 2000 engineering work is done. e facility, with a capacity of 24 32.1 deaths per 100,000 people, e roads need proper signage, bodies, was overstretched, forcing respectively — are amongst the 10 Massive collision between they need good wide climbing the morgue attendants to pile bodies worst in road safety. two buses in Kericho 105 lanes, as well as parking space on the fl oor. While statistics show that as many for stalled vehicles. But of great DEAD Dr Ekwam said the bodies of 29 as 3,000 people die annually from importance is the need for men, 14 women and nine children road accidents in Kenya, this year’s provisions of walkways and were at the mortuary, awaiting toll is likely to be higher as the festive fl yovers on every road constructed identifi cation by relatives. season draws near. DATE: Nov 7, 2000 to minimise pedestrian accidents. “We have received 52 bodies of the Traffic Commandant Samuel Looking at structure of most passengers from the accident at Fort Kimaru said the latest statistics A bus with 80 passengers, buses and matatus in Kenya, it Ternan. We have established a desk indicate an eight per cent increase 45 flew over a bridge seems we board moving coffi ns as safety standards are wanting or outside the hospital where relatives in road crashes, compared to the DEAD of the victims can seek information same period last year. LOCATION: Meru totally absent. concerning their loved ones,” he He said 2,345 lives have been lost ey are no longer the safest added. in accidents since January, compared means of transport because their Sixteen survivors were receiving to 2,153 lives lost last year. body frames are made of light and DATE: Apr 14, 2007 treatment at various Kericho e National Transport and Safety low gauge metal, making them hospitals. Authority reported that 3,539 lives Matatu overturns prone to being mashed incase of “All the patients we are treating were lost between December 2016 & bursts into flames 15 an accident. is explains why the in our health facilities are in stable and December 2017. at covers roofs of those buses always come DEAD condition and responding well victims who died at the scene or LOCATION: Garissa off when they roll in an accident to treatment,” Dr Ekwam said. shortly afterward. whose results is always massive Fourteen patients were being However, the WHO places the fatalities. To prevent catastrophic treated at Kericho County Referral average number of deaths in Kenya death and accidents, there is need DATE: Aug 29, 2013 Hospital, two others were admitted at 12,000 — including those who to enforce the structural code for at Fort Ternan Subcounty Hospital, die months or years later of their Accident at notorious buses to ensure a strong body that he said. injuries. 42 Ntulele black spot on will minimise deaths in case of The wreckage was towed to Many accidents are attributed to Maai Mahiu – Narok Rd accidents. the Fort Ternan police post, a faulty vehicles, minimal or total lack DEAD is can be done with the few kilometres from the accident of enforcement by authorities who help of bringing in experts scene. are compromised by bribery. from countries like Japan or With this latest grisly accident, e UN report says that in Africa, alternatively stop local assembly Kenya appears to be entering its only South Africa meets any of the DATE: Oct 10, 2018 For more news and fabrication of buses until the bloodiest year of road carnage. UN’s seven main vehicle safety standards are achieved and import 50 people perish in on our website. Kenya is ranked among countries standards. Scan this quick buses whose safety standards are Fort Ternan bus crash 56 with the worst road safety records. response code reliable. DEAD e World Health Organization – Reporting by Sonu Tanu, LOCATION: Kericho using your in 2015 said Kenya, Tanzania and Kiplang’at Kirui, Maurice Alal, smartphone. e executive director of Safe Rwanda — with 29.1, 32.9 and Calistus Luchetu and Peter Mutai Drive Africa spoke to the Star 6 THE-STAR.CO.KE ursday, October 11, 2018 NEWS KERICHO BUS TRAGEDY

ACCIDENTS AVOIDABLE APPEAL TO DRIVERS Traffi c commandant urges ban on PSVs night travel Uhuru, Ruto mourn Kericho bus accident victims

ALVIN RATEMO/ Traffi c commandant Samuel the ban was lifted, occurred at night,” Kimaru LEWIS NYAUNDI/ President Uhuru Kenyatta and to the injured. PSV companies must adhere Kimaru has said PSVs should be banned from said. DP William Ruto were among leaders who sent to road safety rules; ensure their drivers are night travel. In 2013, the Ministry of Transport imposed messages of condolences to the families and not fatigued and administer refresher driving Lifting the ban worsened road safety, a prohibition on PSV operators against friends of the victims of the bus accident in courses to staff ,” Ruto said. Kimaru said yesterday. He spoke to journalists extending journeys beyond 9.30pm and before Kerich county. Opposition leader Raila Odinga said it was at Nyamira county headquarters after a 6am. But the ban was later lifted. Uhuru said. “As authorities investigate the unfortunate that such recklessness still exists sensitisation programme for riders and drivers.  e commandant cited the recent cases cause of the accident with a view of taking on the roads. Kimaru said most accidents recorded across of the Mwingi school bus tragedy, Naivasha, action, I would like to remind drivers to always “I send my deepest condolences to the the country occur at night and are avoidable. Salgaa accidents and yesterday’s Kericho exercise caution to avoid such a catastrophic friends and families who have lost their loved “After the ban on night journeys, we tragedy which all happened at night. incident.” ones in the horrifi c accident that occurred at witnessed a commendable decline of Kimaru said eff ective policies to combat “ e nation is united in grief following Fort Tenan. May the souls of all the departed accidents. But statistics are again showing accidents are being unreasonably fought, the tragic road crash involving a bus at Fort rest in eternal peace. I appeal to police offi cers that most serious accidents that have been leading to the opening of loopholes for Ternan, Kericho county. We condole with the to arrest the return of madness on our roads,” recorded in the nation, within the time after recklessness among PSV operators. aff ected families and wish a quick recovery he said.

POOR ROAD SAFETY RECORD Crash among the worst on killer highways Bus not licensed for night travel, says IG

In 2017, 17 lives were lost in a grisly road accident on the ika-Garissa GILBERT KOECH highway near Kilimambogo. A mata- @KoechJunior_1 tu that was travelling to Matuu from ika crashed head-on with a lorry e Fort Ternan bus accident that that was heading towards ika near left at least 56 people dead yesterday Makutano. has rekindled memories of some of In the same year, 37 people per- the worst crashes on Kenyan roads. ished near the Sachangwan black In 2000, 105 people lost their lives spot in an accident involving 15 in a horrifi c road accident involv- vehicles. ing an Akamba Bus and another bus Towards the end of last year, 30 Wreckage of the bus that was involved in a night accident at Fort Ternan killing 56 people yesterday/SONU TANU christened Shaggy along the Naku- people were killed in an accident ru-Kericho highway. e two buses on the Nakuru-Eldoret road. year. In the report released in Narok, Many of these accidents are at- burst into fl ames. In the accident that occurred at the statistics show 2,345 people have tributed to faulty vehicles and min- + MOTORISTS SLAM Fifty-seven people were admitted Migaa, about 10km from Salgaa, a been killed since January, compared imal or total lack of enforcement by SAFETY AGENCIES to hospital with injuries. bus collided head-on with a truck. to 2,153 in the same period last year. authorities coupled with bribery. In August 2013, Kenya was again On December 13, a family in Vi- And the NTSA reported that 3,539 e WHO report shows that no Kenya Motorists Association thrown into mourning when a City higa was left mourning after nine lives were lost between December African country, except South Africa, chairman Peter Murima said to City Bus rolled, killing 43 people relatives died in a road accident in 2016 and December 2017. meets any of the UN’s seven main yesterday the public service vehicles at Ntulele market in Narok. ir- Webuye. e World Health Organization vehicle safety standards. body standards by KEBS “are just ty-three people were injured. ey were among 19 people killed paints a diff erent picture. Kenya is In the Fort Ternan accident, there in the books.” “Kenya is a In 2014, 15 people died after a in an accident at Kamukuywa Bridge ranked among the countries with County Police Commandant James consumer country, that is why matatu plunged into a ravine along along the Webuye-Kitale road. the poor road safety globally. It says Mugera said 10 accident victims, buses that do not last are made the Nandi Hills-Chemelil road. e Statistics show that up to 3,000 in 2015, the annual death toll on who were injured, are admitted to unlike in Europe,” Murima told the driver of the matatu lost control of people die annually on Kenyan roads. Kenyan roads was at an average of Kericho County and Referal Hospital Star.He accused NTSA and KEBS the vehicle, which overturned and is year may be one of the blood- 12,000. and fi ve at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga as accomplishes as they pass rolled into the ravine. iest as we head towards the festive e report put the death toll in Hospital. substandard buses. He said buses e following year 26 people were season. Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda at 29.1 Inspector General of Police Joseph should have comfort and safety killed when a bus collided head- On Tuesday, Traffi c Commandant per cent, 32.9 and 32.1, respectively. Boinett said the owner of the ill-fated features.“ e locally manufactured on with a tanker along the Nairo- Samuel Kimaru released statistics e number stood at 27.4 per cent bus is being sought. He said the bus and assembled buses put more seats bi-Mombasa highway in Kambu. for the number people killed this in Uganda. was not licensed to travel at night. and do not consider safety.”

ACCIDENTS INCREASING GILBERT KOECH/ e death of 56 people In July last year, NTSA and KEBS In 2015, transporters raised con- in a horrifi c accident in Londiani introduced new PSV designs, say- cern that most PSV buses were fi tted yesterday has put the National Trans- ing PSV buses have poorly designed with ‘truck chassis’ by the manu- State agencies have port and Safety Authority and the spaces between the seats. facturers. Kenya Bureau of Standards on the e detailed standards require- e chassis consists of the lower spot for failing to implement body ments are, however, not adhered to. frame on which the body is mounted. construction standards. In 2013, another major acci- In 2016, the Kenya Association of failed to implement e bus overturned at the Fort Ter- dent occurred in Ntulele accident Manufacturers cited poor quality of nan, Kericho county, and its entire claiming 42 lives. e body of the bus bodies and chassis as one cause roof was ripped off , raising questions bus sheared off , while its structure of road accidents. PSV body standards about the quality of the body. collapsed. In 2018, a bus plunged into the e Western Cross Express Sacco A similar tragedy occurred in Siyabei River, killing 17 people in driver lost control of the vehicle at Kambu in April, taking 27 people. Narok. 5am. Experts in the transport industry Most accidents occur due to poor Kenya Association of Manufacturers has NTSA said it had put in place raised an alarm over the quality of roads, human error and bad weather. raised questions about the quality of bus measures to reverse the trend, one PSV bodies, saying a strong body can It is estimated that at least 3,000 of them being the improvement of cut fatalities by up to 70 per cent in lives are lost annually in Kenyan road bodies as one of the causes of accidents the quality of PSV bodies. an accident. crashes. Thursday, October 11, 2018 THE-STAR.CO.KE 7 NEWS GENERAL

THEY SUPPORT REFERENDUM EXPENSIVE PROCESS How Constitution can be amended Two Rift MPs draft Bills to create through referendum

GIDEON KETER/ There are two ways strong Prime Minister’s position through which the Constitution can be amended. First is through a popular Kuttuny and Kamket say PM would be head of government business in Parliament initiative and the second through a Parliamentary process. In the popular initiative like the one adopted by Thirdway Alliance Party, it commences with a proposal GIDEON KETER or a Bill approved by at least one @arapGKeter million voters. The Draft Bill and the supporting signatures are then Cherang’any MP Joshua Kuttuny submitted to the Independent and his Tiaty counterpart Kassait Electoral and Boundaries Kamket have separately proposed Commission for verification. If IEBC the creation of a Prime Minister’s is satisfied with signatures, it will position. then forward the Draft Bill to all the This is a significant departure 47 counties for consideration. from most Jubilee legislators and At least 24 county assemblies other proponents of the referen- must pass it. dum who want many political po- The Assemblies are required sitions abolished. to dispose of the Bill within three The proposal is likely to put the months and notify Speakers of two MPs in collision with Deputy senate and national assembly. President William Ruto, who is op- If a majority of MP support the posed to amending the 2010 Con- Bill, it shall be sent to the President stitution to create more positions. for assent. If the Bill is rejected by Kuttuny also proposes the cre- Parliament, or if the Bill touches ation of two positions for Deputy on the entrenched clauses in Prime Ministers. Article 255 (1), it is to be submitted He says the Prime Minister and to voters for consideration in a the two deputies shall be appoint- referendum. ed by the President and approved Cherangany MP Joshua Kuttuny/MATHEWS NDANYI by the National Assembly. The PM Kuttuny will be the head of govern- is set to spark political debate, the troduce the position of the leader states that a Cabinet Secretary shall ADVICE TO STATE ment business in Parliament. Jubilee legislator proposes that the of the opposition, who will be from not be a Member of Parliament. Tiaty MP Kamket has also draft- President and the Deputy President the second largest party in Parlia- “The objective of the Bill is to ed a Bill to create the position of as well as ministers shall be elected ment. reduce the bloated wage bill, and Consult the public Prime Minister who will have ex- members of the National Assembly. Just like what West Mugirango ensure MPs have an opportunity to before Lamu ecutive powers and be the leader of “Save for where a person is elect- MP Vincent Kemosi, Kuttuny wants ask cabinet ministers in the House government business. ed as the President or the Deputy Cabinet Secretaries to be picked questions and issues affecting their projects, says lobby Kenya has had two Prime Minis- President, he or she shall relin- from among elected MPs.Kemosi constituencies,” Kemosi says in his ters - at independence and during quish his or her position as a mem- has already written to Speaker of letter dated October 2. the grand coalition government. ber of the National Assembly,” Kut- the National Assembly Justin Mu- As per the 2010 Constitution, the Kamket proposes that the Presi- tuny proposes. turi indicating that he is sponsor- cabinet is made up of the President, dent should have ceremonial pow- Prior to the 2010 Constitution, ing a Bill to amend Article 152( 1 ) Deputy President, Attorney Gener- ers, serving a single seven-year President and the Vice President which says cabinet secretaries will al and a maximum of 22 ministries, term. were also elected MPs. not be fewer than 14 and not more who must be be vetted by Parlia- In another radical proposal that Kuttuny is also seeking to re-in- than 22, and Article 152 ( 3 ), which ment before their appointment.

WANTS THE SH12 BILLION SAVED CAROLYNE KUBWA/ The party found- lei Bill that calls for the scraping ed by former President Mwai Kiba- of Woman Representatives and ki has opposed the proposed refer- doing away with nominations. No DP leader opposes endum. need of having people to represent Democratic Party of Kenya (DP) the marginalised groups who are said the referendum is expensive nowdays well represented in the ‘costly’ referendum and unecessary. devolved counties,”he said. DP National organising secretary He urged President Kenyatta to ENOS TECHE/ A Lobby group has Peter Njagi yesterday said those lay a strong foundation of the Big raised concern over lack of public Dr Njagi says Parliament and Senate can calling for the referendum should Four Agenda. participation in ongoing government instead support the Big Four Agen- “I congratulate President Ken- projects in Lamu, Marsabit and Turkana make many of the proposed law changes da for the well-being of Kenya. yatta for having the Big Four Agen- counties. Speaking to the Star yesterday, da but it’s hard for him to fully Save Lamu says poor public Njagi, also former Embu goberna- achieve them in five years. Let participation has led to the push and torial candidate, said that the Sh12 him lay a foundation so that other pull relationship between investors and billion required to conduct the ref- leaders can proceed when he re- the community. erendum should be use to imple- tires,”he said. “Nearly all projects in Lamu county ment the Big Four Agenda. Njagi commended the President never involved the public participation “The country is currently strug- in the fight against corruption. as required by the law. This despite gling to raise money to implement He urged those calling for the the projects proving hazardous to the agenda of good housing, secu- creation of new positions through both the human and marines life,” rity, industrialisation and health constitution amendment to con- Save Lamu community representative among others. Those calling for the sider the wage bill costs as the Raya Famau (pictured above) said referendum were misadvised,”he country is already in debts. yesterday. said. Njagi advised the President to Recently, Thirdway Alliance par- She spoke during the African use Parliament and the Senate to ty leader Ekuru Aukot launched an Coalition for Corporate Accountability change the law. online campaign dubbed “Pungu- fourth general assembly in Nairobi. He said the one third gender rule za Mizigo” seeking to reduce the “What we have been witnessing in should be the first to be abolished number of legislators from the cur- most areas where minerals are being “Let’s abolish this gender rule rent 416 to 194. explored is that locals are never aware as women are well represented in The National Assembly has 349 of availability of minerals until they DP National organising secretary Dr Peter Njagi/FILE various sectors. I support the Shol- members. receive evacuation notices,” she said. 8 THE-STAR.CO.KE Thursday, October 11, 2018 NEWS GENERAL

RIVALRY INTENSIFIES No love lost as Ayacko gives Obado two months to end graft

MANUEL ODENY/ Migori senator-elect Ochilo Ayacko’s victory has and seduce women with what should provide services.” Ayacko reenergised his political rivalry with Governor Okoth Obado. said in apparent reference to the graft claims and murder charges On Tuesday during his celebration parade across the county, against the county chief. Ayacko said fighting corruption in the Obado administration will Obado has been charged with the muder of his former pregnant be his main agenda, giving county officers two months to fix it. lover Sharon Otieno. The EACC is also investigating him over claims He said the war on graft must be devolved. he embezzled public fundsand stashed some cash offshore. His “After two months, I don’t want to hear any corruption dealing accounts and those of his close family members and associates in the county. That’s not a plea; it has to end. Going forward we have been frozen. will not allow it,” Ayacko said at Posta Grounds, Migori town. The county chief and his supporters campaigned for Oketch, The ODM politician emerged tops in the by-election with 85,234 fearing Ayacko would use the Senate position to ‘sabotage’ his votes, against 60,555 for his closest challenger Eddy Oketch. The administration. Obado had said Ayacko would offer no oversight. county has 388,633 registered voters, but only 38.02 per cent of But on Tuesday, Ayacko said he will push for unity and equi- that turned out to vote. table sharing of county resources so all residents can enjoy the Migori senator-elect Ochilo Ayacko /FILE “We don’t want people who steal money meant for Migori people benefits of devolution.

ACCUSED OF KILLING FIRST NYS SCAM ‘MISUSE OF COUNTY CASH’ Anti-graft agency seize files during Waqo exits EACC with ‘no real raid on Nyamira

ALVIN RATEMO/ The EACC on Tuesday result to show six years later’ raided the Nyamira Public Works department offices and the county assembly in a move to establish Observers say war on graft was ‘weak’ during his tenure; the commission alleged misuse of public resources. The county has been on the spot has invited applications from individuals interested in succeeding the CEO after Senator Okong’o Omoge- ni raised the alarm over illegal tendering and substandard roads. STAR REPORTER The officers made away with some TheStarKenya documents. They said they will give a report once they complete inves- EACC chief executive officer Hal- tigations. They also arrested the pro- akhe Waqo exits office next month curement officer Caleb Momanyi and after about six years in charge, civil works officer Ben Omenta. The with many observers saying he two recorded statements at Nyamira performed dismally. police station and were released. He became the first holder of the post after emerging tops. Five candidates were interviewed of the THE DATA 28 people who sought the position. Waqo took the oath of office on January 21, 2013. He is an ex- pert in peacebuilding and conflict management, community mobil- isation, policy advocacy, pastoral development, fund-raising and 300M management. He holds a Master of Sum in shillings CEO Arts degree in Sociology and Con- Waqo was allegedly paid flict Studies from the University of to end first NYS scam Nairobi. EACC chief executive officer Halakhe ADVERT Waqo exits office next month after six On Tuesday, EACC chairman Eliud years in charge, with many observers Wabukala sent out an advert calling saying he performed dismally. on those who wish to replace Waqo to apply. An applicant must possess a master’s degree from a recognised university and 10 years of experi- RULING ON OCTOBER 23 ence at management level. They must meet the requirements Nyamira murder of Chapter Six of the Constitution and obtain clearance certificates case fails to proceed from statutory bodies. But besides the advert details, as lawyer absent Kenyans will want a CEO who will deliver tangible results on the war ALVIN RATEMO/ A case in which a on corruption. man is charged with murdering his pregnant wife and daughter failed to TENURE proceed at the High Court in Nyamira Observers say the EACC was EACC chairperson Eliud Wabukala and CEO Halakhe Waqo during a press breifing at their offices on August 16 last year on Tuesday after the defence lawyer weak in the fight against corrup- /VICTOR IMBOTO failed to show up. tion during Waqo’s tenure. As he Joash Marube, alongside a second exits, he will celebrate no successes attracted a lot of flanks and laughs the 2015 National Youth Service executive of grabbing public land in suspect, is said to have brutally mur- in terms of prosecutions. His other from Kenyans. He is also accused of scandal and interfering with sev- Isiolo and another 31 acres of com- dered his wife Asenath Kerubo and undoing was clearing individuals trying to shield big shots implicated eral corruption cases by receiving munity trust land at Camp Garba. daughter Naomi Nyatichi on March with questionable backgrounds in corruption and tax evasion. kickbacks. This included allegations During his tenure, many files of 19, 2015, in Tondori village, Masaba and fake academic papers to run Documents filed in the Employ- that he was paid Sh300 million to corruption cases taken to the DPP North. He had denied the charge. for elections or hold public office. ment and Labour Relations Court end the first NYS scandal in which for prosecution were sent back on The case has been in court since Waqo will be remembered most by Adan Guracha, a former EACC the country lost Sh796 million. grounds they had been shoddily 2015 and was to proceed for final for his launch of bible studies as a investigator, link Waqo to letting The Coalition of Citizens, a lobby done and compiled, making pros- judgment. This has now been set for measure of fighting corruption. This off the hook people implicated in group, accused the outgoing chief ecution untenable. October 23. ursday, October 11, 2018 THE-STAR.CO.KE 9 NEWS GENERAL

IEBC commisio- THE DATA ners Abdi Guliye, Paul Kurgat and chairman Wafula Chebukati at the IEBC National Tallying Centre at the Bomas of 1.1BN Kenya last year IEBC transport contract /MONICAH MWANGI queried by auditor Auditor General Edward Ouko questioned the award of the con- tract which the commission claimed it procured at its county offi ces.

SH1.1BN TRANSPORT CONTRACT Millions lost at IEBC in suspect contracts during polls – auditor Cane farmers /MAURICE ALAL ACCUSED OF SUPPORTING ZONING Auditor General questioned award of Sh1.1 billion transport contract which commission Cane farmers sack claimed it procured at county offi ces despite having no procurement offi cer at the time federation chair,

the exit of up to four out of the seven petition and fair award of the con- “Indications are that there was an cite incompetence commissioners. tracts, it is not possible to confi rm attempt to vary the contract which LUKE AWICH Ouko questioned the award of the expenditure of Sh 1,142,635,000 has resulted in total excess payment MAURICE ALAL/ Kenya Sugarcane @AchiaAwich a Sh1.1 billion transport contract was fully controlled and that the of Sh 27,902,101,” stated the report. Farmers’ Federation from Western which the commission claimed it value for money was obtained on Another supply where the report and Nyanza regions have sacked An audit report on the IEBC’s opera- procured at its county offi ces despite transport services,” Ouko said. revealed millions could have been their chairman Ibrahim Juma for tions before last year’s elections has having no procurement offi cer at the During the October 16 presiden- lost due to variation of the contract failing to champion their war against revealed a possible loss of millions time. tial elections, the report pointed, was the supply of badges used by sugarcane zoning. of taxpayers’ money in suspicious According to IEBC, the opening IEBC procured 42,947 ballot boxes elections officers and other ac- Sugarcane farmers said Juma contract deals. and evaluation of transportation at Sh2,500 instead of Sh 2,250 of- credited persons to access various was supporting the government to Auditor General Edward Ouko in tenders were done on the same day fered by the supplier resulting into polling and tallying centres across implement the zoning of sugarcane his analysis of the contracts awarded in all the 47 county offi ces, a claim an excess payment of Sh 10,731,750. the country. policy instead of opposing it. for the supply of goods and services the audit team dismissed, stating the At fi rst, the electoral body award-  ey spoke to the press in Kisumu used during the 2017 elections re- county offi ces had no procurement ALTERED ed the contract of 550,381 badges at yesterday.  ey accused Juma of vealed the commission could not offi cers at the time hence no capacity Ouko further revealed the Sh2,500 a contract sum of Sh9,554,370. incompetence and laxity in pushing satisfactory explain millions award- to undertake the exercise. per ballot box was arrived at despite  is – according to Ouko - was lat- for the interests of farmers. ed to contractors and suppliers, “Most of the contracts were award- the commission buying the same er altered to Sh44,030,480 without Federation secretary general some which were unqualifi ed. ed based on predetermined bud- boxes used during the August pres- explanation, occasioning a possi- Richard Ogendo said farmers  e report comes at a time the getary allocation issued from the idential elections at Sh 1,850 per ble loss of Sh34,476,110 taxpayers’ convened a meeting to remove commission is struggling following headquarters. In the absence of com- ballot box. money. Juma.

KWS ON SITE IN HEALTH, EDUCATION Father and son killed after a Kenya among bottom 10 in war hippo attack on Lake Victoria on inequality

ROBERT OMOLLO/ A father and his son nounced dead on the way to Homa SAMUEL KISIKA / Kenya has been died after a hippo attacked them in Bay Referral Hospital for further ranked among the bottom 10 Lake Victoria at Uyoga Kombe Beach treatment. African countries that are least in Suba North constituency. “The son (Otieno) drowned in committed to fi ght against inequality Janes Ang’wana, 55, and his son water after it was hit by the hippo,” in education, health and social Tobias Otieno, 26, were attacked in Oduor said. Homa Bay county po- protection. their boat during a fi shing expedi- lice commander Marius Tum said  e latest report released on tion.  e attack happened on Tues- Ang’wana succumbed to injuries he Tuesday by Oxfam International has day at 9pm. sustained after the incident. placed Kenya at position seven in Area Beach Managemen Unit sec-  e police boss said Ang’wana the continent and 141 in the world retary general George Oduor said broke his right leg and sustained Residents of Kombe village at Janes Ang’wana’s home /ROBERT OMOLLO as least committed countries the hippo hit and split the boat at serious injuries on both hands. spending inadequate funds in the Chamaunga area before it injured He said security personnel in col- left thigh and stomach. po. Residents led by Hesbon Dondi three sectors out of 157 countries the fi shermen.  e BMU offi cial said laboration with local divers conduct- “We appeal to fishermen to re- said hippos frequently attack fi sh- surveyed. fellow fi shermen rushed to the scene ed search and recovered the body of strain from fi shing in areas habited ermen in the area  e report termed ‘ e to rescue them after they raised an Otieno yesterday morning. by hippos in the lake to avoid such “Wild animal and human confl icts Commitment to Reducing Inequality alarm. Oduor said rescuers reached “We ferried the bodies to Kirindo attacks,” Tum said According to the have become rampant in the lake Index 2018’ ranking the performance Ang’wana and took him to Mbita private hospital mortuary,” Tum said. police boss, Kenya Wildlife Service and we appeal for help from the rel- of countries globally places Namibia Subcounty Hospital, but was pro- Tum said Otieno was injured on the offi cers are looking for the killer hip- evant authorities,” Dondi said. top among African counties. 10 THE-STAR.CO.KE ursday, October 11, 2018 NEWS GENERAL

FALSE BRAGGING? AGAINST INTERNATIONAL LAW Stop claiming Jubilee projects Amnesty calls for aboliton of as yours, MCAs rebuke Mutua death penalty, says it’s cruel

GEORGE OWITI/ A section of Machakos MCAs have told ROSEMARY WANGUI /A human rights group has asked Governor Alfred Mutua to stop erecting his signposts on governments retaining the death penalty to “immediately projects implemented by the national government in the abolish it” as it violates the right to life. Amnesty county. International said yesterday the death penalty is the Led by assembly Majority leader Mark Muendo, the “ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.” e MCAs said Mutua is fond of hoodwinking residents by NGO also called for better prison conditions. claiming Jubilee projects as his. “Stop erecting your “No matter what crime they [prisoners] may have signposts on the national government’s projects,” committed, no one should be forced to endure inhumane Muendo told Mutua. conditions of detention. Yet in many cases, prisoners e MCAs spoke at Kalama in Machakos on Monday under sentence of death are kept in strict isolation, lack DP Ruto with Ukambani leaders when he launched a road construction project With assembly speaker Florence Mwangangi, the reps access to necessary medications and live with constant /GEORGE OWITI attended a function by Deputy President William Ruto. anxiety from the threat of execution.”

NAIROBI CONFERENCE Uhuru tells counties to sort climate crisis President says climate change is a matter of life and death for Africa and everyone has a responsibility

policy makers, development banks, intergovernmental agencies, civil GILBERT KOECH society and media. @KoechJunior_1  e theme of this year’s conference is, “Policies and actions for eff ective President Kenyatta has asked implementation of the Paris counties to create frameworks for Agreement for resilient economies combating eff ects of climate change. in Africa”. “The implementation of the President Kenyatta’s remarks come climate change actions is the days after an alarming report was responsibility of all stakeholders at released by the Intergovernmental all levels including the state (national Panel on Climate Change. and sub-national governments) and  e report shows that limiting non-state actors (the marginalised/ global warming to 1.50C would indigenous communities, private require rapid, far-reaching and sector, the youth and women),” the unprecedented changes in all aspects President said yesterday. of human life. He said climate change is a matter Kenyatta said Kenya is embracing of life and death for Africa. new technologies in climate smart “We have all experienced the agriculture, building, health and devastating and unprecedented resource effi cient manufacturing impacts of climate change on our to achieve it development agenda. peoples’ lives and livelihoods as well “As part of tapping into the as our national economies. Africa opportunities in biodiversity, Kenya is the most vulnerable continent will be hosting the fi rst Sustainable despite contributing only about 4 Blue Economy Conference between per cent to global greenhouse gas November 26 and 28 to promote emissions,” he said. sustainable investments in oceans, Environment CS  e President made the remarks seas, lakes, and rivers,” he said. Keriako Tobiko in a speech read by Environment Tobiko urged scientists to package opens the seventh CS Keriako Tobiko at Safari Park messages on climate change in ways conference on Hotel, Nairobi, during the opening communities understand. climate change of the seventh conference on climate Vihiga governor Wilbur Otichilo and development change and development in Africa. said counties should commit in Africa in Nairobi The event attracted over 700 themselves on how they are going yesterday participants including researchers, to address eff ects of climate change. /COURTESY

PUBLIC HOLIDAY RITA DAMARY/Retired President Daniel of God’s blessings and our feeling Matiang’i to declare October 10 as arap Moi has reiterated that Moi Day to live as per God’s wishes. Let’s not a public holiday received mixed is not for pomp and colour but an use the day for self-glorifi cation but reactions from Kenyans. Moi says his day is for occasion to help the less fortunate as a special day also to refl ect on our Matiang’i said on Monday, “In in society. failures as human beings and seek Judicial Review No. 292 of 2017, Moi said he is happy that the day God’s intervention,” he said in the the court affirmed that October has been reinstated. It should be a day statement by his press secretary Lee 10 remains a public holiday to be service to the poor, of refl ection and acknowledgment Njiru observed as such. Going by this of God’s blessings, he said in a The retired President thanked decision therefore 10th of October statement released from his Kabarak all those who sent him goodwill shall be a public holiday.” happy it was restored home, Nakuru. messages. But despite clearing the air the  e High Court reinstated Moi Day “My everlasting desire is to see a holiday, Matiang’i said the country as a public holiday last November. united country, Kenyans living in would lose nothing by not marking ‘It should be a day for refl ection and “Instead of pomp and colour unity and harmony as the children it. As an emerging economy, Kenyans celebrations, this should be a day of God,” he said. need to “optimally use” their time, acknowledgement of God’s blessings’ of refl ection and acknowledgment  e move by the Interior CS Fred the CS said. Thursday, October 11, 2018 THE-STAR.CO.KE 11 NEWS GENERAL

DCI KINOTI ALSO BLAMED Matiang’i and Boinett on notice over Gilgil killings Gilgil MP Martha Wangari says security chiefs sleeping on the job as five people killed in one month — and no one arrested

sible for protecting Kenyans appear the Gilgil-Nakuru highway. to be in slumber. The Director of “These incidents are on the rise GIDEON KETER Criminal Investigations, Matiang’i and as a constituency we are wor- @arapGKeter and Boinnet should now intervene,” ried. I am not happy with the state of she said. insecurity in Gilgil town, especially Gilgil MP Martha Wangari has The legislator called on security where women are concerned and blamed rising crime on police laxity officers to increase night patrols, we want security agencies to take and called on Cabinet secretary Fred saying rising crime was scaring away this matter seriously.” Matiang’i and Police IG Joseph Boi- investors.She said businesses now She added, “The officers who have nett (pictured left) to crack the whip. close early. been put in charge of the security In a statement, she said the deteri- “These incidents have followed the in Gilgil subcounty should do their orating situation in her constituency same pattern and we are concerned work responsibly and serve the has recently caused five killings in that it is not portraying good pros- public.” Gilgil by unknown people. pects for businesses Gilgil,” she said. She called on residents to work Wangari said the number of peo- Last month, a miraa trader who closely with police and provide leads ple who have died from attacks is operating a shop in Gilgil town was on the criminals terrorising them. overwhelming and police are doing killed. There have been no arrests. Crime has also been rising in the little to curb the situation. The spate of killings has included larger Nakuru county. Most of the “The trend that we have witnessed three women murdered in less than crime relates to robbers attacking is completely unacceptable. People a week. One woman’s naked body motorists and residents in their are being killed and those respon- was dumped at Kambi Maasai, along homes.

SH2 BILLION FUND Ten Nyambene MCAs warn REPUBLIC OF KENYA Kiunjuri over miraa money Agriculture CS wants the cash to buy avocado trees

DENNIS DIBONDO/ Nyambene MCAs are the government when the funds furious with Agriculture CS Mwangi were given by President Uhuru Ken- Kiunjuri over plans to use Sh2 billion yatta. We know farmers were not KWALE COUNTY GOVERNMENT miraa money to buy avocado and consulted,” Kaithia said. macadamia seedlings instead. He said CS Kiunjuri should come The aim is diversification to -in clean on the issue or they will con- INVITATION FOR SUPPLIERS TRAINING crease income. vene a meeting with all elected lead- GOVERNOR Kiunjuri made the remarks on ers in Nyambene and Miraa within The Kwale County Government through the County September 28 when he attended to weeks to chart the way forward. KIRAITU Meru dairy farmers field day at Gi- The 10 MCAs spoke on Tuesday Department of Finance and Economic Planning wishes to toro showground in Meru county. during a press briefing. DISTANCES Kiunjuri said he had spoken with Governor Kiraitu has denied that HIMSELF invite all prequalified suppliers and any other suppliers Meru governor Kiraitu Murungi and he wants miraa farmers to uproot agreed that the Sh2 billion meant to their crop in favour of macadamia FROM wishing to do business with the county. For one day training help miraa farmers will buy maca- and avocado.He says he only advised damia and avocado seedlings. farmers to diversity so that they earn KIUNJURI on i-sourcing that will be conducted on Thursday, 18th “We know it was not the plan by from the nuts and the avocados. PLAN October 2018 at the Kenya School of Government, Matuga campus. CARJACKED

Potato buyers robbed of cash All suppliers that applied for the 2018-2020 suppliers and mobile phones in Naivasha prequalification should visit the county’s website www. GEORGE MURAGE/ A driver of a lorry and his conductor kwalecountygov.com to check whether they were were carjacked along the Ngodi-Maella road in Naivasha and robbed of Sh10,000 and their mobile phones. successful or not. The two were on their way to Maella trading centre to buy potatoes when they found a section of the road blocked. Naivasha subcounty commissioner John Opondo said the thugs struck after the driver slowed down during the Yours sincerely, 5am robbery. He recalled years back a group of thugs had terrorised drivers and passengers along the stretch but were even- tually ridden off by the police. Bakari H. Sebe “It seems that the trend is back and we want to assure CEC MEMBER, FINANCE & ECONOMIC PLANNING members of the public that we shall not rest until we arrest these criminals,” he said. 12 THE-STAR.CO.KE Thursday, October 11, 2018 BIG READ / TABOO BUT TRUE ‘RAFIKI’ FILM OPENS THE DOOR FOR HOMOSEXUALS TO OPEN UP While most Kenyans view homosexuality as unnatural, some people say the chemistry portrayed in the lesbian romance film speaks to their own experiences

she told me it was wrong,” Wanjiku recalls, saying it was the first time NANCY AGUTU she tried to seek help from her very @nancyagutu devout Christian mother. From then on, Wanjiku kept “When I am around men, I feel in- her confusing feelings to herself, secure and vulnerable. I feel like thinking it was a phase she was they have bad intentions because going through. She tried to be like of my past experiences with them. other girls to the extent that she But when I am with girls, I feel tried to date a boy. more comfortable…” “Things were okay for the first This is the experience of one year. But everything fell apart the woman who has opened up about following year,” she said. her homosexuality after the ban on Wanjiku was in Form Two and Rafiki film was lifted by the court. her boyfriend, Shawn John, had ‘Rafiki’, Kiswahili for ‘Friend’, just completed Form Four. While is a movie directed by Kenyan film attending a birthday party togeth- director Wanuri Kahiu. It revolves er, Shawn spiked her drink and around a teenage lesbian affair be- attempted to force himself on her. tween Ziki and Kena. Her screams alerted her friends, Initially, the movie was banned who were in the next room on in Kenya for “glorifying homosex- the same floor. One friend, only ual behaviour”. But after Wanuri known as Miriam, 21, came to her challenged the ban, the court al- rescue and escorted Wanjiku to the lowed Kenyans seven days to see it. Lang’ata police station. One woman who spoke to the The police said there was no evi- Star agreed with the court’s deci- dence to arrest Shawn, despite the sion. “The lift of the ban was real- bruises and other defensive inju- ly good news, for it gave Kenyans ries she suffered as she tried to fight a chance to finally go watch and off Shawn. understand homosexuality better,” Wanjiku was taken aback when Catherine Wanjiku said. she told her mother about the in- The young woman, who is now ism in school and she did not know “Though some still didn’t watch, cident. “She did not believe me. looking for a job in production her sexuality. So she experimented most who did got a new perspec- All she did was to warn me to keep companies, said she resorted to us- and she found that she likes wom- tive on same-sex relationships.” off boys!” Soon after the incident, ing drugs just to make her forget. en. And ever since that day, she has Asked why she supports homo- the family relocated from Nairobi “I started using hard drugs, and been with girls.” sexuality, Wanjiku (not real name) to Mombasa. “I changed. I became it felt so good because most of time, “Miriam told me she started fall- opens up that she is homosexual fearful of men,” she said. I was able to forget about my life. ing in love with me when we she herself. She feels that homosexuals A new study published on Octo- This went on for sometime, until I took me for the therapy sessions face problems that need to be aired ber 4 in the Journal of the Amer- met Miriam again a few weeks later and counselling, plus the rehabili- in the public. ican Medical Association, noted in our estate,” she said. tation.” Opening up about sexual orien- that sexual assault survivors have A smiling Wanjiku said Miriam, tation is probably one of the hard- much higher risks of developing who also seemed to be a ladies’ LACK OF ACCEPTANCE est things she has had to do, and lifelong health issues, like insom- woman, became her friend, and Contrary to popular belief in Ken- sharing her heart-breaking experi- nia and depression. that they could share secrets. ya, homosexuality is not a men- ence with the world. The study noted that more than “Miriam told me I do not have to tal illness or disorder. Rather, it one in three women have experi- indulge in drugs, but rather face life is a sexual diversity experienced ‘LOVE IS NO CRIME’ enced sexual assault, one in five is head-on. She encouraged me to go within the society. In 1973, the But Wanjiku decided to tell the raped, and up to 75 per cent have for rehabilitation, which I did, and American Psychiatric Association world that “love is not a crime. experienced sexual harassment in I finally stopped using drugs,” she removed homosexuality from the Neither is it an abomination. It the workplace. said. psychiatric disorders list. since the grounds for non-dis- should be embraced rather than Wanjiku noticed that Miriam had This was followed by a decision crimination are an illustrative condemned”. DRUG ABUSE feelings for her, and so she asked to remove homosexuality from the open-ended list. Sitting at her one bedroom apart- To deal with her ordeal, Wanjiku her if she also liked girls. “Miriam International Classification of Dis- For Wanjiku, her mother became ment in Dandora, Wanjiku says she started abusing drugs. She first said yes. I felt love. I felt as if this is eases in 1990 by the World Health uncomfortable with her relation- was only 15 years old when she started with drugs to make her what I wanted. I told her about me Organisation. ship with Miriam, but she main- realised she was different. While sleep so she could not have recur- and we finally got into a relation- While the Constitution of Ken- tains she had no choice. other girls in her boarding school ring nightmares of the attempted ship in December 2016,” she said. ya criminalises homosexuality, it “My mum was really mad at had boy ‘crushes’, she was drawn rape. “She told me she started lesbian- affirms inclusiveness and protec- me and she even forced me to be to girls — one particular girl — in tion of the marginalised as valued in a relationship with other guys, her all-girl boarding school. tenets of the Kenyan state. Further, which made me really uncomfort- “I had no association with boys it prohibits direct and indirect dis- able. After two weeks, I could break and everyone around me was a girl. THE LIFT OF THE BAN WAS REALLY GOOD NEWS, FOR IT GAVE crimination against any person by up with the boys because I did not I did not know what I was meant KENYANS A CHANCE TO FINALLY GO WATCH AND UNDERSTAND the State or other person. find anything fancy in them,” she to do. So I asked my mum if it was This arguably includes sexual said. right to have feelings for a girl and HOMOSEXUALITY BETTER — CATHERINE WANJIKU* orientation and gender identity, Wanjiku said her mother has ursday, October 11, 2018 THE-STAR.CO.KE 13

never accepted who she is and NO ‘FIX’ NECESSARY keeps on telling her she wants chil- dren, not “another woman” in the house. “I have never thought about having my own children because the stories I hear from other peo- ple is that giving birth is really ‘RAFIKI’ FILM OPENS THE DOOR painful, and I would not want to go through that pain. They nor- National average of mally tell me about the labour 5% homosexuality prevalence pains,” she said. Asked what her father thinks of the whole situation, Wanjiku Highest homosexuality smiles, saying her father is okay 13% prevalence, in Coast region with the “boyfriend” she has. “My dad said there is nothing Of Kenyans believe FOR HOMOSEXUALS TO OPEN UP much he can do, adding that he 64% will support me in every decision I homosexuality is unnatural ‘Rafiki’ lead make. He is my stepdad. He has had A scene in the actress Sheila a chance to fall in love and he does Do not know any gay ‘Rafiki’ film Stop judging, it Munyiva, who not want to make the decisions in 93% person in Kenya /FILE plays Ziki, and my life,” she said. actress Patricia is not a mental Kihoro during REJECTED BUT STRONG a screening As she walks across the room disorder — medic of the film on where we are doing the interview, September 25 Wanjiku says she has been able /REUTERS to face rejections from her own NANCY AGUTU@nancyagutu/ In the wake of the debate trig- friends. gered by lesbian love fi lm Rafi ki, Parklands-based clinical “One actually started vulgar Any person who - (a) has carnal psychologist Liz Gichimu notes with concern that homo- abuses, and the others made me knowledge of any person against sexuality is not a mental disorder. get out of Facebook. It’s like they the order of nature; or (b) permits “My experience is that the issue is not about their sex- formed a group and started attack- a male person to have carnal uality but more about the society and the judgement that ing me for who I am. ey were my knowledge of him or her against surrounds these people,” she told the Star. friends,” she said with a bitter tone the order of nature, is guilty Gichimu said the people who say they are homosexuals in her voice. of a felony and is liable to do not want to be fi xed. Rather, they want to fi nd out ways Wanjiku says she is not afraid of imprisonment for fourteen years of living peacefully in the society without all the talk about the woman she has become, add- how good or bad homosexuality can be. ing that she has decided to open “ ey don’t want to be fi xed but to know how to live up to allow her to have a peaceful in the society with the rest of the people without being relationship. branded names, without being asked to be like other peo- “I can’t live in my own shadow. Victimisation ple, yet they can be their own people,” she said. She said One way or the other, the society people who have been assaulted and resorted to be ho- will come to know. So I said there mosexuals should be asked how much they know about is a point in life that such questions 1,000 Violations against LGBT themselves. will come up and I must have my + persons reported since 2014 “If you are confused about your sexual orientation, it is own reasons why I don’t love men. easy to fi nd out. What you do is ask the person about set- “We are living our own lives. Reported being tling down. Ask her or him: where do you see your future? We are not diff erent. We work, 89% disowned by family Do you see yourself with kids or what exactly do you en- eat, wear clothes where you buy vision?” Gichimu said, adding that homosexuals will have clothes, and there is no diff erence,” diff erent answers from straight people. she said. Confirmed having “ is is all about love, commitment and trust. With this, “I am 19 this year. I am turning 75% been disciplined for it you will be able to know what kind of person you have be- 20 in October. We are not sexual. fore you.”  e psychologist said when a person resorts to She is not attracted to me sexual- Cases of mob violence engaging in homosexuality after abuse, they need to seek ly. We do sex once in a while. Guys 6+ against LGBT people help. “Let her get a therapist and explore what is taking love sex and they get attracted to reported since 2008 place in her life.  ere can be confusion, but as long as she you because of sex. In our relation- opens up, she will know exactly where she sits with this,” ship, we are not that sexual. If you Gichimu said. want penetration it’s up to you and “If there is trauma, she or he needs to explore all possi- your partner.” bilities and process the information. If there is more going Miriam, on the other hand, said: Reaction into the background, lurching onto a relationship or some- “ ey say love is love… if you fi nd one will not fi x what is going on in real life.” someone who makes you feel spe- Gichimu said the therapist should be able to create a Leading double lives to cial, no matter the gender. No one space where she or he does not judge the patient. protect themselves and their knows if one day they would be “When you get judged, you tend to shut down. It’s un- lesbians or gays. It just happens like families’ reputations fortunate that that is what happens to some people, but a déjà vu.” good therapist should create a space about what is going She said when she met Wanjiku Giving bribes and sexual on with the patient and what he or she feels,” she said. for the fi rst time in the party, she favours demanded by police in “Let the therapist ask about how the person is dealing made up her mind that she wanted exchange for freedom with the trauma and relating to members of the opposite her. sex.  is can happen when you are in a safe space.” “ e dimples on her face made Fighting for rights through her even more beautiful. Every groups such as Gay and Lesbian DEALING WITH GENDER CONFUSION time she smiled like that was the Coalition of Kenya Gichimu said if one is confused about their sexuality or time I realised really that I wanted when they think they are homosexuals, they should look Ziki and Kena this girl. But I did not know what at what they say about themselves. during a scene in I wanted to do with her,” she said. “What are their thoughts? Is it that he or she thinks ‘I ‘Rafiki’ After the attempted rape, Miriam am broken, I am silly’. What is the talk you have with your- /COURTESY said she held Wanjiku tight, com- LGBT Kenyans self? Write that down,” she said, adding that the person forting her, adding that it was then should examine what they have jotted down in their di- that they had their fi rst kiss. Writer: Binyavanga aries and ask themselves, “Is what I have written true?” “To me, it felt special, but I knew Wainaina “Break this down and ask yourself what is making me to her it was just a kiss, so I never condemn myself, or is it because I was hurt?” she said. bothered to think much about it. Gichimu said the more a person unpacks herself and

Days passed and the kiss was on Gay rights activist: gets to know herself better, the likelihood of the person my mind. Every time I tried to for- Dennis Nzioka healing is 100 per cent. “At the end of the day, it will ease get her, it became impossible,” she For more Big some of the things she or he is dealing with,” she said. said. Politician: David Kuria Read stories, Above all, the psychologist said a person should be kind “I don’t care what people say but scan the QR code to themselves. “You are human. We are trying to live life what I care is what our hearts say.” above with the little that we have.” 14 THE-STAR.CO.KE Thursday, October 11, 2018 NEWS BUSINESS

IDEAS PENALTY Young entrepreneurs in Sh5m Total Kenya start up challenge for job opportunities Google challenges

VICTOR AMADALA/ Oil marketer Total Kenya has Corporate Programmes manager David Ayilo said the The projects will be assessed based on their social record $5 billion opened a funding and mentorship window for young firm aims to help reduce high unemployment in the and community impact, feasibility and development entrepreneurs in a campaign to award ideas and grow country by empowering young entrepreneurs, who potential. EU antitrust fine job opportunities. in turn become job creators through innovative ideas. The Kenyan edition is part of the French major The challenge, open to Kenyans up to 35 years old, The second edition will designate a top female Total’s Startupper challenge global campaign targeting REUTERS / Alphabet unit Google will fete the top three winners with Sh5 million in cash entrepreneur in each country. This special award is youthful entrepreneurs across 55 nations. on Tuesday challenged a record prize and business training and mentorship. Total’s way of encouraging women to take part in the The 2018-19 Total Startupper Challenge is building on £4.34-billion ($5 billion) fine imposed The overall winner will receive Sh2.5 million, while challenge. a successful first edition held in 2015/16 that attracted by European Union antitrust regu- first and second runners up will get Sh1.5 million and Submission of applications will be online via a over 800 finalists from 34 countries, 40 of them from lators three months ago for using its Sh1 million respectively. dedicated platform and the eventual selected winners Kenya. In the first edition, 40 finalists were shortlisted popular Android mobile operating Speaking during the launch in Nairobi, Total Kenya will receive exposure, financial support and coaching. in Kenya with Samuel Rigu scooping the top prize. system to thwart rivals. “We have now filed our appeal of the EC’s Android decision at the Gen- INNOVATION eral Court of the EU,” Google said in an email. It had previously said it would Cranbrook Tours take the case to Europe’s second highest court in Luxembourg. births horticultural The company referred to arguments put forward by chief executive Sundar tourism in Kenya Pichai on the day of the EU ruling in July, of which the main one is that VICTOR AMADALA / A Kenyan tour Android has created more choice for operator is flying flower enthusiasts consumers, not less. from leading export markets to flower The European Commission in its growing zones in the country in what July decision said Google had abused is christened ‘horticultural tourism’. its market dominance since 2011. This new form of tourism by Cran- Android, used by device makers for brook Tours’ in partnership with Locals free, is found on about 80 percent of and Associates Company Limited the world’s smartphones. adds to an emerging global trend in EU competition enforcers had said agro-tourism, shifting the sector from Google’s illegal practices included traditional animal scenes and culture forcing manufacturers to pre-install tourism. Google Search and its Chrome brows- The firm which is domiciled in Nai- er together with its Google Play app robi and offers all-round tour services store on their Android devices, including air booking and ticketing, The EU antitrust authorities said airport transfers, visa application and the company also paid manufacturers hotel management last month flew to pre-install only Google Search and in over 100 horticultural tourists to blocked them from using rival Android attend the just concluded 16th edition systems. of the Naivasha Horticultural Fair. The complex case could take During the tour, visitors had the several years before judges rule on it. opportunity to visit various flower A final appeal is possible at Europe’s farms in the country including Oserian top court, the Court of Justice of the Limited, Finlay Flower and Tambuzi Imperial Bank depositors demostrate outside the Westlands Road branch /ENOS TECHE European Union, but only on points Limited. of law. Founder Vincent Bett said niche JUSTICE DELAYED tourism exposes visitors to unexploit- ed sceneries in the country away from traditional wildlife and beaches, filling in for low seasons. “Besides, it is the best way to Imperial’s depositors showcase the country’s diverse investment areas to visitors cum in- vestors. We fly in tourists mostly from Europe, majority from Netherlands, now resort to prayers CHECK YOUR MINDSET leading flower export market for Kenya,” he said. BEFORE A DIFFICULT Kenya ihas been a key producer in The lender collapsed three years ago after it was discovered to the world floriculture market in the late 1980s, with exports of 10,946 have been operating two sets of books costing it billions in loss CONVERSATION tonnes by 1988, which increased to 86, 480 tonnes by 2006, 120,220 by If you’re preparing yourself for a 2010 and 133, 685 by 2016. Depositors had asked CBK and Court. The depositors have also “difficult” conversation, you’re more The Africa’s Competitiveness in KDIC to push KCB to give them a blamed the directors for the fraud , likely to feel nervous, stressed, angry, the Global Economy Report 2018 ELIZABETH KIVUVA better deal after it emerged the latter which was reported to be ongoing or upset. To minimize these negative put Kenya’s flower industry among @elizabethkivuva had offered depositors less than 40 for 13 years. emotions, reframe how you’re the leading players in the world’s per cent of their deposits. “It will be three years and we have thinking about the conversation: fast-growing and dynamic flower ex- Imperial Bank Limited depositors’ In a message seen by the Star, the suffered the tragic loss of our hard You’re not saying no; you’re offering port business, playing in the leagues lobby group wants 100 per cent of depositors want a total refund of earned money due to the collapse of up an alternative solution. You’re not of Netherlands, Colombia, Ecuador their funds from the receiver. their cash prior to CBK governor’s Imperial Bank. The Shareholders/Di- giving someone negative feedback; and Ethiopia, commonly referred to They await the outcome from Cen- announcement. rectors have blamed their own who you’re starting a constructive the big five in the world’s floriculture tral Bank of Kenya and Kenya Deposi- “We want to hold a prayer meet- has passed on and claim innocence. conversation about their industry. tors Insurance Corporation (KDIC) on ing for all depositors and also ask the We depositors hold both parties to development. Be honest about how Bett made the decision to establish assessment of received binding offer CBK, KDIC and KCB to give us back blame,” the message stated. hard the conversation might be, but Cranbrook Tours and Travel in 2014 from KCB Bank Limited to acquire 100 per cent of our funds as that is Imperial Bank held Sh58 billion in frame it as constructively as possible. while on holiday in south east England the assets and liabilities of the lender. what is agreeable with us,” part of customer deposits at the end of June You might tell yourself: We may have to cater for inadequacies in the local KCB made an application on Sep- the message read. 2015 and was classified as a mid-ti- to talk about difficult things, but specialist market. tember 27 as part of the Expression The lender collapsed three years er lender with operations in Kenya we’ll work through them together ‘’The idea to establish the travel of Interest (EOI) process that was an- ago after it emerged that it was oper- and Uganda. It had 52,398 deposit because we’ve always respected company came from experiencing nounced on October 13, 2017. ating two sets of books that cost the accounts at the end of 2014. each other. Focus on what you services from local travel agents, Kenya Tea Development Agency lender $449 million (Sh45.4 billion) Listed manufacturing company, stand to gain from the conversation which in our opinion was not so good (KTDA) which has Sh2.9 billion in in bad loans and customer deposits. Flame Tree Group reported in 2017 — assume you have something to and profits oriented. We identified a deposits at the collapsed lender has The lender’s receivership, which to have Sh10.1 million locked up at learn. Have an open mind, regardless gap as most agencies do not provide however filed a case seeking transpar- has been under KDIC, was extended the now dysfunctional lender. Kenya of your coworker’s stance, you’re bespoke services, nor with a personal ency on the progress and the financial to January 2019 after an agreement Power also has Sh322.4 million held more likely to find common ground. touch,’’ Bett said. position of the bank. between KTDA, CBK and the High by the lender. ursday, October 11, 2018 THE-STAR.CO.KE 15 NEWS BUSINESS

ILLICIT MONEY NEW BUSINESS Disruptor fi rms rule Fact Check: Kenyans have offl ine competitors in business - WB

MERCY GAKII / e digital economy no Sh14.7 trillion in tax havens is now posing challenges for merg- ers, acquisitions and consumer Kenya has been losing Sh40 billion every year since 2011 through illicit fi nancial fl ows welfare, a new World Bank report has shown. e rise of fi rms running on UK Prime mobile platforms are increasingly Minister Teresa showing muscle over traditional May and business models. President Uhuru It said this is in terms of market Kenyatta at State power, off ering products that bring house Nairobi signifi cant benefi ts to its early cus- during her offi cial tomers. is has resulted in market visit on August concentration, and facilitated the 30 / MONICAH emergence of monopolies. MWANGI e report said M-Pesa com- manded up to 80 per cent of the mobile money market a year after its launch. Such fi rms result in charging higher fees before connecting other networks, limiting inter-op- erability and infrastructure sharing between mobile money fi rms. e report compared M-Pesa agents against KCB Group as the offl ine competitor, with M-Pesa agents at over 100 compared to less than 20 for the bank. It also compared the online room-booking platform Airbnb to global high end Marriot and Hilton hotels showing that the online platform has enabled over 100 million room bookings worldwide compared to the hotels who managed up to 40 million room bookings. Overall, the report notes, the or 70 per cent of the country’s GDP. author of the fake graphic inserted clearly indicates the actual amount digital economy poses challenges Although the graphic bears AFP’s Kenya between UAE and Venezuela. of Kenya’s money stashed in foreign for policy makers in many coun- VICTOR AMADALA watermark, a search by the Star did According to the survey by the Na- jurisdictions, off shore leaked docu- tries, because most digital platform @itsamadala not find any piece published on tional Bureau of Economic Research, ments dubbed Panama Papers have companies operate in adjacent, the topic by the news agency. e 9.8 per cent of global GDP is hidden mentioned several prominent Ken- multi-sided markets, bundling or at On Tuesday, a chart showing wealth France-based media had not re- in tax havens. yans suspected to be hiding money least connecting diff erent types of placed in tax havens by households sponded to our message by the time The survey sampled countries abroad. services. and its equivalent in national GDP of going to press. with a GDP of at least $200 billion. Even so, Africa Tax Justice Network e study compared Didi Chux- surfaced on social media, ranking ‘Who owns wealth in tax havens’ Only South Africa represented Af- Africa, during the fi fth Pan African ing, an online taxi hailing service in Kenya second globally. study published last year in the rica in the sample. Conference on illicit fi nancial fl ows China, against traditionally licensed e info data purportedly pub- Journal of Public Economics showed e researchers, led by Annette in Nairobi last year, estimated that taxis to show that online taxis have lished by AFP and picked by several United Arab Emirates has the highest Alstadsaeter of the Norwegian Uni- Kenya has been losing Sh40 billion hundreds of millions of drivers local news portals shows Kenyan off shore wealth havens as a propor- versity of Life Sciences, relied on every year since 2011 through illicit compared to traditional taxis that households have stashed $147.7 bil- tion of GDP at 74 per cent, followed 2016 data by Bank for International fi nancial fl ows. have less than 20 million in the vast lion (Sh14.7 trillion) in off shore ac- by Venezuela at 65 per cent. Settlements on amount of bilater- The Pan African network esti- Asian nation. counts, double Kenya’s GDP, which Other countries include Saudi al bank deposits held outside each mates Africa is losing at least $50 Didi Chuxing online cab service was quoted at $70.8 billion (Sh7.08 Arabia, Russia, Argentina, Greece, country. billion (Sh5 trillion) in illicit fl ows provides rides to more than 500 trillion) by teh World Bank in 2016. Taiwan, Portugal, Turkey, Belgium ey also checked their fi ndings every year. million riders in more than 400 Even so, the data doing rounds on and the UK. with data leaked from HSBC Switzer- On Monday, Global Finance Integ- cities in the largest Asian nation. Twitter indicates Sh14.7 trillion is 68 e graph illustrating country by land, and found it remarkably simi- rity report showed Kenya lost $907 e report released this week per cent of Kenya’s GDP, and is sec- country off shore wealth to GDP re- lar to the distribution estimated for million (Sh91.5 billion) in revenue also looks at human capital in ond to United Arab Emirates, which sembles the one circulating on so- the entire Swiss banking industry. through false pricing of imports and the world and the future of social has $I88.7 billion (Sh18.9 trillion) cial media, making suspect that the Although there is no study that exports in 2013. insurance in the workplace.

ollowing the Great Oil Bust of eff ective November 4, 2018, has led to supply and demand balance required Finance Act 2018 which imposed VAT 2014, which saw oil prices fall an anticipated signifi cant supply gap in in the oil industry to maintain prices at on petroleum products at the rate of 8 Ffrom a high of approximately the oil market. is, analysts predict, is aff ordable and non-disruptive levels. per cent. is translated to petrol, the $15/barrel to $36/barrel in early 2015, quantifi able as a two million barrel/day ese constraints will be refl ected by most commonly utilized petroleum representing a 40 per cent price drop, supply gap, that can only be plugged by signifi cant increases in the price of oil product, retailing at $1.18/litre at the the price of oil may be experiencing a the combined eff orts of Saudi Arabia, globally, which are expected to slow pump. Following global fl uctuations in price rally that could push it over the Russia, and OPEC. However, that said, it down the robust growth being expe- the price of oil, Kenyans can expect this $100/barrel mark. Geopolitical risks, is to be noted that risk averse analysts rienced in the global economy. price to increase in the coming months, EXPERT COMMENT coupled with supply side constraints predict that the global economy can Drilling down to the Kenyan impact thereby aggravating the already high indicate further increases in the price only cope with a maximum 1.5M barrel/ of the above, it is expected that the cost of living. KAREN KANDIE of oil from the current high of $84.78/ day supply gap, even given combi- Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) A potential benefi t, however, of the barrel, experienced this past Friday, to a ned eff orts by the world’s largest oil will seek to review the pump price of rising price of crude oil in the internatio- Rallying Oil Prices potential $100/barrel by January 2019, producers. petroleum products upwards later this nal markets, is that Kenya is currently or so analysts predict. Coupled with the above, production month, with similar increases expected testing these markets with its crude reaten to Slow Geopolitical factors are arguably the constraints currently being experienced in November through to early next year. oil. A rise in the spot price of oil globally main cause of current price increa- in Nigeria, Libya and Venezuela do not is comes at a time in the Kenyan may indicate that Kenya may be able to Down Economic ses on the value of oil in the global oil bode well for global price of oil. All these economy whereby the price of get more dollars per barrel of oil in the market. Particularly, the imposition of factors point at major supply constra- petroleum products is at a record coming months. Growth economic sanctions on Iran by the US, ints that threaten to disrupt the delicate high, following the enactment of the Karen Kandie – MD IDB Capital 16 THE-STAR.CO.KE Thursday, October 11, 2018 NEWS WORLD

SHOT IN PUBLIC hurricane michael UNDER PRESSURE Shabaab militants execute Time running out for people of French President five men accused of spying Florida to leave ahead of storm Emmanuel Macron

REUTERS/ Al Shabaab Islamists on Tuesday shot five REUTERS/ Hurricane Michael grew into a potentially yesterday put off a men in a public execution, including a Somali British deadly Category 4 storm yesterday before it was due citizen accused of spying, a sign of the insurgents’ to smash into Florida’s Gulf shore with towering waves planned government control of southern swathes of Somalia, even as and roof-shredding winds as 500,000 people were authorities step up efforts to combat them. under evacuation orders and advisories. reshuffle, Al Shabaab’s grip on the Horn of Africa nation has Hurricane Michael was packing winds of up to been weakening since it was pushed out of the capital 220km per hour, hours before it was set to make prompting new by AU peacekeepers in 2011, but the government and landfall on Florida’s Panhandle or Florida’s Big Bend the US military are beefing up an offensive against it. where it potentially could unleash devastating waves questions about the “Five of them were publicly shot to death this A couple watches the sunset as Hurri- as high as 4m, the National Hurricane Center warned. afternoon after they admitted espionage before the cane Michael approaches Panama City Some of the storm’s most significant early impact was depth of political court,” al Shabaab’s Mohamed Abu Abdalla said. Beach, Florida, on Tuesday /REUTERS to offshore energy production. experience in his CULTURE WARS party and his own ability to keep his administration on Women who abort ‘are like hitmen’ track after several Pope Francis warns against termination of pregnancies, wants human life protected resignations. AGAINST STIGMA REUTERS/ Pope Francis yesterday Pope Francis compared having an abortion to during the Women with albinism hiring a“hitman” to eliminate a General Audience problematic person. in Saint Peter’s vow to fight on after The comments are sure to be wel- Square, Vatican, comed by conservative Catholics yesterday climbing Kilimanjaro who have accused the pontiff of not /REUTERS speaking out enough on “cultural REUTERS/ Six African women with war” issues. albinism who attempted to scale Abortion is a raging political battle the continent’s highest peak, in a number of countries, including Mount Kilimanjaro, said on Tuesday the United States, where many con- the trek was just the beginning servatives hope the Supreme Court of efforts to raise awareness and will eventually overturn the land- dispel negative images of people mark 1973 ruling known as Roe v. with the rare skin condition. Wade, which legalised it. The women from Kenya, Francis made his off-the-cuff Tanzania, Nigeria, South Africa, comments on abortion, some of Zimbabwe and Senegal began their his toughest to date, in an address to ascent up the 19,340-foot summit tens of thousands of people gathered in Tanzania on October 1, but only in St Peter’s Square for his weekly one made it all the way to the general audience. summit, Uhuru peak. Zimbabwean The pope denounced what he educator Nodumo Ncomanzi, called the contradiction of allow- 26, who reached Kilimanjaro’s ing “the suppression of human life highest point on Sunday, said their in the mother’s womb in the name struggle up the mountain reflected of safeguarding other rights”. It is like hiring a hit man to solve a saying in an interview the church God allows, even if at times they are the daily struggles of thousands of “But how can an act that suppress- problem,” he said. had become “obsessed” with them. sick,” he said. people with albinism in Africa, and es an innocent and helpless life that The Roman Catholic Church “It is not necessary to talk about “I say it with pain. In the last centu- across the world. is germinating be therapeutic, ci- teaches that life begins at the mo- these issues all the time,” he said ry, the whole world was scandalised “We feel very accomplished. vilised or even simply human?” he ment of conception and ends at the in that interview, adding that the by what the Nazis did to pursue the It’s one thing to pledge to climb said. moment of natural death. It also Church’s stand on them was very pureness of the race. Today, we are Kilimanjaro, and another to actually “I ask you: ‘Is it right to ‘take out’ a forbids euthanasia but says that a clear and that it also had to address doing the same thing, with white do it,” Ncomanzi told the Thomson human life to solve a problem? What family or a patient can decide to stop social issues such as poverty, injus- gloves.” Reuters Foundation on the phone do you think? Is it right? Is it right or using extraordinary means to keep tice and immigration. Under Nazi eugenics programmes, from Moshi, Tanzania. “Considering not?” he said in unprepared remarks. people alive. In June, the pope said abortion hundreds of thousands of people the extreme conditions we faced, Many in the crowd shouted “No”. Shortly after becoming pope in was a version of Nazi attempts to were forcibly sterilised and tens we’re all proud of our respective “Is it right to hire a hitman to solve March 2013, Francis appeared to create a pure race by eliminating of thousands killed in an attempt accomplishments. I don’t think the a problem? You cannot, it is not right downplay the importance of “cul- the weakest. to “clean” the chain of heredity of message we were trying to send to kill a human being, regardless of tural war” issues such as abortion, “Children should be accepted as those with physical or cognitive has been lost because five of us how small it is, to solve a problem. contraception and gay marriage, they come, as God sends them, as disabilities. did not make it to the summit.”

2,045 PEOPLE DEAD CONGO Frustration, despair grow in Indonesia Ebola health workers attacked quake city, people ask for compensation as seven new cases confirmed

REUTERS/ Survivors of Indonesia’s double disaster yesterday looked to REUTERS/ Congolese authorities yesterday announced their future with frustration and despair as the government outlined plans a ban on harbouring suspected Ebola patients and to begin reconstruction of homes for tens of thousands of people. promised police protection for health workers at The official death toll from a 7.5 magnitude earthquake and tsunami on burials, to fight back against local resistance to efforts September 28 has risen to 2,045. More bodies are being found as 10,000 to combat the disease. rescuers scour ruins in the worst-hit seaside Palu city. More than 82,000 Residents of eastern Congo have attacked health people were displaced in Palu, 1,500km northeast of Jakarta, and 67,000 workers and refused to cooperate with government homes destroyed. Many survivors live in shelters made out of salvaged efforts to combat Ebola there, the country’s second wood and plastic in the city and surrounding hills, where they wait and major outbreak of the disease this year, which is A woman peers from a tent window at a camp in Palu, Central wonder what will happen to them. “They keep saying there’s going to be believed to have killed 118 people since July. The Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Tuesday /REUTERS compensation, but where is it?” student Ahmad Hidayat asked. Health ministry reported seven cases on Tuesday. Thursday, October 11, 2018 THE-STAR.CO.KE 17 ADVERTISER’S ANNOUNCEMENT 18 THE-STAR.CO.KE Thursday, October 11, 2018 VOX POP BY PRAXIDES CHETI Should Moi Day be abolished? VOICES

Yes: We all know the man doesn’t really have much to honoured for. I am surprised this day has been brought back. It’s absolutely unnecessary. ABDALLA BARGASH Lamu

Jocham Hospital nurses Everleen Wawire and Phaustine LETTERS Send your views to [email protected] Wamalwa offer a free medical examination to Ruto’s U-turn on It’s stupid to think Use US Electoral an inmate at Shimo la Tewa referendum poses boys are strong College system to Women’s Prison as a part of the dilemma for ODM but girls are weak devolve presidency breast cancer Yes: We have enough great awareness month which It is becoming clearer that ODM Growing up in the village, I was told The debate on whether to go for leaders who deserve to runs through could have pegged its hopes on hav- boys must always be strong and not referendum or not makes one re- be celebrated such as Tom October ing a duel with Deputy President Wil- show any sign of weakness. And think if our Katiba really devolved Mboya and JM Kariuki. They /COURTESY liam Ruto on the referendum issue. that only girls were allowed to do the presidency. I strongly believe we Now that the DP has made an unex- so because they are weak. These have design flaws in our Constitu- paid the ultimate price for pected about-turn, the ODM brigade assumptions influenced what it tion, wherein we devolved all organs this country. is confused and seems not to know meant to be a girl or a boy, and they of governance, except the presiden- what to do or expect. They wanted a have had profound consequences on cy. Therefore, there is need under KHAMIS MUSA Lamu repeat of what happened to former their health, especially mental, in the the popular initiative (Article 257), to President Mwai Kibaki in the 2005 short term and for the rest of their amend Article 136 to provide for the referendum, where Kibaki’s Banana lives. Addressing harmful gender election of the president through a side was floored.The aftermath of norms in this country is a crucial part county-based electoral system. We, this was thebirthing of the Orange of protecting and promoting health. therefore, can devolve the presiden- Democratic Movement. And now The Education, Gender and Health cy by removing the provision that the party has to go back to the ministries and media should help inadvertently created in law for the drawing board, their frustrations are eliminate these stereotypes. ethnic mobilisation of the national strewn all over their speeches and electorate at presidential elections. conduct. Ever since the DP spoke OKUN OLIECH In my opinion, there is an urgent at the weekend supporting the Kisumu need to fully devolve the presiden- referendum, Siaya Senator James cy to the 47 counties, the way the Orengo and Suna East MP and ODM US founding fathers devolved their Yes: Is it that Kenya has director of elections Junet Mohamed Children in ASAL presidency to all the states. It is the absolutely run out of things have made statements that can only counties deserve only way to ensure that a President people can celebrate so be construed to mean they didn’t is elected by a popular initiative and/ that they can bring back expect a situation where they would extra learning help or vote weighted at the county level find themselves on the same side and not nationally, which has stran- Moi Day? Then let us also with the DP. But only a fool doesn’t glehold on national politics by the celebrate Kibaki. change his or her mind! Although A report by Unicef indicating that 1.2 ‘Big Five’ tribes. Each county would their positions with vary significantly million children aged between six and be assigned the number of electoral SHARIFF ABADI from the DP’s on the proposed or 13 years are out of school in Kenya points equivalent to the number of Lamu expected changes, but the mere fact should not be taken lightly. Given constituencies it has, plus one extra that there is unanimity on the need that 40 per cent of these children point underscoring that all counties for reforms scares the wits out of come from the arid and semi-arid totalling 337 electoral points. the party mandarins. They wanted to counties, each of these devolved One would be required to win the exploit the division and vulnerabil- units should act fast by setting aside popular vote in the number of ities of their opponents. Now the funds to assist their parents buy counties required to garner at least likes of Orengo have arrogated to school uniforms, books and start a 169 electoral points, nine being more themselves the duty of chaperoning feeding programme to retain children than half (or 50% +1) of the points). Jubilee, going to an extent of saying in school. Also, parents who move The influence the Big Five tribes the ruling party should put its house from place to place should leave their (the Luhya, the Kamba and the Luo in order. Reason? The DP is moving children in boarding schools so that for NASA) on the one hand , and the around the country campaigning. If they can gain knowledge. When this Kalenjin, and the Kikuyu for Jubilee No: Moi was a great leader the DP is campaigning and moving child is educated as Nelson Mandela on the other), which dominates of this nation and remains around with Jubilee leaders, where is said, we will have armed him or her national politics, will be cut down so. His influence even the rift in Jubilee? Does it not show with the most powerful weapon to to size . And with that, we will have outside the presidency signs of desperation on the side change the world. Their world will issue-based politics and even an of the Orange party? They should not change if they are illiterate. They El Molo,with the right credentials remains felt. Such people stop such and start living the 2010 will be discriminated against in job will have a realist opportunity to be must be celebrated so that Constitution. searches and appointments elected President of Kenya in future. generations don’t forget.

ODHIAMBO JAMWA VERONICA ONJORO OSCAR PLATO KHALDUN VAE Comments on politics, economics Mombasa Funyula Lamu Thursday, October 11, 2018 THE-STAR.CO.KE 19

word is... [email protected] PSSSSST.....! Star reporter KANYARI IS A STINGY MAN, Celeb’s wife, side chick clash after run-in at hospital SAYS EX-WIFE BETTY BAYO A married celebrity who’s admit- ted at a top hospital is the centre of discussion in the social scene. According to a close source, the celebrity got injured while having fun with his side chick and pals out of the city, and she drove all the way to Nairobi and took him to hospital. The celeb is well known in the social circle, and so is his side chick. Upon arriving at the hospi- tal, his mpango wa kando put her name and her father’s as the next of kin, and this has landed her in trouble. The celebrity’s wife visited the hospital and was denied access, only to be told that her name was not among those in the next of kin’s list. This has left the two women fighting. HIS MPANGO WA KANDO PUT HER NAME AND HER FATHER’S AS THE NEXT OF KIN

Tarrus Riley to perform at KICC Controversial ELIZABETH NGIGI @nyambs_liz/ three years ago, after Betty realised after you walk out,” she said. pastor Victor Renowned gospel singer Betty that her husband had been run- “I persevered so much because Kanyari. Right Bayo has termed her ex-husband ning a false ministry. Asked if she of fear, thinking it would work. But Betty Bayo Victor Kanyari a “stingy man”, who misses her ex-husband, Betty said: it didn’t seem to work, and I thank /COURTESY does not fully pay bills for the two “I don’t miss Kanyari. I am so God I came out alive,” Betty said. children he sired with her. occupied with life and I even don’t She dismissed rumours that one “We are neither enemies nor follow up on what he does. I am of her children was not from her friends, but we coordinate where it enjoying the freedom of being former marriage. is possible. He is a stingy man who single. Every marriage has issues. “It has been three years since only provides little for his chil- There are those you can stand but I left and when the time comes, dren,” Betty said in an interview others you can’t. I will get married again to a good with Massawe on Radio Jambo. Asked what lessons she has from person, because I don’t want to “Don’t think he is that man you her former marriage, she said it is find myself in a similar situation,” wake up and ask him for every- knowing when to call it quits rath- she said. thing. He helps kidogo but I believe er than forever hoping for change. “I wish there was something I as a woman you are not supposed “It is every woman’s dream to would have done to save the mar- to depend fully on men, so I pro- have a family, but I learnt that it riage, but I tried my best. All my vide for them. With an attitude like is good to never cover up for the kids are his but everyone has a mine, unaumia coz not all men can wrong things just because of love. right to say what they want. You provide without being reminded.” If it is not working, walk out. Don’t can’t be affected if you know your ELIZABETH NGIGI @nyambs_liz/ The two apparently separated die because of what people will say truth.” Jamaican reggae star Tarrus Riley is set to perform at the KICC this month during the Mashujaa Day holiday weekend. Janet Mbugua’s husband hints Recently he collaborated with Kenyan artiste Zikki on the track at growing their family further Kamata. Zikki said working with Tarrus was one of his best experi- CAREN NYOTA @wenzycaren/ Pow- having more children. ences ever. er couple Janet Mbugua and Eddie He captioned the photo: “#WCE “It was humbling working with Ndichu welcomed their secondborn Thanking God for bringing back her him. Despite the fact that he is child last month. health and cute goofy self. I guess known for his music, he is very The classy couple, whose love life she will tell you her journey at some humble and down to earth. I feel always leave many green with envy, point, as she always does. #Mam- it is a blessing,” Zikki told Word Is. gave their son a unique name, just aBoys #MamaHandM #MamaHUMA Tarrus has a new release, Ugan- like the firstborn’s. P.S. I think we should keep having da, named after his first-ever per- Janet is doing fine. Her husband babies to grow her hair and sell it!” formance in Uganda in August. has shared a first pic of her a few The Ndichus are a perfect match The New York-born artiste has weeks after giving birth, and she made in heaven, and it seems they’re received lots of attention for his looks gorgeous. He said soon his here to fulfil God’s word to man in talent, with over 10 award nomina- wife will document her motherhood Genesis 1:28: For more Word Is tions. His biggest hits include Just Janet Mbugua and husband Eddie Ndichu /COURTESY journey on her vlog as she has always Be fruitful and multiply and fill the stories scan the The Way You Are, Don’t Come Back done, and hinted that they might be earth and subdue it.” QR code above. and Superman. 20 THE-STAR.CO.KE ursday, October 11, 2018 VOICES EDITORIAL COMMENT WYCLIFFE MUGA @mugawycliff e Road carnage has Water politics is a more complex matter than the people of become a statistic Murang’a seem to appreciate, when they support their ifty killed in one blow! But do they care? governor in his demands to tax water supplied to Nairobi  ese are our leaders, bureaucrats and law enforcement agencies. F  e best they will do is send condolences from their air-conditioned offi ces, order for a crackdown on unroadworthy vehicles and, for PR purposes, donate coffi ns to the families of those killed in the Kericho road accident. After this, the dead and injured will just be part of the soaring statistics on Kenya’s road carnage. We are not saying they have the magic wand to stop the deaths, but a robust and sustained campaign by those in authority will defi nitely help save lives.  ere are clear guidelines and laws on the standards of fabricating PSV vehicles, inspection, passenger numbers, speed limits and alcohol testing, but does anyone bother to enforce? Yestarday’s accident happened almost 300 kilometres from Nairobi, yet no police offi cer at the myriad road blocks realised that the bus was overloaded. How could they, yet at each of these stops a WATER WARS AND HYDROPOLITICS derisory Sh100 made them turn a blind eye? Passengers are on their own.  eir destinies ne of the frequent political declarations of the they are to permit the exploiting of this resource by the are in their hands. Even if you are the lone 20th century was that ‘the wars of the 21st said ‘outsiders’ (in this case ,the residents of Nairobi, voice in that vehicle, please speak out for you century will be fought over water.’ It was a and the central government). phrase fi rst used by the celebrated Egyptian Indeed, it was opposition leader Raila Odinga, who could just save the timid majority. intellectual, Ismail Serageldin. And though thus fi rst condemned the Murang’a-based Northern Water Ofar there has been no sign of the loudly proclaimed Collection Tunnel project, as a catastrophe in the ‘water wars’, this phrase does shine a light on the fact making, going so far as to declare that this perfectly that the universal need for fresh water has a unique rational World Bank-funded project was “one of the HISTORICAL QUOTE tendency to escalate political tensions. most disastrous initiatives as it will turn Murang’a, “Every accident is a notice that something As an Egyptian, Serageldin was uniquely well-placed Garissa, Ukambani and Tana River Delta regions into to appreciate these tensions, as his country is totally deserts, within fi ve years of completion”. is wrong with men, methods, or material — dependent on water from the Nile River — a river that  is declaration must have proved appealing to many investigate — then act.” has its sources in several nations both near and far, any in Murang’a, even though it did not translate into pro- one of which nations might have its own ideas of how Raila votes. So, the governor has now adopted the idea UKNOWN the waters of the Nile should be used or shared. as his own, only modifying it to focus on a demand for Kenya also faces a somewhat similar dilemma to that compensation, instead of condemning it wholesale. of Egypt — albeit on a very much smaller scale.  e  is is a far shrewder proposition, as it asks for principal source of the waters that fl ow into our Lake something that can be negotiated and settled.  ere Turkana is the Omo River — that, unfortunately for us, was never any question of the project being stopped is not in Kenya, but in Ethiopia. altogether, however, strongly the people of Murang’a And as it happens, Kenya has signed may have felt about it. a memorandum of understanding with RAILA ODINGA But the governor’s critics have not Ethiopia to buy about one-third of the been idle, as this drama has played out. power produced by a hydroelectric dam CONDEMNED THE One of them recently claimed this is not WWW.THE-STAR.CO.KE on this river. zBut at the same time, the NORTHERN WATER about water at all, but rather a case of negative environmental impacts expected Governor wa Iria positioning himself to arise from this project, will mostly be COLLECTION TUNNEL as a champion of local interests and THESTARKENYA THESTARKENYA @THESTARKENYA @ArapDoyo felt in Kenya, with some environmentalists the ‘rights’ of the ordinary people, as sensationally claiming that the Gibe-III PROJECT AS A a preliminary to pursuing his populist Lion Place, Waiyaki Way, Westlands Has anybody Dam on the Omo River ‘will kill Lake CATASTROPHE IN THE agenda all the way to the deputy PO Box 74497-00200 , Nairobi, Kenya mentioned that Turkana. presidency in 2022 (when he will be +254 20 424 4000 | 0711 046 000 no river starts So ‘water politics’ as some term it, is MAKING AND MOST constitutionally barred from running for [email protected] | [email protected] in Murang’a but a very complex matter indeed. Far more DISASTROUS re-election). in the Aberdare complex than the good people of Murang’a If there is any truth in this, then the ranges in Nyeri seem to appreciate, when — according to governor has badly overreached and is COO News Editor Production Editor and Nyandarua recent reports — they ‘overwhelmingly’ support their playing a mug’s game. Agnes Kalekye Francis Mureithi Joseph Olweny Counties? governor, Mwangi wa Iria, in his demand that Murang’a Kenyan presidents — or any other regional political Murang’a only be allowed to impose a tax on all water supplied to overlords — have always found it prudent to ensure Head of Content Political Editor Photo Editor serves as the Nairobi from his county. there was no open rebellion in their own backyards. David Makali Paul Ilado Nobert Allan water holding  e Murang’a governor is playing on a longstanding You cannot focus on national leadership when you centre courtesy staple of Kenyan political psychology:  at the public have a troublesome populist in your own regional Depth Content Editor Digital Editor of the famous is always delighted to hear that there is some valuable stronghold, pursuing his or her own agenda. Francis Openda Oliver Mathenge Ndakani dam. resource in their backyard, which has been unfairly  us, traditionally, Kenyan presidents have invariably Too much noise taken advantage of by ‘outsiders’. And that, at the very crushed such interlopers, before they could spread e Star is a publication of the Radio Africa Group about nothing. least, they deserve massive compensation if indeed their infl uence very far. ursday, October 11, 2018 THE-STAR.CO.KE 21 VOICES

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MWENDA NJOKA DR LORNA MUMELO Communications director, Interior ministry Commissioner with the Parliamentary Service Commission Listening to his songs, one Young girls, after shamelessly throwing themselves at old discerns explicit messages men, off ering their bodies as sex objects in exchange for with moral clarity on politics material favours and ‘good life,’ are left in the family way GENIOUS KAMARU SANG THE TRUTH

very generation has its iconic artiste, singer, writer, griot or poet. Unfortunately, not many of the world’s greatest artists become recognised in their own lifetimes. Instead, for many, it takes the irony of the Grim Reaper’s call for their artistic Egenius to become universally acknowledged. For the late Joseph Kamaru, one artiste who spoke truth to power, he at least was fortunate more often than is known to the public in that the powers-that-be listened to him. In early March 1975, when the country was undergoing serious political turmoil following the assassination of populist Nyandarua MP JM Kariuki, Kamaru composed a commemorative song for the late legislator. Kamaru gloomily crooned, “Andu á Kenya tondu Kariùki ni akúa, arutítwe magego na maitho, na ti kuíya kana kùragana; mutigaíte thakame niundu wakè… rekeí Ngai arute wira waké …. rekeí Ngai arute wira wake”… (“ e people of Kenya because Kariuki has died, with his teeth and eyes extracted, although he was neither a thief nor a killer, please don’t shed blood because of his death… please let God do His will… Let God do His will…”) NOBLE WOMEN, SHOW US THE WAY Ordinarily, after such an explosive song, the world and many Kenyans, would have expected that Kamaru would be arrested and detained without trial Don’t forsake your mother’s teaching, bind noble calling for the gain the world off ers to those who till Kingdom Come. Or alternatively, he would have them upon your walk according to its will.  e noble women must speak been ‘obliged’, by the powers that be, to compose a Heart forever, for these commands are a lamp, up, raise their voices, and let our young, vulnerable and 19-minute, 32-second praise song as happened in Zaire these teachings. A light”……. (Proverbs 6 ) malleable girls and teenagers hear their voices. Start in regard to Franco Luanzo Makiadi and TP OK Jazz teaching them when they are young. Return and start Band’s 1984 song Candidat na Biso Mobutu. ******** again that which nobility placed upon you. However, Kamaru used his prowess in the art of She’s“ reputable, unselfi sh and generous, she’s virtuous, Start speaking again, into their hearts and souls, cryptic spoken/sung language to duck the bullet of honest and upright, she’s decent, uncorrupted and a teach them to value their bodies, to love themselves, to political retaliation to the extent that despite the anti- holder of high morals. obey their parents, to practice fi delity. Teach them the establishment songs he composed and sang during Where is the noble woman?  e fabric that holds our enduring legacy of hard work and the tested reality of Kenya’s most trying political moments — the death society has been grievously wounded. patience, teach them to heed the voice of God to wait of Tom Mboya and that of JM Kariuki — he somehow  e highlights are there for all to see and hear. Media upon His providence. managed to eff ectively orbit the complex world of the outlets are awash with the news on a daily basis; stories Speak to young boys in their adolescence, in their post-independent African politics. Indeed, nothing so painful, images so gruesome, lurid tales, some tear- teens, as young adults and keep not silent when illustrates the enduring allure of Kamaru’s music better jerking, others gut-wrenching but most simply bring they are adults and walking their paths. Teach them than an incident I witnessed at a State luncheon in tears of sadness and pain, more so the aftermath. to respect young girls, let them understand that State House, where Kamaru was one of the key live- Young girls, after shamelessly throwing themselves at these young girls represent their young sisters, their performers. As Kamaru was exiting the stage, Mama old men, off ering their bodies as sex objects in exchange daughters, their mothers and even their wives:  at in Ngina — Kenya’s original First Lady — quietly signalled for material favours and the attendant ‘good life’, are left violating these girls, they violate those who gave them the MC, then politely and unobtrusively requested in the family way, while juggling school/college with life. that Kamaru go back on stage to perform another of motherhood roles they are ill prepared for.  e society is in deep distress; the laws they banked his classical numbers. And as always, Kamaru did not Cases abound of these young girls getting battered, on have failed them.  e leaders they elected as their disappoint. Listening to Kamaru’s songs, one discerns maimed and in extreme circumstances killed, as they chief protectors have in large part become their chief an explicit message with an unmistakeable moral desperately seek upkeep for their children born of predators, the good life they worked so hard to off er to clarity on politics, marital life, human rights and all adulterous ways. their children has become the attraction conduit for things we hold dear in today’s world. Kamaru was an  e men who pursue these young girls into their luring these youths as they are enticed by the allure of it artiste ahead of his time. It was perhaps because of this hostels, homes and other social places are, on the Where are the noble women? Where are you to NOT unmistakable moral compass that his artistic prowess other hand, the worst kind of predators.  ey dangle just speak the truth to the society that’s dangerously survived and thrived through the four presidents. their fat fi lthy wallets and bank accounts fi lled tumbling into the abyss of self-destruction? Live these In his tribute to the late Kamaru, Uhuru said, “It was with questionable wealth, lying to them with false truths so that the young, the teenage and the young a blessing for us as a country to have had such a talented promises of love and a good life, only to expose them adults can see and be convinced and persuaded? artiste who played a big role in promoting the Kenyan to all manner of diseases and/or dangers due to their Where are you to guide society through powerful brand of music. Indeed, we will miss his educative promiscuous and reckless escapades with multiple convictions gained and gleaned over a life well and music ,which was unique in many aspects.” partners. purposefully lived? However, like many other prodigious artistes, When ultimately exposed as they must be, they Where are you to stand in the gap, to pray and fast so Kamaru’s greatness was never recognised as much as parade their family members, ‘rent crowds’ and rant that the sovereign will of God will bear upon the soul of it should have been in his lifetime. In retrospect, the in front of cameras about how much they love their this country? So that God will start to turn around the complexity, intricacy and sophistication of Kamaru’s families. Some even have the audacity to mock God by hardened hearts and the fear of God will, once again, musical compositions can only be compared to artistic mentioning how God-fearing they are. All the while start to permeate in to the degraded fabric of this society works of the likes of Wole Soyinka, Paulo Coelho, Kahlil Scan this QR thinking they are fooling us. and healing will start to fl ow Gibran, among others. Although Kamaru did not gain code using your Meanwhile, the noble women are quiet:  ey see no You trusted everybody else and they failed, you worldwide fame or get his hands on untold riches, he smartphone to evil, hear no evil and speak no evil. Or maybe they are trusted in institutions and they failed, you trusted the made our lives much richer culturally, socially and see more opinion no more. laws made by man and they failed. It’s therefore time politically. Fare thee well, Joseph Kamaru. columns on the Maybe the voices of the remnants have been for you to take back the mantle that rightfully belonged You came, you sang and conquered. Star website. swamped by the majority who long exchanged their to you and show us the way. Will you do it? 22 THE-STAR.CO.KE Thursday, October 11, 2018

SOCIETY [email protected] GALA SHOWCASES ROYAL-THEMED TRENDS East African Fashion Gala is a quarterly celebration of the region’s trends. It was held on September 29 at the Michael Joseph Centre. The theme was African Royalty, celebrating lineages in African monarchies. It sought to inspire and showcase African designers who depict royal exclusivity and splendour. Various designers showcased their African collections, such as Mautoh Collection and Creative Kids Talent.

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1. Models showcase their African designs 2. Creative Kids Talent designers Deon Akinyi, Hellen Magudha, Cidny Akinyi and Loriana Achieng’. 3. A model struts the catwalk 4. Mautoh Collection stylist Maureen Gikaria and junior QA engineer Noah Ndosi 5. Denim designers Athman Ali, Agnes Wanjiru and Brian Sanya 6. East African Fashion Gala’s Dean Gichuki /MOSES MWANGI

(+) OKTOBERFEST LAUNCHED WITH BIG 5 BREWS AT PANAFRIC

Sarova Panafric has kicked off this year’s Oktoberfest in style by partnering with ‘The Big Five’ brews. With its roots in Germany, Oktoberfest is celebrated globally, modelled under the original event in Munich. The hotel organised a launch event at the Flame Tree Restaurant, where guests got to enjoy their choice of the five brews: Nyatipa, Simplis, Kifabock, Temstout and Chuikolsch.

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1. Tourists sample the beer 2. Sarova Hotels sales manager Steve Biko, Sankara Hotel senior sales manager Paul Nguyo and Tamarind Group’s Sir Winsomi 3. Sarova Hotels corporate sales manager Bernard Itebeter, patron Gloria M and Heri Heights Serviced Apts GM William Ndoto 4. Sous Chef Gachoka Karobia, Sarova Hotels marketing executive Caleb Chirchir and Sarova Panafric executive chef Avraj Singh Marwa 5. DJ Tecniq 6. French Embassy’s Joyce Bitatu, Africa Business Partners’ Fridah Ndoro, Daisy Karimi and entrepreneur Mariam Idriss /MOSES MWANGI Thursday, October 11, 2018 THE-STAR.CO.KE 23 NAIROBI

INHERITED FROM KIDERO Sonko asked to explain why Sh60m bills pending

MAUREEN KINYANJUI /An MCA has que- Sonko gazette a 10-man committee

COUNT IES ried the status of Sh60 billion pending to review and clear pending debts for bills inherited by governor Mike Sonko’s goods supplied and services rendered to administratoin. the government of Evans Kidero. Woodley MCA Mwangi Njihia said The former governor denies any on Tuesday nonpayment of the huge wrongdoing. pending bill were hurting the county “We are aware of the massive graft at coffers. the City Hall that we inherited from the “I wish to request a statement from previous regime. That is why we have the chairperson of the sectoral com- put up measures to curb it,” Sonko said. mittee on budget and appropriations He said the committee will help bring regarding the county pending bill,” Njihia finality to the problem of pending bills said. claimed against the government. He asked the statement should cover Former Ethics and Anti-Corruption all reports on pending bills, measures to Commission director Patrick Lumumba offset the pending bills and the status of was appointed to chair the committee. the Ward Development Fund payments. Former Law Society of Kenya bosses Vice chair of the budget committee, Martin Wamae and Erick Mutua were Patrick Karani, asked to be given two appointed co- chairs. weeks to reply. The committee was expected to de- Early in March this year, Governor velop a new payment system. Governor Mike Sonko/FILE

HONOUR Nominated MCA Oduor joins city assembly speaker’s panel Imara Daima ward rep Kennedy Obuya complains the move is illegal and unprocedural

MCAs in the Nairobi County MAUREEN KINYANJUI Assembly/ @MissKinyanjuiMo MONICA NJERI

Nominated MCA Emily Oduor was elected on Tuesday to the Speaker’s panel, replacing Imara Daima ward representative Kennedy Obuya. The speaker’s panel includes members who can preside over the assembly in the absence of the speaker. Majority leader Abdi Guyo moved the motion to replace Obuya with Oduor as the chairperson of the panel. Obuya thanked the house for giv- ing him the opportunity to serve but said he had not received any official communication from his minority leader, Elias Otieno, and minority chief whip Peter Imwatok. He also said he had been dis- charged from the powers and priv- ilege committee. “Before a mem- ber’s discharge is effective, there is supposed to be a communication in writing for the member. I am not “I take my time to act but when panel. said nominated MCA Millicent complaining that I am being dis- I act, that’s the way it is. Whether Utawala ward rep Patrick Karani Jagera. charged, but I have a right to plea,” you got a letter or not, once the whip described Emily as a woman of cali- Nominated MCA Mary Arivitsa Obuyo said. dewhips a member of a committee, ber who has made a great contribut- was the only member who opposed Guyo told the house that two you are automatically discharged,” er to the budget and appropriation the motion, saying her party whip weeks ago acting Speaker Chege Otieno said. committee. should have first served Obuya with Mwaura gave a notice of the matter The majority of the MCAs support- Women’s caucus chairlady Doris the notice before removing him from on the floor of the house. ed the motion and described Oduor Kanario supported the motion and the panel. He said it was not right for a mem- as fit for the position. said that as member of the trade Last week, Arivitsa was also served ber to mislead the house. Deputy Guyo, described Emily as an intel- committee, Emily has been pushing with a notice from minority whip Speaker John Kamangu confirmed ligent and focused woman who will the agenda and is a great contributor Peter Imwatok, notifying her that that the notice was received by the be of great assistance to the acting during discussions. she had been dismissed from the assembly business committee. speaker in terms of leadership. “I am proud that a woman has transport committee. Minority leader Elias Otieno Umoja One MCA Mark Mugam- made it to the panel. Emily is a lead- She was accused of misconduct in maintained that Obuya had been bi said it was long over due for a er, she is like a pillar and therefore I the assembly and allegedly insulting dismissed from the panel. woman to be elected to the speaker’s believe she will represent women,” Guyo. 24 THE-STAR.CO.KE Thursday, October 11, 2018 COUNTIES CENTRAL

GOVERNOR SEEKS LEVY The governor recommended a 25 per cent levy on all THE DATA revenue derived from the dam, but said residents will make the final decision during public participation Chelugui urged to set forums conducted by the county assembly. Chege said Murang’a residents want justice. “We want up water meetings fast them to call us as local leaders so that we can present our case and debate on how the issue will be resolved,” ALICE WAITHERA AND NG’ANG’A THAIRU/ Two Murang’a county she said on Tuesday. The assembly is in the process of 3 MPs have urged CS Simon Chelugui to urgently organise drafting a law that MCAs have said will enforce the levy. Number of pupils from meetings with local leaders to discuss the water levy issue. The revenue will be controlled by a board charged with Kiandere Primary School Kigumo MP Ruth Mwaniki and woman representative connecting all areas with water. Only 37 per cent of locals Sabina Chege said following President Uhuru Kenyatta’s have tap water ,with the rest having to fetch it from rivers. hit by motorist directive for dialogu, the Water ministry should organise Mwaniki said there are concerns the Sh6 billion World One of the pupils died, while the forums for negotiations with local leaders. Bank-funded Northern Collector Tunnel may have far- other two sustained serious injuries Governor Mwangi wa Iria has insisted Nairobi county reach negative effects. Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria Assembly Majority leader Eric during the accident that occurred will have to pay a levy on water drawn from Murang’a said he will convene a reconciliation meeting between Kamande and woman rep Sabina along the Kahuro-Kangema road. rivers and Ndakaini Dam. Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi and Wa Iria. Chege / ALICE WAITHERA TAKE STUDIES SERIOUSLY Kiambu youths urged to grow their talents

GEORGE MUGO/ Kiambu residents have been urged to help nurture youths’ talents. Limuru MP Peter Mwathi also urged the youth to take their education seriously. He spoke to youth at Joshua Matenjwa PCEA Kamandura on Tuesday. Mwathi encouraged the youth to form groups based on their talents and market themselves. “We don’t have to wait until you become recognised. We must build you. That is why I’m advising you to form a group and you will go far,” he said. Youth leader Benard Njoroge urged the government to form a kitty for the talented youths to add to the Youth Enterprise Fund. He said some youths lack support.

Villagers assemble at the home of the two children killed by a motorist in Mwototo village, Kigumo subcounty / ALICE WAITHERA

SUSPECTED OF DRINK DRIVING Murang’a mum loses her only two children as driver runs them over PROTECT MANUFACTURERS MP presents bill to Accident on ‘killer road’ occurred five days after three pupils from Kianderi Primary lock out importers School in Kahuro subcounty were also hit by a motorist outside the school through high taxes

get milk from a neighbour when but officers from Maragua police One of the pupils died, while JOHN KAMAU/ Thika Town MP Patrick the accident occurred on the new- station arrived in time to save him. the other two sustained seri- Wainaina (pictured) has introduced ALICE WAITHERA ly tarmacked SabaSaba Kahumbu Area MCA Eric Kamande said ous injuries during the accident a bill to lock out importers of goods @Alicewangechi road. numerous accidents have oc- that occurred along the Kahu- that can be manufactured locally by Neighbour Njoki Kamande said curred since the road was com- ro-Kangema road. imposing punitive duty. A mother lost her only two chil- she was preparing supper at 6pm pleted and accused motorists of Wainaina’s SME Amendment Bill dren on Tuesday evening after when she heard a loud noise from drink driving. ‘KILLER ROAD’ is at the committee stage. He said they were hit by a motorist in Mu- the road near her home. “We want the police to conduct Assistant chief Lucy Muthoni said the bill will give local manufacturers rang’a county. Mercy Wangari’s tests on the motorist and establish the driver lost control of the car a lifeline. Wainaina spoke on Tuesday children, Lewis Karanja, 8, and TESTS whether he was driving under the and veered off the road, hitting when he opened the Thika Business Abigael Wanjiru, 6, from Mwototo “I rushed out and was shocked to influence of alcohol. I doubt he the students who were walking Trade Fair organised by Thika District village, were with another child — find the lifeless bodies of the two was sober,” he said. home. Locals have called it the Business Association. Said Ngugi — who survived. children sprawled on the road,” The accident occurred five days ‘killer road’ following an increase The MP, who is a member of the Ngugi sustained serious injuries the teary neighbour said. after three pupils from Kianderi in the number of accidents. Trade and Industry committee in and was admitted at Kenyatta Na- Boda boda operators who wit- Primary School in Kahuro sub- They called for building speed Parliament, said, “It’s a shame that tional Hospital. nessed the accident chased after county were also hit by a motorist bumps, especially near shopping we are still importing goods like The children had been sent to the motorist and surrounded him, outside the school. centres and schools. matchboxes, toothpicks and eggs.” Thursday, October 11, 2018 THE-STAR.CO.KE 25 COUNTIES COAST

Mvita MP THE DATA Abdulswamad Nassir prepares fried chicken at the Sarova Whi- tesands Resort and Spa food stand during the 13 charity interna- Intersex persons tional food fes- interviewed in Kiambu tival. The event in aid of Cerebral A government task force is compiling Palsy Foundation comprehensive data on the minority (Tudor) was held group to inform policy, legal and on October 7/ institutional reforms. COURTESY

OFFICIALS, FOREIGNERS IMPLICATED NLC goes after big shots who grabbed land in Kilifi scheme SH13M BUDGET National Land Commission is reviewing all allocations in the 500-acre scheme, where cartels are suspected to have acquired parcels, sold them at huge prices and vanished Lamu cultural fete in late November

NLC is also probing foreigners Tuesday dealt with more than 300 schemes at the Coast. targets 50,000 who are suspcted to have colluded plots and allowed more than 80 per They include Chembe Kibam- ALPHONCE GARI with residents to obtain and sell land cent of the landowners to get titles. bamche, Chakama, Ngomeni and CHETI PRAXIDES /The 18th Lamu @alphonce2011 at exorbitant prices to unsuspecting “We have had issues of multiple Kijipwa. Cultural Festival will run from clients years after a ban was imposed title deeds in one parcel of land. We NLC acting head Mbagaya said November 22 to 25. Senior government officials and by the government in 1987. must clean the mess, “Mbagaya said. squatters invade some lands because Preparations are in their final developers will appear before the Some cartels obtained fake titles Kilifi North MP Owen Baya at- of absentee landlords. stages for the annual fete, which is National Land Commission today in the 1990s, despite the embargo on tended the NLC hearings and has She said some people were conned marked in historic Lamu old town at to explain how they obtained large transactions and sold their parcels been fighting for his constituents by individuals who sold them “air” the heart of the archipelago. parcels in the controversial Kilifi for millions of shillings before they to get land. as they had no land ownership doc- The town was listed as a World Jimba settlement scheme. vanished. “The settlement scheme was sup- uments. Heritage site by Unesco in 2001. The The commission says it has un- The commission has been hold- posed to be allocated to locals. How She asked why people would buy festival showcases the rich cultures earthed illegal allocation and acqui- ing inquiries on how the allocations could people from outside get huge land from people who did not have of Lamu’s Swahili communities. sition of prime land at the expense were done, with a view to lifting the parcels of land?” he asked. titles and go ahead to build perma- Lamu Cultural Promotional of residents. 31-year embargo. Baya wants squatters who invaded nent houses. Group chairperson Ghalib Alwy Persons expected to be quizzed The NLC is reviewing all alloca- private or public land to be consid- Mbagaya said the NLC intends to (picuterd)said on Wednesday that include former officers who took tions to determine genuine land- ered for allocation of land so that lift the sale embargo on the entire 50,000 visitors, local and foreign, part in the adjudication process and owners in the 500-acre scheme. they get a rightful place to live legally. Kilifi Jimba settlement scheme to are expected. “Our budget is Sh13 their colleagues in different minis- The NLC team led by acting chair- The NLC is currently reviewing enable residents get titles to develop million. We are winding up the tries who allocated themselves land. person Abigael Mbagaya had by land allocations in all settlement their properties. preparations,” Alwy said.

AG’S TASK FORCE MEETS GOVERNMENT COSTLY Intersex persons forced to Accountants back referendum to undergo surgery — KNCHR change Constitution ERNEST CORNEL / Some intersex peo- going but preliminary results were ple have undergone genital sur- discussed at the Mombasa meeting. CHARLES MGHENYI /Eight years since gery without their consent, Kenya Intersex refers to a condition in promulgation, the time is ripe for National Commission on Human which a person is born with a re- critically review of the Constitution, Rights has said. productive or sexual anatomy that accountants have said. In some cases the procedures were doesn’t to fit the typical definition Chair Julius Mwatu of the Institute botched resulting in death, KNCHR of female or male. of Certified Public Accountants said. The task force has already con- of Kenya said it’s necessary to The revelation was made on Tue- ducted a pilot and three phases of reexamine many structures day in Mombabsa during a stake- the study. A fourth phase is planned. established by the Constitution holders’ forum. Traditionally, intersex persons because they cost a lot. He spoke The Attorney General in May last were linked to misfortunes and John Chigiti of the task force on intersex persons in Mombasa on Tuesday/ERNEST CORNEL to the press at Whitesands Hotel year appointed a task force on pol- killed at birth. But the trend is Mombasa on Wednesday. icy, legal, institutional and admin- changing, the Intersex Persons So- sex persons, owing to the secrecy “It should be noted that these fig- “It’s time for an objective look istrative reforms regarding intersex ciety of Kenya said. The IPSK says it surrounding the subject. Kiambu ures do not reflect the total number at our Constitution with a view persons. has 205 members and 180 are un- county had 13 intersex persons in- of intersex persons per county. It just to making it a living and sacred The team is tasked with compiling married women terviewed, the highest number in shows those we managed to reach. It document meeting individual and comprehensive data on the number, The task force lead consultant the study. Vihiga, Nairobi and Kisu- is a conversation that is difficult to collective aspirations. It should distribution and problems faced by John Chigiti said his team has so far mu had nine, seven and five people. have,” Chigiti said. improve lives and check excesses of the minority group. The study is on- managed to intervew only 98 inter- Mombasa had one. those in power,” Mwatu said. 26 THE-STAR.CO.KE ursday, October 11, 2018 COUNTIES EASTERN

Embattled LESS-PRIVILEGED Majority chief whip Margaret Lobby donates Kariuki (C) at the county assembly sanitary pads to on April 20 /REUBEN GITHINJI Mwingi learners

LYDIA NGOOLO/ Mwingi East girls from less-privileged families have received free sanitary towels. On Tuesday, Hope Community, a women’s lobby, visited four schools in Mui ward. “We’ve visited Kavoko, Kariorkor and Kalitini primary schools, and Kalitini Secondary School. We’ve issued every girl with a packet of sanitary pads,” CEO Faith Mulei said “We know that will boost them. It’s shocking to see girls skip classes when their periods start.” Director Martha Lankisa appealed to well-wishers to support the initiative. Teachers and the learners ACCUSED OF DIVIDE-AND-RULE TACTICS thanked the lobby and urged it to continue helping the needy. Hope Community has seven members. It was formed early this Embu Jubilee MCAs reject party year with an aim of reaching out to girls in remote villages across the country and enlightening them on decision to reinstate chief whip the importance of education. Kariuki appealed after colleagues deposed her last month; a letter signed by secretary general Tuju says she is to take back her seat, but members say their decision stands

moval of the fi rst deputy speaker bolic and mired in chaos, and did ing the issue should be addressed to Steve Munene in April this year.  e not refl ect the image of the party as the speaker, he said. REUBEN GITHINJI MCAs have reelected Munene. provided for in its code of conduct, @ eStarKenya Yesterday, the MCAs maintained he said. He said the removal lacked NO TURNING BACK that they will not recognise Kariu- decorum and honour — a require- Ruguru Ngandori MCA Harrison Combat appears to be in the offi ng ki as their leader.  ey had elected ment during party meetings or as- Muturi warned that they will not at the Embu county assembly after Morris Collo in an acting capacity. sembly sittings. allow Kariuki to take back the seat. Jubilee Party reinstated the Majority “Margaret Kariuki remains the Kariuki yesterday said the party chief whip who had been removed BIGWIGS NOT CONSULTED Majority chief whip as provided for took a decision after hearing from last month by her colleagues.  e party had, however, said that the by the constitution,” the letter reads. all those who raised issue against  e party dispute resolution com- MCAs’ decision was unprocedural  e committee’s recommenda- her appeal. mittee returned Margaret Kariuki to and done without due or proper tions have yet to be enforced as the  e speaker, Majority leader Mai- her position after she appealed her consultation. In a letter signed by assembly has denied receiving a cheal Njeru and deputy chief whip September 13 removal.  e assembly secretary general Raphael Tuju and letter. Speaker Josiah  iriku said Collo were summoned to the Jubilee DENIES WRONGDOING members are against the decision. dated October 2, the party says nei- he had not seen the letter and added headquarters. The MCAs had accused her of ther its national headquarters nor that Collo is still the acting Majority Kariuki wants the speaker to com- causing divisions and animosity county offi cials were consulted be- chief whip. municate with the offi ce to get and Teacher charged between them and their counter- fore Kariuki was removed. Tuju said Collo said their decision still implement the resolution, instead with having sex parts from other parties.  ey also this violated the party constitution. stands, as they have not received any of waiting for a letter to be sent to accused her of instigating the re-  e purported removal was sham- letter. Any communication regard- h i s o ffi c e . with his student

WON’T DIVERSIFY REUBEN GITHINJI/ An Embu high school teacher has been charged with having sex with a 21-year-old Miraa farmers oppose plans student. Stephen Okoth, 26, of DEB to spend cash on other crops Kangaru Day Secondary School in Embu West, was arraigned before principal magistrate Samuel Mutai. GERALD MUTETHIA / Meru miraa farm- tu Murungi] to allocate the biggest e court heard that on ers have rejected Agriculture CS share for provision of avocado and September 30 in Gakwegori, Mwangi Kiunjuri’s statement that macadamia seedlings in this rainy Embu West, he took advantage of part of the cash allocated to the sub- season,” the CS said at Gitoro ASK his position and had sex with his sector will be invested in other crops Showground. student when she sought his help. such as avocado and macadamia.  is has caused an uproar and res- e two are neighbours, the court Led by Nyambene MPs Gichunge idents accused Kiraitu of punishing was told. Kabeabea (Tigania East), Maoka them because of limited electoral Okoth pleaded not guilty and Maore (Igembe North) and Mpuru support he got from the area. MP Maoka Maore (C) and miraa traders at the Milimani law courts, Nairobi /FILE applied to be released on bond. e Aburi (Eala), they said there would “ e county government has its prosecution did not oppose the be serious consequences if the funds own agriculture budget. Let them secretaries can be appointed from be used to boost miraa growing and application. It said investigations had were diverted to other uses. use it to purchase avocado and mac- MPs to enable them to respond to market. been completed. Kiunjuri had said the government adamia. Let them completely stay concerns raised by wananchi in the “We can’t intercrop miraa with e accused was granted and the county administration had away from miraa funds,” Maore said House.  e current system makes other plants. Miraa will be eventu- Sh100,000 bond. agreed to provide avocado and mac- on Meru FM radio. it diffi cult to engage them, he said. ally phased out and become extinct e court ordered that he be adamia seedlings so farmers can di- Kabeabea said the funds should Aburi said the Sh1 billion for miraa if that is done,” he said. supplied with recorded witness versify production. be used to develop and carry out re- factored into the 2016-17 budget and In a meeting, Aburi was tasked statements and other documents “I have the miraa money. We’ve search on miraa markets. He backed an additional Sh1.2 billion pledged to ensure the funds are not used to the prosecution plan to use. e agreed with Meru governor [Kirai- the calls for a referendum so Cabinet by President Uhuru Kenyatta must support other crops. case will be heard on October 23. ursday, October 11, 2018 THE-STAR.CO.KE 27 COUNTIES NORTHEASTERN

TUTORS FAVOURED TARGETS Two more teachers killed in Mandera al Shabaab attack Militants target non-locals in divisive strategy

ing overpowered.  e slain teach- ers were fl own to Nairobi where STEPHEN ASTARIKO their next of kin will be notifi ed. @stephen Astariko  e murders come barely a day after the area Knut representative Al Shabaab militants killed two told the government to heighten Arabia Boys Secondary Schools burnt by al Shabaab militants who used grenades in the Tuesday attack /STEPHEN ASTARIKO non-local teachers on Tuesday and security ahead of the national ex- burnt the staff room at Arabia Boys ams. students. ings before we can act. Hundreds of (+) THREE TEACHERS Secondary School in Mandera East Northeastern regional commis-  e school is near the border innocent lives have been lost. For subcounty. sioner Mohamed Birik said all the with Somalia, not far from where how long will we continue losing KILLED BY SHABAAB  e attackers armed with guns other teachers and students are 28 teachers were killed in 2015.  e livest o militants?” Mude asked. and grenades stormed the school at safe and have been accounted for. militants hurled the grenade where Birik urged parents, students in Feburary this year, al Shabaab 1am.  ey proceeded to the teach- “It appears the militants are de- the non-locals stay, an indication and education offi cials not to panic. killed three teachers during an ers quarters, killing the two on the termined to advance the narrative that they knew their target well. “I assure Kenyans from that part of attack in Qarsa, Wajir County. spot as they tried to escape. of targeting non-locals with the Lafey MP Abdi Mude urged the the country that suffi cient secu- Wajir County commander Stephen  ey then hurled a grenade at the aim of pitting Kenyans against each government to increase security rity has been put in place for the Ngetich said the dawn attack left houses and the classrooms , setting other. I can assure them that they to prevent future attacks. “I have national examination,” Birik said. one teacher critically injured. e a fi re that razed them. will never succeed. Such acts only spoken time and again about the He said routes have been marked militants seemed to have moved Police reservists who guard the make us stronger,” said Birik. need to put extra security in school and personnel increased for every from Mandera to Wajir where there school are said to have engaged the Area MP Omar Sheikh urged for neighbouring the border. Surely exam container. All nine border they had persistently attacked. militants in a gun battle before be- calm among both teachers and we don’t have to wait for such kill- subcounties are safe, he said.

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STEPHEN ASTARIKO/ Mandera county aproach to greening Mandera county ON THE GO has embarked on a programme to and protecting our biodiversity, as increase its forest cover to 10 per cent well as improving living standards,” to minimise the eff ects of climate Roba said. change. The programme also aims to Governor Ali Roba said the envi- support vulnerable persons and ronment department will distribute improve their living standards. over 60,000 seedlings to households “It’s our duty to protect and con- TO SUBSCRIBE and public institutions such as serve the environment for the ben- schools and health centers. It will efi t of the present and future gener- also create awareness on the impor- ations. I appeal to residents to plant SMS ‘NEWS’ TO tance of environmental conservation. more trees,” Roba said.  e county He said his administration has forest cover is only three per cent, engaged 270 vulnerable and needy He said the county was reaching casuals, mostly women, who will out to partners to help plant drought each be allocated 15 trees to water trees and promote agro-forestry. and look for a modest monthly wage.  e county’s environment depart- Women who Speaking on Wednesday in Man- ment is also exploring innovative will benefi t from 20554 dera town while launching the proj- ways of using mathenge weed to the programme AT JUST KSH 5/- PER ALERT ect, Roba asked residents for support. produce charcoal. during the launch T E RMS AN D CON D ITIO N S APPLY  e move is inline with the Kenya Roba asked the national govern- of the project government initiative to increase the ment to enforce the ban on use of by governor Ali THESTARKENYA country’s forest cover to 10 percent. plastic bags, saying they were in- Roba/ “We have initiated a multi-sector creasing. STEPHEN ASTARIKO 28 THE-STAR.CO.KE Thursday, October 11, 2018 COUNTIES WESTERN

WIDOWED NEIGHBOUR Wangamati selections on hold, Police seek man who defiled girl Bongomeks demand positions in Budunyi village GILBERT OCHIENG/ Parents of a Class 1 pupil who was defiled last Community says it was ignored, subcounties complain of lack in regional balance week want the police to arrest the culprit. The 11-year-old girl was defiled Bungoma in Budunyi village. governor Wyclife The girl’s father said stern JOHN NALIANYA Wangamati in action should be taken against @jonaliash his office/ JOHN the culprit, said to be a widower NALIANYA aged 54. Individuals appointed as chief of- He said the man, a neighbour, ficers and advisers by Bungoma lured the girl into his house as governor Wycliffe Wangamati will she was returning to school after not be sworn in until a petition filed lunch. He undressed her and then by residents is determined. raped her. Residents said Wangamati ignored He said his daughter, who was members of the minority Bongomek too embarrassed to inform her community. parents, instead reported the During public hearings, several attack to a neighbour who passed groups petitioned the assembly not the information to him. to approve the nominees, saying “Our young daughter has told us Wangamati did not follow the law. that the defiler had lured her into Members of the Bongomek com- his house as she was returning munity told the committee on Pub- to school after lunch, pushed her lic Administration chaired by MCA onto the bed and threatened to kill Majimbo Okumu that their minority her should if she told her parents community was not represented. or anybody else,” the father said. “This contravenes the spirit of the The man has gone into hiding Constitution of Kenya which stipu- but police said he would be seized. lates all inclusivity. We are praying the assembly declines to approve the appointees,” Job Chebukwechi said. KIZITO’S ADVICE They said despite qualified mem- bers of their community applying for the jobs, they were not considered. Change currency County Public Service Board to make looted secretary Peter Masengeli told the assembly that during recruitment, FORMER cash useless — MP they submitted names of the com- munity members for approval but BUMULA MP the governor did not consider them. BIFWOLI WAS “During our recruitment we short-listed three names in one of APPOINTED the ministries where a member of AN ADVISER the community was shortlisted. It was the prerogative of the governor TO GOVERNOR to pick a minority group member as required by law,”Masengeli said. The board was also at pains to ex- plain why they had appointed mem- bers of the municipal board before ing chief officers. “Your honor, I Bumula MP Wakoli Bifwoli as an adviser. Others are municipalities were given charters know they were many interests like former principal of Kimilili Boys School Patrick Wandili, as required by law. regional balancing but the governor who will be chief officer for health and sanitation, and “We agree that it was a mistake but has more appointments to make. I former Kibabii deputy principal Danson Barasa, who we want to tell the committee that pray that we give him more time,” will be the chief officer in the office the deputy governor. oversight was the responsibiyly of Sabwami said. Others are Joseph Wambati (county secretary), Moses the governor and the department He said the first appointments Marango (roads,public works and infrastructure), John of public administration,” Masen- fell short of regional balancing, Wasike (agriculture and irrigation), Moses Soet (envi- geli said. with subcounties like Sirisia and ronment and tourism), Isaac Araput (Livestock and fish- Public administration executive Kabucahi left out. The committee eries), Carolyne Nekesa(youth and sports), Rose Nafula HILTON OTENYO/ Shinyalu MP Jus- Sabwami Keya was called to explain is expected to table a report before (education and vocational training), Phoeb Namukuru tus Kizito has asked the government why the governor didn’t follow the the house on the appointments. (ICT and records) and Aggrey Fungututi (trade, energy to change the currency to render law and procedures while appoint- Those nominated include former and industrialisation). money looted money unusable. Kizito(pictured) said President Uhuru Kenyatta should step up the GOLD REFINERY war on corruption by withdrawing pillars to turn Kenya into a middle-income economy by higher denominations notes from 2030. The governor spoke during a mining investment circulation so large sums stashed Counties must benefit conference in Kakamega. Petroleum and Mining CS John away cannot be spent. Munyes and Ikolomani MP Bernard Shinali were present. “Looters are holding huge sums of from gold, oil - Oparanya The forum discussed the roles of national and county money in their houses and in banks governments and communities in exploration and mining they collude with. If the government in Kakamega county and provisions of the new Mining changes the currency features and HILTON OTENYO/ Kakamega governor Wycliffe Opara- Act. The meeting also discussed artisanal and small- withdraws high value notes, they will nya yesterday said Vision 2030 should be updated to scale mining and mineral dealings. be useless,” he said. cover natural resources. Oparanya announced his government had set aside Kizito said the government should Oparanya said the blueprint needs to be reviewed to five acres where the national government will build a a give an ultimatum to the looters to include emerging issues, such as community benefits gold refinery. surrender their stolen billions. from petroleum in Turkana and gold in Kakamega. He said President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to make He said the proposed constitu- “When I was preparing the vision, we only put in one a major announcement on mining in his visit to Kakame- tional amendments should provide paragraph but it needs to be reviewed to capture the new ga during Mashujaa Day celebrations on October 20. that legal tender of all denomina- developments,” he said. Oparanya said his government would support artisanal tions should have specific features, The Vision 2030 is a blueprint that spells out economic miners by setting up a co-operative for them. Governor Wycliffe Oparanya/ FILE which are difficult to counterfeit. ursday, October 11, 2018 THE-STAR.CO.KE 29 COUNTIES NYANZA

SH200 MILLION ESTATE ROAD Court to rule on Nyong’o estate battle Governor’s nephews are in court seeking the annulment of the letters of adminstration granted to Nyong’o

will come after numerous failed seeking revocation or annulment of attempts by the court to have the the letters of administration. FAITH MATETE family settle the matter out of court. Following the court’s order that @faymatete e entire estate is estimated to the governor and his sister fi le a re- been worth more than Sh200 mil- sponse earlier after the petitioners A court will rule today on a dispute lion. It includes 100 acres in Miwani complained, the duo dismissed the pitting Kisumu governor Prof Any- under a 99-year lease, and another case as incompetent and intended to ang’ Nyong’o against his nephews parcel along Nairobi’s Jogoo Road- paint the family in bad light. over the Sh200 million estate left by where fl ats have been built. They argued that even though his father. Other parcels are in Manyatta, Nyong’o took care of the two neph- e two nephews, Kenneth Odhi- Tamu, Milimani estates and East ews after the death of their parents, ambo Okuthe and Geoff rey Omon- Rata in Seme Sub-county in Kisumu. they were not benefi ciaries of their di ,sued the governor and his sister The governor’s father Hesbon patriachs’s property. Risper Nyagoy for leaving out some Shimei died on November 10, 2006, Nyagoy told the court his brother, relatives in the list of benefi ciaries without a will. Governor Nyong’o, made sure the of the estate. e applicants say they have nev- two nephews went to school and ey accused the two of neglecting er benefi tted from the estate. ey even secured them jobs, but hasbeen the children of Margaret Awuor and said the governor and his sister were ungrateful and has not helped their Judith Nyong’o, who were daughters made administrators of the estate ailing mother. of Shimei. Omondi is the eldest son after the local chief certifi ed the two Traditionally, under Kenyan law of Judith, now deceased. Upon her and their mother and other siblings of succession, once grant of letters death, she left Omondi and another as the true benefi ciaries. of administration is issued to de- sibling, Fiona Atieno. The applicants are accusing pendents, they must seek a court’s In August, Justice Tripisisa Cher- Nyong’o and Nyagoy of concealing permission for what is known as ere said she would deliver the judg- important information on confi rma- confi rmation of grant for them to Kisumu governor Anyang’ Nyong’o and his wife Dorothy at a past event. ment on October 11. e judgment tion of the grant. e duo are in court be able to distribute assets. /FAITH MATETE

FINED SH200,000 Medic convicted for taking bribe for blood transfusion EACC rates Kisumu as the second most corrupt

GODFREY ODHIAMBO/ A clinical offi cer drew a fi ne of Sh100,000 each. e in Kisumu has been convicted of re- Ethics and Anti-Corruption Com- ceiving a Sh28,000 bribe to arrange a mission received a complaint from blood transfusion for a patient. Adhiambo on January 17, 2014. is Principal Magistrate Julius Ngar prompted the arrest of the suspect Ngar on Tuesday fined Stephen on corruption off enses. is comes Omoro of Kisumu East District Hos- a few days after the National Ethics pital Sh200,000 on two counts of and Corruption Index rated Kisumu CLINICAL corruption and in default, one year the second most corrupt county. imprisonment on each. A report by the EACC earlier last OFFICER Omoro was charged by the an- week also revealed loopholes in the ti-corruption court with soliciting management of funds by the Kisumu RECEIVED the bribe from Ruth Adhiambo to executive which may be causing loss SH28,000 provide blood for transfusion to a of public funds. relative. Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o how- TO PROVIDE The money was received on ever said he will make Kisumu cor- two days, split into Sh25,000 and ruption free. BLOOD Sh3,000 in January 2014. Both both TRANSFUSON

NOT ONE INVESTOR Justify your foreign trips, Siaya governor Rasanga challenged LAMECK BARAZA/ Siaya residents have criticised governor Cornel Rasanga (pictured) for making numerous foreign trips to seek investors since 2013— all in vain. e residents led by Cliff Otieno said the governor has not attracted a single investor for the six years he has been in offi ce. He has used ta payers’ money for foreign trips under the guise of tapping investors, residents said “We are aware Rasanga has made several foreign trips with the aim of marketing the county abroad for possible investments in agriculture, industrialisation, housing, and en- ergy but no investor is in the county,” Otieno said. Dominion Farmat was the only foreign investment in Yala Swamp and has closed over alleged hostility from local leaders. e rice producer had employed more than 300 workers. from the community living along Yala Swamp. 30 THE-STAR.CO.KE Thursday, October 11, 2018 COUNTIES RIFT VALLEY

CUT BEFORE BAN Livelihood Improvement Scheme and at the moment THE DATA we are stuck,” Mugo said. He said the 600-member association has planted close to 700,000 tree seedlings Let us take felled trees in four years. “Our main aim in this forest is to conserve it. Let us from forest, millers plead embrace farming and planting trees to improve our lives and those of generations to come after we are long ELIUD WAITHAKA/ An association has urged the national gone,” Mugo said. 1.4BN government to allow saw millers in Mt Kenya Forest to The ban was imposed in February and later extended Amount government remove the logs they had felled before it imposed a ban. to allow for the the appointment of the new board has started disbursing to Speaking at Kahurura Forest on Tuesday, Mt Kenya of the Kenya Forest Service and the interim reform Community Forest Association chairperson Kariuki implementations committee. maize farmers Mugo said the group is incurring huge losses. He also The extension was also meant to allow the government Prices of maize have dropped to said the ban imposed by Forestry CS Keriako Tobiko to undertake measures to reform operations of KFS and less than Sh800 per 90kg bag, but was hindering their planting of seedlings. the management of the forestry sector. the farmers want the NCPB to buy “Our members are involved in cultivating crops in Implementation of the recommendations of the task Forest Association members elect their produce at Sh3,200 per bag. the forest through the Plantation Establishment and force is ongoing. officials/ELIUD WAITHAKA 10 COUNTRIES Kitale hosts meet on cattle to discuss technology and AI

CORAZON WAFULA/ Kenya is hosting the first African bovine reproduction workshop in Kitale’s Endebess bull station. More than 10 countries are attending to exchange of ideas on reproduction and technology. Opening the two-day workshop, Agriculture CAS Andrew Tuimur on Tuesday said the workshop will provide a platform for showcasing high-technology equipment. The countries include Zambia, Rwanda, Sudan,and Uganda. Tuimur said the exchange of ideas is important, especially after the country established the Kitale bull station which is automated and relies on modern technology to extract semen.

NCPB operations manager Jonah Marindich and North Rift regional manager Gilbert Rotich in Eldoret on September 9 /MATHEWS NDANYI TWO MONTHS NCPB relocates maize from full stores, makes room for harvest Operations manager says board is moving the maize to silos in Northeastern and INUA JAMII FALTERS Eastern and urged farmers not to be worry what will happen to their produce Elderly return NHIF cards, say state not million bags of maize this year and Kenya Farmers’ Association di- (+) MAIZE MILLING the growers are still holding more rector Kipkorir Menjo urged the paying premiums MATHEWS NDANYI than 500,000 bags harvested last government to provide adequate FIRMS TO EASE @ndanyi_mathews year. funds to the board to enable it pur- MARKET PROBLEM chase maize from registered farm- KURGAT MARINDANY/ Senior citizens The National Cereals and Produce PAYMENT ers. signed up for the Inua Jamii cash Board is relocating more than two Marindich told the farmers there’s Prices of maize have dropped to The Uasin Gishu government will transfer in Olekasas, Kajiado, have million bags of maize from its no cause for worry. “Let me assure less than Sh800 per 90kg bag, but support farmers to set up three surrendered their NHIF cards North Rift stores to provide space maize farmers that by the time they the farmers want the NCPB to buy major maize milling plants to ease after the government failed to pay for this season’s harvest. harvest their crop in a few months, their produce at Sh3,200 per bag. marketing problems. The milling premiums. Harvest season begins in two we shall have decongested all our The NCPB is currently paying plants will cost about Sh2 billion. The group, which received the months. NCPB operations manager stores spread across the North Rift out Sh1.4 billion released last week The farmers will be supported cards in November last year, said Jonah Marindich said the board is and part of Western Kenya,” he by the state, but additional money through cooperative groups. they were only able to use the cards moving the maize to silos in North- said. will have to be released to com- Governor Jackson Mandago on for four months. eastern and Eastern regions. Marindich said the board had plete payments to more than 1,000 Monday said maize farming has They told the officer in charge of He spoke on Tuesday at the El- already moved part of the maize farmers. turned into a wasteful, unprofitable the Inua Jamii programme in Kajiado doret NCPB depot. stocks from stores in the North Rift. “We are giving priority to genu- and frustrating venture. He said North to keep the cards until the The board is still holding more Farmers, led by Kimutai Kolum, ine farmers, especially the small- his government is pursuing several government pays. than 4.2 million bags in the stra- had asked the government to de- scale ones owed about Sh2 million options, including the maize milling County officer Daniel Nkoonka tegic grain reserve. Farmers are congest its stores and prepare to and below,” Devolution CS Eugene plants and crop diversification so said the initiative has not been expected to harvest more than 40 buy more maize this year. Wamalwa said. farmers can reduce production. funded since March. ursday, October 11, 2018 THE-STAR.CO.KE 31

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ATHLETICS Over 3,000 expected at the Ndalat Gaa race

BY MUIGAI KIGURU / Over 3000 athletes are expect- ed for the numerous activities. ed at the season-opening I.F Kiplagat Memorial Nda- Tanui said that a scheduled two-day medical camp has lat Gaa Cross Country at the Ndalat Gaa High School, elicited a lot of interest among the residents coupled with Nandi County. a tarmacked road to the venue. Organising committee member in charge of technical, “Previously, people used to negotiate a dusty road to Kennedy Tanui, who is also the Nandi County Sports CEC, the venue but through the County Government and the said arrangements on the ground are complete, save for Mosop Constituency Development Fund, the road has the final nitty-gritty and they are hoping that being the been tarmacked and this will offer an incentive to both 10th anniversary, they will have an even better event. athletes and spectators,” said Nandi County Governor “We have never had less than 3,000 athletes since in- Stephen Sang. ception and we dont expect less this being the 19th edi- Tanui urged on top runners to use the race as part of tion, ” said Tanui. their build up towards the forthcoming track and field sea- He said the course will remain the same but they have son, which will culminate with the World Championships expanded spectator area, going by the numbers expect- in Doha next year. Runners in action during last year’s Ndalat Gaa race.

HANDBALL Six Kenyan teams to take part in regional tourney in Zanzibar

BY AGNES MAKHANDIA / Former champions Nairobi Water women’s handball team is hoping to return to the next month’s East and Central Africa Club Championship set for November 10-17 in Zanzibar. Nairobi Water missed the last year’s event held in Tanzania due to financial constraints, a development that saw their local nemesis National Cereals and Produce Board win the title. Team coach Jack Ochieng appealed to sponsors and individuals of good will to help the local champions honour the event. “It is sad that we didn’t participate in the last year’s event due to financial constraints and even now, the situation hasn’t changed but Andrew Amonde we are hopeful of featuring in the with Cyprian seven-day event,” said Ochieng, Kutoin past who doubles up as the national action. women’s coach. /ENOS TECHE He added: “We are the local champions and we have a good RUGBY side that can challenge for the title. But this can only happen if we are supported to compete in the event that will see us extend our dominance at the regional level.” KHF fixture secretary, Charles Omondi observed that other teams including men’s league champions Squad cut down Black Mamba, newcomers Generation, Strathmore University KRU to give deals to only 18 players ahead of new season and NCPB (Men and Women) are also expected to take part in the time and performances from last Omwela was satisfied with the annual event. season and give contracts based on appointment of Paul Murunga as Experienced NCPB player that,” added Omwela. A 21-man coach on a two-year contract. Liza Amara said they are keen to squad was selected a fortnight ago “It provides continuity. He was defend the title. WILLIAM NJUGUNA @mbotesports following trials conducted by out- there two years ago with Benjamin “It was a good feeling to win the going coach Innocent Simiyu. Ayimba— winning in Singapore, regional title last year and we hope Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) will Senior members of the Kenya qualifying for the Olympic in Rio to defend it,” she said. contract 18 players for the 2018- 7s including Collins Injera, An- and I believe he will do a good 2019 World Sevens series, accord- drew Amonde, Willy Ambaka, job,” added Omwela. ing to chairman, Richard Omwela. Eden Agero and Brian Tanga will A 12-man Shujaa squad departed Omwela said the players con- face a performance review be- the country yesterday for the Africa tracts are based on last season per- fore being handed contracts for Cup Sevens in Tunisia and Omwela formance, especially the minutes the new season is optimistic about their chances of played for the national team as Omwela cited finances as the doing the country proud. well as the just concluded national biggest headache facing the un- “This is very much our ‘B’ team Sevens circuit. ion as they prepare for the start and I know training was limited “This year, we will make the of the Sevens series as well as the but they are ready to do the coun- players’ contracts be different. repechage for the Simbas and the try proud. The team held their final There is no point of giving some- Kenya Lionesses. training session at the RFUEA,” one a contract when his contri- “We are doing everything we can said Omwela. bution is only 10 minutes out of including talking to the ministry Kenya are the top seeds in the ten tournaments. to avail funds for both our national two-day event and are in Group ‘A’ Melvin Achieng (L) and Brenda Alvisa (R) of Nairobi Water “We have to assess their playing teams,” added Omwela alongside Morocco and Botswana. tackle Cecelia Katheu (C) of NCPB in previous action/FILE Thursday, October 11, 2018 THE-STAR.CO.KE 35 SPORTS LOCAL

FOOTBALL RUGBY Bosire takes on Monari Sofapaka fire Aloro for Kisii RFC top position BY ANGWENYI GICHANA / Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) regional development officer in charge of Nyanza region, Ugandan centre pushed out to pave way for another foreign player Laban Bosire will face off with businessman Adrian Monari for the Kisii RFC chairmanship on Saturday. Outgoing chairman Walter Orangi will not defend his seat and has thrown his weight behind Monari. MESHACK KISENGE “I have taken a sabbatical because of personal and health reasons. I believe Monari is capable of taking this @kisengemeshack1 club to the next level,” said Orangi. Bosire, who is also the Kenya Post Primary Union of The 2009 league champions So- Teachers Kisii branch chairman, said initially he didn’t fapaka have parted ways with want to contest but has been forced to do it by a section dependable Ugandan centre half of fans and players. Rodgers Aloro ahead of their The former chairman said he will resign from the SportPesa Shield Cup final against position at KRU if elected on Saturday. Yesterday Monari Kariobangi Sharks on October 20. said: “I’m ready for the challenge. We want this club back Aloro, whose contract with the in the Kenya Cup.” ‘Batoto Ba Mungu’ was due to ex- Acting secretary Joseph Okong’o is unopposed while pire in July next year, was served the positions of assistant secretary and vice chairman with a notice to leave the club yes- will not be contested because nobody showed interest. terday after training session in a George Morara who was seeking the vice chairman’s move aimed at paving way for an- seat withdrew at the last minute. other foreign player. The treasurer’s position has attracted four candidates The towering centre half joined including Maxwell Abuya, Polycarp Nyagosia, Geoffrey Sofapaka in June from Ugandan Nyantika and Stephen Mogonchi. The elections will be side Saints FC and quickly estab- held at Zonic Hotel as from 2pm. lished himself as a regular starter in the team which was then under tutelage of Sam Ssimbwa. FOOTBALL He scored five goals in his maiden season, thanks to his free-kick prowess. Vihiga United’s coach Mururi Despite having had a good debut in 2017 and an equally stellar 2018, keen to kick off early training Aloro was served with a shock- er yesterday after being informed BY CALISTUS LUCHETU / Hardly a week after surviving that he was surplus to requirement the chop in the Kenya Premier League, Vihiga United at the John Baraza-coached club. head coach Mike Mururi is keen to start early prepara- He said he was informed by his tions ahead of next season. bosses that he was sacrificed to Vihiga United survived the complication of play- pave way for a Congolese defend- offs after beating Nakumatt 2-0 in their last match er who plies his trade with the al- of the season. ready relegated Wazito. The western-based side finished 12th on the league Early this year, the club was standing with 41 points. on the spot for mysteriously ter- Mururi said the team will have a short break to rest minating the contract of anoth- and recover before resuming for early training. He said he er Ugandan defender Jonathan expects tough competition next season hence the need Mugabi whom they later replaced to prepare well. with Burundian internation- “It will be tough league going by the current stan- al Mousa Oumar. dards. We want to strategise and plan better for the next A physically agitated Aloro season,” he added. was at pains to express his dis- He said the changes in the technical bench last season appointment with the club for lamb. I served them to the best this Friday, leaving Baraza to rely had affected their flow of good results. ending his contract days to the Sofapaka’s of my capacity but it’s sad to be on former Mathare United custodi- “It was hard for the team to find the rhythm as they Shield Cup final. Rodgers Aloro in paid back in such a unprofession- an Wycliffe Kasaya to man the goal. made a drastic changes to the technical bench that He said: “ I am annoyed that the a past match al way. I wish them best of luck in Kigonya revealed that he had not somehow affected the playing unit. However, I want to club decided to cut my contract /COURTESY their endeavours.” been approached to have his con- congratulate former coach Edward Manoah for laying out with nine months remaining. I Meanwhile, the club risks to tract renewed. a good foundation that we want to build on,” said Mururi. would have been pleased if I was miss their skipper Mathias Kigonya At the same time, forwards He also thanked the management under chairman axed on performance grounds in the final as his contract expires Umaru Kasumba and Justin Mico Kahi Indimuli for a job well done. “Kahi did an excellent but I leave the club a bitter man tomorrow. The Ugandan goalkeep- are doubts for the clash as they are job of encouraging and motivating the players during the for I was deemed as a sacrificial er will cease to be Sofapaka player nursing knee injuries. difficult times,’ he noted.

FOOTBALL Mathare seek to build up on mid-table league finish BY FRANCIS WADEGU / For a team that won the Kenyan the 2018 campaign, where they drew champions Gor Premier League title in 2008, finishing eighth is not Mahia and Ulinzi Stars. “I look at the 1-1 draw against exactly something to write home about for a club of the soldiers as a point gained because the opponent Mathare United stature. also wanted to win. We played very well apart from that But going by their current position, head coach Francis mistake which cost us a goal. The response in the second Kimanzi is satisfied with their eighth place finish despite half was wonderful given it’s the last game of the season falling short of the initial top five target. and fatigue tends to creep in. We could have even won it Finishing in mid-table was a remarkable improvement in the latter stages,” assessed Kimanzi. for the Slum Boys, who battled relegation for majority of With the new season starting at the end of next Mathare United’s last season and finally survived to finish 13th on the log. month, Kimanzi has little time to beef up his squad if Francis Omondi “I am happy with what we have done this year. There they are to realistically bid to reach the historic heights tries to go past is some huge development in the playing unit. We have of Kimanzi’s 2008 champions. With youngsters like Cliff Nzoia Sugar’s played some good football and the youngsters have Nyakeya and Francis Omondi showing they have the Edgar Nzano in shown a lot of maturity. We can only get better,” said talent to cut it at the top, it will be imperative for Bob recent match Kimanzi. There should be great cause for optimism going Munro to keep their heads from being turned as they will /OLIVER MORGAN forward for the Slum Boys going by their last results of be crucial for anything they achieve next year. 36 THE-STAR.CO.KE Thursday, October 11, 2018 SPORTS LOCAL

ATHLETICS Kosgei eyes Honolulu after ruling Chicago last weekend

BY EMMANUEL SABUNI / After her exploits at Chicago Marathon last weekend, Brigid Kosgei’s next assignment will be her title defence at the Honolulu Marathon on December 9. In the meantime, the Elgeyo Marakwet-based runner said she will take a short break to recover before embarking on preparations ahead of the Honolulu race. She said the season was not yet done and wants to end it on a high in Honolulu. Kosgei was speaking on Tuesday after landing at the Eldoret International Airport from Chicago in company of two-time world marathon champion Abel Kirui and former Chicago Marathon champion Florence Kiplagat. On hand to meet her was her husband Mathew Kosgei and kids Brian Kibet and Faith Chepchumba. She admitted that despite winning in Chicago, the race was very challenging. Kosgei clocked a personal best of 2:18:35 to win the race, beating Ethiopians Roza Dereje (2:21:18) and Demise Shure (2:22:15) to second and third places respectively. She attributed her feat to intensive training. Kiplagat, who finished fourth, was full of praise for the Kosgei who she said raised the country’s profile.

YOUTH OLYMPICS New role for Tergat Nock boss named in the 2022 Olympic Youth coordination committee Brigid Kosgei crosses the finish in Chicago race/ COURTESY VOLLEYBALL BY WILLIAM NJUGUNA AND AGEN- of Great Britain. Tergat thanked the chose Senegal ahead of Botswana, CIES /National Olympic Committee Nock president IOC for granting him the oppor- Nigeria and Tunisia, who were also DCI win opener as Nyerere of Kenya (NOCK) President Paul Ter- Paul Tergat tunity to serve in the committee interested in becoming the first Af- gat has been named as a member of present kit and giving Africa the first the first rican host of any Olympic event. Cup gets underway in Dar the coordination committee for the to athletes chance to host an Olympic event. The 2022 Youth Olympics will Summer Youth Olympics in Dakar, during the last “This is ours and we will work take place in capital city Dakar, BY AGNES MAKHANDIA / Directorate of Criminal Senegal in 2022. Commonwealth round the clock to ensure it suc- the new city of Diamniadio and Investigation women’s volleyball team started their In a letter written by Interna- Games in Gold ceeds just as we did with World the coastal resort of Saly, between Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial Cup title campaign on tional Olympic Committee (IOC) Coast, Australia Cup in South Africa in 2010,” said May and June following the rub- winning note, beating Jeshi Stars 3-0 (25-21,27-25,25- President Thomas Bach, said the /FILE Tergat, who is also an executive ber-stamping by the IOC Session. 19) at the National Indoor Stadium in Tanzania, yesterday. commission will play an impor- member of the IOC. “At this very ceremonial mo- DCI will now face Jeshi La Kujenga Taifa today in tant role in regard to the organi- Senegal were officially con- ment for Africa and in particular their second match of the five-team tournament. The sation of the 2022 Youth Olympic firmed as the hosts for the 2022 for Senegal, I wish to express on Kenyans were a better side as they led 8-3 and 16-7 Games and the implementation of Youth Olympic Games by the behalf of all Africans our gratitude at both the first and second Technical Time Out of the the Olympic agenda in 2020. IOC on Monday. and our recognition for choosing first set. They then faltered to allow the hosts to close The coordination committee The session approved Senegal us,” Senegalese President Macky gap 20-15, 23-19 and 23-21, thanks to poor reception. will be chaired by former Olympic staging the next edition of the Youth Sall told the session. However, DCI regrouped to eventually bag the set 25-21. swimming champion Kirsty Cov- Olympic Games by acclamation. Sall announced a 50,000-seat- The second set was a see saw affair before a entry of Zimbabwe. The country was the only candi- er stadium would be constructed rejuvenated Jeshi Stars squeezed an 8-6 lead The other members are former date after the IOC executive board to stage the event, while a new at the first TTO. Olympic 400m champion Nawal acted on a recommendation from rail link will be built to help ease Reception returned to haunt the visitors as they trailed El Moutawakel of Morocco, Gunilla their 2022 Evaluation Commission. traffic concerns. 16-13 at the 2nd TTO but recovered well in time to tie Lindberg (Sweden), Leandro Lar- The commission, chaired by May or June has been cho- the match 19-19, 21-21 and 25-25 before sealing it the rosa (Argentina) and Andrew Ryan IOC vice-president Uğur Erdener, sen as the dates. 27-25. The third set was equally competitive but DCI

RUGBY Simbas’ duels against British Army, Loftus 2000 in doubt

BY WILLIAM NJUGUNA/ Kenya Romania in Bucharest on November ries,” he said. Simbas build up matches against 3 are fully funded and approved by Head coach Ian Snook said the British Army and South African World Rugby and will go ahead,” build-up matches are key if the Sim- outfit Loftus 2000 are in doubt. The added Omwela. bas are to have any chance of qual- Simbas were due to play the army The Simbas, who halted training ifying for the Rugby World Cup next outfit next week and Loftus 2000 last weekend owing to non-pay- year in Japan.Of interest to the tech- on October 28 at the RFUEA ground. ment of allowances, will now resume nical bench is how the Kenya Sevens’ KRU chairman Richard Omwela training tomorrow after part of players Sammy Oliech, Collins Injera, yesterday said the two teams are their dues were paid on Tuesday Andrew Amonde and Nelson Oyoo yet to confirm on their availability. following intervention by the Minis- will fare in the build up matches. “As of now, I don’t know if the two try of Sports. “The Sevens and 15s games are games will go ahead. But I can con- “The local coaches, who had different in several aspects so we firm the build-up matches against not been paid their salaries, have want see how they will cope in the Namibia on October 21 at home and also been sorted their July sala- build matches,” he noted. Kenya Simbas in action against Tunisia in a past match /ENOS TECHE Thursday, October 11, 2018 THE-STAR.CO.KE 37 SPORTS INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES Holland coach Koeman won’t rest Champs League players ZEIST, NETHERLANDS / Netherlands coach Ronald cause of a calf injury. “It seems to me that if you are on the Koeman said he would field his strongest team against bench, then you are fit to play,” Koeman said. Germany in the Nations League on Saturday and would Ajax are home to Benfica on Oct. 23 when the Champi- not rest players who are participating in the Champions ons League resumes while PSV welcome Tottenham Hot- League for Dutch clubs. spur the next day. Ajax have a win and a draw from their Koeman told a news conference on Tuesday that he first two fixtures while PSV and Spurs are both looking to understood the concerns of the Ajax Amsterdam and secure their first points. PSV Eindhoven coaches about keeping their players fresh The Netherlands has two teams in the Champions for key Champions League games later this month, but League group phase for the first time since 2010, but the said he would not spare anybody. national team are also hoping for an upturn in their for- “I completely understand the position of the club tunes after missing out on the last World Cup and the last coaches. I was the same for many years. (Ajax coach) Erik European Championship. Saturday’s match in Amster- ten Hag, for example, asked me to watch the load of his dam is the second for both countries in the new Nations players and we will certainly see how everyone fares this League and the Dutch will then play a friendly against week, but I won’t be sparing anyone for the game.” neighbours Belgium in Brussels next Tuesday. The Neth- Netherlands’ head coach Ronald Koeman (C) speaks to his players during a training That includes Ajax’s 21-year-old midfielder Frenkie de erlands lost 2-1 at world champions France last month session /COURTESY Jong, who sat on the bench for the club’s last game be- while Germany drew 0-0 with France at home.

FOOTBALL Libya coach Amrouche quits ahead of qualifier in Nigeria

TRIPOLI / Libya coach Adel Amrouche has resigned just days before his side face Nigeria in an African Nations Cup qualifier tomorrow. His departure has been confirmed by the Libyan Foot- ball Federation and on Wednesday by Belgian Amrouche, who told Reuters he was frustrated by working condi- tions with the team. The 50-year-old, who was born in Algeria, was only appointed in May and his first match in charge last month saw Libya force a 0-0 draw in South Africa. Forced to play all their home qualifiers at a neutral venue because of the tenuous security situation in the North African country, Libya travel to face Nigeria on Friday and then play them again in the return in Sfax, Tunisia on Monday. Libya have four points from their first two games in their bid to qualify for the 2019 finals in Cameroon, ahead of South Africa on goal difference with Nigeria one point behind. The Seychelles are last in the group without any points. The top two teams qualify for the finals next June.

FOOTBALL United’s Matic pulls out of Serbia squad with injury INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL LONDON / Manchester United midfielder Nemanja Matic has withdrawn from Serbia’s squad for their Uefa Na- tions League matches against Montenegro and Romania due to an unspecified injury, the Premier League club said on Tuesday. United confirmed Matic had returned to the club to complete his rehabilitation under their guidance, making him a doubt for his and manager Jose Mourinho’s return Barkley returns to Stamford Bridge to face their former club Chelsea in the league after the international break on Oct. 20. Matic, Chelsea midfielder ready to live up to expectation as England face Croatia who joined United from Chelsea last year, has made eight club appearances this season. BY SIMON EVANS / Chelsea mid- ing with England ahead of their Na- said. “Maybe over the last few years The 30-year-old joins Luke Shaw in the treatment fielder Ross Barkley is back in the tions League games against Croatia I’ve been a bit inconsistent but room after the left back pulled out of the England squad England squad after an absence of tomorrow and Spain on Monday. now I’m fully focused on giving with an injury on Monday. over two years and believes he is England’s Ross “But I’ve kept a positive mind, consistent performances.” Serbia face Montenegro in Podgorica today and Ro- finally ready to fulfil his potential. Barkley (R) with worked really hard, fitness wise A Liverpudlian, who joined mania in Bucharest three days later. Barkley made his debut for Eng- James Maddison, I’m feeling as good as I’ve ever felt Everton as a schoolboy, Barkley’s land at the age of 19 and was tipped and Nathaniel before and I’m looking forward to departure from Goodison Park, as for the top, but has not featured Chalobah during the games ahead and the rest of the he ran his contract down, was a during manager Gareth South- training/REUTERS season. “I’m over the moon to be drawn out and painful affair, but gate’s reign, missing out on the back. It’s been a long time coming one he has put behind him. World Cup in Russia. but I feel like I’ve worked hard over “It was difficult, it was always A protracted departure from his the last two years and I feel like it’s going to be as a local lad from Liv- boyhood club Everton and a long- probably deserved.” erpool, supporting Everton from a term injury limited Barkley to just Barkley certainly appears to be young age, it is always going to be two Premier League appearanc- a more confident character than hard,” he said. es last season. when he was a young member “I had a difficult spell in my Yet following the arrival of Ital- of former England manager Roy last couple of years at the club ian coach Maurizio Sarri at Stam- Hodgson’s squad. and it was hard for me to leave ford Bridge, Barkley has made an “I feel much more mature now, but I thought that it was the right impressive start to this season. I feel like I’m ready to show what decision, Chelsea are a massive “I’ve had difficult times over the I’m capable of. To show I can pro- club and I feel like the rewards Serbia’s Nemanja Matic in action with Romania’s Razvan last two years,” he said after train- duce the goods on game day,” he are coming now.” Marin/REUTERS 38 THE-STAR.CO.KE ursday, October 11, 2018

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PREMIER LEAGUE Hazard here to stay Morata confi dent Eden won’t follow Courtois by pushing for Madrid move

LONDON / Chelsea’s former Real Madrid striker Alvaro Morata does not believe Eden Hazard will agi- tate for a move to the Spanish cap- ital, despite the forward casting fresh doubt on his future. In-form forward Hazard has spoken of his daily quandary over whether to stick with Chelsea, the club he joined in June 2012, or seek to fulfi ll his dream of playing for Real. Two key Chelsea play- ers have departed for the Spanish capital in the last two years: Diego Costa for Atletico Madrid in Oc- tober 2017, and ibaut Courtois for Real in July 2018. Both players made clear their desire to leave Stamford Bridge, but Morata does not anticipate Hazard forcing the issue. Spanish radio station SER reported that Madrid are ready to make a January move for Hazard, whose contract expires at the end of next season. Morata, who joined Chelsea from Real in July 2017, said: “We’ve said that it’s not that he wants to Chelsea’s Eden Hazard heads the ball /REUTERS leave Chelsea but if Madrid come in for him, that won’t be an obsta- sion is yet to be taken up, with ton, Hazard revealed he is torn cle. “ e thing is that he has a very Hazard pondering his options. between signing a new deal in good relationship with the club, e 27-year-old was heavily west London and a move to Ma- he’s happy there and it’s not like linked with a move to Madrid af- drid. How the situation develops other cases when a player wants to ter helping Belgium fi nish third at is up to Hazard, who does not leave a club at any cost, but if it’s the World Cup. have an agent. good for Chelsea they will keep His sensational form for Maur- ere are many potential obsta- that in mind.” izio Sarri’s side, topping the Pre- cles to a move, not least the agree- Hazard’s current contract, mier League scoring charts with ment of a fee - with Chelsea likely signed in February 2015, ends in seven goals, has revived the link. to seek a sizable sum if they are June 2020. e off er of an exten- After Sunday’s win at Southamp- prepared to negotiate at all.

FOOTBALL Mourinho to meet Woodward for talks’ this week BY MATTHEW SMITH / Manchester not the case, he will use the meeting concern, with United’s record £89m United manager Jose Mourinho to demand money for transfer record signing desperate to leave will meet with chief executive Ed spending in January. the club and join Barcelona as early Woodward this week to discuss his Mourinho is unhappy as he does as January despite being told he is future, according to reports. not feel Woodward suffi ciently not for sale. Mourinho remains under intense backed him in the summer, and is pressure at United following a poor especially keen on signing a new start to the Premier League season centre back. United’s transfer bill is and public fall-outs with key players. likely to grow even larger if Mourinho According to e Sun, Mourinho stays, and not just because the boss will meet with Woodward in London wants new players. for talks over his job, ahead of a Reports on Monday revealed that United board meeting later in the United risk losing their best players if week. It is reported Mourinho is Mourinho survives for the rest of the convinced the club are already season and the mood around the planning for his succession - and club does not improve dramatically. if Woodward can assure him this is Paul Pogba remains the biggest Jose Mourinho /REUTERS ursday, October 11, 2018 THE-STAR.CO.KE 39

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Unai loves high-octane training but stands up to his players SECRETS BEHIND EMERY’S REVOLUTION AT ARSENAL rsene who? Well, not quite but Unai Emery has quick- Aly stamped his author- ity at Arsenal. Nine wins on the spin have pro- pelled the Gunners to fourth place in the Premier League table and fans sang, ‘We’ve got our Arsenal back’, during Sunday’s 5-1 trounc- ing of Fulham. So how has Emery has revolutionised Arsenal since being appointed in May? e intensity of the Spaniard’s meticulous sessions is, perhaps, the single biggest shift from the Arsene Wenger era. Training is high-octane and fi ercely competitive. Emery be- lieves training should mirror match conditions. He has had an outdoor gym built close to the fi rst-team training pitch. Covered by a tent, it allows players to transition quickly be- Everton’s Richarlison in action with Arsenal’s Hector Bellerin as Arsenal manager tween work on the fi eld to strength Unai Emery looks on /REUTERS and conditioning drills, thus keep- ing a steady, high heart-rate. game, while players would often with other members of staff at the e former Sevilla boss knows be told the line-up three days in training ground,’ said one insider. his players must retain high cardi- advance under Wenger. It is a source of frustration for those ovascular fi tness to play the relent- He feels that keeping his squad who were used to Wenger’s more less pressing game he demands. guessing adds to the intensity of open demeanour. e 46-year-old has introduced sessions as players battle to win Perhaps Emery’s limited com- other subtle changes. Training is places in the team. Wenger nur- mand of English has something to often held in the afternoon, be- tured a relaxed atmosphere at the do with his reluctance to mix. He cause Emery feels holding sessions club’s London Colney HQ. He be- is continuing with language les- closer to the time matches kick off lieved it would help his team be sons so we could yet see a more helps performance on game day. more calm on match-day. approachable side. It was a culture shock for some e Frenchman’s reluctance to But in many ways Emery’s more of the players who were used have heated confrontations with business-like persona is exactly to Wenger’s 10am sessions but, players underpinned that ap- what Arsenal needed to shake them nine wins later, they have come proach but the training ground is out of their malaise. Unlike his round to the idea. far less breezy under Emery. predecessor, Emery is more open Arsenal train at the Emirates e Spaniard sticks close to his to having frank conversations. the day before matches — another inner circle — No 2 Juan Carlos He phoned two players out of ploy to replicate game conditions Carcedo and fi rst-team coach Pab- the blue during the summer to during practice. lo Villanueva. “He is almost distant break the bad news that they were After last week’s ursday night surplus to requirements. When trip to Azerbaijan to face Qarabag Aaron Ramsey knocked on his in the Europa League — Emery’s EMERY DOES NOT NAME door earlier this season to talk fi rst European away game at Arse- about his role, Emery confronted nal — players were given Friday off HIS STARTING XI UNTIL the awkward conversation head to recover ahead of Saturday’s ses- on. e manager’s decision to sion. Wenger had his players in the THE MORNING OF THE GAME substitute Ramsey and Mesut Ozil day after European trips. UNLIKE THREE DAYS IN this season has done away with Emery does not name his start- the feeling that certain players ing XI until the morning of the ADVANCE UNDER WENGER. are untouchable. FOOTBALL 3rd Floor, Lion Place, Waiyaki Way (A104) Nairobi, Kenya MORATA HOPES +254 20 4244000 HAZARD WILL More Sport NOT FOLLOW on our website.Scan this quick COURTOIS AT response code using your smartphone. REAL MODRID PAGE 38 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2018

OLYMPIC GAMES FOOTBALL KENYA TOP POOL ‘F’ WITH FOUR POINTS Refugee team to feature in Tokyo 2020 Olympics

BUENOS AIRES / Refugees will take part in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after the International Olympic Committee said it would form a refugee team for the second consecutive Summer Games. IOC President Thomas Bach asked members of the Olympic body at its session in Buenos Aires to support the creation of a refugee team, along the lines of the one that competed at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. The members responded with applause. “So you have created the refugee Olympic team, Tokyo 2020,” Bach said. The German said the IOC had already identified a pool of more than 50 refugee athletes and it was necessary to keep the world aware of the plight of the tens of millions of refugees around the world. “There is one unfortunate reason for the creation of this team,” Bach said.“This is the fact that the reasons we created the first ever team still persist. We have altogether 68.5m refugees in this world.” Harambee “Through sport we want to make a Stars’ Michael contribution to keep the world aware Ogada Olunga of this problem and this challenge vies for the ball and that it does not disappear against Ghana’s from the conscience of the world, Nicholas Opoku and send another signal of hope to in recent match these refugees.” /OLIVER MORGAN There were no details yet on the final size or makeup of the team but Bach said the pool of potential athletes for the team could grow more.“Last time (for Rio) we were under pressure. Now we have two years. We have already taken precaution... and we have a pool of athletes in place. Already now we’re Stars escape supporting 51 or 52 refugee athletes who we have identified,” Bach said. Kenyans stay on course after playing to a barren draw with Ethiopia “This pool can still grow in the run- up to Tokyo 2020. It is too early to say how many will finally make it.” bastien Migne’s charges are now collecting a rebound brought in by The IOC unveiled its first team three points away from sealing a Francis Kahata. of refugees in an effort to raise BY MESHACK KISENGE place in next year’s continental fi- The improving Kenya had a per- awareness of the issue and it was nals set for Cameroon. fect opportunity to take the lead in one of the feel-good stories of the @kisengemeshack1 Stars would have scored bare- the 25th minute with Eric Omondi Rio Olympics.The 10-member team Kenyas Harambee Stars survived ly nine minutes into the match finding himself with the only keep- from Syria, Congo, Ethiopia and a second half barrage from Ethio- STARS through Michael Olunga who er to beat after being put through South Sudan hogged the spotlight pia to pick a crucial point in their headed Abud Omar cross but by Olunga but the former Mathare after marching as the penultimate pursuit of the holy grail of quali- SURVIVED A Samson Asefa tipped the ball for a United’ man flapped the chance. team before host nation Brazil in the fying for next year’s Africa Cup of SECOND HALF fruitless corner. Olunga and Philemon Otieno Opening Ceremony. Nations in Cameroon following a The hosts, buoyed by their were the first players to be booked goal-less draw. BARRAGE charging fans, responded in in quick succession as Ethiopia The result saw Stars inch clos- the 15th minute with Gathuoch built on their game with the hosts er to a return to continental foot- FROM Panom free kick missing the tar- having Abebo Reshad booked a ball as they are now top of Pool ‘F’ ETHIOPIA get by a whisker. minute to the break for diving.

with four points. The red hot Olunga had anoth- This came after Dawa Hotte- 3401 Edition With the pool reduced to three TO PICK A er attempt in the 20th minute af- sa had been booked for bringing teams following Sierra Leone’s ter being put through by Victor down Abud Omar as the half end- suspension by Fifa for government CRUCIAL Wanyama but the Asefa parried ed with no one getting the bet- interference, the draw means Se- POINT the ball again before comfortably ter of the other.