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‘High court choking with corruption’ Former Judicial service commissioner ahmednasir Abdullahi claims lawyers work in cahoots with judges to influence case outcomes

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uspended Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir will have to wait even longer before he can be cleared of corruption allegations that forced him to step aside in March.

This is after the Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko today recommended that his file be left open pending further investigations.

Mr Chirchir was put under investigations alongside Kenya Power managing director Ben Chumo over allegations that Kenya Pipeline Corporation (KPC) transferred Sh90 million to Kenya Power for unknown business contracts and that money mysteriously disappeared from the account of Kenya Power without trace.

It is alleged that both Chirchir and Chumo used their positions to fraudulently obtain the money.

The Ethics and AntiCorruption Commission (EACC) had recommended that Mr Chirchir’s file be closed for lack of evidence.

“EACC investigated the allegation and recommended that the inquiry be closed without any further action for lack of evidence of criminal

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culpability against Davis Chirchir and Ben Chumo.

However, upon full and careful analysis of the evidence therein, it was noted that some crucial evidence was not in the file,” the DPP said today in a statement released on eight files submitted to him by the anti-corruption body.

“Upon inquiry, EACC indicated it was pursuing the said evidence. In the circumstances, the DPP directed that the inquiry file be left open pending the outcome of the further investigations being conducted,” he said.

The DPP has also directed EACC to conduct further investigations against Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho whom the commission had recommended be cleared for lack of evidence.

Joho was being investigated for irregular allocation of Mwembe Tayari Public Market in Mombasa to private owners.

“Upon independent review of the file, the DPP noted a number of critical areas that needed to be covered before a final decision can be made. The DPP, therefore, directed EACC to have the areas covered CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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County services could stall as cash crunch bites Services could stall in counties if the National government goes ahead with plans to divert development funds meant for the devolved units as a result of the cash crunch, the Council of Governors has warned.

Council chairman Peter Munya has consequently criticised the government’s move to cut on its spending to address the ongoing liquidity challenge.

He said such a move will cripple activities at the counties, adding that most governors will not be able to pay salaries of county staff.

Munya, who is also the Meru governor, said the government’s strategy to only release funds for recurrent expenditure will

stall service delivery at the counties.

He said county governments like the National government are also in a cash crisis because they do not have money to pay salaries, service debts and even pay contractors.

Munya said development projects in most counties have stalled due to lack of funds. He said the National government is yet to release funds to counties for August, September and October a situation that is putting the county governments and suppliers at loggerheads.

The governors urged President Uhuru Kenyatta to convene an urgent meeting to discuss the state of the economy, the depreciating

shilling and the increasing public debt.

Munya, who made the call, said President Uhuru should convene the intergovernmental summit, a forum where governors meet with the Head of State to discuss matters affecting the counties.

He said it is high time the meeting which is supposed to be organised twice, was held to discuss the cash crisis and other issues affecting county operations.

No summit has been held this year.

Last week, Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich blamed the current cash crunch on challenges in revenue collection, but said the situation would

MOU: Council of Governor Chairman Peter Munya shakes hands with Kenya National Human Rights Commission vice chair Goerge Morara as commissioner Suzanne Chivusia looks on. The council has warned that services at the county could stall if the cash crunch continues.

be addressed through consolidating spending to more crucial areas of the economy.

Rotich also told a Parliamentary committee that the Treasury has already disbursed Sh34million to counties.

Mandera leaders threaten to ditch Jubilee over census appeal case

Mandera county politicians have threatened to stage a mass walk out from the ruling Jubilee coalition over the contested 2009 census results which is now a subject in the Court of Appeal.

Led by area governor Ali Roba and senator Billow Kerrow, the leaders have accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of continued remarks that the county was enjoying a huge share of the counties’ budgetary allocation.

The leaders have asked the Jubilee government to withdraw a case it has sued area leaders on the controversial census results.

Kerrow says the 2009 census results were announced countrywide but the government cancelled Mandera outcome over claims of exaggeration forcing them to go to court in 2013.

Kerrow said the Sh9 billion the county

received during the 2015/16 financial year was not enough to cater for its recurrent and development expenditure.

“The allocation they gave us is a drop in the ocean, we have been marginalised for 50 years yet when we are allocated funds to improve livelihoods, the president is complaining,” he said.

Roba warned that selective allocation of funds will isolate the region from the rest of the country as youths continue wallowing in abject poverty.

He said that the outcome of the appeal court that is due this will determine whether the region continues being in the Jubilee government.

“It is the president who directed the Attorney General Githu Muigai to appeal against a case we had won in court which shows that this government is acting against people who brought it to power,”

said Roba.

He wondered why the government does not have confidence in its own institutions such as the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics which carried the exercise in 2009.

“The results can only be nullified through another census and not through protracted court battles,” said Roba.

In the 2009 census results, Mandera county population was put at 1.1 million, the region is third on counties receiving the lion share of budgetary allocations among the 47 devolved units.

During the 2013 General Elections, over 98 per cent of area residents voted for United Republican Party (URP) allied to Jubilee with the governor, the senator, women representative, all the six Members of Parliaments and three

Mandera County leaders led by Governor Ali Roba address the press at a press briefing. They have accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of saying the county enjoys huge budgetary allocation.

“I always hear these reports that the National government has failed to release funds to counties, that is not true as we have already disbursed money to counties,” he said.

The Treasury has already indicated it will only release county funds on need basis

for basic operations.

Munya, however, said should the National government starve counties of resources, County workers will go on strike next month.

He said counties have their rightful allocations which should not be altered by the Treasury Cabinet Secretary.

DPP directs further corruption probe on Chirchir and Joho From Page 1 and upon conclusion, the file resubmitted,” the statement said.

Also facing the same fate as Joho is Mr Caroli Omondi who is being investigated for irregular acquisition of a parcel of land belonging to Kenya Commercial Bank.

The DPP, however, agreed with EACC that the file on Evans Ngibuini who is the chief executive officer of National Water Conservation and Pipeline Corporation (NWCPC) be closed for lack of evidence.

In the case of Elgeyo Marakwet County Assembly Speaker Albert Kochei who is under probe for taking allowances purporting to have travelled to Atlanta, Georgia US in a trip he never went for, the DPP gave the goahead for prosecution.

In the case of former NSSF managing Trustee Alex Kazongo, the DPP recommended that administrative action be taken against him and seven others.

They were being investigated

for irregularly awarding a tender for the design supply, installation and commission of appropriate electronic surveillance system to micro City Computer Limited at a tender sum of Sh244.8 million.

Although EACC had found no evidence of criminal culpability against the board of trustees and the managing trustee, the DPP says that upon review, sufficient evidence was found to warrant administrative action.

“The DPP while agreeing with EACC that the evidence on record does not meet the threshold to warrant a prosecution, nonetheless found sufficient ground to warrant administrative action to be taken against them,” the statement said.

Members of the fund tender committee who will face the administrative action are Nancy Mwangi, J Mabiria, M Bwondara, G Kyengo, C Edalia and G Mwandembo.

The DPP said all the suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

High Court choking with graft, says ex-JSC member

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Former member of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) Ahmednasir Abdulahi (pictured) has asked Chief Justice Willy Mutunga to reign on corrupt judges at the High Court. Ahmednasir claimed that corruption is rife at the High Court and the Chief Justice should crack the whip. “Things are in a sorry state of affairs at High Court, it’s a crisis which must be addressed urgently” he said. He claimed most of the judges that perpetuate corruption at High Court were recruited under the new Constitution.

“It is sad that these are young men and women that we had a lot of hope that they will adhere to the code of conduct anchored in the Law profession,” said Ahmednasir.

To resolve the situation, he has told Mutunga to scrutinise all judgements that have raised eyebrows.

“The only way to resolve the situation is to conduct a scrutiny of all judgements made, then the corrupt judges will just be known,” he said.

Ahmednasir, however, did not mention any one of the judges he claimed are corrupt. He also urged

the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) to work together with the Chief Justice to end corruption. “There are about 20 lawyers in the country that are known to be corrupt, LSK should de-register them,” said Ahmednasir. He said the lawyers collude with the judges to make favourable judgements in total disregard of the law. “It is these lawyers who approach the judges to make favourable ruling over certain cas-

es,” he said. “While I was still at the JSC, I participated in making various reforms in the Judiciary, we tried to look for the best judges in the country, but unfortunately things have remained the same,” added Ahmednasir. He urged the public to always make formal complaint with the JSCif they feel a judge has been compromised in any case. “The Judiciary has a robust process of dealing with com-

‘Fake doctor’ Mugo finally leaves prison FREE AT LAST: James Mugo Ndichu alias Mugo wa Wairimu, the controversial medic accused of sedating and sexually molesting female patients at his Nairobi clinic.

Controversial ‘doctor’ James Mugo Ndichu alias Mugo wa Wairimu has finally been released from prison after depositing a title deed for the Sh5 million bond he had been granted. Nairobi Senior Principal Magistrate Joyce Ghandani ordered prison authorities to release the suspect who has been in the cells for the last two weeks after he failed to raise Sh1 million cash bail he was granted on October 5.

He had been released on a bond of Sh5 million with an alternative cash bail of Sh1 million by Chief Magistrate Daniel Ogembo.

He then deposited the title

deed which the authorities have verified and satified.

“The investigating officer has already confirmed the authenticity of the surety given by the accused,” Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Jacinta Nyamosi told the court.

“I have verified the title deed presented by the accused herein. It has been certified by the relevant government department as genuine,” Senior Principal Magistrate Ms Joyce Ghandani said while ordering his release.

Mugo is facing rape charges alongside 11 other counts of operating unregistered clinics and administering a

sedative to a patient.

He has already denied the charges before court.

He has been in police custody since September 11 after his sensational arrest, sparked by public outrage over a video showing a man sexually abusing a sedated woman in a hospital examination table. The prosecution had opposed his release on bail fearing he could interfere with witness. Although the magistrate said they had not given sufficient evidence to back the claims, he warned Mugo that his bond terms will be cancelled should he contact witnesses in the case.

plaints from members of the public and this should be fully be utilised,” he said. Already, the Chief Justice has announced plans to audit the financial status of judges and magistrates in an effort to curb corruption in the Judiciary.

In an interview with a regional paper, Mutunga said he is pushing for the lifestyle audit, which will begin with the Supreme Court judges and later extend to other employees of the Judiciary. “I am pushing for a forensic lifestyle audit that will start with me and the Supreme Court (judges) and cascade down,” he stated some two weeks ago. In August, the CJ unearthed a corruption cartel minting and pocketing millions of shillings from traffic offenders at the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi. The scam involves police, brokers and unscrupulous court officials, and has been targeting motorists who do not wish to be presented in court.

The cartel, Mutunga said, had set up parallel “courts” outside the law courts, blocking traffic offenders from prosecution.

Parents introduce minors to alcohol, new study reveals Shocking statistics have revealed that 68 per cent of minors indulging in alcohol and sexual activities in the country have been introduced by their parents and relatives.

The report conducted and released by IPSOS Synovate shows that 36.7 per cent of minors taking alcohol are aged between 12 and 18 years. This are a majority of secondary school students and those joining tertiary institutions.

Further, the statistics showed that most guardians have no time with their siblings and do not even understand that they indulge in alcohol.

Speaking during the release of the statistics, Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) Corporate Relations Director, Eric Kiniti said that the company has launched a campaign dubbed under 18 asipewe to root out alcoholism among the minors.

“The overall impact of this campaign is to provide a collaborative platform that will result in a significant and sustainable impact to control under aged drinking in the country,” said Kiniti.

This reports comes amid the rising caese of under aged drinking in the country citing the reported incidences in Eldoret, Kirinyaga and Nairobi a few days ago where students were arrested at club while drinking and smoking bhang.

The campaign involves all stakeholders including the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut), Liquor licencing Bodies, Nacada and the National Association of Parents. It also targets the liquor retailers and bar owners to engage each other to ensure measures are taken to curb the sale of alcohol to person under the age of 18.

Awori to lead EAC observer mission in Tanzania poll Former Vice President Moody Awori (pictured) has been nominated to chair the East Africa Community (EAC) observer mission protocol in the forthcoming Tanzanian election slated for October 25.

The Awori- led team was deployed as part of the EAC’s goal to promote democratic governance, compliment economic integration and balanced the region’s development in line with fundamental principles of the community.

Speaking during the Observer Mission launch on Tuesday at the New Africa Hotel, Tanzania’s commercial Port City of Dar Es Salaam, Awori thanked the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania for inviting EAC to deploy this Mission. ‘’Observer Missions can only accompany the process. Tanzanians will determine how to express their democratic rights.

We look forward to elections that strengthen and advance the democratic culture in East Africa , and that which contributes to peace , security and stability that East Africans enjoy,’’ Awori said In a statement from the Press and Protocol Coordination Unit of the EAC’s Election Observer Mission, Awori said the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community Article 6 (d) requires the Partner States to promote good governance through adherence to the principles of democracy, the rule of law, accountability, transparency, social justice, equal opportunities, gender equality and protection of human rights.

The former VP said the overall objective of the EAC Election Observer Mission is to promote free, fair and credible elections through an environment that is peaceful and stable.

Tanzanians are head to the polls in a two-horse race between the ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and the Opposition Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema). This year’s election has been cited as the tightest in the Tanzanian Presidential election history.

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Woman wants justice for repeated assault by ‘untouchable’ UN staffer

A woman who claims to have been repeatedly assaulted by a foreign national working for the United Nations has written to the world body demanding justice.

Speaking from her hospital bed at the Nairobi Women’s Hospital in Hurlingham, 26-year-old Ruth Gakii called for UN to “come out and condemn” the violence she claims was meted out on her by her Papua New Guinea partner and father of her three-year-old son.

“The man works as a legal officer for the United Nations. That’s why you cannot sit down and reason with him. He just likes to sue everybody,” she says.

Okoa Dada Kenya Founder Diane Okello, who took up her cause, said it’s critical for the UN to come out “strongly” against such vices.

“How can UN Women for example have any moral standing when it has animals among its ranks?” she posed.

Gakii has accused the man of having repeatedly assaulted her “even when I was pregnant; complicating it and forcing me to undergo a caesarean section.”

She claims that the man,

with whom she’s embroiled in a child custody battle, kicked and punched her, “without provocation” when he dropped her son off at her Jacaranda Gardens residence on Sunday.

“He accused me of being disrespectful when I moved to change my son out of his wet clothes.”

The self-professed “hustler,” who deals in beauty products says it was not the first time he had struck her, but also not the first time she reported the matter without action being taken.

“I reported the incident to Kiambiu Police Station the same day, but as far as I know he remains a free man with my son in his custody.”

In response, Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho told Capital FM News that diplomatic immunity did not shield foreign nationals from criminal prosecution as it was a courtesy Kenya extended and could withdraw under compelling circumstances.

Gakii was, however, not so easily convinced: “He once slapped me in front of my mother because he did not find the meat the house help

Police arrest two terror suspects in Mombasa Police in Mombasa have arrested two terror suspects among them Luqman Mohammed Shee, a key leader believed to be behind killing of police officers and informers in the coastal city.

Luqman had in the past evaded several police dragnets within Majengo and Old Town.

Regional DCI boss Henry Ondiek said officers acting on intelligence information ambushed the two and seized several weapons (swords), drugs and a military jacket. He said a police officer was stabbed in the hand during the arrest when they raided the hideout in Majengo.

The two suspects will be investigated over terrorism and other criminal activities where innocent people have been stabbed and later robbed of valuables in the Coast region. According to police, Luqman is a close ally of Mohammed Soshi aka Ismael Mmanga, Mahir Khalid Riziki, Hamisi Mwacheti aka Rasta aka Bilal and Abubakar Majani who are all members of al-Shabaab Jeysh Ayman group. Soshi is believed to be behind the recent killing of a police officer guarding a bank in Bondeni before he allegedly snatched his G-3 rifle.

Ondiek said Soshi is known for dressing up in a buibui while conducting his illegal activities to easily evade police arrest.

ASSAULTED: Ruth Gakii,26, at the Nairobi Women’s Hospital where she is being treated after being allegedly assaulted by her partner who is a United Nations staffer in Nairobi.

had cooked tender enough.”

“When neighbours came to my aid on Sunday, he said he paid the rent and so could do as he pleased in his house.

That is not a man who’s afraid of the law.”

Regardless, Gakii maintained, she would not give up the custody of her son. “I gave birth to him. Alphonse once even offered me Sh2 million for him and I refused,” she said of the man she says she

met at a friend’s party in Westlands when she was 22.

But they did not remain ‘in-house’ lovers for long according to Gakii. “He wanted to maintain his bachelor’s lifestyle.”

The decision to finally go public, Gakii said, was taken to force the hand of the law.

“Now there are two police officers waiting to speak to me.

Council launches new pay bill for traffic offenders A multi-sectoral council has launched a new pay bill for road traffic offenders.

The offenders will be granted time, place and adequate facilities to pay fines or bail before being locked up, the National Council on Administration of Justice has said.

The council says all traffic offenders will pay fines instantly via a pay bill number before being issued with receipt to appear in court to answer

for the charges. The council said this is part of a programme designed to administer fair justice to traffic offender and at the same time address rampant corruption among traffic police officers.

The council is a multi-sectoral agency that comprises of Judiciary, National Safety Transport Authority (NTSA), Law Society of Kenya (LSK), the National Police Service Commission and the National Police Service.

NEW GUIDELINES FOR TRAFFIC OFFENCES: Chief Justice Willy Mutunga (right), Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet and NPSC chairman Jonstone Kavuludi address the media at Makadara Law Courts today morning during the launch of a new traffic cases guideline.

Speaking during the launch of the traffic guideline, Chief Justice Willy Mutunga said corruption has become a norm in the public sector and urged State and non-State actors to partner to address the vice.

He said a recent visits to different laws courts across the country revealed parallel courts processes involving cartels in the Judiciary premises.

“During the process, we transferred judicial officers together and officers from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) who have over-stayed in one station to restore sanity in the judicial process.

Mutunga said the Judiciary will be opening new law courts in Kasarani and Jomo Kenyatta international Airport (JKIA)to address backlog of cases in Makadara Law Courts.

With the JKIA law courts slated to open its doors nearly next year. Inspector General of Police Joseph

Bonnet said they are aware of police officers engaging in corruption such as soliciting bribes from traffic offenders, but was quick to say they will partner with other stakeholders to address the problem.

“Although the recent police vetting exercise revealed 90 per cent of traffic police officers are corrupt, we are dedicated to make sure we reign in graft and bribery in the service,” said Boinnet.

National Police Service Commission chairman Johnstone Kavuludi said the face of the Kenyan police service is seen at what the traffic police officers do.

He said the officers attract a lot public attention and are often judged because of their character and conduct on the roads.

“The launch of this guidelines are timely because we need to streamline the conduct of the traffic officers so that we have clear guidelines on how they handle tariff offenders,” said Kavuludi.

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Morning newspaper summaries LSK pushes for Supreme Uhuru has failed on Murang’a Court to be abolished: economy, says Raila: Cord impeached:

The Law Society of Kenya has proposed that the Supreme Court be abolished.

In a petition filed for the removal of three judges, the LSK says, “the time has come for the country to start a debate on whether the Supreme Court is desirable”.

The lawyers’ umbrella body yesterday filed additional grounds for the removal of Justices JB Ojwang’, Njoki Ndung’u, and Mohammed Ibrahim. The petition wants Deputy Chief Justice Kalpana Rawal and Justice Philip Tunoi included.

leader Raila Odinga yesterday called for action from President Uhuru Kenyatta to save the country form further economic decline. He said President Kenyatta should “wake up and report to duty”.

Raila said the current cash crisis was only the beginning of a long, bruising and miserable journey for the economy.

Speaking on his return from a trip to South Korea and China, the Cord leader said the President should take measures to stabilise the economy.

have cooked its books or suffered massive withdrawals of up to Sh10 billion before malpractice was disclosed by its Board last Monday, it emerged yesterday. Central Bank Governor Patrick Njoroge said Imperial’s deposits at the end of September were about Sh48 billion, down from Sh58 billion in June, while assets stood at Sh62 billion, from Sh70.03 billion.

as it emerged that some of the exam papers were being sold hours before they were administered. The Kenya National Examinations Council, however, said the questions were not genuine but admitted that five teachers have been arrested for sharing Chemistry and Biology exam materials in advance.

governor Uganda puts Imperial The Murang’s Bank’s stake in Kampala County Assembly yesterday evening unit on sale: Ugandan overwhelmingly voted to impeach Governor Mwangi wa Iria. The impeachment motion moved by nominated MCA Mary Waithira was supported by 34 MCAs against 15 who defended the governor. Seconding the motion, Kamacharia MCA Joseph Machiri said the governor has become arrogant to other elected leaders and had “failed miserable to service delivery”.

authorities have put troubled Imperial Bank’s 51 percent stake in the lender’s Kampala subsidiary on sale in a move that signal a possible direction Kenya regulators might take in resolving the crisis that led to bank’s closure two weeks ago. CBK governor Patrick Njoroge made the revelation even as he acknowledge that the regulator’s officials are those under probe.

Imperial Bank chiefs 5 teachers seized over Rail; We are on road to Uhuru orders lifestyle audit for KRA staff: cooked books, says CBK exams leak: The extent to which nowhere: Coalition for Reforms Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) ongoing national exams have been and Democracy (CORD) leader Raila governor: Imperial Bank might the employees will be subjected to lifestyle compromised became evident yesterday Odinga, yesterday made a fresh attack on the Jubilee government over what he termed “a sorry state of affairs in the country”. In a hard-hitting statement, Raila warned that the country is about to sink economically and challenged President Uhuru Kenyatta to rise up and save Kenya. “We have warned that we are on the road to nowhere,” said Raila.

audits as part of fresh efforts to stop rampant corruption in the agency that costs the State billions of shillings in revenue leakages. President Uhuru Kenyatta issued the directive with firm instructions to the Treasury and the KRA to speed up the formulation of a vetting plan, saying the integrity of the agency’s officials was crucial to ensuring tax is paid.

No more gag for media Lawyers want top court MPs finally delete regulator as parts of Bill deleted: disbanded: The falling out of the media-gag clause: The Rwanda Journalists will now cover what happens Supreme Court has taken a new twist, National Assembly yesterday bowed clears MKU health in Parliament without fear. Legislators with lawyers making a fresh call to have to public pressure and the presidential after audit: yesterday deleted offensive and punitive it scrapped. This comes after three judges plea issued on Mashujaa Day when MPs courses clauses in the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Bill. This was informed by an uproar from the media and the public over the attempt to limit parliamentary coverage. The MPs expunged section 34 of the Bill, which imposed a Sh500,000 fine, a two-year jail term or both on journalists who, in the opinion of lawmakers, defame them.

went on a go-slow causing a lack of quorum to constitute a bench and paralysing the operations of the country’s highest court.

And now the move by the Law Society of Kenya brings into question the relevance of the top court, and whether it’s serving the purpose to which it was created. LSK chairman Erick Mutua said in a statement that a time had come for the court to be evaluated.

deleted a clause that introduced the offence of “defaming parliament” into the country’s laws. They deleted Clause 34 of the Powers and Priviledges Bill 2014 that made it illegal for anyone to “publish any false or scandalous information against parliament, its committees or its proceedings.

Rwanda’s higher education regulator has cleared Mount Kenya University to resume the teaching of medical courses at its Kigali campus after an audit gave the programmes a clean bill of health.

The Higher Education Council gave the green-light allowing MKU to continue offering the five health-related courses suspended earlier in the year, after a fresh inspection raised queries.

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months David Cameron has refused to set out exactly what he wants from his renegotiation with the European Union before his in/out referendum. That is because whatever he asks for will instantly be denounced as inadequate by the prime minister’s own Eurosceptic backbenchers.

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Aspirin’s anti-cancer qualities tested The world’s largest clinical trial to examine whether aspirin can prevent cancer returning has begun in the UK. About 11,000 people who have had early bowel, breast, prostate, stomach and oesophageal cancer will be involved.

Uncertainty about the drug’s possible anti-cancer qualities has led to fierce medical debate in recent years. If it is proven to work, scientists say it would be “game-changing”, by providing a cheap and effective way to help more patients survive.

US VP Joe Biden rules out White House 2016 race US Vice-President Joe Biden has announced he will not run for the Democratic nomination in the 2016 White House race.

Biden said his family was ready after the death of his son earlier this year, but he had now run out of time. He said it would be a mistake for Democrats to turn their backs on President Barack Obama’s record.

Democrats seeking an alternative to frontrunner Hillary Clinton had been urging the 72-year-old to run.

Though he will not be a candidate, Biden said he “will not be silent”.

“I intend to speak out clearly and forcefully on where we stand as a party and where we need to go as a nation.”

He said any candidate would be making a “tragic mistake” to reject the Obama legacy and urged an end to political bickering.

“I believe we have to end the divisive, partisan politics ripping apart this country,” he said as he stood in the Rose Garden of the White House, accompanied by his wife Jill and President Obama.

Repeating a dig at Hillary Clinton that he has made several times this week, he said it was

wrong to see Republicans as enemies.

When asked at last week’s Democratic debate, the former First Lady said she was proud of making an enemy out of Republicans.

During his Rose Garden speech, Biden defended Obama’s legacy and took another veiled shot at Clinton’s remark last week that she considered Republicans to be her enemies.

He said he will continue to speak out over the course of the campaign, but today - given the rapt attention he commanded as a potential candidate - was his valedictory address.

Probe finds India beef lynching was planned A commission of inquiry in India has concluded that the lynching of a man over rumours he kept and consumed beef was premeditated and not spontaneous. A panel from the National Commission for Minorities visited the village of Bisada, near Delhi, where Mohammad Akhlaq, a Muslim, was beaten to death. It said a Hindu temple had been used to plan the attack.

Government ministers from the Hindu nationalist BJP have said the incident was a spontaneous expression of anger.

In recent weeks three Muslim men have been killed by Hindus accusing them of eating or smuggling beef.

Calais migrants set to receive heated tents Women and children at a migrant camp outside the French port city of Calais are to be given heated tents by the end of the week, officials say. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the measures were to protect some of the 6,000 people at the camp from cold temperatures as winter approaches. Another 460 police officers are to be deployed there from Thursday, he added.

White House now condemns Assad over Moscow trip The White House has strongly condemned a visit to Moscow by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. A spokesman criticised Russia for putting on a “red carpet welcome”. “We view the red carpet welcome for Assad, who has used chemical weapons against his own people, at odds with the stated goal by the Russians for a political transition in Syria,” White House spokesman Eric Schultz told reporters.

US Vice-President Joe Biden, wife Jill and President Barack Obama at a press conference at Rose Garden. Biden, who praised the Obama administration, said he will not run for the Presidency in 2016. The move could boost Hilary Clinton’s chances of becoming the first female US president.

Students storm SA Parliament in fees row University students stormed the South African Parliament in Cape Town and trapped lawmakers inside to protest fee increases set to take effect next year.

University of Cape Town youth groups rallied students for yesterday’s protest, which started on campus and snaked toward Parliament, about a mile away.

“The group of protesters was massive,” said Jabulile Newman, 21, a university junior who attended the demonstrations.

Students stormed Parliament grounds, pushing past guards and forcing open the gates. Once inside the grounds, they sat in front of the

building to block Parliament leaders from getting out.

Police at the scene “started throwing grenades and firing tear gas,” Newman said.

Protesters said police used force to try and disperse crowds “The protest was peaceful, but we were met with violence from the police,” said Aziz Matthews, 23, a senior at the university.

“We had our hands raised to show we were not a threat and sat down many times to listen to speeches.” Over a dozen universities in the nation are shut down because of the protests.

Students are using the hashtag #FeesMustFall

to rally and share experiences on social media.

Protests against fee increases have raged since Monday as students barricade various entrances to campuses nationwide, including UCT and the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. Demonstrations escalated on Tuesday as students teamed up nationwide to protest the 10 per cent fee hike, which was later decreased to 6 per cent.

“I can speak for a lot of students and say the university fees are exorbitant,” said Matthews.

“My parents pay my university fees, but if they raised it, they would find it very difficult to pay.”

Germany reaffirms Holocaust culpability Germany has insisted it was responsible for the Holocaust, after Israel’s prime minister claimed a Palestinian leader told the Nazis to kill Europe’s Jews.

Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germans were “very clear in our minds” that the Nazis were responsible.

Benjamin Netanyahu had said Hitler had only wanted to expel Jews from Europe, but that Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin alHusseini told him: “Burn them.”

His remarks have been condemned by Israeli historians and politicians.

Speaking alongside Mrs Merkel in Berlin, Mr

Netanyahu said “no-one should deny that Hitler was responsible for the Holocaust”.

But on Tuesday speech at the World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem, Mr Netanyahu claimed Husseini had provided the idea.

“Hitler didn’t want to exterminate the Jews at the time--he wanted to expel the Jews,” he told the congress.

“And Haj Amin al-Husseini went to Hitler and said: ‘If you expel them, they’ll all come here.’ “’So what should I do with them?’ he (Hitler) asked. He (Husseini) said: ‘Burn them.’”

Mr Netanyahu’s comments came amid a wave of stabbing and shooting attacks - several of

them fatal - on Israelis by Palestinians, and one apparent revenge stabbing by an Israeli.

Israeli security forces have also clashed with rioting Palestinians, leading to deaths on the Palestinian side. The violence has also spread to the border with Gaza.

But the prime minister has faced a barrage of criticism at home for his remarks.

The chief historian at Israel’s memorial to the Holocaust said they were factually incorrect.

“You cannot say that it was the mufti who gave Hitler the idea to kill or burn Jews,” Professor Dina Porat from the Yad Vashem memorial told the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoh.

xnews | THURsday, OCTOBER 22, 2015 | www.x-news.co.ke

BUSINESS

CBK EXCHANGE RATES 1 US DOLLAR 1 UK POUND 1 EURO 1 S.A RAND 1 KSH/USH 1 KSH/TSH

MEAN 102.1205 157.7964 115.9864 7.6854 35.3015 21.6901

BUY SELL 102.0228 102.2182 157.6317 157.9611 115.8561 116.1167 7.6757 7.6951 35.2188 35.3843 21.6204 21.4598

Seal loopholes to increase revenue collection, Uhuru orders Rotich, KRA

President Uhuru Kenyatta congratulates a senior taxpayer during this years National Taxpayers Day at KICC. Looking on is KRA Commissioner-General John Njiraini.

INDUSTRY Safaricom is the dominant player in Kenyan mobile telephony market, sweeping up more than 90 per cent of revenues in areas such as voice calls and text messaging, according to regulator data that could further fuel a debate about competition in the industry.

A number of rivals have complained that Safaricom’s dominance stifles competition.

France’s Orange, for instance, is seeking to sell its Kenya operation, becoming the second international

President Uhuru Kenyatta has asked the National Treasury and the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to seal loopholes in a bid to eradicate corruption and boost revenue collection.

Speaking during this year’s National Taxpayers Day at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), Uhuru said concreate measures has to be taken to enhance revenue collection and ensure all eligible taxpayers meet their tax obligations.

“Central to the achievement of this objective is the need to engender a culture that promotes excellence while firmly punishing acts of misconduct amongst staff involved in revenue collection,” he said.

President Uhuru assured Kenyans that his government has embarked on ensuring sustenance of macroeconomic stability through low inflation, sustainable fiscal

attributable to the introduction of electronic services which have enabled taxpayers to more conveniently handle their tax matters,” he said.

Uhuru affirmed the government’s commitment to ensuring more uptake of electronic services platforms by public institutions to lighten the burden for the public in accessing government services.

“My government will continue prioritising service digitisation with a view to making Kenya the preferred business hub in Africa,” he said, adding that there is no turning back in improving Kenya’s Doing Business Ranking to below position 50 in the next few years”.

National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich said his ministry has established a debt and audit programme which will help KRA increase revenue and curb wastage.

Firms cry foul over Safaricom’s dominance operator to quit the country after India’s Essar Telecoms sold its yuMobile business last year.

Safaricom, in which Britain’s Vodafone has a 40-per cent stake, has dismissed accusations it hampers competition, saying it does not abuse its dominance.

Safaricom’s revenues from calls amounted to a 91.63 per cent of the total market share in 2014, while its closest competitor, Airtel, had 8.33 per cent, according to data obtained from the Communications

Authority of Kenya (CAK).

In text or short messaging services, Safaricom had more than a 90 per cent share of total market revenues from that segment, the regulator said.

In mobile data, or internet services, Safaricom’s revenues were 85.50 per cent of the market share in 2014, while Airtel had 14.43 per cent, Orange had 0.01 percent and Equitel, operated by Equity Bank’s subsidiary Finserve, had 0.06 per cent.

Weaker supervision on banks exposed after Imperial woes Kenya banking regulators missed possible malpractices at Imperial Bank limited before it was taken over by a government agency last week exposing weaknesses in the supervision of banks, Central Bank Governor Patrick Njoroge has said.

He said CBK will train staffs to uncover information technology-based fraud as well as reviewing supervision guidelines an initiative that will dramatically strengthen bank supervision.

According to him, the seizure of the bank was as a result of irregular lending which Imperial’s Board of directors

deficit, a stable currency exchange and affordable interest rates.

“My government is addressing the challenges through expenditure rationalisation and tax revenue mobilisation initiatives both of which should help alleviate the pressure on domestic money market,” he said.

He said that the country’s political freedom must go hand-in-hand with financial independence.

Uhuru praised those who have been paying taxes describing them as “present day heroes and heroines.”

“Let us all commit to do our part in realising the dream of economic independence,” he said.

The president said his government has prioritised engagement with the private, adding that reforms implemented by the government have improved Kenya’s ranking in tax payment from 146 in 2014 “This improvement is largely

had alerted the CBK. Reuters reports that the woes at Imperial were uncovered after the sudden death of the bank’s Chief Executive and founder Abdulmalek Janmohamed last month which Njoroge said Imperial’s auditors and its board failed to uncover them on time.

CBK appointed the Kenya Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC) to manage Imperial Bank amid sized lender for 12 months being the second bank to be taken over since August when Dubai Bank Kenya Limited was put under receivership after liquidity problems.

KDIC is expected to offer a resolution for the bank.

Njoroge said all options, including recapitalisation or liquidation of the bank, will be considered, but the CBK would prefer re-opening the bank as a going concern.

Privately held Imperial, appointed a new managing director in September after Janmohamed died, and was ranked 19th out of Kenya’s 45 lenders at the end of 2014 reporting assets of Sh 70.3 billion by June 30 2015.

Njoroge has said there was ample liquidity in financial markets and the banking sector was safe and sound.

The figures for Orange are for 2013 as it had not submitted audited accounts for 2014 to the regulator, CAK said.

The Commission said in August that it was amending the telecom sector’s competition law, but said it was not targeting Safaricom or any other company. It did not aim to penalise any company just for being dominant, but only if there was abuse of its position in the market.

The regulator’s head, Francis Wangusi, said at the time the new

regulations would break down the telecoms sectors into segments including mobile and fixed voice, data, text messaging and mobile money transfer services.

Airtel Kenya CEO Adil El Youssefi said the current market situation was limiting innovation and consumer choice and driving operators out of the country.

“The sector is unable to attract new or incremental investments from other international players,” Youssefi said.

YouTube to launch subscription service YouTube is set to launch a subscription service offering original, exclusive videos —including feature-length films starring high-profile vloggers the BBC reports.

Initially only available in the US, YouTube Red will cost $9.99 (about sh 1000) a month and will have no adverts.

YouTube will offer US-based users a month’s free trial of Red from 28 October. “For years, YouTube’s fans have been telling us they want more,” the company wrote in a blog post. “More choice when watching their favorite content, more ways to support their favorite creators and, above all, the option to watch their favorite videos uninterrupted.”

YouTube Red original shows will include Scare PewDiePie - a reality adventure series, Sing it! - A comedy that satirizes talent competitions, Lazer Team - A movie featuring four losers who find an alien ship carrying a strange cargo, A Trip to Unicorn Island - An in-depth look at the life of Lilly

Singh as she embarks on a 26 city tour, Single by 30 - a romantic drama about two high school friends who pledge to marry each other if they are still unwed at 30 among others.

The roster also includes some as yet untitled items such as a show based around the science of video games that will be filmed for VR headsets, a reality series that puts YouTube stars into a murder mystery setting and an anthology looking at the absurdity of internet culture.

YouTube content will be able to be downloaded and watched offline, a contrasting approach to Netflix - its chief product officer last month said offline viewing wasn’t something users wanted.

The subscription will include access to YouTube Gaming and a new YouTube Music app. Google’s streaming music service, Google Play Music, will also be included.

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Imperial woes put banking regulators on receiving end

Kenya banking regulators missed possible malpractices at Imperial Bank limited before it was taken over by a government agency last week exposing weaknesses in the supervision of banks, Central Bank Governor Patrick Njoroge has said.

He said CBK will train staffs to uncover information technologybased fraud as well as reviewing supervision guidelines an initiative that will dramatically strengthen bank supervision.

According to him, the seizure of the bank was as a result of irregular lending which Imperial’s Board of directors had alerted the CBK. Reuters reports that the woes at Imperial were uncovered after the sudden death of the bank’s Chief Executive and founder Abdulmalek Janmohamed last month which Njoroge said Imperial’s auditors and its board failed to uncover them on time.

CBK appointed the Kenya Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC) to manage Imperial Bank amid sized lender for 12 months

Central Bank of Kenya Governor Patrick Njoroge. He has said bank staff will be trained on how to uncover information technology-based fraud after Imperial Bank was put under receivership.

being the second bank to be taken over since August when Dubai Bank Kenya Limited was put under receivership after liquidity problems. KDIC is expected to offer a resolution for the bank.

Njoroge said all options, including recapitalisation or liquidation of

the bank, will be considered, but the CBK would prefer re-opening the bank as a going concern.

Privately held Imperial, appointed a new managing director in September after Janmohamed died, and was ranked 19th out of Kenya’s 45 lenders at the end of

2014 reporting assets of Sh 70.3 billion by June 30 2015.

However, stocks fell on concern over the sector’s health but Njoroge said there was ample liquidity in financial markets and the banking sector was safe and sound.

After Kenya,Liquid Telecom extends fibre internet upgrades across Africa Leading internet service provider, Liquid Telecom has announced that its Fiber to the Home (FTTH) service is now available to homes and businesses in Kigali, Rwanda just days after it completed its fibre protection protocols in Kenya in preparation for resultant floods caused by the infamous El Niño currents.

The move was revealed during the Council Africa Summit in Kigali, Rwanda on yesterday.

Liquid Telecom’s FTTH builds are currently taking place in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda,

Zambia and Zimbabwe with more than 100km of new fibre laid every week.

The service is already live in Zambia and Zimbabwe.

With speeds of up to 100Mbps, the fastest Internet access ever available in the country, Liquid Telecom is investing more than $35 million (Sh3.6 billion) laying Rwanda’s first FTTH network.

The company said in a statement that it had recognised the country’s role as an Internet services hub for East and Central Africa. The FTTH

build will continue in Kigali and will expand to other cities in the near future.

Liquid Telecom’s FTTH service provides home connections comparable to those typically enjoyed by large multinational corporations, enabling consumers to use features such as live TV streaming, uninterrupted videoconferencing, realtime online gaming and both uploading and downloading of large files.

More than 15,000 homes will be passed by the FTTH network

by the end of next year, not counting those in Kenya, which are set to benefit from similar services.

“Our goal is to provide a true broadband network which will help our country grow and prosper – and bring 21st century entertainment and information to our people,” Sam Nkusi, Chairman of Liquid Telecom Rwanda, said.

Nic Rudnick, Group CEO of Liquid Telecom said the internet provider’s open-access approach increases competition in the market.

Microsoft’s laptop-tablet Hybrid a ‘stunner’ Apple’s Tim Cook once referred to Microsoft’s Surface tablet as the equivalent of marrying a refrigerator with a toaster. Now Microsoft is firing back and upping the ante with its new Surface Pro 4; thinner, more powerful, and more attractive than its predecessor.

Looks and design Up front, the surface’s touch screen has increased from 12 to 12.3 inches. Microsoft managed to do this without growing the tablet’s footprint, by making its bezel a bit thinner.

With its optional keyboard cover, the Pro 4 measures 0.52 inches thick and weighs 2.41 pounds. The MacBook Air 13-inch, by comparison, is 0.68 inches thick and weighs

2.96 pounds. No, the Surface Pro 4 isn’t much thinner or lighter than the MacBook Air 13inch, but when you’re traveling every ounce and inch count.

The one problem with the Surface Pro 4’s design is that its kickstand makes it incredibly hard to use on your lap. Yes, it’s the same complaint people have had since the first Surface Pro came out in 2012, but it’s still worth mentioning.

A beautiful display The Surface Pro 4 comes equipped with Microsoft’s 12.3-inch PixelSense touchscreen display, with a resolution of 2736 by 1824 pixels. Text looks sharp and images and video

looks perfectly clear. Colors on the Surface Pro 4 are bright and vivid, while blacks are incredibly deep.

The screen on Apple’s MacBook Air, meanwhile, has a resolution of just 1440 by 900 pixels. As a result, text and images don’t look nearly as crisp. Colours, though, still look wonderful on Apple’s laptop. The iPad Pro’s 12.9-inch display has a 2732 x 2048 resolution, which should make for impressive images.

A great keyboard No matter how much Microsoft wants the Surface Pro 4 to compete with traditional laptops like the MacBook Air, the company still doesn’t sell its tablet/laptop with a keyboard.

BIZ BRIEFS High Internet cost leaves urban poor women behind men

The high cost of connectivity and their lack of skills has caused poor women in cities in developing countries to be 50 per cent less likely than poor men to use the Internet, new research has revealed.

A survey from the Web Foundation, established by British World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee, released on Wednesday, found that while 59 per cent of such men surveyed by use the Internet, just 37 per cent of women do so.

“Most poor urban women are confined to a technology ghetto that does little to help them break out of the real ghetto of poverty and gender discrimination,” said Anne Jellema, Web Foundation’s chief executive, adding that governments need to make digital skills the right of every girl and boy as part of a wider commitment to quality education for all.

Investors conference for City in November

The second edition of Kenya International Investment Conference, a platform for international, regional and domestic investors to consider business opportunities across various sectors of the Kenyan economy, will take place in November.

The conference is an opportunity to bring foreign investment into the country, Cabinet Secretary Ministry of East Africa Affairs Commerce and Tourism Phyllis Kandie said.

“We want to encourage innovators and entrepreneurs who will be present at the conference to present bankable projects to the local and international investors who will be present,” she said.

The conference will be hosted by Kenya Investment Authority (KenIvest), an agency of the Ministry of East Africa Affairs Commerce and Tourism, in partnership with East Africa Trade and Investment Hub, IFC, Oxford Business Group, Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) and Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI).

CBK to inject Sh10 billion into market The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has sought to inject Sh10 billion into the money markets through a reverse repurchase (repo) programme, saying that liquidity was skewed.

The reverse repo, which is the rate at which the central bank borrows money from commercial banks within the country, is the first since August last year and runs contrary to the central bank’s current monetary tightening stance though it did not post results of the offer immediately.

It is a monetary policy instrument which can be used to control the money supply in the country. However, business owners have said the CBK may have been seeking to help smaller lenders, who have found it difficult to borrow from their larger counterparts after the seizure of Imperial Bank, a second-tier lender, last week.

The weighted average interest rate on the interbank overnight borrowing market jumped to 14.8 per cent on Monday from 13.9 per cent on Friday.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015

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n our recognition of showbiz heroes begins with Classic 105’s Maina Kageni.

Maina’s irresistible voice has managed to revolutionize radio to a whole new level. He has treaded in an area that most radio stations considered too hot to handle.

It his off the norm discussions regarding bedroom matters that has seen him bring to the front deep seated matters affecting men and women.

King of Stand Up Comedy Daniel Ndambuki aka Churchill takes the number two slot.

Churchill rose through stage acting at the Kenya National Theater, to TV after joining the comical show Redykullas which later rebranded to Red Korna. He is now a host of his own show Churchill Live aired on NTV every Sunday and is credited to have nurtured the current crop of top comedians including Otoyo, Jalang’o, Owago, Eric Omondi, Chipukeyzee among others. He shall be holding his one man one mic show later this month.

Clement Rapudo aka Clemmo music producer and co-founder of Calif records has managed to nurture music careers of through his recording skills. Clemmo prides himself in recording artistes like Nonini, Mejja and JuaCali. He brought beats that were unconventional and managed to produce stars who have stood the test of time. How can we celebrate heroes without Ogopa Dj’s? The record label owned by Francis and Lucas Bikedo has revolutionized the music industry since early 2000.

It created a platform for recording up and coming artistes and came up with a new genre of music known as Kapuka, a fusion of African beats, dancehall and hiphop. Ogopa was home to the likes of Redsan, E- Sir, Krupt, Kleptomaniaks, Chameleon, Dueux Vultures, Amani and Longombas. All those stars are still riding high in their respective careers even when the stable has spread its wings to Namibia and the rest of Africa.

When you talk about Kenya’s show biz Nameless will undoubtedly crop up and with good reason.. He rose to fame through a star-search contest on Capital FM.An architect, father and sterling performer he also made headlines as the most versatile artiste locally and still captures hearts with renditions of hit songs collaborated with the late E Sir. Nyota Ndogo entered the music scene as a young ex house girl with a big voice.

She has racked the industry with Taarab infused with pop making her a star. She performed on Tuesday to the nation for what is now her third time.

In the run up to the 2002 general elections one song stood out it was Ubwogable produced by super producer Tedd Josiah and performed by dynamic duo by GidiGidi-MajiMaji. They even petitioned to have the word Unbwogable inserted into the English

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The entertainment industry could not be the same without Capital FM and Kiss FM, the two radio stations have no doubt changed the climate of the entertainment industry. The FM stations created a platform for urban musicians and pop culture interaction.

It is Capital FM that discovered Nameless and it is Kiss FM that truly identified with the urban fans and personalities of the industry. We salute them.

But how can we forget the Kenya Television Network?

KTN brought light and modern urban beats in living rooms giving birth to later days heroes of showbiz while maintaining the niche that has now caught on on almost all TV stations.

And finally our number ten slot is taken by none other than Cecilia Mwangi. Of all the beauty queens crowned as Miss Kenya, Cecilia Mwangi has hrough her Anti-Jigger campaign changed the lives not only of the affected but also the worldview of the Kenyan middle class by having them help in the fight against jiggers.

Cecilia changed how we view beauty by having grace, poise and a kind heart.

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ou are walking with your little one in town along the streets dotted with electronics shops displaying big mobile phones for sale but that doesn’t worry you.

Your child is only five years old and your biggest problem is the hawkers vending confectionaries along the streets who might tempt your little one to drain your pocket with sweets and cakes. When you feel your child tugging at your arm, you know that the hawkers have won but when you look down at them ready to say a big no, you realize that what your five year old wants is one of the I phones displayed on the open shelves along the street because sweets and gums are for children and smart phones are for big people. Welcome to the 21st century.

How we got here doesn’t matter because we are already in the legendary tech age. What matters now is the question of whether your child is really ready to own a smartphone.

Parents who grew up in poverty and found a way to turn their lives around

live by the virtue of giving their children what they themselves never had as children, but is this really wise?

Whichever your answer, the matter of fact is that we always need to handle every situation in life with moderation especially where technology is involved.

So when do you know that it is time to get your child a smartphone especially in this generation?

For the purposes of security, there is really no age limit for mobile phone ownership among children who may need to call their parents and the police but let’s face it, when in danger, the first instinct is to scream or run into hiding and not making phone calls. This means that the main use of smartphones among children is communication with friends and in this case, the bottom line lies on the rule that you need to ascertain that the child is ready for the responsibilities

that come with owning a smartphone.

Forget about pornography and violence content on the

internet.

That should be the least of your worries because your children can easily obtain such material for as low as 30 shilling from movie vendors. Today, bigger problems lurk behind the shadows of smartphones communication and internet access abilities such as cyber stalking, cyber bullying, molestation and extortion especially with the advent of online dating sites. Apart from ensuring that your child can responsibly use a smartphone based on their own intelligence, you can put other measures such as safety control apps on browsers and messaging software and going through the phones on demand to ensure that the smartphone does not negatively impact your child’s life. But here is a simple solution; the smartphone is not for children, period.

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Another controversial gospel artiste Willy Paul got the wrath of social media users when he posted a photo of a lady’s hand with an engagement ring and captioned it …Willy Paul getting married…Following his numerous scandals with women, many of the comments put him in bad light as negative comments were thrown his way from all directions. One user commented; ‘, such a joker. Arrogant and you pretend to be a believer, if only people knew you in person!!I pity that lady you want to marry’. Willy’s woes continue!

Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom will give marriage a second chance after their divorce has been called off. Khloe, through her lawyer Laura Wasser went before a judge on Khloe’s request and withdrew the papers the couple signed to end their marriage. The judge granted the Lawyers request and the file is now dead.

The duo have signed the withdrawal of divorce papers and are now focusing on Lamar’s recovery.

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Khloe and lamar back together Ringtone wants ring back tone cash

Plagued gospel artiste Ringtone yesterday led demonstrators to Safaricom house to protest the holding of artiste’s revenue from their song’s ring back tones popularly known as ‘skiza’ tunes. The said revenue, has allegedly been held by Safaricom for three months and Ringtone now wants the revenue directly sent to artistes and not first handed over to MCSK whom he termed as ‘corrupt individuals’.

Ringtone has been battling MCSK claiming that the organization is misappropriating musicians’ funds. A successful meeting between Safaricom and Ringtone is said to have reached an amicable solution.

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his Saturday all roads lead to the Carnivore Restaurant for a live concert courtesy of PRC. There will be some breath taking performances

by The Plot an award winning American singing group featuring Dru Hill who are best known for their hit singles In my bed Never make a promise, How deep is your love and I love you” and Sisqo who is known for Unleash the dragon”. Tickets are going for Sh 3000 for the arena, 7500 for premium tickets, 5000 for VIP and Sh 10000 for VVIP. Gates open at 3pm.

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all round news and updates from universities

riara decides

If there is a bench mark for class then Riara University just passed the test. The aspirants had a presidential debate streamed live and presided over by celebrated journalist Willis Raburu.The debate saw aspirants square off in an intense 90 minutes debate to see their agenda. Riara will be going to the ballot soon and have decided to set the pace in all matters class and democracy.

EGERTON’S ElEcTION mOdE Its nomination fever, election fever, voting fever at Egerton University currently.

Residents are basically taking politics for breakfast and supper.

The aspirants are all trying to sway the students their way convincing them that they will bring nothing but positive changes once elected. It is now up to the students to decide who they believe best suites to serve them as leader.

We are happy to report however that no violence has been reported.

How to be a great talent manager

Talent managers are professionals who help performers handle their daily business.. Pursuing a career as a talent manager is a great idea for people who are interesting in helping people reach their full potential as artists and/or performers.

Here are steps to help you nail it; lHave a background in or love for the entertainment industry. As with talent agents, many talent managers were once performers themselves or connected to the entertainment industry in some way. lIdentify the type of performer you wish to work for. The part of the entertainment world that interests you most should be the area for which you have the greatest affinity. lYou should also identify the kinds of personalities you are comfortable working with.

In some respects, managing a performer is akin to being married to that performer. lDevelop the skills and knowledge you need to be a talent manager.

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SEKU, PWANI TENSIONS OVER WATER SHORTAGE SEKU Vice Chancellor is under a lot of pressure to solve the problem of water shortage that has been going on for two weeks. The students marched in protest at the university highway claiming that their stay was no longer supported by the varsity.

The School’s management had earlier communicated that this was due to electricity faults at the Masinga dam which is their main supplier and that they were working on fixing this problem. Meanwhile Pwani University was also shut down after students protested about water shortage.

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23 year old Kenyatta University student Charity Mwangi was crowned the official Kenyan representative to Miss World Kenya global pageant to be held in China later this year. Charity beat other beauties to emerge tops and KU streets are alive with celebration stating that they are the fairest of them all.

This institution has been pressed to a closure until further notice after students staged a demonstration that initially seemed peaceful until they began to stone buildings within the institution shattering a good number of windows and doors. They then went ahead to set two garbage trucks that belong to the Mombasa County on fire.

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Dennis Njenga is talent manager for various artistes including King Kaka, Avril, Femione, Owago, Rich Mavoko, DJ Jr, Dj Redbone and DJ Leqs. He shares his success skills.

What does your job entail?

I determine the artiste’s business status and recommend or negotiate with a business entity. Evaluating and filling the artiste’s personnel requirements.

Bookkeeping and balancing the artiste’s budget. Formulating and marketing the artiste’s image. Mapping out a career plan for the artiste; establishing career goals Negotiating and securing a recording contract. Hiring a producer and personnel for record production and publication.

Coordinating live performances and appearances…

How many hours do you work in a day?

I work 17 hours in a day.

What qualifications do you need for your job?

You need people management skills, experience in sales and marketing and good networking skills which is key.

Was this your dream career?

I actually wanted to become a Physiotherapist (Hahaha) How did you start out?

I once used to rap, went by the stage name Kamlesh.This is where my interest for music started. We formed a rap duo (King Kaka, Wizzy and I) called T.0.S (Thugged out sons) With time I got more

interested in management and this is where I started.

What achievements have you had so far?

I managed to form a team in which we spear headed rebranding of King Kaka to be one of the best Hip-hop artistes in East Africa.

I have established one of the best management stables in Kenya. I have also seen my artistes win several awards.

Any challenges you have experienced so far?

I have not faced any major challenges rather I have gone through good experiences, I look at it as a learning experience.

Does your job interfere with your social life?

People around me say am a workaholic for example on a typical day I may have a gig that ends at 4am and have a meeting at 7am.It is tough on loved ones.

What is the best part of your job?

The best part is when I see people enjoy what we offer, putting a smile on the faces of our fans.

What is the worst part of your job?

I enjoy what I do, I have no worst part Any advice for people who want to venture in to your line of work?

Patience is key, and business intelligence

is also important. It has no short cuts; it is from the hard work that you see results.

Age; 28 Hobbies; Reading and Golf Parting shot?

If you live long enough, you’ll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you’ll be a better person.

It’s how you handle adversity, not how it affects you.

The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.

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SPORTS BRIEFS Shabana want Western Sugar docked points over ineligible players Shabana FC registered their cry with the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) about their match against West Kenya Sugar played on August 2 at Awendo Green Stadium, citing the fielding of two ineligible players by their opponents.

According to Shabana coach Andrew Kanuli, West Kenya Sugar fielded a goalkeeper and midfielder who were till then listed as St. Josephs players and that the Kisii-based side should be awarded three points plus two goals on that ground. “We had registered our appeal and it will only be fair if we are awarded the points because West Sugar Kenya fielded ineligible players against us and the rule is clear,” he said. If they get the points, Shabana FC will leapfrog Oserian FC to settle at position 10 with 39 points on the FKF table standings.

Kass Marathon gets bigger with over 10,000 expected

More than 10, 000 runners are expected to take part in this year’s Kass Marathon event set for November 15 in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County.

This will be double the number registered for last year’s 8th edition challenge in a town monickered “The City of Champions”. The local but lucrative event that awards winners of the main marathons both men and women Sh1.5 million is taking a notch higher in representation.

The organisers of the event, led by chief executive Julius Lamaon

has hailed the growth of the event, adding that it will soon turn into an international.

“The event is growing every year and we are expecting a big this year. The attraction on participants is amazing and we are going big,” Lamaon summed.

Former 5000m World Champion Benjamin Limo currently the County Athletics chairman said with the registration starting in earnest in all Kass FM offices countrywide, elites’ runner from foreign countries are expected as it grow in status.

“We are seeing it attracting between 6,000-10000 participants I can assure you. And with event on its current status, the foreigners have shown interest. We expect that as registration takes off today,” he said.

Limo, who last year had protested to resign his position of Uasin Gishu chair, due to what he termed mismanagement of athletics by AK, said the event has helped people nurture their talents, citing current world marathon record holder Dennis Kimetto and 2013 New York marathon champ Geoffrey Mutai

Solskjaer to face Celtic in Europa after Molde appointment

Former Manchester United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has signed three and a half year deal as he start a second spell as Molde coach, a day before facing Celtic in the Europa League. Solskjaer, 42 played for Molde before leaving for Old Trafford where he spent 11-years. He had a season as a player with Molde before his transfer to Manchester United in 1996 and returned to the club after coaching the reserves at Old Trafford. Solskjaer, capped 67 times for his country, had most recently been coaching youths at Clausenengen, the Norwegian club where he began his playing career. Now he will lead the reigning Norwegian champions against Celtic as compatriot Ronny Deila brings his side to Aker Stadion on Thursday for their first meeting in Europa League Group A. Despite their indifferent domestic form, Molde are surprise leaders of the group, two points ahead of the Scottish champions, after a win over Fenerbahce and a draw with Ajax.

Ex-CAF official Adamu under probe by Fifa Former Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) presidential hopeful Amos Adamu from Nigeria is under investigation by Fifa’s ethics committee.Adamu is alleged to have breached Fifa’s code of ethic, but no further details were provided, football’s world governing body revealed yesterday.

“I do not know (about the investigation),” Adamu told BBC Sport. “I am not even aware of it.” The 62-year-old also said he had not been contacted by the Ethics Committee about the case. Adamu was a member of Fifa’s executive committee for four years until 2010, when he was banned from all football activities for three years over claims he asked for money in exchange for World Cup votes. Adamu’s suspension expired in October 2013. He was a high-ranking government official for Nigerian sport for 20 years and was once considered to be a leading candidate to succeed long-serving Issa Hayatou as president of the Confederation of African Football.

MORE FUNDS: Kass Media Group chief executive Julius Lemaon and Uasin Gishu County Athletics chairman Benjamin Limo receive Sh1 million sponsorship cheque from Safaricom official at a Nairobi hotel yesterday.

and Glasgow Commonwealth Games 10,000m champ Joyce Chepkirui as some of the runners who horned their skills here.

On the doping issue, Limo, an IAAF athlete representative urged runners to come and taste the fascinating challenge in the high altitude zone of North rift, cautioning those who might be tempted to lure athletes to dope for the showdown.

“I urge participants to come in large numbers, however I am warning those who will be keen to cheat through drugs that we are watching them,” he said.

For the first time, Sky-world Express, a local chartered plane has come in to fly participants to Eldoret from Nairobi to Eldoret on a subsidised fare. They also promise to fly all the winners of the three events, 42km, 21km and 5km to Nairobi and back to their homes for free for them to enjoy the rare opportunity of flying.

Trans National Bank who has been the official sponsors of the event for close to eight years now are yet to disclose the amount they have set aside this year.

Kass Media Group has pumped and Jamii Telcom have both bumped in sh3m. Amaco has given Sh2 million as Safaricom handed more than Sh1 million.

Kass marathon patron Joshua Chepkwony hailed the event and said he expect it grow to a global challenge that will equal the big events such as London, New York and Berlin marathons in future.

Malkia senior, junior teams to lock horns in exhibition friendly Imagine you find yourself in a packed Gymnasium with two women’s Volleyball teams playing each other.

On one side is the ‘Malkia Strikers’, the national women’s volleyball Team ‘A’- comprising players who won Kenya’s first International trophy at the world Grand Prix group Three in Australia and on the other is team ‘B’, a ‘junior’ side that surprised the continent when they beat Cameroon in the final to win the country’s first gold medal since 1999 in this year African Games in Congo, Brazzaville.

Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) plans an exhibition match between the two sides later next month in a venue yet to be identified.

This will be a clash for nothing but pride between the two sets of playersone side made up of majority of players in their sunset days in the court with another side comprising mostly rooky players out to impress

the coaches and hopes to break into the senior team.

The two squads are likely to be nominated for Safaricom Sport Personality of the Year Awards launched yesterday. The annual event will take place in January 15 at the KICC. According to insiders, the junior team coached by Paul Gitau and skippered

by Loice Ragot, is plotting a surprise attack on their senior colleagues who will be missing setter Jane Wacu, Centre blocker Prackcides Agala, inside hitter and opposite attacker Everline Makuto and Esther Wangici who are all away on professional stint in France. The senior team may also miss centre Ruth Jepng’etich who has a metallic disc on her waist.

The junior side boast of Ragot, Loice Tarus, Gaudencia Makhoha and Joan Jelagat. Others are Joy Lusenaka, Launida Kasaya and Edith Wisa.

BRAGGING RIGHTS TIE: Former National women’s volleyball senior team coach David Lung’aho who was replaced recently by his deputy Japheth Munala. The Malkia Strikers will meet in a friendly match.

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Were eyes golden boot with 20th goal of season Tusker FC striker Jesse Were took a step further to snatching the SportPesa Premier League golden boot when he hit his 20th goal yesterday in a mid-week match against Sony Sugar.

The win took Tusker, led by stand-in coach, Leonard Odipo to sixth-jumping a place above AFC Leopards whose hopes of winning any silverware this season were dented a blow by Ulinzi who knocked them out of GOtv following an embarrassing 4-0 win at Afraha Stadium, Nakuru.

A further slip up by Ingwe in their next match against Muhoroni Youth in Kisumu this Saturday will put them on precarious situation as they seek to qualify for next year’s Top 8 tournament.

Were’s goal, four better than second placed Gor Mahia’s Michael Olunga came after two months dry spell in league action. Olunga also kept pace with Were when he hit his 16th goal of the league in K’Ogalo’s 2-0 victory over Sofapaka at City Stadium. In-form midfielder Ali Abondo scored the other goal to take his total tally to 10 goals which places him above Nakuru All Stars duo of Boniface Akenga and Lwamba Bebeto both with nine each.

Out of 20 goals by Were, four of them came from the spot compared to Olunga’s two while Ulinzi Star’s John Makwata who sits third with 14 has managed to shake the back of the net three times from the spot. Rwandan Meddy Kagere on 13 and Paul Kiongere with 11 goals completes the top five.

K’Ogalo’s win over Sofapaka kept a live their ‘invincible’ dreams with the league on the last stretch.

Gor’s win extended the previous season point tally set

by K’Ogalo when they stretched the league record to 69 points, erasing Mathare United’s 63 set in 2008 since the league 16-member team in 2007.

K’Ogalo’s will face Tusker away and two home matches against Western Stima and Muhoroni Youth.

Battle of titans as All Blacks, springboks face off in semis When it comes to crunch test rugby, there is little that New Zealand and South Africa do not know about each other. But familiar foes or not, the All Blacks expect this weekend’s Rugby World Cup semi-final to go a notch higher in skill and intensity.

Settling into their base in leafy Surrey after their clinical nine-try quarter-final win against France in Cardiff, the world champions turned their attention to a Springboks side who they have beaten in 10 of their last 12 meetings. The last match-up came three months ago in Johannesburg when the All Blacks, 20-

17 adrift with six minutes left, needed a late Richie McCaw try to get them home. South Africa had triumphed by two points in the same Ellis Park stadium a year ago and New Zealand forward Kieran Read said the All Blacks needed to be wary. “Two teams who have got a lot of history over the last few years, played some pretty outstanding test matches so I am looking forward to a big challenge,” Read said “History has shown that prior form means nothing when it comes to a finals game. We have to turn up and certainly take lessons from the games we’ve

played against them in the past. “We know their style. They know us. So it is all part of turning up and playing well.

They will be as confident as we are.”

“The mantra coming out of the All Blacks camp was the need to raise their intensity again, bearing in mind the physical challenge that the Springboks will pose. We have had a good look at them. We will park that quite early then focus on ourselves,” flanker Jerome Kaino said. For centre Sonny Bill Williams, the 62-13 demolition of France was New Zealand playing “live or die footie”.

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evin de Bruyne’s 91st-minute winner gave Manchester City a dramatic 2-1 Champions League victory over Group D rivals Sevilla as Manchester United were forced to 1-1 draw by CSKA Moscow. The Spanish side had taken a deserved lead when Vitolo’s cross was turned in by the impressive Yevhen Konoplyanka, but City quickly equalised when Wilfried Bony’s closerange shot was deflected home off Adil Rami after good work by Yaya Toure.

Sevilla’s quick counter-attacks threatened more goals against a City side that were often caught wide open at the back, but were lucky enough to snatch three vital points in the dying seconds in their second successive European games. Manuel Pellegrini’s side are a point behind leaders

Wolfsburg beat PSV Eindhoven to go top. Captain Wayne Rooney was quiet, and it was not a thrilling display with Sunday’s Manchester derby looming large, But a point against a CSKA team in freezing conditions allows them the opportunity to stamp their authority on an open group, should they beat the Russian league leaders in the return fixture at Old Trafford on November 3.

Real Madrid failed to score in a Champions League group-stage game for the first time since 2008 as they played out a goalless draw with Paris St- Germain.

The two sides had picked up maximum points from their first two fixtures, but largely cancelled each other out leaving them levelled on seven points in Group A.

Juventus, who were held by Borussia Monchengladbach on Wednesday, and three points above Sevilla.

Two of City’s last three group games are away, starting with the return at Sevilla in two weeks’ time.

Before then they travel across town to take on Manchester United in Sunday’s derby, where Pellegrini will be looking for a big improvement in his defence In Moscow, Anthony Martial rescued a point for Manchester United as they drew with CSKA after Seydou Doumbia gave the hosts the lead, reacting first after David de Gea saved Roman Eremenko’s penalty, awarded for a handball by Martial.

United improved after the break with Martial making up for his mistake by heading in Antonio Valencia’s cross.

They are now second in Group B as

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Time 17:00 17:00 17:00 19:30 21:00 14:00 15:00 17:05 19:00 19:30 20:00 22:00

BCLB 026026

1 2.25 2.50 2.60 2.10 2.75 2.63 2.50 2.60 2.60 2.50 2.50 2.50

X 3.20 3.20 3.20 3.25 3.25 3.00 3.25 3.25 3.20 3.20 3.25 3.20

2 3.00 2.60 2.50 3.20 2.30 2.80 2.80 2.63 2.75 2.30 2.75 2.63

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