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‘Uhuru is like my younger brother’

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pposition leader Raila Odinga has moved to discredit perceived tensions and rivalries between him and President Uhuru Kenyatta, describing the latter as “my younger brother.”

Raila who spoke on a number of issues including the Okoa Kenya drive and the fight against corruption in the country, said he and President Kenyatta are not enemies, despite their sharp political differences.

He described Uhuru as a “close friend” with whom they share a lot, “from ordinary jokes to sometimes family issues.”

“I have always said that the president is like my younger brother. When we meet we share a lot of things, a lot of jokes, we talk sometimes about family…we don’t only talk politics,” he told Larry Madowo during a prime time interview on NTV last night.

The Cord leader has currently heaped pressure on President Kenyatta’s

administration, demanding the resignation of Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru and castigating the government for what he has termed “wastage of public resources.”

And when asked whether he gives the President a piece of his mind when they meet privately, he answered in the affirmative.

“When we meet privately, we actually talk very frankly to each other.

I usually give him some piece of advice,” Raila said adding that “it is not always war between the Opposition and the government. You need to have a civilized way of engaging each other. It must be constructive and that is why whenever we meet, we are very jovial.”

He said they always call each other and talk whenever there are serious issues of national concern.

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ODM Party Leader Raila Odinga. The opposition chief says him and President Kenyatta are like brothers.

Prepare to fund referendum, IEBC tells Treasury FUNDING CALLS: Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) officials led by vice chair Lillian MahiriZaja (seated ,center) speak to the media after receiving Okoa Kenya signatures from the opposition Cord. The elections body has asked the Treasury to prepare to avail funds for a nationwide vote if the Bill goes through.

Ms Zaja is flanked by IEBC chief executive Ezra Chiloba and commissioner Thomas Letangule.

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ndependent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Vice-Chairperson Lilian Mahiri-Zaja has told the National Treasury to be ready to fund the electoral body should the Okoa Kenya move culminates to a referendum.

Speaking yesterday at IEBC offices, Zaja said organising for a referendum is just like preparing for a General Election and the Treasury should allocate resources to enable the commission fulfill its mandate.

“In the event that this process culminates into a referendum, we urge the Treasury to provide us with sufficient funds since conducting a referendum is like conducting general elections,” she said.

In June last year, the electoral body said the referendum being pushed by Okoa Kenya movement will cost taxpayers in excess of Sh8 billion much higher than the Sh7.2 billion which was spent on the 2010

referendum during which the current Constitution was passed.

Zaja said the electoral body will carry out its work impartially and requested the Okoa Kenya Movement to give them time.

“The commission has received the signatures and the proposed Bill and will proceed to handle the matter in accordance with the law. Other actors including the County Assemblies and Parliament have their role in this process. The Commission reiterates its commitment to carry out an impartial and independent job,” she said.

The IEBC also requested the Okoa Kenya movement to facilitate the commission with the soft copy of the signatures in order to fastrack the verification of the signatures.

“The paperwork might be too tedious for us and we request Okoa Kenya to provide us with the soft copy of the documents in order to make our work much easier,” said Zaja.

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Raila: Uhuru is like a brother to me From Page 1

“Whenever there are serious issues, we speak.

I call him. Like when there was Westgate attack, I called him and we agreed to go together to the site,” he said and continued to cite the attacks in Mpeketoni, Mandera and Garissa as the other instances where they have engaged.

Raila has already started organising his political machinery ahead of the 2017 General Elections with his weekend trip to Kericho largely seen as the beginning of attempts to win back the vote-rich Rift Valley region.

In the last elections, a majority of voters from the region cast their ballot in favour of President Kenyatta who had teamed up with Ruto under the Jubilee alliance.

Mr Odinga had prior to the elections been accused of fixing the Deputy President at the International Criminal Court, an allegation he has denied.

“How could I send the name of a man who was representing my party in the negotiations,” he said of Ruto referring to the

team that crafted the national accord which gave birth to the grand coalition government in 2008.

“I could never have fixed him,” he said.

That is the same message Raila took to the Rift Valley at the weekend.

“Our core team was well known and Mr Ruto was among them. How could I have turned around and taken him to the ICC? That is a total lie and there was no way I could have done it,” the former Prime Minister told a congregation at the Kitoben African Gospel Church in Chepseon.

Asked about reports of a recent meeting between him and the Deputy President at a Nairobi hotel, Raila denied although he confirmed he was at the said hotel.

“No those statements are not true. I don’t know where they are coming from. The meeting did not happen. We did not meet recently. We have not meet physically over the last few months. Somebody saw me at the Hemmingway but I went to meet a friend who is not the Deputy President,” he told Madowo.

FRIENDSHIP: Mr Raila Odinga and President Uhuru Kenyatta whisper to each other when they met at a past function at the KICC in Nairobi. Mr Odinga has described the president as his very good friend despite their sharp political differences.

Prepare to fund referendum, Elections body tells Treasury From Page 1 IEBC Chief Executive Officer Ezra Chiloba and Commissioner Thomas Letangule were present in yesterdays’ event where Okoa Kenya presented over 1.5 million signatures and a draft Bill.

The Okoa Kenya team led by former Prime Minister Raila Odinga promised the commission that the Okoa Kenya Secretariat will comply with all the requirements and requests placed by IEBC. Zaja said as much as the Okoa Kenya team wants the commission to expedite the process, they should allow the commission to operate within the constitutional framework which provides for 90 days in the verification of the signatures.

The draft Bill presented yesterday entrenches role of the Senate in

the enactment of legislation and in particular determining allocation of national revenue. Okoa Kenya also wants County Revenue allocation to be increased from the current 15 percent to 45 percent.

The Bill also wants the Senate to have a role in vetting nominees to offices of Director of Public Prosecutions, Chief Justice, Deputy Chief Justice, and Commission on Revenue Allocation chairman and Controller of Budgets which currently are only being vetted by the National Assembly before formal appointment by the President.

Members of parliament may also find their way back to parliament as the draft bill proposes that not more than one-third of the Cabinet should come from outside parliament.

In order to win the hearts of the County Assembly Members to pass the Bill, the draft proposes a creation

of Ward Development Fund which will constitute 15 percent of money allocated to County Governments.

The Bill also calls for restructuring of IEBC to constitute of five commissioners nominated by political parties on the basis of their numerical strength in parliament and that no commissioner will serve as a chairman for consecutive period exceeding 12 months.

The Okoa Kenya Bill also wants the period for hearing election petition be extended to 60 days and that new evidence can be admitted as long as hearing of the case has not started.

The Bill further proposes that returning officers should announce Presidential results from their stations as opposed to the current system where they have to channel the results to the headquarters.

PLEBISCITE: IEBC vice chairperson Lillian Mahiri-Zaja (left) speaks at the commission’s offices yesterday when they received the Okoa Kenya signatures from Cord leaders. The elections body has asked the Treasury to prepare funds for a countrywide vote should the referendum Bill go through.

Waiguru: IDPs were not affected in the same manner Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waigiru has explained the discrepancies in the amount of money given to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) as compensation, saying not all victims of the post-poll chaos were affected in the same way.

The issue of compensation to IDPs is among the several others Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter expects to use to support his bid to have Ms Waiguru impeached.

But while appearing before the parliamentary committee on Finance and Planning, the CS said different IDPs had different challenges hence the differences in the payments.

“We need to realise that it is not a uniformed payment to all IDPs as that is not possible,” she said.

Waiguru said those who were uprooted from their formal settlement areas were given Sh10, 000 while those from informal settlements got Sh25, 000. Those who were affected in urban centers were given slightly more, same to those uprooted from their informal settlement areas and their sources of livelihoods destroyed.

Waiguru (pictured right) denied that the government is discriminative in their compensation formula, saying the current administration is using the list submitted by 31 December of 2008.

“All those that were affected were told to register by December 31 and that’s the list we are using,” she said.

The CS said the government had scaled down the payment from the initial Sh400, 000 to Sh10, 000 after wide consultations to accommodate other people not initially in the list.

“Every day, we have new IDPs and it was only wise that we scale down the payments so as to accommodate everyone,” she said in response to a question from Kitutu Masaba MP Timothy Bosire who had wanted to know the cause for the disparities.

“The issue of IDPs settlement is a serious issue and we want to know the status of settlement to date and why others are receiving Sh400, 000 and others Sh10, 000?” he had posed.

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US threatens sanctions on corrupt Kenyan officials

United States Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec says Kenyan officials named in corruption scandals may find it difficult visiting the US. Godec says they will consider denying the officials visas to travel to the US because “corruption levels in government have hit crisis levels.” “Obviously we will continue to – as we have in the past – use whatever mechanisms we believe are appropriate to address specific instances where we believe there is corruption or where individuals are corrupt. This is a matter that deeply concerns Kenyans in the first instance and concerns the US as a partner and we will use those options that are available to us,” he said in response to a question about slapping travel bans on corrupt individuals. He, however, made it clear that it was Kenya’s leaders and citizens who had a responsibility to deal with corruption, regardless of what the US may or may not do to be part of the solution.

“I welcome the steps that President Kenyatta has taken with his government but there is a lot more that remains to be done. There are still many different actions that are needed to end this problem and it is critical that every person be a solution to the problem,” Godec

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2 electrocuted in City after heavy rains Two people were last night electrocuted following heavy rains in Nairobi. The first incident was reported in Embakasi where a man died after stepping on a live wire.

Another man died in Kayole in a similar incident. The bodies were later moved to the mortuary. Police say most of the wires had been illegally connected. Most parts of the city have reported flooding with Mlolongo one of the hard-hit areas.

Police launch probe into DCI boss death Police have launched investigations into the death of Nairobi deputy Directorte of Criminal Investigation (DCI) boss Michael Okumu.

Okumu’s body was found in his house in Langata yesterday. Officials said he had been unwell before he died, but they are investigations are underway to ascertain the cause of death. He was with his house-help in the house and had taken a cup of porridge before he was found dead. County DCI chief Nicholas Kamwende said Okumu, 58, had complained of chest pains soon after waking up and asked for a cup of porridge.

H O M O S E X UA L I T Y: United States Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec.

He has said the US will consider denying Kenyan officials named in graft cases visas.

said. The American envoy said thorough investigations should be undertaken and those found culpable convicted on the basis of hard proof. Godec was speaking during the launch of a Sh66.4 billion Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) Medical Commodities Programme (MCP) where he said mecha-

Lobby calls for more research money to curb tuberculosis Stop TB Partnership Kenya has today urged the National and county governments for more funding and research in the health sector to curb tuberculosis in the country.

Speaking during the launch of its 2015-2018 strategic plan, Stop TB Partnership Kenya director Dr Jeremiah Chakaya acknowledged the rise of emerging new strains of TB that have posed medical challenges in in the country.

“Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) strains are emergence are on the rise and no research is being undertaken to assist in the search of cure” said Chakaya.

Tuberculosis for decades has remained a silent killer in the country, a situation that has been worsened by the emergence of MDR strains, which takes its patients a great toll both financially and health wise.

Chakaya cited lack of enough funding both in research departments and 3,000 health facilities that treat TB as a threat to the health sector where thousands are at risk of being infected.

According to the world Health Organisation (WHO) 2015 health report, Kenya ranks fourth in the continent as the most prone to TB. The report further ranks TB as one of the major killer diseases in the country killing 90 people daily a figure estimated at 10,000 annually.

“About 110,000 new TB cases are reported annually. Only 80 per cent of these cases are identified and placed on treatment. The rest remain unattended thus develop different resistant strains,” said part of the WHO 2015 health report.

nisms to ensure greater accountability have been put in place. “All allegations of corruption must be investigated and when evidence is found, officials must be prosecuted and if found guilty, sent to prison regardless of their position or wealth. Ending corruption is first a task for leaders,” he said.

URP youth wing supports party dissolution The United Republican Party youth league has lauded the merger of all political parties in the Jubilee Alliance to form the Grand Jubilee Party, saying it will strengthen political party’s ideologies in the country.

Speaking in Nairobi, URP Deputy youth league President Victor Ayugi said by consolidating into a single party, the move will result in the formation of a stronger manifesto that will help the government serve the people better.

“What we are seeing today is a move that will strengthen and institutionalise political parties by conglomerating small parties into one huge party. Such mergers are there even in the corporate world for real growth, we endorse such an idea for the good of the country,” he said.

Last week, URP National Executive Committee met and resolved to dissolve the party and merge with other parties to form the grand Jubilee party.

Party Secretary General Fred Muteti said the decision will be ratified by the party’s National Delegates Convention on December 18.

All parties in Jubilee have been directed to dissolve their parties and join Jubilee Party which is expected to be the party of choice of President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto for the 2017 General Elections.

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Gay Ugandans regret fleeing to Kenya Hundreds lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) community who fled Uganda to escape homophobia and persecution are stuck in Kenya where the situation is not much better.

Tyron, not his real name, has had a tough time since arriving in Kenya in December 2014.

Just days after arriving in the country he was beaten up by a mob.

It was Christmas Day. Since then he has been arrested and beaten up by police three times.

He said in one occasion, three policemen called him over and asked him why he was “walking like a girl”.

“When I could not answer them, they beat me up and when they saw on one of my documents that I was a Ugandan refugee, they abused me saying I was one of the people Museveni (Uganda’s president) had kicked out of the country for being gay.” He has moved houses several times after being attacked by neighbours. Tyrone is one of more than 500 Ugandans who have escaped to Kenya, to apply for asylum and be resettled abroad on the basis of their sexual orientation.

His country made international headlines in recent years when it tried to introduce a tough new antihomosexuality law, which imposed life imprisonment for “aggravated homosexuality”.

Although the courts struck it down, the environment has proved too dangerous for a growing number of Ugandan gays.

But in Kenya they face constant attacks, kidnappings, extortion and police harassment.

Recently, almost a dozen LGBT people were taken by the United Nation’s Refugee agency (UNHCR) to a safe house in Nairobi, after they were attacked on a night out.

Even that agency - the very group tasked with protecting LGBT people

- has admitted its own staff are hostile.

The deputy head of protection for UNHCR told me that staff have said as Christians they could not work with, or talk to, a gay man.

“It’s difficult for people to go beyond all the prejudices they have. And this is what we faced with our own colleagues,” Catherine Hamon explained.

Some of the Ugandans I spoke to also told me this discrimination from UNHCR staff has led to delays in determining their refugee status, making them live with uncertainty about their future.

The situation is no different for those who choose to live in refugee camps.

Kakuma camp in the remote northwest is home to nearly 200,000 people - mainly from conflict-ridden places such as South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia and the Great Lakes region.

So the Ugandans - whose country is considered peaceful - stand out.

They live in three compounds, tucked away in a corner of the camp.

One of the group leaders, a tall, deep voiced middle-aged man, says living together offers them protection in numbers.

But it has also made them easy targets for other refugees.

“In Uganda we were unsafe and here it’s the same,” said Blessed, not his real name.

He was a church pastor in Uganda and fled to Kakuma 18 months ago after his name was published in a local newspaper, which said he was gay.

He received death threats and had to leave his family behind.

“I don’t know if I will ever see them again,” he said.

“First I have to survive being here and then maybe one day I can entertain that thought.”

The Ugandans have to sleep in shifts - taking it in turns to guard their

French appeal on Burundi violence France has tabled a draft resolution at the UN Security Council calling for action to stop the upsurge of violence in Burundi. The council met yesterday at France’s request to discuss Burundi’s worst violence in 10 years. French Deputy Ambassador to the UN Alexis Lamek told AFP that France was “extremely worried by what is happening in Burundi at the moment: this increase of political violence and the extremely alarming ethnically-based hate speech”. France’s mission at the UN said negotiations on its draft resolution would begin on Monday evening.

On Saturday, nine people

were shot dead in a bar in Burundi’s capital Bujumbura.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the killings and said the dead included a UN staff member.

A policeman is reported to have been injured and at least two people killed as government forces search house to house for weapons in opposition neighbourhoods.

Rwanda President Paul Kagame has been critical of the way its neighbour is dealing with the crisis and there is increasing concern that the spiral of violence could be taking on more of an ethnic dimension.

HOMOSEXUALITY: Pro-gayism supporters demonstrate in Uganda’s Capital Kampala last year after the government introduced a tough new law that imposed life imprisonment for homosexuality. A majority of the homesexuals sought asylum in Kenya but are now regreting the move.

compounds at night, after an attempt this year to burn it down.

And that is not the only threat they have received.

A few weeks back, hate leaflets were circulated around the camp asking people not to mix with the LGBT community.

Despite reporting the incident to the police we still managed to find one such leaflet stuck to a pole near one of the camps.

“It is such incidents that just show we are not wanted here,” said Helen, who teaches at one of the dozens of schools in the camp.

Like many of the Ugandan refugees in Kakuma, Helen is well educated and had a well-paying job as an events manager in Ugandan.

Now she barely gets by.

“What kills me most is the uncertainty of this place.

“I don’t have any hope here, any hope of going back home or seeing my partner, and any hope of getting my refugee status resolved”.

The UNHCR says it faces a backlog of more than 20,000 cases of all refugees in the country, just waiting for their status to be determined.

“Back in February, traffickers took advantage of what was happening in Uganda and we started seeing huge numbers of people coming in, claiming to be gay or lesbians,” explained Hamon.

While they are still offering people from the LGBT community a fast track in registration, she admits it is

not as fast as before.

The initial group of refugees, who came to Kenya from Uganda were resettled abroad within six months - a record time of because of the unique security challenges they faced. The US, Canada, the UK and Scandinavian countries were the most receptive to the Ugandans.

Now it will take around two years to go through the whole process, according to Hamon.

So people just have to wait.

And for people who are still in Uganda, Tyrone has a stark message.

“If there is a way they can keep themselves underground there [in Uganda] they can make it because Kenya is a far worse place for gays than Uganda”

Outcry over South Africa’s plans to buy a new jet for President Zuma South Africa’s opposition has demanded that the government scrap plans to buy a new jet for President Jacob Zuma that could cost Sh28 billion.

The defence department has advertised for a plane with a bedroom suite and a conference room.

The presidency has responded, asking the department to brief the public “as much as possible” on the purchase.

Secretary for defence Sam Gulube told City Press that they do not know how much the plane would cost.

But the advert for suppliers specifies they are looking for a plane with a range of 13,800km (8,600 miles), meaning it can fly to Moscow or New York without landing to refuel.

The tender notice also says the plane

should have 30 passenger seats - double the number of the president’s current plane.

The department of defence says the jet would replace the current plane, Ikwazi, which has been grounded a number of times due to mechanical problems.

But opposition parties are pushing for a cheaper, less luxurious option.

The timing of the reports of the intention to buy a multi-million dollar jet for South Africa’s president could not come at a worse time especially on the backdrop of huge public protests by students calling for no fees at universities.

However, it is not the first time a new aircraft for President Zuma has been proposed. The last few occasions those

plans never came to fruition.

So it is unlikely that the sSate will go ahead with the procurement against the current barrage of condemnation.

“A four-billion rand luxury VIP jet fitted with a private bedroom suite‚ a bathroom and conference room for eight and 30-person capacity is not the answer,” said the Democratic Alliance spokesperson on defence matter Kobus Marais.

Pikkie Greef from the organisation representing soldiers, the South African Defence Union (Sandu) added that the expense was unnecessary.

“There is no reason why President Zuma cannot travel the way President Mandela used to travel which is with stop-overs and refuelling,” he told Eye Witness News.

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Morning newspaper summaries Okoa Kenya wants MPs Cord in radical plan for Devolution PS dumps Motorists get instant relief from in Cabinet: The opposition chiefs Kenya’s politics: Coalition price list as EACC awaits fines are pushing for the return of politicians to for Reform and Democracy (Cord) corrupt police: Motorist who the Cabinet, sweeping electoral reforms wants to give senators more powers, put Waiguru: A week after he handed commits minor traffic offenses such as and an enhanced role for the Senate in their referendum bid. The Cord leaders, led by Raila Odinga, want the constitution amended to make it mandatory for the IEBC to issue at least 80 per cent of all eligible voters, at any given time, voter’s cards. They were speaking when they handed over the Okoa Kenya Bill to the IEBC yesterday.

governors in charge of some security duties and change the way elections are run. In proposals contained in the draft Constitution Amendment Bill, the opposition coalition wants political parties to appoint members to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) based on their strength in Parliament.

a parliamentary watchdog a document that revealed shocking procurement malpractices in the Devolution ministry, piling the pressure on his boss, Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru, besieged Principal Secretary Peter Mangiti has now made an about-turn and disowned the inventory of the ministry’s assets that he presented to Public Accounts Committee .

talking on the phone while driving or exceeding speed limit will from January pay instant fines of between Sh500 to Sh10, 000 as part of fresh effort to reduce corruption and restore sanity on Kenyan roads. The motorists will also no longer be arrested, have their vehicles towed to police stations or pay fines in cash.

I did not fix CS Waiguru, Security beefed up as Raila team step closer APA boss Ashok Shah says Mangiti: Planning Principal KCPE exams start: A total to referendum against buys stake in rival CIC Secretary Peter Mangiti yesterday said he of 937,467 candidates are set to start the Uhuru, Ruto: The stage is set Insurance: APA Insurance did not “fix” his boss Anne Waiguru when Kenya Certificate of Primary Education he “accidentally” tabled a document in Parliament last week. The controversial assets register was tabled before the Public Accounts Committee. The register detailed outrageous over-expenditure, including a TV worth Sh1.7 million and overpriced condom dispensers, among other items. But the PS has now disowned the register.

examination today. Yesterday, candidates across the country had rehearsals for the examination that will end on Thursday.

The candidates will start with the Mathematics paper, followed by English Language and English Composition tests later in the afternoon. On Wednesday, the candidates will write Science, Kiswahili Lugha, and Kiswahili Insha papers.

for a titanic political battle between the Opposition and Government over the referendum campaigns ahead of the 2017 General Election. Monday, the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) and civil society officially launched their bid to amend the Constitution through a referendum under the Okoa Kenya initiative, which the Jubilee Government has strongly opposed.

chief executive Ashok Shah has bought a stake in CIC Insurance in a rare transaction that gives the owner of the big underwriter a stake in one of his rivals. CIC Insurance Group’s newlyreleased disclosures indicate that Mr. Shah recently acquired 120,000 shares of the NSE-listed firm that were valued at Sh774, 000 at the close of trading yesterday.

Corruption at crisis level, Kenya slaps permit rule Hospital on the spot Safaricom out to link 2, says US envoy Godec: on Ethiopia: All Ethiopians over death of mother in 000 more homes with The US government yesterday described living and working in Kenya will from theatre: A mother’s labour pains fibre optic cable: Safaricom the corruption situation in Kenya as a now onwards be required to obtain crisis. US Ambassador Robert Godec made this remark when he announced a Sh65 billion groundbreaking project that will see the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority procure and supply drugs to hospitals across the country. Godec said the Sh65 billion for the Kemsa Medical Commodities Project was the largest award by a USAID bilateral mission ever.

work and resident permits. In a fresh diplomatic row, Kenya has taken the measure following similar treatment of its citizens in Ethiopia. The countries are preparing a fresh agreement on visa terms.

A confidential government document obtained by the Nation shows that Ethiopia had raised questions regarding the Visa Abolition Agreement of 1966.

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Speaking at the Hospital, her brother Domnic Muruiki said Ms. Wanjiku was first rushed to Wangige Sub-County Hospital after she developed labour pains.

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Orange sells 70% stake in Telkom Kenya to Helios Telecommunication operator Orange yesterday announced a deal to sell its 70 per cent stake in Telkom Kenya to Helios Investment Partners.

Orange said it had signed a binding agreement with Helios investment partners though the global telecom operator did not disclose the financial details of the proposed transaction, which is subject to approval by regulatory authorities.

The move to exit from Telkom Kenya is part of Orange’s strategy to focus on improving its portfolio assets.

In a statement, Orange

said the move “reflects its constant focus on optimising its portfolio of assets”, adding that “Africa and the Middle East region is a strategic priority for the group”.

Helios has emerged as one of a number of buyers attempting to acquire some or all of Orange’s stake in Kenya’s fixed binding and third largest player in the mobile market which has been up for quite long.

The French company operates 19 countries across the Continent and the Middle East though it previously stated that its

Kenyan business was under pressure though it is now under review as part of its strategic plans to emerge among the top player in the market where it operates.

However, according to figures published by the regulator, Telkom Kenya had four million mobile customers as per the end last June.

Orange Group Company is lagging behind rival Airtel which has 7 million connections and market leader Safaricom, which has more than 24 million connections according to GSMA Intelligence.

The move to exit from Telkom Kenya is part of Orange’s strategy to focus on improving its portfolio assets.

So far, Helios which operates a wide ranging tower business has made numerous

Diaspora remittances shoot to Sh13b in 2015, Central Bank figures reveal Money flowing into Kenya from overseas, otherwise known as remittances, increased by 0.9 per cent to $128.4 million (Sh13.1 billion) in September 2015 compared to $127.4 million (Sh13 billion)the previous year, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) reports.

A remittance is money sent by a person in a foreign land to his or her home country.

Because of the huge sums involved, remittances are now being recognised as an important contributor to the country’s growth and development.

An increase in remittances, therefore, set the pace for higher consumer incomes, lower rates of unemployment and a better standard of living.

CBK conducts a survey on remittance inflows monthly through formal channels that include commercial banks and other authorised international remittances service providers in Kenya.

Despite the recent increase in inflows, remittances over the latest review period, decreased by 3.4 per cent in relation to inflows in August 2015.

The decline reflected a decrease from North America and the rest of the world. The 12 month cumulative inflows to September 2015 increased by 7.7 per cent in the year to September 2014.

“The 12 month average flow sustained an upward trend to $125.9 million (Sh12.9 billion) from $116.9

million (Sh12 billion) during the same period, underscoring the resilience of remittance inflows,” the Central Bank said in its latest announcement.

Meanwhile, remittance inflows from North America accounted for nearly half of total inflows and decreased by 3.5 per cent to $61.9 million

(Sh6.3 billion) in September 2015. Inflows from the rest of the world declined by 8.9 per cent to $29.2 million (Sh3 billion).

The bank noted that Europe alone recorded positive change, with inflows up by 1.7 per cent in September 2015 to $37.4 million (Sh3.8 billion).

investments across the continent owning towers in Ghana, Tanzania, DRC and

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Farmers hit by drought as tea production fall Kenya’s tea production has dropped to 14 per cent in the nine months to September due to drought that hit the country at the start of the year, data from the industry regulator has revealed.

Kenya is the world’s leading producer and exporter of black tea, a commodity that is a major source of foreign exchange for East Africa’s biggest economy.

According to data from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority (AFFA), output of tea in the first nine months of 2015 fell to 271.4 million kilogrammes (kg) from 315.7 million kilogrammes recorded under the same period last year.

The drop in output, however, is attributed to drop in Kenya’s tea exports, recording a 58 million kilogrammes drop from 376 million kgs recorded last year to 328 million kgs.

The differences in export and production figures usually arise from unsold tea held over from the previous year.

The drop is due to drought epidermis the country experienced at the beginning of this year which affected the output of tea while processing factories received fewer deliveries.

However, tea production in the east Africa region is expected to improve over the final quarter of the year.

Capital alert Call for NGOs to apply for DIV project The United States Agency for International Development (USAid) has invited no-governmental organisations and development groups to apply for their latest round of the Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) Programme.

The programme supports the piloting and rigorous testing of innovative approaches to solving international development

problems and supports transitioning innovations with evidence of impact and cost effectiveness to scale.

Public, private, for-profit, and non-profit organisations, as well as institutions of higher education, public international organisations, NGOs, governmental organisations, multilateral and international donor organisations are eligible to apply.

The deadline for applications is

November 1, 2016. Those applying are advised to visit “grants.gov” for details.

“DIV’s aim is to create a portfolio of innovations that improves lives for millions of the poor around the world, especially individuals in poverty or extreme poverty, and other vulnerable groups.

DIV employs a staged funding model, with size of investment

commensurate with evidence of potential for success. DIV recognises that organizations supported will need flexibility to iterate and adapt innovations and DIV strives to provide this flexibility,” a spokesperson on behalf of the group has said.

The Ventures Program is accepting applications from groups that are engaged in standard development

practices like building schools, basic scientific research and, or private sector applications to expand businesses in developing countries.

All interested organizations are advised to submit a 2 to 4 page Expression of Interest (EOI).

EOIs can be submitted anytime and will be reviewed on a rolling basis between October 1 2015 and October 1, 2016.

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Climate-smart interventions only escape from poverty Climate change is already preventing people from escaping poverty, and without rapid, inclusive and climate-smart development, together with emissions-reductions efforts that protect the poor, there could be more than 100 million more people in poverty by 2030, according to a new World Bank Group report released before the Paris Climate Conference.

The report, Shock Waves: Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty, finds that poor people are already at high risk from climate-related shocks, including crop failures from reduced rainfall, spikes in food prices after extreme weather events, and increased incidence of diseases after heat waves and floods. It says such shocks could wipe out hard-won gains, leading to irreversible losses, driving people back into poverty, particularly in Africa and South Asia.

“This report sends a clear message that ending poverty will not be possible unless we take strong action to reduce the threat of climate change on poor people and dramatically reduce harmful emissions,” said World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim. “Climate change hits the poorest the hardest, and our

challenge now is to protect tens of millions of people from falling into extreme poverty because of a changing climate.”

The report finds that the poorest people are more exposed than the average population to climate-related shocks such as floods, droughts, and heat waves, and they lose much more of their wealth when they are hit. In the 52 countries where data was available, 85 per cent of the population live in countries where poor people are more exposed to drought

than the average. Poor people are also more exposed to higher temperatures and live in countries where food production is expected to decrease because of climate change.

The report, released a month before negotiators gather in Paris for international climate talks, shows how ending poverty and fighting climate change can be more effectively achieved if addressed together.

Agriculture will be the main driver of any increase in poverty, the report finds. Modeling

studies suggest that climate change could result in global crop yield losses as large as 5 per cent by 2030 and 30 per cent by 2080. Health effects— higher incidence of malaria, diarrhea and stunting—and the labor productivity effects of high temperatures are the nextstrongest drivers.

The impact of climate change on food prices in Africa could be as high as 12 per cent in 2030 and 70 per cent by 2080 – a crippling blow to many nations.

The impact of climate change on food prices in Africa could be as high as 12 per cent in 2030 and 70 per cent by 2080.

the matter said the automaker would do with small and hybrid car production now in Michigan.

According to UAW President Dennis Williams, the biggest challenges facing the negotiators was protection of jobs, Bloomberg reports.

However, Vice President Jimmy Settles told workers in a letter with the contract highlights: “Ford recently announced plans to move some production to Mexico. We have learned from that experience that without

product and plant investments, each of our jobs are at risk.”

Wage increases of Sh1 million, plus a variety of bonuses guaranteed pay-outs, will boost the average production worker’s pay by a total of Sh 3.3 million over the life of the contract, according to the union. As with similar deals reached with Fiat Chrysler and GM, veteran Ford workers will receive 3 per cent raises, while new hires, who had topped out around Sh1,900 an hour, will now progress to

the traditional wage of Sh 2,900 over eight years. The Ford deal, though, is richer, workers will get Sh 1 million in combined bonuses, including the payment for approval and Sh 150,000 in profit sharing that has been pulled forward upon approving the contract.

They will also annually will receive Sh179,000 in inflation protection and competitiveness pay-outs.

“We worked hard to secure an agreement,” Williams said.

Bank unveils new agribusiness solution

Barclays Bank of Kenya (BBK) has unveiled an agribusiness unit to provide innovative financial solutions throughout the value chain of Kenya’s agricultural sector. The move is in a bid to align the business to the mainstay of Kenya’s economy, as agriculture contributes over a quarter of the national Gross Domestic Product and 65 per cent of Kenya’s total exports.

BIZ BRIEFS Kenyans invited for a paid trip to Singapore meet Kenyan youth, among other young adults across the continent, have been invited to apply for an expense-paid trip to the Global Youth Conference to be held in Singapore in early 2016.

The conference aims to bring together youths from 100 countries and over 20 representatives and relevant youth stakeholders in order to take stock of the results and relevance of the Global Youth Action Plan, an initiative that seeks to empower young people globally.

The Council of Youth Foundation (Europe) has said that travel expenses to and from the participants’ home countries will be covered. Visa costs will be covered by the Council of Youth Foundation Europe.

The youth foundation Europe secretariat will issue invitation letters to successful applicants. However, due to limited funding, accommodation will be provided for only 50 applicants.

Lamudi releases list of Kenya’s best holiday destinations

Ford employees demand Sh3 million four-year deal in additional wages Ford Motor Company employees represented by the United Auto Workers will begin voting on a proposed four-year contract that includes Sh3 million ($30,000) in additional wages and bonuses and Sh920 billion ($9 billion) in factory investments expected to create and secure 8,500 jobs, the union said.

The proposed plant investments are aimed at keeping the Dearborn, Michigan-based company from moving work to Mexico, as a person familiar with

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The sector also accounts for 18 per cent and 60 per cent of formal and informal employment respectively. Speaking during the launch of the new unit, Barclays Bank’s Managing Director Jeremy Awori said that the bank is determined to play its part in making Kenya the region’s bread basket and a net food exporter as envisioned in the Vision 2030.

“We are taking a multifaceted

approach underpinned by the provision of financial solutions, market access opportunities and knowledge exchange. We have recruited a team of agricultural specialists who understand the variable and cyclical nature of agri-business to help us tailormake flexible and cost effective financial solutions that will cater to the entire value chain,” said Awori. He said the bank will

leverage its regional and global reach to benchmark against best practice and develop innovative solutions that will boost the sector’s performance.

“At Barclays, our interest is not to just to lend money, rather we will walk the whole journey offering important information and guidance on such issues as demand and supply forces,” he said.

Ahead of the holiday season, Lamudi, one of Kenya’s leading online property portals, has released a list of some of Kenya’s best vacation destinations. The group has listed Nairobi as the Safari Capital of Africa and cited Diani Beach as an ideal location for local and international tourism.

Malindi has been lauded for its coral reefs, game fishing, surfing expeditions, market places and its famous old town.

Meanwhile, Mombasa scored points for its beach-front hotels as well as its Arabian, Indian and colonial European heritage sites.

Watamu, also scored points for its sandy beaches and beach view hotels. Watamu was also hailed for its close proximity to Malindi Marine Reserve Park and Turtle Beach, ideal locations for snorkeling, swimming and tanning sessions.

General Motors faces more fines for faulty ignition General Motors (GM) may face larger penalties in trials related to the use of faulty ignition switches. A bankruptcy judge on Monday ruled GM could be charged with punitive damages for knowledge it had about faulty switches. Punitive damages can be far larger than damages for compensation because they are meant to punish, not just repay.

GM argued it should not face these charges because its 2009 bankruptcy erased those liabilities, the BBC reports. In 2014 the company began a recall of cars that had ignition switches which could turn off engines, disable power-assisted steering and brakes and prevent airbags from working.

The amount of punitive damages will be decided in individual cases brought by victims in post-2009 cases that have not agreed to settlements with GM. The first trial is set for New York in January 2016.

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World Bank gives Liberia Sh1b credit The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved a new $10 million (Sh1billion) International Development Association (IDA) credit for the Government of Liberia to improve access to income generation opportunities for targeted youth. This financing will also provide support for strengthening the government’s capacity to implement its cash transfer program.

The Liberia Youth Opportunities Project’(YOP) directly targets about 15,000 youth aged 15 to 35 years, 50 per cent of whom are vulnerable female youth who will benefit from the household enterprise and productive public works components in urban and rural areas.

The project also benefits extremely poor and Ebola-affected households by supporting the development of a safety net system, including the development of management information, electronic registration and payment systems to complement the Emergency Ebola Response Project.

“This project supports the basic building blocks of a social protection system that increases resilience of the poorest and most vulnerable households and groups to cope with future shocks by engaging in productive employment,” said a World Bank manager.

Telecom boss quits firm over Sh532b fine The CEO of MTN, Africa’s biggest mobile company, resigned after the firm received a $5.2bn (Sh532 b) fine from Nigeria. Chief executive Sifiso Dabengwa tendered his resignation with immediate effect, saying it was “in the interest of the company and its shareholders”.

The fine, which amounts to double MTN’s profit last year, was for failing to cut off unregistered mobile users.

The firm was given until November 15, just two weeks, to pay the penalty.

The company is in talks to reduce the fine. “Due to the most unfortunate prevailing circumstances occurring at MTN Nigeria, I, in the interest of the company and its shareholders, have tendered my resignation with immediate effect,” said MrDabengwa in a statement. He had been in the post since 2011. Non-executive chairman Phuthuma Nhleko has been appointed executive chairman for a maximum of six months while the company looks for a successor.

It is thought that the Nigerian government imposed the fine after the kidnapping of a former finance minister, Chief OluFalae. The kidnappers used an unregistered Sim card from MTN to demand South Africa.

Borrowers await reprieve as lending rates set to reduce Borrowers are set for a long-awaited reprieve as Kenya’s interest rates are expected to fall following a drastic drop in Treasury Bill (T-Bill) yields, money markets analysts have revealed.

A treasury bill is a paperless shortterm borrowing instrument issued by the government through the Central Bank of Kenya to raise money on short term basis; for a period of up to 1 year. They are an investment vehicle that can

be accessed by Kenyan residents or non-resident individuals or corporate bodies who hold an account with a local commercial bank.

Last week, the Treasury reduced interest rates for both the Treasury instruments and the inter-bank rates, thereby signaling a resultant fall in bank lending rates.

The 91-day T-Bill dropped from 19.47 per cent to 13.73 per cent, while the 182-day T-Bill dropped

from 21 per cent to 16.5 percent and the 364 day T-Bill dropped from 21.2 per cent to 17.1 per cent.

Meanwhile, the inter-bank lending rate, which is the agreed upon rate between banks, touched a low of 11 per cent.

“Kenya Bankers Reference Rate will be revised downwards for most borrowers due to the drop in Treasury Bills yields,” said Commercial Bank of Africa Senior Treasury dealer, John Njenga.

Interest rates in Kenya have been somewhat unpredictable over the last calendar year, with a sharp increase in fees causing lenders to charge interest rates of up to and over 25 per cent.

Pan Africa Asset Management Senior Portfolio Manager, Kevin Kiprono said the appetite for domestic borrowing should be managed in order to contain interest rates, inflation and economic growth.

Last week, the Treasury reduced interest rates for both the Treasury instruments and the inter-bank rate thereby signaling a resultant fall in bank lending rates.

VW seeks to appease customers with Sh100,000 vouchers, cards Volkswagen has offered US customers caught up in the diesel emissions cheating scandal $1,000 (Sh100, 000) in gift cards and vouchers, the BBC reports.

The car manufacturer is offering the money as a gesture of goodwill to 482,000 US owners of the faulty cars.It is also offering free roadside assistance to those who have

owned their cars for three years.

Volkswagen said its Audi luxury brand would launch a similar programme on Friday.

The offer is designed to mollify the owners of the 2-litre diesel powered VW cars as the car manufacturer works on repairing the vehicles affected.The US Environmental Protection Agency says the cars emit 10 to 40 times the allowable amount of harmful nitrogen oxide while being driven.

“We are working tirelessly to develop an approved remedy for affected vehicles,” said Volkswagen US chief executive Michael Horn in a statement.”In the meantime, we are providing this goodwill package as a first step towards regaining our customers’ trust.”

VW owners will not be required to sign anything giving up their right to sue the car manufacturer

or forcing them into arbitration, a VW spokeswoman added.

Volkswagen has already offered $2,000 (sh 200,000) to current VW owners to trade their cars in for new vehicles as well as the $1,000 (sh 100,000) gift cards and vouchers.

It has admitted that four-cylinder diesels from its 2009 to 2015 model years have the software that can cheat on pollution tests.About 11 million cars worldwide have the software.

Last week, the EPA accused VW of cheating with different software on larger six-cylinder diesels in about 10,000 vehicles. The company also has admitted finding irregularities in carbon dioxide emissions in 800,000 other vehicles, all outside the US some of which it said were likely to be petrol engine powered cars.

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Reuben slum where he grew up and now that he is literally a money minting machine, he saw best to join Ahadi Kenya in o f f e r i n g children from the slum footwear in solidarity against jigger infestation.

Jaguar reminisces of how when growing up in the slum he had to wear plastic bags on his feet to shield himself of toxic water which would seep

through his torn shoes. Jaguar has also launched a charity organization dubbed the Jaguar Foundation which works towards assisting the less fortunate in the society.

Kevin Bahati who grew up in a children’s orphanage also ranks high in giving back to the society with a different touch. Bahati who rose to fame after launching his music career recently established a recording studio at the heart of Eastlands named “Eastland’s Most Beloved Records,” with the aim of assisting underprivileged but musically talented singers and rappers break into the industry just like he did. He has since launched one promising artiste.

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high school, where she tells X Access she is set to deliver empowerment to the remote county where residents have been left behind developmentwise and she believes that she can instill hope, morale and selfawareness. According to Mwende, the reason she chose to have her homecoming at Mwakigena Primary School and Matuga Girls High School is because “it makes more sense going back to one’s roots.” Mwende’s mission involves hanging out with the students at these institutions while issuing among other items, textbooks and sanitary pads.

Mwende follows in the footsteps of Jaguar who last week visited Gatoto Primary school in Mukuru Kwa

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he charity fever has recently hit Kenyan celebrities and they have in turn infected one another and trickled it down to the rest of Kenyans. Barely two weeks ago, Maina Kageni of Classic 105 FM led a charity drive towards raising funds for cancer treatment at Kenyatta National Hospital where he managed to raise close to Sh30 million.

This week, Radio Maisha’s Esther Mwende has embarked on the journey of a thousand miles headed all the way from Nairobi to Kwale County, specifically her former primary and

‘It makes more sense going back to one’s roots.’

Mwende’s mission involves hanging out with the students at th two institutions

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here is a war of words between controversial blogger Robert Alai and a one-time Radio queen Caroline Mutoko.

This follows an article penned by Mutoko in which she did not ‘like’ Raila’s ways. It would appear that Alai has taken a Raila die hard stand and is now assassinating Mutoko’s personal character.

ill Cosby’s woes keep on piling up .Kritisna Ruehli is now suing Cosby for an additional charge of assassinating her character by calling her a liar. This is after she sued Cosby over sexual molestation.

Kristina maintains that she is telling the truth.

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Lil Wayne in another debt case

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il Wayne has once again been sued for not paying his debts. Wayne is in court with a Pyroteck company that sells fireworks. He is said to have collected supplies to have a fireworks display in 2013 but did not pay. He is expected to foot a bill of $96000 some Sh9.6 M. The notorious rapper was recently in trouble with an airline for the same can’t pay won’t pay charges.

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some awesome facts about the agikuyu The Agikuyu are the largest ethnic group in Kenya by the last national census. They are divided into nine clans namely; Anjiru, Ambura, Ambui, Aithera, Airimu, Anjiku, Anjeri, Angari and Acera. Their cuisine varies from githeri (maize and beans), mukimo (mashed green peas and potatoes) and Irio (mashed dry beans, corn and potatoes) eaten along with roast goat, beef, and chicken and cooked green vegetables such as collards, spinach and carrots. Circumcision was taken very seriously in the past by this community and still is for males-- widely practiced as a rite of passage from childhood to adulthood.

The Agikuyu are farmers and businessmen.

do you need a When it comes to money matters, men and women seem to speak a different language, which means that whenever money is involved, conflict is bound to arise. In fact, The Institute for Divorce Financial Analysis cites money issues as the third leading cause of divorce.

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owever, just because you and your beau have different views on how to make and spend money does not mean that your relationship is destined for doom. Having a money date can help forecast and prevent all these hurdles and even strengthen your bond further.

Normally, we go on dates to get to know more about our love interest’s way of life and preferences, and a money date is just like a regular date, only that it has a pre-determined topic of discussion; financial matters.

Generally, men lean towards being confident about their money and what they deserve financially as compared to

ASK dr X Dear Dr. X,

I have been dating a banker for almost a year now and I had gotten used to him receiving dozens of phone calls during our alone time. I however got fed up a few months ago and I asked him to ask his clients to observe business hours which he did and the calls stopped. Nowadays if he gets calls when we are together he ignores them save for one number whose calls he always picks and most of the time, privately. Could he be cheating on me?

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money date? women, which is the reason men are more daring in salary negotiations.

For women, opportunity is more valuable than compensation.

This difference in priorities can prove problematic in romantic relationships especially those that end up in marriage where decisions about joint investments and splitting of bills have to be made on a regular basis. Women are good at saving money but are always skeptical about putting the savings into use while men are spendthrifts but also quick to invest.

This is why a money sit down is key. Here the couple should be open minded in discussing

and reconciling thoughts and beliefs about money matters and individual financial goals and the more sensitive matters such as joint bank accounts and who should pay which bills once you start living together etc. This is especially crucial in this era of women empowerment where women want to take up as much responsibility financially as their spouses while men believe letting a woman pay bills is not masculine.

Where a couple is swimming in financial prosperity, bringing in a financial advisor as a third wheel to the money date is a wise idea so as to help bring balance both in perspective and goals.

His private pHone calls botHer me Dear Irene,

There is definitely something shady going on since he always picks the said call privately but take time to analyze the situation. He could be running other private deals, criminal even, and that is why he is picking the calls in private. The best solution is to confront him again and get to the bottom of it, but don’t just assume that he is receiving these calls from another girl. Ask him to pick all his calls in your presence and see what happens, he could be planning a surprise proposal!

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Usually, the eye is used to perceive art, but one American artist, Gelson Fonteles, has reversed this notion and used art to perceive the eye.

Gelson’s eye drawings which are vivid and colorful in a creepy way were first discovered on Pinterest early this year and have been widely shared across social media to elevate Gelson to a ‘master of the arts position’.

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9. Undersea killers 14. Prefix with bus 15. Ye follower 16. Miracle Whip maker 17. Like a perfect plan 19. Ticked off 20. Jewish text 21. Do a little dirty work 23. Seasonal drink 25. “A poem lovely ___”: Kilmer 30. Pointless 33. “Woe ___” (grammar guide) 35. River in Norway 36. Air traveler’s choice 37. Vaudeville comic Ed 39. Travels, as a fragrance 42. Arcade game starter 43. On ____-to-know basis 45. Greek salad topper 47. Before, in verse 48. Advanced 52. Thinks highly of 53. Exclude 54. Nevada resort 57. Compare (to) 61. Texas’s state dish 65. Kindly 67. Willem of “Clear and Present

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Yesterday’s answers

YOURSAY Proposal to teach graft in schools long overdue A proposal by Muranga Senator Kembi Gitura to entrench corruption and its effect as a new course in the country’s education curriculum is long overdue.

The proposal comes at a time when the country is faced with numerous corruption challenges in government institutions and private agencies, threatening to cripple the economy.

Corruption has manifested itself in both public and private sectors, hence there

is an urgent need to teach children on the importance of national values and integrity.

Children as we always says are the future leaders of this nation and it high time they knew what is expected of them especially on issues of governance and public management lest we bequeath them our corrupt morals.

They need to be taught on the consequences of corruption and how to embrace integrity while serving in their respective duties.

Because it will go a long way in dictating to some extent their behaviour as they grow. It encouraging to see some proposals that are geared towards highlighting the importance of good governance right from primary school to university level.

On the same breath, leaders must also act as good role models by shunning corruption so that the children can emulate them by examples.

— Hillary

Kenyan does not need many churches I respect the retired president Daniel Arap Moi, but I would like to disagree with his latest remarks urging Kenyans to set up more churches.

It is clear that at this time, Kenya needs prayers more than any other thing, but that doesn’t mean we have to set up more tabernacles following what we are witnessing in our current churches.

It’s a pity to see some priests being accused

of vices such as homosexuality and others have turned the house of God a source of income through uncanny ways, as a result of mushrooming churches across the country.

What I expected the former Head of the State talk about is corruption and immorality that has invaded the church and how to restore the institution’s dignity to save the country from what it is currently going through.

— Enock ndayala, Nairobi

Raila should get new team to realise his vision Everyone recognises the energy Cord leader Raila Odinga has, his dreams for Kenya. He visions a Kenya where systems work and more so developments and end to unequal society. His love for the country dates back to Kanu days when he was arrested, tortured and detained without trial. He has

remained faithful and loyal to what he believes in even when everything has been taken away from him. However, he is yet to learn and understand the kind of power he wields.

He surround himself by insincere political brokers, only out to reap personal benefits from his liberation fights. From 2005 when he

led the rejection of the then Wako draft constitution to date, he has his eyes set on something, big but his closest allies are his downfall. Raila should now get energetic and visionary people around himself to steer his agenda and this country to the Promised Land.

—Anne

Anti-corruption war should not be personalised It has been months since five Kenyans were arrested and detained without trial in South Sudan. Unfortunately, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and even the Office of the President have not been able to secure their freedom or a fair trial. Former Uganda dictator Idi Amin threatened to annex part of Kenya in 1976 claiming that Uganda territory extends to Naivasha.

In response, President Jomo

Kenyatta dared Amin to make good his threat, warning that Kenya’s sovereignty is tightly guarded and it is ether you respect it or meet our wrath as a nation. In 2009, President Obama dispatched two teams of Navy commandos to rescue one US ship captain held hostage by pirates in the Indian Ocean. These two leaders show the length to which heads of State should go to protect their citizens

and ensure their security no matter where they are.

President Uhuru Kenyatta should borrow from these two. Kenya needs a statesman who is ready to protect the citizens from any form of aggression against them.

Kenya might not have the power that the likes of US and Israel have, but Uhuru should show South Sudan who the big brother in the East African region is.

— Anne

Judiciary on spotlight over hate speech spread The fight against corruption in the Devolution ministry has been personalised with all tirade directed to Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru, this is unfortunate because we will end up dealing with the symptoms and leave the real problem.

What is clear to me is that as Kenyans engage in anti- Waiguru campaign, we must really do so with an aim of getting to the bottom of the truth. Otherwise we will succeed in pushing

her out of office, but leave the real architects of graft in office where they will have a field day and laugh at our gullibility and we will only have ourselves to blame. The level of corruption in the devolution ministry will only end if the Cabinet Secretary and top officials are sent packing, otherwise if we rush and hound the CS out of office, the problem of corruption will have been buttressed.

— J. Maina- Nairobi

Sexting to blame for immorality among youth When teenagers are involved in sexting and it gets out of hand, it can be a problem.

Young people tend to be careless: It’s so easy to post a revealing photo to social media, via Snapchat or WhatsApp messaging services - but once it’s gone, you can’t take it back.

That’s a lesson students at a

Colorado High School are learning the hard way.

At least 100 students were found trading up to 400 sexually explicit pictures at a Canon City High School and posting them on social media. Some of the kids in the photographs were eighth graders from the middle school, The New York Times

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reported. To hide the photos from parents and the school, the students used so-called “phone vaults,” apps that at first glance appear to be simple calculators.

Sexting is not a new trend. It’s on the rise among teens and there is a potential threat to adolescents.

—Anonymous

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SPORTS BRIEFS German football Chief quits over tax scandal

The German Football Association (DFB) president Wolfgang Niersbach has resigned over tax evasion investigation. He said he was taking “political responsibility” for Sh490 million payment to Fifa which was allegedly used to bribe officials of world football’s governing body to vote for Germany’s 2006 World Cup bid. Last week, November 3, police in Frankfurt raided the headquarters of the DFB over allegations of tax evasion linked to the 2006 World Cup. The DFB denied the claims last month with Niersbach insisting he always worked “cleanly, confidently and correctly”.

“I would like to make it clear unmistakably once again that I had absolutely no knowledge of the background of the flow of payments that are being looked into.” The homes of Niersbach, his predecessor Theo Zwanziger, and former Secretary General Horst Schmid, were also searched. In a statement, the prosecutor’s office said it had opened a probe into claims of serious tax evasion linked to the awarding of the World Cup to Germany in 2006.

Malkia Strikers set to serve off GP campaign in June National women’s Volleyball team will serve off their 2016 FIVB World Grand Prix Group Two campaign against Argentina, Poland and Bulgaria between June 3 and 5 next year.

Kenya, which earned promotion to Group Two after winning the Group Three category last June in Australia, has Dominican Republic which was relegated from Group One Puerto Rico, Canada and The Czech Republic in the group.

Bulgaria will host Group Two finals that has attracted eight teams, same as Group Three while Group One has 12 teams. The Group Two finals

will be held from June 17 to 19 at a venue yet to be confirmed.

Next year’s edition will run over a period of six weeks.

Groups Two and Three preliminary rounds will take place for two weeks from June 3-12 with the final coming in the weekend of June 1719.

The Group 1 Intercontinental Round will be played out for three weeks from June 10-26.

The top five teams from the Intercontinental Round will be joined by the Finals hosts.

The format of the Group Two and Three finals remains unchanged

where three best teams from the preliminary round rankings will be joined by the competition hosts - in each case, the four teams will play semifinals and finals.

The WGP featured eight teams in its debut season of 1993 and from 1995 to 2002, the number swelled to 12 from1994 to 2010. In 2011 and 2012 editions, 16 teams were involved before expanding to 20 in 2013. The competition has featured 28 teams since 2014.

In 2015, the United States became the first team to win the World Grand Prix on home soil, after a sweep of their matches in the Finals

in Omaha, Nebraska.

Group 1: USA (2015 winners), Russia, Brazil, China, Italy, Japan, Germany, Serbia, Thailand, Belgium, Turkey, the Netherlands (promoted from Group 2).

Group 2: the Dominican Republic (relegated from Group 1), Poland, the Czech Republic, Puerto Rico, Bulgaria, Canada, Argentina, Kenya (promoted from Group 3).

Group 3: Croatia (relegated from Group 2), Peru, Colombia, Australia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Mexico.

Team Kenya visit Mexico for golf tournament

Team Kenya Long Drive is expected to weather the Hurricane Patricia storm that tore through Manzanillo golf course with a warm up ahead of the International Long Drive championship. Team Kenya took to the range which was hit by the storm three weeks ago for their final warm- ahead of tomorrow’s Team Championships at Las Hadas Golf Course in Manzanillo, Mexico.

The golf course did sustain some damage with several wet spots on the grid which is only 45 yards wide and with temperatures at 34 degrees Celsius and 100 per cent humidity, the conditions are expected to be tough for the participants. Team coach Anokh Jai of Total Golf Solutionz says the grid will work well for Team Kenya which is used to hitting more precision drives.

The team has been training on Vet Lab’s 12th hole. The team was slowed down when their longest hitter Ajay Matharu of Sigona broke his driver during practise but it was fixed in time.

Kenya pool Uganda in Senior Challenge draws Rivalry is expected to plays out when Kenya clash with 13-time champions Uganda in the forthcoming East and Central Africa Challenge Senior Challenge Cup (CECAFA) set for November 21 in Ethiopia.

The two teams have pooled together in a tricky group B which also have Burundi and Djibouti. Just like Kenya, Uganda fans hate Harambee Stars with the same breath the local fans frown at the sight of Uganda Cranes. Of recent beef was the history barren draw between Kenyan and Uganda at Nambole Stadium, a result that denied the host a spot in a place in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. Uganda needed a point and hope that Guinea Bussau hold Angola to a draw. But the final result, a barren draw and a win for Angola in Luanda and a draw at Nambole stadium, a match which Uganda needed just a point to return to the continental show piece for the first time in over 28 years.

Malkia Strikers in action during a past match. The team will begin their World Grand Prix matches in June with matches against Dominican Republic which was relegated from Group One Puerto Rico, Canada and The Czech Republic in the group.

Kiyara beats two Ethiopians to win Shangai marathon race Kenya’s Rael Kiyara shook off Ethiopians’ challenge to win Shanghai International Marathon women’s race, IAAF Gold Label Road Race in a time of 2:26:23.

Kiyara (pictured) stayed with the leading pack to the last 10 miles before battling off a strong challenge from Ethiopia’s Letebrhan Haylay to cut the tape.

Although Kiyara’s winning time is one minute shy of her PB of 2:25:23 set in 2011 when she finished fourth in Eindhoven, Netherlands and more than four minutes away from the 2:21:52 course record set by Tigist Tufa of Ethiopia last year, it was a season’s best and her second victory in China this year. She set a course record of 2:31:22 at the Lanzhou Marathon in June.

Haylay, who will turn 25 at the end of this month, clocked 2:28:11 to finish second. It was only the third marathon to date for Haylay, who made her marathon debut in Hong Kong in January

and registered a PB of 2:25:24 to finish third in Prague in May. Rahma Tusa, another relatively inexperienced Ethiopian, finished third in 2:33:57 in what was the 22-year-old’s marathon debut.

The trio paced the race for most of the first half, passing 15km in 52:22. Tusa slowed down near the half-way point while Haylay built a sole lead before passing 30km in 1:43:20.

The seasoned Kiyara did not push herself to follow and instead ran at her own pace. Narrowing the gap little by little, Kiyara took the leading position after 36km and never looked back before breaking the tape.

Kiyara became the first Kenyan to win the women’s title in the 16-year history of the race, ending a four-year title sweep by Ethiopian women.

This year’s Shanghai International Marathon attracted some 15,000 participants with another 15,000 running in associated events including a half marathon, 10km and 5km.

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Zoo FC miss promotion as FKF now cracks whip

Zoo Kericho could still face sanction from Football Kenya Federation (FKF) even after being denied promotion to next year’s Sportpesa Premier League.

“The national executive committee will sit and decide on the fate of clubs which boycotted the last few matches of FKF Premier League which is a violation of regulations governing football, read part of the letter sent to newsrooms by FKF on the promotion Zoo, who were hot favourites to earn promotion, were dented a huge blow after the federation deducted nine points following their failure to honour their last three games. Home Boys and Rangers earned promotion to the top tier league on a Silver platter after Zoo move.

The Kericho-based club, which obeyed the directive of FKF Premier League

chairman Nick Mwendwa advising clubs to boycott the matches to pave way for the forthcoming polls are yet to respond to the latest development.

Had Zoo won all their three matches, they would have finished joint top on 75 points with Home Boys. Rangers has 74 points from 34 matches.

The two finished top of Football Kenya Federation-Premier.

“This is to notify you that the following clubs have been promoted to the Kenyan Premier League after emerging the top two for the 2015 s e a s o n ,” read the letter t o

Oguda copied to the two clubs.

In the letter signed by FKF secretary general Michael Esakwa and addressed to Kenya Premier League chief executive Jack Oguda that is set to open a new battle front, KPL is reminded to stick to the earlier MoU between them and FKF when consultation on the number of teams to be promoted is discussed

by NEC meeting and joint FKFKPL executive meeting.

“Please be advised that other decisions regarding the composition of the league will be duly decided by the FKF/KPL Joint Executive Committee as provided by our MoU.” The National Executive Committee of FKF will give the final verdict on the fate of Zoo and others that absconded the league, including Ligi Ndogo and Nairobi Stima, among others.

CRACKING THE WHIP: Football Kenya Federation (FKF) chairman Sam Nyamweya. The federation has deducted points from teams that dishonoured league fixtures after FKF Premier League chairman Nick Mwendwa’s directive.

Former United boss Moyes sacked by Real Sociedad Real Sociedad has sacked manager David Moyes, just a day before the Scot celebrates his first anniversary with the struggling Spanish club.

The 52-year-old former Manchester United manager steered the Basque team to 12th spot in the La Liga last season after taking charge on November 10, 2014.

But La Real are only outside the relegation zone on goal difference and Friday’s 2-1 defeat at Las Palmas was their fourth loss in five league games.

A statement from Sociedad said they had decided to terminate Moyes’s contract together with his assistant Billy McKinlay.

Former Barcelona assistant coach Eusebio Sacristan was named as Moyes’

replacement, arriving on a deal that runs until June 2017. The club is 16th and face Europa League winners Sevilla and European champions Barcelona in their next two La Liga games after the international break.

The move to Sociedad was the Scot’s first job after he was sacked as United manager in April 2014 following a 10-month spell in charge.

Moyes, who spent 11 years at Everton before succeeding Sir Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford, signed a contract to June 2016 and became Sociedad’s fourth British manager.

Harry Lowe was in charge for five years from 1930, while John Toshack had three spells in charge, with the last coming to an end in 2002.

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enya’s Pamela Jelimo will get Olympics Silver medal should International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) adopts anti-doping report that wants five Russian athletes including London Olympics women’s 800m winner Mariya Savinova banned for life. Jelimo finished fourth in London 2012 Olympics behind Savinova, South African Cester Semenya, who took Silver and Bronze medallist Ekaterina Poistogova, Russian also facing the ban. If implemented. Semenya will get the Gold if Savinova is banned while Jelimo’s time of 1:57.59 which was only better for fourth place will now be elevated to second if both Russians athletes are banned.

The report, which was released

yesterday

by World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) independent commission, recommended lifetime bans for Russia Athletics Federation and five athletes, four coaches and a doctor. Russia, which has been given until the end of the week to respond to the allegations or face a ban from the next Olympics, has also been accused of running a “state-supported” doping programme. It claimed Russian athletes paid five per cent of their earnings to domestic doping officials to supply banned substances and cover-up tests, while athletics’ world governing body the IAAF was implicated in

covering up the abuse. IAAF has been hit with corruption allegations compared only with football’s ongoing Fifa scandals. Last week, French authorities placed Lamine Diack under formal investigation on suspicion of taking

m o r e than Sh109 million in 2011 to cover up positive doping tests by Russian athletes. IAAF’s Ethics Commission also accused Diack, two senior Russian athletics officials and a former Anti-Doping Department director of concealing doping violations.

Jelimo to get medal if Wada ban takes effect

Kenya Pamela Jelimo who came fourth during the 800m final in London’s Olympics games in 2012. She is set to get a medal if IAAF ratifies antidoping ban against Russian competitors in the race.

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