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KENYA AIRWAYS STILL ON LOSS-MAKING FLIGHT

troubled national carrier registered a sh11.95b after tax loss for half year ending september despite turnaround strategy for rescue

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athletics Kenya now moves to uproot doping among runners

Envoys to help return stolen Kenyan assets

CORRUPTION CRISIS: Western diplomats led by ambassador Robert Godec (US) speak to the press at the Integrity Centre after talks with EACC on how to help fight graft in the country. The more than 10 envoys said they are ready to help Kenya recover stolen assets stashed abroad.

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eads of foreign missions in Nairobi have today pledged to do all in their powers to help fight corruption in Kenya.

After a meeting with the Ethics and Anti-

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Corruption Commission (EACC) today, 10 western diplomats said they are ready to help Kenyan authorities return stolen assets to the people of Kenya.

“We are prepared to take further steps to support the Kenyan

authorities, including, when permitted by law, the return of stolen assets to the Kenyan people,” they said in a joint statement.

The ambassadors have called for the prosecution of all those named in graft regardless of their position or wealth.

“In our discussion today, we agreed that all allegations of corruption must be investigated. When evidence of corruption is found, those responsible must be prosecuted and, if guilty, appropriately punished, regardless of position or wealth,” they said, adding that they are ready to take actions including imposing travel bans on corrupt individuals.

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KDF implicated in illegal Somalia sugar smuggling THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015

The Kenya Defence Forces have been implicated in sugar smuggling trade in Somalia with a report accusing the army of involvement in the racket that also includes al-Shabaab as beneficiaries.

The report by Journalists for Justice (JFJ), which conducted the study on the conduct of KDF says the military owns shares in a trade worth between $200 million (Sh20.4 billion) and $400 million (Sh40.8 billion).

“The connection between Al-Shabaab and sugar smuggling came to the fore in Kenya during the group’s current mandate- this implied KDF involvement by describing how sugar enters Kenya via Kismayo,” the report said.

But KDF has denied the allegations and termed them ridiculous.

KDF spokesman David Obonyo said their soldiers have always acted professionally in fighting al-Shabaab militants and that to suggest they are doing business with the militants is ridiculous.

The report released last night is based on investigations carried out by JFJ which interviewed United Nations officials, Western intelligence sources, sugar traders, porters and drivers.

It also accused Kenyan troops of “widespread” human rights abuses – including rape, torture and abduction – and conducting air strikes “targeting crowds of people and animals” rather than the militant training camps it claims to bomb.

“We are not involved in sugar or charcoal business. How can you sit down with alShabaab one minute, and the next you are killing each other?” Obonyo posed in quotes carried by AFP. According to the report, loaders, traders and intelligence officials said an estimated 150,000 tonnes of illicit sugar is transported to Kenya via Kismayo each year, which translates to around 3000 tonnes a week.

The numbers, JFJ says, were corroborated by journalists, traders in Dadaab and Dhobley

CAPTURED: KDF soldiers at the Kismayo International Airport in Somalia. A new report by JFJ has implicated the Kenyan military in sugar smuggling.

and drivers at both locations. They alleged that hundreds of trucks cross the border at Liboi and Amuma and arrive in the Dadaab camps each month.

KDF made the incursion into Somalia in October 2011 to fight the al-Shabaab militants, but have been accused of involvement in illegal trade including charcoal since taking over the port city of Kismayo in Southern Somalia in 2012.

“KDF and Jubaland forces control the port.

KDF and Jubaland officials levy a tax of $2 (about Sh200) per bag on imported sugar, an income of around $250, 000 (Sh25 million) per week. Al-Shabaab taxes the trucks as they leave Kismayo at the rate of $1 (Sh100) each. At Dhobley, the Jubaland administration collects a tax of Sh60, 000 per truck. To cross the border, the truck owners pay the KDF network Sh60, 000 per truck and then a further Sh60,000 to the police in Dadaab,” the report claims.

US offers Sh1.4b bounty on top Shabaab leaders The US government has announced a Sh1.4 billion bounty on the heads of six top leaders of Somalia-based terror group al-Shabaab.

A reward of up to Sh600 million shillings is being offered for information on the whereabouts of al-Shabab’s leader, Abu Ubaidah also known as Direye.

Ubaidah was named head of the terror group last September after the group’s long time emir, Ahmed Abdi Godane, was killed in a US drone strike.

Also wanted by the US is Mahad Karate, also known as Abdirahman

Mohamed Warsame who is believed to have played a key role in the wing of al-Shabaab responsible for assassinations. He is also suspected to have orchestrated the attack on Garissa University College in April.

Another top al-Shabaab leader wanted by the US is Ahmed Iman Ali. Ali is behind the recruitment of Kenyan youth and raising funds for al-Shabaab.

The US Department of State’s Rewards for Justice Programe has also offered a reward of up to Sh500 million to anyone with information on the location of three other high-

ranking leaders Karate, Ma’alim Daud, and Hassan Afgooye.

Since 2006, al-Shabaab has killed thousands of civilians, aid workers and peacekeepers in Somalia, Uganda, and Kenya. Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the September 2013 terrorist attack on Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, which left more than 70 people dead and nearly 200 wounded.

They also claimed responsibility for the April 2 attack on Garrissa University College that left 148 people dead.

The U.S. Secretary of State designated

al-Shabaab a Foreign Terrorist Organisation on March 18, 2008.

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Abu Ubaidah, also known as Direye, was named the leader of al-Shabaab on September 6, 2014, after the death of former al- Shabaab emir Ahmed Abdi aw-Mohamed (a.k.a. Godane).

Mahad Karate, also known as Abdirahman Mohamed Warsame has played a key role in the wing of al-Shabaab responsible for assassinations and the April 2 attack on Garissa University College.

Ma’alim Daud is responsible for alShabaab’s planning, recruitment,

training, and operations against the government of Somalia and Western targets. Hassan Afgooye oversees a complex financial network whose activities range from fake charities, and fundraising to racketeering and kidnapping in support of alShabaab’s activities.

Maalim Salman leads al-Shabaab’s African foreign terrorist fighters and has been involved in operations in Africa targeting tourists, entertainment establishments, and churches. Ahmed Iman Ali recruits Kenyan youth and raised funds for al-Shabaab.

Envoys demand tougher action on corruption From Page 1

“Our policy has been clear that those implicated in corruption won’t be allowed in our country and that remains in place,” said UK’s High Commissioner Dr Christian Turner.

He said it is time western countries took action against stolen wealth being hidden abroad.

“No wealth got through corruption should be enjoyed in London or any other place,” he said.

They urged the government to empower EACC and other graft agencies with the tolls and resources to firmly deal with the scourge.

EACC chief executive Halakhe Waqo reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to fighting graft, saying they will not relent or be cowed by anyone.

“We are committed to the fight against corruption and will not be cowed by anybody in fighting graft,” he said.

Other ambassadors who called for more efforts in addressing the corruption crisis included Robert Godec (US), Jamie Christoff (Canada), Mikion Mori (Japan), Tarja Fernandes (Finland), Remi Marechaux (France), Jutta Frasch (Germany), Mariello Garaedts (Netherlands), Victor Ronneberg (Norway), Johan Borgstam (Sweden) and Switzerland’s Ralf Heckner.

They urged Kenyans including Opposition politicians, the government, the Judiciary, civil society and faith leaders to make it their priority to build a culture of integrity among their leaders.

CURBING GRAFT: Western diplomats address the press at Integrity Centre on corruption. They have vowed to do more to help fight graft.

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Help us nail hate mongers, Kaparo urges journalists The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has accused the media for being a stumbling block in the fight against hate speech.

NCIC chairperson Francis ole Kaparo (pictured) said that the media has not been cooperative in their efforts to address the spread of hate speech and ethnic incitement despite continuing to provide the commission with evidence.

“You know the media is very good and effective in giving us the evidence of persons spreading hate messages and war mongering among Kenyans, but when we task them to reveal the real culprits they duck off,” he said.

Kaparo mentioned that the journalists’ code of conduct and ethics has been a hindrance to them getting information from the various media houses as it does not allow journalists to reveal their news sources.

He said that his commission has had to weather numerous challenges in their bid to stem and prosecute hate mongers in the court of law. “Media houses always for-

ward video and audio clips of individuals alleged to have breached the NCIC act for our team to examine but the unfortunate thing is that the same media houses that give us the information will decline to testify before a law of court when called upon; their code of conduct does not allow them to do so” Kaparo lamented.

Kaparo revealed that the commission has

Pressure mounts on President to send CS Waiguru packing

Pressure continues to pile on President Uhuru Kenyatta to sack Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru.

Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto and West Pokot senator Prof John Lonyagapuo have joined the growing list of politicians calling for Waiguru’s sacking.

Speaking during a fundraiser at Parua trading centre in Pokot South, West Pokot County yesterday, the two leaders urged President Uhuru to sack all government officials accused of aiding and abetting corruption.

“The President should act now and sack all officials, who have been mentioned in their respective ministries and Waiguru should be the first in line,” said Ruto.

He condemned the CS continued stay in office, terming it a major stumbling block on the fight against the graft.

“Is Waiguru a saint that she is untouchable and cannot be sacked from office or step aside to pave way for investigations, why were the likes of Kazungu Kambi (Labour) and mama Charity Ngilu (Lands) forced to step aside?” he posed. Governor

Ruto, a fierce critic of the Jubilee administration, challenged the President to sack Waiguru if he is serious on fighting graft in his government, adding that he (President Uhuru) had the answer to the vices bedeviling his administration.

Lonyagapuo urged Uhu r u to stem c o r -

had to withdraw some cases from court because lack of witnesses or unwillingness of some parties to testify in court.

However, he said that they have had to use the police officers who probably were present in the rallies and events where the remarks were made. On the other hand, he note that cyber-crime offences have posed a serious challenge for the commission in the recent days as his body still has no capacity yet to handle cases that emanate from cyber space. He further warned that his commission will not be intimidated by the political class to carry out his mandate.

The National Cohesion and Integration Commission has already raised a red flag over its concerns on the increased systemic intolerance in the country which has manifested itself in the form of politically instigated including ethnicity bigotry, repressive tendencies, hate speech, communal and organised violence among others injustices. Kaparo was speaking today morning during a live interview on the impact of vernacular radio stations and cohesion on NTV.

ruption in his government to save the country from the current cash crunch.

He said the rise of corruption cases in government may cripple the country economy if an urgent solution is not found.

Lonyagapuo asked the President to tackle the recurring and rampant cases of mega scandals hounding his administration.

“Runaway corruption has led to the cash crunch we are witnessing now and if not dealt with, it could affect the economy. Every day there is new corruption being reported, yet the President and his deputy are silent,” he said.

Meanwhile, Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter has accused National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi of frustrating efforts to impeach Waiguru.

The MP’s latest bid to impeach the CS flopped after Muturi ruled that he did not attach the allegations against the minister in her motion. But in a quick rejoinder, the outspoken MP dismissed Muturi, saying the motion was prepared by lawyers in his office. It was the second time the ouster motion against the CS flopped.

MP’s motion to save sick public hospitals Nominated MP Zuleikha Juma Hassan wants to make it mandatory for State and public officials to get medical attention in public hospitals to ensure more funds are given to them.

Giving a notice of motion to Parliament through Private members Bill, Zuleikhasaid the public health sector continues to face serious challenges because of lack of sufficient human resources, deficient budgetary allocation and mismanagement of the public health facilities.

“The health sector in Kenya continues to deteriorate drastically leading to inadequate facilities, drugs and equipment hence constraining the government to channel huge amount resources to private hospitals through medical insurance schemes at the expense of funding the public hospitals” she said.

Zuleikha said the public hospitals can only improve its deplorable conditions if the government officials using public resources will be compelled to seek medical attention from its facilities so that more resources are channelled to the public health facilities.

She urged Parliament to compel the government to issue a directive in order to have enough funding in the sector so as to improve the service delivery of the institutions.

However, she admitted that it would be a challenge to implement the proposal but she is optimistic that it will eventually lead to the improvement of the public health sector in Kenya.

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NEWS BRIEFS Gang shoots dead nigh guard in Parklands area A night guard was last night shot dead in a robbery incident in Parklands, Nairobi. A gang took advantage of the ongoing Diwali celebrations during which fireworks were being lit by enthusiasts to launch the attack.

Police said the guard was shot when he tried to stop the gang that had raided a hostel. They shot him at close range before escaping on a motorbike. Police say the guard was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital and no arrest has been made so far. Efforts to trace the gang are ongoing for now.

Varsity students protest over water shortage in college University of Nairobi, Kenya Science campus students staged a protest on Ngong Road last night, plaralysing transport and movement on the road for hours over acute water shortage at the college. The students blocked the road, stoning motorists before police arrived and contained the situation. They accused the college management of doing very little to sort out the issue, adding that the shortage has interfered with normal learning and is exposing them to diseases.

The university authorities say the issue is being addressed. Police say no injury was reported, but property were damaged.

Crane crushes contractor to death in Industrial area

Migrants drown as leaders meet in Malta over crisis

Fourteen migrants have drowned in the latest boat sinking as European Union and African leaders gathered in Malta to discuss measures to stem the flow of people into Europe.

Seven of those who died when a wooden boat sank between Turkey and the Greek island of Lesbos were children.

Coastguards rescued 27 survivors.

The meeting in the Maltese capital Valletta was planned after about 800 died in a migrant boat sinking off Libya in April.

The UN says nearly 800,000 migrants have arrived in Europe by sea so far in 2015, while some 3,440 have died or gone missing making the journey.

Some 150,000 people from African countries such as Eritrea, Nigeria and Somalia have made the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean from Africa so far this year, arriving mainly in Italy and Malta.

But this has been dwarfed by the arrival of some 650,000

H U M A N I TA R IA N CRISIS: Rescue operation to save immigrants seeking a better life in Europe has been the poster picture of the migrant crisis.

people - mostly Syrians - via Turkey and Greece.

BBC world affairs reporter Richard Galpin says the crisis has evolved so quickly since this year that European leaders have been struggling to keep up and formulate any coherent policies.

At the two-day Malta summit, EU leaders are expected to offer countries in Africa billions of euros in exchange for help with the migrant crisis.

The European Commission is setting up a €1.8bn “trust fund” for Africa and

Nine Ethiopians were last night arrested for being in the country illegally in a new operation in Nairobi. Police said the operation to rid of illegal immigrants has been ongoing and more than 200 aliens have been arrested so far. The ongoing operation has been linked to the arrival of Pope Francis later this month. Those arrested last night are expected in court later today to face various charges.

Tensions in the EU have been rising because of the pressures faced by those countries where most migrants initially arrive, particularly Greece, Italy and Hungary. Most migrants then head to Germany or Sweden - regarded as the most welcoming to refugees - to claim asylum.

EU leaders have agreed a controversial programme to relocate thousands of migrants - but so far only about 130 have been successfully moved from Greece and Italy.

Wednesday evening saw Swedish Interior Minister Anders Ygeman announce that his country will impose temporary border controls from noon on Thursday local time for 10 days until 21 November to allow it to cope with tens of thousands of new arrivals.

“We moved forward with temporary border controls in order to obtain security and stability... not to limit the number of asylum seekers, but to get better control of the flow of asylum seekers to Sweden,” he said.

El Nino effect: Millions threatened in Africa Some 11 million children could suffer from hunger, disease and water shortages in east and southern Africa due to the strengthening El Nino weather phenomenon, the UN children’s charity has said. It has caused the worst drought in more than 30 years in Ethiopia, Unicef said. Its effects could also be “particularly harsh” in Somalia, amid fears of flooding, it warned.

El Nino is caused by Pacific Ocean warming.

“The weather phenomenon, among the strongest on record, is likely to cause more floods and droughts, fuel Pacific typhoons and cyclones and affect

A contractor was last evening killed when a crane crushed him at a construction site in Industrial Area, Nairobi. The contractor was at the site along Mogadishu Road when the machine he was attending to fell on him. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the nearby Mater Hospital. In Kibera, a man has been hospitalised after being shot and in the hip by a gang that escaped without stealing anything from him. The motive of the attack is yet to be known.

Nine Ethiopian nabbed in latest police swoop

has urged member states to match that sum. However, there are doubts about whether they will do so.

The aim is to tackle the economic and security problems that cause people to flee, and persuade African countries to take back more failed asylum seekers.

African leaders are likely to insist on a much clearer path for smaller numbers of their citizens to migrate officially to Europe, in exchange for help on the crisis, says the BBC’s Chris Morris in Malta.

more areas if it continues strengthening as forecast over the coming months,” Unicef said in a statement.

It said 8.2 million people in Ethiopia face food insecurity, while an estimated 350,000 children needed treatment for severe acute malnutrition.

“To make matters worse, the weather phenomenon may also bring flooding to some areas of the country in the coming months,” said Unicef.

Ethiopia has, however, dismissed the report, saying the government has enoguh food surpluses which are already being ferried to areas affected by the drought.

“The government is working hard to ensure that no-one

dies from lack of food in this El Nino year and, contrary to some Western news reports, there will not be famine of any sort, let alone anything remotely like the magnitude of that of 1984,” a statement from the Ethiopian embassy in the UK said.

Unicef said severe flooding was also expected in neighbouring Somalia, where more than three million people were in need of aid as the effects of El Nino were already being felt.

In Kenya, the government has estimated that 2.5 million children may be affected by floods, landslides, mudslides and diseases linked to the El Nino rains.

Judge sentences South African cops for murder A judge has sentenced eight former South African policemen to 15 years in prison for the murder of a Mozambican taxi driver.

Mido Macia was killed in 2013 when officers tied him to the back of a police van by his arms before driving off.

He was found in a pool of blood in police custody.

Judge Bert Bam called the killing “barbaric” but acknowledged that it was not pre-meditated.

Sentencing the cops, aged between 25 and 56, Bam said: “The continuous conduct of the accused concerning the injuries on the deceased was barbaric and totally inexplicable.

“What made their conduct more

reprehensible was their cowardly attack in the cell on a defenceless and already seriously injured man.”

A lawyer for the former officers said they would appeal against the murder conviction.

Police pulled over 27-year-old Macia in February 2013 after he allegedly parked a vehicle illegally in Daveyton, east of Johannesburg.

Following a struggle, they overpowered the driver before handcuffing him to the back of a vehicle.

He was later assaulted in his cell and died from head injuries and internal bleeding.

The incident was filmed by a bystander and caused outrage among rights groups.

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Morning newspaper summaries Sossion set to quit Knut Speaker blocks third The Witness: If police Low petrol prices cuts are accepted, leadership: A fuming Knut boss bid to sack Waiguru: recommendations Kenya’s import bill first Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Wilson Sossion yesterday hinted he might Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne time in 8 years: A steep drop in quit and boycotted an important briefing Waiguru was yesterday saved — for the Waiguru could testify against her juniors about a State House deal with teachers.

The move has thrown the union into confusion because Sossion is the chief executive, without whom no decision can have legal effect. Chairman Mudzo Nzili led the national steering committee to meet President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday to resolve a salary award dispute against Sossion’s blessings. The move has triggered an unprecedented crisis.

third time — from sacking, after National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi rejected an impeachment Motion, sparking a walk-out by Opposition MPs from the chamber. Mr Muturi told the House that he had used his discretion, as provided for in the Standing Orders, to reject the impeachment Motion initiated by Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter.

apparently in trouble again – this time over the alleged forging of a dead man’s signature in order to acquire land in Lamu. He is accused of forging the late Omar Kola Barisa’s signature and obtaining 4.5 hectares in the prime port area of Hindi/Magogoni. He is also said to have obtained a certificate of power of attorney with the fake signature.

police to record a statement over a story he wrote on the paper last week has come out to narrate his three hour ordeal in the hands of the security agencies. Ngirachu (32) had finished his work in good time to spend the rest of the day celebrating his birthday before things took the unfortunate turn at 3.04 pm.

in the ministry expected to be charged over the Sh791 million National Youth Service (NYS) scandal. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in a new report submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) wants Ms Waiguru to become a prosecution witness in the case that could expose the extent of the conspiracy to defraud taxpayers through questionable procurement dealings.

global petroleum prices has cut Kenya’s import bill for the first time in eight years, helping to reduce the economy’s exposure to the shilling’s weakening in the past six months. Kenya’ import bill has all over the years been growing at a faster pace than exports, resulting to a current account imbalance that has piled pressure on the shilling.

Lamu MP linked to Abducted: My 3 hours in Uhuru second deal with New IRA rule risks Sh4m land fraud case: detention: Nation journalists John teachers as Knut split: forcing Britam to cut Lamu West MP Julius Ndegwa is Ngirachu who was on Tuesday arrested by President Uhuru Kenyatta has convinced Equity stake: Insurance firm the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) to agree to fresh pay negotiations, a day after a similar deal exposed divisions in another giant teachers’ union. Kuppet officials agreed to return to talks with TSC) on a collective bargaining agreement (CBA), just like their counterparts, the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut).

Britam will have to sell part of its stake in Equity Bank if new regulations proposed by market regulator IRA become law. The Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) has published a raft of proposed rules, which among other things seek to cap an insurance company’s investment in a commercial bank at 10 per cent of the insurer’s assets.

Uhuru using Muturi State House deal splits WHO raises alarm on Almasi to block my motion- teachers: A salary deal struck drug resistance: Treating many K-Rep, House has sparked a rift in a common diseases like TB and pneumonia investment lifts Keter: President Uhuru Kenyatta is atgiantStateteachers’ union. The rift pits Knut is increasingly proving difficult as the using the National Assembly Speaker to Secretary-General Wilson Sossion against killer ailments become more resistance Centum profits 55pc: frustrate the motion to sack Devolution CS Anne Waiguru, Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter has claimed. Keter said yesterday despite parliamentary lawyers approval of the motion, Speaker Justin Muturi has been a “stumbling block” by making “unnecessary demands”. He cited interference from the highest office of the Executive, which he blamed for Mr Muturi’s ‘stubbornness’.

six members of the union’s steering committee led by Chairman Mudzo Nzili. Yesterday, Mr Sossion boycotted a meeting that was convened by Mr Nzili to endorse the Tuesday deal agreed with President Kenyatta and which included payment of teachers’ September salaries.

This came even as Mr Kenyatta met officials of the rival Kuppet.

to available medicine, a report shows.

Similarly, treating common infections that occur during childbirth, surgery, organ transplantation, chemotherapy or accidents may become tricky. The World Health Organization has raised alarm, saying antibiotics previously potent in dealing with a host of common diseases are fast losing their effectiveness.

Increased investment in Almasi Beverages and K-Rep Bank and a sale of minority stake in insurance brokerage AON Minet helped Centum grow its half -year net profit by 55 per cent.

The investment company’s net profit in the period ended June stood at Sh1.9 billion compared to Sh1.23 billion a year earlier.

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offensive backed by American air power to retake the western Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic State fighters began early Thursday, according to a Kurdish official. The objective was to cut a major jihadist supply line between Syria and the Iraqi city of Mosul. A statement from the security council of the Kurdish autonomous region in Iraq said that up to 7,500 Kurdish pesh merga fighters were moving on “three fronts to cordon off Sinjar City, take control of ISIL’s strategic supply routes, and establish a significant buffer zone to protect the city and its inhabitants from incoming artillery.” www.nytimes.com

supremely changeless about the daily rites of an Orthodox Christian monastery, such as the 700-year-old community of Visoki Decani on the western fringe of Kosovo, which occupies one of the most aesthetically graceful, and gloriously decorated, religious monuments in Europe. But in recent days the abbot, Sava Janjic, has been combining his liturgical duties as a Serbian Orthodox priest with another activity: using social media to explain why his community has opposed Kosovo’s admission to UNESCO, the UN’s cultural arm. On the face of things, his efforts have borne fruit.

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talks will not deliver a “treaty” that legally requires countries to cut their carbon emissions. The EU and other countries have long argued that the accord due to be reached next month should be an “international treaty” with legally binding measures to cut emissions. But in an interview with the Financial Times, Mr Kerry insisted the agreement was “definitively not going to be a treaty”. He said it would contain measures that would drive a “significant amount of investment” towards a lowcarbon global economy.

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BUSINESS

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Access to power is a social justice issue, says, World Bank Access to power is now a social justice issue that African governments need to address, the World Bank has said.

Sub-Saharan governments, including leaders from Kenya, Uganda, Ghana and Tanzania, have been criticised for failing to meet the energy demands of their citizens.

Activists, policy makers and many government officials across the globe have argued that electricity should be listed among the basic human rights, which include the right to life, the right to a standard of living that includes food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, among other rights.

If the move is made official, African governments, including Kenya’s,

will be effectively breaking the law by failing to meet the needs of their citizens.

The World Bank has now termed access to electricity as a “social justice issue” in a move aimed at creating sustainable solutions in countries that do not have complete power coverage.

Power rationing and a lack of connectivity to national grids are among the challenges faced by countries across the region. SubSaharan Africa loses 2.1 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) from blackouts alone, 12th President of the World Bank Jim Yong Kim has said.

“Energy rationing is popularly nicknamed “dum-sor,” or “on-off ” in Ghana, an expression that people

use to talk about the country’s frequent power outages,” he explained in a recent address earlier this month.

While the lack of a consistent electricity supply is one of Ghana’s largest economic challenges, the truth is that the country, like Kenya, has made progress in increasing access to energy.

However, Kim has noted that no matter how much is invested into skills training or smalland medium-sized enterprises, businesses cannot thrive without access to reliable and competitively priced modern energy.

Firms in sub-Saharan Africa lose an estimated 4.9 per cent of annual sales due to electricity outages.

“We’re investing in transformational

Firms in sub-Saharan Africa lose an estimated 4.9 per cent of annual sales due to electricity outages.

energy projects across the region — and the world — because reliable and affordable power supplies aid business development greatly; every $1 invested in the power supply generates more than $15 (Sh1,500) in incremental GDP. The World Bank has cited hydropower as the world’s largest source of renewable energy and

KQ still on loss spree despite rescue plan to fly carrier back to profitability Kenya Airways, the country’s flagship carrier, has narrowed its pretax loss for the six months to September slightly to Sh11.856 billion from Sh12.5 billion shillings in the same period last year.

The move was aided by lower fuel costs, Finance Director Alex Mbugua told an investor briefing on Thursday.

However, the company’s after tax loss rose to Sh11.95 billion compared with Sh10.45 billion the previous year.

The carrier has started implementing a turnaround plan following three-and-a-half years of losses, Chief Executive Mbuvi Ngunze said.

Kenya Airways Chief Executive Mbuvi Ngunze addressing the media at the Intercontinental Hotel earlier today.

A series of terror attacks in Kenya in the past two years has hurt the country’s tourism industry, which hit the airline’s

revenue after it had bought expensive new planes, Reuters reports.

“The board has approved our

plan to close the profit gap and we are starting to execute,” Ngunze said.

The airline, in which the government holds a 29.8 per cent stake, had hired consultants McKinsey and Seabury to help draw up the turnaround strategy.

KQ Finance Director Alex Mbugua said lower fuel costs had helped narrow losses in the first half of the carrier’s financial year.

Fuel costs fell 37.4 per cent during the period to Sh13.58 billion, the Finance Director said, adding the actual savings from price movement of oil was Sh7.95 billion.

Hotel booking portal now embraces Swahili

Jovago has announced a new and unique feature through incorporation of the Swahili language on its hotel booking website. The move is in alignment of the company’s objective in creating online convenience through easy and faster bookings. The adoption of the region’s lingua franca on the platform will offer over a 100 million Swahili speaking people with a user-friendly process.

The popularity of Swahili as a second language continues to increase supported by factors such as incorporation of the subject in school systems, media influence,

regional commerce as well as growing numbers in immigration and overseas travel.

Commenting on the development, Cyrus Onyiego, country manager for Jovago-Kenya said, “the inclusion of local languages on the website actively supports a multicultural community in the region while reinforcing the company’s efforts in meeting the customer’s needs”, adding that breaking language barriers is key in promoting both business and leisure in travel across the continent.

Jovago.com was originally created in

English and French languages; with a demand for a more inclusive and accessible interface leading to the addition of three major Nigerian languages (Hausa, Ibo, Yoruba) thus granting a significant fraction of Africa’s most populous nation all-round access to the Jovago platform.

These available translations are supported by the provision of customer support in local languages.

With the Swahili option now made available on the website, Africans native to East Africa have access to Jovago services in their local languages.

finding responsible ways to use Africa’s vast hydroelectric potential can bring electricity to tens of millions of people who now live in the dark.

Sub-Saharan Africa has 300 gigawatts of undeveloped hydro potential, which is enough to nearly quadruple its total generating capacity of 80 GW.

Britam feted at CIO100 Awards for ‘Jawabu’ It was a double win for Britam as the company won the two most coveted awards at the CIO100, 2015 annual awards. Britam was voted the Overall Winner among 100 companies during the 5th edition of the awards, jointly organised by CIO East Africa publication and accounting firm PwC. The awards are held yearly to celebrate organisations in the country that are using information technology to transform businesses processes.

The group’s Chief Information Officer Jack Maina was also voted the CIO (Chief Information Officer) of the Yearly. Britam was feted for Project Jawabu, the company’s ambitious IT enabled business transformation project. Launched in October 2014, this project has delivered a new era of convenience through improved business processes, enhanced structures and state of the art systems. Jawabu is designed to transform the way Britam does business with the aim of maximizing shareholders’ value, containing the cost of doing business, and maximising customer experience and brand equity.

In their citation, the judges noted that ”Jawabu has provided a single view of the customer, automated key business processes, reducing time consuming manual tasks and paperwork, effectively transforming the company into a customer-centric organization,”. Jawabu had also created a single repository and multi access to customer profiles, centralized receipting, and centralized customer service.

Maina, who was voted the CIO (Chief Information Officer) of the year, delivered the Overall Winner Award.

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NHC to maintain 13 per cent interest on all home loans In a bid to provide decent and affordable housing to all Kenyans in the midst of the ongoing economic crisis, the National Housing Corporation (NHC) has announced that it will maintain its 13 per cent interest rate for mortgages.

NHC Managing Director Andrew Saisi said that the rates will be maintained at 13 per cent for a period of 18 years for tenant purchase clients and 10 years for rural and peri-urban housing loans clients.

“We will, therefore, not increase our interest rates since we have a responsibility to the tax payers,” he said.

The corporation lends up to Sh3 million to Kenyans who wish to own decent homes in their rural or peri-urban areas. The country had 22,013 mortgage loans in the market as at December 2014, up from 19,879 in December 2013.

The average interest rate charged on mortgages was 15.8 per cent at the end of last year.

The rates ranged between 8.0 per cent and 21.3 per cent. The mortgage report for the first

quarter of 2015 showed that commercial banks maintained their unusually high borrowing rates, despite the growing impact on the housing market in the country.

This follows the raise on base lending rates from 8.50 per cent to 10 percent by the Central Bank to stem the shilling’s depreciation against the dollar.

The rates have been stable at 15.4 per cent in the past 12 months, having dropped from 16.91 per

cent in July 2014.

Saisi said he is optimistic that the current high interest rates will fall in due course, noting that the government has put in place measures to cushion itself from the economic crisis within the short term and thus no need to pass the effects to NHC’s clients.

“There are indications that the shilling is gaining strength against the dollar and soon we expect the economy to stabilise. Therefore, we believe our products are the

most affordable in the respective segment of the market and want to keep it that way. In fact, we ensure that our houses are at least 20 per cent cheaper than the market rate,” he said.

The NHC has embarked on a number of projects, including the development of 120 maisonettes in Stoni Athi, 80 apartments in Langata, a mixed commercial and residential development in Kibera, as well as a commercial centre in Langata.

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BIZ BRIEFS Ministry to launch first national oral health survey

Health Cabinet Secretary James Macharia will tomorrow launch Kenya’s first-ever national oral health survey report.

The survey is meant to provide an estimate of Kenya’s burden of dental health diseases, including health-seeking behaviour, determinants of oral health, risk factors, as well as implication of oral health on quality of life. It was commissioned by The Wrigley Company through the Ministry of Health.

Before the survey, the only information available on oral health was based on ad hoc surveys done by individuals including reports from public and private health institutions.

This has hindered planning and implementation of any comprehensive oral health policies in the country owing to the lack of benchmark information.

Chinese retailer holds the biggest shopping jamboree

The corporation lends up to Sh3 million to Kenyans who wish to own decent homes.

Icolo to build new One Data Centre Provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centre services icolo has announced the ground-breaking for a new data centre in Mombasa.

Once completed, the data centre (MBA 1) will provide 180 cabinets for customer use with up to 675KW of available customer power. The centre is a purpose-built building that spans over 13,000 sqft of built up area and with redundant power and its own back-up generators, precision cooling and pre-cabled inter connect infrastructure.

It is designed and will be built to Uptime Institute’s Tier 3 standard. icolo’s open access data centre will provide colocation services such like rack space, power, cooling and physical security and redundant connectivity through carriers that will provide networking solutions directly to

its customers. According to John Kamau, the General Manager Jamii Telkom Limited, icolo’s partnership with various network providers will further provide remote hand services and high level technology support to its customers.

“Jamii Telecommunications Limited is happy to partner with icolo.io as one of the carriers which will provide customers in the colocation facility options for connectivity to and from the Data centre,’’ he said.

This Data Centre will serve major businesses in the East African region ranging from internet service providers, telecom service providers, financial institutions and medical facilities among others. “icolo.io’s vision is to build a Pan-African network of vendor and carrier neutral Data Centers that provide first class colocation

services to its clients” said Ranjith Cherickel, founder of icolo.io.

Mombasa is the landing point for all undersea fibre cables to Kenya and other landlocked countries in East Africa, making it an attractive location for international carriers to interconnect with the region.

With this new Data Center, Mombasa will soon become the Gateway to Africa for all the major internet players and carriers coming to the region.

“We are finalising plans for a larger site in Nairobi and expect that it will be fully functional in the third quarter of 2016.

This will also be a highly connected site hosting all the major network providers present with the aim of becoming the premier colocation service provider in Kenya,” said Cherickel.

Blackphone 2: The smartphone made for spies

If you believe the government is spying on your calls, emails, and texts — or you work for the government, and are thus pretty much assured someone is spying on your calls, emails, and texts — then Silent Circle’s $799 (Sh79,900) Blackphone 2 is for you.

Designed by Phil Zimmerman (inventor of PGP encryption), ex-Apple encryption wonk Jon Callas, and former Navy SEAL Mike Janke, the Android-based Blackphone 2 is easily the world’s most secure and private smartphone.

Every phone call you make with the Blackphone is encrypted within Silent Circle’s private cloud-based network. So even if the spooks hiding in that black van parked down the street

managed to isolate your call, they wouldn’t be able to decipher what you’re saying.

All the data stored on the phone is also automatically encrypted, so if the forces of evil got ahold of your handset, they’d have to know your password (or possibly torture it out of you) to get your private information.

You can create up to four discrete “spaces” on the phone, each with its own apps, settings, data, and passwords. So one space

could belong to your employer, running its corporate apps and storing your work data; another space could be dedicated to your personal apps and information; a third could be used when you travel to known hotbeds of cyber spying, such as China or Russia, and a fourth could serve your secret life as a double agent in the employ of SHIELD If your phone falls into enemy hands, or you simply no longer need one of these spaces, you can remotely wipe that area while leaving the others untouched. You can also wipe the data from a single app.

E-commerce giant Alibaba has broken its own record for sales on China’s Singles Day, the world’s biggest online shopping event. The affair has gained so much prominence that it has featured across the globe in countries such as Kenya, where local consumers can shop for discounts through online platform ChinaBuy.com.

Alibaba said its sales for the day surpassed the record amount of $9.3 billion (Sh950 billion) made last year in just over half the time. Singles Day, also known as Double Eleven because it is held on 11 November, has become a major annual event for Chinese retailers.

The company noted that more than $1 billion (Sh102 billion) was spent within eight minutes of midnight.

The reaction to China’s Singles Day shopping bonanza reflects the drama and excitement of China’s capitalist holiday, economists have said.

Apple creates 1,000 new jobs despite tax ruling looms Apple’s chief executive has said a looming European Union tax ruling on its dealings with Ireland won’t affect its presence in the country amid declaring its profit and hiring 1,000 extra staff.

The tech giant has made ambitious moves to establish its presence across the globe, having recently set up shop in Kenya.

Apple, in partnership with Netsol, a local electronics distributor this past weekend officially opened the first Apple Experience Centre in East Africa.

The facility, meant to aid the firm in converging technologies closer to consumers, is located in Lavington Mall in Nairobi. Apple’s latest move to boost its business in Ireland comes at a time of economic uncertainty. The EU last year accused Ireland of swerving international tax rules by letting Apple shelter profits worth tens of billions of dollars from revenue collectors in return for maintaining jobs.

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Nakumatt boss to address continental trade forum Regional retailer Nakumatt Holdings Operations and Strategy Director Thiagarajan Ramamurthy has been nominated to address a forthcoming continental trade forum organised by The Economist Events, next week.

Ramamurthy, who is also a Fellow at the Marketing Society of Kenya (MSK), will address the high-level forum on November 17 dubbed ‘Growth Crossings Africa’s Role’ to explore Africa’s role in global supply chains.

During the one-day event to be held on Tuesday next week at the Villa Rosa Kempinsky, Ramamurthy will participate in a panel session chaired and moderated by The Economist Africa Editor, MJonathan Rosenthal to examine the challenges and opportunities of building supply chain and infrastructure in Africa.

Speaking when he confirmed his attendance, Ramamurthy said the event will provide a platform for invited business and policymakers to discuss challenges limiting supply

chain advancements in Africa.

He said the event will also seek to advance possible solutions to overcome supply chain challenges as continental enterprises seeks to expand across Africa.

“At Nakumatt, we welcome such leadership forums which can help explore potential solutions to some of the problems limiting retail growth across sub-Sahara Africa and beyond,” Ramamurthy said.

The forum will further seek to examine avenues at unlocking the continents potential and play a major role in global supply chains. Africa’s potential, if unlocked, will provide a good platform to increase trade between the more than 50 countries across the continent.

Other speakers listed for the Forum include Standard Chartered Bank’s senior economist, Madhur Jha, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) trade policy expert, Helen Kenani and Coca-Cola Company General Manager, East Africa, Peter Njonjo, among others.

Consortium to build coal plant as cost of power expected to come down Amu Power, a consortium of developers, including Centum Investment Company, has announced plans for a 1,000 megawatt coal-fired power plant in Kenya next month.

The firm, which is the biggest investment company at the Nairobi Securities Exchange, made the announcement on Wednesday as it reported a 75 per cent jump in first-half pretax profit.

The move is the latest in a series of initiatives by both the government and the private sector to provide power to consumers while driving down the cost of electricity.

Power production expenses are set to fall in the coming months as Kenya embarks on a variety of initiatives aimed at improving the country’s energy infrastructure. Citing the ambitious wind power firm being constructed in Turkana and a number of geothermal plants in Olkaria, industry experts estimate that the cost of electricity will plummet by a significant margin.

Centum, which has made its foray into the ever-expanding

energy sector, reported a rise in pre-tax profit at Sh2.246 billion for the six months to September 30.

The Company, which invests in listed and private firms, reported a pre-tax profit of sH1.285 billion in the same period last year, Reuters reports.

The firm’s total income rose to Sh8.384 billion for the first half from Sh1.897 billion, Risper Mukoto, managing director of Centum Capital, a unit of Centum, told an investor briefing. Centum Chief Executive, James Mworia said the consortium is expected to finalise debt financing agreements for the project with China’s ICBC and South Africa’s Standard Bank by early 2016.

“We have the construction contract more or less finalised.

They are ready to roll. We expect to begin work on site in December, and we expect the contractor to move in from January,” Joe Mutugu, chief financial officer at Amu Power, said.

The power plant is being built in Kenya’s Lamu region, a coastal area near Somalia.

Nakumatt Holdings Regional Operations and Strategy Director Thiagarajan Ramamurthy.

Apollo Group unveils corporate social investment arm

Financial services company Apollo Group has unveiled the APA Apollo Foundation, its newly-formed corporate social investment arm. The APA Apollo Foundation intends to focus on four programme areas--water security, environmental conservation, education and youth empowerment. It was previously known as the ‘AminiPoaMajiMaisha Trust’.

Speaking during the launch, the Group CEO Ashok Shah said that the foundation aims to give Kenyans the opportunity to transform their lives; and emphasises the need, for people, to have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in.

“The people who seek our support want nothing for free. We provide the necessary infrastructure, but it is the communities we work with who invest their valuable time and skills to truly help themselves. This is in line with our vision as a group to keep putting smiles in the lives of our different stakeholders,” he said. The foundation will continue working in the construction of sand dams--the most cost-effective form of rainwater harvesting to provide communities with a clean, local and reliable source of water even during droughts. Sand dams store up to 20 million litres of water and provide a year-round supply for up to 1,000 people. They are also a very cost effective and require virtually zero operation and maintenance costs.

“APA Apollo Foundation, since 2009, has contributed over Sh20 million in the construction of over 10 sand dams,” said Apollo Group Chairman and Trustee of the Foundation Daniel Ndonye.

Australia’s ANZ gives Sh 1.3b to compensate 200,000 customers Australia’s biggest creditor ANZ is giving more than Sh 1.3 billion ($13m) in compensation to its 200,000 customers after it failed to apply the correct amount of bonus interest to their savings accounts.

However, ANZ has said a system error was to blame and that it was resolving the problem and had already apologised to its customers.

The accounts allowed consumers to gain bonus interest if they met certain criteria for deposits and withdrawals.

But ANZ miscalculated the interest that some customers should have been paid over several years, because it had misaligned the monthly cycle, Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) said.

ASIC’s deputy chairman, Peter Kell, said: “ANZ has taken its breach reporting obligations seriously in this matter. Breach reporting helps ensure affected consumers are returned to the position they would have held if it were not for the breach occurring at all.”

ANZ media spokesperson said there were issues where some customers were either underpaid or overpaid the correct bonus interest on their progress saver accounts but ascertained that the bank would not recoup the overpaid amounts.

The spokeswoman said a review had been completed and changes had been made to ensure such errors would not occur again.

Earlier this year, ANZ won an appeal against a landmark court ruling that some of its fees for late payments were

unfair.

Last month, the lender posted a record annual cash profit of Sh 5.2 trillion ($5.1 billion) the result for the year ending September marking a 1 per cent rise on cash profit from the previous year.

ANZ has said a system error was to blame and that it was resolving the problem and had already apologised to its customers.

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he topic of musical earnings has always been a controversial one especially locally where as a musician, you are either filthy rich or church mouse poor: there is no in between. This is unlike in the western world where although it may take years to break into the lime light, once you get through you become an instant baller. For local artistes, this not the case and speaking to many aspiring musicians, you will realize that they nowadays focus has shifted towards fame rather than money. Still, some musicians are winning big in the game and earning both fame and money even in the current situation where piracy and ripping off are the order of the day in the entertainment industry, a worrying trend which led to the

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setting up of KAMP-PRISK for the representation of the rights of entertainers. Last week, the organization released a report of top earners in the music industry which was topped

by Wyre, Sautisol, Gloria Muliro and Bahati among others. Having lived in Kenya and very likely downloaded content by these musical acts illegally instead of buying it from verified sites like ITunes, you must be curious to know how these celebrities still managed to make so much money, right? Now artistes are teaming up with Mpesa to directly sell their music to the consumer. Other entrants like Mdundo are also encouraging their solo push. And the internet especially Instagram has become their market ground. Just browse past the inspirational quotes and you will be bombarded by musicians pushing their latest single,

HOT TOPICS Avril is expecting you to have no stress from Saturday as she is set to unleash a new song with Tanzania’s smooth rapper AY. Dubbed No Stress the song is a feel good ballad which is increasingly synonymous with Avril. The launch will also feature performances from King Kaka, Femi One and Tanzanian’s AY, while comedian Owago Onyiro and Jalang’o will host the night.

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iti Nagwala, Sande Bush aka Dr. Ofweneke and Margrate Waithera aka Mtoto wa Kike are no longer on air.

The three apparently have been told “Wewe Sio Wetu,” by Milele FM. Alphonse Oladipo and comedian Mogaka were also told the same.

Titi Nagwala was the programmes controller, and the host of Misakato Ya Sato Rhumba.

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With the realization that piracy is here to stay, musicians have had to smarten up and innovate other income generating tactics from their career and lucky for them, these tactics are inexhaustible.

The most commonly applied moves include tours and concert where the musicians profit from ticket sales, taking up the role of brand ambassadors and endorsing profit oriented consumer goods and services.

Closely related to this tactic is allowing their music to be used as a back/fore ground of commercials and appearing on the commercials in person.

Musicians also profit from charity drives where one gets to earn a certain percentage of commission on money raised through mobilizing public contributions while others earn royalties from media outlets and even matatus

who play their music under the supervision of musician rights watch groups. When telecommunication companies want to use particular music to attract more subscribers such as ring back tones, the lucky creator of the music chosen gets to earn a commission. Collaborations are also a subtle way for musicians to earn income. Did you know that some musicians are paid by fellow musicians in order to come in and feature on a track? Clearly, success in music requires one to get up on their feet and make it happen. No one likes (or listens to) a lazy bone!

Caroline Mutoko is ready for the ICC

Radio Queen Caroline Mutoko now wants to be a star at the International Criminal Court. This is after Joshua Sang dragged her name claiming that in 2007 Caroline Mutoko was on air despite a directive against live broadcasting. Caroline responded to Sang thus, “I commend Sang for bringing my name to international recognition. Bless him. Yes we stayed on-air and we are proud that we did. We raised food and water with the Red Cross for IDPS in Burnt Forest, Nakuru and even here in Kibera. I stayed on-air and did my duty to keep Kenyans informed and also engaged.” mutoko

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USIU looking forward to crown next beauty queen

JKUAT STUDENTS TO TRAIN AT MAMA LUCY HOSPITAL College of health sciences students from JKUAT will now be conducting their research and training at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital based in Kayole, Nairobi.

This is after the institution partnered with Nairobi County Government in efforts to enhance the learning mode of their students.

An MOU was signed by JKUAT’s Health Services Executive Bernard Muia who said. “The collaboration will help the students and in addition help improve the services due to extra hands on the ground.”

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SIU-Africa students graced their auditorium to witness the prejudging of Mr. and Miss USIU-A. Fashion and sense graced the auditoriums runway with blue and a touch of any colour being as dress code.

The event which is normally used to shortlist the finalist saw contestants mostly second and third year students, showcase elegance at its best, of course always associated with USIU! The main act is expected to happen later on this fall .

JKUAT show U0N who is boss

JKUAT’s Sparrows, American football style team, thrashed, UON’s Mighty Nyati and emerged winners of Campolypico over the weekend.

The sparrows pinned down their biggest rivals at Nyayo National Stadium with six touchdowns to none. The Mighty Nyati however, did not disappoint their coach for they had proper ball possession for the better part of the second half.

Maseno gets new VC Maseno University has a new Vice Chancellor Omondi Nyambundi will be the new Vice Chancellor of Maseno Univesity replacing Dominick Makawati.

This is after an announcement was made by Maseno University Chair Rosalind Mutua.

The new VC joins the institution at a challenging time when the institution had been closed indefinitely following riots by students.

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Foods and drinks from outside will not be allowed into the event.

Gates open at noon.

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You see, the perfect nail polish look is tricky to achieve because of the very many imitations of brand colors in the market, but the Shade Scout app which is endorsed by companies such as OPI, Noni Crème, L’Oréal and Mac can help you out of this rut with its augmented possibilities.

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The convenience of the app is that all you have to do is take a picture of the color which you’d like to obtain for your nails using the embedded camera within the app. The app will then run this image through its database to find an array of nail polish brands that have created the shade that you’re looking for. The app then asks you to pick a skin color that matches your hands and also a shape that closely resembles the shape and length of your nails. The app uses this information to create a virtual copy of your hand and then it applies the lacquer color which you had chosen so that you can see exactly how you will look once you apply the polish! If you don’t like it, you refresh the app and repeat the process with a different color until you find the best match out of numerous colors featured

on the app. The beauty of it is that you can even use the app on the go, for example when you are travelling and you come across an interesting color which is not in the books.

The app is available on Android and iOS for all other makeup basics apart from lacquer, which is currently only available on iOS. We are sure that once you get hold of it, you will go Instagram crazy!

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Kristina Bazan: Her dress straps barely covered her torso.

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Gigi Hadid: The upper part of her dress was on fleek.

Kendall Jenner: Her dress was in all ways provocative.

Ellie Goulding: she looked fierce in animal prints .

Selena Gomez: Putting her best foot forward.

Mary Hellen: Striking the perfect Cinderella pose

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Although lingerie was the theme of the fashion show, the stars took to the red carpet in classic dresses showing a lot of leg and skin. Here are our best looks.

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shton Kutcher’s wife has one green eye and one brown eye. She attributes this deformity to her childhood days when she was blind in one eye for years due to an inflammation of the iris and although she got surgery to correct her blindness, her eyes developed different colors as a result of her chronic iritis.

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DAILYHOROSCOPES CAPRICORN Dec 22 - Jan19 You might walk around in a romantic, imaginative, spiritual fog with your head in the clouds.

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AQUARIUS Jan 20 - Feb 18 Romantic notions about friends seem to be the energy driving you today. You might see a longtime friend in a new light as a possible romantic partner. A group could seem to be the answer to all your problems. You could suddenly be convinced that you have the most wonderful friends in the world.

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PISCES Feb 19 - Mar 20 Because your working life is going well, you might indulge in daydreams in which you’re at the top of the heap, perhaps even famous! This is a good place to start on your path to advancement, but don’t stay there. Use your practicality to map out a workable course of action.

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ARIES Mar 21 - Apr 19 Your mind may be on spiritual or philosophical subjects and considering fascinating new ideas.

Some of these may come from faraway lands, which might have you considering travel. Friends or groups may bring these ideas your way or you could present the concepts to them.

TAURUS Apr 20 - May 20 Romance might take a front seat in your thoughts today. You could have some unusual dreams tonight. They might be romantic or they could prove artistically inspiring, or both. Write them down, for they may reveal new facts about you that could make a difference. Don’t lose sight of the facts!

GEMINI May 21 - Jun 21 If you’re single but involved, the relationship could move to the next level of commitment. If you aren’t involved, expect to meet someone new and exciting. Warm feelings of unity and intimacy could fill your heart. See and accept your partner as he or she is.

CANCER Jun 22 - Jul 21 You feel wonderful and you’re looking great. Expect to draw some admiring glances! The only downside to this is that you feel stronger than you are. If you try to get too much done today, you might tire yourself out and feel exhausted tomorrow. Eat right, get enough rest, and pace yourself.

LEO Jul 23- Aug 22 You could be thinking that your romantic partner has stepped out of a fairy tale. Yet even storybook heroes and heroines have flaws - but flaws can be endearing! Artistic projects may have an otherworldly quality about them that boosts their quality and impact. Go for it!

VIRGO Aug 23-Sep 21 You might host a group meeting or other social event. Your guests may be artistically or spiritually inclined. The evening should be a social success and an inspiring experience. Before they come, make sure everything’s in place and working, from light bulbs to kitchen equipment.

LIBRA Sep 23 - Oct 22 Your mind is particularly sharp and your imagination rich. Unusual developments, mostly positive, could take place in your neighborhood. You might not know the facts about exactly what’s going on, and a lot of unfounded rumors could be circulating. Reserve any opinion until you know the truth.

SCORPIO Oct 23 - Nov 21 Money matters continue to go well, though you don’t feel as secure about them as you should. A previously unsung talent, perhaps for the arts, healing, working with technology, or all three could come to light. You could look into ways to train it. You might want to explore different options.

SAGITTARIUS Nov 23 - Dec 21 Today you should feel especially idealistic, imaginative, intuitive, and spiritually inclined. You project an otherworldly aura that attracts more attention, such as admiring glances, than you’re used to.

Love matters should be going well now, as a fairytale atmosphere permeates your life.

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Yesterday’s answers

YOURSAY Jubilee misleading Kenyans on Raila claim The narrative peddled by Jubilee that Raila Odinga and the Opposition have failed must be scathingly dismantled by all of us who hate cheap political soundbites made without careful analysis of supporting facts.

It is a narrow-minded argument pivoted on erroneous assumptions and hinged on far-fetched hope that it would help distract Kenyans from the truth.

Certainly, Jubilee is chasing a wild goose. For a regime that has remarkably failed in nearly everything, it would be expected that they be modest in their criticism of the Opposition. But even in

trying to shift blame, they haven’t unleashed their best yet. They’ve failed on this too.

You see, they are giving us numerous sets of unsupported arguments which have failed to achieve their goals. In essence, Jubilee has resorted to throwing allegations around which aren’t hinged on concrete facts.

In an attempt to cushion Uhuru, Jubilee crafts incoherent theories and in the process, they are trying to enjoin Raila into Uhuru’s mess. This is buffoonish to say the least!

President Uhuru Kenyatta must bear the burden

of his failures without apportioning blames.

Smearing Raila with mad and trying to claim that he is not an alternative without giving explicit explanations is a very cheap way of trying to confuse Kenyans who already have facts at their fingertips. We never rely on empty rhetoric to advance our case a game that Jubilee is very experienced in.

We rely exclusively on facts, however unpleasant they may be.

Fairly enough, Jubilee cooked their own goose, they should partake in the eating without inviting Raila Odinga for a bite.

—Opus Dei Wuod Hellena JPT

Uhuru should sack CSs or lose seat in 2017 poll For many months now, most political players and civil societies have urged President Uhuru Kenyatta to deal with corrupt official in his government. Unfortunately, the pleas have fallen on deaf ears.

However, in my opinion time is now ripe for President Uhuru Kenyatta to dismiss his whole Cabinet and reorganise his government or else face the wrath of the

voters come 2017.

President Kenyatta’s government is evidently marred in corruption looking at the number of government officials accused of corrupt and have step aside while others have stayed put. The latest revelation of massive loss of public funds at the ministry of Devolution coupled by the worst state of economy; Uhuru needs to get his acts right, if he is serious

in the fight against graft.

There is absolutely no reason as to the continued stay in office of government officials like Anne Waiguru who have adversely mentioned in corruption allegations.

While we have competent and qualified men and women in our country who can do the same job.

This individuals must leave office immediately Mr President.

NCIC should act on hate being spread on social Politicians are not solely to blame on hate speech as ordinary Kenyans are busy on social media peddling chilly and bloodthirsty statements without fear of any eventualities.

National Commission on Integration and Cohesion (NCIC) seems to be focusing too much on the political class and has forgotten the ordinary social media account such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram that has bulk of hate mongers worse than the Kabogos, Kurias, Aladwas and Muthamas of this country.

Politicians are only the representatives of the people.

These social media accounts are trendy and sumptuous in spreading hate, tribal alignments, scary images and blood-thirsty words. Some even encourage rape and murder. Politicians are only heard because they go public and the

media gives them coverage.

Hatred is everywhere and if NCIC was serious about combating hate speech, our jails would be overflowing with criminals from every corner of this country. With the era of smart phones, those sharing hate messages and calling for more such statements and talking murder are doing it from the comfort of their houses, offices, and even posh vehicles.

The same people who publicly criticise our politicians.

NCIC needs to wake up and rise to the occasion.

We are in a different era and old methods may not work. Hate goes viral in seconds.

We are nearing another election and Okoa Kenya referendum. Hate speech on social media has begun in earnest. NCIC must care and act.

— Kamotho Nderitu, Nairobi.

CS Nkaissery order on journalist diversionary The decision by Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaisserry to order for arrest of journalists for unearthing the misuse of Sh3.8 billion on the procurement in the ministry is a diversionary tactic by Jubilee government to avoid the public wrath over wanton looting in the government.

Nkaisserry is just shielding

the government from public uproar by making unnecessary claims that the said journalist breached their cord of ethics. Coming at this time when corruption in the government is on the limelight, Nkaisserry is only seeking to cool down the fire and give government time to respond to the numerous complaints from the public.

As a seasoned politician who has been in Parliament for years, Nkaisserry is expected to know that press freedom is entrenched in article 34 and 35 of the Constitution, besides the CS has no power to order for investigation of an individual, such powers rests with the DPP. — Anonymus

Uhuru, Mudzo meant to dupe suffering teachers After top Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) officials led by secretary general Wilson Sossion disowned a deal between the union and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC)

by President Uhuru Kenyatta, it is apparent that something is amiss The purported deal to me is a personal chat between Uhuru and Mudzo at the very expense of teachers who struggle for a better

pay. In the so called deal, the 50-60 per cent was never mentioned. It will foolhardy for one to initiate any truce between TSC and Knut without mentioning the pay increase awarded to teachers by the industrial court before being quashed by the same court . There were no signatures that were penned down. All that happened is a conversation between two men (President Uhuru and Mudzo.) — Anonymous

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AK vows to fight, uproot doping among Kenyan athletes

SPORTS BRIEFS Putin now orders probe into doping allegation

The weighty issues of doping has now attracted the attention of Russian President, Vladimir Putin, who ordered an investigation into claims Russia athletes have been part of a systematic doping programme exposed by World AntiDoping Agency (Wada) independent commission report. Putin, who was speaking for the first time since a released a damning report, said he wanted “professional co-operation” with antidoping bodies. “The battle must be open. A sporting contest is only interesting when it is honest,” he said. Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko had earlier said Britain’s antidoping system had “zero value” and was “even worse” than Russia’s. Putin spoke only about the issues affecting Russia, saying someone must take responsibility should problems be found.

Mozambique beat Gabon as Zambia win in Sudan Zambia and Mozambique both produced narrow victories in the first leg of their second round World Cup pre-qualifying matches. Mozambique registered a 1-0 win over Gabon in Maputo, thanks to a 54th minute strike from South Africa-based forward Helder Pelembe. Gabon - the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations hosts - were forced to play the match without their in-form Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who missed the match with a muscle strain. Gabon, ranked 42 places above Mozambique in the Fifa standings, host the second leg of the qualifier on Saturday in Libreville. Also on Wednesday, Zambia were 1-0 winners away to Sudan in Karima.Winston Kalengo’s 28th minute goal gave Chipolopolo a win going into their home leg in Ndola on Sunday. The overall winners advance to the group stages of the qualifiers that will decide the five nations to take part at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Minor crash delays Hamilton arrival for Brazil F1 race Formula One triple world champion Lewis Hamilton delayed his travel to this weekend’s Brazil championship by two days after being involved in a minor road accident. The 30-year-old made “very light contact” with a stationary vehicle in Monaco on Monday, but that no-one was hurt. Hamilton delayed his flight to this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix until yesterday on medical advice as he has been down with a fever. The Mercedes driver wrote on Instagram: “I am feeling better and I am currently boarding the plane to Brazil.”

Hamilton will arrive a day later than planned for the penultimate race of the season.

Explaining the accident, he added: “Whilst ultimately, it is nobody’s business, there are people knowing my position that will try to take advantage of the situation and make a quick buck. No problem.

BANNED: Rita Jepto is currently serving a two-year ban for using banned substances.

Kenya is committed to fight and end doping among its athletes, Athletics Kenya has said.

AK public relations officer Evans Bosire said body has declared war on doping menace, adding that no stone will be left unturned in the fight to end the vice that has painted the country, one the Athletics powerhouse in the world, in bad light.

“AK is in talk with the government and International Athletics Association Federation (IAAF) and we want to fight doping at all levels,” he said.

“AK wants to step up the fight against doping, from athletes, coaches and managers to those who sell or administer drugs to the runners,” he added.

This come after World Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (Wada) independent commission released damning report, accusing Russia of aiding the vice. The report recommended that Russia be banned from the 2016 Olympics while at the same time proposing a life ban for five athletes and coaches.

Whistle blower Andrey Baranov, a Russian sports agent, who wrote a signed deposition to IAAF in April 2014 detailing bribery and extortion at the highest level of the sport has also called on IAAF to also investigate Kenya and Ethiopia of a possible doping scandal.

Kenya hit the headline early this year when Rita Jeptoo, Boston and Chicago Marathon champion was found guilty of using banned substances. Two more Kenyans, Joyce Zachary and Francisca Koki tested positive during the 2015 Beijing world Championships.

Meanwhile, reigning national 5000m champions Emmanuel Kipsang will be among the top athletes to headline the second Athletics Kenya Cross Country Series set for this Saturday at Kangaru High School in Embu County.

The 24-year-old Kenya Defence Forces officer, who represented the country for the first time in Beijing, China will fight it out with among others Peter Matelong and Josephat Menjo in the men’s 10km race.

Just like the last race held this past weekend in Nairobi, the Kangaru edition is expected to be fast after the distance was reduced by 2km.

The women’s race (10km) will have Pauling Korikwong, Linnet Chepkurui, and Jemima Jelagat The event is expected to be even bigger than the first meeting which took place last weekend in Nairobi with most of the athletes who raced at Posta Ground also expected to take part in the race.

Farah to miss World Indoor Championship 5000m World champion Mo Farah looks set to miss the World Indoor Championships in March to focus on the defence of his Olympic titles.

Farah said the Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix on 20 February - at which he will race in the 3,000m - is likely to be his only indoor race of 2016.

The World Indoors take place in Portland, Oregon - where Farah now lives - from 17-20 March.

“The 3,000m in Glasgow is likely to be my only indoor race of 2016 and I want to make it a good one,” he said.

“It will give a good indication of how my training is going and will hopefully set me up for a successful outdoor season,” he said. The double Olympic champion, who missed the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow because of injury, has

been based in Portland since joining controversial coach alberto Salazar training group at the Nike Oregon Project in early 2011. Salazar has been accused of involvement in doping. Farah, who has won seven global long-distance titles, will attempt to retain his 5,000m and 10,000m crowns in Rio in August. The Londoner retained his world title at the same distance in August and will open his 2016 season in Scotland by racing in the Great Edinburgh International Cross Country on 9 January.

“I have not competed in Glasgow since 2012 and it will be great to be back. The Scottish crowd love athletics and I am sure they will give great support to the athletes.”

Farah as not competed at a World or European Indoor Championships since 2012.

5000m World Champion Mo Fara during a past race. He has pulled out of next year’s World Indoor Championship to prepare for Olympic later in the year.

SPORT 15 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015

PREMIER LEAGUE

SportPesa Chief Marketing Officer Kester Muhanji, KPL chief executive Jack Oguda, SJAK chairman Chris Mbaisi and LG boss Moses Dosu during KPL player of the year award stakeholders’ meeting at Nairobi’s Serena hotel yesterday. KPL and SJAK have teamed up with Sportpesa and South Korean electronics giant LG Electronics to organise this year’s gala.

Scribes to save players left out of soccer award Sports Journalist Association of Kenya (SJAK) commission will not be restricted to the eight nominees by premier league coaches when selecting winners for the SJKA/KPL Player of the year’s Awards, 2015.

Instead the commission, chaired by Citizen TV Sports Editor Mike Okinyi, will have free hand to include more deserving players should they be omitted by the coaches.

The nomination for the award set for December 9 at the Safari Park Hotel was launched yesterday in Nairobi.

SJAK, which is led by Star newspaper Sports Editor Chris Mbaisi, dropped their earlier push to start a parallel Awards and partnered with Kenyan Premier League which had been running the Awards for the last five years.

The new partnership will see prize for the Most Valuable Player (MVP) tripled to Sh1million from the initial Sh200,000.

The additional Sh800,000

will be catered for by SJAK and Sponsors, SportPesa and Korean Electronics LG. Meanwhile, former Tusker FC coach Francis Kimanzi will be considered for the coach of the year awards and not his assistant Leonard Odipo.

Odipo took charge of the brewers after Kimanzi resigned with three league matches to go, but the organiser locked out Odipo who steered the 10 times champions to a fifth place finish after he failed to beat the rule that require a coach to be in charge of a team at least in 21 matches.

“We are looking forward to rewarding the coaches in quarterly basis, that will be seven games, but for now the rule stands,” KPL chief executive Jack Oguda said during the awards.

KPL bowed to pressure after local scribes raised issue with the way the last edition was conducted: “We know what happened last year, but we do not want a repeat of that,” said Mbaisi.

Award list Fair Play Player of The year (1) Sh200,000 (2) Sh75,000 (3) Sh50,000 Coach of the Year (1) Sh300,000 (2) Sh175,000 (3) Sh50,000

MVP 1) Sh1million, (2) 125,000 (3) Sh50, 000 Golden Glove Awards (1) Sh500,000 (2) Sh300,000 (3) Sh200,000

Team Manager of the Year (1) Sh100,000 (2) Sh75,000 (3) Sh50,000

Golden Boot (1) Sh500,000 (2) Sh300,000 (3) Sh200,000

Defender of the Years (1) Sh300,000 (2) Sh200,000 (3) Sh100,000 Midfielder of the Year (1) Sh300, 000 (2) Sh200, 000 (3) Sh100, 000 Young Player of the Year (1) Sh200,000 (2) Sh75,000 (3) Sh50,000

Fair Play Club of the Year (1) Sh100,000 (2) Sh75,000 (3) Sh50,000

New Improved Referee of the Year (1) Sh200,000 (2) Sh75,000 (3) Sh50,000 Assistant new improved Referee of the year (1) Sh100,000 (2) Sh75,000 (3) Sh50,000

Ibrahimovic out to spoil Danes, Olsen party After 15-years as Denmark manager, Morten Olsen hope for a befitting sendoff after his final match this weekend.

But one man, Paris St Germaine striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic could just ruin his day when Sweden face Denmark in the Euro qualifiers.

Unlucky Sweden missed the last Euro showpiece after losing the play-offs to Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal, but script will be different when Sweden and Denmark come face to face as the long journey to France 2016 get to the final bend.

Sweden is looking forward to turn around their1-0 and 4-1 defeats to

Russia and Austria respectively in this campaign.

The towering Zlatan has so far managed to shake the net eight times, statistics that equalled the amount of goals Denmark scored as a team in all of their 10 games and perhaps sums up their problems with Nicklas Bendtner, their main striker has only two goals.

Only Christian Eriksen offers creativity now, but he has had disciplinary issues with Olsen, who criticised the playmaker for not making the most of his talent after an early defeat to Portugal.

Despite their lack of goals it remains to be seen whether they can match Zlatan’s

sparkle and ensure him, together with his Swedish side misses a trip to France.

EURO 2016 qualification play-offs fixtures Saturday - Ukraine v Slovenia (8.00pm) Saturday – Sweden v Denmark (10.45pm) Sunday – Hungary v Norway (10.45pm) Monday - Republic of Ireland v Bosnia and Herzegovina (10.45pm) Tuesday – Denmark v Sweden (10.45) Tuesday – Slovenia v Ukraine (10.45pm)

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MISSING IN ACTION: Harambee Stars and Lillestrom (Sweden) goalkeeper Arnorld Origi backs orders at his defence in a past match. He will miss tomorrow’s World Cup pre-qualifier against Cape Verde at Nyayo National Stadium. INSET: Timbe during a past training session.

Origi, Timbe out of Cape Verde clash Harambee Stars goalkeeper Arnold Origi has pulled out of squad ahead of tomorrow’s Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Cape Verde at Nyayo National Stadium.

Origi earlier differed with Football Kenya Federation (FKF) over unpaid travel ticket also missed the first leg of the opening round of this qualifiers against Mauritius away. Origi, who would later accuse FKF of mistreatment later honoured the second leg played three days later in Nairobi. By yesterday evening, Origi had not shown up at the Stars’ training camp forcing Coach Bobby Williamson to scrap him off his plans alongside Belgium-based Ayub Timbe. Unlike Origi who did not give any reason for his late reporting, though it is expected that communication by FKF to all foreign-based player to cater for their own air tickets could have contributed to him missing the clash, Timbe is understood to be nursing an ankle injury.

Williamson has many options including Clifton Miheso, Kevin Kimani, Christian Bwamy and Ali Abondo to fill Timbe’s place, but only Gor Mahia shot stopper Boniface Oluoch to cover for the experienced Origi. The Scot is expected to name the final squad today.

Meanwhile, a confident Cape Verde, ranked 4th in Africa landed in the country last night ready for the match. Cape Verde who are ranked fourth in Africa will approach the match as favourites though Kenya which is ranked 37th in Africa and 125 in the world will be bowed with their 2002/03 (2-0) aggregate result against the side that saw Stars qualify for 2004 Africa Cup of Nations.

Fans are also expected to play a big role in this clash and a win for the local lads will give them more confidence ahead of the return leg with the Shark Crioles. Tickets for the match will retails at Sh1,000 VIP and Sh200 for terraces.

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