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‘I am too busy to honour eacc summon’ Cord leader says he is too busy to honour a summon by the anti-graft body, insists he has submitted all the documents required for investigations into the Eurobond claims

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hief Justice Willy Mutunga has today defended his tenure at the judiciary, saying he has completed his transformation agenda and can now set his eyes on retiring honourably.

Dr Mutunga whose term constitutionally expires on June 22, 2017 is set to retire a year earlier to give the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) enough time to recruit his successor ahead of the 2017 General Elections.

Speaking on Citizen TV programme Cheche earlier today, the

Chief Justice said he has already completed what he wanted to do at the Judiciary, taking satisfaction in restoring pride and regaining its independence.

“Four years ago, the independence of the Judiciary was in doubt. Today, the independence of the Judiciary is fully asserted and the co-equal organs of government all know that the Judiciary is an organ of consequence; not to be taken for granted anymore,” he said.

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SATISFIED: Chief Justice Dr Willy Mutunga in his office at the Supreme Court. He has today said he is prepared to retire next year having done his part in transforming the Judiciary.

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TSC finally releases teachers’ withheld September salaries

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has finally released the September pay for teachers.

The salaries were paid just before the union’s Annual Delegates Conference that is set to take place on Wednesday (today) at the Safaricom Stadium in Kasarani.

According to Kenya Union of Teachers (Knut) secretary general Wilson Sossion, all that is remaining now is the signing of a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) to improve the working conditions of teachers.

“It is good that the September salaries have been paid. It is our right and now we have to get to the negotiating table with TSC and we hope that they will be serious this time and not take us in circles,” he said.

President Uhuru Kenyatta last month asked TSC to release the withheld September salaries for teachers after a meeting with the two teachers’ unions at State House, Nairobi.

Both Knut and the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) had accused TSC of reneging on the President’s directive.

TSC had over the weekend indicated that Sh10.8 billion has been requested from the Treasury to pay the salaries.

The Commission’s chief executive Nancy Macharia said the action followed the advisory opinion by

Knut secretary general Wilson Sossion addresses the union’s members during the September work boycott at their headquarters, Nairobi. Teachers Service Commission has released teachers’ pay withheld following the strike.

Attorney General Githu Muigai, who stated that they should pay teachers their wages following the ruling by the Employment and Labour Relations Court.

She said ordinarily, the TSC payroll takes time to prepare because of the large number of employees and once the process is completed, teachers will be informed on when to expect

the monies in their accounts.

Macharia also said the commission did not file any case or appeal after the Attorney General’s advisory opinion.

Among the issues that will be discussed during Knut’s ADC, is the signing of a new CBA with TSC after the September pay for teachers was released.

According to Sossion, teachers have not abandoned their demand for the 50 – 60 per cent salary increase.

He says during the ADC, Article 41 of the Labour Relations Act will be extensively discussed as it will ON THIS STORY guide the talks on MORE www.capitalfm.co.ke the new CBA.

Woman’s body discovered near Nairobi River The body of a 20-year-old woman who went missing Monday has been found in a shallow grave next to a river bank in Kinyago slums, Nairobi. Police say they have identified the suspect behind the killing but they are yet to know the motive. The suspect is still at large and efforts to trace him are ongoing.

The woman’s body was discovered on the river bank of the slum by a group of children who were playing.

She went missing on December 7 from the area where she stayed with her husband. The man had reported she was missing. The body was last evening removed and taken to the mortuary awaiting post mortem that will determine the circumstances under which she died. Elsewhere, a six year old boy drowned in a pool of water he was playing in with his friends in Luckysummer, Nairobi.

The boy was playing and swimming in the water when he drowned.

Police were called and informed of the incident long after it had happened and managed to remove the body to the mortuary. Police want parents and guardians to take care of their children whenever they are playing especially this festive season. And in another incident, several families were left homeless in separate fire incidents in three slums in Nairobi last evening. The fire incidents happened in Mathare, Mukuru and Kariobangi areas.

Police say no one was injured in the incidents and suspect illegal power connections fuelled its spread. The fires were contained by locals and fire service engines that arrived late.

EACC: We cannot win graft war alone I have done my part and can now retire: CJ From Page 1 Mutunga who took over as Chief Justice in June 2011 said the Judiciary has undergone numerous transformation under his watch.

“Only Kenyans can judge us on our performance, we are yet to do all but we are still on course,” he said.

Mutunga, however, said challenges are still abound in the Judiciary and he is working to ensure everything runs smoothly.

He cited delaying of completing some cases, inadequate funding and lack of enough judges and access to justice.

“I am aware through the numerous complaints that we receive that some cases take too long than the stipulated time,” he said.

Mutunga said the Civil Procedures Act stipulates that a case should not take more than 90 days before judgment is delivered.

He attributed the long time taken to dispense justice to the low number of judges in the country. “We only have 125 judges countrywide serving a

population of over 40 million,” he said.

In order to address the problem, Mutunga said judges are currently submitting daily performance work sheet detailing the number of cases they have finished and those that are still pending with reasons why.

“We are working to ensure that people get justice at the right time, these daily performance sheet delivered by the Judges help us to know which cases have stayed for long and what can be done,” said Mutunga.

He, however, urged that in order to reduce backlog of cases in the courts, cases dealing with family issues, small land disputes should be solved at the village level.

“About family cases, I don’t think that they should be in court.

They should be dealt with using alternative dispute mechanism,” he said. If you sue your sister for a family estate worth Sh1million, your lawyers will drag out the case so that they can feed on that estate,” he said.

The Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC) has called on all Kenyans to join the fight against corruption, saying it cannot be won by one agency.

The commission’s chief executive Halakhe Waqo said only concerted efforts from all Kenyans will make the war a success.

Speaking during this year’s International Anti-corruption day, Waqo said no single agency can win the war on corruption.

“We cannot rely on a single agency to fight corruption, everyone in the community and every institution has a role to play. We recognise that we can do more as a country if we pull our efforts together,” he said.

“For us as country to reach zero tolerance level in curbing this menace, we require concerted efforts at all levels, individuals, national and regional,” he said.

Waqo termed corruption as “the single greatest threat to economic

Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission chief executive Halakhe Waqo with Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua at the commissions’ Integrity Centre offices recently.

and social development not only in Kenya but around the world.”

He said the vice undermines democracy, slows down economic development and contributes to social and political instability.

“We must call the devil by its name, corruption is theft not eating euphemism that you hear around.

Correct rendering of the issue may jolt us to actually see the negative aspect of the issue,” he said.

This year’s theme is, Take Charge, Disrupt Corruption Deals.

Waqo said the commission has this year surpassed its target in the fight against corruption as so far 117 cases have been forwarded to the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

He said 352 high profile personalities have been charged in court for corruption or abuse of office in the last seven months.

This year’s international anticorruption is marked at a time there are increased allegations of corruption ranging from the loss of millions in the National Youth Service (NYS) and the alleged missing of proceeds from the Eurobond.

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Raila rejects EACC summon over Eurobond, says he’s busy “I am too busy to honour summons

by Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC)”, Cord leader Raila Odinga has said.

Through his spokesperson Dennis Onyango, Raila said he will not present himself to the anti-graft body as he had already scheduled prior arrangements and other engagements before the summons.

Onyango said the Cord leader who was away from the city, will

not heed the EACC summons since the information sort from him was already in the public domain and it will be unnecessary for him to do so.

“Raila had already issued press statements where he gave out Eurobond figures, the hard copies of the financial statements in question are with EACC,” he revealed. EACC yesterday summoned Raila to appear

before it on Thursday to shed more light on his claims on the embezzlement of Sh140 billion part of the Eurobond proceed.

However, the Opposition chief now claims the anti-graft agency is acting after he raised pertinent issues regarding the alleged misappropriation of Eurobond cash by government officials.

“EACC is now purporting to investigate a matter they have all I’M NOT COMING: Cord leader Raila Odinga at a past function. He has rejected a summon by antigraft body over Eurobond scandal, saying EACC lacks capacity to probe scam.

Lobby sets up anti-graft team to stem region’s runaway corruption Open Society Initiative for East Africa (OISEA) has put up a committee of antigraft agencies to harmonise strategies to stem corruption in Kenya and the East Africa region at large.

The committee shall comprise of the African Parliamentarians’ network Against Corruption (APNAC), the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU), representatives from anti-corruption agencies together with several Civil Society Organisation’s (CSOs) across the East African region.

Addressing delegates at a conference held in Nairobi, APNAC President Mensah Bonsu said the strategies will support the CSOs and parliamentarians to combat the swirling corruption menace in the region that has threatened democracy.

“We aim to strengthen civil societies and parliamentarians at a time corruption scandals have continued to rock our economies despite a plethora of efforts to combat it,” said Mensa, MP from Ghana.

The committee shall work towards strengthening anti-corruption commissions, advocating and legislating along the normative frameworks of the African Union (AU) in which East African countries ratified, but have done little to implement.

Representing Kenya at the forum, Inuka Kenya Trust chief executive John Githongo said anti-corruption agencies

lack the capacity to deal with corruption due to their hurried established following sanctions from foreign donors such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) “Anti-corruption agencies are only formed so that we get foreign aid.

They lack a proper framework to end corruption,” said Githongo.

He several mega corruption scandals, which have hit Kenya, yet those involved have been left scot free or the saga swept under the carpet.

Some of the scandals include the AngloLeasing scandal, Goldenberg saga, Karen land saga, the Sh791 million lost at the NYS and the most recently the alleged Eurobond proceeds scam.

He urged citizens and the media to stop applauding corrupt figures especially those drawn from the political class as it condoned corruption in the society.

“The media should stop reporting corruption as an agreeable vice in the society. Stop calling them corrupt, call them thieves,” said an agitated Githongo.

Kisumu Town East MP Shakeel Shabir said some parliamentarians are willing to join the anti-graft crusade, adding that National Assembly will amend some of House rules to seal graft loopholes.

“We are already on course in legislating Standing Orders to seal all loopholes on mileage claims and unlawful allowances following the 21 day ultimatum by the EACC,” said Shabeel.

a long assumed, they know where to get the information they want,” Onyango responded.

In addition, Odinga has now questioned the capacity and integrity of EACC to investigate the Eurobond saga which he said has an international complicity.

“The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), Directorate of Criminal Investigation (CID) and Parliament do not have the technical capacity to do a forensic audit on Eurobond. Only professional audit firms can,” said Raila concurring with exDevolution CS Anne Waiguru’s lawyer Ahmednassir Ahmed that EACC lacks the capacity and integrity to fully investigate corruption matters.

The Opposition chief ’s refusal to honour the EACC summons comes barely a week after he had declined another invitation by CS national Treasury Henry Rotich, where he had sought answers on Eurobond proceeds.

MPs defend Raila on graft allegations ODM Secretary for Political Affairs Opiyo Wandayi has defended Cord leader Raila Odinga against claims that he is on a political mission to taint the government’s image to deter foreign investments. The Ugunja MP, who was responding to claims raised by nominated Senator Beatrice Elachi on Monday, adding that as the Opposition leader, Raila must oversight the government and ensure Kenyans Kenyans are told how the Eurobond proceeds were used. “As the Opposition we are in no business of mob lynching. In fact it is this noise against corruption that has made international investors to have more trust in the country,” said Wandayi.

Senator Elachi (TNA) who is also the majority chief whip in the Senate had earlier claimed that the former prime minister was out to taint the government’s image on the international scene to scare away investors from the country.

Wandayi was speaking at a Nairobi hotel accompanied his colleagues Isaac Mwaura (nominated) and Shakeel Shabbir (Kisumu Town East) Mwaura urged President Uhuru Kenyatta to firmly implement the 10- Point punitive raft measures he delivered in his recent bid to stem runaway corruption. “The president must decisively take action and implement his 10-point agenda on his spirited efforts to stem corruption,” said Mwaura.

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Suspects held over lions poisoning

Three suspects have been arrested over the poisoning of two lions in Narok and are expected to be arraigned in court.

The dead lions are suspected to have consumed poisoned meat.

One of the dead lions was identified while the other had been mauled by hyenas beyond recognition. A cub that was accompanying them was fine by yesterday afternoon.

At the same time, there were three carcasses of vultures in the vicinity suspected to have preyed on the dead lions. The two dead lions were not among the pride of eight that had been reported and attended to yesterday but judging from the distances of about a kilometre radius, it could mean they had consumed the suspected poison from the same source.

The remnants of the carcasses have been incinerated and buried to prevent further access by other animals. A report of suspected lion poisoning was made on Sunday around Governors Camp area by Narok County rangers and Governor’s Camp management.

All the eight lions belonging to the Marsh pride are fine with no visible signs of poisoning.

One of these was reported to be showing clinical signs of poisoning which, included severe in coordination, muscle tremors, profuse diarrhoea, papillary dilation, among others. Four others were reported to be showing mild signs. The one with severe signs was treated. This morning, the treated lion has been reported to have shown marked signs of improvement and has joined the rest of the group. All the eight were this afternoon observed to be together with no further signs of poisoning.

Monitoring of the pride is ongoing.

This morning another lioness was reported in a different location that had not been seen yesterday. A Kenya Wildlife Service veterinary doctor has conducted a post mortem examination in the presence of scene of crime officers. Samples will be ferried to the Government Chemist for toxicological analysis.

Trump risks disqualification over anti-Muslim utterances Donald Trump’s statement that Muslims should be banned from entering the United States “disqualifies” him from being president, the White House spokesman said Tuesday.

“The fact is what Donald Trump said yesterday disqualifies him from serving as president,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said in Tuesday’s press briefing. For a White House administration to so heavily weigh in on an opposing party’s nominating contest is a highly unusual step.

Earnest noted first that every president must take an oath to “preserve, protect and defend” the US Constitution, and thus, he said, Trump would not qualify.

The GOP front-runner on Monday released a statement calling for the US to refuse entry of foreign Muslims. His proposal was met with widespread criticism, including from several candidates in his own party.

But Earnest had harsh words for the GOP as a whole, too, saying all GOP presidential candidates have signed a pledge to support whoever is the eventual nominee.

“For Republican candidates for president to stand by their pledge to support Mr. Trump, that in and of itself is disqualifying,” Earnest said. “The question now is about the rest of the Republican Party and whether or not they’re

going to be dragged into the dustbin of history with him. And right now the current trajectory is not very good.”

Earnest cited the election of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, who a reporter said once joked he was like white supremacist David Duke “without the baggage,” and a leaked Republican Senate campaign memo instructing candidates how to ride voters’ support for Trump.

The White House spokesman on Tuesday also called Trump a “carnival barker.”

“The Trump campaign for months now has had a dustbin of history-like quality to it,” Earnest said.

Secretary of State John Kerry also rebuked Trump’s comments.

“I would simply say that nondiscrimination and equal treatment are a pillar of not just American values but of our immigration and our admission policies in this country and the State Department remains totally committed to treating all religions with respect and without discrimination,” Kerry said during a press briefing in Paris.

He added, “As I travel around the world, it is clear to me and how both our friends and our adversaries watch and listen to the discourse in the U.S., and I believe that comments such as those that we just heard are not constructive -- and I would say that is putting it diplomatically.”

Republican presidential candidate Donal Trump has come under fire over his anti-Muslim tirade.

He had called for the ban of all Muslins entering US after a terror attack in California.

And Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook on Tuesday said -- without hitting the Republican front-runner by name -- that Trump’s comments put U.S. national security at risk.

“Anything that bolsters ISIL’s narrative and pits the United

States against the Muslim faith is certainly not only contrary to our values but contrary to our national security,” he said, using another name for ISIS. He also said that there are “many men and women in uniform today of Muslim

faith who are serving this country patriotically.”

The U.S. is working with Muslim nations right now, Cook noted. “We want to, in essence, take the fight to ISIL with the help of Muslims around the world.”

Pistorius granted bail after murder conviction South African Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been granted bail while he awaits sentence for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.

Judges changed his conviction from manslaughter to murder last week.

He has already served one year in prison.

Pistorius (pictured) now faces a minimum sentence of 15 years’ imprisonment, if he fails in a bid to overturn his conviction.

He intends to mount an appeal at the highest court in South Africa,

the Constitutional Court.

Bail has been set at 10,000 rand ($700, £450). Pistorius was deemed not to be a flight risk by Judge Audrey Ledwaba.

Pistorius can remain under house arrest at his uncle’s home until sentencing next year, and will be electronically tagged. He also has to hand over his passport.

He will be able to leave the house between 07:00 and midday, but will only be able to move within a 20km (12 miles) radius.

He is currently under house arrest

after spending one year of his original five-year sentence in jail.

In his bail affidavit, he said he had no income. During the hearing, his lawyer said he was only able to pay a sum of 10,000 rand for his bail.

Last week, South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein accepted prosecution arguments and ruled that the lower court did not correctly apply the concept of “dolus eventualis” - whether Pistorius knew that a death would be a likely result of his actions.

Last week’s ruling said that having

armed himself with a high-calibre weapon, Pistorius must have foreseen that whoever was behind the door might die, especially given his firearms training.

Pistorius always maintained that he believed there was an intruder in the house - but Justice Eric Leach said that the identity of the person behind the door was “irrelevant to his guilt”.

The judge added that Pistorius did “not take that most elementary precaution of firing a warning shot”.

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Morning newspaper summaries Uhuru to go for assets Police chief says no Mystery over empty Corrupt suppliers to of the Corrupt: President bodies in Mandera Mandera ‘grave’: The miss out on Safaricom, Uhuru Kenyatta has decided to go for the surrounding the discovery of an grave: A search party yesterday mystery KCB tenders: Safaricom and assets of those convicted of corruption alleged mass grave in Mandera deepened and warned that the war on graft will be painful. Opposition leader Raila Odinga has sustained criticism of the President’s anti-graft fight for months now and at one point urged Uhuru to “wake up and report to work”. “The time for rhetoric is over, it’s time for action. The war on corruption is going to be painful, but when the action starts don’t say we are being picked on,” an agitated Uhuru said.

excavated 15 sites in Mandera County but did not find any more bodies, InspectorGeneral of Police Joseph Boinnet said last night. Present during the search was the Mandera County Security Committee, Governor Ali Roba, Senator Billow Kerrow, journalists and human rights activists, Mr Boinnet said. He added that the local leaders were unsatisfied and asked for a bulldozer to dig deeper.

yesterday after no other body was found at the suspected sites. Yesterday, local police, politicians, medics and human right lawyers witnessed excavations at suspected graves in Arabia area, which is about 40km from Mandera town, but did not find anything. Senator Billow Kerrow was among the team that combed the area in Mieboi ward for bodies.

KCB yesterday stepped up the fight against corruption after they committed not to do businesses with any supplier named in the government tendering scandals. The two were in a group of more than 200 firms that signed a new code of Ethics for business that binds them to clean practices while biding for government contracts.

EAC summons Raila ‘Fake Obama’ in US Laptop project on Sports betting runs into with regulator: over Eurobond saga: THE race seeking his Kenyan course as State picks trouble The Betting Control and Licensing Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission roots: An African American pilot schools: A total of 150 Board (BCLB) has warned mobile has summoned Cord leader Raila Odinga to explain his claims that Sh140 billion from the Eurobond was lost. The EACC yesterday said it has sent the former Prime Minister a letter to appear tomorrow, but Raila said he has yet to see it. In a statement to newsrooms, Raila said he has been out of Nairobi since Thursday and learnt about the summonses through the media.

presidential contender is coming to Kenya, supposedly to find his roots. Dr Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon and author, said he will be tracing his ancestry, which he claimed was in Kenya and Tanzania, when he makes the trip. The announcement is reminiscent of a similar trip by then Senator Barack Obama in 2006, shortly before he sought and won the Democratic Party nomination.

schools have been selected for a pilot run of the digital literacy programme to benefit lower primary pupils. Three schools from each county have been selected for piloting under the proof of concept (Poc), ahead of the roll out of the project in January. “The pilot schools have been selected based on urban, periurban and rural categories,” reads the brief seen by The Standard.

Police vow to crush Teachers to set up fight Stop behaving like Mombasa youth gang in for union cash: Teachers have victims, President accused their employer of frustrating three months: The government them by withholding union dues and are Uhuru Kenyatta tells has issued criminal gang Wakali Kwanza a graft suspects: President three-month deadline to end its activities. looking for alternative ways of collecting Wakali Kwanza, a roving gang, has been terrorizing Kisauni residents. Regional Police Commandant Francis Wanjohi on Monday said by February they will have “squashed the group’s activities and sent it into extinction”. Wakali Kwanza’s name implies ‘survival of the fittest’ and has two splinter groups.

the revenue. Speaking ahead of today’s Annual Delegates Conference, Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) Secretary-General Wilson Sossion said “new strategies are being sought to elevate the fight for union dues”. “The TSC has withheld union dues for August in bad faith. We need to explore alternative mechanisms of collecting the money.

Uhuru Kenyatta has warned that the anti-corruption purge will be painful and those targeted should not play the victim.

“Let us now stop the rhetoric and focus on action against corruption. When the action happens, it will be painful. Let us not hear people claiming that they are being picked on when we act against corruption,” the President said yesterday.

telecom operators against supporting a gaming firm that is using provisional licence it was awarded to offer services.

It accuses Jambo marketing of operating in breach of the authorization it got restricting its activities to online gaming and moving into a new areas such as mobile phone-based gaming where they don’t have licence.

Banks want Equity, Family and 3 others dropped from class suit: A lobby is seeking to strike

out five banks from a class action suit filed against all lenders in the country, arguing that they did not exist when the matter moved to court in 2003. The lobby says Equity, Family, UBA, Gulf African Banks and Housing Finance (HF) were not registered lenders in July 2003 when Rose Wanjiru filed a suit.

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Africa to get Sh1 trn for renewable energy plans Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI) has received more than $10 billion (Sh1 trillion) from the international community.

The additional funding for the programme was announced during the ongoing cop21.

At an event on the sidelines of the Paris climate meeting, the European Union, Sweden and G7 jointly pledged $10 billion. In particular, Germany will contribute $3.25 billion, France $2.2 billion, Sweden $500 million and Canada CA$110 million to the initiative.

The ambitious initiative is an Africanled plan to add 10,000 MW of additional renewable energy which will provide clean power to millions across the continent.

United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) Executive Director Achim Steiner said, “Africa’s renewable energy revolution will ensure access to clean, reliable and efficient energy, while ensuring we do not add to the greenhouse gas emissions we are gathered here in Paris to reduce. The Africa Renewable Energy Initiative aims to do just that.”

“Such leadership from Africa, and the financial backing from the international community announced today, provides fresh hope that we can tackle the twin challenges of sustainable development and climate change,” she said.

African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina said that through the initiative, Africa can sustain fast economic growth as well

as maintain a low carbon development pathway.

“Africa is tired of being in the dark. The lack of electricity has put the brakes on Africa’s industrialisation,” he said.

AREI was launched by representatives of the African Union, the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment, and the African Development Bank, among others. The initiative aims to help achieve sustainable development and enhanced well-being by ensuring universal access to clean and affordable energy in Africa.

In its second phase, the initiative is targeting the mobilization of Africa’s

massive renewable resources, such as solar, geothermal and wind, to generate at least 300 GW by 2030, more than doubling current capacity.

Approximately 600 million people have no access to electricity in Africa, with the figure expected to rise to 700 million by 2030 without further action, a 2015 Unep report found. As a result, many rely on wood or other biomass to cook and heat their homes, leading to hundreds of thousands of deaths each year from indoor air pollution.

Approximately 600 million people have no access to electricity in Africa, with the figure expected to rise to 700 million by 2030.

Aberdere Hills Golf resort tees off on global mark after being named best The Aberdere Hills Golf resort in Naivasha has been named the best golf development in Africa at the 2015 International property Awards in London. This fete was achieved as it unveiled the upgrading of its course on the appointment of international consultants, European Golf Design as the next step in strategy to achieve international golf status.

This makes the 18-hole golf course at Aberdere Hills the first in the country to be designed with international golf course design and is a precursor to seeking international golf branding.

With a large driving range, as well as practice and tuition facilities, the course has been uniquely planned to take advantage of the natural gorges that shape the 1600 acres of land on which it sits positioning it as one of the most fascinating and challenging courses in the world.

“The award as the best golf development in Africa affirms the quality of our master planning and strategy in creating Aberdere Hills as a national Kenyan course that will also enter the top tier of international courses as a golfing destination,” said Dr Pritam Panesar, Managing Director of Panda Development Company.

The golf course, under development

by Panda Development Company, is being built at a cost of $25 million (Sh2.5 billion), anchoring the $250 million (Sh25b) Aberdere Hills Golf Resort which is one of Kenya’s largest developments. So far, $20 million has been used on infrastructure, spanning 30km of internal road network, a complete boundary wall, three dams and four boreholes, supplying more than 3million cubic metres of water and full infrastructure for the residential developments including

drainage, sewerage and power. A tree nursery is also established, cultivating one million indigenous trees of which 100,000 have so far been planted across the resort.

The course will be overlooked by a 5 star hotel, with 120 rooms, conference facilities, a ballroom and spa. The resort will also host a club house and multiple recreation facilities. Dr Panesar who envisages the golf course bringing in as many as 5,000 high profile guests to Naivasha in as few as five years, said it has the potential to make a real contribution to the Kenyan export revenue and foreign earnings.

“Top level international golf tours attract guests from all around the world, and with proper investment, the country will benefit a great deal from this kind of sport tourism,” Panesar said.

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Imperial bank large depositors to know fate in March 2016 The fate of Imperial Bank’s large depositors whose accounts holds up to £880 million (Sh135 billion) still hangs in the balance after the Central Bank of Kenya announced a deal to pay customers with not more than Sh1 million.

CBK governor Patrick Njoroge has said the bank will have a clear picture by March on how to deal with Imperial Bank depositors who had more than Sh1 million.

The governor told Reuters that he was strengthening supervision in the wake of the Imperial Bank case, saying mergers would help create resilient institutions from the one-trick ponies found in parts of the banking sectors.

The central bank had announced that it had reached an agreement with DTB to give some 44,300 small depositors

Sh80 billion ($80 million) subject to a maximum of Sh1 million.

The remaining 5,700 account holders will have to be patient until the end of March 2016 when the CBK will release a detailed plan of their payments.

However, depositors with up to Sh1 million at the bank who accounts for 90 per cent have started receiving their monies back in full but larger depositors must wait for a full examination of the books before they receive additional cash.

“We expect that this work will be done and completed by the end of March next year, and at that point we can decide on a way forward,” Njoroge said.

Paying small depositors first allowed us a bit of time to examine and verify all the loans and deposits at the bank, he added.

Aga Khan company in hunt for electricians, carpenters, welders Aga Khan Education Service, Kenya (AKES, K), a non-profit service company, registered under the Companies Act, has announced plans to hire electricians, carpenters, plumbers and steel welders.

AKES, which operates 11 private schools within Kenya, is part of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), a group of private development agencies to improve living conditions and opportunities for people in specific regions of the developing world.

Aga Khan Education Service, Kenya is now seeking to hire skilled individuals as part of its latest recruitment drive.

“Reporting to the Assets Manager, the ideal candidate will have a track record of providing high quality supervisory support to a technical team, cutting across Electrical, Carpentry, Plumbing and Welding Sections,

among other supervisory assignments,” reads a statement on behalf of the recruiters.

Those applying for the position of Electrician must have an Academic “O” level or the equivalent a Diploma or Certificate in Electrical Engineering or accepted equivalent and a C2 Electrician License. The ideal candidate must be Computer literate with 3 to 5 years’ experience.

Those applying for the position of Carpenter must have an Academic “O” level or the equivalent and a Government Trade Test Grade I Certificate in carpentry or equivalent with 3 to 5 years’ experience.

Those applying for the position of Plumber Carpenter must have an Academic “O” level or the equivalent and a Government Trade Test Grade I Certificate in plumbing with 3 to 5 years’ experience.

Branch International shakes up mobile money market Branch International Inc, a financial services company and the group behind an app that lets users access loans via their mobile phones, has announced plans to plant itself deeper into the Kenyan market.

Branch has been operating in the country for more than 6 months now and already has 10,000 active users. The group has disbursed over $1 million (Sh102 million) in loans so far.

As one of the latest entrants in the country’s mobile money industry, Branch has positioned itself as one of the leading localized apps on Google’s Play Store (having scored 4.1 stars out of 5, according to recent rankings).

The group, headed by CEO Matt Flannery, is now looking to grow its customer base as Kenya’s mobile money revolution continues to take shape. Flannery is also the Co-founder of Kiva.org, a non-profit organization that offers loans to entrepreneurs.

“Branch aims to be the number one mobile lending solution in Kenya,” said Head of Branch Kenya, Andrew Huelsenbeck.

Speaking to X News during a recent exchange, Huelsenbeck said the spread of smartphones presented an incredible opportunity for the world’s emerging middle class to access banking options and achieve financial flexibility.

“Branch has joined this trend by creating a new Android-powered app that allows customers to fill out a simple application for an affordable, short-term loan that is delivered directly to their MPESA accounts.

By leveraging smartphone data and cuttingedge data science for credit scoring, Branch is revolutionizing lending in Kenya, and will soon expand to serve other countries in East Africa and other regions across the globe,” he added.

Branch users can access short-term loans of up to Sh50,000 by filling out a simple application. The loan is then delivered directly to their mobile money account.

Loans range from $10 (Sh1,000) to $500 (Sh50,000), with average size of $35 (Sh3,500), Branch told X News.

Branch collects data from a user’s phone when they log into the app. This includes information about a user’s device, SMS logs, call logs, and contact lists.

Branch then uses this information to assess a person’s creditworthiness and provide a seamless experience when applying for a loan.

Branch users can access short-term loans of up to Sh50,000 by filling out a simple application. The loan is then delivered directly to their mobile money account.

Speaking during the launch, KCB Retail Director Anastacia Kimtai said the programme will increase customer satisfaction while providing added value services through partners. The programme will be rolled out in two phases commencing within Kenya, and followed by other regional markets.

“Our customers will earn points from their entire relationship with the Bank. KCB Simba Points Loyalty Programme provides customers with multiple redemption options from local and international partners including flights, accommodation, and dinning, official sports

merchandise, online and retail shopping,” she added.

Other services will include purchase of airtime, bill payments and payment of banking services.

Customers are ensured of an exciting journey both as they earn and redeem their points.

Through http://simbapoints. kcbbankgroup.com, the programme’s online portal, customers can surf the site to learn how to earn and redeem points, the various merchandise on offer, and the hundreds of partnering merchants.

Enrollment for customers is free and can be done through the KCB mobile platform on *522#, the KCB App or by

visiting any KCB Bank branch.

The Bank has partnered with local merchants to ensure guaranteed value for customers including Naivas, Text Book Centre, Airtel, Shell Service Stations, PC World, Big Square, Tribe, Serena and Sarova Hotels. Research show that recently Banks have stepped up to continuously add value to customers, moving from call centers to online platforms and now loyalty programs.

This will be the first loyalty program of its kind in Africa as banks either reward only one transaction type, for instance card business, or only give one option to redeem points–cash.

American mining firm to sack 85,000 workers US-based mining firm, Anglo American has said it will sell huge chunks of its business and shrink its workforce by nearly two thirds due to fallen share records in the company.

These amendments will lead to the sacking of 85,000 employees, reducing the staff from 135,000 to 50,000.

The group has been forced to restructure following a collapse of commodity prices that have slashed the profits.

A company spokesman said the job cuts would be made through assets sales and internal cuts.

“Bear in mind that these include assets that we will sell, so the 85,000 jobs don’t disappear

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2015

BIZ BRIEFS Countries kick-start plan to promote geothermal use

Thirty-six countries have kick-started an initiative to promote the use of geothermal energy in developing economies as a cleaner alternative to oil, gas and coal. The Global Geothermal Alliance (GGA), launched on the sidelines of the UN climate talks in Le Bourget, aims at a six-fold increase in geothermal electricity production and a tripling of geothermal-derived heating by 2030.

It seeks to reduce pollution while driving down the cost of power for consumers and power producers at large.

The GGA is an initiative led by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to increase geothermal electricity generation and the direct use of geothermal heat. Members of the GGA include: Kenya, Bolivia, Burundi, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt among others.

Airtel opens more shops to better customer service

KCB unveils customer loyalty reward scheme Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) has launched a long term, bank-wide Loyalty and Reward Solution dubbed Simba Loyalty Programme designed to create a full customer-friendly reward mechanism.

In a bid to retain its existing customers, the bank aims to attract new customers and encourage the existing ones to transact more using preferred channels countrywide. The programme will enable customers earn points through e-payments, agency, mobile, and internet banking transactions, card transactions, insurance payments, deposits and loans.

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as many will be employed by new owners of those mines that we sell,” he said.

Furthermore, Anglo has assured that it will suspend dividend payments for a year as well as consolidating from six to three businesses.

BBC reports.

As part of the restructuring process, Anglo American’s diamonds business will be run by its De Beers subsidiary, its platinum and base metals operations will come under Industrial Metals, and its Bulk Commodities division will concentrate on coal and iron ore.

All mining firms across the globe have seen profits tumble along with plunging commodity prices due to a slow demand of

commodity from china. Anglo confirms that it will purchase its phosphates and niobium businesses in 2016 and plans $ 3.7 bn in cost and productivity improvements by 2017.

Chief executive Mark Cutifani said: “While we have continued to deliver our business restructuring and performance objectives across the board, the severity of commodity price deterioration requires bolder action.”

Anglo’s share prices has fallen by more than two-thirds over the past year and today they fell by 12.3 per cent to 323.65 pence compared to February 2011 when share traded for more than Sh 5,200 (£34) each.

Bharti Airtel Limited, a global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Africa and Asia, has announced that it has opened 18 new customer service shops across Kenya over the last ten months with a plan to open 10 more before the end of its financial year, which ends in April 2016. This is part of the company’s retail expansion plan in line with the firm’s long term drive towards delivering the best service experience for customers, Airtel has said.

The shops have been recognized for their exclusive Airtel Premier lounges where premier customers get access to first class treatment upon presentation of the Airtel money premier visa card. These lounges arelocated in Parkside shop, Sarit shop, Oval shop, Koinange street shop and Moi avenue shop in Mombasa.

Airtel Kenya CEO Adil El Youssefi says the launch of more shops has been a significant achievement for the company.

Australian ousted as Bitcoin creator

The creator of the famous crypto-currency known as Bitcoin is a 44-year-old Australian man, sources have claimed.

According to a report from worldrenowned tech journal Wired, an Australian cryptologist named Craig Steven Wright is the mind behind the digital currency that is used in countries across the globe, including Kenya, China, the United States, the UK and other parts of the European Continent.

Earlier reports by other outlets had claimed that a man known as Satoshi Nakamoto had creted Bitcoin. However, one Dorian Nakamoto (birth name Satoshi) ended up suing one outlet, claiming that h was not, in fact, the person responsible for creatingthe currency.

Now Wired claims that Bitcoin creator “Satoshi Nakamoto” is a pseudonym used

by Wright.

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UK property firm St Paul’s delays NSE listing till 2016 UK property firm St Paul’s Property Trust Plc has pushed its listing on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) to early next year. The firm, which will be the second real estate company to list on the NSE, attributed the decision to interest rates and volatility seen in the equity markets.

The firm had initially planned to list this month but the current atmosphere of unsteady equity markets and particularly volatile interest rates, would not be conducive to an immediate listing, St Paul’s Property Trust Plc Chairperson Patrick Walker said.

Walker added that the firm will be coming to the market in the New Year as a full Initial Public Offer (IPO) rather than the originally planned more narrow placement.

The proceeds of the IPO will be invested immediately into identified properties that fit the secure investment model proposed. The firm mainly invests in prime properties outside central London whose main tenant is the government and related agencies.

This will give Kenyan investors exposure to the UK property market and the highly stable commercial let-to-government sector.

“Feedback has suggested that our proposal is particularly attractive to a wider market and internationally, as it provides .

Governments urged to tackle inequality through tourism Promoting tourism will help tackle poverty and inequality, world leaders, policy makers and global lenders have affirmed.

The two challenges have been cited as the world’s toughest development problems as economies across the globe continue to shrink and crises contine to weigh don on developed and developing countries alike.

The World Bank Group (WBG) has committed all of its resources -- including its global development knowledge, investment capital, financial expertise and country presence -- to making the world a more just and prosperous place “We have established two goals at the World Bank Group – to end extreme poverty by 2030 and to boost shared prosperity among the

poorest 40 per cent in developing countries,” World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim has said.

“The world has made great progress toward ending poverty -- there are 1 billion fewer people who live in extreme poverty today than 15 years ago. Yet there are still about 700 million people living on less than $2 (Sh200) a day,” he said.

Speaking in a report released on Monday, Jim Yong Kim noted that working with partners from the public and private sectors, civil society, and academia, will increase the impact of the World Bank’s work.

“And we know what countries must do to achieve their development goals. This strategy can be summarized in three words: Grow.

Invest. Insure,” he explained.

He urged governments to promote inclusive economic growth; invest in people’s health and education; and insure against shocks that plunge people into poverty, using expanded social safety nets and taking action against global threats like climate change and pandemics.

His sentiments come at a time when new evidence shows that tourism is an effective way to promote development along these three fronts.

The Bank’s data indicates that in developing nations, tourism promotes inclusive economic growth, while creating jobs and attracting foreign investors.

“Tourism enables people to gain job skills and professional

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim who has said the world has made great progress toward ending poverty

Self-employment leading source of income in Kenya One out of every 3 breadwinners in Kenyan households is selfemployed, a new survey by research company Ipsos Kenya has revealed.

The survey ranked self-employment as the major source of revenue across the country accounting for 30 per cent of household incomes.

Ipsos’s social, political, economic and cultural survey indicates that agriculture ranks as the second source of household income accounting for 26 per cent while private sector wage employment comes third with 20 per cent.

According to the survey which interviewed 2,058 people from eight regions of the nation, public sector wage employment was ranked fourth representing an 8 per cent of total household income.

“Other sources of income in the country include being given money by others at 4 per cent, while unknown sources tie with those who do not know being at 2 per cent,” states the survey.

Regionally, in North Eastern, 66 per cent of citizens get their household income from livestock, while only 18 per cent depend on selfemployment.

experience, and promotes social mobility. Tourism also drives the development of critical infrastructure, like air and seaports, roads and hotels, which connect economies to global value chains and increase trade. And, when done thoughtfully, tourism can help protect the environment and build buffers against climate change.

Bringing together government ministers, private sector CEOs, academics and staff from across the World Bank Group, today’s conference provides the opportunity to share knowledge and identify ways to collaborate on this agenda,” the President said.

In Kenya, the sector produces 14 per cent of national economic output and 12 per cent of total employment. In the Maldives, tourism makes up more than 40 per cent of the economy – about triple what it was 25 years ago – and is a major source of government revenue, helping finance people’s health and education.

In 2013, tourists spent $413 billion (Sh42 trillion) in developing countries – about three times the amount of official development assistance that year. In 2015, about 550 million people will travel to the developing world. This year will be the first time in modern history that middle- and low-income countries receive more visitors than the developed world.

Despite all this evidence, there’s no guarantee that tourism will promote inclusive growth or investments in people, or insure against climate change. However, Jim Yong Kim argues that working together, ministries of finance, tourism, public works and transportation, energy, the environment, culture and education can build a supportive and sustainable policy context for the industry’s development.

Smith & Wesson gun-maker profits shoot up amid soaring crime rates One of the World’s leading gun makers Smith and Wesson has nearly tripled its profits in the three months to October compared to the same period last year.

The firm said its net inflows reached Sh 1.4 billion ($14.2 m) for the period under review as compared to Sh 530 million ($5.2m) for the same quarter the previous year.

The US gun-maker said its net sales rose up by 32.1 per cent to Sh 14.6 billion ($ 143.2m) with its firearms division contributing Sh 1.8 billion

($18.4 m) representing a 24.6 per cent hike.

The company said its overall results had beaten expectations and that it would now raise its 2016 guidance for income and revenue.

Cash flow for the six months to October was also positive, despite a build-up in inventory in the lead up to the Christmas shopping season, the firm reported.

“Our balance sheet remains healthy as we ended the second quarter with cash of Sh 5.5 billion ($54.1m)

and no borrowings on our Sh 17.8 billion ($175m) revolving line of credit,” said chief executive James Debney.

According to some analysts, the surge in gun sales across the US is due to growing crime rates as well as worries over restrictions from on gun ownership particularly in the wake of mass shooting incidents across the country.

This follows the latest shooting in the US that claimed 14 lives making President Barack Obama making

it harder for potential attackers to obtain guns.

Demands for tougher legislation, however, are constantly met with much anger from pro-gun civil libertarians. Analysts say the argument is complicated.

In addition to being a leader in firearm manufacturing and design, Smith & Wesson says it provides training to the global military, law enforcement, and consumer markets.

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Nairobi’s infamous Koinange Street will play host to the foodie festival to celebrate our city’s famous diverse cuisine culture. Food, cake, music and fun lovers will be treated to an afternoon of the very best of the best with live music & DJ performances, amateur chef cook-off’s, Instafoodie Contests, Karao-Cake!, Nutritional Talks, Bouncing Castles, Treasure Hunt and lots of food to crown it all.

The Pawa254 festival stage will see performances by Art and Abolition, Blinky Bill and Fadhilee Itulya, Idd Aziz, Makadem and Octave Band among other top artistes.

Apart from show casing art, PAWA254 seeks to have the audience engage with Art on a one on one. Speaking to X Access, PAWA 254’s General Manager Njeri Mwangi said that it will be a never seen before

opportunity to indulge and appreciate art.

“The society may look at art as a part time activity to supplement excess time or an activity for but this is a career, like any other that everyone should delight in,” Njeri noted.

The two festivals will bring to life an opportune Sunday to unwind with family and friends, given the rarity to have the two Art Festivals open to all and on the streets of Nairobi both just meters apart. The audience at the pawa254 festival will be treated to an interaction with art having art practitioner’s explain how the craft works while at the foodie city, a Karaoke contest will be going down.

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If you suffer from chronic stress or feel anxious, eating some horned melon can quickly ease your mind and get your body back to a calm, relaxed state.

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our back is made up of many different muscles, and a pull-up is an all-encompassing exercise that tones and sculpts them all.

Stand on something to hoist yourself up into the end pull-up position against the bar. Slowly lower your body down in a controlled movement. Place one knee on a bench, couch or table with a light (3-5 pounds) weight in the opposite hand, slightly bending forward with back flat. Pull the arm back straight in a row motion, contracting your upper back, elbow skimming the side of the body as it moves. Do a full set of 12 and then switch arms Lie on your stomach on the floor, or balance on a physio ball, holding 3-pound dumbbells in each hand. Engage your back and lift the chest a little.

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Uncovered windows or those with sheer coverings brighten up a room with natural light and draw the eyes outdoors. If drapes go past the windows, whether vertically and horizontally, it not only gives the illusion that your windows are larger but that the room is as well.

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The first step in how to decorate a Christmas tree is by adding the lights. Tree lights typically come in green or white wire strands so choose the strand color that matches your tree so the wire will be hidden. Illuminating your Christmas tree from the inside out will give it the most dynamic look. Start at the base of the trunk and work your way up, wrapping lights around every major branch,

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takeholders in the global Film Industry; the British International Film Awards gathered early this week, where the likes of Kate Winslet, Tom Hardy and Saoirse Ronan were all smiles after being declared the big winners of the night .

As is the norm with Award ceremonies, the red carpet was as glamorous as ever with black and glitter dominating over other sartorial designs.

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Bahati sets record straight on Denno’s plight In his subtle and strategic signature way, Bahati has set the record straight on Denno’s plight.

Yesterday his phone went unanswered but speaking in an afternoon radio show, Bahati said’ he wins awards but he helps the oppressed.

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ahead to post the same in all his social media platforms.Denno who was part of the interview , seems to be on Bahati’s side and is grateful for an opportunity to shine again. This morning Owen posted on his page that Jesus is the light and the truth and he will shine through. The two artistes seem to be speaking in bible codes!

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Celebville is mourning with top DJ Pinye after he lost his mother.

Messages of condolences continue pouring in for the DJ who has shaped many careers. A funeral service will be held tomorrow.

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DAILYHOROSCOPES CAPRICORN Dec 22 - Jan19 You might feel like you have more energy today than you usually do. Whether the tasks ahead require physical strength or mental acuity, approach them with confidence. Things come easily and readily, and you can accomplish a great deal. There’s no need to direct it all into serious matters.

AQUARIUS Jan 20 - Feb 18 Expect to start your day with renewed strength and energy. Almost everything on your to-do list will fall into place. If there’s something you’ve wanted to take on or start, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a better day. Make the most of the confidence surge. There’s nothing you can’t handle.

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ARIES Mar 21 - Apr 19 If there’s a list of things to do waiting for you, grab it and get going. You might need to resist the temptation to spend time socializing. If you focus on your priorities, you’ll be finished before you know it and there will still be plenty of time left for play.

TAURUS Apr 20 - May 20 This will be an excellent day to start some of the projects you’ve held back for some time. You’ll likely feel more physical and mental energy than you’ve experienced lately. Whether your day is filled with work or play, things are going to go great. You can tackle tasks with confidence.

GEMINI May 21 - Jun 21 You might be more energetic than you’ve felt in a long time. It’s the perfect day to get busy with tasks, projects, and housework. You’ll breeze through most things in no time and enjoy them. Resist any temptation to procrastinate! If you put things off, you’ll miss the current cosmic support.

CANCER Jun 22 - Jul 21 If only more days could be this easy. The energy from the aspects is revitalizing, allowing you to get a lot accomplished. If there’s something you’ve hesitated to do, seize some of the day’s added confidence and go for it. You’ll succeed at anything you take on.

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Yesterday’s answers

YOURSAY Raila should honour EACC summon on Eurobond Opposition Leader Raila Odinga should appear before the Ethics and Anti-Corruption (EACC) to and table any evidence he has on the Eurobond saga.

When he dismissed an invitation by the National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich terming it ‘insubordination’ to some extent he was right because the CS has go no investigative authority therefore has no locus standi to summon Raila. EACC is an independent constitutional body not a government department out to ‘insubordinate’ him and has investigative powers therefore Raila should honour tis summon.

Raila has constantly claimed that Sh140 billion Eurobond proceeds have been embezzled putting the National Treasury on toes to tell

Kenyans the truth.

He needs to appear before the EACC to dismiss claims by his rivals in the Jubilee brigade that he is on a witch hunt mission against the government. He needs to prove that he is the true statesman and an alternative option to lead the nation being the Opposition leader.

His decision to appear before the anti-graft agency will win him political mileage that he much needs ahead of the 2017 polls.

If he does not appear before the EACC he may lose his credibility as a whistle blower and an anti-graft champion.

Raila is not a coward and must prove that he is ready to combat the swirling graft.

— Nderitu, Kamkunji

Jubilee bloggers should give Raila a break Jubilee keyboard jihadists are the true graves where reasoning died and was buried. The bloggers have claimed Cord leader Raila Odinga overboils corruption eggs in Jubilee but go mute when members of his Cord coalition are implicated.

The statement is illiterate, saltless, boneless and careless. For crying out

loud, it is President Uhuru’s Jubilee Alliance that is in the government not Raila.

Let me educate government bloggers, on how these things operate. The Opposition role is to oversight the government of the day and demand accountability for every penny from the public coffers. Uhuru should take the driver’s seat and not be

like conductors who ask you where you want to go, pack you in a bus then wilfully remain behind. I concur with Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko who being a senior politician understands and has acknowledged the oversight work being done by the Opposition.

— Bukende Steve, Embakasi

State must come clean on the Eurobond saga The government should come clean on how the Sh250billion proceeds from the controversial Eurobond was spent. While National Treasury has tried to hoodwink Kenyans with their inconsistence figures, Kenyans will be shocked that the same government is still borrowing to finance projects.

If indeed the proceeds from Eurobond was well utilised as claimed by Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich then the government would have not been on a borrowing spree. It’s not wrong to borrow, but the impact of any loan must be felt throughout the country. The government cannot borrow colossal sums

of money to line the pockets of a few individuals in the corridors of power, only for Kenyans to be forced to repay for debts. The government owes Kenyans detailed account of the Eurobond proceeds and the earlier they do it the better.

—Sherryl Mbogo, Embakasi

KDF should probe killing claims against officers The Kenya Defence Force (KDF) has been in limelight for human rights abuse, yet the government has continuously defended it.

Recently, President Uhuru Kenyatta defended KDF against claims of illegal charcoal business during their peace keeping mission in Somalia.

Today, KDF through its spokesman David Obonyo has defended the forces against any involvement in extra judicial killings in Mandera County where more than 25 bodies have been exhumed.

For KDF to instil discipline in the soldiers, they should conduct their own probe into

the matter before making any statement because some these issues are in the public domain.

If such matters are not properly handled, it could lead to breach of peace in the country affecting the economy.

— Enock ndayala, Nairobi.

State must find those behind Mandera killings The government should get to the bottom of the wanton killings in Mandera and provide adequate security to residents of the area. The people of Mandera just like their counterparts in other parts of the country deserve to live in a secure environment. The disturbing scenes of the mass graves found in the region is a shame to a country that has well-trained intelligence personnel. The region has borne the brunt of insecurity than any other part, if indeed the government cares for its citizens then it should

provide a lasting solution for the region’s insecurity. Area leaders should also play their part and work with the government in making the region secure. The leaders should realise constant criticism directed at the government in press conferences over its failure handle security challenges in the region will not help, let them join the government in finding the best solutions to the suffering residents.

—Otieno Nyakrathia, South B

Activists should join hands in fight against graft Civil society organisations should come in handy to support the independent anti-corruption agencies to curb the swirling corruption cases which could bring our economy on its knees.

The lobbies have both the financial and personnel capacity to conduct their own investigations and produce lists of shame of those engulfed in graft.

They only need to change

their tact from the mob justice crusade approach to systematic case building that leads to court convictions.

They should cease from street chanting and carrying placards in the name of fight against graft and get in to serious judicial processes.

The non-governmental organisations (NGOs) should also jointly commit to come up with a development strategy that enshrines the

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protection of human rights and rightful ownership of property.

With their collective input they shall kill the perceived notion of their correlation with funding terror activities in the country.

The current constitution have given them the space they need to carry out their lobbying which they should convert

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SPORTS BRIEFS Goalkeeper fined for digging penalty spot

A goalkeeper has been slapped with Sh13, 678 fine for digging up a penalty spot. Augsburg goalkeeper Marwin Hitz received the bill from Cologne for damaging their penalty spot in a Bundesliga match on Saturday. The 28-year-old scuffed up the spot in protest of a decision to award a penalty to the home side. After pulling his unfamiliar antic, Hitz went ahead to save the spotkick after the taker, Anthony Modeste lost his footing. Hitz later apologised for his actions during the 1-0 win, but he was sent the bill nonetheless. The fine is expected to covers the cost of a piece of turf and two hours’ work to replace it. The Switzerland international confirmed he will pay the bill and make a donation to a children’s hospital in Cologne. Augsburg are sending Cologne a club branded lawnmower to help with the repairs.

Indoor tour set to replace IAAF series

German, Scotland, Sweden and USA will host the newly-launched IAAF World Indoor Tour, 2016 whose winner will pocket Sh2 million in prize money in both the men and women’s categories. The event has four competitions which have been regularly staged at the IAAF Indoor Permit meetings in previous years. The four meetings will all be staged in February 2016 and are: Germany will open the first stage of the event on February 6 at Karlsruhe indoor meeting followed by - New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston, USA), on February 14. Stockholm will host Globen three days later with a final leg being staged on February 20 in Glasgow, Scotland. The tour, which will have half of the individual indoor championship disciplines as tour events each year across a two-year period, contains several innovative features, including a points system and prize money.

Beginning with the 2016 edition in Portland, athletes will automatically qualify for the next edition of the IAAF World Indoor Championships as a ‘wild card’ entry*.

More trouble for Ingwe as tribunal calls off election AFC Leopards elections which were set for December 13 has been suspended by Spots Dispute Tribunal.

The tribunal suspended the forthcoming polls called by one of the faction fighting for the leadership of the club. The group, led

by Mathew Opwora were told to stop the process until the case before the tribunal is determined.

Interestingly, it is the Opwora’s group, which “ascended to power” at the den after former leadership of Allan Kasavule resigned creating a power vacuum.

Opwora registered the club with Sports Registrar before Dan Mule faction through an AGM held early in the year install themselves as the club leaders, prompting Opwora to move to the tribunal.

On Tuesday, the two attorneys representing the warring factions were engaged in accusation and counter accusation during the hearing of the case at Tribunal.

The case was adjourned after the two failed to agree on which business to transact with Mule’s lawyer Silvia Matasi accusing Morris Osundwa, appearing for Opwora of creating confusion’ after he failed to serve them with proper documents.

It took the court about 15 minutes to give direction after Matasi and a Miss Kamande

who was appearing for the Registrar said they were not ready to proceed with the case.

“Please be advised that no more games will be entertained by this tribunal. The players of this country are suffering and we want to conclusively deal with this matter,”tribunal vice chairlady Ellynah Shiveka ordered the two parties.

“After consultation, the court orders that concerned parties to be served with all relevant documents before Friday midway.

The full hearing has been set on Wednesday, December 16. Election cannot take place until the matter is determined,” added Shiveka.

Kamande asked for the tribunal indulgence to allow her time to submit her replying affidavit, arguing that her client (Sports Registrar) who is the ninth respondent in the case was “unaware of the case”, adding that she had no time to go through the papers which she was “served just now” Osundwa accused Kamande of taking the judicial process for a ride explaining that he, in fact served the registrar on November 17, 2015.

Mule’s lawyer argued the registrar is a party but not an interested party and should be ordered to appear before the court

to ‘confirm or deny that Opwora is the legitimate owner of the club’ Matasi, who had earlier threatened to withdraw from the case after a section of fans chanting pro-Opwora’s slogans caused commotion on the precinct of the court also accused the defence lawyer for not serving her with proper documents.

“The petitioner did not provide any document showing that they served the party. In fact if I am to reply this affidavit, then I will have to go through the document page by page because it was not properly annexed,” argued Matasi.

“What I was taught (in College) is that you responded to every paragraph in an affidavit and if you want me to proceed then I am ready,” Matasi.

Osundwa, however argued that the delay in giving direction is affecting the club.

“This case is urgent and if we take it as a normal court process, the club will lose a lot because as things are, players are running away from the club and we need to start preparation for January (news season),” Njeri Onyango, tribunal member warn​ ed the two factions against dragging the court process, saying their argument were a “game of musical chairs”

Fury stripped of IBF title days after big win

World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has been stripped of his International Boxing Federation (IBF) title less than two weeks after the historic win over Wladimir Klitschko.

The Briton, 27, had to agree to fight the IBF’s mandatory challenger Vyacheslav Glazkov, but will instead face Klitschko in a rematch.

Fury beat Klitschko on point on November 28 to claim three versions of the heavyweight crown. “Our challenger was Vyacheslav Glazkov, but instead Fury’s gone and signed a re-match clause with Wladimir Klitschko,” Lindsey Tucker, championships chairman at the IBF said. Fury, who is unbeaten in 25 professional contests, retains the WBA and WBO versions of the heavyweight title, while the WBC belt is held by American Deontay Wilder. The 31-year-old Glazkov, also a Ukrainian, has won 21 of his 22 professional fights. The contract for last month’s title fight in Dusseldorf included a clause for a rematch, for which the date and the venue have to be decided, and Klitschko - who had been world champion for 11 years - announced last week he would take up the option.

AFC Leopard fans will have to wait for longer period as warring factions fight over club leadership. The club struggled in the just-concluded season with issues ranging from leadership wrangles to financial constraints. Most players hare leaving troubled Ingwe for other clubs.

FKF board orders fresh sub-branches polls over hitches The Football Kenya Federation (FKF) electoral board has ordered fresh polls in sub-branches that did not hold polls last Friday.

The new elections will be held on December 15 for the positions which had ties in North Eastern and for the sub-branches where elections were not held due to one reason or another.

Only 41 of the 62-sub branches successfully held the election conducted last Friday across the country. This is according

the certified election report and analysis of results from the electoral Bureau, Institute for Education in Democracy (IED) released by the board on Wednesday evening. The affected branches include Baringo, Butere/ Mumias, Dagoreti, Isiolo, Kiambu, Kilifi, Kirinyaga, Kisumu, Kuria, Machakos, Makadara, Meru Central, Migori, Mombasa, Moyale, Nakuru, Nandi North,Tana River, Transmara, Transnzoia West, Vihiga and West

Pokot.

However, where candidates were unopposed, no elections will be held.

After the sub-branch polls are done with, the board will announce the dates for branches and National elections which were temporarily stopped.

Elections were successfully carried out in Nyando,Kakamega, Busia, Bondo, Bungoma, Embakasi, Embu, Homa-Bay, Kajiado, Kaloleni, Kamkunji,

Kasarani, Keiyo, Koibatek, Kwanza, Lamu, Langata, Lugari, Makadara, Malindi, Maragwa, Mbeere, Meru-North, MeruSouth, Mt. Elgon, Muranga, Mwingi, Nandi South, Nyamira, Nyeri, Rachuonyo, Starehe, Suba, Taita Taveta, Teso, Tharaka, Thika, Transnzoia East, Westlands, Kisii and Siaya. The winners from the 41 sub branches will be required to collect their certificates from the Board’s secretariat located at the International House.

End of the road as Man United crash out of CL Manchester United crashed out of the Champions League last night, losing 3-2 at Wolfsburg and now face the shame of playing in the Europa League.

The embarrassing result left former United players fuming with Rio Ferdinand describing exit as “embarrassing” while ex-United striker Michael Owen said the club has gone backwards under manager Louis van Gaal. Paul Scholes called United squad “average”.

United needed a win to progress to the last 16, but their dream was cut by a well-oiled German Machine in Wolfsburg in Group B. PSV Eindhoven compounded a terrible night for under fire Van Gaal’s night when they beat MSCA Moscow 2-1 to enter the Football book as the first Dutch side to have qualified to the CL last 16.

The Red Devils made an ideal start when Anthony Martial caressed Juan Mata›s pinpoint pass into the bottom corner but he Germans replied within three minutes through Naldo’s volley and led when Vieirinha finished a flowing move.

United thought they were through after Josuha Guilavogui’s own goal, only to be condemned to the Europa League

through Naldo’s late header.

Gaal’s side knew they would qualify for the last 16 by beating Wolfsburg, or if they matched PSV Eindhoven’s result against CSKA Moscow. And that looked likely until the last 15 minutes, when United thought they were progressing at the expense of the Dutch side, who needed to better United’s result to advance only for Eindhoven scored the winner.

CSKA led 1-0 in Eindhoven as United also trailed, before both PSV and United were briefly level in their respective games but late winners for Wolfsburg and PSV, who won 2-1, knocked out Van Gaal’s team.

Injury-hit United had a makeshift defence, with young Uruguay rightback Guillermo Varela making his first start for the club and teenager Cameron Borthwick-Jackson playing for almost 50 minutes after replacing injured leftback Matteo Darmian.

As United fans were mourning the loss, in the same City, Manchester City celebrated their third qualification to the last 16 following 4-2 win over Borussia Monchengladbach and pip Juventus to the top of Group D. David Silva finished a fine team move but goals from Julian Korb and

Raffael put the Germans ahead at the break.

Crucially, Juventus fell behind at Sevilla and Raheem Sterling celebrated his 21st birth day when he poked in to give City hope of the win they needed.

Sterling then raced clear to curl Manuel Pellegrini’s side ahead and substitute Wilfried Bony converted from six yards to cap an exhilarating night.

In Spain, Cristiano Ronaldo scored four times as Real Madrid demolished Malmo to equal Liverpool’s biggest victory in the history of the Champions’ League group stage.

The result equals The Reds 8-0 win against Besiktas in 2007 - when Madrid manager Rafael Benitez was in charge.

The Portuguese, all-time highest CL scorer hit three in 11 minutes either side of half-time before adding his 88th European goal to become the first player to score more than 10 goals in the group stages with his 11 in six games.

Karim Benzema scored the last goal and the opening two for a hat-trick, with Mateo Kovacic also netting.

Manchester United players Nick Powell, Marouane Fellaini and Anthony Martial after conceding the third goal against Wolfsburg last night at the Volkswagen Arena, Germany. United crashed out of the Champions League after going down 3-2.

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