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NGO’S TAKE AIM AT PRESIDENT OVER SPEECH LOBBIES SAY THEY WONT ACCEPT TO BECOME THE SCAPEGOAT FOR GOVERNMENT’S FAILURES TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS AND FIGHT CORRUPTION

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EACC decries ‘stinking’ corruption in counties

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evolution may not succeed if the runaway corruption in the counties is not tamed, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has

Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission chief executive Halakhe Waqo. He has today told senators that there is massive corruption going on at the counties.

warned.

EACC chief executive Halakhe Waqo said the regional governments are stinking with graft posing a huge danger to the success of devolution.

Mr Waqo who spoke when he appeared by the senate committee on Justice and Legal Affairs today painted a grim picture in which massive corruption in thriving in the counties.

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No end in sight for heathworkers’ strike Talks to end the national health workers strike has collapsed once again dimming the rays of hope that the Kenya National Union of Nurses could call off the strike soon.

A section of the nurses’ union led by their Secretary General Seth Panyako walked out of meeting organised by the Council of Governors earlier today to sign a recognition agreement as agitated by the striking nurses.

Panyako claimed that the union could not commit to sign the agreement in the absentia of health ministry

officials who he said were ‘promiscuously missing’ from the meeting.

Efforts to calm him down and calling the meeting to order by CoG chairman Peter Munya were futile as Panyako insisted a meeting without national government representation was ‘null and void’.

However the union’s chairman Bii and Deputy Secretary General Maurice Opetu were open to the talks and remained locked in the meeting with the governors.

“The issues that we raised must be addressed in totality.

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Jacob Juma among top searches Kenyan looked up on Google

Slain businessman Jacob Juma who was killed in a cold blood murder seven months ago topped google searches for personalities in Kenya. Mr Juma was killed on May 4, 2016 and his body found near Lenana along Ngong Road in Nairobi.

Kenyans also trooped to the internet to search for news about slain Musician Diana Chelele who was killed in Kericho.

Other Kenyans who featured among the top ten searches in the country were former First Lady the late Lucy Kibaki, musician the late Achieng Abura and radio journalists Waweru Mburu who also died this year. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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Counties choking with graft WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 14, 2016

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He said nearly all counties are under investigations over corruption related issues.

The County chiefs were accused of hiring relatives and close friends especially in the procurement department in what is seen as a scheme to engage in corruption with ease.

Waqo enumerated that out of 411 cases they have presented in court this year, 200 are from counties involving various county executives, assemblies and Governors.

“Actually devolution is under threat, there is a lot of corruption at the counties posing a danger to devolution,” Waqo said.

Also forming the bulk of the cases currently in court includes high profile cases such the NYS saga and Anglo leasing.

The revelation by Waqo corroborates the report of the Auditor General recently released which showed massive corruption going on in the counties.

Waqo told the committee that seven counties have completely failed to comply with the prescribed ethics code. The seven include Meru, Busia, Siaya, Samburu, Taita Taveta, Murang’a and Isiolo. The failure by the seven to comply with the Anti-corruption code,

Muranga governor Mwangi wa Iria. His county is among those that have failed to comply with the prescribed ethics code.

Waqo said, is posing a major threat to the fight against corruption at the counties.

Waqo however insisted that the seven counties will be forced to comply with the code before the end of the year. “We will now go to court and compel them to comply, as we enter the electioneering period, we are leaving nothing to chance,” he said.

The CEO said 90 percent of corruption cases

in the country are on procurement especially in government.

He said through the intervention of the commission a total of Sh2.6 billion have been averted from being stolen.

“This money could have actually gone to the wrong pockets had we not intervened,” Waqo said“People rush to government tenders because there is a lot of money in the procurement and kickbacks involved are also of good amount,” he added.

Chairman of the committee and Busia Senator Amos Wako asked the CEO why the commission takes a long time to investigate and conclude cases despite starting on a high note. “There is always high publicity with high profile cases then two days later, the entire process normally goes quiet. What normally happens is that some of the investigators are compromised?

Waqo said investigations normally take time as the officers have to ascertain documents and have correct information that can sustain a case in court. “I understand the frustration of the public, but investigations take time some go even for one year others even ten years before presenting our case to the DPP.” @sam_x254

No end in sight for nurses strike as union walks out of talks

From Page 1 Any agreements must be done in the presence of all stakeholders including the national governments,” said an agitated Panyako as he left the meeting.

He added:” we know these games. We have been here before. I am ready to go to jail for the sake of nurses.”

Governors had expressed their readiness to sign a legal framework for engaging with nurses in their latest bid to end the national strike that has paralysed health operations

across the country.

“All governors are willing and ready to sign the recognition agreement they are demading.

We are committed to it,” Kisii governor James Ongwae who doubles up as human resource chairman at the Council of Governors said.

Only last week that the union officials led by Seth Panyako and his deputy Maurice Opetu differed after Mr Opetu announced a deal had been reached with the government on a returnto-work formula that would see the strike call off.

Moments later, Mr Panyako dismissed the said agreement insisting such decision could

only be made by the union’s top organ and maintained the strike is still on.

Yesterday, the Employment and Labour Relations Court ordered doctors and nurses to resume work after declaring their strike illegal.

The order was issued by Justice Hellen Wasilwa who directed union officials to call off the strike immediately. But the Secretary General of the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union Ouma Oluga and his KNUN counterpart insists that the strike is still on. @wilson_x254

Jacob Juma among top searches Kenyan looked up on Google From Page 1 US President-elect Donald John Trump topped the list of Kenyan searches on google.

His challenger in the race Hillary Clinton came in fourth place after Jacob Juma and former boxing great Muhammad Ali both of who were second and third respectively.

Congolese Rhumba maestro Koffi Olomide was eighth after his scheduled performance in Nairobi was cancelled in the last hour following his dramatic deportation.

His compatriot Papa Wemba followed in ninth place ahead of Waweru Mburu in tenth. Papa Wemba collapsed and died on stage during a performance in Abidjan, Ivory Coast in April.

The Huruma tragedy in which saw a seven-storey building collapse in the Nairobi suburb killing over 50 people was among the top ten searches of events that took Kenyans to the internet.

The summer Olympic Games in Brazil topped the charts with last month’s US election coming second.

Brexi vote was third while the Uefa Euro 2016 championships in France came fourth.

While releasing the finding on Wednesday, google also listed top ten events that Kenyans went on the internet to search for.

The Olympic Games 2016 which Kenya participated and was marred with a lot of controversies become number one as US elections took the second slot.

The Uganda elections came fifth while Holi festival, Kericho by-elections, Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore’s wedding, Ramadhan 2016 were the other top searches for 2016. In the ‘How’ searches, Kenyans mainly wanted to know how to lose weight fast. It was the top most searched query on the internet with how to create a blog coming in second.

Kenyans also wanted to know how to save money, how to bleach their skins professionally and how to chat with girls. Others were how to get a flat stomach, how to treat a burn at home and how to keep natural hair soft. @hillary_x254

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Civil society groups have hit back at President Uhuru Kenyatta criticizing his condemnation of non-governmental organisations.

Mr Kenyatta on Monday during the Jamhuri Day celebrations accused the nongovernmental organisations of being used by foreign forces to possible interfere with next year’s general elections.

But the lobbies have strongly denied the link terming President Kenyatta’s accusation a ploy by government to intimidate and distract from their traditional roles in promotion and protection of human rights and open participation in governance.

In a statement to newsrooms today morning, the Civil Society Reference Group (CSRG) said the attacks at the civil societies are aimed at scaring away development partners from working with the civil society towards the provision of the much needed civic, voter and political education ahead of the general elections slated for August 2017.

“We are shocked, alarmed and outraged by remarks made by H.E. the President Uhuru Kenyatta on Jamhuri Day,” Suba Churchill, the Presiding Convener of the Civil Society Reference Group (CSRG) said in the statement.

“On this day the President treated the

public to another of his characteristic arbitrary and capricious condemnations this time targeting the civil society,” he added, saying Mr Kenyatta’s action was the latest attack at the sector which has faced all manner of antagonism, mass deregistration and condemnation since he came to power in 2013.

The human rights and advocacy groups held that Jubilee coalition’s first agenda when it came to power in 2013, comprised of the very outrageous proposals among them to amend the Public Benefit Organizations Act, in total disregard of the law and the constitution.

They accused President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government of using the NonGovernmental Organizations Coordination Bureau to frustrate their work “Above these spirited attempts to amend the Public Benefit Organizations Act, the civil society has since 2013 become the convenient scapegoat whenever the Jubilee government fails to provide security to the people of Kenya, or when it is accused of engaging in and condoning corruption,” CSRG claimed.

They noted that it was wrong for the president Kenyatta to condemn the civil society on a day dedicated to celebrate freedoms of association, assembly,

expression and the right to organize that our fore-fathers fought the country.

“We must therefore see President Kenyatta’s attack of the sector as an attempt to divert public attention from the real issues of national concern in the feckless hope that this will exonerate it from blame,” they said.

The Civil Society Reference Group said the attack confirmed the widely held view within the civil society sector that the Jamhuri Day hostility is a product of the sector’s stand on endemic and runaway corruption in government, wanton cases of extra-judicial killings and other human rights violations and abuses.

“In sum it is callous for a person of the President’s standing to demeaningly describe CSOs as ‘wakora (conmen) who go around the country without proper cause’ when state records confirm that the civil society sector contributes over Sh150 billion to GDP apart from generating thousands of employment opportunities,” they noted.

President Uhuru Kenyatta outburst on the comes on the heels of the recent High Level Meeting on development effectiveness at which Kenya reiterated its commitment to establish an enabling environment for Non State Actors. @hillary_x254

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IEBC hopefuls fight off Jubilee party links Two candidates shortlisted for the post of Independent Electoral and Boundaries (IEBC) Commissioners were yesterday forced to fight off allegations from members of the public that they are unlikely to be impartial in their duties due to their perceived close association with senior figures in the Jubilee Party.

Lekakeny Twala and Roselyn Kwamboka who appeared before the IEBC Selection Panel Tuesday denied the allegations which were part of public views submitted challenging their suitability for the office.

Twala, an employee with the Ministry of Health denied claims that his close association with Jubilee had seen him secure various public appointments.

“For the issues of being associated with Jubilee, as a public servant, the code is very clear and I can categorically state I have never participated in activities of Jubilee or any other parties,” Twala said.

Kwamboka (pictured), who is Senior Political Advisor at the United Nations Headquarters in New York similarly rubbished claims that she was married to a powerful Jubilee MP. “If you go a little bit deeper in looking at the job

of that particular individual, who is allegedly my husband, that could have been the source of that, because I have worked very closely with various people in the Foreign Service Office. I could see that as a possible source of that allegation, but I

have no other reason to give beyond that,” she said.

She had earlier during the interview told the Bernadette Musundi-led Panel that if she got the job she would use her 15 years of experience at the UN to persuade diplomatic missions in the country against interfering in local politics.

“If I were to be privileged to be a member of the commission, I foresee we would have to work very closely with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and have the regular interactions with the diplomatic representations here and pass those messages in a very strong way; that should you seek to support our electoral process you have to do so in a transparent manner, it cannot be for support of subversive activities,” Kwamboka stated.

She also had to respond to queries on why she was leaving her lucrative job in New York to enter the murky waters of the Kenyan politics.

The 40 year-old mother of two simply smiled and said: “I must admit, that is one of the questions that my boss asked me when I said I was coming over and I have grappled with it having served in an international career for the last 15 years. I feel I have come to that time in my career that I have

to come back to my country. I believe that the people of Saragei where I come from invested a lot in taking me to school and helping my parents fund-raise. I owe it to them and I feel I owe the people of Kenya.”

Kwamboka said she would draw from her experience from working with the AU and UN to ensure the public confidence and public trust in the electoral body.

“The one thing that I value most in my career is not my PhD or my Masters; it is my integrity because I have handled very difficult and politically sensitive situations and come out with my integrity intact. I think we need to bring people with integrity to the Commission who will build trust and confidence in the IEBC,” she said.

When asked about her views on making voting mandatory in order to deal with voter apathy, Kwamboka remarked that the matter should be put to Kenyans because it touched on the rights of an individual and how they choose express themselves.

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Gambia’s military seize election offices as regional leaders arrive in Banjul for talks The Gambia’s security forces have taken over the headquarters of the electoral commission, its chairman says, as the country’s president refuses to accept his loss in recent elections.

Alieu Momar Njai told the BBC that staff were barred from entering.

President Yahya Jammeh initially conceded defeat to Adama Barrow in a recent poll, before changing his mind.

Visiting West African leaders have met Mr Jammeh to try to persuade him to step down after 22 years in power.

“We hope and pray that he (Jammeh) accepts their advice and leaves office,” Mr Njai said.

A senior official of regional bloc Ecowas, Marcel de Souza, would not rule out sending in troops.

“We have done it in the past,” he told Radio France Internationale.

“We currently have troops in Guinea-Bissau with the Ecomib mission. We have had troops in Mali.

And therefore it is a possible solution,” he said.

Mr Jammeh’s ruling APRC party yesterday filed a petition with the Supreme Court, asking it to annul the election results.

The president had questioned the validity of the count after the electoral commission changed some results, even though it insists the outcome was not affected.

The commission said Mr Barrow obtained 222,708 votes (43.3%) compared with Mr Jammeh’s 208,487 (39.6%). A third candidate, Mama Kandeh, won 89,768 votes (17.1%).

Mr Njai on Sunday defended the results and warned Mr Jammeh against a legal challenge.

“The election results were correct, nothing will change that,” he said. “If it goes to court, we can prove every vote cast. The results are there for everyone to see.”

Jammeh’s mandate ends on the 18 January but

Ghanian President John Mahama Dramani arrives in Banjul where he was to join other regional leaders in talks with Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh to urge him to hand over power after a defeat in elections early this month. Mr Mahama also lost elections last week and has since conceded defeat to the opposition.

the situation now is unclear.

The Supreme Court currently cannot make a decision on the petition because it do not have enough judges.

Two were sacked by the president in June and legal experts say he can’t appoint new judges for a case about himself.

With no Supreme Court to rule on the dispute, the next question is how the army could get

involved. And that is not clear.

The Gambia’s opposition coalition has asked Mr Jammeh to step down immediately.

“I think he should step down now,” said Adama Barrow, who was declared the election winner.

“He has lost the election, we don’t want to waste time, we want this country to start moving,” he told the AFP news agency.

The leaders of Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra

Leone are all in The Gambia for talks with Mr Jammeh to accept the election results and hand over power.

Gambia’s army chief Ousman Badjie has seemingly reversed a pledge of support for Mr Barrow, the AFP agency reported, arriving at talks wearing a badge featuring Mr Jammeh’s face on his uniform.

ICC’s Bensouda now appeals to UN to arrest Bashir

ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir

Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda has asked the United Nations Security Council to move with speed and ensure Sudan President Omar alBashir is arrested and handed over to The Hague-based Court.

Mr al-Bashir is wanted by the court to answer to crimes against humanity charges as well as genocide committed in Darfur region.

He is wanted alongside Abdel Hussein and Ahmad Harun who are high ranking officials in the Sudanese government. Others are Ali Kushayb and Abdallah Banda.

While presenting her report on the Darfur situation to the Council, Bensouda called for a speedy arrest of the five suspects to ensure justice is served to the victims.

Close to 500,000 people have been killed in the Darfur war for which Mr al-Bashir stands accused. And

more civilians continue to be killed according to Bensouda.

“According to the information, my Office has obtained, hundreds of civilians were reportedly killed since April 2016. The area of Jebel Marra continues to be an area of conflict and instability and this has a dire impact upon civilians,” she told the Council.

“Since June of this year, there have been new clashes between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan Liberation Movement-Abdul Wahid in Jebel Marra, resulting in aerial bombardments by the Government.

Some 80 civilians were allegedly killed as a result of these bombardments, mainly in Jebel Marra,” she added.

She decried the lack of co-operation from the Council and the concomitant lack of enforcement to ensure members states play their roles in apprehending wanted suspects on whose heads arrest warrants have

been issued. “It is almost eight years since the Pre-trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court issued the first warrant of arrest against Mr Al Bashir. Yet, during each reporting period, Mr Al Bashir travels to different States, attending events ranging from presidential inaugurations to international sporting events,” she stated.

According to Ms Bensouda, Mr Bashir has crossed international borders on 131 occasions since March 2009 when the arrest warrants was first issued against him. On 14 of those occasions, he attended State Parties and the rest to non-State Parties.

Bensouda said his movements are traceable and that the world knows where he is, where he travels to and in most cases often in advance.

“There is ample opportunity for Mr Al Bashir to be apprehended - if the political will exists amongst States,

and indeed, this Council,” she said.

She told the council that victims are beginning to lose faith in the ICC with Mr Bashir’s continued open defiance of the arrest warrant.

“It is no surprise then that victims and witnesses of the Office are slowly but surely losing faith in the process of international criminal justice in Darfur,” she said adding: “We must ask ourselves some tough but honest questions. What are we to say to victims that continue to suffer in Darfur, to the individuals who have uprooted their lives to be witnesses and had the courage to tell their story?

How can we maintain their trust in the judicial process when they continue to observe Mr Al Bashir and other suspects traversing the globe with impunity? Victims, including some I have met with personally, are puzzled and dismayed by the Council’s lack of action.”

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HOT WEATHER IN AUSTRALIA: A man eats an ice-cream next to a mural at Bondi Beach in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 14 December 2016. Sydney posted its highest minimum for December since 1868 at 27.1 degrees, and the second highest for any month. PHOTO: PAUL MILLER/EPA

US 21st CENTURY CURES ACT SIGNED: US President Barack Obama (seated) signs the 21st Century Cures Act, beside US Vice President Joe Biden (L), Dr. Jill Biden (2-L), lawmakers and supporters, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, USA, yesterday. The 21st Century Cures Act, which was passed in Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support, provides funding for initiatives such as Vice President Joe Biden’s ‘Cancer Moonshot’ - an effort aimed at curing cancer. The law will also provide funds for the prevention and treatment of opioid addiction and changes to the delivery of mental health services, among other provisions. PHOTO: MICHAEL REYNOLDS/EPA

FARM MACHINE: Workers assemble the parts of a Lexion combine harvester in the workshops of the argricultural machinery manufacturer Claas in Harsewinkel, Germany, yesterday. PHOTO: BERND THISSEN/EPA

BRAZIL AUSTERITY PLAN: Protestors set a bus on fire during a demonstration at the Ministries Esplanade, the avenue of the main Governmental buildings in Brazil, after the Senate passed the cuts promoted by the Government, in Brasilia, yesterday. Senate approved the controversial amendment to the constitution capping public spending for the next 20 years. The opposition says the measures will mainly hit areas such as health and education, which are already underfunded. Protests against the measure turned violent in the capital Brasilia and at least a dozen states in the country. PHOTO: JOEDSON ALVES/EPA

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500,000 benefit from Sh23.5 billion KCB social welfare fund KCB, Kenya’s largest commercial bank, has disbursed at least Sh23.5 billion under the government’s social welfare programme ‘Inua Jamii’ over the past one year, putting money in the pockets of thousands of beneficiaries.

Latest government statistics show that this year alone, over Sh14 billion was paid to beneficiaries, effectively deepening the government’s National Social Protection agenda that is focused on increasing the scale, improving the quality and coordination of social assistance interventions through cash transfers.

In the November 2016 payment cycle alone, the Bank disbursed Sh2.4 billion.

Inua Jamii, the National Safety Net Programme (NSNP), runs three Cash Transfer Programmes including Cash Transfer to Orphans and Vulnerable Children (CT-OVC), Older Persons Cash Transfer (OPCT) and Persons with Severe Disability Cash Transfer (PwSD-CT) solution alternatives.

The data shows at least 557,551 beneficiaries have been served over the past one year, making it the biggest social protection plan in the country.

Of these, 327,012 are older persons, 49,890 are persons with severe disabilities while 200,669 are orphans and vulnerable children.

KCB Group Chief Operating Officer, Samuel Makome said the Bank is

(From Left) KCB Group Chief Financial Officer Lawrence Kimathi ,CEO and MD Joshua Oigara and KCB Group Chief Operating Officer Sam Makome during the announcement of the KCB Group Q3 financial results. The third quarter Pre-Tax Profit grew by 18.3 per cent to Sh22.9 billion.

Photo by: Gitobu/X-news focused on further enhancing the disbursement as part of its resolve to create pathways to financial inclusion for the financial underserved through products, services, technology, payments and strategic partnerships.

“The biometric system has transformed the beneficiary enrolment and payment process, bringing with it efficiency, transparency and speed in

Kenyan innovators to compete for seed funding in latest round of TEF entrepreneurship programme Local innovators and entrepreneurs have been encouraged to apply for seed capital from the third round of Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Entrepreneurship Programme that has so far benefitted 242 Kenyans.

The programme is part of the Foundation’s 10-year, Sh10 billion commitment to train, mentor and fund 10,000 African entrepreneurs. The Tony Elumelu Foundation will begin accepting applications on January 1, 2017.

This year, 75 Kenyans were among 1000 entrepreneurs from 54 African countries who benefited from the second round of the programme.

Another 167 were awarded the funds during the first round.

“I believe the seeds we are planting through the Programme will transform Africa. Two years on, it is clear that we have found a key to unlocking Africa’s potential for economic transformation. As our entrepreneurs grow their own businesses and realise their ambitions, so too does the vision.

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We are showing what the African private sector can achieve; how hard work and enterprise can catalyze real, sustainable development,” said TEF Founder Tony Elumelu.

The application portal will be open until midnight March 1, 2017.

Entrepreneurs must complete the online application and selection is on a rolling basis, so early application is encouraged.

Up to 1,000 entrepreneurs will be selected based on the feasibility of the business idea; market opportunity; financial understanding; scalability; leadership and entrepreneurial skills demonstrated in the application.

Among the previous recipients, Momar Mass-Taal from Gambia, turned his $5,000 (Sh510,000) seed capital in an agricultural project into $1.2 million (Sh122.6 million) in revenue while Bukhary Kibonajoro from Tanzania used the mentorship and training to launch his business, create 34 new jobs and provide growth services for more than 100 local business in 12 months.

disbursement,” said Mr. Makome.

“This has effectively helped deepen financial inclusion and access for the beneficiaries across all the counties.

We are working on improving the experience for the beneficiaries,” he said.

Over the past four years, the number of beneficiaries has grown from less than 200,000 to 830,000 beneficiaries,

which denotes the necessity of the programme.

The Inua Jamii Programme was launched in 2015 by President Uhuru Kenyatta as one of the channels that the government of Kenya uses to aid in tackling poverty in the region, catering for the under-privileged in society and boosting economic growth. @enock_x254

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Agriculture sector set for shocks in 2017

A new early warning system has found that Kenya is set to experience a possibly devastating drought in 2017 that will deal a major blow to the country’s agriculture sector.

The system predicts that the availability of forage for animals in the country’s arid livestock-dependent north is set to diminish.

Using the system, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Tuesday that Kenya needs to brace itself for worsening drought in the coming year.

The country, said the Organisation in a statement, has not had a chance to recover from drought in 2014 as rains were also poor in 2015 and 2016.

“We really are concerned that the situation is going to deteriorate rapidly early into next year,” Piers Simpkin, a livestock expert with FAO in Kenya, told a news conference.

“There is serious drought looming in early 2017.” Simpkin added The predictive livestock early warning system, developed together with Texas A and M University, shows how much forage will be available in Kenya up to May 2017, using computer modelling of water flows and vegetation growth.

“The months of April and May will present a big challenge,” said FAO’s Joseph Matere, an expert working on the early warning system.

Kenya’s long rains season, from March to May, is critical for the wellbeing of its farmers and livestock herders.

Invest in cereals now to avert food crisis in 2050, experts urge government Kenya must invest in cereals as soon as possible or risk facing a food crisis within the next few decades, experts have warned.

The statements come after Kenya’s wheat imports hit Sh35.6 billion last year (a 5.3 per cent rise from Sh33.8 billion in 2014) amid rising concerns by local farmers that millers are overlooking their produce.

The farmers said in an earlier statement that millers are shunning their crop in favour of imports because oversupply in the international market had driven down wheat prices by more than 30 per cent since last year.

“Millers are no longer buying wheat from farmers since their silos are full of imports,” said Mr Anthony Kioko, Chief Executive of Cereal Growers Association (CGA), a lobby group for local farmers.

He said millers are enjoying bigger margins from the imported wheat compared to the local grain.

Following these concerns, scientists have now affirmed that Africa will be able to grow enough cereals to feed its growing population by 2050, but only if it breaks a culture of complacency and begins to invest more in agriculture, Sub-Saharan Africa currently imports about 20 per cent of its cereal needs, and this could rise to at least 50 per cent by 2050, researchers said in a report published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

One way to meet growing demand is to expand the land area to grow crops, but this would mean cutting down forests or encroaching on protected nature reserves, leading to loss of biodiversity and increased greenhouse gas emissions, they said.

However, it is possible for the continent to feed a population expected to grow 2.5 times by 2050 by producing more food on the land already being planted, the report

said.

“It’s achievable, but we have to break the complacency that we can continue with business as usual ... (and) still feed ourselves,” said Kindie Tesfaye, co-author of the report and a scientist with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in Addis Ababa.

“African countries need to look at what is coming in the next 50 or 60 years, in terms of feeding their population. That has to be planned ahead of time,” Tesfaye said.

The researchers looked at ten countries which together represent 54 per cent of the total population of sub-Saharan Africa and 58 per cent of its arable land.

They found that cereal yields in most countries surveyed are growing slower than population and demand, while the area planted has increased 14 percent in the last 10 years.

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Automaker Mobius Motors confirms plans to boost vehicle production in 2017 WeDnesDaY, DeCeMBer 14, 2016

Local vehicle manufacturer, Mobius Motors has announced plans to boost production next year with the latest version of its vehicle, the Mobius II. The company said on Tuesday that it had fully sold out the first generation Mobius II, designed and manufactured in Kenya, early this year.

Touted as the maker of Africa’s mostaffordable car, the manufacturer is set to roll out the second version of its automobile next year. The company sold and produced 50 units last year and plans to ramp up production in 2017.

The first version of the vehicle, which cost Sh1.1 million, was assembled by Thika-based company, Kenya Vehicle

Manufacturers. The vehicle maker plans to assemble even more units, having secured orders from prospective buyers. The company said in a statement that the new vehicle has been designed with local road conditions in mind.

Mobius Motors has a strategy of making low-priced, rugged cars for rough roads and the rural terrain which is found across much of Africa.

“The next-generation Mobius II model will be manufactured at higher volumes,” Mobius Motors said in a statement.

The firm was founded by British entrepreneur Joel Jackson.

“Mobius Motors designs, manufactures and sells durable, affordable vehicles

for Africa’s mass market. We are reimagining the car; designing our vehicles around common road terrain, transport usage and consumer income profiles across the region,” the company said in a past statement.

“We are not just building vehicles more suited to local demand, but transport platforms that empower local entrepreneurs to run profitable transportation businesses with Mobius vehicles to end-users in their communities. The range of businesses is vast, from public transport, to mobile medical care, to goods delivery - transforming Africa’s transport network,” the manufacturer added.

Mobius states that the majority of roads in rural and peri-urban areas of sub-Saharan Africa are degraded.

Rural roads in particular are invariably uneven, sandy, rocky tracks, making transportation difficult and ultimately restricting mobility.

The firm adds that the most common vehicles across regions like East Africa are imported from more developed countries such as Japan, UAE and India.

These vehicles, argues the car-maker, are designed for areas with good road infrastructure - they are not built for an African environment. The vehicle assembler adds that high import duties also make these vehicles relatively

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Mobius’ latest move comes just as international vehicle manufacturers are flocking to Kenya with Peugeot and Volkswagen making plans to set up manufacturing plan in the country.

President Uhuru Kenyatta revealed that Peugeot, the Paris-based conglomerate plans to set up shop in the country during his Jamhuri Day speech on Monday. The announcement comes ahead of German automaker Volkswagen’s launch of the Polo Vivo, the first passenger car to be assembled locally.

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Kenya to benefit from Sh80tn in clean energy investments WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2016

Kenya has been named in a list of countries likely to benefit from up to Sh79.9 trillion in clean energy investments in a deal that could lower the cost of power and boost economic growth across the East African region.

A recently-released study by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, shows that the historic global agreement on climate change adopted in Paris last year helped open up nearly $23 trillion in opportunities for climate-smart investments in emerging markets between now and 2030.

“There has never been a better time than now for climate-smart investing,” said IFC Executive Vice President Philippe Le Houérou. “This reflects the dramatic reduction in the price of clean technologies and the rise of smart policies that are driving businesses to invest. In this context, it is important to set ambitious goals—which is why IFC has pledged to increase our climate investments to a goal of $3.5 billion a year by 2020 and catalyze another $13 billion through other investors.”

Sub-Saharan Africa represents a $783 billion (Sh79.9 trillion) opportunity particularly for clean energy in Kenya, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, and South Africa.

Since the Paris Agreement was adopted in December 2015, a total of 189 countries have submitted national plans that target aggressive growth

Participants light candles during an event to celebrate Earth Hour in Nairobi. Earth Hour, a global campaign organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), is held annually on the last Saturday of March to raise awareness on detrimental effects of energy consumption on climate change and global environment. in climate solutions—including renewable energy, low-carbon cities, energy efficiency, sustainable forest management, and climate-smart agriculture. These plans offer a clear roadmap for investments that will target climate-resilient infrastructure and offset higher upfront costs through efficiency gains and fuel savings.

IFC’s study, based on the national climate-change commitments and underlying policies of 21 emerging-

market economies, identifies sectors in each region where the potential for investment is greatest. This includes green buildings in East Asia and the Pacific. Latin America and the Caribbean offer the next largest opportunity, particularly in sustainable transportation. Opportunities in South Asia are mostly in climate-resilient infrastructure, opportunities exist in India and Bangladesh.

The report also finds that government

action will be critical to take advantage in order to unlock the full scale of investment potential. It recommends that governments integrate national climate commitments into their development strategies and budget processes, strengthen the investment climate for climate-smart industries, and deploy public funds strategically to mobilize private capital by reducing risk and providing project support.

Mobile applications laboratory moves to support entrepreneurs M:lab East Africa, a regional mobile applications laboratory and the World Bank Group have urged entrepreneurs to take part in a joint enterprise dubbed Traction Camp, a new initiative developed to support emerging digital and mobile entrepreneurs across the region.

M:Lab has reiterated the importance of the drive just as a January 2017 deadline for applications approaches.

With support from the World Bank Group, Traction Camp will allow m:lab East Africa to extend its capacity and service portfolio, ensuring that innovative digital products can be developed and scaled into sustainable and profitable businesses.

“In East Africa, there is limited support for companies with a marketready product. Entrepreneurs who graduate from incubators still lack the necessary skills to accelerate the development of their businesses by attracting financing from different sources and building links to a wider value chain,” sai te Bank in a recent statement.

“Entrepreneurial skills, business acumen, access to networks, and good knowledge of financing mechanisms are critical to scale start-ups,” said Ganesh Rasagam, Manager for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at the World Bank Group’s Trade & Competitiveness Global Practice.

“Now is the time to seize the moment and help entrepreneurs bridge the gap through increased training and technical support in those areas.”

Market demand prompts Savannah Cement to bet big on infrastructure Local cement manufacturer, Savannah Cement has significantly enhanced its supply focus to local and regional infrastructure development projects.

The strategic focus on infrastructure development projects such as roads, dams and related large ticket initiatives is geared at diversifying the firm’s revenue streams while enhancing its

market share.

Savannah Cement Managing Director, Ronald Ndegwa says the firm has been actively pursuing supply opportunities to local and regional infrastructure development projects, successfully riding on the firm’s consistent product quality.

Speaking during a customer visit

to Outer Ring Road Construction Contractor, Sinohydro Corporation and paving blocks manufacturer, KenBro in Nairobi, Ndegwa confirmed that the firm has enhanced its corporate sales capacity in response to market demands.

Savannah Cement is also undertaking preparatory works to facilitate the

Savannah Cement Marketing Manager Joseph Mugambi, MD Ronald Ndegwa with a Sinohydro Engineer and Corporate Sales Advisor, Zubesh Yoon.

installation of its second grinding plant at its Kitengela manufacturing complex to boost production capacity.

The installation of the second grinding plant next year is expected to double the firm’s production capacity to 2.4 million tons annually up from the current 1.2 million tons.

At the Sh8.5 billion Outer Ring Road expansion project, Savannah Cement is supplying up to 2,500 tons of cement every month for the dual carriage road project that is designed to ease traffic congestion in the city’s Eastlands area.

“We have the very latest technology at our Kitengela plant which means that we can guarantee quality consistency.

The technology also helps us run a dust-free operation with low energy footprint which keeps our cost of production per tonne very competitive,” said Mr Ndegwa.

Sinohydro Corporation’s Chief Engineer Mr. Zhou Chong said that the Chinese firm had settled on Savannah Cement because of quality assurance.

“We have had consistent quality and efficient service delivery. This means that we can also be assured of consistent quality of our products and work because cement is a very key ingredient,” said Mr. Zhou when the Savannah Cement team toured the

project.

The construction of the largest single roads project in Nairobi’s Eastlands area is set to transform the densely populated area, bring down the cost of transport and attract new investors.

The Outer Ring Road project, financed by the African Development Bank and the government, is scheduled for completion by September next year, easing the traffic crisis in Nairobi’s most populated suburbs.

“Those people who have lived in Nairobi for years will tell you that this has been a bottle neck. We have been involved from inception. Sino Hydro has been using our cement from inception and we’re happy to be an integral part of the construction that will ease congestion and create more value for property owners in the adjacent areas,” said Mr. Ndegwa.

He said that the firm was also looking forward to supplying the Naivasha leg of the Standard Gauge Railway Project (SGR). In addition to these megaprojects, Savannah has also exclusively supplied cement to the construction of Garden City, the region’s largest mall, JKIA’s expansion, the University of Nairobi towers and the Karuma Dam in Uganda, among others. @enock_x254

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enya has all the classic trappings of a developing country. Which is to say, Kenya cannot help itself. Unemployment, high population growth rate against a low GDP growth rate, dodgy infrastructure and a clear lack of leadership. Kenya happens to be one of those countries where one can either sink or soar. It all depends on how willing you are to make --and keep--your hands dirty.

In this great nation that recently celebrated its 53rd year of sovereignty, the application of road rules is a laughable sentiment. If you have ever been packed tightly into the recesses of a matatu, then it’s easy to comprehend. PSVs in this country can be considered a tourist attraction, or a shiny blight. The rules that govern the operation of transport SACCOs are loose and shadowy, which in essence means ‘they do their own thing.’ As swiftly and as uncomfortably as you are coerced into a seat, you are rushed off it as soon as you reach your designated drop off point. This is putting it mildly.

Speeding, overtaking, overloading of passengers and a general blasé attitude carried on by motorists is nothing new. Some even try to maneuver buses and lorries into short cuts and ‘panya roots’ that were never designed for motor vehicles in the first place. Another thing would be road signs. Do you sincerely remember the last time you saw a road sign? Not too long ago the streets were awash with the things. More recently, the closest most people would come to a road sign would be from the back of a Driving Test Guide.

With all the carnage that goes on in roads daily, are motorists really the sole cause of the messiness? This is the country that the High Court recently ruled that driving 20kph over the specified speed limit it was apparently aboveboard. Ankush Manoj Shah had what was decidedly a landmark case while driving over a 100kph speed limit. His lawyer, Allen Gichui exploited a loophole in the law by pointing out, “Since the applicant had not exceeded the 20kph allowance, no offence had been committed and the charge was therefore defective as the applicant was charged for a non-

existent offence.”

During his address at the 53rd Jamhuri Day celebration, President Uhuru Kenyatta condemned the Ministry of Transport and their slapdash manner of getting work done, in light of the Naivasha road tragedy, stating, “This business of placing bumps on the road without a plan, without signs, motorists can’t see any indication of one, I am saying that this must come to an end.” But does this mean that these officials work with complete autonomy?

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Guardiola asks for time WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2016

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he does not know if he will be given the time he needs to build a successful team at Etihad Stadium.

Defeat by Leicester on Saturday was City’s second in a row in the league - the first time they have lost back-to-back league games under Guardiola.

They trail league leaders Chelsea by seven points and have won four of their past 15 games in all competitions.

Guardiola says City’s hierarchy “trust” him, but added: “You have to win.”

Asked if he would be given time to get things right, he said: “I don’t know. I don’t think about that. Anything can happen. Our position depends on the results.”

But Guardiola, who succeeded Manuel Pellegrini in the summer, added: “I’m not leaving. Next season will be better. Two years will be better.”

City, who host Watford tonight , have not won at home since their 3-1 victory over Barcelona in the Champions League on 1 November.

Asked whether he was failing, Guardiola said: “Give me time. If you analyse the last month, I have failed.”

The 45-year-old former Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach said this was the first time in his managerial career he had experienced such a challenging period.

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Bournemouth extend Leicester’s miserable record in away games

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when his team lose, but insisted he had “enough energy” to fight his critics.

“If it doesn’t go well, I say ‘sorry guys, I was not able’ and another guy is coming here,” he said. “I have been here six months though so I still have time.”

Guardiola said former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was an example of why the Premier League club needed to be patient.

Ferguson, who became United boss in November 1986, won 13 Premier League titles as United manager, but did not win his first until 1993.

Guardiola, who won 21 trophies during his time in charge of Barcelona and Bayern, added: “Sir Alex Ferguson didn’t win the title for 11 years. Liverpool haven’t won it for 25 years.

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The champions paid for a lacklustre first half, where they created clear openings for Jamie Vardy and Robert Huth, but surrendered the ball all too easily.

Eddie Howe’s side saw 70% of the ball before the break and Marc Pugh scored for the hosts on his first league start of the season with a controlled drive from 18 yards out.

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Boruc’s late save followed a key block from Steve Cook to thwart substitute Shinji Okazaki. The two interventions epitomised Bournemouth’s resilience and Howe described it as a “heroic” defensive display. His side had conceded nine goals in three games before kick-off, prompting him to call for more solid showings and that is what he got.

The statistics get uglier for Leicester, who have no back-to-back wins in the league since April. The Foxes have conceded 19 goals on the road, one more than in all 18 away games last season and have managed 21 goals in 16 games - 13 fewer than at the same stage last term.

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Stima’s Muguna crowned KPL’s best player WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2016

Western Stima’s youthful prodigy Kenneth Muguna was last night crowned Sportpesa Premier League Player of the Year for 2016. Muguna also won the midfielder of the year gong as the League awarded its best performers.

He beat off stiff competition from golden boot winner John Mark Makwatta whose 15 goals propelled Ulinzi Stars to a third place finish as well as Tusker FC shot stopper David Okello.

In the midfielder of the year category, Muguna once again topped the bill as he squeezed through a list packed with talent, toppling the experienced Humphrey Mieno who finished third while Mathare United’s Whyvonne ‘Walcott’ Isuza managed to buffer in between the young and the old.

The Western Stima man who won the league player of the month for August, ensured a few more digits will be added onto his cheque from the night as he finished second in the new young player of the year category, behind Gor Mahia’s left back Erick ‘Marcelo’ Ouma and ahead of Posta Rangers’ Cavin Odongo.

The Kisumu bred midfielder pocketed a total of Sh1.6million from the three gongs in addition to two 43 inch

relegation propelling him high despite playing for only the second leg.

Tusker’s league winning coach Paul Nkata was the undoubted winner for the coach of the year category, coming into the side to propel the brewers to their first title in three years despite not being given much of a chance when he arrived from Muhoroni Youth in January.

“I want to say a big thank you to the man who brought me here. (George Owoko) what next I don’t know. I thank my technical bench and the players who were committed because they made me become coach of the year,” Nkata said

Kenneth Muguna smiles with the Most Valuable Player trophy after he won it last night.

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television sets and a mobile phone from South Korean manufacturers LG Electronics.

“I want to thank everyone who voted in for me. This is such a big day for me. I want to thank the Western Stima management, players and coaches for helping me get here. It has not been my effort alone,” an emotional Muguna said as he picked his big award.

Patrick Matasi’s clean sheets this season with Posta Rangers propelled him atop all his competitors to pick the golden glove award ahead of last year’s winner

Boniface Oluoch and Tusker’s Okello.

Paul Nkata took the coach of the year award after guiding his side to a double in the 2016 season.

Posta’s defensive solidity was evident as they not only scopped the golden glove award, but their skipper Jockins Atudo went on to win the defender of the year award ahead of Gor Mahia skipper Musa Mohammed who also finished second last season.

The experienced feet of Noah Abich finished third with his contribution to Sofapaka’s miraculous escape from

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Most Valuable Player 1.Kenneth Muguna (Western Stima) 2.John Makwata (Ulinzi Stars) 3.David Okelo (Tusker) Golden Glove 1.Patrick Matasi (Posta Rangers) 2.Boniface Oluoch (Gor Mahia) 3.David Okelo (Tusker) Defender 1.Jockins Atudo (Posta Rangers) 2.Musa Mohamed (Gor Mahia) 3.Noah Abich (Sofapaka) Midfielder Kenneth Muguna (Western Stima) Whyvonne Isuza (Mathare United) Humphrey Mieno (Tusker) Fairplay Player Ali Bai (Kakamega Homeboyz0 Jared Obwoge (Chemelil) Amos Asembeka (Sony Sugar) New Player Eric Ouma (Gor Mahia) Kenneth Muguna (Western Stima) Cavin Odongo (Posta Rangers)

as he received his award.

Gor Mahia’s Brazilian tactician Jose Marcelo Ferreira was second while Francis Baraza who propelled Chemelil Sugar to their highest ever Premier League finish was named third.

All winners of the twelve categories went home with a 43 inch LG television set while runners up won LG G10 phones. Third-placed finishers were awarded microwaves in addition to the various cash prizes as the awards stature improved for the second year running.

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Coach of the year Paul Nkata (Tusker) Marcelo Ferreira (Gor Mahia) Francis Baraza (Chemelil Sugar) Golden Boot 1.John Makwata (Ulinzi Stars) 2.Kepha Aswani (AFC Leopards) 3.Wycliffe Ochomo (Muhoroni Youth) Team manager of the year 1.George Opndo (Tusker) 2.David Mwangi (Ulinzi Stars) 3.Pascal Ochieng (Posta Rangers) Fairplay Team 1.Kakamega Homeboyz 2.Mathare United 3.Western Stima Assistant Referee of the year 1.Gilbert Cheruiyot 2.Stephen Oduor 3.Mary Ann Njoroge Referee of the year 1.Anthony Ogwayo 2.Davies Omweno 3.Badr Yassin

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2016

STIMA’S MUGUNA CROWNED KPL’S BEST

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Arsenal’s unbeaten run ended A

rsenal missed the chance to go top of the Premier League as Everton came from behind to secure a first victory since October.

The Gunners, who had won their previous three games, were rewarded for an impressive start as Alexis Sanchez’s free-kick deflected in off Ashley Williams.

Everton equalised just before half-time when Seamus Coleman glanced home Leighton Baines’ excellent cross.

The Toffees, encouraged by a vocal crowd, dominated thereafter and Williams powered home a late header to complete the turnaround.

Home captain Phil Jagielka was sent off in the dying minutes for a second bookable offence and Arsenal had two shots cleared off the line in a frantic finale.

But they could not prevent a first league defeat since their opening match of the season, leaving them three points behind leaders Chelsea, who have a game in hand.

Everton, meanwhile, are up to seventh, four points behind fifth-placed Tottenham.

Arsenal had thumped West Ham 5-1, Basel 4-1 and Stoke 3-1 in their previous three games, but two away games in the space of five days at Everton and Manchester City would provide Arsene Wenger’s side with a real chance to prove they are genuine title challengers.

After Sanchez struck, and with the hosts struggling to get out of their own half, it looked as though another big win was on the cards. But the Gunners failed to build on the goal, which came from their only shot on target until the 90th minute, when Nacho Monreal and Alexi Iwobi had efforts cleared off the line.

It may just have been an off day for Arsenal’s forwards, but they are also struggling at the other end.

Wenger’s men have failed to keep a clean sheet in 11 successive games, and the Frenchman must address that if they are to challenge for a first league title since 2004.

“I don’t think we deserved to lose the game but we were caught on two headers. Especially on the first one we were guilty.

We controlled Romelu Lukaku well but two defenders scored. Maybe we made it easy for them when they became more physical. They played a real cup game tonight,” said Wenger.

The scrutiny on Everton boss Ronald Koeman had increased during a run of just one win in the 10 Premier League games prior to Arsenal’s visit.

They had also kept just one clean sheet in that time and, against a free-scoring Arsenal, they were cautious from the outset.

For the first quarter of an hour there was a significant gap between forwards Romelu

Lukaku and Enner Valencia and their teammates, as they looked to play on the counterattack.

It was an ineffective tactic as they failed to trouble Petr Cech, but Sanchez’s goal forced them to become more adventurous. The midfield pushed up to offer Lukaku and Valencia more support, and they suddenly looked a more dangerous side.

They showed plenty of grit and determination in the closing stages as Arsenal mounted one final, desperate attempt to snatch a draw, and the final whistle was greeted with roars of delight from the home fans.

“Sometimes it is difficult to understand why we start so poorly at the beginning. Of course there is some lack of confidence but you have to show your personality. We showed big personality tonight,” said Koeman.

It could prove to be a significant result in determining the course of Everton’s campaign.

Everton’s Ashley Williams (CL) is congratulated by his teammates after scoring the third and winning goal during their English Premier League match against Arsenal at Goodison Park, Liverpool, Britain, last night.

RIGHT is Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil reacting after the 2-1 loss.

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