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Graft: Kenya now risks losing up to Sh55 billion in aid

Kenyans during a past demonstrations to protest graft in the public sector. A top US aid agency has warned that Kenya risks losing the trust of development partners over its handling of corruption cases in the country. STOTY ON PAGE 2 PHOTO: GITOBU IKUNDA/ X-NEWS

Auditor General asked to probe Rio Olympics scandal

A parliamentary committee investigating the mismanagement of Team Kenya during the summer Rio Olympic Games held in Brazil has called on the Auditor General to carry out a detailed audit of the spending of the team and table its report within three months.

The report by the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare was tabled in the National Assembly yesterday with a number of recommendations aimed at preventing any loss of money in future events. “The Office of the Auditor General should undertake a detailed forensic audit of any money allocated from the consolidated fund towards facilitating the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics and table a report before the appropriate CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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Kenya risks losing up to Sh55bn in aid over graft THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2016

Kenya risks losing up to Sh55 billion in future aid from the US and other international donors if it fails to institute adequate policies to fight runaway corruption.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) yesterday expressed its concerns in what it described as lack of will by the government to tame graft in the country.

It said corruption has watered down Kenya’s credibility among foreign development backers.

Speaking during the HIV/AIDS strategy launch for Nairobi County yesterday, USAID Kenya Deputy Mission Director Tina Dooley-Jones (pictured) cited the reported loss of Sh5.3 billion at the Ministry of Health as one of the instances that threaten to limit further aid to the country.

“Development partners are watching to see how Kenya handles the recent allegations of funds loss at the Ministry of Health,” she said.

She added that USAID was disappointed that funds meant for the public good ends up in the pockets of top official

tasked with overseeing its allocation and usage.

Nairobi health county executive member Bernard Muia however assured that “no single coin in funding given to support health activities will get lost”.

The American agency becomes the latest international body to publicly express its concern on Kenya’s ability to honestly spend monies allocated to it to fund health and other development programs.

USAID spent $557.2 (Sh55.7 billion) to fund projects it support in Kenya in the 2015/2016 financial year, with health taking the lion’s share at Sh35.7 billion.

It is one of the major backers of the

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crusade against HIV in the country, funding the Afya Jijini programme in Nairobi that encompasses maternal health to the tune of Sh3.4 billion.

Kenya is also a major recipient of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), receiving up to Sh60 billion in funding since its inception in 2004.

Earlier this month the Danish government and other global missions wrote to Health Cabinet Secretary Cleoppa Mailu requesting for information on the Afya House scandal that has elicited public outcry.

The Scandinavian country trains health workers at the county level among other projects. It noted that it would not tolerate allegations of fund loss in activities it funds.

It also supports security and energy initiatives such as the 3000 megawatt Lake Turkana Wind Project.

Kenya is also to refund Sh160 million donor money stolen at the Ministry of Health and explain the loss of 730,000 doses of vaccines donated by GAVI Vaccine Alliance. @harrison_x254

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The MPs also called the Auditor General to undertake a special audit on the procurement of accommodation so as to establish persons that were accommodated and the manner in which payment for their accommodation was effected by the Ministry of Sports, Culture and the Arts and the National Olympic Committee of Kenya. On ticketing, the committee wants the Auditor General to undertake a special audit on the expenditure relating to the games including the procurement of tickets in order to determine the actual number of air tickets procured, dispatched and the actual recipients since the committee could not authenticate the veracity of the documents purporting to account for the same.

“Proper planning for ticketing should in future be undertaken in consultation with stakeholders to avoid last minute rushes and confusion,” they said.

The report has also called on the President and the Secretary General of National Olympics CommitteeKenya (Nock) Kipchoge Keino and Francis Paul respectively to reimburse

the money spent in procuring tickets for their sons namely Ian Keino and Vincent Paul respectively.

On the alleged missing of uniforms meant for the athletes, the committee wants the Ministry of Sports, Culture and the Arts to invite NIKE to undertake a special audit on the expenditure of the procurement and supply of uniforms so as to establish the actual number of uniforms received and disbursed.

The committee said it could not authenticate the veracity of the documents tabled before it on the missing uniforms.

The report has also called on the government to ensure there is proper oversight including establishing a strong and efficient National Steering Committee that is empowered to demand financial accountability from the National Olympic Committee of Kenya.

Kenya was top in African medal standing with 13 medals six gold six silver and 1 bronze. It ranked number 15 of the 206 teams that participated.

The committee launched investigations following concerns on allegations of mismanagement of Team Kenya raised by the athletes, public and Members of Parliament prompting investigations on @sam_x254 the same.

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A group of youths recruited to the National Youth Service (NYS) slum upgrading programme have given Public Service Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki a sevenday ultimatum to release their bonuses and have the programs resumed or they demonstrate.

Group chairman Duke Nyakundi said they have been living in uncertainty since the programs were suspended four months ago.

They now want the ministry to immediately order for the full resumption of the program to continue providing employment and empowering the youths, as investigations to financial improprieties at NYS continue.

“We are giving Madam Sicily Kariuki seven days to act on these issues or else we are going to call a mother of all demonstrations ever witnessed in this country on Monday 5th December 2016, to bring back our jobs,” Nyakundi told a press conference in Nairobi.

They said the halting of the programs was unfair as it denied them job opportunities because of the financial recklessness of a few senior officials at the ministry.

They also demanded that the ministry pays dues for a section of the cohorts not paid during the last phase and settle the bills for

NYS youths during their press conbference yesterday at Chester House in Nairobi. They issued a seven day ultimatum demanding resumption of programs.

the hall space hired for the youth trainings sessions for the 2014/2015 financial year.

“We also demand for the immediate release of the savings of our deductions to our respective accounts and full independence of the Sacco management from the government bureaucracy so that it’s owned and managed by the youths,” Mr Nyakundi said.

“On the same regard, we are calling on the

President to honour his promise over the resumption of the programmes,” he added.

President Kenyatta promised to have the programs resumed two months ago during a Youth State House summit in October.

The slum Upgrade Initiative was part of the Government’s vision to involve NYS in activities to benefit vulnerable communities in various parts of the country. @hillary_x254

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Search for HIV vaccine: Scientists begin clinical trial in South Africa

]A new vaccine against HIV, the virus that causes Aids, is being tested in South Africa in what scientists say is the first large study of an HIV vaccine’s effectiveness since 2009.

The study aims to enrol 5,400 sexually active young men and women.

About seven million people in South Africa are living with the virus, which is one reason why the trial is taking place there.

Experts hope the vaccine will be “the final nail in the coffin” for HIV. The vaccine regime being tested is based on one used in a trial in Thailand in 2009, which had a protection rate of about 30%. Results from South Africa are expected in four years.

Since the HIV virus was identified in 1983, efforts to develop an effective vaccine have proved unsuccessful.

Researchers hope that this might come to an end with the current study, which is code-named HVTN 702.

It is being led by South Africa’s Glenda Gray, a university research professor and head of South Africa’s Medical Research Council.

“It will tell us whether the initial success observed at a smaller scale will bear fruit in the form of a safe and effective HIV vaccine designed for the people of southern Africa,” Dr Gray said.

According to the United Nations, more than 30 million people have died from Aids since the 1980s.

Recent breakthroughs in anti-retroviral treatments have improved the lifespan of Aids patients.

However, the only effective prevention remains

Varsity forms team to transfer campus back to government The University of Nairobi has ceded ground in the battle against a directive ordering it to vacate the Kenya Science campus.

The has now formed a seven member team tasked with working on the modalities of the handing over the campus to Kenya Technical Trainers College (KTTC). The university’s council chairman, Idle Farah, has submitted the names to Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi, paving way for the transfer of the 62-acre facility.

In a letter dated November 24, Dr Farah said he had selected Nairobi University deputy ViceChancellor in charge of student affairs Prof Isaac Mbeche to lead the team alongside the concerned campus’ deputy principal Prof Horance Ochanda.

The university is expected to vacate the premises from tomorrow. It has received Sh12 billion from the government to set up similar facility which it argues will take five years.

The students have however protested the move and vowed to stay put at the campus, saying they were not consulted in the decision-making process.

They have threatened to disrupt tomorrow’s graduation ceremony at the institution’s main campus if their concerns are not addressed. @harrison_x254

A South African child holds Antiretroviral (ARV) drugs prior to the daily routine of medicine taking at the HOKISA children’s home in Masiphumelele, Cape Town, South Africa on July 19, 2016.

Reasearchers have begun clinical trials to find a vaccine against the virus. PHOTO/EPA

abstinence or the use of barrier methods such as condoms during sexual intercourse.

As part of the present trial, study participants will receive a total of five injections over one year, says the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is sponsoring the trial.

Awethu Benenengu, a 20-year-old construction worker, who is one of the participants in the trial,

told the BBC’s Nomsa Maseko in Johannesburg that he volunteered because he wanted to help defeat Aids.

“I decided to get involved because I don’t like the way my HIV-positive cousin is treated,” Mr Benenengu said.

“There is so much stigma. I want to be part of a generation that changes this and I want my

children to be proud one day of their father for getting involved in making history.”

Participants who become infected with HIV during the trial will be referred to local medical providers for care and treatment, NIH adds.

They will be advised on how to reduce their risk of transmitting the virus.

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Up to 34 city buildings have been demolished

The national building inspectorate in collaboration with other government agencies has so far demolished 34 unsafe and dangerous buildings in Nairobi.

The buildings according to a report tabled before the National Assembly’s Transport Committee were mostly five to eight floors high. Huruma leads with the number of demolished houses at 29, followed by Kahawa West (2), Mathare North (2) and only one at Kariobangi South.

The agency has also audited a total 4,735 buildings in Nairobi with 648 among them requiring immediate testing.

The exercise according the Executive Director of National Construction Authority Daniel Manduku, is currently ongoing at Pipeline estate where 301 buildings have been inspected and audited with only 54 found to be safe. The rest the authority said require urgent testing.

According to the report, Huruma again leads with the number of houses that are very dangerous to stay in at 323, Pipeline 96, Umoja 118, Thika Road 147, Dagoretti 25, Babadogo 65, South B 10, Nairobi West 16 and six houses in other areas such as Ruiru, Mathare and Kahawa West.

The National Building Inspectorate however decried low budget allocation for the exercise which they said forced them to only concentrate in Nairobi County alone.

Only Sh130 million was allocated for the exercise against a budget of Sh780 million required for the exercise to be extended to other counties.

They Inspectorate in its report also said there are inadequate personnel for the inspection of buildings as only one officer is officially deployed to the inspectorate and he is working with ten other officers who are on secondment from the department of public works.

The Inspectorate said it requires 900 members of staff to deliver its mandate effectively.

The National Construction Authority has however said it has no powers to arrests those constructing sub-standard buildings hence many might continue to die unless parliament gives them power.

“At the moment our powers end after issuing orders to stop construction, the rest is for the arresting authorities,” Manduku said.

Concerns raised over rising crime

Police are pursuing gunmen linked to the death of 49 year-old Njuguna Maina in Gathiga village within Kiambu County. The man was being driven by a friend, who is a taxi driver, when they were confronted by unknown assailants who were armed with pistols.

The driver was shot on both legs while Maina was shot on the chest. He succumbed to the injury while undergoing treatment at MP Shah Hospital where the driver is undergoing treatment but remains critical.

A 9mm calibre was recovered at the scene of crime. The thugs escaped on foot towards Gachie area, though no arrest has been made.

As the country heads to the festival period, crime seems to be increasing after a senior officer was killed in Kayole. www.capitalfm.co.ke

Three-year old Monica Mukhungu who was kidnapped outside their house in Mukuru kwa Reuben slums two months ago. The family is appealling for help to locate her whereabouts. PHOTO: CAPITAL FM

Agony of Nairobi family in search of kidnapped daughter They have spent more than Sh30,000 seeking “divine help” following the kidnapping of their first born child from their home in Mukuru kwa Reuben slums, but they are still waiting, two months later.

The money has been given to senior men of cloth in Nairobi as an offering and other local servants in a desperate move to see whether they will be re-united by their three year-old daughter.

Time is moving fast for a family that now knows no peace, no happiness for the past two months.

The only attachment left is one shoe that she was wearing, that was found the following day after the incident, about two kilometres from their single roomed house.

Enoch Mudavadi received the disturbing call on October 1 while with friends in Kayole area from his distressed wife, who informed him that they could not trace their daughter, Monica Makhungu.

“It was around 7pm,” he recalls.

“I immediately left my friends and boarded a matatu but unfortunately I didn’t alight at the usual terminus. I was already confused and worried- so I found myself already in the city centre.”

On arrival at about 8pm, he joined his wife, who was expecting by then to search for their daughter in the neighbourhood and then reported to all police posts in the area, but till now, no good news has come forth.

“My daughter never used to follow strangers and that’s why we believe she was drugged,” the 26 year-old Mudavadi said during an interview

with Capital FM News at their home. She has been my joy, my life, my everything…please, whoever has taken m daughter hostage, just bring her back. We are suffering.”

They have sold almost everything in their effort to pay pastors who have assured them that their daughter is alright in some place, “with a woman.”

“I am wondering why can’t they just tell us who is the woman and where she is,” Elizabeth Anua, his 25 years old wife interjected.

She vividly recalls her last moments with her missing daughter.

Anua, had just arrived at their home from a local supermarket at around 6pm on the fateful day, where among other things she had purchased some yoghurt and biscuits for her daughter.

Makhungu was bubbly as always, she says, and after a few minutes she joined three other children to play, “within the corridor of our houses. But at some point they walked away.

She was carrying her yoghurt and some biscuits.” At around 6.30pm, Makhungu briefly returned to the house, picked more biscuits and left. This was to be the last time Anua would see her daughter. “She was extremely generous…I believe she had gone to share with her friends as they played around,” she said.

According to children she was playing with, her daughter was given ” a sweet by a dreadlocked man. After sometime she followed him while asking for water.”

Her dresses remains on the hanging line, inside their house, and as the clock ticks, the family is becoming more anxious.

“Never give up,” reads the shirt she was wearing during the interview. “Mum (Makhungu her daughter) used to ask me to bring her a brother. I have given birth to a son but she didn’t even see him,” an emotional Anua said.

She says her Christmas gift will be finding her missing daughter.

“I even don’t eat well since I don’t know whether my daughter has something to eat as well,” she said. After sometime, she added, “why should someone cause this pain to me? Please return my daughter.”

For Mudavadi, he is aware of the painful truth, the daughter may be found or not.

“I have done my best as a parent, Monica, she’s my biological daughter, God is the one who gave me that child, if she’s mine, let her return safely and if God has a purpose to take her for good, let His will be done,” he said.

He says he is normally heart broken when his wife starts crying, every time she sets her eyes on Makhungu’s clothes.

“I miss her nagging questions, Baba umeniletea nini” (dad, what have you brought me?) baba umeniletea kalamu? (dad, have you brought me a pen?)” he says, but that remains to be just that- memories.

When she was kidnapped, Makhungu was wearing a green African dress with yellow spots.

She has a birthmark on her right thigh.

Anyone with any information that may lead to her rescue is urged to contact any police station or call her father through mobile phone numbers 0715 652 113 or 0715 052 939.

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FIDEL CASTRO:

Cuban military members mourn as a motorcade that carries the ashes of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro passes through a main street of Havana, Cuba, yesterday. The urn containing the ashes of Castro left the emblematic Plaza de la Revolucion of the Cuban capital for the four-day journey across the island, a funeral procession that will end in Santiago de Cuba, where his funeral will be held on Sunday. PHOTO: ALEJANDRO ERNESTO/EPA

WORLD AIDS DAY:

A child of ‘Maiti Nepal’, a rehabilitation and orphanage home for HIV-affected children and women, victims of trafficking, attends a candlelight prayer meeting for those who have lost their lives due to HIV/Aids, on the eve of World AIDS Day in Kathmandu, Nepal, yesterday. World AIDS Day is marked worldwide annually today December 01, to raise awareness for those living with the ‘Human Immunodeficiency Virus’, or HIV, that causes the ‘Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, known by its abbreviation AIDS. PHOTO: NARENDRA SHRESTHA/EPA

GO WELL HEROES: Children hold the Brazilian flag as white balloons are released during an

event commemorating Tuesday’s victims of a plane crash in Medellin, Colombia. Thousands of people gathered at Atanasio Girardot Stadium in Medellin to pay tribute to players of the Brazilian soccer club Chapecoense, who died when an aircraft crashed with 77 people on board. Six people survived the incident. PHOTO: LUIS EDUARDO NORIEGA/EPA

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Models take to the catwalk during the 2016 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show at the Grand Palais in Paris, France last evening. PHOTO: IAN LANGSDON/EPA

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

Inflation up 6.68pc as cost of goods rises as ahead of festive season

Kenya’s rate of inflation jumped 6.68 per cent in November, from 6.47 per cent last month, the latest numbers from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) have revealed.

The rise in inflation, which is a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money, comes ahead of the festive season, when consumers are expected to increase their spending.

“We expect inflation to remain at 6.5 per cent during this festive season before easing to the government’s target of 5 per cent,” said Central Bank Governor Patrick Njoroge.

The Bureau found that the country’s food and non-alcoholic drinks index increased by 1.17 per cent in November, pushing inflation up by 0.71 per cent compared to 0.62 per cent witnessed in October.

“Between October and November 2016, Food and Non-Alcoholic Drinks’ Index increased by 1.17 per cent. This was attributed to an increase in prices of several food items which outweighed the decreases of others,” KNBS said in a statement.

Year on year food inflation stood at 11.13 per cent in November 2016 over the same review period. Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels’ Index, increased by 0.11 per cent partly due to increases in house rents and kerosene, which outweighed notable falls in the cost of cooking gas.

Customers shopping at a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi.

Meanwhile, the transport index increased by 0.55 per cent in November 2016 compared to October 2016 mainly due to increases in the pump prices of petrol and diesel.

Experts have projected inflation to

Acacia to spend Sh1.2 billion on West Kenya gold mining project London-based exploration company, Acacia Mining has confirmed that it will spend $12 million (Sh1.2 billion) in 2017 on a West Kenya project, which it now fully owns after purchasing a further 49 per cent stake from platinum miner Lonmin in August.

“Kenya has seen limited exploration activity, with companies in East Africa focusing primarily on Tanzania. Given the lack of activity, the gold potential of Kenya has not been systematically explored using modern exploration techniques and is seen as a highly attractive opportunity,” Acacia said in a statement.

Acacia is majority owned by Barrick Gold Corporation, the largest gold mining company in the world.

Acacia, which is also listed in Tanzania, will spend $25 million (Sh2.5 billion) in 2017 to increase drilling for new mines in Kenya, Mali, Tanzania and Burkina Faso and double expenditure for drilling around existing mines to $10 million (Sh1 billion).

The company has three mines in Tanzania.

“This is part of our long-term strategy to invest in exploration when the rest of the industry is walking away from that,” Chief Executive Brad Gordon said in a recent address.

Helped by a rising gold price, Acacia’s share price has more than doubled this year and in August reported a five-fold increase in its third-quarter core profit. Higher gold prices have brought relief to struggling bullion producers which were forced to abandon projects, sell mines and cut jobs to survive.

Acacia plans to spend between up to $15 million (Sh1.5 billion) a year during the project’s exploration phase, Gordon said. He added that initial drilling indicated it could be a multi-million-ounce mine.

remain high as the festive season begins.

The CBK’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), in its meeting on Monday, resolved to retain the benchmark lending rate at 10 per cent, citing stability in the forex market and mild

inflationary pressure.

High inflation increases the cost of living by reducing the value of money.

It also impacts on investments, interest rates and exchange rates. @enock_x254

MEAN 101.8769 127.1036 108.0708 7.3240 35.5822 21.3984

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Ascent the 2016 Petroleum Bill, Raila urges Kenyatta Former Prime Minister and current opposition leader, Raila Odinga wants the president to sign into law the Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Bill 2016 without any delay or amendments.

The request follows President Uhuru Kenyatta’s refusal to sign the Bill, saying that it needed more drastic changes which Raila claims are meant to favour him and deny the County Government its rightful share.

The Bill was presented to the Head of State for presidential ascent on September but Kenyatta refused to sign it, urging the National Assembly to reduce the revenues host communities will get from 10 per cent to 5 per cent, claiming that the County resource revenue share should not exceed the National Governments.

Raila has termed the move as an “abuse of the constitution.”

“Rejecting to ascent to the Bill is a slap on the face of communities that had finally seen a realistic chance to pull themselves from the dehumanization of years of state-sanctioned marginalized and poverty to which the past constitutional order had condemned them,” said Odinga. He argued that the Bill was meant to provide a framework for contracting, exploration, development and production of petroleum in Kenya. Odinga has urged all Members of Parliament to set aside their political difference and present the Bill as it was to the Kenyatta for the final stages of presidential ascent. @enock_x254

Tell-Em Public Relations feted for helping launch mVisa mobile payment solution Tell-Em Public Relations, one of Kenya’s leading Public Relation’s firms, has won two awards in the just concluded Public Relations Society of Kenya (PRSK) Awards for Excellence. The firm won the Best Overall PR Campaign of the Year and Best Media Relations Campaign of the Year for their role in the launch of mVisa, an interoperable mobile payment solution by Visa Inc. The PRSK awards recognize and reward PR practitioners who have showcased successful delivery of strategic, creative and professional public relations campaigns. The awards are aligned with the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) Golden Word Awards and SABRE Awards. This year there were 48 entries by various Kenyan agencies and organizations.

“PR campaigns are a team effort so we would therefore like to appreciate the media and bloggers for their continued editorial support, the vendors that worked with us to make the mVisa launch a success, and the Visa team for

demonstrating their trust and faith in us,” said Tell-Em PR Account Director, Mrs. Corazon Wandimi.

Elizabeth Cook, Managing Director of Tell-Em Public Relations, said that Visa had been with the agency for almost 12 years.

“Visa has been our client since 2005 and we are absolutely delighted to have won an

award for our work with this innovative and creative brand – we really value working with the Visa team and this our ninth PR award – we have also won PRSK awards for our work with Coca-Cola and East African Breweries,” she said. mVisa was launched at Villa Rosa Kempinski in September.

Jane Gitau, Chairperson PRSK, Karungari Kahende Tell-Em PR, Sammy Itemere, Principal Secretary, Broadcasting & Telecommunication, Joel Chacha, Tell-Em PR and Corazon Wandimi of Tell-Em PR receiving the best overall PR.

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Yamaha partners with Kenya Police in training drive to enhance road safety THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2016

Motorcycle manufacturer and distributor, Yamaha Kenya has partnered with the Kenya Police Service to enhance road safety on Kenyan roads during the festive season.

Yamaha Kenya, which is a division of Toyota Kenya, today handed over 15 motorcycles procured by the Kenya Police Service, having already trained 20 police officers who will in turn, act as trainers within the Kenya Police Service.

Toyota Kenya Managing Director Mr.

Sachio Yotsukura said the company is committed to not only help teach automotive skills, but also offer a platform for skills transfer.

“The 20 officers received specialized training to enable them pass on the knowledge to other police officers and riders who they will train. In this regard, the training offered by the Yamaha Riding Academy is not just beneficial to the officers but is also a form of capacity building for the Kenya Police Service,” Mr Sachio said.

Yamaha Kenya says it intends to roll out the specialized training to boda boda operators in partnership with the Kenya Police Service and the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA). According to statistics released by NSTA boda boda operators account for 90% of the 800,000 all registered motorcycles in the country while 70 per cent of boda boda operators are untrained and rely on peer to peer training.

Yamaha Kenya General Manager,

Augustine Juma said that Yamaha is carrying out the training in recognition of the fact that while the responsibility of manufacturers to ensure that the motorcycles they produce adhere to international standards, they cannot ignore the most crucial factor of all; the human element.

“Yamaha through the Yamaha Riding Academy will extend its training and capacity building to boda boda operators across the country starting with Nakuru, Nairobi and Kisumu.

Through this exercise we at Yamaha Kenya hope to help increase the number of certified trainers across the country and ensure that all riding schools have the capacity to train Boda Boda operators and enhance the safe use of motorcycles across the board,” Mr. Juma said.

The 15 high speed motorcycles have been customized for the police and come fitted with enforcement features including sirens and in built communication systems. @kevin_x254

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Low interest rates to spur mortgage uptake, says new real estate report Low interest rates within the banking sector will lead to an increase in the uptake of housing loans, a new report from Jumia House has revealed.

Kenya, said the real estate dealer, is “a country where we enjoy better financial access than its counterparts in the continent where the percentage of the population living within three kilometers of a financial access touch point stands at 58.7 per cent; 44.1 per cent in Uganda; 42.7 per cent in Nigeria and 28.3 percent in Tanzania. Despite this impressive figures, majority of Kenyans in the low income areas still do not have access to affordable credit,” the realtor said in a statement.

In September, the Kenya Bankers’ Reference Rate (KBRR) a new reference rate by the Central Bank was set at 9.13 per cent. This follows pressure on the banking industry to lower their lending rate.

Transparency in the cost of loans through the KBRR and the Annual Percentage Rate is expected to cut rates and stimulate mortgage uptake.

This is projected to energize the country’s mortgage market.

Jumia House believes that the push towards lower interest rates backed by transparency

in the pricing of loans could ultimately lead to a decline in the rates.

“The rental prices have been surging up due to the demand of rental houses as people couldn’t afford to buy, due to the considerably high mortgage interest rates,” said the report.

“The self-employed need to be designed for products that will cater to their unique background and standardizing mortgage paperwork,” added the realtor.

Jumia House’s report follows a similar analysis by real estate group, HassConsult, which found that though detached housing units are increasingly popular, high-end units that offer commercial, retail and leisure facilities are quickly becoming the preferred properties for wealthy Kenyans.

“Market demand is highest for developments that have enveloped high-end commercial, retail and leisure offerings on one site as they are able to attract a strong footfall.

Such properties will command price appreciations of up to 40 per cent on top of average market rates,” said Ms. Sakina Hassanali, Head of Research and Marketing at HassConsult.

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KISIP moves to protect 550,000 urbanites from periodic flooding THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2016

The Kenya Municipal Program (KMP) and the Kenya Informal Settlements Improvement Project (KISIP) have collectively constructed 60kms of drainage, protecting about more than 550,000 urban residents in 15 urban areas in the country from periodic flooding, The programmes have been funded by the International Development Association (IDA), an organization that supports anti-poverty programs in the poorest developing countries with long-term, no interest loans, as well as development partners SIDA and AFD. The projects finance investments in storm water drainage, non-motorized transport, streetlights and floodlights, access roads, non-motorized transport facilities (footpaths and bicycle lanes), water and sanitation.

Since its start in 2010, more than 1.7 million people have benefitted from KMP infrastructure investments, including the financing of about 43 km of access roads, and 68,000 urban residents now have access to all-season roads within a 500-meter range, a new IDA report released just hours ago has confirmed.

Under KSIP, more than 530,000 have benefitted from improved infrastructure since 2011, including about 30 km of rehabilitated settlement roads with 30 km of footpaths also completed.

The IDA report states that in Jomvu Kuu and Ziwa la Ng’ombe, informal settlements in Mombasa, improved roads and footpaths, have eased the transportation of goods such as clay pots crafted by women. The new road

Villagers go about their business in a flooded market centre in Kisumu, about 400km west of Nairobi.

Since its start in 2010, more than 1.7 million people have benefitted from KMP infrastructure investments and 68,000 urban residents now have access to all-season roads within a 500-meter range infrastructure has facilitated economic activities within the community as more goods are readily available in the settlement. Previously, small-scale traders had to travel further in search of goods to retail.

Between KMP and KISIP, about 714 streetlights and floodlights have been installed across the 15 urban areas.

To further stimulate urban economic activities, three markets – a traders’ market in Eldoret and two livestock markets in Garissa and Machakos – have been completed under KMP. “In Eldoret, Nakuru and Mombasa, the provision of non-motorized transport (NMT) facilities has also contributed to resident safety by reducing the conflict

between pedestrians and motorized transport. Prior to the completion of the facilities constructed by KMP, pedestrians were forced to walk on the road in certain parts of Eldoret town,” said the report. An estimated 38km of NMT has been provided in the town. In total, about 150 km of NMT has been constructed by KMP.

Infrastructure development lagging behind as urban population grows at alarming rate, experts warn Kenya’s infrastructure development is lagging behind as the country’s urban population grows at an alarming rate. Experts say that about a third of Kenyans live in urban areas and more are expected to flock into these settlements within the next decade or so. Despite recent moves by the government to rehabilitate roads and walkways, the country’s rate of development has been criticized for being far too slow.

“Urban areas are growing quickly in Kenya,” states World Bank Analyst, Sheila Kamunyori.

“With a population of approximately 44 million, the country is urbanizing at about 4.4 per cent per year, and 27 per cent live in urban areas. By 2050, half of its population is expected to live in urban areas,” she said.

Urbanization holds the prospect of driving economic growth, reducing poverty, and expanding access to jobs, housing and services for an increasing share of the population.

However, Kamunyori’s data shows that at the current urbanizations rates, the urban infrastructure and service delivery is not keeping pace with the growth of the urban areas. A World Bank survey of 15 urban areas showed

that access to sanitation is below 30 per cent, and while water access was at 90% in the 1990s, it has been decreasing as populations are growing.

A 2011 World Bank report had stated that most of Kenya’s population

Construction road workers digging out old tarmac road before replacing it with a new one in the streets of Nairobi.

growth will be urban. It argued that while total population will double by 2045, the urban population will more than quadruple. By 2033 the country will reach a “spatial tipping point”, when half of Kenya will be residing in the urban areas.

The analysis noted that in order to keep up with rising populations while spurring development, Kenya needs a coastal hub.

“Given the high transport costs within East Africa, only a coastal hub like Mombasa, would be in a position to become a manufacturing center for global products. Rising wages in Asia will provide incentives for manufacturing companies to locate to Africa. Mombasa could be an attractive destination, but it will only live up to its potential if it manages to tackle inefficiencies in the port, a dilapidated urban infrastructure, and the opaque system of land titling,” said the research.

poa! Internet eyes East Africa expansion following successful pilot in Kibera

poa! Internet, a service that has been operating in Nairobi’s Kibera slum since 2015, has announced plans to roll out its service to various parts of the country and eventually, the greater East Africa region.

Thousands of Kibera residents, including schools, health centres, churches, mosques and the youth in general have benefited from the service, which has been making moves to expand its reach to various parts of the country.

Established in August last year in Kenya, poa! Internet is now employing 25 staff, mostly young people, the majority of them from Kibera. The company’s aim is to bring millions of East Africans online over the next few years using affordable product pricing. Mr Andy Halsall, CEO of poa! Internet, said the firm is currently using Liquid Telecom Kenya’s fibre infrastructure from a connection near Kibera to supply the internet to residents of Africa’s second largest slum.

“We are selling internet to individuals in Kibera at affordable prices and have also provided free Internet to more than eight health centres, 20 schools, and 20 cyber cafes’ in the area,” said Mr Halsall.

“Liquid Telecom is our partner in ensuring that the less privileged population of Kibera access the same services and quality of Internet as their counterparts in other parts of the country, and at an affordable cost. Internet has made life much better, with more youths engaging in businesses, such as cyber cafes, and shops where they are selling bundles.

This has had a positive impact on these individuals and put great potential in their hands,” he added.

The cost of accessing the internet using poa! ranges from as low as Sh10 for 25 MB to Sh3,000 for 20 GB, in bundles that do not expire.

“We have ensured that anybody in Kibera wanting to use high speed, high quality Internet can do so for just a few bob,” said Halsall. poa! also provides its customers with free access to a wide range of digital content, including educational and healthcare and other socially beneficial materials as well as sports, entertainment and news.

“We want to ensure that the people of Kibera can get access to the latest information even when they don’t have cash in their pocket,” he explained.

Halsall raised seed funding in the UK to launch the business on the basis that East Africa still holds huge potential for internet consumption.

“We are targeting millions of subscribers in this region if our plans go as scheduled,” he said. “East Africa is highly educated but still not everybody has access to internet.”

This vision has seen Liquid Telecom Kenya name poa! Internet an outstanding example of last mile development with regard to the group’s East African infrastructure. @enock_x254

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Rap has been a male dominated arena since the genre’s birth.

Diss tracks are an essential part of the keep them sharp and attune to what’s going on in the streets. But the earliest diss records were not hip hop music, although rap seems to wear the badge loud

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recorded were soul, reggae and rock and roll music. According to Roctober, 1962s ‘You Keep Her’ by soul singer Joe Tex was a diss intended for the ‘Godfather of Soul’ James Brown songs like ‘No Vaseline’ by Ice Cube, ‘Ether’ by Nas and ‘Hit ‘Em Up’ by Tupac Shakur would probably make the cut but for a long time now beefs and diss tracks seemed like dinosaurs, a relic from days past as a younger audience seems to be more attracted to the artistry than a musician’s personal or professional

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US pop star Taylor Swift, boy band One Direction and British singer Adele were the highest paid musicians in the world this year according to Forbes magazine. With earnings of $US170 million ($230 million) from touring, recordings, endorsements and other income, Swift, 26, earned the title of 2016’s highest paid musician. She pulled in a gross total of more than $US200 million on the North American portion of her 1989 world tour.

The Bad Blood singer was followed by One Direction, the English-Irish pop band, which brought in $US110 million, grossing $US200 million-plus for its recent On The Road Again Tour. Ranking third was Hello singer Adele, 28, with $US80.5 million.

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tracks that charted and made waves happens to be ‘Tuendelee’ by the Kleptomaniax. A song which is over a decade old. By and large, everyone had forgotten that the things existed, notwithstanding Hip Hop caused last year by Juliani’s track ‘Lord Forgive Me’ that name-dropped Khaligraph, Rabbit and Octopizzo.

Femi One’s ‘Pilau Njeri’, although not her best work artistically speaking--Jah, the song she moment. Rap has been a male dominated arena few standout female rappers along the way but in the country, the examples are limited. Nazizi and Rat-a-tat--who has seemingly disappeared from the scene--might have represented back then but everyone’s fair game. Femi One mentions a host of other female emcees, who should allegedly up

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ll-boy band Sauti Sol’s Bien has hit Bahati below the belt in response to his rant that gospel music artistes are not representing Christ to the fullest. Bien urged the artiste not to speak on behalf of the industry he said; ‘Bahati go and write songs or rather get good songwriters to work with. DO NOT do music targeting awards. Awards are a by-product of quality. Use this energy to better your musicianship. Also who told you to speak on behalf of Gospel musicians! There are plenty of Gospel artists who are doing God’s work with anointing as they should. So stop roping an entire industry into your publicity stunts.’

tells off Bahati over gospel music artistes’ rant

their game including Njeri, Kush Tracey, Noti without saying that they [female rappers] are in slumber land besides lacking consistency. At a time when I am busy recording at the Coke Studio and performing at the much hyped Sportpesa event I guess they are still busy doing small competitions like cyphers.” Fellow rapper Njeri which was hilarious but decidedly messy.

With the newest emcee being Noti Flow-known for her bisexuality and the sensory assault that is ‘Birthday Cake’—with the surprisingly savage ‘Forehead’ on the scene one does wonder whether all this is necessary. Well one thing’s for sure, if you didn’t know Femi One before, now you do.

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We are allowed to attack the evil forces and we are not stopping #TIGAWANA.’

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2016 GOTHAM AWARDS

Krysten Riiter was still in the Halloween spirit.

Kate Beckinsale shimmered in black.

Janelle Monae looked classy in all black.

Katie Holmes flowered up the occassion.

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hanks to Batman, Gotham has evolved from Batman’s home, into a hit investigative series backdrop. This is probably why Hollywood holds an annual award show dubbed the Gotham Awards in respect to this hard hitting film concept. As always, stars take any awards show as a chance to show off their fancy style, and the 2016 edition of the Gotham Awards was no different.

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Natalie Portman toned down to lace.

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icking up where smash hit ‘Finding Nemo’ left, ‘Finding Dory’ is the heartwarming tale of a blue fish. The movie reunites the friendly-but-forgetful blue tang fish with her loved ones, and everyone learns a few things about the true meaning of family along the way. It also happens to be highest grossing animated film of the year earning $1.026 billion since its June release.

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Top marksman Makwatta delighted to make Hull City friendly shortlist THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2016

Kenyan Premier League top scorer John Makwatta has expressed his delight after he was shortlisted for the first ever football match pitting English Premier League side Hull City and a Kenyan select side in February.

The Ulinzi Stars talismanic forward is among the 47 players drawn from the Kenyan Premier League clubs who are likely to feature in the historic match.

The provisional squad that includes 16 year old Joshua Otieno will report training camp in January.

Preparations for the big game at the KCOM Stadium began earlier in November when two of the Hull City Academy coaches, Richard Naylor and Kris Blakeston visited Kenya on a scouting mission to pick out the country’s top football talent.

“It is such a huge honour and a big step for my footballing career. I have had a good campaign whereby I finished as top scorer. It encourages me that my efforts are being recognised,” said the forward.

Tasked with selecting 50 players to attend a special training camp, the English duo took in international fixtures against Mozambique and

Liberia, league matches and training sessions at the country’s top clubs but selected only 47.

With shortlists and player recommendations now submitted, coaches will return to Kenya for the training camp early in the New Year to pick out the top 16 players who will go on to form the SportPesa All Stars squad that will travel to England to take on Hull City in February.

“SportPesa All Stars is the beginning of Kenya’s journey to qualification for the World Cup in 2022 and we look forward to the two matches they will play against Hull City,” SportPesa Chief Executive Officer Ronald Karauri said.

The friendly match at the KCOM Stadium in the United Kingdom next year is part of Hull City’s continued support of shirt sponsor SportPesa’s commitment to develop Kenyan football to global standards, and their efforts to help Kenya qualify for their first ever World Cup in 2022.

“SportPesa All Stars project is truly unique. It fully demonstrates that our partnership with SportPesa goes way beyond a branding exercise and is something that is having a

positive impact in developing Kenyan football,” Hull City Commercial Manager Simon King stated.

“The first stage of the project has gone incredibly well and we now look forward to organising the training camp in January when our coaches will have the tough task of picking a squad to play at the KCOM Stadium in February.”

This comes at a time when Hull City are also working closely with the betting firm on the ‘Kits For Kenya’ campaign, which calls on supporters to donate any football kit items to be sent out to Kenya to help enhance the prospects of young players in the country. @amos_x254

Ulinzi Stars striker and Kenya international John Makwatta.

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England boss Southgate eyes Euro redemption New England manager Gareth Southgate says his side have the potential to give him closure by winning the European Championship in 2020.

Southgate, whose position was confirmed on a four-year deal on Wednesday, missed a penalty at Wembley in hosts England’s semifinal shootout defeat by eventual champions Germany at Euro 96.

Wembley will host the semi-finals and final of Euro 2020.

“That’s clearly in the back of everybody’s mind,” he said.

The 46-year-old, during a Football Association fans’ question and answer session, added: “Having played in the last European Championship here in 1996 and got so close as a player, I have a desire to address that record.

“That something that I think is a realistic aim for the team given the age and the way they’ll mature in the next few years in particular.”

Former defender Southgate, who made 57 appearances for England as a player, becomes the fourth permanent manager of the national team in as many years.

The former England Under-21 coach,

England manager Gareth Southgate reacts during a past match. He was confirmned on a permanent basis yesterday.

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who had a four-game stint as interim manager following Sam Allardyce’s departure, will face Germany in Dortmund on 22 March in his first game as permanent manager.

Southgate’s first tournament at the helm, qualification allowing, will be the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Before becoming part of the international set-up, Southgate’s only

managerial experience was his threeyear spell at Middlesbrough, who were relegated under him in 2009.

But it was his understanding of international football and the development set-up at St George’s Park that proved important to his appointment, according to FA chief executive Martin Glenn.

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Southampton knock poor Arsenal out of League Cup The Saints soon doubled their advantage, again from distance.

Carl Jenkinson lost possession in his own half and the visitors pounced, with Steven Davis and Sofiane Boufal combining to set up Bertrand for a first-time shot from the edge of the box.

Southampton could have scored a third, with Boufal and PierreEmile Hojbjerg going close, but so comfortable were the visitors that they never seemed in need of another goal.

“I regret that we lost the game. We had played well until now. If you look at the players who played well, some of those who did not play were on the edge. I’m disappointed. We had a disappointing performance, particularly in the first half,” Wenger said.

In the other quarterfinal match played last night, Manchester United eased beat West Ham 4-1 to set a date with Hull City in the other EFL Cup semis.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic clipped in the opening goal inside two minutes

before former United youngster Ashley Fletcher equalised as he pounced on David de Gea’s error.

Anthony Martial re-established the home side’s lead shortly after halftime, drilling Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s pass low into the bottom corner.

The France international stroked in Antonio Valencia’s low cross after a well-worked team move, with Ibrahimovic adding the gloss by tapping in with virtually the last kick of the game.

United manager Jose Mourinho said his team would forget about the semi-finals until the new year.

“The two legs take a little bit of emotion out of the draw, because the situation of playing away or home doesn’t exist anymore,” said the Portuguese.

“I’m sure City have an amazing memory from Wembley and I’m sure they’ll try everything to be there again.

“Manchester United were at Wembley last season. It’s January so now we forget this semi-final, but hopefully we can reach the final.”

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inedine Zidane’s son Enzo scored 18 minutes into his Real Madrid debut - with his first shot for the club. The 21-year-old midfielder was brought on by his father, the Madrid coach, at half-time in their Copa del Rey victory over Cultural Leonesa at the Bernabeu. Madrid won the tie 6-1, beating their third-tier opponents 13-2 on aggregate to reach the competition’s last 16.

Norwegian teenager Martin Odegaard, who signed as a 16-year-old in January 2015, also made his full debut. Former France midfielder Zidane senior, 44, played 227 matches for Real after joining from Juventus for a then-world record £45.8m in July 2001, famously scoring their winner in the 2002 Champions League final.

Enzo, the eldest of Zidane’s four sons, made almost 50 appearances for Madrid’s reserve team before being given his s e n i o r debut.

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outhampton progressed to the semi-finals of the EFL Cup for the first time since 1987 thanks to a convincing victory over a below-par and under-strength Arsenal.

Goals from Jordy Clasie - his first for the club - and Ryan Bertrand secured victory for a Southampton side which inflicted a first defeat on the Gunners since the opening day of the season.

Manager Arsene Wenger, who has never won this competition during his 20-year reign in north London, had made 10 changes to the Arsenal team which beat Bournemouth 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday and paid the price.

In Aaron Ramsey, Alex Iwobi and Mohamed Elneny, the Gunners had Premier League regulars in their starting line-up - but without Alexis Sanchez, Theo Walcott, Olivier Giroud and Mesut Ozil, they lacked guile and bite.

Southampton, who had only won once in their last 23 visits to Arsenal, deserved the victory and will play Liverpool in the two-legged semi-finals, with the first leg at St Mary’s in the week commencing 9 January.

During his tenure as Arsenal manager, Wenger has regularly used this tournament to give games to those on the fringes of the first team. That perhaps explains why they have won only one of their last six quarter-finals in the competition.

The majority of last night’s starting line-up had defeated Nottingham Forest and Reading this season, but Southampton were a different prospect - a Premier League side with a game plan and nous.

Arsenal’s £17m summer signing Lucas Perez started for the first time since the 2-0 win over Reading on 25 October, but was a peripheral figure as he and his team-mates lacked energy and urgency, especially in the first half.

Before the match, Wenger had said he hoped the victory over Bournemouth, which came following three successive league draws, would make his team more relaxed.

But while the Gunners marginally improved after the break - the introduction of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain adding pace - they rarely threatened. A long-distance strike from Ramsey and a second-half chance, which fell to Oxlade-Chamberlain, was as good as it got for them.

Southampton had also made changes for this match, with only three of the starting XI which beat Everton in the league at the weekend starting at Emirates Stadium.

But the ever-present Virgil van Dijk provided a solid platform for the Saints in defence, and the changes in personnel did not affect the visitors who were by far the better team.

Clasie gave Southampton an early lead, leaving goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez with no chance as the Dutchman struck first time from long range in what was the match’s first effort on target.

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Arsenal’s Aaron Ramsey dejectedly walks out of the pitch after the 2-0 loss to Southampton last night.

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