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Why Kenyans took to the streets in 2016

Electoral reforms, cases of insecurity, land grabbing and rampant corruption top the list of issues that took Kenyans to the streets to protest and demand action in the past one year, a new report suggest.

Other issues of public concern that sparked protests include extra judicial executions, poor service delivery, poor road conditions, police harassment, nurses and doctors salary discrepancies and road safety.

The research by ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa revealed that election reforms and insecurity CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

Busia County MP Florence Mutua and Ugunja’s Opiyo Wandayi at a past press conference at Parliament buildings. They want the House recalled to discuss the the health crisis.

pposition MPs have today called for the recall of Parliament from recess to deliberate on the ongoing crisis in the health sector which has seen 19 people die after doctors and nurses downed their tools on Monday.

Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) MPs led by Ugunja’s Opiyo Wandayi said there is urgent need to recall the legislators to a joint session with the senate to help avert the crisis from worsening.

The strike by the health workers entered its third day today with tales of death and pain following it its wake. This even as ministry officials continue to pile pressure on the striking medics to resume duty but in vain.

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Recall parliament over health crisis, MPs say WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 7, 2016

From Page 1 “We now demand that the National Assembly and the Senate be immediately recalled and have a joint session so as to get a solution to the current health crisis,” Wandayi said.

He criticized President Uhuru Kenyatta for ignoring the plight of patients who have been left on their own and instead embark on his re-election campaigns.

President Kenyatta toured Ukambani region yesterday amid the health crisis on which he has not commented.

And Wandayi who was accompanied by several ODM lawmakers criticized President Kenyatta for showing lack of interest in solving the crisis that has caused a total shutdown in public hospitals.

They said the problem of the health sector emanates from lack of proper costing when the function was being devolved and that it can only be solved by parliament through correct allocation of funds.

“The Health sector was devolved yet there is no money to fund the functions. We need proper costing of what exactly is needed to fund the

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Ugunya MP Opiyo Wandayi at a past press conference at parliament buildings. ODM lawmakers have today demanded that parliament be recalled from recess to discuss how to resolve the current crisis in the health sector that has seen doctors boycott work since Monday.

health sector. This can only be done through parliament which is currently on recess,” Wandayi said.

“We know that health is a devolved function but the national government has held on to money meant to fund the functions at county level,” he added.

He was with MPs James Nyikal (Seme), Fred Outa (Nyando), Zuleika Hassan (Nominated), Raphael Otalo (Lurambi) and Florence Mutua (Busia Women Rep).

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“We want the President to immediately cut short his political campaigns and address this issue,” Mutua said.

Nyikal said doctors have genuine concerns that need to be urgently addressed.

“Health workers are not mad to go on strike if there is good political will to solve their problems, currently there is no political good will to solve the crisis,” Nyikal said. @sam_x254

Officials fighting record automation, says CS Kaimenyi

Old guards in the ministry of lands have sustained a resistance to the automation of land registries in the country, Lands Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi has today revealed.

Speaking during a Lands administration workshop in Nairobi, Kaimenyi said beneficiaries of the manual system have continued to resist the government efforts to digitize the registries across the country.

He said that the digitization process that was started by former CS Charity Ngilu had received opposition from within the ministry as some official feared to loose kickbacks they receive from Kenyans seeking services from the ministry.

And when asked to reveal the identity of the alleged officials, the CS declined saying his ministry is already collaborating with the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission in investigation the matter.

“The process has been tough as a result of continued resistance by our officers. Some of them are big beneficiaries of the manual system and are fearing to lose the kickbacks they have been receiving,” Prof Kaimenyi admitted.

Despite the challenges the minister observed that 13 registries are 80 per cent digitised and will be completed by the end of the year with the digitization of the other 39 registries expected to start in January 2017.

Protesters demostrate along Kenyatta Avenue in Nairobi during one of the demos organised to condemn runaway corruption in the country. PHOTO: G IKUNDA

Why Kenyans took to the streets in 2016 From Page 1 witnessed 22 and 20 protests respectively followed by land grabbing and escalation of corruption at 19 and 18 protests respectively.

“In 2015, ARTICLE 19 documented 140 protests, with 36 being characterized as violent. Nairobi and Nakuru led in protests with 25 and 16 respectively followed by Kisumu with 10, Machakos 8 and Kakamega 7 among other counties,” the report states.

The lobby group said that in a number of instances, police used lethal force not limited to tear gas, water cannons, rubber and live bullets to contain the demonstrations contrary to law and the mandate of facilitating the right to protest.

However, the use of lethal weapon according to top police officials was justifiably necessary under Public Order Act CAP 56 of the Laws of Kenya.

“This is a worrisome trend ahead of the general election in August 2017,” lamented ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa Regional Director Henry Maina.

Maina said that if the police behaviour is not checked and tamed, then it may sprawl and turn Kenya into a military state that violates basic human rights.

On June 5, Jeremy Otieno, a four yearold kindergarten pupil was shot in the back while seated on the couch inside their house in Ogango, Manyatta estate, Kisumu county.

Joseph Njoroge, a student at Highway secondary school, Mary Akinyi a businesswoman and John Odipo, an elderly man, were among those who sustained bullet wounds as a result of

gunshot wounds inflicted by police officers as they violently engaged with protesters across the country.

“Many protesters and non-protesters sustained injuries and fatalities and as accounts from monitors and eyewitnesses indicate police violated critical parts of this Act especially regarding the use of force against protesters who were largely unarmed and peaceful,” Maina noted.

“We documented a total of 175 protests in Kenya in the last 11months. Of the 175, ARTICLE 19 characterized 51 as violent,” he added.

In the demonstrations, the activist group claims twelve people were shot dead and unspecified number of persons wounded during the crackdown on peaceful protests.

It suggested that out of the twelve fatalities, eight of the deaths arose during the protests for the disbandment of the Independent Election and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) led by the Opposition, between April and June.

The report says although many of the cases remain unresolved and the violators have not been held to account.

“Despite the promises by the Inspector General of Police, Mr Joseph Boinett, to launch investigation into these violations five months, neither has a substantive report been made public nor the findings,” the report says.

“Yet many more protests are being violently disrupted including the ongoing medical practitioners demonstrations,” Maina wondered.

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Cartels are targeting Asian lands in Nairobi, MPs claim

Powerful cartels have set their sights on lands owned by members of the Asian community in nairobi’s Westlands and Parkland areas, MPs claim. Irshad Sumra (Embakasi South) and Sonia Birdi (Nominated) said most of the leases of land occupied by the Asians in the two areas of the city are nearing expiry yet the ministry has refused to accept their renewal bids. Instead, they claimed that officials want to be bribed before they can accept their renewals.

“When the Asians go for renewal of the leases, the leases are either taken and the owners told to give something before they can be renewed,” Sumra said at a press conference at parliament buildings Tuesday. “There are cartels in the ministry of lands and Kaimenyi should deal with them and protect all Kenyans,” he said. The two legislators were reacting to the Sunday morning incident where goons demolished Kurji’s family house located in Westlands. The two urged Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet to expedite the arrest of the goons and prosecution of the people involved in the incident. At least 30 unknown gang armed

with crude weapons invaded the homestead on the wee hours of Sunday morning and evicted the occupants before demolishing the house with a bulldozer. Police have already arrested the man behind the merciless eviction.

Mr Francis Nyaga Njeru of Frank Logistics was arrested early today and detained at the Muthaiga police station. He was expected to be arraigned in court today.

Both the National Land Commission and the police have launched investigations into the matter. Sumra said even if the Kurji family occupied the land illegally as alleged, legal procedures should have been followed before the brutal eviction. He said anybody that will be given the title deed should be aware that he is holding an illegal document and the Asian community will follow the matter through all legal means available. Birdi called for the formation of a taskforce to look into the issue of land grabbing, saying that it has become a norm in the city. “There is a lot of intimidation to the Asian community living in Westlands by a team of cartels such kind of blatant impunity must be stopped,” she

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A member of the Kutji family sit on the rubble of their demolished house in Westlands on Sunday

said. She said Asians deserve respect and protection just like any other Kenyans. “Apart from houses other properties too are also being targeted by these goons and the Inspector General should help the Asian community,” she appealed.

Wamwangi, ex-mayor apply to IEBC top job Former chairman of the defunct Transitional Authority Kinuthia Wamwangi, a member of the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) Murshid Mohammed, and ex-Mombasa Mayor Taib Ali Taib are among the 35 candidates who have applied to become the next chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).

Others who have applied to succeed Isaack Hassan as the commission’s chief includes human rights activist Harun Ndubi, US based scholar Collins Odongo and a former member the Judges and Magistrates board Justus Munyithya.

Recruitment of a new electoral commission boss was temporarily halted and the position re-advertised after credibility issues rose against five candidates who had earlier been shortlisted. The selection panel retreats as from today to scrutinise qualifications of the 35 applicants for shortlisting for interviews.

The successful candidate will be appointed for a single term of six years.

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Arrest made in Chapecoense air crash inquiry The authorities in Bolivia have arrested the head of the airline involved in a crash last week that killed 71 people, including most of the Brazilian football team, Chapecoense. Gustavo Vargas, a retired air force general, has been detained as part of an investigation into the crash. The plane, operated by the tiny LaMia airline, was taking the team to Colombia when it ran out of fuel. A Bolivian official says she warned the pilot of the problem before departure. The official, Celia Castedo, has now sought asylum in Brazil, saying she suffered threats and abuse. Chapecoense were travelling to the city of Medellin to play the first leg of the Sudamericana Cup final against Atletico Nacional. The British-made BAE 146 Avro RJ85 aircraft ran out of fuel as it approached the airport in Medellin on 28 November. In a leaked tape, the pilot, Miguel Quiroga, can be heard warning of a “total electric failure” and “lack of fuel”.

At least 24 killed as buildings collapse in Indonesia earthquake An undersea earthquake off Indonesia’s Aceh province has killed at least 24 people, with dozens feared trapped in rubble, authorities said. The 6.4 magnitude quake struck near the town of Sigli on Sumatra island where dozens of buildings have collapsed. Indonesia’s meteorological agency said there was no risk of a tsunami. In 2004, Aceh was devastated by a tsunami caused by a massive undersea earthquake that killed 120,000 people in the province. The US Geological Survey said the earthquake struck just offshore at 05:03 local time (22:03 GMT Tuesday) at a depth of 17.2km. Said Mulyadi, deputy district chief of Pidie Jaya, the region hit hardest by the quake, confirmed the death toll but said it could rise.

Rio police fire on rioters from church Roman Catholic authorities in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro have promised an inquiry after riot police fired rubber bullets from a church. Police clashed with anti-austerity demonstrators in the city amid a budget crisis in the state. Many protesters were public workers who have not been paid in months.

Police used tear gas and stun grenades during the unrest near the state assembly building, where spending cuts were being debated.

Legislators are discussing steps to cover a huge deficit in the city’s state budget. Hundreds of public sector workers had gathered outside the assembly building to protest against the measures.

Corruption haunts traffic officers as 127 get fired More than 100 traffic police officers have been sacked after failing the vetting exercise conducted early this year.

The 127 officers who were based in Nyanza, Coast, Rift Valley and Western regions were dismissed by the National Police Service Commission over corruption, professional misconduct among other issues that compromised their integrity.

The Commission Chairperson Johnston Kavuludi said the officers could not explain large suspicious financial transactions in their bank accounts and mobile phones which are suspected to have been proceeds of corruption.

They were also found to have been receiving money from transporters and operators of breakdown businesses.

“A total of 72 officers are pending investigations before their vetting results are determined,” Kavuludi stated.

“The fact that 127 officers out of the 904 traffic officers so far vetted have been removed is a clear demonstration of the endemic vice of corruption in the traffic department. Unlike previously when only an average 4 percent of officers vetted were found to be unsuitable, this time the number has shot up to 14 percent,” he added.

Some 904 officers from the traffic department were vetted in the four regions, but 26 were sacked for declining to face the panel.

“The commission would like to inform the public that the lessons learnt through the process of vetting have been very instrumental in the recent organization of the traffic department,” he said.

This was into relation of the recent move to decentralize the department, which will now falls under County Commanders.

The traffic department as currently constituted is incompatible with the structure of the National Police Service according to the Inspector General, hence making it ineffective in service delivery.

“This restructuring will bring professionalism unlike in the previous process,” the DIG in charge of police Joel Kitili said. “The fight against corruption is real. Let it be known.”

The County Commanders will now be in charge of the day-to-day traffic operations, personnel, arms, vehicles and other facilities under the traffic

A traffic policeman waves down a motorist. Some 127 officers from the department have been sacked over corruption.

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department. The National Traffic Command which has been heading operations countrywide is now tasked with policy formulation, research, compiling statistics, training among other duties.

The commandant will also be in charge of the government vehicle unit, the driving test unit and public education.

The changes are contained in a circular released on Tuesday to all Regional Commanders, County Commanders, Divisional Commanders as well as directors of various departments at Police Headquarters.

On vetting, NPSC will now move to Nairobi and

other remaining regions to vet the remaining traffic officers.

Also to be vetted are officers attached to the National Transport and Safety Authority, after complaints were filed that they were not complying with the law.

Going with the high number of dismissed officers, Kavuludi also assured the country that proper measures have been put in place to ensure they don’t indulge in criminal related activities.

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NHIF moves to ease burden on cardiac patients

The national health insurer has launched an ambitious open heart surgery programme to ease the financial burden to a majority of cardiac patients across the country.

The National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) says the heart disease program is among measures aimed at decongesting Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) by making ideal use of the available facilities and local expertise.

“As part of marking our 50 years of service to Kenyans, NHIF has sought to reduce backlog of heart patients,” NHIF Chairman Mahamoud Ali said in a statement today. “Heart diseases remain one the most dreaded conditions in

the world over. Due to the large numbers of patients seeking care at the Kenyatta National Hospital, some patients have not received treatment for at least three years due to variety of reasons mainly financing,” he added.

According to the Chairman, the program which is a year-long benefit package to members is to reduce the backlog of heart patients by extending financing to the already enlisted members in the waiting list.

He argued that empowering the patients financially will allow them to get timely treatment and enhance local capacity and reduce waiting period for the treatment.

The program will be a collaboration between NHIF and various hospital and will seek to utilise expertise of local doctors for deserving cases of congenital heart diseases that keep patients waiting for months before they are seen by specialists for diagnosis and finally for surgery.

Hospitals in the program shall include, Mater, Tenwek Mission, Nairobi Hospital, Aga Khan, MP Shah, Gertrude’s Children Hospital and Coast Provincial General Hospital.

“To this end, NHIF is committed to meet the cost of open heart surgery and aftercare of its members in the waiting list,” NHIF Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Geoffrey Mwangi

said. NHIF said the program will reduce on the waiting period for the heart patients with heavy financial burden and them to access affordable but standard health care from diagnosis, theatre follow-ups, under a team of experts to ensure a seamless and stress free process.

“NHIF is committed not only to offer the best health finance security for the members, but also remains a responsive to the needs of the society,” Mwangi noted.

Statistics indicate that 637 adults and 301 pediatric heart patients are on waiting lists in various hospitals across the country. @hillary_x254

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Jamii Bora sells 15 pc stake to US-based private equity firm Jamii Bora has sold 15 per cent of its stake to Equator Capital Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm, for Sh600 million, a move the lender says seeks at shoring up its capital reserves.

Jamii Bora Chief Executive Officer, Sam Kimani says the cash injection brings the total bank’s capital to Sh3.7 billion, ranking it among the top 20 highly capitalized lending institutions across the country.

“We are excited to have Equator Capital Partners as a strategic partner and significant shareholder of the bank.

Their investment in JBBL is a testament to our sound strategy, stable financial position and commitment to creating tangible impact and enhancing banking value offered to SMEs across Kenya,” he said.

Kimani says Equator Capital’s international background and exposure will be of benefit to the Bank in reinforcing its corporate governance structures while diversifying its shareholders’ mix.

The investment in Jamii Bora Bank marks the fund manager’s tenth investment in Africa, across 15 subSaharan African countries over the last 13 years.

Nathalie Gabala, Director of Africa Investments, said the fund is aligned to Jamii Bora’s strategic focus as an SME lender, adding that it is a transitional

Equator Capital said the fund is aligned to Jamii Bora’s strategic focus as an SME lender. period for the Kenyan banking industry.

“Our investment approach is to deliver inclusive financial services that promote sustainable economic, social and environmental development through private sector investments. The bank is also managed by dedicated executives backed by a competent team and we look forward to collaborating with

Kenya launches National Agriculture Investment Plan as state moves to alleviate poverty Kenya is has today launched the National Agriculture Investment Plan (NAIP), an initiative that seeks to develop the sector while creating thousands of jobs for the country’s citizens.

Countries, including Kenya, developed NAIPs to guide the attainment of these targets. The Ministry of Agriculture states that Kenya’s first NAIP (2010-2015) has been instrumental in driving key developments in the agriculture sector. The country has made progress towards achieving the set continental goals, which include a 6 per cent annual agricultural growth rate, a 10 per cent agricultural expenditure share, ending hunger and halving poverty, boosting intra-African trade in agricultural commodities and services, enhancing resilience to climate variability and other related risks, and mutual accountability to actions and results.

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country on a path to further economic growth and development, close to 100 experts from the national and county government, the private sector, development partners and academia are convening in Nairobi today to evaluate the first NAIP and start the process of developing a new one.

In 2003, a majority of African governments signed up to the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) - Africa’s policy framework for agricultural transformation, wealth creation, food security and nutrition, economic growth and prosperity for all under the Maputo Declaration.

CAADP is in line with the Investment Plan’s framework. The technical review of the NAIP took place from September 6 to 14, 2010 and Kenya is currently implementing its version of the National Agriculture Investment Plan (NAIP).

them to enrich their value to society and grow the Bank to a reputable high impact institution,” said Gabala.

Jamii Bora Bank’s investment becomes the 7th bank deal this year that has seen Fidelity and Giro Commercial Banks fully acquired with four other banks selling a majority stake to two investment firms, a SACCO and a commercial bank.

The latest report by financial services group, Cytonn Investments has revealed that Kenya’s banking sector experienced a growth of 15 per cent in core earnings for the nine months ending September 2016, despite a challenging economic environment. @enock_x254

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CBK gives Banks extension to adopt new rules

The Central Bank of Kenya has given banks a one month extension to implement its new guidelines aimed at ensuring stability within the sector.

In a statement issued to lenders, the regulator said that beginning in April, each lender will be required to hold capital consistent with its risk profile and business strategy. This is a one month extension from the previouslyrecommended March deadline. Banks are currently required to hold the same core capital and maintain quantitative ratios which do not factor in issues such as their internal management, stress testing and operating environment.

The CBK’s recently-introduced guidelines will cover elements such as internal governance, organization of the lenders’ business and how the banks allocate capital against risk. A lack of strong corporate governance was cited as one of the reasons that a number of banks have failed in recent years.

An Oxford Business Group (OBG) report states that the key to success in Kenya’s banking sector is the ability to create and grow products and institutions that respond to the needs of Kenyans for convenience and efficiency through alternative banking channels such as mobile, internet and agency banking.

This, said the research, opens growth markets in other segments, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the informal sector, that have traditionally been less involved in formal banking services.

Fusion Capital partners with investors to launch Sh4 billion project in Kigali Kenyan-based private equity firm and developer, Fusion Capital, in partnership with Dennis Karera and Michael Idusso, has officially launched ‘Kigali Heights’ a state of the art, grade A mixed use development in Kimihurura- Kigali, Rwanda. The event which took place on Monday 5th Dec 2016 was graced by his Excellency president Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda and ‘Kigali Heights’ investors, various diplomatic corps, project consultants, building tenants among other invited guests.

Speaking during the launch, President Kagame said he was impressed with the international standard of the finishes stating that “the project is following through on what the struggle was about, a developed and prosperous Rwanda. Government will continue to be involved in business to ensure people thrive, invest and feel their businesses and themselves are secure.”

Kigali Heights is a world class retail

facility consisting of a 9 storey block along the boulevard frontage and a 6 storey block that faces the Kimihurura Roundabout in Gasabo district opposite Kigali Convention Centre and Radisson Blu. The 30,000 square metre development has attracted both international and local players in the banking sector and the retail industry such as supermarkets chains, restaurant chains, clothing stores, and health food chains among others.

Some of the brands that have taken space include Java House, Deacons, Bosini, Eco Bank, Zuchinni, Bold in Africa, Simba Supermarket and many

others.

Fusion Capital raised the majority of the funds required for the completion of the project from its international ultra-high net worth individuals and institutional investors such as Taleeri and Kenya Commercial Bank.

Speaking during the event, Mr. Daniel Kamau, the Real Estate Executive Director at Fusion Capital said that the Firm’s investment into Rwanda and Kigali heights was informed by the country’s rapid growth in Africa and towards transforming Rwanda from a low income agriculturalbased economy to a knowledge-based service oriented economy with a middle income status by 2020.

On his part, Fusion Capital CEO, Mr. Luke Kinoti said that Kigali Heights was able to create employment for over 600 locals during its development stages and upon opening will offer employment to over 1,000 locals through the different tenants in the building.

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Japanese healthcare firm branches into Kenyan market

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Leading Japanese consumer healthcare company, Rohto Mentholatum Group has today launched its operations in Kenya, beginning its foray into the larger Eastern Africa region.

Through an initial investment of over Sh100 million, the company will be headquartered in Nairobi with a view of providing strategic services in the healthcare and cosmetic sectors in the region, beginning this festive season.

Speaking during the launch, Rohto Mentholatum Limited Country Director, Ms. Fumiko Akojima said Kenya’s growing population provides a great opportunity for the company to advance its healthy living agenda.

“We have come to Kenya because we see it as a strategic gateway to East and Central Africa. Today’s launch marks a major milestone in Rohto Mentholatum Group’s heritage and mission,” said Ms. Akojima.

She said the company will largely focus on developing both the consumer healthcare and cosmetics industry in Kenya by introducing more innovative products tailored to suit specific needs in the marketplace.

“I am also privileged to introduce a range of scalp care products in Kenya called ROOTIA, and this is a great achievement for our company here today,” she said.

“ROOTIA brings a new and unique experience in scalp care and will give Kenyans an opportunity to grow

Japanese Ambassador to Kenya, Toshitsugu Oesawa displays a product to Rohto Director, Fumiko Akojima and Harleys’s Ltd Nairobi’s, Mr. Rupen Haria during the launch of a new hair product for Kenyan consumers yesterday.

Photo:Gitobu/X-News healthy hair,” she said.

The launch of Rohto Mentholatum (K) and the unveiling of ROOTIA range of products comes in the wake of increased Japanese investments in Kenya, leveraging the long-term relationship that the countries have enjoyed over the past several years.

The development also underscores Japan’s commitment to a Sh3 trillion investment pledge to transform Africa that was made during the Tokyo International Conference on African

Development (TICAD) last August.

“Japan has been heavily involved in transformational infrastructure projects in Kenya. The launch of Rohto Mentholatum Group in Kenya is a testimony of Japan’s commitment to fostering a healthy trading relationship with Kenya,” said JICA Kenya Chief Representative, Ms. Keiko Sano.

During the 2016 TICAD forum, the Kenya Investment Authority (KenInvest), a body mandated with promoting investments in Kenya, recorded more than 20 memoranda

of understanding (MOUs), signed between Japanese companies, Kenya’s private sector and government institutions.

“Kenya is the fifth-largest economy south of the Sahara with educated, qualified and skilled youthful labour force,” said Dr. Moses Ikiara, KenInvest Managing Director.

“The Kenyan Government is building an enabling environment to attract investment and improve the ease of doing business,” Dr. Ikiara noted @enock_x254

Jumia pledges to donate 1 per cent of every purchase to charity

Africa’s leading online shopping destination, Jumia will donate 1 per cent of every purchase made from its website as part of its “Merry Christmas” sales campaign from 13th to 15th December to the Good Samaritan Children’s Home in Juja.

The proceeds in cash and in kind will help support the 400 disadvantaged children that call the centre home.

‘Good Samaritan’ is a home situated in Mathare Valley near the Kosovo slum. It provides shelter to teenage mothers, orphans, victims of child abuse and domestic violence. The home mobilizes the community to try and address these problems, which mostly affect children in Mathare slum. The home offers shelter, food, education and clothing to these vulnerable children irrespective of age, race, gender, and religious belief.

At the moment, it houses closes to 600 people from newborns to young adults.

Jumia started in 2012 and now operates in 7 countries.The online retailer has donated over Sh5 million since 2014 to different homes for the less fortunate within the country. By offering a way to contribute without effort or cost, the company hopes to raise the largest donation to date during this festive season.

“We are inviting our customers to make a difference in someone’s life,” said Sam Chappatte, MD, Jumia Kenya. @kevin_x254

Continuity EA sets up Sh200 million data recovery centre in Kenya Continuity East Africa, a subsidiary of Internet Solutions Kenya, has launched a Sh200 million ICT recovery centre targeting public and private businesses in East Africa. Pete Frielinghaus

Continuity East Africa CEO says the firm will help businesses establish processes beyond the conventional Disaster Recovery Plans by determining vulnerable areas and potential losses in

the event of a disaster.

Global models and analysts from research group, Trading Economics expect Kenya’s Annual GDP growth to reach 5.80 per cent by the end of

Continuity East Africa CEO Pete Frielinghaus, Continuity South Africa CEO William Davies, Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Information, Communication, and Technology Hon Joe Mucheru and Internet Solutions Managing Director Richard Hechle during the launch ceremony of Continuity East Africa Business Centre at Sankara Hotel, Westlands, Nairobi. Continuity East Africa, a subsidiary of Internet Solutions, will offer Business Continuity Management (BCM) Services to public and private organizations in the East African region.

this quarter. Continued growth into a regional commercial hub has t raised the country’s risk profile, requiring an Integrated Risk Management Approach that will help maintain resilience and sustainability.

“The fact that we live in a perilous age cannot be gainsaid. Calamities, whether natural or resulting from human commission and omission, have devastated businesses. Business Continuity Management (BCM) is a framework for identifying an organization’s risk of exposure to these threats and their impact on the business in order that appropriate recovery and risk mitigation strategies can be developed,” said Pete Frielinghaus, Continuity East Africa CEO. Continuity East Africa will help businesses establish processes beyond the conventional Disaster Recovery Plans by determining vulnerable areas and potential losses in the event of a disaster.

The recovery site off Thika Highway was chosen for a number of reasons including geographical location and ease of access to the CBD, but it is far away enough to ensure that when an incident affects the city, the operations remain intact, enabling recovery within acceptable timeframes.

“We shall help businesses develop business continuity plans (BCP) that ensure they keep running during and following a disruption. The plans will cover a host of variables such as data back up and process continuity in order to reduce the impact of the incident and help businesses resume their normal services within the shortest time possible,” said Frielinghaus.

It will offer the same services offered by the mother company, ContinuitySA, which has for the past 27 years, led the business continuity industry in Africa.

Speaking on the government’s involvement in business continuity, ICT Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Joe Mucheru reiterated the state’s support of the BCM concept, sighting past disruptions that have paralyzed operations for government entities and therefore service delivery to citizens.

“As the government, we provide a wide range of services to the citizens.

Disruption in service delivery impedes meeting our obligations and hinders economic growth. With minimal disruptions as intended by BCM, we can move up from the current position 92 as a global destination for investment,” said CS Mucheru. @enock_x254

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Competition among local taxi hailing firms spreads to regional markets WeDnesDaY, DeCeMBer 7, 2016

Little, the ride-hailing app backed by telecoms operator, Safaricom, has confirmed plans for regional expansion and may soon be making its debut in Uganda and Nigeria. The taxi hailing service has been competing with the likes of Uber and Mondo Ride. Since its launch in July, it has signed up 1,600 active drivers, outnumbering Uber’s just over 1,000 drivers since began operations in Jan. 2015. Last month, Little (formerly known as Little Cab) also slashed its charges from Sh55 to Sh30 per kilometer, with no flat rates

or price surges like Uber, effectively making it the cheapest e-taxi service in the country.

The competition between the two companies is now expected to go continental, as Little plans expansion into Uganda and Nigeria in 2017. Little hopes to use cheap pricing to gain entry into new markets and attract more passengers. The ride-hailing app was developed by the Kenyan tech firm Craft Silicon, which operates across the continent and has subsidiaries in India and the United States.

Without announcing which telecom operators they will be working with, Little’s CEO, Kamal Budhabhatti, said in a previous statement that they hoped to capitalize on their knowledge of these markets to compete with other e-taxi services. While this will be Little’s first foray outside of Kenya, Uber already operates in 14 cities across 8 countries in Africa, including Nairobi, Kampala, Lagos, and Abuja.

“Nigeria is where we have our biggest continental operations as Craft Silicon and so we believe we have leverage

there. The same applies for Uganda where we are also based,” Budhabhatti explained.

Safaricom essentially launched Little as a competitor to Uber, with cheaper and more localized solutions. Safaricom also sees the app as part of its plans to diversify its products and create brand loyalty. Little allows customers to pay for their ride or for others through the Safaricom’s mobile money service, M-Pesa; buy discounted airtime during the trip; access free Wi-Fi; allows nonsmartphone users to hail a cab through

a USSD system; and lets women exclusively request for female drivers from 6 pm to 6 am for safety issues.

Little’s arrival and drastic cuts in fares have raised questions on whether it aims to drive the multi-billion dollar, San Francisco-based Uber out of Kenya. Since then, Uber has announced a 35 per cent reduction in fare, from Sh60 to Sh35 in July, after Little Cab and Estonian app Taxify entered the Kenyan market.

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to meet the heavy bill that private hospitals accrue. With some needing specialized treatment, that sort of care will remain a pope dream which means being stranded as a disease ravages you. Apart from chronically ill patients being abandoned in their state, the newest and decidedly strangest news to come out of the doctors’ strike is the nearly 100 mental patients who escaped Mathare Hospital.

In a statement to CBS, Dr. Julius Odago a medical superintendent at the hospital described the odd scene as it was unfolding,

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to die in the most severe cases.

We have heard the story before that has turned to an urban legend at this point, of a woman who is in the throes of childbirth being shown the door during a doctors’ strike and having to give birth, without medical assistance at the entrance of a hospital. Although it is a story that should be taken with a grain of salt, it is not one that is hard to imagine.

With work boycotts happening almost yearly, it would have been easy to assume that the government would have stepped in because the real impact of these actions

wards and ... they just wandered away.”

Although he claims that they will eventually “I am very optimistic they’ll be gotten before long, all of them will be back.”

Considering the pay medical practitioners receive in the country, relative to the kind of taxing work they do, their calls for better pay and working conditions are not unwarranted.

Medical workers also claim that dilly-dallying by the government was also a motivating factor in the strike, “Kenyans should not expect any emergency services in hospitals including

General, Ouma Olunga to the Standard. abandoned hospitals all over the country, lawmakers should move to act fast, as they drive to talks in their luxury cars from their luxury homes.

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has nothing to do with his love for Kenya. The passionate believer in justice took to social media to celebrate his wife’s birthday in a special way, he wrote; ‘Happy Birthday to this amazing woman who has supported me through ugali sukuma wiki, teargas and arrests. The pillar of our family, the mother of our three children and my number 1 supporter. Manzi wa maana,manzi wa nguvu, manzi wa power! Tutabadilisha Kenya pamoja. With her by my side we shall overcome any obstacles.

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THERE’S NOTHING BETTER THAN THE FULFILLMENT OF KNOWING YOU WORKED FOR YOUR FOOD, LITERALLY. t’s almost the new year and that means new resolutions are on the way. If eating healthier is one of those promises then here are a few tips to make the transition to heathier living easier.

WRITE A SHOPPING LIST

Seems easy enough, no? Many people do not necessarily remember that they require a shopping list when they hit the supermarket. This leads to impulse buying which might be the largest contributing factor as to why shopping bills look so bleak at the counter. Write a list and buy what is only on the list.

GO NATURAL

We happen to be blessed enough to live in a country where natural food options happen to be the cheaper alternative to processed food. Lean into it, food markets will offer everything under the sun to keep meals colourful and interesting including boosting overall body health.

USE LEFTOVERS

Fashion leftovers into other meals, throw everything into one pot and make a stew or soup or even make add a few more ingredients and make leftovers into a bake. It’ll save money and reduce the

amount of money spent monthly on food.

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PLANT A GARDEN

There’s nothing better than the fulfillment of knowing you worked for your food, literally.

Growing a few vegetables and herbs at home is a great option where space allows. Plus there will be no need to add those items onto a shopping list when the time comes.

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lthough it has been said that the actual work is in raising the child and not in giving birth, childbirth is no walk in the park. A woman’s body will no-doubt change after the process--especially if you are two kids in—but there are ways to return to form following giving birth. Here are some steps to ease a mother back into the gym.

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osting is going to play a big part for many of us during the holiday season and if the weather is any indication there will be many having an outdoor soirees. Here are 4 great garden accessories you might need to up your game.

A GRILLING STATION Nyama choma and the like might be necessary in heaps so to make your work easier all you need is a grilling station. This can also serve as the cooking centre for the days that you will have company over. Everything that needs to be cooked will be handled in one location and distribution will also be handled from a single point.

A FAMILY SIZE COOLER Coolers are handy little gadgets, they keep drinks from heating up in the sun and can store meat products. Get two coolers to do each of the jobs instead of packing meat together with drinks and everyone will be more grateful for it.

SUFFICIENT DECK FURNITURE Unless there is a specific number in mind for the guests that you will receive,

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a pre-installed ceiling wiring system as well as a bulb holder with an elongated and wired support rod so as to create the hanging chandelier effect.

According to your taste and preferences, you may opt to paint the surface of the

If you had a killer body before giving birth, there is no rush in trying to get into pre-pregnancy shape.

You might feel like the gym is beckoning but there is really no hurry. Starting to exercise soon after childbirth will definitely result in serious injury.

Experts generally agree that you should wait 6 weeks following delivery to start exercising again.

GO SLOW AT FIRST

accessories you need to give your garden some oomph it would be a good idea to get enough seats for everyone. Not only should it be comfy, remember to place your seats under a shade or use deck umbrellas to protect guests from the sun.

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colander to cover any rusted parts and lighten the plainmetallic colander look up.

Using the chisel, cut out a small opening at the bottom of the colander wide enough for the bulb holder’s support rod to pass through. Fit the bulb holder’s rod through the colander, ensuring that the bulb holder is just about to touch the inner bottom of the colander.

Next, connect the rod’s wiring system to the wiring outlet on the ceiling.

Using a hammer, pound the metallic hook onto the ceiling just next to the wiring outlet and hang the rod on this hook.

Finally, mount the bulb onto the bulb holder inside the colander and voilà; you have created a cheap yet unique chandelier for your house.

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It wouldn’t be wise to start off with a strenuous routine, no matter how in-shape you were before the pregnancy. Opt for calming exercises that won’t put too much of strain on your body. Walking, jogging, and some simple stretches are a safe bet.

If you need to do more hold back even if you feel your body can take it.

WATCH THE PAIN

In this case pain is your one true ally and a sign that you need to stop whatever it is you are doing.

Pain is an indication that something is not right. Although s o m e soreness would be a normal thing, it should not creep into a sharp pain.

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To expand or not? FKF and KPL tussle over league size now goes to for full hearing WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2016

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he tussle between soccer bodies Football Kenya Federation (FKF) and the Kenya Premier League (KPL) over the number of teams to play in the top tier league will now be heard in a full hearing, a tribunal in the case has decided.

This follows failure by the two sides to find an agreement out of court. Both parties appeared before the tribunal yesterday where vice chair Elyna Shikeva who stood in for absent chairman John Ohaga set December 13, 2016 as the day for the hearing.

FKF wants the league to be expanded to 18 teams while KPL wants it to remain with its current number of 16 clubs.

Both sides have cited various reasons for their stance before KPL moved to the Sports Disputes Tribunal (SDT) to stop the FKF Congress on Saturday 15 October 2016, from deliberating on the matter. That laid the ground for the current stand-off.

The two parties, in a previous SDT hearing were ordered to seek mediation to resolve the matter and both stated willingness to take that route, with each side asked to name three members to sit in the arbitration panel.

The two teams were scheduled appear before the Tribunal on Tuesday 6 December after which a mediator appointed by the Tribunal would step

in to signal the start to the arbitration process.

On Monday 5 December, FKF revealed its team consisting of President Nick Mwendwa, CEO Robert Muthomi and Nairobi NEC Member Chris Amimo while KPL had James Musyoki, Bob Munro and Ambrose Rachier.

However, FKF had a change of heart and at the Tribunal, and stated a lack of conviction that the arbitration process would bear the desired result. It stated that the process may not deliver a fair decision to all the affected parties while at the same time it would take too long.

Ken Ochieng, FKF legal representative said; “It is not the desire of my client to go the mediation way and thus our reservation to the process,” “We do not feel comfortable a solution will be reached and it may take a longer time yet the matter is urgent. We wish the tribunal can make a ruling,” he told the Tribunal.

The KPL side, obviously not of the same stand restated readiness to go ahead with the arbitration process.

“Between the last hearing and now we had the opportunity to settle the matter out of the Tribunal and we did try.

You had ordered that if we did not settle we select a team to mediate and we are here today for further directions,” said KPL legal representative Geoffrey

Sports Disputes Tribunal vice chair Elina Shiveka (left) confers with member GMT Ottieno before yesterday’s ruling that set the stage for a full hearing. PHOTO: CAPITAL FM

Obura. With the objection registered, the matter was then scheduled for a full hearing at the Tribunal, starting Tuesday next week.

The decision was reached after a brief consultation within the Tribunal panel that also includes Robert Asembo, Mary Kimani, Peter Ochieng, GMT Ottieno and Gabriel Ouko.

“The case will proceed to a full hearing and as much as we had offered to have the matter mediated we cannot force the same. It will be a cropper before it starts. The case will therefore go to a full hearing,” the chair said.

While the battle goes on between the bigwigs, two sides (Ushuru FC and Nairobi City Stars) have already been

relegated, with Nzoia United having secured promotion from the National Super League (NSL). Kariobangi Sharks, Zoo Kericho and Nakumatt, in second, third and fourth places respectively, will all be seeking the ticket for the top flight, each hoping the league will be expanded. @amos_x254

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Ranieri not worried despite Leicester’s poor League form Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri says he is not worried about his future but acknowledges the club’s owner is not happy with their domestic form.

The reigning Premier League champions have lost seven games this season and are just two points above the relegation zone.

Asked whether he was concerned about losing his job, Ranieri said: “Never, because it’s not my decision.

“Of course the owner is not happy - no-one at the club is,” he said Ranieri added: “The owner is always behind us, he always tells us how he can help us and is always positive.”

Leicester chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha hired Ranieri to replace Nigel Pearson in July 2015 and the Italian led the Foxes to an unlikely Premier League title.

They have struggled to replicate last season’s form in the league but have been hugely impressive in the Champions League, securing top spot in their group with a game to spare.

And Ranieri is confident his players can turn

around Leicester’s domestic fortunes.

“When we win, we win together,” he said. “When we lose, we lose together.

“My experience says it’s important to stay calm and be positive, believe in your players and do the best for your team.”

Leicester have not won in their last five Premier League games, drawing twice and losing the rest.

But it is the teams that the team suffered defeats in their hands that is worrying.

Last Saturday, the Foxes lost 2-1 to Sunderland who currently occupy the last relegation slot. A week earlier, they were held at home by promoted side Middlesbrough after they lost at the King Power Stadium to West Bromwich Albion.

That loss was followed by another shock loss at Watford.

The Foxes next Premier League game is against Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City who were beaten 3-1 by Chelsea over the weekend. They then travel to Bournemouth who pulled a shock comeback to win 4-3 against Liverpool on Sunday.

Before that, Ranieri takes his charges to Portugal where they play hosts Porto in the Champions

Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri (R) and his player Danny Simpson during a press conference at Dragao stadium in Porto, Portugal, yesterday. Leicester City will take on FC Porto tonight in a UEFA Champions League group stage match.

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League tonight.

The Italian has left a number of key players at home ahead of the final Group game.

They are already through to the last 16 and guaranteed to finish as Group G winners.

Riyad Mahrez, Jamie Vardy and Andy King are rested, while Robert Huth and Islam Slimani, both a booking away from a ban, have not travelled either.

That is partly explained by the desire to give them full rest ahead of the crucial match against City on

Saturday.

Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel is still recovering from a hand injury but defensive midfielder Nampalys Mendy could return from long-term injury.

Summer signing Mendy, 24, has not played since injuring his ankle in only his second Foxes game in August.

Porto need a win to guarantee their last-16 place, although they would qualify if FC Copenhagen fail to beat Club Brugge.

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Spurs seek Europa League consolation WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2016

Tottenham centre-back Toby Alderweireld is set to make his return from a knee injury in their final Champions League group game against CSKA Moscow.

Alderweireld, 27, has not played since 15 October but is named in the squad for the Group E game at Wembley.

Spurs, who have already been eliminated from the competition, are also without Dutch striker Vincent Janssen (ankle).

Argentina winger Erik Lamela (hip) has missed the past seven matches and has now flown home for personal reasons.

“Lamela is injured but has gone back to Argentina because of a problem with his brother. We send our support to his family,” said Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino.

Tottenham are unable to reach the Champions League knockout stage after winning just one of their opening five matches.

Defeats against Bayer Leverkusen and Monaco at Wembley, where Spurs are playing their Champions League home games while White Hart Lane is being redeveloped, have proved costly.

Pochettino’s team are third in Group E and know they will qualify for the Europa League by avoiding defeat

Tottenham’s head coach Mauricio Pochettino at a press conference in London yesterday. Spurs play against CSKA Moscow tonight at the Wembley Stadium. PHOTO:EPA

against fourth-placed CSKA Moscow.

And the Argentine boss says Europe’s second-tier club competition offers his team the chance to make amends for their poor showing in the Champions

League.

“I believe that it’s important for the club to be involved in the Europa League,” he said.

“We didn’t play well in the Champions

League at Wembley. But it’s important for us to be involved in the Europa League. Why not try to go further in that competition?

“It’s true that it’ll be tough to be

involved in the Europa League again, but if we don’t show we deserve to qualify for the Champions League, then our responsibility is to go to the Europa League to go further in the competition.”

Spurs are competing in the Champions League for only the second time, having missed out since reaching the quarterfinals in 2010-11.

But the fifth-placed Premier League side are expected to remain in contention for another top-four finish this season.

“I want to be involved in the next Champions League. For that we will fight. For big sides like us, or Liverpool, or Chelsea, not being involved in European competition is always difficult.”

CSKA Moscow head coach Leonid Slutsky will take charge of the Russian champions for the final time in the match at Wembley.

Slutsky, who combined his role with leading the Russian national side during Euro 2016, has decided to leave the club after a record 302 matches at the helm.

The 45-year-old has led CSKA to three Russian titles and two domestic cups since replacing former Spurs boss Juande Ramos in 2009.

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2016

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Arsenals Lucas Perez and Mesut Ozil celebrate the Spaniard’s second goal with Gibbs after the fullback provided a cross for the tap in.

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Arsenal top Champions League Group for first time in five years

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rsenal finished top of Champions League Group A thanks to a Lucas Perez hat-trick in Basel and Paris St-Germain’s draw with Ludogorets Razgrad. PSG would have sealed top spot with victory, with anything less allowing in the Gunners, who took control through two Perez tap-ins.

Perez drove in his third from the edge of the box and Alex Iwobi rolled in a fourth before Seydou Doumbia cut through for a Basel consolation.

A 2-2 draw in Paris left Arsenal top of a group for the first time since 2011-12.

Arsene Wenger’s side failed to make it past the last 16 that year, and have fallen at the first knockout stage in each of the past six seasons. Aside from breaking their run of second-placed group finishes, the Gunners have also gone through a group stage unbeaten for the first time since they

reached the final in 2005-06.

A 2-2 draw at home against PSG in November looked to have consigned Arsenal to second place and, in theory, a harder assignment in the last 16.

Their only hope of topping the group was help from Bulgarians Ludogorets, who twice led in Paris and, despite Angel di Maria’s late equaliser, held on to seal a place in the Europa League.

As a result, Arsenal know they will avoid Barcelona and Monaco, who have knocked them out in the past two seasons respectively, as well as Atletico Madrid and Napoli in Monday’s draw.

“I thought Ludugorets were a good side they made a great result that helps us top the group, which was what we wanted.

We did the job in a convincing way, we were mobile and overall had a committed performance,” said Arsenal manager

Arsene Wenger. But they could still face German Champions Bayern Munich who knocked them out at the round of 16 in both 2013 and 2014. Other teams in the Gunner’s path now are Benfica of Portugal and Germany’s Bayer Leverkusen.

And depending on tonight’s results, either Porto or FC Copenhagen, either Real Madrid or Borussia Dortmund or one of Juventus, Sevilla and Lyon could also fall in their path.

And Wenger hopes he gets a favourable draw. “It is difficult to know but you feel a bit less guilty if you have a bad draw after finishing first rather than second. We have done our job and let’s see what happens,” said the Frenchman.

In other Champions League matches played last night, Manchester City were held to a one all draw by Celtic while Russia’s FC Rostov drew away 0-0 at Dutch side PSV

Eindhoven to book a place in the second tier Europa League. Bayern Munich beat Atletico Madrid 1-0, thanks to Thomas Lewandowski 28th minute strike.

Barcelona registered their might over Bundesliga side Borussia Monchengladbach with an easy 4-0 drubbing at the Camp Nou with forward Arda Turan grabbing his first hat-trick for the Catalans. The Turkish international had earlier assited a Lionel Messi opener for Luis Enrique’s men who rested all of Pique, Busquets, Rakitic, Suarez, Neymar and goalkeeper ter Stegen.

Dynamo Kiev thrashed nine-man Besiktas 6-0 although the Ukranian side had already been knocked out of the competition.

The defeat denied the Turkish side an opportunity to get to the next round and will now settle for a place in the Europa League.

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