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sanders beats clinton in New Hampshire vote the win, coupled with that of Republican’s donald trump, is seen as a thumping victory for outsiders, something pundits say will rock the elites who control American politics

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Governors Cleopas Lagat (Nandi), Benjamin Cheboi (Baringo) and Evans Kidero of Nairobi during yesterday’s Intergovernmental Budget and Economic Council (IBEC) meeting at Deputy President William Ruto’s Karen Home in Nairobi. The Council of Governors has complained to the Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) over what they described as harassment by Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission detectives.

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he Council of Governors has petitioned the Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) to investigate alleged harassment and intimidation of detectives and police officers attached to the Ethics and AntiCorruption Commission (EACC).

The governors argue that the anti-graft body detectives have executed search warrants in their various residents and offices in brutal manner contrary to what is out lined in the Constitution.

In a letter addressed to the Chairperson of Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) Macharia Gicheru, by the Chair of Council of Governors Peter Munya, the governors said the detectives had embarrassed the county chiefs by exposing them to unnecessary ridicule that would otherwise be dealt amicably.

“On January 21, detectives raided official residence of the Murang’a governor at 5am while being escorted by 15 armed police men, where they forcefully entered the residents using a search warrant which had several anomalies,” read the letter signed by the Council chair Peter Munya.

He further said “the officers oversaw the ransacking of the premises taking personal documents and effects including mobile phones, academic transcripts, laptops, testimonials and Sh20,000.”

Munya, who is also the Meru Governor, said the move was aimed at interfering with the governor from performing his duties as envisaged in the law.

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Cord braces for battle with Jubilee over budget

The opposition coalition Cord has vowed to frustrate Jubilee government’s budgetary allocations this year in a move that could spark fierce battles in Parliament.

The opposition is accusing the government of continuously allocating huge amounts of money to non-priority areas.

They listed the National Youth Service and irrigation projects which they said are being used by Jubilee to get mileage ahead of next year’s general election.

In a Cord Parliamentary Group meeting chaired by coalition leader Raila Odinga and attended by co-principals Kalonzo Musyoka and Senator Moses Wetang’ula, the opposition resolved to mobilise it troops in both houses to oppose any plans by Jubilee government to allocate huge amounts to undeserving projects.

“We need a budget that allocates resources to the most deserving and priority areas, not a budget that puts money where it is easy for Jubilee to steal it,” it said.

“We will oppose a budget that gives priority to Jubilee political survival schemes like the NYS and that prioritizes populist schemes like failed irrigation projects that are only good as conduits for theft,” the coalition added

Senator James Orengo in a past press conference. He read yesterday’s joint statement by the opposition warning to frustrate Jubilee’s budget schemes.

in a statement read by its management committee co-chairman James Orengo.

They vowed to ensure the budget promotes accountability and strengthens devolution while at the same time ensures equity in sharing of national resources.

“Each Ministry, department and agencies must give clear programmes and projects to be implemented. We are not going to allow another situation where ministries are given money then fail to show what they spent the money on,” Orengo added.

The coalition further revealed that they had resolved to radically review its terms of engagement with the Jubilee regime, both in Parliament

and outside to help reclaim and Okoa (save) the Kenyans. They also warned the National Treasury not to allocate money to the National Government for functions that have been devolved.

“The budget must not finance any duplication of functions. This has been the case in the past. Duplication has been used as an excuse by the National Government to lie to Kenyans over our wage bill,” the statement said.

This resolution will spark a fierce contest in Parliament where Jubilee holds sway given its stronger numerical power. About two thirds of MPs are allied to Jubilee, a fact that could prove decisive in who wins any battles fought hillary_x254 within the legislature.

Police officers found guilty of killing Kwale schoolgirl

A Mombasa court has convicted two police officers over the death of 14 year-old Kwale schoolgirl Kwekwe Mwandazi two years ago.

Justice Martin Muya ruled that the two are guilty of misusing of their firearms which led to the death of the innocent girl.

Muya says Inspector Veronica Gitahi and Constable Issa Mzee misused their pistol and an AK-47 rifle when they conducted the reckless operation.

Their Sh500,000 bonds have been cancelled and they were remanded at the Port Police Station awaiting sentencing on Friday.

Muya noted that police did not conduct surveillance when they undertook the operation in search of a wanted murder suspect whom they claimed was hiding in the house where Kwekwe was.

Muya said the suspect was not in the house as alleged by the two officers who were leading the operation. The judge termed the operation as botched and the officers were not equipped with proper night vision gadgets before they stormed the house.

Kwekwe was shot dead on August 21, 2014 during the operation in which eight officers stormed her family’s home in Mwaweu village, Kinango.

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rights,” he added. The Council of Governors now wants anti-graft body to respect the law by as out lined in the bill of rights.

“We believe that when an investigating agency obtains a search warrant it is issued on certain facts that are relevant to the investigations, it is improper when executing a search warrant to seize personal documents and items,” Munya said.

The county bosses implored IPOA to further investigate the roles of the police officers attached to EACC and address the complaints raised.

Meanwhile, Deputy President William Ruto asked the county chiefs to adjust their budgets and make do with the resources that are available to them.

“We should not allow our country to sink because of borrowing. We should live within our means,” he told the governors during an Intergovernmental Budget and Economic Council (IBEC) meeting at his Karen home yesterday.

And today, Senate Speaker Ekwe Ethuro also warned the governors against higher taxation in the counties saying investors are feeling scared.

Mr Ethuro asked the county governments

to harmonize their taxes if they are to attract any meaningful investment in the devolved units.

He said that multiple taxation by the counties had made investors to shy away

from investing in the counties.

“As we head to the next general elections, we want to see standardization of laws in all counties especially on the taxation regime” he said at a breakfast meeting

with a group local investors in Nairobi.

“Questions of raising taxes should not be done irregularly but must be driven by the specific need of the county” he added. hillary_x254

Deputy President William Ruto shakes hands with Council of Governors chairman Peter Munya as he arrived for yesterday’s Intergovernmental Budget and Economic Council meeting at the DP’s residence in Karen, Nairobi. Ruto urged the county chiefs to trim their budgets.

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MPs put TA boss to task over term extension The Transitional Authority (TA) officials were yesterday put to task to explain why they want the term of the agency extended upon its expiry in next month.

The Parliamentary Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution summoned officials of the TA over their quest to have their term extended.

The committee chairman Njoroge Baiya challenged TA chairman Kinuthia Wamwangi who appeared before the committee alongside other officials to explain why the National Assembly should extend its term despite the constitutional requirement that it should cease to be next month.

“Already governors have threatened to go to court if your term is extended what justification you have on the importance of extending your term,” Baiya posed.

“Don’t you think this House will be in collision with the governors who already want all the function currently being undertaken by TA to be devolved as required by the Constitution,” he prodded further.

The committee threatened not to extend the term of the TA, saying it

has not achieved much as envisioned three years since its formation.

This move could, however put the National Assembly in collision with the Senate who have already published a constitutional Bill seeking TA’s term extension.

Wamwangi explained said there is a lot of work that still needs to be done as far as devolution is concerned hence the need to extend the term of the authority.

“We all know that there still a lot of work that needs to be done to bring devolution to its full fruition and that forms the basis of our reasons to seek an extension,” he said.

Wamwangi pleaded with members to give the agency an extension as they are yet to carry out an audit on all the assets and liabilities, do an uptake of functions at the county level as well as ensure pieces of legislations touching on National government are passed.

The House Committee summon came barely a few days after Wamwangi pleaded with Parliament to extend the term of the Transitional Authority by at least three years to enable it complete its core transitional activities

Transition Authority chairman Kinuthia Wamwangi. The chairman has pleaded with Members of Parliament to grant the authority an extension of its term.

“The authority requests Parliament to facilitate allocation of adequate resource to full fill its mandate, it is evident from other jurisdictions that the body mandated to oversee devo-

IEBC releases 5, 756 BVR kits for voter registration A total of 5,756 Biometric Voter Registration Kits will be deployed across the 1,450 wards in the country ahead of the mass voter registration scheduled to start in February15, the electoral commission has said.

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission in a press release dispatched to newsrooms said surface area played a critical role in the allocation of the kits.

“The larger the ward, the more the kits. This is to ensure that potential voters are not discouraged by long distance travel to register,” In addition, IEBC said that there will be 24,559 registration centres to be used during the voter registration exercise and the commission

will deploy 290 Information Communication Technology Support Assistants to cover both the head office and field operations. “The BVR kits will be locked to register only voters at polling stations that fall within the particular Ward. They must be physically present to register,” said IEBC Chairperson Issack Hassan. The opposition yesterday in their Parliamentary Group meeting reiterated their call to IEBC that it must deploy one BVR kit to each polling station as opposed to one per ward. “IEBC must make it easy for people to register and not an impediment to the same registration,” Cord said in statement read by Siaya Senator James Orengo.

lution should be given adequate resources and sufficient time to ensure full transition,” he said.

“The transfer of Assets and Liabilities which is a key component of

devolution is still outstanding. The two levels of government need an impartial umpire to midwife this process,” said Wamwangi.

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The registration exercise will be carried out with funding from the Treasury and the support of the Development Partners.

Hassan said the Commission has held a series of stakeholder engagements both at the national and county level to sensitize the public on the one month exercise as the date draws close for the commencement of the exercise.

Hassan clarified that those eligible to register are Kenyans who have recently attained the voting age of 18 years and have acquired national identity cards or those who were of voting age by 2012 but did not register for the last election due to various reasons.

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Sanders, Trump win in New Hampshire Democrat Bernie Sanders and Republican Donald Trump swept to thumping outsider victories in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, seizing on the fury of grass-roots voters to rock the elites who control American politics.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich, whose aspirational conservative message contrasts with Trump’s populist rhetoric, surged to a surprise second place in the GOP race.

But the nation’s second presidential contest failed to clarify the battle between establishment candidates. There are doubts about Kasich’s viability in more conservative states and ability to raise money. Marco Rubio faces renewed questions about his readiness after a shaky debate performance robbed him of momentum. And Jeb Bush, the one-time front-runner, did just enough to survive.

Trump garnered 35 per cent of the votes followed by Kasich’s 16 per cent and Ted Cruz’s 12 percent while Sanders beat Hillary Clinton 60 per cent to 38 per cent.

That means the opposition to Trump and Iowa caucuses winner Ted Cruz remains divided.

Trump, a brash businessman and reality TV star who has never run for office, and Sanders, a self-declared democratic socialist, were both seen as long-shot outsiders when they launched their campaigns. Their victories reflect deep bipartisan anger at professional politicians and suggest that both the Democratic and Republican races will now be long, acrimonious struggles that could stretch well into the spring.

New Hampshire also delivered a painful personal blow to Hillary Clinton, who squeezed out the narrowest of victories in Iowa last week.

The scale of her defeat — by more than 20 points — is likely to fuel signs of growing internal rancor in her campaign and complaints by Democrats that her message as a progressive who gets results is no match for Sanders’ heady demands for a political revolution, which has inspired younger Democratic voters.

The loss was especially rough because New Hampshire has long been kind to the Clintons.

It’s the state that made Bill Clinton the “comeback kid” in 1992. And Hillary Clinton

UPBEAT: US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders waves following his victory speech to supporters at Concord High School in Concord, New Hampshire. PHOTO/ CJ GUNTHER/EPA

beat Barack Obama there in 2008, salvaging her campaign after a third-place showing in Iowa.

Trump, relishing a victory that restored luster to his claim to be one of life’s perpetual winners, which lost some sheen after his second in Iowa, took to the stage at his victory party with a beaming smile and a thumbs-up after defying doubters who had questioned whether he can turn stellar poll numbers into actual votes.

“Wow, wow, wow,” Trump said. “We are going to make America great again!”

He spoke in unusually personal terms about his family during his acceptance speech.

The real estate mogul’s win is likely to send shudders through the Republican establishment, which fears his explosive

Court halts Obama’s key climate plan President Barack Obama’s plans to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide from US power plants have been stalled by the US Supreme Court.

The court ruled that the president’s Clean Power Plan could not go forward until all legal challenges were heard.

Designed to cut US emissions by 32% by 2030, the scheme put huge emphasis on a shift to renewable energy.

It formed the key element of the US pledge at UN climate negotiations held in Paris in December last year.

Introduced by the president last August, the plan set carbon reduction goals for each state and it was up to the states themselves to come up with proposals to meet those goals.

A group of 27 states, utilities and coal miners sought to block the

proposal in the courts. They argued that the plan was an infringement on states’ rights.

An initial attempt to halt the implementation of the plan until legal challenges were heard was thrown out by a US appeals court in Washington in January.

However the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to suspend the plan pending the outcome of the litigation.

The ruling could have significant implications for the president’s attempt to cut down on carbon.

Under the Clean Power Plan, individual states were due to submit their proposals on how to meet the CO2 restrictions by September this year. That date will be missed.

It is unlikely that all the legal questions over the future of the Clean Power Plan will be resolved before President Obama leaves office next January.

rhetoric targeting women, Mexicans and Muslims could hamper the GOP’s chances of appealing to a general-election audience.

A hoarse but jubilant Sanders proclaimed his victory to be the result of a “huuuuge” turnout.

His emphatic performance will now propel him into a nationwide battle against Clinton as he attempts to shatter the firewall among ethnically diverse voters that she has built in South Carolina and other Southern states.

“Tonight, we have sent a message that will echo from Wall Street to Washington, from Maine to California,” he said, before predicting that the race against Clinton was going to quickly get even more contentious.

“They are throwing everything at me except the kitchen sink and I have the feeling that the

kitchen sink is coming pretty soon as well,” he said.

Clinton appeared in her concession speech to be trying to co-opt Sanders’ message about an economy stacked against the middle class.

“Now we take this campaign to the entire country. We are going to fight for every vote in every state,” she said, foreshadowing a long fight for the nomination that she was once expected to win easily.

“People have every right to be angry. But they are also hungry. They are hungry for solutions,” she said, adding that she wanted to rein in Wall Street. “But I know how to do it,” Clinton said, implying that Sanders’ calls for a revolution were unrealistic.

German train controller ‘error’ denied German police have rejected as speculation a report that a line controller turned off an automatic safety system shortly before two passenger trains collided in Bavaria.

At least 10 people were killed and scores more were injured, 18 seriously.

An unconfirmed report suggested that an automatic braking system had been switched off to allow one of the trains to make up time.

But a police spokesman rejected the theory as “pure speculation”.

“Discard that, we reject that,” a spokesman told local broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk.

The braking system, which is supposed to kick in when a train

runs through a red light, was installed after a 2011 disaster at Magdeburg in which 10 people died.

Reports in German media suggested that in exceptional circumstances the automated system could be overridden by rail staff.

Human error is still being investigated as a possible cause of the disaster, which happened on a single-track commuter line on Monday morning near Bad Aibling, a spa town about 60km (37 miles) south-east of Munich.

The transport minister said the trains had crashed into each other while both travelling at about 100km/h.

Emergency teams, some winched in by helicopter,

worked for hours to free casualties from the wreckage.

Both train drivers and two train guards were among those killed.

One person is still thought to be missing, however police denied overnight reports that an 11th body had been recovered from the wreckage of one of the trains.

Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was “dismayed” by the crash.

Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann told reporters it was “difficult to comprehend” how such a crash could happen given the amount of investment in railway safety following previous train accidents.

The scene of the crash is close to the Mangfall river in a hilly and densely wooded region.

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Morning newspaper summaries Teachers to political party:

form Jubilee’s Sh17b laptop How teachers’ job will Eyes on EACC as The giant deal winners unveiled: be evaluated: Academic Britain hands over Knut’s chiefs are laying the ground for the The race to deliver one of Jubilee’s flagship qualifications and experience are among ‘Chickengate’ files to creation of a third political force before 2013 election pledges started yesterday the parameters that will guide a job Kenya: The United Kingdom’s the 2017 polls, amid reports they could with the award of a contract to supply evaluation of the teaching profession. take over the Labour Party of Kenya.

The plan by the trade unionists has quietly been endorsed by an inner circle.

It is understood the LPK could field a candidate for President to challenge Uhuru Kenyatta and the Cord candidate – Raila Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka or Moses Wetang’ula.

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) got down to work on the contested job evaluation recommended by the salaries agency that will also inform remuneration for the over 280,000 teachers. It is projected that the exercise will be completed by June this year.

free laptops for school children to two consortiums led by public universities.

The bids for the Sh17 billion project were jointly won by Moi University and its partner, JP SA Couto, and by Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and its partner, Positivo BGH.

Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has handed over to Nairobi official documents detailing the systematic bribery of Kenya electoral and examination officials in a move that now places the matter squarely on the doorsteps of anti-corruption agency. The SFO delivered the ‘Chickengate’ dossier to Attorney-General.

ODM expels rebel MPs Kidero snubs House Gambler kills two people Top KPA, port police from committees: The amid bribery claims: in a casino: City View Bar and and tax officials moved Opposition yesterday made good its Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero on Restaurant in Eastleigh sits in an old in shake-up: Top management threat to punish rebels by kicking Lunga Tuesday failed to address the County building. It has flags of European league Lunga MP Khatib Mwashetani out of the National Assembly’s House Business Committee. Cord replaced Mwashetani with Mombasa Woman representative Mishi Mboko. In the changes to the House Business Committee, only Mwashetani’s name was dropped from the 29-member team that sets the National Assembly’s agenda.

Assembly as scheduled after Jubilee MCAs threatened to walk out on him. Dr Kidero was expected to open the chambers and give a State of the County address but instead opted to keep off. County Clerk Jacob Ngwele said they wrote to the governor last week, reminding him that he would be granted an opportunity to address the House.

teams-Arsenal and Manchester United propped on the roof. The building hosts the Eastleigh Casino where two people were butchered yesterday and another injured by a gambler who went ballistic after losing a bet. The commotion began slightly after midnight. John Baraza Mchanga, a Tanzanian national was the perpetrator.

of agencies in charge of security and revenue collection at the port of Mombasa were Tuesday sent packing as President Uhuru Kenyatta moved to seal leakages and shore up customs tax receipts from the facility. Those sent home include KPA managing director Gachiri Ndua, general manager operations Twalib Khamis, among others

KPA sacks five bosses, Ruto faults governors’ Uhuru yet to receive KQ hires Deloitte for cancels port concession: Sh486bn demand: Deputy petition on Tunoi 6-year audit of financial Mismanagement of the second container President William Ruto on Tuesday probe: President Uhuru Kenyatta decisions: The Kenya Airways’ terminal at the port of Mombasa is the differed with governors over their key reason why Kenya Ports Authority MD Gichiri Ndua and four top managers have been sacked. Kenya is due from August this year to start repaying Sh1.8 billion ($18 million) every month to Japan for the Sh25 billion it borrowed to finance the construction of the container terminal, yet a firm to run the terminal on concession has not been picked due to several cases lodged in court.

has not yet received a petition to form a tribunal on Justice Phillip Tunoi’s bribery claims. State House Spokesman Manoah Esipisu said the President was awaiting communication from the Judicial Service Commission before setting up the tribunal. Under article 168 of the Constitution, the President has 14 days upon receiving the petition to suspend the Supreme Court judge.

proposal to have the total revenue allocated to counties raised to Sh486 billion in the coming financial year. The governors’ proposal — tabled during an Intergovernmental Budget and Economic Council meeting held at the Deputy President’s residence in Karen, Nairobi — suggested the equitable share transferable to counties be increased to 42.2 per cent.

board has appointed consulting firm Deloitte to undertake a forensic audit of the airline’s financial decisions dating back six years. The national carrier is seeking to identify areas of weakness in its operations. The forensic audit will investigate the conceptualisation and financing of the ambitious but ill-fated Project Mawingu.

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Donald Trump and At the Macedonian Bernie Sanders Win border, migrants know the New Hampshire time is running out: On migrant trail at the border between Primaries: Donald J. Trump and the Greece and Macedonia, everyone is Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont harnessed working-class fury to surge to commanding victories in a New Hampshire primary that drew huge turnout across the state. The success by two outsider candidates dealt a remarkable rebuke to the political establishment, and left the race deeply unsettled. Mr. Trump, the wealthy businessman whose blunt language and outsider image have electrified many Republicans and horrified others, benefited from an unusually large field of candidates that split the vote among traditional politicians. www.nytimes.com

scared. Refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan are scared that Europe’s doors are closing. Economic migrants from Morocco and Algeria, trying to pass themselves off as refugees, are frightened that they will be turned back and forced to take deadly risks to evade border guards. The Greeks are worried that if the Macedonians seal the border, the refugees will be trapped in Greece.

The Macedonians are frightened that the Serbs, one step further along the migrant route, will do the same to them.

Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders win New Hampshire primary: Donald Trump, the

property mogul running for the Republican presidential nomination, and Bernie Sanders, the Vermont socialist gunning for the Democratic nomination, won decisive victories in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primaries, underscoring the populist mood that has radically upended the 2016 White House race. With 76 per cent of precincts reporting in the Republican race, Mr Trump had secured 34.4 per cent. In a big victory for John Kasich, the Ohio governor had 16.4 per cent to secure second.

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Kenya to become source of growth for global workforce Kenya has the potential to become a major source for the growth of the global labour force, a recent report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says.

Along with its Sub-Saharan counterparts, the country is set to see unprecedented levels of development in spite of a global economic downturn.

Kenya is also likely to create employment for thousands of its people though the number of jobless individuals still remains high.

“The global economic crisis left us with a bigger scar than initially anticipated that we are still struggling to overcome,” IMF Deputy Managing Director, Min Zhu said in a recent address.

The IMF has said that going forward, potential global growth has also moderated, including in emerging markets like Kenya.

In addition, commodity prices have declined in what could be a protracted period of depressed prices.

“This puts pressure on those countries whose exports are mainly commodities, worsening their balance of payments and fiscal positions.

The effect of the decline in export prices on the terms of trade has been at least partly compensated by lower fuel import prices,” Zhu added.

The IMF has affirmed that setbacks in domestic economic management can weaken both access to and pricing of external funding, making it difficult for countries like Kenya to support their ongoing plans to spur development.

This suggests that some of the factors that supported high growth in the region, including strong external demand and high commodity prices, coupled with low cost access to financing, are no longer as conducive.

Nonetheless, Sub-Saharan Africa could become the main source of growth for the global labor

force, Zhu stated.

Zhu, who was speaking during a Conference in Gaborone, Botswana just days ago, noted that countries will have to change the way they have traditionally done things.

The IMF has said despite these challenges demographics are on Africa’s side.

“While the rest of the world is aging, SubSaharan Africa could become the main source of growth for the global labor force. This will provide both challenges and opportunities.

Sub-Saharan Africa’s population, slightly over 800 million in 2010, is projected to more than quadruple to 3.7 billion by 2100,” Zhu said.

The region is expected to account for most of

Along with its Sub-Saharan counterparts, the country is set to see unprecedented levels of development in spite of a global economic downturn.

France offers Kenyan NGOs Sh4m to promote community projects The French government has announced a Social Fund for Development (SFD) Programme for NGOs in Kenya worth up to Sh4 million.

The SFD seeks to contribute to poverty alleviation efforts and is aimed at meeting the direct needs of communities, as well as building the capacities of the local civil society.

The initiative, once implemented, seeks to contribute to social development, give beneficiaries a chance to be directly involved in the development process while focusing on education, informal settlements and gender issues.

The French government created the Social Fund for Development in 1993 in order

the projected 2 billion increase in the global labor force this century. This requires special emphasis on building human capital and support for job creation to mitigate the social risks associated with high unemployment.

The IMF has noted that with many countries facing binding budget constraints and significant investment needs, the importance of increasing the efficiency of existing infrastructure is more important than ever.

This, says the Fund, requires well-prioritized projects, with sound cost-benefit analysis and carefully weighted financing options, including public-private partnerships.

to provide financial support to local communities in their development initiatives.

In 2001, the French Embassy in Kenya awarded for the first time a Sh3 million grant to a Kenyan NGO to build up livelihoods in the Mathare slum in Nairobi. Since then, more than hundred communities have been supported in their bid to spur social and economic development.

For this year’s grant, the maximum amount a group can request is Sh4 million and the duration of the project should not exceed 18 months, Reena Pandley, a spokesperson on behalf of the group has explained.

SFD officials have confirmed that applicants can be CBOs,

NGOs or other independent non-profit organizations.

Applicants can be either Kenyan or international and applicants must possess organizational capacity as well as administrative efficiency. The group has insisted that all applicants must have an established record of achievements.

Eligible schemes will include small infrastructure projects for local development in key areas including but to limited to classrooms building, community centres and technical training facilities.

Eligible schemes will also include capacity building projects like training initiatives and income generating activities.

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KQ passengers can now bid to upgrade to business class Kenya Airways has gone live with an online programme that gives Economy Class passengers an opportunity to bid for an upgrade to Business Class.Passengers on all KQ scheduled flights on Economy Class, across the network, will be able to log onto the airlines website – www.kenya-airways.com – to make an offer at least 36hrs prior to departure for the upgrade.

The passenger will be required to submit their credit card information, booking reference number and their suggested price.A confirmation email will thereafter be sent to the highest bidder for the available seat within 24 hours before check-in to let the passenger know whether their offer was accepted.

Successful bids will give passengers the chance to enjoy all the business class luxuries including fast tracked check-in at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) the Sky Priority counter. Upgraded passengers will also have access on KQ world class Pride and Simba lounge and a wide selection of menu options among other features offered by Kenya Airways on its Business Class cabin.Unsuccessful upgrades will however not be charged Flying Blue passengers can also use their miles to upgrade from economy to Business Class or access lounges in main airports.

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ICT Authority set to rollout Digital Literacy Programme The Information Communication Technology Authority has revealed that it has achieved a major milestone towards the implementation of the Digital Literacy Programme. It announced that it will be moving to the proof of concept in 150 schools across the country. This is after the completion of the evaluation process of the eight (8) suppliers who had submitted their tender responses on January 8, 2016 for the supply, installation and commissioning of the Digital Learning Solution for the 22,000 public primary schools.

The winning bidders will now proceed to demonstrate their proposals feasibility in 150 selected schools across the 47 counties after which an evaluation will be made on whether they can start the full roll out of the programme across all public primary schools in the country. The consortium of Moi University and JP SA Couto emerged the winner in two of the three lots which covers 26 counties whereas that of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and

Technology and Positivo BGH was awarded one lot covering 21 counties.

The schools are distributed evenly across the 47 counties with three schools picked and representing an urban, peri-urban and rural school. An additional nine schools are allotted to Special Education Schools.

The eight companies/consortium who were evaluated were Kenyatta University & BRCK Ltd/Guangzhou Institute of Technology, Symphony Technologies Limited & Multimedia University/Equity Holding Group/Tsinghua TongFang co Ltd , Hewlett - Packard EA Limited, DedanKimathi University of Technology &Meru University of Science and Technology/ ParticipatiaTechnologia. The Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology & POSITIVO BGH and Moi University & JP SA Couto, S.A, however, emerged as the best bidders. Lenovo EA Limited,Trans Business Machine, Specicom& Ensure Services and University of Nairobi & Huawei Kevin_x254

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EA to accelerate cargo transit reforms WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Revenue authorities across East Africa have renewed their commitments geared at fast-tracking the implementation of a common customs and transit cargo control framework.

Meeting in Nairobi during a regional gathering hosted by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), commissioner generals, drawn from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Tanzania, Revenue Authorities, tackled a broad agenda of tax administrative matters of mutual interest.

The two-day meeting also served as a peer review and learning session in operational management and on mutual interest technical issues.

The revenue authorities, leadership

teams, considered progress made on the Implementation of the Regional Customs Transit Guarantee (RCTG) Scheme, among other cargo transit control programmes.

A communique issued following the meeting, further confirmed that the regional taxmen had also considered avenues geared at simplifying and harmonising the existing tax procedures to enhance regional trade. The meeting also considered proposed solutions geared at managing tax evasion incidences particularly on excise taxes. Across the region, the taxmen have committed to fast-track the adoption of Excise Goods Management System (EGMS) solutions aimed at curbing illicit trade in excisable goods across borders.

CNBC Africa shifts base to Rwanda as it expands into East Africa South African television network CNBC Africa is set to expand its presence in East Africa having officially established its regional headquarters and studio in Kigali, Rwanda on February 4, 2016. CNBC Africa will maintain its presence and continuity in Kenya through its bureau established since 2007.

This milestone for the ABN Group hopes to be a catalyst for business on the African continent, particularly in the context of East Africa.

The ABN group intends on building unmatched capacity for aggregating and disseminating business and economic news throughout Africa, with CNBC Africa serving as the flagship platform to do this.

CNBC Africa’s founder and vice chairman Rakesh Wahi said the East African Community and business environment rapidly

growing with a population of 245 million and a GDP exceeding US$290 billion, including Ethiopia, the East African region is exceedingly important for any business looking for a Pan African footprint.

“Our first experience was in the ease of doing business, starting with being able to set up our company within a few days; consistent and well defined policies; easy access to government and business alike; excellent connectivity and competitive operating costs. These factors position us well to serve the EAC market place,” Wahi said.

CNBC Africa launched in 2007 and has grown its viewership and physical presence on the continent ever since, bringing live markets and financial updates from across the continent, complimented by programming from the United States, Europe and Asia throughout the day.

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SME EXPO unveils new logo, innovates solutions to boost SME revenue

SME Expo, a product supported by the Information Communication Technology Authority, has said it is aiming to innovate new solutions that would boost SME and start-up revenue growth in the country.

The move follows reports that revealed the importance of SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) not only to the Kenyan economy but to the regions and African continent at large. ‘’SME contribute 45 per cent employment and 33 per cent GDP for the whole continent,’’ said Patricia Ithau, Director of KEPSA. Speaking when she unveiled the new logo today Dorcas Muthoni, event director, said the forum aims at reducing the Africa’s missing middle gap.She expressed concerns on how to further boost start-ups and SME to expand to multibillion companies.

Muthoni said the major driving force for the Expo to boost SME is the alarming rate of people leaving their employment to create enock_x254 more employment opportunities.

To address cargo diversion cases, the regional revenue authorities have been jointly pursuing programmes geared at reforming transit cargo clearance and monitoring processes.

In Kenya KRA, has already gazetted new procedures governing the operation of transit sheds (Container Freight Stations’) in line with the provisions of the East African Community Customs Management Act, 2004, and East African Customs Management Regulations.

As part of the new regulations, all transit cargo passing through Kenya, will also be placed on a round-theclock surveillance, using electronic cargo tracking systems as part of the RCTG scheme.

Speaking, when he confirmed the

rollout of the new customs and border control regulations, KR Commissioner General John Njiraini said the procedures and regulations are expressly designed to enhance revenue collection and beef up border security.

“At KRA, we have commenced the implementation of a number of revenue enhancement programmes particularly on the customs and border control front,” Njiraini said.

“These measures are designed to provide a sound platform to refocus customs and border control operations to address security and revenue collection,” he added.

He said the ongoing revenue enhancement measures, including the implementation of technology

systems such as iTax for Domestic Taxes and the envisaged Customs iCMS system, will not only enhance revenue mobilisation but also help tackle staff integrity challenges.

The East African nations are integrating their customs systems to make it possible for the three countries to have a regional bond for goods in transit. The SCT, will ensure that assessment and collection of taxes for goods destined for countries in East Africa is done at the port of entry. The cost of clearing cargo at the port of Mombasa and of transport along the Northern Corridor has sunk by 30 per cent since the implementation of the East African Single Customs Territory (SCT). enock_x254

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KPA moves to stop delays at port terminal Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has announced that it will now manage the new terminal at the Port of Mombasa as it moves to stop delays at the workstation.

KPA board terminated the process of concessioning an operator for the second container terminal at the port.

Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia on Tuesday said its operations would be managed by KPA, as an extension of the current port operations until further notice. The CS added that the decision was taken in order to avert a delay in the operationalisation of the terminal due to legal suits filed by bid losers.

“Lack of utilisation of the terminal once handed over will deny Kenya the accrued benefits of additional capacity and revenues at the Port of Mombasa,” he said.

Two berths, which represent the first phase of the terminal, are to be handed over by the contractor on February 29.

Last month, a consortium of COSCO Pacific Limited and Paramount Bank moved to court in a bid to compel the Authority to evaluate its financial bid.

The KPA had written to the consortium on December 31 to inform it that it had failed at the preliminary evaluation stage.

A similar case was filed by APM Terminals BV, a Netherlands based company, last year.

The Authority had sought to secure an operator for the terminal for the next 25 years as part of efforts to decongest the port and open it up to more business. The decision to run the terminal was accompanied by changes to KPA’s top management, which the Board has accused of failing to fully exercise their duties.

Kenya, Oman to renew trade ties Kenya and Oman are set to enter into a new phase of relationship building on historical and traditional ties, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Cabinet Secretary Ms Amina Mohamed has said.

Speaking during a two-day visit to the Sultanate of Oman, CS Mohamed said the relationship between the two countries is traditional but has not been exploited for the benefit of the two peoples.

“Our ties run into many centuries and East Africa Coast is replete with Omani culture dating many centuries.

These were occasioned by trade ties which we must re-establish going forward in all sectors including the political, economic and investment cooperation,” said CS Mohamed.

The Cabinet Secretary, who met

senior officials from the Sultanate among them Foreign Affairs minister Youssuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, said Kenya was keen to attract investment from Oman and would provide every support at government level for interested Omani investors.

Accompanied by the Kenya’s Ambassador to the Sultanate Mohamed Dory Mohamed Yakub, the CS also held discussions with the Chamber of Commerce of Oman team led by Eng Reda Juma Al-Salih, who promised to take up the businessto-business talks with their Kenyan counterparts as soon as possible.

In another meeting, the CS met Mr. Abdulsalam bin Mohammed Al-Murshidi, President of the State Reserve Fund which would like to invest food processing, energy

and transport sector especially management of ports and logistics.

“We are willing and ready to move into Kenya and invest in areas that will give us good return of our money.

We manage the Fund on behalf of the people of Oman and hence would not like to speculate or gamble. We go big on what we are sure to be good business and food processing is such an area,” said Al-Murshidi. He said his fund was very keen on having beneficial links between Salalah and Mombasa ports going forward.

The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Ali bin Massoud AlSunaidi, who also held discussions with the CS promised to lead a delegation of Omani business people to Nairobi in April this year for a quick feel of what Kenya has to offer.

“I have noted the rising level of trade between Kenya and Oman and would like us to build on this momentum. The Sultanate needs chicken, eggs, grain, meat, water, professionals in hospitality, finance, logistics, transport and the like,” said Al-Sunaidi adding that all these are available in Kenya.

He called for synergy between the two countries promising to mobilise catalystic Omani billionaires to make investment in Kenya.

During the visit, CS Mohamed also visited the National Records and Archives Authority where she made extensive tour on the ultra-modern record management by the Authority headed by Dr. Hamad Mohd. Al Dhawiani.

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Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Aimna Mohamed with her Oman counterpart Youssuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah when the CS held a two-day visit to the Sultanate of Oman.

Global energy agency says oil price recovery will be short-lived A recent rise in global oil prices is misleading and the oversupply of crude is set to worsen, according to a report from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

The announcement comes just as Kenya prepares to begin exporting its own supply of crude oil.

US Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec had said in an announcement in early January that Washington would assist Kenya in raising $18 billion (Sh1.8 trillion), which would be needed to build a pipeline to export crude fuel from the oil fields to the coast in Lamu.

“Kenya needs $18 billion worth of financing, so one of the questions we are discussing is how we can work together with the private sector and governments to raise that sum, to find ways to make certain that this financing become available,” he said.

Experts have warned, however that Kenya’s move to fast-track the oil pipeline’s development is somewhat ill-conceived.

Industry officials have said Kenya will have to contend with the volatile and seemingly unfavourable global oil market once its plans take shape.

The IEA expects oil stocks to grow by two million barrels a day in the first quarter and 1.5 million barrels a day in the following three months. In January, Brent crude hit a 13-year low of $27.67 (Sh2, 815). It recovered a bit, but on Tuesday was down 7.2 per cent at $30.50 (Sh3, 103), the BBC reports.

The IEA forecasts that stock building could continue in the second half of 2016 at a rate of 300 million barrels a day.

“If these numbers prove to be accurate, and with the market already awash in oil, it is very hard to see how oil prices can rise significantly in the short term,” the agency said. For the moment, demand for oil is expected to weaken and the IEA forecasts that demand growth will fall to 1.2 million barrels a day this year, from the 1.6 million barrels a day seen in 2015.

Industry officials have said Kenya will have to contend with the volatile and seemingly unfavourable global oil market once its plans take shape.

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Kenya’s Pascal owns the stage and bags 1 Million shillings

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Pascal went further to Promise his fans that he will not let them down adding that he is now ready to hit the studios and unleash hit after hit

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ascal Tokodi a Kenyan Karaoke singer went home ten thousand US dollars richer after emerging third at the finale of Techno Own the Stage after a thorough ninety days of intense competition.

Immediately after the curtain call, an ecstatic Pascal, who was almost teary said more than a dozen thankyous to God and to his fans.

“Thank you God, Thank you God, it has been more than amazing, there is no one else to thank apart from God.” Pascal went further to promise his fans that he will not let them down adding that he is now ready to hit the studios and unleash hit after hit .

The second place went to a Tanzanian, Nandy Charles Mfinanga, a DJ’s daughter and has been on the music industry for more than five years, she bagged $20 000, an equivalent of Sh 2 million.

The overall winner came from Naija, Shaapera a 29 year old teacher from Benue State, in Nigerian and who confesses that her biggest influence is Lauryn Hill.

As the w i n n e r , Shaapera is expected to record a

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song and a video plus she walked home $25000 richer. Techno Own the stage was a first experience having run season one for three months. The competition listed contestants from Nigeria, Kenya and Tanzania.

Hundreds of contestants who auditioned were later narrowed to fifteen who included 5 Kenyans, 5 Tanzanians and 5 Nigerians. The fifteen remaining were paired up with mentors who helped in improving their vocals.

Of the first to be thrown out of the competition were three Kenyans, Yubu, Ramar and Mary during the first three episodes.

Tosin, Vicky Alicks, Karly and Gazby all Nigerians followed suit in the fourth to the sixth episode.

As tension mounted with one Nigerian, Shaapera was left in the house when four Tanzanians were evicted, leaving two Kenyans a Nigerian and a Tanzanian.

Speaking after emerging as the overall winner Shaapera said the was humbled by the experience and hopes to have a lustrous career in music.

The judges of Tecno Own the stage included Kenya’s Bien Baraza of Sauti Sol, Nigeria’s Yemi Alade and M.I aka Jude Abaga also from Nigeria. The show was presented by former big brother housemates Uti and Vimbai. @duncan_x254

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rying out new recipes is always exciting particularly if you have a passion for cooking, but not every kind of food is good for our bodies. Some foods require tweaking in order to fit into a healthier mould that are still big on flavour and great for our well -being. Here are some common ingredients that could be substituted with healthier options.

Whole WheaT floUr for WhiTe floUr Flour is such an integral ingredient in many of our everyday meals that it would be unimaginable to live without it.

hearthealthy food substitutions WORKOUT

Simply switching up the white flour to whole wheat will provide us with a wealth of health benefits such as reducing the risk of heart disease and stroke, whole grains are good for proper weight management and the fibre in the grains provide us with roughage which promotes healthy digestion. egg WhiTeS for egg yolkS Eggs are easy to prepare, filling and are a major source of protein which is a main building block of the body. Egg yolks, which are contained on the inside of the egg, contain a high amount of cholesterol.

This could lead to heart disease and heart attack. Egg whites on the other hand, are

still packed with nutrients but contain no cholesterol.

Dark chocolate for milk chocolate We all love our sweets but if we have to indulge opting for dark chocolate is always the healthier option. Dark chocolate has less sugar and fat than milk chocolate and it also contains a higher level of cocoa. Cocoa is full of flavonoids, which lower blood pressure and foster cardiovascular health.

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ses to i c r e x e t h lig p better e e l s u o y help t one time or another most people will go through a bout of sleeplessness. insomnia can be caused by a variety of sources. These could be anything from stress and depression to sleep disorders and medication. although some of these issues may require professional assistance from a physician or other medical practitioner there are soothing exercises that exist that could help bedtime go a little smoother.

Breathing exercises

This fairly simple tactic can provide calm to our bodies and minds enough to guide us to better sleep. The idea is to give all focus to our breathing pattern and rhythms of air as it moves into and out of our lungs. Taking in deep breaths help reduce tension that we might have built up during the long day in our bodies and relaxes us. Breathing also goes helps build muscle in the body by supplying a greater amount of oxygen to the cells by oxygenation.

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give your coffee table a little more purpose by building actual storage space into it.

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he coffee table is an essential part to the home and is also one of the most overlooked pieces of furniture in the house. It is the focal point in the living room where people meet and unwind. In some homes it is even where most meals are had as oppose to the dining table.

Use an old door Even though this idea seems off beat, an old door can make a stunning table top to the coffee table in an unexpected way. The distinguishing factor to look out for would be to find a table with

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antique or retro finishings. A plain wooden door with no details will make a bare table look even more out of place in the middle of the living room. Aged wood also looks good so staining and distressing the wood would be a good addition.

Turn a coffee table into a desk Give your coffee table a little more purpose by building actual storage space into it. Desks aren’t just meant for the office or classroom they are necessary in every household. Store important documents, do some work on it

and spruce up the living room.

More complex designs even have a mechanism of raising the surface of the table to reach a comfortable level to work from.

Use a glass table top It should be noted that although this method might not work in every house hold especially where children are involved, using glass as a table top gives a coffee table a sleek clean look. It creates a beautiful visual and can boost the value of a coffee table if re-sale is ever an option.

Stretching

Doing some light stretches before going to bed aids in relieving stiffness in the body and loosens us up in order to invite sleep.

Emphasis should be given to the neck, shoulders and back as they are the areas where we carry the most tension in the body.

Shoulder and neck rolls and stretching our torsos from side to side coupled with some deep breaths for a few minutes will do the trick.

Muscle relaxation

Muscle relaxation consists of tensing the muscles in our entire bodies followed by releasing them while exhaling.

Make this Valentine’s Day special with a personaliseD carD Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and although spending is the name of the game there’s nothing more personal than a customised gift. There are plenty of factory grade cards and gifts that are available for purchase but creating your own gift is not only pocket-friendly it’s a way to show you truly care.

Making a card is relatively easy All that is required is material that

will stand for the backing of the card. It could be Manila paper, high density cardboard or any sort of heavy paper that can be folded in half if required. The decorating material is also all up to you but here is where the creativity is required.

Traditional card design probably dictates that the message that the card carries should be contained inside the

card but writing in itself can make an eye catching card. Use a thin tip marker to write out your message in whatever colours please you but the theme of the day could also be adhered to, that is, pinks, reds, and whites.

Use buttons, fabrics, cutouts from other materials to give the card a little glamour; you could even make a drawing to go on or inside the card.

Fashioning a bow from fabric and gluing it to the front of the card ups the fancy factor while a simple façade makes things chic.

It’s all up to you so go crazy and make this Valentine’s count.

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Regina King: Taking a plunge.

Mena suvari: Satin in red.

Angela Basset: Interesting neck detail.

stena Katic: A little color brightens up a dull dress

TESTING STYLE WATERS… T Rachel McAdams: Perfect sequin style.

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Abigail Breslin: Oscar-worth dress.

he honored faces of Hollywood who have been nominated for the golden Academy Awards statuette gathered this week for the annual Oscars lunch. The biggest Awards in Hollywood however continue to be shrouded in controversy because of the uproar over the lack of black talent in the contest, but this did not keep the nominees from teasing us on the red carpet, the main affair being just under three weeks away. @mercy_x254 Here is what they wore:

Bey is back!

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elebville is already feeling the love in the air as Valentines approaches.

With marriage proposals flying left right and center, NTVs Ken Mijungu has decided to quit the Bachelor’s party.

He proposed to h i s girlfriend Laureen during her birthday and will be walking the isle soon, sorry ladies!

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fter his X-rated tweef with Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose last month, Kanye West is back. He tweeted on Tuesday that Bill Cosby is innocent of his rape charges, to which fans and other celebrities responded

bitterly.

The nonchalant Yeezy however carried on with his twitter activities as though he hadn’t just posted the most controversial tweet of the week. Leave it to Kanye to throw a Kanye.

ust when we thought we had seen the last of Beyoncé, she re emerged this month launching her new single Formation which is as hot as Beyoncé it gets, threatening Adele’s over the roof sales for Hello. Beyoncé video for Formation has also kept America busy especially when she released her tour dates with some people threatening to boycott her shows for being too harsh.The message is clear though, Mrs Carter is back!

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CROSSWORD Across 1. Profess 5. Nine ____ Nails 9. Hiroshima weapon, for short 14. Penn. neighbor 15. Lab rat’s challenge 16. Lending at high interest 17. Broadway musical based on a 1988 John Waters film 19. Dogpatch’s Hawkins 20. Italian cathedral 21. Mausoleum 23. “Star Trek” series, to fans 25. Like the sea in scope 30. Steakhouse order 33. Menu words 35. Rock partner 36. East or West follower 37. It’s owed 39. Irving Berlin’s “Blue ___” 42. Newbie 43. Met expectations 45. Egyptian god 47. Convenience store machine 48. Behemoths 52. Wimps 53. Mdse. identifier 54. Quick 57. Estrada and Kramer 61. Grain husks separated in threshing 65. Overjoyed 67. Bit of frivolity 68. Clapton or Stoltz

69. Mediterranean bread 70. Like taffy 71. Strong urges 72. Arabian gulf Down 1. Condition for which one may take Ritalin 2. Calf meat, in Paris 3. Miscellany 4. Cordiality 5. Little troublemaker 6. Cop at a drug bust 7. Peter the Great, for one 8. Verbal tap on the shoulder 9. Like Spartan living 10. Baden-Powell’s org.

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Yesterday’s answers

YOURSAY Women space in leadership should be guaranteed For a long time, women in Kenya have been oppressed by the yoke of the patriarchal society. They have been denied access to education, property ownership, leadership, opinion voice and even the right to their own bodies! But, within the past decade, this has begun to change.

Women are becoming collectively empowered and they are stepping up to take their positions in political, economic and social spheres.

We all can admit there is something attractive about a woman who is empowered.

I actually admire the intellectual aspect of an empowered woman. I have interacted with quite a number and can say they left a mark in my mind. However, despite the achievements of these women and their desire to empower fellow women, there is still a bunch of men who do not like their actions, appreciate whom they are, and recognise the struggle they have been through. While it is a human nature to err, the backlash the women receive is not the same as the men. Women have become victims of sexist remarks and objects of sexual ridicule, especially those women in powerful positions.

Personally, I have had some minor personal and ideological differences working with women in positions of authority, but I respect their determination and the effort in these positions. I recognise their unique abilities and I do not classify them into one stereotype.

Recently, I was quick to rebuke the Cord

politicians, the media, and the common citizens who barraged former Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru with sexual innuendos to force her to resign over the NYS scandal. While the NYS Scandal has left us all in shock due to the degree of theft by a few individuals, the pressure on Waiguru to resign should have been linked to her complacency or collusions with officials at the ministry, and then seek evidence to prosecute her as a culprit if found guilty. Nevertheless, the issue went overboard when her family was involved and her sexual life brought into the mix-up. Ironically, the same never happens to men because sexual innuendos and sexist remarks rarely work scare men. We are yet to hear Treasury CS Henry Rotich being barraged with sexual remarks, yet his inability to explain how the Eurobond was spent draws much criticism that can even supersede that directed against Waiguru. We have not heard Rotich being linked with any sexual escapades nor has his family been brought to the fore. Another interesting issue I noted is that, while people said Waiguru stole money from her ministry, when it comes to Rotich and the Eurobond, they are saying the government stole the money, not Rotich himself.

What makes the two cases different? Is it because one is a woman in a position of authority.

— George Githinji

Youthful aspirants should shape up or ship out Anyone who wants to be a politician must realise that they must have deep pockets. I am categorically disturbed by reports that youth who want to vie for the posts of MCA on an ODM ticket are up in arms protesting the increment of the party nomination fee to Sh100, 000. Their claims that

the party wants to lock out youthful aspirants who are unable to raise the amount is unrealistic. For any serious politician, Sh100, 000 is a small portion of money set aside for politics. It is high time the youth stopped complaining and imagining that there are schemes to sideline them. Instead they

should sell their ideologies to the people they want to represent as it is possible to be elected as an independent candidate who is not affiliated to any party as long as the people trust you and believe you are the right person for the job.

— Kennedy Sunday, Langata

Graft will devour whole country if not checked “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how often I wanted to gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing. Behold, your house is left to you desolate”. As the war against corruption in Kenya dwindle and vice continue to send its roots deep down the water tables of government agencies, US President Barack Obama will try make the aforementioned words of Jesus his own. A couple of months ago POTUS was in Kenya and besides his scathing criticism over runaway corruption, his

tour saw the signing of an agreement between Kenya and the US government that sought to introduce new drastic measures to curb corruption and seal loopholes in the war against the vice in the government.

US demanded a much more combative approach to the vice. Attorney General Githu Muigai is on record saying Kenya was committed to the war against corruption and would implement every part of the deal signed by the two governments. In the pact was financial and moral support the US government promised to the office of

the AG to strengthen the war on graft of which I believed was fulfilled lest POTUS vowed in vain. But before the cock crowed, Judiciary squadron-Tunoi-was involve in bribery scandal, Police vetting committee is accused of bribery to clear some illsuited officers, ex-Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru is also off the hook in an unclear circumstance that only EACC and the President know. Kenya is left desolate and POTUS with his hands of remedy blown out of water despite his willingness to gather Kenya’s broods under his wings. — Phabian Jr-Orobi

Is Kenyan justice on sale Mr Chief Justice?

Dear Chief Justice. When you were confirmed as the Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya in 2011, Kenyans breathed a sigh of relief because they viewed you as a messiah who would ensure justice is guaranteed to all.

However, this endorsement has now been eroded to an all-time low, with so many corruption cases being associated with the Judiciary.

To make matters worse, you have personally admitted that indeed there is rampant corruption in your institution! That is grave, to be honest. Admitting that there is corruption in the Judiciary is akin to admitting failure on your part. To ordinary Kenyans, it is now apparent that justice is sold to the highest bidder or to the moneyed. This is not something you can just brush aside. It is the reality. Sir, tell me, are Kenyan criminals only the poor and the hoi polloi? The last time I checked, there were more than 55,000 prisoners in Kenyan overcrowded prisons. These are either chicken thieves, trespassers, drunkards, muggers or other petty offenders, yet the high and mighty

guys, the drug barons, the insanely corrupt government officials, political war mongers and the likes are walking scot-free, courtesy of our corrupt justice system.

With this reality, can you claim that you have a legacy to be proud of when you finally leave office? I define failure as seeing a wrong and doing nothing about it. You have acknowledged that indeed corruption is rife in the Judiciary, yet no heads have rolled. This is failure on your part. Period. There is no other name for it. Now, because personally you are not corrupt (there are no accusations or proof that you are), then the right thing to do to save yourself and restore your dignity is to simply resign.

This is the only way Kenyans and the world will know that you are the fresh fruit among the rotten, otherwise if you continue to mingle with the corrupt in your institution and just issuing statements about how corrupt some of your officers are, then you will be judged or assumed as corrupt as well.

— Mzungu Mweupe.

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SPORTS BRIEFS Smith named Aussie’s skipper ahead T20

Steve Smith has replaced Aaron Finch as Australia’s captain for the World Twenty20, which starts next month.

Opening batsman Finch, who remains in the 15-man squad for the tournament in India, was named T20 captain in 2014 but only led the side six times.

Test and one-day skipper Smith, 26, now leads Australia in all three formats.

Test wicketkeeper Peter Nevill, who has never played any limited-overs cricket for Australia, replaces one-day specialist Matthew Wade.

Spinner Ashton Agar, who has never played any T20 matches for Australia, is also included.

Australia have never won the World Twenty20 title in five previous attempts, their best finish coming in West Indies in 2010 when they lost to England in the final.

Squad: Steve Smith (Captain), David Warner, Ashton Agar, Nathan CoulterNile, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, John Hastings, Josh Hazlewood, Usman Khawaja, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Peter Nevill (wkt), Andrew Tye, Shane Watson, Adam Zampa.

Chebet ‘sisters’ to highlight National XC championship The ‘Chebet Sisters’, Sandra Chebet and Emily Chebet will be lead contenders for the National Jackpot at the National Cross Country Championship cum IAAF permit meeting set to take place at Uhuru Gardens on Saturday.

Others to watch out on the race that will be used to select Kenyan team to Africa Cross Country

championship are World Cross Country Champion Geoffrey Kamworor and three times National champion Bedan Karoki.

More than 15 foreign athletes from eight nations are already in the country ready to tackle the tough course at Uhuu Gardens along Lang’ata Road.

Saturday’s race will be the climax of eight IAAF sanctioned

Permit Cross Country Meetings that started in Burgos, Spain on November 15.

Six countries have already sent in names of their teams ahead of the championship which will also Uganda, the host of the last Africa Cross-country championships in 2014, is expected confirm the names of their participants with 2014 World Mountain

Kalou now considers hanging boots at 30 Ivory Coast forward Salomon Kalou is weighing up whether to stop playing international football. The former Chelsea player has 81 caps and 29 goals for his country, but hinted he could be about to end his nine-year career with the Elephants.

He told BBC Sport: “I won the Africa Cup of Nations and played in two World Cups.

But you have to think about if it is the right moment to stop. “I turn 30 this year and I will start having to think about resting my body.” Kalou added that he feels it might be the right time to focus on his club, Hertha Berlin. He joined the German Bundesliga side in August 2014 and scored six goals in his first season.“Last year was a tough year - and also I was away at the African Cup of Nations - but I learned a lot. This season I am aiming to score at least 15 goals,” he said.

Third LOC member quit ahead of London WAC The 2017 World Athletics Championships in London have lost a third board member after managing director Sally Bolton quit her post. Fellow board members Heather Hancock and Martin Stewart stood down last week amid reports of differences with Chairman Ed Warner, who is also head of UK Athletics. Bolton said in a statement: “I’m incredibly proud of the work that has been completed in achieving the early milestones that lay the foundations for the event’s success.” She continued: “I wish the team well in what is going to be an exciting 18 months, and look forward to seeing some amazing sport take place at next year’s championships.” Warner added: “Sally has successfully laid the foundations for what will be the best ever World Championships next year and we wish her well for the future.” The championships, being held in London for the first time, take place in July and August next year.

Chebet sisters, Sandra and Emily during a past race. The two will participate in National Jackpot at the National Cross Country Championship cum IAAF permit meeting set to take place at Uhuru Gardens on Saturday.

Running Champion Isaac Kiprop and Soyekwo Kibet, a constant participant in local races in Kenya, likely to top the list.

Perennial foes Ethiopia have already registered the pair of Yigerem Demelash, the 2012 World Junior 10,000 metres champion, and Birhan Mihretu, who would be competing in the senior men 10 kilometres and junior women 6 kilometre respectively.

Burundi national cross-country champion Vianney Ndiho and Onesphore Nzikwinkunda will also parade in Nairobi while their neighbours, Rwanda, have tasked Felicien Muhitira and Beatha Nishimwe, last year’s Africa Youth 1,500 metres champion, with the duties of flying the national flag during the Meeting.

Sudan will be represented

by Fathi Ahmed Adam who will run in the senior men 10 kilometres and Abubaker Abdalla in the junior men’s 8kilometres during the race, the only one held in the Africa continent.

Neighbours Tanzania will be represented by Bagamoyo Marathon Champion Gabriel Gerald and Angelina Daniel Tsere in the senior categories according to Athletics Kenyan official website.

Seven IAAF permit Cross Country Meetings have been held since the series begun on November 15 in Burgos, Spain, San Giogiosu, Italy on January 6, Edinburg (Great Britain) on January 9 and Antrim on January 16.

Others were held on January 17 (Seville), January 24 (Elgoibar) and on January 31 in San Vittore Oloma, Italy.

Kenya will be using the Permit Meeting to select the team to represent the country during the 4th Africa Cross Country Championships slated for March 12 in Yaounde, Cameroon. @elvince_x254

USIU-A beat KPA to win back-to-back basketball title Georgia Adhiambo scored 22 points high to help United States International University of Africa (USIU-A) Flames beat Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) in national basketball women title Game Five played at Nyayo Stadium Gymnasium.

The win saw USIU-A became the first university team to have won the national gong twice in a row having beaten the same opponents last year at the same venue.

Adhiambo’s scores was a point shy of all-time leading scorer, Sarah Chan who was voted the most Valuable Player after the end of the series. Chan took the title from Hilda Indasi who won the award while playing for the students last year.

USIU will represent the country both in the zone Five and African Club Championships later this year.

The USIU-A Flames was hotter

for the Dockers whom they beat 74-46.

This was the second victory in a row for Flames who scooped the national honours on a 3-2 aggregate.

KPA had won game one 55-52 at home but the Thika Road students responded in Game Two to level the series 1-1 with a 63-57 victory in Mombasa.

KPA needed to win this match after surrendering game four

having won Game Three before allowing USIU-A to level the Series 2-2 in Game Four which USIU-A won 66-62.

USIU-A made known their intent early in the game when they took 11 point lead (32-21). This sent KPA coached by Sammy Kiki into panic mode. KPA lost last season 3-1 at the same venue. Winner pocketed Sh100,000 prize money with KPA going home with half @elvince_x254 the prize.

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ECA chairman KarlHeinz Rummenigge at a past function. He has hinted at the birth of another super league outside Champions League.

Push to have Europe elite clubs super league in pipeline

Calls to have an elite European League of only 20 top clubs has intensified with a section of industry players calling for slashing of the current number of clubs participating in Uefa Champions League from 78.

The European Clubs’ Association (ECA) said it will work with Uefa on any “improvements” before 2018 to see of possible changes to the Champions League.

ECA chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has previously discussed “a tournament consisting of 20 teams from Italy, England, Spain, Germany and France”. Currently, 78 teams qualify from the 54 member leagues across Europe.

After preliminary qualifying rounds, 32

teams enter the group stage.

ECA senior vice-chairman Umberto Gandini said the review would take six to nine months and would look to make the competition “more and more attractive”.

Gandini said there was not yet an “understanding” that the Champions League would have to change, but added: “We will listen to the main actors of the competition and Uefa itself and find out what is best.

“It may be just a slight change to the access list, it may be many aspects of the competition that can be reviewed and adjusted.”

The ECA represents more than 200 clubs, including all the biggest ones such as Real Madrid, Barcelona,

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Juventus, Bayern Munich, Manchester United and Chelsea.

There have been suggestions that these clubs should get direct entry into Europe’s elite club football tournament, rather than through their domestic league position the previous season.

Rummenigge, who is chief executive of Bayern Munich, told a German newspaper last month: “A super league outside of the Champions League is being born. It will either be led by Uefa or by a separate entity, because there is a limit to how much money can be made.”

Changes to European club competitions can only be made after three-year cycles, with the current one finishing after 2017-18.

Top Fry suspend duo for clubbing before crucial game Top Fry Nakuru duo, Kevin Omiyo and Martin Muita will miss the rest of Kenya Cup season after they were slapped with a three-month suspension by the club on disciplinary grounds.

Fly-half Muita and inside centre Omiyo were found guilty of clubbing a night to a crucial game last weekend.

“We had to deal with them due to their bad behaviours, every player must

practice good ethics for the betterment of the club,” club head coach Dominique Habimana was quoted on RagaHOuse.

Full-back Calvin Otieno and Lawrence Buyachi, have also been suspended for two games for failing to follow club protocols. Buyachi suspension comes barely a month after he was feted for the comeback at Kenya’s most prestigious Sports Awards, SOYA Awards 2015.

They were blamed for lack of good leadership to their junior players Omiyo and Muita will miss the Great Rift 10-aside and league matches against Mean Machine, Kenya Harlequins (twice), Bungoma Sharks (twice), Mwamba, Thika RFC, Strathmore Leos, KCB, Kenya Cup semis and the finals. @elvince_x254

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PLANS TO START ANOTHER PRESTIGOUS LEAGUE FOR EAUROPE ELITE SOCCER CLUBS IN THE OFFING

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West Ham bundle Liverpool out of FA

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ngelo Ogbonna’s extra-time header helped West Ham United knock Liverpool out of FA Cup following a dramatic 2-1 win in the fourth-round replay last night.

The win ensured that the Hammers book a date with Championship side Blackburn in the fifth round on February 21.

The Hammers took the lead before half-time when Michail Antonio guided in Enner Valencia’s cross at the far post, but Liverpool responded shortly after the restart when Philippe Coutinho’s low free-kick sneaked under the home wall to restore parity.

Both sides hit the woodwork in an open tie, before Ogbonna met Dimitri Payet’s free-kick to delight the home fans. West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has said he would rather win the FA Cup than finish in the Premier League top four, and he showed his intent by picking a near full-strength side against an inexperienced Liverpool team. Reds counterpart Jurgen Klopp, as he had in his previous three FA Cup matches, rang the changes with only goalkeeper Simon Mignolet surviving from Saturday’s Premier League draw against Sunderland. The two sides were evenly matched throughout the 120 minutes as a high-tempo game, containing plenty of goal-scoring chances and drama, provided a sharp contrast to the dour 0-0 draw at Anfield.

Either side could have nicked an extra-time winner, with Christian Benteke missing three clear-cut opportunities for Liverpool.

And former Juventus defender Ogbonna’s first Hammers goal provided the perfect finale for the hosts in what might be the final FA Cup tie at the Boleyn Ground before they move to the Olympics stadium. West Ham are three-time winners of the FA Cup, but have not lifted the trophy since Trevor Brooking’s famous header gave them victory in the 1980 final.

West Ham have a great chance of reaching the last eight as they face a Blackburn side winless in eight league matches and in the lower reaches of the Championship. Payet will be central to their ambitions of a possible run to Wembley, with the mercurial midfielder again instrumental in this victory. Benteke had nine efforts at goal - three times as many as any other player, but extended his goalless run to 11 matches.

Hammers keeper Darren Randolph denied him from close range in both halves of normal time.

West Ham United duo Andy Carrol and Mark Noble celebrate at the end of the Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round Replay against Liverpool at Boleyn Ground in London last night.

The Hammers won 2-1 to eliminate Liverpool.

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