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Rotich: I can’t control Uhuru travel costs C abinet Secretary Henry Rotich has moved to exonerate the Treasury from blame over the excessive travel costs by the Presidency saying his ministry has no control over the matter. Mr Rotich who appeared before the National Assembly’s Liaison Committee yesterday told the MPs that the Presidency has already exceeded its budget for local travel by Sh300 million. “Some of the needs especially for the President are so urgent and done through phone calls hence we have to respond immediately by providing the required money. At times we are just told that the President is going to a particular place tomorrow and to provide funds for that,” Rotich said. He also explained to the committee that it is not possible to budget for the President’s local travels as they are unknown most of the times. Continued on page 2
Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich. He says his ministry has no control over travel expenses by the Presidency.
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‘Treasury can’t control Uhuru travel’ WEEKEND EDITION, APRIL 15-17, 2016
From Page 1 “Unlike our former President Mwai Kibaki, President Uhuru Kenyatta makes frequent local travels, in such instances the Treasury cannot budget but will have to provide money when needed,” he said. President Kenyatta’s office has recently come under public scrutiny with many arguing it is spending too much in travels costs, both domestic and foreign. But Mr Rotich defended the Presidency saying there is need for Mr Kenyatta to fly our since Kenya cannot operate in isolation of other countries. “We are living in a world where no country can stand on its own, we need the support of others just like they need ours at times and therefore the country also benefits from the foreign travels made by the President,” Rotich said. During the session, Rotich told the committee that the government has exceeded its budget by Sh18 billion. He explained that various ministries have presented supplementary budgets that Treasury had to provide money for as they were urgent. “The ministries presented to us urgent necessities that we could not ignore, we had to provide funds for them. We live in a world of vulnerability and cases such as terrorism attacks are frequent in most parts of the world and when it happens in the country we have to provide money for the ministry of
Interior,” he explained. Some of the ministries that he said has used more money than what they were allocated include the Presidency at Sh300 million, Interior mat Sh2.5 billion, Treasury (Sh745 million), Health (Sh354 million) and Lands (Sh1.25 billion). According to the Treasury boss, some of the money requested by the Interior ministry was used to hire the additional 10,000 police officers as ordered by President Kenyatta and buying of motorcycles to chiefs. “Treasury is aware of the ballooning wage Bill and only provide money to ministries to needs that are urgent,” Rotich said He added that as part of the austerity measure to curb the ballooning wage they have freezed hiring of any additional staff across all ministries except in the ministry of Education, Security and Health. The additional spending by various government ministries comes at a time the Controller of Budgets released a report showing that State House spent Sh627 million on State receptions, garden parties, beverages, gifts and other hospitality supplies in just six months. It further indicates that the domestic travel expenditure for six month across the national government’s spending units was Sh2.5 billion, that on foreign travel was Sh1.5 billion, while that on hospitality stood at Sh1.7 billion. sam_x254
President Uhuru Kenyatta addresses wananchi at a stopped over at Mawingo in Nyandarua County yesterday. Treasury says it has no control over the President’s travels expenses.
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IPOA urges change to police curriculum ºThe Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) has called for an overhaul in the curriculum of police training saying a review is needed to respond to emerging challenges. IPOA chairman Macharia Njeru yesterday asked the government to change the nature of training being offered to police officers saying the current syllabus does not reflect today’s security needs. “We all know that things have changed, even the criminals have more sophisticated ways of doing breaking the law, I therefore called on the government to consider reviewing the training offered to police officers,” Njeru said. Speaking during the outstanding Police Service Awards at Intercontinental Hotel (OPSA), Njeru said community policing enhances close interaction between police officers and the public thus the need for more training on how to handle the public. While identifying the outstanding police officers, Njeru said they also received complaints from members of
the public about rogue police officers and will commence investigations soon. “Police service is about serving the public and therefore our police officers needs more training on how to serve the public better it’s no longer about the force that has been previously associated with the police,” Njeru said. The IPOA Chairman also called on the government to consider the facilities available before determining the number of recruits to admit at the training schools. Njeru observed that while the government has increased the number of recruits in the recent past to 10, 000, the facilities in training schools remain the same and overstretched. “As IPOA we understand the objective of the Government to achieve the UN requirement of police to civilians but we must also ask whether we have enough facilities to accommodate them,” he said He however hailed the recruitment process saying that fairness in the exercise has improved in the last two
IPOA Chairman Macharia Njeru looks on as Interior Cabinet Secertary Maj.Gen.(Rtd) Joseph Nkaissery MGH awards Overall Winner CI Andrew Mwendwa Kituku from Igembe South CID HQs the trophy for the most outstanding officer during yesterday’s ceremony in Nairobi. IPOA wants a review of police curriculum.
years. “Corruption remains a major challenge in the recruitment process, we have however noted that the situation has improved in the last two years,” he said. He pointed out that housing among police officers has been a challenge and they have already presented a
Kenya to protest alleged graft expose by US broadcaster PBS The Kenyan Government says it will write a protest letter to the United States, following an expose that was aired by a US public broadcaster PBS on alleged grand corruption. Government Spokesman Eric Kiraithe (pictured) says they will demand an apology from the media organisation since there was no Kenyan official who was reached for comment over the matter. According to Kiraithe, the video is part of propaganda, “machine driven by a part of the civil society whose agenda is to continually discredit ongoing war on corruption by Government.” “It is full of unsubstantiated claims, innuendos and assertion that are not backed by any evidence.” Kiraithe says the documentary which is contained in a series titled Inside Kenya is in a bad light given the mechanisms put in place to eliminate corruption in the country. The producers of the video have included a footage showing President Uhuru Kenyatta cautioning people
comprehensive report of the problem. Chairman Parliamentary Committee on Administration and National Security Asmam Kamama admitted that housing remains a challenge within the police service and the problem will be addressed. “The parliamentary committee has
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against making claims without any prove. On this, Kiraithe says the President was quoted out of context as the reporter depicts him, “as warning those exposing graft.” “When you relate that to a whistle blowing event 15 years ago, then I don’t think we are doing very well.” He said the Jubilee Government remains committed to fighting the menace, “and there will be no sacred cows.” The series indicates that in Kenya, “even the world fastest man cannot outrun corruption.” An athlete who is interviewed by the PBS journalists based in Nairobi claims despite coming 3rd during one of the Standard Chartered marathons, he was not paid his dues. He alleges that the marathon officials have asked for ‘something’ for him to get his money. The correspondent further interviews alleged victims of police extortion in Eastleigh areas of Nairobi. Activist Boniface Mwangi also adds his sentiments on just how corruption has affected all arms of the Government. Footages of his past led protests against corruption are also played. www.capitalfm.co.ke
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Kiunjuri defends self over sabotage claims at IGRTC
Devolution Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri has dismissed claims levelled against his ministry of sabotaging and frustrating the work of the Intergovernmental Relations Technical Committee (IGRTC) that is now mandated to run the transfer of functions to the counties. The CS says his work was to facilitate the committee and ensure it is running and thus had no reason to sabotage its work. “I am surprised we are here, I have no interest of interfering with the work of this committee. It is my work to facilitate them and ensure it is running, it is not a favour,” said Kiunjuri. He however maintained that the Karega Mutahi-led technical committee could not use the entire Transion Authority’s budget as it is tasked with less responsibilities. IGRTC Vice chair Allyce Kureiya told Constitution Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC) that her team has been forced to use personal computers and their workstations are not internetenabled. “We have been denied vehicles that initially belonged to the Transitional Authority, we wanted to take over the budget and the assets that belonged to TA but the ministry is denying us,” Kureiya told the oversight committee. Njoroge Baiya, who chairs the committee said there is need to resolve the wrangles to ensure smooth transfer of devolved functions directing the two groups to resolve their wrangles in three weeks and report back to the committee. “These are issues that can be solved amicably and the committee receive
Devolution Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri at a press conference in nairobi on Wednesday. he has defended himself over claims that he is sabotaging the work of a committee to oversee tranfer of functions to the counties.
a report in 21 days,” he ordered. TA handed over its residual functions to the state IGRC early this year after its 5 year term expired and attempts by the senate to extend its deadline were frustrated by the National Assembly and Council of Governors. IGRTC is expected to resolve all outstanding aspects involving the classification of cities and towns, auditing of liabilities and assets
in counties and compiling an asset register which TA termed as vulnerable to plunder. Other key mandates include the unbundling and publishing reports of functions of state cooperation’s performing devolved functions as well as costing the functions that have already been transferred to counties. wilson_x254
Ministry mulls putting books online to students The Ministry of Education is mulling placing all educational content available in textbooks on a digital platform to make it available to every student across the country. While acknowledging that the current system of distributing textbooks in schools has not reached its target, Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i stated that the new initiative will ensure universal access to all pupils. “The process through which the Ministry of Education has been supporting schools to acquire reading material has been through handing out funds through the free primary education program and also supporting secondary schools,” he said. It is so clear to us that the program has not been very successful because we expected that with the amount of money that we have spent on reading material, over Sh9 billion in the last three years alone, by now we should have achieved a one to one book: pupil ratio across the country which we have not,” he stated. One of the reasons cited for the poor performance in the 2015 Kenya Certificate of Secondary School Education examinations was a lack of students access to textbooks. “We would not like to distribute books again in future. We now want all this content moved to the digital platform and we are going to now progressively move educational content to the education cloud so that it is available on the digital platform and can be accessed universally across the country,” Matiang’i indicated. The CS further pointed out that students will only need an electronic device to access any book they want and that this will improve performance in schools. “That is how we increase access to education. That is how we support every child across the country. They can’t buy a book, they will get the content available readily to them,” he said. He stated that the emphasis being placed on expanding the digital footprint in the country which will make access to online content easier. “We have seen recently from my colleagues at the Ministry of ICT, we are expanding the broad band footprint in the country and therefore this material can be accessed electronically,” he said. The CS was speaking after flagging off the distribution of 7.7 million books under the Tusome initiative where the Ministry received Sh894 million grant from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) under the supervision of the World Bank to support the program. “We want to try another method but we have to consult. I have to consult my colleagues at the Ministry of Education, I will sit down with the PS and the relevant directorate, I will also talk to the head teachers association and we will explore this together,” he said. “The facts are however clear for everyone to see and I believe that we will soon arrive at another method of distributing books because the one in place has not worked.” A total of 6 million children in public primary schools are set to benefit from the program which will strengthen their acquisition of literacy and numeracy skills. www.capitalfm.co.ke
Thousands join anti-Mugabe protests Two thousand Zimbabwean opposition supporters, some holding placards calling for 92-year-old President Robert Mugabe to resign, have rallied in the capital Harare. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai called for countrywide demonstrations against the deteriorating economy. The march went ahead after a ruling by the High Court. Police had initially denied permission. It is the biggest such protest in many years. “Mugabe has no solution to the crisis. We are here to tell Mugabe and his regime that you have failed,” Mr Tsvangirai said in a brief speech to supporters. “This is about jobs and improving the economy, which is in dire straits,” he added. Yesterday’s march was sanctioned
by the High Court and not the police. The placards told a story of displeasure. The young and the old, in red, took to the streets. The police couldn’t do much besides watching about 2,000 MDC supporters, supported by trade unions and students, express their misgivings against the state of the economy and President Robert Mugabe’s continued rule. Such protests have not been seen in Harare for many years where police ruthlessness against voices of dissent is well documented. The march was peaceful and countrywide demonstrations are planned in the coming weeks, although it is not clear if those rallies will be allowed. But the march shows that Mr Mugabe’s long-time rival, Morgan Tsvangirai who had been dormant
since losing the 2013 election, remains a force to reckon with. Elections are due in 2018 and President Mugabe, 92, says he will run again. Opposition to that is now building both within his party and outside. Mr Mugabe has been in power since independence in 1980. He remains active but his increasingly fragile health has sparked speculation over his successor and the direction the country will then take. Zimbabwe’s economy has struggled since a government programme seized most white-owned farms in 2000, causing exports to tumble. Unemployment and poverty are endemic and political repression commonplace. Many Zimbabweans have left the country in search of work in South Africa.
Supporters of the opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) gather during a protest against poverty and corruption, in Harare, Zimbabwe, 14 April 2016. Reports state protesters, led by party leader Morgan Tsvangirai (INSET) demonstrated against poverty, corruption and the missing of 15 billion US dollars of diamond revenue. PHOTO: AARON UFUMELI/EPA
Clinton and Sanders raise the volume, turn debate into slugfest Presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders ratcheted up their attacks in a bruising, final debate before next Tuesday’s New York primary. The Democratic race has turned increasingly negative in recent days as the candidates traded barbs about their qualifications for the presidency. They also clashed on Wall Street banks, gun controls and the minimum wage. Mr Sanders has won seven of the past eight contests, but Mrs Clinton holds a clear lead in race for the nomination. The Democrats have largely avoided the personal attacks that have dominated the Republicans’ debates. New York has a reputation for brashness and bellicosity, and it seemed that attitude may have rubbed off on the two participants in the Democratic debate in Brooklyn. Practically from the opening bell, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders went after each other’s policy positions and records with a vigour that stood in stark contrast to the polite exchanges of past debates. Sure, they were both qualified to be president, they admitted, but both questioned their opponent’s “judgment”. “Does Secretary Clinton have the experience and intelligence to be president? Of course she does,” Mr Sanders said at the debate. “But I do question her judgement.” The former secretary of state knocked Mr Sanders off balance on gun control, quipping when he let out a chuckle during her response that 30,000 people dying a year is “not a laughing matter”. Meanwhile, the Vermont senator once again bashed Mrs Clinton for her support of the 2003 Iraq War - tying it to the same kind of “mentality” that led
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Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are seen on television screens in the press room during a CNN-sponsored debate between the two candidates at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York, USA, on 14 April 2016. New York will hold its primary election on 19 April 2016. PHOTO: JUSTIN LANE/EPA
to an ill-fated US intervention in Libya. At one point moderator Wolf Blitzer tried to break up a heated exchange by warning that “if you’re both screaming at each other, the viewers won’t be able to hear either of you”. They kept talking. At this point in the marathon Democratic campaign, neither side can afford to let an attack go unanswered. Mr Sanders repeatedly criticised Mrs Clinton for her financial ties to Wall Street, particularly her paid speeches to an investment bank. He also faulted her for supporting the Iraq War. Meanwhile, Mrs Clinton has questioned
whether Mr Sanders has adequately thought out his policy proposals after he struggled to provide specifics during an interview with the New York Daily News. “It’s easy to diagnose the problem. It’s another thing to do something about it,” Mrs Clinton said. The candidates’ recent tensions were on display on stage. Mr Sanders mocked Mrs Clinton’s responses at times while Mrs Clinton occasionally talked over her opponent. A resurgent Mr Sanders has won seven of the last eight contests, sparking a groundswell of enthusiasm from his
supporters. The Sanders campaign drew more than 25,000 people to a rally on Wednesday in Washington Square in Manhattan. However, buoyed by earlier wins across the southern US, Mrs Clinton holds a sizeable lead in the number delegates needed to secure the nomination. Many analysts believe that Mr Sanders needs to pull off an upset in New York to remain viable in the race. Mrs Clinton, who represented the state in US Senate for two terms, holds a commanding lead in New York, according to recent polls.
More Rousseff trouble as court rejects bid to halt impeachment Brazil’s Supreme Court has rejected a government injunction aimed at preventing an impeachment vote against President Dilma Rousseff. Ms Rousseff, who says her opponents are plotting a “coup”, faces claims she manipulated government accounts. She has vowed to fight to “the last minute” despite the desertion of three allied parties ahead of Sunday’s vote in the lower house of parliament. The Supreme Court made its decision in an extraordinary session. The impeachment debate in the lower house of parliament is due to start later on Friday and continue until Sunday’s vote. If two-thirds of MPs vote for impeachment, the motion will pass to the Senate. An impeachment vote would pave the way for Ms Rousseff to be removed from office. Thursday’s injunction to suspend the vote was filed by Attorney General Jose Eduardo Cardozo who claimed that alleged procedural failings had violated the president’s right to a defence. Seven of 10 justices voted to reject the motion even before the Supreme Court session had finished. The Progressive Party (PP), which quit the coalition on Tuesday, says most of its 47 MPs would vote for the impeachment, and the Republican Party (PRB) said its 22 members had been told to vote in favour. The move comes weeks after the PMDB, the largest party in the lower house, voted to leave the coalition. The PMDB’s leader in the lower house, Leonardo Picciani, said on Thursday that 90% of the party’s members would vote to impeach Ms Rousseff. MPs from her own Workers’ Party are said to be increasingly despondent about Sunday’s vote.
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seizing on potential vulnerabilities for Hillary Clinton in the coming New York primary, repeatedly savaged her ties to wealthy donors and Wall Street banks during their debate on Thursday night, delivering a ferocious performance that Mrs. Clinton countered with steely confidence and her own sharp elbows. Mr. Sanders, hoping to humiliate Mrs. Clinton in her adopted home state in Tuesday’s primary, bluntly challenged her fitness for the presidency, saying she had the experience and intelligence for the job but adding, “I do question her judgment.” He listed her most controversial actions over the years, from voting to authorize the American invasion of Iraq to supporting some free-trade deals. www.nytimes.com
at a dinner in London for investors who specialise in Africa, showed how the mood has changed in the past year. The financiers around the table—mostly holders of African bonds—all said they were simply trying not to lose money. Only a few years ago people were queuing up to invest in Africa. Privateequity funds dedicated to Africa raised record sums to invest in shopping malls and firms making everything from nappies to fruit juice. Businessfolk salivated at the prospect of selling to the fast-growing African middle class, which by one measure numbered 350m people. Miners sank billions into African soil to feed China’s appetite for minerals. Now investors are glum. www.economist.com
EU big five launch tax crackdown: The five largest
economies in the European Union have agreed to share information on secret owners of businesses and trusts. It is a concerted attempt to show their leaders are responding to public concern over the Panama Papers leak. The UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain have agreed to the data exchange. Treasury officials told the BBC the move would make it harder for businesses and wealthy individuals to operate without paying correct taxes. Information on the ultimate “beneficial owners” of companies and trusts would now be automatically exchanged. The five countries are now pushing for the rest of the G20 nations with the world’s largest economies to follow suit. www.ft.com
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Motorist set for reprieve as cost of petrol falls 6 per cent The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has lowered the cost of super petrol by Sh 5 per litre in its latest price review, signalling a marginal reprieve for motorists across the country. The latest review by the ERC, to be applied for the next one month, lowered the price for super petrol to Sh 80.71 per litre down from Sh 85.71. However, kerosene and Diesel price went up slightly by Sh 1.81 and Sh 0.53 and will retail at Sh43.96 per litre and at Sh 66.23 per litre respectively. The ERC has attributed the decline in petrol prices to improved import costs in the month of March compared to how it was the previous month. The higher costs to the two products according the commission are a reflection of the pricing of crude oil across global markets where major producers are pushing to reach a deal that restricts production to reduce stocks. According to the Commission, the average cost for diesel and kerosene in the month of March jumped by 3.74 per cent and 7.47 per cent in turn. In Mombasa, a litre of super petrol will retail at Sh 77.43 whereas diesel and kerosene will sell at Sh 62.98 and Sh 41.27 respectively for the next one month. In Nakuru motorists will purchase a litre of super petrol as Sh 81.50, diesel at Sh 67.19 while kerosene will go for Sh 44.84
a litre. Kisumu motorist will buy super petrol at the highest price compared to other town where it will retail at Sh 82.71, diesel at Sh 68.40 and kerosene at 45.86 a litre. Meanwhile, in Eldoret, petrol will retail at Sh 82.65 a litre, diesel at Sh 86.34 and kerosene at Sh 45.87 per litre.
“The commission wishes to assure the general public of continued commitment to the observance of fair competition and protection of the interest of both consumers and investors in the energy sector,’’ the ERC said in a statement. Global crude oil prices have slightly improved from Sh 300 to the current Sh
Online insurance comparison portal finally launched in Kenya Consumers will now be able to shop online and compare insurance products and services from various companies across the region.This follows the launch of PESABAZAAR. com, a web portal that allows consumers to compare premiums and features of similar insurance products and services at a glance. The portal, whose initial investment is Sh 40 million, will enable customers to freely and conveniently compare and purchase a wide range of insurance products at the click of a button. Commenting on the new development, the company co-founder Calleb Karegyesa said: “The insurance market in Kenya is highly fragmented and it is difficult for the insured to find the right product that offers the best coverage for the best price.” “We are partnering with leading insurance companies in Kenya to ensure that we offer the widest selection
of insurance products in the simplest form so that customers can easily and quickly compare plans using the most significant benefits/cover metrics for each class of insurance,” he explained. So far, PESABAZAAR.com has signed up with 10 of the leading insurance companies in Kenya. It is continuing to get on board more providers and products in general insurance and life insurance. The insurance products on the PESABAZAAR.com bouquet include Comprehensive Motor Insurance, Third Party Only Motor Insurance, Individual and Medical Insurance, Travel Insurance, Golfers Insurance, Mobile, SME and Corporate Insurance. PrashanthSrinivas, one of the cofounders said, “We want to make buying insurance as hassle-free as possible by giving the customer the option to purchase cover instantly. The entire search, comparison and
purchase experience has been brought at the convenience of the customer and is available on desktop, tablet and mobile. This, coupled with our experienced customer service team, will ensure timely service delivery to our customers countrywide.” Despite its low penetration levels, Kenya is one of the largest insurance markets in Africa. There are currently over 40 insurance companies, four reinsurance companies, 200 insurance brokers, 250 service providers and about 4,000 insurance agents. Currently, the annual growth rate of insurance premiums is pegged at 20 per cent. In 2014, Kenya generated insurance premiums amounting to $1.8 billion, which is the largest in sub-Saharan Africa outside of South Africa. Kenya’s growth in premiums is contrasted with the Africa-wide growth of only 4.2 per cent. kevin_x254
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Government seeks partners to help reduce budget deficit The government is seeking more private investment in state infrastructure to maintain the pace of spending on new railways and other vital assets while reducing the budget deficit, senior government officials have said. The state hopes to cut the deficit to 6.9 per cent of gross domestic product in the fiscal year starting in July from a forecast 8.1 per cent for 2015/16, in a bid to reassure investors unnerved by the large gap. Finance Minister Henry Rotich said the government had initiated several Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects to build roads, energy plants and housing. He did not give a value. “The whole intention is to get most of the projects that private investors can take up so that we can reduce pressure on our domestic resources,” he said in an earlier announcement. PPPs have been touted as a valuable route to fund new roads, airports, seaports, railways and power plants across Africa, a continent that struggles with creaking infrastructure. The Ministryof Transport has one of the highest budgetary allocations this fiscal year, at Sh280 billion. This comes after decades of underinvestment, according to Reuters. The Ministry is working on projects that include expanding Kenya’s main port in Mombasa and the Nairobi international airport, as well as new road projects around the country.
AAR posts Sh285m profit driven by growth revenue
Medical underwriter AAR Insurance has announced an 84 per cent increase in profits boosted by growth in revenue, cost containment and enhanced quality of its underwriting business. Profit after tax rose to Sh285 million in 2015 compared to Sh149 million the previous year. Similarly, profit before tax increased by 84 percent from Sh223 million in 2014 to Sh410 million in 2015. The insurer, which commands 15.74 per cent market share in the medical underwriting segment, also saw its gross written premium, a measure of revenue, record growth of 84% from sh.3.6 billion in 2014 to Sh4.4 billion last year. AAR Insurance Managing Director Caroline Munene attributed the strong performance to higher sales coupled with enhanced operational efficiency.“Our aggressive sales drive across the country has paid off. The increase in gross premium is the result of increase in sales following improved customer service and internal efficiency. The impressive performance in 2015 is also attributable to the positive impact
of the improved operational processes across the business.” The company’s total assets increased from Sh2.7 billion in 2014 to Sh3.1 billion last year. Ms. Munene exuded confidence in the company’s future growth prospects citing the relatively low insurance penetration levels in the country. “We see some headroom for further growth in the large uninsured market through rollout of products that are both affordable and aligned with customer needs,” she said. The medical insurer is also keen on expanding its product portfolio and enhancing customer relationships. “We are committed to further diversifying our product offering to focus on solutions that put our clients in control. We will continue to focus on efficient service delivery as a way of fostering excellent customer service to all our clients,” she added. kevin_x254
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CS Balala projects tourism to grow by 20 per cent in 2016
The Ministry of Tourism projects that the sector will grow by 20 per cent this year supported by investments made in 2015. Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala said the investments are already bearing fruit with bookings for the tourist summer season indicating a 30 per cent increase from the previous year. The CS added that in the first quarter of 2016, tourist arrivals have increased by 18 per cent. He noted that the Ministry had confirmed there will be a new charter for the first time from Poland in the summer season. The Polish charters originally came only during the winter season and this is a new phenomenon, Balala explained. Speaking after the first ever ministerial tourism stakeholders’ round table, Balala stated that going forward, tourism product improvement will be vital and that the newly established tourism research institute will be used to foster its development. The meeting, which was hailed by the Kenya Association of Tour Operators, Kenya Hotel Keepers and Caterers Association, Kenya Coffee Traders Association, Pubs, Entertainment and Restaurant Association as well as the Kenya Tourism Association among others, resolved to look at the price of products and services citing that hotels and airlines were charging exorbitantly and therefore an impediment to travels both by locals and international tourists. “There is need to review prices so as to attract and retain visitors we are losing to our competitors,” Balala said.
Ministry of Tourism CS Najib Balala (RIGHT) and PS Fatuma Hirsi (CENTRE) at the Ministerial Tourism Stakeholders Roundtable Forum which was held yesterday at KICC in Nairobi. The Ministry is also planning to reassess the issue of tour operators being levied via VAT, saying that the taxes make them appear more expensive than their peers across the East African Region. “This is the right time for us to contribute to the amendments that will be done in the finance bill during the budget day these are some of things we will fast track,” he said. In 2015 the sector’s earning stood at Sh87 billion down from Sh93 billion recorded in 2014. During the period a number of incentives were gazetted in
a bid to boost the sector, these includes a waiver of visa fees for children under 16, waiver for landing fees for charter flights and reduction of park fees from $90 (Sh9,100) to $60 (Sh6,070). Earlier this month, the tourism industry has received a major boost following an announcement by a European charter company to commence operations in Kenya within the coming months. Tui Poland charter will, for the first time, be flying tourists to the Kenyan coast during the European summer season from July to October 2016.
The flights will have a capacity of 180 passengers. The deal was arrived at after consultations between Balala and representatives of TUI which is one of the world’s largest tour operating company and Kenya’s leading international tour operator.It will be operating to Mombasa weekly with a possibility of continuing through the winter period to April 2017. TUI Europe and TUI UK also announced start of operations in the months of November and December.
Jambojet flies young achievers as carrier moves to cultivate academic excellence Low cost carrier Jambojet celebrated its second year anniversary by rewarding high achieving students from Mukuru Kwa Njenga slums. This is part of a new initiative to cultivate a culture of academic excellence among the youth. The twenty students from Our Lady of Nazareth Primary School were flown from Nairobi to Mombasa for one day as part of Jambojet’s new sustainability program dubbed Off Chocks. The educational trip will see the students visiting a number of interesting locations in Mombasa including the celebrated historical site, Fort Jesus and Haller Park which is renowned for environmental success. “Off Chocks is a corporate social responsibility initiative whose objective is to provide support to students in seven counties across the country, those that Jambojet flies to” said Jambojet CEO Willem Hondius.We identified education as the guiding pillar for our CSR efforts as we believe that investing in our children, is investing in the future of our great nation,” he further
explained. Theprogramme will see Jambojet support the mission of the Ministry of Education of enhancing education standards in Kenya through provision of learning material, upgrading the physical infrastructure in schools as well as implementation of education programs. “We are going above providing excellent customer service to our passengers, to delivering positive, tangible and long term impact on communities through our initiatives,” explained Hondius. So far, two projects have been earmarked for rollout in the seven counties that the low cost carrier operates in. The counties are Nairobi, Mombasa, Lamu, Uasin Gishu, Kilifi, Kwale and Kisumu. In the two years of operation, the nofrills low cost brand of Kenya Airways has achieved undeniable business growth; increased numbers of routes from four to seven, increased frequency of flights due to fleet expansion and having have flown over one million passengers. kevin_x254
A Jambojet plane on the runway. The low-cost flier recently rewarded high achieving students from Mukuru Kwa Njenga.
BIZ BRIEFS Nairobi housing, transport fees deemed too costly
The cost of housing and transport in Nairobi an its counterparts across the continent is too expensive, according to a new study that touches on urbanisation in Africa. The 2016 World Bank analysis states that housing prices are about 55 per cent higher in the urban areas of African countries relative to their income levels. Urban transport, which includes prices of vehicles and transport services, is about 42 per cent more expensive in African cities than cities in other countries. The research confirms that manufacturing firms in African cities pay higher wages in nominal terms than urban firms in other countries at comparable development levels.
Deacons to list on NSE following sale of Woolworths stake Deacons Kenya has commenced plans to list on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). This comes after the Board of Directors of Deacons Kenya Limited resolved that it would list the company shares by introduction on the NSE. Deacons Kenya Chairman Peter Njoka says the primary purpose of the listing is to offer the company liquidity, exit options and price discovery in relation to the shares. Deacons registered a total comprehensive income of Sh100.6 million in 2015 which was a 73 per cent increase over prior year. This was attributed to an increase in revenue as well as the completion of the sale of its stake in the firm’s Woolworths business in Kenya.
Health Ministry calls on investors to support counties The Ministry of Health has called for more collaborative efforts between National and County governments and development partners, a move that seeks to accelerate progress while fighting infectious diseases. The Cabinet Secretary for Health, Dr. Cleopa Mailu today opened the World Laboratory Science Day symposium at the Imperial Hotel in Kisumu town, highlighting the important of private and public sector partnerships. The CS thereafter proceeded to open a free medical camp organized by the professions at Kenyatta Grounds. The Ministry says that this year’s theme, ‘Patient Safety First”, recognizes the importance of collaborative efforts between the government and development partners to accelerate progress for a world safe and secure from the threat of infectious diseases.
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Cities need to become less costly for firms and investors, says report WEEKEND EDITION, APRIL 15-17, 2016
African cities need to become less costly for firms and more appealing to investors in order to ensure growth and social development. This is according to a new report from the World Bank Group. As the continent undergoes rapid urban growth, there is a window of opportunity to harness the potential of cities as engines of economic growth, states the analysis. It comes at a time when investors, firms and organisations based in Kenya are moving further away from Nairobi as they seek more lucrative opportunities away from the Central Business District (CBD). New data has also found that big shopping malls are in oversupply in Kenya as investment opportunities shift to the counties, the industrial sector, and residential real estate. According to an analysis conducted by Mentor Management Limited (MML) and Britam Asset Management, there is an oversupply in all types of retail space in Nairobi, and in big malls countrywide. Speaking at the just-concluded East Africa Property Investment Summit (EAPIS), Chief Executive Officer for Britam Asset Managers Limited Mr. Kenneth Kaniu said once the current malls are completed, there will be an oversupply of real estate in Nairobi. Meanwhile, the World Bank research adds that a rapid decline in oil and commodity prices has adversely affected resource-rich countries and signaled an urgent need for economic
diversification in Africa. Urbanization and well managed cities provide a major opportunity to offer a springboard for diversification. It indicates that the growth of cities, when well managed, can spur economic growth and productivity. But African cities are currently not delivering agglomeration economies or reaping urban productivity benefits. Instead they suffer from high housing and transport costs, in addition to the high cost of food that takes up a large share of urban household budgets. “To ensure growth and social development, cities need to become
that Sub-Saharan Africa countries will continue to face low and volatile prices in global commodity markets. Governments must take steps to adjust to a new, lower level of commodity prices, address economic vulnerabilities, and develop new sources of sustainable, inclusive growth. Africa’s growing urban centers offer a springboard for diversification. But they need better institutions for effective planning and coordination that can raise urban economic density and productivity, and spur the region’s transformation. Dennis_x254
A view of the Nairobi City skyline at night. Investors, firms and organisations are moving further away from Nairobi as they seek more lucrative opportunities away from the Central Business District (CBD).
Sugar exporters may lose EU market share, says ISO African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) sugar producers face a challenging future after EU output quotas end in 2017. ACP producers have benefited from preferential access to protected EU markets in recent years, but risk losing market share in the EU after production quotas end in October 2017 due to competition from increased EU output and exports. Sub-Saharan Africa, for example, currently exports about 20 per cent of its annual sugar production to the EU. ACP countries were allowed to export up to 3.5 million tonnes per year to the EU at zero duty until Sept. 30, 2015. As of October, the quota has been replaced by a clause allowing the European Commission to take measures if there were a severe disturbance to the EU market. “Some countries which have made strong investments in their sugar industries and find new regional markets, will do well, but others will face bigger challenges,” said Jose Orive, executive
less costly for firms and more appealing to investors,” says Punam ChuhanPole, World Bank Africa Acting Chief Economist and the report’s author. Commodity price drops have lowered Africa’s terms of trade in 2016 by an estimated 16 percent, with commodity exporters seeing large terms-of-trade losses. Across the region in 2016, the impact of this shock is expected to lower economic activity by 0.5 percent from the baseline, and to weaken the current account and fiscal balance by about 4 and 2 percentage points below the baseline, respectively. Moving forward, the data indicates
director of the International Sugar Organization (ISO). He identified Mauritius as one of the more efficient ACP producers with good longer-term prospects to supply the EU. Another bright spot will be sub-Saharan Africa. With a growing population and continuing urbanisation, the region is set to see a significant rise in sugar consumption in the coming years, said Ruud Schers, analyst with Rabobank. Delegates said they expected producers such as Swaziland and Zambia to find opportunities in growing East African markets such as Kenya and Tanzania. However, trade could be eroded by brisk smuggling activity across African borders, they added. Among other ACP origins, delegates said more isolated producers such as Jamaica, Guyana and Fiji would struggle to find new markets postquota. Delegates said another challenge facing ACP exporters was an expected fall in EU sugar consumption in the longer term, possibly linked to the health debate surrounding sugar.
Microsoft sues US over data snooping
Microsoft, the famous multinational tech company is suing the US government over the right to tell its users when federal agencies want access to private data. The firm says keeping access requests secret is against the US constitution, which states that individuals should be made aware if the government searches their property. Microsoft said 5,624 requests for data were made in the past 18 months, and almost half came with a court order forcing the company to keep the demand secret. “People do not give up their rights when they move their private information from physical storage to the cloud,” Microsoft said in the lawsuit, according to the Reuters news agency. Microsoft added that it felt the government “exploited the transition to cloud computing as a means of expanding its power to conduct secret investigations”. The US Department of Justice has not yet commented. The case is the latest row pitting US tech giants against the government, with Microsoft rival Apple calling for Congress to take the lead in addressing the wider issue of balancing privacy with national security. Microsoft’s case centres on the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), a 30-year-old law several tech firms feel is outdated and being abused. The ECPA is unpopular among technology companies as it was written well before the days of widespread internet use.
Top five EU countries move to crack down on tax evasion The five largest economies in the European Union have agreed to share information on secret owners of businesses and trusts. It is a concerted attempt to show their leaders are responding to public concern over the recent Panama Papers leak. The UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain have agreed to the data exchange. Treasury officials told the BBC the move would make it harder for businesses and wealthy individuals to operate without paying correct taxes. Information on the ultimate “beneficial owners” of companies and trusts would now be automatically exchanged, BBC reports. The five countries are now pushing for the rest of the G20 nations with the world’s largest economies to follow suit. That would mean data exchange on previously secret tax information between countries such as America, Saudi Arabia and China. Some might see any such extension as unlikely.
The UK government has already announced that it will make its register of beneficial ownership public - and is privately urging the other four signatories of the deal to agree that the public can have access to the information. “Britain will work with our major European partners to find out who really owns the secretive shell companies and trusts that have been used as conduits for evading tax, laundering money and benefitting from corruption,” George Osborne is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Chancellor of the Exchequer since 2010 said. The exchange is unlikely to placate critics who say that not enough has been done to crack down on global tax avoidance and tax evasion, often via offshore trusts and companies based in tax havens. “It is Britain and our European partners setting the pace on beneficial
ownership transparency of not just companies but also trusts with tax consequences - and I expect that the rest of the world will move to follow our example,” Mr Osborne said. “It shows the benefit of working together. No single country can tackle international tax evasion alone - and Britain should never fool itself into thinking that it can do this by itself.” The agreement was announced at a joint press conference of the finance ministers of the five EU countries at the IMF. Mr Osborne was joined by Wolfgang Schauble of Germany and Michel Sapin of France. Also at the announcement was Christine Lagarde, managing director of the IMF, and Angel Gurria, Secretary General of the OECD, the international body charged with setting new global tax rules on information sharing and transparency. View comments454
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Liverpool players jerk into wild celebrations after Dejan Lovren (center) scored the winning goal in a thrilling come-back against Borussia Dortmund during the UEFA Europa League quarter final second leg match at Anfield in Liverpool last night. LEFT: Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp reacts following the winning goal that propelled them to the last four of Europa League. PHOTO: PETER POWELL/EPA
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iverpool staged one of the most dramatic comebacks Anfield has seen to overcome Borussia Dortmund in a classic and reach the Europa League semi-finals. Jurgen Klopp’s side were twice left needing three goals to go through in the face of Dortmund’s rapier attacks - but climbed the mountain twice with Dejan Lovren’s injury-time header from James Milner’s cross concluding a night packed with drama and emotion. Anfield commemorated the 27th anniversary of the
Hillsborough disaster, in which 96 supporters died, with an impeccably observed minute’s silence before kick-off - followed by a thriller that will be recalled for generations for sheer excitement and a finale that sent Anfield wild. The Bundesliga side struck twice inside the first nine minutes through Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - both after swift breaks, with the latter sealed by a crisp 14-yard strike - to take a 3-1 aggregate lead in the tie. The German side missed numerous more chances to extend their lead as Liverpool struggled to cope with their attacking threat. The Reds slowly grew into the game, creating and missing a succession of chances. Even when Divock Origi gave them hope early in the second half - slotting the ball through the legs
of keeper Roman Weidenfeller - it seemed to have been snuffed out by Marco Reus’s cool 57th-minute finish. They still needed three goals with less than 25 minutes left but Philippe Coutinho’s low shot cut the deficit and when Mamadou Sakho headed in after 77 minutes, Liverpool stood on the brink of something remarkable. Amid riotous scenes, Lovren rose to head home in stoppage time in front of the Kop to spark chaotic celebrations and seal a win that will take its place in Anfield folklore. Klopp received a rapturous reception from the fans who idolised him in Dortmund when he walked along the Anfield touchline before kick-off - but he then inflicted agony on the club he took to two Bundesliga titles and the Champions League final.
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Obiri, Kipyegon to lead deep field for Oregon WEEKEND EDITION, APRIL 15-17, 2016
The Kenyan duo of Helen Obiri and Faith Kipyegon will be part of an elite field of athletes competing over 1500m in this year’s Prefontaine Classic at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene May 28. This year’s race will feature potentially the best women’s 1500m field in the 41year history of the meeting. Five of the women in the field have Personal Bests faster than four minutes, meaning the US all-comers’ record of 3:57.05 set at this meeting in 2014 could be under threat. Kipyegon has a rare collection of medals having won the world youth 1500m title and world junior crosscountry title in 2011 and followed it with world junior 1500m gold and a second world junior cross-country title in 2012. One year later, she set a Kenyan senior and African junior record of 3:56.98. Winner at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and twice a champion at the hotly contested Kenyan Cross Country Championships, Kipyegon took the silver medal at last year’s World
Championships and rounded out her season by winning the mile at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Brussels with an African record of 4:16.71. Compatriot Obiri, who will be making a comeback from maternity leave, has twice broken the US all-comers’ 1500m record in Eugene, first with her 3:58.58 victory in 2013 and then with her 3:57.05 triumph one year later. The 26-year-old owns global medals of every color: 3000m gold at the 2012 World Indoor Championships, 3000m silver at the 2014 World Indoor Championships and 1500m bronze at the 2013 World Championships. Obiri took last year off to give birth to her daughter, but returned to action last month and clocked a 5000m PB of 15:28.5 at altitude in Nakuru. The meet will be an ideal place for the two to test their speed and fitness especially with the Kenyan Olympic trials coming just over a month later. World indoor champion and Dutch record-holder Sifan Hassan is the fastest in the field with a best of 3:56.05. The 23-year-old achieved her first
sub-four-minute performance at this meeting in 2014 before going on to win European titles indoors, outdoors and at cross country. Hassan was the 1500m Diamond Race winner last year and took bronze in that event at the IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015. Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay who is a world junior silver medalist and world indoor bronze medalist at 1500m is also in the field. Fellow Ethiopian Axumawit Embaye who took 1500m silver at the 2014 World Indoor Championships while still a teenager and went on to set a lifetime best of 4:02.35 later that year will also be part of this elite field. Morocco’s Rababe Arafi has also been drafted into the list and after achieving a feat of being the only woman to reach the finals of both the 800m and 1500m at least year’s World Championships, she is expected to draw in a lot of competition. The 25-year-old won the African 1500m title in 2012 and has a PB of 4:02.71.
Hellen Obiri crosses the line to win the 2015 IAAF Diamond League in Eugene. She is among elite runners who will be competing to defned their titles in this year’s edition scheduled for next month.
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Kamau focused despite U-20 uncertainty WEEKEND EDITION, APRIL 15-17, 2016
The national football Under-20 head coach John Kamau says he will not be deterred by their Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers uncertainty after Sudan filed a complaint with the Confederation of African Football (CAF), alleging Kenya fielded five ineligible players when the two sides clashed in the first-leg in Khartoum. In the complaint, the Sudanese FA claims Kenya fielded players born in 1996 while the CAF rules states that only players born on or after January 1, 1997 are allowed to play in the qualifiers. “I am not thinking about that because it is an administrative issue and we have left that to the Federation to deal with it. I am focused on ensuring that we are well prepared for the return leg and ensuring the boys pick up in time,” Kamau told Capital Sport after seeing the side lose 2-1 to SportPesa Premier League side AFC Leopards in a friendly match at the Moi Sports Centre Kasarani Thursday. Sources close to Capital Sport at CAF have disclosed that Sudan’s complaint on five Kenyan players has already been received and is currently being handled by the competition committee with a decision expected a week before the return leg which is scheduled for April 23. Football Kenya Federation President Nick Mwendwa has confirmed that indeed CAF has been in touch with them and they are waiting for communication on the final
decision. “We have put up a very strong case for ourselves with CAF and we are now waiting for their response. We had written to them several times prior to the qualifiers asking of the modalities but they never responded to our enquiries,” Mwendwa outlined. “The match commissioner should have fed the data from our team into the system and any player whose age does not match the requirement would have automatically been rejected by the system. The match commissioner never did that and when we were in Sudan, he agreed that players born in 1996 should play. It is not an error on our side and we now wait to hear what CAF will say,” Mwendwa added. The team returned to training on Monday and has already played two friendly matches, losing 1-0 against KCB and to Leopards. Kamau has made changes to his squad, calling up KCB midfielder Augustine Eshiwani to boost the side saying the versatile midfielder offers a lot of options to his side noting he can play in either the defense or midfield. Kenya U-20 coach John Kamau. He says he has left the administrative issues to the federation to deal with as he focus on the return leg against Sudan. PHOTO: CAPITAL FM
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WEEKEND EDITION APRIL 15-17, 2016
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