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President Uhuru Kenyatta and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pose for a photo after they addressed a joint press conference at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, Germany yesterday. Jubilee leaders are scheduled to meet with Mr Kenyatta when he returns to discuss their next course of action over the ICC pull-out plan.

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Jubilee MPs to meet Uhuru over push to pull Kenya out of the Rome Statute THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016

Jubilee alliance top brass will meet with President Uhuru Kenyatta to make a final decision on whether to push on with the quest to withdraw Kenya from the Rome Statute or not.

MPs allied to the coalition have previously said they want Kenya to pull out of the Rome Statute that established the International Criminal Court based in The Hague, Netherlands.

So strong was the push such that the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee of the National Assembly already prepared a Bill to that effect.

However, the Bill sponsored by Bumula MP Boniface Otsiula was put on hold as a decision on the case against Deputy President William Ruto and Joshua Sang was awaited.

The two were on Tuesday let off the ICC hook as judges declared their case a mistrial.

And while Otsiula believes the collapsed of Ruto and Sang case should give the MPs fresh impetus to push on with the pull-out plan, National Assembly majority Leader Aden Duale says they will wait for President Uhuru Kenyatta to come back from Germany where he is on official visit before a final decision is made.

“We are waiting for the President to come back when we will consult on the way forward,” Duale said.

Mukuruweini MP Kabando wa Kabando speaks during a Jubilee party press conference at their headquarters in Nairobi yesterday.

The MPs say the push to pull Kenya out of the ICC remains and will continue despite the collapse of Kenyan cases at The Hague based court.

But Mukuruweini MP Kabando wa Kabando maintains the earlier stance of pulling Kenya out of the Rome

Statute.

“Our position is unchangeable. Our position is unflinching. Our position is strong. It is irrevocable,” Kabando

said yesterday.

“In fact now, we are even going to take it to a notch higher,” added Dagoretti MP Dennis Waweru when

they addressed the media at JAP headquarters in Lavington, Nairobi.

“We want to ensure that no Kenyan ever, will go and face ICC,” he added.

Kenya has been championing several onslaughts to cut ties with the ICC describing it as a political court influenced by the west.

While expressing his happiness with the termination of the case against Ruto on Tuesday, President Kenyatta hinted at a possible severance of the ties when he said Kenya will continue with her efforts to reform the court.

“Kenya together with like-minded nations, will remain seized of the efforts geared towards the pursuit of justice and equitable participation in the international justice system.

We will therefore continue to pursue ways to improve the delivery of international justice, uphold the rule of law and promote a just and fair global order,” he said from Paris, France where he was then on official visit.

Kenya’s quest to pull out of the ICC has received the backing of the continental body AU with member countries threatening to walk-out en-masse.

“I don’t think any African country needs to be in ICC,” capped Embu senator Lenny Kivuti. peter_x254

Kenya expresses gratitude to AU for ICC support President Uhuru Kenyatta has expressed gratitude to the African Union (AU) and its member states for standing in solidarity with Kenya as the country battled crimes against humanity charges that faced its citizens at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.

The declaration of a mistrial in the case that faced Deputy President William Ruto and his co-accused journalist Joshua Sang by ICC judges on Tuesday marked the end of the trials.

President Kenyatta to hailed African countries, saying the victory in the case was achieved through the support of friendly countries.

“The strong position taken by the African Union and its member states in support of Kenya at the ICC enabled us to succeed. Kenya will continue partnering with other countries in the continent to achieve Africa’s agenda,” said Kenyatta in Berlin, Germany during a meeting with African Ambassadors accredited to the European nation.

The Group of African Ambassadors acts as an umbrella association for the envoys to advance their countries’ interests and harmonise common views on topical issues to represent

the official position from the African diplomatic corp.

Their meeting with President Kenyatta was to discuss ways of forging greater unity and solidarity in advancing African’s common positions at the international arena.

Kenyatta said Africa needs unity of purpose and a spirit of Pan-Africanism among Africans across the world to advance their interests ‘within the world’s bastions of power’.

He challenged the Envoys accredited to other countries to embrace the spirit and philosophy of Pan-Africanism for the continent to raise her profile internationally and be effective at the diplomatic fronts.

He emphasised that the triple threats of poverty, ignorance and disease that continued to assail Africans and weaken the social fabric of the societies can be addressed by one people with the good-will of strategic partners.

“It is only through a concerted effort on the part of every stakeholder in Africa, that we will forge a stronger future for our continent, and in so doing, build a stronger world as well”, President Kenyatta said.

He told countries in Africa to aim at intra-trade saying the future of the

continent lies in accelerated integration and enhanced trading with one another.

“Over the past decade, Africa’s commitment to regional economic integration has grown, with the continent’s total trade (both imports and exports) tripling in value to $1.2 trillion,” he added.

He cited various challenges to integration including inadequate hard infrastructure, poor transport connections, and costly and unreliable power supplies that can be mitigated through investment in infrastructural networks that link the continent and in energy.

President Kenyatta said the political goodwill prevailing in the region and the continent has enabled the private sector to participate in large regional integration projects.

“Integration will bring with it bigger markets for African goods, more jobs for African peoples, economic growth for African countries, and a brighter future for the youth of our continent.”

The President reaffirmed Kenya’s commitment to pursuing strategic interests of the African continent through every available means and opportunity to realise the desired integration.

On security and political stability, the President urged countries in the continent to invest heavily in ensuring the prevalence of peace among their people.

He said Kenya remained steadfast on regional peace initiatives, contributing to stability efforts in Somalia, where the country worked with other Troop Contributing countries within the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).

The President told the meeting also

attended by Cabinet Secretaries Amina Mohamed and Najib Balala that accelerated interventions in state building in Somalia will contribute to sustainable peace within the region.

Kenya’s Envoy to Germany Joseph Magutt said the group of Ambassadors provides a platform to African Missions to advance their interests in Germany and also harmonise common views on topical issues to represent the official position from African diplomatic corp.

President Uhuru Kenyatta addresses African ambassadors accredited to the European Union at a meeting in Berlin, Germany last evening.

Kaimenyi slams politicians over uncollected land titles Lands Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi has lashed out at politicians inciting Kenyans against picking their title deeds leading to a pile-up of uncollected titles in land offices across the country.

While addressing a surveyor’s stakeholder’s forum at Nairobi’s Serena hotel today, Prof Kaimenyi said the politicians have slurred the titles creating a false perception that they were fake and only aimed at popularising the Jubilee administration. More than 150, 000 title deeds lie uncollected in the land registries across the country despite calls on residents to collect them.

“Leaders must stop politicising government’s effort aimed at ensuring all Kenyans who own land are legally licensed.

They have continually discouraged the citizens from collecting what rightfully belongs to them,” warned Kaimenyi. He said land-related disputes are on the rise in the country as result of lack of ownership documents and poor land fragmentation policies.

“Currently we have more than 7,000 cases of land issues that have been

Lands Cabinet Secretary Prof Jacob Kaimenyi at a past function. He has accused leaders of politicising title deeds collection across the country.

lodged in our offices and the National Land Commission (NLC) as a result of ownership title deeds,” added Kaimenyi.

He cautioned citizens against encroaching on private land and later demanding for title deeds, saying the government would not compensate such culprits.

According to the CS the government has established a computerised titling centre in Ruaraka as well as digitised the 56 land registries in the country to process the three million titles to be issued by 2017.

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Principal Secretary Mariam El Maawy urged the Judiciary to allocate more magistrates to handle the increasing land related matters that have stalled in the courts for decades. “Let the Judiciary give more attention to land cases so that our focus shift from resolving land to implementation of reform policies,” she said The PS said the government is committed in ensuring that all housing related matters especially those attributed to informal settlements are addressed.

Varsity chief denies students were raped during protests University of Nairobi Vice Chancellor Peter Mbithi has refuted claims that some students were raped and other seriously injured by security apparatus during the recent protests over disputed SONU elections.

Prof Mbithi says only a few students suffered soft tissue injuries and have already been treated and discharged from the hospital.

“No life was lost, no serious injuries…as a Vice Chancellor, I have also not received any rape case,” he said while adding that police did not invade the halls of residence within the University.

The protest resulted from a SONU election that saw the re-election of Babu Owino as Chairman.

Aggrieved students claim that the election was marred by malpractices.

“I have ordered a thorough audit of SONU and review of its electoral process,” the VC told journalists during a briefing at his office on Wednesday.

Mbithi said already an audit is being carried out to establish what exactly happened while saying the University Senate will be recommending changes to the union constitution, to seal any emerging loopholes.

“A senate committee comprising of senior staff with powers to incorporate other key stakeholders have been appointed,” he said.

“We regret that we had to close even the peaceful campuses and postpone our academic programs.

As the management of the University, this incident provides us with an opportunity to reflect on some salient challenges and find solutions on how to deal with them.”

The University is also trying to authenticate the video circulating on social media, showing GSU officers whipping students.

The committee is set to provide its recommendations in two weeks’ time.

Students who destroyed property, he said will be identified and firm disciplinary actions taken against them.

Among the issues being addressed include existence of gangs within the school and peddling of drugs.

“There is growing tendency towards that… that’s why we needed an integrated action plan for student’s security and safety,” he said.

“We are right in the CBD and quite often we are infiltrated by all kinds of crime. We are committed to root out all these vices with other partners like NACADA.” Several students who were found with weapons such as machetes and knives have been arrested and will be prosecuted.

One of the students was arrested on Monday when his vehicle was found with numerous weapons which he was trying to sneak into one of the hostels.

“Our work is to ensure law and order is maintained… we had information that some of the students were armed with crude weapons,” he stated.

The vehicle is currently at Parklands Police Station as police carry on with investigations.

Nairobi Police Chief Japheth Koome says the aim of the probe is to address the causes of such gangs and root out those behind them.

Contestants are often linked to goons during elections that they use to either intimidate their competitors or use them for protection.

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CS Wakhungu hails cocerted efforts to stem jumbo killings Environment Cabinet Secretary Prof Judi Wakhungu said Kenya’s effort in the fight against elephant poaching had finally started to bear fruits.

She said elephant poaching had drastically reduced from 184 in 2012 to 96 in 2015.

Speaking yesterday at Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) headquarters during a meeting to review the national strategy on elephant Conservation and Management, Wakhungu termed the war ‘a major victory in conservation of the rare wildlife species’.

“The success in the fight against elephant poaching has been the result of increased awareness, political good will and partnerships with various stakeholders in ensuring that the elephant population is protected from marauding poachers” she said.

The Cabinet Secretary said despite the increasing cases of poaching on the continent, the

number of elephants killed for their tusks is decreasing in Kenya.

She said the country is making strides in protecting the elephant population, adding that more need to be done protect the jumbos. “Elephants face a myriad threats including, illegal killing for ivory, human wildlife conflict involving the jumbos, local overabundance and loss and fragmentation of habitat,” said Wakhungu. The CS who also presided over the Mid-Term Evaluation of the Conservation and Management Strategy for Elephants in Kenya (2012-2021), ahead of the planned burning of stockpiles of ivory and rhino horns on April 30, said his ministry will be in the front line to protect the elephants.

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France outlaws paying for sex French MPs have passed a law that makes it illegal to pay for sex and imposes fines of up to $4,274 (about Sh430, 000) for those buying sexual acts. Those convicted would also have to attend classes to learn about the conditions faced by prostitutes.

It has taken more than two years to pass the controversial legislation because of differences between the two houses of parliament over the issue. Some sex workers protested against the law during the final debate. The demonstrators outside parliament in Paris, numbering about 60, carried banners and placards one of which read: “Don’t liberate me, I’ll take care of myself ”, the AFP news agency reported. Members of the Strass sex workers’ union say it will affect the livelihoods of prostitutes, estimated to number between 30,000 and 40,000. But supporters of the law have said it will help fight trafficking networks. It will also make it easier for foreign prostitutes to get a temporary residence permit in France if they agree to find jobs outside prostitution.

“The most important aspect of this law is to accompany prostitutes, give them identity papers because we know that 85% of prostitutes here are victims of trafficking,” Socialist MP Maud Olivier, who sponsored the legislation, told the Associated Press news agency.

Eritrea conscripts killed in escape bid Security forces in Eritrea’s capital Asmara have killed several young conscripts who tried to escape the convoy they were travelling in, according to opposition media outlets.

There were also civilian casualties after some of the recruits’ friends and family used a bus to block the road to help them escape, according to the unconfirmed reports.

Conscription in Eritrea is compulsory.

The Eritrean authorities have not commented on the alleged incident. Rights groups consider Eritrea to be one of the world’s most repressive states.

In 2015, it ranked bottom of the World Press Freedom Index, published by media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Conscription in Eritrea can last for decades and is one of the main reasons tens of thousands flee the country every year.

Al-Bashir ‘to step down in 2020’

Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has told the BBC he will step down in 2020 when his current mandate ends.

Mr Bashir also denied allegations of abuses perpetrated by the Sudanese forces in renewed violence against black African villages who took up arms in the country’s western Darfur region.

The president has been indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on counts of genocide and war crimes.

Mr Bashir has been in power since 1989. He won elections in April last year.

He told the BBC’s Thomas Fessy that his job was “exhausting” and his current term would be his last.

“In 2020, there will be a new president and I will be an ex-president,” he said.

However, sceptics will say that he had already pledged to step down in the past and later went back on his word, our correspondent says.

The UN says more than 2.5 million people have been displaced in Darfur since 2003 - with more than 100,000 this year alone.

President Bashir said that there was no reason for the UN peacekeepers and aid workers to stay in the troubled Darfur region. He denied reports of recent abuses in the mountains of Jebel Marra where government forces launched an offensive in January.

“All these allegations are baseless, none of these reports is true,” he said.

“We challenge anyone to visit the areas recaptured by the armed forces, and find a single village that has been torched. “In fact, there hasn’t been any aerial bombing.”

The president said that people who fled the fighting had gone to government-controlled areas which was “proof that the government does not target citizens”.

President Bashir said that UN estimates that more than 100,000 people have been displaced in Darfur since January because of the fighting

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir waves to supporters during a campaign rally in Khartoum last year. He says he is ready to step down in 2020 when his current term ends.

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were “highly inflated and not real”.

“Only a very small number of people have been displaced and they have either reached our positions or [gone to] where the UN peacekeepers [Unamid] are deployed.

The president said that UN forces and Unamid “have no vital role to play” in Darfur, “not even in defending themselves and their units”. “As peace has returned to Darfur, I think that they have no role to undertake and

that’s why we want them to leave.”

Likewise he said there was no role in the region for aid workers because there is no food crisis in Darfur.

He said that estimates that 2.5 million people were living in camps in Darfur were “much too inflated” and the true figure is closer to 160,000.

The president dismissed the ICC as a “politicised tribunal” and that evidence of his popularity in Sudan could clearly be seen by the huge

crowds that greet him.

“These are the same crowds I’m accused of having committed genocide and ethnic cleansing against.

This is why I’ve defied the tribunal, and [why] I’ve been travelling freely around the world.”

Mr Bashir was re-elected last year with about 94% of the vote in an election boycotted by the main opposition parties who said it was not free and fair.

Sanders: Clinton not qualified to be US President Bernie Sanders said Wednesday that Hillary Clinton is not “qualified” to be president, a sharp escalation in rhetoric in the Democratic primary.

“Secretary Clinton appears to be getting a little bit nervous,” he told a crowd in Philadelphia. “And she has been saying lately that she thinks that I am ‘not qualified’ to be president.

Well, let me, let me just say in response to Secretary Clinton: I don’t believe that she is qualified, if she is, through her super PAC, taking tens of millions of dollars in special interest funds. I don’t think that you are qualified if you get $15 million from Wall Street through your super PAC.” CNN has reached out to the Clinton campaign for comment, and its surrogates responded quickly on Twitter. “Hillary Clinton did not say

Bernie Sanders was ‘not qualified.’ But he has now - absurdly - said it about her. This is a new low,” campaign spokesman Brian Fallon tweeted.

Clinton (pictured right) was asked Wednesday morning by MSNBC whether she thought Sanders was “ready to be president.”

“I think he hadn’t done his homework and he’d been talking for more than a year about doing things that he obviously hadn’t really studied or

understood, and that does raise a lot of questions,” Clinton said. “Really what that goes to is for voters to ask themselves can he deliver what he’s talking about.”

Sanders and Clinton are barreling toward the New York primary later this month, and the duo are increasingly tangling in heated, tense campaign trail exchanges. Sanders’ comments in Philadelphia were just the latest escalation in recent days. Clinton

and her allies have been highlighting a recent Sanders interview with New York Daily News interview that was widely panned, suggesting it showed him unqualified for the White House.

In Philadelphia, Sanders turned that critique back on Clinton.

“I don’t think you are qualified if you have voted for the disastrous war in Iraq. I don’t think you are qualified if you have supported virtually every disastrous trade agreement which has cost us millions of decent paying jobs,” he said to applause. “I don’t think you are qualified if you’ve supported the Panama free trade agreement, something I very strongly opposed and, which as all of you know, has allowed corporations and wealthy all over the world people to avoid paying their taxes to their countries.”

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Morning newspaper summaries UhuRuto to launch 2017 Now Bensouda goes after Bensouda wants three campaign at Afraha ‘witness fixers’: Prosecutor seized for ‘blocking justice Bensouda yesterday demanded the thanksgiving: President Uhuru Fatou at ICC’: ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda immediate extradition of Mr Walter Barasa,

Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto are expected to launch their campaign for reelection in 2017 after a prayer service at the Afraha Stadium in Nakuru on Saturday, April 16. On Tuesday in Paris Uhuru called on “all Kenyans of goodwill” to join a thanksgiving service in Afraha following the collapse of the cases against Ruto and journalist Joshua Sang at the International Criminal Court.

lawyer Paul Gicheru and Mr Philip Bett to The Hague for trial over alleged bribery and intimidation of witnesses. Warrants of arrest have already been issued by the International Criminal Court against the three and there is widespread speculation in political circles that Ms Bensouda might have obtained sealed warrants for more suspects. The call came just a day after Ruto was let off the hook.

Defence and victims’ Cord chiefs hold crisis lawyers clash over duo’s talks to avert coalition Cord leader Raila Odinga non-acquittal: Defence and victims’ break-up: has moved to avert what looked like an

lawyers yesterday clashed in Nairobi over the termination of the ICC cases against Deputy President William Ruto and Joshua Sang. A day after ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda was handed a defeat at The Hague, Ruto’s lead counsel Kharim Khan and Sang’s Katwa Kigen disagreed with victims’ lawyer Wilfred Nderitu who said the two are not free yet because they were not acquitted by the judges.

emerging rift in the coalition after holding talks with his co-principals on Tuesday. Mr Odinga met Wiper Democratic Movement leader Kalonzo Musyoka and Ford-Kenya’s Moses Wetang’ula in his Capitol Hill office in Nairobi. They then proceeded to Nairobi Serena Hotel, where they thrashed out issues arising from last week’s Kakamega Town rally.

Stop giving suspects Shoddy’ work at border bond, Nkaissery urges angers MPs: The contractor hired to the Lunga Lunga one-shop border post the judiciary: Interior Cabinet build left the site without completing the parking

Secretary Joseph Nkaissery yesterday blamed the judiciary for the country’s high level of insecurity. He said the courts have made it easy, as it only requires suspected criminals to apply for bond and get their freedom back, notwithstanding the “heinous crimes” they are accused of. “Please convince the judiciary to stop giving every criminal access to bond.

It is becoming hard for us to work and secure the country,” Nkaissery told MPs yesterday.

lot and buildings, an East Africa Legislative Assembly MP said yesterday. Despite the cost rising from Sh469 million to Sh633 million, the contractor did not renovate the old border post or install scanners, Ms Judy Pareno said.

While the border post on the Tanzanian side is built to specification, the one on the Kenyan side is incomplete.

Chase bank shocks market with Sh8bn secret insider loans: Chase

wants three Kenyans handed over to answer to charges of obstructing justice. She said the prosecution was considering the “appropriate next step” following Tuesday’s ruling. Ms Bensouda spoke a day after the International Criminal Court Judges terminated the remaining Kenyan cases. And Deputy President William Ruto’s lawyer demanded that Luis Moreno Ocampo be investigated for linking his clients to the chaos of 2007/08.

Bank chairman Zefrullah Khan and group managing director Duncan Kabui resigned yesterday after he bank sent shockwaves in the market with the restatement of its financial results showing it had underreported insider loans with a whopping Sh8 billion. Consulting firm, Deloitte, said in a note accompanying the statement that it offered a ‘qualified’ audit opinion on the lender’s finances.

Another Bank in trouble as Central Bank cracks the whip: Another bank was forced

KRA moves to plug revenue leakage with ethics police: The Kenya Revenue

to sack top officials yesterday after questions were raised over its financial reporting. The exit of Chase Bank’s chairman and managing director followed the release of two sets of financial statements within a span of six days.

The first set had understated insider loans to staff and directors by about Sh8 billion, necessitating the second set of statements.

Raila hails ruling, says ODM party never fixed DP: ODM leader Raila Odinga

congratulated Deputy President William Ruto on the termination of his trial at the ICC. In his congratulatory message, Raila said his party has been vindicated of claims that it fixed the DP. He said since the case went to the ICC in 2011, ODM has been vilified and portrayed negatively as uncivil, retrogressive, violent and responsible for the loss of lives and property during the 2007/08 post-election violence.

Authority has created a special department to monitor its employees’ engagement with taxpayers in a move that aims to plug the many holes through which it loses billions of shillings in tax leakage. The department, to be headed by a Deputy Commissioner for Ethics and Intelligence, will handle integrity issues arising within and from outside the agency for direct reporting to Commissioner- General John Njiraini.

KQ woes cut aircraft, parts imports by 36pc:

Kenya Airways’ financial woes led to a 36 per cent drop in imports of aircraft and spare parts last year, highlighting its flagging purchasing power. Official data shows that aircraft and associated parts imports slumped to Sh83 billion from Sh129.5 billion in 2014, reflecting a Sh46.5 billion cutback or 36 per cent drop. The national carrier is battling a financial storm.

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era of political and economic uncertainty in Panama: One a reserved German immigrant whose father served in the armed wing of the Nazi party, the other a gregarious, aspiring novelist whose family opposed Panama’s military dictatorship. With the nation still under the sway of Gen. Manuel Noriega, the pair merged their small law firms in 1986, creating what would become a powerhouse of secretive offshore banking for the elite.

Over the next three decades, Jürgen Mossack and Ramón Fonseca expanded their practice to a staff of 500, with affiliate companies around the world and a client list of the powerful, the famous and, sometimes, the infamous.

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have broken the law, the OECD nods at both philosophies, suggesting that an amnesty should cost the tax-dodger less than if he were caught by the authorities, but more than if he had been compliant from the start. The government estimates that rich Indonesians have perhaps $900 billion stashed overseas.

To entice some of that money home, it wants to offer an amnesty. Parliament, which reconvened this week, is due to take up a bill soon. People who have hidden assets abroad will face no criminal prosecution or penalties, other than a flat fee of between 1% and 6% of their value, depending on how quickly they declare their assets and whether they repatriate them. www.economist.com

Dutch reject Ukraine trade

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Netherlands have rejected a deal to have closer European Union ties with Ukraine after a vast majority of voters rejected the treaty in a referendum. The outcome was too close to call, with early tallies indicating that a 30% turnout required for it to be valid was only marginally met. But the Dutch government said on Wednesday it may have to reconsider ratifying the treaty.

With 99.8% of the vote counted, 61.5% has said ‘No’ with 0nly 38% supporting the deal. Mark Rutte, the Dutch prime minister, said: “It’s clear that ‘no’ have won by an overwhelming margin; the question is only if turnout is sufficient. The result delivers a blow to Brussels and a boost to UK Out campaign.

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CBK places Chase Bank under receivership for twelve months The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has put Chase Bank Limited under receivership barely a day after the lenders Chairman and Managing Director resigned Chase Bank has been experiencing liquidity difficulties following inaccurate social media reports and the stepping aside of two of its directors.

The lender yesterday assured customers that their deposits are safe following the resignations, which came after financial results issued last week were restated to show loans to directors and employees had more than quadrupled.

Chairman Zafrullah Khan and Managing Director Duncan Kabui resigned from their positions following the release of the company’s 2015 earnings, the bank said in a statement on Wednesday.

“The board would like to reassure all its customers, partners and the general public that Chase Bank is a strong, sound and transparent institution that has operated in Kenya for the last 20 years,” Chase said in the statement.

In light of these concerns, the CBK has today, Thursday April 7, 2016, appointed the Kenya Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC) as a receiver for Chase Bank Limited for a period of twelve months.

The Central Bank said in a statement released this morning that the move is pursuant to the provisions of Sections 43(1), 43(2) and 53(1) of the Kenya Deposit Insurance Act, 2012.

CBK Governor Patrick Njoroge. The regulator has vowed to foster a stable market-based financial system.

Chase Bank Limited was issued with a banking licence in 1996.

“The appointment of KDIC as a receiver for Chase Bank Limited has been carried out in the interest of its depositors, creditors and members of the public,” reads the CBK statement.

Section 43(2) of the Kenya Deposit Insurance Act, 2012 requires CBK to appoint the KDIC as a receiver of a bank.

This is if an unsafe or unsound condition to transact exists; a bank is likely to fail to meet its financial obligations; a bank has substantially insufficient capital or if there is a violation of any law or

regulation.

One of CBK’s primary roles as a regulator is to foster the liquidity, solvency and proper functioning of a stable marketbased financial system.

Consequently, it was not able to meet its financial obligations on April 6, 2016..

“In light of the above, CBK has appointed the Kenya Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC) to assume the management, control and conduct of the affairs and business of the institution and to exercise all the powers of the institution to the exclusion of its Board of Directors and advise CBK of an

appropriate resolution strategy as soon as is practicable and not later than twelve months from date of appointment,” the statement added.

KDIC has stated that it will release information on the progress in due course. Meanwhile, the Central Bank has added that it remains committed to fostering banking system stability and will exercise its supervisory mandate in a “fair and even-handed manner.”

Chase is the latest bank to be put under receivership as the CBK intensifies its crackdown on errant lenders.

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Investors urged to create buffer against currency volatility Developers and investors need to shield themselves against currency volatility for them to understand how economic conditions can influence their returns.

According to Gary Garrett, Head of Real Estate Finance at Standard Bank, investors will need to look at opportunities from a country and node specific perspective and also be cognisant of the dynamic regulatory environments.

“Developers will need to do robust feasibilities in order to understand how economic conditions can affect their returns over time and they also need to consider buffering themselves against potential risks such as currency volatility by utilising appropriate funding structures,” said Garret during an earlier announcement.

He is optimistic that growth in property development is likely to continue in many markets, if appropriate funding structures are used to manage some of the current hurdles, such as weaker local currencies. However, he says growth has slowed in many commodity linked markets in Africa, non-commodity driven markets, particularly in East Africa, have continued to perform well.

According to Standard Bank research, a number of structured funding solutions can be harnessed across retail, office and industrial developments. In particular, hybrid currency structures, in which both dollar and local currency can be used to mitigate risk in the current environment. enock_x254

State moves to set up 7,000 km of power cables to drive down cost of electricity The government is targeting to put up 7,000 kilometres of electrical power transmission lines by 2020 to scale down the cost of power.

Speaking to the media yesterday, Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco) Managing Director Fernades Barasa has noted that the power lines will ensure a stable grid for power supply.

“When the grid is strong, we have reliable power for our companies that eventually reduce the cost of doing business,” Barasa said.

He maintained that, for the government to achieve a power connectivity target of 70 per cent by 2017, there was need for the country to have a stable power grid.

“Power is the economic pillar for 2030.

For the government to achieve its 70 per cent connectivity target, we must have a stable grid,” added Barasa.

Part of the 7000 km power line Ketraco

is planning will commence with construction of Homa Bay substation at a cost of 2.3 billion by 2017.

The project will be financed by a consortium fund through the government of Kenya and the government of Belgium.

According to Barasa, the project will give access to power to regions that are currently off grid.

“This project will enable us evacuate power, strengthen the existing grid system and interconnect nyanza region counties,” he stated adding:” This project will allow increased access to electricity, reduce power losses, increase capacity and reliability of power supply.”

Sondu - Homabay -Awendo project involves the construction of 106 km 132 single circuit line.

The project will also facilitate investment in the area that had been constrained by lack of electricity and

thus to contribute improved quality of life.

Ketraco is the body mandated to plan design, construct and maintain high voltage electricity line grids and regional power inter connectors.

The firm’s initiative comes just weeks after the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) signed a partnership deal with Power AfricaKenya that will see it implement a holistic plan to feed the national grid with 2,500 megawatts (MW) of power over the next ten years.

Speaking during the signing ceremony last month, KenGen Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer EngAlbert Mugo said through the partnership, KenGen would improve its performance and long-term financial viability by developing and implementing a plan to meet global utility performance indices. enock_x254

Acting Managing Director and CEO Eng. Fernades Barasa.

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Oversupply hits big shopping malls, retail shops: research

A new industry research has declared 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 ongoing 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.

“Beyond the Two Rivers Mall expected to open by the end of this year, no further retail space will be required in Nairobi, as there will be oversupply,’’ said Mr Kenneth Kaniu.

“However, in areas like Naivasha, Kisumu, Nakuru, Nanyuki and Mombasa, there is a lot of opportunity for strip malls that range from 1,000 to 10,000 square feet,” he added.

Based on insights and engagements with clients and market over the last few months, Britam Asset Managers real estate tracker highlighted opportunities in strip shopping malls in the counties, but said there is an oversupply in all types of retail space in Nairobi, and in big malls countrywide.

He pinpointed manufacturing and logistics buildings as a rising asset category. “More industrial parks are coming up to satisfy this market, with returns fairly good at 10-15 per cent annual yield,” he said.

According to the first ever Industrial report,the sharp focus on industrial

real estate has been further developed leading to industrial market in Nairobi absorbed close to Sh 3 billion annually in investments.

The report further revealed that 2015 marked record levels of planning approvals by Nairobi’s County Government of multi-unit, developerled industrial, at 280,000m², the majority of which is expected to be delivered in the next two years.

“The industrial market has changed markedly in the last three years,” said Mr James Hoddell, CEO of MML, who described the segment as ‘the next wave” in real estate. “Previously, almost all industrial premises and warehousing was owner occupied, but this year, two thirds of the

completions will be for sale or lease.”

MML reported that Embakasi currently leads in the supply of warehouses for lease and sale, with Industrial Area leading in owner occupied warehouses.

However, in 2015, warehouse take-up was as high in Kiambu County and Mavoko sub-County as in Nairobi, with land proving cheaper in the city’s outer perimeters, which are benefiting from improved accessibility to the airport as a result of the new bypasses.

In residential real estate, Britam has pointed to ongoing opportunities in middle income housing between Sh7m and Sh20m, and even greater demand for homes below Sh7m.

However, the market for houses below Sh7m presented a problem

in effective demand. “There are potential homeowners keen on such developments, but many do not have the ability to pay,” said Mr Kaniu.

The surge in office completions, has went up 65 per cent on the previous record set in 2011and is likely to create oversupply in Upper Hill, Westlands and Waiyaki Way, for four to six years.

But “the impact of the looming oversupply is set to be felt most heavily in Grade B office space, which is now more than doubling, at a time when businesses are moving to find more accessible and less congested locations,” said Mr Hoddell. enock_x254

Airtel, Trace TV launch Season 2 ATMS competition Airtel, a leading telecommunication service provider in Kenya and Trace TV have officially launched the 2nd season of “Airtel Trace Music Star” (ATMS), the biggest music competition to ever take place in Kenya.

Season Two of Airtel Trace Music Star commences in Kenya, with renowned American vocalist and songwriter, Keri Hilson, as the mentor in this year’s music talent show.

The launch, which comprised of a press launch followed by a star-studded party, was attended by top celebrities and influential people in the music and art industries including Sauti Sol, ATMS season 1 winner Benjamin Webi, Phillis (Phy), Atemi Diva, Wyre, Chris Adwarthe three who are part of the judging panel for season 2.

Speaking at the event, Airtel Kenya CEO Adil El Youssefi said: “We are pleased to partner with TRACE to bring to you season two of the Airtel TRACE Music Star where we are once again providing an exciting platform for Kenyan youth to showcase their talent in Africa’s “coolest” music competition. This underscores our

commitment to creating platforms that celebrate and reward young, talented people.”

On his part, TRACE TV’s Senior Vice President for Eastern Africa Steve Agutu said: “Last year the competition received 2.3 million calls into the dedicated telephone line. We are indeed delighted to partner with Airtel and leverage our knowledge of the music industry for the launch of Season 2 which will be bigger and even better.”

Now in its second season, this year’s Airtel TRACE Music Star competition will see Niger join Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Zambia as the newest African territories to enter this year’s competition. The best singing talent in each territory will be identified, rewarded and put in competition to run for the title of best African music talent.

The partnership kicked off on April 6 with the launch of the Airtel Trace Music Star competition,n which will run until June 11, 2016. The competition is only open to Airtel subscribers.

Numbers ported to Airtel will also be eligible for entry.

The Kenyan winner stands a chance to win Sh1.5 million at the Kenya finale and thereafter, qualifies to compete in the grand finale where the ultimate prize comprises a mentorship program with multi-award winning American singersongwriter Keri Hilson in Atlanta. The winner will not only star in their own music video alongside Keri Hilson; he/ she will get an opportunity to record a duet with the “Knock You Down” songstress, as well as receive a signed contract with a major music label and worldwide media exposure through various TRACE’s platforms.

Also, the first and second runners up will take home an iPhone 6s Plus and Sh100,000 while the 3rd winner will be taking home a Samsung 6 Edge and a cash prize of Sh50,000.

In Season One of the competition, Benjamin Webi was crowned as the winner of the Airtel TRACE Music Star competition, Kenya edition.The fiercely

contested finale, which garnered a record viewership, saw Phillis Mwihaki come in at a close second with Trina Mungai bagging the third position.

Benjamin Webi took home the first prize of over Euro 25,000 (Sh2.9 million) in cash and an iPhone 6 Plus, while Phillis who came in at a close second took home Sh100,000 and an iPhone 6 Plus.

Trina Mungai wrapped up the top three with a cash prize of Kshs. 50,000 and an iPhone 6.

From Left- ATMS Season 1 winner Benjamin Webi, Airtel Kenya CEO Adil El Youssefi, Senior Vice President for TRACE East Africa Steve Agutu and Airtel Kenya Marketing Director Levi Nyakundi during the ATMS Season 2 launch.

BIZ BRIEFS Longhorn Publishers to raise Sh530mn in new cash call Longhorn Publishers Limited has received approval from the Capital Markets Authority to raise Sh530 million through a rights issue. The company, which is the largest book publisher in the East African region, has stated that it will issue 126 million newly created shares at Sh4.20 at ratio of 0.86 shares for every share held.

The firm said the approval will pave way for the cash call to enable the company enhance its drive to diversify into the regional African markets, create a new range of products as well as enhance its digital offering.

“We are looking into making inroads in Central, West and the South African markets,” Longhorn’s Group Chairman Francis Thombe Nyammo noted.

CBK faults MPs move, says lending rates could fall further The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has said that a proposal by lawmakers to cap commercial lending rates would be “extremely harmful” and that inflation could fall further in coming months. CBK Governor Patrick Njoroge said on Wednesday that commercial banks lending rates still needed to come down and that the current account deficit in East Africa’s top economy was expected to come to down 8 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP). The announcement comes just after it was revealed that only seven banks out of 42 banks hold 80 per cent of Kenya’s cash, raising concerns of liquidity among Kenyan Banks. This is according to Governor Njoroge who says other banks are starved of liquidity. Njoroge says liquidity management issues have not started in the recent past, but has been going on for a long time.

IMF seeks action to secure growth Policymakers should confront challenges and act together in order to give the global economy a substantial boost, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde has said.

Speaking at the Goethe University in Frankfurt ahead of the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings, Lagarde noted that the IMF was founded on this spirit of cooperation. She said the state of the global economy will be the focus of the IMF’s 188 member countries when they meet next week in Washington. Lagarde noted that the global economy was in a state of recovery but added that the recovery remains too slow and too fragile, and risks to its durability are increasing.

She said that many African and lowincome nations still face diminished prospects.

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Farmers eye huge profits as county seeks marketing aid THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016

Dairy farmers from Elgeyo Marakwet are eying good returns from the sector following an appeal by the county government through the Department of Agriculture and Livestock to processing companies to consider buying milk from the local farmers.

County Executive Committee member (CEC) in charge of Agriculture, Shadrack Yatich, told X News that farmers have developed interest in the sector hiking the production, which has overpowered the county initiative of providing cooling plants across dairy thriving areas in the vast county.

Yatich said that the farmers are now producing surplus milk than what available chilling plants can handle thus resulting to immense losses. The fact has prompted the department to seek an alternative ways to tap from the excess milk.

He said his office had reached out to the Brookside Company to buy the extra milk from farmers, explaining that Daima Company, which has been buying milk from some of the dairy farms through co-operative societies, had run short of capacity to absorb all the milk currently being produced.

This comes a few months after dairy farmers from Kapteren, Keiyo North sub-county suffered major losses with over 10,000 litres of milk going to waste after Daima Company failed to collect their milk for three consecutive days.

Speaking to X News, Jacob Kiptoo, a farmer said they had opted to hawk their milk in kiosks, local hotels and cafes but

the market was still not sufficient.

The milk cooler at Kapteren, which has also been receiving milk from Cheptongei dairy farmers’ cooperative society in Marakwet West sub-county, had reached its full capacity.

The county Agricultural wing is now calling for farmers’ patience as it seeks new markets outside the region.

Through the CEC Yatich, the county expressed that it was in the process of buying a generator for Cheptongei Cooperative Society to mitigate its

Dairies Manager said that they came up with the initiative after they found that some of the supply delivered by some farmers going bad as a result of farmers mixing it with milk that was sourced at different times of the day including morning and evening hours.

Kosgei said that the move will help curb loses that farmers often incur due to minimal market outlets and a lack of proper milk storage facilities.

Workers processing milk at a dairy farm. Farmers in Elgeyo Marakwet have hailed the directive by county government to urge processing companies to buy milk from them directly.

Angola seeks IMF bail out as falling oil prices hit country’s economy Angola, one of Africa’s leading oil exporting countries, has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for financial assistance as the nation seeks to improve economic and financial stability.

According to a Finance Ministry statement the country’s government plans to work with the IMF to tackle the country’s economic challenges.

Discussions are expected to begin next week during the IMF’s Spring meetings in Washington. Angola’s economy is heavily dependent on oil, which accounts for more than 95 per cent of export earnings and more than two-thirds of government revenue.

International crude oil prices are now less than half the level they reached in mid-2014, according to a BBC report.

As such, countries such as Angola have been hit hard.

“The sharp decline in oil prices since mid-2014 represents a major challenge

futility.

Yatich also added that the county government has already completed the procurement process for Metkei milk processing plant based in Keiyo South sub-county and soon the farmers are going to get enough space to store excess milk awaiting good market prices.

Meanwhile Chepkorio dairy farmers have a reason to smile following the strategy facilitating double delivery of milk put in place by Chepkorio Dairies. Japhet Kosgei, Chepkorio

for oil exporters, especially for those economies that have yet to become more diversified,” said the IMF’s Deputy Managing Director, Min Zhu. Angola’s Finance Ministry suggests there has been significant diversification already. It says the share of oil in total economic activity has declined since the mid-1980s markedly so according to its figures.

The non-oil sector has gone from 4 per cent of the economy then to just below 70 per cent now In the short term, efforts to diversify the economy would focus on agriculture, fisheries and mining, the Finance Ministry said.

The ministry’s statement emphasised the role of fiscal reforms in addressing its problems, which means tax reform and controlling public spending. The Angolan government cut spending last year, a move described by the IMF as timely.

Climate Information Prize winners move to aid communities The Climate and Information Prize, an initiative that helps vulnerability of communities adapt to the effects of the climate change, has unveiled its ‘Wazo’ Prize winners.

Funded by UK Aid in partnership with the Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD), the Climate Information Prize has been set up to make climate information more useable and accessible for vulnerable individuals, households and communities in Kenya.

“This is the world’s first climate information prize for ideas that have the potential to reduce the vulnerability of communities to the effects of the climate. The aim of the conference is to showcase the top 13 ideas submitted for the USD $ 90,000 Wazo Prize,” said Nicki Spence, Prize Manager, Cardno Emerging Markets. An idea dubbed Virtual Platform for Agro-Weather Advisory services (Pawa-Farm) and implemented by one Mr. Sam Owilly was selected as the competition’s best pitch. S Owilly received a Sh1.5 million cash prize for the innovative virtual agro weather platform, which he says aims to provide timely, relevant and usable weather and climate information to farmers. “The Climate information prize has opened doors for new thinking, an innovative way of facilitating not only sustainable development but a resilient one as well. This is largely due to the work that the Kenya meteorological has done in the counties and the UKAid funding,” noted Rachel Gikanga, a judge for the Climate Information Prize. The 1st place winner, Mr. Owilly explained that his concept includes information on agronomic advisories. kevin_x254

Xiaomi 10,000 currently one of world’s most powerful phone power banks Phones get faster every year, but battery life doesn’t seem to get any better. If you need to keep your smartphone - or tablet or other USBpowered device - going all day, you need a power bank. The ideal power bank carefully balances useful capacity with portability, value, fast charging/ recharging, multiple outputs and high-end features such as passthrough charging and LCD displays.

The Xiaomi’s10,000mAh Power Bank is one of the best, not just in a long time - ever. It oozes with style with an elegant and highly portable aluminum-alloy design, the Xiaomi packs useful capacity and still represents extraordinary value.

Unlike many other power bank manufacturers, Xiaomi is completely transparent with the fact that the entire 10,000mAh capacity will not be available to power your phone or tablet. Most power banks will lose between 30- and 35 percent of their battery capacity through heat generated and voltage

conversion, so we wouldn’t expect to get any more than 7,000mAh from a 10,000mAh bank.

Xiaomi has however been somewhat over-cautious with this 6250mAh rating in any case. The hardware inside has been optimised for increased efficiency and durability, which Xiaomi claims is up to 93 percent. The power bank managed two full charges for our Samsung Galaxy S6 (2550mAh battery), and were still able to get another smart phone (also 2550mAh battery) to 75 percent charge.

This isn’t the only thing Xiaomi has taken extra care over in designing its Xiaomi power bank. The fact that it has managed to squeeze so much power into such a compact 91x60x22mm design (725Wh/L) means this is the first 10,000mAh power bank we’ve seen that any user would happily slip into a pocket rather than a bag.

With a 10W Micro-USB input, using a similarly specified mains adaptor you should be able to refill the Xiaomi in roughly 5.5 hours. The USB output is

also well specified, fast at 10.5W and offering automatic power adjustment to suit the attached device.

Available in silver, gold or rose anodisedaluminium alloy, the Xiaomi power bank is CNC-milled with what the company claims is MacBook Prostandard surface processing. This elegantly curved chassis features a sweatproof and anti-corrosion surface and although no carry case is provided the Xiaomi power bank is shatterproof and resistant to collision.

In terms of value, the Xiaomi power bank is unbeatable, and you’ll pay twice the price for most 10,000mAh power banks.

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he phrase, “toxic leader,” was first coined by Marcia Whicker in the late 1990’s and has evolved over time to be associated with a number of dysfunctional leadership styles.

Here is our description:[A] Combination of selfcentered attitudes, motivations, and behaviors that have adverse effects on subordinates, the organization, and mission performance. This leader lacks concern for others and the climate of the organization, which leads to short- and long-term negative effects. The toxic leader operates with an inflated sense of self-worth and from acute selfinterest. Toxic leaders

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It Is not just uon, many unIversIty leaders are not settIng a great example and the authorItIes seem to turn a blInd a eye.

consistently use dysfunctional behaviors to deceive, intimidate, coerce, or unfairly punish others to get what they want for themselves. The negative leader completes short-term requirements by operating at the bottom of the continuum of commitment, where followers respond to the positional power of their leader to fulfill requests.

This may achieve results in the short term, but ignores the other leader competency categories of leads and develops. Prolonged use of negative leadership to influence followers undermines the followers’ will, initiative, and potential and destroys . . . morale.

When UON happened.

We had to explore this, regardless.

KOT went ablaze with many claiming

WHY HAVE UNIVERSITIES ALLOWED TOXIC LEADERSHIP?

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they strong supporters of organizational justice.

Through higher education – a place where we prepare future leaders – presumably to incorporate teachings, conversations, tools and resources to help students and working adults become successful leaders with influence and motivational staying power…. What is happening among them?

One tweet summarized this beautifully’ many senior leaders fail to notice toxic leaders because they tend to be results driven and in the eyes of executives and senior leaders the subordinate toxic leader is doing a ‘good job.

For the Good of the University or the Good of the Individual?

Tongues are wagging about

what should happen to Babu Owino and UON management but have we stopped to evaluate the toxic leadership pattern?

Has UON allowed or even created Babu Owino?

Allowing him to be all mighty with an enabling environment to be, well, toxic?

Someone asked, “What should they do?”

Senior leaders know about the toxic leaders. They are the “elephants in the room” – the topic that you don’t discuss openly.

At some level, the organization’s culture supports a position of “for the greater good, it’s not a perfect world.” @duncan_x254

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Blac Chyna is determined to help fiancé Rob Kardashian slim down. The newly engaged couple were spotted together in Los Angeles yesterday dressed casually and matching in black Yeezy sneakers. Blac Chyna’s 7-carat diamond ring was certainly not hard to miss as she showed off her massive rock during the outing. During their excursion, the 27-year-old mother of one publicly announced on Snapchat that she has taken the initiative to help her man continue to lose weight. May 11th is Rob’s 30th birthday.

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Trevor Noah calls out Donald Trump During part of the Daily show, the host aired a clip from a 1994 episode of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, a video which Noah said was previously not online. In the video, Trump and his second wife Marla Maples are being interviewed by the show’s host, Robin Leach, and they’re asked about their one-year-old daughter, Tiffany.

Noah sat silent after the clip aired, making faces of disbelief, then he said’, “Normally a candidate who views women this way would be doomed but Trump is not a normal candidate.”

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UoN students torch prefab hostel Even after thorough whipping of students and closure of the institution earlier this week, UoN students are still adamant on wrecking havoc.

Torching the SONU office seems to not have been enough for them. Amidst the chaos and confusion, a prefab hostel used by fresher’s was also set ablaze in the latest tantrum.

The University is in the process of joining the digital world in student affairs, thanks to plans of adopting Smart Student Identification system for undergraduate First Year Students and the School of Medicine. Services of the smart ID cards will include: acting as Student identification, Facilitating receipt of HELB Loans and Payment of goods and services.

USIU student harassed by an AP officer

An AP officer is in hot soup after a Nigerian USIU student identified him as one of two men who apprehended him and threatened to have him deported over drug related charges if he did not pay the duo Sh50, 000. Abdul Rasheed Abedala claims he paid the amount demanded before spotting the accused, Constable Peter Mburu, later on and alerting the authorities.

Forget the Kenya Film Classification Board outbursts; North Korea has shut down Social Media

hot date Sauti Sol Entertainment brings you the Live and Die in Africa Tour starting April 16, featuring Nakuru, Eldoret, Kisumu, Meru, and Mombasa.

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any unconventional things happen in North Korea but here is one major reason why you don’t want to move to upstate: The dictatorship government has officially announced it is blocking Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and South Korean websites in a move underscoring its concern with the spread of online information.

All along, very few North Koreans have had Internet access. Typically they can see only a sealed-off,

government-sanctioned intranet most likely with behind-the-scenes monitoring of their Internet activities.

The government announcement named YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Voice of America and South Korean media sites as specific examples of what it is blocking “for a certain period of time alongside gambling and “sex and adult websites” The announcement added that anyone who tries to hack onto such sites, access them in an “improper”

way or distribute “anti-republic data” from them will be subject to punishment under North Korean law and we all know how crazy things can get in that part of the world when it comes to punishment.

If you are a social media enthusiast who subscribes to the motto of you only live once, then North Korea is definitely not your dream destination…at least not in this lifetime!

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Luan De Lesseps: She could have done much better.

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The advent of reality drama shows dates back to the early 2000s after the massive success of Desperate Housewives, which has seen the rise of even better versions such as the Real Housewives franchise.

Yesterday saw the launch of a whole new season of The Real Housewives of New York with the promise of massive trauma, breakups and feuds.

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CeleBs wiTh dope CloThiNg liNes She rose to fame through music but since getting hitched to Jay Z, Beyoncé is doing less of music and more of parenting and recently, fashion design.

She officially launched her athleisure clothing line dubbed Ivy Park last week paying tribute to her daughter Blue Ivy Carter and the looks are as good as they come.

Fashion design seems to flow ceaselessly in the Kardashian house. Kylie and Kendall’s brother-inlaw also debuted on the fashion scene with his very controversial Yeezy Collection that is mostly glorified tatters!

The Jenner sisters, probably out of sheer boredom, decided to venture into fashion this year and they launched their first clothing and foot wear collection in February in line with the New York Fashion week.

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PISCES Feb 19 - Mar 20 Even though you’ll be glad to see your friend, the visit could require a lot of calls to break appointments and postpone meetings. Once that’s done, however, you’ll have a good visit. You and your friend should each have a lot to report. You’ll talk for hours. Relax and have some fun!

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ARIES Mar 21 - Apr 19 Perhaps an emergency, such as a toothache or car breakdown, requires a substantial expenditure that you hadn’t planned for. You can probably find a way to deal with the crisis. You may have resources to draw upon that you aren’t aware of now. Go over all your finances and you could be pleasantly surprised.

TAURUS Apr 20 - May 20 You could be feeling restless and frustrated due to a temporary separation from a partner, Taurus, perhaps a business partner but more likely a romantic one. Phone contact could be difficult as well, because you could both be busy and keep missing each other. Get together with friends and have some fun.

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YOURSAY Does ICC ruling means there was no crimes?

The vindication of the six suspects of the 2007/08 post-election violence dubbed the “Ocampo Six” after the recent acquittal of Deputy President William Ruto and journalist Joshua Sang can be interpreted to mean that there was absolutely no violence in Kenya, if the law of excluded middle is something to go by.

The ICC Judges ruling on Tuesday, that there is no evidence linking the duo to the alleged crimes against humanity-similar to the previous rulings that vindicated the other four as the accused presented before the judges were unbelievable and is a rigid dichotomy between what the victims experienced , what the natives saw happening and what the judges were told.

By bringing the entire case against humanity committed after 2007 election infinitely to rest, means that no violence took place in Kenya and no crimes were committed despite the killings and rape that visited the country.

It means nobody was left homeless and no children were left fatherless or motherless. Every effect must

have a cause, and that is fact inherent within itself.

If the Ocampo six did not perpetrate the violence, and nobody else has ever been convicted locally or internationally for having caused or perpetrated the 2007/08 violence, then it sounds reasonable to conclude that the violence didn’t happen and that is what the ICC judges and the government of Kenya want us believe.

This has now rendered the stories told by rape victims, the maimed, those who were left homeless, the yet to dry graves of those killed in and the IDPs hitherto wallowing in camps were all lies concocted to fix President Uhuru Kenyatta, his deputy and the other four suspect.

The law of excluded middle, law of contradiction and the law of identity has it all-something cannot be and not be at the same time: nobody caused or perpetrated 2007/08 violence; nobody was killed, raped or displaced and therefore Kenyans are gathering at Afraha Stadium on April 16 to celebrate the ‘no post-election violence’ in 2007.

— Phabian Jr-Nairobi

Ruto’s fortunes have changed since 2013 Deputy President William Ruto could be the luckiest man on planet earth after the recent ICC ruling that acquitted him.

After realising there is no tree in his father’s compound that grows money, Ruto seized the opportunity that came his way and decided to redirect the course of his economic history.

Within a very short period, the DP has amassed enough wealth and this show him hire the best lawyers in the world for his

case at The Hague. With his salary, Ruto will even struggle to afford legal experts locally for a case of that magnitude, a clear indication that he used the taxpayers’ money to buy freedom. And with the 2017 polls fast approaching, Ruto still has the opportunity to acquire more wealth being in government and the fact that President Uhuru Kenyatta and his henchmen still need him in 2017. This means no one can tame the DP. It is clear

forces close to the president are not happy with his appetite for wealth, but have chosen to wait until he delivers the Kalenjin votes in 2017 before they turn heat on him. Nonetheless, it will be too late to remedy the situation because the man is already a force to reckon with, very wealthy.

— Banana Peddler, Kisii

Jubilee should move in to assist PEV victims The planned celebration

by Jubilee leaders and their supports after the acquittal of Deputy President William is akin to dancing on the graves of those who perished during the 2007/08 post-election violence.

Holding celebrations in Nakuru where Luhyas were killed and Luo men being circumcised with blunt objects before being hacked to death

by Mungiki adherents is not only a drawback to healing in the country, but also hypocrisy and a mockery to justice.

President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy both “got justice”

at The ICC but how about the families who lost their loved ones? How about the people who were displaced and nobody tells us whether they were able to go back to the land they once occupied?

How about the Sh400,000 given to each IDPs from only two communities. Why communitities left out in the compensation list?

Going to Afraha Stadium to celebrate the dismissal of a case for two individuals after over a thousand lives were lost, property destroyed and millions displaced is the highest show of inhumanity.

President Uhuru and his deputy should remember that all life is sacred. Let them hit the road and visit all the regions which were affected and condole with ordinary folks whose wounds are still fresh; whose tears have not dried. Celebrating in the stadium isn’t the best way to go...

Let them remember that they disbursed monetary compensations without equity.

This is the best time to remedy this before late.

— Joseph Nyaringo

ICC verdict bad for country ahead of polls The acquittal of Deputy President William Ruto deserves no celebration after the judges made it clear that there was massive witness tampering and influence from the State.

It is sad that people can regroup to celebrate the death of fellow Kenyans, it is sad and ICC has failed miserably to consider victims of the 2007/08 post-election violence. People slaughtered like chicken, some were raped, some were displaced and many others were disabled.

Of the six suspects presented to the ICC, it should have nailed one or two to serve as an example to leaders who use violence to get power. With the country geared towards the

2017 General Election, Kenyans should pray more than ever before for peace because what could have acted like a regulator to politics of violence is dead. Politicians will not stop at anything to grab power even if it means killing everyone.

I am not advocating for violence, but should one broke out, it will be the worst I the country’s history because we have missed the opportunity to sanitise our politics. Those who are celebrating should know that the blood of the dead will never go unpunished. There is absolutely nothing to celebrate!!!!

— Gideon Obaigwa

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Real Madrid fall apart at Wolfsburg THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016

From Page 16 Rabiot, who had a brief spell in the City youth set-up, made the most of nonexistent marking to score at the back post after Hart parried Ibrahimovic’s header into his path.

Ibrahimovic had missed a clear chance when through on goal and also headed against the crossbar in the second half.

In the second leg, Pellegrini may want to re-assess the 4-4-2 formation that saw his side press PSG high up the pitch, with left-back Gael Clichy exposed by David Silva’s unfamiliarity with his position on the left of midfield.

But Pellegrini remains in a strong position to secure a Champions League semi-final - and perhaps title - for City, before being replaced by Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola in the summer.

“A very close game right to the end.

The quarter-final continues to be open but this is a good result for us. We made a couple of important mistakes for the first goal and the second goal was offside,” said the Chilean manager.

“If we want to win, we cannot make those kind of mistakes. But we are trying to win the game from the first minute - it is the way we play,” he added.

Elsewhere in Germany, Wolfsburg stunned an out-of-sorts Real Madrid by comfortably beating the Spanish team in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie.

The hosts were awarded a controversial penalty when Casemiro was deemed to have fouled Andre Schurrle, and Ricardo Rodriguez converted from the spot.

Real were poor defensively and a rapid attack ended with Bruno Henrique setting up Max Arnold for the second.

The visitors created little, but should have been awarded a penalty early on.

Defeat was Real’s first in a Champions League quarter-final since 2004, and leaves the 10-time winners needing a vastly improved performance in the return leg at the Bernabeu next Tuesday.

The Spaniards last overturned a twogoal first-leg deficit in European competition in 1987, when they beat Red Star Belgrade in the quarter-finals of the European Cup. Real boss Zinedine Zidane said his team would treat the match “like a final” although his men were a shadow of the side that beat Barcelona in El Clasico at the weekend.

“I’m not happy with how the game went, especially the first half. That’s football, that’s how difficult it is. That’s what happens when you don’t play with intensity from the start. We have to rest and think about the return leg because we still have the chance to change everything,” he said after the match.

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1. Wolfsburg’s Maximilian Arnold (left) celebrates with teammate Bruno Henrique after scoring his team’s second goal during their UEFA Champions League quarter final first leg match against Real Madrid at the Volkswagen Arena in Wolfsburg, Germany.

2. Wolfsburg’s Ricardo Rodriguez (left) beats Real Madrid goalkeeper Keilor Navas to convert a penalty and put his team 1-0 up against the Spanish giants last night.

Wolfsburg won 2-0.

3. Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City shoots to score the opening goal during the UEFA Champions League quarter final first leg soccer match against Paris SaintGermain at the Parc des Princes Stadium in Paris. Man City held the hosts to a 2-2 draw. PHOTOS: EPA

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Tuyisenge’s fine form helps Gor beat Thika Rwandese international Jacques Tuyisenge continued his fine form in the Sportpesa Premier League by notching a brace last evening and help his team Gor Mahia come from behind to edge out ten-man Thika United 2-1 in a midweek match played under floodlights at Nyayo National Stadium.

Mwinyi Kibwana sent Thika ahead in the 26th minute before Tuyisenge scored both goals in the second half after Thika United keeper Hamuza Muwonge was sent off in the 68th minute for a second bookable offence.

However, Tuyisenge, who braved a slight ankle knock to feature in the match, was unfortunate to pick up another injury, this time on the knee that had just recovered from a two month lay-off following a collision with Muwonge just outside the box.

The win saw Gor move sixth on 10 points while Thika’s search of a maiden win this season continues.

“I feel happy to have started with a bang but I’m disappointed I have picked up another injury. I feel unhappy about the challenge from Muwonge but I’m only left to hope that I will recover in time for the next match,” the 24-year old, who was

aided off the pitch by his countryman Abouba Sibomana, said.

Head coach Jose Marcelo ‘Ze Maria’ Ferreira, who picked his second successive match after taking charge, is hopeful the striker will be fit in time for their next match against Ushuru on Sunday.

“Jack is a soldier and a strong guy.

Before this match I asked him whether he was okay after the injury last weekend and he said he was good.

You could see in his running. I’m optimistic he will pull through for the weekend,” the Brazilian said.

The tactician will also be worried about Ronald Omino who had to be rushed to hospital after a knock on by an opponent.

The visitors had started the match brightly, passing the ball around well and hitting from the wings while Gor looked dazed as they struggled to get a grip.

Captain Vincent Omumbo, standing in for the suspended Dennis Odhiambo had an effort from a setpiece after two minutes of play but it did not trouble K’Ogalo custodian Boniface Oluoch, who was returning to the starting line-up after missing the opening six league matches.

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Gor were a pale shadow of themselves and Ze Maria showed his frustration on the touchline, removing his coat angrily and signaling Francis Kahata to warm up in the 19th minute after George ‘Blackberry’ Odhiambo lost the ball cheaply on several occasions.

Gor’s poor start to the match continued to see them go down in the 22nd minute through Kibwana when the midfielder picked the ball deep in his own half to dance past three onrushing players, before picking a spot at the far left of Oluoch’s post to open the scores.

Gor had their first effort in the 29th minute when Enock Agwanda was set up by Odhiambo but the former Sofapaka forward fluffed the glorious chance.

Agwanda and Odhiambo were withdrawn at the restart and in their places came Kahata and Jacob Keli.

It was this change that would spur a full Samba style attacking flair from K’Ogalo as eight minutes later, Tuyisenge buried the ball home after Omumbo had blocked Keli’s initial shot on the line.

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Manchester City players mob midfielder Fernandinho in celebration after he scored the team’s second goal. ABOVE: Keeper Joe Hart saves to deny Ibrahimovic from the spot during last night’s match in Paris, France.

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City holds pSG as Real is stunned Fernandinho hit a deflected equaliser to earn Manchester City a crucial 2-2 draw in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal against Paris Saint-Germain last night. Kevin de Bruyne’s clinical finish had given City the lead after Joe Hart saved Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s penalty for PSG. But Ibrahimovic soon capitalised on Fernando’s error to equalise and young midfielder Adrien Rabiot tapped in after the break to put the French champions in front.

City looked to be running into trouble at the Parc des Princes after ca-

sually allowing Zlatan Ibrahimovic to cancel out a Kevin De Bruyne strike and falling behind to an Adrien Rabiot tap-in.

But after Ibrahimovic continued to atone for an early penalty miss by heading against the bar, Fernandinho took advantage of some poor PSG defending to net a vital second away goal.

The second leg takes place at Etihad Stadium in Manchester on Tuesday next week. Teams who have drawn the first leg 2-2 away from home in European competition have progressed on 220 out of 277 previous

occasions, meaning the odds now favour Manuel Pellegrini’s side to progress in what will be their first ever Champions League semi-final appearance. The fixture had earlier been touted as a battle of Europe’s richest clubs, with both sides backed by wealthy Middle-Eastern owners - PSG’s from Qatar and Manchester City’s from the United Arab Emirates. While the teams have spent a reported £800m between them on players in the past five years, the game, which was entertaining, lacked the quality expected from such blue-chip line-ups. Fernando’s

mistake for PSG’s equaliser was a prime example.

The Brazilian collected the ball from Hart on the edge of his own penalty area and, while trying to flick a pass with the outside of his foot, directed the ball off Ibrahimovic’s boot and into an empty net.

It undid the superb work of Hart to save Ibrahimovic’s penalty low to his right - after David Luiz was tripped

by Bacary Sagna - and De Bruyne’s powerful finish from a tight angle following Fernandinho’s surge forward. Former Chelsea defender Luiz will be banned for the return

leg after being shown a yellow card 12 seconds into the game, as will midfielder Blaise Matuidi.

Manuel Pellegrini’s side were fortunate to be in a position to salvage a draw as the fragile defence that has contributed to their disappointing Premier League campaign continued to look unstable.

Their deficiencies without injured captain Vincent Kompany have been well documented, and they have now managed only one clean sheet in nine Champions League games this term.

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