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S. SUDAN’S MACHAR NOW WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE PRESIDENT SALVA KIIR NAMES NEW VICE PRESIDENT AND ORDERS TROOPS TO SURRENDER REBEL LEADER WHOM HE ACCUSES OF TRYING TO OVERTHROW HIS GOVERNMENT EARLY THIS MONTH

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DEADLINE FOR DAABAD CAMP CLOSURE MAY BE EXTENDED TO 2018, SAYS UNITED NATIONS BODY

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Jubilee secret plans to stem nomination fallouts in 2017

The ruling Jubilee coalition is putting in place mechanisms to save itself from an imminent fallout after conducting its nominations in 2017.

Big parties have often faced mass defections from leaders who miss out on their tickets as they jump to others parties to reach the ballot.

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A dormitory goes up in flames at the St Patricks Iten School in Elgeyo Marakwet County last evening. Nairobi’s Highway Secondary became the first to be closed for fear of an arson attack.

ighway Secondary School in Nairobi South B suburb was yesterday closed indefinitely as head teachers ponder their next move to curb the rising wave of unrest in schools.

More than 80 schools have experienced cases of arson attacks that have left several dormitories burnt and property destroyed.

Head teachers are holding a crisis meeting today with the Ministry of Education over the spate of school unrest even as they seek the closure of the institutions to address the matter.

The talks involve the Kenya Secondary Schools Head teachers Association, the teachers service commission and ministry officials at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD).

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Clinton makes case for wife, Hillary, with personal speech Former US President Bill Clinton has set out the case why his wife and “best friend” Hillary should lead the nation.

He told the Democratic convention in Philadelphia that she was the “best darn change-maker I’ve ever known”.

In a very personal speech, he spoke warmly about how they met and her dedication to public service.

Hours earlier, his wife became the first woman to be officially nominated for president by any major US party.

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Mrs Clinton ended the night with a video message, saying: “I can’t believe we just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling yet.

“And if there are any little girls out there who stayed up late to watch, let me just say, I may become the first woman president but one of you is next.”

Earlier, Mr Clinton shared the story of how he and his wife met at Yale Law School in the spring of 1971.

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Nairobi school closed as CS Matiang’i blames exam cheats for arson attacks

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Only last night, dormitories in five schools across the country were razed down in the latest cases which have seen some students held in police cells.

St Patrick’s School Iten in Elgeyo Marakwet County was among the latest schools to report fires in the last couple of months with one of its timber-walled dormitory housing 88 students going up in flames last evening.

Others fires were reported at Merti Muslim Girls Secondary in Isiolo, Giakaibii High School in Nyeri, Adega Mixed Secondary in Homa Bay and at St Stephen Secondary in Narok.

In Nairobi, Highway School Principal Patrick Maritim said they noted early signs of a strike building up and decided to release the students to avoid any danger.

Form four students who had been sitting an examination boycotted the test and instead chose to play in the school field.

“The lower classes were also like they were not ready to continue, with the feeling that they are in school while others of their colleagues are at home,” he told Citizen TV. The decision came amid increasing calls from other stakeholders for Education Cabinet Secretary Fred

Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i. He has ruled out any order to close down schools countrywide following the ongoing wave of arson attacks.

Matiang’i to order a nationwide closure of schools to avert any further arson attacks.

“I am asking the Education CS to close all schools so that these temperatures can go down because recently we have heard of several fires in schools]and the situation seems to be getting out of hand,” Elgeyo Marakwet County Assembly Speaker

Albert Kochei said after the incident at Iten School.

But Dr Matiang’i while speaking at his Jogoo House office in Nairobi yesterday ruled out any order to close down schools saying the arson attacks ‘only affected a small percentage of schools and thus did not warrant such a drastic decision.

“The number of schools affected

is not even one per cent of the secondary schools in Kenya. There are 9,000 secondary schools in Kenya that are running normally and we are not going to make a policy change just because of a few misguided students,” he said.

The CS while quoting preliminary findings of police investigations into the arson cases in schools said it is

students who paid for exam leaks but are unable to get the same that are angry and scared that they will fail and as such have resorted to torching schools in frustration.

“Students who have been arrested and are facing charges have told police that they were protesting because they had paid for the papers but they have not received them,” he said adding that 45 per cent of schools that have experienced the arson cases are serial offenders when it comes to cheating in examinations.

A total of 29 students, 13 from Langata High School in Nairobi, have been charged with burning down dormitories.

The 13 from Langata were yesterday ordered to stay at the Kamiti children remand as police wrap up their investigations.

The developments came even as the government roped in the national intelligence service and other security arms in the latest efforts to stem the wave of arson attacks in schools across the country.

The security agencies have been tasked with monitoring criminal activities and collusion leading to the attacks with a view to apprehending suspects and preventing schools unrest. @peter_x254

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And with the plan to go into the 2017 elections under one party, Jubilee bigwigs are putting in place measures that will ensure no one jumps ship after losing in the primaries.

In meeting held on Monday at the Deputy President William Ruto’s official residence in Karen and attended by the 52 members of the committee working on the Jubilee merger, a raft of measures were proposed to ensure the party holds together even after the often competitive nominations.

Sources have told X-news that the steering committee led by Jubilee merger co-chair Noah Wekesa endorsed a proposal to have the law amended to tame party hoping after the 2017 nominations elections.

Proponents of the scheme claim that the strategy will help fortify the party and avoid any fallouts in case of a party disagreement.

The move which now has the blessings of President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William, has also garnered support from the opposition coalition CORD. Kigumo MP Jamleck Kamau who is a member of the steering committee applauded the move saying it was a

right move in the right direction.

“If you agree and make a conscious decision to run for nomination through the Jubilee party, then you will have to sign a document that blocks you from running on any other party were you to lose,” said Kamau who has already expressed his ambitions to unseat Muranga governor Mwangi Wa Iria.

A fierce battle is expected between him and governor Mwangi Wa Iria to secure the Jubilee party ticket.

Juja MP Francis Waititu noted that should the proposal will be adopted and put passed into law, then political prostitution’ in Kenya will be a thing of the past.

“Kama wewe nimekushinda ama niwashinde………wewe usihamie chama ingine, wewe enda nyumbani usubiri wakati mwingine, (If I will defeat you in the nominations, you should not defect to another party.

Instead go home and relax and wait for another chance),” said Hon Waititu.

The Jubilee coalition anticipates a nomination headache to be elicited by a turnout of political heavyweights in the party primaries.

In Central and Rift valley regions the political backyards of President

Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto, the party is predicting a nomination difficulty, which may occasion a fallout, benefiting the rival parties.

However, the proposal to tame party hopping has not been welcomed by some jubilee MPs. The MPs have alleged that as good as the proposal may look, it might be a scheme by some political shenanigans to lock out strong candidates in the elections.

Igembe South MP Mithika Lithuri has expressed his dissatisfaction with the move saying ‘it is undemocratic and may be deemed unconstitutional’.

“From the face of it; as far as I am concerned that provision would probably be unconstitutional, because it will offend article 38 of the constitution and various other constitutional rights,” he said.

Lithuri said the proposal will deny Kenyans the right to associate freely with other persons, in addition to, denying aspirants the right to associate himself/herself to a political party.

On her part, former Starehe MP and Nairobi gubernatorial aspirant Margaret Wanjiru supported the provision saying it will help instill

discipline among party members.

“I am totally in support of it, because it will strengthen and boost the party, as the winner and loser will still have chance to work together,” she said.

X-news has learnt that the Jubilee coalition is fearing a repeat of the Kajiado Central by-elections where Elijah Memusi Kanchory (ODM) defected from the Jubilee Alliance Party after he was allegedly rigged out and went ahead to win the seat by defeating Patrick ole Tutui of JAP. The Monday meeting also resolved to

have political parties list submitted to the registrar of political parties after the 2017 polls.

The committee also came up with resolutions to be presented this week to the ongoing proceedings of the select joint committee on the electoral reforms.

The opposition coalition cord is due to present its recommendations to the committee co-chaired by senators Kiraitu Murungi and James Orengo. @hillary_x254

President Uhuru Kenyatta speaks to Jubilee MPs after a meeting with them at State House in June.

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Dadaab camp closure may delay to 2018 Underfunding and repatriation technicalities may push the Dadaab refugee camp closure to 2018 against the government’s deadline of November 2016, the United Nation High Commission on Refugees has said. In a report released yesterday, the commission said it has only received $7.2 million out of the targeted $110 million that it had sought last year to help finance the return of Somali refugees to their homeland. Kenyan officials have subsequently modified their position on the closure in consultations with the United Nations and the Somalia government, agreeing to the gradual phase-out cited by the refugee agency.

“The repatriation process shall be conducted on a gradual process as the commission seeks more donor funding and negotiating with the Somalia authorities on the best modalities to resettle the refugees in a human manner,” read part of the report. The government had in May called for a complete shutdown of the Dadaab complex by November, saying it presented a threat to the country’s security. The agency further claims that an estimated 42,000 Kenyans are falsely seeking asylum in the camp awaiting to possibly benefit from the relocation process. “We are aware of Kenyans falsely registering as refugees in order to get free services and food,” UN refugee agency spokesman Duke Mwancha said. @wilson_x254

Sack IEBC bosses because they lack public confidence, says Cotu The giants workers unions in the country wants the current Electoral commissioners to vacate office if the country is to have a peaceful and credible elections.

The Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) in its presentation to the joint parliamentary select committee on electoral reforms yesterday said the current electoral commissioners cannot be trusted to deliver a credible elections in 2017.

In their presentation yesterday, COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli (pictured) said the country cannot risk to go to the polls with the current commissioners in office saying doing so might plunge the country into chaos similar to that of 2007/08 “Kenyans have spoken and expressed their displeasure with the current commissioners in office, it is my submission to this committee that the commissioners be sent home if we want a credible election,” Atwoli said when he appeared before the joint select committee.

“Fact is Hon members, Kenyans don’t trust the current IEBC commissioners and therefore we should not have a long debate on how they should go home. We should find a quick way of sending them home for the sake of the country,” added Atwoli.

“This committee should move with

speed so that the country can have a new team to oversee next elections in time,” Atwoli said.

Atwoli also suggested that commissioners of IEBC should serve for five years term renewable.

The COTU Secretary General said the country should not focus more on the election date scheduled for August 7, 2017 to do things in a hurry but should take time and have a credible team to prevent even future problems.

“Time of election should not be a hindrance of having a credible team in place, we can consider even extending election date by one year

so that we have a lasting solution on this electoral commissioner’s menace,” Atwoli said. The Kenya Law Review Commission (KLRC) in their proposal wants the recruitment of electoral commissioners begin at least six months before the expiry date of those in office.

Chairman Kenya Law Review Commission Mbage Ng’ang’a said the move would help to avoid last minute rush in recruiting new commissioners while elections.

The commission also wants the Supreme Court to give reasons for dismissal of a case should there be a presidential petition. The Institute

of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) also supported calls on sending the current commissioners home and a new team be recruited to serve for a nonrenewable term of seven years.

In their submission to the committee yesterday, ICPAK also wants the number of electoral commissioners to be reduced to five and they should serve on part time basis and there should be a clear definition of roles of commissioners and the secretariat so as to avoid conflict within the commission. @wilson_x254

Corruption racketeers sinking Kenya Airways, pilots warn National carrier Kenya Airways will sink further into losses if corruption rackets are not immediately eliminated, the Kenya Airline Pilots Association (Kalpa) has warned.

The pilots say that despite a forensic audit that unmasked deep rooted corruption rackets in the airline, the top management has deliberately failed to take action against those that were found culpable.

At a press conference today at the Panafric in Nairobi, the association’s Secretary General Paul Gichinga revealed that billions have been lost through fuel hedging, ticketing rackets, air craft leasing among other areas of business operations.

The pilots also pointed out at the joint venture between KLM and the national carrier that has prompted the increasingly shrinking Europe routes as further reasons for the dwindling the fortunes of KQ. “If there are no deliberate actions taken by the government, KQ will continue to post historic loses in the coming financial years,” Captain Gichinga warned.

Last week, the carrier posted a loss of Sh26.2 billion for the year ending

Kenya Airline Pilots Association Secretary General Captain Paul Gichinga with the association’s Chairman Njoroge Murimi when they addressed the press at Panafric Hotel in Nairobi today.

March, further down compared to Sh25.7 billion loss it posted in 2014.

The pilots now want the government, one of the major shareholders, to probe the top brass of the carrier and recommend the sacking of the current

CEO Mbuvi Ngunze.

They have blamed Ngunze for the continued failure saying that he lacks the moral authority and the necessarily expertise to fly the carrier back to profits.

“We ask the Cabinet Secretary and other relevant authorities to take action against Mr Ngunze. He lacks the expertise and moral authority to turn around the fortunes of KQ,” said Gichinga.

Further, they have accused Gunze for hiring inexperienced individuals to high level management positions contrary to recommendations of the Senate Committee in February early this the year.

This they say has led to deplorable working conditions and poor employee relations and has continuously hurt the airline.

“Employment of unqualified managers has led to lack decisive direction and massive brain drain of valued expertise,” he said.

According to the association records, more than 56 pilots have moved to the Middle East for more favourable working conditions and remuneration.

Gichinga team also questioned the staff rationalizing programme that saw hundreds of Kenyans lose jobs whereas foreign employees were retained with better terms.

“It is a shame that the management prioritized to retain foreign employees whereas it sacked local employees with matching or better skills and experience,” he adfderd.

He threatened that pilots may be forced to down their tools if no action is taken.

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South Sudan’s Machar wanted ‘dead or alive’ South Sudan President Salva Kiir has ordered his army to hunt for rebel leader Riek Machar and surrender him dead or alive in what could escalate the civil war in the world’s youngest nation.

In a statement signed by Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) Chief of General Staff Paul Malong, Salva Kiir has ordered the army carry out aerial bombardment against the hideout of the former first Vice President whom he has accused of trying to stage a coup against his government early this month.

“As per the commander in Chief directives, I am hereby directing you to immediately attack and carry out aerial bombardment against the hideout of Dr. Riek Machar, the former first Vice President. You must bring him dead or alive to answer to all charges against,” reads the statement by General Malong.

“You must also make sure that our forces are deployed along South Sudan DRC Congo border to lay point ambushes against Machar and his forces because he is headed towards DR Congo,” the statement added.

Machar fled Juba last week following

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renewed clashes between forces allied to him and those allied to President Salva Kiir.

Nearly 450 people have been killed since the fresh war erupted while about 37,491 people have fled to the neighbouring Uganda.

The refugees, nearly all women and children, were escaping renewed fighting between forces loyal to Kiir and those backing Machar, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said.

The directive by Salva Kiir comes just days after the rebel leader left the Capital City of Juba and refused to return.

A directive by Salva Kiir for Dr Machar to return by Saturday elapsed and the president has so far replaced his VP. He has been replaced Taban Deng Gai who took oath of office yesterday in Juba.

In his acceptance speech Gai said he will work together with President Salva Kiir to bring peace to the war country.

The new Vice President said he will work together with Salva Kiir to bring together the forces of the opposition and those of the government for the sake of peace in the country. Kiir also announced that

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there would be a speedy reconstitution of Parliament and selection of speaker.

Both President Kiir and Machar signed a peace agreement late last year, under which Machar was once again made vice president and a number of his loyalists “ I

married my best friend,” he said. “We’ve been walking and talking and laughing together ever since.”

The former secretary of state and first lady was uniquely qualified to be president, he said.

“Hillary opened my eyes to a whole new world of public service by private citizens,” he said before recounting her early career. Hours before he spoke, his wife passed the 2,382 delegates needed to claim the nomination after South Dakota announced its delegate vote count. In a symbolic gesture of

appointed to the Cabinet as part of the peace agreement.

The peace agreement now looks fragile as Machar has dismissed the appointment of Gai to replace him as the Vice President. @sam_x254

party unity, former Democratic rival Senator Bernie Sanders took the microphone to declare Mrs Clinton as the nominee by acclamation, to an eruption of cheers. The second night focused on race and justice, topics that dominated last week’s Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

Dissention on the convention floor plagued the first day when Sanders supporters booed throughout the event.

Mr Sanders later took centre stage as the final speaker on Monday night and directly told his supporters that “”Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States.”

South Sudan President Salva Kiir (R) and former rebel leader and First VicePresident Riek Machar (L) attend a ceremony after a new unity government was sworn-in, Juba, South Sudan on 29 April 2016.

Mr Kiir has now ordered the army to hunt for Dr Machar who fled Juba a week ago fearing for his life following fresh clashes between forces loyal to him and those for the President.

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In declaring her the nominee, Mr Sanders echoed Mrs Clinton in a role she played eight years ago after a hard-fought primary.

At the 2008 Democratic National Convention, Mrs Clinton called for a vote for Barack Obama by acclamation, ending the roll call vote in an effort to unite the party behind his candidacy.

Mrs Clinton will face off against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in November.

Recent national polls suggest the two candidates will be in a tight race for the White House.

Top stories from X News global partners Gets The economics of Donald Apple passes ‘low point’ Bill Clinton makes the case Clinton wall: Donald Trump on iPhone sales: Apple for Hillary in intensely Nomination in Historic Trump’s is a man of ideas. Although critics have investors that demand for the personal speech: Hillary Clinton’s Vote: A divided Democratic lambasted him for flip-flopping on some assured iPhone was getting stronger and the historic moment finally arrived on Tuesday night, accompanied by an intensely personal speech from her husband Bill, that sought to recast her image as a symbol of the political establishment. “She’s the best darn changemaker I ever met in my life,” insisted the former president, recalling decades of Hillary Clinton’s work as socially radical. “This woman has never been satisfied with the status quo in anything.”

On a night when she became the first woman to be nominated by a major party to run for the White House, Hillary fully embraced the historical significance of the occasion. She joined the party by live satellite link from New York to the accompanying sound of breaking glass

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convention formally nominated Hillary Clinton for president on Tuesday, making history by choosing a woman to be the first standard-bearer of a major political party, even as a small faction of Bernie Sanders supporters walked out to protest her victory and policies. South Dakota cast the decisive 15 votes at 6:39 p.m., putting Mrs. Clinton over the threshold of 2,382 delegates required to clinch the nomination. But Sanders played a symbolic role in hopes of unifying the party behind her. After his state, Vermont, arranged to go last in the roll call, Sanders joined its delegation to roars of “Bernie, Bernie” and called on the party to rally behind Mrs. Clinton. www.nytimes.com

policies (he now proposes to ban immigrants from “terrorist nations” rather than all Muslims), Trump has stood firm on at least one proposal: his wall. A new report from Bernstein Research looks at the economics of the wall’s construction. The border between the US and Mexico stretches 3,200km, but the wall itself needn’t be as long thanks to the preponderance of natural borders such as the Rio Grande. Assuming a length of 1,000 miles and a height of 12 metres, Bernstein reckon that the wall would require $711m worth of concrete and $240m worth of cement. Including labour, the total cost of between $15bn and $25bn is a bit more than Trump’s suggested $10 . www.economist.com

worst of the decline in sales of its flagship device was behind it, as it reported thirdquarter results just ahead of Wall Street expectations. Apple sold 40.3m iPhones in the three months to June, down 15 per cent on the prior year but at the higher end of analysts’ forecasts. Overall revenues fell 15 per cent to $42.4bn, with net income down 27 per cent to $7.8bn.

Sales in China were the worst hit, down 33 per cent year on year, because of an economic slowdown. Luca Maestri, chief financial officer, said that Apple was able to clear more iPhone inventory than it had anticipated.

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Street lighting tariff down by 64pc in Last Mile Project to light up counties The Government has reduced the country’s street lighting tariffs by 63.6 per cent as the state moves to provide electricity to all of Kenya’s 47 Counties.

The move is in line with the establishment’s Last Mile Connectivity Project (LMCP), an initiative that aims to ensure increased electricity access to all Kenyans.

“The Government has reduced the street lighting tariff for County Governments from Sh11 to Sh4,” Energy Ministry Principal Secretary Joseph Njoroge has said.

Speaking this morning at the State House Energy Summit in Nairobi, the PS added that there is a positive relationship between power consumption and a country’s GDP. Ministry of Energy Cabinet Secretary Charles Keter said the connectivity fee for Kenyans living within a 600 metre radius of a transformer will remain at Sh15,000. He noted that the cost may increase depending on the distance between the unit being connected and a transformer.

Keter was also speaking during the ongoing State House Energy Summit.

He said the Government plans to connect all Kenyans to the national grid is on course under the last mile connectivity programme, with a pledge to reduce power charges.

As many as 14,000 primary schools have already been connected to the power line with Keter saying the Government has done an extra 794 kilometers of transmission lines, which has enhanced

reliability of power. Since June 2013 to June this year, the Government has connected 2.2 million households to power, reaching about 12 million Kenyans Kenya Power Managing Director Ben Chumo has confirmed.

In December 2015, Kenya’s national electricity distributor, Kenya Power, signed 11 contractual agreements to fast-track the implementation of the

On his part, President Uhuru Kenyatta explained that the private sector has a responsibility to reflect reduced cost of power with reduced cost of commodities.

“Our objective is to increase commercial activity around the country,” he said. @Dennis_x254

Dr. Eng. Joseph Njoroge, Principal Secretary for the Ministry of Energy.

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Over 23,000 youth to benefit from Sh1 billion CAP YEI funding programme

Close to 23,000 Kenyan youth are set to benefit directly from a Sh1 billion facility from the CAP Youth Empowerment Institute (CAP YEI) in partnership with the MasterCard Foundation over the next five years.

The kitty seeks to provide economicallydisadvantaged young people with technical skills. It also seeks to provide them with access to job opportunities, while equipping them with the skills to start their own businesses.

CAP YEI officials have confirmed that the program will reach an additional 39,000 youth through partnerships with 100 vocational training centres that will be supported to deliver market-based, demand-driven skills training across the country.

The program will also support over 4,000 of the targeted youth by helping them establish or grow micro-enterprises.

MasterCard Foundation Programme Manager Karen Moore says the success of the initiative shows that there is need to form innovative partnerships that will help “create opportunities for all.”

“We want to help young people to earn and save, utilise peer networking and enterprise development support. The basic employability skills training model was established to test and support development of holistic approaches to deliver economic opportunities to disadvantaged youth,” said Moore.

“This new partnership will contribute to a sustainable solution for youth employment in Kenya, reaching tens of thousands of youth with the critical skills they need to enter the workforce or start a small business,” she added. @enock_x254

KRA, NTSA incorporate new ICT system to register vehicles in new measures The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) in partnership with the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA), have incorporated a new ICT system seeking to secure motor-vehicle registration.

The two Authorities say the electronic system is aimed at registering vehicles to enhance their validation and security.

The system also seeks to reduce the burden on vehicle owners who would usually register their automobiles manually.

KRA Commissioner General Mr John Njiraini said the move would help the Authority with their ongoing crack down on all unregistered vehicles.

“The habit of transiting stolen vehicles out of the country is rampant and we are working with global authorities to curb the vice to help us expand seal loop holes as well as expanding our tax base,” said Commissioner Njiraini.

NTSA had earlier said the manual registration of vehicles will be replaced

Last Mile Connectivity Project in January 2016.

The African Development Bank (AfDB), the project’s financier, completed approval procedures consenting the national power utility to engage with contractors who won bids to implement the $150 million (Sh15 billion) project.

“We are building towards 5000MW to build the economy Kenya,” Keter said.

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with a digital system starting June 13 2016.

The regulator says the step would not only curb the vice but also save on time as it will take a matter of minutes to register and transfer ownership of vehicles through the Transport Integrated Management System.

“Acquiring car logbooks, which currently takes up to a month, will be easier and is expected to eliminate fraud and corruption as well as provide a single source of information on road and transport data,” said NTSA Director General Francis Meja.

The move follows a recent partnership between the two authorities to search for over 112 luxury vehicles alleged to have not been taxed.

KRA in May published a recall notice for 124 luxury vehicles but only 12 vehicles suspected to have been imported illegally were surrendered by mid July 2016. @enock_x254

Accountants’ e-learning platform endorsed as group moves to boost financial literacy ACCA-X, a digital learning platform from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), has been endorsed by stakeholders and industry leaders from across the globe.

The platform, which was introduced just over a year ago, is currently providing education to over 100,000 scholars from more than 230 territories around the world, new data has confirmed.

Reza Ali, Director of New Ventures at ACCA has emphasised that high quality courses with positive learner experience offering a peer-to-peer support network, will be the way of the future for e-Learning and online education.

He adds that ACCA-X’s online learning programme shows a rising demand for high quality courses offering flexible learning.

Speaking at the fourteenth session of

the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD 14) in Kenya, Ali discussed how e-Learning can leapfrog skills development.

“ACCA-X has seen tremendous interest with registrations coming from 230 territories and countries from around the world. The five courses which include free and affordable paid-for have reached 108,000 registrations in the fifteen months since first being offered,” Ali said.

“ACCA-X is proving that high quality courses that offer an engaging digital learning experience will alter the landscape of accountancy and business education, and enhance the business skills required by industry and employers,” he added.

ACCA-X is supported by online tutors who guide learners through interactive content that is designed to support the

development of financial literacy skills.

It also supports wider policy efforts to narrow the employability gap through e-Learning and enhance productivity.

“Registration numbers show that the demand for flexible learning is here to stay. The positive and inspiring feedback from learners registered onto the courses tells us that students have not only been waiting for this type of course, they are eager to have the tools which will allow them to retrain for a new career or increase their knowledge.”

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is the global body for professional accountants. It offers business-relevant, first-choice qualifications to people of application, ability and ambition around the world who seek a rewarding career in accountancy, finance and management. @kevin_x254

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Africa risks fresh debt crisis as levels of debt rise sharply: Kituyi

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Africa’s heavy lending, triggered by bold efforts to combat inequality and poverty, could spell the return of a difficult era experienced in the late 80s and early 90s, a UN trade body has said.

The warning comes in the wake of the African continent’s need to tap new streams of funding to implement an ambitious blueprint to end inequality and poverty.

The analysis comes just as UNCTAD Secretary General Mukhisa Kituyi confirmed that borrowing could play an important part in improving the lives of African citizens.

“But we must find a balance between the present and the future, because debt is dangerous when unsustainable,” he warned.

In a report assessing debt levels against the backdrop of fragile global financial markets, the recent UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) held in Nairobi recognised that traditional aid is not going to cover the estimated $600 billion - $1.2 trillion (Sh61 trillion to Sh122 trillion) cost of implementing the sustainable development goals in Africa, but warned that plugging the gap with debt was risky.

“While Africa’s … external debt ratios currently appear manageable, their rapid growth in several countries is a concern and requires action if a recurrence of the African debt crisis of the late 1980s and the 1990s is to be avoided,” said UNCTAD report.

The study examines the delicate balance between financing development and seeks to make sure the burden of

Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Mukhisa Kituyi. debt does not become dangerous for African economies already battered by a slowdown in commodity prices and Chinese growth.

“Debt, both domestic and external, as well as other complementary sources, cannot be excluded from Africa’s list of development finance policy options … However, Africa’s vulnerability to rapidly changing external conditions,

including volatile commodity markets and unstable international financial markets, make debt a more problematic financing instrument than necessary,” stated the report. Africa’s external debt grew by, on average, 10.2 per cent a year between 2011 and 2013, compared with a 7.8 per cent growth a year between 2006 and 2009.

The report looked at the range of

financing options available to African governments. Some borrow from private lenders, some take syndicated loans, and some have issued Eurobonds on international markets. Private firms not only in Kenya but across Africa are also borrowing more externally, with large corporate bonds being issued. @enock_x254

Diaspora remittances increase 6.3pc as Kenyans living abroad send home Sh15.8 billion in June Kenyans living abroad sent home $156 million (Sh15.8 billion) in June, further contributing to the country’s growth and development, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has confirmed.

Remittance inflows to Kenya increased by 6.3 per cent in June 2016 compared with 2.3 per cent growth registered in May 2016, CBK said in a statement released just hours ago.

“The increase in June 2016 is reflected in inflows from North America and the rest of the world. Cumulative inflows in the 12 months to June 2016 increased by 11 per cent,” said CBK. The 12 month average flow therefore increased to $138 million (Sh14 billion) from $124.3 million (Sh13 billion) over the same period. The sustained upward trend in part reflects the entry of additional money remittance providers into the market.

Remittance inflows from North America increased by 11.9 per cent and accounted for 49.3 per cent of total inflows in June 2016. Inflows from Europe decreased by 6.3 percent and accounted for 28 percent of total inflows

while inflows from the rest of the world increased by 13 percent and accounted for 22.8 per cent of total inflows.

A remittance is money sent by a person in a foreign land to his or her home country. Due to the huge sums involved, remittances are now being recognized as an important contributor to the country’s growth and development.

The Central Bank of Kenya conducts a survey on remittance inflows every

month through the formal channels that include commercial banks and other authorised international remittances service providers in Kenya.

Since the beginning of 2016, Kenyans living abroad have sent home a total of $861.9 million (Sh87.4 billion).

These developments come just as Kenya’s overall inflation is expected to remain within the government’s target range in the short-term, in spite

Central Bank of Kenya Governor Patrick Njoroge speaking at a previous press briefing.

of expectations of temporary upward pressures on consumer prices.

“Overall inflation increased in June largely due to increases in prices of food items, but remained within the government’s target range. Non-foodnon-fuel inflation has continued to decline,” Central Bank’s Governor Dr Patrick Njoroge has said.

The Governor, who attributed it to recent increases in fuel tax, was addressing members of the press following Monday’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting which saw a revision of the Kenya Banks Reference Rates (KBRR) to 8.90 percent from 9.87 per cent.

Broken down, the overall inflation rose to 5.8 percent in June from May’s 5.0 per cent. Food’s inflation on one hand rose to 8.9 per cent up from 6.6 per cent. On the other hand, nonfood-non-fuel (NFNF) dropped from May’s 5.4 percent to June’s 5 percent.

Additionally, Njoroge that international oil prices have been volatile, implying risks to inflation. @Dennis_x254

BIZ BRIEFS Varsities to benefit from TICAD, state deepens Japan ties

Institutions of higher learning are set to benefit from the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) Summit will be held in Nairobi from August 22 to August 28, 2016 at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre. This will be the first time TICAD is being held in Africa since its inception in 1993. Previous conferences have taken place in Japan.

Addressing industrialists, scholars and stakeholders drawn from Africa and Japan at the opening of the pre- event conference at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Principal Secretary (PS) in the State Department for University Education Prof Collette Suda said the Ministry of Education views the forum as valuable for the country to benchmark best practices, especially from Japan.

Sidian Bank, Medical Credit Fund ink Sh4b private health deal The Sidian Bank and Medical Credit Fund (MCF) has announced a Sh4billion medical financing deal targeting the private health care service providers. Sidian bank has committed Sh2billion financing to the fund while the remaining will be provided by MCF, which is part of PharmAccess Group a social impact based fund aimed at supporting Health SMEs in Africa. Speaking during the launch ceremony in Nairobi, Sidian Bank’s CEO, Titus Karanja said the agreement will see at least 2,500 private medical services providers in Kenya, receive loans of between Sh100,000 to Sh250 million to purchase or maintain their medical equipment. Karanja added that the program will run for three years. a process that will be conducted by MFC.

European Union-EAC economic agreement to be signed in October

An Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union and the East African Community (EAC) will be signed no later than October 1 this year, Kenya’s Government has confirmed. Industrialization Cabinet Secretary Adan Mohamed has refuted claims that some of the East African member states have refused to sign the deal which was hoped to be signed on July 18 during the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Nairobi. Speaking in Nairobi yesterday, he said the deals have been negotiated and agreed upon on both sides.

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Offer tax breaks to promote local assembly industry, CMC urges state WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2016

CMC Motors Group has encouraged the Government to offer favourable tax breaks to promote the country’s local assembly sector as a means of spurring innovation, youth employment, and skills transfer.

CMC Holding CEO James Kass has urged the Government to review the country’s tax regime in a bid to to whet the appetite of locally assembled car manufacturers also known as Completely Knocked Down Unit (CKD).

Kass, who was speaking at a breakfast

meeting in Nairobi just days ago, has called on the government through the Kenya Revenue Authority, Ministry of Trade & Industrialization, and other business leaders, to lobby together and find ways of how they can fuel the growth of Kenya’s local assembly industry.

“With 20 per cent tax excise duty breaks on large trucks and buses imposed by the Government, I don’t think it will be possible for people who bring in fully assembled vehicles especially the large trucks and buses to survive. What this

move will do is to bring prosperity, employment, trust, and encourage Kenyans to buy Kenyan,” said Kass.

The group seeks to up their investment in a 3-acre assembly plant situated in Thika at the Kenya Vehicle Manufacturers (KVM) plant. The group has plans that will see 75 per cent of all their sales of heavy commercial vehicles in the next 3 years assembled locally.

“With the population of Kenya standing at 45M, majority of them under 35 years, the Government must look at ways to create local employment by encouraging

local assembly plants. We want KVM to be the powerhouse assembly plant in sub-Saharan Africa,” added Kass.

He, however, decried the revised tax regime for second-hand cars by the Treasury during the June 8th budget reading.

The CS for finance revised the earlier tax regime which would have reduced the number of second-hands imported vehicles and encouraged the local assembly market. However, the cost of purchasing new cars by the middle class has proven to be inhibitive.

Kross emphasized the need for partnership between buyers, insurance companies and bankers so that the pain of purchasing a new car is knocked down.

“When I got my driving license, I was excited that I was going to be able to drive my new car. Everybody wants to drive a new car. But it’s just too expensive here.

We can bring the importation rule to maybe 3 years. No one will want to buy the second-hand vehicles,” emphasized Mr. Kass. @Dennis_x254

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be nominated for president in the United States by a major political party, emails were being leaked and voters were protesting. Not to down play the shenanigans that took place during the Convention, but the DNC has been an eventful one in its own right.

Tensions were high earlier in the week when Bernie Sanders’ supporters organized protests on site at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia and actually drew a much larger crowd than the Trump detractors at the RNC the previous week. when it was revealed that members of the Democratic National Committee had actively undercut Bernie Sanders’ WikiLeaks and reportedly orchestrated by Russian intelligence agencies cast a light on the division that had emerged within the party during the campaign period.

Sanders did his best to calm the crowd down as they chanted and booed and though he gave Hillary Clinton his endorsement it was not exactly the rousing success that was hoped for. Michelle Obama on the other hand was the clear winner on the day. Giving the most heartfelt and powerful speech of the night. Her words even drew praise from both conservatives and liberals as the President congratulated his wife on the same, tweeting “Incredible speech by an incredible woman. Couldn’t be more proud & our country has been blessed to have her as FLOTUS. I love you, Michelle.”

Hilary Clinton broke down barriers for women at the DNC and this was

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apparent by the number of women and minorities who spoke at the convention in a lot more star power, girl power and racial diversity compared to the Republican National Convention. Award winning actress Meryl Streep, Latino actresses Eva Longoria and America Ferrera and singer Demi Lovato are just some of the big names that have taken the stage so far. Actress Lena Dunham took a swipe at Donald Trump saying, “according to Donald Trump, my body is probably like a two,” citing some of the derogatory remarks Trump has said about women in the past. numbers. According to Politico over 80% of the 71 prime time speakers at the RNC were white. Which is to say that the DNC painted a more realistic picture of the makeup of the United States than the RNC. Although the Democratic Party is still not settled and the party is not presenting a united front behind Hillary Clinton, this nomination has been a long time coming. @christine_x254

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MICHELLE OBAMA ON THE OTHER HAND WAS THE CLEAR WINNER ON THE DAY. GIVING THE MOST HEARTFELT AND POWERFUL SPEECHES OF THE NIGHT.

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WE STILL HAVE TO BURN MORE CALORIES THAN WE CONSUME IN ORDER TO LOSE WEIGHT

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e have all seen pictures of celebrities and other notable personalities hawking some detox tea or other on social media. These weight loss teas tend to carry the promise of shedding the kilograms and flatter tummies and all we have to do is take a drink every day.

Green and herbal teas in general can have a multitude of wonderful ingredients in them that could be of benefit to our health. Rooibos tea can boost blood circulation in the body, reduce migraines and aid in digestion. Tea of the moment

Machta, is filled with antioxidants which help prevent cancer, has a calming effect on the body and helps burn calories. This is where the controversy arises.

Herbal teas help burn calories and help in digestion but this does not mean that drinking them without changing dietary habits and exercising will be a miracle cure to weight loss. We still have to burn more calories than we consume in order to lose weight. So downing a nice cup of tea after eating a double cheeseburger might not have the

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effect you might be looking for.

Another point of contention happens to be the effect that ‘detox’ teas have on the body. The human body has natural mechanisms of getting rid of toxins. These teas might have the extra effect of more frequent or even loser bowel movements and indeed it is waste that the body is getting rid of but it is still a product that the body creates through its natural processes.

A cup of tea now and again is great but definitely not a solution to weight loss. @christine_x254

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Place the plastic or metallic can on a flat working surface, then place the pegs around the can in close succession in the same manner you hang clothes on cloth lines, ensuring that no space is left between any two pegs for tidiness.

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t’s much too easy to just throw on a baggy shirt and some sweatpants while hitting the gym.

They are after all usually the most convenient and comfortable items of clothing lying around the house. Even though sweats are incredibly cosy they are actually one of the most inefficient kinds of fabrics to use in the gym.

An hour on the treadmill usually results in buckets of sweat. The heavy cotton that goes into making sweats will soak moisture right into the fabric.

Which will mean working out with extra weight holding you back.

Light weight fabrics are the absolute best as they won’t hold in as much sweat as an item of clothing made of 100 per cent cotton would. Yoga pants or leggings are usually composed of spandex, nylon or polyester and are great in doing this job. They are also not just for women. Men’s compression wear, which is designed a little thicker than women’s, can be worn under gym shorts or under a t shirt. The fabric will stop outwear from taking in moisture in the form of sweat.

Baggy clothes are also a no-go. Sleeves or other parts of the clothing could snag on a piece of equipment and might cause injury. Wear comfortable and fitting clothing.

Shoes might get overlooked but wearing an old pair of tattered running shoes will not provide you with the balance and support you require to achieve your fitness goals. Plus nobody wants to fall over in the gym.

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DRESSING FOR HOT WEATHER

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Banks mocks Trump at DNC

Actress Elizabeth Banks used her brief moment in the spotlight at the Democratic National Convention to mock Donald Trump. A star in the Hunger Games and Pitch Banks stepped on stage to Queen’s “We Are the Champions” while shrouded in white light and fog, the same way that Trump took the stage on the night of the Republican National Covention. “That was over the top,” Banks said. “The Trump campaign is so hard up for money, I just bought that fog machine on eBay for 30 bucks,” Banks said. “I don’t feel good about it. I don’t.”

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Spectator slaps Timberlake at Celeb Golf tournament

‘Cry Me a River’ hit maker Justi n Timberlake was sm acked on the fac e by an overzealou s golf spectator during the Ameri can Celebrity ProAm at Lake Tahoe and he did not loo k pleased. The 35 -year-old immedia tely turned around to see the offender for himself, yelling ou t: “Why would yo u do that?” Timberlake did not want to pre ss charges, but when sheriff’s deputies attempted to esco rt the man off the premises, he all egedly “became belligerent” and was reportedly arrested for disord erly conduct.

The report states that the man claimed he only wa nted to “touch” Timberlake, but too JUSTINE k it too far.

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The Kenyan August is just around the corner, which means it’s time to ditch the heavy boots and trench coats and loosen up, literally, on what we wear.

Dressing for hot weather is as simple as vests, tees and sundresses but for a person who wants go. Here are some stylish summer look ideas for your consideration, keeping in mind the ‘Wear if you Dare’ disclaimer.

set to appeal sentence

Congolese artiste Olomide’s lawyers are set to appeal against a Kinshasa court ruling that the musician be sentenced to 18 months in or bail for prison without the option of a allegedly assaulting a member of his band in Kenya. The artiste who denied the claims was found guilty following a look at the visual evidence presented before the court. His lawyers have however vowed to appeal as they say the artiste was sorry and had apologized for his actions. They also argue that there was no complainant in the case and that the allegedly assaulted dancer was not willing to press charges. The offence, the lawyers say, is bail able and they have this morning, initiated a process to get the artiste out on bail.

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Kenya team for the future sent packing

Kenya U17 team were unsympathetically bundled out of the 2016 Cosafa U17 championship after they suffered a 5-0 hammering at the hands of Malawi, the biggest winning margin of the tournament so far.

This even comes as football Kenya Federation president Nick Mwendwa said there is nothing to worry about observing that the country is building a team for the future.

“This is a gradual process. We shall not be discouraged but rather work toward mentoring this team to great heights. This is the team to take us to world Cup 2020,” said Mwendwa.

The Young Flames’ striker, Peter Banda, had a field day against the Kenyan defence, grabbing himself a second half hat-trick.

Kenya, who had won their second match beating Madagascar 2-1 this past Sunday, held against their own in the opening half but went into the break trailing to a 19th minute Frank Chizuze header.

Clinton Machaka came close to canceling the goal but his header came off the bar.

Things fell apart for the Cosafa guests in the second half.

Malawi doubled their advantage as Banda beat two defenders and the keeper George Ouma to score the first of his three in the 52nd minute. Eric Muriithi netted for Kenya two minutes later but the goal was ruled offside.

Banda grabbed his brace at the hour mark and Francisco Madinga ensured the match will have a riotous result with the fourth four minutes later. There was still time for Banda to complete his hat-trick in the 89th minute as Malawi qualified for the semifinals as the second-placed team in Group B behind Zambia who had a 100% winning record. Andre Spiers’ Kenya return home having conceded 10 goals in three matches. They lost 4-0 to Zambia in the opening match before beating Madagascar 2-1, Kenneth Mukuria scoring both goals. The team will now turn their attention to their 2017 Africa U17 Cup of Nations second round qualifier match away to Cameroon. The match will be played on the weekend of 6-7 August.

FKF President Nick Mwendwa, asking fans to be patient while giving the federation time to build a strong team for the future. The u-17 national team received athumping in the on going Cosafa championships.

Junior stars eye Tokyo Olympics after Bydgoszcz heroics

Kenya’s gold medalists from the recently concluded World U20 Athletics Championships will pocket Kshs. 1 million each, the government has pledged.

Kenya finished second to the USA in the medal standings for a second consecutive championship, winning 5 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze during the sixday event held in Bydgoszcz, Northern Poland.

The four gold medalists will each pocket Kshs. 1 million for their efforts, silver medalists will earn Kshs. 750,000 while bronze medalists will take half a million shillings.

All the participating athletes will each be awarded Kshs. 150,000 with the team’s officials getting Kshs.

200,000 each.

The junior are now eyeing to even better results as they graduate to senior levels with 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan the main target.

Speaking upon arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport where they were received by Athletics Kenya officials, family and friends, 3000m steeplechase gold medallist Amos Kirui, believes the win in Bydgoszcz will inspire him to greater heights as he aims to continue Kenya’s dominance in the water and barrier race.

Kirui, who stunned favourite world youth champion Vincent Kipyegon has set his sights on inheriting the steeplechase crown from Kenya’s great in the event Ezekiel Kemboi who is set to run his final Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

“I believe I have what it takes to take over the crown from him because he is one of the people who have been encouraging me. He is like a role model to me and after winning in Cali and now Poland, I know I can make it in the seniors as well,” Kirui uttered.

The 19-year-old ran a world junior lead time of 8:20.23, while his compatriot Kipyegon faded off in the final 50 meters, allowing Eritrea’s Yemane Haileselassie and Ethiopia’s Getnet Wale to beat him to silver and bronze respectively.

“It was very unfortunate we couldn’t win two medals but personally, I had to work hard and bring home the gold because this is a Kenyan race and we can’t let the top medal go. But it was a very tough race,” Kirui said.

Two more places for Africa at the world cup

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Africa will get an additional two World Cup finals places should the tournament be expanded to 40 teams from 2026, says Fifa president Gianni Infantino.

Infantino proposed the expansion from 32 teams before he was elected by world football’s governing body in February.

Africa is currently allocated five places at World Cups.

“My proposal has been 40 teams and if that happens then my proposal has been to have at least two extra places for African teams,” said Infantino.

The move would not come into effect until 2026 with the format of 32 teams already

Swiss tennis great Roger Federer will miss the Olympics and the rest of the season with a knee injury.

The 17-time Grand Slam champion said he needs “more extensive rehabilitation” if he wants to prolong his career.

Federer, 34, had knee surgery in February before missing May’s French Open with a back problem.

Federer said on his Facebook page he was “extremely disappointed” to not be representing Switzerland in Rio and it was “tough” to miss the rest of 2016.

“I am as motivated as ever and plan to put all my energy towards coming back strong, healthy and in shape to play attacking tennis in 2017,” he added.

Federer won doubles gold at Beijing in 2008, but has never won an Olympic singles title and lost to Britain’s Andy Murray in the final at London 2012.

Federer twice required treatment during a five-set semi-final defeat by Canada’s Milos Raonic at Wimbledon this month, but found a “silver lining” in his injury-troubled year.

“This experience has made me realise how lucky I have been throughout my career with very few injuries,” he said.

“The doctors advised that if I want to play on the ATP World Tour injury free for another few years, as I intend to do, I must give both my knee and body the proper time to fully recover.

confirmed for Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022.

The Fifa boss is still set to be interviewed by ethics investigators after allegedly breaching its code of ethics.

The allegations relate to a possible conflict of interest when using private jets laid on by a World Cup-bidding country; that he filled senior posts without checking people’s eligibility for the role; and billing Fifa for mattresses, flowers, an exercise machine and personal laundry.

If there is sufficient evidence then a full investigation could be opened and he could be suspended from his role for up to 90 days.

Fifa president Gianni Infantino advocating for Africa to get an additional two World cup final places.

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We can win gold, confident Ayimba says A confident Benjamin Ayimba is optimistic Kenya will win gold when Rugby Sevens makes its maiden appearance at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Despite being in a tough group that has multiple world champions New Zealand, Great Britain and Japan, the national team head coach believes the squad is in the right frame physically and mentally to challenge for the top most medal in the Olympics.

“We are going for the gold. We said over the last eight months that this is something we are looking to do. Like I said when I came back, the series was going to be our training ground for the Olympics. We picked at the right time going into the end of the season and we hope to go to Rio with the same momentum,” Ayimba said.

Meanwhile Supersport have announced a Sh1m donation towards the Olympic kitty for team Kenya ahead of the Olympic Games scheduled for next month in Rio. Speaking on Tuesday, SuperSport General Manager of East Africa, Auka Gecheo, announced that the coverage will be live on their pay television platform with a massive seven channels dedicated towards the view ship of the Games that gets underway August 5-21.

“From a SuperSport and DStv perspective, a lot of this coverage will be live on our platform we have dedicated seven channels available for our premier subscribes and all the way down to our compact subscribes who can then watch each and every event that Kenyan’s are participating in,” said the GM.

Kenyan Rugby Sevens players Willy Ambaka (R) and Collins Injera (L) in action during the World Rugby Sevens Series match between Kenya and Russia in Paris, France on 14 May 2016. Coach Benjamin Ayimba has expressed confidence of winning Gold at the Rio 2016 Olympics which begin in Brazil next month.

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“ We are offering a comprehensive coverage of the entire event for the duration of the Olympics and we think we are sending a really strong team and Dr Kipchoge Keino (NOC-K chairman) mentioned that we are sending double the number of participants that we sent to the last Olympics,” added Gecheo.

It is the first time Rugby sevens is being showcased at the Olympics as Kenya is able to send both the men’s and women’s teams to compete.

“It means a lot sending both the men’s and women’s rugby 7’s teams to the Olympics and

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considering the recent performance of the men’s sevens team in the HSBC sevens circuit we actually see them as a medal perspective.”

“Through SuperSport has made significant investments in local sport which are unmatched by any other operator in Africa and today we are happy to support the NOCK with a small token in addition to content we are delivering to East African’s,” Gecheo stated.

The GM also noted that Kenyan’s around have great expectations for those competing on track and field events that has been dominated by the

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East African nation for years.

“Always great contenders on the track so we have great expectations for the men and women we have sent from the team. You can’t forget people like Julius Yego who is a world champion and we l also see a medals perspective.”

You can’t really be a part of sports in Kenya if you are not involved in the Olympics and athletics and we see this as an opportune moment to stamp our mark as proud supporters of sports in this country.

Seven 24-hour SuperSport channels will be dedicated to Olympics for DStv customers, showcasing all of the sporting events across the channels. These are SS4, SS5, SS6, SS7, SS12, SS13, and SS14.

Supersport 1: Golf, Rugby Sevens (when not clashing with live non-Olympic sport).

SS4: Opening ceremony, swimming, athletics, marathon, walk, closing ceremony.

SS5: Hockey, handball, volleyball (beach and indoors), gymnastics, trampoline.

SS6: Tennis, basketball, four cycling disciplines, table tennis, badminton.

SS7:Boxing, taekwondo, weightlifting wrestling, judo.

SS12: Olympic News Channel SS 13: Watersport: Rowing, canoeing, sailing, diving water, polo, open, water swimming.

SS14: Archery, shooting, fencing, modern pentathlon, equestrian.

Kenya will be represented in Athletics, Rugby Sevens, Boxing, Archery, Weightlifting and Swimming.

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Higuain joins Juventus from Napoli

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19,105,896 MEGA: Juventus have made Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain the third most

expensive player after his £75.3m move from rivals Napoli to Turin. Gareth Bale £85m and Cristiano Ronaldo £80 top the list.

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uventus have signed Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain from Napoli for £75.3m with the argentine becoming the third most expensive player in history. The 28-year-old has signed a five-year deal at Juventus after the club met his buy-out clause of 90m euros, which will be paid in two instalments.

The fee for the France-born forward is the third most expensive in history and the biggest domestic deal of all time.

Higuain, who joined Napoli from Real Madrid in 2013 for £34.5m, was linked with a move to the Premier League with Arsenal earlier this month.

The £75.3m fee for Higuain, who began his career with River Plate in Argentina, is dwarfed only by those paid by Real Madrid for Cristiano Ronaldo(£80m)

and Gareth Bale (£85m). The previous highest domestic transfer was the £50m deal that took Spain striker Fernando Torres from Liverpool to Chelsea in January 2011.

Higuain won the Capocannoniere - Serie A’s golden boot - last season after scoring a league record-equalling 36 goals as Napoli finished runners-up to his new club.

It was only the second time this century a player had scored more than 30 goals in a Serie A season, following Luca Toni’s tally of 31 for Fiorentina in 2005-06.

The transfer could have a bearing on Manchester United’s move for Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba, with the 23-year-old reportedly the subject of a £100m bid from the Premier League club.

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LEAGUE

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X

2

1

31/7/2016

18:00

SWEDEN

IK FREJ

GAIS

2.45

3.30

2.55

2

31/7/2016

18:30

FINLAND

FC LAHTI

IFK MARIEHAMN

2.45

3.05

2.75

3

31/7/2016

18:30

FINLAND

KUOPIO PS

ROVANIEMI PALLOSEURA

2.20

3.20

3.05

4

31/7/2016

19:00

DENMARK

AGF AARHUS

RANDERS FC

2.25

3.25

3.05

5

31/7/2016

19:00

NORWAY

BODO/GLIMT

TROMSO IL

2.25

3.30

3.00

6

31/7/2016

19:00

NORWAY

HAUGESUND FK

SOGNDAL IL

2.05

3.40

3.35

7

31/7/2016

19:00

NORWAY

BRYNE FK

RANHEIM IL

2.55

3.25

2.40

8

31/7/2016

19:00

NORWAY

JERV FK

SANDNES ULF

2.30

3.25

2.65

9

31/7/2016

19:00

NORWAY

STROMMEN IF

LEVANGER

2.50

3.25

2.45

10

31/7/2016

19:00

NORWAY

ULLENSAKER/KISA

RAUFOSS IL

2.30

3.25

2.65

11

31/7/2016

20:00

CZECH

FC ZBROJOVKA BRNO

SK SLAVIA PRAGUE

2.80

3.10

2.40

12

31/7/2016

20:30

RUSSIA

RFK TEREK GROZNY

FC KRYLIYA SOVETOV

1.70

3.25

4.70

13

31/7/2016

21:00

BELGIUM

KV KORTRIJK

KAA GENT

3.25

3.20

2.15

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TIME

GAME ID

HOME TEAM

AWAY TEAM

FINAL RESULTS : ODDS 1 X 2

28/7/2016

2:30

3001

REAL MADRID

PSG

2.85

3.40

2.30

28/7/2016

4:30

3651

BAYERN MUNICH

AC MILAN

1.65

3.90

4.70

28/7/2016

6:35

4429

CHELSEA FC

LIVERPOOL FC

2.35

3.35

2.85

28/7/2016

14:30

4001

BORUSSIA DORTMUND

MANCHESTER CITY

2.80

3.35

2.35

28/7/2016

18:00

4002

AEK LARNACA FC

FC SPARTAK MOSCOW

3.40

3.15

2.05

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