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SENATOR WANTS GOVERNORS’ LIFESTYLES AUDITED KEMBI GITURA SAYS ANTI-GRAFT BODY SHOULD PROBE COUNTY BOSSES BECAUSE THEY ARE LIVING EXTRAVAGANTLY AS CASES OF CORRUPTION CONTINUE TO REMAIN RAMPANT IN THE 47 COUNTIES

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IEBC to conduct Jubilee primaries

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he Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) will conduct primaries within the yet to be formed Jubilee Party to ensure fairness and transparency in the process, President Uhuru Kenyatta

has said.

A total of nine parties have expressed readiness to fold and join the party on which Mr Kenyatta will seek re-election next year amid fears of a competitive and high stakes battle for party tickets.

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While giving directions on the events that will lead to the launch of the party next month, President Kenyatta assured members that the nominations will be free and fair.

“Our party nominations will be conducted by IEBC to guarantee fairness and transparency in the process,” President Kenyatta said during the event at State House, Nairobi today.

“Let no one seeking an elective post be part of the electoral process,” he added.

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President Uhuru Kenyatta with his deputy William Ruto and Jubilee party co-chairmen Kiraitu Murungi and Noah Wekesa when he received the party’s instruments on July 29, 2016. Mr Kenyatta today announced that IEBC will conduct the party’s primaries for fairness.

Nacada CEO Okedi arrested in graft probe

The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) Chief Executive William Okedi was today morning arrested by detectives from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission to answer to charges of corruption.

The beleaguered CEO was arrested by seven detectives from the antigraft agency at his offices at the NSSF plaza in Nairobi.

Okedi along with other five senior officials face charges of abuse of office and flouting of procurement regulations among charges.

The Nacada boss was last week expected to answer to the charges together with the other managers of the anti-drug agency but failed to appear in court. The others accused in the Sh12 million scandal alongside him are tendering committee chairman John Muturi, procurement officer Antony Munyui, Zeka Wekesa, George Murimi and Florina Mwikali.

The plea case was subsequently pushed to August 17.

Okedi and his co-accused are alleged to have flouted procurement laws contrary to the Corruption and Economic Crimes Act. It is also alleged that he failed to ensure that his agency, Nacada, procure a consultant to manage funds entitled to the alcoholic drinks control fund.

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Deputy President William Ruto addresses the televised Jubilee Party press conference from State House today. President Kenyatta (left) announced the party will hire IEBC to conduct its nominations for fairness.

IEBC to conduct Jubilee party nominations

From Page 1 The President is expected to become the Jubilee Party leader and his deputy William Ruto deputising him again in their ‘new home.’

And he quickly moved to assure members that they have no preferred candidates for any seats to be contested in next year’s elections.

“Let no one come to you claiming they have been sent by the DP or by myself.

My deputy and I have no preferred candidates for any elective positions within our party,” he said adding “the success of our party must be based on mwananchi deciding for themselves who will represent them.”

Conducting party primaries has been the Achilles heel for big political parties

with losers decamping to rival outfits, after being ‘rigged’ out.

But President Kenyatta said they are aware of the threat of disintegration caused by contested primaries hence the idea to rope in IEBC to conduct the nominations.

“We want IEBC to conduct the party nominations, so we all have a fair chance. We realized that political parties in Kenya disintegrate after party nominations,” he said.

He urged those gunning for various seats on the Jubilee ticket to go out and seek the peoples’ votes.

“Those seeking elective posts have to go and seek for votes from the citizens.

We want to launch a party that will be led by its manifesto, not individuals,” he

added The new party will be unveiled on September 9 at the Kasarani Gymnasium, a day after all its affiliated parties hold simultaneous National Delegates Conferences to ratify the merger.

“Thereafter, we shall have the National Jubilee Convention on 9th and 10th September, 2016,” President Kenyatta said.

He said the merger is to create one big family for Kenyans.

“We want all Kenyans to feel united. I want that to be my legacy. And that is why we are relocating our bigger family to a more spacious and happy home. In this home, all Kenyans are welcome,” he @peter_x254 said.

The Nairobi City County Government has partner with mobile phone service provider Safaricom to offer high speed fibre connections in residential homes in the next one month.

Speaking at his City hall office when the Safaricom team led by David Adhiambo, Manager, Transmission and IP Engineering and Steve Okeyo , Regional Director Sales paid him a courtesy call, Governor Evans Kidero said “Safaricom provides Nairobi City County with the back end infrastructure and Mpesa platform for eJijipay. The Coutny government continues to partner with Safaricom, most recently for our land rates waiver campaign, where Safaricom facilitated an SMS system to residents which highlighted the lad rates waiver. We all know that residents would suffer without Safaricom and therefore any

Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero with Safaricom IP manager Steve Okeyo.

partnership opportunity to ensure efficiency, reachability and reliability is very welcome.”

He said they will partner with Safaricom to decentralize their ICT service functions to seven major locations within the city.

He said feasibility studies are still being carried out in the seven locations for viability of service offerings.

“This will ease the process of doing business with our clients, who will no longer be required to come to City hall to transact. In the next one month we will also expedite approval processes and partner with Safaricom in ensuring that most residential homes are connected via fibre. This will in turn improve household connectivity from the current 10% to around 40%. We aim to complete this connectivity in the next three years,” Dr Kidero said.

The pilot for the project will commence in Langata and Kileleshwa areas in the next one month.

The whole project will cost Sh4 billion.

“Due to expediting of approvals by the County Government officials, Safaricom has been able to lay out 1,300kms of fibre in the County. The same approval process ensured that Safaricom was able to roll out the Police Service cameras which continue to ensure the City is a lot safer than it was in the past. Currently 70% of buildings in the city have been connected to the high speed fibre,” Kidero added.

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Senator wants governors’ lifestyles audited

Murang’a Senator Kembi Gitura has petitioned the Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC) to conduct a life style audit on all the 47 governors to unravel the wealth they have acquired while in office.

Gitura said cases of graft in the counties are escalating and if not checked properly, the county bosses will impoverish residents.

“It is important that a proper audit is done on the governors to establish how they have accrued such wealth within such a short time,” he said Hehas alleged that some governors are living expensive lifestyles and have even invested greatly in different parts of the country within a span of three years.

The senator said some governors lived very humble lives before becoming governors but have suddenly become extravagant.

Gitura who is also the Senate Deputy speaker, lauded devolution but condemned county chiefs for allegedly embezzling funds meant to spearhead development at grassroots.

“As senators we are entrusted with the responsibility to ensure money sent to devolved units is well utilised and governors should not think we are harassing them. Senators only want to ensure transparency and accountability of public money,” he noted.

Kembi warned that if corruption at county governments was not checked, devolution will be meaningless since wananchi will not get services envisaged in the spirit of devolution.

He argue the anti-graft body to urgently move with speed and audit the lifestyles of governors and other senior officials in county governments in a bid establish if they have used public funds to enrich themselves.

“Stringent penalties should be imposed on any individual found to have corruptly acquired

Murang’a Senator Kembi Getura. Hehas alleged that some governors are living expensive lifestyles and have even invested greatly in different parts of the country within a span of three years.

resources intended to benefit members of the public,” he advised. Meanwhile, governors with unanswered audit queries risks losing their seats, the Senate Public Accounts and Investments Committee (PAIC) has warned. PAIC said they will ensure that county bosses who circumvent the audit process will be locked out of the polls and barred from holding public office.

Also to be barred from holding public office will

Poverty and water the most pressing needs facing Nairobians

Poverty and water are the most pressing problems that Nairobians want Governor Evans Kidero to urgently address.

According to a poll released yesterday by TIFA Research Limited, 54 and 53 per cent of Nairobians are more concerned about the two issues respectively.

Roads and Education bursaries getting a tie at 37 per cent as another pressing issue while 34 per cent of those polled mentioned public health also as a concern.

Majority of respondents-- 61 per-cent-- feel that the county has performed well in street lighting, 47 per cent say the county has done well in constructing roads while 31 per cent say the county has done well in health services.

City residents are, however, divided on whether the county has brought in investors as 17 per cent believe it has done nothing while same percentage believe that county has brought in investors.

Majority of residents at 36 percent believe the county is headed in the wrong direction while 33 percent believe it is headed in the right direction. Others at 23 per cent did not know whether the county is headed in the right or wrong direction while seven per cent did not respond to the questions.

Despite Governor Evans Kidero being the favorite among Nairobi residents, the poll shows that both Jubilee coalition and Cord equally share the number of supporters.

The poll indicates that from the total number of correspondents interviewed, each coalition scored 38 percent with 22 percent still undecided on political to support.

be County Executive members for Finance, Chief Finance officers and procurement officers under whose dockets audit queries fall.

The Anyang’ Nyong’o-led committee has said it will recommend in its final reports to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), that governors with pending audit queries be barred from contesting in future elections until they would be cleared.

“A governor with unanswered audit queries will have to sweat to get clearance certificates from the IEBC, we will write our reports and forward them to the commission with disclaimers to effect that,” said Kiambu Senator Kimani Wamatangi, a member of PAIC. This comes at a time that the county bosses have accused senators of failing to approve the schedule for the disbandment of cash to the counties for the current financial year, saying this has caused a crisis for the county governments.

The committee, which has been in a marathon question the 47 county executives and their respective county assemblies, will this Friday conclude the grilling sessions in respect to the 2013/2014 audit reports by the auditor general Edward Ouko.

After Friday, the committee will retreat from August 16 to write its reports whose contents will then be debated in the House.

But it emerged that some counties are yet to either submit required documents to clear outstanding queries flagged by the Auditor general or are yet to satisfy the committee even with documents available. Yesterday, the Senators put county chiefs on notice saying they will not in any way entertain non-submission of documents.

“There is no option about this issues, some governors will find themselves weeping once we complete writing our reports which must be used as a basis for their clearance from the IEBC before defending their seats next year,” said Nyamira Senator Kennedy Mong’are.

Nyeri, Nandi, Murang’a, Kisii, Bungoma, Kirinyaga, Siaya, Migori, Busia, Kilifi and Wajir are the county executives scheduled to appear before the watchdog committee between Tuesday and Friday to answer to audit quires before the committee winds up.

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Taiwan protest at forced deportations from Kenya to China Taiwan has protested against the “forced” deportation of its five Taiwanese citizens who were acquitted of charges of organised crime from Kenya to China. Taiwanese officials said the five were flown to China despite a Kenyan court order for them to return to Taiwan. Chinese authorities said they were suspected of telecoms fraud which targeted people in mainland China, and should be tried in China. Taiwan does not have formal diplomatic relations with Kenya. The five were on Friday, along with 35 Chinese nationals, acquitted of allegedly running an unlicensed telecommunication system on the grounds that the prosecution had failed to prove their involvement. In April, Kenyan authorities handed over 45 other Taiwanese people, suspected of conducting telephone scams, to Beijing. Taiwan labelled the incident “extrajudicial abduction”, saying they had been forced on board a plane by Kenyan police wielding rifles and tear gas. At the time, Chinese authorities praised Kenya for supporting its “oneChina policy”. Beijing views Taiwan self-ruling since 1950 - as a breakaway region that must be reunited with the mainland.

‘Nearly 100’ killed in Ethiopia protests Nearly 100 people were killed in the weekend’s protests in Ethiopia as demonstrators clashed with security forces in different parts of the country, Amnesty International says. The rights group says the most deadly incident happened in Bahir Dar, where at least 30 people died on Sunday.

The authorities have said seven died in Bahir Dar and that security forces were reacting to violence from protesters. There has been an unprecedented wave of protests in Ethiopia in recent months. People in the Oromo and Amhara regions have been complaining about political and economic marginalisation. Amnesty says that 67 people died when “security forces fired live bullets at peaceful protesters” in different towns and cities in the Oromo region over the weekend.

There were clashes between security forces and protesters on Sunday in Bahir Dar, the Amhara regional capital.

Opposition activists have given similar figures for the number of people killed. The government has blamed “nearby and distant foreign enemies and social media activists” for defying warnings about holding unauthorised protests, the government-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporate (FBC) reports.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump when he spoke at a rally at Briar Woods High School in Ashburn, Virginia, USA, on August 2, 2016.

At least 50 security experts allied to his party have warned that he would make a very reckless president. PHOTO: JIM LO SCALZO/EPA

Republican security experts attack Trump, say candidate is reckless An open letter signed by 50 Republican national security experts has warned that nominee Donald Trump “would be the most reckless president” in US history.

The group, which includes the former CIA director Michael Hayden, said Mr Trump “lacks the character, values and experience” to be president.

Many of the signatories had declined to sign a similar note in March.

In response, Mr Trump said they were part of a “failed Washington elite” looking to hold on to power.

The open letter comes after a number of highprofile Republicans stepped forward to disown the property tycoon.

Mr Trump has broken with years of Republican foreign policy on a number of occasions.

The Republican candidate has questioned whether the US should honour its commitments to Nato, endorsed the use of torture and suggested that South Korea and Japan should arm themselves with nuclear weapons. “He weakens US moral authority as the leader of the free world,” the letter read. “He appears to lack basic knowledge about and belief in the US Constitution, US laws, and US institutions, including religious tolerance, freedom

of the press, and an independent judiciary.”

“None of us will vote for Donald Trump,” the letter states. In a statement, Mr Trump said the names on the letter were “the ones the American people should look to for answers on why the world is a mess”.

“We thank them for coming forward so everyone in the country knows who deserves the blame for making the world such a dangerous place,” he continued.

“They are nothing more than the failed Washington elite looking to hold on to their power and it’s time they are held accountable for their actions.”

Also among those who signed the letter were John Negroponte, the first director of national intelligence and later deputy secretary of state; Robert Zoellick, who was also a former deputy secretary of state and former president of the World Bank; and two former secretaries of homeland security, Tom Ridge and Michael Chertoff.

The letter echoed similar sentiment shared by some Republican national security officials in March, but the new additions came after Mr Trump encouraged Russia to hack Mrs Clinton’s email server, according to the New York Times.

Mr Trump later said he was “being sarcastic”

when he made the remarks about hacking his rival’s emails. Missing from the letter were former secretaries of state Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, James Baker, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice.

Some of the latest letter’s signatories plan to vote for Mr Trump’s Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton while others will refuse to vote, but “all agree Trump is not qualified and would be dangerous,” said John Bellinger, a former legal adviser to Ms Rice who drafted the letter.

The open letter follows a fresh round of Republican defections in the wake of recent controversy surrounding Mr Trump.

Lezlee Westine, a former aide to President George W Bush, announced her support for Mrs Clinton in a statement to the Washington Post on Monday.

Wadi Gaitan, a prominent Latino official and chief spokesman for the Republican party in Florida, announced he would leave the party over Mr Trump’s candidacy.

Meanwhile, George P Bush broke with his father, Jeb Bush, to lend his support to Mr Trump on Sunday, the Texas Tribune reported.

The Texas land commissioner urged party members to unite behind his father’s former Republican

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Morning newspaper summaries Jubilee can’t deliver Nine parties ready to fold New hurdle rocks IEBC anything new before polls, and join Jubilee: President Uhuru negotiations: One year to the next and his deputy William Ruto’s party general election, and the battle for vote-rich says Raila: Cord leader Raila Odinga Kenyatta’s of choice for next year’s elections edged closer Rift Valley is already shaping up. Deputy

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to becoming a reality yesterday after nine affiliate parties gave notice to merge. According to the notices published in the Nation today, the parties, which include TNA and URP will merge to form the Jubilee Party in a month.

Mr Kenyatta and Mr Ruto are the TNA and URP party leaders respectively. Today, they are expected to give direction on how the affiliate parties will be merged.

President William Ruto has been forced to deal with a resurgent KANU under Baringo Senator Gideon Moi and leaders opposed to the merger of parties affiliated to Jubilee.

The opposition to the intended dissolution of United Republican Party (URP) has given rise to Chama Cha Mashinani (CCM), which is associated with Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto.

Officials, contractors Hire more teachers or we inflate road costs to steal strike, warns Knut: The Kenya Union of Teachers yesterday gave millions of shillings, National the government up to December to employ Uhuru warns: President Uhuru 85,000 teachers or be ready to face a backlash

Jubilee legacy: Uhuru pumps billions into roads and rail: An elevated road with

World Bank deal paves way for work on Nairobi’s first elevated highway:

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Britam sells 25pc stake in Acorn at Sh299m:

has urged Kenyans to register as voters and make Jubilee account for its 2013 promises before making new ones. He said President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee administration cannot deliver what it has not achieved in four years in less than a year. “August 8 marks the start of the one-year countdown to our second general election under the 2010 constitution.

Kenyatta yesterday accused unnamed individuals in his government of exaggerating road construction costs to steal. “I get surprised when they tell me a kilometre costs Sh140 million. What kind of road is that?” Uhuru said. The President said most contractors, working in cahoots with government officials, exaggerate the cost and it must stop.

from its more than 240,000 members in next year’s elections. The teachers also demanded the immediate signing of a portion of the 2013 to 2017 Collective Bargaining Agreement on salaries and promotions failure to which they would call a national strike and vote for the Opposition during the General Election next August.

Kisumu spent Sh2.7m on trip for boda bodas, not Sh10m: The Kisumu government

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has rejected claims it spent Sh10 million to ferry boda boda operators to Rwanda to learn how to improve business. Education chief officer Samuel Okuro said on Saturday the county only spent Sh2.7 million on the five-trip. Okuro said they travelled by road using buses hired from Lions High School and Nyabondo High School and not by air as alleged.

select committee of Parliament on electoral reforms last evening ruled out changes to the Constitution, including next year’s election date. Sources at the ongoing talks at Windsor Hotel, Nairobi, however told the Nation there was a deadlock on three areas considered crucial to a free, fair and credible 2017 General Election. The sticky points were how the next electoral commission will be created, the number of commissioners and whether voters will register anew.

two lanes is part of President Uhuru Kenyatta‘s plan to decongest Nairobi. The Sh38 billion double-deck road between Mlolongo and Westlands that is set to be constructed from next year, when completed, will render the city‘s traffic nightmare a thing of the past. Motorists would, however, have to pay every time they want to use it at toll stations.

village millionaire now has electricity at his home after paying to be connected from two kilometres away. He has hired dozens of casuals at a construction site in his compound. And he plans to marry a second wife. Such is the transformation for 63-yearold Joseph Onywera who won a Sh20 million jackpot two months ago. Fellow villagers have now nicknamed him ‘Jackpot’. Betway, a betting company in Kenya, handed Mr Onywera the Sh20 million cheque on June 1.

and Poisons Board has been allowing importation of billions of shillings worth of substandard and fake drugs into the Kenyan market in exchange for bribes from illegal traders, documents with the Ministry of Health show. The documents supplied to the Office of the President’s Efficiency Monitoring Unit by a whistleblower show that the poisons board issued permits to non-registered drugs suppliers.

The construction of Nairobi’s first doubledecker highway linking Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to Nairobi-Nakuru highway is set to begin later this year following the recent signing of a financing agreement with the World Bank. The Sh380 billion elevated highway, meant to decongest central Nairobi, has been on the cards for nearly a decade.

Britam last year sold its 25 per cent stake in property developer Acorn Group for Sh299.6 million, ending its short-lived association with the company that has now teamed up with private equity firm Helios. The Nairobi Securities Exchangelisted firm says it sold the shares to an undisclosed buyer at cost, booking neither losses nor gains from the transaction.

“Acorn … was disposed of by the group in the course of 2015.

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Monday to move beyond a week of turmoil, using a major policy address to cast himself as a president who could bring new jobs and prosperity and warning that his rival, Hillary Clinton, would be a steward of stagnation.

Saying he wanted “a conversation about how to make America great again for everyone, and especially those who have the very least,” Mr. Trump unveiled plans to simplify the tax system, rethink America’s energy policy and tear up trade agreements. Mr. Trump chose Detroit as his backdrop, and his speech, though interrupted frequently by protesters, was clearly chosen to appeal to the working-class Americans who are at the center of his political strategy.. www.nytimes.com

Economists love to debunk the analogy that is often drawn between the government’s budget and that of a household. (Much of the government’s debt is held by its own taxpayers; households borrow exclusively from outside sources.) But there is another, equally flawed analogy, to which Donald Trump subscribes: that writing economic policy is comparable to making business decisions. Mr Trump’s thirteen-strong team of economic advisers, announced on Friday, is packed full of rich businessmen (and only men). Just three have relevant backgrounds in economics. Does high-quality economic advice matter? Mr Trump’s ludicrous tax plan, which is likely to be revised on August 8th, suggests it does. www.economist.com

Trump pledges business ‘tax revolution’: Donald

Trump promised the biggest “tax revolution” since Ronald Reagan on Monday, pledging to cut taxes across the board and sharply reduce the load on businesses to stem a tide of US companies moving headquarters overseas. In the most detailed account of his economic plans should he become president, the Republican nominee promised no American business would pay more than 15 per cent of their profits in tax, down from the current maximum of 35 per cent. He also pledged to levy a one-off 10 per cent tax on trillions of dollars in US corporate profits now parked overseas in a bid to lure them home. The cut, he made clear, was aimed at overseas tax competition. www.ft.com

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Ministry urges youth and women to seek government tenders The Ministry of Youth and Gender Affairs has urged women and the youth to seek out Government Procurement Opportunities (AGPO) as enshrined in the constitution a.

Cabinet Secretary for Public Service Youth and Gender Affairs Sicily Kariuki said early today that the current procurement of tenders in the public sector by the women and the youth stands at 10 per cent, an indicator that more awareness is needed.

“We believe that there is a lot of corruption around procurement. We encourage you to report any funny behaviour. The 30 per cent is yours get out and demand for it,” said Kariuki during the opening of the Global Women’s Summit at a Nairobi hotel.

Kenya is the third country in the region to have the Summit launched.

“Under the Women Enterprise Fund (WEF), the government has invested USD 32 million (Sh 3.2 billion) since inception to over 1 million women beneficiaries and 64,000 Groups supported,” said Kariuki.

The CS added that under the Youth Enterprise Development Fund, over $127 million (Sh 12.88 billion) million has been disbursed to date.

Under the Uwezo Fund, with an initial allocation of $56 million (Sh 5.6 billion), $5.3 million (Sh0.5 billion) has been invested in capacity building for the target beneficiaries.

“We have been able to support 55,000 groups of women and 846,000 individuals and we believe that with the partnership

Kenya Private Sector Alliance CEO Carol Kariuki With Gender and Youth Affairs Cabinet Secretary Hon. Sicily Kariuki during Global Women’s Summits Today at Panafric Hotel.Photo:Gitobu Ikunda/X-news of the private sector, we will do more,” said Kariuki.

The CS explained that the government has continued to increase the capitalisation of its Affirmative Fund and allocated a total of $16 million (Sh 1.6 billion) in 2015/2016 financial year.

Kariuki also urged entrepreneurs to turn their businesses into innovators to help in eradicating poverty.

“Women empowerment directly benefits the country as it directly contributes to poverty eradication, a woman empowered

KCB to shut down outlets on Friday for new system upgrade Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), the country’s largest lender by assets, will temporarily shut down all its outlets across the region starting Friday for system upgrades.

The bank has been grappling with system hitches from time to time in the recent past with the latest snag experienced last week when some branches could not process cheques.

“All KCB branches across the 6 markets we operate in will be closed from Friday August 12, 2016 at 1500 hours to Sunday August 14 2016 at midnight for system upgrade,” the lender said in a statement..

However, the creditor assured its customers that other services including withdrawals and deposits at the ATMs as well as mobile banking platforms will remain

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operational during the period.

The lender has for this reason requested its customers to switch to mobile banking platform.

As a result, KCB customers will from next week experience better service delivery as the firm carries out its system upgrade.

In 2014, KCB Group CEO Joshua Oigara announced that the lender might be upgrading its core banking system at a cost of Sh540 million.

The move, Oigara said, would help the business shrug off a harsh economic and political environment in the international business to post impressive results.

KCB Group last week announced a 14 per cent hike in pre-tax profit to Sh15.1 billion in the first half of 2016. @enock_x254

is an indication of food available in the family,” said Kariuki.

Carol Kariuki the Chief Executive Officer Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) said that the Summit is an immediate connection between women.

“This Summit brings us together as women to be able to resolve our challenges that are increasing day by day, no country can achieve its economic goals without women,” said Kariuki.

On her part, Tumi Frazer, Director for the Global Women Summit Africa stated that

she is building a sisterhood of Africans.

“We want to improve intra trade in Africa by first challenging our mind-set, us women we need to start with ourselves, we want to be in every city around the world by 2018,” Frazer said.

The global Women’s Summit brought together CEOs of different companies both nationally and internationally, entrepreneurs, private sector, government officials among others. @Lenah_x254

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17 per cent of young people in dire need of jobs, training Seventeen per cent of young people aged between 15 and 24 years have no jobs, lack education and have no marketable skills to speak of. A study of the globe’s youth population has confirmed that though Kenya is not the country bearing the greatest burden in terms of youth unemployment, reforms are still needed to keep the crisis from worsening.

The research found that one third of the world’s 1.8 billion young people are currently neither in employment, education or training (NEET). Of the one billion more youth that will enter the job market in the next decade, only 40 percent are expected to be able to get jobs that currently exist.

The global economy will need to create 600 million jobs over the next 10 years – five million jobs each month -- simply to keep pace with projected youth employment rates. Reversing the youth employment crisis is a pressing global priority and the socio-economic cost of inaction is high, says a new report.

The analysis, titled ‘Toward Solutions for Youth Employment’ found that South Africa had the highest number of NEETs on the continent, with 57 per cent of young people in a state of disarray.

The report was released by Solutions for Youth Employment (S4YE) – a multistakeholder global coalition established to improve youth access to work opportunities. This coalition is a partnership started by the World Bank Group, Plan International, the International Youth Foundation (IYF), Youth Business International (YBI), RAND, Accenture, and the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Inadequate access to finance holding back private sector, World Bank says Inadequate access to finance and banking services is holding back the country’s private sector, making it difficult for enterprises to thrive in the current tough economic environment, a new World Bank report has revealed.

The report indicates that credit facilities are mostly channelled to a smaller number of large firms, blocking a large number of private firms from accessing loans.

“While a smaller share of firms encounter difficulties obtaining credit than in comparable regions, large numbers of firms have disconnected from the banking sector altogether and by doing so they lose growth opportunities,’’ the report said.

The study, which analysed detailed information on more than 6,000 private firms in the manufacturing and service sectors, further showed that large firms have higher labour productivity thus

tend to over-rely on capital as a response to distorting incentives.

Furthermore, smaller private firms face stiff competition from those wellestablished leading to their collapse or stunted growth.

“The region’s exporters are numerous but small, with labour productivity gains concentrated in large ‘superstar’ exporters. While nearly a third of firms in the region engage in basic forms of innovation, innovative activities are associated with certain supporting conditions: human capital, access to knowledge, and access to finance. While better-managed firms are more likely to benefit from innovation, poorly managed firms are more likely to benefit from improving their management practices,” highlighted the report.

The survey noted that other key constraints in the business environment hindering the growth of private sector

include tough business environments, political instability, corruption, and unreliable electricity supply.

It also revealed that innovation and growth were constrained by barriers to trade and a scarcity of appropriately trained workers.

To improve the business environment, especially for smaller private firms, the reports suggests that young private firms should employ more women and youth to help them grow faster and have easier access to credit.

The report has touted the private sector as a significant driver for growth and rising prosperity across economies if effective policies are put in place to address key challenges across the region.

The analysis comes at the time when a prominent US think-tank ranks Kenya as the first among 26 developing countries in ensuring broad access to financial @enock_x254 services.

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Tourism PS in talks with US Embassy to bolster sector

Official from Kenya’s Ministry of Tourism are holding talks with US Embassy representatives as stakeholders continue wih an ongoing drive to reinvigorate the sector.

Mr. Pushpinder Dhillon, a Counsellor for Economic Affairs in the US Embassy in Kenya and Mr. Alex Kagiri, an US Embassy Economic Specialist in the U.S. Embassy paid Tourism Principal Secretary Fatuma Hirsi a courtesy call to discuss ways to improve the industry.

Speaking at a meeting yesterday, they discussed the cordial relationship between Kenya and the United States, and how the two nations can partner to boost tourism in Kenya.

Ministry officials have confirmed that the tourism industry is on the road to recovery and sectoral heads are fasttracking initiatives to bolster the sector.

Last week, the Ministry announced plans to deepen its bilateral ties with Sri Lanka in a bid to rev up both countries’ economies. At the time, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Kenya, H.E. Chulpathmendra Dahanayake paid Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala a courtesy visit.

The CS and H.E Dahanayake discussed the implementation of a tourism cooperation between Kenya and the island nation.

The meeting followed a presentation that featured PS Hirsi, PowerTalks CEO Wale Akinyemi and CS Balala, along with other Ministerial Heads of Department. The presentation

First Lady, Ministry of Health partner in fight against breast cancer H.E First Lady Margaret Kenyatta and Cabinet Secretary for Health, Dr. Cleopa Mailu today presided over a handover ceremony for a breast cancer diagnostic machine at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi. The move is part of an ongoing initiative by the First Lady and the Ministry of Health’s to combat the disease.

The ceremony comes just as cancer has been cited as the third leading cause of death in Kenya, after infectious diseases and cardiovascular diseases. It causes 7 per cent of total national mortality every year. In 2012 an estimate of 38, 544 new cases were diagnosed with 26,941 deaths. Breast cancer is the second commonest cancer among women with an estimated number of 4465 new cases and 1969 deaths annually.

Mr. Alex Kagiri, an US Embassy Economic Specialist in the U.S. Embassy and Mr. Pushpinder Dhillon, a Counsellor for Economic Affairs in the US Embassy in Kenya with Tourism Principal Secretary Fatuma Hirsi gave insight on how the Ministry will transform into an optimum government organisation.

Last month the Ministry said in a statement thatKenya’s government was set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with Greece as the state moves to bolster the country’s tourism sector.

PS Hirsi met with Greek Delegates in July on the backdrop of the since-

concluded United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) meeting.

She discussed possible a Tourism MoU between Kenya and Greece.

Meanwhile, CS Balala has had a number of high profile meetings with international representatives over the past few months, culminating in the UNCTAD affair.

Speaking at an event dubbed the Kenya

Association of Hotel Keepers and Caterers Symposium 2016 at the Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort in June, the CS was joined by sector stakeholder and international representatives.

He highlighted Kenya’s effort to enhance security, especially in the coastal region, one of Kenya’s most-popular tourist destinations. It was noted that the UK remains Kenya’s leading source of international tourists. @Dennis_x254

Services sector fuels economic growth despite barriers An expanding services sector is fuelling economic growth in Kenya, as well as a number of other African nations, new data has revealed. Services contribute substantially to GDP, absorb a large proportion of youth employment, improve gender parity, and offer promising opportunities for export diversification. In Kenya. The services sector accounts for more than 50 per cent of the country’s GDP The report, part of an analysis by the Common Market for Eastern & Southern Africa (COMESA), noted that services are also key inputs in the production of important exports and food staples. Inefficient services can be partially responsible for high prices.

“Importing services can also improve productivity through increased competition, better technologies, and access to foreign capital. But there are many obstacles to trading in services among African countries that make it difficult to take advantage of these opportunities,” said the report.

A new World Bank Group report dubbed ‘From Hair Stylists and Teachers to Accountants and Doctors - The Unexplored Potential of Trade in Services in Africa’ sheds light on uncharted opportunities for services trade in Africa and invigorates the

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Heavy rains push up India, Kenya’s tea production

Tea production in India jumped 15 per cent to 144.11 million kg in June from a year earlier, the state-run Tea Board said on Monday,, The jump was boosted by ample rainfall in the top producing north-eastern state of Assam. Production in Assam rose 16 per cent to 73.14 million kg from a year earlier, the Board said in a statement.

India, the world’s second biggest tea producer, exports CTC (crush-tearcurl) grade mainly to Egypt, Pakistan and the UK, and the orthodox variety to Iraq, Iran and Russia. Meanwhile, Kenya expects production of tea to jump 10 to 15 per cent this year to 430 million to 450 million kg on the back of heavy rains associated with the el Nino weather phenomenon, the Agricultural, Fisheries and Food Authority said in May.

Consumers deposited Sh2.49 trn in 2015, says report

global-africa-hair-braiding-braids-salon. discussion about the role of services in trade diversification and economic upgrading on the continent.

While trade in services presents African countries with opportunities for growth, there are still challenges to the sector. Domestic regulatory hurdles and trade barriers continue to fragment the services markets on the continent; and the cost of trading in services is high. For instance, education and health services in East Africa are hindered by restrictions on using telemedicine or e-learning. Medical tourism remains

restricted by the non-portability of insurance policies. Restrictions on the legal forms of entry to hospitals in countries such as Tanzania and Uganda or limits on the repatriation of earnings in Kenya and Uganda constrain the establishment of foreign hospitals in the region. Finally, the high cost of visa and work permits in many countries impose stringent restrictions on the movement of health and education professionals to provide services abroad.

The report indicates that concrete, sector-specific guidance to improving

regulatory frameworks and minimizing restrictions to trade are needed to deepen regional cooperation on trade in services in Africa. The book emphasizes the need to strengthen data generation efforts on services trade flows, transaction costs and outcome indicators Monitor services integration, focusing on the impact of reforms on lowering trade costs as well as put informal and knowledge intensive services on the agenda of policy makers. @Dennis_x254

Kenya’s banking sector has seen an 8.73 per cent jump in customer deposits Sh2.29 trillion in December 2014 to Sh2.49 trillion in December 2015, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has revealed. The growth was attributed to increased deposit mobilization by banks as they expanded their outreach and leveraging on mobile platforms to mobilise lower cost deposits.

Gerald Nyaoma Director of the CBK’s Bank Supervision Department said the sector’s pre-tax profit decreased by 5.03 per cent from Sh141.1 billion in December 2014 to Sh134.0 billion in December 2015. The banks’ income increased by 9.1 per cent in the period ended December 2015.

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CBK boss promises more transparency in Central Bank of Kenya Governor Dr Patrick Njoroge has vowed to promote more transparency within the financial services sector following the release of a report that highlighted key hurdles facing the industry.

The CBK head has promised the public that going forward, the sector will be held to a higher standard than it has in the past “2016 will be a year of transition seizing on the lessons and challenges in 2015. In this regard, CBK is working towards ushering in a new normal in the banking sector underpinned by three key pillars; Greater transparency, which is supported by accurate data; Stronger governance with clear demarcation of responsibilities, greater accountability, fair market conduct and stronger supervision,” Dr Njoroge said in a recent address.

He explained that the third pillar will involve effective business models, aimed at strengthening the resilience of banks, reducing costs and supporting innovation.

“The three pillars will underpin the emergence of a stronger, resilient banking sector to finance

Kenya’s developmental aspirations pursuant to Vision 2030. This will in turn support Kenya’s aspiration of being an international financial centre,” the Governor added.

Despite banking sector stability and resilience in 2015, two non-systemic banks, Dubai Bank Limited and Imperial Bank Limited, were placed in receivership by the Central Bank. in the second and third quarters of 2015. CBK’s actions were necessitated by unique circumstances in each of these banks. Dr Njoroge stated that these actions were aimed at protecting the interests of the depositors, creditors and the wider public. CBK and the Kenya Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Receiver Manager, worked closely to resolve the two institutions. CBK commenced efforts to upgrade its supervisory regime and human resource capabilities.

“Further, the scope of external auditors of banks was expanded to require them to conduct additional work in assessing reliability of banks’ information, communication and technology systems,” said the Governor.

In November 2015, CBK issued a temporary moratorium on licensing of new commercial banks to allow existing banks to review their business models and consolidate their operations while CBK strengthens its supervisory regimes. This, said Dr Njoroge, is expected to lead to a stronger and more resilient banking sector.

“The impact of the adverse global developments on Kenya was minimal due to the diversification of its economy and a stable financial sector. As a result, the key macroeconomic indicators remained relatively stable and supportive of the growth in 2015.

Overall inflation eased from 6.9 per cent in 2014 to 6.6 per cent in 2015 mainly due to lower prices of energy and transport. The Gross Domestic Product is estimated to have expanded by 5.6 per cent in 2015 which was an improvement compared to a 5.3 per cent growth in 2014. This growth was mainly supported by a stable macroeconomic environment and improvement in outputs of agriculture; construction; finance and insurance and real estate sectors,” Dr Njoroge said. @Dennis_x254

Airtel Money Card bounces back with online payments Airtel, a leading telecommunications service provider in Kenya has today announced the return of its Airtel Money Card that will enable its users to make online payments.

The Card will allow all card holders the convenience of online payments, shopping in supermarkets, fuelling at petrol stations and dining at restaurants both locally and internationally 24 hours a day.

“We are happy that our customers have now regained the use of their Airtel Money Card for convenient everyday shopping at any VISA outlet, online shopping and easy and secure access of cash at ATM’s in Kenya and while traveling abroad,” said Airtel Kenya CEO Adil El Youssefi.

The Card links a user’s Airtel Money account to a VISA card that is secured with a PIN code just like a normal debit and ATM.

The card launched in Kenya in February 2014 can also help its users to shop for variety of goods and services online including airline ticket purchases, bookings or donations and to withdraw cash from ATMs. The Airtel Money VISA card is issued free of charge to registered Airtel Money customers.

Airtel Money customers can obtained the card by filling a form at any Airtel Shop in Kenya, and attaching a copy of their ID card or passport. Customers can also order for the Airtel VISA Card from their Airtel line via USSD by dialling *222*3#.

Cash withdrawal charges using the card at ATM’s range from Sh 30 to Sh 50 (at Visa and Kenswitch ATM’s) locally and Sh 250 for International withdrawals outside the country. @Lenah_x254

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Central Bank of Kenya Governor Dr. Patrick Njoroge.

Britam launches operations in Arusha as part of firm’s expansion drive in region Diversified Financial Services Company Britam Holdings plans to open more branches in Tanzania as the company seeks to increase its market share in the country. The company has launched its operations in Arusha, bringing to eight the number of branches in the country, with offices in Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, Dodoma, Mbeya, and Mtwara, with more branches expected to be opened in the near future.

The branch will serve as an outlet for the company to reach the untapped markets in the Northern zone of the country, where insurance penetration is still low. The branch will offer an array of services and products in insurance, asset management, banking and property. The insurance industry in Africa and Tanzania in particular has witnessed an upsurge in recent years, with Tanzania becoming a key regional emerging insurance market. With the Tanzanian economy recording an average annual growth rate of 7%, potential for further growth of the insurance sector in the country remains high.

“Britam plans to roll out more offices in the rest of the country, and offer our customers a bouquet of financial services with ease and convenience, all under one roof,” said Mr Stephen

Wandera, Principal Executive Director, Britam Holdings Ltd. Mr Wandera said this was part of the Britam group’s overall strategy of expanding its general insurance business and widening its foot print in Tanzania, while tapping into the uninsured segments of population.

Britam, he said, was willing to transfer its skills and expertise to Tanzania in a bid to increase insurance penetration, while leveraging on its strong heritage of the group built over the last 50 years, a geographical footprint in seven African Countries, a strong human capital base, and a strong IT base and technological platform.

Insurance business in Tanzania has continued to operate under a liberalized environment. In the wider national economy, insurance serves as a financial intermediary worth over TZS 500 billion. ‘In the last five years, the insurance industry in Tanzania has recorded an average of 19 percent growth. And in the intermediation sector, insurance has posted the highest rate of growth higher than the national GDP, with the potential to become one of the largest sectors of our economy,” said Mr Stephen Lokonyo, Chief Executive Officer Britam Insurance Tanzania. @kevin_x254

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The African Network Inform Centre (AFRINIC) is cur accepting applications for its 2016 Africa Awards, giving participan chance to win a Sh305,000 cash pr The Awards seek to acknow innovative initiatives in Africa have made concrete contrib through the use of information communications technologies and had a proven impact on the re social and economic development The Fund for Internet Res and Education (FIRE Africa) at encouraging ICT develop innovations that contribute sustainable development in Afric FIRE Programme Awards are gran initiatives already completed or in final implementation phase, a with the three funding categories.

Award Categories include: Tec innovation for Internet access development; Internet and techno for social inclusion, strength democracy and the exercise of and freedoms; and Internet technology for social and econ development.

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sessions which will be held in Mexico during the 2016 Internet Governance Forum.

Three winners will be selected through this 2016 call for projects. The FIRE Africa Awards will be presented to ongoing initiatives or completed projects that submit concrete evidence of their impact. This means that projects pending execution or which are about to begin will not be accepted.

The FIRE Programme invites African organizations, entrepreneurs and innovators to propose projects under one of three categories.

All project proposals must have a technological component through which they seek to solve development issues.

FIRE Africa is one of Africa’s leading Grants and Awards programmes designed to encourage, support and develop innovative online solutions to Africa’s education, information, infrastructure and communication needs. The group provides funds in the form of Grants and Awards for projects, initiatives, tools and platforms that harness the power of the Internet to empower the local and regional community to solve the region’s unique online communications problems. @Dennis_x254

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US consumers could pay Sh253 billion for power plants that never get built

U.S. electricity consumers could end up paying more than $2.5 billion (Sh253.8 billion) for nuclear plants that never get built.

Some of the country’s utility firms, including Duke Energy Corp., Dominion Resources Inc. and NextEra Energy Inc., are being allowed by regulators to charge $1.7 billion (Sh172.6 billion) for reactors that exist only on paper, company disclosures and regulatory filings have revealed.

Duke and Dominion could seek approval to have ratepayers pony up at least another $839 million (Sh85.2 billion), the filings show.

The practice comes as power-plant operators are increasingly turning to cheaper natural gas and carbon-free renewables as their fuels of choice.

The growth of these alternatives is sparking a backlash from consumers and environmentalists who are challenging the need for more nuclear power in arguments that have spilled into courtrooms, regulatory proceedings and legislative agendas, Bloomberg reports.

“Anything that hasn’t gotten off the ground yet isn’t getting built,” said Greg Gordon, a utility analyst at Evercore ISI, a New York-based investment advisory firm. “There is no economic rationale for it.”

Only two of 18 nuclear projects proposed since 2007 are under construction. Nuclear developers have sunk at least $1.2 billion (Sh121.8 billion) of their own cash into proposals where they aren’t allowed or won’t ask to recover expenses from consumers, the disclosures and filings show. At least seven states including Florida allow utilities to collect nuclear licensing and planning costs from customers before any construction begins.

In the US states of Virginia and Florida, utilities are seeing increased scrutiny of their plans. The Virginia attorney general has raised concerns about the rising expense of Dominion’s proposed new reactor at its North Anna facility, estimating the total cost at $19 billion (Sh1.9 trillion).

“If Dominion proceeds on this ruinous path, it will extract $6 billion (Sh609 billion) to $12 billion (1.2 trillion) in needlessly higher energy bills,” said Irene Leech, president of the Virginia Citizens Consumer Council. Critics say the issue is still whether companies should be allowed to bill for facilities that may never get finished.

“Customers can get stuck with the bill long before a single kilowatt of power is produced and may never recoup anything if the nuclear project is later abandoned,” said Jeremiah Lambert, an energy attorney.

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Spanish police accuse Russian central bank boss of racketeering Investigators in Spain have alleged that a former senator in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party directed dirty-money flows for mobsters in Moscow before he was named a deputy head of the country’s central bank last year.

Alexander Torshin, the man in question, instructed members of the Moscowbased Taganskaya crime syndicate how to launder ill-gotten gains through banks and properties in Spain while he was a deputy speaker of the upper house of parliament, the Spanish Civil Guard said in a confidential report, seen by Bloomberg, on a three-year probe that ended in 2013.

Torshin denies any wrongdoing and said his ties to the alleged Taganskaya leader in Spain, Alexander Romanov, are purely social. Torshin has not been charged or summoned in relation to the report.

“Within the hierarchical structure of the organization, it is known that Russian politician Alexander Porfirievich

Torshin stands above Romanov, who calls him ‘godfather’ or ‘boss”’ and conducts “activities and investments” on his behalf, investigators concluded in the report. Romanov was sentenced to almost four years in a Spanish prison in May, after pleading guilty to illegal transactions totaling 1.65 million euros (Sh185 million) and $50,000 (Sh5 million).

Spain has been at the vanguard of European and U.S. efforts to eradicate suspected Russian criminal networks, whose tentacles prosecutors say reach into the highest echelons of power in Moscow. A Spanish judge earlier this year issued arrest warrants for 12 Russians as part of the crackdown, including two top officials, one of whom got his warrant dismissed on appeal.

The allegations related to Torshin in the Civil Guard report are based on recordings made of phone conversations he had with Romanov in 2012 and 2013, as well as documents seized during a raid on a villa on the

LRussian President Vladimir Putin (Right), Federation Council Deputy Chief Alexander Torshin (Centre), and State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov.

island of Majorca that Romanov owned at the time. Cristobal Martell, a lawyer for Romanov, didn’t respond to e-mails and calls seeking comment.

Torshin said in an interview at the central bank’s headquarters in Moscow that he first met Romanov in the early 1990s and that they later worked at the bank at the same time, Torshin in the position he has now and Romanov as a lower-level employee. The two men kept in touch off and on, but haven’t spoken since Romanov was arrested in Spain almost three years ago, he said.

“I’m a public individual and I’m not hiding anywhere,” Torshin said.

Torshin, a veteran politician who served as deputy speaker for more than a decade, said his network of contacts extends to the U.S., where he’s a member of the National Rifle Association. He said he’s met Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and in May shared a dinner table with the billionaire’s son, Donald Trump Jr., at the gun lobby’s annual convention in Louisville, Kentucky. He keeps photos of the event on his computer tablet. Neither the Trump campaign nor the NRA responded to requests for comment. The central bank’s press service said only that Torshin was hired by Governor Elvira Nabiullina for his political acumen. “The need for a better quality of interaction with the legislature became particularly evident during the acute phase of the decline in oil prices and the subsequent decline of the ruble at the end of 2014,” the bank said.

A senior Spanish official said on condition of anonymity that prosecuting Torshin is not worth the effort because Russia does not cooperate in cases involving high-ranking officials.

In Russia, more than most countries, the central bank plays such a pivotal role in the overall economy that any hint of impropriety could have farreaching consequences.

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Toshiba to work with Djibouti to develop geothermal power Toshiba Corp., the world’s biggest supplier of geothermal turbines, plans to work with the government organization responsible for developing geothermal power in Djibouti, to promote the energy source.

The Tokyo-based company and the Office Djiboutien de Developpement de l’Energie Geothermique, or ODDEG, signed a memorandum of understanding to develop the African country’s geothermal resources and provide training for plant workers, Toshiba said in a statement on Tuesday.

Toshiba will help ODDEG put together guidelines for plant operation and management and for developing and supplying generation systems, according to the statement.

Djibouti, which currently relies on thermal power plants at home and hydro electricity from Ethiopia, has

plans for about 50 megawatts of geothermal power projects, Bloomberg reports.

Toshiba has supplied equipment for projects in countries such as the U.S., the Philippines and Iceland, the company said in the statement. In December, Toshiba concluded a similar agreement with Tanzania Geothermal Development Co. Japan has an established presence in Africa with a keen focus on geothermal power. The Asian nation has already made deals with countries like Kenya in a bid to generate revenue while developing the latter’s power sector.

The Japanese Embassy confirmed in March this year that collaborative initiatives between the two nations were already in place.

“Various areas have been identified for the areas of cooperation, which

includes education, health as well as economic growth, infrastructure, energy, peace and security,” said Mikio Mori, Deputy Chief of Mission at the Japanese Embassy in Kenya. “We saw that Kenya is a very appropriate place to host the first ever TICAD conference outside of Japan, in African soil.”

Kenya ranks in the eighth position among the world’s largest geothermal energy producers, putting the country among the top green energy economies, the latest annual Renewables 2016 Global Status Report has confirmed.

The data states that by the end of 2015, the amount of geothermal energy in Kenya’s national grid had expanded to a total of 600MW. The analysis indicates that geothermal now accounts for over a quarter of the country’s total power capacity of 2,333MW. Dennis_x254

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He did receive his boarding pass in the end but not without highlighting the deeply rooted problems we have when it comes to sports management in the country. It had been reported that a Member of Parliament had been living it up in Rio when a picture of a ‘look-a-like’ was doing the

he Kenyan Government has acquired a bad rap when it comes to the promotion, organisation and remuneration of sportsmen and women in the country.

Athletes do their best to represent the country and when the time comes to pay them back for the hard work they put in they do not see the feel a pang of betrayal when we see a former countryman representing some rich desert nation or a western country with better sports administration than ours. show of solidarity standing by javelin thrower Julius Yego when his air ticket seemingly are set to compete in the 2016 Rio Olympics refused to depart the country without their fellow sportsman unless his transportation was ticket to #RioOlympics2016 . I am lost as to what is going on.’ If the situation was also confusing to him, it was more bewildering to other Kenyans because it is unimaginable that an entire functioning republic handles its athletes in such a manner during the most important month of a sportsperson’s career.

Some observers advised him to take the easy way out,

calling it ‘Photoshop propaganda’ but it’s still strange to see a picture of a person photoshopped so cleanly and with apparently no ulterior motives at all.

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meant to facilitate athletes’ stay in Brazil. As one user on Twitter pointed out hangers-on are many and sundry ‘Julius Yego says people who’re doing nothing were given air tickets & booked into expensive hotels.

NOC-K failing Team #KEN #RioOlympics2016’.

None of these events should be that surprising considering Kenya’s

OLYMPICS and its hijinks

take it and change Nationality’ while others claimed that something more sinister was at hand, ‘Julius Yego lashed to Rio is missing ..??Who is responsible and what is going on ?’ In reference to Yego’s displeasure with his coach’s around Nock!! My coach leaves Kenya on 14th then back President Uhuru Kenyatta posing with Team Kenya and the national flag.

should be knocked out!!”

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Socialites want a piece of DBK’s range rover

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lamboyant lawyer Donald Kipkorir recently acquired a brand new top of the range automobile, a first in the country and now socialites are all over him wanting to be the first to ride in the Range Rover Sport HSE 2016 model.

Controversial socialite Huddah Monroe has declared that she will be the first to ride in the machine as she is ‘tight’ with Donald. The millionaire lawyer is now a target as socialites seek to associate with him having heard rumours that he is quite ‘generous’.

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MP dismisses viral photo as photoshop Kiminini Member of Parliament Chris Wamalwa has dismissed claims that he was making merry in Rio Brazil after a photo emerged on social media where he is allegedly seen holding a drink that looks like beer and caressing a white blonde. The law maker has said the photo was photoshopped. The photo of the duo went viral on social media with Kenyans complaining that while MPs were making merry, athletes such as Yego were unable to raise air fare to travel to the Olympics. It has however not been verified whether the photo was photoshopped or not.

Kanye furious over Kylie endorsement of rival brand

Another family-splitting feud is brewing between Kanye West and his sister-in-law, Kylie Jenner.

The rapper and fashion designer was fuming over Kylie’s decision to book a modeling gig with Puma after having worked with Kanye on his Yeezy Boost sneaker line for Adidas.

Kanye was clearly upset by the news, comparing it to agreeing to star in his own reality show without telling anyone on KUWTK. “I don’t agree with going against the family,” Khloe agreed, placing some of the blame on the shoulders of their mother, Kris Jenner, who serves as Kylie’s manager.

I feel like this was a conflict of interest,” said Kim. In February, Kanye took to Twitter to rail against Puma, writing in a series of posts, “1000% there will never be a Kylie Puma anything. That’s on my family! 1000% Kylie is on Yeezy team!!! Puma we gone give you your measly million dollars back!!! Never try to KANYE WEST divide the family!!!”

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s with all things Brazil, bossa nova music is a product of the fusion of multiple sounds and cultures. The characteristically idyllic, sleepy tone of the music is the creation of the union between samba and jazz and is sometimes termed as ‘Latin jazz’.

Gaining fame and popularity in the 1950s and 60s bossa nova remains one of Brazil’s most admired exports. The music tends to paint a picture of perfection that would be intrinsically connected to the beaches of Rio de Janeiro and the high easy lifestyle. Equal parts unattainable and indescribable.

Some pioneering works of the genre include Joao Gilberto’s renowned ‘Chega de Saudade’, Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim’s wildly popular ‘Garota de Ipanema’ (The Girl from Ipanema) and Dizzy Gillespie’s jazzy trumpet cover of the infamous ‘Más Que Nada’. Music producer, arranger and all round maestro Quincy Jones composed the song ‘Soul Bossa Nova’ that was a livelier more upbeat take on traditional bossa nova and helped initiate the music into a more mainstream crowd. The tune has been used in multiple movies, TV shows and sampled severally by other artistes. Although in modern times bossa nova’s extreme nonchalance has actually been part of its desmise in popular culture.

As rock and roll took hold of audiences and the genre’s supporters waned bossa nova was prceived as ‘old people music.’

This does not mean that it still does not hold a special place in the musical history of Brazil. Bossa nova will always be more than ‘elevator music’, it will remain an escape from pain and a hope for a better life.

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If you are sure that the offending item was not yours then your girlfriend has a lot of explaining to do. It’s obvious from her weak excuse and strange behavior that something must have been happening on the day you went to see her. If it’s not apparent to you by the facts that you already have, then let me spell it out for you, your girlfriend is cheating on you. Whether you want to have a confrontation on the issue is up to you but that won’t erase what has already happened. If you deem it necessary to have some closure then go ahead and present her with what you know. It won’t end well especially if she actually fesses up, but then the truth hurts.

Stay steadfast and whatever decision you make realise that you are always better off without a cheater in your life.

-Dr X

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Everybody has an opinion on love. Some are more realistic than others, here are the 5 to avoid completely: PLAY HARD TO GET

This fabled phrase is as controversial as it is useless. There is a distinction between playing hard to get and being hard to get. The latter primarily being about the standards you set for yourself and the person you might consider a potential mate. Playing hard to get as an adult trying to navigate the dating world will only lead to a lot of lost opportunities that might have led to something substantial. If you want something or somebody just go for it.

DON’T PAY AT ALL OR DON’T PAY FOR HALF

This applies to both ends of the dating spectrum. Men from time immemorial have borne the burden of the cheque at the end of a date. Which is a gentleman move but might actually be a little unfair. It’s a whole new world out there and ladies have every right and responsibility to contribute to the payment that a 5-course meal will accrue. Which also does not mean that a man should not offer to pay for the date if he wants too, it’s still a nice gesture.

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Why is this slogan still a thing? What happens during the three days that won’t happen if you

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We’re going for Gold, Ayimba insists ahead of first match ‘Gold is very realistic for us and that is what we are going for’ were the words of Kenya Sevens head coach Benjamin Ayimba ahead of their first match against Great Britain at Deodoro Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this evening.

The team will be out to produce contrasting results from their women counterparts who were sent packing on Monday after a series of poor results in the pool stage.

Ayimba’s side are in a tough pool that has New Zealand, Great Britain and Japan. Shujaa will take on Great Britain in their first pool match at 6pm today before facing heavyweights New Zealand at 11.30pm. Kenya has had mixed fortunes against New Zealand but has proved to be one of the sides able to take down the All Blacks by their horns. But a tougher challenge is expected against Great Britain which is composed of top players from England, Scotland and Wales as well as Japan who beat them in the series in the just concluded season.

“It is a tough group and we’ve got to be very clinical to stop it and go to the next stage then see what is in store for us,” Ayimba said.

They will end their introductory assignments against the Asian representatives tomorrow morning.

“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 peaked at the right time going into the end of the season and we want to carry that moment right from our first match,” the coach noted.

Despite the fact that it is a team sport, Ayimba is expected to count heavily on Mwamba and Kenya flyer Collins Injera who is expected to be a game changer for the team.

Injera, a household name, has blazed international trail since 2006, and is currently the all-time leading try scorer on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series with 235.

According to sampling from the global overseers of the game – World Rugby, “Pace and power, and plenty of it” are the attributes expected to be on show from Injera.

“Injera is renowned for his stamina on the pitch and strength in defence and attack. If Shujaa are hoping for medals, Injera will certainly be a big part of the plan.”

Is an excerpt from World Rugby.

Other than Injera for Kenya, six other players expected to star in Rio include ‘speedstick’ Perry Baker of the USA, Osea Kolinisau from Fiji, Virimi Vakatawa (France), Rieko Ioane (New Zealand), Henry Hutchison (Australia) and Dan Norton of Team GB.

Kenya Sevens Collins Injera in action during the World Rugby Sevens Series in France in May. Coach Benjamin Ayimba has said the team is going for gold as they begin their campaign against Great Britain at the Rio Olympics this evening.

PHOTO: C PETIT/EPA

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Usain Bolt of Jamaica interacts with samba dancers during a press conference of the Jamaican Olympic Association and PUMA in Barra during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 08 August 2016.

PHOTO: MICHAEL KAPPELER/EPA

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt defended athletics’ future at an unconventional news conference in Rio featuring a dance troupe and a rapping Norwegian.

Amid the razzamatazz the sixtime Olympic champion made a serious point about the future of the sport.

The run-up to the 2016 Games was dominated by Russia’s doping scandal, while American rivals Justin Gatlin and LaShawn Merritt have served drug bans.

“People should have faith. We’re weeding out the bad ones,” Bolt said.

“I think we’re going in the right direction,” said the 29-year-old.

But he added “nothing is guaranteed” when asked whether the sprint races at the Games, which start on Saturday, would be drug-free.

Bolt, who said in February

he would retire from athletics after the 2017 World Championships, confirmed this would be his last Olympics.

The sprinter, who holds the 100m and 200m world records, also said he was aiming to become the first man to run under 19 seconds in the 200m.

He could leave Rio with a third successive Olympic treble after winning the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay titles at Beijing in 2008 and again four years later at London 2012.

“The 100m is never stressful,” Bolt said. “For some reason, when I get to the 200m, I’m always a little bit nervous. I always wanted to run sub-19.

It’s going to be hard, but you never know.”

Bolt’s news conference on Monday was held at the Cidade das Artes, the home of the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra and the largest theatre in South

America.

The world’s media queued for more than two hours before the start - and when the event did get under way, there were fewer empty seats than at many of the actual events.

Given the significant media appeal of the world’s fastest man, it was perhaps to be expected that the news conference would be far from ordinary.

A Norwegian journalist declined to ask a question instead proclaiming his love for Bolt before rapping a song in his honour and then blowing him kisses while samba dancers joined the sprinter on stage and danced with him.

“I like to entertain, because that’s what people come out to see,” said Bolt. “I try to entertain and make it different. That’s my personality.”

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Australia’s women beat New Zealand 24-17 to win the first ever Olympic rugby sevens gold medal, after Great Britain lost to Canada in the bronze match.

Favourites Australia outscored the Black Ferns four tries to three, with two of those coming while New Zealand’s Portia Woodman was in the sin bin.

Meanwhile, Britain’s women missed out on Olympic medal as they lost 3310.

Canada - who lost to GB in the pool game between the two - led throughout in the bronze medal match.

Despite her disappointment, GB captain Emily Scarratt said: “If we’ve inspired any girls to take up rugby, we’ve done our job.”

Britain, who were beaten 25-7 by silver medallists New Zealand in the last four earlier on Monday, trailed 26-5 at half-time, with Canada taking full advantage of Scarratt’s yellow card for a deliberate knock on.

Meanwhile there were wild celebrations when Brazil won their first gold medal of the Rio Olympics as Rafaela Silva triumphed in the women’s 57kg judo.

Silva defeated world number one Sumiya Dorjsuren of Mongolia by Waza-ari to delight a partisan crowd at Carioca 2.

The gold medal marks a fairytale rise to Olympic triumph from a childhood in Rio’s notorious ‘City of God’ favela for Silva.

“Judo is my life,” said Silva. “I love competing at home, because of the fans. Their cheering helps a lot.”

And she added: “I hope that this medal opened doors for more medals this week.”

Silva qualified for the London 2012 Games but was disqualified in the early rounds for a rule violation.

London champion Kaori Matsumoto of Japan took bronze alongside fivetime European champion Telma Monteiro of Portugal.

Elsewhere from the Olympics, controversial Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova was beaten to Olympic gold by Lilly King of the USA in the women’s 100m breaststroke.

Efimova, 24, was allowed to compete at Rio after successfully appealing against a doping suspension.

She arrived to boos before losing to King, who swam an Olympic record of one minute 4.93 seconds.

Efimova was banned for 16 months in 2013 after traces of an anabolic steroid were found in her system.

The International Olympic Committee had ruled any Russian athlete who had been sanctioned for doping would

Emma Tonegato (L) of Australia scores despite the efforts of Luisa Tisolo (R) of Fiji during the women’s Rugby Sevens preliminary round match between Australia and Fiji at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Deodoro Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 6, 2016. Australia beat New Zealand 24-17 in the finals yesterday to win gold. PHOTO: DEAN LEWINS/EPA

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aul Pogba said “the time is right to go back to Old Trafford” after completing his world-record £89m transfer to Manchester United.

The 23-year-old midfielder returns after four years away, having left United for Juventus for £1.5m in 2012. Pogba, who signed a five-year deal, added: “This is the right club for me to achieve everything I hope to.” Manager Jose Mourinho said the France international could be “the heart of the club” for the next decade.

United will pay the Italian champions 105m euros for Pogba, plus 5m euros (£4.5m) in performance-related bonuses and other costs. It surpasses Wales forward Gareth Bale’s £85m move to Real Madrid from Spurs in 2013 as the biggest transfer deal in history.

The announcement was made just after 00:30 BST, with a glossy video showing the player with a red devil marked into his hair - emerging from the shadows.

It was followed by a series of sponsor videos, including one with English rapper Stormzy.

Pogba, who helped hosts France reach the Euro 2016 final, has won the Serie A title in each of his four seasons at Juventus.

He is Mourinho’s fourth signing at United, after Ivory Coast defender Eric Bailly, former Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Armenia forward Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

It will be the first time in 20 years an English club has paid a world-record fee - Alan Shearer’s move to Newcastle United from Blackburn Rovers for £15m was the last.

Pogba joined United from French club Le Havre in 2009 as a 16-year-old, but made just a handful of appearances before his contract expired in July 2012. He has made 178 appearances for Juventus, scoring 34 goals, and helped the club reach the 2015 Champions League final. The Serie A side had offered him a new contract, while Real Madrid were also

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On 9 July, United finally declared their official interest but there were rumours the player preferred a move to Real Madrid.

Following’s France’s Euro 2016 final defeat by Portugal, Pogba went on a long holiday to the USA. His agent Mino Raiola stoked the flames by saying a number of clubs were interested in his client and continued to deny a deal with United had been agreed.

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But it took until the early hours of Tuesday BST for the deal to finally be concluded, a delay that Pogba called “annoying”.

Writing on Instagram he said: “This transfer took so long because it was a huge decision and involved lots of thinking and work.”

Pogba claimed he left the club “frustrated” and “disgusted” because former manager Sir Alex Ferguson did not play him. Ferguson said he “distrusted” Pogba’s agent, Raiola, and alleged an agreement with Juventus had already been made.

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